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I will tweet my all for Tennessee today Megan Roberts Contributor

Eight student arrested for robbery >>See page 2

Downtown eatery brings neighborhood feel >>See page 6

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Social media: it’s the go-to platform for showcasing emotions, whether positive or negative. And Tennessee’s fan base is no exception.

Tennessee’s fans are extremely active on social media, especially Twitter. It’s formed friendships, swayed recruits to or from Tennessee, and overall, has changed the experience of being a Tennessee football fan.

Social media allows fans from all over the nation the chance to connect with one another and to share their love for Tennessee.

Social media started the Eric Berry chant at the Tennessee vs.

Vanderbilt football game. Social media formed the friendship between Levi Sutton and Seth Hughes. And social media began the Checker Neyland movement. Social media gives Vol fans an avenue to share their pride and love for UT. Active Vol fans on Twitter might recognize the name Levi Sutton (@PopcornSutton__).

A longtime Vol fan with more than 3,000 Twitter followers, he’s behind one of the most brutally blunt and sarcastic accounts. Sutton agrees that his Twitter popularity peaked during the 2014 NCAA March Madness when Tennessee went from being a bubble team to playing in—and winning—a playin game, and Sutton’s Twitter erupted.

When Tennessee faces an opponent, Sutton searches for the opposing team’s fan base on Twitter. When he discovers the account of an opposing fan, the “trolling” begins. Sutton sends taunting tweets of

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a friendly nature. Even if Tennessee loses the game, Sutton continues tweeting, and his tweets following a Tennessee victory bring a smile to all Vol fans on Twitter.

Another familiar name from the Tennessee Twitter crowd is Seth Hughes (@THESethHughes), who forged a relationship with Sutton through Twitter. Hughes has more than 1,600 Twitter followers and actively comments on the events surrounding the Tennessee athletic department.

Both Sutton and Hughes are similar in that they are brutally honest when tweeting, which is likely the foundation of their friendship.

Hughes admits he did not meet Sutton in person until the Utah State game this past fall, but comments that “(they) might as well have come from the same womb.”

They also decided to attend the Vanderbilt game together, a game which Tennessee won 76-73.

“Our greatest real life embrace was the comeback win over Vanderbilt in basketball this season,” Hughes said, “when we scored five points in 16 seconds to take the game to overtime.”

However, it’s not always happiness and optimism when it comes to Tennessee fans on Twitter.

Following a loss, Twitter can bring out the worst in people. In the course of a game, some Vol fans may tweet negatively about a Tennessee athlete who made a critical mistake on the field.

It’s also not uncommon to see fans tweeting at recruits who don’t commit to Tennessee. Other recruits see the way Tennessee fans treat recruits and players on twitter. Although most tweets are positive, recruits have received negative tweets from fans.

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Eight UT students arrested for involvement in alleged robbery Bradi Musil

Assistant News Editor (@bradi4) Eight UT students were arrested Thursday by the University of Tennessee Police Department for their involvement in a robbery that occurred in North Carrick Hall on Feb. 24.

The incident was reported to UTPD on Feb. 27, three days after it took place, by university students and North Carrick Hall roommates Harrison Brown and Austen Bur. Brown and Bur, along with a witness who was present at the time of the robbery, told officers that two male students they knew knocked on their door at approximately 9 p.m. that Tuesday night.

After allowing the two students to enter, six more followed them into the room. Once all eight suspects were inside, they demanded money and stole several items from the two residents.

The victims told UTPD officers they did not interfere with the robbery because they felt intimidated by the number of intruders, according to an email UTPD sent out Thursday notifying the student body of the arrests.

The victims and the witness also explained to UTPD officers that the suspects claimed they would hurt the victims if they did not cooperate.

The police report released to The Daily Beacon showed weapons were involved.

UTPD obtained warrants for arrest on March 4 after conducting an initial investigation, and six students were arrested Wednesday.

Suspects Charles Howe and Blake Wallace turned themselves in to the detention facility Thursday.

Each suspect is charged with two counts of robbery, a Class C felony.

Those charged include: Jackson L. Smith, 19; Connor M. Tipsord, 19; Logan P. Trent, 19; Matthew A. Wandi, 19; Esai Diaz, 18; Ethan B. Levy, 20; Blake A. Wallace, 19; Charles T. Howe, 20.

UTPD did not release a safety notice because the alleged incident was reported to the police department three days after it occurred, and there was no immediate threat to campus.

