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We are (almost) the champions Staff Report We at The Daily Beacon wanted to take this opportunity to not-sohumbly brag about ourselves for a moment.

We have had 11 entries accepted as finalists for the 2015 Tennessee Associated Press College Awards Contest. This means we have more finalists in the newspaper category than any other college or university in Tennessee.

Staff members will head to Nashville March 28, where the awards will be presented at The Seigenthaler Center on the Vanderbilt University campus.

Below is a list of finalists and categories.

Best News Graphic/Illustration Katrina Roberts, Dillon Canfield and Jordan Dronebarger Best Newspaper Reporter Hayley Brundige for coverage of

the 2014 primary Bradi Musil for coverage of Sex Week Best College Photojournalist Hayley Pennesi for UT athletics photo coverage Best Feature Story R.J. Vogt “He wears a Medal of Honor” Gage Arnold “Viral videos a vehi cle for change” Best Specialized/Topic Reporting Claire Dodson on the Knoxville music scene Bradi Musil on Sex Week at UT Hayley Brundige on Knoxville politics during primary season Best Sports Reporting Troy Provost-Heron “Joshua Dobbs seizing moment as Vols quarterback under limelight” Best Investigative/In-Depth Reporting McCord Pagan “What’s in the hunch punch?”

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of Tennessee college students wants a federal court to require the state to accept their school identification cards as valid voter identification.

The out-of-state students attending Fisk University and Tennessee State University say in the lawsuit filed in Nashville on Wednesday they would like to vote in Tennessee but lack proper ID. Tennessee will not accept identification cards from other states nor will it accept student identification cards from Tennessee colleges and universities.

The students say the voter ID law is unconstitutional, violating the students’ right to vote and their right to equal protection. They note Tennessee does accept college and university identification cards issued by the state to workers, just not to students. And they say that obtaining a free Tennessee identification card that is accepted at the polls is a difficult and time-consuming procedure.

According to the lawsuit, student IDs from state schools were originally included as valid identification in the

voter ID bill that became law in 2011, but they were taken out after lawmakers expressed concerns that student IDs were easy to duplicate.

The lawsuit claims that lawmakers did not offer any evidence that student ID cards are more vulnerable than any other accepted form of voter ID. It also says that while lawmakers were making it more difficult for young people to vote, they were making it easier for older people to vote. Lawmakers dropped the age at which people could vote by an absentee ballot without demonstrating any special circumstances from 65 to 60.

The suit names Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett and Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins as defendants.

A spokesman for the officials said they are unable to comment on pending litigation.

Last year, a report by the Government Accountability Office found states that had adopted strict voter ID laws saw steeper drops in election turnout than those that had not. Those drops were steepest among those aged 18-23.

After the report was released in October, Hargett dismissed it, claiming it used biased information from a “progressive data firm.”

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Lecturers share stories of addiction to help others Chris Salvemini Staff Writer

Addiction isn’t a habit — it’s a disease.

Dr. Kip Winger, former UT Emergency Room Medical Director, and Webster Bailey from Cornerstone of Recovery, addressed several UT students Tuesday about the effects of drug and alcohol abuse and the stages in which addictive behavior presents itself. The event was organized as part of an effort to curb substance abuse on campus, with a particular focus on fraternity houses.

Winger opened the discussion by explaining the dangerous consequences of underestimating the effects of alcohol.

Many students, he said, don’t view alcohol as a drug.

“I think there’s this perception right now that alcohol is not a big deal,” Winger said. “‘Alcohol’s not a big deal, now if I’m doing opiates, that’s a big deal.’”

The event was sponsored and organized

by Cornerstone for Recovery after a concerned UT parent contacted the university.

Cornerstone for Recovery is a treatment facility for people suffering from addiction and alcoholism with three locations in Tennessee. The program treats people from around the nation and has earned several awards for its outstanding service.

Baily noted that the majority of people treated at the facility are between the ages of 18 and 26.

“Most of them have some college experience, most of the time they failed out or just didn’t go back in January and ended up in treatment February or March,” Bailey said.

To illustrate the seriousness of substance addiction, Winger and Baily shared their personal experiences with addiction.

Bailey’s struggle with addiction started when he was roughly 14-years-old and began stealing cigarettes from his mother.

He said he then slipped into a pattern of substance abuse, taking pills and developing a dependence on alcohol as a relief from work and an escape from life.

Bailey said he would hit the bars straight after work at 4:30 p.m. and stay until they closed, surrounding himself with people who shared the same dependence.

“They wanted what I wanted,” Bailey said. “I wanted to drink more and they were just like me.”

Through support from his other friends, Bailey managed to get clean before anything catastrophic happened, and he said

the experience left him wanting to help others.

Winger said he was inspired to work with Bailey after witnessing the devastating effects of alcoholism in college.

While he was in college, one of Winger’s fraternity brothers would drink whatever he could find, whenever he had the chance.

This friend soon had a bout in the hospital after experiencing alcohol poisoning.

Winger said even witnessing this didn’t encourage him or his friends to take his addiction seriously.

“You know what we did the next he was out of the hospital?” Winger asked. “We poured him more drinks. He was a hero.”

Winger and Bailey soon began working together to encourage people to recognize the patterns of addiction and to help those they see suffering.

