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UT pushes healthy diets through nutritionist, natural foods Staff Writer

Good nutrition requires more than an apple a day.

For this reason, Aramark dining, in collaboration with the Student Health Center, offers students free access to an on-campus nutritionist.

Madeline Schappel, a junior in nutrition, is the student nutrition educa-

tor for UT. Schappel provides nutrition counseling to UT students and faculty in addition to lending her expertise to campus dining projects and menus.

Schappel plans on entering into a dietetic internship following her undergraduate career to become a registered dietician.

Currently employed by Aramark, Schappel receives nutrition referrals from the Student Health Center,

where she meets with students to conduct nutritional consultations.

“I am not a (registered dietician), so my consults are limited, but I can advise on cholesterol, weight loss and gain, food allergies, heart health, hypertension, vegetarian/vegan diets and IBS, to name a few,” Schappel said. “Typically, I will receive referrals that include their nutritional goals, current exercises,

and some health history, and I will contact them to set up meetings.”

A common complaint Schappel receives from clients involves food allergies.

Schappel said she regularly meets with campus chefs and students to establish relationships between them and create plans for their meals.

When a nutrition consult is set up, Schappel plans what she will discuss

with the student and the pair analyzes the dietary and exercise habits of the patient. From there, Schappel advises accordingly, sometimes organizing additional meetings or email correspondence.

Schappel said she believes proper nutrition and attention to diet are key parts of staying healthy during the college years.

“I think nutrition is one of the most important

things to a stressed-out college student,” Schappel said. “It is important to know that your diet affects every aspect of your daily life, and a healthy meal can make all the difference in your test grades.”

Kiara Brooks, a sophomore pre-major in nutrition, agreed, saying the body’s nutritional needs are something everyone should understand.

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It’s all in the details: Graphic designer discusses marketing products to human emotion ARTS & CULTURE>>pg. 6 Reid Mihalko lectures on the importance of understanding one’s body and sexual safety during his talk entitled “Hook-Up Culture” at the UC Auditorium on Sunday. The talk marked the launch of this year’s Sex Week events.

SPORTS >>pg. 8

Eyes on Knoxville: It’s a man’s world at Frank’s Barbershop, where “guys want to feel like guys”

ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 5

Simmons, Harrison named to All-SEC first team as Lady Vols prepare for potentially grueling SEC tourney SPORTS >>pg. 8

Sex Week kicks off with peek into pleasure Advocacy” seminar as part of Sex Week, Reid Mihalko quickly stepped into play.

Mihalko presented Sunday night’s “Hook-up The show must go on.

When hazardous weath- Culture” event, and, as a er conditions prevented close friend of Andelloux’s, Megan Andelloux from was eager to speak again.

At 8 p.m. in the University flying into Knoxville on Monday for her “Get Center Auditorium, Mihalko Wet: Pleasure, Health, & lectured on the importance

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of understanding one’s body, other people’s bodies, sexual safety and much more. Ultimately, Mihalko said, he wants people to be comfortable enough in their own skin to know what they want and how to ask for it.

“You can be a virgin for the rest of your life, I don’t care,” Mihalko said.

Vols breeze past La Salle, 14-0 Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon

Vols hope to use Vanderbilt momentum, team chemistry to propel past Auburn

Dargan Southard Assistant Sports Editor Dave Serrano admitted the matchup could have been disregarded — simply overlooked for the more aesthetically-pleasing road trip that sits just on the horizon.

But despite the highly-anticipated series that awaits this weekend at Arizona State, No. 19 Tennessee firmly gave La Salle its full, undivided attention Tuesday night.

The Vols (11-0) homered three times and allowed just two Explorer base runners after the third inning en route to 14-0 win over La Salle at a chilly Lindsey Nelson Stadium — the first of a two-game midweek series.

“The mindset is — and we talked about this as a team before the game — this is an easy series to look past,” Serrano said. “The first road trip (is this weekend) — guys are excited. Some guys have anxiety about the travel. We’re going to play Arizona State.

We’re going to a warm climate.

“So it’s easy to look past.

I’m excited at how the team performed tonight to win 14-0 in a game we could have easily looked past.”

After two scoreless frames, Serrano’s squad erupted in the third with a four spot off La Salle starter Freddy Andujar

Freshman pitcher Hunter Martin fires a pitch towards home plate in the Vols’ 14-0 victory over the La Salle Explorers at Lindsey Nelson Stadium on Tuesday night.

(0-4). A.J. Simcox brought home two with an RBI single to center, and sophomore outfielder Christin Stewart capped off the scoring frame with the Vols’ first homer of the evening — a two-run towering moonshot to right field.

That scoring spurt alone

provided more than enough support for UT’s six pitchers, headlined by starter Hunter Martin (1-0), as La Salle (1-10) mustered only three hits the entire evening — none from the fourth inning on.

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“You can be a huge slut like me, I don’t care. ... What’s important is you figuring out what works for you and doing that with people who like that around them.”

Speaking on Andelloux’s original topic, Mihalko added his own spin and style. He began his talk by having the audience yell

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‘Mockingbird’ resonates with Knoxville poet Chelsea Faulkner Contributor R.B. Morris is a really cool dude.

One of Knoxville’s favorite sons, Morris is The Scruffy City’s own singer, songwriter, musician, actor, playwright and poet.

Maintaining a mysterious level of prophetic poise, Morris brought his unique, nonchalant brand of genius to UT’s Writers in the Library event Monday night with an effortlessly stylish reading of excerpts from his fifth collection of poems, “Mockingbird.”

“The variety one finds in R.B.’s music is echoed in his wide-ranging artistry,” said Christopher Hebert, Jack E. Reese Writerin-Residence and lecturer in the English department.

With his air of mystique and stock hold of artistic trappings, Morris has been described as “fashionable and self-aware” by MetroPulse columnist, Mike Gibson. He has also been praised by the Grammy-winning songwriters Lucinda Williams and Steve Earle.

“Think for a moment what life was like when the dark night and its brilliant stars were your only companions for half the day. Don’t you think you would begin to notice patterns of stars correlating with people?” @DailyBeacon www.utdailybeacon.com

out “penis” or “vagina” to warm up, and then began outlining the female and male reproductive anatomy.

However, his lecture grew increasingly less medical as he described the most effective ways of “creating pleasure.”

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Among his many accolades, Morris held Hebert’s current post of UT Libraries’ Writerin-Residence from 2004-2008 and was inducted into the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame in 2009.

While much can be said about Morris, the man and artist, his art itself warrants its own attention.

“Every now and then I get a kick out of putting one of these together,” Morris said of his book, with the air of a tortured artist. “And this one was a long time coming.”

In the aftermath of the 1982 World’s Fair, Morris found creative refuge in the artists’ colony that arose out of the cluster of restored Victorian homes on the edge of Fort Sanders. He would often sit and ponder the mockingbirds that abundantly inhabited a holly tree in one of the house’s backyards.

“I was able to study the bird life, especially the mockingbirds,” Morris said. “There was a voice, a character, an attitude and the poems just came out for a while, so I pursued it.”

