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Veteran Resource Center coming in 2017 >>See page 3

Opinion: “... Trees can have friends too?” >>See page 6

Pearl returns to Tennessee >>See page 12 Two of the unique varieties offered by Makers Donuts: Chocolate Ganache with Sea Salt and Maple Bacon. Will Clifft • The Daily Beacon

Maker’s Donuts opens its doors to donut lovers Scott Hannah

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Makers Donuts, established in 2015, offers a wide variety of hand-made, artisan donuts with a wide variety of unique flavors! Will Clifft • The Daily Beacon

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Unless you’re a hardcore Instagram foodie, you might have missed Knoxville’s newest early morning hot spot.

If you can make it north of Market Square and the Old City early enough in the morning, you’ll probably be able to see a line of people stretching from the door of this tiny new Tyson Street bakery all the way to the corner at Broadway.

Maker’s Donuts is flipping the script on the usual restaurant customer relation. They’re driving up the demand of their donuts by limiting the people’s access to them.

The shop is only open Thursdays thru Sundays from 7 a.m. - 12 p.m., although it’s usually sold out of donuts well before the clock strikes noon.

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However, customers don’t seem to mind running into this common shortage, because Maker’s offers up a new batch of flavors daily that are announced every morning on their Instagram account.

All the flavors start with the same plain cake donut, which in my opinion could sell out on their own. They’re as soft as an angel food cake, but have enough thickness to them so that each bite can be thoroughly enjoyed (as opposed to disappearing in two or three chews like a Krispy Kreme donut might.)

From this cake base, Maker’s adds whatever toppings correspond to the day’s flavors.

There are a few mainstays such as the Cedar Mill (my personal favorite), which is covered in cinnamon sugar, and the Chocolate Ganache, which is coated in a rich chocolate frosting and sprinkled with some sea salt.

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Few welfare recipients test positive for drugs

Taiwan earthquake shakes streets of Tainan

According to City Data from the Department of Human Services to the Tennessean, less than point 2 percent of Tennesseans that have applied for welfare since summer of 2014 have failed government mandated drug testing. Of the 39,121 people that applied for Families First cash assistance benefits, only 65 tested positive for drugs. In July of 2014, Tennessee began a program through the Department of Human Resources that required those applying for benefits through the Families First in Tennessee program to submit to drug tests. Tennessee Democrat Sherry Jones criticized the program’s $23,592 price tag as too expensive to justify the continuation of the program. Republican state Rep. Glen Casada disagrees, as he told the Tennessean the statistics fail to account the 116 people that chose not undergo drug testing and were thus disqualified from welfare. “It’s a good investment that those who receive support at the largesse of taxpayers should not be using it to fund illegal activities,” said Casada.

Tennessee is not the first state to see a small percentage of welfare recipients test positive for drug use.

Missouri spent $336,297 and only 48 people tested positive, while Utah spent $64,566 and only 29 people tested positive.

The death toll in Tainan, Taiwan continues to climb following a 6.4 earthquake that struck the area this weekend. Authorities report that 40 have been found dead following the natural disaster, while over 100 remained trapped from the collapse of a 17-story building which killed at least 24 individuals. Over 170 have been rescued alive so far, yet the latest figures indicate that as many as 120 people still remain unaccounted for. Pubs and restaurants surrounding the afflicted areas have been converted to makeshift hospitals, as government forces and volunteers struggle to cope with the rising number of casualties.The Taiwanese government has ordered an investigation into the collapse of the skyscraper that killed over 20 individuals, as video evidence indicates tin cans may have been built into beams as construction fillers. In an interview with CNA, a construction worker pointed out that the use of tin cans as construction filler was not illegal until 1999, yet since styrofoam has become a more popular substitute. The destruction came as many people in the city were participating in traditional Chinese New Year celebrations In 1999, Taiwan saw another, even more catastrophic 7.6 earthquake that killed 2,300 people.

Foreign countries decry North Korean rocket launch North Korea launched a long range rocket that world leaders are calling an intolerable provocation.

The United Nations Security Council denounced the launch on Sunday as a “banned test of dangerous ballistic missile technology.” The rocket launch came within a month of the country’s fourth nuclear launch test.

U-S Ambassador Samantha Power told Associated Press that the launch “cannot be business as usual” after two successful “hostile and illegal” acts from the country. Meanwhile, North Korea refers to the launch as part of a “peaceful space program.”

Presently, North Korea is believed to have one satellite in orbit. The technology employed in the launch could potentially be used to deliver a nuclear warhead. South Korean officials say the act demonstrates the continued priority North Korea puts on maintaining its regime rather than acknowledging the hardships of its citizens. China, North Korea’s closest ally, described the act as “regrettable,” yet has since showed no signs of action. With their current level of technology, North Korean missiles possess an estimated range of 5,600 miles, enough to strike parts of Austraila, much of Western Europe and the U.S. Western Coast.

