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UT President talks issues legislature in address >>See page 3

Students cook and connect on campus >>See page 4

Opinion: Reflections of a loveless student post Valentine’s Day >>See page 6 The Lady Vols suffered a 62-56 loss against the Gamecocks on Monday, Feb. 15.

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Lady Vols are lost in the numbers Trenton Duffer Copy Editor No. 25 Tennessee’s final possession in the first half against No. 3 South Carolina Monday night represented a microcosm of the season.

The Lady Vols were trailing 22-21 and had the ball with 12 seconds left on the clock. Instead of holding the ball for the last shot of the half and potentially taking a lead into halftime, the team rushed a three-pointer and missed poorly.

South Carolina center Alaina Coates grabbed the rebound and surged down to the other end of the court before passing it off to Tina Roy, who hit a jumper as the buzzer went off.

The Gamecocks carried a 24-21 lead into halftime and eventually went on to win the game 62-56.

Losing has almost seemed like the Lady Vols’ calling card this year.

Tennessee has reached 10 losses this season faster than any other team in program history, becoming the third 10-loss team since 1985-86 for the Lady Vols and the first since 2008-09.

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Tennessee’s six conference losses are also the most in program history.

Redshirt junior Andraya Carter was very vocal after Monday’s loss to South Carolina when asked about fans calling out the Lady Vols for their multiple defeats this season.

“I think a lot of fans forget that there’s a team that lost 10 games and still won a national championship,” Carter said. “(In) a lot of our losses, we’ve beaten ourselves.”

Statistically, the Lady Vols’ losses this year have been a mixture of good and bad. Although eight of the 10 teams that have beaten the squad are ranked higher than the Lady Vols in The Associated Press poll, their largest loss was a 14-point meltdown at home courtesy of a 15-10 Virginia Tech squad.

Bundle that Virginia Tech loss with a 64-59 road loss to a 10-15 Arkansas team and the program’s first ever defeat to Mississippi State, and the criticism of the Lady Vols landslide seems justified.

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Chattanooga’s police chief criticizes investigator on Ooltewah case

Detroit trades in veteran players for young forward

Anti-Beyonce protestors outnumbered in protest

Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher criticized the Gatlinburg investigator that ruled the incident between Ooltewah High School basketball players did not constitute rape. Gatlinburg Police detective Rodney Burns found the incident in which three high school basketball players ruptured the colon of a younger teammate with a pool cue as “something stupid kids do.” Burns stated that because there was no sexual gratification involved with the crime it could not be classified as a sexual assault. Fletcher said on his private Facebook that the crime was not merely hazing, but rather violent in nature and thus a sexual assault crime. Ooltewah head basketball coach Andre Montgomery, assistant coach Karl Williams and athletic director Jesse Nayadley were all charged with failing to report the hazing incident to child services. In the aftermath of the rape that sent the young player to the hospital, three other players came forward to say that had also been assaulted by present and former members of the Ooltewah basketball team.

In a trade with the Orlando Magic, the Detroit Pistons acquired Tobias Harris in exchange for Brandon Jennings and Ersan Ilyasova. Both Detroit and Orlando are currently out of playoff position this season, but Detroit (27-27) is only half a game behind Charlotte in winning the eighth and final spot in the Eastern Conference.

Through Harris, Detroit stands to gain a young forward with a strong shooting range, but the Pistons will carry over the four-year, $64 million deal he signed last year. While Detroit swapped Ilyasova for a younger forward in Harris, Orlando added veterans to their youthful team, with Jennings as point guard and Iylasova as forward.

Magic first year coach Scott Skiles has worked with Jennings and Ilyasova previously as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.

Tuesday, Feb. 16, protestors were scheduled to gather outside of the NFL Headquarters in New York in response to Beyonce’s “race-baiting stunt” halftime performance during Superbowl 50. Opponents claimed that the singer’s recent “Formation” music video and halftime performance included Black Lives Matter and Black Panther themes that incited violence and anti-police sentiments. Organizers of the protest sent out an evite via Eventbrite, which was linked back to an under-construction website of a group “Proud of the Blues — Civilian Fleet.” In addition, Proud of the Blues began circulating the hashtag #BoycottBeyonce. However, on Tuesday morning only three anti-Beyonce protestors were actually spotted outside of NFL Headquarters. In contrast, Beyonce supporters, who rallied in a counter-protest to back the singer, were outside of the building in more significant numbers.

USDA rules would increase food stamp access to healthy foods Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department unveiled new rules on Tuesday that would force retailers who accept food stamps to stock a wider variety of healthy foods or face the loss of business as consumers shop elsewhere.

The proposed rules are designed to ensure that the more than 46 million Americans who use food stamps have better access to healthy foods although they don’t dictate what people buy or eat. A person using food stamp dollars could still purchase as much junk food as they wanted, but they would at least have more options in the store to buy fruits, vegetables, dairy, meats and bread.

