02 24 15

Opinion: Listen to Uncle Ben and check your privilege >>See page 7

Nashville-based Americana band brings their new album to Knoxville >>See page 8

UT’s transgender students are searching for a way to be themselves Lady Vols’ late run comes up short in loss to No. 2 South Carolina

Tanner Hancock

“I hate my birth name with a passion,” Color Parsons, freshman in psychology, said. “If there is anything that makes me dysphoric, it’s my birth name.”

Copy Editor A name provides a sense of self, individuality and identity – but for some, birth names don’t align with who they are.

See TRANSGENDER on Page 4

>>See page 12 Volume 128 Issue 32

utdailybeacon.com @utkdailybeacon

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

2

INSHORT

The Daily Beacon • Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Around Rocky Top

DISPATCHES 23 dead this week due to weather related conditions, 18 in TN CNN confirmed Monday that at least 23 people in the United States have died this week due to winter weather with a majority of these deaths having occurred in Tennessee.

Eighteen total deaths have been counted in Tennessee thus far, three in Knox County due to a fire while others died across the state from hypothermia and in auto accidents. More than 2,700 Tennesseans are still without power as more severe freezing rain and snow are predicted for the next few days, Tennessee officials said. On Saturday, Gov. Bill Haslam declared Tennessee in a level two state of emergency.

Regions throughout the rest of the United States are also experiencing dangerously cold conditions with more than 125 million Americans under a wind chill warning or advisory.

U.S. jury orders Palestinian groups to pay millions in damages A jury in Manhattan federal court found the Palestine Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization responsible for “knowingly supporting six terrorist attacks” in Israel from 2002 to 2004 that killed and injured Americans, the New York Times reports. The organizations are being held liable for $655.5 million in damages to 10 American families who brought the case to trial. Under a 1992 U.S. anti-terrorism law, the courtordered cost of $218.5 million was automatically tripled. While it is still uncertain whether the plaintiffs will be able to collect this money, the verdict signals the end of a long struggle with a rare courtroom victory for terrorism victims. The defendants have stated that they intend to appeal the decision.

Students protested and held a rally in support of raising living wages on Feb. 20. When they reached Presidential Courtyard, the protestors sang and danced to the tune of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off,” substituting certain lyrics for words related to their cause. Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

THE DAILY BEACON STAFF EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief: Claire Dodson Managing Editor: Hanna Lustig Chief Copy Editor: Emilee Lamb, Cortney Roark News Editor: Hayley Brundige Asst. News Editor: Bradi Musil Special Projects Editor: Liv McConnell Sports Editor: Jonathan Toye Asst. Sports Editor: Taylor White Arts & Culture Editor: Jenna Butz Online Editor: Kevin Ridder Asst. Online Editor: Cara Sanders Photo Editor: Hannah Cather, Esther Choo Design Editor: Katrina Roberts, Lauren Ratliff Social Media Editor: Alexandra Chiasson Copy Editors: Jordan Achs, Tanner Hancock, Alexis Lawrence, Hannah Moulton, Faith Schweikert Editorial Production: Eric Gibson, Reid Hartsell, Justin Keyes, Teron Nunley, Steven Woods Training Editor: R.J. Vogt

ADVERTISING/PRODUCTION

Advertising Manager: Shelby Dildine Media Sales Representatives: Carly Kirkpatrick, Taylor Rife, Connor Thompson Advertising Production: Brandon White, Steven Woods Classified Adviser: Jessica Hingtgen

CONTACTS To report a news item, please e-mail editor.news@utdailybeacon.com or call 865-974-2348 To submit a press release, please e-mail pressreleases@utdailybeacon.com To place an ad, please e-mail beaconads@utk.edu or call 865-974-5206 To place a classified ad, please e-mail orderad@utdailybeacon.com or call 865-974-4931 Advertising: (865) 974-5206 beaconads@utk.edu

Classifieds: (865) 974-4931 orderad@utdailybeacon.com Editor-in-Chief: (865) 974-2348 editorinchief@utdailybeacon.com Main Newsroom: (865) 974-3226 editorinchief@utdailybeacon.com

LETTERS POLICY: The Daily Beacon welcomes all letters to the editor and guest columns from students, faculty and staff.

Each submission is considered for publication by the editor on the basis of space, timeliness and clarity. The Beacon reserves the right to reject any submissions or edit all copy in compliance with available space, editorial policy and style. Contributions must include the author’s name and phone number for verification. Students must include their year in school and major. Letters to the editor and guest columns may be e-mailed to letters@utdailybeacon.com or sent to Editor, 1340 Circle Park Dr., 11 Communications Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-0314.

CORRECTIONS POLICY: It is the Daily Beacon’s policy to quickly correct any factual errors and clarify any potentially misleading information. Errors brought to our attention by readers or staff members will be corrected and printed on page two of our publication. To report an error please send as much information as possible about where and when the error occurred to Editorinchief@utdailybeacon.com, or call our newsroom at (865) 974-5206.

The Daily Beacon is published by students at The University of Tennessee Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and Wednesday during the summer semester. The offices are located at 1340 Circle Park Drive, 11 Communications Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-0314. The newspaper is free on campus and is available via mail subscription for $200/year, $100/semester or $70/summer only. It is also available online at: www.utdailybeacon.com

The Daily Beacon is printed using soy based ink on newsprint containing recycled content, utilizing renewable sources and produced in a sustainable, environmentally responsible manner.

CAMPUSNEWS

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 • The Daily Beacon

Lecture to explore meaning of liberty McKenzie Manning Contributor

Tanner Hancock Copy Editor With liberty and justice for all.

These words, uttered daily by many across the nation, will be up for debate during Will Coley’s lecture “Liberty Brings Us Together,” Tuesday night in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building. Hosted by the Young Americans for Liberty, Coley’s speech will focus on the evolution of thought concerning liberty over the past 5,000 years.

Coley is a contributor for The Libertarian Review, Muslim American Magazine and Not Being Governed. He frequently presents at universities and was recently named one of the “11 Libertarians Who Are Making A Difference” on the website Anarchant.

In his lecture Tuesday, he will discuss liberty as defined by Chinese, Greek, Muslim and Western cultures before discussing the definition of liberty practiced in the U.S. today.

Coley said he hopes to disband many of the misconceptions about liberty still widely accepted today, like the belief that liberty was “born” in Philadelphia in 1776.

