02 05 2016

Student fights for small town’s rights >>See page 3

LGBTQ+ student voices heard by Cheek >>See page 4

Knoxville Photography Collective makes art scene debut >>See page 8

Warlick celebrates

100th victory

The season has been rough at times, but Holly Warlick had a chance to smile Thursday when the Lady Vols helped her celebrate her 100th win.

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Student voucher bill passes hurdle in state house Efforts to pay for the private education of children in failing schools cleared another hurdle in the state house, although an amendment was added delaying its implementation until the 2016-2017 school year. The bill appeared to have the support of all seven Republicans in the in the House Government Operations Committee, with the three Democrats publicly voicing their opposition. Tennessee House Minority Leader Craig Fitzhugh criticized the proposed voucher program for its potential to wipe out the K-12 education budget proposed

by Governor Bill Haslam. The bill is estimated to cost $175 million and would grow to fund the education of up to 20,000 Tennessee children over a four year period.

Tennessee joins other states calling for national convention Tennessee lawmakers have joined four other states in calling a national convention to amend the U.S. Constitution. The resolution, dubbed the ‘atomic bomb of politics’ by one supporter, would seek to enforce term limits on members of congress, as well as place harsher restraints on the federal government. The resolution sponsored by Republican Rep. Sheila Butt of Columbia passed on a 59-31 vote, previously passing 23-5 in the state senate. Tennessee joined Alabama, Alaska, Florida and Georgia in approving the measure but the resolution is still short of the 30 more states necessary before for a convention could be called.

Knox lawyer gets one year suspension for sex with client The Tennessee Supreme Court ordered a one year suspension of Attorney Robert Vogel for having sex with a client addicted to pills.

The court had already rejected a 30-day suspension suggested by a panel of three lawyers. Vogel had previously undergone a months long sexual relationship with the girlfriend of a major pill supplier who was facing mandatory penalties in U.S. District Court. Vogel originally asked the woman for sex while brokering a plea deal for her and was eventually caught by his wife having an affair in his office. Vogel did not contest the charges pressed against him.

CRIME LOG Date: 1/28/16 Location: 1530 Lake Loudon Boulevard/C5 Admin. Level Garage Northwest Side The victim reported that a tire appeared to have been cut on his 2009 Chevrolet Silverado. The vehicle was parked on the second level of the Administrative Parking Garage – G-4. The incident occurred on Jan. 28 between 3:50 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.

Date: 1/29/16 Location: Hess Hall/1720 Melrose Place/4th Floor J Side UTPD responded to multiple reports of a domestic disturbance between male and female subjects that began in an alleyway and transported to a common area inside a residence hall. Upon arrival, officers made contact with an intoxicated male subject who was taken into custody and charged with

simple domestic assault, disorderly conduct, public intoxication, underage consumption and resisting arrest.

Date: 1/29/16 Location: 2401 Volunteer Boulevard/G-7 Level 4 Around 1:07 p.m., a UTPD officer received

a call in reference to a car burglary. This incident occurred at G-7 garage level 4. The officer met with the victim at Staff 25 near G-7. The student victim reported damage on her 2000 Jeep.

There were no items stolen from her car.

There is no suspect information to report.

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Activist works to bring environmental justice to small town Tennessee Tanner Hancock News Editor

If you have never been there, you probably could not find Campbell County on a map.

Located roughly an hour north of Knoxville, the county is no stranger to irony; it is rich in shale and natural gas yet consistently one of the poorest counties in the state.

Enter Erica Davis, senior in environmental sociology, who has for the past month committed herself to reclaiming some of the wealth she believes belongs to the poorest, least represented members of the state.

Over the past few years, fracking companies have set up shop all across Tennessee, making huge dividends on the cheap energy alternative and capitalizing on the struggling coal business. Yet where some see profit, Davis sees injustice. The environmental impact of fracking has been well documented, as it has been known to pollute groundwater and cause seismic activity, yet the monetary benefits of the lucrative practice are sometimes passed over local communities as well.

“There’s a lot of not only resource wealth, but a lot of monetary wealth leaving these communities. And it’s the same communities that have been plagued by the coal industries his-

torically,” Davis said of fracking in Tennessee.

This past summer, Davis helped craft a bill that would help keep some of the wealth leaving resource rich counties in Tennessee.