“USDA is committed to expanding access for SNAP participants to the types of foods that are important to a healthy diet,” Kevin Concannon, USDA undersecretary for food, nutrition and consumer services, said in a statement. “This proposed rule ensures that retailers who accept SNAP benefits offer a variety of products to support healthy choices for those participating in the program.”

In 2014, Congress required the Agriculture Department to develop regulations to make sure that stores that accept food stamp dollars, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, stock a wider array of healthy food choices.

Under current rules, SNAP retailers must stock at least three varieties of foods in each of four food groups: fruits and vegetables, dairy, breads and cereals, and meats, poultry and fish. The new rules would require the retailers to stock seven varieties in each food group, and at least three of the food groups would have to include perishable items. In all, the rules would require stores to stock at least 168 items that USDA considers healthy.

The proposal would also require that retailers have enough in stock of each item so that the foods would be continuously available.

The rules could mean that fewer convenience stores qualify to be SNAP retailers.

The convenience store industry has argued that it often operates the only stores that serve certain neighborhoods and at certain times, like overnight. Concannon said the department would try to ensure that the rules don’t affect SNAP recipients’ access to food retail-

ers, and the department may consider waiving the proposed requirements in some areas.

The rules come as a key House Republican is pushing for drug tests for food stamp recipients and new cuts to the program. Alabama Rep. Robert Aderholt, the chairman of the subcommittee that oversees USDA spending, introduced a bill last Thursday that would allow states to require drug testing. The move is designed to help states like Wisconsin, where Gov. Scott Walker has sued the federal government, to permit screening.

USDA has pushed back on such efforts, as it did when Republicans unsuccessfully attempted to cut 5 percent from the program during negotiations over the 2014 farm bill.

The push comes as SNAP use has skyrocketed — the program served more than 46 million Americans and cost $74 billion last year.

That’s twice the program’s 2008 cost.

“While I have not seen Rep. Aderholt’s proposed legislation, I have serious concerns about an approach that could deprive a family of access to food and basic necessities simply because a member of the family is struggling with addiction,” Vilsack said after Aderholt introduced the bill.

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UT’s supply chain program rated 3rd globally Alahnah Ligon

Assistant News Editor It is a great time to be one of the 900 undergraduate and graduate students in supply chain management this year.

The Haslam College of Business’s supply chain program was rated third in the world and first in logistics by Supply Chain Management World’s University 100 report.

“Tennessee tops the list for logistics professionals and is clearly building a relationship with industry that keeps it at the frontier of practical innovation,” the report reads.

Chad Autry, Supply Chain Management Department head, said UT’s supply chain program has been rated top five for at least three years in other publications, and that it was only a matter of time before the rest of the world got on board.

“We’ve always been ducking and dodging to get the elusive SCM World ranking,” Autry said. “We knew that eventually the rest of the world would catch up and that the global brands wouldn’t miss us.”

The supply chain, the largest major in the Haslam College of Business, climbed from 11th to 3rd in SCM World’s report, and Autry said he hopes to be in the number 2 slot by next year.

Katie Bahr, information specialist for the Haslam College of Business, said the leap could be a result of two things: SCM’s students and professors.

Bahr said SCM’s professors have been recognized in Forbes, Fortune, the Wall Street Journal and several other industry journals in 2015.

Autry attributed the success of SCM’s professors to the research they produce. “(The research) is truly cutting edge,” Autry said. “We have faculty doing things in research here that nobody else is doing.

We’re all highly engaged. We’re all always on fire. We’re all looking for the next best thing to do.”

Autry added that the esteem and research of SCM’s professors is what attracts students to supply chain, resulting in a 107 percent increase in supply chain majors since 2010.

“Students take to (research) like ducks to water,” Autry said. “They go and apply and hit the ground running.

“Students know that if they come to supply chain management, they’re going to get jobs. And they’re going to get good ones.”

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We have faculty doing things in research here that nobody else is doing. We’re all highly engaged.

We’re always on fire.

We’re all looking for the next best thing to do.”

Chad Autry, Supply Chain Management Department Head

Alex Clark, senior in supply chain management, said he applied to be a supply chain student with hope of attaining one of these jobs.

“I wanted to get a degree that I could absolutely use in the real world and get plenty of interest for a job once I graduate,” Clark said.

Clark was able to participate in two internships his sophomore and junior year and is currently operating as a supply chain manager for a Fortune 50 company, a job he is guaranteed to continue after graduation.

Autry said Clark’s case is not unlikely as supply chain’s job placement is estimated 100 percent 3 months after graduation with an average salary of $54,000 for undergraduates.

“If it’s not 100 percent, it’s because someone has chosen not to be placed,” Autry said.

But Clark said his success is largely due the support of his professors.

“The experience with the professors is really unparalleled,” Clark said. “Being able to reach out to professors who have a past, who have advice — you trust their word that they’re not just there to get a paycheck. They truly are involved in the supply chain management program.”

