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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Issue 11, Volume 125

UT rejects proposal for fossil fuel divestment Jenna Butz Staff Writer Following an official proposal presented to the Board of Trustees for UT to divest from fossil fuel companies, the Coalition for Responsible Investment received a rejection letter in response on Dec. 13, 2013.

The board presented SGA and the coalition with a six-page letter outlining reasons for the rejection with research explaining their rationale for oppos-

ing specific points in the divestment proposal.

“Given all the time and resources spent, we want to provide thorough explanation for our rejection of this proposal,” Charles Peccolo, UT’s treasurer and chief financial officer, said.

Daniel Lawhon, a junior in physics and electrical engineering, said he believes the rejection letter is a helpful tool in deciding the coalition’s next step.

“It was disappointing that the administration rejected the decision made by

80 percent of student voters,” Lawhon said. “But I appreciate the time and effort invested into explaining their rejection.

“It gives us a starting place for amending our proposal to take care of concerns the administration may have.”

The letter included two main points for the board’s rejection: hesitancy to introduce potentially controversial goals to the mission of the endowment and a perceived burden a new subcommittee would place on the Investment Office.

Despite this reasoning, David Hayes, a junior in supply chain management, said he sees the proposal as less of a political issue than a human rights one.

“They had talked about the controversial nature of divestment, but in our eyes, there’s nothing controversial about it,” Hayes said. “There are people in communities afflicted by the fossil fuel industry. There are people dying, and on top of all that, we have climate change happening.

“All this stuff is not debatable. It’s not

controversial. It’s actually happening.”

Hayes said he was surprised by certain specifics of the board’s response, particularly that the proposed subcommittee was not more positively received.

“We had proposed to make a committee to advise the investment advising committee about ethical and sustainable investment practices,” Hayes said.

“They seemed receptive to the idea, but in the rejection letter, they kind of threw that away.”

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Running program steps toward boosting female morale Madison Rasnake Contributor

See GIRLS ON THE RUN on Page 2

Senior guard Jordan McRae glides to the basket and attempts a layup in the Vols’ 81-74 victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks at ThompsonBoling Arena on Wednesday. McRae finished with a game-high 34 points.

McRae’s 34 points lead Vols over Arkansas, 81-74 Steven Cook Copy Editor In an unidentifiable game, the biggest identity on the floor stole the show.

Led by 34 points from Jordan McRae, the Tennessee Vols rallied back from a second-half deficit to pull out a 81-74 victory Wednesday night in ThompsonBoling Arena.

Neither team looked keen on taking over a game that was up

for grabs, so McRae did so himself. The senior scored 24 of his season-high 34 in the final period, including the Vols’ final 13 points.

UT head coach Cuonzo Martin, however, had no problem with his star player taking matters into his own hands.

“We’ll always do it, every time,” Martin said of turning to McRae late in games. “If it gets slow, he’s coming in the game because he raises the energy level.

“He’s ready to battle, and he’s going to kick up some dust one way or another.”

The Vols (12-6, 3-2 SEC) and Razorbacks (12-6, 1-4) both did plenty of battling in a game that seemed to change momentum by the minute. But an 11-0 run early in the second half from Arkansas put the road team in control heading down the stretch.

Arkansas held that lead until a key moment with right under three minutes remaining.

Sporting a 68-66 lead, Razorback guard Kikko Haydar pulled UT forward Jeronne Maymon down and drew an intentional foul that gave UT two foul shots and the possession.

Maymon made both to tie up the game. On the resulting possession, McRae nailed a 3-pointer to begin his streak of 13 straight points that put Arkansas away.

“That was really big for us,” Maymon said of the intentional foul. “After the free throws, we

got the ball there and Jordan hit a three. So that really got our juices flowing and the crowd back into it.

“Then we came down and got a stop, and it was over from there.”

Arkansas head coach Mike Anderson had a different take on the UT run, not being shy about his thoughts on the call on Haydar.

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I-House continues Friendship Program Jordan Achs Copy Editor Picture your first day at UT. You don’t know many people, you don’t know where your classes are, and on top of that, you have to walk uphill wherever you go.

Now picture your first day at UT if you were from an entirely different country.

The International House, a campus organization that aims to ease the transition for international students, works to promote cultural awareness on campus through endeavors such as the Friendship Program.

The Friendship Program pairs same-gender students, one from a foreign country

and one or more from the U.S., in order to develop friendships and make everyone feel at home at UT. The program will be accepting applications for the spring semester’s Friendship Program until Friday.

The Friendship Program allows students to broaden their knowledge about other cultures while making new friends.

Brandon Cartagena, sophomore in Spanish, was in the Friendship Program last fall.

“It’s a great way to meet new people and it’s a great way to learn about another culture,” Cartagena said, “and that’s important.”

Cultural mixing is one of the primary focuses of the

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Run for their lives.

Through physical activity and friendship, Girls on the Run has been empowering pre-adolescent young women since 1996.

Karen Tindal, executive director of the Knoxville area branch, said the organization’s mission is to instill joy, health and confidence in girls.

“We teach life skills through dynamic interactive lessons and running games,” Tindal said. “Our goal is to unleash confidence through accomplishment while establishing a lifetime appreciation of health and fitness.”

Tindal joined the organization after her own daughter participated in the program.

