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Shout-out to Facilities Services >>See page 3

Opinion: “People are weird, and dating is weirder.” >>See page 6

Former Vol busted for misconduct >>See page 8

Comedy show enters second and last season

JoAnna Brooker Contributor

Sports are usually the norm for Knoxville television shows. One comedy duo, however, wanted to make anything but a sports show.

The aptly named “Not A Sport Show,” was created by Josh Lampley, senior in journalism and electronic media, and Connor Thompson, who graduated from UT with a degree in philosophy a year and a half ago.

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Lampley and Thompson also act, write, direct, cast and edit the entire show.

Lampley got the idea to make a show after getting involved with producers at TVC. “I asked them if there had ever been a comedy show here,” Lampley said. “And after watching the one episode made, I thought, ‘I can do better than that.’”

Lampley approached Thompson for help after hearing that Thompson was involved in stand-up comedy. The two had worked together as RAs for Hess Hall in years prior.

“Josh approached me and said ‘Hey, I want to do a TV show for UT TV,’” Thompson recalled. “And I said ‘I didn’t know we had a TV station … But I’d love to.’”

When the duo pitched the show to the network, they were given the green light, but not necessarily any direction.

“We went to the library and checked out some DSLRs and made every mistake along the way, but we ended up here,” Thompson said.

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rented DSLRs — digital single-lens reflex cameras — has turned into a show with a late-night vibe and green screen magic. This shift was a highly intentional move.

“We wanted a place for the show to be based out of, so we could still have sketches but have that familiarity of always going back to the same place,” Lampley explained. “In the past our content was all over the place, and we want people to keep interested in it.”

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Columbia police chief resigns after probing investigation

Nike cuts ties with Pacquiao after derogatory comments

Kanye admits to being millions of dollars in debt

General Rodolfo Palomino, head of Columbia’s police force, has resigned amidst a sexual conduct investigation filed against him. Throughout the investigation, Palomino has maintained he is innocent.

The charges on Palomino include: alleged abuse of salary following the purchase of a luxury home outside of Bogota, performing illegal wiretaps on journalists, participating in a male prostitution ring forcing young cadets to give sexual favors to higher ranking officers and members of congress, and abusing his position for various other sexual favors. These accusations have intermittently surfaced over the past three years, but have recently monopolized media attention, lending to Palomino’s resignation this week.

Former deputy director of Columbia police, General Jorge Nieto, will promptly replace Palomino as police chief.

Nike terminated its endorsement contract with Manny Pacquiao Wednesday after the famous boxer made demeaning comments about same-sex couples. Pacquiao compared homosexuals to animals on a Filipino television station earlier in the week. “Have you seen any animal having male-to-male or female-to-female relations?” Pacquiao said on the station. “If you have male-to-male or female-to-female (relationships), then people are worse than animals.” He received immediate backlash for his comments and later had to apologize for his remarks on Twitter. He accompanied a video with the tweet that featured him wearing a Nike shirt.

“We find Manny Pacquiao’s comments abhorrent,” Nike said in a statement. “Nike strongly opposes discrimination of any kind and has a long history of supporting and standing up for the rights of the LGBT community.” Pacquiao endorsed Nike for eight years.

On Feb. 13, Kanye West sent out a tweet disclosing that he is $53 million in personal debt. This news was shared as West released his new album, “The Life of Pablo,” in addition to the launch of his clothing line. West felt that releasing this news publicly would prevent anyone who was already privy to the information from leveraging it against him in negotiations. West cited on Twitter that people who have known about the debt have, in fact, tried to use it against him. West has also reached out to Facebook founder Mark Zucerkberg, requesting that Zuckerberg invest $1 billion in Kanye’s creative pursuits.

Reports are now questioning West’s original claim that the $53 million is actually “personal debt.” West still maintains that the majority, if not all of the $53 million figure, resulted from money that West personally invested in his music and fashion brands.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Therapists and counselors in Tennessee could decline to treat patients on the basis of “sincerely held religious beliefs” under a bill passed by the state Senate on Wednesday.

Opponents argued that counselors shouldn’t be allowed to deny treatment of people in crisis because they are gay, transgender or practice a different religion. But the chamber ultimately voted 27-5 in favor of the bill sponsored by Republican Sen. Jack Johnson of Franklin, who said it is aimed at being able to refer patients to “people who specialize in this.”

The bill is part of a wave of state legislative proposals to allow clergy, businesses or state officials to refuse certain services to certain people based on religious views, an after-effect of the Supreme Court’s ruling on gay marriage.

It’s not the first time state lawmakers have tried to take a stand on counseling issues. A proposal to make Colorado the fifth state to

ban gay-conversion therapy failed last year, and a renewed effort this year faces strong opposition from Republicans.

Jennifer Pizer, a senior attorney for the gay rights group Lambda Legal, said that while proposals targeting counseling rules have cropped up in other states, Tennessee may be first to have it pass a legislative chamber.

“This kind of a bill confuses pastoral counseling with mental health care,” Pizer said in a phone interview from Los Angeles.

“The reason mental health professionals are licensed and held to professional standards is to protect patients who are seeking mental health care and not seeking pastoral or religious counseling.”