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DiPietro delivers State of the University

Tanner Hancock News Editor

UT President Joe DiPietro delivered the first ever State of the University address Tuesday evening where he discussed several issues surrounding the university.

Tuition Increases DiPietro specifically criticized Tennessee lawmaker’s recent attempts to freeze tuition hikes at the university. Senate Education Committee Chairman Dolores Gresham recently sponsored a bill that would freeze tuition and fees at their current levels until the 2018-19 school year, as well as require a governing-board approval for any tuition increase above 2 percent of the CPI. The law, which received a recommendation of approval from a state senate committee last week, would also fix tuition and other mandatory fees at freshman entry level costs.

Shifting the blame of rising tuition away from faculty salaries, DiPietro assured listeners that a university budget adviser group would continue to explore the problem to develop a solution that best fits the university.

“Sustainable funding remains our problem to own, and we will solve it,” DiPietro said.

Diversity Issues Referencing the recent controversy surrounding a post on the Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s website suggesting for holiday inclusivity practices, DiPietro remained firm in UT’s commitment towards its minority populations.

“Our concept of diversity extends beyond race and ethnicity,” DiPietro said. He referenced Blue Cross Blue Shield, FedEx and Nissan as just a few Tennessee companies that stress the importance of diversity in their business model, similar to the University of Tennessee.

“This does not mean that we seek to create an environment at UT in which everyone agrees with all the ideas and the approaches to life that they encounter,” DiPietro said of the often used criticism against UT’s diversity office.

Privatization True to his statement released last week, DiPietro stressed that he had not yet made up his mind whether to opt in or out of the state’s facility management initiative. DiPietro did meet with state government officials in Nashville to discuss privatization measures on campus prior to the address, though no final decision has yet been made.

“You are well aware that the long arm of government is reaching farther and farther into the operations of UT,” DiPietro said of the recent developments with the legislature, citing a desire to keep the decision process for matters affecting UT to those “who know our university best.”

Vice Chancellor for Facilities Services Dave Irvin publicly criticized Gov. Haslam’s privatization measures last week, saying that the move would be a “disaster” for the University of Tennessee system. DiPietro later released a statement calling Irvin’s opinions “regrettable” and stressing that he had not yet made a decision.

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Food, friends: UT’s cooking club Sam Kennedy

Staff Writer Some have said a better name for the Cooking Club at UT would be the “Eating and Socializing Club, ” since no cooking actually takes place at their meetings.

Instead, the members of the club cook and prepare the meals at home and bring them to the meetings to share with everyone. Students have brought everything from nachos, sausage, peppers, rice, beef stroganoff and even a Thanksgiving “feast.”

There are officially around 30 members in the club, however, only around 10 regularly attend the meetings that take place every other Monday.

The goal of the club is for students to take 30 minutes out of their day to relax and learn some recipes along the way.

The Cooking Club was founded in January 2015 and continues to gain members every week.

The founder, Brandon Clackum, senior in mathematics, came up with the idea of a cooking club when thinking about how many students waste money on campus food or eat out often. Clackum said although fast food may be convenient, the students do not realize the health or money they can save by just cooking themselves.

The club’s co-founder, Nicole Lawrence, sophomore in accounting, met Clackum in class one day, and he told her about how he wanted to start a club. Together they came up with different ideas, and to their surprise, UT did not have a Cooking Club.

“I have been cooking and baking for years.

It’s kind of my thing,” Lawrence said. “So that is why I thought a cooking club would be a great idea.”

Since Lawrence loves both cooking and

The Cooking Club meets biweekly on Mondays and was founded in January of 2015. All Photos by Akshata Dusa • The Daily Beacon

baking, she usually contributes to the club by bringing different types of cookies, brownies and cakes.

Every meeting is a meal in itself, and each member will contribute by bringing some food. Usually, the members plan out what meal they feel like eating, and each member will bring a part of it. Then, at the meetings, the members eat and socialize.

“My favorite thing about being in the club would have to be just coming in and being able to socialize and talk about different aspects our day,” Lawrence said. “Also, the food is definitely a bonus.”

Tiffany Cantrell, sophomore in history, said that she found out about the club by being roommates with one of the founders.

Lawrence invited her to join the club, and she has been coming to the meetings ever since.

“The best thing, in my opinion, that someone has brought to the meetings would have to be when one of our members, Scott, brought

these cheese and crackers with mangos and chives,” Cantrell said. “It sounds weird, but it was a really good appetizer.”

Although some of the members have been cooking for years, there is no experience required to join the club. Participants exchange recipes and can teach new members all that they need to know. Also, if a member lives in a dorm or lives somewhere with limited or no access to a kitchen, the rest of the club can help set them up with a situation where they can cook.

“We have future plans of cooking and taking the food out on the street and giving it to whoever needs it. Overall though, we just aim to have fun,” Clackum said.

