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Grabbing back Thousands of Knoxvillians spend inauguration weekend marching in solidarity. See full story on pages 2-3.

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to Obama 2. Aziz Ansari opens SNL with 3. White House Press 1. T-shirt homage starts politics Secretary lies to press Last Summer, The New York Times ran a story on President Barack Obama’s after-hours life.

In the story he and Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel joked about opening a t-shirt shack in Hawaii, where they would only sell medium white shirts, so they could have a job that didn’t require decision making. As an homage to President Obama, New York Times columnist, Emily Spivack, created the Medium White Tee project. Spivack’s month-long popup shop first appeared Wednesday, Jan. 11, on Obama’s birthplace, Oahu. Each shirt costs $44, as a nod to Obama’s position as 44th president.

Aziz Ansari opened up Saturday Night Live on Saturday, Jan. 21, with a stand-up routine focusing on newly elected President Donald Trump.

The monologue, which was Ansari’s debut on SNL, came just a day after Trump had been sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. Ansari also focused on Trump supporters as well as critics of Trump supporters.

“Today, an entire gender protested against him,” he said, referencing the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., and around the world. Ansari ended his monologue on a serious note by stating, “Change comes from large groups of angry people. And if Day 1 is any indication, you are part of the largest group of angry people I have ever seen.”

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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer made comments to reporters about what they should be focusing on rather than the size of the inaugural crowd during his first briefing in the press room on Saturday, Jan. 21. Spicer explained that a more pressing issue that should be reported on is President Trump’s choice for the new leader of the CIA, Republican congressman Mike Pompeo, has yet to be confirmed. Spicer said, “This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period,” but this is not backed up by any available data. However, Spicer remained adamant that these reports were false and that the White House would “hold the press responsible.”

Visit us online at utdailybeacon.com to see more stories and breaking news.

Women’s marches sweep through Knoxville Chris Salvemini News Editor

Through Trump and high water, thousands of Knoxvillians marched for equality this weekend.

Two women’s marches were planned on Friday, Jan. 20, and Saturday, Jan. 21. The marches were part of the Women’s March on Washington movement, which brought out more than 2.2 million marchers worldwide.

In Washington, D.C. alone, 500,000 people came to demonstrate for the cause. The core mission, according to its website, was to show unity after an election that seemingly targeted minority groups in the U.S. The first Knoxville march, which was sponsored by the Undergraduate Anthropology Association, occurred on campus Friday afternoon and attracted at least 200 students, professors, faculty, families and Knoxville residents. They marched down Andy Holt Avenue before turning onto Volunteer Boulevard to go back up to the Torchbearer.

“I’m marching for equality, and I’m marching for women’s rights and to let our government know that we’re watching them,” Taylor Harrison, a UT marcher, said. “I will not speak with disrespect about our president. He is still the president of America, and I hope he does well, but to me, a legitimate president is a president that cares about the needs of their people.”

Afterwards, demonstrators gathered around the Torchbearer and exchanged a megaphone to speak about their motivations to march. The

I will not speak with disrespect about our president. He is still the president of America, and I hope he does well, but to me, a legitimate president is a president that cares about the needs of their people.”

demonstrators remained there until 2 p.m., when the march ended. Demonstrators were escorted by police officers during the march, who blocked crosswalks from oncoming traffic so marchers could pass safely.

While the march was not specifically about President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday, it was timed to be around his inauguration. Trump has received criticism from political opponents and the public for promises to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the worsening tensions among social groups throughout his campaign.

“I’m marching for women’s rights, for the future, for the environment, for education as a teacher, so all the things,” Laura LeeThompson, a UT marcher, said. “It’s definitely being done on the weekend that he’s inducted as the president. What I’m really worried about right now is the Affordable Care Act. I’m worried about that being repealed without being replaced.”

Taylor Harrison, UT marcher

Marchers were met with encouragement from onlookers and drivers. Some counterprotesters came wearing shirts and hats labeled with Trump’s campaign slogan and design, but there were not as many counter protesters as there were marchers.