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IN SHORT Putin talks tough, cools tensions over Ukraine MOSCOW — Stepping back from the brink of war, Vladimir Putin talked tough but cooled tensions in the Ukraine crisis in his first comments since its president fled, saying Tuesday that Russia has no intention “to fight the Ukrainian people” but reserved the right to use force.

As the Russian president held court in his personal residence, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Kiev’s fledgling government and Moscow agreed to sit down with NATO. Although nerves remained on edge in Crimea, with Russian troops firing warning shots to ward off Ukrainian soldiers, global markets catapulted higher on tentative signals that the Kremlin was not seeking to escalate the conflict.

Kerry brought moral support and a $1 billion aid package to

a Ukraine fighting to fend off bankruptcy.

Lounging in an arm-chair before Russian tricolor flags, Putin delivered a characteristic performance filled with earthy language, macho swagger and sarcastic jibes, accusing the West of promoting an “unconstitutional coup” in Ukraine.

At one point he compared the U.S. role to an experiment with “lab rats.”

But the overall message appeared to be one of deescalation. “It seems to me (Ukraine) is gradually stabilizing,” Putin said. “We have no enemies in Ukraine. Ukraine is a friendly state.”

He tempered those comments by warning that Russia was willing to use “all means at our disposal” to protect ethnic Russians in the country.

Significantly, Russia agreed to a NATO request to hold a special meeting to discuss

Ukraine on Wednesday in Brussels, opening up a possible diplomatic channel in a conflict that still holds monumental hazards and uncertainties.

While the threat of military confrontation retreated somewhat Tuesday, both sides ramped up economic feuding in their struggle over Ukraine.

Russia hit its nearly broke neighbor with a termination of discounts on natural gas, while the U.S. announced a $1 billion aid package in energy subsidies to Ukraine.

“We are going to do our best (to help you). We are going to try very hard,” Kerry said upon arriving in Kiev. “We hope Russia will respect the election that you are going to have.”

Ukraine’s finance minister, who has said Ukraine needs $35 billion to get through this year and next, was meeting Tuesday with officials from the International Monetary Fund.

World stock markets, which slumped the previous day, clawed back a large chunk of their losses Tuesday on signs that Russia was backpedaling.

Gold, the Japanese yen and U.S. treasuries — all seen as safe havens — returned some of their gains. Russia’s RTS index, which fell 12 percent on Monday rose 6.2 percent Tuesday. In the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average was up 1.2 percent.

“Confidence in equity markets has been restored as the standoff between Ukraine and Russia is no longer on red alert,” said David Madden, market analyst at IG. Russia took over the strategic peninsula of Crimea on Saturday, placing its troops around its ferry, military bases and border posts. Two Ukrainian warships remained anchored in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, blocked from leaving by Russian ships.

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Vice Chancellor for Diversity Rickey Hall offers opening remarks to members and supporters celebrating OUTreach’s 4th Birthday Party at Melrose Hall on Feb. 25.

Pump up your playlist It’s midterms time in Tennessee. We just can’t fight this feeling anymore – we’re “Livin’ On A Prayer” to make it though the “Danger Zone.” Take a break from studying for midterms and visit the time where The Bangles taught us how to “Walk Like an Egyptian” and check out The Daily Beacon’s 80’s playlist.

“Footloose” Kenny Loggins “Footloose”

“Pour Some Sugar on Me” Def Leppard “Hysteria”

“Don’t Stop Believin’” Journey “The Essential”

“Livin’ On A Prayer” Bon Jovi “Slippery When Wet”

“Jessie’s Girl” Rick Springfield “Working Class Dog”

“The Stroke” Billy Squirer “Don’t Say No”

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Staff Reports Not exactly Top 25, but we’ll take it.

On the “National Law Journal’s” newest “GoTo Law Schools” list, UT College of Law is ranked 34th. The list uses the percentage of 2013 graduates who landed jobs at big law firms in order to rank the top 50 law schools in the nation.

UT’s ranking exceeded the most recent “U.S. News and World Report” ranking – which had the UT College of Law at 61st – by 27 places.

“It is great news to learn that our 2013 graduates were so successful in this sector of the employment market,” Douglas A. Blaze, dean of the College of Law, said in a university press release. “UT’s practice-

based curriculum has long focused on preparation of its graduates to make an immediate impact at the law firms and organizations they join.

“It is affirming that employers are hiring our graduates at a high rate in such a competitive market.”

Blaze also noted in the release that UT’s tuition – $18,962 for in-state residents and $37,706 for out-of-state students – is among the lowest of the ranked schools. He said the affordability validates the “value proposition” of UT’s program in today’s legal education environment.

In total, 11 schools in the Southeast, both public and private, made the list, which was otherwise packed with schools in the Northeast and the

Midwest. UT was among the first 10 public law schools in the “Go-To Law Schools” top 50 list.

In the release, one alumnus said that UT students have consistently been top performers at his firm.

“I have been recruiting at the UT College of Law for 25 years,” said George T. “Buck” Lewis III, a shareholder in the Memphis office and chair of the Appellate Practice litigation group at Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, a National Law Journal Top 250 firm. “Tennessee law graduates have arrived at our firm with excellent research, writing and advocacy skills. They have worked harmoniously with other lawyers and our staff.”

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College of Law named ‘Go-To’ school

Paige Braddock, left, 2014 recipient of the University of Tennessee Accomplished Alumna Award, holds an informal conversation with her recipients at the Art and Architecture Building on Feb. 27. Braddock is the creative director at Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates and a cartoonist best known for her long-running comic strip, “Jane’s World,” the first gay-themed work in the U.S.

CCI alumnus to be awarded UT’s 6th honorary degree Staff Report

NUTRITIONIST continued from Page 1 “This is a very positive attribute to campus because the nutritionist can increase student awareness of ways to maintain a healthy lifestyle,” Brooks said, “especially with the boundaries of being a college student by living in dorms and having a busy schedule.”

Brooks said she has developed her own methods of keeping her college student appetite in check.

“I personally try to plan my meals at least a day in advance to avoid making choices that aren’t as good as ‘healthy choices,’” Brooks said. “Also, I plan my grocery list prior to going grocery shopping, according to the meals I

SEX WEEK continued from Page 1 Alyssa Loveday, a freshman biology major, said she appreciated the raw topics that Mihalko confronted throughout his lecture.

“It’s very shocking to hear someone speak so candidly about things like genitalia, but it is also so refreshing,” Loveday said. “It makes you want to talk about it with more people, honestly.”

Mihalko asserted that once you recognize your own anatomy and pleasure and are able to communicate that, self-esteem and confidence are sure to increase as a result.

“When you feel more competent playing with somebody, it ups your confidence,” Mihalko said. “By learning how to play with your own body and other peoples’ bodies, and learning how to talk about what our wants, needs and desires are, and helping other people speak about them, you actually raise your self-esteem.”

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have in mind to prepare.”

Neil Brown, a senior in chemical and bio-molecular engineering, said he believes his fellow students would like to have healthy diets, but the higher cost of wholesome foods is a deterrent for many.

“Overall, I think collegeaged students consider nutrition or the nutritional value of their meals to be important,” Brown said.