“It’s intellectually lazy and dishonest, because it’s not true,” Coley said. “The founding fathers stood on the shoulders of the men

who came before them, and they weren’t afraid to admit it.”

The first recorded reference to liberty was unearthed in ancient Sumeria dating back 5,000 years. Coley said he regrets that his lecture will not be able to go too in depth into the history, as he thinks a lack of historical knowledge is detrimental to one’s understanding of current issues.

“There’s so much division in our society, and I think part of it is directly linked to an ignorance of history,” Coley said. “Most Americans are ignorant to the history. We have this narrow-centric view of the world.”

Kenny Collins, junior in political science and president of Young Americans for Liberty, said he hopes this lecture will attract students to participate in a historical and intellectual dialogue regardless of their beliefs.

“Our goal with this is to get people engaged,” Collins said. “It doesn’t matter their ideology. If we sit around, things aren’t going to change.”

Collins, who is also the Tennessee state chair for the organization, said a topic like liberty is inclusive to everyone and should be a concern of every student on campus.

“Liberty involves everybody,” Collins said.

“It’s the right to think for yourself, something we innately have when we are born. It brings us together from all backgrounds.”

Coley’s lecture will begin at 6 p.m. in Room 51 of the Humanities and Social Sciences Building.

National Guard, state teams help battered Cumberland Plateau Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Residents of Tennessee struggled to recover from one of the worst winter storms in memory, as schools remained closed in many counties, thousands were still without power Monday and state officials scrambled to make funding available for repairs.

A least 27 people died around the state as a result of last week’s ice storm, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency said Monday, reported at least nine of those deaths following from hypothermia amid bitter cold temperatures.

“It has been a deadly and severe storm,” TEMA spokesman Dean Flener said. “It’s been very sad that we’ve had so many hypothermia deaths, so many vehicle accidents.”

Chain saw crews from state agencies aided by the Tennessee National Guard fanned out Monday to clear downed trees in eight counties on the Cumberland Plateau, which took

the brunt of the storm. The National Guard has been asked to help clear debris and six Humvee teams were checking on the welfare of residents in isolated areas of Putnam County, TEMA said.

About 34,000 customers remained without power Monday, most of them in Cumberland County, Flener said. Thousands of customers remained without power in Fentress, Overton, Putnam, Morgan, Scott and White counties. As of Monday, the American Red Cross had 311 people in seven shelters in five counties.

Tennessee remains at a Level-II Emergency, which means the disaster was beyond the capabilities of local agencies and required state and federal help.

Meanwhile, more snow could be on the way. The National Weather Service was predicting a possibility of additional snow Monday night through early Tuesday in east Tennessee — up to 3 inches in some places.

Other areas had to worry about flooding.

3

4

CAMPUSNEWS

The Daily Beacon • Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Preferred name policy bill discussed by SGA, volOUT Tanner Hancock Copy Editor For those made uncomfortable by their name, change could be close at hand.

Student members of Student Government Association, volOUT and UT’s Commission for LGBT People met Sunday night to review a preferred name policy bill that would allow students to change their legal names on class rosters through UT’s Banner system. The bill, which aims to address the needs of transgender students made uncomfortable by the use of their legal names in class and in public settings, will likely be presented to the Student Senate before

TRANSGENDER continued from Page 1 Parsons does not identify as either male or female, not ascribing to the gender binary. Assuming the pronouns ‘they’ ‘they’re’ and ‘their’ for self-reference, Parsons said the non-binary gender identity is comparable to the various hues and shades of a color wheel.

“I could be on any particular point in that spectrum on any given day, which has its own challenges,” Parsons said.

Seemingly simple things, like the use of names or pronouns in class, can become a source of discomfort for transgender students on a campus designed for two genders. Parsons, like many other non-binary students, said they have to individually email and correct class rosters that incorrectly refer to them by their birth name.

At many universities, campus officials handle such issues internally. Purdue and the University of Arizona, for example, go so far as to allow students to change their legal names on their ID cards, while more than 130 other universities simply allow for a name change to school documents or class rosters.

The University of Tennessee, which was named the 14th least LGBT-friendly college by The Princeton Review, in a list of 379 institutions, currently offers no such services to its trans community. Members of Student Government Association, volOUT and UT’s Commission for LGBT People recently created a preferred name change policy bill to be presented to the Student Senate, but that bill has not been seen by the senate at the time that this article was published.

spring break.

Alina Clay, sophomore in College Scholars and co-director of SGA’s Diversity Affairs Committee, said the inspiration for the bill came partially from a suggestion made by transgender actress Laverne Cox during her visit to the university earlier this month.

“Teachers often call people by the wrong name, just for whatever reason,” Clay said. “This would curtail a lot of that initial complexity and confusion in the classroom.”

Clay said she further believes the proposed change would come at little to no cost to the university, given that the Banner system is already in place and would only need to be slightly altered.

“This is just a technical issue that

can be sorted out through the Banner website if UT provides this option,” Clay said.

More than 130 universities across the nation allow students to change their name and gender on campus records and documents, according to a report from Campuspride.org.

The name change policy would only apply to names appearing on class rosters and in the UT directory, while legal names would still be utilized for all official and business documents created outside the Banner system. This exception to the policy would allow transgender students to keep their gender identity secret from parents and relatives should they choose to do so.

Maggie Marsh, junior in neurosci-

ence and public relations coordinator for volOUT, said she believes transgender students are made uncomfortable and unsafe by professors who refer to them by their birth names.

“It can definitely create tension in the room, you can feel unsafe depending on the environment and the classroom,” Marsh said of transgender students in the classroom. “(The bill) really respects the trans person’s safety and privacy.”

While attendees of the meeting agreed on the necessity of a name change option for Vol Cards as well as preferred pronoun usage within the Banner system, it was agreed that such proposals should be made after the initial preferred name change policy was passed by the Student Senate.

For Rickey Hall, vice chancellor for diversity, the active steps necessary to safeguard the well-being of UT’s transgender students are largely dependent on time. While Hall said he recognizes transgender students can be, and often are, “outed” by class rosters that use birth names rather than preferred names, a trans-friendly change to the system isn’t likely without a widespread upgrade.

“Sometimes it’s not something you address today or tomorrow,” Hall said, stressing that upgrades to university systems, like UT’s Banner system, are normally only conducted every decade or so. “It’s looking at what the issues are and having those conversations so people know that when we have an opportunity, we need to make sure that’s our next upgrade.”