“They have the right to march. I don’t necessarily agree with their views, but that’s their right. I also have the right to support my president … I think people will grow more accustomed to him once he actually gets in,” Tanner Beasley, a freshman in business management, said.

The UT march ended peacefully. The second women’s march in Knoxville began at Market Square on Saturday, Jan. 21 and attracted at least 2,000 people. Despite rain and wind, the march began around 12:30 p.m. after having to reroute the march due to an unexpectedly large crowd.

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WOMEN’S MARCH continued from Page 2 “I have been active in human rights issues since the ‘60s and ‘70s. I graduated from UT in 1972 and again in 1978,” Tony Farris, a marcher in Market Square, said.

“We thought we made a lot of inroads in the ‘60s and ‘70s, but it seems that they are being eroded. Now we have to stand back up for them … I don’t want to see the advancements we’ve made in our country go under.”

People carried signs with sayings like “predator-in-chief,” “women’s rights are human rights,” “one love,” “Let’s get together and be all nice” and “love not hate makes America great.” The march left from the north side of the square and marched through S. Gay Street, turned onto Cumberland Avenue and then went down Locust Avenue before returning to Market Square through Union Avenue.

While Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero did not attend, she sent a letter that expressed support and encouragement to be involved in the Knoxville community.

Rogero’s words were read before leaving Market Square.

“I’m totally impressed by the turnout in Knoxville, considering some of the demographic maps I have seen and the way

Monday, January 23, 2017 • The Daily Beacon some of the counties voted,” Ben Mohr, an onlooker of the Knoxville march, said.

“What blows my mind is the different types of people that came out here, it’s not all young college students or all women; there’s a ton of every demographic you can think of.”

The crowd spilled onto the street while on Gay Street but were rerouted back onto the sidewalk by police who escorted the demonstrators through the rest of the march. Traffic was blocked at some crosswalks, but cars were eventually allowed to pass as organizers and marchers encouraged people to wait for the cars to drive through.

The Knoxville march also ended peacefully after a speech from organizers and a pledge to continue standing up for minority groups and coming together as a community.

“I like that I see that people are standing up and taking place in what they believe in. There is no sense with everything that’s been going on that you can’t do that. I have no problem with it,” Darion Branham, an onlooker of the UT march, said.

People gather after marching through Downtown Knoxville to listen to a speech and take part in a pledge to support unity by organizers.

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‘Career Conversations’ to hold first lecture of the year Annie Tieu

working in a variety of different career fields,” Mary Beth Browder, career consultant for the Center for Career Development and organizer of the event, said.

Each panel discussion typically includes On Wednesday, Jan. 25, the Center for Career Development will be continuing its four or five individuals.

The panelists featured are Jane Jolley, Career Conversations for Arts and Sciences series. “Working for Uncle Sam: Careers in Senior Field Director for U.S. Senator Government, Politics, and Law” is the first Bob Corker; Debbie Sharp, Assistant panel discussion in the spring semester Neighborhood Coordinator for City of Knoxville; George Shields, Staff Attorney series.

The event will feature a panel of indi- at Legal Aid of East Tennessee, Inc.; Katie Lamb, Associate viduals working in Attorney at Trammell, specific fields and Adkins & Ward, P.C.; provide a panel disand Drew Thurman, cussion along with a Compliance Manager question and answer at Knox County session.

Government.

Beginning in Although lawyers 2015, the series tend to carry the stighighlighted various ma of being immoral, opportunities for Shields became an students with an arts attorney to make an and sciences degree. impact on others’ Other events in the lives. series have focused “I decided to puron, or will focus on, sue a career in law museums, libraries George Shields, George Shields, Staff because I wanted to and archives; eduAttorney at Legal Aid of East Tennessee make a positive difcation through nonference in individual traditional means; lives and in society,” careers in science Shields said. “I began and math; mental to realize that the law health and social is not only a body of service; law enforcement and forensics; human resources, man- rules; it’s also a mechanism through which agement and sales; international careers; we can shape our reality to better match our ideals, and I decided that I wanted to and arts, media, and communication.

“We wanted to highlight all the different be a part of that process.”

