Monday, February 17, 2014
Issue 27, Volume 125
‘A really painful process’
Stress of freshman year leaves some students vulnerable to depression, suicide Emilee Lamb Assistant News Editor Depression often goes undetected. And, when it does, grave consequences can ensue. In January, a male UT student was found dead on campus from what is believed to be suicide. Although UT has released no official statement on the inci-
dent, the death was confirmed by an employee of the counseling center, a resident assistant and a campus minister. The subsequent news of suicide by University of Pennsylvania freshman spurred questions about the psychological toll of the freshman experience. Olivia Gross, sophomore
in social work, said her freshman year was filled with “hard” struggles relating to a long-distance relationship. Although her experiences were tied personal issues, Gross held that isolation among freshmen is a widespread and insidious problem. “I think that a lot of freshmen struggle with loneliness,” Gross said, “and I think what makes it
even worse is that nobody lets on that they’re lonely, and they think that everyone else is having fun and they’re the only one that’s not, when in reality, a lot of people are sitting in their dorm room by themselves watching Netflix.” While each psychologist views clinical depression differently, Dr. Sarah Park, coordinator of
the Stress Management Clinic at UT’s Student Counseling Center, suggested a link between this diagnosis and what she termed a “needing disorder.” In other words, depression arises when a person loses connection with the knowledge of what makes them happy or unhappy.
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See CINEMA STUDIES on Page 3
Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon
‘The Elixir of Love’ opera displays more honesty as entertainment than an evening on the Strip ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 3
Tennessee sophomore forward Bashaara Graves attempts a shot against the Kentucky Wildcats at Thompson-Boling Arena on Sunday. The Lady Vols lost to the No. 18-ranked Wildcats, 75-71.
Kentucky slips by Lady Vols down stretch, 75-71 Wildcats snap 29-year road losing skid to UT Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer
Opinion: last-second losses prove there’s no such thing as coincidence for Vols hoops this season SPORTS >>pg. 5
The No. 8 Lady Vols saw their six game win streak come to a close Sunday afternoon as the No. 18 Kentucky Wildcats beat UT at Thompson-Boling Arena, 75-71. Despite solid contributions from post players Bashaara Graves and Isabelle Harrison, who combined for 40 points and 23 rebounds, Tennessee simply couldn’t hold on to the ball and execute when it needed to most.
Election Commission tightens rules for 2014 SGA campaigns Hayley Brundige Assistant Photo Editor
Turnovers betray the Lady Vols despite another dominate post performance SPORTS >>pg. 6
The Lady Vols (20-5, 9-3 SEC) had four of their 22 turnovers in the last six possessions of the game and were unable to get a shot up after they had a chance to tie with 5.4 seconds remaining in the game. “Down the stretch we were throwing the ball away,” UT head coach Holy Warlick said. “We threw it away on transition, we had an illegal screen called and we threw it over our post players’ heads at one point. “I’m sure (Kentucky’s) defense had something to do with it, but it had more to do with us not executing.” While the Lady Vols shot 46.3 percent
In anticipation of the 2014 Student Government Association elections, several additions and modifications have been made to last year’s election packet. The Election Commission, comprised of the current highest elected SGA officials and four additional students appointed by SGA President Jake Baker, met and targeted areas of the previous election packet they felt needed revision. Before approval, the tentative 2014 packet was debated and voted on twice by the SGA senate. Although the Election Commission proposed the modifications, senators could reject any changes or add amendments. The final product, a 42-page document, adds a cap to campaign finances and execu-
tive campaign members, alters the election season timeline and restricts self-promotion via social media. Previously, campaigns were permitted to jointly spend $7,000 in cash and accept an unlimited number of donations. The new election packet stipulates that campaigns cannot spend more than $12,500, with a maximum of $5,000 in cash — a limit Baker said he believes reasonable and necessary. Next year, Baker anticipates an even lower budget limit. “Last year, Paige Atchley and I were able to win president and vice president with a campaign valued at approximately $2,500,” Baker said. “One of our opponents had a campaign valued at over $24,000. Election Commission agreed that our elections needed to be changed.” See ELECTION on Page 2
Cortney Roark Asst. Arts & Culture Editor
from the field, they were just 1-of-5 on 3-point shot attempts and had three players commit five turnovers. “They are very strong post players,” Kentucky senior forward DeNesha Stallworth said in reference to Graves and Harrison. “Their guards do a great job of looking for them. I think our guards did a great job on ball pressure, which helped us. “We played tough in there and came out with a victory.”
See FRESHMEN on Page 2
INSIDE
ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 3
Claire Dodson Arts & Culture Editor
“Maybe it’s just me, but I’d much rather be a poor filmmaker than a rich engineer.” This is the mindset of Matt Miller, a junior hoping to change his major to the brand-new cinema studies program. His reasoning reflects the filmmaking interests of UT students, and starting fall of 2014, those interests will be acknowledged with the interdisciplinary program. While UT has had a cinema studies minor since the 80s, Charles Maland, J. Douglas Bruce professor of English, has spearheaded the effort to bring the major to campus because he says it will be “more practical to include a major with cinema history and production.” Currently, the cinema studies minor includes courses spread across multiple departments, including the College of Communication and Information and the College of Arts and Sciences. The new major will build on the minor, and students pursuing the minor will be able to count all of their cinema courses toward the major. “We had talked about it but didn’t really have economic support,” Maland said. “A couple of years ago, Sam Swan in JREM and I started talking about it. We had always had some students who would’ve liked to major in cinema. “We thought it would be nice for the students who really knew that’s the focus they wanted to have.” As the way people make movies has changed, the “economic” aspect of filmmaking has changed. These changes have made it less expensive for UT to offer production classes. “When courses were taught on 16 mil(limeter) film, the courses were expensive,” Maland said, “and it was hard to do production courses because you had to send out film for development. As we moved more and more to digital production, it’s gotten more efficient to teach those kinds of classes.”
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Bijou audience could ask for a little more after Edwin McCain’s performance Saturday
UT officials to introduce new cinema studies major for fall 2014
Dates to
Remember
Feb. 21
Candidates must submit all petitions and qualification forms.
Feb. 23
March 31
Political signs may be staked in the ground on and off campus. First Campaign Value Report must be submitted.
April 2
Second CVR must be submitted.
April 2-3
Mandatory SGA kick-off meeting for every candidate. Campaign websites and social media sites may go public. Voting is online.
Feb. 24
April 3
Candidates may begin speaking engagements.
Election results announced at 6:30 p.m. in the UC Shiloh Room.
March 7
April 4
Ballot posted on SGA website (votesga.utk.edu).
Final CVR must be submitted. Campus clean-up day of all campaign materials. INSIDE THE DAILY BEACON
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“We’re sorry to be the ones to have to inform the legislators of this, but your children, your neighbors’ children and the college students of Tennessee are having sex.” OPINIONS >>pg. 4
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