In the email, UTPD asked that any information regarding the case or other criminal activity be reported to the department by calling 865-9743114.

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Around Rocky Top

Reimi Sato, industrial engineering junior, serves red bean pancakes and pocky that she made with the assistance of her mother and other Japanese students. The Japanese International Coffeehouse in the Mary Greer Room is a part of the weekly series that occurs every Wednesday from 2-4 p.m. Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

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Princeton Review says UT students get their money’s worth Jennifer Webb Contributor

As UT students prepare for another tuition increase in the next academic year and the Board of Trustees and Gov. Bill Haslam try to fix UT’s fiscal crises, the Princeton Review awarded the university a surprising accolade.

On Feb. 3, UT was named one of 2015’s Colleges that Pay You Back by the Princeton Review.

The company, which provides college preparation services, collects data from institutional and student surveys and PayScale.com, weighing more than 40 data points covering career and salary data, graduation rates, debt, financial aid, costs and academics.

Denise Gardner, assistant provost and director of the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, said there are multiple factors that go into the breakdown of a best value college such as tuition, fees and net cost — the cost after financial aid has been applied.

“I think what makes UT a best value college is that we do have a very low tuition and fees rate compared to many of our peers,” Gardner said. “And we do have — through the state — the availability of the Hope Scholarship and lots of financial need is met for our students.

“That gives us what’s called a better financial aid rating.”

According to the Princeton Review, in-state tuition at UT is $9,736 while out-of-state tuition costs $28,186. This is significantly lower than schools in the immediate area such as Vanderbilt’s private institution cost of $42,786.

Other major southeastern schools, however, have similar or lower costs than UT. The University of Florida, for example, has an in-state tuition of $6,313 and an out-of-state tuition of $28,590.

Gardner said this discrepancy could be explained through the student surveys gathered.

“We don’t see (the surveys), so students must report at least to some degree that they’re happy with the award packages they get in general,” Gardner said. “We have a very good, competitive tuition and fee and what we call the sticker price for our institution.”

Data collected by the Princeton Review shows that the average freshman scholarship package at UT is $11,207. The University of

“I think what makes UT a best value college is that we do have a very low tuition and fees rate compared to many of our peers.”

-Denise Gardner Florida has an average freshman scholarship package of $7,194 and the average freshman scholarship package at the University of South Carolina is $5,174.

For Nada Habiby, a senior in management with a human resources management collateral, who receives no financial aid, UT’s title as a best value college, she said, doesn’t mean much.

“I pay $7,000 a semester,” Habiby said.

“Thankfully, my parents help me out with it.”

According the Princeton Review, 60 percent of UT undergraduate students are receiving some type of financial aid. In comparison, the University of Florida has 89 percent, and the University of South Carolina has 87 percent.

To learn more about the Princeton Review, visit http://www2.princetonreview.com/

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Leaders to gather for women’s summit Jennifer Webb Contributor

Who runs the world? Girls.

This Saturday, students who have registered will have the opportunity to participate in a series of educational workshops during the inaugural Women’s Empowerment Summit.

The summit, which has been organized by the Women’s Coordinating Council along with the Central Program Council, is designed to educate male and female students on a variety of topics such as feminism and the challenges women face pursuing and holding leadership positions.

Vice Chair of the Women’s Coordinating Council Khadesia Howell said the primary purpose of the summit is to inspire and lift up women on UT’s campus and in the Knoxville community.

“This year we wanted to touch on different aspects of being a woman, and also for our lunch panel we wanted to touch on women leaders in those fields where it’s mostly male dominated,” Howell said. “So it’s basically a conference to empower, to inform, to educate women on UT’s campus.”

Merry Reid Sheffer, president of the Central Program Council, said the event will offer a variety of different perspectives with speakers like Dean of Students Melissa Shivers and

Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero.

The idea to host such a summit came last year after the former graduate assistant in the Center of Student Engagement received a grant through the Alliance of Women Philanthropists.

“We got this grant and talking with WCC, they decided to align it more with their mission statement,” said Kelsey Elam-Geuting, the current graduate assistant at the Center for Student Engagement. “Their mission statement is to empower and educate women at the University of Tennessee.”

Elam-Geuting said the Women’s Coordinating Council wanted the event to incorporate the idea of leadership and empowerment but also to broaden the concept of the issues that women often face and the career fields women may be interested in.