“However, the value they place on it falls victim to what is available to them due to both budget and time constraints.”

Brown, president of Project V.E.G.G.I.E, said he tries to grow a significant portion of his own food, especially in the warmer months. He also encouraged students to take advantage of Project V.E.G.G.I.E’s gardening projects in the quest

for a healthier diet.

“Project V.E.G.G.I.E. provides a great opportunity for all students to have fresh, organic produce throughout most of the year,” he said.

Concerned about the ability of student dining options to promote proper dietary health, Brown said he believes the shift toward healthy eating must begin on campus.

“In other words, without truly healthy options in dining halls, campus POD marts, and the UC,” he said, “students won’t be able to make significant changes to their diets.”

For more information, Madeline Schappel can be contacted through email at nutrition@utdining.com or through the Volunteer Dining office at 865-9744111.

more majoring in nutrition, said she enjoyed the general atmosphere in the audience.

“Everyone here seems to recognize that sex is something to celebrate and not feel ashamed about,” Agusta said. “Everyone was really comfortable and recognized that it’s a healthy part of life.”

Mihalko spoke about the importance of using condoms and getting tested for STDs. He encouraged even those who are virgins or celibate to get tested at least once a year. Most STDs, Mihalko stated, are treatable if caught in time.

In Mihalko’s opinion, sex is very important and very personal, and open dialogue is indispensable when understanding sexuality and practicing safe and pleasurable sex.

“You having the kinds of sex that you want, or abstaining from sex but still knowing this stuff so if and when there comes a day where you want to put this to use, you can, that shift changes the world,” Mihalko said. “You are entitled to the sex that

you like. You are entitled to the relationship style that you like.”

Andelloux is expected to arrive and present a Sex Week talk on Tuesday.

“Most people want to feel more confident and competent in bed,” Mihalko said.

“So, one of the things is, as you start to learn about pleasure and how bodies work and start being less squeamish about talking about it, that’s actually like a revolutionary act.”

Mihalko also explained the importance of appreciating someone’s individual sexual organs that, like fingerprints, are always unique.

Mihalko avoided using gender-specific pronouns like he or she, but instead used the terminology “penis owners,” and “vulva owners.”

“If anybody ever shows you their genitals, and it’s consensual, please compliment them,” he said.

“Because we have so much body shame and sexual shame, everyone is like shy about stuff, and really be the person to say, ‘Your genitals rock.’”

He’s already got two Pulitzer Prizes, but John Noble Wilford will soon have an honorary doctorate to hang alongside them.

A 1955 journalism graduate, Wilford will receive an honorary doctorate of letters and science at the College of Communication and Information ceremony on May 7 at 4:30 p.m. inside Thompson-Boling Arena.

In the winter Board of Trustees meeting last week, the board approved the degree, making this year’s ceremony UT Knoxville’s sixth honorary degree.

After graduating from UT, Wilford started quickly in 1956 as a general assignment reporter for the Wall Street Journal, occasionally covering medical news.

Six years later, he joined Time magazine as a contributing science editor. By 1965, Wilford was on the staff of the New York Times as a science reporter, going on to serve as a national news editor before being promoted to director of science news in 1975. Though he retired from

the Times as a senior science correspondent in 2009, Wilford still writes occasional pieces on archaeology and paleontology, among other subjects.

“Mr. Wilford’s words have allowed people around the world to experience history in the making, from traveling to the moon to discovering new planets,” Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek said in a university release. “His dedication to creating and sharing knowledge is at the heart of what we value at UT. “And while he has made a profound impact on the world of science journalism, he has never forgotten his alma mater — generously donating his time, talent and treasure to UT.” Wilford wrote the Times’ front-page story about the first walk on the moon, a story that is the most widely used account of the historic event. He also covered all three Apollo missions for the Times, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1984 for his reporting of science and space exploration. His second Pulitzer came in 1987 as recognition for his work on the reporting team

that covered the space shuttle Challenger disaster.

“Mr. Wilford is widely regarded as the best science journalist over the last 40 years and is our college’s most distinguished alumnus,” College of Communication and Information Dean Mike Wirth said in the university release. “His devotion to covering science and helping nonscientists gain a better understanding of the scientific world make him most deserving of this distinguished honor.”

Wilford served on the College of Communication and Information’s Board of Visitors and was the first to hold the UT-Knoxville Chair of Excellence in Science Journalism. He has also delivered the Alfred and Julia Hill Distinguished Lecture, and in 2009, received CCI’s highest alumni honor, the Donald G. Hileman Distinguished Alumni Award.

His books include: “We Reach the Moon,” “The Mapmakers,” “Mars Beckons” and “The Mysterious History of Columbus.” He also co-authored “Cosmic Dispatches.”

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Why I as a Christian support Sex Week Guest Column by

Amy Prosise

I’m going to be honest – until recently, the word “sex” scared me.

I chose abstinence at a young age, but my continued commitment to the practice had more to do with fear than piety. I’ve had more than one moment where I looked at friends and thought about how happy I was that my partner and I chose abstinence, because that meant I didn’t have to deal with looking, touching or even thinking about anyone’s body but my own – and, more importantly, no one else got to think about me. I’ve always been big on personal space.

You see, I tend to think in terms of larger scopes. I always try to consider the implications of what I do outside of myself. And sexual activity? That has huge implications.

I’ve never felt ready for them, and I still don’t.

But back to the “larger scopes” thing – I do think my feelings about sex, my discomfort with trusting myself and others with my body, has larger implications than personal introversion. I tend to think we all – and by we, I mean my collegiate peers – have problems understanding sex in all its forms and implications.

I’ve seen evidence of this throughout my life. Before college, I assumed all of my friends didn’t have sex. This was reasonable, because we all knew who did; the language used to describe them was sometimes subtle but always different. In college, I found out that a lot of my previously abstinence-touting friends were more liberal than I realized. In college, where hook-up culture abounds, we’re all ready to get some. Right?

Wrong. We all still make choices – with our bodies, with our minds, with our spirits. To me, the environment of college hasn’t been sexually freeing; it has exposed more terrifying implications of our uninformed sexual culture.

The state of Tennessee holds very limited, unrealistic sexual education policies. These abstinence-only policies create a highly stigmatized culture that vilifies those who engage openly in sexual activity and encourages others to lie. This stigma effectively closes the possibility of a healthy dialogue internal and external to relationships, generating a dangerous environment for young peoples’ inevitable sexual experiences.

It is this system which caused my friends to engage in unhealthy, uninformed sexual relationships as teenagers and which causes my collegiate peers to hide experiences of sexual harassment and abuse.

This culture, my friends, is called sexual negativity.

Now, I am not arguing for more comprehensive education for teens – although I could and will under other circumstances. But I do believe some sort of sexual education opportunity, provided to adults who may choose or not choose to take it, makes a lot of sense in a culture ridden with sexual issues. I have been deeply saddened to see many rise up against such education in the name of my own religion.