“I saw that GOTR gave my daughter skills to deal with peer pressure and to learn to plug into her positive energy,” Tindal said, “as well as to value and grow relationships with family and friends.”

Hannah White, a freshman supply chain management major, joined the program as a young girl in her home state of South Carolina.

“I joined in the 4th or 5th grade and I loved it,” White said. “I love to run now and it definitely helped foster that.”

The girls in the program participate in a 12-week program ending in a celebratory 5K race. Each session includes a lesson, an activity and a run to prepare for the 5K. These sessions, led by coaches, cover topics like self-esteem, cooperation and teamwork.

“I coached three seasons with my daughter participating in 4th and 5th grade,” Tindal said. “As a coach for GOTR, it gave me an opportunity to really see what 8 to 10-year-old girls think about.”

program, which plans various “friendship mixers” throughout the semester so the pairs can interact with each other and with other groups in the program.

“Our goal for the American side -- the students that are already here -- is to get them to have a better understanding of the culture knowledge outside of America,” Thuy Pham, a graduate teaching assistant for the I-House, said. “For the international students, it’s for them to acclimate and adjust here by befriending someone here in the States and kind of learning the customs and just getting that experience of havStudents gather around a table to talk and enjoy food ing that friendship.” in the I-House during the Friendship Program Mixer in See I-HOUSE on Page 5 February 2013.

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Participants run a Celebration 5K to commemorate the end of the fall season of Girls on the Run of Greater Knoxville on Nov. 24, 2013. about three GIRLS ON THE RUN girls“Weinonlyourhadgroup, so it continued from Page 1 White became a coach for Girls on the Run in search of ways to volunteer in Knoxville.

“I got an email from the Center for Leadership and Service on campus,” White said. “I saw GOTR on the list of organizations and thought it was a great opportunity.”

White said she believes being a coach was a great way to pass along the wisdom she was taught as a young girl in the program.

was really intimate and we got to know them really well,” White said. “We were able to help them build selfesteem and see them grow.”

Students can sign up to work the 5K, help with fundraising, or act as a running buddy during the events.

“Typically we have 10-12 UTK students volunteer as coaches and another 15-20 volunteer for our 5K events,” Tindal said. “We try to work with each student’s schedule and interests to place them in a volunteer role they will be happy with.”

White said she believes volunteering can provide students with a break from stressful college life.

“Being on a college campus, you’re not around kids a lot,” White said. “It was nice to get away from that for a little while and go hang out with little kids that look up to you and respect you.”

With GOTR’s spring season beginning in February, the organization is looking for coaches and volunteers for the 5k, which will take place on April 19.

For more information, visit www.gotrknoxville. org.

Residence halls ‘POWER’ up UT’s conservation effort Samantha Smoak Online Editor UT residence halls are doing their part to POWER UT. Programs Of Water, Energy and Recycling began in 2005 as a tool to educate students about sustainability beyond the classroom, while also attempting to make UT a greener campus.

Through specific recycling and energy-efficient challenges, each of UT’s residence halls compete to prove it has the greenest residents.

The POWER Challenge’s ultimate goal is to reduce the campus’ environmental impact through energy and water conservation and increase recycling rates, according to Elizabeth Boehmer, sustainability outreach coordinator at the Office of Sustainability.

The Apartment Residence Hall was recently declared the 2013-2014 winner of the POWER Challenge and won two bikes any resident can use.

“This will be the first free bike rental program on campus,” Boehmer said. “It is a prize that will give ARH residents access to a green way of getting around.

We are looking forward to tracking the success of this program in hopes that every hall will have free bike rentals in the future.”

Logan Terheggen, a junior in chemical engineering and an intern for the Office of Sustainability, said the POWER Challenge has grown in popularity since its inaugural year.

“This year marked a historic amount of participation from each of the residence halls in

DIVESTMENT continued from Page 1 The coalition hopes the university will reconsider accepting the divestment proposal as part of UT’s mission to be carbon neutral by 2061.

Hayes hopes an acceptance of the proposal would work to match the university’s endowment with this mission.

“They look at an endowment for one purpose: to make money,” Hayes said. “So they are tentative to use it in any sort of way to be used as a tool in any sort of social issues. We see what they’re saying, but at the same time, we go to a university that has pledged to lower our carbon footprint and become more environmentally friendly.

“As a school, we’ve already pledged to make ourselves more sustainable, and as such, our endowment should reflect our views.”

Lawhon said he hopes gain-

terms of all the events and programs that they orchestrated,” Terheggen said. “I would say this effort is gaining traction with the student body.

“I believe it is an effort that is a step in the right direction in both action and mindset.”

Residence halls can earn points based on their water and energy reductions, as well as recycling increases.

Additional points can also be earned by participating in the “Power Down Pledge,” recycling plastic bags, volunteering for game day recycling or attending another environmental event.

According to the Office of Sustainability’s website, residence halls saved 443,700 cubic feet of water during the 20122013 POWER Challenge, the equivalent of approximately five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Residence halls also increased recycling by seven tons and saved 14,000 gallons of gasoline, continuing the program’s growing green impact.

“This year, UT avoided $44,000 in costs due to conservation and recycling,” Boehmer said. “Over 2,000 students attended at least one of the 67 environmental programs throughout the challenge and over 1,500 students and staff signed onto the Power Down Pledge.”

