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Women athletes to wear commemorative patch >>See page 3

Friends meet in TBA on Tuesday night >>See page 12

Lions not fitting into niche genre >>See page 5

Knoxville has never been known for its coffee, but local shop owners have set out to change that. Find out the details of Knoxville’s growing coffee scene inside on page 6-7.

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Bombings in Syria Interrupt Geneva Peace Talks

Two Virginia Tech Students Arrested for Murder

At least 63 are dead and more than 100 wounded following a triple bombing in Syria yesterday. The attacks occurred in the predominantly Shiite suburb just south of the Syrian capital of Damascus. The attacks are claimed by Islamic State militants of the Sunni Muslim extremist group.

A car bomb and two suicide bombers contributed to the explosions. The damages included several burning cars and a torched bus, plus blownout windows and large holes in the facade of a nearby apartment tower, the Associated Press reported. The bombs corresponded to the peace talks for the civil war in Syria held in Geneva this weekend.

Two engineering students at Virginia Tech University have been arrested for abducting and killing a young girl in Blacksburg, Virginia. A search party began early last week when 13-year-old Nicolle Madison Lovell disappeared from her home.

18-year-old David Eisenhaeur and 19-year-old Natalie Keepers were arrested this weekend for her murder.

Authorities believe Eisenhaeur knew Lovell previously. Eisenhauer was arrested for abducting Lovell, but was charged with first-degree murder after the girl’s remains were found on Saturday. Keepers was arrested for helping Eisenhauer wrongfully dispose of the girl’s body which was found just over the Virginia border.

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Police in Marshfield, Wisconsin have reported the second load of cheese worth tens of thousands of dollars stolen this week. Weighing in at 41,000 pounds, over $90,000 of Parmesan cheese was stolen from a Marshfield distributor in early January. The semi responsible for delivering the cheese escaped with the inventory to Grand Chute, Wisconsin -- about a two hour drive from Marshfield. Over $70,000 worth of cheddar was stolen from another distributor earlier that week. The cheese has been recovered from both heists, but no one has been found responsible. The nature of the theft led authorities to believe the attacks were carried out as part of an organized crime.

Committee holds meeting regarding diversity Jake Wade

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Seven years following Chancellor Jimmy Cheek’s “Welcome to All and Hostile to None” speech, UT continues to experience challenges within the diversity scene.

At Monday’s Commission for LGBT People monthly meeting, Chancellor Cheek met with officials to discuss some of the diversity issues plaguing UT’s campus.

Cheek agreed his “Welcome to All and Hostile to None” principle is not present on campus, underlining the hate that is directed not only at the LGBT+ community but also to other minority students and even UT administration.

Cheek said administration is often the target of hate, including himself, and cited the backlash that head football coach Butch Jones experienced after the Vols lost in Gainesville. After the loss, many were calling for Jones’ resignation.

“Not a lot of people,” Cheek said, “but unfortunately some are hostile to me (too).”

Donna Braquet, Director of the Pride Center, was displeased with the comparison, saying there is an emotional and financial gap between Jones and diversity community members.

“With all due respect, I would like to say that for people who are oppressed and parts of marginalized groups, it is quite different than someone who is payed 4.1 million dollars to win games,” Braquet said.

Cheek quickly apologized for the miscommunication.

Braquet asked Cheek if he has attended a Safe Zone Training, and Cheek responded that his schedule had not allowed him to select a training time. He said if a session were put on his calendar, he would attend.

Cheek said his commitment to diversity began when he helped establish the Pride Center two years after he became Chancellor, saying that diversity is not only a key component to the university, but an “industry demand.”

“It’s important to have veterans, LGBT students, international students and faculty that are like these students at the university,” Cheek said.

Though the Pride Center operates on a limited budget and staff compared to most university sections, Braquet said UT’s Pride Center is doing more with less compared to other SEC schools.

One point on the agenda questioned the change of name from “Gender Inclusive Restrooms” to “Family-style Bathrooms” on UT’s Interactive Map website.

Kristen Godfrey, graduate student and member of the OUTstanding Planning Committee, stated that the relabeling of these restrooms to family style restrooms was a way for administration to lose focus on LGBT+ issues.

Godfrey suggested returning to the general-neutral restroom label to instead acknowledge those students on campus.

Godfrey further argued many of the designated gender-neutral bathrooms are not accessible and are often found in staff areas or in strange places.

Cheek was unsure why the restroom name change happened and said that he would follow up on that issue.

The Chancellor also maintained there are many things going on for diversity that most students and faculty do not immediately notice.

