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Divestment campaign responds to UT rejection letter Jenna Butz Staff Writer Thursday afternoon, more than 20 members of the divestment campaign gathered at the Torchbearer to march to Chief Financial Officer Charles Peccolo’s office in Andy Holt Tower.

Together, they presented their response to the rejection letter the group received in December.

In addition, the group carried a banner emblazoned with “Fossil Free UT,” covered with signatures. Upon arrival, campaign members hosted a “study-in” in the office’s lobby.

David Hayes, a junior in supply chain management, introduced the action to Tammie Cole, Peccolo’s assistant, saying the group was not there to do anything “crazy.”

However, Cole announced

that Peccolo was out of town until Wednesday. Yet, the students still delivered their letter and banner with Cole’s promise to pass it along, even scanning it within minutes to send to Peccolo.

The group then began their “studyin,” similar to a “sit-in,” where they scattered throughout the office’s lobby to study quietly and occupy the area, much to the confusion of administra-

tors walking in and out.

Through a hand-out given to participants to assist in talking points with members of the administration, Hayes explained the demonstration was meant to peacefully “protest the Office of the Treasurer and Investment Advisory Committee’s decision to reject divestment.”

“The dangers of fossil fuels are not debatable!” the hand-out read. “UT

needs to become a true leader in sustainability and divest!”

Undeterred by Peccolo’s absence, Jake Rainey, a senior in journalism and electronic media, said he believes the action remained powerful nonetheless.

Giving of the letter to Peccolo, he said, is a more ceremonial element of the protest than a critical component of their mission.

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Student groups prepare for 82nd annual All-Sing Hannah Moulton Contributor

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Amber Moore, senior in microbiology, eagerly poses with the giant puppets of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace, a colleague of Darwin, outside of Walters Life Sciences on Thursday.

Campus readies for annual Darwin Day Kevin Ridder Copy Editor To commemorate the scientist and educate the local community about evolution, UT will host its annual Darwin Day event series on Wednesday, Feb. 12, marking the English naturalist and geologist’s birthday.

Although Darwin Day’s events officially kicked off on Jan. 24 with giant puppets of Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace, a col-

league of Darwin, roaming about campus, the main event will feature keynote speaker Andrew Berry, a lecturer from Harvard.

Berry will discuss Darwin and human evolution at 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 11 in Hodges Library Room 213 and will lecture about Wallace at 7 p.m. on Feb. 11 in the UC auditorium.

Other events will include various movies in Hodges library, a workshop for teachers, art contests for students, information

and merchandise booths on the pedestrian walkway and a lunchtime talk by former National Center for Science Education staff member Nick Matzke on the intelligent design debate.

The theme of this year’s Darwin Day will center on Wallace, who independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection.

Wallace’s papers on the subject were jointly published with some of Darwin’s ideas in 1858. Largely

forgotten by the general populace in lieu of better-known Charles Darwin, Wallace is known as the “father of biogeography.”

A student-run and organized event, Darwin Day was founded in 1997 by Massimo Pigliucci to promote the teaching of evolution in schools.

Brian O’Meara, faculty adviser for Darwin Day, said the goal of Darwin Day is to make science more accessible.

“We try to educate the local

community about evolution,” O’Meara said. “What it is, what the evidence is for it, how the theory has developed. We have workshops for teachers every year to answer their questions about evolution and to give them an overview of current science.

“Darwin Day’s outreach should help them teach evolution more effectively and to deal with concerns from others in their community.”

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When All-Sing was first created under the moniker “Song-Fest” in 1932, competing students had to learn and perform UT’s alma mater, along with another musical piece of their choice. The event also included a band and fiddle competition.

Although the name was changed to All-Sing in the 1940s and the musical selection might be different from its beginning years, the original concept of the competition remains the same: support the university while showing off musical talent.

This year’s All-Sing is comprised of 21 organizations on 12 teams. These organizations can choose to form a team with another organization or participate as a single group, and the mixed and solo groups compete separately for the title of All-Sing champ.

The event’s five judges make their decision based on basic musicality as well as overall performance aesthetic, according to Kerri Moore, a member of the All Campus Events committee sponsoring the event.

“This is a huge campus tradition,” Moore, senior in supply chain management, said. “It’s been going on in some form or another since 1932.”

The groups, who have been practicing for months in anticipation of the event, will perform an eight-minute choral routine with a musical theme. Previous themes have ranged from “Wicked” to “Little Shop of Horrors” and everything in between.

“They get all done up in costumes, and they learn the parts,” Moore said.

“Most of them have live music, so they sing along to that. They get really involved.”

Lady Vols eager to ‘get things rolling’ Taylor White Contributor After more than a month of practice, the Lady Vols softball team is ready to kick off the 2014 season and hopefully earn a trip back to the Women’s College World Series.

For the first time in program history, UT will open the season ranked No. 1 in the nation; an honor UT senior shortshop said is nice to have, but not necessarily meaningful to the team.

“Really the only number that matters is at the end of the season,” Shipman said. “So we try not to think about that too much, and just go out and play our game.”

Co-head coach Karen Weekly was quick to credit her former players for getting Tennessee to the ranking.

“We have talked a lot about how this is more of statement about our finish last year,” Weekly said. “We just need to put that

behind us and move forward.”

Tennessee is replacing four key starters on offense, including 2013 SEC Player of the Year Lauren Gibson and four-time AllAmerican Raven Chavanne, and will have a few question marks on offense going into the season.