School voucher bill delayed after flood of amendments Sonya Romines Contributor

A controversial school voucher bill presented in the state House of Representatives Monday was postponed to later in the week due to the absence of noted supporters.

House Bill 1049, the “Tennessee Choice and Opportunity Scholarship Act,” would grant students attending public schools performing academically within the bottom five percent of the state access to apply for a voucher, which would allow them to attend private schools.

Private schools that choose to accept the vouchers are barred from charging tuition greater than the voucher awarded. Legislative fiscal analysts say the vouchers would average from $6,800 to $7,000.

Currently, the bill would only apply to five districts in Tennessee: Knox County, Shelby County, Hamilton County, Metro Nashville and Jackson-Madison County.

Opponents of the bill argue that the school voucher programs currently found in 13 states, including the District of Columbia, have not worked well and that the vouchers cost the public school system money. They also argue that the money needed to finance the voucher program would take much needed funds away from public school funding across the state.

Supporters of the bill say that students can’t wait for public schools to improve, and the program would offer much needed support for those suffering in underperforming regions of the state.

The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Bill Dunn, requested that the vote be postponed due to the tentative

vote being very close and the absence of three supporters. As of 6 p.m. 22 had also been filed to change the bill.

If the House passes the bill it will be returned to the Senate for agreement on the House amendments.

Notably absent was Rep. Jeremy Durham, the former House Majority Whip still currently on a two week absence from legislative duties.

Durham resigned his position as whip last month after becoming embroiled in a sexual harrassment scandal.

Durham was found to have sent texts to three separate female employees asking for pictures, some of them after midnight. Durham says he does not remember sending the messages, and an ad hoc committee has been formed in order to determine Durham’s innocence or guilt.

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Allotted space for student veterans arrives to campus Alahnah Ligon

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Tanner Hancock News Editor

The call for a space for the 900 student veterans and dependents came nearly five years ago.

Next semester, the group will finally be allotted their section on campus.

The University of Tennessee announced on Monday its plan to open a Veterans Resource Center on campus for the 2016-2017 school year.

The center will serve as a gathering place for the university’s nearly 900 veterans and their dependents. The space originally came as a recommendation from the Task Force in Support of Student Veterans, which was established in 2011 to provide better resources for veterans on campus.

Gregg Crawford, junior in business management and president of the student veteran group Vol Fighters, was instrumental in the arrival of a dedicated space for veterans on campus.

“We saw there was a need to help (UT) administration and students know that veterans are on campus and there is a special kind of

Now that we have a space and we can fill it with stuff, I think we will have more opportunities to better serve the veterans at UT.” Gregg Crawford, Junior in Business Management

transition that you have to take to go from being a military (official) to a student,” Crawford said.

Jayetta Rogers, Veteran Student Services Coordinator, explained that the veterans space will help student veterans make this difficult transition to civilian life after the military, while also providing them with a helpful “connection”

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to groups of like-minded individuals.

“Veteran students often have many challenges to overcome when starting college after being in the military,” Rogers said. “Our goal is that our Veterans Resource Center helps make that connection, whether it be through services we already provide or just having a quiet space to come in and study or meet with other student veterans.”

“Having our own larger dedicated space will allow us to provide our current students with a place to call “home” and allow us to have a more welcoming area for our potential students and their families,” Jayetta continued.

Crawford said the space will provide more than just room to “hang out,” but will provide student veterans with academic resources through the national honor society of veteran group Salute as well.

“We plan to provide a peer mentor system so there’s always one person there who’s a veteran with experience in math, science, etc,” Crawford said. “For the hour they’re available, they’ll stay at the resource center to help veterans.”

Crawford reported trouble in the past securing grants and scholarships without a physical space in which to gather.

“The only obstacle was getting a space,” Crawford said. “We tried to get grants and dif-

ferent scholarships for our group, but when you don’t have a place to put stuff, where is the stuff gonna go? We didn’t qualify for a lot of things because we didn’t have a dedicated space.”

“Other people had a space and were doing more for veterans so they deserved the money more than we did,” Crawford continued. “Now that we have a space and we can fill it with stuff, I think we will have more opportunities to better serve the veterans at UT.” Crawford expects the inclusion of a veteran space on campus will bring an influx of student veterans to UT who may have previously chosen another Tennessee school.

“I think you’re going to see an influx of veterans who are going to start coming to college,” Crawford continued. “Now that Tennessee actually has a place ... sometimes that’s the deciding factor.”

With the establishment of both a temporary and permanent veteran center, Crawford hopes to see more, beneficial veteran interaction in the future.

“From here on out, it’s just making sure that space fills what veterans need,” Crawford said.

The permanent Veterans center will be housed on the ground floor of Hodges Library. A temporary resource center will open in Dunford Hall Room 2417 later this month.

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Humans of Knoxville

How do you feel about the Groundhog not seeing his shadow?

