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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Issue 24, Volume 125
Women’s group to host dialogue on relationships, gender roles To discuss relationships and gender roles, Women Empowerment Knowledge And Nurture will host a Woman of Substance Panel Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the UC Shiloh Room. Male panelists will be asked 12 questions defining their idea of an upstanding woman. The audience will
then discuss the topics with each other and the panelists. Given sheets of paper, audience members can record thoughts and questions as they wait to comment on panelist responses. Audience members and panelists are also invited to tweet their questions and responses by sending tweets to @WEKAN2012 using the hashtag #WOSPanel. Keeping the timeline visible for the duration of the panel,
the tweets will also facilitate discussion. Candice Tatum, a sophomore in food science and WE KAN’s secretary, said she hopes the event will explore “the different perspectives of women based on each other’s views and opinions.” WE KAN seeks to create a support group, bringing young women together to discuss issues faced by women daily. The Woman of
Substance Panel is a direct extension of this goal, promoting dialogue, reflection and self-development. Aiming to engage students, Breyanna Hampton, WE KAN founder and UT alumna, said she believes the event will showcase the influence of relationships shaping a woman’s sense of self. Hampton encouraged attendees to “take note, debate and reflect.”
“This event is important for students because it will help them better define themselves and establish standards in romantic relationships,” Hampton said. “After all, each relationship a person engages in should teach them more about themselves. This panel will give the audience some things to think about in order for them to ultimately establish their standards in light of both gender’s per-
Hot shooting fuels Lady Vols in 81-53 win over Vanderbilt Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor
When Tennessee and Vanderbilt met in Memorial Gym on Jan. 12, the Commodores had their way with the Lady Vols. In that contest, the Commodores shot 49.1 percent from the field – including a 62.5 percent clip in the second half – en route to a double-digit win over their in-state rival. On Monday, however, it was the Lady Vols who would dominate. Fueled by a ferocious interior assault and Meighan Simmons’ hot shooting, the No. 8 Lady Vols strolled to an 81-53 victory against No. 16 Vanderbilt. “When you get beat down in Nashville, you are not happy campers,” head coach Holly Warlick said. “We haven’t been happy for awhile, so we had a little chip on our shoulder, and I loved it. I love that we are competing, and I thought tonight we played every play like it was our last play. “I loved how we were tonight. I loved our energy, and I just hope we have a chip on our shoulder every time.” In a tremendous offensive effort, Simmons led UT (20-
4, 9-2 SEC), scoring 22 points on 9-of-15 shooting including a 4-of-6 performance from behind the arc. The senior guard, who also added five assists, was the catalyst for a Lady Vol offense that shot 58.2 percent from the field and 70 percent from deep. “Meighan is playing great basketball right now,” Warlick said. “I think she is taking shots that are great shots for her, and she’s playing on the defensive end. I’m really proud of her because she is doing what we ask her to do and as the result, she’s scoring and getting great looks. “We wanted to run the ball, and when Meighan Simmons gets out in front, there aren’t to many people that can catch her.” The Lady Vols also got a productive night from their post players as Isabelle Harrison and Mercedes Russell shot a combined 10-of-13 on the night. Harrison converted her first seven shots and remained perfect from the floor until the 4:52 mark in the first half. Tennessee outscored Vandy (17-6, 6-4) in the paint 36-18 and out-rebounded the Commodores 34-20. “We always try to utilize our post,” redshirt freshman guard Andraya Carter said. “I think we have some of the best posts in the nation, and we want to get
the ball inside and we are at our best when we get the ball inside. “Izzy got us going. Izzy was on fire in the beginning, and she really was a huge spark for us.” Harrison’s performance drastically differed from the one she had in Nashville where she got into early foul trouble and played only 10 minutes in the game. “Ever since we lost in Nashville I’ve been kind of upset,” Harrison said. “It had been in my mind, and I knew I didn’t want to let my team and my coaches down because I definitely felt like in Nashville I let my family down, so I really just wanted to play my best and take care of business tonight and that’s what we did.” The victory pushes Tennessee’s home record against Vanderbilt to 29-0, a streak Carter said means a lot to the Lady Vols. “We are battling for the state,” Carter said. “It’s a huge rivalry. It’s always a battle, and it’s always a tough fight. They don’t like us and we don’t like them, but it’s a healthy rivalry. Every time we play them, we all give it our best and we all want to win. “We are out there competing Senior guard Meighan Simmons scores on for the same thing so as chippy a fastbreak in Lady Vols’ 81-53 victory over the as it gets, it’s a healthy rivalry Vanderbilt Commodores on Monday. and we have fun.”
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Arts & Culture Editor
Good comedians adapt their bit to their surroundings. For comedian Steve Hofstetter, this included country singer Conway Twitty’s “pajamas.” The sparkly pink and blue fringed silk outfit was mounted on the wall of Nashville’s Hard Rock Cafe, where Hofstetter, the original columnist for collegehumor.com, performed what he calls his “comedy Steve Hofstetter, original writer for collegehumor.com, performs his stand-up without apology” Saturday comedy routine at the Hard Rock Cafe in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday night. night. The ridiculous apparel proved appropriate fodder lier show where an audience – that’s what he actually descending smirk was the unspoken comeback. for Hofstetter’s set, includ- member shouted defensive- wore!” Hofstetter’s slightly conAnd Hofstetter, an aluming a story from an ear- ly, “Those aren’t pajamas
UT group aims to alleviate Knoxville’s ‘food insecurity’ Kevin Ridder Copy Editor
nus of Columbia University, is a master of the unspoken as well as the delivered, giving the audience a show grounded in subtlety, intellect and a little moralistic humor. “I do know that too many of us are too sure in our beliefs. … None of us know that God exists; we’ve never met him,” Hofstetter said. “A homeless man said to me, ‘God bless you,’ trying to be polite. But he didn’t know my beliefs, and I didn’t know his, so I said, ‘May you reap all the rewards of science.’ “We both left confused.” He was quick to present the other side of the coin.
Anybody who has worked in the food industry knows just how much food gets wasted on a daily basis, with hundreds of pounds of food thrown in the trash. One group of students has decided that something needs to be done about this. The Food Recovery Network is a national organization that works to alleviate food insecurity – also termed as not knowing where one’s next meal will come from. Presiding over many chapters on college campuses across the country, FRN became an official UT organization in December and an official FRN Chapter in January. Ryan Brown, a junior in marketing and international business and the Public Relations Coordinator for FRN, said he believes many are not aware of Knoxville’s high ranking among cities struggling with food insecurity. “When we learned this, it hit us hard enough that we couldn’t just stand by and watch people struggle with food insecurity,” Brown said. “Once we started looking into ways to alleviate it, we discovered the concept of food recovery.” The organization has already managed to recover more than 800 combined pounds of food from only two events. The first recovery took place in the Neyland East Skyboxes during and after the November UT-Vanderbilt football game, salvaging 600 pounds of food for Second Harvest to pick up from a dedicated freezer.
See HOFFSTETTER on Page 5
See RECOVERY on Page 3
Original CollegeHumor columnist brings witty wisecracks to Nashville Claire Dodson
spectives.” WE KAN defines a “woman of substance” as “a woman that is not merely defined by her job title, relational or economic status but a woman solely defined by the quality of her character.” In light of growing concern over societal roles, Tatum acknowledged the necessity of including men in conversations about gender. See SUBSTANCE on Page 3
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