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Student turns old clothes into new business

Natalia Capella Staff Writer

In With the Old is bringing back old-school style.

In With the Old began in 2016 on Instagram.

Much like on eBay, customers could bid on vintage clothing pieces in the comments sections of clothing photos.

Founder of In With the Old Baker Donahue, senior in communication studies with a minor in entrepreneurship, said he had the idea for the business when he realized there wasn’t a central location for vintage collegiate apparel.

“Everyone was wearing it on game day, but the only place to buy this type of apparel was from thrift stores,” Donahue said.

To get these pieces, Donahue and his colleagues find the apparel from vintage stores across the state and from online outlets such as Etsy and eBay. One of the largest challenges In With the Old has faced is keeping a stocked inventory. Since the company does not manufacture its products, constantly sourcing inventory can be difficult.

Despite these challenges, the business has expanded to eight other universities following its success at UT. These include Auburn University, the University of Alabama, the University of North Carolina, the University of Georgia, the University of Florida, Mississippi State University, Appalachian State University and the University of Arkansas.

Donahue said that to accommodate these dif-

ferent outlets, In With the Old will soon have a redesigned website.

“Major changes have been made to In With The Old this year,” Donahue said. “We are currently building a new website capable of housing our campus representatives.”

Donahue said the overall goal is to have the startup become more nationally recognized. To that end, they made the decision to enter Student Startup Madness (SSM).

“Our number one goal is to have In With The Old as a nationally recognized brand for vintage collegiate apparel,” Donahue said. “We believe that college fashion should be determined by college students, and with that, problems persist with the scalability of the company.”

After entering the nationally recognized SSM competition and winning local pitch competitions, In With the Old decided to take the business to the next step.

“In With the Old has participated in a number of local competitions, so we figured we’d try our hand at something national,” Donahue said, as reported by UT News. “It is encouraging to see how we stack up against companies across the nation.”

Started in 2012 by South by Southwest (SXSW), SSM is the only nationwide collegiate tournament focused on digital media startups.

“We aim to support, elevate and spotlight collegiate digital media and tech entrepreneurship,” Gianna Whitver, director of marketing for SSM, said. “Student Startup Madness believes in American entrepreneurship and on-campus startups and wants to help young student entre-

Courtesy of Baker Donahue preneurs succeed and become a part of the SXSW experience.”

In With the Old was selected from over 200 applicants across the nation to reach the semifinal round after advancing past 64 other startups.

On Monday, March 12, as one of the top eight companies in the tournament, the business will pitch its idea on a live stage to a judging panel of investors and entrepreneurs at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

“Participating in UT’s pitch competitions has been an incredibly eye-opening experience,” Donahue said in the same report by UT News.

“I have learned more about business and what investors look for in a company than I could have ever imagined.”

Facebook UX researcher focuses on human-centered world AJ Culpepper

Staff Writer Facebook UX researcher Reggie Murphy presented a public lecture on creating a humancentered world on Friday, Jan. 26, in the Scripps Convergence Lab Theater.

Around 60 professors and students squeezed into the small theater, and the lecture was followed with a question-and-answer session.

Murphy works in the emerging field of user experience (UX) research. UX researchers link the needs of consumers to a company’s ability to fulfill them in the form of its product. Murphy is based in Facebook’s New York Recruiting Products Team.

Murphy received his bachelor’s degree in history from Appalachian State University before going on to earn both his master’s degree and Ph.D. in communications at UT. While working on his doctorate, Murphy concentrated on information science.

Dean of the College of Communications and Information Dean Wirth surprised Murphy before the lecture with the presentation of an Alumni Excellence Award for his achievement

in his field of study and in his representation of the university.

Murphy began the lecture, titled “Imagine a Human-Centered World,” with examples of design failures in everyday life, from “push” doors with handles to impossible parking ticket kiosks. He offered new technology as a path to fixing past design failures and, more broadly, a path to making the world more human-centered.

“We know that right now, today, technology is helping us become more human-centered. You can go into different places now, and companies make it easier for you to order things,” Murphy said. “It’s helping us be faster, more efficient.”

Murphy asked the audience to identify the worst apps on their phone, drawing the link between software design and the user experience. Many in the audience responded, highlighting over-complicated features, non-intuitive design or even mentally harmful aspects of social media tools like Instagram.

As he spoke about the problems his job as a Facebook UX researcher worked to solve, Murphy modeled the research process with the audience. He drew from their thoughts and experiences to form an understanding of how they interacted with technology.