“I mean the warmer the weather, the lesser the clothes. Enough said.” - Grant Joerger senior in architecture. Mary Kate Leitch • The Daily Beacon

Capitol Hill Buzz: GOP lawmaker lashes out at Beyonce video Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Beyonce’s new video “Formation” is “pro-Black Panther” and “anti-cop,” says a Republican congressman, who argued Monday that it perpetuates a lie about the August 2014 shooting in Missouri of an unarmed black man by a white police officer.

“Beyonce may be a gifted entertainer but no one should really care what she thinks about any serious issue confronting our nation,” New York Rep. Pete King said in a statement he posted on his Facebook page.

King condemned the video, released by the Grammy-winning singer ahead of her world tour and her performance during halftime of Sunday’s Super Bowl. He also complained about the mainstream media’s acceptance of the video and her Super Bowl appearance.

Beyonce’s publicist had no immediate response to an email request for comment.

In the video, Beyonce is seen atop a police cruiser and there are references to the Black Lives Matter movement. King also complained that the video makes the “ritualistic reference to Michael Brown

and Ferguson, Missouri, by featuring a scene of innocent people with their hands raised high above their heads in surrender.”

King dismissed the notion that Brown was murdered by police as he was attempting to surrender and said this “fable” was thoroughly discredited.

“In simple language it was and is a lie from beginning to end,” the congressman said, arguing that Brown was a criminal who had robbed a convenience store and the officer, Darren Wilson, was exonerated by the local prosecutor and President Barack Obama’s Justice Department.

“Yet the big lie continues by Black Lives Matter, by pandering politicians and now

by Beyoncé, who gets star billing at the Super Bowl,” said King, who added that his father proudly served in the New York Police Department for more than 30 years.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, in an interview on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” criticized Beyonce’s halftime show and references to the Black Panthers. Dancers with the singer had afros and black berets, reminiscent of the 1960s group.

“I thought it was really outrageous that she used it as a platform to attack police officers, who are the people who protect her and protect us,” Giuliani said.

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1. “Water Sleeve Dance” performed by special guest Linghui Tu at the East Tennessee Chinese New Year Festival.

2. Students from the East Tennessee Chinese School performing “Wild Wind” group dance.

Photos by Tiara Holt • The Daily Beacon 3. Linghui Tu performs various Chinese Regional Opera Excerpts.

4. East Tennessee Chinese School performs “Spring Dawn.”

5. Special guest Linghui Tu performing “Various Chinese Regional Opera Excerpts” at The East Tennessee Chinese New Year Festival in the Cox Auditorium. Photos by Akshata Dusa • The Daily Beacon

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Knoxville celebrates Chinese New Year with festival Shane Moore

Contributor “Welcome to the year of the monkey!” graduate student from the Bredesen Center, Nannan Jiang, said to welcome guests to the East Tennessee Chinese New Year Festival.

His guest host Yun Liu, former University in China student and current Confucius teacher at MTSU, translated for Jiang throughout the night and at times even helped him brush up on his Chinese.

Throughout the night, Jiang and Liu raffled out red envelopes filled with cash, in celebration of the New Year. By the end of the night, they had given away $200.

“It is an honor to be a part of this,” Jiang said.

“It just brings back so many memories from my childhood, especially those red envelopes.”

However, for some attendees the festival was

an opportunity to gain new experiences instead of recalling old memories. For Nathan Gilliam, senior in nuclear engineering, the festival lived up to his expectation of gaining new cultural insight.

“I learned so much tonight,” Gilliam said.

“I could actually understand some parts of the songs and some of what Yun Liu was saying. It was a real treat to watch.”

The two hosts started off the show with a bang by introducing the band STATUS, composed of a group of UT students who met last fall. The musicians performed their original love song “Big Sister-Iron Wall” for the audience before closing their act with the crowd-pleaser “Butterfly,” a cover of the theme song from the anime “Digimon.”

Multiple performances by students from The King’s Academy in Seymour Tennessee and the East Tennessee Chinese School included singing, dancing and theatre, all capturing different facets of traditional or contemporary Chinese

culture.

In addition to song and dance, the East Tennessee Wushu Team brought martial arts on stage. As an introduction, festival producer Michael Smith and the students on the team told the story of a magic elixir that strengthened Wushu capabilities.

Athleticism continued with a group dance by the Lily Ma Rhythmic Gymnastics team titled “Spring Dawn,” symbolizing the season through mixed movements of gymnastics and dance.

Interspersed between these local artists, the guest stars and headliners took the stage.

Adam Tan, an established hip hop dancer and choreographer hailing from Malaysia known for his dances on YouTube on the “theADAMTAN” channel, paired up with the Knoxville dance group Southern Sole. They performed “CloZee-Koto,” an originally choreographed dance by Tan made specifically for the East Tennessee Chinese New Year Festival.