Sheffer said the summit is not designed to be an all-female event and encouraged both men and women to attend.

“Basically feminism is not just for women.

Men are definitely feminists too if they believe in equal opportunity,” Sheffer said. “We definitely want to get as many males there as we possibly can. The Women’s Coordinating Council has men on that council as well. We are definitely trying to increase our presence with the male community at UT.” The summit will be held in the University Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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March is the month for everyone to be a feminist Sarah Hagaman

Turn of Phrase

Seventh-grade gym class brings back the most tender of middle school memories. The thought brings to mind the cadence of tennis shoes as we ran laps around the gym, sweaty faces and the misshapen uniforms awkwardly hanging on our pubescent bodies.

One afternoon, my class played a game similar to keep-away with a football. In the heat of the competition, I found myself facing a male member on the opposite team. He clutched the ball, rapidly scanning the room to throw it to a teammate.

I mirrored his movements, and when he arched back and released the football, I quickly reached out and deflected it sharply to the ground.

His face turned a deep red at the amused laughter echoing around the gym. He looked at me in anger, sputtering as he said.

“You can’t—no—you—you’re a girl!”

Call me the reluctant feminist.

My response to gym class was one of surprise and dismay. I was a girl—but I couldn’t see why it mattered. My parents hadn’t raised me to shrink, or to back down in any way from competing with girls and boys alike. Unfortunately, I quickly discovered the many underlying expectations of how a girl “should” act in given circumstances—often from a position of weakness or incompetence.

In 1911, 104 years ago, only two nations allowed women to vote. A law to enforce pay equality passed Congress in 1963, only 50 years ago. Laws and legislation have attempted in the past century to include women and protect our rights.

Social change often comes much more slowly.

American women long adhered to the tenants of “True Womanhood”: piety, purity, domesticity and submission. “We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller,” says Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. “We say to girls: You can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to

be successful—but not too successful, otherwise you will threaten the man.”

The term “feminism” seems harsh, abrasive. But instead of looking at a term, I prefer to observe the women in my life who have been directly affected by societal opinions of what women should and

“I believe fully that, as a woman, I can embark on a successful career and raise a happy family. I can play a game of pick-up basketball, paint my nails a shimmery pink or wear gorgeous heels all with the same degree of confidence.”

shouldn’t do.

I look through the eyes of my grandmother, who managed to achieve a master’s degree in a time when very few women were admitted to college.

I look through the eyes of my mother, who was told she couldn’t attend medical school; they said she’d never get married or have a family. She became a doctor—and she most assuredly has a family.

I think of my sister, whose professors have excluded her from “male-only” aspects of religious classes and traditions.

I look through my own experiences, like moments in gym class or during school, when athleticism

or intelligence were opposite of how a “real” girl “should” act.

Upon discovering that March is Women’s History Month, a male friend of mine chuckled. “Sarah, why do they give March to women? Because every other month of the year is men’s month.”

He’s not necessarily wrong, but that reality is a detriment to society.

Though the public may believe that women only care for women’s affairs, let it be clear: women’s affairs, though autonomous in some ways, directly intertwine with the male experience and vice versa.

Indeed, all people have the ability to oppress others and to be oppressed. Human history attests to a long, violent story that doesn’t only hurt women.

Even I—a supposed victim—have unfairly categorized men. I’m wrong and am equally guilty of the same crime of sexism. The trend remains continuous, and it must stop.

I believe fully that, as a woman, I can embark on a successful career and raise a happy family. I can play a game of pick-up basketball, paint my nails a shimmery pink or wear gorgeous heels all with the same degree of confidence. The progress continues, but it takes awareness—and a deconstruction of the “angry feminist” myth—to fully realize the ways in which we can empower both women and men to move beyond societal barriers.

But it begins with women’s acceptance of their femininity and a refusal to “shrink” or feel shame for the submissive roles society has ascribed.

March is Women’s History Month and a time to look back at how far we’ve come.

Our history is great—but our future, with work, will be even better.

Sarah Hagaman is a junior in English. She can be reached at shagama1@vols.utk.edu

It’s all about the emails

Rob Graham The Vol Street Journal

The stock market has become a launching point for movies, T.V. shows and Ivy League graduates’ drug habits. Today, in The Vol Street Journal, we will take a look at the different markets that make up our campus and using pinpoint accurate analysis, track whether you should buy, sell or hold the “stocks” that make up your campus portfolio.