Shields emphasized the importance of career opportunities for students in the College of Arts and Sciences, help connect students reaching out to other attorneys arts and sciences students to key informa- to experience how law firms and lawyers tion about the routes and paths into these work. careers and allow students a chance to meet and connect with employers and alumni in See CAREER CONVERSATIONS on Page 5 Staff Writer

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I decided to pursue a career in law because I wanted to make a positive difference in individual lives and in society.”

CAMPUSNEWS CAREER CONVERSATIONS continued from Page 4 “I think the best advice for students interested in law is to remember that movies and TV shows that feature lawyers are usually dramas rather than documentaries, and so they generally do a poor job of accurately depicting our real work,” Shields said. “That’s why I encourage students to connect with and shadow practicing attorneys and see what our work looks like in real life before committing to the time and expense of law school.”

Similarly to Shields, Sharp chose to become a panelist to clear up misapprehensions about government work.

“I decided to speak because I thought I might be able to help a young person see what work in government can be like.

Some people are surprised at the amount of work we accomplish because there can be a misconception that government moves slowly,” Sharp said.

Her advice to students seeking a career in government work is to get involved.

“It is important to find the issues that are important to you and then pursue them,” Sharp said. “For example, if walkability is important, get involved with the departments and groups working on that. Go to city council, county commis-

Monday, January 23, 2017 • The Daily Beacon sion, and metropolitan planning commission meetings. They might be confusing at first, but then it becomes easier to see the process. Read up on committees, attend their meetings. Most of these groups are open to the public.”

The panelists believe the Career Conversations series can be a useful resource for students pursuing an arts and sciences degree to see what they may chose as a career path.

“Many times, the careers highlighted in the conversations do not always have a clear, step-by-step route to get there and learning about the careers directly from people who have successfully made their way into these careers from many different backgrounds is invaluable,” Browder said.

This series also provides students a chance to explore their career options or to make connections with individuals in their career field.

“The Career Conversations series can be beneficial for a first-year student who is still exploring career options, but it can also be helpful for a senior who is ready to job search or apply to graduate school,” Browder said. “The panelists typically give a thorough overview of what their career entails but also provide advice about how to gain experience or how to stand out in the job or grad school search.”

What: Career Conversations for Arts and Sciences series.“Working for Uncle Sam: Careers in Government, Politics, and Law” Where: Center for Career Developement, Room 22 When: Wednesday, Jan. 25

TORCHBEARER NOMINATIONS The Torchbearer is the highest student honor conferred by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Torchbearers are seniors who have served their alma mater with overall excellence. It is awarded for academic achievement and outstanding commitment to others as demonstrated by the student’s various activities and significant contributions to the university and the community. Students chosen for this award embody the Volunteer spirit, displaying initiative and service in the best interest of both the university and their fellow students. Recognition as a Torchbearer reminds all students that those who bear the Torch of Enlightenment shadow themselves to give light to others.

Please encourage senior students to submit their materials at honorsbanquet.utk.edu.

Completed forms must be submitted by 5 p.m. on February 17. Please e-mail dos@utk.edu with any questions or comments.

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Graphing the connection between suicide, population density Will Lifferth Prime Numbers

While in a car on a mission to accomplish something that would hopefully make someone’s Christmas better, my mother commented, “You know people are more likely to commit suicide during the holidays?” Because I have an insatiable need to respond to facts with more facts, I retorted “Did you know Utah has the fifth highest suicide rate of any state?” My mother, incredulous that anything bad could happen in a place full of Mormons, questioned my claim.

So like any responsible pseudo-scientific know-it-all, I checked my sources. The first credible result was from the CDC: in 2012 Utah was fifth in age-adjusted suicides. But that was not the most interesting thing on the page. In this data analysis, I noticed the four above Utah all seemed somehow similar: Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and New Mexico.

Sure enough, the top three suicide states were the bottom three by population density. At this point, I was feeling clever, so I wanted to keep digging. To get a better picture, I wanted cleaner data.

I was able to pull suicide data from the CDC and population density data from the US census. I cleaned up the data, kicked out the District of Columbia (it is an outlier regarding population density) and started playing around with it. A couple of minutes later I had come up with a chart.