With five different performances throughout the night, Peking Opera actress, Linghui Tu, stole the stage as this year’s special guest.

She introduced herself to the audience in colorful makeup and costume to sing an opening operatic number. Tu later came back onto the stage sporting a different traditional costume with long white sleeves to perform the “Water Sleeve Dance.” Her long sleeves flowed like a river as she swirled.

Tu then opened the second half of the show side by side with Smith. The opera star played the guqin, an ancient seven stringed instrument, while Smith performed a Tai Chi routine to the music.

After several more opera performances, Lingui Tu closed the show by singing “Unforgettable Tonight.” This song has been sung on CCTV, China’s biggest TV station, during their spring Festival Gala since 1984. Each audience member who knew the song joined in to sing the finale.

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Letter to the Editor: Vols help Vols To the editor regarding Diversity and Inclusion:

When I think of the University of Tennessee, I think of screaming fans in Neyland Stadium, I think of the friends and family I’ve made during my first semester here, but most importantly, I think of the phrase “welcoming to all and hostile to none.” However, the warm and fuzzy image of this university is all about to change. The Tennessee State Government entered Bill 2066, aimed directly at the University of Tennessee’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion. This legislation promises to cut over 50% of funds centered around diversity, multiculturalism, and sustainability. What does this mean for you as a student? If you’ve ever gotten tutoring from the center of Multiculturalism, get ready to study alone because there will be no money to pay for

tutors. If you’ve served for any sustainability club, brace yourself for your monetary support to gone. If you pl! an to research anything in the energy field, prepare to pay for it yourself. As students of UT, we must stand up and say, “This isn’t who we are.” If we voted these legislators into office, we can vote them out. Yet, without fighting, this bill will pass. So, if you’re as angry as I am over the loss of culture and diversity on campus, contact Representative Martin Daniel at rep.martin.daniel@capitol.tn.gov or call his office at (615)741-2287. Remember, Vols help Vols of all color, sexual orientation, and religion, and the government has no right to take that away.

Mickayla Stogsdill is a sophomore in Russian studies and public administrations. She can be reached at mstogsdi@vols.utk.edu.

The approaching date of graduation 100 days. We are 100 days away from May.

Adam Weatherell Dreaming of Dolly

Which is fine and its great, because as much as I care for the occasional snow day, I really own one pair of pants — which has a hole in it.

And now that we are less than 100 days away from May, I’ve lost any and all impetus to buy new pants. The fact is that one hundred days, though a seemingly never ending stretch in those first days of kindergarten where one learns to count to one hundred, is exceptionally close.

As we speak, I’m about 20 plus tabs deep into the Internet, hopelessly searching for an internship to pad my fast approaching postgrad life.

Thanks to AP tests, I’m set to graduate an entire semester early, which means that this time next year I will be an official UT alumnus.

This realization has done a number of things for me, but it has mostly set fear into the deepest recesses of my soul. Which is weird. For me.

Usually I jump at the thought of another adventure if only to pepper my obit, but this time it is different. Though I’ve lived in six states throughout the past 5 years, it’s always been on a time scale and under the understanding that I would return. Now, I’m staring at a permanent move to parts unknown doing what ever someone will pay me to do.

It’s as if my entire life has been spent in some little boat where first I was ten and streaming through the familiarity of the rivers around my home, then I was older and found myself barreling down some wider tributary in the Southeast, and now I am 22 and I can see on the horizon the vastness of the ocean. I mean, I knew/know that this day would eventually come and that I would one day find myself with my own boat/

degree and countless miles/online homework in my belt, altogether ready for the limitless expanse of open water, but now I see it. It frightens me.

Holy crap I am so mired with self-doubt that I am fearful I will just end up beached alongside the riverbank watching the other boats head to the ocean. At least I won’t have to wear pants in Southern Mississippi.

This is all to say that as I scan through websites professing professional development, I do with a twinge of nostalgia for these very moments — the moments where I am fearful for my future, but still comfortable in my present.

I never would have guessed it, but despite my summer sojourns, I have spent enough time in one place to build a community. I have people whose homes are never locked to me and to whom I can try out new boat metaphors with as I freak out about my future. I have made Knoxville a home, and for one of the first times in my life, I am sad to see it go.

So, wish me luck with my internship search, because so far all I’ve found is work on an Alaskan Sea Vessel (no joke). After all, I’ve always wanted to spend a summer in Alaska, and as long as I wear black underwear, you can’t even see the whole.

Seriously, wish me luck.

Go Vols.

Adam Weatherell is a junior in political science and Africana studies. He can be reached at*aweath10@vols.utk.edu.

Columns of The Daily Beacon are the views of the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or the Beacon’s editorial staff.

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Huey Lewis and the News

“Danger Zone” Kenny Logins

“Bennie and the Jets” Elton John

“Old Time Rock n Roll” Bob Seger

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Trees need friends too

Franco D’Aprile

Erica Davis Two Treehuggers with an Ax

Franco: Hey look, there’s someone hiding behind that tree over there.