BUY: Poorly timed survey reminder emails I’m sure there will be plenty of feedback on it.

I’m not saying the weather warranted getting out of class — heck, after this past winter full of stacked-up assignments, I’m not even saying I wanted to be out.

But Vice Chancellor, sir, respectfully, when the email is from you, my brain turns off and Netflix turns on.

In the future, waiting until after the sleet to send the email is all I ask.

To the student body: winter is behind us, spring is before us and the past is in the past. With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to bind up the university’s wounds. The administration is no longer our enemy. To those that suffered injury

to personal property or themselves on their way to a midterm on icy roads, you have my sympathy. But this university, nay, this nation cannot move forward until we learn to let go.

BUY: Dancing, elderly, biracial, lesbian/gay skeletons: The Ad Council is known for iconic public service announcements like Smokey the Bear and the antilittering, crying Native American on the side of the highway, Iron Eyes Cody (who was actually Italian, but I digress). In its latest creation, skeletons dance on a screen to promote not hating people for things it would be dumb to hate people for. If you have a Facebook, you’ve probably seen it. Definitely a niche investment like art, racehorses or baseball card collections. Hold onto this asset if you’re looking to diversify your UT portfolio.

SELL: Office email accounts Email had a huge week in the news. Future presidential nominee and former disappointed first lady Hillary Clinton received criticism for never setting up an official email account through the State

Department during her stint as secretary of state.

Now, the accounting major in me knows this is a huge red flag in terms of internal control and security, but the UTK email account holder in me honestly can’t blame her. I wonder what sort of spam you get at that level? Would she have to change her password every semester, too? These are the questions that keep me up at night.

Conversely, the Ferguson Police Department probably wishes it had utilized office email accounts a little less (or, you know, just not thought those things up in the first place. Whatever’s easier). Reports this past week revealed some pretty terrible racial humor imbedded in official communications. I won’t be sharing any of them here because you all know how to google things, proven by the fact you’re still in college.

Just a friendly reminder: if you’re going to be a racist idiot, try to not to be a dumb one.

Rob Graham is a senior in accounting. He can be reached at rgraha12@vols.utk.edu

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This 1598 map, a favorite of Lindsey Waugh, was made in Cologne, Germany, and contains both informative text boxes and a narrative scene of European travelers. Heidi Hill • The Daily Beacon

McClung Museum accepts collection of centuries-old maps Heidi Hill

Copy Editor Seas, rivers, plains and deserts cover the blue and green surfaces of most classroom maps.

But many antique maps tell the story of how the world was seen before cartographers had mastered the science of creating accurate, correctly scaled images.

Thanks to New York gallery owner Graham Arader, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture has added a new collection of map prints that span from the late 16th to the 19th century.

The first batch of prints arrived last December and included colorful depictions and portraits of early Europe. Now, prints of South Africa, Africa and North America have joined the collection in the museum’s basement.

To Lindsey Waugh, coordinator of the academic programs at McClung Museum, these prints provide an insight into how political borders have changed and how the commissioners of these maps viewed the world around them.

“Because these maps are produced by one set of people for the eyes of one set of people, maybe depicting the culture and landscape of someone completely different, that gives us a sense of how we perceive ourselves and others throughout time,” Waugh said.

History professor Jovana Babovic recently incorporated these maps into her course on the historic cities of Central Europe.

“The maps themselves were an exercise

in viewing these primary sources in the flesh, and they’re so rare and they’re so unique,” Babovic said, noting how her students can learn “historical craftsmanship” from looking at such artifacts.

“It was such a cool opportunity for us to see something that we are studying in class, but more importantly, something that relates to their research,” Babovic said.

Like Waugh, Babovic said the maps reveal much more than just geographical make-up.

She said this collection in particular provides a window into the politics and culture of centuries-old Europe and the resulting perception of land ownership. “[The maps] actually tell us a lot more about the contemporary knowledge that they’re representing. What tools did they have to draw? What tools did they have to conquer them?” Babovic said. “They actually show us knowledge, they show us technology, they show us science.”

As a UT alumna and scholar who focuses on 17th century Flemish artwork, Waugh said one of her favorite prints in the collection is a 1598 print from Cologne, Germany, emphasizing its use as a map and a “genre image,” or illustration of daily life.