The bill, sponsored by state senator Ken Yager and Rep. Dennis Powers, reallocates all oil and gas severance tax revenue to the county back to the county in which the resources were taken. Currently, a county like Campbell would receive only one-third of revenue with the state getting the other two-thirds.

Traveling to Campbell County frequently and working with the local government, Davis helped educate locals on the issue, who in turn unanimously passed a resolution in support of the bill in the county commission. Thinking back to the time she spent working with locals, from learning the names of the people to their dogs, Davis still believes the personal connections she made were as important as the legal steps she helped accomplish.

“In rural communities, there’s just this sense of ‘us and them,’ which is totally understandable because of the exploitation the communities have directly experienced. They’re wary of outsiders,” Davis said. “I felt very strongly about building real relationships there.”

To those who know her best, like Duncan Bryant, junior in political science, the best things about Davis stem from the way she

approaches problems rather than the problems themselves. Bryant remembers a time last semester when tension between the legislature and UT’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion was coming to a head. Rather than do nothing and complain, Davis chose to help organize a study-in protest to demonstrate hers and a portion of the student body’s dissatisfaction with university administration.

“She didn’t sit around and lament about what was happening,” Bryant said. “She sat up and said ‘Okay well, this needs to happen now,’ and just went and did it.”

Working alongside Davis on the environmental sustainability committee, Don Black, sophomore in civil engineering, became most impressed with Davis after the creation of Smokey’s Pantry. The university’s first food pantry provides needed food to hungry students and community members, and Davis was instrumental in coordinating with the Tyson House to help make it a reality. Though few subsequent news stories mentioned her involvement, it was Davis’ response that helped Black define what she stood for as an activist.

“It doesn’t matter to me if I get the credit,” Black remembered Davis saying. “It matters to me that some people aren’t hungry tonight.’”

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Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and Vice Chancellor of Diversity and Inclusion Rickey Hall discussed issues that have come up regarding the Pride Center.

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Cheek hears student complaints at Pride Center visit Travis Dorman Contributor

Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and four members of his cabinet visited UT’s Pride Center for the first time on Thursday to listen to the concerns of LGBT+ students and answer questions on the future of the Pride Center.

These topics included but were not limited to the UT administration’s removal of the list of gender-neutral pronouns posted online by the Pride Center and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s post encouraging employees to “ensure your holiday party is not a Christmas party in disguise.” Since these events took place, someone shattered a window at the Pride Center, and legislators who called for Cheek’s resignation are now seeking to cut the diversity budget from $20 million to $2.5 million.

Now, Cheek is seeking to ease tensions.

Members of Cheek’s cabinet expressed their desires to listen and learn from LGBT+ students.

“This is really a listening session for us to hear about you and what your concerns are and your issues, what makes you happy and what makes you sad,” said Vice Chancellor for Communications Margie Nichols.

Vice Chancellor for Student Life Vincent

Carilli agreed.

“I think it’s really important for us to hear about your experiences,” Carilli said. “You’ve lived them; I haven’t.”

Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion Rickey Hall then opened up the floor for questions.

Some students began the conversation by expressing concerns about the Pride Center’s space on campus, which is currently located in a cramped corner of Melrose Hall and is slated for destruction sometime in the future. Clayton hopes that the Pride Center can occupy a more spacious, comfortable area while still retaining an accessible central location.

Cheek explained that Melrose may not be destroyed for another 10 years.

“There’s just not a lot of space available any place between here and the Hill, but we will find someplace,” Cheek said. “We just have no idea what the timing is.”

Tucker Hyde, senior in public relations, spoke next and explained the importance of the Pride Center as a place of safety, understanding and acceptance that allows LGBT+ people to feel at home on a campus that is otherwise ranked as the fifth most LGBT-unfriendly campus, according to the Princeton Review.

“The Pride Center is a safe place on campus, and it’s the only one of its kind in the state,”

Pride Center supporter Mandy Pitts said. “I think that list stems not from the facilities at UT but rather from the campus climate. When I walk in here, I feel at home, but walking out the door into the courtyard, it’s like walking back into hell.

“In order for this university to come off of that 25 list that we don’t want to be on, we’re going to have to change the hearts and minds of the students that come here, which is a huge undertaking.”

To accomplish this goal, members of the Pride Center said they need an increase in funding. The current budget of $4,000 set aside by Vice Chancellor Hall is not enough, said Pride Center volunteer Kristen Godfrey.