There are no fees required to join the club; the only money spent is on food to cook and feed everyone. Students can join the club on Facebook at “Cooking Club @ UTK,” or by registering on the VolLink website.

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Judah & the Lion performs another unconventional show Marina Waters Staff Writer

There were not many genres the eclectic folk band Judah & the Lion did not cover during the band’s second show of their two-night run at the Bijou Theatre.

After a chill-inducing surge of blinding lights lit up the historic theatre, the indie genre-mixing band added flame to the fire with a fiery combination of rap, banjo picking, electric guitar riffs and spontaneous hip-hop dance sessions right out of the gate. But theirs was a sound that lead singer Judah Akers promised would cater to at least one of any listener’s musical desires — and he could not have been more right.

This combination of musical styles is one the band proudly displayed through the new songs they performed, which are soon to be released on their third studio album, “Folk Hop N’ Roll.” As the name suggests, none of these songs provided a clear label on where you could stick these folky hip-hop songsters; the only clear pattern was an undeniably fun night that was completely telling of the outlandish band’s identity.

Though Judah & the Lion clearly wanted to sample their upcoming album track list,

Indie folk band Judah & the Lion kicked off their Folk Hop N’ Roll tour with two nights at the Bijou Theatre Sunday and Monday night.

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they saved room for their older songs and crowd favorites. The band took off full-speed ahead with their stuttering, banjo-blasting tune, “Kicking Da Leaves” which turned the isles into a dance floor.

Explaining their unorthodox style and hoping to inspire the crowd’s own release of personality, Akers prefaced their next off-the-wall track by saying, “we’re just gonna be ourselves, so we expect you to be too.”

True to his word, what followed was a short band twerking session to their cover of T-Pain’s derrière anthem, “Booty Wurk,” which was followed by more classic Judah & the Lion songs that clearly stole the show.

The band sang their love song to the Volunteer State, “Sweet Tennessee,” which served as the closest thing to a slow down throughout the night. However, the highlight was their banjo-heavy, Mason-Dixon-themed tune, “Southern Ground,” accompanied by snippets of the UT anthem “Rocky Top,” the old church hymn “I’ll Fly Away” and spontaneous flat footing from the electrified folk band.

They might have created a smorgasbord of genres that do not seem like they would mesh, but with a little fun and a care-free attitude, Judah & the Lion once again proved why Knoxville keeps them and their unconventional shows coming back for more.

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When winking more and smoking less stops working

Adam Weatherell Dreaming of Dolly

Isn’t it funny how we refer to the deepest pits of winter as the “dead,” as in the dead of winter?

Well, if you have looked outside at any point in the past weekend, Knoxville is nothing if not dead.

Also, so is Scalia. Scalia and Knoxville are dead.

It seems fitting that Valentines Day should fall on one of the coldest stretches of the year and that it should couple Reagan’s favorite pet’s death. Sorry, Ron. Valentine’s Day is just another reminder that we are all slowly dying anyway.

As for me, I spent most of my V-Day in the only way I know how: napping. I’m still working on my New Year’s Resolution to wink more and smoke less, and at least I know I am smoking less. It’s February, and aside from that one pack my friend left in the back seat of my car, I have yet to buy a pack of smokes. Also, as of this point, I have been on three dates and not even made out with one of them. I am finally growing into the person I always thought I would be: single.

Maybe it’s just the newness of it, but college relationships sure seem to translate well into a social

media presence. I know that it seems trite to complain about the plethora of amorous posts that clog the airways these days, so I will attempt to refrain. But I still just can’t seem to understand how so many people have found their one and only while I can’t even find my wallet.

When I listen to Taylor Swift, it is only with a vague understanding of a relationship. I can’t help but wonder what life is like to have a face to pair all your T-Swift songs to. I love T-Swift. I love love songs, but it’s ironic because I don’t really have anyone to love.

Is that antithetical? To feign this feeling of love in a creative sense, while never having actually felt said feeling in a holistic sense? For me, it all harkens back to a Grey’s Anatomy episode where Christina is dating the red headed doctor, and she asks ‘how do you know it’s love?’ And he says that the love songs start to make sense. I am still waiting for that moment, my Grey’s Anatomy moment, but I think I am done trying to actively seek it. It’s just tiresome. I think I’ve finally developed enough foresight to see that I don’t want to

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wait for a stranger to leave my bedroom, and I am tired of being the sightless cretin that leaves other people’s bedrooms before they wake up. I used to wonder if I would have a slutty phase, and now I think I’ve passed it.

Gosh, I know I am just being morose on account of the deplorable weather outside, and that soon I will be living in Hawaii or Bali or somewhere where I don’t have to wear pants to take out the recycling.

I really am happy for those of my friends that have found love, regardless of where it is. I hope that it stays, and I hope that they think of me when T-Swift does that deep breathing thing in “Wildest Dreams.”

