Issue 17, Volume 122
Friday, February 1, 2013
Students return to hall after power outage David Cobb Assistant News Editor
Blair Kuykendall Editor-in-Chief After a failed bus duct and about 45 hours of electrical problems at North Carrick Hall, power was expected to be restored at midnight Thursday and residents be allowed to return at that time. Students affected were given an alternative housing option for the second night in a row. Power returning to the building was welcome news after many students spent the night in whatever space they could find Wednesday evening, and presumably again Thursday. “I stayed in an apartment with one of my roommates’ friends last night,” Ryan McDaniel, a freshmen with business interest, said. “When I am allowed in my dorm, I don’t have electricity to charge my Mac or my phone for that matter. It’s completely dark.
We had to move our interest group meeting from Carrick last night, which caused some problems in our attendance.” The residents were informed via an e-mail sent from the Department of University Housing Wednesday shortly after 7:00 p.m. telling them the dorm would close at 8:30 p.m. and that those who could not make other sleeping arrangements could meet in the lobby to receive a temporary housing assignment. “The time that we were given to get all of our stuff out for the next day was ... hardly enough time for me to get across campus to gather my belongings,” McDaniel said. Problems started in the building around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday morning when a fire alarm sounded, keeping the residents out of the dorm until 5:00 a.m. The power remained off for most of the day Wednesday, leading to the decision to close the dorm for the night. “Apparently very few people took advantage of being placed
in another dorm room and just stayed with friends,” Karen Simsen, Director of UT’s Media Relations, said. While the displaced students experienced some difficulties, most managed to cope well with the situation. “I’m staying at a hotel,” Jackson Wetherington, freshmen in business, said. “It’s just inconvenient, because my classes start at eleven ... (so) not really a problem.” All of the suites in North Carrick have functioning showers, and the emergency lighting remains intact. The power grid, however, has entirely shut down access to electricity in the male dorm, and 88 rooms in South Carrick have been affected as well. “Facility Services has come up with a workaround that we’re going to be able to use – basically a whole new part needs to be ordered – but we’re going to be able to get power Parker Eidson • The Daily Beacon back on and hopefully everything will be fine,” Simsen Residents of North Carrick Hall were displaced after an electrical fire caused the said. “We have a really old power to go out on Jan. 30th. Students were provided with other housing options, but most opted to stay with friends. infrastructure.”
Lady Vols dominate Bulldogs, 88-45 Step Afrika! brings in SEC play. A big part of the win was the play of The Tennessee senior guard Kamiko Lady Vols defeated Williams, who recordthe Mississippi State ed a double-double Bulldogs 88-45 on with 10 points and 13 Thursday to move to rebounds to go along 17-4 and a perfect 8-0 with six assists and six
huge, then her assists and rebounding. She was at the point a lot. She needs to put those numbers up every night for us to maintain and be consistent.” Sophomore forward Cierra Burdick, who had missed the previous eight games due to a broken right hand, returned to the lineup on Thursday to a welcoming cheer from the Tennessee faithful as she came off the bench. “I was all smiles,” Burdick said. “Smiling from ear to ear. When basketball is your life since you were five years old and it gets taken away from you for a month, when you get to come back, all you can do is smile. I was so energized on the bench trying to be positive for my teammates, but there’s nothing like stepping in between those lines and having the ball in your hand. Our fans are great. The acknowledgement that they showed me was awesome.” The Lady Vols went into halftime with a 42-18 lead and continued to play with a high intensity in the second half just as Warlick encouraged them to do during the break. “We really emphasized not playing the scoreboards,” Warlick said. “We have to get Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon better and we talked Sohpmore guard Kamiko Williams shoots over Mississippi State about against Notre defenders in Thompson-Boling Arena on Jan 31. Williams scored Dame having lulls, and 10 points with a career-high of 13 rebounds. we can’t. We’ve got to make sure we maintain
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steals in her first start of the season. “She had a great game,” head coach Holly Warlick said. “One of her best games since she’s been here. That’s our expectation for her. Six steals was
our intensity and how we’re playing and just continue, no matter what the score. We’re behind, we’re ahead, we’ve got to get better and focus on us and understand the importance of how hard we’re playing, the game takes care of itself.” Tennessee was able to dominate the boards all game (rebound margin of +17) and push the ball out in transition (22 fast break points), which Mississippi State (9-12, 1-7) head coach Vic Schaefer said he knew was a problem coming into the game. “You’ve got a great staff over there, veteran staff, they do their homework,” Schaefer said. “They’re going to know that’s an issue for us. Everybody’s attacking us in that area.” Freshman center Nia Moore, who was productive (eight points and three rebounds) in stepping in for the injured sophomore center Isabelle Harrison, said tonight was a big confidence boost for her going forward. “It definitely gives me confidence. With our players going out and being injured, any time I can go out there and help my team is good.” Next up for the Lady Vols is the Missouri Tigers in Columbia on Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. The Lady Vols defeated the Tigers earlier this season 84-39 in Thompson-Boling Arena.
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cultural dance, music to Knoxville Melodi Erdogan Assistant Arts & Culture Editor
the college arena,” McCollum said. “Historically it started with African American fraternities and sororities but now you can see it everywhere. You have step ministries, you have it in commercials and movies, so it’s not just for college students and it’s not just for African Americans, it’s for anybody who loves to dance.” The show was opened by a step dance performance by the African American fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma. Keith Thomas, junior in sports management, is the second vice president of Phi Beta Sigma and handles coordinating and assisting the president and the vice president. Thomas and his brothers said their opening performance’s goal was to pay tribute to original step dancing roots from Africa. “We just found it as a way to step out of our comfort zone. We’re usually around college students and we do things for Greek organizations, but sometimes we try new opportunities for new experiences and we felt like it would be fun,” Thomas said. Twyneshia Vaughn, junior in special eduacation, said she was pleasantly surprised with the performance. “At first I expected a lot of wilderness and wild dances, but I enjoyed the entire show,” Vaughn said. “It was full of energy and it was back to back of them giving all they had, there were no parts where they were lacking anything. I love stepping and I figured this event would be something different and I enjoy different things, so I’m pretty glad they came.”
Despite wind, rain and flood warnings, UT students and the Knoxville community gathered at the Bijou Theatre to see “Step Afrika!” The Cultural Attractions Committee hosted the event on Wednesday and invited the professional step dance company to Knoxville for a special performance designed for college students. Step Afrika! performed various step dance routines, ranging from modern to traditional dance, and the event showcased the company’s ability to promote an understanding of different cultures and traditions. “We wanted to bring something cultural and we liked that (Step Afrika!) mixed music and dance together and it’s a historic tradition with the African American community, and it is definitely within our goal to bring cultural events like this to Knoxville,” Elaina Spiekermann, president of the Cultural Attractions Committee and senior in logistics, said. Tour manager of Step Afrika! Brian McCollum is in charge of venue logistics and details, such as designing specific lighting, organizing space on stage for the dance routines and preparing sound with microphones. McCollum said that step dancing began with college students in fraternities and sororities in the early 1900s. “(Students) would gather round (at) school on their breaks and after class and they would start singing, and then stepping and then clapping their hands and that’s really where stepping started, in See STEP AFRIKA! on Page 2
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