Erica: Sounds shady.

Being on a college campus makes us extra aware of how people are interconnected. The stranger sitting beside you in class could be the childhood playmate of your best friend. Maybe that cute person in your study group grew up in the city right beside yours. Or maybe that person you waved at while walking to class wasn’t your buddy from freshman English and now you’ve embarrassed yourself in the middle of Pedestrian Walkway and you have to hide in the bathroom in shame because, of course, you can’t just play it cool.

We’re social animals and have an innate need for this interconnectedness. How long do you typically go without checking Facebook, Instagram or Twitter? We’re all guilty of being so captivated by our social media that we get on Facebook on our phones while it’s simultaneously up on our laptops — without even realizing what a silly thing we’ve just done. The relationships we build, via social media as well as “irl,” are incredibly important to us, and communication is at the core of these friendships.

Did you know trees can have friends too? A man by the name of Peter Wohlleben is a forest ranger in Germany, and he is pretty much an

expert on dendroid relations. When trees are friends, they might exhibit behaviors such as growing their branches in opposite directions so they don’t block each other’s access to sunlight, allowing each other to thrive. Elderly trees can become so connected over time that their roots are interwoven, causing one to die if the other dies first. Trees are so much more than just bark and leaves, and they do more for us than increase our property values and provide a resource to make into paper; they facilitate the photosynthetic processes that sustain all life on our planet and truly have fulfilling, social existences of their own.

Researchers have also found that fungal networks beneath forests tie together the plant members of that ecosystem. It’s like the soil of a forest is full of neurons connecting the roots of plants just like you have under your skin connecting the different parts of your body. This brings a whole new meaning to the circle of life. Someone should go tell Mufasa.

We’ve known for a while that elements in nature are connected. For example, the amount of deer in a forest can change the way a river flows by eating the shrubs and plants at its banks.

Weather patterns can change the amount of diseases that spread to humans in a given year. Dust kicked up by winds in the Sahara can change the rainfall in North America. We may not believe it,

but the things that happen in nature around us can have a big impact on our lives.

We as humans play a role in this woven global ecosystem as well, as much as we’d like to think we’re exempt sometimes. Our actions have complicated impacts on the planet, and the natural world exercises its influence on us in often invisible and immeasurable ways. Humans have relationships with other humans, just as trees communicate with other trees, and we are all linked together in an important, irrevocable way.

The woods are beautiful and complex, and it’s no surprise they are popular images in stories, poetry and the environmental movement. Just as this discovery about the interconnectedness of trees comes along, think about all the possible future discoveries that could open our minds to the opportunities our world has to link us together. Trees remind us that it comes as no cost to us as individuals to make room for others to reach the sun. They have a lot to offer, and it would be willow wise of us to listen to what they’re telling us.

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

Ted Cruz is ruining the voter report card Jarrod Nelson Socialized

Who remembers report cards?

Go ahead, think about it. I’ll wait.

Alright, I’m glad you remember. Do you remember how you felt when you got them? While I imagine some of us had very divergent feelings based on past experiences, the little flutter in the stomach and slight tightening of every muscle, ligament, tendon and orifice in your body is probably universal. I say probably because I’m sure there were some people that honestly didn’t care and those people are either sociopaths, wizards or the children of capital g, Generic hippies. If you felt this feeling (as most of us did), do you remember that the real test was bringing it home to go on the metaphorical Refrigerator of Judgement and determine if you got those extra Cheerios in the morning for the next few months?

What? Kids love Cheerios.

Kids are impacted quite heavily by report cards.

There is that sense of pride inherent in seeing accomplishments put to paper, even at 7-yearsold—just like there is a sense of shame in having to bring home not so great grades for the “‘fwigerator.” So imagine if someone faked it.

Put yourself in the shoes of one of thousands of Iowans. You’ve been inundated with campaign ads to the point where everything is different shades of gray and nothing seems real or full of happiness.

All you hear about is how important your state is.

There is corn EVERYWHERE. It’s been a rough life for these past few weeks. And then you get a fake report card. At the top it says “Voting Violation.”

The rest of the card makes it clear this is an official document from the Iowa Secretary of State. It says you’ve been a bad caucus goer in the past, and that your voting record has received a grade of F from the state. Everything is gray. Nothing seems real. It says, “Hey, if you want to improve your grade from the government and be worthy to live in this great state, you should go and caucus tonight. P.S., go Hawkeyes. P.P.S., sorry about the Hawkeye’s getting crushed by the scary Orangemen.”

This actually happened. Sort of.

The Ted Cruz campaign sent out a mailer on the day before the caucuses, essentially telling the people of Iowa that they sucked as voters and needed to go out and caucus — and hopefully for Ted Cruz, pretty, pretty please? The Ted Cruz campaign also had staffers at a lot of the Iowa precincts telling prospective voters that Ben Carson had dropped out of the race. Weird that they picked him, a candidate whose support overlaps almost entirely with Cruz’s.