Sen. Steve Dickerson of Nashville, a doctor and the lone Republican to vote against the bill, said he would never refuse treatment to anyone.

“When you choose to go into the healing arts, you give up a certain amount of latitude,” Dickerson said. “If you choose to become a counselor or choose to become a doctor, you treat whoever comes through your door.”

But fellow Republican Sen. Mark Green of Clarksville, another physician, said that he

regularly refers patients seeking birth control to another doctor.

“I am allowed to refer that patient to another provider and not prescribe the morningafter pill based on my religious beliefs,” Green said. “This amendment allows another medical profession — therapists and psychologists and psychiatrists — to do the same thing.”

Republican Rep. Joey Hensley, another physician from Hohenwald, said having counselors refer clients to other professionals makes sense if “they believe that that patient’s lifestyle is causing their problem.”

Johnson, the bill’s sponsor, said the legislation is an effort to overturn a 2014 change in the American Counseling Association’s code of ethics that says counselors should “refrain from referring prospective and current clients based solely on the counselor’s personally held values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.”

“I’m not aware of a problem that existed prior to the amended code of ethics in 2014,” Johnson said. “All we’re doing is reverting to that code of ethics. It seemed to work very well for many, many years.”

The House version is scheduled for a subcommittee vote next week.

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Next snow day, thank Facilities Services Travis Dorman Staff Writer

Every time it snows, there is a team of people that work to ensure that students, professors and visitors can navigate UT’s campus safely.

These people are Facilities Services.

For Assistant Director of Facilities Services Jason Cottrell — and his snow removal crew — game time begins as soon as the National Weather Service announces the possibility of inclement winter weather.

Facilities Services assembles key players of its snow response team in order to conduct a prestorm event meeting. During these meetings, the team reviews the latest forecasts, analyzes what type of storm is coming, determines what resources will be required and develops a plan of action to defeat the weather.

“We will typically have a meeting a day or two before the event, and then we’ll have one within 24 hours before the event. It just depends on how the system changes,” Cottrell said, referencing the unpredictability of East Tennessee weather.

If there is no rain before the snow, team members begin their snow removal process by

driving trucks with self-made salt brine rigs.

The brine, which Facilities Services mix themselves, prevents ice and snow from bonding with pavement surfaces, keeping it loose and easy to remove.

Director of Operations for Facilities Services Bob Caudill said that if there is a substantial amount of rain before the winter weather, the snow response team is unable to use salt brine as a preventative measure.

“If it starts out as rain, it can wash all the brine away which would make it a waste to put it on,” Caudill said. “A lot of our reaction depends on the weather’s action.”

When the snow and ice is on the ground and the response team is ready, everyone swings into action simultaneously to begin clearing the roads, sidewalks and parking lots.

“The only way we can clean up campus efficiently is if everything gets touched at the same time,” Cottrell said. “Everything is delegated out — that’s the key.”

Different groups within Facilities Services are assigned to clear different parts of campus.

Building Services shovels the paths from the building entrances to the main sidewalks of areas around the Hill, Neyland Stadium and Circle Park. The Rapid Response Team takes care of Sorority Village, Building Finishes clears

UT students enjoy snow days in the early months of 2014.

• File Photo Fraternity Park and Zone Maintenance cleans up building entrances for the rest of campus.

Landscape Services is the section respon-

sible for operating the heavy equipment to clear roads, parking lots and the sidewalks and steps of common areas.

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Humans of Knoxville

Cancer charities accused of massive fraud Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The president of two Tennessee-based cancer charities accused of spending donations on six-figure salaries and luxury vacations has agreed to relinquish control of the businesses.

In one of the largest cases of its kind, the Federal Trade Commission last year accused James T. Reynolds Sr. and others of engaging in a “massive, nationwide fraud” involving “sham charities.”

Court documents filed this month say Reynolds agreed to temporarily hand over control of Knoxville-based Cancer Fund of America and Cancer Support Services to a receiver while a settlement is pending.

The complaint says the charities spent less than 3 percent of contributions from individual donors on the cash and goods sent to cancer patients and nonprofits in the United States.

Cancer Fund of America’s direct patient aid program consisted of giving out boxes of “seemingly random items” that typically included Carnation Instant Breakfast drink, adult briefs and bed pads and things like sample-sized soaps, Little Debbie snack cakes and blank seasonal greeting cards, according to the complaint.

Individuals received the same items regard-

less of age, gender or clothing size. The complaint says the charity did not consult with medical professionals about the usefulness of the items to cancer patients.

“Reynolds’ explanation for buying Little Debbie Snack Cakes for cancer patients was because ‘they make people happy.’ He justified a switch to purchasing Moon Pies because they ‘make you happier,’” the complaint says.

Cancer Support Services also claimed to provide services to cancer patients, including hospice care, but actually existed solely to raise money for Cancer Fund of America, according to the complaint.

Reynolds’ son and ex-wife previously agreed to settlements involving two other related charities — the Children’s Cancer Fund of America, based in Powell and the Breast Cancer Society based in Mesa, Arizona.

A longtime associate who was the former president of Cancer Support Services also settled.