The changes needed to create a more transgender inclusive campus, however, go beyond just names.

James Ballard, sophomore in biology who identifies as non-binary, is left with no option for campus housing that is conducive to their sexual identity, as UT does not currently offer gender-neutral housing options on campus.

“I’m constantly being pushed into female dorms, which is very uncomfort-

able for me,” said Ballard, who expressed their resentment for the university’s perpetuation of their unwanted female identity. “Being called things like ‘lady’ or ‘girl,’ those things are actually very hurtful to me.

“They’re offensive to me and they bother me.”

For Lee Owen, senior in history and philosophy, similar issues arise. Owen, a transgender man, began his transition at the same time he began his college career.

While many students were worrying about new classes or troublesome roommates, much of Owen’s time, he said, was spent “dealing with -Lee Owen being trans, and that’s a big barrier to getting an education.”

One notable barrier Owen has to deal with as a transgender student is finding restrooms that are comfortable and, more importantly, safe for use.

“It’s pretty distracting during your day if you’re having to build your class schedule around where you can go to the bathroom and feel safe,” Owen explained.

While the university plans to install gender-neutral bathrooms in every building by 2019, the current lack of such

facilities in many buildings leaves Owen and other transgender students across campus consistently finding themselves inconvenienced and often fearful for their well-being.

Rather than blame the university, however, Owen said he acknowledges that finding ways to ensure transgender equality is no small task.

“So many things you can do to help trans students are really new, and colleges are just trying to figure them out,” Owen explained. “If you’re not taking active steps, it’s going to end up in not having the policies you need.”

Marisa Richmond, a transgender woman and lobbyist for the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition, said the issues faced by transgender UT students are just a small part of the bigger picture.Through her work with the coalition, Richmond addresses various issues pertinent to the transgender community, including the lack of state shelters open to the transgender homeless in Tennessee.

Currently, there are only six within the entire state, none of which are located in Knoxville. Tennessee is also the only state in the country with a law specifically banning a change of gender on birth certificates.

One of the biggest challenges Richmond faces daily, she said, is encouraging transgender individuals to express their concerns and use their voices to openly support transgender rights.

“A lot of people are afraid and very fearful and sometimes don’t want to report, and encouraging them to do so is a challenge in and of itself,” Richmond said.

“Especially in East Tennessee, we hear from a lot of people who are just afraid of being out.”

“It’s pretty distracting during your day if you’re having to build your class schedule around where you can go to the bathroom and feel safe.”

ARTS&CULTURE

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 • The Daily Beacon

5

When music dominates the Oscars

Faith Schweikert Copy Editor (@got_2haveFaith) Listen to your friends, talk to your sister and never, ever dismiss the power of music.

These, and other lessons, brought to you by the 87th Oscars on Sunday night.

The hilarious and talented host, Neil Patrick Harris, opened the awards with a musical theater-esque homage to the “millions of pixels on screens” and why we care so much.

Ironically, though, so few of the night’s highlights came from the films themselves. For the most part, the show was just plain boring.

I was losing speed as the categories the films I’d so carefully marked on my “Predict the Winners” ballot dwindled down.

The excitement, the emotion, everything all came from the music at this film event.

Starting with Common and John Legend’s performance of best original song, “Glory,” which forced a single, powerful tear from actors Chris Pine and David Oyelowo.

Minutes later, we found out Lady Gaga would be singing the “Sound of Music.” There

was only enough time to gasp, wondering why Julie Andrews would ever allow someone who once wore a dress made out of meat to perform such an iconic soundtrack before the whole world collectively realized the same thing: Lady Gaga can actually sing.

And then dear, lovely Julie herself came out.

She was crying, Gaga was crying, even my usually unemotional sister texted me, “Slightly teary eyed, tell no one” as the scene came to a close. Basically, people, there were a lot of good tears at the Oscars.

For director Alejandro González Iñárritu, I’m sure those tears are still flowing strong.

“Birdman” took home three Oscars, including best director, cinematography and of course, best picture. Disbelief flooded his eyes as he exclaimed, “and don’t know how this happened, but it happened.”

I say “of course” as if I know what I’m talking about, but I don’t. Months ago, a friend of mine told me that “Birdman” is the best film he’s ever seen. Ever? Wow, serious stuff.

But what did I do upon learning that my most trusted film critic had found true love?

I ignored him and didn’t see it. So, for three hours, I stared begrudgingly at my TV as every win became an even more painful reminder that I should’ve listened to him.

Lesson, learned.

So there, on the night we all ignored our homework, we actually might have gained some knowledge.

I’d rather we all “stay weird [and] stay different” anyway.

Around Rocky Top

Architects Jen Maigret (left) and Maria Arquero of MAde Studio (center) talk to Jason Young (right), director of the School of Architecture before presenting on their work in environmentally conscious urban architecture as part of the Church Memorial Lecture Series on Monday.

Kristen Bright • The Daily Beacon

6

VIEWPOINTS

The Daily Beacon • Tuesday, February 24, 2015

The end of UT prohibition Kaila Curry School of Sarcasm

UT prides itself as being a “dry campus,” but any student who has sifted through the sea of discarded beer-bottles on any given weekend knows otherwise.

According to Hilltopics, “university regulations prohibit all student organizations from serving or permitting the consumption, possession, or display of any alcoholic beverage or containers at any time, or by anyone on university premises.”

This means that any student found to be in possession of alcohol on the UT campus can be cited, even if they’re of legal age.

One would speculate that this would not be an issue, considering a majority of alcoholrelated events are off-campus; however, UT has recently found a loophole in the system.

Fraternities hosting parties off-campus are now being held to dry-campus regulations, because the off-campus parties are considered a fraternity function.

Fraternities have also been cited by the UT Police Department for having empty beer cans in their trashcans, and authorities have used “probable cause” to search a fraternity house simply because they hear loud music.

“Angel” by Sarah McLachlan begins playing as the images of oppressed frat brothers scroll across a TV screen.

A new movement has been put to order by students, and even some faculty, to make UT a “wet campus,” and I could not agree more.

I mean, who wouldn’t want to sip on a few gin and tonics to get through that Econ lab?

Okay, so that’s not actually a reality, but there are various benefits to UT permitting alcohol: I briefly crunched some numbers to find that if UT were to permit alcohol at games, they could make a profit somewhere around $10.35 million over seven home games. This was found by assuming that 71 percent of attendees consumed three beers at $9 a beer.

