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DISPATCHES Members of a Shiite Houthi rebel group seized control of the presidential palace Tuesday in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. The country’s minister of information, Nadia Sakkaf, told CNN that the action signaled the completion of a governmental coup. The president of the Middle Eastern nation, Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, no longer has control of the country. There have been reports of his private residence coming under attack from the street. The regime still has limited control of certain regions, including the port-side city of Aden.

The stakes are high in this government overthrow, as Yemen is the home to terrorist group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, responsible for the recent attacks against the French publication Charlie Hebdo.

Shelling in Ukraine kills six A shelling in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine killed a minimum of six civilians yesterday. The deadly attack comes in the wake of an escalation of fighting between the Ukrainian government and rebel forces. Donetsk, a region held by the separatists, has been the location of a fierce battle for control of the local airport, which is now nearly destroyed. Fighting in the area increased this past weekend, but the Associated Press reports that “artillery exchanges (have) abated since that peak.” German Foreign Minister FrankWalter Steinmeier has been striving for peace in the area, inviting his counterparts from France, Russia and Ukraine to meet in Berlin this Wednesday.

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Complete Air Force UFO files compiled in online database Almost 130,000 pages of declassified Air Force files containing information on UFO investigations and sightings have been compiled in one place online, the Project Blue Book Collection. These government records have been available to the public on microfilm in the National Archives in Washington, D.C., as well as online, sometimes free sometimes not, but UFO enthusiast John Greenewald is the first to create an online database collecting them all in one piece for anyone to search and download for free. The collection contains 10,000 PDFs, including files with details of some of the most famous UFO cases, including the Exeter incident, the Kenneth Arnold sighting and the Mantell crash.

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Brown University sanctions two fraternities for facilitating sexual misconduct In October 2014, Sigma Chi at Brown University hosted an unregistered party where one student reported “non-consensual contact of a sexual nature that occurred as students were exiting the crowded basement” when public safety officers broke up the party. Phi Kappa Psi at the same university also held an unregistered party in October, during which two students reported receiving an alcohol drink containing a date rape drug, gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB). Both fraternities have been sanctioned by the university in a letter signed by two of the university’s vice presidents. The letter indicated that the actions taken by the institution come as a result of the U.S. Department of Education’s investigation into colleges and universities across the nation for mishandling campus cases of sexual assault and misconduct.

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Debate puts gun control issue in its crosshairs Tanner Hancock

Staff Writer (TannerHancock26)

When it comes to discussing the second amendment, one should expect a few loaded questions.

The controversial issue of gun control will be laid bare before UT students Wednesday night as two guest speakers debate the pros and cons surrounding the heated topic. The debate will feature former gang member Juan Pacheco discussing the merits of firearm control with famed gun advocate and blogger Robert Farago.

In the United States, it is estimated that civilians possess 270 million firearms, while police authorities hold slightly less than 900,000. In Tennessee alone, more than 9,000 people were killed by firearms between 2002 and 2011, according to a report from americanprogress.org.

For Natalie Bennett, a sophomore in College Scholars and vice chair of Issues Committee, the event will offer students a chance to step back from their respective biases and appreciate differing points of view.

“It is so easy to get caught up in politics and rhetoric and forget that it is important to respectfully present your facts,” Bennett explained. “If the debate can open students’ minds and expand on their knowledge, then we have accomplished our goal in selecting this event.”

Bennett stressed that rather than focusing on a single aspect of the issue, the debate will cover “violence, safety, the Constitution, sport, regulation,” and other facets surrounding gun control.

Dave Melando, a junior in supply chain management, said he views the second amendment as a right guaranteed to all American citizens.

“Gun control is a simple need and right that every American is entitled to,” Melando said.

Despite his support, however, Melando said he still recognizes the complexity of the issue and the need for a “lengthy background and family history process before one should be able to purchase (a gun).”