During his time as a physician, Winger said he would often treat repeat patients who simply could not beat their addiction alone. Winger said he would see these same patients repeatedly being brought in by an ambulance for internal harm that could result in death, like failing to vomit after a long night of drinking and essentially drowning in the fluid.

“I see the same people coming back again and again,” Winger said. “I’m like, ‘what am I really doing? All I am doing is treating their medical disaster but they keep coming back with their addiction.”

Winger admitted that early in his career, he blamed his patients for their addiction.

Despite the hospital’s best efforts to help them, these patients would often come back in the same state as before. Soon, however, Winger realized his notion of addiction was misguided. He said he realized that the hospital could only treat their physical ailments, but largely ignored the root of the problem.

Winger warned against believing stereotypes about those with an addiction, and said his experiences have taught him anyone can develop the disease.

“There’s these little old ladies, people I would call my grandmother, who are basically going through withdrawal,” Winger said.

Winger and Bailey finished their lecture by stating that alcoholism and substance abuse addictions are diseases. Fortunately, they said, just like any disease, these addictions can be treated and managed with proper care.

For more information about Cornerstone for Recovery, visit cornerstoneofrecovery. com.

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Honoring the loss of beloved former dean, Dwight Teeter Bradi Musil

Assistant News Editor A fisherman and a scholar: Dwight Teeter knew how to catch someone’s attention.

On Feb. 27, the former dean of the College of Communication and journalism professor passed away after battling a long illness at the age of 80.

“It’s a very sad day,” Michael Wirth, current dean of the College of Journalism and Electronic Media, said on Friday. “Dwight was a great man, a great colleague, a great academic. He was a tremendous teacher.

“It’s a huge loss.”

During his professorship, Teeter’s contribution to the journalism field was great, teaching for more than 50 years at a total of seven different universities, co-authoring several academic texts with scholars young and old, being named a Society of Professional Journalists Distinguished Teacher in 1991 and receiving the College of Communication and Information’s Distinguished Research Award in 2005. Teeter was also regarded as a leading First Amendment scholar in the U.S. Teeter is most popularly acknowledged as the founding author of the journalism law text “Law of Mass Communications,” which he wrote in 1969 with co-author Professor Harold L. Nelson of the University of Wisconsin. The text, which is used in classrooms at UT as well as universities around the nation, is now in its 13th edition.

The 14th edition is currently being finished as the text celebrates its 46th anniversary in 2015.

Fellow journalism professor, Ed Caudill, who worked with Teeter for more than 25 years, said Teeter would frequently offer to coauthor books with budding academics without reservation, always praising their work and experience before his own.

During his long career, Teeter taught six students who would go on to win Pulitzer Prizes.

“He shared so much, whether it was in scholarship or on the trout stream,” Caudill said, referencing Teeter’s love for trout fishing.

“When it came to co-authoring with young scholars, he was quick to step up. Of course he was a leading First Amendment scholar in this country, but you never heard him crow about that.”

In December of 2014, Teeter’s health began to deteriorate and he was forced to retire from the university, where he had served as College of Communications Dean from 1991 to 2002.

As he prepared for retirement, Teeter chose his colleague, friend and mentee Mike Martinez to take over his journalism law classes.

Martinez said when the news of his passing made its way to Teeter’s students, many expressed their admiration for the late professor.

“Many of them who have come forward have very fond memories of him and his humor,” Martinez said. “It’s a difficult class, there’s no question about that, but he would take the time for anybody who expressed an

interest to walk them through stuff and help them understand it.

“He cared about students, he cared about helping them understand and getting them through this thing.”

Martinez and Teeter shared a mutual fondness for barbecue and journalism law that would help develop their intense friendship.

When Martinez and his wife renewed their wedding vows a few years ago, it was Teeter who walked Mrs. Martinez down the aisle.

It was on Martinez’s birthday that Teeter checked himself into the hospital for the last time, and Martinez and his wife quickly picked up the role of seeing that he was taken care of and visiting him daily.

Before his health forced him to settle down, Martinez noted that Teeter was constantly traveling all over the globe for months at a time.

Wirth commented that Teeter’s sense of adventure and wonderlust equipped him with countless experiences and remarkable tales.

“He had a million stories,” Wirth said. “He was a masterful storyteller.”

Teeter completed his education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a doctorate in mass communications with specializations in American history and law. He later began his journalism career as a reporter for the Waterloo Daily Courier in Iowa.

Teeter had two sons and a daughter. He and his wife Tish (Letitia), who died in 2009 and who Teeter’s 11th edition of “Law in Mass Communications” is dedicated to, were married more than 50 years.

Novelist George Dawes Green discusses art of oral storytelling Claire Dodson

Editor-in-Chief (@Claire_ifying)

Visiting novelist George Dawes Green cuts an elegant figure. He is tall, slim, clad in a knee length suit jacket with velvet cuffs and gold cufflinks.

He often takes his glasses off as he paces, ignoring the University Center stage parameters and occasionally staggering back and forth around the audience. He gives the impression of someone with too many stories floating around in his head.

Perhaps there are.

In his talk Wednesday night, Green discussed “The Art of the Raconteur,” a person who “tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way,” according to the dictionary. He started an organization called The Moth, where people gather and tell personal stories.

The Moth now has events across the U.S. and abroad, as well as an acclaimed podcast.

Green has also created a video platform called Sudden Owl, which features one-minute stories told by Green’s friends. He shared some of

them during his talk — emotional, profound anecdotes with diverse subject matter. For example, Brenda Mehlhorn shared an account of a boyfriend, a cabin fire and a jealous ex named “Big Titty Sharon.”

