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Council, sorority hold bake sale Fundraiser raises awareness of pay gap Justin Joo Staff Writer As HERstory month begins, the Women’s Coordinating Council (WCC) and the Gamma Sigma Sigma Service Sorority are working together on the Mind-the-Gap Equal Pay Bake Sale.

The bake sale is designed to help raise awareness to the pay gap that exists between male and female workers, as well as raise money for the National Committee on Pay Equity.

Caitlin Miller, junior in philosophy and kinesiology and member of WCC, said the sale is all about making people aware of the gap.

“It’s a topic that’s not really talked about, but it’s important,” Miller said.

“That wage gap hasn’t decreased very much over the years. We’re just trying to raise people’s awareness.”

The sale took place at the north end of the Pedestrian Mall on Monday from 10 a.m. to noon. It will happen again on Tuesday at the same time and location.

Some of the baked goods available include brownies, sugar cookies, chocolate chip

and cookies with lemon frosting.

To help symbolize the gap in wages, the various baked goods are being sold at different prices based on gender. Women can buy the products for a quarter, while men must pay 50 cents.

Lindsay Rogerson, junior in nutrition and member of Gamma Sig, said that the symbolism is the key to what the sale is all about.

“I think it’s very symbolic of the fact that we don’t have equal pay in the U.S.,” Rogerson said. “And I think the fact that it costs more for a guy to have cookies than a girl shows how it really is in the world.”

WCC is conducting the bake sale with Gamma Sigma Sigma as a co-sponsor.

While Gamma Sig has worked with WCC in the past on other events like Take Back the Night, this is the first year they’ve helped with the bake sale.

“They didn’t help last year and we ran out of cookies,” Miller said with a laugh.

“So we decided to ask for more help.”

Gamma Sig worked with WCC as part of their philanthropy initiative. They handle the money raised by the bake sale and also help make the products that are sold.

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Christine Copelan, Morgan Ward, Lindsay Rogerson and Caitlin Miller work at the Mind-the-Gap Equal Pay Bake Sale on Monday.

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Cuban poet discusses her craft Vols win two of Liv McConnell Staff Writer International spoken word artist Gabriela Garcia Medina performed her award-winning slam poetry Thursday night for UT students in kick-start of her national, month-long tour celebrating Women’s History Month.

Medina, who was named Spoken Word Poet of the Year in 2011, talked to students about topics ranging from feminist struggles and cultural barriers to a disastrous romantic dinner gone wrong and her love for lingerie.

“I don’t only address womanhood issues,” Medina said.

“Just by the mere fact that I am a woman, it doesn’t mat• Photo courtesy of Gabriela Garcia Medina ter if I’m talking about poliGabriela Garcia Medina, award-winning slam poet, tics or bathrooms or whatevperformed on Thursday, March 1. Medina focuses on a er, that is already feminist. It wide range of issues, ranging from women’s struggles makes everyone bear witness to her Cuban roots.

to my story, which doesn’t happen as often as it should.”

Just as in her choice of poetic topics, the Cuban poet is hesitant to restrict herself to one art form, as well.

“I call myself an artist because I don’t like to limit myself to just the poetry and writing,” Medina said. “I feel what makes my work so unique is that I incorporate performance, acting, story telling and all these other forms of art as well. If I could involve dancing I would!”

The evening began with a performance of a piece called “The World’s Greatest Magician,” in which she reflected upon growing up in a poor, immigrant family in London. Despite struggles to keep enough food on the table, Medina recalled fondly that there was never a lack of magic in her home.

three in Houston tournament, upset No. 16 Texas, 5-4 Nathan Lee Staff Writer

The Tennessee baseball team got an early-season challenge by participating in the Houston College Classic over the weekend. The Volunteers (8-3) went 1-2 in the tournament with a win over the No. 16 Texas Longhorns and losses to No. 4 Rice and the Houston Cougars.

Held at the Houston Astros’ Minute Maid Park, the tournament featured many of college baseball’s perennial powSee MEDINA POET on Page 3 ers, including No. 7 Arkansas and No. 24 Texas Tech.

“I leave here, even though we are 1-2, looking at the bright side that I learned some things, and I’m hoping that our teams learned some things,” UT coach Dave Serrano said. “We played three good baseball teams this weekend, and in my eyes, we’re not that far off.”

The Volunteers began play on Friday night against Houston.