This Tennessee team is very young, and if they want to duplicate last year’s success, a few highly-touted freshmen will have to step up on the field, Weekly said.

“We’re excited about our freshmen,” Weekly said. “We’ve got some great talent in that class, but they’re still freshmen, and they’re gonna be nervous. It’s their first time in a Tennessee uniform.”

Freshman Taylor Koenig will open the season at third base, while fellow freshman and former high school teammate Megan Geer will start at second base, following a fall practice that saw Geer hit .520 with five home runs.

The veteran leader of this Tennessee offense will be preseason All-American Madison

Shipman, who hit .367 and finished second on the team in both home runs (11) and RBIs (63) last season.

The senior shortstop from California is coming off her best season as a Lady Vol and is ready to get her final season at UT underway.

“January is always the longest month for us,” Shipman said.

“We’re just sitting around waiting to play, and so I’m just excited to finally be traveling and getting things rolling.”

One area the Lady Vols coaching staff feels very comfortable with is their pitching.

Senior Ellen Renfroe is coming off her best year at Tennessee, where she earned several postseason honors, including being named to the Women’s College World Series All-Tournament team. Renfroe posted a 19-5 record in 2013 with an 1.85 ERA in 38 games.

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Senior shortstop Madison Shipman tosses the ball with her teammates during the Lady Vols softball team’s first practice inside the NeylandThompson Sports Complex on Jan. 8.

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CAMPUS NEWS CRIME LOG Jan. 28, 2014 12:13 p.m.: Officer was dispatched to the UTPD lobby for a theft report.

Upon arrival, officer was met by a student who stated that their UT hang tag was stolen from their vehicle in the G4 parking garage.

Jan. 31, 2014 12:05 a.m.: Officer responded to a call at Morrill Hall for a report of a theft. Officer made contact with the victim in the lobby who stated that his bicycle had been taken without his consent from the G15 parking garage. A case number was issued to the victim.

11:17 a.m.: Officer received a medical call. A student was reported unresponsive in Room 128 of Clement Hall. Further investigation led to the discovery of illegal contraband.

All contraband items were confiscated. Rural Metro arrived on the scene.

12:57 p.m.: Units responded to a call in reference to a theft. This incident occurred at Clement Hall Room 128. The victim reported the theft of a laptop. The victim was issued

a UTPD case card.

8:43 p.m.: Officers responded to the first aid station in the ThompsonBoling Arena in reference to an intoxicated person.

One individual was arrested for public intoxication and another individual was transported by ambulance to the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

Feb. 1, 2014 3:05 a.m.: Officer responded to the area of White Avenue near the G12 parking garage to assist another officer with an intoxicated male subject.

Officer arrested the male subject for public intoxication and transported him to Knox County Sheriff’s Office Detention Facility.

Crime Logs are compiled from records of the University of Tennessee and Knoxville Police departments. People with names similar or identical to those listed may not be those identified in reports. All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.

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Associate Vice SGA holds mandatory interest meeting outlining spending throughout campaign Chancellor Staff Report week; and the commission’s explicit jurisdiction on and off campus. passes away SGA held its mandatory election interest In addition, an added position, “Board of Staff Report Wednesday night, Marva Rudolph, associate vice chancellor and director of the Office of Equity and Diversity, passed away, leaving behind an administrative legacy spanning 24 years.

A UT graduate, Rudolph held a bachelor’s degree in psychology, master’s in planning, and Ph.D. in political science. As stated in a release Thursday morning, funeral arrangements will be disclosed through Tennessee Today when made public.

meeting Thursday night in the UC Shiloh Room drawing a full house – approximately 170 people.

Opening with an address from Dean of Students Jeff Cathey encouraging candidates to maintain “perspective,” the meeting detailed a revised election packet and solicited preliminary submissions from candidates seeking a place on the ballot.

Warning the meeting would be “dry,” Election Commissioner John Keny elaborated on the regulations defined in the packet, which governs campaign finances and the distribution of campaign materials. Notable packet requirements include a maximum budget of $12,500; compulsory “value reports”

DARWIN DAY continued from Page 1 Kathryn Massana, a second-year graduate student in ecology and evolutionary biology and head of the Darwin Day advertisement committee, said she believes the events hold increasing importance within the state of Tennessee, given the infamous “Monkey Bill” passed in 2012. The bill allows the teachings of creationism, climate change denial and

Trustees representative” is now available for election, a role that permits one student to serve a two-year term (one year as a nonvoting member) within the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees.

With election season in its infancy, campaign members remain tentative. Appendices and signs will not appear on campus until Feb. 21, and social media endorsements and speaking engagements will begin on Feb. 23 and 24 respectively.

Campaign materials may be released to the public on March 31, and online voting begins April 2. Elected officials will be announced on April 3. For more information, visit http:// sga.utk.edu.

other unscientific principles in public schools.

Despite popular debate, Massana said she does not see Darwin Day as an attack on religion or religious ideas regarding evolution.

“We’re experts on science, we’re not experts on religion,” Massana said. “To say that Darwin Day is an attack on religion is not correct; we’re not talking about religion. We’re just talking about science.”

Quentin Read, a Ph.D. student in ecology and evolutionary biology and program coordinator for Darwin Day, stated the goal of

Darwin Day is to promote science education, not create disputes.

