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Friday, February 28, 2014

Issue 36, Volume 125

Clement Hall closing for renovations after spring semester Chris West Contributor It appears that “No-Limit Clement” will soon be off-limits.

At the conclusion of the spring semester, Clement Hall will be closed to all residents as it undergoes a nearly $3 million renovation project expected to be complete by summer of 2015.

Changes expected include: fire code updates and preventative maintenance, a repainted interior, improved flooring and carpets, improved disability accommodations for certain

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facilities, and a reconfiguration of the current basement space into a “tutoring and academic resource center.”

As plans for construction move forward, the task of relocating affected students is underway. Current residents were given “displaced resident” status and allowed special priority for the fall housing registration, excepting rooms in Volunteer and Fred Brown Halls.

One of those affected residents is freshman history major David Guffey, who was surprised when Clement’s closure for the fall was announced via email. He and his high school friends originally chose to live there on the

advice of an older classmate who gave it high marks.

“I feel like UT Housing hasn’t given anyone too bad of a hard time,” Guffey said. “I’m sad that they’ve decided to close Clement, but I’m happy to have been able to experience it this year.”

After the dust settled, Guffey chose a room in North Carrick Hall for his second-year residence, though he said he wishes he could take advantage of another year in Clement.

“Though it may not be the prettiest building, the rooms are large, it’s close to my classes on The Hill, and it beats having a communal bathroom,” Guffey said.

Current hall directors and maintenance workers are being moved to vacant spots within the housing system while resident assistants in the building are undergoing the normal application and reassignment process.

Frank Cuevas, executive director of UT Housing, said he believes the timing of the closure could not have been better.

“With the first year of construction underway at Strong Hall, rather than having issues with constant noise, it makes it a good time to go forward and reduce the inconvenience to our residents,” Cuevas said.

Despite the fact that approximately

700 beds and 350 rooms are expected to be lost through the closure, Cuevas said the deficiency is balanced by the opening of Fred Brown Hall.

“With our location, suite-style rooms, and the addition of the academic resource and tutoring center, we feel this is going to create an environment where students want to be,” Cuevas said.

However, students like Guffey still appreciate what Clement had to offer.

“It may be the fact that I’m a freshman and it’s all I’ve known, but I’ve enjoyed my time here,” Guffey said.

“It’s home.”

Bringing sexy back Janie Prathammavong • The Daily Beacon

INSIDE

BOXING WEEKEND: Catch a glimpse of opening night and a list of the winners NEWS >>pg. 2

Staff weighs in with (semi-serious) Oscar predictions ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 5

St. Paul and the Broken Bone ushers in churchlike soul sound for Bijou show

Students perform a parody of Lonely Island’s song “D*** in a Box” at the Lambda Student Union’s Annual Drag show on Apr. 15, 2013. The event was co-sponsored by the organizers of UT’s Sex Week.

Second annual Sex Week to prevail despite activity fees, condemnation questions Bradi Musil Staff Writer

ARTS & CULTURE>>pg. 5

Sex Week is upon us.

Beginning Sunday, March 2, Sexual Empowerment and Awareness at Tennessee will be hosting its second annual Sex Week. The 32 events scheduled to take place throughout the week promote sexual empowerment, health and pleasure at UT. “We have definitely learned a lot from last year,” said

Kevin Brown, member of the Sexecutive Board for SEAT and junior majoring in public relations. “We are still trying to accomplish the same things and fighting the same battles, but this year we have gotten a lot more student support than we got last year.”

This year, programming has been adjusted to satisfy student feedback from last year. In addition to resurrecting student favorites like the “Drag Show” and “Religion and Sexuality Panel,” SEAT has incorporated

new events to satisfy a broader range of students.

“We are trying to make it even more inclusive and have even more of an open dialogue with as many different opinions as possible,” said Jordan Achs, SEAT member and junior majoring in journalism and electronic media.

Sunday night will mark the kick-off for Sex Week 2014 featuring an “Aphrodisiac Cooking Class” and guest speaker Reid Mihalko’s “Stay the Night: Hook-up Culture” event. The

evening will close with a “Sexy Oscars Party.”

Achs and Brown agreed that the Hook-up Culture event is expected to be one of the most popular events of the week.

“It’s so interesting with Tinder and Lulu and Grinder and all these apps to see how they are impacting the way we ‘hook up,’ and the way college is starting to get structured as far as relationships go,” Achs said.

See SEX WEEK on Page 2

Maplehurst to play set benefiting awareness for human trafficking Jenna Butz Staff Writer What happened that one night at Wesley?

The Wesley Foundation will host local indie jazz band, Maplehurst tonight to raise funds and awareness for Sweet Aroma Ministries, whose mission is to stop human trafficking in Kenya.

Sweet Aroma Ministries, a pop-up coffee shop, works to raise awareness and funds to stop human trafficking in Kenya while also serving meals to women working in strip clubs once a week.

Megan Lange, a senior in technical writing, said she hopes that supporting the charity will combine with an intimate, casual night at the Wesley Foundation.

“Part of our goal for this concert was to have a cool night at Wesley with coffee and music – and in the process, provide exposure for a local charity,” Lange said. “Sweet Aroma is such a unique idea that we wanted to support them. And it doesn’t hurt that they make great coffee. Who doesn’t love a pop-up coffee shop?”

Passionate about fighting human trafficking, Jenna Weaver, Maplehurst’s vocalist, said she saw Lange’s invitation to play the event as a chance to help spread the word to “all kinds of people.”

“Megan inviting us to play is a great opportunity for us as a band to help World Vision get the word out to the supporters and listeners of our music; therefore, reaching more people,” Weaver said. “I want everyone to come out and support this event as stopping human trafficking is something very close to my heart, and I am happy to help in this way.”

See MAPLEHURST on Page 3

Contributors aplenty as Vols head into series against Quinnipiac As tourney time nears, Vols look to even season series with in-state rival SPORTS >>pg. 7

Dargan Southard Assistant Sports Editor Through the first seven games of the 2014 campaign, Tennessee head baseball coach Dave Serrano believes his team’s undefeated record stems largely from a simple virtue stressed as early as elementary school.