Entering the ninth, the Vols trailed 7-1, but were able to rally off of a Zach Robinson leadoff double.

The comeback fell just short, however, as the goahead run was left at the plate, and the Vols fell 74.

On Saturday, a motivated Tennessee squad responded by beating the Longhorns (4-7), off the strength of junior Zack Godley ’s seven-inning performance on the Sarah Houston • The Daily Beacon mound. Godley finished Dr. Steve Dandeneau, associate provost and director of the Chancellor’s Honors Program, and Elizabeth Tiller, the game with only three earned runs and left the senior in business administration, run in the Love Your Libraries 5k on Saturday.

Vols with a 5-3 lead.

Junior Drew Steckenrider led the way from the plate with two hits and two RBIs. Senior Davis Morgan brought in two more runs, and the Vols topped the Longhorns 54.

The weekend ended with the Rice Owls (11-1) jumping on the Vols early and never relenting. The Owls led 5-0 after three innings and used the power of 17 hits to keep building their lead to a final score of 11-1.

Freshman Will Maddox scored the only run for the Volunteers in the eighth.

The tournament provided the team with a unique chance to play in a major league ballpark and go against top-level opponents in the early stages of the season.

“Even though the outcomes weren’t the way that we wanted and hoped for, this will definitely be a lifelong memory for me,” junior outfielder Chris Fritts said. “The good thing is we have games leading up until conference play and we’ll make the progress that we need to make and be ready when the time comes for conference play.”

Zach Osborne was named to the AllTournament team at shortstop based off the strength of his play over the weekend.

The Volunteers resume play on Wednesday against Ball State at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

The first pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

1857 — Supreme Court rules in Dred Scott case The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision on Sanford v. Dred Scott, a case that intensified national divisions over the issue of slavery.

In 1834, Dred Scott, a slave, had been taken to Illinois, a free state, and then Wisconsin territory, where the Missouri Compromise of 1820 prohibited slavery. Scott lived in Wisconsin with his master, Dr. John Emerson, for several years before returning to Missouri, a slave state. In 1846, after Emerson died, Scott sued his master’s widow for his freedom on the grounds that he had lived as a resident of a free state and territory. He won his suit in a lower court, but the Missouri supreme court reversed the decision. Scott appealed the decision, and as his new master, J.F.A. Sanford, was a resident of New York, a federal court decided to hear the case on the basis of the diversity of state citizenship represented. After a federal district court decided against Scott, the case came on appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which was divided along slavery and antislavery lines; although the Southern justices had a majority.

During the trial, the antislavery justices used the case to defend the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise, which had been repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The Southern majority responded by ruling on March 6, 1857, that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and that Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in the territories. Three of the Southern justices also held that African Americans who were slaves or whose ancestors were slaves were not entitled to the rights of a federal citizen and therefore had no standing in court. These rulings all confirmed that, in the view of the nation’s highest court, under no condition did Dred Scott have the legal right to request his freedom. The Supreme Court’s verdict further inflamed the irrepressible differences in America over the issue of slavery, which in 1861 erupted with the outbreak of the American Civil War. — This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.

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David Michalik, sophomore in chemical engineering, climbs during a competition in the HPER building on Sunday. Michalik placed first in the men’s competition, while Leianna Lockhart won the women’s division.

DAILY BEACON CORRECTION In the March 2, 2012 issue of The Daily Beacon, a letter concerning the new “Big Orange, Big Ideas” campaign was printed. In that letter, confusion arose over the signed faculty members, and whether or not they were affiliated with the Progressive Student Alliance, or PSA. The following members of the faculty are not affiliated with the PSA: Kathleen E. Bohstedt, John Bohstedt, Les Essif, Michael Handelsman, Randal Hepner, Tricia Hepner, Peggy Jackson, Zak Koenig, Benjamin Lee, Katherine Newell and Lydia Pulsipher. The Daily Beacon apologizes for the confusion.

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BAKE SALE continued from Page 1

Money raised by the event will go to the National Committee on Pay Equity, a coalition of different women’s and civil rights organizations, as well as labor unions, religious and legal associations. Its purpose is to close the wage gap that exists between minorities (such as women and people of color) and men.

Morgan Ward, a three-year member of WCC, believes the event, while small in scale, still plays a vital role in closing the pay gap.

“I don’t think it’s fair or OK,” Ward, senior in psychology and education, said. “This is one small step, but if we could do it around other campuses it’d make a difference.”