He frequently cited 20th century modernist philosopher Walter Benjamin’s “Illuminations,” which have influenced what he sees as a type of formula for storytelling. Green used terms like “the nest” to mean a comfort zone or natural order that is invaded by a crisis called “the ravens.” The ravens are followed by a moment of wisdom, called “gnosis,” that we are given as a type of compensation for suffering.

“In a Hollywood story, what you’ll have is a prescription for how to turn things back to the good old times when the nest was perfect,” Green said. “In the really great, powerful stories, there really isn’t a return. Once the ravens disturb the nest, that will last forever. That pain will always be with us.

“But there’s always this great moment of wisdom, and that’s all we really earn. But it’s enough that it drives us to stories.”

Mariah Williford, freshman in English,

attended the talk and said what she found most engaging was the passion he showed for stories, especially ones that are told orally.

“He conveyed how important storytelling is to our culture and to cultures dating all the way back to the dawn of human interaction,” Williford said. “I’m an English major, so I love stories, but I never really thought of oral storytelling as being still really prevalent.”

Green also talked about The Moth’s beginnings and related a story from author and HBO show creator Jonathan Ames, who told a story at an early Moth event about the first time he masturbated at age 12. Ames then brought the evidence of it to his mother because he was proud of what he had been able to do.

“The thought that anyone could tell a story that was very intimate and very vulnerable, these were very shocking stories, but they were beautiful,” Green said. “And that’s really when I began thinking about the power of vulnerability and the power of being able to tell stories in groups of people, just to stand up and tell personal stories.”

Beacon staffers had 11 entries accepted as 2015 Tennessee Associated Press College Awards finalists, we’d like to take a moment and celebrate. To do that we give you our champagne poppin’ playlist.

“Eye of the Tiger”

Survior

DJ Khaled feat. T-Pain.

“All I Do Is Win” Ludacris,Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross “Celebration”

Kool and the Gang

“Poppin’ Chapagne” All Time Low “Walking on Sunshine”

Katrina & the Waves

“Can’t Tell Me Nothing”

Kanye West

“I Just Can’t Wait To The Lion King Be King” “Birthday”

50 Cent

“Whoomp! There It Is”

Tag Team

“Everything is Awesome”

The Lego Movie

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Legislature decides against Haslam’s Insure Tennessee plan Altaf Nanavati Staff Writer

Various lawmakers and a majority of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee decided Feb. 4, against moving Gov. Bill Haslam’s proposed Insure Tennessee plan to its further stages, causing disappointment from many healthcare professionals across the state of Tennessee.

If the plan had passed, it would have provided more than 200,000 Tennesseans falling under the federal poverty level with an affordable insurance plan that they are currently lacking under the current state Medicaid plan under the TennCare program.

Since TennCare falls under the standard rules associated with Medicaid, all U.S. citizens and legal residents that generate an income up to 133 percent of the poverty line would qualify for the state’s insurance program.

Cindy Rhea, the director of development at the Primary Care and Hope Clinic in Murfreesboro, pointed out that since Tennessee did not expand its Medicaid program with the Affordable Care Act, many patients are facing issues with TennCare.

“It has become very limited to certain categories of people,” Rhea said. “An average person with low income who doesn’t have children will

most likely not qualify for the Tenncare program” Approximately 54 percent of the individuals who would have been eligible for Insure TN are the working poor, and over the years it has become extremely difficult for them to afford a primary care physician. Whenever these patients need medical attention for symptoms associated with ailments such as the flu or the common cold, they have no choice but to visit the emergency room.

John Sheridan, vice president of Community and Government Relations at UT Medical Center, explained that frequent uninsured visits to the emergency room can produce exorbitant costs for the hospital.

“Since the working poor don’t have any other place to go, they generally come to the emergency room,” Sheridan said. “However, it’s the most expensive place for someone to get care if you don’t really have an emergency.”

For patients who lack proper health insurance and are seeking primary care, a visit to the emergency room could cost from $150 up to $3,000 or more depending on what type of tests are conducted and the treatments that are offered.

Instead of reaching out to emergency rooms for primary care, patients still have the choice to consult non-profit health centers such as the Primary Care and Hope Clinic. These types

of centers focus on providing affordable family health services and are funded by many different social services organizations.

However, Rhea said that if the patients were seeking treatment for emergency-related illnesses, they would have to seek assistance from someplace else.

“Unfortunately, the clinic would be unable to assist its patients if they get referred to another doctor or specialist or if they have to go to the hospital for some sort of procedure,” Rhea said.

Sheridan also said the issue of health insurance doesn’t just affect the patients but it also hurts hospitals as well. Without the proper insurance, many hospitals don’t receive proper payment for treating their patients. With Insure TN, many hospitals would have been offered a partial reimbursement for their services.

“The issue of the lack of proper health insurance has become a burden to everyone,” Sheridan said.

Despite Insure TN’s chance of being reintroduced through another proposal are very poor, Haslam mentioned in his state of the state address Feb. 9, that the issue of healthcare is still very prominent and that we have to figure out a way to address the problems Tennesseans are having with getting proper health coverage.

Senate votes to implement two new bills Hannah Marley Staff Writer

GA senate met Tuesday night to discuss inclement weather and research fees, among other things, passing two bills and tabling two more after a careful consideration of the topics at hand.