Sharing.

“There’s not one guy this team is relying on for success,”

Serrano said. “It’s a different guy every day.

“If you go back, there hasn’t been one name that keeps popping up as the guy of the game, the guy that really helped the team. It’s been a lot of different names. I wouldn’t want it any other way.”

The No. 28 Diamond Vols will have another opportunity to demonstrate their rotating stardom this weekend when UT (7-0) welcomes Quinnipiac (0-3) to Lindsey Nelson

Stadium for a three-game set beginning tonight at 5 p.m.

The list of noteworthy contributors could contain some new faces by series end as Serrano indicated more reserve player will see action against the Bobcats.

“I want to get some answers from some other guys that haven’t gotten the ball yet,” Serrano said. “By no means are we looking past opponents, but this next week will be a great opportunity for some other Vols

to get opportunities to help this team be successful.”

UT’s weekend rotation, however, includes the same names it did for the UNLV series.

Senior Nick Williams (2-0, 0.82 ERA) gets the nod in tonight’s opener, looking to continue his solid start to his final campaign in Knoxville.

“He’s taking the ball and he’s saying, `You’re not going to take it out of my hands now,’” Serrano said. “That’s exactly what I want my guys to do

when we get that opportunity.”

On Saturday at 2 p.m., The Vols’ will trot out sophomore Andrew Lee (2-0, 2.31), with freshman Kyle Serrano (1-0, 4.70) closing out the series at 1 p.m.

The first-year hurler is one of eight freshman of the UT’s roster – a group Dave Serrano feels is much different than the average collection of newcomers.

See BASEBALL on Page 8

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“...we’re big, we’re orange and not only do we have Big Ideas, we stand behind them.” @DailyBeacon www.utdailybeacon.com

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Friday, February 28, 2014

Feb. 19 4:43 p.m.: Officer was dispatched to North Carrick Hall for a report of a vandalism. Upon arrival, officer spoke with the victim who stated that someone had thrown an object out of a window of North Carrick Hall and damaged her computer.

Feb. 20 9:16 a.m.: Victim and his father reported the theft of their red Jeep Wrangler. The victim stated that the vehicle had been taken from the G-11 parking garage within the last two weeks.

10:55 p.m.: Officers were conducting a walkthrough of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity due to the front lawn being littered with red Solo cups and a strong odor of alcohol coming from the building.

Misdemeanor citations were issued for simple possession or casual exchange; a misdemeanor citation was issued for drug paraphernalia; City of Knoxville citations were issued for alcohol purchase and possession under 21 years of age.

Feb. 21 6:00 p.m.: Officer was dispatched to Hess Hall in reference to a possi-

ble trespass in an empty dorm room. Upon investigating the room, officer observed vandalism and several contraband items, which were confiscated.

Feb. 22 9:15 a.m.: Victim reported vandalism to his vehicle while it was parked on the third level of the G-11 garage.

Feb. 23 2:50 a.m.: Officer observed a male stumbling on Cumberland Avenue heading eastbound toward 17th Street.

While talking to the male, the officer observed a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage about his breath, red watery eyes and slurred speech. The male subject was taken into custody for public intoxication due to him being a danger to himself and others.

Crimelogs are compiled from records of the University of Tennessee and Knoxville Police departments. People with names similar or identical to those listed may not be those identified in reports. All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.

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Assistant News Editor Emilee Lamb

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Beacon Correction

In a graphic accompanying the article entitled “SGA campaign finances undergo reform for 2014 elections,” several statistical errors were made. The graph showed that the Amplify campaign spent $6,000 in cash and received $12,000 in donations, when in fact it only spent $6,000 total with $2,997.96 in cash. The Baker-Atchley campaign did not spend $12,000 as the graph states, but $2,546.76 in total with no donations.

The Engage campaign’s total spending was correct, but it spent $5,571.81 in cash instead of the $12,000 listed in the graph.

FIRST ROUND WINNERS Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s 34th annual Ace Miller Memorial boxing tournament kicked off Thursday.

Colin Tuck (black, SAE) blocks a jab from John Taylor (red, KE). Tuck would go on to win the fight by decision.

Featherweight: Shane Franklin, Walter Buckner Jr. Welterweight: Colin Tuck* Welterweight: Bener Oguz*, Blake Cobb Jr. Middleweight: Andrew Veal, Elliot Watson*, John Finnegan

Middleweight: Corbin Felts Jr. Light Heavyweight: Lake Kirby*, Alex Raspa, Michael Sexton

Light Heavyweight: Brian Davis, Will Coker Heavyweight: Tyler Ragsdalev *Returning Champion Photos Courtesy of Melodi Erdogan • The Daily Beacon

CAMPUS NEWS CRIME LOG

News Editor Hanna Lustig

The crowds at the Jacobs Center crush against the barricades that form an outer ring around the scorer’s tables and V.I.P. section.

SEX WEEK continued from Page 1 SEAT has also partnered with UTK Cru this year to co-sponsor the “Longterm Intimacy: Commitment & Sex” event, and the “Religion & Sex Panel.” Lambda Student Union is a co-sponsor for Thursday night’s drag show.

This time around, Sex Week will also be including more events relative to the LGBQT community.

“A lot of people hear about the L and the G, but not a lot of people hear about the rest of the letters,” Achs said. “Those populations are represented at UT, and we want to make sure that they feel included as well and that people understand them better.”

Brianna Rader, co-founder of SEAT and senior in College Scholars, said she feels that, overall, programming will be greatly improved this year.

“Last year, we were in crisis mode and so focused on just trying to make Sex Week happen,” Rader said. “This year, we have more time to put towards the actual events.”

Recent attention garnered by Sex Week from the Tennessee State Legislature is causing challenges when reaching out to more cautious students on campus, Rader said. SEAT has been especially careful this year to concentrate on making Sex Week a respected image.

“It’s hard to make Sex Week seem like a comfortable place for shy students to attend,” Rader said. “It’s been extremely frustrating that people speak for us.”