In the last half of his lecture, Murphy revealed that he thought empathy was the real tool to make a human-centered world — the question was how to manifest that empathy.

In addition to being intentional and open as a key to empathy, Murphy noted that diversity matters.

“If everybody on your team looks exactly like you, it’s not going to work. If everybody comes from the same place that you come from, is in your same major, has your same experience — it’s not going to work,” Murphy said.

Professor and director of the School of Information Science Diane Kelly helped organize the event in collaboration with organizers from the School of Journalism and Electronic Media.

She noted that inviting Murphy was a decision for the benefit of the students. Kelly identified that his status as a successful alumnus and a researcher for Facebook made this lecture both relatable and current to students.

“I really appreciated how much he tailored his talk to a student audience as opposed to presenting really heavy-duty technical things from his research,” Kelly said. “I really admired that about him and all of the examples he gave to get people interested.”

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Group to fundraise for pediatric cancer hospital, rebrands Cat Trieu Copy Editor

VOLthon is dancing with Volunteer spirit for the kids.

VOLthon, formerly known as For the Kids at UT, volunteers and raises funds to go to families of pediatric cancer and blood disorder patients at the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital’s Hematology and Oncology Clinic (ETCH).

While most organizations usually hold a marathon or bikeathon for fundraisers, VOLthon has dance marathons, or danceathons.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Pierce, president of VOLthon and senior in kinesiology, refers to it as a miracle work dance marathon program.

“There are hundreds across the nation,” Pierce said. “Colleges are working to raise money for their local children’s miracle hospital.”

Every year, VOLthon members, who Pierce calls “miracle makers,” work toward their largest event, the annual dance marathon, where they dance away the night to raise money for ETCH. Pierce said the marathon is 12 hours total and that members must either dance or remain standing for the entirety of the event. Along with music and dancing, food and games will be

available to participants and miracle ambassador families to honor those who have defeated or are still battling cancer or a blood disorder.

“It’s an event that brings our organization, campus and hospital community together to celebrate the yearlong efforts of fundraising and have a fun time with our kids,” Pierce said.

After the dancing period is over, the VOLthon committee presents the total amount of money that was raised over the year.

“It’s the most emotional part of the event and an indescribable feeling and experience for those who have put forth so much effort throughout the year to reach that number,” Pierce said.

While the dance marathon is its main event, VOLthon does several other activities throughout the year for the hospital.

Twice a month, VOLthon has what it calls “clinic parties,” in which they go to the clinic and engage with the children before their treatment, organizing activities like arts and crafts.

Pierce said many members find this time their favorite.

Outside of its time serving in the hospital, VOLthon focuses most of its efforts on getting funding for families involved with the hospital.

Executives like Pierce host weekly meetings to discuss new and fun ways to fundraise through community outreach and social media.

an event “thatIt’sbrings our organization, campus and hospital community together to celebrate the yearlong effors of fundraising and have a fun time with our kids.

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Elizabeth “Betsy” Pierce Pierce,, Senior VOLthon had a fundraising push day this past November and raised over $21,000.

“Seeing people on campus that day, all of our

members working towards one goal, it finally clicks why we do what we do,” Pierce said. “I just love seeing other people fall in love with this cause and organization.”

Pierce, along with funding and planning the annual dance marathon, wants to create more campus awareness of the organization, especially with the recent rebranding of the organization from For the Kids at UT to VOLthon.

“When you compare our program to those, especially other SEC marathon programs, you see their presence much more on campus, and a lot of people know about it,” Pierce said. “It’s a cause that I think a lot of people care about, so we are definitely trying to get more of a campus presence and more members every year.”

Tory Wilder, senior in kinesiology, believes that raising campus awareness will help with funding.

“The more people we can get involved, the more money we can raise for the kids at ETCH,” Wilder said.

While awareness would help with funding, Pierce hopes for more students to be involved with the fight against cancer, especially when it involves children.

“I believe it’s a fight that no kid should have to face,” Pierce said. “If you’re looking to give back or help others, especially kids who need it most, then we’re your place to go.”

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ARTS&CULTURE

The Daily Beacon • Monday, January 29, 2018

Scrumptious vegan eateries infiltrate Knoxville Emily Lewellyn Staff Writer

Let’s be honest: On a college campus, the vegan food scene is quite underwhelming.

Searching the dining services’ vegan guide results in very short lists with disappointing options. Personally, I’m a little tired of seeing Italian dressing and sunflower kernels as the most filling selections offered by some of the establishments.