Inclement Weather Bill: SGA senate member Korbin Niehaus presented a bill in reaction to the snow days the university granted in the last two weeks.

Using a series of pictures he took himself of the icy roads and sidewalks, Niehaus argued that while the administration has been responsive to student concerns about safety, his bill would ensure that Chris Cimino and his staff review the existing inclement weather policy intensively to ensure that it reflects the university’s mission to promote student safety in the most extreme weather conditions.

“My primary concern is not getting out of class,” Niehaus said. “The primary concern is the safety of the faculty, students and staff who have to come here when we don’t have snow days when we should have.”

Niehaus mentioned that on one of the snow days, 60 people came to the UT Medical Center with ice and falling-related injuries. He also noted that 75 percent of the student body is expected to commute to campus if the university is open.

This fact, Niehaus said, is just cause to ask the university to reconsider how and when they

decide to close.

While the bill was criticized for being an inappropriate way of communicating concerns that the administration has already recognized, the majority of senators voted in favor of the bill, agreeing that it is the senate’s role to advocate on behalf of the students when relevant issues such as inclement weather and ice become a problem.

The bill passed with 54 for, nine against and five abstaining.

Speed Humps: In order to make Volunteer Boulevard a safer street for pedestrians, senator Michael Curtis presented a bill that would require facilities services to install two speed humps on either side of the crosswalk on Volunteer Boulevard to ensure that cars coming down off the hill have to slow down by at least 10-20 mph at the crosswalk.

The speed humps, which would be modeled after the existing speed humps on the agriculture campus, would cost about $2,000 each.

Several of the senators argued that it would be more reasonable to ask facilities services to take pedestrian safety into consideration and decide if they want to install the speed humps, and the bill was amended to reflect a more general request to consider installing them.

The bill will be considered again upon further consideration.

Undergraduate Research Bill: The Undergraduate Student Research Association, represented by Alina Clay and Louis Varriano, proposed a bill that would mandate a $5

fee per year for every UT student starting in the fall of 2015 to go towards funding undergraduate research.

“Research is the pursuit of knowledge, and we can all engage in research,” Clay said. “We want to offer more opportunities for us at UT as undergraduate researchers. By doing this, we would be advancing our goal to be a Top 25 public research institution.”

The fee would raise $200,000 per anum after four years if implemented, and would be used to fund the Undergraduate Summer Research Internship program, which has seen an 80 percent decrease in funds since 2011.

Twenty-five percent of the money would be spent in the form of travel grants, allowing undergraduates involved in research to travel to conferences across the country.

Clay and Varriano added that the fee would be much lower than that of similar universities, stating that the University of Georgia usually asks for $500-$1,000 per year to fund their undergraduate research.

While some senators felt uncomfortable passing a bill and imposing a fee on the student body, Varriano argued that the benefits will far outweigh the costs and that many students might just reject the fee without looking at what it is used for.

The majority of senators agreed, voting 58 for, nine against and two abstaining.

The fee will also be up for students to vote on in a referendum during elections.

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End student smoking Grayson Hawkins Untitled

The study “Evaluation of Antismoking Instead of focusing on complicated, nigh unsolvable problems like Aramark’s Advertising Campaigns” by Lisa K. death-grip on our university, let’s take a Goldman and Stanton Glantz and publook at another huge problem that has a lished in the Journal of the American simple, easy-to-implement solution: smok- Medical Association explains that industry manipulation is one of the most ing and student health.

Student health and well-being is already effective ways of combating smoking. a top focus of the administration. We have “Industry Manipulation - Tobacco adveraccess to the Student Health Center, a tising portrays smoking as glamorous true medical clinic that is basically free- and smokers as attractive and appealing. of-cost for enrolled students. We also have The industry manipulation strategy seeks healthy options at cafeterias, exercise to delegitimize the tobacco industry and programs through UTOP and PhysEd classes, a state-of-the-art exercise facility (TRECS), sexual-health programming in dorms and an ever-popular basics of nutrition class offered to all students.

Why then has the university not aggressively attacked the issue of student smokers?

Eliminating cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products from UT’s student body would be the easiest, most effective solution to increasing student health, especially when research shows that 90 percent of smokers begin by the age of 18 and 99 percent begin by the age of 26, according to a 2012 Surgeon General Report.

College brings more freedom to students who may be manipulated into the beginnings of an addiction. In fact, most students ARE manipulated into the habit.

The 2012 Surgeon General Report explains that “advertising and promotional activities by tobacco companies have been shown to cause the onset and continuation of smoking among adolescents and young adults.”

One of the many door signs UT has placed on Anti-smoking campaigns have buildings across campus. been around for a long time, but advancement in eliminating smoking has slowed: “After years of deglamorize smoking. Industry manipulasteady progress, declines in the use of tion advertisements make the industry tobacco by youth and young adults have the problem by exposing its predatory slowed for cigarette smoking and stalled business practices.”

So exposing the truth about the way for smokeless tobacco use,” reads the big tobacco operates is the most effective report.

What are we supposed to do then? way of deterring people from smoking?

How can we evolve and change the way Let’s get to it.