On the horizontal axis, we have population density; this is people per square mile. On the vertical axis, we have suicide; this is suicides per 100,000 people. Each circle represents a state, the size of which is dependent upon the population. For example, California’s point is huge because California contains a good million people.

The line is a second order line of best fit, and the field around it is a 95 percent confidence interval (That is to say, if there was a new/ imaginary state that followed the same trend, we could be 95 percent sure it would fall within that field.)

Boom!

On a very basic level, the trend is pretty clear: the denser the population of a state, the lower incidence of suicide it has. Okay, but why?

Now we need to be clear: all this data is entirely observational. We’re trying to explain differences in suicide using the information we have about population, but we could just as easily do the reverse: try to explain differences between populations using information about suicide; maybe Wyoming residents are running away because their neighbors are dropping like flies. But it makes some intuitive sense to look at it this way — so lets run with it.

Why do states with higher population densities tend to have a lower rate of suicide? A host of things also correlates well with population density. Densely populated states tend to be more urban and offer more access to healthcare. They also tend to have stricter gun laws. They also tend to be more politically liberal.

But that doesn’t mean stricter gun laws or liberalism is saving anyone from suicide, per se. The same is true of population density. In the words of that one insufferable statistics professor, we have all had at one point, “correlation does not imply causation.”

That being said, there is strong theoretical support for the idea that being around other people can increase well-being and reduce the risk of suicidal ideation. And hey, the data seems to support that in a non-rigorous way. So let’s stay surrounded.

Want to read all the caveats, footnotes and code that went into this? Check it out at wlifferth.com.

Want to help fight suicide? Check out the American

Foundation for Suicide Prevention at afsp.org. If you or someone you know has experienced thoughts of suicide or self-harm call or text the Suicide Prevention hotline at 1-800-273-8255.

William Lifferth is a sophomore in college scholars and can be reached at wlifferth@utk.edu.

Columns of The Daily Beacon are the views of the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or the Beacon’s editorial staff.

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Bryanne Brewer, Copy Editor

AFI - “AFI (The Blood Album)” Classic alternative rock band AFI, fully known as A Fire Inside, has released their first album since “Burials” in October 2013. “AFI (The Blood Album)” marks the band’s 10th studio album since their initial formation in 1991. In every album since their commercial heyday back in 2003, AFI has tried to challenge diehards: “Crash Love” was a brazen pop record, while “Burials” diversified their wardrobe.

“The Blood Album” presumably promises some kind of “back to basics” operating

principle. iTunes reviewed “The Blood Album” as “a furious return to form for the veteran goth punks,” but it seemed to fall flat — and not furious at all. The album’s first song “Dark Snow” might be good for new listeners, but from the standpoint of those who expected a more “Decemberunderground” feel, the album feels a little disappointing. In comparison to their older albums, this new record seems to be more about musicality than the feelings conveyed.

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So they aren’t as hardcore as I remembered. Since 2003, they’ve definitely added more musical elements and genres into their mix. It’s not bad, just not what I would’ve expected from a “back to basics” album.

The album had some good tracks, it just didn’t stand out as basic AFI to me. It felt like they were trying to return to the sounds of 2003, but they narrowly missed the mark — the feeling just wasn’t there.

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Foxygen-“Hang” As a band that was once steeped in the psych-rock genre, indie rock duo Foxygen has reemerged with their fifth studio album “Hang.” Much like artists Ty Segall and Parquet Courts, Foxygen can only be loosely defined by their avant-garde style and enchanting vocals. The duo refer to themselves as “ a handshake with a knife behind your back and a sleepless night in a five star hotel.” This kind of quirkiness is exactly what listeners can expect from “Hang.”

The album throws listeners into a fit of retro-revival with the first track “Follow

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the Leader.” While each song differs, like the slow ballad “Mrs. Adams” and the symphonic “America,” the feel of being transported back in time is never disrupted. With the help of a full symphony orchestra conducted by Trey Pollard, contributions from Matthew E. White, The Flaming Lips’ Steve Drozd and The Lemon Twigs, “Hang” brings the duo closer than ever to striking a balance between their wild, ambitious ideas and innate strengths as they continue with their disparate series of throwback experiments.