Chancellor Cheek responded by referencing his creation of Rickey Hall’s position as Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion.

“There’s never enough money. There never has been enough money. There never will be enough money,” Cheek said. “There are scarce resources, and (Vice Chancellor Hall) has to make decisions about where to put the resources that he has.”

Dana McLemore, a trans woman and member of the Pride Center, expressed anger over the lack of LGBT+ education present on campus.

“The lack of general education to the community is really dangerous …” McLemore said. “We

have to do something about reaching out to the community. We have to educate.”

The LGBT+ students went on to criticize Cheek’s cabinet on the way they handled the vandalism of the Pride Center, saying it needed to be explicitly denounced as a hate crime that is unacceptable at UT. Students then asked why the list of genderneutral pronouns was taken off the university’s website by the administration. Leala Holcomb, a deaf student who uses the pronouns xe / xem / xyr, spoke in sign language to Cheek and his cabinet.

“I am misgendered every day here, and I think misgendering is an act of violence. How would you feel if someone called you she or he every day? That’s not your pronoun, and that’s an awful thing to experience,” Holcomb signed. “When I first heard about that, I was really thrilled. Once it was taken down, my heart broke, and it really erased my identity as an individual.”

The LGBT+ students never received an answer as to why the gender-neutral pronoun list was taken down, as Chancellor Cheek and his cabinet left to attend another meeting on diversity and inclusion at the Frieson Black Cultural Center. Only 20 pre-selected people were let into the meeting. Students who were present to show solidarity sat in the lobby and participated in a teach-in on privilege and oppression.

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Student with service dog speaks out Sophie Grosserode Contributor

Few things make your average college student more excited than the sight of a dog on campus.

Often, the sight of an animal they adore makes people so excited, they forget the possibility that this dog is on the job. That’s the case with service dogs.

A service dog, or service animal, is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act as a dog that has been individually trained to perform specific tasks for an individual with a disability.

Annazette Houston, director of the Office of Disability Services, said service animals provide a priceless resource for students in need.

“Service animals really perform a need for an individual, and it’s amazing what they are able to do,” Houston said. “It’s a life changing asset.”

Houston and the rest of the Office of Disability Services staff work with students who require assistance from service animals, but the office does not directly deal with training or registration of service animals.

Service dogs are federally regulated, but they are not required to be registered.

Contrary to popular belief, they are not even required to be wearing a special harness or vest.

“You can buy those vests on the Internet,” Houston said.

The only way to know if an animal is a service animal is to ask and asking is all the ADA allows.

A business owner, for example, can ask an individual if the animal is required due a disability, but they cannot ask to see paperwork or a demonstration of the animal’s task.

Federal regulations forbid a person with a disability be made to separate from their service animal or refused access to a business or service because of their animal.

These rules, of course, extend to universities. A student with a service animal is not held within the “no pets” rule in regards to their animal, because a service dog is not a pet.

A service dog, like a wheelchair, cane, hearing aid or medication is a necessary tool for a person with a disability. But being assisted by a living creature instead of a cane can shape a student’s campus experience in unique ways.

Mallory Corzine, junior studying educational interpreting, is in the process of getting to know campus with her service dog, Hiro.

Hiro is a miniature Australian shepherd who still lives in Nashville, where he is finishing up his training. Once he is finished, he will be on campus with Mallory to assist her full time.

Hiro has been to campus a few times before. Mallory brought him along twice in the fall, so that the duo could walk the campus together.

A lot of UT’s campus is open space, which is easier for Hiro to navigate.

However, when asked about getting around inside a building, Mallory laughed.

“It’s kind of an art form, trying to maneuver,” she said. “You’ve got a backpack, sometimes a purse. And now a leash.”

Mallory’s professors are informed about Hiro ahead of time, and most staff know how to conduct themselves. Students can be another story.

When asked about how students reacted to Hiro being by her side in class, Mallory rolled her eyes and said “I don’t care how quiet you think you are. I can hear you.”

Usually, she is referring to kissy noises, claps and choruses of “Oh my gosh, a puppy!” from her fellow students.

This is not only annoying to the handler -- it distracts the dog.

“Service dogs are trained to ignore things, but they’re not perfect,” Mallory said. “Stop trying to distract him. He’s working.”

Often, people will approach Mallory and Hiro and express ignorance more directly.

“People tell me I’m so lucky I get to take my dog with me everywhere,” Mallory said.