“Speaking for myself and for everyone that’s involved with Darwin Day, there is no antagonism for anyone of religious faith,” Read said. “When I talk about science, it’s not a matter of faith; it’s a matter of accepting the evidence that’s out there. There’s room in people’s minds, in society’s minds, for both of those things.”

To learn more about Darwin Day, visit darwindaytn.org.

Rogero stresses gender inclusion in Turkey visit Hayley Brundige Assistant Photo Editor Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero was the first woman elected as Knoxville’s chief elected official. In the three years since Rogero was elected, women have continued to be underrepresented in the government; according to research by Rutgers University, women hold 18.5 percent of the positions in the U.S. Congress.

America’s unbalanced legislature places it 80th on the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s list of gender-equal national governments – just 12 spots below the U.S. sits Turkey, at 14.3 percent.

With Turkey’s municipal elec-

tions coming up on March 31, the Turkish government invited Rogero to visit the country to discuss the importance of female participation in politics. From Jan. 27-Feb. 2, the Knoxville mayor met with her counterpart mayors of Adana, Bornova and Aydin, as well as members of parliament and other officials and civic groups.

Rather than delve into the politics of Turkey, Rogero sought to share her experience as a woman involved in public service.

“What I shared with the Turkish women is that you have to be willing to run and you have to be willing to lose and you have to be willing to run again,” Rogero said Tuesday.

Rogero also stressed the importance of including both men and women at “the table” in government.

“All of this was about encouraging the women to run and encouraging the men to understand what value this brings to their political parties, to their communities, and then to their government structure,” Rogero said.

The disparity isn’t imagined:

just 5.58 percent of mayors are women and only one governor out of 81 is female. Despite hailing from the U.S., Rogero identified with the frustration of Turkish women, who lack representation in elected bodies at all levels of legislature.

“I have the same frustration here,” Rogero said. “I think they have more structural disadvantages in that there are some barriers for women to getting involved. We’ve been pushing for this for many years in our country and I think some of our biggest barriers now are ourselves.”

The primary barrier facing potential candidates, women reported, is the issue of raising campaign capital. Endorsing the power of door-to-door campaigning, Rogero encouraged the use of social media and phone calls to start grassroots movements.

“Social media is big in Turkey,” Rogero said. “Everybody’s got a phone, everybody’s got a Facebook account, and so it’s a way to address some of that differential in finding resources.”

Forging bonds with many Turkish officials, the mayor of Bornova, Kamil Okyay Sindir,

expressed to Rogero an interest in becoming a “sister city” with Knoxville.

“I invited all of them to come,” Rogero said, “and I certainly hope we will see some of them in the future.”

Rogero also paid for her 17-year-old granddaughter, Jada, to join her on the trip.

“One of the things that actually I could relate quite often was that if you want women to get involved, you need to really start at a young age,” Rogero said.

“The reason I brought Jada was to help mentor her and expose her to women in politics. And of course also to the culture of Turkey.”

Affirming the possibility of change, Rogero’s presence legitimized current efforts by Turkish citizens to afford women greater inclusion.

“It just further buttresses the work that they’re doing, further supports that this is a good thing,” Rogero said. “It supports the idea that if you’re going to have a democracy, better decisions are made when the people around the table are more reflective of the population.”

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even received a tweet from Jamie Henn, co-founder of 350.org, who organizes similar worldwide events.

Collectively sporting orange patches, the campaign visually united with other activists working for divestment. The banner they presented held approximately 40 signatures, many of whom represented persons unable attend the event. Ana Reboredo, a senior in ecology and evolutionary biology, said she believes these signatures speak “for the people who aren’t able to be here right now.”

Jesse Farber-Eger, a freshman in sociology, arrived after the initial presentation to support the campaign.

“I came to show my support.

It’s about our future and the

grander scheme,” Farber-Eger said. “It’s the future of our planet.

Anything that we can do adds up, so I think it’s worth it.”

A testament to the dedication of members of the campaign locally and internationally, Rainey said he hopes the protest will spur even further activism.

“It proves that there are a lot of students that are willing to do something,” Rainey said.

“Nowadays, you find that people aren’t really putting any conviction behind their actions.

“You’ve seen a huge lull in protests throughout the country especially here in the Southeast, so this is how serious we are about this movement. It is the new movement of the time. We’re serious about it here and all across the country.”

continued from Page 1 “Honestly, it’s not what the letter says but what the action behind the letter means,” Rainey said. “He’s still going to get the message, and he’s going to know that this was a really full lobby of students ready and who want divestment to happen. Despite that he wasn’t here, it was a great achievement.”

Live tweeting the action using the campaign’s @DivestUT Twitter account, Christina Gore, a freshman in environmental studies, used the event to connect with other schools and divestment groups, so “they can maybe do the same thing.” She

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Local bands rock out at Square Room Showcase Jenna Butz Staff Writer The Square Room highlighted some of Knoxville’s best local music at its third Square Room Showcase Wednesday night.

The first Wednesday of every month, Tyler Anthony of Cereus Bright and Knoxville Music Warehouse invites dedicated music fans to appreciate local music in an intimate setting. This month’s show featured WestWend, Maplehurst, O Youth and Drop Dead Darlings.

Recruited for the show through Anthony and Knoxville Music Warehouse’s Kent Oglesby, David Platillero, Maplehurst’s guitarist, said he appreciated the opportunity for local bands across genres to experiment and show off for an enthusiastic audience.