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This album brought me the best of Pink Floyd and Aerosmith, but it was in no way an imitation. Spin Magazine said it best: “Here, they’ve crafted a shag and wood-grained interior as remarkably indebted to its predecessors as it is now warm and full and huge.”

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‘Friendlytown’ keeps comedy fans coming back Allie Clouse Contributor Imagine a mix of live “Parks & Rec” meets standup meets talk show meets zine.

This experimental show, named Friendlytown, is housed at the Pilot Light on Monday nights and is hosted by producers Tyler Sonnichsen, John Hurst and Todd Lewis, as a way of storytelling through comedy.

The show each week is based on a fictional town as it holds a city council meeting, and each show brings a new facet to the town. Typically, every show revolves around the theme of “Friendlytown Needs:,” but they have also held a fake lottery complete with insane hypothetical prizes, read fake letters to Penthouse and performed phony wrestling promos, calling out inanimate objects.

Sonnichsen described the show as an ever-changing landscape that is always open to experimentation— whether it works or not.

“It’s been a lot of fun so far, and I’ve enjoyed hosting and seeing the creativity that people have been bringing every week,” Sonnichsen said. “Sometimes it works amazingly, other times not so much, but even on the less coherent weeks, people have been telling us what a great time they had at the show, because it’s something so different and weird every time.”

Friendlytown is the successor to the now-defunct QED Comedy Lab, where Sonnichsen, Hurst and Lewis all got their start. Friendlytown still shares some of the same concepts as QED though.

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“It wasn’t just ‘standup’ comedy,” Hurst said. “There was a theme stretching throughout that I really liked playing around with and seeing what would result in it. Sometimes we’d be riffing on an old education short, like ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000.’ Sometimes you’d be making a Powerpoint presentation doing fiscal quarterly updates as the Illuminati.

“We still do ridiculous things on stage and make fun of music videos; but now it’s in the form of a fake town hall, and we try to stretch it out as far as we can. There’s all these little jokes that have happened at shows that have become a large part of the ‘lore.’ Stuff like the legends behind Friendlytown’s burned down hummus factory and our bitter rivalry with the affable Chum Village, who are most definitely not worth associating with in any regard …

Basically, it’s my kind of weird, and it’s what keeps me coming back.”

Once QED founder Matt Chadourne moved to England, the crew at Pilot Light wanted to continue the usual Monday night shows. Offhandedly, Pilot Light’s owner suggested bringing back Friendlytown episodes, thus it was reborn and has only grown since — growth that’s attributed to the interactivity of the show and its ability to welcome anyone who’s interested.

“I like to think that anyone can contribute to the show and improve it in their own way,” Hurst said. “We’ve had people come in from off the street, do their first standup performance ever and come back the next week.

Sometimes they bring their friends and the cycle continues.

“More people come into the Friendlytown fold, just like a real town.”

Sometimes it works amazingly, other times not so much, but even on the less coherent weeks, people have been telling us what a great time they had at the show, because it’s something so different and weird every time.”

Tyler Sonnichsen, producer

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Laotian cuisine provides choices for every type of foodie Courtney Whited Copy Editor If Knoxville was a treasure map, then I would place the “xâ€? at 120 Jack Dance Street — right on top of Sticky Rice CafĂŠ.

While the outside of the building is simple and understated, the inside is bustling with energy. From the enthusiastic “hello� as I entered to the friendly “Are you sure you don’t want a bag?� as I poured my curry into the plastic to-go bowl, the staff was determined to make every customer feel welcome and at home.

It was easy to see that most of the people filling the restaurant were regulars, with many of the staff interacting with and teasing the customers as they piled in. At 7 p.m. on a Friday, all the tables were taken, and the bar was just as full; I was glad that I had arrived early (at 6:45 p.m.) to get a table.