The debate was chosen by members of UT’s Issues Committee among a host of other potential topics. The event begins at 7 p.m Wednesday night inside the University Center’s Cox Auditorium.

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Suffragists’ legacy marches on Knoxville’s past, current activists propel future of women’s rights Heidi Hill

Staff Writer

“We expect your vote for ratification.”

This telegram, sent on the afternoon of August 16, 1920, echoed thousands of messages urging then-Representative Harry Burn of McMinn County to vote “yes” on the 19th Amendment, securing the 36 state majority needed to ratify it nationally.

With the Tennessee House evenly divided on the issue, the historic decision to ratify fell to Burns and his fellow legislators.

But no brilliant political rhetoric would sway Burn’s stance to bar women from the voting polls.

Instead, the scales were tipped for Burn when he received gentle advice in a personal letter, sent from Febb Esminger Burn, the legislator’s own mother.

Shocking his colleagues, Burn announced a reversal on his original opposition in the same week. He cast the deciding vote to approve the amendment with his mother’s letter tucked inside his coat pocket.

“She wasn’t trying to strong arm him into the vote, like, ‘you have to do this or I’m not going to love you anymore,’” said Steve Cotham, manager of the McClung Historical Collections. “But, she did put that plug in there, and he said that letter is the thing that changed his mind.”

Today, Mrs. Burn’s 94 year-old missive sits in the East Tennessee Historical Society’s archives, primarily for curious minds who crave a glimpse into those pivotal weeks of history, Cotham said.

“I think that’s all pretty amazing as you look through his personal papers, through his life, all those documents,” Cotham said. “He got a lot of recognition, and I think he enjoyed that.

The family put those (papers) here for people to have access to, so that was the whole point of putting those things in a repository where people knew that

were here, and you could come and see them.”

Still, even Burn’s vote does not unravel the complete story of suffrage in the Scruffy City.

Now immortalized in The Woman’s Suffrage Memorial in Market Square, the life of Knoxville’s Lizzie Crozier French permeates local record as one the city’s most prominent sparks of change.

rights of the ballot than that she is a producer, not a destroyer, of life.”

Such eloquence, Cotham pointed out, would contradict the centuries-old expectations of French’s female counterparts, making her civic-minded campaigns all the more progressive.

“Women were supposed to be at home with their families and not taking part in public life,” he said. “What was changing in the 19th and early 20th

“It’s wonderful to celebrate how far we’ve come, but we must also pay attention to the attempts to limit access for women, and particularly for people of color and women of color.”

- Shannen Williams

This spark perhaps shone its brightest in her 1912 speech to the all-male Tennessee Bar Association urging for closer examination of Tennessee’s laws governing voters’ rights.

As recorded in the July conference’s proceedings, French’s appeal as a conscientious citizen and mother rings loud and clear: “Bullets and ballots are not companions,” French said. “But ballots in the hands of people are supposed to be a substitute for bullets in the hands of hired agents … Thanks be to God that in giving women the crown of motherhood he made her the giver, not the taker, of life. Woman has no greater claim to the

century was that there were women who became involved in various causes. That didn’t mean they didn’t have a fine home life necessarily or that part of their life wasn’t still there, but by speaking on big issues, mainly temperance and suffrage, (their goal) was to improve society - make it a better place.”

French’s accomplishments as local trailblazer still inspire awe today.

She would go on to serve as President of Knoxville Equal Suffrage Association.

She was the first woman to address and run for office in City Council and a charter member of Knoxville’s Ossoli Circle, one of the country’s oldest women’s clubs to date.

But for Shannen Williams, a first year professor of history at UT, a prolonged struggle for equal voting rights raged on for African-Americans and other minorities after the right to vote was granted to women. Williams described it as a more subtle, yet equally discriminatory “struggle of restrictions.”

“They did not think of people of color as citizens or even human beings, and I would say the same for women as well,” Williams said of citizens living in the time period. “It’s wonderful to celebrate how far we’ve come, but we must also pay attention to the attempts to limit access for women, and particularly for people of color and women of color.”