Until then, I’ll just keep bunkered in my room until the ground thaws and it’s safe to start wearing shorts again.

Go Vols.

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

Treating every day like Valentine’s Day Maria Smith Bleeding Orange, Being Different

Love thy neighbor.

Treat everyone how you would want to be treated.

Always say please and thank you.

Starting early in life, we are taught some of the most simplistic forms of love and appreciation. How heavily implemented they are in our upbringing and whether we maintain them is a whole different story.

This past weekend, I thought I was without a valentine. I was convinced that yet another weekend would be spent drowning myself in homework while waiting to put in my next load of laundry and admiring the cards sent by my mom and grandma (thanks again).

But thanks to the love and appreciation from a great friend, I ended up not dreading the mushy-gushy atmosphere of Sunday. Instead, I was thankful and in a better mood. It was as if my original dread for the weekend didn’t exist at all and no longer carried any weight on my conscious. Love will do that to you.

Although I had my perspective turned around for the better, numerous people probably had their Valentine’s Day rocked in the total opposite direction.

Instead of receiving romantically fueled vibes of admiration and glee, they received the equivalent of poop in a litter box, a common occurrence that nobody enjoys approaching with an appreciative mindset.

I think it’s interesting how on designated days of the year, love is a mandatory requirement that can not be declined unless the unfortunate occurs, which is not as rare as many may think. Let’s be honest, despite the holiday, this is still real life. But what if we instinc-

If we restrain ourselves from accepting and appreciating other people’s differences, then we are not actually loving them.”

tively treated each other with a perfect Valentine’s Day amount of love and appreciation all the time?

Let’s pretend that life didn’t have an unequal amount of ups and downs and that no one received heartache on a daily basis, whether it be from romantic relationships or societal pressures. Do you even know how big of a difference this would make? Can you fathom the endless possibilities of true brotherly love in a society fueled on making ends meet, or better, by any means necessary? It would be too euphoric to be real, yet too relieving to let go. But how would we get there?

Loving thy neighbor.

Treating everyone how you would want to be treated.

By always saying please and thank you.

Simple acts of respect and appreciation.

Of course this seems simple now. I bet many of you are thinking, “Well, I’ve been doing that! I open doors for people and say thank you all the time!” Even though these are acts of common courtesy, especially in the South, it’s not enough.

How you conduct your thoughts on others and their differences, as well as what you choose to judge behind closed doors, are major factors that go into respecting, appreciating and loving others with all of our capabilities. If we restrain ourselves from accepting and appreciating other people’s differences, then we are not actually loving them. Instead, we are taking what we choose to accept and respecting that, rather than seeing the person as a whole, and that’s just not fair.

As a diverse student body, we should try to make everyday a euphoric Valentine’s Day, not only so that we can grow together, but also so that we can better blend together to show the true unique, combinations that make our orange UT orange — rather than just another “O” in the ROY G BIV spectrum.

Love will do that to us, so let’s try it.

Maria Smith is a sophomore in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at msmit304@ 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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Mystery Modernist reveals artist’s true self Jared Sebby Copy Editor

Monday night’s Grammy Awards brought fresh celebrity drama, knockout music performances and (of course) a formal list of everything worthwhile in 2015 music.

Here is a taste of what the academy found worth remembering: “Alright” Kendrick Lamar

“Blank Space” Taylor Swift

“Thinking Out Loud” Ed Sheeran

“Don’t Wanna Fight” Alabama Shakes

“Cirice” Ghost

“Drones” Muse

“Earned It” The Weeknd

“Traveller” Chris Stapleton

“Girl Crush” Little Big Town

“Little Ghetto Boy” Lalah Hathaway

Have you heard of Petra Andrejova-Molnár, or P.A., the eastern European interwar modernist?

Most attendees of Monday night’s lecture

by Katarina Burin, an artist and lecturer from Harvard University, had not heard of P.A. either.

Burin presented her lecture, “Contribution and Collaboration: The Work of Petra Andrejova-Molnár and her Contemporaries,” on Monday as part of the Church lecture series.

The presentation began with the lore of how this unknown artist, who Burin called “one of the most overlooked architects of the 20th century,” became known for her revolutionary examples of international and mid-century modernism in the fields of graphic, furniture and architectural design.

To accompany the lecture, Burin presented several recreated pieces of P.A.’s furniture and architecture from her original drawings, which will remain on display in Gallery 103 of the Art and Architecture building for the next few

weeks.

At this point, it may come as some surprise to discover that Petra Andrejova-Molnár never existed at all, except as Burin’s artistic persona.

From a young age, Burin was fascinated by the pencil-and-paper architectural drawings of the 20th century. As a professional visual artist, she began a years-long study on early and mid-century modernism, culminating in the body of work which Burin attributes to her P.A. character.

“What led me to (the project) was the desire to have the drawings and the work that I was making as a visual artist to have a life outside of themselves and to have a function that wasn’t merely aesthetic somehow,” Burin said.