According to the complaint, the four charities raised more than $187 million between 2008 and 2012. Donor contributions financed personal loans; paid for trips to Las Vegas, New York and Disney World; and purchased cars, college tuition, gym memberships, Jet Ski outings, dating website subscriptions and luxury cruises.

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Question: What has been the funniest experience you have had while living with a community style bathroom?

Answer: “I would have to say the other night when I walked in the bathroom during the middle of the night, to hear some ‘sounds’ definitely coming from a girl in the guys community bathroom ... I can only imagine what they were up to.”

- Andrew Poole, Freshman (right) Question: What has been your worst experience while having to share a bathroom with your suitemates?

Answer: “When one of your suitemates’ friends decides to clog the toilet, fials to unclog it, and then we had to wait two days for maintenance to come help fix it!” Thomas Mathews, Freshman (left) Mary Kate Leitch • The Daily Beacon

The curious case of silk Megan Patterson

Arts & Culture Editor The next medical breakthrough may be found in an Easter egg-sized silk ball.

It is these balls, spun by silkworms, that scientists — including UT’s John Larese and David Kaplan from Tufts University — are currently seeking to unravel and understand.

Silk has been a part of the human economy for centuries, so much so that silkworms have become entirely domesticated. However, according to Larese, there is much that remains unclear regarding the unique properties of this material.

The investigation into silk began in the 1950s with Linus Pauling — considered by many to be one of the world’s preeminent chemists — who probed into the structure of the material.

“You might almost consider him the father of these materials,” Nicholas Strange, graduate student under Larese, said. “If you consider what the mindset was back when Linus Pauling wrote that paper … It was around the time when Rosiland Franklin and Watson and Crick were just looking at the structure of DNA and so that’s essentially what Linus Pauling was interested in.”

After Pauling’s initial observations, the topic of silk went relatively untouched until Kaplan, along with a few other scientists worldwide, revitalized the investigation.

In order to utilize this unique material, scientists first had to understand it. This is what Kaplan and his colleagues have been striving toward for 25 years. Another graduate student under Larese, Christopher Crain, explained that one of the foremost concerns regarding the prop-

erties of silk is its interactions with water.

“One of the key interactions though, as most groups feel, is this protein-water interaction and understanding this is at least part of the key to figuring out how to make these man-made fibers that are really strong and really flexible,” Crain said.

Although obtaining man-made silk hasn’t been necessary for construction and testing of current silk applications, Larese’s students maintain that gaining a further understanding of the properties of silk will aid in this process.

“The ones (applications) that have to do with modifying the strength definitely have to do with that interaction,” Crain said. “Some of the other ones not so much. Being biocompatible is enough to make a tissue scaffolding to grow cell culture and eventually grow organs.”

Constructing tissue scaffolding is one of many practical applications of silk that Kaplan and his team have approached, including constructing contact lenses of silk and using silk as an internal bandage or support for bones.

The biocompatibility of silk makes it especially attractive in the medical field.

“One of the big problems you’ll have if you’re trying to make a drug delivery system — to make artificial tissue — if you’re trying to put something in someone’s body, the real issue is that you don’t want their body to reject it,” Larese explained.

However the final appeal in understanding silk might just lay in its mystery.

“Mother nature has perfected this process. It’s a complicated process,” Larese said. “...Think of how spectacularly a shellfish creates a shell. It’s a process that is worth understanding.”

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UT College of Engineering introduces automotive engineering concentration Molly Brinkley Contributor

Growing alongside Tennessee’s auto manufacturing field, UT’s College of Engineering brings a new graduate concentration in automotive engineering to begin in fall 2016.

This is the first time that UT will offer graduate level coursework specifically structured for auto manufacturing.

David Irick, research director for the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, said the new concentration is a necessary advancement for the college. “(It) provides opportunity to respond to the automotive industry’s growing demands to train the engineers and scientists they need,” Irick said.

According to Business Facilities magazine and the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Tennessee has ranked first in the nation for automotive manufacturing strength and education for five years.

“Tennessee has become a larger player

in the automotive manufacturing industry,” said Matthew Mench, head of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering. “There are over 900 automotive suppliers and manufacturers in Tennessee, so there are a lot of jobs here.”

Based on 2015 data from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, 20 automotive projects have created 4,565 jobs across the state and almost $1 billion in capital investment in just one year.

Volkswagen’s decision to move their headquarters to Chattanooga also increased the significance of auto manufacturing in East Tennessee, according to Mench.

As reported by Business Facilities, Volkswagen invested around $600 million into the building of an additional assembly line and the National Research and Development Planning Center of Volkswagen Group of America, creating around 2,000 new jobs in Hamilton County.

Mench said Volkswagen has already announced the need for around 200 graduates at the new headquarters.

Tennessee is also home to General

Prosecutor orders investigation of detective in high school rape case Associated Press

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee district attorney general has ordered an investigation into whether a police detective gave “perjurious testimony” about the alleged sexual assault of high school basketball players by their teammates.

The Hamilton County District Attorney’s office announced Wednesday that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation would investigate Gatlinburg Police Det. Rodney Burns following testimony he gave during a preliminary hearing for three Ooltewah High School officials accused of failing to report a sexual assault.

Burns testified during the hearing Monday that the assault was blown out of proportion and “something stupid that kids do.”