Williams emphasized a need to recognize the pioneers not often associated with the American suffrage movement, such as Frances Harper, Ida B. Wells and Mary Church Terrell, just to name a few.

A more modern pioneer, Williams said, is professor emeritus Cynthia Griggs Fleming whose 32 years of service are to be honored at an upcoming reception on Feb. 6, at the Black Cultural Center.

A seventh-generation alum of Knoxville College, Griggs has been a trailblazer as the first African-American professor in the history department, the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. from Duke University and one of the first five African-American flight attendants to be trained by Delta Air Lines Inc. “Knoxville has a wonderful tradition of civil rights activism and activism around democratizing access to the vote,” Williams said. “Tennessee in itself has a wonderful civil rights history. It’s the state that gave us the language of ‘separate but equal,’ of Jim Crow, but it was also the place that gave us Highlander (Research and Education Center) and women like Wells and Terrell as well.”

Nearly 100 years after the Constitution was amended to grant women the right to vote, the fight for equal rights and access continues.

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Streets speak through poetry Jenna Butz

“ … I was just like, why are artists the only ones who aren’t asking for permission to show their work in public? I didn’t want to wait for submissions, publishing. I didn’t want to wait to hear back from people. I’m It started with a dream, a typewriter and just going to put my work in people’s faces, Banksy. period, point blank.”

Lauren Madewell, better known by her tag Since beginning her literary graffiti, name *JETO, took her poetry to the streets *JETO quit her day job as a bartender after after a series of events led to the creation of saving enough money to travel and tag her her literary persona and a writing revolution. work both nationally and internationally, *JETO’s art began as abstract paintings, having hit 17 states and four countries thus but after her original plan to became an air far. For her, not asking permission to share traffic controller caused mental strain, writ- her work is a movement other writers should ing took center stage. embrace instead of waiting for acclaim.

“I couldn’t do it, man. It wasn’t in my “More people want more, and the writers heart,” *JETO said. “I was having anxiety are just sitting back in their notebooks or on attacks. I just said blogs or behind no to it and literbooks, and I’m ally started going just like, ‘Okay through this wild, man, we were spiritual awakening like the first artwhere all I could do ists,’” *JETO to cope with it was excitedly write it out. Things explained. “We were coming out need to stimubeautifully, and it’s late people, and just evolved since I think this is then. Now, I’m a a chance to not writer for life.” only stimulate During that other writers to awakening, a dream just share their led to the creation work anonyof her new persomously but the na: *JETO, or Join public too. You Each To One. don’t see words “I’m off the earth, taped on walls past the moon, randomly very past all the planets, often.” ripped out of the *JETO and solar system, and her partner so I’m just floating Genna Gazelka, there in space lookan English lecing at my own solar turer at UT who system,” *JETO tags her works explained. “Then, as with_a_gg, all of a sudden, it have taken starts spinning, and Lauren Madewell, also known as *JETO, and their anonymit spells out, all the Genna Gazelka, with_a_gg, take their writing ity and used it stars spell out, the to the streets in the form of literary graffiti. to encourage letters J-E-T-O, and other writers Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon I immediately woke to participate up.” in their movement, an idea with_a_gg quick“So, I started signing my paintings that ly got behind. way, and then, when I finally had the vision “I really like that idea of a literary revoluto start doing this, this literary graffiti stuff, I tion,” with_a_gg reflected. “I just don’t think was like, ‘Oh, that’ll be my tag name.’” people are really thinking and just put whatFrom there, a love of Banksy and a gifted ever our thoughts are up online. We post typewriter stirred *JETO’s love of writing, these rants, and we don’t really think about, encouraging her to find a new way to share reflect on what we say, how it affects people. her art.