In addition, the Eco-Vols club started the Bags to Benches project as a part of the POWER Challenge. Through this process, residence halls collect recycled plastic bags which are then upcycled into a bench to be featured on campus.

The collection bins have remained in the lobby of every residence hall and will soon be placed in all sorority houses.

ing faculty support will make the campaign a bigger issue on campus.

“The rejection letter underscores the importance of the faculty weighing in on the debate,” Lawhon said. “While students have shown strong support for divestment, we need to show that all stakeholders — students, staff and faculty alike — are in support of divestment.”

Members are also looking to open up communication by using social media to make their message more accessible.

“It’s about using all the tools we have available,” Hayes said.

“We’re still going to petition because if you can get someone to stop and have a conversation with you, that’s huge. We’re going to try to utilize social media, get our Facebook page going, and bring up our presence in classes and clubs.”

In its conclusion, the letter stated a specific need for continued investment in fossil fuel companies due to benefits those funds bring to the university.

“In summary, we recommend rejecting SEN-01-13, because it fails to give proper consideration to the endowment’s sole purpose of generating returns in excess of costs,” Peccolo wrote.

“Last year, 90 percent of the endowment’s payout went to supportive scholarships, instruction, and research. Eliminating a broad segment of the market from investment could hinder future funding of these endeavors.”

Despite the letter, coalition officials said they still plan to increase campus awareness on divestment while hoping for a more positive response from the Board of Trustees in the future.

“Last semester the coalition collected a record number of petitions and grew our membership into the hundreds,” Lawhon said. “This semester we are planning to harness those hundreds of students to engage with thousands more, all with the goal of demonstrating strong campus support that is not going anywhere.”

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THE DAILY BEACON • 3 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

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Country artists weave lyrical stories at the Bijou Claire Dodson Arts & Culture Editor

cally complex.

Isbell brings back one of the best parts of country music – the story – in a way that doesn’t feel overused.

Isbell questions identity in his songs, especially in “Live Oak,” just one of the songs that had audience members in emotional communion during the performance.

He sings about cancer and death and traveling alone and returning home. It is not just his topical choices that make him exceptional but the way he sings, the genuine quality his voice takes on when getting to a particularly significant lyric.

The opener, Williams (granddaughter of Hank Williams Sr.), provided the perfect set up -two acoustic guitars and a bass were the only instruments on the stage during her opening.

Her voice, simple with a kind

of soulful roughness, was never overpowered by the music; this allowed the audience to appreciate her songwriting craft and chill-inducing vocals.

If there was a dark spot during Isbell’s set, it is when precisely the opposite of this occurs -- when his voice is overpowered by all of the electric guitar, keyboard and heavy drums. The high volume, rendered unnecessary by Isbell’s unique voice, seemed excessive, and it was sometimes difficult to piece together the lyrical story he was putting together.

Despite this, Isbell knows how to put on a show while making it look effortless, relying on his reflective singing and songwriting and the talents of his excellent band.

This is the direction country music is going -- and man, it’s good.

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Country music at its worst is all brash, drunken confessions and cliched twang. Country music at its best is Jason Isbell and opener Holly Williams at the Bijou Theatre on Tuesday night.

Isbell, a former Drive-By Trucker with a baby face, button-down shirt and obligatory bootcut jeans, looked the part of a country singer. But rather than imitating the sometimes cringeworthy sound of current country stars, Isbell opted for self-assured southern rock that highlighted all of the delicious vocal roughness he could muster.

The seated audience was brought to its feet at various points throughout the evening – the end of Williams’ magnifi-

cently subtle set, after Isbell’s acoustic version of his hit “Cover Me Up,” and during the encore when he and his band The 400 Unit started a rock jam session that led to many a spilled celebratory beer.

And throughout it all, Isbell was composed, seemingly immune to audience cheers and catcalls. He let his voice and his mustard yellow electric guitar do the talking, and with each crescendo of emotion, it became increasingly clear why this was a sold-out show.

There is no denying country music is popular in mainstream music, whether it’s pop-country like Blake Shelton and Taylor Swift or folk-y Americana like Mumford and Sons.

Isbell doesn’t side with either extreme. Rather, he brings a refreshing take on roots music that is vocally nuanced and lyri-

(top left) Amanda Shires, Jason Isbell’s wife and solo artist, plays violin on Tuesday at the Bijou Theatre.

(middle left) Holly Williams, granddaughter of country star Hank Williams Sr., performs at the Bijou Theatre on Tuesday.

“Being across the street from where my grandfather spent his last few moments is very special to me,” Williams said during the show.

(bottom left) Jimbo Hart, a member of The 400 Unit, backs up Jason Isbell on bass guitar at the Bijou Theatre on Tuesday.

(above) Alternative country musician Jason Isbell performs songs from his fourth studio album “Southeastern” at the Bijou Theatre Tuesday.

Trove of 1980s Madonna pop culture awaits auction Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Long before Newsweek called her a “tarted-up floozy,” way before she married and had babies and adopted babies, and a lifetime before she opened an Instagram account, Madonna was a young woman in New York trying to make it big.

That ambition — and a good bit of innocence — can be seen in a collection of photos, art and drawings that are on the auction block Feb. 9 in St. Petersburg, Fla. The collection is owned by the parents of Martin Burgoyne, an artist, Studio 54 bartender and Madonna’s best friend during that time.

