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Culinary students take their skills to the next level Megan Patterson Arts & Culture Editor Last Friday, students of the UT Culinary Program put down their steak knives and picked up chainsaws for the program’s annual ice carving. Over the course of two and a half hours, the students hacked through a block of ice to craft the image of a swan, while other students prepared and served hors d’oeuvres to patrons who stopped by to watch the event, taking place outside of the UT Convention Center. Culinary Director of UT’s program Chef Greg J. Eisele supervised the event and shared that the sculptures carved that day will be used in future events put on by the school. “We’re going to have them all do a swan; it may look like a swan or it may look like a flea,” Eisele said. “No grade for this, as you can imagine that wouldn’t be very fair.” The event is part of the extensive training culinary students undergo during the 12-week program, including business classes and different hosted events in addition to just cooking classes. “It’s more than just chicken,” Eisele said. See ICE CARVING on Page 4
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After leaving the game, students walked to the bottom entrance of Thompson-Boling Arena to grab the attention of state legislators as they exit. Natalie Ward • The Daily Beacon
Students protest cut in diversity funding Staff Report Nearly 150 UT students filled the Rocky Top Rowdies student section at the UT basketball game Saturday against Ole Miss. They dressed in all black and carried signs reading “UT Diversity Matters.” In the second half, the students walked out of ThompsonBoling arena shouting “UT diversity matters” to support funding diversity programs on campus. Students rallying said the protest was also organized to encourage more minority students, including student athletes, to speak out on diversity funding. “Most of the athletes are students of color, particularly the basketball team. They’re black,
and I think that they’re also experiencing this,” said Kristen Godfrey, a graduate student working on her Master’s in social work at UT, as reported by the Knoxville News Sentinel. Three UT football students participated in the protest. Jalen Reeves-Maybin, a linebacker, and Alvin Kamara, a running back, sat in the student section. Jakob Johnson, a tight end, participated in the walk out in the second half of the game. The rally followed the unanimous approval of a budget amendment on Senate Bill 2516 Wednesday that would strip UT’s Office of Diversity of all non-federal funding. According to UT officials, the office does not currently receive any federal funding. If approved by UT’s Board of Trustees in April, the amendment will transfer $8 million from the diversity office to support the univer-
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sity’s agriculture extension services and rural outreach programs. Members of UT Diversity Coalition gathered in Hodges Library on Thursday asking students and faculty to sign a banner in support of diversity funding that will make the trip with them to the state capitol next Tuesday as a part of Advancing Equality Day on the Hill. Members of the coalition and other students have expressed frustration with conservative legislators in Nashville targeting the Office of Diversity following office’s gender-neutral pronoun and inclusive holiday posts last year. “I don’t think it’s fair for us (the coalition) that we have to be fighting for what we deserve. We deserve to be part of UT, and right now we’re being erased,” Godfrey said to the Knox News Sentinel on Saturday.
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