He referenced an initiative for all staff to sign up for a diversity website and talked about sending this website to students and alumni as well.

Issues on the agenda not discussed included the recent acts of vandalism on the Pride Center, UT’s ranking as one of the least friendly schools for LGBT+ students according the Princeton Review, and ensuring space for the Pride Center when it is taken down.

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UT’s women’s athletes to start sporting logos Tanner Hancock News Editor

Chancellor Jimmy Cheek announced a compromise regarding the Lady Vols logo during a press conference Monday evening. For the 2016-2017 season, all UT women’s athletes will be required to wear a commemorative Lady Vols patch on their uniforms that will sport the Lady Vols logo. After that season, each female athlete will be given the option of wearing the patch on an individual basis rather than a team basis.

Cheek conferred with Director of Athletics Dave Hart and the Knox County legislative delegation over the last few days before announcing the decision Monday. The decision was made without the consultation of student athletes or athletic staff.

Cheek described the compromise as a positive move for the university, one which he hopes will satisfy those who opposed the June decision to remove the Lady Vols logo from all women’s sports branding except basketball.

“We hope that this move by the university will be the first of all to consolidate our whole

university around the Power T, but also recognize the legacy of the Lady Vols,” Cheek said. “It brings unity to our athletic program, it helps us with recruitment and it provides a much better atmosphere for all students.”

The “legacy patch” has yet to be designed, but will be ready for use by August of 2016.

The announcement comes less than a week after a state vote was delayed that would have forced the university to reinstate the Lady Vols logo for all women’s athletic teams. The bill is scheduled to appear before the Education Administration and Planning Subcommittee Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Though Cheek was unclear whether the move would satisfy the lawmakers in Nashville, he expressed a desire to move on from the issue to focus on more important problems.

“We’ve got so many things this year in the legislature that this is not one of the issues they need to be discussing,” Cheek said.

“Hopefully we can now focus on other things.”

The Chancellor also remained unapologetic about the re-branding decision made last summer, describing the Power T as the most iconic and proven tool the university could

Chancellor Jimmy Cheek announces the Lady Vols patch to premiere next season. Tanner Hancock • The Daily Beacon ute” to the tradition of Lady Vols athletics. utilize to market itself.

“I have always said we are going to con“If you put the power T on, everybody knows who you are,” said Cheek. “That helps tinue to fund ways to honor the legacy of the Lady Vols as we move forward,” Hart said in a us promote the university.”

Hart described the move as a “great trib- statement made Monday.

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First-year studies program offers help to incoming students Alex Harward

Contributor The First-Year Studies Office is dedicated to providing first-year students with a smooth and successful transition into college.

The changeover from high school to college can be stressful and unsettling; FYS’s goal is to aid UT students personally, socially and academically in this process.

Before the First-Year Studies Office became an independent entity it was a part of the Student Success Center.

In 2011, the FYS program branched off and became a separate office, taking responsibility for the Volunteer Bridge Program and overseeing transfer students.

“The office handles a big umbrella of things,” Alex Schnelle, a graduate assistant in the office of First-Year Studies, said.

Schnelle noted some of the main programs offered to first-year students: the FYS 101 and 129 classes for both freshman and transfer students, the peer mentor program, extra help from the Student Success Center, the “Life of the Mind” summer readings required for freshman and the Bridge Program for students at Pellissippi State Community College interested in attending UT. The FYS office provides two separate courses students can take to help facilitate themselves for success on campus.

“The classes are set up so that FYS 101 is focused on information, getting connected with the campus, learning and understanding library resources and getting a professional instructor as well as a peer mentor. While FYS 129 are strictly seminar classes,” Tyler Berlin, a graduate assistant in the First-Year Studies office, said.

The FYS courses are offered in the fall and spring semesters. There are a variety of topics to choose from, such as “Harry Potter and Culture,” “Radio and Television Sports,” “Diets and Body Health” and many others.

“It’s really helpful as a freshman (to take an FYS class),” Schnelle said. “A lot of your classes are going to be really large. It can be really overwhelming. (The classes) provide a chance for you to get in a setting with only 20 people and get more connected. We found that this has really helped our students.”

A big portion of the FYS program is devoted to peer mentors. Peer mentors are upperclassmen who are chosen and trained by the FYS Office to act as guides for the freshman students. Each peer mentor has their own class section where they teach students the ins and outs of UT. Kathrine West, a current peer mentor, said that being a peer mentor has taught her how scary it can be from the other side of the desk.