Then, the cost of kegs to support that is subtracted from the revenue and the costs of taxes and beer license subtracted.

When tuition is raised at around 4 percent each year, this would be the equivalent of a $500 increase in tuition. In other words, this is something that could potentially fulfill Jimmy Cheek’s dream of UTK being a Top 25 school.

Making UT a wet campus could also ben-

“I mean, we’re already allowed to go to war, smoke and be tried as an adult. Is it really so much to ask for the privilege of enjoying a drink in our dorm room after a long day of classes? ”

The 87th Academy Awards were notable for a few legendary speeches, an outstanding performance from Lady Gaga and an unusual blooper deficiency.

Here’s what UT natives had to say about this year’s Oscars.

Harper Anne

efit student safety; students tend to dangerously binge drink at tailgates in preparation for a game. If alcohol was permitted by the school, students would be able to pace themselves throughout the game.

In an article from The Charleston Gazette, the writer stated, “Adding beer sales and requiring West Virginia University football fans to stay put throughout games translated to stronger concession sales and fewer arrests this past season. Concession sales were up 84 percent overall from the previous football season, while food sales were up 60 percent.”

The Big Orange Prohibition needs its own 21st amendment. UT not allowing students to drink in the safety of their dorm is basically saying they don’t trust us enough to make our own decisions, and they’d rather we wander the icy tundra until we find a bar or random house in the Fort. I mean, we’re already allowed to go to war, smoke and be tried as an adult. Is it really so much to ask for the privilege of enjoying a drink in our dorm room after a long day of classes?

Kaila Curry is a sophomore in journalism and electronic media. She can be tweeted @ KailaCurry or reached at kcurry6@vols. utk.edu.

@HarperLawlz

How do I apply to be a seat-filler at the Oscars??

Patrick Grzanka @dr_grzanka Patricia Arquette just did something with these bullshit awards. Not my fave movie, but that was a moment. #OSCARS

Amy Boshers

@a_boshers

Cut to Steve Carell & enjoy Channing Tatum playing with his Lego Oscar over Steve’s right shoulder. Best part of the night.

Easily. #Oscars

Patrick Roberts

@pat_rob88

Lady Gaga’s voice singing the Sound of Music is pure gold. Her singing is spot on and I’m beyond impressed #Oscars2015

Cody Sain @CodySain Matt exam the week of the super bowl, the day after the Oscars, and the day before spring break. #CruelAndUnusualPunishment

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.

VIEWPOINTS

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 • The Daily Beacon

7

Hey, let’s hang out

Julie Mrozinski In Rare Forum

A week ago today, the streets of New Orleans and Brazil ran wild—boobs and booze galore, all in anticipation for the season of Lent.

Growing up in a Christian family, I have come to admire Lent as a time to refrain from earthly wants.

If you don’t know, Lent started last Wednesday and ends Easter Sunday with the goal of abstaining or adding something everyday in order to bring you closer to God. For me, the Lent spirit is a perfect time to exercise willpower. This year, I have given up Instagram.

It was the app I was most excited to get when I upgraded to a smart phone a little over a year ago, but it has quickly become what I scroll through when I am bored, feeling awkward or absentmindedly zoning out. We all know and talk about how belittled we feel when our friends are scrolling through their phone while we are trying to talk to them, yet, we still do it.

I decided to try and fix this sad social norm in my life by detaching from my main source of social media. Hopefully it will bring me back to social real life.

I will now try to encourage you all to do the same so that we might all enjoy each other’s company in a physical form rather than a cyber one.

1. The semester is picking up; reaching for your phone instead of your homework will put a dent in

your GPA. 2. It stresses us out! We need time to decompress and allow our brains to relax, but instead of breathing and daydreaming during our moments to ourselves

“We all know and talk about how belittled we feel when our friends are scrolling through their phone while we are trying to talk to them, yet, we still do it.” we bombard our brains. We cram more information and superfluous flashy photos into an already full machine. Often looking at posts that can make us

feel inadequate and more stressed out about being who we are.

3. Finally, we are addicted. According to James Roberts’ study, published by the National Institutes of Health, college students spend nearly nine hours on their phones daily by adding up all the small minutes in-between class, phone calls and the lengthy creeping sessions. Nine hours a day means your phone is significantly interfering with your daily life—making it an addiction. Baylor University did a survey that showed 60 percent of college students admit to being addicted to their phones, some even admitting they feel agitated without it.

These findings are scary and our generation needs to address this issue now. For these reasons, I believe you too should go on a phone hiatus too.

Now, it would be hard to cut it out cold turkey so choose one. Think about the social media platform that you indulge in unnecessarily and relinquish it for a few weeks. It has only been a few days for me, and while I’ll admit it’s difficult, it has also shown reward.

Let’s try hanging out with each other rather than our phones.

Julie Mrozinski is a senior in English. She can be reached at jmrozins@utk.edu

The privilege is all ours

R.J. Vogt Open Letters

At least two homeless people froze to death on the streets of Knoxville last week.

While many students celebrated a day off and canceled classes; as we Snapchatted snowball fights and got day-drinking drunk at OCI; during the same hours we binge-watched Netflix and procrastinated our studies – at least two homeless people froze to death.

Look, I get it – every student loves a snow day, myself included. It’s a break from the monotony of class and extracurricular activity, a blessing for those who needed tests postponed. Though each canceled hour of class wastes nearly $50 of our tuition and fees, the freedom to play in the snow is priceless.

But as college students, we often forget our privilege. In some countries, children are so desperate to get to school that they cross war zones, rickety bridges and slim mountain passes – the idea of “celebrating” getting out of school probably does not make sense to them. Why would you pay to be educated and then hope that education gets cancelled?

And forget about the fact that we were celebrating a day off – we were also celebrating the same winter conditions that put thousands of people out of power and led to countless car accidents and maintenance requests. Knox County and the city government spent nearly half a million dollars salting and maintaining roads last week – we students had the privilege to sled on them.

Before the weather warms, maybe we could all check our privilege. Faculty appreciation week ended Friday, but any day is a good day to thank the profes-

sors and instructors who fill our ungrateful heads with the information that will one day make us college graduates – placing us in the one-third minority of Tennesseans with degrees.

And while you’re writing that thank you email, consider the faces you passed on the way to class.