“In the foreground, it has a group of figures who are conversing, who are obviously traveling, so there’s this kind of multidimensional element of that map that’s giving us information about the landscape and about the city that’s being depicted,” Waugh said. “But [it] is also giving us information about these figures, and there’s kind of a narrative element to it.”

Although these maps were not sought by the museum, Waugh said their integration into McClung’s collection has spread the

word on campus about the museum’s availability of academic tools and resources for students and faculty.

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EYES ON KNOXVILLE

Holly Hambright is the owner of new Knoxville restaurant Holly’s 135. All Photos by Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

New downtown eatery has old, familiar feel Hannah Cather

Photo Editor (@hannahcather) When one door closes, another one opens.

The 100 block of Gay Street underwent some changes when Shuck Raw Bar merged with its neighbor Cru Bistro in mid-January.

Chef Holly Hambright was offered the space, which she quickly turned into her third eatery in Knoxville: Holly’s 135.

“The opportunity just fell out of the sky,” Holly Hambright said. “This wasn’t even on my list, but I decided to go with it.”

She turned to friends and family to piece together the restaurant. The artwork on the coffee mugs and walls comes from her brother, Harlan Hambright.

Magpies Bakery, owned by Holly’s sister Peg Hambright, provides desserts like chocolate pie and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup cheesecake.

Each night the selection changes.

The cocktail menu, which includes Hot

Buttered Britches – a warm drink served in a mug with a small wooden paddle — and a tequila-based beverage called The Margaret, was crafted by Hambright’s friend and catering cohort Chrissy Hai. “She would do the catering, and I would do the bar-tending,” Hai said. “Beverages are my sweet spot.”

That sweet spot covers Knoxville’s first ondraft cocktail: The Bible Belt, which is made with Jefferson Bourbon, grapefruit, honey, vanilla and rosemary. Hai was inspired by a bar in Chicago and promises that more on-draft cocktails are in the works.

Holly’s 135, which Holly Hambright pronounces “one-three-five,” does not have a hood system, and therefore wide flame cannot be used in the building. These two factors present somewhat of a challenge for the kitchen, but Holly Hambright’s catering experience helps.

“We have to plan a menu that can roll out easily and still be delicious and still use quality products, but it has to be prepared someplace and finished over on this side. I think that being

a caterer has certainly helped in the organization and preparation. We are our own clients,” Holly Hambright said with a laugh.

Despite the limitations, the menu offers a variety of dishes. Think roasted cauliflower hummus, a meat and three option and five entrees that feature local ingredients.

The hummus plates are served with enormous slices of carrot, cucumber and tortilla chips. With the meat and three, the guest selects a protein, starch, side and sauce. One combination for the bowl dinner could be lemon rosemary chicken, Shelton Farm grits, herbed wild mushrooms and a red wine demi sauce.

In the corner of the restaurant, Holly Hambright expertly plates a B@B Boggs dish: Caesar salad topped with seared salmon, olive salad and toast. Her pink tunic matches the sliver of dyed-pink hair that is barely exposed thanks to the clip holding her hair in a bun. She moves through the restaurant, back and forth, inside and outside with a smile and alert eyes.

“She’s just amazing, and she works non-

stop,” Kyle Clark, one of the servers, said about his boss. “We opened a couple of weeks ago, and it’s been ‘go’ ever since.”

The very first night Holly’s 135 opened, Feb. 16, was the beginning of the ice and snow storms.

“We just decided to stay open,” Holly Hambright said. “Most of our customers that day were right from the 100 block, and that was awesome. One piece of feedback that we got was from someone who lives across the street. They said it already feels like a neighborhood bar.”

With deep red walls and chalkboard paint, seating for maybe 50 and a playlist with hits from Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder, the restaurant feels like your best friend’s kitchen.

“That’s exactly what we were going for: a comfortable neighborhood feel and look where everybody knows your name,” Holly Hambright said.

Holly’s 135 is located at 135 S. Gay St. and is open for lunch and dinner Monday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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Local band mixes intensity, intimacy Megan Patterson Staff Writer

Holly’s Club Sandwich and pasta salad, a lunch item, is only available from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Bible Belt, a cocktail on draft, is made from Jefferson Bourbon, fresh grapefruit, honey, vanilla and rosemary

Chrissy Hai, the mind behind the cocktail menu, scoops spiced butter for the Hot Buttered Britches drink

What one word can capture Lions’ show at Longbranch Saloon on Wednesday night?