“I remember that I was terrified my first class

of freshman year,” West said, “and I was just as terrified my first class as a peer mentor. Seeing all of those faces looking at me when I was just a year older than they were.

“I thought being a peer mentor meant that I needed to have all the answers, but as the semester went on, I learned that sometimes I just needed to listen. Being a peer mentor was a great learning experience that has really helped me grow as a person.”

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A lot of your classes are going to be really large. It can be really overwhelming. (The classes) provide a chance for you to get in a setting with only 20 people and get more connected.”

Alex Schnelle , Office of First-Year Studies Grad Assistant

As for the first-year students that participate in the program, their positive outlook on the program is reflected by their good experiences.

Sarah Cagle, senior in English, was involved with an FYS 129 seminar class about fairytales her freshman year.

“The class was good because it was in such a laid back environment,” Cagle said. “It was basically a one-credit extra curricular, so it didn’t take away from all of my other serious classes, and I got to get to know a lot of the other people in the class.”

The First-Year Studies Office is located on the second floor of Greve Hall on Volunteer Boulevard.

To get more information about FYS, the office phone number is (865) 974-3523 and the website address is http://fys.utk.edu.

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Hiking club continues legacy of Band relies on audience interaction conservation, enjoying the outdoors Ana Tantaris Contributor

Sam Kennedy

Staff Writer More than 600 UT students belong to a club that began with a hike between two YMCA leaders over 80 years ago.

In October of 1924, Marshall Wilson and George Barber, YMCA leaders of a boys’ camp in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, decided to go on a hike. While hiking, the pair came to an agreement that they should start a club and begin leading trips to the Smokies for whoever was interested.

Today, the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club exists in Knoxville as an organization where outdoor enthusiasts and nature lovers get the chance to hike and camp in the Smokies. The club has a longstanding tradition of hiking, volunteerism, fellowship and conservation. The members go on hiking trips every week, primarily in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, although sometimes they venture into surrounding areas.

“We hike all over, though mostly on the Tennessee side,” Cindy Spangler, board member for the SMHC, said. “We also hike in Frozen Head, Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, the Benton MacKaye Trail, Big Ridge State Park, the Cumberland Trail, Big South Fork and the Norris watershed.”

The club also leads kayaking and canoeing trips, backpacking outings and city walks within Knoxville. The SMHC hosts picnics, a Christmas banquet and an annual nature photography contest as well.

One of the main activities the SMHC participates in is the maintenance of the Appalachian Trail. Club members volunteer and spend time cleaning up the trail to make sure it stays easily accessible to visitors.

More than 100 miles of the Appalachian Trail in the Smokies and the Nantahala National Forest are under the club’s protection and main-

tenance. This includes everything from building and relocating shelters to clipping back growth to waterbar cleaning. In 2015, the club logged over 8,488 hours of volunteer service.

“My volunteer involvement focuses on minor treadway upkeep and keeping the trail corridor clear. Also we work with community outreach and conservation,” club member and Appalachian Trail maintainer Franklin LaFond said.

In the 1960s, the club played a prominent role in stopping construction of an over-mountain road that would have cut straight through the mountains. Club members also led the fight against extending North Shore Road along Fontana lake in the early 2000s, and they continue to fight for the settlement funds from Congress.

For SMHC members, all of their activism and conservation efforts pay off when they hit the trails.

“I have hiked in a lot of different states,” LaFond said. “I love high altitude, above treeline hiking. It is very rewarding to watch a sunset or sunrise while being able to see for several hundred miles.”

This year, the club is celebrating the Centennial of National Park Service. The park superintendent has committed to hiking 100 miles in the Smokies during 2016. All members are welcome to participate and strive to hike 100 miles of park trails between Jan. 1 and Dec. 6.

“The goal is to inspire you to explore and enjoy the many benefits the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has to offer,” Spangler said. “After you have hiked 100 miles this year, send an email to the park documenting your mileage.”

Anyone is welcome to join the club and to share their passion for nature and preserving the outdoors with the other members of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club. For more information, visit: http://www.smhclub.org/.

Alternative music encompasses many different styles that people often struggle to classify, including invented sub-categories such as indie, punk and electronic.

However, none of these terms is niche enough for Knoxville band Lions, who refuse to limit themselves to one genre title. Josiah Smith (vocals/guitar), Jeremy Tisdale (guitar), Richard Jeffords (bass) and Nathan Larson (drums) say they’ve let their obscurity and creativity guide the sound of their music.