However, Achs said she can appreciate the positive effects of such publicity, asserting that no amount of legislative attack could ever stop or slow down SEAT. “We’ve still pushed forward, and we’ve still done everything like we would regardless,” Achs said. “We haven’t let it slow us down. “... It’s definitely been a factor in how much attention we have gotten, which is partially a great thing for putting our name out there.”

Ultimately, Achs said, SEAT wants to encourage students to attend Sex Week events with an open mind.

“College is definitely a time where people try to find themselves,” Achs said. “It’s a time when you realize what your beliefs are and what you think, what you feel, who you love, and we want to help people who may be confused about some of that stuff.

“We are just trying to make it easier for people to live their lives.”

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THE DAILY BEACON • 3 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

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Katelyn Hadder Contributor

Arts & Culture Editor

American rock band The Fray released its latest album, “Helios,” on Tuesday. modern and experimentally instrumental songs. It is telling of the progress the group has made in the industry and where they continue to see themselves going down the road.

If you are already a fan of The Fray, you will rave about this album just as much as you did all the others. Simply for the fact that The Fray still produces the

kind of music that makes you wish there was a movie trailer playing along to it. Their music is thought-provoking and raw, and that’s why fans love it.

If you aren’t as familiar with the band as your Belieber sister is, don’t be fooled. This album is relatable and shows why the band has made the name for themselves that it has.

The Wesley Foundation will host local indie jazz band Maplehurst tonight to raise funds and awareness for Sweet Aroma Ministries, whose mission is to stop human trafficking in Kenya.

MAPLEHURST continued from Page 1 On the leadership team at the Wesley Foundation, Claire Dodson, a junior in English and arts and culture editor at The Daily Beacon, has been looking for a chance to use an often forgotten space upstairs with an unused stage. When the idea of the concert arose and formed, she was glad to “do something productive with the space.”

While the Wesley Foundation hosts a plethora of events each month, Dodson said she feels “most of them are geared to the Wesley community.” While they do movie nights, host other Wesley Foundations and perform service projects within the greater Knoxville area, Dodson was looking to do more.

“I wanted us to do something for students and music lovers that hopefully will bring in a different group of people than usually come here, and music does that,” Dodson said.

“I would love it if we could do more concerts upstairs and establish Wesley as an artsoriented community.”

Opening the night will be the Wesley Collective. Comprised of Wesley Foundation members Michael Wilson, Jonathan Baylor, Dodson and Lange, the group will set the scene for the evening.

“We are all involved at Wesley Foundation and love to make music – so once it was decided that this event would happen, the idea sprung for a group of us to play some of our original tunes together,” Lange said. “Personally, I’ve enjoyed making music with these guys for several years now in a nonperformance sense, so we’re just taking it to the next level.”

Stating Maplehurst as an obvious choice, Lange was surprised to learn that Weaver is avid about fighting human trafficking. After finding out Weaver wants to be a missionary to help this cause, Lange said she sees the combination of Sweet Aroma Ministries and Maplehurst as the Wesley Foundation “really bringing light to a subject that we, as a campus, need to be aware of.”

Lange also sees Maplehurst’s “distinctive musical flair” as a drawing point for the event.

“Maplehurst is a well-known band here in Knoxville with

host joint benefit despite having equipment stolen Claire Dodson

• Photo Courtesy of Megan Lange

The Fray’s emotionally-driven debut album, “How to Save a Life,” showed fans that they now had a pop-rock band they could both tolerate and connect with.

The Denver natives showed us that all that was needed to make a good record was a piano and some honest, not-so-flashy lyrics. Now, nine years later, the band marks another milestone in its musical career with the group’s latest release, “Helios.”

After the band’s previous album, “Scars & Stories,” the stakes were high to top its success. “Helios,” however, has done just that.

While every album thus far for The Fray has been successful, it has been redundant. The group has trademarked its “Coldplayesque” sound in every record it has produced. However, “Helios” is refreshingly different.

The new album is representative of sounds that are both cohesive and musically diverse, all while staying true to the band’s

original identity. As an entire album, “Helios” has really managed to explore electronic music in a way that isn’t obnoxious or fake. Songs range from electropop, to alternative pop, to disco vibes that keep the record upbeat and interesting.

Each song has a tendency to remind you of both something great in music and something great about the band you fell in love with back in 2005.

While the first track “Hold My Hand” feels similar to one of their hit singles, “You Found Me,” it is evident that the sound of the album is layered, incorporating new sounds with the old favorites. “Hurricane” and “Keep on Wanting” bring us back to the Coldplay, pop-rock sound that The Fray can’t seem to completely get away from. That’s the price the band pays for being in a genre of music where everything and everyone sounds the same.

Regardless, the album shows growth and how the band evolved from where it first started out. As a whole, the album is risky and has dared to try something new, a collection of

• Photo Courtesy of The Fray

The Fray’s ‘Helios’ refreshingly different Knoxville band to

a distinctive musical flair,” Lange said. “You don’t find a band that describes themselves as being ‘as smooth as coffee poured over cheesecake’ often, but that’s exactly what Maplehurst does.

“Basically, their blend of indie jazz fits in perfectly with the feel we want to foster throughout the evening.”

While Maplehurst recently released their self-titled first album, Weaver said she does not see this event as a chance to promote the accomplishment. Rather, she intends to focus on the mission at hand.

“I actually do not see this show as a way to showcase our album at all,” Weaver said.

“In fact I don’t want this show to be about us or anything we have done at all.

“I want the focus and showcase to be about stopping human trafficking and raising money for World Vision who are already helping stop human trafficking.”

In the end, Dodson hopes the event not only spreads awareness about human trafficking but the Wesley Foundation’s place in the community as well while showcasing local talent.

“I hope attendees get the

chance to listen to some really captivating music and that they come away thinking, ‘Hey, Wesley is different than I thought,’ or if they didn’t know about us at all, that they’ll remember us and know as an inviting and musical place,” Dodson said. “I don’t want to have a huge agenda where we guilt people into coming to our events, but I love this community so much and the chance to share that and great local music is awesome.”

On the morning of Feb. 9, Christina Horn of local band Hudson K walked out to her van to find the windows smashed, the ground littered with broken glass and thousands of dollars worth of equipment missing.