“But service dogs aren’t pets. Choosing between taking my dog with me everywhere and good health, I would choose good health.”

The biggest problem a service dog team like Mallory and Hiro face in public is lack of knowledge.

“People just don’t know,” Mallory said.

“If people thought more thoroughly, I think they’d be appalled at some of the things they say and do. Would you say someone’s oxygen tank was cute? No, no one would say that.”

The lack of awareness on how to treat service dogs acts conversely with their growing use. Gone are the days of just seeing-eye dogs. Now, service dogs assist individuals with seizures, PTSD and even extreme allergies.

“I hope that as it becomes a more common thing, people become more knowledgeable, more aware,” Mallory said.

Negatives aside, when asked about the impact Hiro has already had on her life, Mallory cannot help but smile.

“It’s hard to express in words,” she said.

“He’s a goof. We have a really good bond.”

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Bangladesh Culture Night: Curry, Color, Craft Chelsey Verzosa Contributor

For only $5, students who came to the Bangladesh Culture Night on Wednesday evening got to enjoy a night of food and performances.

At the start of the evening, the International House slowly filled with people mingling over a colorful dish of Polao (Bangladeshi rice), chicken curry and mixed vegetables. Then, after the meal, attendees were seated to watch an array of performers share what their country had to offer through various acts.

This culture night was the first of many world showcases that the International House will host throughout the semester. Maria Lungu, a graduate assistant working at the I-House, spoke about what this event means for her and for the UT student population.

“It’s a good opportunity for students on campus, both international and American, to get a taste of what one country has to represent,” Lungu said.

She outlined the World Showcase events as having three parts: a cooking demonstration, a coffeehouse and a culture night. But the culture night alone allows people to get a real insight into the tastes, history and meaning of the Bangladesh culture. “(At the culture night) we see the performances and the fashion associated with the country, as well,” Lungu continued.

Getting together a world showcase can prove to be difficult, but the student organizers seemed pleased with the final result. Ifana Mahbub, president of the Bangladesh Student Association (BSA) and Ph.D student, said most of the members of BSA who acted as world showcase organizers are graduate students with very tight schedules.

“It’s very hectic. It will take a lot of your time, but it’s worth it,” Mahbub said.

In addition to helping to put together the event, Mahbub also performed both a folk/fusion dance and a classical dance at the culture night. For the occasion, she wore a bright, red sari to represent a national dress for women in her country.

“It’s (sari) a traditional dress that we wear, especially in weddings,” Mahbub said.

Other performances of the night included instrumental pieces, traditional and contemporary dances and even a poetry reading. Christian King, senior in food science and technology and self-proclaimed “language dork,” expressed excitement about the poetry recital.

“I like to listen to the sounds of language, so getting to hear their language was very appealing to me,” King said.

After the Bangladeshi culture night ended, the crowds left with many praises for the performers.

The next International House world showcase will be the Korea World Showcase on Tuesday, March 1 at 6-7:30 p.m. and Wednesday, March 2 at 1-3 p.m. and 6-7:30 p.m.

Students who attended the Bangladesh Culture Night on Feb. 3 had the opportunity to enjoy unique foods and traditional dances at the International House.

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Communication is key

Katie Scott Vol Well

Last week in my research methods class, we discussed love. Specifically, we spent time discussing the concepts we use to define love. Words like affectionate, selfless, committed and respectful came up.

Love seems easy enough to define, at least on paper. We can think of actions or characteristics that we associate with the emotion. In practice though, love seems a lot more abstract. People show love differently, and people interpret love differently.

The five Love Languages developed by Dr. Gary Chapman demonstrate five ways people communicate love. The five languages include words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, quality time and physical touch. We all feel loved and show love through these five languages. Yet, the language in which we “hear” love is not always the language in which we “speak” love.

For example, I know that I feel loved when I am given verbal affirmation. However, I’m not the best at using words of affirmation to show love. Rather, I show love to others through spending quality time with them.

It’s easy to see how communicating our love in relationships can be difficult. We have to be aware not only of our own “love languages” but also be considerate of our partner’s languages. We should communicate openly, truthfully and in a way that values each other’s opinions.

Unfortunately, we know that this sort of healthy communication in relationships does not always hap-

pen. In fact, communication is an area in relationships where power and control can be subtly exerted. For this reason, it is important to be able to recognize characteristics of healthy and unhealthy communication in relationships.

