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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Issue 43, Volume 125

UT couple joins TN same-sex marriage lawsuit On the same day New Jersey became the 14th state to allow same-sex marriage, four same-sex Tennessee couples filed a federal lawsuit against the Volunteer state in hopes of gaining legal recognition of their marriages. The four couples taking part in this lawsuit were married in New York or California before relocating

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to Tennessee. Sophy Jesty and Valeria Tanco, one of the couples filing the lawsuit, are both professors at UT’s College of Veterinary Medicine. “We met in Ithaca, N.Y., and got married in 2011,” Jesty said. “After we got married, we were offered jobs here at UT’s vet school. While we were aware of Tennessee’s laws against gay marriage, overall we decided it was a good professional move for us and that it was worth it.”

Now that the can’t make couple is expectdecisions don’t understand what on Val’s ing their first child within the another person is losing if I b eh a l f next few weeks, or on state recognition gain rights with a family. I’m A m e l i a ’s of their marriage not taking away their rights; ( t h e i r has become a daughter) their legal rights aren’t more pressing behalf. changing.” issue. It’s a big “Our marriage deal not -Sophy Jesty going unrecogto have nized has huge that legal repercussions on our family,” protection. ... There’s also a Jesty said. “The biggest one is matter of just being socially healthcare decision making. I recognized.

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“Every day that goes by that the state does not recognize our marriage, it’s a little bit of a slur against same-sex couples from same-sex families who exist in every state in this country. “It’s a hurtful thing.” The lawsuit comes on the heels of Senate Bill 2566, Tennessee’s version of Arizona’s “Turn Away the Gays” bill. The bill was rejected in a senate committee earlier this year. “There was thankfully such

‘A celebration of the brain’ • Photo Courtesy of Ellen Ford

Kevin Ridder Copy Editor

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Return to your youth with today’s Spotify playlist – it’s a Disney thing NEWS >>pg. 2 Melissa Lee, left, Alex Houck, middle, and Ellen Ford, who all study neuroscience in the College Scholars program, promote UT’s second annual Brain Awareness Week at a table on Pedestrian Walkway on Monday.

Beacon Day Trips: Neuroscience Club welcomes second annual Brain Awareness Week Cooper from psychology and Neuroscience Club, explained College of Arts and Sciences. Victoria Brown see our itinerary “It’s a celebration of the brain neuroscience, David Palmer Brain Awareness Week is an Staff Writer campaign created for people of all ages,” said Alex from philosophy, Ed Smith, for Spring Breakers It is the most complex, most international by the Dana Foundation to dem- Houck, senior in College Ph.D., from psychiatry and Bruce mysterious device on the planet. onstrate the importance of the Scholars and co-founder of the MacLennan from computer sciin Music City Neuroscience Club. “This year, ence — will discuss how neurobrain and related research. And it weighs about 3 pounds.

Sex Week reports a second annual successful promo of sex-positivity

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Vols look to fix their MTSU woes with Owenby on the mound SPORTS >>pg. 6

“Society is figuring out more and more how important it is to learn about this organ,” Lee said, “and as students figuring out what we want to do for the rest of our lives, it’s important to be exposed to that.” Brain Awareness Week is funded with the help of the Haines-Morris Grant from the

our general theme is ethics of cognitive enhancers, such as Adderall.” The week-long series includes a panel discussion, “Neuroscience and Society,” hosted in partnership with the Philosophy Club, to take place Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in the Min Kao building. The panelists — Matthew

science can inform understandings of the law, cognitive enhancers and notions of free will and consciousness. The week will also include a free screening of the film, “Fight Club,” with free pizza in Hodges Library on Thursday night. See BRAIN WEEK on Page 3