That guy shoveling the sidewalk, or that lady pushing her cleaning cart down the hallway ... offer a humble thank you as you walk by. Chances are, nobody else has. Though some sidewalks remained icy far longer than many of us would have liked, the fact that eight foremen (only eight!) on UT’s landscape services team cleared as much as they did is remarkable – and certainly deserving of appreciation from the privileged masses that slush by without having to wield a shovel.

I know I have privilege to check; as a white, educated, affluent, Christian, able-bodied male, I have never personally experienced the discrimination that affects the marginalized minorities in our society. By pure luck, I have been born into privilege.

Uncle Ben once said, “With great power comes great responsibility.” I know real life is not a SpiderMan movie, but the words ring truer than ever on these cold February days. Our power is our privilege, and our responsibility is to apply it to those less privileged among us.

At the Knox Area Rescue Mission on North Broadway Street, homeless individuals can get clothes, shoes, coats, socks and underwear for free.

A friend of mine named Robert Gipson volunteers there at night; by day, he drives a van all over

“Our power is our privilege, and our responsibility is to apply it to those less privileged among us.”

Knoxville, collecting unused clothing from churches and community organizations, even Goodwills – the clothes they cannot sell become the clothes that others cannot live without.

He asked me to help introduce him to the university community in hopes that he might grow the network of groups from which he collects. So here goes: starting today, anyone who has clothes they don’t need or want can email me at rvogt@utk.edu.

Find me on twitter @rjvogt31. I will connect you to Robert, and we can get those clothes to people who do need and want them.

At least two homeless people froze to death on the streets of Knoxville last week. We students have the privilege – the power – to make a difference.

R.J. Vogt is a senior in College Scholars.

8

ARTS&CULTURE

The Daily Beacon • Tuesday, February 24, 2015

The Vespers set to hold local album release performance Marina Waters Copy Editor Nashville is stuck in a rhythm.

This rhythm has formed a musical cycle, but Americana folk band, The Vespers, have set out to break out from the monotony.

The Nashville-based group released its latest album, “Sisters and Brothers,� Feb. 10 and will celebrate the release in Knoxville on Friday night.

The Vespers are comprised of brothers, Bruno and Taylor Jones, and sisters, Callie and Phoebe Cryar. Though forged from differing backgrounds, the sibling band found a way to combine their musical interests to create a rootsy, folk sound. “It’s one of those things where, like,we really can’t take credit for finding it,� Taylor Jones, the group’s drummer said. “It’s just like it was a pure result of just sifting through all the differences. They (Callie and Phoebe) didn’t know the songs that we knew and we didn’t know the songs that they knew so we were forced to land in a middle ground some where none of us had ever been to.�

Now that this middle-ground has become home for The Vespers, the band released its third studio album in the same fashion, but with

a bit of maturity - the kind of maturity that you’d find in a classic ‘90s sitcom. “It’s like when you watch ‘Full House’ or some TV show and in season one, Michelle is a baby,� Jones explained. “Well, by season six, she’s like a grown up, like kindergartener with a personality and is spunky and it’s a little bit more entertaining. That’s how we are. The people are finally starting to get to know us because they’ve gotten to see us grow up, right before their eyes.

This record now is like, here’s maturity. Here’s what we’ve learned. We all kind of turned into adults.�

As Danny Tanner would probably agree, with this maturity comes responsibility.

Nashville has fallen victim to many music fads throughout the years, Taylor Jones said. But as “Break The Cycle,� the first song on the band’s new album suggests, The Vespers hope to be more than that. “We did not want to be categorized in that at all,� Taylor Jones said. “It’s about standing on your own two feet and being yourself, which goes back to the theme of the record – be yourself, take care of one another, that kind of stuff that we wanna talk about, that we wanna preach on this record.�

The Vespers shoot to break this cycle with songwriting; staying true and being honest with oneself is key in Taylor Jones’ book. “I live in a city where people are like, ‘Okay,

The Vespers is a band comprised of two sets of siblings: brothers Taylor (left) and Bruno Jones (right) and sisters Callie (left) and Phoebe (right) Cryar. • Photo courtesy of The Vespers let’s write a song and you know we gotta talk about a truck, you know we gotta talk about beer and we know we gotta say words like tailgate and headlight,’â€? Taylor Jones said. “That’s what growing up in Nashville does to you. “The truth is, if you’re gonna have to sing a

song for the rest of your life, you better freakin’ mean it anyway.�

The Vespers will perform Friday night at The Square Room. Tickets are $12 in advance and doors open at 7 p.m.

TUTORING

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

FOR RENT

FOR RENT

7(6735(3 (;3(576 *5( *0$7 /6$7 )RU RYHU \HDUV 0LFKDHO .

6PLWK 3K ' DQG KLV WHDFKHUV KDYH KHOSHG 87 VWXGHQWV SUH SDUH IRU WKH *5( *0$7 /6$7 2XU SURJUDPV RIIHU LQGL YLGXDO WXWRULQJ DW D UHDVRQDEOH SULFH &DOO IRU PRUH LQIRUPDWLRQ ZZZ WHVW SUHSH[SHUWV FRP

*RYHUQRU V 6FKRRO IRU 6FLHQFHV DQG (QJLQHHULQJ KDV RSHQLQJV IRU 5(6,'(17 $66,67$176 IURP 0D\ WR -XQH 7KH UHPXQHUDWLRQ LV SOXV URRP DQG ERDUG $SSOLFDWLRQV D Y D L O D E O H D W KWWS JRYVFKRRO XWN HGX RU IURP JVVH#XWN HGX 'HDGOLQH LV )HE )RU PRUH LQIRUPDWLRQ FDOO

0,.(p6 0$5.(7(5 t -(56(< 0,.(p6 68%6 :H DUH VHHNLQJ DQ HQWKXVLDVWLF LQGLYLGXDO ZLWK JUHDW FRPPX QLFDWLRQ VNLOOV WR DVVLVW ZLWK FRPPXQLW\ QHWZRUNLQJ EUDQG DZDUHQHVV DQG IXQGUDLVLQJ LQ DQG DURXQG .QR[YLOOH :RUN DURXQG \RXU VFKHGXOH DV D EUDQG DPEDVVDGRU IRU -HUVH\ 0LNHpV 0XVW RZQ D UHOLDEOH FDU DQG SDVV 095 (PDLO \RXU UH VXPH WR OL]EDXHU#URKRKR FRP