I thought that — I’m a little bit of a rebel “I had this typewriter, and I wanted to do without a cause, so this was a good cause to something crazy, and all of a sudden, it was fall in line with.” like both just overlapped. Tag my poems in public places,” *JETO said, reenacting her look of awe and surprise at this revelation. See JETO on Page 10 Arts & Culture Editor (@butzjenna)

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It’s time to face the facts

Kevin Ridder The Compass

On Jan. 13, an amendment proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline bill was approved for consideration. The measure asks whether lawmakers agree with the overwhelming consensus of scientists who say man-made climate change is negatively impacting the planet.

In other words, the Senate will vote on whether or not they believe climate change exists.

While part of me is happy that this issue is getting attention and will serve as a useful guide on who to vote out of office, I can’t help but wonder how people consistently confuse science with faith when it comes to climate change.

Science is not something one can choose to believe in; whether you accept or deny the results, they will still be true. This fact isn’t any different when it comes to climate change.

Last Friday, an analysis published by NASA shows 2014 to be the warmest year in recorded history.

This may not seem too alarming at first given that recorded climate history spans only 135 years. However, as pointed out by Seth Borenstein in an article from the Associated Press, the three hottest years on record--2014, 2010 and 2005--have all occurred in the last 10

“Science is not something one can choose to believe in; whether you accept or deny the results, they will still be true. This fact isn’t any different when it comes to climate change.” years. In fact, all 15 years in the 21st century have been among the top 20 warmest years on record. The odds of this occurring randomly are 1.5 quadrillion to 1.

Coupled with the fact that the rate of sea level rise since 1992 has been roughly twice the rate

observed over the past century, it’s no wonder 97 percent of the climate science community considers human activity to be a major driver behind climate warming trends.

Humanity’s reliance on fossil fuels is a doubleedged sword. While they may be easier and more economical than renewable methods, there’s only so much harm we can do to the environment before it’s damaged beyond repair. This amendment on the Keystone XL Pipeline bill is meant to act as a message to fossil fuel supporters on Capitol Hill: climate change can no longer be ignored.

If this amendment doesn’t get added on to the bill, it will be yet another instance of pretending like nothing is wrong. But if the pipeline is eventually approved for construction with this amendment attached to it, the Senate will more or less be admitting that while climate change is a clear and present danger, they just don’t care.

And why should they? They won’t be the ones cleaning up the mess they leave behind.

Kevin Ridder is a senior in environmental journalism. He can be reached at kridder2@ vols.utk.edu.

The last white city in the South

Hawa Henderson Real Reflections

We had the day off from school Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I personally never question it when I get a day off from school, but MLK day is different. I feel like I need to make sure that I don’t take it for granted.

So on that Monday morning (the weather was amazing by the way) I marched in the MLK day parade in East Knoxville with the Muslim Community of Knoxville. This is our fourth year participating in the parade. The parade takes place along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. It’s on the “black side” of Knoxville, in case you don’t know where that is.

I’ve known this ever since I was a kid, but just from walking down MLK Jr. Avenue it’s pretty clear. Knoxville is still segregated; not by law, obviously, but in the same way that my high school cafeteria had a table for the “black kids.”

During the parade we marched past AustinEast High School. A little known fact is that Austin-East was actually two different high schools, Austin High, the all black school and East High, the all white school. The schools were “integrated” in 1968; one of my aunts was actually attending the school when it was happening.

When you think of Martin Luther King Jr. you probably equate him with his famous, “I Have a Dream” speech. That day in 1963, in front of more than 250,000 people, Martin Luther King Jr. said, “ One hundred years later and the negro is still not free … One hundred years later,

and the negro is still languished in corners of American society and finds himself in exile in his own land.”

More than 50 years later, and Dr. King’s words are still so very relevant. There is a clear divide between where black people live and where white people live in cities all over the United States, and Knoxville is no exception. With that being said, Knoxville has one of the largest and most prominent MLK Day celebrations in the country.

I have heard Knoxville described as “the last white city in the South.” The name fits.