Horn’s solution was to turn their already scheduled performance at the Pilot Light on March 1 into a benefit featuring an eclectic variety of Knoxville and Chattanooga musicians, including one from Hudson K. “Instead of rolling in self-misery, we are throwing a party,” reads Hudson K’s description for the band’s event entitled “Dont FOOG with our MOOG.” This is an accurate descriptor, as Hudson K members Horn and Nate Barrett are taking their lemons and making lemonade in the form of inspired new music and a united Knoxville music community.

“You could take it and be like, ‘This sucks; the worst has happened,’ or you can think like, ‘This is just another bump in the road, (and) nothing can really stop us at this point,’” Horn said. “I think that’s the attitude we’re taking.

“We’re not gonna let it stop us from doing what we’re doing.”

After posting about the theft on Facebook, people reached out to Horn and Barrett, offering money, equipment and moral support. For Horn, this was an “eye-opening experience.”

One such person was Reenie Kennedy-Mooney, a freelance graphic designer and regular editor who has worked with the band on its album cover and other projects. KennedyMooney designed the posters to advertise the event, and her husband loaned Horn a piece of equipment. For KennedyMooney, her reaction was instinctual.

“I was pissed off. She’d just gotten that MOOG,” KennedyMooney said. “The past year and a half or so she’s been learning all this equipment and

just rocking it, and I was flabbergasted and really mad.”

Kennedy-Mooney and others channeled their anger into an outflow of support that allowed Horn and Barrett to continue playing using borrowed equipment. Hudson K channeled its anger into songwriting.

“That feeling of not having control over so many things in your life and being violated and taken from is definitely good fodder for songs,” Horn said. “I left my house and called my roommate and was like, ‘I think I left it unlocked and (I’m) being a bit paranoid.’

“Maybe a little bit of that is good, but I don’t want to live my life like that, living in constant fear of being robbed.”

For Horn, the decision to hold a benefit was a reluctant one, even though she says it “made sense.”

“There’s a part of me that really hates having a benefit for us; it just feels weird because we usually do benefits for other people,” Horn said. “I figured, why not get some of our good friends to jump on the bill?

But we never make that much money anyway, so when you ask your friends to play for free it’s kind of a sensitive subject. I hate doing that.”

These friends span a wide set of genres and include Danimal Pinson, Jon Whitlock Trio, Zac Fallon and Glowing Bordis.

The benefit of getting involved with the event speaks to more than just monetary support, it speaks to the tightness of Knoxville’s music scene.

“In Knoxville, we support our musicians really, really well,” Kennedy-Mooney said.

“I’ve lived around this country, and I’ve never seen a better, warmer stew of love between people who make music than here.

“To come out and be part of that is awesome, to feel that you can be part of that is awesome.

You get to say that you’re part of the ‘Scruffy City’ love.”

The show starts at 9 p.m.

Saturday at the Pilot Light.

Tickets are $7, or $10 with a complimentary PBR.

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Friday, February 28, 2014 Editor-in-Chief R.J. Vogt

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UT needs to utilize the national stage Sex Week has allotted Crossing Cues by

Melissa Lee The University of Tennessee has changed me.

I came in younger and more naïve, unsure about myself and my future, and just flat-out scared. I’m still most of those things, but – by the virtue of the UT professors who have let me into their programs and laboratories, the UT staff members who have encouraged and supported me, and my UT student peers from whom I have learned far, far more than I ever will in any classroom – in a little over two months I’ll be headed out of here, and, for now at least, I’ll be going somewhere.

I haven’t attended a single football or basketball game, and the extent of my athletic involvement has been that one time freshman year I went to TRECS to get a smoothie. I may not be what immediately comes to mind when you picture a UT fan, but in the past four years, this place has become a part of me.

Cut me, and I might just bleed a little orange.

So maybe it’s just because of my own selfishness or pride, but I care about this place. And as I’ve flown around the country these past few weeks interviewing at various universities for graduate school, it’s been a bit dismaying that there have been instances – multiple instances – where someone has looked at me, a bit confused, and asked me why I decided to go to the University of Tennessee.

People in the places that I’ve visited – New York, Ann Arbor, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Atlanta – many of the places that house universities that are among our target group of Top 25 public research universities – don’t know about the University of Tennessee. If they do, it’s because they remember some news last year about a university in Tennessee – typical Tennessee – that pulled its Sex Week funding amid some Fox News uproar.

It’s no secret that Big Orange, Big Ideas is a big marketing campaign, launched almost exactly two years ago to more than its share of student criticism. Its purpose, according to the Chancellor’s 2012 Newsletter, is to “remind people of UT’s impact on the state and the nation” – a “platform for telling our story and strengthening our reputation – all of which plays a big role in helping us move into the ranks of the Top 25.”

It’s had some success. There’s no denying that the phrase is catchy, and, mockingly or not, it’s certainly been co-opted by plenty of student organizations and campaigns.

But across the country, it’s a different story. It seems the only people that Big Orange, Big Ideas has actually reached are the only people it didn’t need to reach: the people already on this campus.

Two years into the campaign, and we seem to be coming across a problem; national attention is hard to get and even harder to carry.

So maybe it’s actually fortunate, then, that we have found ourselves under the representation of one Stacey Campfield, a man who seems to have a knack for attracting the very kind of national exasperation that keeps people watching.

We are even luckier, still, that his representation has happened to coincide with a Big Idea – the now-condemned student organization of the University of Tennessee Sex Week. Lucky that the state legislature’s apparent disappointment in not having succeeded in quenching Sex Week once and for all with last year’s pressure has not led to the legislature backing down this year, but rather for them to increase pressure in ridiculous, attention-catching ways – a hilarious 69 votes for condemnation, a threat to change student fees, a proposed bill that could do away with using institutional fees to bring outside speakers to the university entirely.

No matter your politics, there’s no denying that Sex Week and its ridiculous backlash has brought the University of Tennessee something that no branding campaign, even with $85,000, could buy: the national spotlight.

