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Monday, March 10, 2014

Issue 42, Volume 125

Questions regarding TN sex ed linger post-Sex Week STOMP sweeps rhythmic awe over audience Bradi Musil

Staff Writer

Sex Week 2014 came and went, but issues regarding sex education in Tennessee linger for students of all ages. “There seems to be this fear that if you give young people information about sex, that they will then have sex,” Tory Mills, external affairs coordinator of Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee, said during a Sex Week

lecture on March 6. Mills spoke and opened up the room for discussion during her lecture, “Afternoon Delight: A Discussion About Politics and Policy in Tennessee.” Written by a selected pool of Tennessee teachers, statewide curriculum standards have historically emphasized abstinence throughout elementary, middle, and high school sex education – or, rather, “Family Life Instruction.” See SEX ED on Page 2

Emilee Lamb

•Graphic Courtesy of Dillon Canfield

Assistant News Editor

in the first half and was led by DeNesha Stallworth, who scored 12 of her game high 21 points on 6-of-8 shooting. “Our halftime talks have been very interesting,” Warlick said. “We weren’t very good in the first half defensively at getting stops. We started with a zone and weren’t very good so we switched it up. “We gathered ourselves at halftime.” Conference tournament MVP Isabelle Harrison gave the Lady Vols their first lead of the game since two minutes into the start of the game.

One man’s trash is another man’s drum set. On the opening night of touring stage production STOMP, eight performers took a packed Tennessee Theatre back to their childhood without uttering a coherent word. Their hands and feet did all the talking. Since 1991, STOMP has been captivating audiences around the world, mixing high-energy feats of unorthodox percussion music with athletic dance routines and slapstick visual comedy. A 90s grunge rocker lookalike, complete with bleached mohawk, swept his way across the stage with a long-handled push broom. The ordinary sweeping quickly became smacking, twirling and thumping. Soon, the two-story set that could have been lifted directly from a back alley in New York City was filled with beat-busting punks using the tips of broom handles the way a tap dancer uses his shoes. Each act of the hour and a half that followed made music from the sounds of everyday items being pounded in enthusiastic rhythm. Metal pails became snare drums; kitchen sinks produced an unconventional melody; oil drums pounded out a base line. A full trash bag in the hands of three percussionists became Santa’s toy bag, providing the instruments for an entire piece of music. The drummers even played with fire, using simple lighters to mesmerize with a pulsing light show on a blacked out stage. The genuine, abandoned laughter of a child in the audience gave voice to the giddy emotion of everyone in attendance. Watching STOMP is watching every annoying sound you got yelled at for as a kid turned into a complicated and impressive cadence. It was a liberating thing to behold.

See RECAP on Page 6

See STOMP on Page 3

SWEET 17 Troy Provost-Heron • The Daily Beacon

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Q & A: Meet the Student Services Director candidates NEWS >>pg. 2

ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 3

Lady Vol head coach Holly Warlick holds up the net in celebration following UT’s 71-70 win over Kentucky to claim the program’s 17th SEC tournament title at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Ga., on Sunday.

Lady Vols claim SEC tourney title Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer

Mixed-gender queens take the UC by sassy storm

ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 3

DULUTH, Ga., -– Despite trailing by double digits for a third straight game in the SEC tournament, the Lady Vols again clawed back in dramatic fashion, narrowly beating Kentucky, 71-70, at the Gwinnett Cetner for the programs 17th conference title on Sunday. For second-year head coach Holly Warlick, this marked the first time she has raised the championship trophy since she was a senior point guard for Tennessee in the 1980-81 season.

Dargan Southard

SPORTS >>pg. 5

Theresa Plaisance and Texas A&M’s Courtney Walker who gave Tennessee fits. Kentucky guard Linnae Harper played that role in the championship game in the first half. Six minutes into the contest, the sharp shooter hit her fourth-consecutive field goal to start the game that gave the Wildcats an 18-8 lead. Warlick soon thereafter switched her defense from zone to man-to-man, which allowed them to climb back into the game. With 3:57 left in the opening period, Andraya Carter sneaked past defenders and hit a driving layup that cut the deficit to 29-28. Kentucky shot 53.1 percent

Worley trying to be a ‘new guy’ at QB for Vols Assistant Sports Editor

UT seniors go out in style with riveting home finale

“Winning an SEC Championship is an expectation,” Warlick said after the game. “I tell these kids that it is expected. This is special because it’s my first one, but I’ve been involved in so many they all felt special. “But this team with the sacrifices they’ve made I just love they get to experience it. They are a part of our history now.” However, it was not an easy road to victory for the Lady Vols, who once again went up against a quality SEC opponent with hopes of upsetting the winningest team in NCAA Division-I women’s basketball. The two previous nights in the tournament it was LSU’s

When the four men in red no-contact jerseys entered the Neyland-Thompson Sports Center for post-practice interviews on Friday evening, the storylines formed almost immediately. Redshirt sophomore Nathan Peterman fielded questions about how he handled his dismal performance in his only 2013 start at Florida. Sophomore Joshua Dobbs answered inquires concerning his positive weight gain, and mystery man Riley Ferguson drew throngs of reporters interested in peeling back the

relatively-unrevealed layers of the redshirt freshman signal caller. That same type of unknown factor also existed with the fourth member of the UT quarterback race, even though he was the one who started the most games under center for Tennessee last season and helped notch the Vols’ upset victory over No. 11 South Carolina. Perhaps that’s because it’s been nearly 20 weeks since Justin Worley last appeared in game for the Vols. Worley never returned to the field after halftime of UT’s 45-10 loss at Alabama on Oct. 25, 2013. Four days later, he had what turned out to be sea-

son-ending surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb. But since then, Worley said he’s done some “soul searching,” and claims he’s rejuvenated and healthy as spring practice commences. “I’m a new guy,” he said. “I’m coming out here to try my best to win the job. Just be consistent in everything I do. “I’ve rehabbed my thumb like crazy to get it healthy in order to be in this position. … I’m assuming with all these throughout spring practice it’ll get a little sore here and there, but no pain or anything like that.” See FOOTBALL on Page 6

Janie Prathammavong • The Daily Beacon

Local band comes home to ‘really spectacular’ audience

Tennessee senior quarterback Justin Worley runs drills during UT’s first spring football practice on Friday at Haslam Field.

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