You need three: wild, intense and intimate.

“Wild” is the descriptive word lead singer Josiah Smith chose after his mic stand was broken midway through the opening song.

The other band members played on a low platform, but Smith stood at the front of the crowd. In the small venue, fans could crowd the mic and sing each word along with the band.

The start of Lions’ set sent of a wave of insanity through the crowd as the audience rolled toward Smith with a little too much force. However, despite the mic stand accident, the show went on with fans holding out the mic themselves until a replacement stand arrived.

If ‘wild’ describes the crowd, then the band was ‘intense.’

Complex high tempo melodies and heavy, driving rhythms made Lions’ set extremely technically complicated. The drummer, Nathan Larson, set the pace fast and propelled the set forward in this percussion-heavy band.

Lions played through “MTNZ,” the first of the band’s four albums, providing a musical introduction for anyone there for the first time. The band pulled off being technically polished and on point while keeping in synch with the familiar insanity of the crowd.

After the show, Smith described this synthesis of the roles of musician and entertainer.

“When we first started, even if no one was there, you got to gear up and go do something that’s an expression of your creativity,” Smith said. “Now we have people who care about us, so it has brought a new obligation to it. That’s really fun, and it’s different.”

Finally, Longbranch Saloon provided the perfect venue to illustrate the final word: intimacy.

The fan base Lions has in Knoxville is overwhelming. As a first time fan, I was unprepared for the level of devotion and passion the crowd felt for the music.

Each member of the mass of bodies surrounding the microphone screamed out the lyrics of the album like they helped write them. Smith danced and jumped with the crowd, occasionally even stepping back to let them have the mic.

For most of the set, the group let the music communicate their thoughts, but Smith took a few choice moments to express the band’s gratitude for the crowd’s enthusiasm.

“This song means a lot because it started this,” Smith spoke over the crowd. “We wouldn’t know most of you or be hanging out with you all now if it weren’t for this song.”

It was in the moments between Lions’ kinetic performances that the bond between the band and the crowd really showed.

At one point a fan jumped on stage between tracks and passed a cookie around for the members to share. People near the stage offered drinks to the sweat-drenched musicians at the end of the album.

Smith closed the set by thanking the crowd a final time and acknowledging the intimacy within the band itself.

“These guys are my family,” Smith yelled over cheers.

“Thank you so much for constantly showing us a good time.”

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SOCIAL MEDIA

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Yet without Tennessee Twitter fan accounts, the orange and white checkerboard for the Florida game may have never happened. The #CheckerNeyland movement gained popularity through the social media website.

Spencer Barnett’s idea came to life with the help of web developers Tim McLeod and Jonathan Briehl, and Twitter helped promote

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game. Before long, everyone was in the loop.

Tennessee fans embraced the idea and the social media movement garnered national attention.

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SPORTS

After emotional LSU victory, Vols turn attention to South Carolina Troy Provost-Heron

Staff writer (@Troy_Provost)

It was a contest many thought Tennessee couldn’t win.

In the midst of a five-game losing streak and the memory of the 18-point defeat the Volunteers suffered at the hands of LSU in their first matchup, there was not much hope surrounding the program before its trip to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Vols apparently missed the memo and ultimately returned the favor with a 15-point victory inside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

“It is just another game in regard to getting better and improving, and hopefully we will continue on into Saturday against South Carolina.”

-Donnie Tyndall But Tennessee head coach Donnie Tyndall is not letting the victory against the NCAA tournament-hopeful Tigers change the per- Senior guard Josh Richardson sweeps past an LSU defensive player during the Vols victory on Wednesday.

Photo by Donald Page • Tennessee Athletics ception of his team.

“We understand the circumstances we have,” said the first-year head coach after regard to getting better and improving, and 16th straight win will ensure that the Vols in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Wednesday’s victory over LSU. “I have said hopefully we will continue on into Saturday stay out of the bottom four spots of the of Fame. Saturday will mark his first official this, and I mean it: I would not trade my against South Carolina.”

SEC, securing a first round bye in the SEC on-campus recognition since his 2013 Hall of team for any team in the league because of Fame induction.

Those Gamecocks will be looking to tournament. how coachable they are and how hard they play spoiler on an emotional night inside Darden is UT’s all-time leader in assists at Tipoff between the Vols and Gamecocks work. We understand we have some deficien- Thompson-Boling Arena. is scheduled for 4 p.m. EST and can be 715 and will represent Tennessee at the SEC cies, and we will grow our program as we Tournament in Nashville as the school’s 2015 Four Vols — Josh Richardson, Galen streamed on FOX Sports Net. move forward, but our team has competed.