Burgoyne and Madonna befriended each other before she became famous. They were roommates and he played a huge role in Madonna’s early career. He managed her first tour and drew the cover image of Madonna for her 1983 ‘Burning Up’ EP album cover. They partied with artists Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and others. He was raised in England and went to New York to study art at the Pratt Institute.

Madonna and Burgoyne also supported each other emotionally and financially during hard times — after she was raped and when Burgoyne contracted AIDS. Burgoyne died in 1986 after battling that disease. He was 23. Madonna wrote a song about him called “In This Life” that was on her 1992 album ‘Erotica.’

For decades, his parents have kept their son’s memorabilia from that era private — until now.

Mary Dowd, the co-owner of Myers Fine Art, said Burgoyne’s parents live in the Tampa Bay area and are in their 80s. They are selling the collection at an auction.

“I think they came to a point in their lives where they figured that it was time to do something with the collection,” Dowd said. “And so they phone us up and asked us if we would come take a look at it, which we did, and so we saw the breadth of the collection, it was really pretty incredible.”

There’s an original hand-drawn portrait of Burgoyne by Andy Warhol. There’s an original invitation to a fundraiser for Burgoyne

by Keith Haring — a party written about in the New York Times in September 1986 as AIDS was devastating a generation of mostly young gay men, including Burgoyne. The story is heartbreakingly sad, not only because of its foreshadowing of Burgoyne’s death, but of prevalent attitudes in that era toward those with HIV and AIDS. Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell noted in the story that “people could be in the same room with someone infected with the AIDS virus without contracting it.” Madonna was at that party, the Times noted.

But in Burgoyne’s collection in Florida, there are no photos from that party, only from the earlier, happier years.

And then there are the Madonna photos.

Some are candid Polaroids of her making goofy faces with Burgoyne. Others are black and whites, intended for an album cover, of Madonna looking poised and fragile. There are also numerous photos of Burgoyne, a handsome young man in a white shirt and suspenders.

Some of the photos were taken by Burgoyne,

said Dowd, while it’s unclear who took others.

She said it’s possible that Andy Warhol took some of the Polaroids, because they date to same years that he experimented with Polaroid portraits.

Dowd said one of the more remarkable items in the collection is Burgoyne’s sketchbook, in which he inked photo booth sessions of Madonna, and a full-color sketch for her ‘Burning Up’ EP album cover. The image is totally ‘80s, all bright block colors. Madonna sports short hair and thick eyebrows.

“If you’re an enthusiast of entertainment back in the early 80s — and that was a heyday and pivotal time I think — this is kind of a real step back in time to that period,” Dowd said.

Dowd isn’t sure how much each piece will go for — the original Warhol portrait of Burgoyne should fetch a good price, she thinks — but she’s secretly hoping Madonna herself will hear about the auction and bid on some items.

“It seems like it’s something she should have for her historical archives,” said Dowd. “It’s a big part of her life, from the beginning.”

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Thursday, January 23, 2014 Editor-in-Chief R.J. Vogt

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Find the beauty in living for an audience of one Knight Errant by

Victoria Knight Cornered at a party this weekend by someone from my high school, I found myself not caring when he was unimpressed by my post-college plans.

Though I’ve gotten used to the various reactions elicited when I tell people I don’t know what I’m doing after graduation, I found myself not caring even more than usual in this particular instance. Perhaps part of it was the social situation I found myself in and the increasingly late hour, both of which increased my level of not caring. Or maybe it is just another symptom of senioritis.

Either way, I found myself feeling surprisingly proud of my reaction. Progress.

Of course, while the basic social instinct to care about what others think is almost impossible to get rid of, it is something we all can – and should – work on. According to psychological theory, the desire for our decisions to be accepted by others, which leads to feelings of approval, is instilled in us as a basic need. It is something we have literally grown up on. But instead of “yolo,” the new mantra of our generation needs to be something along the lines of “do what’s good for you.”

This can be applied to almost any situation at this time in our lives. In light of the recent viral article “23 things to Do Instead of Getting Engaged When You’re 23,” and the varying responses that have popped up on news websites and blogs in response, it is evident we need to stop worrying about what others think.

Stop comparing the progress of your life to others.

Who cares if someone gets married at 23? In fact, one of my best friends is getting married right after we graduate in May at the ripe old age of 22.

Would I want to be in her place in only three months, about to commit myself to one other person for the rest of my life? No, I absolutely would not, and the thought of that kind of commitment right now is actually terrifying. But it does not mean that I don’t think her and her fiancé will not be blissfully happy, nor have a successful marriage. That’s not up for me to judge, nor does it even really matter what I think anyways.

Just because it is not right for me does not mean it is not right for her. And really, who am I to judge whether it is good or bad for her?

The same goes for anything you might be doing which is outside the norm of acceptable societal constraints.

Perhaps it is taking an extra year to graduate with your degree because you changed your mind about your major a couple of times. Maybe it is deciding that you want to graduate college and then just be a server at a restaurant and write books on the side that may or may never get published. Maybe it is even about unabashedly loving Katy Perry.

In the end, it really doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks. You are the one that has to live with your own decision, whatever it may be. You are the only one who lives with the high ride of success or the slow grind of failure.

As I told my young Padawan (high school freshman) cousin, the minute you graduate high school, those people stop mattering.