Going vegan is not only a step past being vegetarian but also a leap: While refraining from eating meat, vegans also eliminate the consumption of any animal products, including milk, cheese, honey, eggs, gelatin, butter and insect-derived dyes. This can make the search for vegan-friendly foods difficult.

Subway’s veggie wraps and sandwiches are always a tasteful safety net, and Jamba Juice offers vegan smoothies to curb that mid-afternoon hunger. Yet there is something to be desired when you’re tired of cold-blended beverages and the assembly line of the sandwich shop.

Fret not. Venture off campus and prepare to be amazed. Over the past few years, Knoxville has seen vegan restaurants multiply.

Sanctuary Vegan Café

Sanctuary is the only completely vegan restaurant in town, offering plentiful amounts of soul foods. Mac and cheese, buffalo cauliflower wings with vegan ranch, loaded nachos, lentil meatloaf and Philly cheesesteaks are all options that may shock omnivores to see made with no animal byproducts.

The Tomato Head The pizza joint exhibits an incredibly veganflexible menu. Offering soy cheese and tofu, pizzas, burritos and quesadillas can be fashioned to your liking. “The Vegan,” hummus pita and the homemade veggie burger fulfill fresh sandwich fare on bread from the restaurant’s very own Flour Head Bakery. In addition, Tomato Head has your sweet tooth needs covered. Vegan sugar and chocolate chip cookies are regularly available, along with alternating cupcake flavors.

Key lime, red velvet, birthday cake, java chip and cookies ‘n cream have all been offered.

Good Golly Tamale Located in the Old City, this restaurant serves up a mean “Vegan Soul” warm meal, filled with blue corn, black-eyed peas, sweet potato and collards.

Coolato Gelato Rather than just an Italian version of ice cream, true gelato is more flavorful and dense while being much healthier for the consumer. In lieu of a frozen treat composed of dairy products,

one can grab a cup of sorbetto, made from fruit and water — not milk.

Dinner Bell Fresh An alternative to sit-down restaurants, Dinner Bell Fresh is a one hundred percent vegan food truck that roves Knoxville and is often found at the Market Square farmers’ market during the warmer seasons. Dinner Bell Fresh crafts filling, artful, veggie-loaded dishes. For the best sample of its eats, check out its Instagram and prepare to drool.

Grocery stores In the past few years, Knoxville has grown in the number of restaurants that happily accommodate vegans and grocery outlets that make finding dairy and cruelty-free items easier than at your local Walmart. Whole Foods, Three Rivers Market and Earth Fare not only offer vegan alternatives but provide manifold ways to cater to the demographic. Even many Krogers now offer a “healthy” or “natural” selection which puts vegan edibles all in one easy place.

As a whole, the Knoxville vegan restaurant list has grown because of the increase in the number of products made with a vegan lifestyle in mind. For example, in the past year, Ben and Jerry’s ice cream released three new certified vegan flavors made from almond milk, a first in its history. That selection quickly jumped to nine flavors. Expanding brands such as Daiya, Earth

Jamba Juice is one of several oncampus dining locations that offers vegan options Tori Bruno-Arimura / The Daily Beacon Balance and Enjoy Life have become staples on the grocery lists of vegans.

The options available for vegan consumers not only benefit those avoiding the products for personal moral obligations but also make life much easier for those with allergies. The more catering to vegan choices there is, the more avoiding dairy or eggs can become less of a headache for this sect of the population as well.

So chin up, vegan Torchbearers! You too have a welcome place at the table in the restaurant circles of town — and a delicious one at that.

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Monday, January 29, 2018 • The Daily Beacon

Beacon Beats: Bizarre comebacks and surprising finds “Culture II”

“The Snake King”

“Out in the Open”

- Migos

- Rick Springfield

- Steep Canyon Rangers

Courtesy of iTunes

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Anticipation: 3/5

Anticipation: 3/5

Anticipation: 2/5

Migos exploded onto the rap scene in 2013 with their hit “Versace.” Since then, the trio of rappers has partnered with Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, Gucci Mane and more to create a long list of hits.

I’m not a huge fan of Migos’ style, but I have never actually listened to a full album from them, so I’m interested to see what they’re all about.

During: 2/5

Right off the bat, I realized that “Culture II” is 24 songs in total, with most of them being over four minutes in length, which is an unusually lengthy runtime for an album. The problem with an album this long is that all the songs start to sound the same and left me less than impressed. However, their songs that included a collaboration with other artists, notably Drake, 2 Chainz and Gucci Mane, were exceptions.