When a relationship is healthy, communication is open and honest. When speaking, we should express ourselves in a way that is nonviolent and respectful. It is okay to tell our partners what we need and want, but we must also accept boundaries. There is a difference between asking and expecting.

As the listener, we should be understanding and listen without judgment. Partners value each other’s opinions. At the same time, if partners have conflicting viewpoints, it’s important to seek mutually satisfying solutions. While cooperation and compromise are key traits for healthy relationships, we cannot mistake undue sacrifice for compromise. This is when communication can become “unhealthy.”

Partners should be able to make decisions together without either partner feeling that they are sacrificing their safety or happiness. Conflict and anger are natural, but the way we manage them can define our relationships. Obviously, if a partner is taking a violent approach to resolving conflict, the relationship is dangerously unhealthy. Yet, there are more subtle methods of communication that can also be red flags.

If we feel worried or anxious because we disagree with our partner, we might need to evaluate why. Are we just eager to resolve the conflict? Or are we con-

cerned about the severity of our partner’s reaction?

When communicating, we should not feel pressured to agree with our partner. Part of valuing each other’s opinions means being able to communicate opposing viewpoints honestly. Similarly, partners should not ask each other to justify their actions or feel obligated to do so. This communicates a lack of trust and potentially makes the targeted partner feel unsafe.

Although we recognize manipulation as a dangerous trait in relationships, we may not always recognize manifestations of it. If someone is subtly criticizing their partner or attempting to control the way their partner behaves and dresses, this is a less obvious form of power imbalance in a relationship.

With Valentine’s Day approaching, consider opening a dialogue with your partner about your love languages and communication patterns. This may be a good opportunity to strengthen your relationship and check on its health. Even if you are not currently in a romantic relationship, these characteristics apply to platonic relationships as well. Communicating about communication may seem a bit uncomfortable at first, but like all things, it gets easier with time.

Katie Scott is a junior in communication studies and a Vols 2 Vols Peer Health Educator for the Center for Health Education and Wellness. She can be reached at katdscot@vols.utk.edu

Why we needed a Rand Paul

Peter Cates

For Pete’s Sake

Well guys, Rand Paul is no longer running for president.

Moderates around the country are devastated since the best hope for the GOP to embrace more reasonably progressive social views suspended his campaign. Paul, a senator known for his work with both parties to pass what he calls “common sense laws,” will not, despite my breaking heart, be elected the next president of the United States.

Now I’m sitting here looking at polarizing candidates who are moving further and further away from center in order to get elected in the primary, and I’m left with the question: how did we get here?

Most of the reasonable, thinking people I know have some views that tend to align with liberal ideologies and other ideas that align with conservative ideologies, all to varying degrees. These people would normally choose a candidate that represents as many of their most important ideals as possible.

That’s what primaries are for, to find the woman or man who will best represent your thoughts and choose that person, so they will go on to represent your viewpoints in the national election.

Wouldn’t it be lovely if it always worked out that way?

But what normally happens is you find a candidate that mostly represents the ideas that matter

to you and you vote for that person, and then they don’t get the major-party nomination. So then you’re left with two candidates who don’t really represent your views at all, so you vote for the one you’re less afraid of.

And that’s how the two-party system works.

We all vote for the candidate most likely to beat the candidate we think is the worst. And thus, we elect people (or fail to elect people) we don’t really like at all.

But then the next election rolls around and this time you mix together the two factors: who represents your actual viewpoint and who is likely to win. And election after election, candidates start to try to fit that mold and people move further into one of the two party categories, so the ideologies become more homogenous. After so many iterations of this process, we’re left with candidates who all are trying to prove how true they are to their party, and the next thing you know, a whole section of candidates are signing a petition promising to work to overturn a Supreme Court ruling on a basic human right, and you think, “oh s--t, that’s not what I was looking for at all.”

So now we’re stuck with this unfair, unrepresentative binary that forces us to choose “liberal” or “conservative,” even if most of us are in some gray area in-between. And in that process, we reason-

able people are somehow convinced to demonize the other side saying, “conservatives are evil” or “liberals are stupid.” That doesn’t make us a better country, and that certainly doesn’t make our government more representative of its people’s beliefs.

I’m sure being president is a difficult job. You would be forced to make incredibly hard decisions that impact millions of people every day. No matter what any candidate says now, having to make those impossible decisions will drastically affect what they ultimately do as president. We need a woman or a man who is willing to work with people from all ideologies (note: I intentionally refrain from using the term “either”) to make the best choices for our country, and in ways, the world.