After Australia enacted a law to force students think about tobacco? tobacco companies to use plain packIndustry manipulation.

aging (that depict gruesome, long-term effects), Philip Morris (Marlboro, L&M, Parliament and other top international brands) filed a lawsuit against the country of Australia in an international court. The countries of Honduras, the Dominican Republic and Ukraine also filed complaints against Australia’s packaging laws through the World Trade Organization even though the countries have little if any business or interest in Australia’s tobacco market. Ukrainian Member of Parliament Lesya Orobets’s opinion on the subject: “When I first read about the position of the government, it seems to me a joke because we have zero trade to exchange with Australia.”

Turns out Philip Morris is covering the legal cost for the Dominican Republic, and British American (another big tobacco company) is covering the cost for Honduras and Ukraine.

Morris is also suing the small country of Uruguay for plain packaging in a lawsuit so expensive that the World Health Organization and Michael Bloomberg have contributed to pay attorney fees. The small African country of Togo is also under threat of lawsuit from Philip Morris.

It’s worth noting that Philip Morris made $80 billion dollars in 2013 while the GDP of Togo is $4.3 billion. (Story brought to you by “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”) Taking information like this (industry manipulation) and incorporating it into a comprehensive, school-wide campaign to reduce the number of student smokers is an effective way of reducing the problem in the short-term (2012 Surgeon General Report, Executive Summary pg.17).

Simple solution to a big problem, no?

To be continued later on the subject of UT’s ranking of the 14th least-friendly campus for LGBT in the nation (The Princeton Review).

Grayson Hawkins is a sophomore in chemistry. He can be reached at ghawkin4@vols.utk.edu.

Columns of The Daily Beacon are the views of the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or the Beacon’s editorial staff.

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The third floor Hawa Henderson

Real Reflections

Since I started at UT in 2011 as a scared little freshman, I have been involved with the Muslim Student Association on campus.

One thing has stayed consistent over the past four years, we all hang out on the third floor of the University Center.

Even though we are an official organization on campus, we don’t have a designated space or office, so we kind of just commandeered the tables in the UC. On any day, at any time, if you go to the third floor of the UC, you are guaranteed to hear us. To anyone who knows what I’m talking about, I apologize. The MSA has served as a family for a lot of us, a home away from home of sorts.

It’s like an automatic niche you can fit into with people who you share a common trait with: your faith. When you are a minority at a large university like UT you might encounter situations and troubles that only your fellow minorities can relate to. It’s important to have that safe space. The MSA is also one of the most diverse student organizations that I have ever been a part of. You’ll find people from different backgrounds and majors, and almost everyone is bilingual.

If you happen to venture to the third floor you might hear us discussing identity poli-

tics and how we fit in as Americans when most of our parents are immigrants. You might hear us tell stories of our childhood and our favorite memories from Eid, the

“It’s like an automatic niche you can fit into with people who you share a common trait with: your faith.”

Islamic holiday. Sometimes we talk about our favorite foods from our parent’s home countries and you even might see us eating it too. We also talk about things everyone

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does, like how unfair professors can be, or who’s winning in our fantasy basketball league, or how the lady that works at Chickfil-A downstairs is our favorite person in the world.

You might catch a glimpse of some of us standing by the computers, bowing and prostrating, or praying, as we know it. We are up there so much; we have befriended the custodians and the people that work in the SGA office next door. This semester is a little bittersweet because I will be graduating (God willing) and leaving my beloved MSA behind. The third floor won’t be here for long either. The UC is going to close this spring and eventually it will be torn down, and with it our space on the third floor.

In the meantime if you ever have a quick break between classes and you like talking and eating brownies (which we occasionally like to bake and share), you’re always welcome at our table. Well technically it’s not “our” table but you get the gist.

Hawa Henderson is a senior in microbiology. She can be reached at hhender7@vols. utk.edu.

Two easy recipes that’ll change the way you see your mug

Jonathan Burkhalter Kinda-Gourmet

It’s hard to wake up for those 12:40 classes sometimes, but this recipe might just give you a reason for getting up.

When I found these recipes, they made me excited for the next morning. Brunch in bed just became as easy as skipping that 12:40 gen-ed. Courtesy of Spoon University, the first brunch item is French toast in a mug.

The best part about this recipe is that it’s incredibly simple and it takes about two minutes. You’ll need: 1 1/2 to 2 slices of bread

dash of powdered sugar, if you happen to have some. Personally, I like to throw in berries or bananas.

If French toast is too sweet for you in the mornings, then here’s an alternative that is just as easy, an egg and bacon bowl. Also, I feel sorry for you, because French toast is delicious in the mornings.

This recipe takes about six minutes to make, and it’s good for eating on the go when late to class, or if you’re feeling lazy and don’t want to do the dishes. The ingredients are:

1 egg, 3 tablespoons milk

2 eggs

Dash of cinnamon

2 tablespoons milk

First, cut your slices of bread into cubes and place them into the mug. Combine the egg, milk and cinnamon in a separate container. Mix well so everything blends, and pour it into the mug. Press the bread down so it can fully absorb the liquid, then microwave for one minute. Depending on your microwave, you’ll probably need to nuke it a little more. Do so in ten second intervals until it is fully cooked. You can also add a

A dab of butter (although I suggest cottage cheese) 3 bacon strips First, cut your bacon strips in half. Bacon can be a little fun to cook because it is easy to make into shapes while you cook it. For example, this recipe, again courtesy of Spoon University, instructs you to shape

your bacon into a bowl, but you can really do any pattern you’d like, such as lattice or even a cube. The trick is to have something microwave-safe supporting the bacon in that shape while it cooks. Think about how you want to present your food, and come up with something unique.