“We tour and play shows with bands that are in more niche genres but we don’t necessarily try to write to fit into one particular segment of music listening,” Smith said. “For general consumption, labeling our music as Alternative would fit.”

Lions’ appreciation for musical experimentation and learning new things paired with their openness to creativity allows them to craft something that is uniquely their own. After about four years of playing together, the band members have solidified their defining sound while trying to play some fun tunes with their friends.

“I don’t know if we are even technically pursuing a career in music as much as we are using music to create and expand our perspectives and experiences,” Smith explained. “We originally began playing music for ourselves, but through Lions, particularly, we began releasing music to a relatively larger audience than expected.”

Lions play at a variety of venues, and at typical show will try to get the crowd as involved as possible with singing, jumping and crowd surfing. The band’s goal is to keep the energy (or rowdiness) alive so that show-goers have as much fun as the band.

“We want people to leave our set and have no question that they used their time as wisely as possible. So, expect us to be encouraging that kind of behavior,” Smith said. “We have been lucky to garner support from so many diverse

people — I think we’ve accomplished that through the precision and hive mind of our live performances.”

Lions has released their music on vinyl internationally several times and will be releasing new music on vinyl in March. Producing music this way is a dream come true for the band, as they have an appreciation for physical music.

“I always felt more connected with a band after checking out how much thought went into this companion appendage of the CD,” Smith explained. “I feel with digital media’s prevalence — the collecting of vinyl has allowed for that type of emotional investing and connecting to come back.”

In addition to local concerts and album production, the band has played national festivals and toured around the U.S. almost a dozen times. However, they try to remain grounded in their hometown of Knoxville.

“We have no illusions of grandeur, we are still a relatively small band,” Smith explained.

With no management to give them money and the challenge of balancing college, full-time jobs and relationships with their music, the musicians have quite a bit on their plate.

“We started this band right as we all started having real responsibilities, and they haven’t slowed down yet. Trying to make music and give it all the attention you’d like to isn’t always possible,” Smith said. “It’s a struggle, but our bond as a band and as genuine friends has helped to combat that reality.”

Lions try to put an honest face forward with their music and to show their appreciation for each other, their music and their supporters.

“We love the people we’ve met through this and we show it. We will have a conversation with anyone who comes to our shows or posts to us or about us on social media,” Smith explained. “I think people can tell we genuinely love making music and sharing that music with whomever will listen.”

Lions will be releasing their “first” full-length album in a few weeks and plan to continue to tour and write extensively through the year.

“My biggest hope,” Smith said. “As a musician and artist has always been that I hope to inspire someone to write their own songs.”

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Independent shops, building Knoxville’s coffee scene Michael Lipps

Asst. Arts & Culture Editor

For some, coffee is just coffee. “Coffee is coffee” people are the ones who are no fuss and no frills when it comes to what’s in their cup. Then there’s the “Coffee is coffee? Wrong! Coffee is not coffee unless it’s fair trade, ethically sourced, organic ...” people.

Either way, Knoxville’s growing coffee scene is moving to please the novice and the aficionado alike.

Several long-standing coffee shops, including Old City Java and The Golden Roast, have been serving Knoxville citizens for years, but another Knoxville coffee go-to, K Brew, has only been a part of the scene since late 2013. Since K Brew’s opening, Knoxville has seen new shops such as Blue Mason and SPERO Coffee open as well. But recently, it has almost been a challenge to keep up

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with all of the changes.

Pierce LaMacchia, co-owner of K Brew, speculated as to why there seem to be so many changes, attributing the surge in part to the efforts of independent shops.

“I’ve seen a significant change in the past two years with people who have always had a Starbucks beverage, or a chain beverage, begin to really question what they’re drinking, where it’s coming from and who, ultimately, they’re supporting,” LaMacchia said. “And I think that’s the work of the wonderful independent coffee shops here in Knoxville.”

This change really got started in summer 2015 with the announcement that Three Bears Coffee would open a tasting room at the site of their new roasting facility on Sevier Avenue. Then in the fall, Remedy announced that they would be moving from their Jackson Avenue. location and leaving that space up for lease; but it wouldn’t be long until Remedy unveiled their new space at 800 Tyson Street in December and a new coffee spot tenant

For some, coffee is just coffee.”

would occupy 125 W. Jackson Avenue.

Somewhere in the midst of Remedy’s changes, a newcomer of sorts, Wild Love Bakehouse, opened its doors to the public. Wild Love had already established a presence in the community via its baked goods, which have been and continue to be served by the owners’ other business: Old City Java. The new space gave more room and opportunity for the bakery to grow, in addition to adding another option for caffeine seekers.