The bake sale is part

of HERstory month, which has the entire month of March dedicated to female empowerment.

The next HERstory event will be the Women in the Workforce Forum.

It will be held in the Shiloh Room at the UC from 5-8 p.m. on March 8.

The panel will consist of several women who will describe some of the opposition and confrontations they’ve had as women in the professional workforce.

The speakers will include Wanda Costen from the Department of Retail, Hospitality and Tourism Management; Jenny Moshak, associate athletic director of sports medicine; Dena Wise, UT Extension Outreach program representative; Lynn Sacco, associate professor of history; and Lt. Meshia Thomas from UTPD.

MEDINA POET continued from Page 1 “And we are not happy to be poor, but we are happy despite our poverty,” she said on stage, reciting in a style of poetry unique for its hip-hop and R&B influences. “We are not excited by our life struggles, but we are excited to be alive. ’Cause we are magicians, making the impossible, possible.”

Medina encouraged the audience to partake in her poetry by letting it be known when a particular verse resonated with them. Snapping fingers and laughter filled the UC auditorium for the next hour, as the poet wove through a selection of her work.

The performance culminated with Medina opening the stage to student poets in the audience.

“I was very impressed with her,” Brittney Woods, freshman in food science, said. She followed Medina’s appeal and took to the stage.

“I wasn’t even going to get up there at first,” Woods said, “but she made the environment so welcoming and inviting and that I was like, OK, I’m going to go up there even though I’ve never done this before.”

Woods, who performed a piece about a recent breakup, felt that the evening had “a wonderful turnout.”

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Students gather outside the UC Auditorium where films were being screened as part of the Telluride Mountain Film Festival on Friday. The festival focuses on films that embrace the mountain, adventure and evironmental lifestyle.

“I feel like everyone was able to gain something from the message that Gabriela taught us,” Woods said.

Corey “Legend” Hope, a fellow freshman and impromptu performer, shared Woods’ admiring view.

“Gabriela was amazing,” Hope said. “I always look forward to different stage poets because to me, they each have a different perspective and a different style. I’m always willing to learn from a different poet and she definitely taught me.”

For Medina, who “thrives” at the opportunity to inspire and be inspired in her work, the evening was a success.

“I just want to share my truth with the audience,” Medina said. “That’s all I want — connections, and for myself to be validated in my experiences and themselves to be validated in their experiences in the process as well.”

The performance was the first in a series of festivities hosted by the Women’s Coordinating Council in honor of its self-dubbed “Women’s HERstory” month. The next event is a lecture by Jennifer L. Pozner, author of “Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV,” about the harmful effects of reality television on women’s self image. The presentation will be held in the UC Auditorium on March 13 at 7 p.m.

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

OPINIONS

Letter Editor to the

SGA for students, not administration Students, not SGA, are the driving force for change.

The university is less than a month away from campaign week for SGA, where both campaigns offer free giveaways, cards with policy points and extroverted individuals wanting nothing more than to drag you to the nearest computer to cast your vote.

Similarly, both campaigns advocate specific additions and changes to campus for the betterment of the student population.

However, it’s usually the case that the tangible promises made by campaigns won’t truly affect a majority of students, but rather a smaller, more centralized group. Flashy promises, and even a desire for structural change within SGA, will ultimately impact a small array of students.

So why not do something that impacts all students?

Every year, both campaigns desire to create strong ties with the administration so that they can both work hand-in-hand on making change for the student body. It’s become the status quo to accept this and believe that this will ultimately create the change that students desire on campus.

SGA, working with the administration for change for students, has become the norm.

At the same time, students’ attitudes toward SGA as being inefficient and ineffectual have also become the norm.

Maybe it’s time to take away the focus on administration and put it on the student body that SGA governs. Instead of working with the administration for change for students, SGA needs to be working with students for change from the

administration. Yes, this does mean lessening the priority of moving to the administration immediately with a laundrylist of things to get done. The most important task now is to get the students behind SGA. As seen last year, 90 percent of the student body did not vote for our current president, either due to apathy or opposing views, and nothing was done about it.

I do expect voting numbers to increase this year, but the truth is that a heavy majority of students will not vote for whoever becomes the next SGA president.

No matter who wins the election, even if it is the campaign I support, I expect them to work tirelessly to make themselves known among the student population first instead of introducing themselves to administration. SGA in the past has tried to be the driving force for change, but the power that the position holds doesn’t imply that they are the only ones who can create that change. Instead, SGA being the driving force for students is what we need.