When I think of Jesus, I think about who he spent time with: prostitutes, thieves, tax collectors, the diseased – the list goes on (note: I’m not calling anyone who’s involved in Sex Week a prostitute). If the church intentionally marginalizes a group while touting Christian values, we are contradicting Christ’s ultimate mission: to spread love and forgiveness rather than condemnation. As John 3:17 states, “God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again” (from The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language). As a student, I believe that my classmates must be better informed and that Sex Week provides an appropriate, safe venue for that education. As a Christian, I can only see Sex Week as an opportunity to open a healing dialogue with my hurting peers.

My challenge to my fellow Christians is this: come to one Sex Week event this week. Come to “Can’t Touch This: Abstinence” to discuss your own definition of abstinence and its effects on your life. Come to “Longterm Intimacy: Commitment & Sex,” co-sponsored by Cru, our campus’ largest Christian organization. Come to “Sweet Talkin’ Son of a Preacher Man: Religion and Sexuality Panel” to think critically how religion and sexuality interact in your life.

The bottom-line is this: Sex Week does not encourage students to be sexually active (many already are).

Sex Week is a group of students at a flagship university addressing a ubiquitous social issue in the best way they know how: more education.

As a Christian, I can only applaud their efforts, and I certainly can’t help but chime in.

Amy Prosise is a junior in human resource management. She can be reached at aprosis1@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.

Counting stars: Value, knowledge found through astrology In Rare Forum by

Julie Mrozinski The longer I’ve dealt with astrology, the more I see its application in my life.

What started as a hippie hobby has transformed into usable knowledge, and now, something I advocate.

Astrology is the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world.

Just like the months of the year, astrology is split up into 12 distinctive houses called the zodiac signs. Each sign carries predictable characteristics or features that play out in humans born during that particular sign, or planetary position in space.

My astronomy teacher called astrology “fluffy stuff,” which I sense is the way most people feel about astrology due to the attitudes I receive when I ask people what their sign is.

The majority of people who disregard astrology exercise their argument through laziness, calling astrology dubious, pigeonholing, or too broad. Some see it as heresy if viewing it as a religion, or judge it off the self-prophesying tendencies people create after reading sloppy Internet horoscopes.

I will give counterarguments to these dismissals of astrology in hopes my readers

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signs to be pigeonholing, may I lend you my 2,000-page book on astrology. I believe you won’t feel too suffocated by it unless you lay it on your chest; it is very heavy.

For those who believe it to be a New Age creed, and therefore tainting religion, I argue that 1) astrology is not a religion but rather acquired knowledge, and 2) if you believe in an all-creative divine, then why couldn’t the night sky have meaning to us, too?

Finally, horoscopes are bull. Do not read a horoscope seriously; I have yet to find one that accurately portrays the significance of the planets’ positions in accordance to your designated planet – for everyone has a ruling planet according to their zodiac sign; you’re reading the thoughts of Uranus.

The Internet is also not an adequate source for finding information about astrology. It is however an OK place to start. Cafeastrology. com is not a bad place either. I would not however, just look at one source. Check your findings, because all signs have similar themes; once you begin to see them, you can maintain a firm grasp on what is phony and what’s spot on.

If I were to point you in a better direction it would be to books — our UT library has close to 100 books and 1,600 search results for astrology. Finally, my email is below, don’t be shy.

May your signs always be aligned.

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

A historian’s perspective on modern Marxian influence The Jeremiad by

Jeremy Brunger With five novels and multiple essays published alongside a stint on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Jonathan Sperber is much more than a professor at the University of Missouri. Sperber is a historian with extensive knowledge on European revolutions and Karl Marx, which is in the same vein of his latest novel, “Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life.”

Jeremy Brunger: Karl Marx is a name to which is attached much opprobrium in the United States. I’ll posit that most of his lay detractors have not read much of his scholarly work beyond, perhaps, “The Communist Manifesto.” The academic community appears to be the only community that sees his work not as a series of failed ideologies, but rather as a source of intellectual inspiration. Why do you think the schism between popular opinion and academic interpretation is so vast in his case?

Jonathan Sperber: Interest in Marx in American academia is, ultimately, a product of the student radicalism of the 1960s — both from those who actually experienced the 60s and younger people who wished they had. Hostility to Marx among other Americans reflects the age of the Cold War, when Marxism was the official ideology of the national enemy. Among younger people, who have grown up after the Cold War, I do not

find particular hostility to Marx and Marxism; for most of them, Marx is just another figure of the distant past.

JB: Do you think either the popular or the academic study of economics will continue along orthodox lines or will it rhizomatically branch off into new Marxisms, new Austrian Schools, new syntheses of development?

JS: I am not an economist and do not play one on TV, in spite of my appearance with Jon Stewart. But I have been struck by the way that the global economic crisis of 2008 did not lead most economists — there are admirable exceptions — to question their basic assumptions. This does rather suggest that neo-classical economic theory will continue to be the dominant form of economic thought.

JB: You say that biography is a “new genre” for you. Was it a difficult form to adopt? Was it tough to reconcile Marx’s reputation with the living, though now dead, theorist of society?

JS: As a social historian, someone whose scholarly development was heavily affected by Thompson and by the writers of the Annales school, I was, for a long time, an adherent of studying masses of people, often not very articulate, and trying to elucidate their views of the world. The idea of writing a biography of Marx grew out of work I had done in that vein, especially the history I wrote of the revolution of 1848 in western Germany and another book on family, property and the law in the 19th century. I tried to understand Marx’s life, his political activities and his theories in the light of the 19th century society I had been investigating.

JB: What are your opinions on world-systems theory and how it relates to social history and the economic zeitgeist now expressing

itself amongst Western youth? Capital continues to inspire thought and praxis in numerous fields. Do you think it bears out a good relation with, say, the work of Wallerstein? Or is it a relic?

JS: Lately, I have become increasingly interested in global history, which I think is a key to understanding the recent past, say the decades since the end of the Second World War. I can’t say that I’m very impressed with worldsystems theory, though.

JB: Is the university all that it once was, or are the nay-sayers correct when they say it has somehow devolved? And finally, is the hubbub about the crisis of the humanities spot-on or merely the product of gloomers and pessimists?

JS: From the mid-1970s onward, American academia has been struggling with problems of under-funding and a job crisis for Ph.D.s.

Since this “crisis” has lasted for 40 years, it’s probably not a crisis any more, but a chronic condition. The advice I give undergraduates who are contemplating going to graduate school and interested in a scholarly and academic career is only to do it if they deeply, deeply love their scholarly subject and cannot imagine living without it. If they think otherwise, the long-lasting economic difficulties, then the risks of unemployment, the modest income most academics enjoy – especially compared to other members of the professional and managerial class – and the generally depressing atmosphere of graduate school are just not worth it.

Jeremy Brunger is a senior in English. He can be reached at jbrunger@utk.edu.

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Non Sequitur • Wiley

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will at the very least give astrology a nod of understanding, or at best begin doing their own research into the subject.

Astrology at first glance does seem dubious, but it has been around for more than 5,000 years. Lasting the test of time, it has held sense long enough for humans to continue its legacy.

Astronomy and astrology used to be intimately connected up until the 17th century when the two became separate studies, showing we have had a long history in believing that movement in space ripples down here to Earth.