Wrap your bacon strips around the object you’re using to support them, and place it on a plate. Cover with a paper towel and cook for two and a half minutes. Let it cool and place it to the side.

Next, coat the inside of your mug with melted butter, or cottage cheese. I like to use the latter because I think it gives the eggs better texture. Mix the eggs and milk in the cup, then microwave for 45 seconds.

Stir, and microwave for 40 more seconds.

Allow them to cool, and enjoy an easy bacon and eggs breakfast. Although it still won’t be as good of a reason to get out of bed as French toast is.

Jonathan Burkhalter is a senior in history and can be reached at jburkhal@vols. utk.edu.

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Opinion: Kanye West embraces failure with new single Will Warren

Staff Writer (@wwarren9) Hello, reader.

If you’re wondering what Kanye West’s first official single for his album “So Help Me God� sounds like, it sounds like someone having a lot of fun. More so, “All Day� could be viewed as a defining point of a career that has been spent in constant redefinition – Kanye is having fun again! Why am I so happy that perhaps our most controversial artist – and our best one – sounds like he’s having a blast while recording this?

In no uncertain terms, we need this.

We need Kanye West to call out Allstate commercial actor Dennis Haysbert for looking like a “fake Denzel.� We need these embarrassing-yet-hilarious “broad way� puns in reference to wife, Kim Kardashian. Most notably, we

thirst for beats that sound great in the car, at home, in the summer, when it’s snowing and during downpours.

The underlying theme of the song is this: Kanye West, unlike a large percentage of musicians currently working, puts everything on the line for his fans and non-fans, alike, when he releases music or does anything in an artistic field. He allows himself to do this because he has fearless, reckless ambition – a willingness to try new things and the acceptance that some of them may fail. Kanye has rejected an innate value that youth are taught consistently throughout their upbringing, whether through sports, school or at home: it’s not okay to fail.

We see failure as something to hate and to avoid, not something we should embrace.

Kanye understands that this, in his case, is wrong. For him to grow as an artist and for him to remain our most interesting, innovative and best musician, he needs failure. Without failure,

Kanye never makes his masterpiece, 2010’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.�

He needed 2008’s “808s & Heartbreak,� a deeply personal and painful record, to fail on a critical and commercial scale. He needs the backlash from stealing a microphone from Taylor Swift, the only other artist currently on or near the Kanye tier of music. He needs his romantic past. He needed to watch 2013’s “Yeezus� confuse and confound his audience while also influencing and changing what hiphop was doing at the time of its release. He feeds off of failure because it builds him back up and shows him which steps to take next. He needs to be the best Kanye that he can be, and that means him doing whatever is possible to assert his position on the musical throne.

His response to “Yeezus,� a clustered, abstract, beautiful mess of a record, is this: a pretty straightforward rap that describes Kanye West, the man, and Kanye West, the musician.

“All Day� will never be Kanye’s finest five minutes. It’s a great song – what else should we expect? – but it’s no “Runaway� or “Through the Wire� or “Touch the Sky.� It serves its purpose as the first single from a record that Kanye was quoted as calling “music to play at cookouts� in a recent interview. It’s much more light-hearted, pun-focused and funny than Kanye has been in a while. With world events as full of strife as they’ve been in our generation’s lifetimes, we need fun. We need failure to show us where to go next. Most of all, we need to understand that failure isn’t a hindrance, it’s a crucial building block. Without failure, how do we know what we do best and how we build onto that?

On 2004’s “Through the Wire,� Kanye, jaw wired shut, starts off with a line that defines his entire career – “they can’t stop me from rapping, can they?� The “they� always changes, but the ‘Ye remains the same.

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NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD • Will Shortz

Timtation Creation • Timothy Brunson

Cartoons of The Daily Beacon are the views of the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or the Beacon’s editorial staff.

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NEW MUSIC THURSDAYS

“If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” Drake

“Another Eternity” Purity Ring

If you’re reading this, then this article might be too late.

You probably have already heard Drake’s newest release, “If You’re Reading This You’re Too Late,” which came out Feb. 13. If not, you should probably take a listen.

Drake’s newest release has 17 songs, some of which were previously released in the fall of 2014. Many fans expected a new album sometime soon, and a lot of fans are uncertain whether this qualifies as an actual album, or just a mixtape.

Released abruptly and unannounced on iTunes, the mixtape sparked tons of commotion among fans. In the summer of 2014, Drake released the name of his fourth studio album as “Views From the 6,” which leads many to conclude that this is just a prerequisite to that album.

Whatever the case may be, it boasts of the usual hip-hop and rap beats, as well as heavy R&B sounds.

In this release, we hear Drake sounding a little different though. The first few listens were very hit or miss, but the slightly new sound is good on Drake.

In one of his songs, “No Tellin’” he mentions that he had to “switch things up” because he was “getting too predictable.” I concur.

Drake is boasting about the album, but he has a right to. In the opening song, “Legend,” Drake raps, “Oh my God/Oh my God/If I die/I’m a Legend.” The song focuses on him being one of the best entertainers out right now, and he discusses his feelings towards fame and how his life has changed because of it.

The release has a great mixture of up tempo rap songs, but he also has a few of his usual slow, R&B heavy sounding songs, such as “Jungle.”