Ultimately, students are the ones who have the ideas and have the power to make that change.

After campaign week, we will know what 10 percent of the student population wants out of SGA. It’s time to figure out what 100 percent of the students want and empower one another to make a collective change at this university.

Andrew La Haie Class of 2013 Human resource management alahaie@utk.edu

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Politics in gutter, time for change C ampbel l’s Co r n e r by

Seth Campbell Often times, I’ve rallied against the increasing hostility in current-day politics. We all see it. We all hear it. This is by no means saying that politics has always been civil and full of gentleman willing to simply talk through their differences. Our fellow Tennessean Andrew Jackson is a fine example of rough and rugged politics.

While Jackson had a spirited personality and sometimes used harsh tactics, our politics today have digressed into not much more than a mess of personal childish attacks.

Just a few days ago, radio personality Rush Limbaugh opened up a full scale assault on Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke by calling her a “slut” and making several extremely offensive comments. There are plenty of people living in the United States who don’t agree with Limbaugh and his distinct brand of politics. There’s nothing wrong with disagreeing on the policy front.

As a matter of fact, political disagreement is a good thing that the Founding Fathers foresaw as a method to crafting the best possible laws for our country.

Where this disagreement becomes cancerous is when personal attacks become prominent in the political world. Certain individuals, like Limbaugh, resort to personal attacks in order to gain traction, fame and notoriety. In fact, Limbaugh has made his career out of personally attacking people he doesn’t agree with.

This particular case, centering on the contraception issue and Ms. Fluke, saw Limbaugh attack a 30-yearold student who, along with many others, disagrees with Limbaugh’s political stance.

After calling her disparaging names and thoroughly insulting not only her, but also most American females, Limbaugh eventually apologized. It’s important to note that this apology came only after sponsors of Limbaugh’s radio program began to jump ship and put distance between themselves and Limbaugh’s insults.

While sponsors are running rapidly away from Limbaugh’s insanity, prominent members in the Republican party have only quietly denounced

Limbaugh’s comment. I understand the predicament for these Republicans. As political pundit James Carville cleverly pointed out, “The Republican party no longer listens to Rush Limbaugh. The Republican party IS Rush Limbaugh.” With this in mind, there is no wonder why Republicans will only whisper their displeasure while Limbaugh continues to relate Fluke to a prostitute.

This example only furthers the point that politics have lost the humanity factor in some realms. To further a certain cause, some people are willing to go as far as to insult and ridicule another human. Frankly, I don’t understand it.

While on the campaign trail in Michigan, Republican candidate Rick Santorum referred to President Obama as a “snob” for publicly stating his desire that everyone have the option of attending college. Not even addressing the policy standpoint of this situation, the fact that Santorum labeled the President of the United States a “snob” shows an extreme lack of respect for the leader of the free world.

Santorum has since backed away from this namecalling and realized that referring to the president as a “snob” was “probably not the smartest thing.” While most decent-minded Americans realize that namecalling is immature and not the best way to get your point across, Santorum must still be growing up some.

I suppose that this name-calling and harsh rhetoric used by many in today’s Republican party is better than the duels of the Andrew Jackson-era or the political fist fighting that happened regularly. As a society, I would expect and hope that we would evolve and become more civil. There’s no doubt we’ve progressed and lost some of the barbaric traits that President Jackson and his brethren were accustomed to. By the same token, many have fallen into this childish pattern of ridiculing the opposing side instead of discussing the topic at hand in a mature fashion.

It’s not difficult to change this developing childish trend in today’s politics. When someone like Limbaugh or Santorum makes these ridiculous claims and belittles another human on a personal level, we must all condemn the actions. To let our society slip into a ditch where compassion and humanity are compromised is a dire mistake. Let’s uphold our decency and repudiate this childish trend.

— Seth Campbell is a senior in history. He can be reached at scampb42@utk.edu.

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In recent news, there has been a divide among Republicans and Democrats over the exchange of contraceptives over moral objections for religious reasons in coverage under insurance plans. Last week, Republican talk radio host Rush Limbaugh used offensive words such as “slut” and “prostitute” to describe a 30-year old Georgetown University law student. She was called those words because she appeared before Congress to testify for supporting the new law, which will require contraceptives to be covered under insurance plans along with other preventative health care. The law student, Sandra Fluke, was simply sharing her testimony and her position before the House of Representatives about Obama’s policy on contraception and why she believes it has merit.