“This was something stupid that kids do that shouldn’t have been done, but it wasn’t done for sexual gratification or really sexual in nature,” Burns said. “It was an assault, really. It just happened that the end result fit the definition of aggravated rape.” He said the incident lasted 20 or 30 seconds and that “there was no

rape, torture, no screams of anguish.”

Hamilton County Juvenile Judge Robert Philyaw said at the end of the hearing that “I’m troubled with the testimony we heard from the detective in Sevier County on several different levels.”

Burns did not return a phone call seeking comment, but he told Chattanooga TV station WTVC that “I can’t comment on the investigation but to deny the charge. I have nothing to hide. I told the truth on everything.”

Basketball coach Andre Montgomery, assistant coach Karl Williams and athletic director Allard Nayadley each pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that they failed to report child sexual assault. The case now goes before a grand jury.

Police say the assault took place Dec. 22 in Gatlinburg, where the team was playing in a tournament.

Tennessee law requires school officials to report any suspected child sexual abuse to the state Department of Children’s Services, to the sheriff or police chief where the children reside or to the juvenile court with jurisdiction over them. The Ooltewah officials instead took the child to a hospital and contacted police in Sevier County, where the alleged incident took place.

Tennessee has become a larger player in the automotive manufacturing industry.

There are over 900 automotive suppliers and manufacturers in Tennessee, so there are a lot of jobs here.”

Matthew Mench, head of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering.

Motors and Nissan productions facilities.

“This new focus also helps us foster the ongoing relationships we have with major automotive manufacturers and keep growing those,” Irick said.

Most of the auto manufacturing classes at both the masters and doctorate levels will be offered through the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Graduate courses will also be offered through the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Haslam College of Business.

Mench expects a large number of graduate students to participate in the program in the fall after receiving positive feedback from students across the country.

“Within a few hours of releasing the news, we started getting inquiries from interested students,” Irick said. “We expect to get more applications than we’re able to accept.”

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The strange world of online dating Summer Awad Quite Contrary

Picture this: you take out your smartphone and swipe through pictures of potential mates as if you’re shopping for shoes online.

Then, you choose a random person you don’t know who looks somewhat attractive and clever in their profile. You meet them for drinks. You make small talk and ask them about their major, their hobbies and maybe even their family.

If they bore you, you make a silly excuse about all the laundry you have waiting for you in the washer and you head home. If they pique your interest, you order more drinks and fantasize about touching their face with your face at the end of the night.

This, my friends, is modern dating. Ever since my last long-term relationship ended, I’ve plunged headfirst into the millennial dating world, trying to see if the new apps and websites are really all they’re cracked up to be. Throughout my dating journey, I’ve created (and deleted) accounts on Tinder, OKCupid, Bumble (a swipe app where women send the first message) and Her (specifically for meeting women). I’ve discovered a lot in the process, including some fascinating social stuff about gender, and I even wrote a paper for a history class on the subject.

But despite the advantages and disadvantages of different dating sites and apps, my main takeaway has been confusion. Although each app has a socially understood purpose, the uses of each

one have gradually become more fluid. Tinder, for example, has a reputation for being a hookup app — but my matches are now looking for everything from a sexting buddy to a friend with benefits to a long-term relationship. I can no longer make any assumptions about what Tinder users want. OK Cupid is similar; it has a reputation for being a little more serious than Tinder, but I get plenty of messages asking for hookups.

These discrepancies between social expectations for dating apps and the diverse reality of the people that use them can create some misunderstandings.

I recently went out for drinks with someone from Tinder. It went really well, so I was confused when he didn’t kiss me or ask me to go home with him at the end of the night. Afterward, I texted one of my guy friends to ask if this was normal. It turns out the guy wanted a second date, but he hadn’t followed the Tinder protocol as I understood it. He was looking to date someone, and so was I, but I had assumed Tinder wasn’t the medium for that.

The rules get even more complicated when you add age difference into the equation. I’ve recently dated a few guys in their late twenties or early thirties, and it has caused some extreme frustration.

Youngins like me who grew up in the age of texting are used to “hanging out” and “talking” rather than dating. You might go on one coffee date, then you go home for some Netflix and Chill, and then you

Netflix and Chill for a few more weeks or months until you get tired of each other. If you’re really into each other, you text constantly. Not so with older people. They’re into more carefully calculated dating practices and less communication in between.

An older friend of mine even has special rules for each date. First date is coffee or drinks, second date is dinner, and the third date is some type of activity.

You can’t take them home until at least the fourth date. Now, that’s weird.

Once you get past the initial dating phases, the line between dating and being in a relationship is also blurred. Being “Facebook official” — as much as we all like to make fun of it — has become a real part of relationships among younger millennials. So when someone says we’re “dating,” I have no idea what that means. Are we just “talking” or “hanging out?” Or are we on track to change our relationship status on Facebook?

The more I try to understand how all this dating business works, the more questions I have. People are weird, and dating is weirder. I guess the best thing we can do is communicate about what we want and not make assumptions from the reputation of a mobile app. Oh, and avoid accidental Super Swipes. Those are embarrassing.

Summer Awad is a senior in College Scholars.

She can be reached at sawad@vols.utk.edu.