After: 2/5

“Culture II” is a good album for a house party or a dance club. Would I dance to these songs occasionally?

Yes. Would I listen to these songs in any other situation? No. None of these songs were my favorite, but I have a feeling several of them will take over the radio for a while.

If the name “Rick Springfield” sounds vaguely familiar, but you can’t quite place it, let me help. How about, “I wish that I had Jessie’s girl...” That song was by far Springfield’s biggest hit, and some people assume he was a one-hit wonder. However, the ‘80s star has been making music ever since, and perhaps he will have another huge hit on this latest album.

During: 1/5

I was not expecting “The Snake King” to be so strange, dark and discouraging.

From the first songs, he discusses a “land of the blind” and “little demons.” The entire album seems to be a commentary on Springfield’s negative views of the world and the people in it. Not even Santa is safe from his musings, as the singer says in his song “Santa is an Anagram” that “there must be something twisted underneath his stupid hat.”

After: 0/5

This album is just bizarre. I wasn’t expecting an artist most famously known for a catchy song about his best friend’s girlfriend to create music this depressing.

I would’ve considered giving it more than a zero score if the compositions of the songs were better, but even the instrumental components aren’t good. At some points, I wondered if some of the songs were meant to be humorous, but I have a feeling Springfield is being completely serious, thereby making this release all the more peculiar.

I had never heard of Steep Canyon Rangers before I saw an advertisement that they were coming to the Bijou Theatre here in Knoxville in early February. Five men make up the Grammy-winning modern bluegrass band out of Brevard, North Carolina. I’m looking forward to hearing what a popular bluegrass band in today’s culture sounds like.

During: 4/5

“Out in the Open” is good, old-fashioned toe-tapping bluegrass music. Just about every song is heavy on fiddles, banjos, harmonicas and harmonies. With feel-good lyrics about moms and hometowns, it’s hard not to smile while listening. And if you grew up in the mountains, songs like “Shenendoah Valley” will surely remind you of home.

After: 4/5

After listening to two below-average albums, I was hoping Steep Canyon Rangers would restore my hope in this week’s album releases, and that’s exactly what I got. These men know their instruments and their craft well and create timeless music that any music lover will appreciate. Even if you aren’t sure about bluegrass, I recommend giving this album a listen or even checking out their show at the Bijou on Feb. 1.

- Jesse Kelly, Contributor

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PUZZLES&GAMES

The Daily Beacon • Monday, January 29, 2018

STR8TS No. 1079

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Monday, January 29, 2018 • The Daily Beacon

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Evina Westbrook, #2, during the game against Ole Miss at Thompson-Boling Arena on Jan. 25, 2018. Adrien Terricabras, File / The Daily Beacon

Issues doom Lady Vols in upset by LSU Will Backus Staff Writer

To call No. 10 Tennessee’s schedule “challenging” would be an understatement.

Coming off of a three-game streak in which they played three top-10 teams, two of which were on the road, the Lady Vols got only one reprieve contest against Ole Miss before hitting the road again against the LSU Tigers.

“I must not have paid my SEC dues or something,” head coach Holly Warlick said on Jan. 25. “I didn’t buy the commissioner a drink at the Spring Fling or whatever.”

After starting out 15-0, the Lady Vols have lost four of their last six games, with the cold streak continuing on Sunday against LSU. Tennessee was upset 70-59 by the Tigers, marking the Lady Vols’ first loss against an unranked team this season.

“It was an effort thing,” senior Jaime Nared said. “I don’t think we were pushing back.”

The Lady Vols were the favorite to win entering Sunday’s contest, as they had better statistical averages in almost every single category than LSU and were ranked much higher than the Tigers.

However, LSU dominated the Lady Vols in almost every single statistical category, and Tennessee had one of the worst offensive performances it has fielded all year.

The Lady Vols shot just 38 percent from the field, their second lowest total of the season. To end the first half, Tennessee went 0-of-6 shooting with five turnovers and didn’t convert any field goals for a span that lasted 5:21.

The Lady Vols only had nine baskets in the entire second half, their lowest total on the year.

Out of 18 3-point attempts, Tennessee only made four.

“In the third quarter, they kind of attacked us offensively,” Nared said, “And we weren’t getting stops or scores.”

Tennessee was also outperformed in the paint, an area that is typically a strong point for the team. For a squad that is fourth in the nation

in rebounds per game and second in the country in defensive rebounds per game, the Lady Vols had trouble keeping LSU off of the glass.

“We can’t give up 23 offensive rebounds and expect to win the game,” Warlick said. “They were gritty. They were tougher. They just outworked us.”