Unlike other prominent cities in the South such as Memphis, Nashville and Atlanta, the black community in Knoxville is not as far reaching. So when people ask me what I did this weekend and I tell them about the MLK Day parade, it doesn’t surprise me when they answer with “What parade?” People tend to stick to the side of town that they live on and when they do venture out, they don’t go past the Old City.

But when my dad tells me stories of how when he was a kid he wasn’t allowed to visit the Tennessee Theatre on Gay Street or how when my grandfather worked as a porter at the old train station downtown he was restricted to the “colored only” section, I think of how far we have come.

Dr. King’s words come to mind: “This is our hope. This is the faith that I will go back to the

South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.”

Hawa Henderson is a senior in microbiology.

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

“But when my dad tells me stories of how when he was a kid he wasn’t allowed to visit the Tennessee Theatre on Gay Street ... I think of how far we have come. ”

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The internal revenue shortage Tuesday night, President Obama delivered his State of the Union address, where he covered topics like education and the nation’s economic health. UT students weighed in during the speech, and The Daily Beacon pulled the best ones below.

Jessica Little

@JessicaMuhRee03

“This is America. When life gets tough, the tough give up and depend on the government.” @j_sarten99 #SOTU

Jessica Karsten @jkars1994 President Sassy Pants #SOTU

Kaily Geranen-Groover

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I’m sorry but I don’t understand how Americans can just not agree with everything being said right now #SOTU

Matt Krebs

@Mattkreb5

There is no way some of these old people make it through the entire speech. How many squats have they done already? #SOTU

Kayley Green

@UTKayley

My favorite part of the #SOTU is always Joe Biden’s facial reactions.

Jonathan Martin City Cents

In downtown Knoxville, on the corner of Locust Street and Cumberland Avenue, sits the John Duncan Federal Building.

If you go inside, two security guards and a metal detector will stand directly before you. This is because, among other things, this building houses the Internal Revenue Service’s Knoxville office. If you take the elevator up a few floors from the lobby, you will find one of their main floors. Here, you will be met not by a receptionist or assistant, but by an empty room.

I have sat in this empty room many times waiting to deliver an envelope or pick up a package as a routine part of my job as a legal runner. The room feels more like a holding cell than a waiting area; the only items are some chairs, a telephone and close-up pictures of Obama and Biden creepily staring down at you from the wall. Even more haunting is the fact that it is considerably difficult to get anyone in the office to answer when you call from the room’s telephone. I have often sat in near silence for more than 20 minutes listening to the long, pulsing ring, only to eventually reach a voice mailbox greeting.

This lack of visible activity is quite common for the IRS. Although many times caseworkers are out in the field doing their job, the more pertinent truth is that the IRS simply does not have the funding or personnel to effectively perform its service. Nina Olson is the current United States Taxpayer Advocate, which includes helping struggling taxpayers resolve issues they are having with the Internal Revenue Service. Last year, Olson reported that the IRS only answered about 61 percent of taxpayers phone calls and left each caller on hold for an average of around 18 minutes, according to the 2013 annual report.

If those numbers sound rough, then you might not enjoy the next development.

Conservatives in the house pushed to cut the budget of the IRS by almost $350 million this year. That is the fifth straight year of budget cuts for the department, even though they happen to deal with three times as many Americans as any other agency in government.

The other major problem with these cuts is that they seem to discount the fact that the IRS is a “revenue” service. The money put into the agency is not an expense with minimal benefits. For every $1 spent on the

“I would like to see punishment for these actions take the form of insightful regulation, not further budget cuts that will only serve to cripple the same people who propose them. ” IRS, the agency brings in an estimated $6 of revenue. That would mean the near $350 million budget cut is costing the nation $2 billion in potential revenue.

If you or someone you know needs any help from the government service, then you might want to set aside even more time than in the past. Olson’s tragic numbers from fiscal year 2013 are projected to decrease even further, with as few as 43 percent of taxpayer phone calls being answered this year. Also, the average time spent on hold with the agency is projected to increase to as long as half an hour. While I know I probably won’t be one of the 100 million projected phone calls that the IRS receives this year, it’s still upsetting to see such lack of foresight or awareness in such a crucial budget plan.