We need a leader who is willing to “reach across the aisle” and find truly representative middle ground. I had hoped that person would be Rand Paul. But I know of another senator widely known for following his true convictions, regardless of party lines, who has worked over and over again with members of congress from both major parties.

Maybe we have hope there too.

Peter Cates is a junior in English. He can be reached at pcates4@vols.utk.edu

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Photo Collective moves from Barley’s to big league Samantha Lee Contributor

Nearly 15 years ago, the Knoxville Photography Collective came together for the first time at Barley’s Taproom & Pizzeria in downtown Knoxville.

That initial meeting called explicitly for people who worked with dark rooms and black and white film, but the Collective has expanded over the years to encompass a wide variety of subject matter, highlighting many different types of photography and art.

Years of growth and collaboration have culminated in the organization’s first inaugural exhibit in Knoxville. On Friday, Feb. 5, the Knoxville Art Alliance and Photography Collective will be holding an inaugural event at the Emporium Center at 100 South Gay Street in downtown Knoxville.

Travel, street, wedding, portrait, close-up, abstract and landscape photography are going to be on display. Suzanne Cada, who has been working for the Knoxville Art Alliance for 11 years as deputy director, gave a little more insight into the project’s overall mission. “Brian McDaniel, who is in charge of the show, and I have been talking about this project for over a year. He and the other artists are very excited,�

Cada said. “Although Mr. McDaniel and a few other photographers have already had their work displayed before, a few select artists are going to be displaying their work for their first time, which is really cool to see.�

Apart from the artists’ differences in profes-

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sional experience, their works displayed will sample from a variety of techniques, media and subject material. “Another interesting thing to observe is how the artists have been sharing their work and ideas and how they have come together progressively, especially for this show,� Cada said. “Their art is all very different. It varies everywhere from smallframed nature photography to giant, poster-sized canvases that you can walk right up to when you are going through the exhibit.�

When asked to describe the group of artists on display, Cada replied with one word — “energized.�

McDaniel is one of nine artists who will be displayed in the exhibit, who together accumulate over 200 years of experience. “I’ve had my work displayed before but getting to see young artists who are doing this for the first time is really something. It’s a whole new world for them,� McDaniel said.

He concluded with advice for aspiring young artists here at UT. “Find what you’re good at and dig deep,�

McDaniel said. “Look into the previous master’s work and study the fine detail behind it.�

The public reception begins this Friday from 5-9 p.m. and will include art for sale, a flamenco dance production at the Black Box Theatre from 6-6:30 p.m. and hors d’oeuvres and chocolates provided by the Melting Pot of Knoxville.

The exhibit will be open to the public at the Art Emporium from Feb. 5 through Feb. 26 with daily exhibition hours Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays 3:30-6:30 p.m.

The morning breeze sends bubbles flying outside the Student Union on Thursday.

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PUZZLES&GAMES

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Get Fuzzy • Darby Conley

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD • Will Shortz ACROSS

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ARTS&CULTURE

The Daily Beacon • Friday, February 5, 2016

Humans of Knoxville What was your most memorable experience while interviewing neighbors of Knoxville?

“One time I interviewed this guy name Anthony, and he told me about how he used to love fishing but never does it anymore. I went home and decided that next time I saw Anthony, I would take him to get a fishing pole and fishing supplies. Weeks went by and I never saw him. I began to become very worried, because it’s not uncommon for one of my homeless friends to get arrested or move or die from dehydration or heat stroke. Then finally, I was under the bridge one day, and I saw Anthony. I asked him if he remembered me. He did. Then I said, ‘Why don’t we go get you a fishing pole?’

He immediately leaped up, and we went to Walmart. He picked out a pole and supplies, and we bought a license. On the way home, he was really quiet. Finally he said, ‘Tomorrow’s my birthday.’” - Johanna Coetzee, senior in architecture, creator of Knoxville Neighbors.

Mary Kate Leitch • The Daily Beacon

Students to celebrate the Year of the Monkey Shane Moore

Contributor How are you going to celebrate the Year of the Monkey?

The UTK Chinese Students and Scholars Association and the Confucius Institute will be cohosting a celebration of the Lunar New Year to help start the Year of the Monkey off right.