Without having to ask for them, four waters were placed on the table in preparation for my friends’ arrival, and I glanced over the menu while waiting for them. I was excited to see that there were multiple vegetarian options,

as one of the friends I invited was a vegetarian and always cautious about agreeing to go out to restaurants he had never been to. I was also happy to see that there were many gluten-free dishes, and I quickly messaged one of my friends who is allergic to gluten to let her know.

When my friends arrived, we all talked over our options, each coming to various conclusions about what we were and were not willing to try.

I, unable to decide on just one meal, ordered green curry with squid and shrimp, which came with a side of sticky rice, and a Lao sandwich with egg as well as a Thai tea to drink. I had never tried any part of my meal before, and I was both excited and nervous.

The Thai tea was definitely worth the $3.50, and I had to keep myself from downing it before my meal arrived. The sticky rice came out first, in a weaved basket that I couldn’t help but take a picture of. I began eating it — with my fingers, as the menu suggested — and was surprised when the rice that I had expected to be bland was tasty enough to eat on its own. Again, I found myself having to force myself from filling up on the side dish, reminding myself that I had, not one, but two

Sticky Rice Cafe is an Asian-food restaurant in Knoxville, Tennesse Kristin Dehkordi • The Daily Beacon

entrees to eat.

I was nervous about the curry as I had ordered green curry (the spicier version). Being a wimp when it comes to spice, I repeated to myself that one of my resolutions was to be more adventurous and took a bite of the dish. My tongue burned immediately, but I still enjoyed the taste of it, although I preferred the shrimp to the squid.

I recommend only those people who know they enjoy spice order this, and I thank my server for refilling my water five times within 15 minutes.

The Lao sandwich with egg, on the other hand, was wonderful; it had a lot of flavor from the vegetables and the egg was just runny enough to soak into the bread without making it soggy. While this entrĂŠe was under the category “Small Plates,â€? it was more than enough food for a meal. If you want to get out of your comfort zone without going too far into the unknown, this sandwich is definitely a good place to start.

My friends and I split dessert, choosing the fried bananas over the mango rice.

While the fried bananas were in no way bad, they weren’t as good as we expected, and all four of us were disappointed with our choice. “The fried batter kind of tastes like French toast,� my friend said.

While we pondered whether the dessert would have been better if it was paired with ice cream or cheesecake, we all agreed that we would have preferred going elsewhere for dessert.

I left the restaurant with half a sandwich and 85 percent of my curry in a to-go bowl. I knew I would be more than ready to eat the leftovers during my Netflix-filled Saturday, and I was already wondering what I would try on my next visit: Lau sausage and Boba tea.

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NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD â&#x20AC;˘ Will Shortz ACROSS 1 Monastery leader 6 Everyone working in an office 11 Cousin ___ (Addams Family member) 14 Pixar robot 15 Opposite of blackand-white 16 Gun rights org.

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The Daily Beacon • Monday, January 23, 2017

2017 CHANCELLOR’S CITATION AWARD CATEGORIES You are invited to help the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, recognize deserving students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the campus by nominating persons of extraordinary accomplishment for awards. Truly extraordinary service or accomplishment is the standard of selection for Chancellor’s Citations, and there is no limit on the number of persons who may be honored.

Note: Undergraduate nominees should have senior standing.

Extraordinary Academic Achievement Given to undergraduate students for academic achievement. Persons wishing to nominate students for this award should submit a nomination packet to the academic dean of the college in which the student is enrolled by February 17.

To be considered, the packet must be reviewed and approved by the appropriate academic dean. The academic college must forward all approved nominations by March 10.

Extraordinary Campus Leadership and Service Given to graduate and undergraduate students for contributions to the university community through leadership and service. Persons wishing to nominate students for this award should submit a nomination packet to the Office of the Dean of Students by February 17 for review by a selection committee composed of students and professional staff. For more information, contact Danny Glassman, associate dean of students, at dglass@utk.edu.