Think for a moment what life was like when the dark night and its brilliant stars were your only companions for half the day. Don’t you think they would begin to notice patterns of stars correlating with people? A full moon has notoriously gotten people riled up, even today, so why not the rest of our galactic companions?

Critics often maintain that astrology is pigeonholing, because they don’t think everyone can just be typed out into 12 different categories. Others say it is too broad, that the categories themselves are all encompassing.

To this, I say, you’ve never read your sign in comparison to another. While I agree the descriptors of each sign are broad, I admit they must be – we are a vast and diverse people, and yet signs are still different from one another.

A good test of the zodiac is to look at your own sign and then compare it to your best friend’s. You will see they are definitely broad, yet applicable and very distinct from one another. And for those who believe zodiac

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THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

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EYES ON KNOXVILLE

Frank’s Barbershop clips competition in haircare Liv McConnell Copy Editor

Warm wood paneling and leather-accented interiors invite customers to Frank’s Barbershop off South Northshore Drive.

American Authors spark a hit with debut album Kendall Thompson Contributor Since the release of the band’s hit-single “Best Day of My Life,� the American Authors have experienced a whirlwind of talk shows and guest performances, along with a feature on VH1’s “You Oughta Know� and the No. 13 slot on iTunes Top Songs.

This all before the group dropped its debut album with Island Records, “Oh, What A Life,� on March 3.

The Brooklyn-based indie-rock band is made up of vocalist Zac Barnett, James Adam Shelley on guitar and banjo, Dave Rublin on the bass and Matt Sanchez on the drums. Together, the group created the 12-song album, which was already at No. 7 on the iTunes Top Albums list the night of its release. “Believer� is the opening song of this collection. It showcases the confusion and contradiction of life through the lyrics, which speak of “looking for something,

but I hate changing.� However, the music is upbeat and optimistic, emphasizing the belief that everything will get better.

It’s the kind of song that makes you want to move in your seat with the alternating claps and drum beats and echoing voices of the rest of the band members’ behind Barnett’s. The feel is close to that of “Best Day of My Life,� if slightly heavier in the drums and bass.

The next song, titled “Think About It,� continues the album with more of an edge than “Believer.� However, the “oh we oh we oh, oh,� with the clever “oh we oh we don’t know� thrown in, come off as an abrupt style change. Besides that, this song is great to highlight Barnett’s rocker voice. “Luck� is a highlight of the album. The melody is heavy on drums, with the twinge of a banjo, but it still incorporates the many instruments the band regularly uses. The lyrics themselves depict the fight to apologize for

a wrong to a mother, father and brother. The words alternate between questioning if the problem is fixable and begging for those wronged to listen to and forgive the wrongdoer.

The final song on the album, “Oh What A Life,� starts out slow and soft, with a kind of folk feel, but soon reverts back to the previous style in the chorus. The lyrics are a reflection of the artist’s view on life, from its somewhat idyllic beginning (the slower section with violin) to its hardships, with lines like “but I tried so hard, but I’m lost and scared� scattered throughout.

Overall, the album is solid for a debut. The foot-tapping music sometimes highlights and serves as contrast to Barnett’s voice and the band’s lyrics.

This won’t be the last we hear of the American Authors. The band’s talent is evident in its work, and with a guest spot on the OneRepublic and The Script tour in addition to its own, the group is certainly going places.

Far from dead, old-school masculinity isn’t just still alive, it’s thriving at Knoxville’s own Frank’s Barbershop.

Named Best Barbershop in America for the last three years

by About.com, Frank’s, a venture of the larger Salon Visage family, specializes in providing clients with the service and experience worthy of any distinguished dandy of yore. “It’s time for a return to masculinity,� said Monty Howard, general manager of the Visage Group. “Men’s hairstyles were so clean and neat for so long. But guys want to feel like guys.�

Upon walking through the door of the relatively compact, South Northshore Drive-located shop, this ideal of classic masculinity is first achieved visually.

Warm wood paneling and leather-accented interiors evoke the atmosphere of an old fashioned gentleman’s club, said Jonathan Burkhalter, junior in history. “It’s a few cigars with a smoky haze and high balls short of being the classic gentleman’s lounge,�

Burkhalter said. “It really plays to the idea of being a man’s world in the sense of classical manhood. I imagine cigar-smoking, whiskydrinking men talking politics and women, gambling and playing cards and pool.�

Billiards, darts and flat screens broadcasting ESPN serve as further adornments. A vintage model airplane and football helmet sit atop a handsome cherry bookcase, its contents sporting titles such as “The World’s Best Beers� and “Heavy Equipment: Up Close.� “We also serve iced root beer in a frosted mug to everybody that comes in,� Howard said, his

voice dripping with a low southern drawl. “The service is modern but delivered in an environment that creates that nostalgic experience.�

This element of nostalgia is intensified by the numerous fading photographs of owner Frank Gambuzza’s Italian clan hanging on the paneled walls. One, depicting a beaming, light-haired young woman, bears the plaque: “My mother, Lorraine Marie Capone, Summer 1953, Long Branch, N.J.� The surname “Capone� crops up in multiple other photographs, and immigration documents and certificates of citizenship cement Frank’s heritage. “It didn’t feel like Knoxville in 2014,� Burkhalter said. “Maybe Knoxville in 1958, but more like Chicago in prime 1928.�

This intermingling of old and new is exactly what Frank himself sought to achieve within his barbershop. “That’s what we wanted to recreate at Frank’s – that traditional-feel barbershop experience with modern quality haircuts,�

Howard said.

For Ryan McPherson, senior in advertising, the combination of quality and luxury served up at Frank’s makes the average $25-30 ticket price worthwhile. “One thing I can guarantee is a great haircut, but that’s not all they give you,� McPherson, also the advertising manger for The Daily Beacon, said. “Before getting your trim, your barber will give you a massage, envelope you with aromatic oils and pre-wash your hair. During the cut, you can watch TV conveniently located right next to the mirror and then get a final wash at the end of the trim. “All that being said, your money goes a pretty long way.�

Hot towels and lavender oil are used for additional pamper-

ing, and body hair waxes and “executive hand treatments� – the masculine rendition of a manicure – are also available options.

Traditional straight-blade shaves round out Frank’s spectrum of services.

McPherson said he believes that by offering such classically masculine amenities with an indulgent twist, the barbershop has tapped into a veritable “goldmine.� “For years, I had been going to random salons and barbershops all over town but would run into many ‘stylists’ that I felt were more prepared for dressing high school girls for prom,� he said. “Frank’s has barbers that are prepared to only give men haircuts, and I think that’s exactly what I, and many other college guys, needed.�

Howard, who lists the “pompadour� as one of the hairstylists college-aged clientele seek most, knew the demographic for a business like Frank’s existed based on the large number of male clients coming into Salon Visage who, like McPherson, felt they had a need most salons weren’t meeting. “A lot of guys would come into the salon and want a great haircut and loved how it looked but felt like they were coming into the wrong salon to get it,� he said. “There wasn’t anything like this around, where you can come get a modern, stylish haircut in an environment specifically tailored to guys.�

Howard said he believes that by receiving Frank’s gentleman’s treatment, clients can put their best foot – or, in this sense, coiffed head of hair – forward each day. “Feeling comfortable with who you are, I think that’s what masculinity, and style, is all about,�

Howard said. “This helps you be your best self everyday.�

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

ARTS & CULTURE

pdodson@utk.edu

Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Cortney Roark

croark4@utk.edu

Graphic designer displays Cold, gloomy day doesn’t how emotions, sales relate stop Mardi Gras revelers Marina Waters Contributor No one really gives much thought to the coffee mug they’re sipping out of, or the chair they’re sitting on.