“I love these kinds of shows because it’s multiple bands; it’s a lot of local talent,” Platillero said, “and it’s more like we’re all sharing our own little piece of music together rather than one group showcasing which is cool.”

Starting the show, WestWend, a husband and wife duo with a modern country and singer-songwriter sound, performed its own music along with a Jonathan Byrd cover. Then, Drop Dead Darlings took the stage with the

group’s whispery vocals and psychedelic mandolin jams. Michelle Porter, the group’s mandolinist, thanked the audience, saying, “Thank you for listening to our noise. We much appreciate it.”

Maplehurst then played their eclectic mix of pop, folk, jazz and R&B vocals.

With constant instrument changes, each song reached across genres for an unexpected sound. To close the show, O Youth came out with an array of colored lights to accompany the band’s relaxed part sound and to “wake you up on this Wednesday night” as vocalist Brad Fugate put it.

While foot stomping and songs mentioning fire connected all the bands, no single genre was detectable. From modern country to experimental folk to pop rock, each band brought its own surprising and eclectic sound to the Square Room.

“It was pretty different,” Platillero said when describing the show. “But, I do think it was unanimous in that it was all local groups, and they all felt local. It had a nice progress, I feel like, from soft to bigger sounds.

“I don’t know if there was necessarily a similar sound between all of them, but at least they’re all local.”

Porter was excited Drop Dead Darlings was able to expand past friends’ houses and bars to play at the Square Room. The showcase was

the band’s third official gig which it was able to play through Oglesby’s discovery of two of the group’s songs on ReverbNation. After explaining the showcase, the band appreciatively accepted his invitation.

“This was nice to be out a bit and among people who appreciate music,” Porter said.

Stephanie Moss, an undecided freshman, attended her first showcase Wednesday to support her friends in O Youth. Surprised by the talent of the acts, she said she enjoyed the show more than she expected to.

“I didn’t expect there to be any really great bands, but they all were,” Moss said. “I thought it was good, and I’m glad I came out. It was a lot of fun.”

Providing the rare chance for local musicians to play for each other as well as an audience, the Square Room Showcase brings artists together to appreciate the sounds coming out of Knoxville’s talent.

“Seeing the other bands that were playing was kind of like ... they were great,” Porter said. “All of them were really good. It’s just neat to see. I love music, and I love watching other people play music.”

Porter added: “To be involved with anything with a bunch of musicians is always really cool.”

The Cadillac Three brings ‘country fuzz’ to Knoxville Marina Waters Contributor With more twang than a glass of your grandma’s front porch lemonade and more rock than an Eddie Van Halen solo, The Cadillac Three has created its own brand of hyped up, nittygritty country music.

This band’s hard-hitting, Southern rock riffs and country smothered lyrics, have rocked its Nashville hometown and beyond since 2005, and the group is planning to do the same here in Knoxville at Scruffy City Hall this Saturday.

With recent appearances on ABC’s hit television show “Nashville,” musical cameos on the CW’s “The Vampire Diaries” and “Hart of Dixie,” and a recent country single that is sure to climb the charts, The Cadillac Three has hit the country scene in a big way.

Apart from a band, The Cadillac Three is what they’ve always been – three high school best friends who write and sing songs together.

Jaren Johnston, lead vocals and guitar, Kelby Ray, dobro, acoustic guitar, and vocals, and Neil Mason, drums and vocals, have known each other since high school and have been playing together ever since.

Mason gave a little insight on what growing up in the middle of music city was like, musically, for him and the band.

“We were all born and raised here in Nashville, which, from what we hear, is pretty rare,” Mason said in an interview with The Daily Beacon. “Growing up here, we were always around country music, whether we realized it or not. But like most kids, we kind of rebelled against country a little bit.”

Though today their country roots run as deep as the Tennessee River, there was more than just one genre that made The Cadillac Three who it is today.

“We were growing up listening to Metallica, Tom Petty, Nirvana, Hank Jr. and Skynard,” Mason said.

“That southern rock influence in there with all that was probably a little more edgy than what country was in the 90s.”

Such musical influences might seem overwhelmingly contrasting, but for these guys, it “fits like a boot, big tires to mud” as the song “I’m Southern” from their self-titled album explains.

But according to Mason, the band has had no trouble finding their soon to be iconic, country fuzz sound.

“When we get together and play, it just sounds like it sounds,” Mason said.

“The only way we know how to play together is for it to be this kind of riffy, country, back porch, kinda, foot-stompin’, loud sound.

We call it country fuzz just because we didn’t know what else to call it.”

Apart from the band’s success as a whole, lead singer

Jaren Johnston has written hit songs for Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Jake Owen and Dierks Bentley, to name a few.

Songs such as Keith Urban’s chart-topping hit “You Gonna Fly,” Tim McGraw’s “Southern Girl” and Jake Owen’s “Days of Gold” have had much success on music row, with their country fuzz sound and off the beaten path vibe.

Whatever genre Johnston and The Cadillac Three claim, the group’s unique sound got the attention of Scott Borchetta, head of the successful Nashville record label, Big Machine Records, who is also home to Taylor Swift and Tim Mcgraw among many others.

“Somewhere along the way, Scott Borchetta at Big Machine heard us, heard the record and really loved the record,” Mason said. “So we weren’t really looking to sign a deal or anything, we were enjoying going out and playing shows we were excited to be on like with Dierks Bentley and ZZ Top.” Since signing with Big Machine in 2013, the heartstopping headlining names haven’t ceased to bring The Cadillac Three along on their tours, which are soon to come in 2014. In a few weeks, they’ll be touring Europe with Eric Church.