Two of his songs, “Madonna” and “Legend” sample 90s R&B singer Ginuwine’s “So Anxious.” He also pays tribute to these two in his album credits.

“If You’re Reading This You’re Too Late” was a smart release for Drake. He put out new music to fans without much publicity, and he sold over 600,000 copies in the first week.

If you’re looking for some new music, “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” definitely has something for those who love rap or heavy R&B. Don’t be even later, check it out on iTunes.

Some of the stand-out songs on the mixtape: “Madonna,” “Know Yourself” and “10 Bands.”

What happened?

The dark yet edgy trap beats of Purity Ring’s debut album, “Shrines,” gave their listeners a reason to love their style—because it is like no other.

Yet with their sophomore album, “Another Eternity,” Purity Ring didn’t reach the risky creativeness of their previous album. “Another Eternity” has conformed more into a pop-like sound that centers around lead singer Megan James’ vocals with their expected synths and rhythms thrown in the background.

Though “Another Eternity” has not reached expectations, maybe it is a good thing that they went another route.

Who wants an artist that’s consistent?

“Another Eternity” has a more thoughtful approach in the band’s metaphorical lyrics.

Listening to the lyrics, it is as if you are hanging on to every word through the emotions of love and heartbreak along with the few tracks that have the familiar bouncing beat that we know and love.

Especially with “Flood on the Floor,” that begins with an enticing melody, it could easily be the next club-banger that has you fist pumping to the chorus all night. James’ talented counterpart, Corin Roddick, certainly shows his creative skills in this track that flows around James’ chilling voice but does not overshadow it.

One thing has not changed for Purity Ring though. James has kept the rare ability to create introspective lyrics that contrast with Roddick’s instrumentals, paralleling her alluring vocals.

In “Begin Again,” we’re once again drawn in by James’ voice with the usual beats in the background and leading us to what I expect to be a stimulating chorus by Roddick, but it becomes a disappointment as “begin again” repeats … again, and synths in the backdrop.

This happens with many other tracks. Though there is a hit or two in “Another Eternity,” there are a few misses that are redundant with the same backdrop beats. No offense to James, but I’d rather hear less of her voice and more of Roddick’s orchestrations that made us become their fans in the first place.

Less of Megan James and more of Roddick’s sick beats, please.

--Victoria Brown, Staff Writer

--Sage Davis, Contributor

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FOOTBALL

VFL career night provides job opportunities for football players Jonathan Toye

Sports Editor (@JonathanToye1)

Every college football player aspires to one day have a career in the National Football League.

The only problem? This dream is rarely attainable.

In an article published July 18, 2014 on the NFL website, Albert Breer reports that 1.6 percent of college athletes play in the NFL. And the careers of the players talented enough to play in the next level last an average 4.74 years.

College football players, then, need a backup career. They need a profession to master when their football career eventually flames out.

Vol For Life coordinator Antone Davis hopes to give current Tennessee football players a jumpstart in finding these opportunities.

Davis, a former Tennessee football player, had an illustrious football career for the Vols.

Playing on the offensive line during 1987-1990 seasons, Davis helped the Vols earn two SEC championships and received All-American honors for his play during his Tennessee tenure. He was a first round draft pick by the

Philadelphia Eagles and spent seven seasons in the NFL with both the Eagles and Falcons.

Davis’ football career is now over, and he is focusing his attentions on current Tennessee players.

As a VFL coordinator, Davis says some of his job responsibilities include serving as a mentor to the football players and arranging events that benefit the players.

One such event is the VFL career development night at the Anderson Training Center.

“It started out as an opportunity to get former players, who are now business owners and in a position to hire people, to come back and mentor our players,” Davis said. “Have the players an opportunity to sit down and talk to people, network, build relationships and hopefully get internships or even jobs.”

It is the second time Tennessee has hosted the event. The program is intended for rising juniors and seniors in the football program.

Davis doesn’t want the athletes to just meet potential employers and former players. He wants them to make good impressions as well.

Partnering with the counselors at the Thornton center, Davis prepares the players for the potential situations they might

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Vols tame LSU Tigers, 78-63 Staff Report BATON ROUGE, La. -- Senior Josh Richardson scored 20 points and junior Armani Moore finished with 19 to lead the Vols to a 78-63 victory over LSU on Wednesday at Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

After being tied at halftime, the Vols (15-14, 7-10 SEC) shot 69.2 percent from the floor and outscored LSU 45-30 in the second half on their way to snapping a five-game losing streak.

Tennessee concludes the regular season Saturday when the Vols host South Carolina at 4 p.m. Richardson will be among the seniors honored in their final SEC game at ThompsonBoling Arena. The game will be televised on Fox Sports Net. Richardson and Moore led the way for the Vols. Richardson had 20 points, five rebounds, five steals and three assists. Moore came close to a double-double with a career-high tying 19 points along with eight rebounds, four assists and three blocks.

The Vols were effective from the floor and the 3-point range in the second half, shooting 18 of 26 from the field (69.2 percent) and 5 of 8 (62.5 percent) from beyond the arc. The Vols finished the game shooting 52.4 percent from the field.

LSU shot just 37.5 percent from the field in the second half.

Sophomore Robert Hubbs III hit a jumper to put the Vols up for good 40-38 with 16:43 left in the second half.