Fluke wanted to point out that birth control has other uses besides preventing pregnancies. Many women use birth control to regulate their menstrual cycles, calm menstrual cramps and even prevent ovarian cysts. These women are not using birth control because they wish to sleep around; they are protecting their bodies from pain and health risks that men do not encounter.

Limbaugh said on his show that Fluke was having so much sex that she expected the government and the tax payers to pay for her birth control so she could continue to have this outrageous amount of sex. This accusation is completely offensive not only to Fluke, but to all women taking birth control. Just because a woman is taking contraceptives does not mean she plans to expose herself to every man she meets. Birth control does not protect one from sexually transmitted diseases. So women who are on birth control and other forms of contraception still have to protect themselves in other ways. Women on birth control are just taking one more responsible step to ensuring they are living a healthy lifestyle.

Limbaugh also does not seem to understand how birth control is correctly used. For the birth control pill to work effectively, one must take a pill every day.

So, regardless of how much sex you are having, you need to take the pill for the hormones to work.

Limbaugh verbally attacked an innocent woman, and this type of assault should not go unnoticed.

Women have the right to their own bodies, and if they wish to engage in sexual activities, they should have the liberty to do as they please. Men are rarely criticized for having numerous sexual encounters with different partners, so women should not be judged for this action either. In fact, Limbaugh has been married four times and has had many girlfriends throughout his life.

Coincidentally, none of his partners have become pregnant. Either Limbaugh is sterile, or his partners have been using contraceptives to make sure they are practicing safe sex.

Many realize that Limbaugh was out of line. Sleep Train Mattress Centers helped advertise Limbaugh’s show, but after hearing him speak so harshly about women, the company has decided to pull its ads. Even Republicans Mitt Romney and John Boehner have said the comments Limbaugh made were inappropriate. Yet, the Republican response has been meek at best. President Obama called Fluke to sympathize with her and to thank her for voicing her opinion against those who do not agree.

Currently Fluke is considering pressing charges against Limbaugh, who could be convicted of slander.

His use of caustic words towards her means he is trying to silence an innocent woman with the right to have her voice be heard.

On Sunday, Limbaugh publicly announced an apology to Fluke, saying he did not mean to choose those words or directly attack her. This apology seemed to be half-hearted.

Expecting women’s contraceptives to be paid out of pocket can be a struggle for many women who financially cannot afford this. Rush Limbaugh went out of line by criticizing a woman for speaking her mind. He not only disrespected Fluke, but also disrespected all women and their rights. Women should be allowed to choose what they want to do with their own bodies, and no one should tell them otherwise. By using birth control and other contraceptives, women are protecting themselves from unplanned pregnancies, as well as other legitimate health issues. Because a woman uses birth control, it does not mean she is immoral or a bad person. Rush Limbaugh is trying to silence women and we should not let him get away with this disrespecting conduct.

— Samantha Trueheart is a sophomore in communications. She can be reached at struehea@utk.edu.

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Downloadable content adds momentum Jake Lane Arts & Culture Editor Game fans, let us all release a unanimous sigh of apprehension and angst for that most deplorable ancillary product of our culture.

No, I’m not talking about cosplay, but downloadable content, “dee-el-see,” if you will.

Today sees the release of “Mass Effect 3,” along with its almost-mandatory DLC “From Ashes,” the pairing of which has drawn flak from gamers and the gaming industry alike, chalking up BioWare’s moneygrab to yet another insidious ploy from parent company Electronic Arts to maximize profit by gypping loyal fans of an admitted stellar franchise.

But we have not come here to bury BioWare in a mountain of their own filthy cash, but to talk about the company who wrote the book on aftermarket content, Bethesda Softworks. Though the expansions to “Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion” were hardly the first of their kind, some of the choices (lest we forget the $4.99 horse armor, which did nothing to improve your mount’s armor class) indicated a company milking its fans.

However, that is not to say that “Shivering Isles” or “Knights of the Nine” contained any subpar, afterthought unkept promises of continuing the epic adventuring in the beautiful climes of Cyrodiil.

Some five years later Bethesda began publishing the downloadables for “Fallout: New Vegas,” the third party entry to their “Fallout” franchise built by many of the former Black Isle Studios team who built the first two “Fallout” games for Interplay, now organized as Obsidian Entertainment (ironically, frequent collaborators with BioWare).