A week after they get back, they will begin a tour with Jake Owen. Mason said “it’s going to be a busy year” and that the band is “really excited.”

The group’s 2014 tours aren’t the only things the band has to be excited about – The Cadillac Three recently released its debut single “The South.”

“Our first single that we put out with (Big Machine), ‘The South’ – it’s out now,” Mason said. “That’s a song that’s very true to us and who we are. It has all the elements of things that we love and are about lyrically and musically.”

Before the band’s European tour with Eric Church begins, The Cadillac Three is playing at Knoxville’s newest Market Square addition, Scruffy City Hall this Saturday at 10 p.m.

“We love Knoxville,” Mason said. “Knoxville’s always a good time, it’s good people, and everybody’s always out to party, so it always goes well with us.”

A sorority competes in the 2013 All-Sing competition in Cox Auditorium on Feb. 7, 2013. This year’s AllSing will be on Feb. 7-8 starting at 7 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Building.

ALL-STAR continued from Page 1 For students like Nancy June Inman, sophomore in mathematics, All-Sing has been a way for her to continue a passionate hobby from high school.

“I did show choir in high school and miss it dearly, so this was the perfect opportunity to get to perform again,” Inman said. “Practices are full of energy and work. We also get to socialize and be goofy along the way.

“They do wear you out, but it is so worth it in the end.”

Participants also use AllSing as a way to show support for their campus organizations.

“I am really excited because I’ve heard that it’s a great way to support my sorority,” Courtney Henderson, a senoir in psychology, said, “and there are

going to be lots of wonderful acts this year.”

Inman said All-Sing has given participants a way to form friendships with other organizations.5 “I feel that I get new friendships from other organizations and get to have that feeling of a day complete when it ends with a song,” Inman said.

This year’s All-Sing, Moore said, is going to bring that same intensity it has been bringing for the past 82 years.

“We have lots of different groups going,” Moore said.

“You really, really want to come see it.”

All-Sing begins at 7 p.m.

Friday and Saturday in the Cox Auditorium of the Alumni Memorial Building.

Tickets are $10 for students who bring their VolCard and can be bought at the door, the UC ticket office or on KnoxvilleTickets.com.

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Cable news networks make us stupid 50 Shades Of Wade by

Wade Scofield Chances are that you have some kind of loyalty to a cable news channel.

I know I do. My roommate does. Several of my friends do. During the day, if you’re bored and you don’t want to watch mindless programming, SportsCenter, or whatever movie is on AMC, you’re going to flip to cable news at the illusion that you are being constantly informed.

I’m talking about CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. These three channels are hubs for constant “news.”

According to popular discourse, Fox News is “rightleaning,” MSNBC is “left-leaning,” and CNN is “somewhere in the middle.”

Surely it’s easy to watch Sean Hannity or Rachel Maddow and affirm these conceptions. These people are analysts, talking heads to do little to promulgate facts but instead spout the facts people want to hear.

Last summer, a study from Fairleigh Dickinson University showed that Fox News and MSNBC have a negative impact on viewers’ events knowledge.

Even more baffling, people who watch only Fox News know less about domestic current events than people who watch no news at all.

On international matters, people who watched “no news” could correctly answer more questions than those who watched either MSNBC and Fox News; fans of Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show proved far more knowledgeable than their CNN counterparts and were only outdone in the study by NPR. Additionally, in 2011 California governor Jerry Brown remarked that the United States is more divided than at any time since the Civil War. If you flip on cable news, you might think he’s right. Run a quick search on Twitter for “Obama” or “liberals;” for “Republicans” or “John Boehner.” Not only will you find vitriolic quotes on behalf of elected candidates, you will find truly ignorant and violent rhetoric from anonymous Internet commentators.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., is running for reelection this year, and the moderate is facing a primary challenge from the right. I ran a Twitter search for Lamar Alexander after I watched one of his television advertisements and immediately was hit with “I will be telling all my fellow Tennesseans not to vote for Lamar Pelosi Alexander!!” In the current mindset, someone who is not staunchly “conservative” or staunchly “liberal” seemingly poses a threat to American society in the minds of the two spectra.

I think this is a direct result of polarized cable news. Why do talking heads on cable news tend to be so divisive and uninformative? As 24-hour news channels, Fox News, MSNBC and CNN are forced to fill the majority of their hours with mindless, controversial information to attract viewers in the market.

After Justin Bieber was arrested for DUI and MSNBC cut off a Congresswoman to announce the news, I saw a joke headline: “Justin Bieber Moves to Ukraine to Force Media to Cover Real News.”

In this way, cable news sometimes morphs into a cross between real news and TMZ. Granted, I think that there is some merit to morning shows on cable news that actually talk about the actual news and do not become mired in “gotcha” journalism that only seeks to rile up viewers.

All in all, we’ve moved from a time when big networks delivered 30-minute newscasts to the American people, giving them straight, informed news and facts.

But maybe there is hope. A 2011 Pew Research poll indicated that four times as many people watch the 30-minute nightly news on CBS, ABC and NBC as watch primetime shows on MSNBC, CNN and Fox News. And more than twice as many people watched the least successful nightly news program (CBS) than watched Bill O’Reilly, the top cable news getter.

That does not mean cable news network doesn’t have power over people. If Ted Cruz somehow wins the Republican nomination for president in 2016, you can probably thank Fox News.