UT legends to be honored: Bernard King SEC Basketball Legend.

Campbell, Brandon Lopez and Ian Chiles “We played 29 games now, and we have — will play their final regular-season home and Johnny Darden will be recognized at Both were members of the 1977 SEC competed for 28 and a half of those games. games on Saturday. halftime on Saturday during the Vols’ home Championship team, while Darden Sometimes the ball goes in and sometimes also helped the Vols claim the 1979 SEC Tennessee currently holds a 15-game win- finale against the Gamecocks. it does not … It is just another game in ning streak against South Carolina, and a King is Tennessee’s lone representative Championship.

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WOMENS BASKETBALL

Lady Vols look to repeat in SEC tourney Patrick MacCoon

Staff Writer (@PatrickMacCoon) With five teams ranked in the top 20 and six in the top-50 RPI, the Southeastern Conference women’s basketball tournament has become one of the toughest fields of competition around the country.

No team is a heavy favorite to win the tournament this weekend at the Verizon Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas, including the fifthranked Lady Vols looking to repeat as SEC champions.

“You have to be physically and mentally tough. Playing three games straight is the toughest thing you’ll do all season, especially playing in the SEC.” -Cierra Burdick No. 2 seeded Tennessee will begin postseason play Friday night in the SEC quarterfinals with a 6 p.m. CDT tipoff against Georgia. Due to finishing with a top-four finish in the conference, the regular season co-champs of the conference were awarded two byes to begin the tournament.

“The SEC Tournament is no joke,” senior forward Cierra Burdick said. “You have to be physically and mentally tough. Playing three games straight is the toughest thing you’ll do all season, especially playing in the SEC.” Having only suffered one regular season conference loss, a71-66 decision at the hands of No. 1 South Carolina on the road, Tennessee posted its best record in SEC play since going undefeated in the conference in the 2010-11 campaign.

In 16 conference games the Lady Vols out-

scored their opponents on average 68.7-56.2, and were 5-1 against top-25 SEC competition.

However, they don’t forget how challenging the run was last season to their 17th SEC tournament championship.

Despite trailing by at least double digits in all three games against LSU, Texas A&M and Kentucky, Tennessee was able to fight back through adversity in the host city of Duluth, Georgia, and edged the Wildcats by one in the championship game.

“We were resilient,” Burdick said.

“Obviously, we don’t want to relive that. This tournament makes for great basketball for the fans. I love the SEC Tournament. It’s one of my favorite times of the year. It’s ongoing competition, and it doesn’t get better than that.”

Burdick, who was named to the first team All-SEC team by coaches earlier this week, played her best all-around season statisticswise with a career-high 11 points per game, 7.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists. With an extended range, she shot 9-of-22 from 3-point range on the season and has been deadly with her mid-range jumper.

Over her past five games, Burdick has made a transition to power forward. The change hasn’t negatively impacted her game, as the 6-foot-2 hybrid forward has averaged 15.2 ppg (32-of-62 FG), 8.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.6 steals.

“She has strength in rebounding,” third-year head coach Holly Warlick said. “You have to find people who love to rebound, and she loves that aspect of the game. With Isabelle out it frees up more opportunities for Cierra to get the rebounds. She does her work before the shot is taken. She is playing within her talent and ability, and she is really steady.”

For Burdick and her team to repeat the same type of success this year in the SEC Tournament they realize they will have to be at their best with others gunning to bring them down. Burdick led the Lady Vols with 10.3 rebounds per game in the conference tournament last season and was named to the SEC All-Tournament team.

“We have to play our hardest at all times,” sophomore guard Jordan Reynolds said, who scored 8.7 points per game in the SEC Tournament last season while shooting 10-of-16 from the field. “We can’t play down to anybody.

You can’t relax. Everyone is going to give us their all because we are Tennessee. No one is going to be scared of playing us.”

With many expecting an SEC tournament championship match between Tennessee and South Carolina on Sunday, each team will have to brave the storm against the other top teams the conference has to offer.

“Our goal is to win the tournament,” Warlick said. “They’re focused on winning the regular season and winning the tournament. I think they understand it’ll be a battle.”