If we cannot see the value in Sex Week’s principles – in its encouragement to talk and think openly about issues of sexuality and gender so that you can make your own informed decisions – we should, at the very least, be able to see the value in its apparent power to stir things up.

The University of Tennessee has been handed a stage.

Thankfully it doesn’t look like we’re pushing it over like we did last year, but it stands to be seen whether we will be standing tepidly in the corner watching everything take place, or if we’ll step right up to the center and boldly proclaim to the rest of the nation what its students already know – we’re big, we’re orange and not only do we have Big Ideas, we stand behind them.

Melissa Lee is a senior in College Scholars. She can be reached at mlee48@utk.edu.

Columns of The Daily Beacon are reflections of the individual columnist, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or its editorial staff.

Why Greek life should support Sex Week Fifty Shades of Wade by

Wade Scofield If you have not already been able to tell by my stereotypically vested headshot, I am a member of a college fraternity on campus.

Though I have devoted a great deal of energy to my chapter and to the Greek system as a whole, I have been very invested in other extracurriculars throughout my soon-to-be four years on campus.

Still, to this day, when someone in any myriad of organizations – I have experienced this most strongly in student government and Central Program Council – learns that I am a member of a college fraternity, I usually hear “I had no idea!” or “You seem too good for that!”

The surprise that people tend to experience when connecting someone intelligent and courteous to membership in a Greek organization is disappointing and poses a whole host of issues.

When non-Greeks assume that they are looked down on by Greeks, they only ensure hostility between the two.

The perceived aloofness, WASPiness, antagonistic conservatism and misconduct of Greeks is a byproduct of a few loud apples at the bottom of the bushel rather than a more silent, overwhelming majority.

But I have to admit there is one place for which I have been very disheartened in UT’s Greeks that has conspicuously revealed our unwillingness to listen, understand or be alert to campus issues. And that is in the university’s hosting of Sex Week.

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ourselves as much as everyone else.

Open-dialogue sex education is extremely important. It is well-documented that states that teach contraceptive-based sex education in middle and high schools have lower STD and teen pregnancy rates than those that espouse abstinence-only-no-questions-asked sex education – like Tennessee. And it is no secret that UT lags behind most public universities in sexual health rankings.

In fraternities and sororities, we exalt having sex for the sake of having sex. Our inebriated, stimulated hookup culture discards the emotional connection of sexual activity and often results in sexual assault.

This makes supporting Sex Week even more important in light of our current standing. When someone says “fraternity” or “sorority,” you can bet “buttchugging,” “rape,” “drugs,” “elitism” and “ignorance” usually follow.

Supporting Sex Week is one way to turn that stigma on campus and among alumni.

We are members of organizations founded on respect, fellowship and personal development.

Supporting Sex Week shows that Greeks want to make UT a better place by addressing issues that apply to every student, namely, sexual activity or the decision not to become sexually active.

To be clear, I’m not saying the negative reputations of Greek life have much merit. But we have to realize that they are prevalent anyway.

Supporting a scrutinized campus event that has a positive message of education will not only help us learn something, it can help distance us from our reputation of aloofness, snobbery and hypocrisy.

Wade Scofield is a senior in religious studies and Latin. He can be reached at wade@utk.edu.

Endorphins: The pros and cons of your body’s natural pain killer Working Out Happiness by

Andrew Fleming Endorphins are like the cardiovascular buff’s fountain of youth.

To some, they remain a myth, a mystical lagoon of endless joy, where leg cramps and muscle inflammation float away like bubbles in a fruit-flavored pre-workout beverage. To others, they are a pleasant hitchhiker that finds them around mile eight every Saturday afternoon run.

They’re ethereal, they’re incredibly pleasant and everyone wants them.

But what are they?

To understand endorphins, it is first important to understand a little bit about how the brain works when it comes to drugs.

Any drug that you put into your body is known as “exogenous” – literally just meaning from the outside. However, for every exogenous drug, there’s usually an “endogenous” counterpart – that is, a naturally-occurring biological chemical that activates the same receptors.

All of that being said, if you can find a receptor for something that comes from the outside of your body, you’re probably interfering with a fine-tuned biochemical machine of some sort (“drugs are bad, mmkay?”).

So what does any of that mean? Endorphin

is a simple abbreviation for what’s known more simply as “endogenous morphine.”

That’s right, your body is naturally producing opiates that won’t kill you. These are endogenous opioids that your pituitary gland and hypothalamus release in many varying situations, from sex to spicy food consumption. One of the primary reasons your body would induce such a nepenthe of chemicals is when it comes to face-to-face with intense nociception, or pain.

Nociceptors are essentially free nerve endings that permeate the exterior regions of the body and signal damaging stimuli back to the brain and spine. These endogenous opioids are released onto the nociceptors in the spine to make them send less pain signals. It’s like throwing a temporary microscopic wrench into the works.

Evolutionarily speaking, this makes sense.

If you’ve been following a wildebeest for 20 days during what’s called “persistence hunting,” humans equipped with on-board painkillers are going to be much more likely to get the kill, and live to see another hunt, leaving their endorphinless counterparts staggering home, starving.

While most of the Homo sapiens species does not have to run for however many miles a day as it used to, this biological mechanism remains encoded in us.

All of that said, endorphins can also prove a bit troublesome, as pain killers make you – wait for it – not feel pain. So, you’re out on your run and you’re running on six-mile-ready legs about to zonk out… and BAM, you’re suddenly sprint-

ing and singing the chorus to Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up” and realizing that the sky is incredibly blue and the neighbor’s dog really isn’t that annoying. The only issue is, if your body isn’t ready for it, you can seriously injure yourself.

You’ll hit mile eight and the endorphins have worn off and you realize your knee can’t really bend correctly anymore and that chafing was even worse than you could have ever imagined.

It’s because you’re high on painkillers. It happens on long, intense workouts. I experienced it around mile 32 of a bike race last year, when I went from about to fall off my bike to humming Loch Lomond and passing 20 or so more people on the way to the finish. (I was feeling very Scottish that day for whatever reason. Long distance workouts send your mind to odd places.)

So, while endorphins may not have you overdosing anytime soon, they do have their own inherent idiosyncrasies and dynamics.