And as calendars turned to 2016, more changes took place on Tyson Street and Jackson Avenue — again.

Remedy’s new space was originally planned to be solely the site of Maker’s Donuts, under the same ownership as Remedy. Plans changed and as of Jan. 29, Makers opened their doors alongside already established Remedy. In addition to donuts, customers can also find the same Intelligentsia coffee that they can find at Remedy, but lattes, Americanos and other specialty drinks will only be available next door.

Amidst this change, true newcomer Awaken Coffee opened its doors at the old Remedy space on Jackson. As part of the Awaken City Church initiated by senior pastor Adam Lutts, the coffee shop provided a vehicle for the church’s vision of becoming a more integral part of the downtown community.

Awaken has only been open a few weeks, but Lutts says people have already seemed to adjust to the changes and become acquainted with the new shop.

“People know we’re the old Remedy space,” Lutts said. “But I think we’re already starting to define and make our own culture here where people are starting to understand who Awaken is.”

Lutts went on to speak on the larger coffee culture that is brewing in Knoxville.

“I think one of the reasons why we’re seeing the coffee culture boom in Knoxville is because Knoxville’s booming now,” Lutt said.

And with another coffee shop set to open in Knoxville this February, booming seems to be a good descriptor of all the changes.

Along with new locations opening, veteran coffee spots are expanding. K Brew will be opening a second location just behind the Bijou Theatre at 800 Market St. this month.

“We’ve always had too few seats for the number of people who’ve wanted to sit and drink coffee, so I think with the addition of these new shops people are going to find more areas to hang out and we’re very excited about that,” LaMacchia said. “It means better things for the full community.”

He explained that K Brew’s new location will cater to on-the-go customers, offering exclusively drip coffee and espresso beverages. Additionally, LaMacchia said the new location will offer even more food options — this after the success of their recent switch to a plant-driven menu.

“We’re interested in providing a healthy alternative to all the fast food that’s around Knoxville, and we want people to have an option to start their morning off strong, or start their project or afternoon off strong,” LaMacchia said.

Still, yet another new coffee option has been cruising the streets of Knoxville as of late. Andrew Mrozkowski’s brainchild, Pedal Java, allows him to serve all the coffee drinks people love from a cart attached to his bike.

And after only a few months in operation, Mrozkowski is pleased with the response he’s been getting and with his welcoming into the coffee scene of Knoxville.

“There’s a really great brotherhood of coffee purveyors in Knoxville that I’m really enjoying,” Mrozkowski said. “People who love coffee don’t just go to one shop … people who enjoy the conversations, enjoy the social aspect and enjoy the craft of it … they can go to Remedy or Awaken and have a great drink at night, and then the next morning have a great drink on the coffee bike.”

So what’s next, are even more changes coming in the future? Awaken’s Adam Lutts thinks so.

“We’re probably just at the edge of what Knoxville will look like 10 years from now concerning coffee,” Lutts said. “This is still the beginning phases of what’s to come.”

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Young players to hold key role for top-25 softball team David Bradford

Staff Writer

The youthful Tennessee Volunteer softball team will have to grow up fast if they expect to retain the level of success the program has experienced over the past decade.

Coach Karen Weekly spent the off-season formulating a schedule that even she found a tad excessive for a roster featuring 11 freshmen. “I may not be in charge of scheduling after this year,� Weekly said.

The Vols open up their season on Feb. 11 in Glendale, Arizona as participants in the Kajikawa Classic. Over the course of three days, the Vols will play in six games against teams from a number of different conferences, such as the Pac-12 and Big Ten. The Weeklys hope that a tougher out-ofconference schedule will prepare the youthful squad for the rigors of SEC play.

Just how tough is the SEC? The Vols are the pre-season No. 8 team in the country according to USA Today. Despite the high national ranking, SEC polls place the Vols as the 5th best team in the conference. “Our schedule is probably the toughest we’ve ever played,â€? Karen Weekly said. “It could be the toughest schedule RPI wise ‌ every tournament is tough.â€?

The Vols’ most versatile player last season

was Rainey Gaffin. As a batter, Gaffin finished third on the team in batting average (.315) and second in hits (58). She excelled even more as a pitcher. Her 17-4 record and 2.17 ERA made her the ace of the staff.

Just Rainey: Gaffin’s ability to be the primary pitcher on a deep pitching staff, along with her dangerous hitting abilities, earned her national recognition. Gaffin was named 2nd-team AllAmerican last season and is a member of this season’s Preseason All-SEC Team.