Surely we are better off if we broaden our news intake, viewing multiple media outlets and reading divergent news sources. For us to come together in factual homogeneity, this is ardently necessary.

Wade Scofield is a senior in religious studies and Latin. He can be reached at wade@utk.edu.

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‘Resume-building’ shouldn’t replace ‘life-building’ Dean’s List by

Kaite Dean Though I cannot speak for the rest of you, I also cannot believe that I am the only one starting to panic.

As I work through the second semester of my junior year, it is a little hard to believe that I have passed the college halfway point.

My mind is starting to wander to the land of grad school applications, the LSAT, letters of recommendation and, more generally, what I am going to do once I graduate (knock on wood). This is not a fun place to wander to.

I understand why it is a necessity to think ahead about these things in order to prepare, but if one more person asks me, “What are you going to do when you’re done?” I might just break down and crawl into a hole.

That question tends to make my heart palpitate and my palms sweat, but I think we can all agree that some people just have their stuff together. You know the ones: they’re in every organization known to man, they make perfect grades and have a perfectly well laidout plan for the next eight years of their life.

They’re the ones that you just know are going to get into an awesome grad school and find an equally awesome, high-paying job as soon

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I firmly believe that even if you don’t know someone, their life can have a strong impact on you because Seth’s story really made me stop and think about the way I live and what my priorities are.

It’s so easy to become a slave to campus organizations, to extra-curricular activities and other things that are going to beef up our resumes. We tell ourselves this stuff is all for the cause, that we’ll have time for fun once we’ve achieved our goals. But sometimes I wonder if I’m missing out on small things because I’m so worried about not having enough extras to put under my “experience” column.

Seth attained enormous achievements in his short 20 years, achievements that I can only dream about at this point. Working for an international company while traveling the globe, I think we can all agree, is a huge success. But I also think that living happily on the way to success is incredibly important.

Remember to enjoy the small things in life and to live with zest, because making great grades and being in the right organization by no means guarantees you another day on this earth.

Seth’s story didn’t inspire me because he was successful in the business world, it inspired me because he clearly knew how to have fun and live his life to the fullest while getting there.

Katie Dean is a junior in political science.

She can be reached at xvd541@utk.edu.

Cut away the clutter in life to ease your anxiety Working Out Happiness by

Andrew Fleming Anxiety is a mysterious and insidious beast that can overwhelm you with no notice.

Suddenly it doesn’t matter how well your day was going because you realize that everything sucks, you’re going to fail and it’s all your fault. The government is spying on you through your iPhone, your grades are mediocre at best, everyone knows you cried in the shower earlier, this weekend didn’t yield any Instagram-worthy memories fit to grace your Facebook cover photo, and your boots aren’t really snow boots, they’re just boot-boots, so they can’t handle another polar vortex.

The real problem with anxiety is that many people don’t realize that it’s happening. They think it’s normal to be sitting at a cubicle in the library not getting homework done because they’re having imaginary arguments with their roommate, planning great retorts for every mean thing they “might” say.

While I’ve already discussed the neuroscience behind meditation as a nepenthe for all things anxiety there happens to be another factor in the mix.

You see, anxiety comes from the overstimulation of our wonderfully developed prefron-

tal cortices. These fleshy masses conveniently located just inside your forehead (wear a helmet when you bike), are responsible for a large majority of the upper-level processing that makes the homo sapien inherently “human-like.” It makes us creative. It makes us able to think in advance. It also makes us really, really good at inventing anxietyinducing scenarios to think about over and over again.

However, I’m of the opinion that there are other forces at play here, for the things we ponder are simply built upon the things we feed our brain. While we may be underrelaxed on some level, I believe that we are also quite overstimulated.

Now, this isn’t to say that TV is melting our brains like fried eggs or that Grand Theft Auto V is making people mow down civilians while hallucinating point values for doing so.

However, the format of modern media is moving increasingly toward a style conducive to the shortest attention spans. Couple this with rampant sensationalism, and you’re essentially left with horrifically intense headlines like “THREAT TO THE GRID? Attack on Calif. power station raises terror fears,” “DHS warns airlines of explosives in toothpaste tubes ahead of Olympics,” and (these are all from Fox News by the way) “State of the Union 2014 – thin-skinned amateur Obama addresses Congress, our parliament of whores.”

As the oversaturation of the news market has led to these bite-sized terror-burgers, we

are now exposed to a breathtaking amount of useless media-intensive gesticulation daily.

Even the internet has become this newsfeedheavy, list-of-GIFs focused cesspool. The end result is that we become cluttered. Instead of worrying about real things that need to be worried about, we worry about “global terror alerts,” and what a conservative duck-call designer’s opinions on homosexual marriage are.

So, one way to help tame the adrenal loop of anxiety is to learn to quiet the mind, and that’s still important. However, it’s also important that we prioritize our thoughts.

Why give our time and attention to things that don’t matter? Why create mental chatter when there is no need for it? Why add to the mental list of infinitely complicated homework assignments, job applications and relationships?

If external stimuli are even remotely responsible for anxiety, then these stimuli should be limited. Get off Reddit for 10 minutes and realize that conversation is far less in your face; make up for the lack of sensationalism with real substance. Realize that 30 GIFs of Kristen Bell’s responses to sloths are not making you a better person. Quit distracting yourself, and by the time you flip on your lamp to get some reading done, maybe your head will be a bit quieter.

