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The editorially independent student newspaper of the University of Tennessee Friday, February 14, 2014

Issue 26, Volume 125

Fight under the lights: Snow draws students to Neyland Stadium R.J. Vogt

a presidential court filled with like 300 people cleared in seconds.” What happened next has all the makings of campus legend: hundreds of UT As students streamed out of residence students marching on Shields-Watkins halls to throw snowballs and construct Field to have a snowball fight under the haphazard snowmen late Wednesday lights of Neyland Stadium. night, rumors swirled like the falling It is a little-known secret that Neyland flakes in Presidential Courtyard. – one of the top five largest football “People were screaming, ‘Follow stadiums in America – is not exactly Dobbs!’” said sophomore Alex impenetrable; freshman John Slota said Tyskowski, referring to UT freshman he got in with the crowds through one of quarterback Joshua Dobbs. “And then

the doors by gate 21. “Everyone was going wild,” he said. Whether it was Dobbs or some other UT student who led the charge is hard to determine, but Twitter pictures show the beginnings of a melee just after 11 p.m. Doug Kievit, freshman in political science, said he was on the field just minutes before the battle began. “I hopped a fence,” Kievit said, adding that he and his friends left before everyone showed up. “I was kinda pissed. We

went back in right as the cops came.” The University of Tennessee Police Department arrived approximately 20 minutes after the students entered the stadium, and Slota said the students scattered back to wherever they had come from. Not every student got away, as eight UT students were cited for trespassing and two more for underage drinking, according to Vice Chancellor of Communications Margie Nichols.

“Nobody wanted them to get in trouble,” Nichols said Thursday afternoon. “We won’t know more until we see the reports.” A Twitter account using the handle @utgroundscrew also tweeted an admonishment to the students who had run around on the snow-covered field, saying “This is SOO bad for the grass in the stadium, footsteps turn brown when the snow melts.” See NEYLAND on Page 2 Maggie Loveday • The Daily Beacon

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Vols feeling ‘urgency’ to bounce back, beat Mizzou Steven Cook Copy Editor

In today’s Crime Log: a car stolen, a sorority house investigated and two people observed riding in the front seat NEWS >>pg. 2

ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 3

‘Vagina Monologues’ challenges society’s notion of taboo and femininity with student performances ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 5

Anthony Wise, middle left, and Jimmy Cheek, middle right, shake hands after signing the contract to update the dual-enrollment Volunteer Bridge Program between UT and Pellissippi State Community College on Wednesday.

Widening the Bridge UT, Pellissippi agree to expand transfer program Bradi Musil

Wise signed a memorandum of understanding to enrich the Volunteer Bridge Program on Wednesday. Before its fourth year of Founded in 2011, the Bridge operation, Chancellor Jimmy Program provides wait-listed G. Cheek and Pellissippi State and initially declined appliCollege President Anthony cants to UT the opportunity Staff Writer

to take freshman level courses at Pellissippi, while living on UT’s campus. Upon completion of the program, students may transfer to UT for their sophomore year. “Primarily, the changes are just to make the program a bit more flexible to accommodate more students and give them more opportunities to make a successful transition,” said Jessie Abernathy, Bridge

Program coordinator at UT and assistant director of First Year Studies. Significant changes to the program include the elimination of a regulation requiring first year Bridge students to live in a UT residence hall. Students living within 50 miles of campus now qualify as well. See BRIDGE on Page 2

• Photo Courtesy of Jon Haas

A relationship is more than a Valentine’s date – don’t let yourself get swept up in teddy bears and chocolates

Caught in a Pickle Renowned Fort Sanders mansion still in desperate need for repairs Baseball: With the 2014 season opener Saturday, Serrano says Vols finally ‘fit that mold’ of an SEC contender SPORTS >>pg. 8

Manuela Haddad Staff Writer Shared by students and adults alike, the Fort Sanders neighborhood is an integral component of Knoxville culture. Despite receiving attention for its high crime rate, the Fort also holds a rich – yet frequently ignored – history. The Pickle Mansion, one

of the Fort’s most notable historical landmarks, sits at 1633 Clinch Ave. Constructed in the Queen Anne style in 1889, the house was built by George Wesley Pickle, who served in the confederacy during the Civil War from 1886-1902, as Tennessee’s Attorney General and Reporter of the State. See PICKLE on Page 2

Pickle Mansion, one of Fort Sanders’ most notable houses, was originally constructed in 1889 and is still in desperate need of repairs after a fire in August 2002 ravaged much of the mansion.

With such a mediocre SEC basketball presence this season, Tennessee has been seemingly able to enjoy at least one game against an overmatched foe each week since the start of league play. Not this week. After coming up just short in a 67-58 loss to No. 3 Florida at home on Tuesday, the Tennessee Volunteers must travel to face the Missouri Tigers in a hostile road environment on Saturday at 4 p.m. in Mizzou Arena. Saturday’s game is between two of the SEC’s bubble teams. The Vols (15-9, 6-5 SEC) are listed as one of the final teams in the field as of today according to ESPN bracket expert Joe Lunardi, while Missouri (16-7, 4-6) currently sits on the outside looking in. With the Vols’ postseason fate still very much in flux, Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin commented on the tough turnaround moments after the Vols’ loss on Tuesday with short-term memory in mind. “I just think it’s one game at a time,” Martin said. “We’re off (Wednesday), and then get ready to play against Mizzou at Mizzou – a very talented team. “But for us, it’s one game at a time and that’s the only thing you can control.” The Vols would make quite a convincing case to remove their names from the NCAA Tournament field, for the time being at least, with a loss. A defeat Saturday would be UT’s third loss in its last four games. Meanwhile, the Tigers started off the season hot with 10 straight wins but have tapered off since, losing three straight in SEC play before Wednesday night’s home win over Arkansas. Tennessee may be the hotter — or just less cold — team heading into Saturday. But the Vols might still be licking their wounds after a dogfight against Florida on Tuesday in which they laid it all on the line but had missed opportunities bite them in a loss to the nation’s third-ranked team. See BASKETBALL on Page 8

INSIDE THE DAILY BEACON

“Some people are gay, and if you don’t like it, you’re going to have a tough century.” @UTKDailyBeacon www.utdailybeacon.com

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