“I felt like that would give me the license to draw and make things in different styles, and outdated and outmoded ways.”

As the project became more involved, Burin moved from simple drawings to architectural models, miniatures and even staged photographs, gradually creating a fictional world of eastern European modernism. At the heart of that world is P.A., who presents a feminist commentary on the male-dominated design culture of the period.

“That was part of the draw to some of those; looking at Eileen Gray and Charlotte Perriand, who were the only woman examples of [celebrity designers] – somewhat, they didn’t get that status until much later,” Burin said. “I was really intrigued by the notion of the genius architect and the ways in which that singular voice had represented so much that, in a sense, I knew that there would be so much else underneath and behind those architects, basically functioning and helping them make their work.”

Beauvais Lyons, chancellor’s professor in UT’s School of Art, likens Burin’s work to a theatrical performance.

“I think probably the best analogy is the liberating feeling of playing a character. So you wear the clothing and you sort of method act and become that figure,” Lyons said.

“That kind of mask can allow you to become more yourself sometimes, so maybe as P.A., Katarina’s more herself.”

The next Church lecture will be hosted by David Benjamin from The Living, a New Yorkbased organic design firm, and will take place on Feb. 29 at 5:30 p.m. All lectures are free and open to the public.

Debut edition of Spider-Man comic headed to auction Associated Press CALVERTON, N.Y. — Walter Yakoboski scraped together nearly every penny he made as short-order cook in 1979 to begin buying a small collection of rare comic books for $10,000, hoping his boyhood passion could one day pay off as an investment.

That day may soon be here.

Yakoboski’s copy of “Amazing Fantasy” No. 15 from 1962 — which introduced the world to Spider-Man — could fetch $400,000 or more when it goes up for auction later this month.

“This is the first time I really sold anything,” said the 60-year-old Yakoboski, who wants to use the proceeds to buy his late father’s 17-acre vegetable farm in Calverton on eastern Long Island.

He insisted that the fact that he was recently laid off as a supermarket baker after more than 27 years is not the reason he’s selling now.

“I have had it for 36 years and it’s just time,” said Yakoboski, who is also is selling a 1963 Spider-Man, as well as two “Fantastic Four” editions and a “Justice League of America,” which combined could bring an additional $75,000.

But the crown jewel is the “Amazing Fantasy” issue, which Yakoboski originally purchased individually for $1,200 in 1980.

Its cover, featuring a price of 12 cents, shows Spider-Man clutching a villain in one arm and swinging from his web with the other.

Stan Lee and Steve Ditko co-created the web-slinger and his alter ego, the educationally gifted but awkward Peter Parker, whose life changed forever when he was bitten by a radioactive spider. It paved the way for Spider-Man adventures on television and the big screen.

Lon Allen, managing director of the comics department at Dallas-based Heritage Auctions — which is conducting the sale Thursday — said there are probably 4,000 to 5,000 copies of “Amazing Fantasy” No. 15 in circulation. But Yakoboski’s copy is in nearly mint condition.

“It was graded 9.4 on a scale of 1 to 10, that’s what makes it super desirable and really special,” Allen said. “Whoever buys this comic will be joining an elite club.”

Allen said a private collector reportedly paid $1.1 million for a near-mint copy of “Amazing Fantasy” No. 15 in 2011, but estimated the $400,000 or more Yakoboski’s edition may fetch could be a record for a public auction of the comic book.

Vincent Zurzolo, co-owner of New Yorkbased Metropolis Collectibles, said the $1.1

million sale — which he was involved with — involved a comic book graded higher at 9.6.

“This book will do great; it’s an incredibly important book,” said Zurzolo. “When you have a sale like this there is a residual effect on the entire market, so that also makes it very exciting. It’s definitely a special book.”

Yakoboski admits he never thought about such a payday when he began reading comic books as a child, sometimes sneaking away from trips to the library to visit a nearby comic books store.

The collecting of rare editions continued as an adult and Yakoboski says mother thought it was a crazy way to spend his hard-earned money. His most cherished copies were stashed in a bank safety deposit box — he still has 38 prized editions left — while lesser comics fill cabinets in his Middle Island, New York, home.

Heritage Auctions’ Allen credits Yakoboski for having a good eye for what might become valuable. He said while others sought to buy entire collections, Yakoboski targeted what he thought were the highest quality and rarest comics.

“The best stuff always outpaces the market, and he bought the best stuff,” Allen said. “That was genius.”

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Tennessee track and field program gaining national prominence Shane Switzer Staff Writer Tennessee fans may love a winner, but they have two national top 10 teams and most probably do not even know it.

The Tennessee Track and Field program claims both teams. The men are ranked No. 2 while the women come in at No. 7. The women leapt seven spots from No. 14 last week to No. 7 this week, while the men moved up five spots.

This is the first time both teams are in the top 10 since the 2008 indoor season.