The Tigers were also successful on the offensive boards, pulling down 23 offensive rebounds for 20 second-chance points. Tennessee was outrebounded 44-32, its second largest negative margin of the season.

Foul trouble, as well, plagued the Lady Vols.

By the third quarter alone, three starters, Rennia Davis, Nared and Mercedes Russell, had reached three total fouls. Nared only played a handful of minutes in the third quarter and did not reemerge until the beginning of the fourth.

Freshman Evina Westbrook eventually fouled out in garbage time of the fourth quarter after posting a total of 10 points and seven assists.

Tennessee’s struggles even carried over to an area it generally prides itself on: The free throw line. Despite leading the nation in free throws attempted and placing third in the nation in free throws made, the Lady Vols only stepped up to the charity stripe 16 times on Sunday, as opposed to LSU’s count of 27.

The Lady Vols took less total free throws than they average attempts made a game (18).

Turnovers, which have plagued Tennessee the entire year, were among the problems showcased on Sunday. The Tigers were able to force 14 turnovers and scored 14 points off of them, while the Lady Vols were able to only force 11 LSU turnovers.

“It just seemed like they wanted the basketball a lot more than we did,” Russell said, “On the defensive end, they were getting after it and disrupting our offense.”

Tennessee will look to bounce back on Thursday when the Lady Vols welcome Texas A&M to Knoxville for the two teams’ second meeting this season. The Aggies defeated Tennessee 79-76 at College Station on Jan. 11.

Tip-off is set for 6:30 p.m., and the game will be broadcast on the SEC Network.

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SPORTS

The Daily Beacon • Monday, January 29, 2018

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Turner, strong defense power No. 22 Vols to road victory over Iowa State Cory Sanning

Copy Editor Tennessee’s Lamonte Turner has became a road warrior this season, and that effect has rubbed off on the rest of his teammates.

Already having notched strong performances against Georgia Tech, Purdue and South Carolina, the sophomore guard was at it again as the Vols took on Iowa State.

Behind 20 points (6-of-9 3PT FG) from Turner, 16 from James Daniel and a 10-point, seven-rebound performance by Admiral Schofield, Tennessee was able to knock off the Cyclones 68-45 after another stellar performance on the defensive end.

The win marked UT’s 15th of the season and makes the team just one victory shy of tying their season total from last year.

Donovan Jackson led Iowa State with 13 points as the Vols held the Cyclones to just 33 percent shooting.

“We played like we want to play in terms of our defense,” Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes said. “I thought all of our post guys did a terrific job with our ball-screen defense, which we haven’t done up to this point.”

Saturday also marked Barnes’s 650th career

victory as he now finds himself among the top five coach of the year candidates.

Despite the large disparity in the final score, things did not open well for the Vols as play got under way at Hilton Coliseum.

Tennessee opened the game slowly, down six at one point despite Turner’s first 3-pointer cutting the lead at the 15:23 mark in the first half.

Turner also assisted on two of the Vols’ five first half triples, three of those shots coming by way of Daniel, who finished the half with 14 points.

“I just tried to be aggressive for my team,” Daniel said. “I knew that I was going to get a couple shots today because of how they have to play Grant and Admiral.”

While he didn’t score much over the course of the game’s opening 20 minutes, Turner made up for it following the intermission. Tallying 14 points in the second half, Turner failed to miss a single shot, knocking down four from long distance as Tennessee opened up a 41-21 lead following a 10-2 run to open the half.

“He had it going on,” Barnes said. “You could feel it.”

Schofield joined in on the action as well, hitting a triple of his own as the Vols totaled 12 for the game and five in the second half alone.

The Cyclones, on the other hand, shot just 4-of-17 from beyond the arc and connected on

Guard Lamonte Turner #1 of the Tennessee Volunteers during the game between the Iowa State Cyclones and the Tennessee Volunteers at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, IA on Jan. 27, 2018.

Courtesy of Kyle Zedaker/Tennessee Athletics just 41.2 percent of their free throws.

Overcoming another slow start, this will go down as Tennessee’s fifth road victory of the season in just seven tries, something the tournament selection committee will surely take into account come late February.

The Volunteers will resume conference play on Jan. 31, when they welcome the LSU Tigers

to Thompson-Boling Arena.

Since the season began in November, Barnes has preached his desire to see his team improve.

He feels they took another step in that direction on Saturday.

“I do think we’re growing. I don’t think there’s any question about that,” Barnes said. “I think playing a hard schedule helps too.