Yet, there is more thought from designers, producers, and even consumers that goes into thousands of products every day.

Accomplished graphic designer and UT alumnus Michael Hendrix gave insight on the consumer psychology behind the preference of everyday objects Monday night in the McCarty Auditorium.

Hendrix is partnered with IDEO, a global design firm that creates humanfocused product designs to help companies produce more consumer-centered goods.

Though the designs of products have changed throughout the years, Hendrix and IDEO have a simple strategy to getting consumers what they want to buy and producers what they want to sell in future products. And they plan on doing so through basic psychological reasoning.

Thousands of products on the market are favored over competing products, but consumers have historically failed to explain why this is, and they’re not the only ones with this same issue.

“Most designers have that same problem,” Hendrix said. “We believe in (a product) so passionately, we know in our gut it’s true, but we can’t really explain why.”

Hendrix said it’s less about finding the reason certain products are preferred and more about how they are connected to consumers from a mental and physical aspect.

To explain this, Hendrix used a well-known philosophical idea which only inhibits the potential of design.

“Descartes said that our minds and our bodies are separate,” Hendrix said, “but if you fall into that trap, you really fall into the trap of only using your logic and not listening to your body, so this ignores the deep unspoken appeal of design.”

Because of this hitch in market design, Hendrix and IDEO are aiming to change the way producers target their audience’s product desires.

To explain the reasoning behind the connection between the materials we are drawn to and emotional and physical intuition, Hendrix used a number of compelling examples of research results.

Research stating that people tend to watch more romance-centered movies when it’s cold outside – they have a desire for emotional warmth when missing physical warmth – and that a heavier clipboard makes workers more confident in their work was used to support his thoughts and captivate the audience.

To further prove his point, Hendrix gave each audience member a pencil and then directed them to hold it horizontally between their teeth. Hendrix then told a joke, which accord-

ing to research, was funnier to the audience because everyone was already smiling due to the placement of the pencil.

The muscles in use during the short experiment were claimed to be the reason behind the laughter that followed his joke. And it’s this same concept that has companies catering to human emotion through their goods.

Not only did his research resonate with the audience, but his presentation also left an impression.

Among those in the audience left reeling about Hendrix’s intriguing presentation was Kara Sutton, a senior in graphic design.

“I thought he was a great speaker,” Sutton said. “At first, I think it was a little bit slow, but overall, the slides were great and it was super informative. He was excellent.”

But the presentation wasn’t favored just for his examples, research and innovative thoughts. It goes much deeper than that, just as Hendrix himself preached Monday night.

“Your body informs your mind as your mind informs your body,” read Hendrix’s last slide.

Hendrix concluded this thought-provoking idea with one last, inconspicuous key to his presentation, which further supported his presentation as a whole.

“And if anything you heard tonight sounded important to you,” Hendrix said, “it’s because of the heavy font I used.”

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Revelers endured winter temperatures and a chilling rain along parade routes Tuesday as New Orleans’ 2014 Carnival season neared a close.

Die-hards, some in Mardi Gras costumes, braved the weather along the traditional St. Charles Avenue parade route and in the French Quarter.

“We’ll drink, drink, drink until it gets drier,” said Dean Cook of New Orleans as he walked Bourbon Street dressed as a pirate with vampire fangs.

“Mermaids love the water,” he said of his wife, Terrina Cook, who was dressed in a shiny blue mermaid costume, complete with a fin.

Ronnie Davis, a professor of economics at the University of New Orleans, decided to break his buttondown image for at least one day. Clad in tutus, he and his wife, Arthurine, stood along the avenue watching the Krewe of Zulu’s floats roll by.

“All year I have to dress professionally. This is the one time I get to act like a fool,” Davis said.

As a cold rain fell, crowds along the stately, oak-lined avenue thinned and French Quarter bars filled with patrons looking for a dry spot to escape while letting the good times roll.

“It’s awful cold,” said Rick Emerson, a Tampa, Fla., native who was watching costumed revelers pass by from an open doorway of a Bourbon Street daiquiri shop.

Temperatures for most of the day in the New Orleans area were in the lower 40s and by early evening were at about 38 degrees. The wind chill made it feel even colder.

Instead of alcohol, Emerson was sipping hot coffee to help stay warm.

Instead of costumes, Emerson and his wife, Cheri, were dressed in layers of clothes, hats and scarves.

“We’re bundled up. We’re not

WRITERS continued from Page 1 Morris wrote the poems over a series of several years, putting many of them to music at his live concerts in Nashville. After losing the folder in which the poems were kept, Morris said he would never be able to recreate their splendor.

Thankfully, the poems were recovered and have since been edited, added to and bound in a tasteful paperback, illustrated by his wife, Karly Stribling.

“Mockingbird” resonates with Morris’ keen ability to see beyond the obvious and

used to this sort of thing.”

Rick Emerson said it was 80 degrees in Tampa when he left last week, but he was determined to make the most of Mardi Gras.

“We’re freezing, but we wanted to see some costumes, so we took a chance and came down,” he said.

The Emersons were among those making the most of the big celebration before the Lenten season begins for the faithful.

New Orleans native Leila Haydel said she was determined to make it a happy Mardi Gras no matter what.

“I have about seven layers of clothes under my tutu,” she said, twirling on Bourbon Street in a purple, green and gold tutu and hoisting an umbrella. “It’s once a year.

You have to come and enjoy.

You have to.”

The first street marching groups, including clarinetist Pete Fountain’s Half-Fast Walking Club, hit the streets just after 7 a.m., marching along St. Charles Avenue and into the business district.

The Zulu parade followed Fountain’s trek, led by a New Orleans police vanguard on horseback that included Mayor Mitch Landrieu.

A 35-year-old man was hit as he followed one of Zulu’s floats for throws in the Treme neighborhood, said Remi Braden, a spokeswoman for the New Orleans Police Department. His “leg was injured and he was taken to a nearby hospital,” Braden said. “(It) turned out not to be a serious injury,” she said.

As of early evening, Braden said no major arrests had been made.

Later, the floats of Rex — the king of Carnival — and hundreds of truck trailers decorated by family and social groups wound down the traditional route past families who had set up a tent, or some who claimed multiple tents, along the avenue. The smell of barbecue — ribs, chicken, pork chops, steaks — wafted through the air as both young and old screamed for beads and trinkets.

Rain fell, and umbrellas and raincoats sprouted. Sleet was falling on some merrymakers in areas north and west of the city.