College isn’t quite the same, since the friendships you make are more likely to be based on commonality rather than being forced in the same classrooms together for years, but the same basic principle applies. They matter, but only in the context of their friendship, not what they think of your decisions.

Most likely, your support group knows you better than almost anyone else. Talk to them, let them counsel you, and even bounce ideas off of them – but make the decision on your own. Let it be wholly and authentically all yours.

If there’s any doubt about it not being what you want, don’t do it. And if you know it is absolutely what you want, but everyone thinks you are crazy, undoubtedly do it.

As they say, the haters are always going to hate, but if you’re happy, then it doesn’t matter. Your friends and family aren’t the ones living your life – you are.

Victoria Knight is a senior in microbiology. She can be reached at vknight4@utk.edu.

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Magic of childhood escape still exists through film, books Uncommon Sense by

Evan Ford I still believe in magic.

Maybe it started a little over a decade ago, when my friend Micah and I decided to throw a magic show for our parents on his birthday. Micah loved magic, and I’ve always had an affinity toward performing, so we made a good duo.

To me, real magic isn’t these tricks and feats. Instead, it’s what happens when you get lost in a book, or spend a whole weekend binging on a TV show on Netflix. It’s the feeling at a concert when everyone’s singing the same song and you feel like you know the hundreds or thousands of strangers in the room with you.

Take a trip over to Neyland Stadium or Thompson-Boling and tell me that’s not magic.

Take movies. You go to a theater, the room darkens and for two hours you experience someone else’s life and feel someone else’s emotions. Movies, music and books change people’s lives. What else should we

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and become successful and romantically involved and find themselves. But Chabon doesn’t leave it at that. He shows that for all our lives — whether good or bad — we’re trapped. Trapped in broken bodies, or slow minds. Trapped in crappy circumstances and bad memories.

We’re trapped in ourselves, unable to really think or experience or feel from anyone else’s perspective.

I’ve written before about that story and how it is inseparably linked to humanity.

But stories are also just plain magic. They absorb us, even if just for 30 minutes when the latest episode is on TV. They let us feel what others feel, and show us how to grow up. Perhaps most important of all, they let us escape.

Being a snob about music and movies and all of that, I often rail on “escapism” as a pretty crappy form of art. Some of it is (ahem, John Grisham), but sometimes we don’t need art. We need escape.

I’ll wrap up with a quote from Kavalier & Clay, talking about how comic books (and entertainment in general) were despised for being just a means to escape— “As if there could be any more noble or necessary service in life.”

Evan Ford is a junior in philosophy. He can be reached at eford6@utk.edu.

Middle ground in health care debate needed more than ever Dean’s List by

Katie Dean Thus far in my short stint as a columnist, I have really tried to avoid talking about the Affordable Care Act. One reason is I have much better things to do than read 500,000 hate messages in my UT email account. But I also haven’t come to a conclusion on how I feel about it just yet.

Truth be told, all the controversy surrounding the ACA overwhelms me, and after the disastrous roll out in October I found myself even more confused. I am a little envious of people who have solid, concrete ideas about it, because for me it represents a huge grey area.

Anyone who reads this column knows I am very liberal when it comes to social issues. Something you might not know about me, however, is when it comes to fiscal policy I tend to be much more conservative.

The problem I run into with these ideals is there are very few politicians out there today who I can really relate to.

I often find myself compromising one ideal for another simply because party polarization has pulled our delegates so far apart; I’m afraid the ability to act as a “moderate” (whatever that even means nowadays) is

Non Sequitur • Wiley

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call that?

In his play/movie “Shadowlands,” William Nicholson chronicles the life of C.S. Lewis, the Oxford academic and author of the “Narnia” series. In the screenplay, Nicholson gives Lewis’ character the most famous line—“We read to know that we’re not alone.”

What’s hilarious and ironic about this line is people now (mis)attribute the quotation to Lewis himself. But in a way, this affirms the idea behind the now famous quotation.

When we read stories, or watch movies, the characters become real — real enough to remind us we’re not alone and to believe the character of C.S. Lewis is the same as the real guy.

The moment I realized this was magic was when I was reading Michael Chabon’s 2000 novel, “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.” I picked it up because it won the Pulitzer and was famous and respected and other bogus hipster stuff.

But as I read, I began to realize this was a special book. It had one thing to say — we all need to escape sometimes. The main characters, a pair of poor Jewish boys in the early 1940s, need to escape from a number of things — Nazism, the Bronx and adolescence. The way they do that is by writing a comic book hero aptly named The Escapist.

As the novel goes on, the kids grow up

deteriorating all together.

All the discussion about the Affordable Care Act has really forced me to think about what’s important to me not only as a society member and voter, but also simply what is important to me as a person and contributing member to society.

One of the single most important things I have learned in my time as a student at UT is how important it is to truly be an advocate for other people. Call me a cheesy idealist, but being immersed in a campus spirit based on volunteerism and service has had a strong effect on me. When I first stepped onto this campus in 2011, my primary interests were making as many friends as possible and possibly learning how to do a keg stand (just kidding – sort of).

This year, I’m leading a group of students on an Alternative Spring Break trip to work with children living in poverty and interning in the office of a U.S. Senator. My primary role in this job is helping constituents navigate the never-ending bureaucracies of Social Security, disability and unemployment.

Tedious as it may be, I get to help people and I think it’s awesome. Being a student here has helped me realize how much I value such experiences.