I will be upfront in saying that I don’t like Ted Cruz very much and never have. If you look at statements from oh say, pretty much anyone that’s ever come into contact with him, this is not a very unpopular opinion to have. I don’t like his refusal

to get along with anyone or his self-righteous, self-indulgent, Dominionist brand of conservative Christianity or how he passes himself off as a grassroots candidate and “one of the people” when he went to Harvard Law and at the same time uses the exact same scummy tactics that politicians of both sides of the aisle have been using since the days of Tammany Hall.

There is something sacred about voting in America. It is a right that our founders fought and died for, and I’m pretty sure we all sort of inherently “get” that voting is a special thing. It is fairly private and undisturbed. It is your choice that shouldn’t be tampered with in any way, shape or form. It should be based on reasoning through the available candidates and making an informed choice.

Ted Cruz tried to rob Iowans of that right. And it rubs me the wrong way. And it rubbed the Des Moines Register, the Governor of Iowa, the Ben Carson campaign and the Iowa Secretary of State the wrong way too. Ted Cruz is that kid who comes up and asks what you got on your report card, and then makes fun of you when he did better. No one liked that kid.

And no one really likes him.

Jarrod Nelson is a sophomore in public relations. He can be reached at jnelso47@vols.utk.edu.

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Knox Mason preps for Galentine’s Day brunch Jenna Butz

Editor-in-Chief Walk past Mast General Store, through the Gay Street and Summit Hill intersection and among the art galleries on the North end of Gay Street you’ll find one of Knoxville’s best Galentine’s Day brunch spots.

Oh wait, you’re not familiar with Galentine’s Day? Quick educational side note: instead of going on a cheesy, awkward first date, you go out to eat with your ladies instead — a welcome, fun alternative.

Back to the action.

Knox Mason, an upscale Southernstyle restaurant, only serves brunch from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, but the time crunch is worth the wait.

Head chef and owner Matt Gallaher changes the food and cocktail menu with the seasons (so relatively frequently).

No matter what’s on the menu though, it’s guaranteed to be in season, local and made hot and fresh.

When you walk in to the restaurant, you’ll first notice how thin it is. Only a single row of 14 two-top tables lines the left wall — half booth, half chairs.

You’ll also take note of the bright, sleek interior that has the slightest hint of Southern charm, making it welcoming and comfortable in a way you never

thought metal tables could be.

Then, you may notice the men in blue striped aprons running behind the bar.

And then it will hit you how intimate of a restaurant this place really is with your food being prepared in those aprons right behind that divider.

Last time I ate brunch at Knox Mason, I split the sausage and fingerling potato hash, topped with a fried egg and smoked sausage with gravy. Sitting at the bar, my friends kept eyeing my plate and asking if they could sneak bites. Part of me wanted to hoard it all for myself and the other half wanted everyone else to taste how satisfying and savory my food was.

Yeah, I was stuffed when I left, but there was a spring in my step that a full belly couldn’t hold down (or maybe it was because of the JFG coffee I drank cup after cup of).

The time before that, I went for my birthday brunch and devoured a homemade honey bun that made me rethink everything I ever thought I knew about the sticky pastry. Sorry, Little Debbie, but hot and house made cannot be beat.

In addition, Knox Mason also boasts the best mimosa deal in town with carafes big enough to share with six of your gals. Or try a poinsettia, made with cranberry juice instead of orange juice.

But get there early or make a reservation. If you have more than four people (and sometimes even then), it fills up quick.

Knox Mason’s brunch menu includes Pork Rinds sprinkled with Burbon Barrel Smoked Paprika. • File Photo

This article is the second in a column series called “Date Night Dining,� which will review dining locations for Valentine’s Day based on specific themes including romance, Galentine’s Day, bromance and flying solo.

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MAKER’S DONUTS continued from Page 1 By the time I ordered at 10 a.m., the store had already sold out of the specialty Matcha green tea and lemon drop flavors, just to give you an indication of how fast these things were flying out of the oven and into customers’ waiting hands. So I got one each of the remaining six flavors.

What set these donuts apart from others I’ve had before, aside from the exquisite quality of the donuts themselves, is the way Maker’s manages to intermingle sweet and

salty flavors in their toppings. Flavors like the Vanilla Bean Glazed, the Maple Bacon and the Chocolate Ganache attack the palette from every direction.

I don’t know if I’ve ever had a more wholly satisfying breakfast, even while knowing that all I had eaten was cake and sugar. But truthfully that might have had something to do with the fact that I ate the whole half dozen that morning by myself.

Before you judge me, I challenge you to try Maker’s Donuts for yourself and see if you can eat just one. Just remember to set your alarms early, because as the sign says, “Makers gonna make.”