For the men, this is their highest ranking since being No.1 back in 2008. This is also the highest the women have been ranked since 2011; they were No. 7 then as well.

In the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association preseason poll, the men were No. 15 while the women were outside the top 25.

The Vols have performed well with 13 marks that rank in the top 10 in the country. Six men and seven women own those marks. Both the men and women’s 4x400 meter relay teams are in the top 10.

The women’s 4x4 is No. 7 while the men are No. 9.

Sophomore Christian Coleman is a name that pops up a lot on the top 10 lists. Coleman is No. 1 nationally in the 60 meter dash and No. 4 in the 200 meter. Sophomore Nathan Strother has also put in strong performances for the Vols. Strother is currently No. 4 in the 400 meters.

Both Coleman and Strother are a part of the 4x400 meter relay team. In her second year at Tennessee, head coach Beth Alford-Sullivan said Coleman had a step out weekend and produced against some of the best competition in the country this past weekend at the Tyson Invitational.

“We are very proud of him,” AlfordSullivan said. “I was thrilled with 20.70, and now it’s 20.59. It’s just amazing.”

Alford-Sullivan said she is excited about Coleman’s progress toward the SEC Championships but also wants to see him stay humble and keep working hard.

“Nathan Strother, we’ve been seeing it coming and coming and coming,” AlfordSullivan said. “His training has been outstanding. I’ve been able to see a lot of his workouts, and he has stepped up.

He’s motivated, and he is a very talented young man.”

Also performing at a high level for the Vols have been seniors Chelsea Blaase and

Felicia Brown. Blaase is No. 3 in the 5,000 meter run while Brown is No. 2 in the 200 meter and No. 10 in the 60 meter. Junior transfer Kali Davis-White is No. 7 in the 60 and No. 9 in the 200 meter.

There is a downside though; the track team is young. It is mostly seniors and red-shirt seniors putting in those great performances and earning high scores for the Vols which boost them up in the polls.

By looking at the roster, you will see a lot of freshman and sophomores. On the men’s side alone, they have 24 freshman.

The women tally 14 to bring the overall total to 38 freshmen.

They lack experience, and experience is needed to make a team truly championship competitive. Alford-Sullivan feels that the teams are coming together, is honored by the ranking and it gives them a lot of confidence but said it is just a prediction of what they could do.

“It’s a ranking,” Alford-Sullivan said.

“It’s not a result.”

It is very possible that Tennessee walks away from the SEC Championships with individuals that win a SEC Championship but an overall team championship could be a year or two away.

Tennessee has performed extremely well against opponents from other Power

Five conferences, but their toughest competition will come Feb. 26 and 27 at the SEC Championships. Ranked in the top 5 alongside the Vols are, Arkansas at No. 1, Texas A&M at No. 3 and LSU at No. 4. Georgia is No. 8 and Florida is No. 10.

That’s just the men’s side of the top 25.

On the women’s side, there are eight other SEC teams in the top 25, with Florida, Georgi, and Arkansas in the top five.

The Vols have matched up with these teams already this season but not all at the same time and not with an SEC title on the line. Tennessee has performed well; the rankings reflect that, but the biggest challenge is still to come.

Tennessee brought Alford-Sullivan to rebuild a track program that had fallen on hard times in recent years, and while the success and turn around seems immediate, she is still in her second year and is building for the future.

“Tennessee is stepping back into the game, but it’s our first time back in the game in this era,” Alford-Sullivan said.

“We still have a lot of work to do, and we’ll stay humble and hunker down and train hard and prepare to continue to just do our best each weekend.”

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Alexander growing into his role at Tennessee Troy Provost-Heron Training Editor Rick Barnes had to filter through 30 years of memories to remember the last prospect he had similar to Kyle Alexander, whose freshman campaign marks just his third year of playing basketball.

“I’d have to think back, probably while I was an assistant at George Mason (1980-85), and we were trying to build that program,” Barnes said Tuesday. “We took some guys like that, that hadn’t been playing very long, and guys that ended up having pretty good careers.”

Alexander’s career is in its beginning stages, but recently he has made the transition from long, lanky developmental player to the Vols (12-13, 5-7 SEC) starting big man.

The 6-foot-9, 215-pound forward has made four consecutive starts and should make his fifth in UT’s contest against No. 14 Kentucky (19-6.

9-3) on Thursday (TV: ESPN, 7:00 p.m.) inside Rupp Arena.

“I think, as a freshman, I didn’t really expect

too much,” Alexander said. “You just kind of hope that you can make an impact on the team and just kind of contribute a little bit. But I think I’m definitely doing a lot more than I thought I could.

“You know, only playing basketball for two years I didn’t think that I could come in and have a major role on the team, but I’m liking how much I’m being able to contribute right now.”

Alexander may not have expected to contribute as much as he has, but from the moment he stepped on campus he’s been working toward it.

