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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Issue 44, Volume 125

Vols don full pads but Jones says UT has ‘long way to go’ Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor It finally felt like it was football time in Tennessee.

After two no-contact practices over the weekend, the sound of players colliding returned to Haslam Field on Tuesday, as the Tennessee Volunteers broke out their pads for the first time this spring.

“It’s always a good feeling to get the pads on and to get hitting – that’s the big thing – instead of just running around in helmets,” linebacker A.J. Johnson said.

The pads, however, didn’t

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bring the results head coach Butch Jones wanted.

Following what the secondyear head coach termed as a “good” weekend in terms of tempo, a key factor in Jones’ offensive scheme, the extra weight seemed to slow the team down.

“I thought we had very good tempo in practice one and practice two and then when we got in the full pads, our tempo really slowed down,” Jones said.

“Throughout the whole practice, I thought our tempo on offense and defense really slowed down and I think that was a byproduct

of the pads, but again we have to learn to work through those things.”

Overall, tempo was just one of the many “things” that stood out to Jones, as he made it clear that this team is far from what it needs to be come Aug. 30 when they face Utah State.

“It was pretty evident that we have a long way to go and a lot of work to do,” Jones said. “I thought we showed our youth today, being as youthful as we are.

I didn’t like our leadership from our older players, so we have a long, long way to go.

“The great thing is, it’s practice

three, so we have great teaching opportunities in terms of our film to go back and correct and teach them our style of play and that usually happens the first day of pads.”

Reeves-Maybin ‘stepping up’ He described it as the “most hype moment of his career.”

When Jalen Reeves-Maybin came up the middle and blocked a punt off the foot of Georgia’s Collin Barber, the freshman made his name known as a special teams standout.

“I didn’t want people to forget about me,” Reeves-Maybin said,

“so special teams was my way of getting my name out there, and I guess it got out there a little bit.”

When the Clarksville, Tenn., native wasn’t lined up on special teams, he was in practice bouncing in between the safety and linebacker positions, as the team tried to find a role for him on the defensive side of the ball.

“Mentally it wasn’t that hard, but physically I was putting on weight to be a linebacker and when they put me back (to safety) it was a little difficult,” ReevesMaybin said. “It wasn’t anything I couldn’t handle though.”

Now entering his second year,

Shedding a ‘negative reputation’ SGA election participation hit a 30-year low in 1994, with 1,800 votes.

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One of these men will represent you to UT’s powerful Board of Trustees

In 2002, participation hit its 30-year high with 7,454 voters.

ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 5

SGA aiming to bring in more voters this election after 2013’s 18 percent turnout

Beacon Day-Trips: see our itinerary for Spring Breakers in Asheville SPORTS >>pg. 5

Assistant Photo Editor On a campus of more than 27,000 students, only 4,887 people voted in the 2013 student government election.

Data collected by the Dean of Students Office and The Daily Beacon archives show that since 1984, the number of students voting in Student Government Association elections has never exceeded 7,500.

“Frankly, SGA has a negative reputation among many students,” said Daniel Lawhon, a junior in electrical engineering.

“Some feel that the institution is powerless, and so they fail to see the value in voting or participating.”

Bert Sams, former associate vice chancellor for Administration and Student Affairs from 19711999, worked closely with the election commission each year.

Although Sams did not attribute voter turnout directly to the candidates’ personalities, he remembered many unique presidential hopefuls.

The highest vote count of Sams’ tenure came during the 1984 election season, when Al Williamson and Mark Howard – running jointly as ‘Big Al and his Pal’ – won the ballot.

Sams attributed Williamson’s success to the novelty of this campaign.

“Big Al was kind of a big guy with a nonsensical sort of campaign and a silly platform,” Sams

said. “But he caught peoples’ attention.”

Another strong year for voter turnout was 1989, when John Claybrooks, the first AfricanAmerican to run in 20 years, was on the ballot. The election drew 4,151 voters.

Beyond charisma, Sams highlighted the importance of candidates’ affiliation with student organizations. Lindi Smedberg, director of Sorority and Fraternity Life, has witnessed many Greek Council or chapter meetings intended to spotlight SGA candidates and promote voting.

“Hearing a message like that from a Greek brother or sister could make them inclined to cast a vote to be sure their voice is

heard,” Smedberg wrote in an email.

In Sams’ experience, votes pour in when students fear their rights are being violated.

“If things are going along pretty nicely, no one gets excited about anything,” Sams said. “If there’s a big deal about increasing an activities fee or cutting football tickets, whatever it may be that a lot of students feel like it’s going to impact them, then there’s going to be a big impact on turnout.”

Similar to local, state and national elections, candidate allure and hot-button issues drive students to the polls – not civic duty.

See VOTER TURNOUT on Page 2

Culinary students carve up success with ice sculptures Cortney Roark

In 2013, 18 percent of the student body participated in SGA elections.