There will be many different performances to commemorate this celebration, including dancing, music and martial arts. The band STATUS will be performing, introducing guests to their Beijinginspired rock music. Adam Tan, a YouTube celebrity from Malaysia, will also attend to do a choreographed dance with his crew.

However, the special guest this year is professor Linghui Tu from the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts and the Confucius Institute of Chinese Opera. Tu will be singing and dancing her way through many Peking Opera highlights as well as displaying some other talents.

“This event gives you a sense of what you would see and hear at Spring Festivals held in China,” Producer of the festival Michael Smith said. “It is a great way to connect with both ancient Chinese culture, as well as what the youth of China are interested in.”

Students interested in Chinese culture have been looking forward to the festival for weeks, like Nathan Gilliam, senior in nuclear engineering.

“I cannot wait,” Gilliam said. “I have been practicing Chinese during my free time, and I think this would be a great way to submerge myself in this beautiful culture.

“Celebrating Chinese New Year when I was younger was always so much fun. I’m ready to relive that giddy feeling. It’s just such a fun holiday to celebrate.”

Although the festival originates from Eastern cultures, it also has a long history in the East Tennessee Region.

The festival began over 12 years ago when Jack Kam brought Knoxville’s Chinese organizations together for one event.

“In recent years, it has grown in size, budget and attendance through the addition of some very special professional performers and an all-ages program,” Smith said.

The East Tennessee Chinese New Years festival will be this Sunday, Feb. 7 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at Cox Auditorium in the UT Alumni Memorial Building. There will be $200 worth of prizes handed out at the door. Tickets range from $5-12.50 each, and can be purchased at http://knoxvillechineseculture.org/. All seats are reserved.

Acrobat Jui Feng Wei performs a jar juggling act for 2015 East Tenn.

Chinese New Year. Held yearly in February during the Chinese New Year, the event brings Chinese organizations in Knoxville and the surrounding areas together for an evening of song, dance, martial arts and other performances to celebrate Chinese Culture.

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SPORTS

Friday, February 5, 2016 • The Daily Beacon

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Notebook: Warlick picks up 100th win in women’s basketball Trenton Duffer Copy Editor

As Holly Warlick met with the media against Georgia Tech in 2012, a smile formed on her face as she was asked about picking up her first win as a head coach.

“It feels awesome,” Warlick said. “I knew it was coming, but I love that we did it in this fashion and this style. We did it with a lot of effort and a lot of heart, and I’ll take those anytime.”

Flash forward 1,182 days later to Thursday night’s matchup against Arkansas.

As the final buzzer rang out after the Lady Vols 75-57 win over Arkansas, Andraya Carter and Jordan Reynolds swarmed Warlick, lifted her up and carried her to mid-court to celebrate.

Once the celebration slowed, the team retreated to the locker room, where Tennessee men’s basketball head coach Rick Barnes was waiting with a special 100 wins cake for Warlick.

Carter, who’s been with Warlick for all 100 of her wins, smeared a bit of the cake on her coach’s face.

Warlick would later return the favor.

“I hugged a couple of (players), and I got Andraya back when I hugged her,” Warlick laughed after the game.

Warlick’s celebration couldn’t come at a more opportune time. Uncertainty and tough losses have swarmed the team all season, and the four-year coach has seemingly shooed away the buzzards of adversity as the season has progressed.

But now, she has a chance to enjoy her own spotlight. Warlick became the seventhfastest Div. I women’s basketball coach to reach the 100-win mark with Thursday’s win over the Razorbacks (9-14, 4-6 SEC).

“I want to thank, first, Dave Hart. He took a chance on me, hiring an assistant coach in a big-time women’s basketball program, and he’s done nothing but support me,” Warlick said. “I understand how you get your wins – from your coaches down to everybody and the players.”

Almost every coach that has come

into Thompson-Boling Arena has praised Warlick’s coaching style this year. How could a seemingly unproven coach jump right in to one of the top basketball programs in the world and perform at this high of a level?

While it seems Warlick’s success had already turned heads across the country, more and more fans of the program are turning their noses to the third-fastest Power 5 coach in history to reach 100 wins.

Arkansas head coach Jimmy Dykes had an answer for any Warlick doubters in the crowd after his team’s loss.

“I read where some fans in here were critical of Holly right now, and that’s crazy.