The Milton, Ontario, Canada native spent a lot of time in the gym this summer adding muscle to his wiry frame. In practice, he flashed an ability that would help him excel in Barnes’ up-tempo offense.

“We knew through the summer that he was going to play more than probably he might have thought,” Barnes said. “We watched the way that he would run the floor and do things and we watched how much time he put in the gym.”

Alexander, though, hit the freshman wall late in the summer when the “grind of the summer and the academic side” of school “flooded him

all at once.”

He failed to record double-digit minutes until the Vols’ Nov. 28, 2015 contest against Nebraska, but made his first career start four games later against ETSU on Dec. 22.

Against TCU on Jan. 30, Alexander played 31 minutes, corralled 11 rebounds and blocked six shots, tying a single-game program record. He’s started every game since.

“I think that it’s kind of shown me that the coaches have faith in me and have faith in my abilities and what I can be and in what I’m doing right now,” Alexander said. “So I just have to keep working not to let them down. “(I’ve been) trying to stay in the gym and just make sure I come out every game with the mindset that I need to do something special so that the coaches don’t lose their trust in me.”

At this point, Alexander’s biggest contributions have come on the defensive end, averaging a little less than one block per game (.96) and using his length to affect offenses, especially when UT goes zone.

Barnes says he needs to get stronger to prevent from getting “over-matched” in the post,

but it is his offensive game that needs to be developed the most.

A turnaround jumper, one that Alexander has been working on all season, against Auburn on Feb. 9 was a small flash of his growth in that area already, but he knows he still has a ways to go.

“I’m working right now on (becoming) a low-post presence, working on my shot around the basket,” Alexander said. “That’s where our team needs something right now is somebody they can throw the ball into on the inside. I’ve been making an impact defensively a little bit right now, so if I can add some on the offensive end I can really help contribute to the team a little bit more.”

Twenty-five games into his UT career, though, Alexander is contributing more than most envisioned.

And Barnes is glad the budding Canadian is doing so in a Tennessee uniform.

“There’s no doubt, we think he’s got a terrific future,” Barnes said. “… He’s trying, and we’re just all pleased to death that he’s a part of this program.”

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Carter is not buying that. Instead, she is opting to ignore the outside voices.

“A lot of that negativity, you really just have to tune it out,” Carter added. “A lot of it is coming from people who are just sitting at home. They’re fans, and they mean well, but they really just don’t know. I think they get caught up in their emotions and the (losses).”

Looking at the Lady Vols from a numbers standpoint, turnovers and three-point shooting have been daggers in the team’s chest all season. With head coach Holly Warlick admitting that her ideal number of turnovers per game is around the “12-14 mark,” the Lady Vols have given the ball away 425 turnovers this season, which is an average of 17 giveaways per game.

The turnovers have come at inopportune times, resulting in opponents going on runs that would later doom the Lady Vols. The only instance this year where the team had fewer than 11 turnovers came in a win against No. 7 Oregon State on December 19. In that game against the Beavers, the Lady Vols only committed nine turnovers, which makes Warlick’s statement during Monday’s postgame press conference ring true.

“We clean up the turnovers, and we’ll be in business,” the fourth-year coach said.

Missing from beyond the arc has been an Achilles heel for the Lady Vols all season long. The team is collectively shooting 26 percent from three-point land, the lowest percentage in the SEC. The Lady Vols have only hit 98 of their 377 threes they have attempted this season.

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Diamond DeShields, who is hitting 23 of her 103 three attempts (.223 percentage), said that the team still has confidence in the locker room and on the court.

“We have a lot of negativity surrounding us, but this is a moment where we just lean on each other,” the redshirt sophomore said. “It’s the 12 players in the locker room and the four coaches, and that’s all we’re listening to. We’re keying in on each other. We’re tuning in, and that’s all we have moving forward.”

With the inaccuracy from three-point land and 17 turnovers a game weighing them down, not all is dark for the Lady Vols. The team’s free throw shooting is at a solid 71.1 percent, which is the third-highest percentage in the conference.

Mercedes Russell and Bashaara Graves are both nearly averaging double-doubles this season, as well. Russell is averaging 10.6 points and 8.8 rebounds per game, and Graves is putting up 10 points and snagging 8.2 rebounds a game.

Jaime Nared and Te’a Cooper have also surprised with their defensive ability and scoring outbursts.

“We’re in great shape. It’s mental for us,” Warlick said after the team’s December win over East Tennessee State.

“A lot of people aren’t going to come watch talented people be average, and I’m not going to sit back and watch it, as well.”

Whatever the case, whether it be the turnovers or the three-point shooting, the Lady Vols have not lived up to the hype they were receiving at the beginning of the season.

With three of the last four games remaining being against the bottom three teams in the conference (Alabama, Ole Miss and LSU, respectively), the Lady Vols have a limited time to right the ship before the SEC Tournament in March Andraya Carter attempts to score against South Carolina on and eventual NCAA Tournament later that month.

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