Martin: Richardson an ‘elite’ defender Steven Cook Copy Editor In Cuonzo Martin’s system, there are expectations for regular players, and then there are expectations for the team’s lockdown defender. Josh Richardson has learned that the hard way in his time at Tennessee. An easy-going guy in any setting off the court, the junior UT guard has become one of the conference’s marquee defenders on it. Being given the responsibility of shutting down the opponent’s star scorer on any given night, though, doesn’t correlate too well with Richardson’s personality. So Martin found a way to light a fire under his happygo-lucky perimeter defender. “Everybody knows I’m a goofy guy or whatever,” Richardson said at Martin’s weekly press conference Monday. “But I mean, (coach Martin) said I wasn’t approaching the game as serious (as) I could be, because I kind of joke

around in warm-ups or whatever like that. “And I kind of took heed to it, so I sort of started approaching practice a lot more serious, approaching games a lot more serious and just keeping guys focused. Ever since I’ve been doing that, the results have been showing, so I feel like that was good advice he gave me.” Martin told Richardson to up his intensity on the court at the end of February, and since, the Vols have held their last three opponents to less than 46 points per game on 31 percent shooting. The change the third-year coach has seen in a player who was already his best defensive stopper has trickled over onto his teammates. “Now you see him in huddles saying certain things to certain guys and they respond to it,” Martin said. “But probably he needed the reassurance from me as a coach that ‘I can lead,’ because he has it in him, and I think he’s doing a great job with it.”

Matthew DeMaria• The Daily Beacon

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From March 10-14, UT’s Neuroscience Club will host its second annual Brain Awareness Week, a week of events intended to spread information regarding the brain and UT’s new neuroscience major. Melissa Lee, a senior in the college scholars program and vice president of the UT

Junior guard Josh Richardson contests a shot by Missouri guard Jabari Brown during UT’s 72-45 Senior Day win over the Tigers at Thompson-Boling Arena on Saturday.

See LUNCHEON on Page 6

a response to it; in this day and age, to consider passing a bill that allows for discrimination against any group of people is absolutely appalling,” Jesty said. “The oddest thing to me is the impression that other people are losing if we gain rights. I don’t understand what another person is losing if I gain rights with a family. I’m not taking away their rights; their legal rights aren’t changing.” See BENEFITS on Page 3

Guy Marshall steps forward with addition to Rhythm N’ Blooms Jenna Butz Staff Writer Influenced by family, Guy Marshall, a Knoxville-based singer-songwriter folk band, seeks to tell stories through its songs. Named after vocalist and songwriter Adam McNulty’s grandfather, Guy Marshall performs “songs of a time in which family and honor meant more.” Writing songs long before Guy Marshall was formed, Adam McNulty was formerly “playing out of the bedroom.” However, through connections made at their local church, Adam McNulty and his wife Sarrenna McNulty played their first show August 2011 at Vienna Coffee House in Maryville. “We enjoyed that people enjoyed that (show) to whatever degree. People that played with us in the church got together, and two and a half years ago, we started practicing as a band,” Adam McNulty said. “We wanted to start doing something different. We played for six to eight months before we got a gig, and then we started playing shows and having fun.” To continue getting booked, the band recorded a four-song demo to give to venues. That demo, while intended to be temporary, morphed into the band’s official EP. “We didn’t intend for it to be our album, but it turned out pretty darn good,” Sarrenna McNulty said. “Jamie Atkins did a great job recording it. It’s worked out OK that we haven’t recorded another album.” Finished in December 2011, the EP was recorded in nearly one take minus the overlay of the vocals. Gathering in a room, the band recorded what Adam McNulty calls “almost a live EP in a way.” “So, it was done pretty raw and pretty fast,” he added. “We just knocked them out quick.” Guy Marshall is currently working on its first full-length album. The album will include eight studio songs along with possible live recordings. Hoping to release it by summer, Sarrenna McNulty said the band has been “plugging away at that.” Playing off sounds from times past, Guy Marshall often hears that they sound like The Band. Also influenced by Bob Dylan, Adam McNulty’s earlier songs hint at his folk sound. Lately though, Adam McNulty has listened to older country such as Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson and has translated their sounds into Guy Marshall’s music. See GUY MARSHALL on Page 5

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“I am part of a distinct breed of women, a type that can often be spotted from a distance.” OPINIONS >>pg. 4

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