That’s crazy,” Dykes said. “She can flat out coach. Tennessee’s program is in great, great healthy shape. She’s as good a coach as anyone in this league, and Tennessee’s lucky to have her.”

Shine bright like a Diamond: Lately, Diamond DeShields hasn’t been anything like the player that the Lady Vols expected her to be when she signed with the team in 2014. Entering Thursday night’s game,

the former Tar Heel had 18 points on 7-29 shooting (24.1 percent) and 17 turnovers over her last three games.

Against Arkansas on Thursday, however, the redshirt sophomore righted the ship, scoring 15 points on 5-10 shooting and not committing a single turnover.

DeShields admitted to the media after Thursday’s win that she had talked to her father Delino DeShields, a former Major League Baseball player, before the game to calm her down.

“He gave me a piece of reality,” DeShields said. “Tonight, I really took my time and found my spots and was really able to slow myself down and, in turn, make good plays for everyone around me.”

DeShields added that she hasn’t been able to go as fast as she wants because of some nagging injuries.

“I think it would be beneficial for me to really understand that I have to maintain,” DeShields said. “I’m still very capable, and I think I needed this game to open my eyes to that, also.”

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SPORTS

The Daily Beacon • Friday, February 5, 2016

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Lady Vols finish strong in win against Arkansas Jonathan Toye

Sports Editor

Arkansas was making a run in the third quarter. Tennessee coach Holly Warlick had seen this scene play out before and asked for a timeout.

“We weren’t playing solid defense,” Warlick said of Arkansas’ 17-4 run. “I just think we had to slow down and get a little more disciplined on our defensive end.”

The Lady Vols made sure Arkansas’ comeback never materialized. The Razorbacks got within 5 late in the third, but they didn’t come any closer.

Tennessee gave Warlick her 100th win by closing the game on a 24-11 run to seal a 75-57 win over the Razorbacks Thursday night at Thompson-Boling Arena. The players celebrated Warlick’s milestone by carrying her to center court.

“I am excited for our kids,” Warlick said.

“Looking at Arkansas, I am shocked that their record is what it is because I think they play hard and they are right there. They have been in every game that they have played.

“I am glad we won by what we won by, but it was tight game heading into the fourth quarter.”

Tennessee (14-8, 5-4) ensured it didn’t get any tighter. The Lady Vols led 56-46 entering the fourth and made sure their lead never dipped below double-digits, outscoring Arkansas (9-14, 4-6) 19-11 in the final period.

Diamond DeShields and Mercedes Russell both scored 15 points. Te’a Cooper added 13 and Andraya Carter contributed 10.

After scoring a combined five points against Mississippi State and Alabama, DeShields rebounded against Arkansas with a strong performance. She had seven rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals along with her points. And for the first time all season, she didn’t turn the ball over.

Her seven points in the second quarter propelled the Lady Vols to a 41-27 lead at halftime.

Her steal and layup on the other end late in the fourth quarter placed an exclamation mark on an impressive victory.

“Tonight, I really took my time and found my spots,” DeShields said.

Jessica Jackson led the Razorbacks with 18 points, scoring seven points in the third. Devin Cosper dropped 17 points. Cosper’s 3-point

with 1:35 to go in the third sliced Tennessee’s lead to 51-46, forcing Warlick to call a timeout.

“We put a lot of pressure on Tennessee there in the third quarter,” Arkansas coach Jimmy Dykes said. “I thought we outfought them there for a good 10 minute stretch, got it down to five or six. We are just so young, our margin for error is not real great right now.”

The Lady Vols didn’t wait long to capitalize on Arkansas’ errors. Arkansas gave Jordan Reynolds enough room to hit a jumper to extend the lead to seven. Then, it was DeShields turn to drain an open jumper to end the third. The Lady Vols lead was back to 10.

They finished strong the rest of game The Lady Vols have a chance to finish the season strong also. They have now won two consecutive games for the first time since December, but extending their win streak will be tough. Tennessee travels to No. 12 Texas A&M and Vanderbilt next week before hosting No. 2 South Carolina on Feb. 11.

“It’s just a tough stretch for us,” Warlick said. “Obviously we didn’t make the SEC schedule or it wouldn’t be this bad, but we Redshirt guard Diamond DeShields scored got to go with what we got. We just got to 15 points during the 75-57 victory game be ready. against the Arkansas Razorbacks on Feb.4.

“We got to take it one game at a time.”

Esther Choo • The Daily Beacon