Extraordinary Community Service Given to faculty, staff, student organizations, and students. The recipient of this award exemplifies extraordinary community service to the UT community and beyond. This individual goes out of his or her way to contribute through volunteering, community service projects, and other projects outside the realm of his or her regular duties. Persons wishing to nominate students or student organizations for this award should submit a nomination packet to the Office of the Dean of Students by February 17. For more information, contact Danny Glassman, associate dean of students, at dglass@utk.edu. Faculty and staff nominations should be submitted to Nate Taylor at ntaylor14@utk.edu or 105 Student Services Building. The deadline for submission is February 28.

Charles R. Burchett Extraordinary Contributions to Campus Life Given to student organizations for outstanding or innovative contributions to the university community. Persons wishing to nominate organizations for this award should submit a nomination packet to the Office of the Dean of Students

by February 17 for review by a selection committee composed of students and staff. For more information, contact Danny Glassman, associate dean of students, at dglass@utk.edu.

Extraordinary Professional Promise Given to undergraduate students for professional promise and to graduate students for professional promise in teaching, research, or other contributions.

Persons wishing to nominate students for this award should submit a nomination packet to the academic dean of the college in which the student is enrolled by February 17. To be considered, nominations must be reviewed and approved by the appropriate academic dean. The academic college must forward all approved nominations no later than March 10.

Nomination forms can be downloaded online at honorsbanquet.utk.edu.

All members of the university community (faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends) are invited to submit nominations.

Guard #33 Alexa Middleton and guard #0 Jordan Reynolds against Vanderbilt at Thompson Boling Arena on January 22, 2017.

Adrien Terricabras • The Daily Beacon

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Lady Vols play loose David Bradford Staff Writer Kortney Dunbar’s reaction after nailing a three-pointer said it all.

Late in the first half, Dunbar’s triple was followed by an emphatic fist bump and an eruption from the fans at Thompson-Boling Arena.

The reactions were more than warranted.

After allowing a 17-point lead to slip away in last Thursday’s loss to Auburn, the Lady Vols jumped on Vanderbilt early and kept their foot on the pedal, topping the Commodores 91-63 on Sunday.

“We were very conscious of not letting the ball get stuck in our hands,” head coach Holly Warlick said. “I told them, ‘When we cut hard, it draws so much attention to you, it draws somebody else open.’ We were loose because we ball screened and we attacked the basket …

I thought we didn’t make stuff up. We kept the game simple.”

In a season marred by sporadic play over the course of the game’s opening minutes, Tennessee (12-7, 3-3 SEC) wasted no time dictating the tempo against Vanderbilt (10-10, 0-7).

The Lady Vols quickly established a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter. After a Mercedes Russell layup later in the quarter gave Tennessee a 16-5 lead, the Lady Vols never allowed the Commodores to climb within single digits.

This was a far cry of Tennessee’s performance against Auburn, where they were outscored 49-17 in the second and third quarters after outscoring the Tigers 25-10 in the opening frame.

Against Vanderbilt, the Lady Vols reversed that trend, entering halftime with a 56-29 lead.

Despite controlling the game, the orange

and white knew they couldn’t let up against a Vanderbilt team hungry for its first SEC win.

“We had to make sure everybody was going to bring that same energy and effort into the second half,” Diamond DeShields said. “We did have a lapse in the third quarter, but we were able to pick ourselves up.”

After being outscored 22-10 in the third quarter, DeShields led Tennessee’s fourth-quarter charge to ice the game. Despite exiting the game early in the first quarter after hitting the floor hard diving for a loose ball, the redshirt junior had one of her most efficient games of the season, scoring 23 points on 7-of-13 shooting.

DeShields’ early exit allowed Alexa Middleton to make her mark on the game early. After being held scoreless against Auburn last Thursday, Middleton finished Sunday’s contest with 19 points, but more importantly, dished seven assists compared to a single turnover.

“I think I looked up and said finally (after making her first shot of the game,” Middleton said.

“It was a lot of relief.”

Overall, it was a balanced offensive performance from Tennessee and a much-needed response after last Thursday’s gut-wrenching loss. The Lady Vols shot 54 percent as a team, including 40 percent from beyond the arc, 81 percent from the free throw line and committed only 10 turnovers.

“We knew we were a better team (than how they played against Auburn),” DeShields said.

“Some things were said in the locker room.