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2. Sean and Sara Alsobrooks, owners of both Makers Donuts and Remedy Coffee, pose for a picture.

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4. Makers Donuts is open every Thursday through Sunday from 7:00 am to noon.

5. A line extends around the corner in anticipation for the free donuts Makers Donuts gave out to celebrate its grand opening.

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The truth about the polarizing Cam Newton Lucas Hunter Beyond the Hill

Editor’s Note: This will be a new column running every week that will address sports topics outside Tennessee.

In the aftermath of Super Bowl 50, as Peyton Manning celebrated the walk-off home run to a nearly perfect career, thoughts about Cam Newton loomed large in many people’s minds.

Some tweets, articles, interviews and think pieces referred to Newton as classless, a showboat and a crybaby while others called him a mortal savant on the field who did everything right but still came out the loser.

As is the case in almost all circumstances, the truth lies somewhere in between the two extremes; that Newton is unapologetically who he is as well as a great quarterback with the opportunity to transcend upbringing, race, stereotypes and football itself.

Newton did himself no favors post-game, saying “I’m done, man,” while answering questions from the reporters following the loss. He then proceeded to leave the media area without answering more questions.

After losing the biggest game of his life, with a member of the winning Broncos team sitting next to him, Newton did not want to talk to the media.

Newton did not insult or slander any person, oppo-

nent or media, and elected to remove himself from the environment after answering a series of mildly thought-provoking questions. Newton acted professionally in the situation.

Many people have cited this incident as an example that Newton is not a humble, classy athlete.

When in fact, the noted competitor and reigning MVP simply did not feel like addressing questions about losing, moments after being defeated in the largest spotlight of his career.

Opposite of Cam Newton that night was the courteous, modest Peyton Manning, who said in his live post-game interview that he planned on drinking a lot of Budweiser that night.

It is true, Manning’s wing of the Hall of Fame will be the most expansive collection of accolades in the history of the NFL, but to pretend one of the two quarterbacks is more morally wrong than the other for their post-game actions is wrong in itself.

One was elated that he had the opportunity to close his career with a fairy-tale ending and the other was grieving his defeat in the most televised American sporting event. Nothing more, nothing less.

As happy as Manning and his many fans are for the win, to shower him in admiration for his Super Bowl performance is something else entirely.

Manning was the worse of the two starting quarter-

backs, but had the help of the best defense in my football-viewing lifetime to carry the burden. Denver allowed only 10 points to Newton and company, and carried an offense that was unspectacular outside of the first drive.

Newton can only tell part of the same tale. His defense limited his opponent to 17 total points, which Newton outscored all but one week during the regular season. Newton also was the victim of his supporting cast to a higher degree than Manning, experiencing drops from receivers whose flaws he had covered up since August.

Ultimately, the truth about Newton and the Super Bowl falls somewhere in the middle. Could Newton have carried himself better in the interview?

Probably, but it is foolish to fault him for not wanting to talk at that current moment. Is he responsible for the loss? To some degree, but he plays the most important position on the field and received little help from his supporting cast.

In the end, Manning received the perfect farewell tour, Newton will most likely be back in the Super Bowl before the decade is up and Budweiser got the best sponsorship it never paid for.

Lucas Hunter is a sophomore in journalism and electronic media and can be reached at lhunter9@ vols.utk.edu.

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Tennessee hopes to set school record at the Husky Classic Shane Switzer

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Auburn Head Coach Bruce Pearl during the Tennessee vs. Auburn men’s basketball game last spring. • File Photo

Canty out as Vols host Auburn in SEC matchup Taylor White

Assistant Sports Editor Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said Monday that the Vols are a different team than the one that lost 83-77 at Auburn in both teams’ SEC opener.

The same can be said for the Tigers.

Kareem Canty scored 20 points in the win for Auburn and has led the Tigers all season, scoring just over 18 points per game. Just before Saturday’s contest at Georgia, Auburn coach Bruce Pearl announced that Canty has been indefinitely suspended from the team, meaning he will miss Tuesday’s rematch with the Vols in Knoxville (TV: SEC Network 7 p.m.).

“Kareem Canty is a good player,” Barnes said. “But when you go back to our game down there, he played well, but there were some other guys that hurt us, too. It wasn’t like he was the one guy that beat us when we were down there. There are other guys that we are going to have to deal with.”

Barnes is right, it wasn’t just Canty that torched a shaky Tennessee defense back in January. Bryce Brown added 20 of his own, while Tyler Harris, brother of former Vol Tobias Harris, scored 19.

Scoring hasn’t been a problem for the Tigers (9-13, 3-7 SEC) this year, but without Canty, other players will have to step up. Harris is averaging 14 points per game, while T.J. Dunhans and Cinmeon Bowers are both averaging double figures. According to Barnes, it isn’t necessarily the players, but the offense that leads to Auburn’s success.