Remembering advocacy is what I think is getting lost in all this debate over the ACA. I’m certainly not suggesting the plan is perfect or the best thing for our economy.

I can’t say I’m OK with an individual mandate, or that I think people who don’t even try to be healthy should get help from those who do. Sorry to be harsh, but not everyone

deserves it, and I know that.

But what I adamantly refuse to accept is the fact that even though we are the richest country in the world, a totally ordinary, hardworking, middle class person can become bankrupt and end up homeless because their spouse gets cancer or they fall victim to some other extreme circumstance.

I refuse to accept that some people can’t have health insurance simply because they have a preexisting condition. In my eyes, this resembles social Darwinism just as a as the individual mandate seems like socialism to some people.

Government-run healthcare without a doubt needs to be more efficient and flexible. I know just as well as anyone the administration dropped the ball on the roll out. What they haven’t dropped the ball on is remembering to advocate for people who society wants to leave behind.

We have dropped that ball, and it has never been so evident to me as it is now as I observe the Obamacare saga unfold.

I can understand why many are opposed to this plan and I don’t blame them. I just wish people wouldn’t let the debate bring out such an ugly side of humanity.

We need to remember we can be economists as well as advocates; we don’t have to sacrifice one ideal for another simply because it’s too hard to find a middle ground.

It’s out there somewhere, we just have to work a little harder to reach it.

Katie Dean is a junior in political science. She can be reached at xvd541@utk. edu.

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THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

ARTS & CULTURE Yak Strangler to release new experimental album What happens to the ends of Fig Newtons?

Yak Strangler, a Knoxville experimental duo consisting of Rylan Bledsoe and Chris Newman, will release their album “The Duplex Dortch Eating Machine,� Feb. 28.

Their upcoming album is a concept album based off dinner one night. While Bledsoe believes current popular concept albums are melodramatic, Yak Strangler took an unexpected approach. “The new album is kind of like a weird idea that Chris and I had while we were sitting, eating dinner with my dad,� Bledsoe said. “We just went out of left field and did a concept half album about what happens to the end pieces of Fig Newtons.�

Named for the patented machine that makes the Fig Newtons, their new album experiments with humor along with any other whim they were willing to try out. “The whole thing is based off the conversation we had that night,� Bledsoe said. “It’s all instrumental except for a phone call in the middle of it where we call Nabisco, just aggravate the person answering phones, and ask what happens to the end pieces of Fig Newtons.�

A shared music teacher brought the duo together.

Bledsoe’s father writes for the music section of the Knoxville News Sentinel leading to set up music lessons for Bledsoe with Kevin Abernathy. Abernathy introduced Bledsoe to Newman, and they became Yak Strangler. “We paired off and auditioned other people for a while,�

Bledsoe said, “but we settled down and decided we would make cooler music working with limitations and trying to figure out ways to make two people work as an instrumental band.�

Both Newman and Bledsoe’s musical instruction has shaped their lack of one set genre. They

prefer to play on each other’s abilities for a mix of unexpected sounds. “Chris kind of started out as a bluesy guitar player, then he did metal for a while,� Bledsoe said. “I started out as a metal drummer, and then I kind of moved towards jazz as I took lessons from Keith Brown at UT. “When we work together, it ends up with a little bit of blues and funk and metal.�

To Yak Strangler, genre has no constraint mostly because the duo doesn’t really abide by one or the other. Instead, they can move from ukuleles and banjos to metal to funk within a set. “We do a lot of different music,� Bledsoe said. “It’s just two people, so when either of us has an idea, we just follow it.�

While generally an instrumental band, the group’s experimental tendencies have led to introductions of the occasional lyrics as demonstrated on their previous album, “Your Body Is A Wonderland.� “We’ve moved to a lot of different directions,� Bledsoe said. “There are songs where I sing, songs where we both yell, different things like that.�

Working as a duo rock band can result in challenges, but Bledsoe and Newman admitted they are unafraid of experimentation as a means of creativity.

Bledsoe has begun singing while he plays drums, and they will present an acoustic song where Bledsoe plays banjo and Newman plays ukulele. “Part of the sound that we’ve developed is a result of that,�

Bledsoe said. “Chris and I give each other a lot of creative trust.

We just kind of go with the ideas that we have.�

One of the biggest challenges they face is filling a space with just the two of them. The duo work for a full sound, and technology and a lack of fear have allowed Bledsoe and Newman to try anything new. “We’re working toward a system where it will be very full-sounding even with just two people,� Bledsoe said. “Chris

now has a system that’s designed where he’s got an AB box that will send a signal of his guitar to two amps, and we have different effects where we’ve got a loop pedal on one amp. He’ll play a riff through one amp, shut the guitar signal off to that one, then he’ll play a solo on top of his own riff. “It really should sound like there are more people than just the two of us. It requires us to be a lot more innovative in trying to figure out new ideas.�

The duo can be found playing at local venues like The Well, Preservation Pub and Pilot Light for a very specific reason. “We have to have a place that is OK with loud music,� Bledsoe said.

Yak Strangler looks to have a full stage presence despite only having two members. It is this commitment to a great show that attracts fans.

