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UT research examines how weed and booze affect domestic violence

“Tennessee will remember the 2014 signing day...”

Shooting has some students wondering – how safe is the Fort we live in?

NEWS >>pg. 2

NEWS >>pg. 2

Student playwright prepares to debut “Homebound: A Play for Nobody”

SPORTS >>pg. 6-7

ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 3

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Issue 21, Volume 125

FORT SANDERS SHOOTING UPDATE:

KPD identifies suspect; one victim from UT Gage Arnold Copy Chief

R.J. Vogt Editor-in-Chief Just half a day after a shooting in Fort Sanders, the Knoxville Police Department released information on the suspect and victims, one of whom is listed as a UT student. KPD said Wednesday that a Knoxville man with a history of criminal activity has been charged with attempted murder in connection with the shooting at the Highland Terrace Apartment

found Brandon Middlebrook, 25, near the corner of 21st Street and Highland, about eight blocks from the crime scene. He had at least one gunshot wound. Knoxville police stated that once Middlebrook is released from the University of Tennessee Medical Center he will be charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, one count of aggravated robbery and possession of a firearm during commission of a dangerous felony. Middlebrook’s bail has been set at $1,015,000. Past charges for Middlebrook include: aggravated rape, aggravated burglary,

A search warrant was obtained and carried out by Knoxville police at the apartment where the shots were fired. Reported seized items included: 2 oz. of marijuana, a multitude of plastic baggies, digital scales, a marijuana grinder, a marijuana pipe, three boxes of ammunition, a loaded magazine for a handgun and multiple shell casings. A handgun was discovered in the parking lot, which KPD officials believe was used during the shooting. A fourth person, a female, was reported to be in the apartment at the time of the shooting. She was not injured.

theft, aggravated assault, vandalism and attempted robbery. KPD did not immediately release the condition of the two victims, both 21 and identified as Aundre Bufond and Macee Peterkin, but the release said the two are expected to survive their injuries. The release also said KPD is working in conjunction with University of Tennessee officials to determine whether Bufond or Peterkin are university students. The UT campus directory lists Peterkin as a senior in food science and technology.

Adding more bricks to the wall Troy Provost-Heron • The Daily Beacon

Snow storm reveals questions over class cancellation

complex Tu e s d a y night. The shooting left three wounded, including the suspect. After re s p o n d Brandon Middlebrook, ing at 8:11 suspect in Tuesday’s p.m. to a shooting. re p o r t e d shooting at 13th Street and Highland Avenue, KPD

Jenna Butz Staff Writer

See WEATHER on Page 2

Meet UT football’s 2014 signees on pages 6 and 7

Davis brings spirited speech Zoe Yim Contributor A line of hopefuls looped around the entrance of the Alumni Memorial Building Tuesday night before doors opened at 6:15 p.m. for the highly-anticipated speaker, activist Angela Davis. Hosted by UT’s Issues Committee, more than 600 locals, students and professors gathered in the Cox Auditorium to listen to Davis, an American activist, scholar and author whose work was highly publicized in the 60s, speak about the injustices of the penal system and a different definition of slavery. While the predominantly young audience may not have known the full extent of Davis’ activism as a Communist party leader or of her close ties with the Black Panther party during the Civil Rights movement, many students, like Jacquelyn Wilson, a senior in biochemistry, understood the generational gap and said it didn’t stop them from hearing Davis’ message.

“I asked my dad if he knew who she was because I didn’t … and he said that she was part of the Black Panthers,” Wilson said. “Anyone who has anything positive and uplifting to say to the young black youth is valuable because there’s a lot of us in prison or in trouble.” Davis brought a unique perspective to issues like slavery. According to Davis, the era we call “Jim Crow” should be renamed as the age of “Neoslavery.” She argued that even though the 13th amendment brought the legal freedom of black men, slavery continues under a clause that enslaves African Americans under a different name: the convictlease system. Prior to the Civil War, Davis noted prisons were occupied by 90 percent white inmates, with a marginal 10 percent of blacks. However, in antebellum America, this statistic flipped, with a popuPolitical activist and author Angela Davis speaks lation of 90 percent black and 10 percent white imprisoned. to a crowd of more than 600 attendees at Cox Auditorium on Tuesday. See ANGELA DAVIS on Page 5

Thomas Carpenter • The Daily Beacon

As snow blanketed the ground last Tuesday, many believed class cancellation on Wed. Jan. 29, was inevitable. But, on Wednesday morning, the university granted only a delayed opening until 10 a.m. via an email from Chris Cimino, vice chancellor of finance and administration. Following the announcement, #CancelUTK appeared on Twitter, with a Cancel Classes UTK account (@ CancelUTK) garnering almost 2,000 followers. Independently, many professors cancelled their classes or did not count Wednesday absences. Cimino said he believes the university acted in accordance with the accessibility of major roads surrounding UT, like Neyland Drive, Kingston Pike, Interstate-40 and I-74. “Because we cannot ensure all secondary roads and those in residential areas are clear, everyone has to make a decision as to their own ability to make it to campus safely,” Cimino said through public relations representative Amy Blakely. “Our decision to remain open or delay is based on what we believe road conditions are for the majority of travelers.” Blaire Hamilton, senior in American studies and religious studies, left for class Tuesday not long after the snow began to fall. On the way, her car slid and hit a tree. Although a friend arrived and took her to class, the professor soon cancelled anyway. “I understand the desire to not upset the academic schedule by canceling class, but I feel that the university put many commuter students in a dangerous situation,” Hamilton said. “Although the main roads are quickly cleared after snow, the side streets that many students have to drive are not.

Vols fall at Vandy, 64-60 Steven Cook Copy Editor N A S H V I L L E , Tenn. — Tennessee entered Wednesday’s game with six more scholarship players on roster than its opponent. But it was the Vols who were out-hustled and ran out of gas late. The shorthanded Vanderbilt Commodores ousted Tennessee, 64-60 on Wednesday night in Memorial Gymnasium after building an early doubledigit lead and weathering a late, vicious UT storm. “Hard fought game,” third-year Vols head coach Cuonzo Martin said after the demoralizing loss. “Vandy did a good job of setting the tone early, playing hard and playing with energy.” See GAME RECAP on Page 8

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