“On the offensive end,” Barnes said. “I think

they do a really good job of executing their offense. I think they know what they’re looking for, and they’re going to work hard at making all their possessions count.”

Kevin Punter had 31 in the loss, while just two other former Tennessee players scored in double figures.

That has been the story of the season, as the Vols (11-12, 4-6) haven’t been able to consistently find players to take the weight off of Punter’s shoulders. That problem reared its head again on Saturday as the senior had 24, but Armani Moore and Shembari Phillips were the only other two to hit double digits.

“You keep coaching,” Barnes said. “You have to find ways. You try to get to the core of it. You try to get them to a correct mindset.

Every guy has a different mindset.”

The Vols’ young players have shown improvement in recent weeks, though, as Kyle Alexander has started the last three games, while Phillips played a career high 23 minutes against the Razorbacks, scoring 12 points on 4-of-9 shooting.

With some of Tennessee’s veterans struggling over the last few games, Barnes has started looking to his freshmen for more consistent production.

“I think the game is slowly slowing down for him a little bit,” Barnes said of Phillips. “I think he’s starting to see it different, where he doesn’t have to do something every time he gets the ball.”

“We’ve always thought he could be a defender. He’s done a pretty good job guarding the ball. He would tell you that he’s still working to be a better defensive player away from the ball, where he doesn’t ball watch. His ceiling will be his commitment to it.”

A busy month continues for the Tennessee track and field program with a trip to Seattle, Washington, and Fayetteville, Arkansas, on the books this weekend.

Tennessee will send four distance runners, seniors Chelsea Blaase and Austin Whitelaw and freshmen Zach Long and Tyler Woodrome, out to Washington for the Husky Classic while the rest of the team will go to Arkansas for the Tyson Invitational.

Second year coach Beth Alford-Sullivan said the meet at Washington will bring in the best from across the country and will produce phenomenal distance races. At the Husky Classic last season, All-American Chelsea Blaase ran a 15:50.40, which at the time was a personal best.

Whitelaw is looking to achieve success similar to that of Blaase this time around.

“The goal for the weekend is to run the 3000 meters on Saturday,” Whitelaw said.

“The whole goal is to kind of go out there and set the school record.”

Currently the Tennessee school record in the 3000 meter is held by Glenn Morgan with a time of 8:00.42 which was set back in 1990.

Whitelaw is currently seventh on the list with a top time of 8:05.59, which he set this season.

The meet at Arkansas is a precursor of sorts.

It will also be the site of the SEC Championships later this month so the Tyson Invitational this weekend will give Tennessee the chance to get acquainted with the track and facilities at Arkansas.

“All the athletes will run in the events they will typically run in at conference (championships),” Alford-Sullivan said. “We’re looking forward to getting in there and getting comfortable. Being productive. You’ll see some great competition come out of it.”

A lot of Tennessee’s competition at the Tyson Invitational will come from within the SEC. Senior Felicia Brown and sophomore Christian Coleman will look to continue with strong seasons. Brown is No. 2 in the nation in the 200 meter and No. 10 in the 60 meter.

Meanwhile, Coleman is No. 1 in the 60 meter and No. 5 in the 200 meter. Both are a part of the 4x400 meter relay teams. The men’s 4x400 is No. 6 in the country while the women come in at No. 8.

Not to be outdone, junior transfer Kali Davis-White is No. 6 in the nation in both the 60 and 200 meter and is also a part of the

women’s 4x400.

Youth has played a big role for the relay teams. The men have freshman Ari Cogdell and sophomores Nathan Strother and Coleman on the 4x400 and Layla White and Lenysse (Dyer) on the women’s 4x400 are also freshman. Alford-Sullivan praised her assistant coaches on the job they have done with the 4x400 teams.

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“Coach (Abigi) Id-Deen and coach (Tim) Hall have done a tremendous job with our relays,” Alford-Sullivan said. “Young people making a big impact between Layla (White) and Lenysse (Dyer) on the women and Ari (Cogdell) as a freshman on the men’s side.

Strother only a sophomore on the men’s side.

“Do I think they’re done, no, I think they can run a little bit faster. I think they can qualify into the NCAA championships. I think they can score at the conference meet.”

The Distance Medley Relay team also features young members with Zach Long and Darryl Harris competing on the relay team as freshman. Whitelaw and senior Antonio Carter make up the other half of the DMR. Tennessee’s DMR, which hasn’t run since Jan. 22 at the Conference Clash, is ranked No. 21 but was ranked as high as No. 6.

“It was one of the best marks we’ve run as a team in several years,” Whitelaw said. “I think it’s good and it was a consistent effort all throughout. There wasn’t one leg that was significantly stronger than the other and there wasn’t one leg that was significantly weaker.”

Both the Tyson Invitational and the Husky Classic are two day events covering Feb. 12 and 13. The Tyson Invitational can be seen on the SEC Network and starts at 6 p.m. on Friday and 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.