However, the band is currently taking a break to market its CD release party at the Pilot Light on Feb. 28. “We just try to be real high energy and fun,� Bledsoe said. “On stage, I jump up on my drum throne sometimes and jump down and hit my cymbals as I’m falling. We do things like that to try to be upbeat.�

While other bands may scoff at the idea of a rock duo, Yak Strangler welcomes the skepticism. Bands like the White Stripes and Shovels & Rope have done it, leading the duo to believe there is no reason Yak Strangler cannot make it work too. “Every time we play a show,�

Bledsoe said, “there’s a bass player in the audience who says, ‘You guys need a bass player,’ and we’re like, ‘No we don’t. We’re a duo band.’�

For Yak Strangler, the band’s sound is about energy, experimentation and one very important question. “There’s only center pieces, you know,� Bledsoe said. “Where do they go? Do they sell them as Fig Newtons somewhere else? I don’t know.�

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A new exhibit titled “Brightly Beaded: North American Indian Glass Beadwork� opened Jan. 18 at McClung Museum. The exhibit features Native American glass beads and beadwork created from the 16th through the 20th century. This article of clothing, currently on display at McClung, is an example of the combination of artistic embellishment and functional use. The exhibit will run until June.

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said. “It just comes about naturally and it’s just something we decided to facilitate.�

While Cartagena made a point to students that nothing is promised, he said the overall experience can still be advantageous. “The friendship program doesn’t necessarily guarantee that you’ll become ‘best friends’ with this person,� Cartagena said, “but regardless it’ll be a great opportunity for you to meet someone new and have some fun.�

Pham admitted she was also glad UT students can appreciate their cross-cultural connections. “The biggest feedback we get is from the (American) students here,� Pham said. “I think that just shows a lot of really great qualities that students at UT have, wanting to go out and befriend people that don’t know this area that well or this country that well.�

For more information on the Friendship Program, contact Thuy Pham at tpham3@utk. edu.

continued from Page 1 Pham noted that the students are paired based off their interests and hobbies, which leads to better chances of real friendships forming from these “friendship blind-dates.� “I got along really well with my student,�

Cartagena said. “There was one day where I was in the library studying ... and my buddy from the Friendship Program saw me there, and he just went to the POD market and bought me some snacks for me to eat when I was studying.�

According to Pham, friendship programs are popular on campuses all over the U.S. and remain one of the I-House’s most popular, longstanding programs. “I think it was just established because international students wanted to get to know students here on campus and vice versa,� Pham

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Thursday, January 23, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron

SPORTS “McRae played well, but the MVP was the flagrant foul call,” Anderson said. “You get in two or three minutes and that’s one that should play on. I just thought it changed the whole dynamic of how the game was going.”

Maymon posted 17 points and nine rebounds, but post partner Jarnell Stokes added just seven points and six boards.

The Razorbacks packed it in to prevent the Vols’ bigs from wreaking havoc, and it worked well enough to give Arkansas a late lead.

But when the Vol guards are connecting from outside, it’s pick your poison for opposing defenses. And McRae was certainly on in the second half, going 5-for-8 from the field and hitting 10 of 12 free throws.

“I knew with how they were guarding Jarnell (Stokes),” McRae said, “it would be hard for him to score, and Jeronne as well. This is a game that we didn’t want to lose at home, especially home games like this.

“We needed this win.”

Arkansas started each half hot from the field, hitting six of its first eight shots in the opening half and began the second half 4-for-6 as the Vols struggled to find answers on defense.

But UT saved its best for last, holding the Razorbacks to

two garbage-time field goals in the last 5:04 of the game as the Vols went on their gamewinning run.

That run would not have existed without McRae, who climbed from sixth to third in the SEC in scoring with his 34-point outburst.

Many inside ThompsonBoling Arena were captivated by McRae’s big game.

But Maymon, who has been McRae’s teammate for four years, didn’t see anything too out of the ordinary.

“I’ve seen a lot of outstanding things from him over the years, so it’s no surprise,” Maymon said. “I expect him to go make free throws. I expect him to make open threes, or contested threes. He’s just a really good player all around.”

Next up for the Vols is another weekend road trip to face the No. 6 Florida Gators, who haven’t lost since Dec. 2.

The grind never ceases in SEC play, but Martin won’t argue with preparing on the heels of a victory.

“When you lose games, it takes a toll on you physically and mentally,” Martin said.

“But when you win them, you can learn from it and still push forward. That’s the good thing about it.

“We had some breakdowns offensively and defensively. But again, it’s better to learn from it after the ‘W.’”

74 Arkansas

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Moore comes up big for UT off bench Dargan Southard Assistant Sports Editor As the game turned: Tennessee’s second SEC home game kicked off with an erratic first half as each squad led by as many as six but combined for 13 turnovers in the opening period.

Arkansas raced out to a 13-6 lead, only to see the Vols immediately counter with a 12-0 run. UT would falter before the break as the Razorbacks knocked down four first-half 3-pointers and trailed by only two at intermission.

“Arkansas (is) just a team, they fight, they battle,” head coach Cuonzo Martin said.

“They make it hard on you.”

Jordan McRae opened the second half with eight quick points, but the Razorbacks reeled off an 11-0 run, opening up an eight-point lead with 14:04 remaining.

Tennessee would claw back, though, as Josh Richardson’s 3-pointer tied the game at 63 mid-way through the second half.