After fan and critical lambasting of the initial secondary release “Broken Steel” for “Fallout 3,” which essentially reverses the poignant altruistic ending of the game, in addition to the somewhat misconceived alien abduction escape yarn “Mothership

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After the nearly simultaneous release of “New Vegas” and add-on “Dead Money” in October 2010 and December 2010, respectively, Obsidian released the remaining three story expansions plus the item upgrade expansions “Courier’s Stash” and “Gun Runners Arsenal” over last summer, to surprised positivity by many critics. The story continuations follow the tradition of the early “Fallout” games, in which rather than traveling an open map the player travels from city to city, with rand o m encounters possible along the w a y .

Though the player isn’t able to encounter an exploded whale and pot of petunias, or a Guardian portal that travels back in time to assure the continuity of the series, the geographical separation of the various locales allows for an episodic, digestible experience averaging roughly ten hours apiece. In February Bethesda published “Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition,” collecting the core game with all of its add-ons for a reasonable $50, losing out on the Game of the Year status shared by its predecessor and all of Bethesda’s “Elder Scrolls” titles since 2002’s “Morrowind” to titles such as “Mass Effect 2” and “Red Dead Redemption.”

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Another team member’s complicated relationship with one of the player character’s companions from the vanilla game enhances the drama of that side story, a situation of love over distance and circumstance which in a nonchalant manner challenges anti-gay bigotry even after the destruction of society.

The second installment, “Honest Hearts,” plays like your typical unassuming hero quest, where the player’s Pip-Boy, the essential wristwatch/personal computer accessory of the Fallout ‘verse, buys passage on a trade caravan east in to Utah, where a key supporting player has established peace between a Mormon enclave and a tribe of Native Americans spared by the nuclear holocaust thanks to the Mojave Desert’s lack of bombardment. Again certain prejudices are dispelled, as faithful Mormon missionary Daniel speaks freely of his faith but never comes off as any of the manifold stereotypes often hurled at LDS Mormons. It’s a bit offputting that the missionaries have converted many Natives from their tertiary faith to Christianity, but once again it plays on the genre staple of old Western, and Western American history, for that matter, wherein well-meaning individuals can cause rifts in the societies they strive to uplift.

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Softball sweeps home-openers Gators, wind trouble Vols tennis Ben Daniel Staff Writer

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Ivy Renfroe delivers a pitch against ETSU on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Renfroe was voted as the SEC Pitcher of the Week for her performance in the Tennessee Classic, helping the Lady Vols to a perfect 4-0 record.

Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer Home-field advantage played a major role for the No. 9 Tennessee softball team over the weekend. The Lady Vols (14-3) won all four games in the Tennessee Classic and outscored their opponents 29-3 in 25 innings of play.

The wins over Memphis (7-0), ETSU (8-0, six innings), Murray State (8-0, five innings) and Middle Tennessee State (6-3) extended the Lady Vols’ win-streak to nine games.

The Lady Vols remain undefeated all-time in the tournament.

“I’m proud of the team, and I’m proud of the effort this weekend,” co-head coach Ralph Weekly said.

Despite the Lady Vols’ regular-season homeopener on Friday night being rained out, the girls didn’t miss a beat at the plate or in the pitcher’s circle.

The Lady Vols compiled a .340 team batting average and posted a modest 0.56 team ERA over the tournament.

Junior All-American third basemen Raven Chavanne and senior right fielder Shelby Burchell led the offensive attack, combining for 12 hits in 23 at-bats while driving in eight RBIs and scoring five runs.

Chavanne leads the team with a .545 average this season.

Freshman catcher Hannah Akamine hit her first home run as a Lady Vol and drove in two runs in Tennessee’s victory over Memphis.

Pitching sisters Ivy and Ellen Renfroe took control, combining to pitch nearly every inning in the tournament, striking out 35 batters while holding opponents to a .116 batting average.

After tossing three straight shutouts, two by Ivy and one by Ellen, the Lady Vols’ consecutive scoreless innings streak ended at 28 in their final game on Sunday against the MTSU Blue Raiders.

Ellen Renfroe improved her record on the season to a team-best 10-0, and she also leads UT with a minuscule 1.32 ERA and has punched out 103 hitters in 79.2 innings of work.

Her seven-inning shutout over Memphis, in

which she struck out 13 batters, marked her seventh complete-game shutout of the season.