On zombie fitness, allergies and manual labor Clint Graves

If I’m Honest

It’s probably no surprise to you that I’m not incredibly fit. I fall into what you might call the typical columnist physique: seemingly in shape, but practically useless.

It’s not because of lack of opportunity. Plenty of people in my life are health-conscious and urge me to be so. They walk a 15-minute mile daily or sprint 40 yards in four and half seconds. They bench press small elephants or flip a tire the size of a Prius. They curl everything from protein shakes to tastefully upholstered ottomans.

Meanwhile, I simply can’t be bothered.

And before you ask: yes, I have seen “Zombieland.”

And “The Walking Dead.”

I realize, therefore, that a zombie apocalypse will inevitably engulf civilization. And as a result, I’ll have to run around all the time. And at some point, I’ll run out of breath and drop my guard and be bitten. Then I’ll turn into a zombie and force my dearest comrades in the world to shoot zombie-me between the eyes.

It’ll be sad. There will be tears. Maybe a wide-angle camera shot. Definitely a tear-jerking sound track.

But I’m one step ahead of you. I’ve applied a bit of common sense and arranged a traditional samurai seppuku pact with a close friend of mine in case of this exact scenario. Seppuku being, by the way, my sixth-most preferred death.

But I digress.

I have long-since given up on being an Olympian.

Being fit just isn’t a top priority for me. Nevertheless, I do find myself, on occasion, faced with manual labor.

Now, all of the people who know me personally know I have three major allergies. The first is an allergy to nuts. It’s not so bad these days; I just break out in a rash and complain about the world. It has not always been so benign.

My nut allergy nearly killed me in preschool once, but I like to think of that whole episode as a learning experience. I learned, for instance, that I shouldn’t eat peanut butter. But more importantly, I learned what the full wrath of a South Korean pediatrician could look like when directed at incompetent preschool staff members.

Suffice it to say, the entire world could solve North Korea by leaving it in a locked room with South Korea and just looking the other way for a few solid years.

My second allergy is latex. I’ll spare you the gruesome details about how I discovered this one. Broad strokes: it involves a fetal pig and a few awkward conversations. I can also say that’s the main reason I never wanted go into medicine. The pig, that is. Not the allergy.

My third — and by far most dangerous — allergy is manual labor. And it’s not necessarily strenuous

activity that triggers it. Any sort of labor, from mowing grass to taking out the trash, causes my allergy to act up. Symptoms range from nasal congestion to paralytic despair.

But most people, like my father, don’t really believe me. Or the sound scientific data supporting my incredibly evidence-based, empirically verifiable allergy claim.

As a result, I found myself moving a television this past weekend.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. A TV? That doesn’t sound so bad.

Well, think again. The TV in question was a 46-inch 1996-model Zenith that weighed approximately as much as three small-to-medium-sized black holes. Honestly, you could see it’s gravitational pull with your naked eye.

It took about one of the 14 steps I had to travel down to realize I was out of my depth.

Luckily, though, I’m pretty sure survival in the zombie apocalypse will never depend on moving TVs. So I’m counting this whole ordeal as a success.

Clint Graves is a junior in communication studies and English. He can be reached at bhr713@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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It’s Thursday night — whether you’re with your boo, your girlfriends or maybe just your dog, these tunes will get you ready for the night.

“7/11” Beyonce

“Can’t Feel My Face” The Weeknd

“Peanut Butter Jelly”

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Making a comedy show independently created and produced by two college students is no easy task, and there’s an extensive process that goes into each show. First, the duo meets and pitches ideas with one another. After finding ones that stick and fleshing them out, they write scripts and block out the episode. After this, Lampley and Thompson cast and recruit crew for the episode, pulling participants that vary from old interns to roommates, to help them shoot in the field.

For the pair, shooting in the field is one of the most challenging parts. A three to four-minute sketch can take two or three hours to shoot.

After shooting, Thompson will take the film back into his room and edit from there, where his desktop Mac helps him fill in the green screen and sound gags. This whole process can take anywhere from a few weeks to a month to

accomplish.

However, with Thompson having graduated and Lampley approaching graduation this spring, the run of “Not A Sport Show” is coming to an end, of sorts. Thompson is moving to New York City in a month to pursue writing and producing comedy, and the Lampley plans to head to Chicago after graduation for acting and improv comedy.

“Because it was Conner and I’s show, I wouldn’t feel right carrying on with the same show and not having him,” Lampley said.

“Whatever I make after is going to be very different without his influence. We might do a spin off, like “Not A Sport Show Presents,” where it will still be associated with the title but not be the show.”

But “Not A Sport Show” isn’t going out without a bang. Currently, the duo is working on a deal with a performance venue to stage a live version of their show, and then premiere an episode surrounded by all their friends.

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Because it was Conner and I’s show, I wouldn’t feel right carrying on with the same show without him.”

JJosh Lampley, senior in journalism and electronic media

“Road to ‘Roo” Battle of the Bands expands talent pool Erin Schneider Contributor

Galantis

“Desires”

Years & Years

“The Nights” Avicii

“Nobody to Love” Sigma

“The Dirty Glass” Dropkick Murphys

“Red Solo Cup” Toby Keith

“Whiskey In The Jar” Metallica

“Gin and Juice” The Gourds

Which small-time band will take the stage at Bonnaroo this year? For the first time, Nashville locals will have some competition.

Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) has teamed up with Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival to go on a search for the next best band in the Southeast. Stationed in Nashville, Broadcast Music Inc. has decided to expand their search to Athens and Atlanta in addition to Knoxville.

Katherine Harding, the communications associate for the Nashville office of BMI, explains that the expansion is due in part to the fact that after eight years of the Road to Bonnaroo competition in Nashville, it was time to cast a wider network.

“The other cities were chosen in collaboration with our sponsors, which include major radio stations in the market,” Harding said.

For Knoxville musicians, this presents a new opportunity for their careers.

Jad Farmer, the marketing consultant for MWC Media Knoxville said “this is an amazing opportunity for our city.”

The way in which the bands are narrowed down from competitors to a final winner is pretty organized and simple. After the submission deadline closes, judges from the radio station listen to every single song submitted.

Harding emphasized this point.

“I listened to 249 songs this past weekend,” Harding admitted.

From all of those submissions, the judges choose 16 bands to move onto the next

• Photo Courtesy of Boy Named Banjo round. These 16 bands will then perform at two separate showcases. After these initial performances, eight bands will be eliminated from the contest.

Next, the remaining eight bands will perform at two more showcases. Only four will move onto the next round.

The bands will perform, be judged and eliminated until only one band remains — then a winner is finally announced.

Luckily for the finalists, each of the final four bands will have a chance to perform at Bonnaroo this summer. BMI will choose two additional bands — besides the winner — out of those final four to participate in the festival.

What does this mean for the future of the Battle of the Bands competition? There is no

set answer, but Harding had some hopeful words regarding the wide circle of connections that may open up to bands hoping to participate.

“BMI is very involved in festivals, and we have stages at SXSW, Lollapalooza, ACL Fest, Loufest, Hangout Music Festival, French Quarter Festival and even CMA Fest,” Harding said. “We already send bands to Bonnaroo, and we throw the Key West Songwriters Festival. We work with all of that in addition to the quarterly showcases we host in NYC, LA, Atlanta and Nashville.”

All of these festivals hold the same style of competition before they are staged. Whether you are a fan or a hopeful contest participant in the future, there are many new options available through BMI’s recent expansion.

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Lady Vols look to limit turnovers down home stretch Trenton Duffer Copy Editor

Twitter Tantrum: Delino DeShields, former MLB player, current Louisville Bats manager and father of Lady Vols guard Diamond DeShields, was very open with his thoughts on Tennessee coach Holly Warlick’s coaching style and the Lady Vols play on social media during Tennessee’s Monday night loss to South Carolina.

DeShields took to Twitter to let out his frustration of his daughter Diamond DeShields not seeing the playing time he thought she deserved.

Several of his tweets were directed at Warlick’s personal Twitter account, while others were directed at the Lady Vol basketball account.

Warlick said that she has since talked to DeShields and that everything is “fine” now.

“Parents are parents,” the fourth-year coach said. “Parents want their kid to make every shot, shoot every shot, play every minute, and I get that. It’s just a parent wanting his daughter to just do everything and be everything, and I get that. That’s what parents are supposed to do.”

Delino DeShields also sent out an apology tweet Tuesday afternoon.

“I want to apologize to Coach Warlick and Lady VolNation. I’m not writing this to back away from my comments. What’s done is done.

But my delivery was terrible and totally out of character. I’m part of the coaching fraternity and should have known better. A lot of people have chimed in, but those who really know me KNOW that I want nothing but the best for Holly, her staff, and all the young lady’s associated with that program. Hopefully, we can all grow from this.”

Taking care of the ball: Throughout the season, turnovers and poor 3-point shooting have dropped the No. 24 Lady Vols to one of their worst records in program history.

This season’s squad is the fastest to ever reach 10 losses in a season, and the team’s six SEC losses are the most ever by a Lady Vols team.

Remaining ever diligent, Warlick believes the team can turn things around heading into Thursday night’s matchup against Ole Miss (1015, 2-10 SEC).

“These kids are resilient,” Warlick said.

“They’re positive. They work hard, and they know they work hard. It’s just next day, next

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game.”

The Lady Vols will be looking to rebound from Monday night’s 64-58 loss to No. 3 South Carolina.

The team limited the Gamecocks to 36.7 percent shooting from the field and only six fast break points. The Lady Vols also out-rebounded South Carolina 43-30.

However, turnovers doomed the squad as Tennessee’s 19 giveaways resulted in 16 points from South Carolina.

“I think they’ve got their heads up,” Warlick said. “I thought we did some great, great things … I’ve said that we wanted to get three things done, and that’s to limit their transition points. I thought we did that. Control the boards, and we did a great job of that. And take care of the ball, and we did not do a good job of that.”

The team’s incredibly low three-point shooting percentage has put a hole in the Lady Vols’ boat, and the 425 turnovers committed this year is sinking the squad’s ship. Tennessee is shooting an SEC-worst — 26 percent from beyond the arc this year and they have a -2.75 turnover differential in conference play this season.

Redshirt junior Andraya Carter said that the team has taken notice of the turnovers and are

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doing everything they can to fix the issue.