It’s all about listening to your body, as hippie as that may sound. If you are in pain, stop exercising. If you think you should be in pain but instead you can’t feel the lower half of your body, stop exercising.

Don’t work out for a number. Work out so you feel great, and see if you can do more next time.

Be aware of endorphins, and learn to love them. Just don’t hurt yourself.

Andrew Fleming is a junior in neuroscience.

He can be reached at aflemin8@utk.edu.

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At UT, this unwillingness for understanding is a direct result of Total Frat Move Culture.

TFM Culture dictates that Greeks must be innately superior, wealthy, patriotic and contradictorily possessing traditional American (i.e.

Christian) values while also acting like a general clown to women and minorities and using nepotism to get out of condemning situations.

It does not help that on Monday, a TFM “columnist” published a summation of mockery to Sex Week’s lighthearted promotional video, presupposing to UT students that they should be opposed to Sex Week – which is next week – because it is organized by a bunch of GDIs. First, that is not true. There is at least one member of Sex Week’s executive board who is Greek and a number of Sex Week’s supporters have been Greek members at UT. Last Spring, it seemed that most Greek students who were opposed to Sex Week’s mere existence cited either misuse of taxpayer funds or a moral disagreement. Both of these are falsifiable. Sexual Empowerment and Awareness at Tennessee received no state funds for this programming and only received 0.27 percent of student programming fees.

Additionally, a “moral” opposition to discussions of sex fails to recognize that a good deal of Sex Week’s programming focuses on abstinence and discussions of sex and religion.

To tell the truth, there is a gamut of reasons for Greeks to support Sex Week at UT next week. There is programming on sexual assault – God knows that we Greeks don’t have the best reputation on that topic. There is programming about how to approach hook-up culture and “casual” hooking up, something Greek life tends to exalt. There is programming about contraceptives. Greeks are as sexually active as non-Greeks, and we should know how to protect

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THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

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2014 Oscar Predictions

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Special guest Al Gamble – on piano, organ and Wurlitzer – performs at the Bijou Theatre on Wednesday with St. Paul and the Broken Bones.

Bijou revived by St. Paul and the Broken Bones Claire Dodson Arts & Culture Editor Knoxville’s historic Bijou Theatre transformed into a revival Wednesday night, with St. Paul and the Broken Bones’ frontman Paul Janeway in the pulpit.

The band, made up of Janeway and six others – including a horn section – brought their emotionally-charged soul and gospel-influenced tunes to a room originally filled with seated older adults. Two songs in, however, the crowd was on its feet, cheering with arms raised, looking like a Sunday morning in an exuberant 1950s church.

And Janeway enthusiastically

conducts his congregation, his chubby baby face disguising the fact that the boy has some soul. His vocals are deliciously bluesy, evoking immediate shivers and nostalgic memories of a time when the only kinds of music worth listening to were the likes of James Brown, Otis Redding and Sam Cooke – all of which Janeway counts as influences, according to the band’s website.

The first incredible thing about St. Paul and the Broken Bones is how new the group is to this, having just released the band’s debut full-length album, “Half the City,� Feb. 18. And yet each track highlights Janeway’s supreme vocal ability and the band’s deep, raw sound.

“Half the City� was produced

by Alabama Shakes’ keyboardist Ben Tanner, and the similarities between the two groups do not go unnoticed. Both the Shakes and St. Paul are vocally-driven by outstanding leads with a jazz-age fullness and range that listens as if you’re looking at a black-and-white photograph.

This brand of rock united the Bijou’s audience, drawing together several generations – baby boomers, X and Y – that give into their urge to look back sentimentally on a time they only experienced through music and their parents’ or grandparents’ memories. The sentiment was heightened by St. Paul’s covers of Brown’s “Try a Little Tenderness� and Tom Waits’

“Make it Rain.�

In the context of all of this is Janeway, who moves smoothly across the stage, jumping off of it at times to get closer to the crowd, even going on his knees during a particularly emotive note carried off flawlessly by his textured tone. He pauses only to chug from a water bottle or dab his face with a large orange towel, signs of his overflowing passion and feeling for the words he sings.

He throws down words with ferocity, a rawness that’s rough spots just make the experience even better, make the audience want to groan with satisfaction – and some do. The audience is incapable of stillness, yet they do not dance – rather, they sigh and nod and slump their bodies a little with each beat and bass line, as though the soul is in them, too. If only it can just be released. “I’m going to take you to church for a second,� Janeway said. “We might just play all damn night.�

And we believe him.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

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Vol legend Dale Ellis to sign autographs in UC Staff Report Tennessee Volunteer basketball legend Dale Ellis will be signing autographs inside the University Center VolShop today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Ellis, who starred at Tennessee from 1979-83, is having his No. 14 jersey retired during an on-court ceremony before Saturday’s game against Vanderbilt at Thompson-Boling Arena, which tips at noon.

To commemorate Ellis’ jersey retirement, artist T.J. Sharp has created a limited edition portrait of Ellis in action for the Vols that will be sold at the autograph signing.

Ellis was a two-time AllAmerican and two-time SEC Player of the Year during his career at UT. He helped lead Tennessee to the 1982 SEC Championship, scored 2,065 career points – which ranks sixth all-time in UT history – and went on to play for 17 years in the NBA, where he played for six different teams and averaged 15.7 points per game in his career.

“Dale is a really good guy, and I talk to him all the time,” UT head coach Cuonzo Martin said at his Monday press luncheon. “I’m happy for him. He put the work in, was a very successful college and NBA player, so it is great to see that.

“Hopefully our fans come out and support him because he is a really good guy, and I like being around and talking to him.”

This commemorative painting of Vols basketball legend Dale Ellis by artist T.J. Sharp will be sold today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. during Ellis’ autograph signing inside the UC VolShop.

EVENT INFO

• WHAT: Dale Ellis Autograph Signing

• WHEN: Friday, Feb. 28, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• WHERE: University Center VolShop 1502 Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, TN 37996 • PARKING: Parking is available at Vol Hall parking garage (G15)

Junior Brandon Fickey returns a forehand against Wake Forest on Feb. 9 at the Goodfriend Tennis Center.