The Weeklys don’t want the accolades to weigh down on Gaffin though. “We just tell her ‘you’re not Rainey Gaffin returning All-American’,� Karen Weekly said. “You’re just Rainey.�

Freshmen Starters: The Vols have seven starters from last season’s College World Series returning. Mixed in with the experienced starters will be four members of the Vols’ No. 2 ranked recruiting class.

Brooke Vines, the No. 7 prospect in the country, will start in left field, while Texas native Aubrey Leach will get the start at 2nd base.

Leach has already made headlines with her play.

During the fall, Leach turned a triple play that found its way on SportCenter’s Top 10 Plays. “She’s a very accomplished player, covers a lot of ground, great arm,� Ralph Weekly said of Leach.

The Vols have two position battles remaining.

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Zika virus is a growing threat to humans Franco D’Aprile

Erica Davis

Two Treehuggers with an Ax

Erica: I would love one of those right now!

Franco: Erica, I said mosquito, not mojito.

Most of you have probably heard about the Zika virus, or you’ve seen pictures of babies born with small heads because of the microcephaly that results from it. The most recent outbreak has led countries such as Colombia and Ecuador to encourage women to not get pregnant for a while, and El Salvador has even encouraged women to delay the decision, to the extent possible, for at least two years.

This is problematic due to a lack of family planning and access to reproductive healthcare in many of the afflicted countries in subtropical and tropical regions of the world, such as Latin and South America. Rapid population growth is one consequence of this—and we’ve written before about the impact overpopulation and consumption have on the planet — but now cases of Zika are piling up as well.

Mosquitoes carry Zika. Out of the 3,500 known mosquito species, only 100 suck human blood. And of those, only the females do the stinging. Why? Because they use our blood to grow their eggs.

“Twilight” really should’ve been about mosquitoes; they’re much creepier than vampires.

“Aedes aegypti” is the mosquito species that spreads the Zika virus. Unlike the mosquito species that spreads malaria, this lovely specimen can live in both tropical and subtropical climates — which

means it can spread into Middle South America, North America, Southern Europe and Middle Asia.

Because it originated in the Zika forest of Uganda and this side of the world didn’t experience it until it appeared in Brazil last May, we don’t have immune defenses against it, rendering us quite vulnerable.

Only one in five people infected display symptoms, but there is circumstantial evidence that it is easily passed on to infants in the womb.

So what does this have to do with the environment? Mosquitoes’ range increases in a positive correlation with warming temperatures. With the 10 warmest years on record happening since 1998, warm and humid regions have become a breeding ground and dangerous territory for these disease-carrying pests.

El Niño, a complex weather pattern creating warmer than average ocean temperatures, may also help spread Zika. It is creating perfect breeding conditions for mosquitoes and allowing them to spread more easily. Warm, stagnant water is a perfect habitat for these blood-sucking monsters.

And keep this in mind: the Southern hemisphere is now in summer. Mosquitoes can more easily spread to non-tropical areas because it is warm enough for them to survive. So countries that are only partially tropical, such as South Africa and Argentina, may only be safe from the virus once winter comes. This means the Northern hemisphere may be in danger

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once warmer temperatures start to come.

But the virus may have impacts on more than just health. Brazil’s economy is projected to suffer from the outbreak. There is also the concern that it may have an impact on the Olympic Games this summer, which are being hosted in Brazil. But the impact may be even greater than this still. Airline companies as well as cruise and tour companies are having to refund tickets because of the outbreak.

It is projected that three to four million people could be infected in the Americas this year. And although the U.S. is trying to develop a vaccine, this may not be enough to stop the spread of the disease.

America is rich enough to avoid it for now, but despite our wealth, we are part of the global ecosystem; this newest outbreak reminds us that we’re lucky but not immune. People have a hard time caring about climate change when it’s affecting people halfway across the world, but hopefully we’ll take action to prevent its consequences before epidemics like Zika find their way into more and more areas of the world that are getting warmer and warmer by the year.

Franco D’Aprile is a senior in political science and sustainability, and Erica Davis is a senior in environmental sociology. They can be reached at fradapr@vols.utk.edu and spz839@vols.utk.edu, respectively.

Commercial provides empowering message

Jarrod Nelson Socialized

Two weeks ago, I went to a class where the teacher had all of the girls stand up for some misremembered reason, and the discussion soon devolved into all of us declaring who we were voting for and why.