Six minutes later, a fivepoint possession gave UT the lead for good. Following an intentional foul call, Jerrone Maymon hit two free throws and McRae nailed one of his four second half 3-pointers, pushing the Vol advantage to 71-68.

Hot topic: Martin’s squad locked down their free throw shooting Wednesday evening, outscoring the Razorbacks

30-11 at the line.

McRae’s hot free throw shooting was especially crucial as the senior guard single-handedly closed out the Volunteer win from the line.

McRae hit 10 free throws in the second half, all of which came in the game’s final 2:25.

“I really wanted the ball, especially at the end when they were fouling,” McRae said.

“This is a game that we didn’t want to lose at home, especially home games like this.”

Spotlight: Despite playing a combined 29 minutes in the last eight games, sophomore guard Armani Moore turned in a solid performance Wednesday night, posting five points, four rebounds and a career-high four blocks in 18 solid minutes.

“Armani is a really special player for us,” Maymon said.

“He brings a lot of energy for us. He can switch one through five. He is a tough guy and that is what we need coming off the bench.

“He has that spark that we need.”

Minutes upon entering the game, Moore nailed his first 3-pointer in almost three weeks, giving UT its first advantage, 16-13.

All four of Moore’s swats came in the final five minutes of the first half, each one drawing a significant roar from the 14,034 in attendance.

The other guys: Coty Clarke scored 16 points as the Razorbacks suffered their fourth loss in five games.

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Sophomore guard Armani Moore inbounds the ball in the Vols’ 81-74 victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks at Thompson-Boling Arena on Wednesday.

Outside the box score: The loss dropped Arkansas to 2-21 in road games under head coach Mike Anderson.

Say something: Martin on McRae’s scoring outburst: “For him, that was more of Rocky Top (League), just let’s play, getting up the court and making plays because the way they play, you have to be able to make individual plays.”

By the numbers

25: Arkansas outscored UT 25-6 in bench points.

37: The two teams combined for 37 points off turnovers.

26: Under Martin, the Vols are 26-3 when scoring at least 80 points.

Up next: The Vols travel to Gainesville, Fla., on Saturday as they take on the No. 6 Flordia Gators. Tipoff is slated for 4 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Lady Vols to honor Summitt against UF was quick to remind her players to always be learning from their mistakes.

“They understand that it is a 40-minute While every game is important, the No. 11 game, and they just did a couple little things Lady Vols’ matchup with Florida Thursday wrong (Monday) and got down on themselves,” Warlick said. “The little things turned night will be of particular importance.

Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer

The contest is the SEC’s portion of “We Back Pat” Week that focuses on bringing awareness and recognition to the Pat Summitt Foundation, an organization that fights against Alzheimer’s disease.

Head coach emeritus Pat Summitt launched the foundation on Nov. 27, 2011 after her diagnosis of early onset dementia at 59.

The foundation’s goal is to provide support services to patients, their families and caregivers while ultimately finding a cure for Alzheimer’s.

During the game, a public service announcement and a support video from SEC coaches will be played. On-court check presentations will take place prior to tipoff, as well.

“It’s going to be a very emotional day,” senior guard Meighan Simmons said. “Pat is still my head coach, and I appreciate everything that she has done for me to help me become the woman I am today. It’s going to be an inspiring game.

“It should motivate not only me but also the rest of the team to go out and play even harder for her.”

The Lady Vols (14-4, 3-2 SEC) will look to shake off Monday’s 86-70 loss to undefeated No. 2 Notre Dame where Tennessee led by as many as 12 points in the first half.

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Fans are asked to wear We Back Pat shirts to game. Shirts will also be sold at the arena.

UT holds a 46-3 all-time record vs.

Florida (series started Feb. 8, 1980) Lady Vols have won nine straight over the Gators.

UT holds a 20-1 record versus Florida inside Thompson-Boling Arena.

Senior guard Meighan Simmons scored 47 points in two games against UF last year.

Last matchup: Tennessee beat Florida 82-73 in SEC quarterfinals (March 8, 2013)

into big momentum swings. As long as they learned from it well, they will be better off from it.”

While the Gators (13-5, 3-2) were winners of their first three SEC contests, they recently dropped their last two conference games with losses to No. 12 LSU on the road, 82-68, and at home to Georgia, 68-62.

Despite Florida’s recent struggles, UT isn’t taking the squad lightly. “(Florida coach) Amanda Butler does a great job,” Warlick said. “They are a very smart team and a physical one. I think we will see a battle on the boards and on the defensive end.

“Whoever sticks to the game plan is going to come out with a victory.”

Given the solid opponents, UT players admitted they have nothing but respect for their SEC rival.

“We know they are a good team,” sophomore forward Bashaara Graves said. “They beat a really good Kentucky team already so they are going to come in here with great confidence. It should be a very good game.”

While Tennessee and Kentucky were tabbed as the unanimous first and second place teams in the preseason SEC poll, they currently find themselves in a four-way tie for fourth place.

“It’s exactly where I thought the conference would be at this point because you have better coaches now and more athletes,” Warlick said. “It’s a matter of pride and competition, coaches driving their teams to be better.

“The conference is a tough one to play in night in and night out.”

Not only will the SEC matchup determine rankings, but the game will have added meaning for the fans and players.

“It’s inspiring to me to have a week to sit back and realize what Pat (Summitt) has done for the SEC and women’s basketball period,” Graves said. “We want to go out and play for her.”