Vols aiming to start SEC play hot against Georgia Garrett Ahmad Contributor With the indoor season behind the team, the No. 15 Tennessee Volunteers tennis squad will look to find its form outdoors Sunday at home against No. 12 Georgia.

The Vols will open the official SEC season just two weeks after losing to No. 8 Texas A&M at the ITA National Indoor Tournament in Houston.

“To be quite honest, the indoor season is over,” head coach Sam Winterbotham said.

“We feel like we have gone through that first part of the season. We’re not really looking back. We’re solely focused on the outdoor season and what’s up next, and that’s the SEC regular season.”

With the change of setting to outdoors also comes a change back to traditional rules, which are used during the NCAA tournament.

Starting in January, the ITA used an experimental set of rules that were meant to shorten matches. Doubles matches were played up to six, instead of eight, and there was “no-ad” scoring in both singles and doubles, which meant that there was no advantage after a game was tied at 40-40.

“It’s just a different game now,” Winterbotham said. “I think that favors us.”

One thing remains the same for Tennessee: the high quality of its opponents. Six of the last seven teams Tennessee has played are currently ranked in the top 25, and Georgia is no exception.

“They’re a really good team,” Winterbotham said. “Nothing has really changed from last year. I think their players have got a little better. So it’s going to be a really fun, tough

match.”

Georgia was the preseason favorite to win the SEC after making it to the semifinals of the NCAA tournament last year. However, a difficult schedule combined with injuries has prevented them from living up to expectations.

The Bulldogs were winless in their three matches at the ITA tournament in Houston after being forced to concede points in two of their matches because they were unable to field enough players due to injury.

Georgia returned to full force in a 4-0 win in its last match against Georgia Tech, who Tennessee will play next at home Tuesday.

The road does not get any easier for Tennessee after Georgia. The SEC boasts seven of the top 20 ranked teams in the nation.

“Every match is a challenge,” Winterbotham said. “Regardless of ranking, the SEC is a very strong conference in tennis. So you have to be ready for each match.”

For the players, the start of the SEC season brings about an elevated level of excitement.

“We love it,” Winterbotham said. “We recruit people that want to be in the SEC, and they want that challenge on a weekly basis.

“They don’t want easy matches because you don’t get any, and that’s what’s great about it.”

Despite the high rankings of their opponents, Winterbotham said Tennessee still believes they can win the SEC. To accomplish that, each match takes on a higher importance, and the Vols can ill afford to slip up.

“We want to win the SEC in regular season,” Winterbotham said. “We want to be the SEC champions. So to do that, typically, you go through undefeated, or maybe one loss. So we know that we’ve got to get out there and get off to a good start.”

Friday, February 28, 2014

THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron

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Vols face rival Commodores as pressure peaks Steven Cook Copy Editor One round-trip to Starkville, Miss., out of the way, the Tennessee Volunteers’ crucial four-game stand to save their season returns home to take on an all too familiar foe.

The Vols basketball team will host the Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday at noon inside ThompsonBoling Arena as UT aims for what would be just its second multi-game win streak of the SEC season.

After Wednesday night’s 75-68 victory over Mississippi State, the Vols’ NCAA Tournament bid is still very much alive. With a weak bubble this year, UT sits as one of the “last four in” according to ESPN’s Joe Lunardi and closes out the season with Vandy, at Auburn and home against Missouri.

Pressure on the program has never been higher than after the Vols’ loss at Texas A&M over the past weekend. That had Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin simply feeling grateful for the win over the pesky Bulldogs that made it a game late.

“I think for our guys, it’s good to

get this win,” Martin said to reporters after the game. “It seemed as if they were playing with a 15- or 20-pound weight on their backs.

Just get it off your back and play basketball.

“I told the guys, ‘Whatever happens, happens. We’ve got to play.

We’ve got to compete.’”

What happened in the second half Wednesday was a Mississippi State revival, threatening a wireto-wire Vols win by trimming the deficit to four with under two minutes left. UT guard Jordan McRae’s 29 points, 10 rebounds and four assists, however, proved to be too much.

McRae doesn’t mind making his teammates happy, especially when it involves him scoring the ball and when those teammates are each pushing 6-foot-8 and 260 pounds.

“The team will come to me and be like, ‘You gotta score,’” McRae told Bob Kesling and Bert Bertelkamp on the Vol Network broadcast after the game. “When somebody like Jeronne and Jarnell tells me I gotta score for us, I have to.

“I don’t think anybody wants to get into a battle with those two.”

How they match up Vanderbilt

Tennessee senior guard Jordan McRae shoots over Georgia forward Nemanja Djurisic (42) in the Vols’ 67-48 win over the Bulldogs at Thompson-Boling Arena on Feb. 18.

Back to where it began Martin isn’t known for being keen on changing things up too often.

He’s now going back on perhaps his biggest change of the season, putting senior point guard Antonio Barton back into the starting lineup over freshman Darius Thompson.

Barton struggled from the field Wednesday — going 1-of-6 with four points — but added four assists and played 28 minutes to Thompson’s 12.

His experience and scoring just gives the Vols’ offense a bit more to work with, Martin said, shutting down the idea that Thompson’s ineffectiveness spurred the move.

“Not necessarily how he struggles,” Martin said. “I don’t think anyone has played great (at the position). I just think with Antonio’s experience, and his threat to score the ball … an experienced guy down the stretch will allow Darius to relax a little bit and come off the bench.”

Martin also announced after the game that Barton would start the rest of the way barring injury.

Thompson averaged just 2.3 points per game and was held scoreless three times in his nine-game stint as starter in SEC play.

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66.0

Scoring Offense

72.0

64.9

Scoring Defense

63.5

.444

Field Goal %

.326

PPG RPG APG FG% #1 G Eric McClellan

14.3 4.4

3.2

.436

.443

#0 F Rod Odom

14.1 5.5

1.2

.419

3-Point %

.338

#11 G Kyle Fuller

11.5 3.7

4.4

.379

-1.4

Rebound Margin

+8.3

13.3

Assists Per Game

12.5

4.7

Blocks Per Game

4.9

4.9

Steals Per Game

5.1

-2.3

Turnover Margin

+0.1

Last Meeting Feb. 5, 2014 in Nashville, Tenn.