Nobody really loves the IRS, especially after they were revealed to have been scrutinizing specific groups of both conservative and liberal background unfairly.

Nevertheless, I would like to see punishment for these actions take the form of insightful regulation, not further budget cuts that will only serve to cripple the same people who propose them.

Besides, I’m not really sure the IRS building on Locust Street could feel any emptier.

Jonathan Martin is a senior in finance and economics. He can be reached at j92mart@ gmail.com.

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Independent library gives knowledge, shares personal touch Faith Schweikert

Copy Editor (@got_2have Faith)

Presidential Court looks like nothing special.

A quick walk around will yield the glorious views of old concrete, sad trees still laden with toilet paper from the win over South Carolina and perhaps one too many rusty, forgotten bicycles. But look closer next time.

Right there in front of Humes Hall, on a small patch of dirt surrounded by benches, is a Little Free Library.

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ARTS&CULTURE

The Daily Beacon • Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Embrace the cold How to layer appropriately for winter Hannah Zechman

Staff Writer (@HannahZechman_)

During these chilly winter months, and with the tease of several 60 degree beautiful days, it is difficult to not miss summer.

Shorts, tan skin and the beach are gone and won’t be back for at least another four months.

So, one question remains: how do we preoccupy these next four months?

Well, believe it or not, there are plenty of activities to keep you adventuring outdoors — sledding and skiing, ice skating and ice fishing.

Seriously, the list is super long.

Unfortunately, we have the East Tennessee weather, affectionately known as a sporadic system of unpredictable temperatures. On the bright side, we live in one of the most sought out places to adventure in the nation. The Great Smoky Mountains provide the only reason you need to not stay idle.

Kayaking, biking and hiking are all popular year-round activities that adventurers love just as much in the winter as in the summer. Hiking, in particular, is easily transformed into a winter sport.

Bill Tribble, sales specialist at REI, is an advocate for hiking in the winter. With many years of experience, he knows the ropes when it comes to enjoying the cold weather. Tribble explained wintertime provides an unparalleled opportunity to see clearer views of the mountains while on the trail. Without the foliage to clutter views, you can see a much more vivid image.

Tribble also stressed the importance of staying warm.

JETO continued from Page 5 With this inspiration, with_a_gg even took the project to her freshman English composition classroom, encouraging her students to analyze *JETO’s poems and write their own pieces to go out and tag.

“I had them reflect on social issues in general and try to figure out a way to resolve them because there’s always two sides,” with_a_gg explained. “There were some really interesting pieces on anything from abortion to the death penalty, and it was actually really neat just to see how, when they weren’t trying to take a side on the issue , how aware of all the stuff that goes into it that they were. About one-third of them actually went out there and tagged them up.”

As the duo has spread the message and encouraged other artists to join them, they have

“There is an old saying that cotton kills,” Tribble explained, “so, when you hike it is extremely important to stay warm.”

Because cotton retains moisture, it is critical to dress appropriately. Tribble laid out a threelayer guide to dressing yourself for the chilly weather: First Layer: The base layer that pulls moisture away from the body. Look for a wicking material like a long sleeve t-shirt with a short sleeve t-shirt over it.

Second Layer: The warming layer. Look for a fleece or down jacket/sweater to hold the warmth to your torso. If you are particularly hot blooded, look for a vest that can serve the same purpose.

Third Layer: The final layer that protects you from wind and water. It should resemble a shell like an outdoor parka.

Tribble also stressed the importance changing into dry clothes to sleep in.

“Moisture will kill by itself,” Tribble said, “so, always take something to change into.”

Elizabeth Kenny, freshman in nursing, agreed with Tribble’s advice; however, she explained winter adventurers don’t need anything fancy.