As the final Zulu float passed on the avenue and before Rex’s parade began, people abandoned their staked-out spots, seeking refuge from the rain. Only die-hard fans of Mardi Gras stayed to take in Rex’s majesty.

It was the opposite on Bourbon Street.

Earlier in the day, few umbrellas roamed the infamous street, but as the day continued crowds grew and the typical wall-to-wall, sea of people began to form for a glimpse of the bawdy side of Mardi Gras that’s always on full display. Bars were full and expected to stay that way far into the night.

By early evening, though, the traffic wasn’t as thick as in years past, likely due to the wet weather which kept a lot of locals home and made others cut their revelry short.

Livia Stier, who lives in Amsterdam, and her friend, Sabrina Nick, of Berlin, caught Mardi Gras as part of their three-week, crosscountry journey that would end in Los Angeles.

Stier had visited New Orleans for Mardi Gras about 10 years ago, “when I was in my 20s, but I didn’t see any of the parades. None of this.

This is much better. This is the spirit of Mardi Gras,” she said as she took pictures of the bands and floats participating in the early parades.

“The weather is a pity, especially for all the people who’ve come out to see it,” Nick said.

Along the Uptown route, Carol LeBlanc and husband Hov LeBlanc of New Orleans were strolling along St. Charles Avenue with friends Vicki and Duane O’Flynn from Arabi, La. The troupe was dressed as scarecrows, stuffed with grass and wearing plaid pants and tattered coveralls.

The cold weather wasn’t worrying LeBlanc. “I’ve got my long johns on,” she said.

expose the latent and existential.

“We can all find things that are present, but absent from what we generally see,” Morris said. “While hidden from others, the mockingbird’s song was always existent for me.”

To Morris, the mockingbird represents unattainable, artistic perfection, creating the ideal muse for his thought-provoking collection.

“He is the great mirror of the world, God’s mouthpiece,” Morris said of the mockingbird. “He is able to take what he hears and make it his own.”

Morris’ mockingbird

poems are rhythmic and provocative, dripping with a jazzy, musical cadence.

“The mockingbird is one of nature’s great musicians,” Hebert said. “At Morris’ hand, (he) becomes a sort of troubadour, a trickster of mythological proportions.”

“Mockingbird” is yet another example of the stylish effortlessness of R.B. Morris’ talent and artistic passion. It reads like a drag off of a long, cool cigarette with all the rhythm of a bluesy streetcar.

In the words of Morris’ “Mockingbird,” “It just so happens I like my work, is that so wrong? The city doesn’t understand artists.”

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Sophomore left fielder Christin Stewart connects on a home run against La Salle at Lindsey Nelson Stadium on Tuesday night. The Vols beat the Explorers, 14-0, and pushed their record to 11-0 on the season.

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Maddox turned on a 1-1 pitch and hammered his second long ball of year well over the right field fence, pushing UT’s lead to 9-0.

The Vols, who produced just 13 long balls in 2013, have almost half that through 11 games this season. Tuesday’s performance upped UT’s 2014 home run total to six and signified the Vols’ first three-homer game since May 11, 2011.

“We’re going to hit some balls over the fence,” Serrano said. “As the weather gets warmer, I think we’re going to start seeing (more home runs). It’s not what we emphasize our game on — we’re going to steal bases, we’re going to execute.

“But we have enough good athletes and good hitters in our lineup to start seeing (some home runs). … Maddox, Stewart and Price got into those balls pretty good, and they’re going to go out on any kind of day in this ball park.”

The Vols return to action this evening against La Salle in the series finale. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m. with UT hurler Bret Marks set to make his season debut.

as a pitcher in this starting rotation,” Serrano said. “He’ll be in relief probably Saturday and Sunday. We’ll use him in that role to build his pitch count back up and eventually get him back in that rotation. ”I think he’s earned that right.

He hasn’t lost it just because he had a little soreness. He established that again tonight with three good innings. He still wasn’t at his best, but he gave us three good innings.

“We’ll find a spot for him. You can never have too much good pitching.”

The UT offense resurfaced in the latter frames, scoring its final 10 runs between the sixth and eighth innings. The long ball action came in the seventh as both Scott Price and Will Maddox went deep within minutes of each other.

On the first pitch of the inning, leadoff man Price launched his second home run of the season – the ball cleared the right-center field fence and quickly disappeared into the frigid Tennessee night.

Two batters later, with Simcox (3-for-5, 2 RBI) on first following his second single of the evening,

continued from Page 1 Martin, who was UT’s opening day starter on Feb. 16 but hadn’t pitched since then because of shoulder stiffness, was sharp in his return, tossing three innings of three-hit ball with four strikeouts and zero free passes.

“The shoulder felt really good today,” Martin said. “That first outing it got a little stiff in the third inning, but I’ve been working to get it back healthy. So today it felt really good getting back out there. I think it’s a process inning-wise, but I think the stuff was there.

“It’s fine giving up hits because I’m pitching to contact. It’s all good to give up a hit here and there, but other than that, I felt really good today.”

Serrano indicated that while Martin’s next outing will likely come out of the bullpen against Arizona State, the freshman hurler won’t be pushed out of the starting rotation because of injury. ”Hunter hasn’t lost his spot

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3 0 4

4 0 0

5 0 0

6 0 2

F. Andujar B. Maher D. Sgroi G. Krug C. McGowan A. Craig

Tennessee H. Martin J. Peterson A. Cox T. Charpie D. Saberhagen Z. Grotz

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8 0 5

9 0 X

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IP 3.0 3.0 1.0 0.2 0.1 1.0

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Lady Vols ‘excited’ for home opener after West Coast trip Taylor White Contributor

The Tennessee softball team has played 16 games, spanning three weeks, but has yet to play in front of its home crowd.

That changes Wednesday night, as the No. 3 Lady Vols will play a doubleheader against Wright State to open the 2014 home season.

Tennessee (15-1) has spent the first part of its season playing in various tournaments, most recently spending a week in California. The Lady Vols participated in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic and the San Diego Classic, posting a record of 6-1 on the West Coast.

After all of the time spent away from home, the Vols are anxious to finally play in front of a friendly crowd and spend a little time in Knoxville.

“We’re excited to finally have a home opener,” co-head coach Karen Weekly said. “I even heard our California girls today, saying how glad they were to be back in Knoxville. I think that just goes to show how much they

enjoy playing in front of wonderful fans.”

Weekly said the time on the road was beneficial to the Lady Vols, as many of their younger players learned what to expect when post season play comes around.

Spending consecutive days in hotel rooms, Weekly said, prepares players both mentally and physically for the post season, when teams have no idea where they will be playing or how long they will be gone.

“It does benefit us to stay on the road that long,” Weekly said.

“We do it so we’re prepared for the end of the season, for anything that comes our way, no matter where we’re sent in the Regionals or Super Regionals.”

UT follows the Wright State doubleheader by hosting a tournament this weekend where the team will play five games from Friday to Sunday.

Part of the advantage of playing at home for the Lady Vols will come in the form of their rabid fan base.

“We’re expecting a great crowd,” Weekly said. “Hopefully

Wednesday night, but definitely this weekend.”