Commodores, 64-60

8 • THE DAILY BEACON

Friday, February 28, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron

SPORTS

tprovost@utk.edu

Assistant Sports Editor Dargan Southard

msoutha1@utk.edu

Dargan Southard Assistant Sports Editor On his online bio, the high school accolades take up more than a quarter of the page.

First team this. AllAmerican that.

Like that infamous sideline cooler of Gatorade reserved for winning head coaches, high expectations were thoroughly dumped on Kyle Serrano the second he opted for a dip in the college ranks last June.

And in the months that followed, it was more of the same.

In Tennessee’s first outdoor scrimmage of the spring, he tossed four no-hit innings.

One noteworthy media outlet named him the top newcomer in the SEC — another, the ninth best freshman in the country.

But through two collegiate starts, Serrano has been just that — a freshman still searching for stable ground to stand on.

His opening act was presentable, an effective five innings that were largely overshadowed by the Vols’ 18-run drubbing of lowly Purdue.

Four hits and two runs was all Serrano allowed with just a small dosage of free passes (3) and hit batsman (2) sprinkled here and there.

His follow-up performance on Feb. 22, though, was less than pedestrian. The freshman struggled from the opening hitter and required the bullpen’s assistance before the third inning concluded.

The strike zone appeared rather foreign to Serrano as he reached three-ball counts on five different UNLV hitters, four of which transpired into walks.

The last straw snapped on his 55th and final pitch of the afternoon — a two-out, twostrike ball that pegged a Rebel hitter with the bases loaded.

But UT’s ninth inning heroics — albeit a shaky UNLV infield that butchered a rather simple throw — generated a dramatic walk off victory, and again, Serrano’s pitching performance was shuffled to the backburner.

“He’s a freshman,” said head coach Dave Serrano, who doubles as Kyle’s father. “He’s not the first one that’s going to go through these types of growing pains.”

And so far, they’ve hardly mattered. The Diamond Vols are cruising through their nonconference slate with relative ease.

Seven games. Seven wins.

And some national recognition to show.

On Monday, UT corralled its first ranking since 2008, sliding into Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s top 30 poll at No. 28.

UT’s current winning streak is soaked in versatility. There have been nail biters and blowouts, high-scoring affairs and offensively-scarce pitching

duels.

And despite having more failing components than just Kyle Serrano, all seven contests this season have swung in UT’s favor one way or another.

But with a southwest road trip and a treacherous conference schedule lurking ominously around the corner, it is imperative the Vols have every wrinkle ironed out of every weapon at every position.

Kyle Serrano being the obvious top priority.

This weekend provides a solid opportunity for a turnaround. UT’s hosts a winless Quinnipiac squad, who hit just .235 as a team in its opening three games.

The freshman righty is scheduled to start the series finale on Sunday.

“He going to continue to be pushed out there and continue to get that experience,” Dave Serrano said last Saturday.

It’s no question that “experience” is still in its infancy stages, and if the perception of pitcher was set in stone after just two starts, then Justin Verlander would be unemployed and Bobo Holloman would be a proud Hall of Fame inductee.

But when you boast a heralded reputation chocked full of prestigious accolades and are a part of the toughest conference in the country, the SEC has eight teams ranked above UT, the luxury of a trial run is all but eliminated.

Considering what lies ahead, the Vols need Kyle Serrano at his best sooner rather than later.

Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon

Vols need Kyle Serrano to bypass growing pains sooner rather than later

BASEBALL

Freshman Kyle Serrano delivers a pitch against UNLV at Lindsey Nelson Stadium on Feb. 22.

BASEBALL continued from Page 1 “It kind of goes to show, our coaching staff is convinced that this freshmen class is unique in a good way,” Dave Serrano said. “They are tough kids. They don’t act like fresh-

men. They are prepared. They are physical enough to play right now.”

While UT comes into the weekend series with an abundance of confidence, the Bobcats arrive in Knoxville fresh off a disappointing showing at last weekend’s Spartan Classic that was held in Norfolk, Va.

In the three games, Quinnipiac scored only eight runs in 28 innings and produced just a .235 team batting average.

Infielder Scott Donaghue led the Bobcats with four hits on the weekend while freshman Matthew Batten and junior Rob Pescitelli each drove in a pair of RBI.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Simmons helps Lady Vols fend off fiesty LSU, 72-67 of her 21 points in the sec- Theresa Plaisance added 20 ond half, including two 3s points and 11 rebounds for and the tying free throws the Lady Tigers, who’ve lost BATON ROUGE, La. — during LSU’s late 10-0 run. five straight.

Meighan Simmons highlighted a 31-point performance with a clutch 3-pointer in the final minute, and No. 10 Tennessee held off Baton Rouge, La. // Pete Maravich Center // 3,374 LSU, 72-67, on Thursday Field Goals 24-52 (.462) 22-61 (.361) night after the Lady Tigers 3-pointers 6-12 (.500) 6-15 (.400) had erased a 21-point halftime hole.

Free Throws 18-24 (.750) 17-22 (.773) Simmons hit five 3s in Rebounds-Off 43-12 31-10 all and also made a couple

Associated Press

72 Tennessee

free throws to help seal the victory for the Lady Vols (23-5, 12-2 Southeastern Conference), who won for the ninth time in 10 games.

Cierra Burdick added 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Isabelle Harrison 11 points and 11 rebounds for Tennessee, which had to rescue the victory after allowing LSU to tie the score with 3:28 to go.

Jeanne Kenney scored 17

LSU 67

22

Turnovers

12

24

Fouls

21

21

Largest Lead

-

Individual Leaders M. Simmons 31

Points

J. Kenney 21

I. Harrison 11

Rebounds

T. Plaisance 11

2 Tied, 3

Assists

2 Tied, 3

M. Russell 2

Steals

J. Kenney 5

N. Moore 2

Blocks

T. Plaisance 2