“It’s definitely been a concern all season,” Carter said. “Any time we have close to 20 or 20+ turnovers, we come up short and we lose.

I think it’s just going in these next days in practice, really focusing in on it and really honing in on it.”

The Lady Vols have committed 20 or more turnovers in seven games this year and are 3-4 in those games.

Their opponent Ole Miss is currently third in the SEC in steals per game with 11.6, and Warlick knows that her team can’t expect an easy win over the Rebels.

“We don’t look past anybody,” Warlick said prior to Wednesday’s practice. “They’ll be ready to play. They’re anxious to get back on the court, and they’re ready to play.”

The Lady Vols will take on Ole Miss Thursday night at 7 p.m. in Thompson-Boling Arena.

The game will be the “Live Pink, Bleed Orange” game. Both teams will wear pink in support of breast cancer awareness, and “Live Pink, Bleed Orange” t-shirts will be handed out at the door.

Vols focused on one goal heading into season opener Shane Switzer

Staff Writer As pitchers and catchers report for spring training, the Vols’ baseball team is set to finish its spring practices. The Vols will head down I-75 to begin the season in Chattanooga for a three game series with in-state rival Memphis.

Tennessee comes into the season admitting things haven’t gone the way it would have liked the past four years — but the Vols have a renewed sense of optimism heading into the weekend and the beginning of the year. In his fourth year as Tennessee’s coach, Dave Serrano said this team’s goal for the year is to be competitive and give great effort each and every game.

“I’ll tell you a quick story that happened,” Serrano said. “Scouts come in here and do interviews with our guys each and every year.

One thing a scout told my assistant was ‘I’ve been doing this a long time and I’ve never met with a group of guys that all they wanted to do was win.’ As the leader of that group, it makes you feel good.”

After tinkering with his delivery during the fall, Kyle Serrano has gone back to the basics and

is just focusing on throwing strikes and not over throwing. The junior feels that not trying to do too much and not worrying about his mechanics has helped him get control over his pitches.

“It’s always a work in progress but I definitely feel that it’s the best it’s been,” Serrano said. “My misses are down. They’re not up. I’m not spraying balls up in the zone or anything. They’ve all been down.”

Serrano bounced around with his role on the pitching staff last season but is expected to start game two on Saturday. Serrano feels that is where he should have been all along and is comfortable in the starting rotation. Serrano stated that finding consistency will be key in going six to seven innings each time out.

Junior college transfer and closer Jon Lipinski was a name mentioned by Serrano as a player who has really impressed him during workouts this spring.

“He is a huge addition,” Serrano said. “A junior college guy, he is a great competitor, and you know that when he goes out there, he is going to give you the best chance to close out the game.”

Senior Andy Cox, the Friday starter against Memphis, echoed those statements, saying that

It’s always a work in progress but I definitely feel that it’s the best it’s been. My misses are down. They’re not up. I’m not spraying balls up in the zone or anything. They’ve all been down.”

Dave Serrano, coach

Lipinski goes out there and gets his work done.

The Tigers come into the series with a fairly young pitching staff, with eight freshmen and four sophomores to go along with their five upperclassmen. Junior infielder Nick Senzel said using the running game will help with getting the young Tiger pitchers off their game.

Senzel will be in a new position when the Vols take to the diamond on Friday. After playing at third base during his summer season in the Cape Cod league, Senzel will man the hot corner for the Vols. Baseball America’s No. 5 MLB draft prospect said the transition to third has been interesting.

“This summer I played it for the first time,” Senzel said. “It was a little different and then when I got back here I got to work with coach (Larry) Simcox. We really bonded over there and he’s helped me out tremendously.”

The series against Memphis will be a three game set on Feb. 19, 20 and 21. The game on Friday will be a 5 p.m. start while the other two game will begin at 1 p.m. The two teams will square off at AT&T Field, home of the Chattanooga Lookouts, the Double-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins.

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(Top) Sophomore Detrick Mostella and Freshman Kyle Alexander block a Kentucky Wildcat player during a game in Thompson-Boling Arena.

(Right) Senior guard Kevin Punter blocks a pass during the game against Kentucky Wildcats on Feb. 2.

All photos by • Photo Courtesy of Craig Bisacre/Tennessee Athletics

Tennessee attempts to sweep Kentucky Troy Provost-Heron Training Editor

Sporting different jerseys while playing on the same court was weird for both Kyle Alexander and Jamal Murray.

The two had been teammates at Orangeville Prep in Mono, Ontario, Canada for two seasons after Alexander began playing basketball his junior year.

Alexander, a freshman forward, signed with Tennessee and Murray, a consensus five-star prospect, joined Kentucky, setting up a matchup between the two on Feb. 2.

“Living with someone for two years, seeing them every single minute of every day, sometimes every single day for seven weeks straight when you’re traveling every weekend, you learn a lot about someone,” Alexander said. “He’s like a brother to me. It was different the first time we played with him being on an opposite team as me.

“It was a different experience, but we both loved it. We talked after the game, we talked before the game. I’m looking forward to playing him again.”