“I just bought a Marmot synthetic 15 degree sleeping bag that I love,” Kenny said. “But up until that, I was using my parents’ old North Face down bags from before I was born, and they worked great too.”

Kenny also stressed wearing warm, dry socks and solid boots, such as her Merrels that she loves. Yet, Kenny said her best advice for winter sports is to just get out there.

“The cold may be a little intimidating,” Kenny said, “but I’ve never regretted a trip, even if I did get a little cold.” a laundry list of goals for 2015. They want to collaborate with photographers, graffiti artists, illustrators and other writers, host poetry contests, group literary graffiti nights and use news sources as an outlet to share their story.

Now, one year after their adventure began, *JETO is looking to shake up Knoxville’s writers community.

“There hasn’t been a literary revolution or the writers haven’t stood up and shook the world or really, really impressed or inspired the world since the Beatniks back in the 50s, and I want that again. I want the writers to take over again. The musicans are awesome. They’re showing their colors. The artists, the street artists, they’re awesome. They’re showing their colors. Everybody is growing off the fruits of other’s imaginations, and writers need to freaking bloom,” *JETO urged.

“Everybody else has taken to the streets. Why haven’t we?”

Layer 1: The base layer that pulls moisture away from the body. Look for a wicking material like a long sleeve t-shirt with a short sleeve t-shirt over it.

Layer 2: The warming layer. Look for a fleece or down jacket/sweater to hold the warmth to your torso. If you are particularly hot blooded, look for a vest that can serve the same purpose.

Layer 3: The final layer that protects you from wind and water. It should resemble a shell like an outdoor parka.

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Around Rocky Top

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 • The Daily Beacon

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Southern Miss self-imposes postseason ban over NCAA inquiry Associated Press

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Southern Mississippi has self-imposed a postseason ban for the current basketball season because of an ongoing NCAA inquiry into the program.

The university said in a statement Tuesday that the program will not play in the Conference USA postseason tournament or make itself eligible for NCAA tournament consideration. The statement said the ban is a “result of an ongoing university and NCAA inquiry of the basketball program related to the 2012-13 and 2013-14 academic years.”

Donnie Tyndall was the coach at Southern Miss the past two seasons, but left to take over at Tennessee. Southern Miss acknowledged in November that

Dancers performed during halftime of the men’s basketball game against Alabama Jan. 10. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon

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the NCAA was investigating potential violations in the program.

Southern Miss (5-11, 0-5 C-USA), which is currently led by Doc Sadler, is in the midst of an eight-game losing streak.

The program’s coaches and players were informed of the decision on Tuesday.

Sadler said during his regular Tuesday radio show that the team did not practice after the discussion “because of injuries,” but did watch film in preparation for Thursday’s game against Rice.

“Are we disappointed? I think everyone is. There’s no question about it,” Sadler said. “I know our administration is disappointed, along with the coaches, the fans and the players. But we’re going to deal with this, meet it head on and we’re going to be better because of it.”

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SPORTS

The Daily Beacon • Wednesday, January 21, 2015

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Massengale thriving in new role off bench Patrick MacCoon

Staff Writer (@PatrickMacCoon)

In Ariel Massengale’s first three seasons as a Lady Vol, the Chicago, Ill. native thrived as the starting point guard.

After receiving the starting nod from head coach Pat Summitt as a true freshman, Massengale set a freshman record with 162 assists averaging 4.9 points per game (ppg).

Her ability to pick apart a defense and find an open teammate remains one of her greatest strengths as she currently ranks fifth all-time in the program with 467 assists, but in her final go-round with No. 5 Tennessee she has adapted to a new role on offense.

After starting 73 of her first 87 contests, Massengale has started just once this season in 17 appearances, coming off the bench to provide a spark for the second unit.

She has seamlessly transitioned to her new role as a bench reserve. Despite averaging a career low 27.4 minutes per game, she leads the team in scoring (11.8 ppg) and is shooting a career high percentage from the field (0.420), 3-point range (0.425) and at the freethrow line (0.865).