%5 %$ YHU\ QHDU FDPSXV 8WLO LWLHV SDLG &RPSOHWH NLWFKHQ PR 3HWV DOORZHG &DOO

7KH :RRGODQGV $YDLODEOH LQ $XJXVW %5 SULYDWH EDWKV ,1&/8'(6 $// XWLOLWLHV ,QWHUQHW : ' GLVK ZDVKHU PLFURZDYH QHZ UH IULJHUDWRU PR SHU VWXGHQW *RRJOH 7KH :RRG ODQGV RI .QR[YLOOH WR FKHFN RXW DPHQLWLHV DQG FRPSDUH FRVWV 5HSO\ WR FRQGRDWXW#JPDLO FRP RU

7KH 7RPDWR +HDG ,QWHUYLHZ ,PPHGLDWHO\ 1RZ KLULQJ ZDLW VWDII FRRNV SUHS FRRNV DQG GLVKZDVKHUV 8VH OLQN WR DSSO\ KWWS WKHWRPDWRKHDG FRP Z RUN LQGH[ KWPO ,QWHUYLHZ LP PHGLDWHO\ HYHU\ :HGQHVGD\ EHWZHHQ S P DW ERWK ORFD WLRQV 0DUNHW 6TXDUH DQG .LQJVWRQ 3LNH *DOOHU\ 6KRSSLQJ &HQWHU

6SDFLRXV %5 DSWV 87 DUHD DQG :HVW .QR[YLOOH DUHD &DOO IRU DQ DSSRLQWPHQW

/$85(/ 67$7,21 %5 %$ : ' LQFOXGHG 7KLUG IORRU JUHDW OD\RXW VTXDUH IW

&ODVVLILHG DGV FDQ ZRUN IRU \RX &DOO WR RUGHU \RXU DG WRGD\

5HDG 7+( '$,/< %($&21 &/$66,),('6 WR ILQG WKH SHUIHFW KRPH

78725,1* 7(6735(3 (;3(576 35$;,6 0LFKDHO . 6PLWK DQG KLV WHDFKHUV DQQRXQFH D QHZ SURJUDP WR SUHSDUH IRU 35$; ,6 &RUH $FDGHPLF 6NLOOV IRU (GXFDWRUV 5HDGLQJ :ULWLQJ DQG 0DWK &RPSOHWH SURJUDP ,QGLYLGXDO WXWRULQJ &DOO

IRU LQIRUPDWLRQ ZZZ WHVWSUHSH[SHUWV FRP

0F6FURRJH V :LQH 6SLULWV LV QRZ KLULQJ 3DUW WLPH FDVKLHUV DQG 3DUW WLPH VWRFNLQJ SHUVRQ QHO ( PDLO UHVXPH WR PDWW#PFVFURRJHV FRP 2XWERXQG &DOO &WU )7 37 IOH[ VFKHGXOLQJ *UHDW MRE IRU UHWLU HHV VWXGHQWV RU ORRNLQJ IRU VXSSOHPHQWDO LQFRPH KU 1R :HHNHQGV %L OLQJXDO 6SDQ LVK DSSOLFDQWV SOHDVH DSSO\ (PDLO UHVXPH KU#HWVHOOLQF FRP RU FDOO

&KDUPLQJ 6HTXR\DK +LOOV KRPH 6RXWKJDWH 5G %5 %$ PR 0RQGD\ 3OD]D %5 DQG VWXGLRV DYDLODEOH RQ 7KH 6WULS 6WDUW LQJ DW PR &DOO IRU PRUH LQIRUPDWLRQ

&DOO WRGD\ E\ SP WR VWDUW \RXU DG WRPRUURZ

:H VWLOO KDYH DQG EHG URRP XQLWV LQ )W 6DQGHUV DYDLODEOH IRU WKH VFKRRO \HDU &DOO

HOUSES FOR RENT :DON WR FODVV %5 %$ FHQWUDO + $ *UHDW SDUW\ GHFN :DVK HU GU\HU RII VWUHHW SDUNLQJ %5 %$ FHQWUDO + $ RII VWUHHW SDUNLQJ %5

CONDOS FOR SALE &21'2 )25 6$/( 5HQDLVVDQFH ,, %5 %$ . =LOORZ FRP 4XHHQ $QQ :D\

PUZZLES&GAMES

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 • The Daily Beacon

9

Get Fuzzy • Darby Conley

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD • Will Shortz ACROSS

37 Evian competitor

1 Lead-in to cent or annum 4 Passé 10 Key of Schubert’s Symphony No. 9: Abbr.

Timtation Creation • Timothy Brunson

14 Lumberjack’s tool 15 Ivanhoe’s love

2

3

4

14

5

6

7

8

9

10

15

11

17

43 Comfy bit of footwear

18

20

44 Certain dash lengths

21

24

45 “Evita” role

23

25

26 30

33 37

34

38

27 31

32

35

36

39

41

28

40

42

43

58 Managed

44

59 Bad to the bone

50

60 What the starts of 18-, 24-, 37- and 52-Across can provide?

60

29 Houston athlete

63 “Evita” role

64

65

66

30 Peculiar

64 Part of a parka 67

68

69

69 Old ___ (Yale, affectionately)

13 Clampett patriarch

22 Madrid month 23 Lab bottle 24 Pull-down sleeper 27 Daytime ___

32 Action film weapon 65 Laundry worker 66 ___ stage 33 Social Security criterion 67 English princess who competed in 35 Okla. City-tothe 1976 Olympics St. Louis direction 36 Verb with “vous”

68 In a rational way

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE N A G A T Z A H N R O T S

E A R T H O N E A A U E L

W H I T E B O A R D N I N A

S N A I L

B A N K J O B

T U S C H R E W S Y T O S I O T L E A F S

A S K E W B U N N Y S U I T

13

19 22

29

56 Tireless worker?

20 Commotions

12

16

42 Guernsey chew

46 Super Bowl gains 16 Alternative to Drive 50 “The Merry Widow” or Road composer 17 Scribble (down) 18 Dish with croutons 52 “Tommy,” for one and Parmesan cheese

Cartoons 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.