Ivy Renfroe hurled 13.1 scoreless innings, including a five-inning no-hitter over Murray State in UT’s first of two games on Sunday, and now is at 4-3 on the season with a 3.19 ERA. The no-hitter was the fourth of her career.

“In the past, it’s Ellen, but today it was Ivy,” Weekly said. “What I always keep reminding everybody is Ivy pitched us into the (Women’s College) World Series two years ago. We don’t get there without her.

“It’s nice to have both of them and they both pitched really well this weekend.”

After dominating their first three games of the tournament, the Lady Vols were put to their biggest test of the tournament by the Blue Raiders.

Leading 4-0 early, thanks in part to Chavanne’s two-run triple in the second inning, the Lady Vols were tagged for three runs in the fourth inning after the Blue Raiders’ Nina Dever hit a three-run home run to cut the lead to one.

Despite out-hitting the Lady Vols eight to six, the Blue Raiders didn’t score another run, as Ivy Renfroe came in and pitched 2.1 scoreless innings in relief for her first save of the season.

“Everyone knows that Tennessee is the biggest school in the state so any time an in-state school has an opportunity to play us they really want to show they can hang with us and they did,” Chavanne said. “They hit the ball extremely well and you could definitely see passion from them.”

Tennessee’s next game will be on Friday at 6 p.m., when it begins SEC-play with a three-game home series against the No. 3 Florida Gators (131).

“You always want to go into SEC play, especially against a top team like Florida, feeling confident and having a rhythm going,” Chavanne said. “I think we’ve succeeded in doing that.”

Exhibition Win The Lady Vols beat the Dutch National team on Thursday night 8-7 on a walk-off single by junior All-American outfielder Kat Dotson. Another All-American Lady Vol, junior second basemen Lauren Gibson, connected on a two-run home run and sophomore center fielder Tory Lewis hit the first home run of her college career.

The Tennessee men’s tennis team opened the SEC season with a loss to Florida on Friday followed by a victory over South Carolina on a windy Sunday afternoon in Columbia, S.C. There were few bright spots for the Vols (87, 1-1 SEC) in Gainesville, as Florida was able to take a quick doubles point before freshmen Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese pulled off a victory against Florida’s No. 8 duo of Billy Federhofer and Nassim Slilam.

The doubles victory by Libietis and Reese was their fourth consecutive win and first career top-10 win.

Following the doubles win, Tennessee was defeated in two straight matches, giving Florida a quick 3-0 advantage.

Reese was able to get the Vols their first point, beating Florent Diep 6-4, 6-2 before Florida clinched the match 4-1 after Vols freshman Brandon Fickey was defeated by Tripper Carleton 6-0, 6-4.

Despite the match already being won by Florida, the final two matches were played out successfully for Tennessee. The Vols were able to grab two more points with wins from Libietis and junior Edward Jones.

The match final was 4-3, and although several players were able to get good victories in singles and doubles, the team was not happy with the outcome.

“We lost three easy matches,” Libietis said.

“It was a tough loss, especially because it was so close, but we just need to move on. We have a lot of matches left.”

Tennessee hit the road and headed to Columbia with hopes of a first SEC win over No. 22 South Carolina.

It turned out to be a battle among the Volunteers, the Gamecocks and the wind.

“The conditions were awful,” UT coach Sam Winterbotham said. “I think both teams did a very good job of just competing in the conditions. The wind was pretty severe.”

The Vols rebounded victoriously after a disappointing Florida trip with Libietis and Reese grabbing their fifth-straight victory 8-2, and the combo of Fickey and Chaplin winning 8-6, clinching the doubles point in fast fashion.

Reese then added another point as he defeated Ivan Machado 6-1, 6-1, getting his fourth-straight victory and putting the Vols up 2-0. Fickey then went down in a second straight SEC match on court two against Andrew Adams 6-4, 6-0.

Following the first loss, Tennessee was able to win two straight points and clinch the match when Jones and Chaplin defeated their opponents.

Libietis was able to fight back for another victory against another ranked opponent after losing the first set against Nick Jones, but it did not come easy as the wind played a role in his match.

“It was pretty bad,” Libietis said. “I was fighting more with myself than with the opponent. I was really frustrated; it was really hard to play in that wind.”

The match final was 5-2 and the Volunteers’ first SEC win.

UT will look to add to its SEC win column when it returns home to play Ole Miss at 1 p.m. on Friday and Mississippi State at 1 p.m. on Sunday.