The Vols (12-13, 5-7 SEC) will travel to Rupp Arena to face the No. 14 Wildcats (19-6, 9-3) on Thursday (TV: ESPN, 7:00 p.m).

In their first meeting, Murray scored a team-high 21 points for the Wildcats, but it was Alexander and UT who walked away with an 84-77 victory.

Since blowing a 21-point lead to the Vols in that loss, though, Kentucky has cruised to victory in three consecutive games, winning by an average margin of 26.7 points per game.

Over that three-game span, Murray has averaged 28.3 points per game to lead the Wildcats in scoring.

Does this run of dominance have anything to do with that loss to UT? “I think that could have something to do with it,” Alexander said.

For UT coach Rick Barnes, though, this recent stretch of play spans from before that

contest inside Thompson-Boling Arena.

“I thought they were playing really good basketball coming in, before us,” Barnes said.

“I thought they were starting to take on (John Calipari’s) personality and the way his teams play … As a group, they just seem to have a real belief in each other right now.”

The Vols will attempt to end a four-game losing streak on the road, which dates back to a Jan. 26 defeat to Alabama.

In UT’s most recent attempt to end that streak, it dropped a 75-64 contest to Missouri, which sits at the bottom of the SEC. In that game, senior guard Kevin Punter Jr. scored a team-high 21, while all other UT players scored 43 points on 16-for-42 shooting (38.1 percent). It’s a trend that has become common during the Vols’ losses.

“You could go back and look at every game that we have played well and we had more than one or two people play (effectively),” Barnes said. “We need Admiral (Schofield) to be a factor; we need Robert Hubbs III to be a factor.

We need those guys to score for us because we

can’t put all of that on Kevin Punter Jr. He’s had to do a lot this year and he’s carried the weight for so long.”

Punter is averaging 27.3 points per game in four contests against opponents ranked in the top 25.

The nation’s 10th leading scorer recorded 27 points against Kentucky on Feb. 2, but also got help as senior forward Armani Moore chipped in with 18 points. Schofield (13) and sophomore guard Detrick Mostella (11) tacked on double figures as well, and Hubbs added eight points.

A similar team effort could help the Vols earn their first season swep of the Wildcats since the 1998-99 season.

“Everybody was really hyped up about it and that does give us confidence because we know we can get the job done if we come out with the same energy that we did,” Alexander said. “And as long as we stay poised the whole game, I think we definitely have a chance — at least as good a chance as anybody else.”

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Freshman Vines providing an immediate boost to the softball team David Bradford Staff Writer

Brooke Vines spent the days leading up to Tennessee’s season opener at the Kajikawa Classic all over the place.

The freshmen could not find a way to settle into a routine and find her comfort zone. However, once the highlytouted recruit stepped into the batters box, her nerves settled, and she kicked off the 2016 season hotter than the Tempe, Arizona, weather.

Her offensive contributions helped the Vols start this season 4-2. In six games, Vines batted .435, drove in and scored five runs and stole four bases on five attempts.

A testament to Vines is that after such a promising beginning, she quickly looked to improve flaws in her game.

Vines went seven-of-nine from the plate on the first day, but over the next four games, collected just three hits in 14 at-bats.

Vines’ struggles at the plate are normal for young players. Luckily for the

Vols, Vines already understands where she must improve both physically and mentally.

Pitches that dropped outside forced Vines into two pop-ups over the weekend. Once the team returned to Knoxville, Vines immediately began working on her footwork, which she says will help her better realize what pitch is coming at her.

From a mental standpoint, Vines’ mindset was not as focused as she would have preferred it to be.

“I need to have the same routine,” Vines said. “One thing I’ve talked to Karen (Weekly) about is maybe reading the same Bible verse before every game just so that everything feels similar.”

Vines is one of 11 freshmen for the Vols, including one of four starters.

With so much youth, co-head coach Karen Weekly understood going into the season that there would be up and down moments.

“Our kids need to learn how to be ready for everybody,” Weekly said. “You can’t come out flat any day against anybody, or you’re gonna get it handed to you like we did day two.”

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Weekend Recap: Both of Tennessee’s losses came on day two. The Vols first lost to Fresno State 7-3, then nearly pulled off a huge road victory

You can’t come out flat any day against anybody, or you’re gonna get it handed to you like we did day two.”

Karen Weekly, co-head coach

against the No. 22 ranked Arizona State Sun Devils before losing 5-4 in extra innings.

“I really felt like we should have won that game,” Weekly said. “We were in

a position to win it. We didn’t make a play on a ball that we should have made a play on when they tied it up, and then obviously the intentional walk pass ball never should have happened either.”

The brightest spot of the weekend was the performance of pitcher Erin Gabriel. Gabriel went the distance in all three of her starts, posting a 2-1 record with an ERA of 0.91, good enough to give Gabriel her first career SEC Pitcher of the Week honor.

“That was the high point,” Weekly said. “To see Erin finally healthy and able to go three days in a row and throw complete games for us.”

Gabriel has dealt with a number of injuries her entire career but has started this season completely healthy for the first time since her freshmen season. She also has confidence knowing that Tennessee has a deep rotation.

“I’m not worried about pitching all seven innings,” Gabriel said. “I just go out there whenever the ball is handed to me and do my job… I know that I have people to back me up.”