However, a few Tennessee players got a taste of their real home on the trip. All-American shortstop Madison Shipman is a Valencia, Calif., native.

The senior made good use of her time back home, hitting five homeruns and driving in nine runs in seven games in California.

“It’s always a lot of fun to go out to California,” Shipman said. “It’s always great to be back home. All the fans out here, the atmosphere, there’s just nothing like playing at home.

“We’re just really excited for this home opener, and to finally play on our own field.”

Shipman said the time on the road has allowed Tennessee to learn about themselves as a team going forward, and prepared them to face SEC competition going forward.

“I’m really proud of the team so far,” Shipman said. “We’ve learned a lot from the wins and from the loss, so we’re just constantly building and trying to learn as we go.”

Tennessee 14

W: Hunter Martin (1-0) L: Freddy Andujar (0-4)

K. Baron M. Williams G. Smith Jr.

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Senior shortstop Madison Shipman calls to her teammates in the second round matchup of the NCAA Regionals against the NC State Wolfpack at Lindsey Nelson Stadium on May 17, 2013.

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Martin: ‘No margin for error’ for Vols against Auburn defensive end or the offensive end, an extra pass or ball swing back around to you.”

When the Tigers visited Knoxville earlier this season, the victory was far from easy for UT. It was a two-point game in the second half as Auburn stuck around before the Vols pulled away late in a 78-67 win.

However, losing at this point in the season and going 1-1 on the year against Auburn would be a considerable shot to UT’s NCAA Tournament resume. With a current RPI of 48, the bubble-riding Vols could ill afford another loss before the SEC Tournament.

Martin has said on many occasions he doesn’t believe there are any must-win games in the regular season, but senior point guard Antonio Barton wasn’t shy in his proclamation of this week’s importance after his 21-point game against Vandy Saturday.

“All of our games are important from here on out,” Barton said. “The last four games we have to take it personal to the SEC tournament.

“We have to win out.”

Tipoff is slated for 8 p.m., and the game will be televised on SEC TV and broadcasted Sophomore guard Armani Moore attempts a layup in the Vols’ 76-38 win over Vanderbilt at Thompson-Boling Arena on March 1. in Knoxville on MyVLT.

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Although recent history bodes well for Tennessee heading into its final road test of the season at Auburn on Wednesday, the Volunteers aren’t trotting into this one lightly despite winning six straight against the Tigers.

Head coach Cuonzo Martin made that much clear in his Monday press conference regarding the Vols’ mindset in facing a Tigers team that currently features two of the top six scorers in the SEC — Chris Denson and KT Harrell.

“Not at all, our guys already understand and they know those guys can score the ball,” Martin said of the possibility that UT could overlook Auburn. “You are going into someone else’s environment to try and win a game. Not for our guys. We understand what we need to do in order for us to be successful.

“There’s no margin for error.”

The Vols (18-11, 9-7 SEC) could secure their first threegame win streak since conference play began with a victory at Auburn Arena — a stadium UT is 2-0 at since its opening in 2010.

But Auburn (13-14, 5-11), a bottom-feeder of SEC hoops in recent seasons, has near victories over Florida, Missouri and Ole Miss in conference play this season.

The Tigers haven’t gotten out of the cellar completely, but the improvement is showing.

The team has also won two of its last three contests at home, and Wednesday will be senior night.

“You are also talking about senior night,” Martin said, “and you are talking about a road game. The records don’t mean anything when you’re talking about road games.”

While UT has struggled on the road this season, it looked better than ever on Saturday at home against Vanderbilt. In the 76-38 win, the Vols rode an even scoring sum as every Vol who played more than one minute scored five or more points.

The Vols spread it around, notching 16 team assists and inspiring UT sophomore guard Armani Moore — who had eight points off the bench — to laud the team’s chemistry.

“I don’t think our team is hard to figure out,” Moore said Saturday. “It’s getting our chemistry going. Today, we were helping each other out, whether it’s on the

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Simmons, Harrison named to All-SEC first team Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor Senior guard Meighan Simmons and junior center Isabelle Harrison were honored Tuesday by being named to the All-SEC first team by the coaches of the SEC. Simmons averaged 16.2 points per game this season – good for sixth best in the SEC – and scored 20 or more points in nine different games for the Lady Vols on her way to her second-consecutive firstteam recognition, and third time being named as an AllSEC player.

Harrison averaged 13.4 points and 9.3 rebounds per game and led the conference in field goal percentage at 58.4 percent. She also registered 15 double-doubles this season, which is the second-most in conference.

The selection is Harrison’s first All-SEC honor.

“I’m proud of them,” head coach Holly Warlick said. “I was excited for Meighan, and really excited for Izzy just because she put in the time this summer to get healthy and work hard and I think you are seeing the results of her putting in a lot of time.

Simmons and Harrison weren’t the only Lady Vols to be honored as All-conference players, however, as Andraya Carter was named to the All-

SEC Freshman team.

The redshirt freshman guard had surgery to repair a torn labrum in her right shoulder last year and redshirted after playing in only seven games.

Carter bounced back to average 6.9 points and 2.4 assists per game this season and started 15 games in the absence of junior guard Ariel Massengale, who suffered a face injury on Jan. 2.

“I’m happy for (Andraya),” Warlick said. “She’s been injuryfree too.

“It’s good to see that they were rewarded for a lot of hard work.”

Tourney talk While the SEC tournament begins today, the No. 6 Lady Vols – who will be the No. 2 seed in the tournament – won’t begin play until Friday, having clinched a double bye.

With a tough slate of opponents looming, and the possibility of playing three games in three nights, the Lady Vols are honed in on themselves as they prepare for their trip down south to Deluth, Ga. “This is the perfect time to focus on us – and I think it will really take us to see how we handle adversity when the games do come – but right now I think we really need to focus on us,” Simmons said. “(We need) to figure out what we need to do and be mentally prepared for any team that we play.

“I think it’s just one of those things where we have to pre-

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Senior guard Meighan Simmons pulls up for a shot during the Lady Vols’ 73-61 win against No. 4 South Carolina at Thompson-Boling Arena on Sunday. pare ourselves now in order for the future to be great.”

Simmons chasing history As her time as Lady Vol winds down, Simmons is searching for one last championship run.

The senior guard has two SEC Tournament titles in her four years, winning one in her freshman and sophomore years.

Simmons is also only 42 points away from eclipsing the 2,000-point mark for her career, which would make her the fifth player in Lady Vols’ history to reach the plateau.

But even with such a prestigious accolade on the horizon, Simmons’ main focus is on an SEC crown, and in the

long-run, building momentum to what could be her first Final Four appearance.

“I really want us to finish with an SEC championship,” Simmons said. “As a senior, it’s something you always want to end your legacy on and I really think winning the SEC would help, and possibly getting on to the NCAAs and finishing with a Final Four would be great.”

A touch of ‘Smokey Gray’ Before the Lady Vols began practice on Tuesday, the team unveiled its new “Smokey Gray” uniforms.

If they were to make it to the SEC Tournament final, Tennessee would debut the uniforms in the title game.