“I think she’s handled the new role really well, and we’ve needed her to do that,” thirdyear head coach Holly Warlick said. “We need her to play. We look for her to make good decisions, hit big shots and get big stops. Our success revolves a great deal around her play.”

“We need her to play. We look for her to make good decisions, hit big shots and get stops.”

-Holly Warlick

Massengale’s long-range shooting has played a major role in the Lady Vols 15-3 start this season and five-game winning streak to open up Southeastern Conference play.

With 11 regular season games still remaining, the sharpshooter has already set a new career high in 3-pointers (37) and ranks second in the conference with an average of 2.2 3’s per game.

In her last six games, she has connected on 15-of-33 (0.455) shots from beyond the arc.

More so than ever in her career, Massengale is letting it fly from long range and is finding success in doing so.

“My confidence is at an all-time high right now when it comes to shooting the three ball,” Massengale said. “The key to sustaining this type of shooting is to have confidence and getting up extra shots in the gym.”

In a comeback 60-51 win against Arkansas on Jan. 11, Massengale led a second half rally in which she connected on four triples in a span of 7:32 to lead her team to victory.

“Sinking a three can change the game, like we saw at Arkansas,” Massengale said. “I hit a couple of threes and then all of a sudden we were up by two and they were having to call a timeout. When defenders sag in on our posts, we know someone has to step up and hit those shots.”

As one of three seniors on the team, Massengale has used her opportunity to not only come off the bench and knock down big shots from long range, but also to help lead her younger teammates on the court.

“She shows a lot of leadership coming in off the bench with us,” freshman guard Alexa Middleton said. “She will come in at point guard and tell us where to go and give us advice. She comes in and hits that three. When she puts it up, everyone knows it’s going to go in. Those types of shots always get us going and get us hype. It’s great to play with Ariel.”

For Massengale, her focus is set on doing whatever is asked of her to help her team reach its first Final Four since 2008.

“At the end of the day, it’s all about winning,” Massengale said. “That’s all I’m trying to do. Coach Warlick has made a decision of who starts and who does a good job getting us off to a great start. I’ve just embraced my role and realize that I’m just as important as anyone else on this team. The ultimate goal is simply to win.”

Senior Ariel Massengale performs a layup during the game Texas A&M on Jan. 8. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon

FOOTBALL

Orange and White game date announced Troy Provost-Heron

Staff Writer (@Troy_Provost)

Tennessee announced on Tuesday that the annual DISH Orange and White has been scheduled for April 25 at 2 p.m. inside Neyland Stadium.

The Volunteers will kick off spring practice on March 24 and hold 15 practices leading up to the spring game.

The Apil 25 date of the Orange and White game will be the latest the spring game has been played since 1996, when the game took place on April 27.

Since Butch Jones’ arrival, the Orange and White games have featured two of the top three crowds in Vol history, with 2013 drawing a crowd of 61,076 and 2014 having 68,548 in attendance — the second-largest crowd for a spring game in UT history.

The attendance record for the Orange and White game is 73,801, which was set in 1986

following the Vols’ 35-7 Sugar Bowl victory over the then-No. 2 Miami (FL) Hurricanes.

The Vols will enter the 2015 Orange and White Game on the heels of their first bowl victory since the 2007 season and their first winning season since 2009. Tennessee finished the 2014 season with a 7-6 record after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes 45-28 in the TaxSlayer Bowl on January 2.

The Vols will return 18 starters on offense and defense from the 2014 campaign for 2015 spring practices.

The Orange and White game will also provide Tennessee fans with the opportunity to view the early enrollees in a Volunteer uniform for the first time. The early enrollees include five-star Kyle Phillips, quarterbacks Quinten Dormady, Jauan Jennings, and consensus four-stars Shy Tuttle and Jack Jones.

Tennessee also announced that details on the festivities surrounding the 55th edition of the spring game and spring practice dates will be released when they become available.