Well, I had to go back to that class. Something to do with “enrollment” and “that’s not snow, it’s fog, you idiot.” This time, I got to learn about all of the wonderful, generalized differences between male communication and female communication. I got to hear it all. About how women defer to men. About how men solve problems, and women apologize when the problem isn’t even there fault. About how men like to dominate conversations and speak about things “logically,” while women approach things “emotionally.” Which, if true, means that I have some serious thinking to do about where I stand on the spectrum.

I swear to you this column is not becoming “Jarrod’s Declassified Public Speaking Survival Guide,” but that is how these first two weeks have turned out. At the very least, it has gotten me thinking. Not about public speaking though. Instead, I mainly think about ways to retract into myself like a Transformer and avoid the crushing blow of awkwardness that comes from airing political beliefs and gender dynamics in a classroom of people I barely know, and who, let’s be real, I’ll probably never see again outside of a football field.

At least, until I saw that thought-provoking Axe commercial.

Besides being a sentence no one has ever spoken

or written before, that sentence conveys a weird cavalcade of gender issues and ideas that had been hitting me from places as diverse as my public speaking classroom and late night texts from my friends.

If you haven’t seen the commercial, and I’m guessing you haven’t because who watches Axe commercials, it is a surprisingly inclusive and empowering message to men to “find their thing.” It says that it’s not about having a six pack, it’s about having “the suit” or “the brains” or, in an unexpectedly transpositive moment, “the heels.” I’m not selling Axe, but you really should watch the ad. Because when it comes to the ideas of gender and what it means to be a certain gender, that ad sort of turns it on its head.

There was never a moment when I thought “I’m a boy.” Maybe that is the privilege of the cisgendered, but honestly, the thought of being gendered never crossed my mind. I didn’t play with trucks because I was a boy, I played with trucks because I liked trucks (not the biggest truck fan anymore though.)

Conversely, I didn’t like to dress up because I was a girl, I dressed up because liked to dress up. I speak “emotionally.” I’ve met girls who speak “logically.”

I apologize constantly and probably for things that other people would sue over. And I’ve met girls who would definitely be doing the suing. And I don’t think that those girls consider that to be atypical of their gender. They probably just consider it to be typical of them.

We need to own ourselves more. Gender is a very

complex social and psychological construct that I probably do not understand near to the degree I need to in order to speak about it. But I think, at least in the way that media and sometimes academics portrays it, that it generalizes entirely too much. We have an obsessive need to classify, and thus when someone feels they don’t fit into that classification, it can lead to feelings of inadequacy, dysmorphia, and social exclusion.

Long ago, we came to the idea that men and women are both people. Some people still like to say that your role in society is determined by your gender or sex. Some of those people are in power in certain cities that have really terrible football teams. Some of those people have a say over what happens at this university. I just wish those people, and society at large, would let everyone have their thing. And that it was just them, and didn’t need to indicate anything else, no matter what body they had or what they were “supposed” to be. Their brains. Their six pack. Their heels. Their diversity.

Don’t be so hung up on labels and classifications.

Just be you. If Axe can learn that, trust me, so can everyone else.

Jarrod Nelson is a sophomore in public relations.

He can be reached at jnelso47@vols.utk.edu.

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Guard Robert Hubbs III of the Tennessee Volunteers shoots during the game between the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs and the Tennessee Volunteers at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Barnes looking for solution to late game woes Taylor White

Assistant Sports Editor When Tennessee blew a 10 point lead in the last three minutes of the game against Texas A&M in early January, it could have been chalked up to talent.

The Aggies are currently sitting at No. 5 in the country while the Vols are rebuilding, although Tennessee coach Rick Barnes doesn’t like that word.

The next week, the Vols blew a seven point halftime lead and ended up losing by nine at Georgia. Last week Tennessee hit a new low, blowing a 15 point lead in the second half to lose by eight against an Alabama team that was 1-5 in the SEC coming into the game.

Then on Saturday, the Vols traveled to TCU for the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Tennessee led TCU by 14 at the half, before being outscored

48-22 in the second half of the 12 point loss, making it the latest installment of what has become a disturbing trend over the past month.

“There’s a couple things,” Barnes said at a Monday press conference. “At some point in time you have to give your opponents some credit … It’s been our defense as much as anything. Even against TCU, our offense wasn’t where we wanted it to be, but defensively our aggressiveness wasn’t there.”

Basketball is a game of runs, that’s something any coach in the country will say at any given press conference. Tennessee has made runs to take early leads, but at some point the opponent will respond. That’s basketball.

The Vols have a tendency to hide when that run starts, and that’s something Barnes is still working hard to fix.