Tennessee led by as many as 18 points when Kevin Punter hit a heavily guarded 3-pointer with 8:31 remaining. LSU eventually cut the lead to 11 points but never came within single digits of the Vols.

The Vols have now won five consecutive games over LSU at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, a streak that started in 2008.

Wednesday’s outcome was much different than the first meeting this season, which LSU won 73-55.

LSU sophomore big men Jarell Martin and Jordan Mickey average more than 16 points and 9 rebounds each, but Keith Hornsby led the way for the Tigers on Wednesday. He made 5 3-pointers to finish with 23 points.

Martin had 16 points and five rebounds, and Mickey had nine points and eight rebounds.

Tennessee and LSU were tied 33-33 after the first half, thanks to the Vols work on the glass.

The Vols out-rebounded the taller Tiger squad 22-15, converting 11 offensive rebounds into eight second-chance points.

Richardson led the way for the Vols offensively in the first half with 14 points after being held to just seven points the last game at Florida.

Derek Reese had seven rebounds to lead all players.

encounter at events such as the VFL Career Development Night, giving them tips on how to dress, how to accept business cards and how to shake hands.

“That’s one of the things we wanted our players to understand,” Davis said. “Make sure you come dressed to impress. You’re not trying to make a fashion statement, you’re trying to make a personal statement, ‘That I am a hire-able person, I am a person you want to involve in your business.’ So they understand it is important to carry themselves in a certain way and present themselves in a certain way.”

The event also gives athletes an opportunity to discuss their aspirations outside of football.

Marcus Jackson, a rising redshirt senior majoring in Geology and Environmental studies and a starting offensive lineman, admits he hopes to take the LSAT in June and attend Law school. His fellow starting offensive lineman, Kyle Kerbyson, is majoring in sports management and holds lofty goals after he graduates.

“Eventually my overall goal would be (to be an) athletic director,” Kerbyson said. “Right now, I am working for a class as an intern for operations for men’s basketball.”

The VFL Career Development Night is not just for current players. Davis mentions the Renewing Academic Commitment Program, a program designed to give former Tennessee players a second chance to earn their degree from Tennessee.

Davis hopes these former players who return to school also discover opportunities at the VFL career development night.

“I want them at this event,” Davis said, “and say ‘hey, you can build some relationships, get some interview opportunities and maybe get a job.’ I think that is really cool.”

Calling himself a “late bloomer,” Former Tennessee defensive back Fred White was a key player on the 1998 national championship team. He never earned a degree from Tennessee until he graduated last December.

Admitting he never had the networking opportunity the current players now have, White hopes the Tennessee players realize how fortunate they are to have events like this one.

“You got guys who are coming back to share wisdom and knowledge with you,” White said.

“They played here before you did. It shows the VFL program means something.”

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SOFTBALL

Lady Vols look to find consistency at Tennessee Invitational

Trenton Duffer

Staff Writer (@trenton_duffer)

The No. 11 Lady Vols softball team (11-3) are finally set to play their home opener this Thursday on the first day of the Tennessee Invitational.

Co-head coach Karen Weekly emphasized consistency as a key for the weekend to be successful.

“At times (this season), we’ve been very good,” Weekly said. “(The team) needs to learn how to play a consistent level every day … You see some kids who are going along and they’re playing fine, and all of a sudden, their eyes get

big, because they realize, ‘Wow. I’m expected to bat in the three-hole for the University of Tennessee,’ and they’ve never really had to own that responsibility.”

However, Weekly believes her team will improve as the season progresses.

“Even our upperclassmen don’t have a lot of games of experience under their belt, and that’s just gonna take time,” she said. “That’s not something you can teach.”

UT’s first opponent will be Northern Iowa, a team that is currently 5-10 and is on a fourgame losing streak. The Panthers aren’t very strong at the plate, hitting 0.232 as a team on the year compared to UT’s 0.306 team batting average. The Lady Vols will face the Panthers for the first time in program history on Friday at 3 p.m.

The Lady Vols open Saturday play with a clash against North Dakota State Bison, who are currently on a five-game winning streak.

The Bison (12-3) received one vote in the Top 25. Krista Menke is the team’s ace, going 8-1 on the season with a 1.80 ERA and 113 strikeouts over 66 innings. Menke has thrown a complete game in all nine of her starts and has also pitched two shutouts. This will be the first meeting between the two squads. The game starts on Saturday at 12:15 p.m.

Following the game against the Bison, The Lady Vols host Indiana State (2-9) Saturday at 2:30 p.m. The Sycamores are batting .270 as a team on the year, with Kassie Brown leading the team at 0.429. The sophomore also leads her team in runs with six. This will be the second all-time meeting between the schools

and the first meeting since 1996. In that game, Indiana State squeaked by the Lady Vols, 1-0.

The Lady Vols take on the Purdue Boilermakers (10-5) on Sunday at 12:15 p.m.

The Lady Vols will have to by wary of senior infielder Ashley Burkhardt and junior left-handed pitcher Lilly Fecho. Burkhardt brings power to the Boilermakers’ lineup, hitting six homers and batting 0.479 on the year. Meanwhile, Fecho is Purdue’s ace, with a record of 8-2 in 63.2 innings pitched and recording an ERA of 0.88. The Lady Vols conclude the Tennessee invitational with a rematch against Indiana State on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

The Northern Iowa, and Purdue games against the Lady Vols will all broadcast on the SEC Network +.