1

41 Barnyard bleats

L C S R U A B E B P A I L S L O S D E T O M P C E A R

A P N R E C A S A E S E S G U M P E S S T

P L O W M A N

A C N E S

R A T S

E Z E K

S A R I

S N O W C A P P E D

H E M I

E X G I

T I E G S

S T E A L

45

46

51 56

52 57

53

54

58 61

DOWN

47

48

49

55

19 “___ Rather Be With Me” (1967 hit)

59 62

63

45 Swamp beast, informally 47 Patriot Paul

21 Uses an aerosol

48 Senseless talk

1 Word before top or party

25 Monopolizes

2 Book of the Bible or an event described in it

26 Bell sound

49 Part of an Italian sub

28 Bro’s sibling

51 Tolerate

31 Consider 34 Work on a gravestone, e.g.

53 Fabric once described as “comfort in action”

6 Geek

35 Antiquity, in antiquity

54 “The Dark Knight” actor

7 “Siddhartha” writer

36 Rarity at Alcatraz

8 Santa ___ winds

37 Neighbor of Nigeria

55 Prepare to be knighted

3 Comeback 4 Tolkien creature 5 Like some rich soil

9 Roofer’s cover 10 Insurance submission 11 Sled dog 12 One taking a close look

38 Kurosawa classic 39 Violinist Leopold 40 What some dieters do 41 ___ canto

57 Speaker of baseball 60 When repeated, a lively dance 61 Detergent brand 62 Word after fish or French

10

ARTS&CULTURE

The Daily Beacon • Tuesday, February 24, 2015

I TRIED IT

Bring your own everything: experiencing King Tut’s Hannah Cather Photo Editor “I Tried It” is a new series where Beacon staffers experience new and exciting places and activities so you don’t have to.

King Tut’s Grill is only an eightminute drive from campus, but it feels worlds away.

The tiny restaurant, which seats maybe 40, is tucked away in a suburban area of South Knoxville, and if your eyes aren’t peeled on the left side of Martin Mill Pike, you’ll drive right past it. Despite its seeming ability to be invisible, King Tut’s has acquired somewhat of a cult following.

“King Tut’s has gained such a cult following with college students because the whole experience basically begs you to let loose,” Sierra Jensen, senior architecture student, said. “You walk into an environment where you’re asked to bring your own alcohol, dance and sing karaoke with your friends, as well as complete strangers and eat endless amounts of shareable food.”

After hearing multiple other positive reviews, Daily Beacon Design Editor Katrina Roberts and I set out to experience what we assumed would be an interesting dining experience.

We’ve both tasted hummus, and I’ve been served grape leaves and baba ghanoush by an Egyptian friend. Yet, the idea of eating in an eccentric restaurant where the owners are Egyptian intrigued us. So, we tried it.

Bumper stickers, newspaper clippings, award placards, paintings of Jesus, snarky posters, hieroglyphic art and other eclectic bits of paper cover the four walls, leaving little white space. Above each booth is a lowhanging lamp, which could easily be dangerous if you’re too tall and trying to lean across the table.

Seham Girgis, who opened the restaurant with her husband Monir, greeted us with menus and offered glasses for the bubbly we brought with us. Side note: champagne was not the intended drink but an oversight in the liquor store on both the attendant’s and our parts.

Word on the street is that the Greek salad and Egyptian sampler platter are King Tut’s claim to fame, so Roberts and I decided to stick with that. While waiting for Girgis to return to take our orders, we awkwardly tried to open the

champagne without making a commotion. It took some elbow grease and grimacing faces, but that bottle did not make a sound when we finally popped it open.

We filled the wait for our salad by speculating on the origins of such a curious restaurant and ignoring the rumbling sounds coming from our stomachs. With wide eyes, I watched Girgis make her way from the kitchen towards our table holding a salad the size of her head. The massive bed of lettuce is topped with tomato slices, hard boiled eggs, kalamata olives and a peperoncini. All of which is covered in fresh, salty feta.

As we enjoyed each bite of Greekgoodness, a party of 20-somethingyear-olds filed in and quickly filled the restaurant with boisterous chatting and laughter. The birthday girl plugged her iPhone into the speaker system and changed the music from ‘90s hits to Jay-Z and Beyonce, creating an even more unexpected vibe.

“This whole place is just one giant odd juxtaposition,” Roberts said.

By the time we finished the Greek salad, Girgis’ daughter, Christina, had arrived to help with the front of the house duties. She cleared our plates and promised the sampler would be out shortly.

The Egyptian sampler offers a taste of seven dishes, some better than others, and slivers of pita for dipping.

1. Kushari: a warm dish of rice, lentils, pasta wheels, tomatoes and garlic 2. Hummus: a garbanzo bean dip topped with bright, fresh olive oil 3. Baba ghanoush: cooked eggplant mixed with parsley, another dip 4. Grape leaves: like a tiny burrito, grape leaves stuffed with rice, slight citrusy tang 5. Egyptian salad: large chunks of tomato, onion, cucumber 6. Ful medames: fava beans and onions, the least impressive dish 7. Falafel: deep-fried patty made of garbanzo and fava beans. Roberts described it as “the crust of an Egyptian tater tot.”

We savored the samples all while the birthday party grew more rambunctious. By the time we bit into our baklava, layers of flaky pastry, honey and nuts, we had come to understand why King Tut’s is a long-standing Knoxville favorite.

Grape leaves stuffed with rice and herbs

Egyptian salad of tomatoes, cucumber and onion (front), falafel (back right), ful medames (back left)

Katrina Roberts holds a section of baklava, a pastry made from thin layers of filo dough, chopped nuts and honey. All photos by Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

SPORTS

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 • The Daily Beacon

SOFTBALL

Weekly speaks out against California pitcher’s shoe flap

During UT’s loss to California on Saturday, pitcher Katie Sutherland-Finch wore a device on her right foot that prevented her from being called for illegal pitches. •Screen grab courtesy of Stephen Lee

Trenton Duffer Staff Writer (@trenton_duffer)

If the shoe fits: California pitcher Katie Sutherland-Finch’s flap at the end of her shoe was a big topic of conversation at Lady Vols softball co-head coach Karen Weekly’s media luncheon. With the flap, Sutherland-Finch was able to legally pitch the ball with the flap hitting the ground. Sutherland-Finch had not pitched an inning this season because of her illegal pitches. Because of this questionable flap, her foot legally hit the ground, thus preventing any illegal pitching motions.

Co-head coach Weekly wasn’t happy when she discussed the controversy.

“There’s nothing in the book that says you can tape a flap to the end of your toe to, all of the sudden, constitute that your foot is on the ground,” Weekly said. “I think that, if that becomes legal, that could be a real gamechanger.”

Weekly also went on to say she would never teach her pitchers to pitch like this, and she prefers that her pitchers pitch “legally.”