“I think what it gets down to as much as anything for us is how do we handle adver-

sity?” Barnes said. “We’re in a league and we’re playing against teams that are going to fight back. They’re not just going to go away.

When that happens we need to start to fight back. How do we respond?”

Hubbs stepping up: When opposing teams make these runs, they do so by keying in on Tennessee’s best offensive player, Kevin Punter.

The senior is second in the SEC in scoring with 23 points per game, and when he’s not producing, the Vols’ offense can go flat. When that happens, most teams look to their post players to get them an easy bucket.

That hasn’t happened for Tennessee, and the player that Barnes would like to see pick up some of that slack is Robert Hubbs III. “When you’re not making shots, you need to be able to go inside,” Barnes said. “A guy we really need to do that for us as much as anybody is Robert Hubbs. He had a tough

game against TCU where he really wasn’t engaged like we need him to be.”

Against the Horned Frogs, the junior scored just two points, but what really hurt was his lack of production on the board. Hubbs is one of the Vols’ most athletic players on a team who doesn’t have much height to start with.

When he doesn’t attack the glass, it’s hard for Tennessee to be productive in the rebounding battle. Hubbs is averaging just three boards in those games that have seen the Vols blow big leads. Barnes would also like to see him be more aggressive on offense and help take some of that pressure off Punter.

“What we need is for (Punter) to get more production from his teammates,” Barnes said.

“We’re putting everything on him. I said to the team yesterday, ‘we’re just crushing him because we’re asking him to do everything on the offensive end’ … He just needs some help from his teammates.”

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Friends meet as Vols and Wildcats resume rivalry Troy Provost-Heron Training Editor

John Calipari regularly attracts the best high school prospects in the nation.

In his seven years as Kentucky’s men’s basketball coach, the Wildcats have posted five No. 1 recruiting classes and finished second the other two years.

But there are some people that believe that talent on the recruiting trail doesn’t follow Calipari to the sidelines.

Rick Barnes doesn’t follow that train of thought.

“I think he is a great basketball coach,” the first-year Tennessee coach said. “(People who think otherwise), that is jealousy. People who try to say that he is not a good coach border on ignorant. I mean, John Calipari has won everywhere he has been, and he hasn’t always had the best players.”

Over the years, Barnes and Calipari have built a friendship.

When the UT head coaching position became available, Calipari was one of the first to pick up the phone and direct the 17-year coach at Texas to the Vols.

“I trust him to know that he would not tell me anything that he didn’t believe,” Barnes said.

“He wouldn’t just say something to say it. His exact words were, “(UT) is one of the top jobs in this league and can be as good as any (job).

You need to take that job. I don’t like the way you are being treated (at Texas), and I think you should take that job.’”

Shortly after, Barnes took the job and on Tuesday (TV: ESPN, 7:00 p.m.) the two winningest active head coaches in the SEC (total wins) meet inside Thompson-Boling Arena when the Vols (10-11, 3-5 SEC) face No. 20 Kentucky (16-5, 6-2).

The Vols have dropped two consecutive contests against Alabama and TCU. In both contests UT held a lead of 15 points or more in the second half.

“I think what it gets down to, as much as anything, is how do we handle adversity when we’re playing well, understanding the game well enough to have enough respect for the game, knowing that we’re in a league and we’re playing against teams that are going to fight back and they’re not just going to go away,” Barnes said.

“When that happens, when they start coming back, how do we respond? That’s what we haven’t done a really good job of.”

Kentucky, on the other hand, has won three of its last four with an average margin of victory of 23 points.

“I think their chemistry has been good,” Barnes said. “I think that’s the one thing, the fact that they’ve got terrific guard play … He’s going to keep fiddling around with it, and meshing it together, and figuring out what works. If it means shortening your bench to do that, he’ll do that. They’ve just continued to improve.

“When you think of Kentucky, they’ve got to be on every night. Some kids take a little bit longer trying to figure that out. I don’t care how many stars you put by a recruit’s name. They come in, it’s never as easy as they thought it would be.”

A big part of that terrific guard play has been sophomore point guard Tyler Ulis, who has scored at least 20 points in eight of UK’s last 10 games.

“When you are five-foot-nine and getting done what he is getting done, I think you have to put big-time competitor in front of that,” Barnes said. “He is fearless … He can shoot it deep. When you can shoot it deep and are that quick, you become very hard to guard. If you get out there too far, he has explosive speed to get by you.”

Tennessee Volunteers head coach Rick Barnes during the game between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Tennessee Volunteers at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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