We’ve got 10 more conference games to play, we’re playing for our lives. We want to play in March … having a short-term memory and letting it go was the big message from our coaches.”

The win on Sunday sends the Lady Vols’ record at home to 9-2, compared to their 3-5 record on the road.

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(Left) Diamond DeShields, guard #11 and Schaquilla Nunn, forward #4 of the Lady Vols against Vanderbilt at Thompson Boling Arena on January 22, 2017.

(Above) Jordan Reynolds, guard #0 of the Lady Vols Adrien Terricabras • The Daily Beacon

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FOOTBALL

Warren brings military experience, attitude to defensive backs Trenton Duffer Sports Editor Charlton Warren is a man of many taglines.

Discipline, accountability, hard work, trust, family, teamwork and brotherhood are the ones he announced in his first press conference as Tennessee’s new defensive backs and special teams coach on Friday.

But these taglines aren’t just words that Warren lives by. They are words that he wants his players to live by as well.

“All those things, they’re not just taglines for me. They’re who I was all those years,” Warren said. “I really try to put that on those guys on that meeting room, and I’m just saying that ‘Hey, here’s the bigger picture. We’re here to do a mission.’ And I think a lot of that carries over to these guys and it resonates with them.”

These taglines are all the building blocks to a man who served 10 years in the military prior to coaching, had an impressive playing career and was rewarded with many coaching opportunities.

Warren attended and played football at

Air Force Academy from 1995-98. The Falcons won 10 games in each of Warren’s final two seasons, and he was even awarded the Jack Braley Mr. Intensity award — given to an Air Force student who works the hardest and has the most dedication in the weight room during the offseason — his senior year.

Warren isn’t called “Mr. Intensity” much anymore, he said when he met with the players and told them of his military service and, ironically enough, his intensity.

“I gave them a chance to ask me any questions they may have about me and my background,” Warren said. “But that’s important, because they need to understand the standards and the discipline and the accountability that I’m gonna be about.

That’s forged from my years in the service.

“Now this is not the military. These are 18-year-old kids that are trying to be young men in college, playing at a high level and getting an education. But the principles I learned way back in those days still apply.”

Warren described his duties in the service as a “weapons guy” and an “aircraft guy” and was on active duty after 9/11.

During his time spent in the Air Force,

Warren was a systems acquisitions manager and served at the Warner Robins Air Force Base in Georgia and the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

Meanwhile the Air Force, who offers a coaching spot to active-serving military members, had an opening, and the Atlanta native said that a simple “chance meeting” with one of his former coaches helped set him up with a coaching gig at Air Force in 2005.

“It sort of just came,” Warren said. “Just by chance, (I had a) meeting with my old coach at a breakfast one morning. He came in and said, ‘I have a coaching slot for a military guy.’ And when I went back to the academy in 2005, it was as an active-duty military member in a coaching slot, and that’s sort of how I got going in the coaching realm.”

Warren also said that after two years of coaching, he just “had the bug.”

“I knew there was nothing more on the face of the earth that I wanted than to be a football coach,” he said. “It sort of just flipped me.”

Once he took the opportunity, Warren had immediate success.

After spending 2005-13 at Air Force with coaching responsibilities ranging from secondary coach to defensive coordinator to associate head coach, Warren left Air Force and spent one season as Nebraska’s secondary coach.

Warren spent his semester in Lincoln, Nebraska and was then hired as a secondary coach and hefty recruiter at North Carolina.

While he was coaching at North Carolina, Warren kept the Tar Heels relevant in the recruiting trail, boosting the ACC school’s class to 29th in 2015 and 24th in 2016.

Warren saw his passing defenses achieve top-10 rankings at North Carolina with Warren pushing the need to focus on fundamentals and taglines described earlier.

And those taglines have brought Warren to the position he’s at now with the Vols.

“I’d probably say pretty much everything I do comes from that (military) background,” Warren said. “It’s sort of hard not to … Everything I’m about as a man, as a dad, as a husband, as a coach really comes from my background in the military.

“I know how not to get too high and too low, and that really forged me into everything I wanted to do.”