Pitching Performance: Twelve of the 24 runs the Lady Vols have given up to opponents this season have come in the first and second inning—eight in the first and four in the second.

Weekly said her pitching staff has to stop

giving up runs early in the game, and she wants to see her team respond better when it falls behind early.

“In every one of our losses, we were the home team, the first batter got on and we would give up runs in the first inning,” Weekly said. “We didn’t achieve our goal as a pitching staff in those games, but then we also didn’t respond well to some of the adversity of that as an offense, and come back and put up more runs than our opponents.”

Gretchen Aucoin leads the Lady Vols in ERA with 1.43. Rainey Gaffin is behind her with 1.77 and Erin Gabriel has 2.17, which brings the team average to 1.77.

The week ahead: The Lady Vols’ home opener against Georgia Tech for Tuesday was cancelled on Monday, so Tennessee will open up home play this Friday against Murray State at 3 p.m., followed by Furman at 5:30 p.m. On Saturday, the Lady Vols will play Bradley at 12:30 p.m. At 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., tournament semifinals will take place, and on March 1, the third place/championship games will take place at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., respectively.

Weekly said her team is ready to play the tournament in Knoxville after playing all its softball games so far on the road.

“Our team loves playing at home,” Weekly said. “We have a great fan base. People come out in groves, and they’re real enthusiastic.

Our kids are really excited to be here, and I think we’re all excited to not pack a suitcase for a while.”

11

12

The Daily Beacon • Tuesday, February 24, 2015

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S BASKETBALL

SPORTS

Vols examining all options for postseason berth Troy Provost-Heron Staff Writer (@Troy_Provost)

Junior forward Bashaara Graves leads the Lady Vols with 20 points and seven rebounds during their game against the South Carolina Gamecocks on Monday. • Photo courtesy of Donald Page/Tennessee Athletics

Late rally comes up short as Lady Vols fall 71-66 at South Carolina Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer (@PatrickMacCoon) COLUMBIA, S.C.– Despite being outrebounded 46-33, Bashaara Graves took it upon herself to give No. 6 Tennessee a fighting shot late in the game on the road against No. 2 South Carolina.

Graves led a late run and gave the Lady Vols an opportunity to steal a victory in Columbia in front of a crowd of 14,390 at Colonial Life Arena on Monday night.

However, a turnover with eight seconds remaining would give seventh-year head coach Dawn Staley and her Gamecocks their 31st straight victory at home, winning 71-66.

Aleighsa Welch finished with 19 points (9-of-14 FG) and 14 rebounds to help give her team its first home win over Tennessee since 1980.

“We have a lot of respect for Dawn and what she has done with her team,” said head coach Holly Warlick. “We just came up short. We have to keep working. The rebounding was the difference in the game.

We didn’t have an answer for Welch on the boards.”

Graves was one of four Tennessee players to finish in double figures, as she recorded 20 points (8-of-17 FG) and seven rebounds in her first start at center since Isabelle

Harrison’s season ending injury.

“While Izzy has been out I’ve been more aggressive on the offensive end,” Graves said. “I want to play my game like I’m use to.

I know I have to pick up the slack.”

South Carolina was off to a hot start from the field in the first half and established its presence down low.

Welch hit a mid-range baseline jumper assisted by Tiffany Mitchell to give her team a 20-12 lead with 12:40 left in the first half.

After allowing South Carolina to hit its first 9-of-13 shots from the field, the Lady Vols’ zone defense held the Gamecocks to nine misses in the next 11 shots.

With UT sophomore Jordan Reynolds penetrating the defense, the observant point guard found Ariel Massengale on the outside to connect on a 3-pointer from the right corner to tie the game at 26 with 5:24 left.

Then with the Gamecock defense unaware, senior forward Cierra Burdick skipped a pass down low to an unguarded Andraya Carter for an easy layup with 23 seconds left before halftime. The Lady Vols only trailed 36-33 despite failing to take the lead during the first half.

“We had good looks and got into our offense,” Warlick said. “We didn’t force many bad shots.”

UTDAILYBEACON.COM SEE MORE ONLINE

As the tailspin that has seen Tennessee drop seven of its last nine contests continues, the possibility of competing in the NCAA tournament that once existed during mid-January has all but disappeared.

But even with the highest of the postseason aspirations continually fading, the Vols haven’t given up on that objective.

“My goal is to still find a way to get into the NCAA tournament, which at this point in time looks like we’d have to win the SEC tournament,” Tennessee head coach Donnie Tyndall said. “We all understand how hard it would be to win one game (in the SEC tournament), but that’s still our goal.”

If UT does not end up cutting down the nets in Nashville, Tennessee, though, a postseason appearance is not out of the question.

Currently, the Vols are listed as a No.7 seed in Bracket Matrix’s weekly NIT projection where they would face a NCAA tournament bubble team in the Oregon Ducks, who are projected as a two-seed.

If that NIT bubble the Vols find themselves sitting on were to burst, however, their last chance at participating in the postseason would come in the form of a College Basketball Invitational bid, something Tyndall was not willing to push to the side.

“I’m all for playing extra games,” Tyndall said. “That would be a decision Dave Hart, John Gilbert and I would have to discuss and talk about. After this sea-

son, that would not be something I would want to consider, but I think any postseason with this particular team, as youthful and inexperienced as we are, would be quite an accomplishment.”

The statement voices an opinion that is vastly different from others in the past, most notably Indiana’s stance.

On March 17, 2014, Indiana athletic director Fred Glass publicly declined an invite to participate in the 16-team postseason tournament, telling the Indianapolis Star “We are Indiana. We don’t play in the CBI.” Nonetheless, the Vols would take it, and for good reason.

In the past, the CBI has helped trampoline a number of programs into a more prominent role.

In 2010, VCU took its invite and ran with it, ultimately defeating Saint Louis to claim the title. The following year, the Rams were celebrating their first Final Four appearance in program history under second-year head coach Shaka Smart.

After a 21-18 record that left them with seventh place finish in the then-PAC-10, Oregon defeated Creighton in games two and three of their championship threegame series. Two years later, the Ducks were dancing in the Sweet 16.

Pittsburgh turned its 2012 CBI title into back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances over the past two seasons.

The Vols, however, are not just hoping for a similar story of emergence. They are expecting it.

“As we move this thing forward,” Tyndall said. “We will have one goal, and one goal only, and that will be to play in the NCAA.”