Andrew Fleming is a junior in neuroscience. He can be reached at aflemin8@utk. edu.

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as they graduate.

Speaking truthfully, I’m typically very envious of these people. As someone who consistently looks like a hot mess and usually feels overwhelmed by one task or another, I’ve always wondered what it would be like to have my life perfectly in order. Recently, however, I’ve been reevaluating this longstanding envy of mine.

I was reminded a while ago of how short and tragic life can be.

A boy that went to my high school was killed in an accident while on vacation in Austria, and while I did not know him personally, I vividly remember him and how he was one of the smartest kids at our school. His name was Seth, and based on what I read about him in the wake of this tragedy, he definitely had his life figured out in the way that I am so envious of. After graduating, he went to the University of Virginia and then finished his masters in structural engineering at the Imperial College of London.

At the ripe age of 23, Seth had a job working for an engineering company that was headquartered in Madrid. Awesome, right?

Again, I did not know Seth at all. I merely knew who he was and how intelligent everyone thought him to be, but I did not realize how well he lived until my Facebook feed was blowing up with stories about his life and pictures of him traveling the world. The common thing that each and every person said about him was that he had an unmatchable zest for life, adventure and travel.

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No. 8 Lady Vols win over Ole Miss, 77-65 Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. — Meighan Simmons scored 20 points, including three straight 3-pointers in the second half, to lead No. 8 Tennessee to a 77-65 victory over Mississippi on Thursday night.

Tennessee (19-4, 8-2 SEC) was 26 of 61 from the floor (42.6 percent) and finished 18-of-21 from the free throw line.

Ole Miss (10-14, 1-9) challenged a few times in the first half, and even led for brief stretches, but the Lady Vols ended the half on an 18-9 run and led 37-28 at the break.

The game remained tight until 10 minutes into the second half, when Simmons broke it open with her consecutive threes. The Rebels never mounted another serious challenge.

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Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron covered UT’s National Signing Day on Wednesday and assessed grades for each of the Vols’ position groups.

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Kerner makes strong first impression for UT Brian Canever

One would be forgiven for not knowing where to find Estonia on a map.

It’s a little country in Northern Europe bordered by the Baltic Sea. One product of the small European country is one that all UT men’s tennis fans are quickly learning to adore – freshman Markus Kerner.

Last week’s SEC Freshman of the Week has been a revelation for the Vols this season, amassing undefeated records in the No. 6 singles, 7-0, and No. 3 doubles position, 8-0, alongside Georgia Southern transfer Andrew Dromsky.

Although UT suffered its first dual match defeat of the season at No. 29 Oklahoma State over the weekend, Kerner won his doubles match and was in a good position to win in singles matchup two games in the third set before the hosts secured the overall victory at 4-2. He went on to win both his singles and doubles matches in convincing fashion against No. 34 Tulsa on Sunday.

Head coach Sam Winterbotham has been impressed by the new

SOFTBALL continued from Page 1 Sophomore Erin Gabriel and junior Cheyenne Tarango are both looking to split time in the circle, backing up Renfroe this year. “I think our pitching is a proven commodity,� Weekly said. “Gabriel will be new to the mix, but Ellen has been around this rodeo more than once.

addition to the Vols’ lineup and is very happy about how he is fitting in with the rest of the squad. “He loves the dual match format,� Winterbotham said. “He’s really enjoying being part of a team. “In Tulsa, he was the loudest guy on the court; the one giving the positive energy to his teammates. So it’s no surprise that he’s doing well.�

Winterbotham received a tip about Kerner from fellow Baltic player and UT standout Mikelis Libietis. The Latvian won a doubles title with the freshman on the ITF Futures circuit – the third tier of professional tennis – over the summer.

Both were the top-ranked juniors in their countries before arriving in Knoxville. “After Mikelis told me about Markus, I contacted him and went over to visit with his family,� Winterbotham said. “He likes to talk a lot so we had a lot of long conversations. I got to know him and felt really comfortable about him. When I watched him play and watched his results I saw great potential in him.�

Despite his early success, Kerner said he didn’t set a goal

for the spring season and is just excited about being part of the team. “I didn’t have many expectations,� Kerner said. “I’ve just tried to focus and work as hard as I can.

I really, really care about this team and I will always give as much of myself to get a point for us.�

In terms of his game, it’s quite clear what makes Kerner so good.

Like his 6-foot-6 doubles partner Dromsky – the pair are known as the Twin Towers – his tennis style is founded on the kind of power that can very easily overwhelm even the toughest opponents. “My game is based on a big serve and a big forehand,� Kerner said. “I think I move on the court really well for a tall guy, too. And I am a really strong fighter on the court.�

While the Estonian freshman continues to adjust to life at UT, it already seems obvious that he will form a key part of a team that was ranked No. 6 in the country prior to last weekend’s loss and was in the NCAA team final as recently as 2010.

Kerner and UT will be in action against No. 13 Duke at 6 p.m. Friday night at Goodfriend Tennis Center.

Cheyenne Tarango has also had some good innings for us, but hopefully we will get innings out of everybody this weekend.�

The Lady Vols will open their season Friday afternoon against Northern Colorado at the Eagle Round Robin Tournament in Statesboro, Ga. “We are really just gonna focus on our play,� Shipman said. “How we’re gonna approach the game and things like that, and try not to focus too much on

who the opponent is.�

On Saturday afternoon the Lady Vols will face Northern Colorado again, followed by a game with Georgia Southern.

They will then cap off the weekend with a Sunday morning game versus Oakland. “I think they’re excited just to be playing somebody not wearing orange,� Weekly said. “January is always a long month for us, and it seems like it has been especially long this year.�

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The backfield of this class may be headlined by Jalen Hurd, but the signings of Derrell Scott and Treyvon Paulk give this team much needed depth to go alongside senior tailback Marlin Lane at the tailback position.

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The Vols didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sign a signal caller in their 2014 recruiting class largely because it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessary. UT currently has four scholarship quarterbacks on the roster and only one of them has less than two years of eligibility left.

The signing of Dontavius Blair will limit the damage caused by the loss of Antonio â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tinyâ&#x20AC;? Richardson who skipped his senior year to bolt for the NFL. Charles Mosley is the definition of an anchor at the offensive guard position, standing at 6-foot-5 and weighing in at 358 pounds.

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The late flip of Michael Sawyers at the defensive tackle position was the perfect addition when you add the future one-technique player to the three four-star defensive ends â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Derek Barnett, Joe Henderson and Dewayne Hendrix â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that the Vols were able to grab.

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Chris Weatherd and Dillon Bates are poised to be impact players right off the bat, and the potential of Gavin Bryant and Jakob Johnson could possibly push this grade up to an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; when we look back at this class in a few years.

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The graduation of Michael Palardy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; arguably the MVP of last season â&#x20AC;&#x201C; could have been the biggest loss for the Vols had they not been able to find a capable replacement, but the signing of Aaron Medley eases those worries. Also, this class wields plenty of athletes, which should provide a plethora of candidates to return punts and kicks, an area of weakness for the Vols in 2013.

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National Signing Day GPA: Butch Jones and his coaching staff earned a 3.76 grade for their 2014 recruiting class.

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Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon

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Vols aim to rebound against Gamecocks Steven Cook Copy Editor Fresh off a distasteful loss to an in-state rival and with time running out to secure a NCAA Tournament at-large bid, the Tennessee basketball team feasts its eyes upon a struggling opponent firmly nestled in the SEC cellar.

The Vols look to get back in the win column Saturday at 3 p.m. in a home tilt against the South Carolina Gamecocks inside ThompsonBoling Arena.

The Gamecocks (8-14, 1-8 SEC) hold the bottom spot in the conference by a whole two games and have six double-digit losses on the year. But USC’s lone SEC win was a 28-point drubbing of Texas A&M, who the Vols lost to at home on Jan. 11.

While Frank Martin’s Gamecocks have consistently struggled, Tennessee (14-8, 5-4) has been the epitome of inconsistency, having virtually traded wins and losses in SEC play.

The Vols’ only conference win streak — all of two games — was halted Wednesday night in a 64-60

road loss to Vanderbilt, who boasted just seven scholarship players.

Consistency has been an everelusive skill that UT has unsuccessfully chased all season, seeming to play its best games when coming off its most underwhelming defeats.

Head coach Cuonzo Martin admitted it’s not easy to deal with the team’s identity crisis of not knowing what team will show up to play. But he has plenty of faith in his experienced core.

“That part is tough,” Martin said after Wednesday’s loss, “but you have experienced guys. And the good thing about it is that you can bounce back, learn from it and move forward.”

“Tough” was such a fitting word for Tennessee’s maddening and mediocre season that Jordan McRae used it himself to describe it, but the senior guard plans to shoulder more of the load as a veteran leader.

“I mean, it’s tough for us,” McRae said. “But just our older guys on the team, we’ve got to be strong for everybody and keep going hard in practice every day, and things like that.”

The Vols were out-worked on both ends of the floor by an

How they match up South Carolina

Senior guard Jordan McRae drives to the basket against Kentucky’s Alex Poythress during UT’s 74-66 loss to the Wildcats at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on Jan. 18.

undermanned Vandy squad on Wednesday, and while UT eliminated a 12-point second half deficit, it couldn’t completely erase the woeful start that put the Vols in a hole virtually all game.

“It happens,” Martin said. “You would like to see your guys play better. They stepped up better in the second half, but we just got off to a slow start and you have to give Vandy credit for that.”

To keep the Gamecocks at bay early, UT will have to break its recent trend of allowing huge games to opposing guards. South Carolina freshman guard Sindarius Thornwell has surpassed 20 points in four of his last eight games, and his 6-foot-5 frame could pose issues on the perimeter.

Thornwell is among the many South Carolina players that Martin and his staff are dissecting in preparation for Saturday, as they look to move on from Wednesday’s defeat.

“You always look at film and you try to correct it,” Martin said.

“That’s the biggest key — studying and watching film, making sure you’re taking care of the ball, getting the shots you need to get, and then going from there.”

Who to watch for

Tennessee

71.4

Scoring Offense

73.1

71.2

Scoring Defense

63.6

.436

Field Goal %

.378

PPG RPG APG FG% #1 G Brenton Williams

14.0 1.7

1.3

.431

.443

#0 G Sindarius Thornwell

13.2 4.0

2.6

.416

3-Point %

.351

#4 G Tyrone Johnson

11.2 2.9

3.4

.391

+3.0

Rebound Margin

+9.3

13.0

Assists Per Game

12.9

3.9

Blocks Per Game

4.8

6.3

Steals Per Game

4.8

-0.6

Turnover Margin

+0.2

Last Meeting Feb. 10, 2013 in Columbia, S.C. Vols, 66-61