Hayley Brundige

See PRACTICE on Page 6

Assistant Arts & Culture Editor

NEWS >>pg. 2-3

‘Bachelor’ shames America in gross misrepresentation of love

Reeves-Maybin is looking to increase his role on the defensive end, as he is currently seeing consistent reps at the Will linebacker position.

“It’s a lot more physical,” said Reeves-Maybin about what he likes about the position. “You’re kind of in the middle of everything. You really feel like you’re playing more football because you have to know what the D-line is doing, what the secondary is doing, so when you’re in the middle of the field you feel like you are working the game a lot more.”

Eight culinary students were handed a chainsaw on the street Friday evening. It was their first time sculpting ice.

Outside the UT Convention Center, spectators could stop and pay tribute to this year’s Winter Olympics with ice sculpting and Russianinspired food provided by the UT Culinary program. The sculptors were instructed by master ice carver Ryan Spangler and Indonesian certified executive chef Dadang “DJ” Djajadiredja, executive chef Greg Eisele said.

“Ice carving was sort of a dying breed a couple years back, but we are reviving that, or at least trying to,” Eisele, UT’s culinary director, said.

“They’re all carving a dolphin.

We hope it’ll be a dolphin. It may be a minnow, so we’ll see.”

Ice sculpting is one module of the 12-week intensive program the students are currently taking.

Tara Garland graduated from the program in December and sculpted during her time as a student.

“The first 10 minutes they got here, (the instructors) said, ‘OK, here’s a chainsaw.

This is how you do it. Good luck,’” Garland, a junior in math and an executive assistant for the culinary program, said. “It was so much fun. It’s a little intimidating at first, because you’re using a chain saw, but it’s a lot easier than it looks.”

See ICE CARVING on Page 5

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Vols end recent losing skid against Blue Raiders, now 15-1 on season SPORTS >>pg. 6

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In its last game before conference play, the Tennessee Lady Vols softball team rode an offensive explosion to a 15-0, five-inning win over the Western Carolina Catamounts (9-14) inside Sheri Parker Lee Stadium on Tuesday night.

Tennessee (22-2) broke the game wide open in the third inning when catcher Annie Aldrete stepped up to the plate with bases loaded. The freshman fought off multiple two-strike pitches before crushing a ball over the cen-

ter-field wall to put the Lady Vols up 12-0.

“It felt great,” Aldrete said after the game. “My last at-bat there were bases loaded and I popped up, so I’m glad I could come through for the team when we needed.”

The Western Carolina pitching staff had a day it would love to forgot as starter Courtney Buchanan went two innings, giving up six earned runs on seven hits.

Mallory Broome started the third inning in relief for the Catamounts, but she could not cool off the hot Tennessee bats. Broome was able to record just one out, while giving up seven earned

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Lady Vols claw Catamounts, 15-0

runs on four hits.

Coming off a weekend where Tennessee struggled at times at the plate, co-head coach Ralph Weekly said he was happy the team turned in a strong offensive performance.

“We made some changes,” co-head coach Ralph Weekly said. “We want to get back to the speed game more. We have about 13 players that can play well at this level, and we just need to maximize those player. Western Carolina is a good team, but not an SEC- Freshman catcher Annie Aldrete (24) is greeted by her teammates after hitting a grand slam in the Lady type team.”

Vols’ 15-0 win over Western Carolina at Lee Stadium on Tuesday.

See SOFTBALL on Page 6

“It really doesn’t matter what you do from here on out – you’ll be working regardless.”

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014 News Editor Hanna Lustig

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hlustig@utk.edu

Assistant News Editor Emilee Lamb elamb1@utk.edu

Meet your choices for the

Matthew C. Riley decided to attend UT after spending only 24 hours on campus.

While visiting UT as a speaker at the School of Veterinary Medicine, Riley was struck by the “awesome” campus. Prior to his first foray into Big Orange Country, Riley received degrees from Butler University and Penn State, in addition to joining the army as a microbiologist. Now a second year graduate student in Comparative and Experimental Medicine, Riley is an active member on the Graduate Student Senate and the UTK Technology Advisory Board.

Why did you decide to run for the Board of Trustees Representative?

“It’s a tough question to answer. I think the simple answer that everybody says is ‘I want to make a difference,’ but that’s not really specific enough for me. It came up as an issue in the graduate student senate, we kind of talked about should we, as a graduate student population, have someone run, and I volunteered. I said, ‘I have experience with administration, for sure, as well as an eye for politics.’ It’s one of those things where, especially with some recent issues with invited speakers, which I was one, I think we’ve been very concerned about. We thought: if you’re concerned, why not try to

VOTER TURNOUT continued from Page 1 Illustrating this theory, 172,507 votes were cast in

do something about it?”

If elected, what are some of the major issues you plan to address?

“That’s a difficult question because the Board of Trustees position is not like the rest of the student government. In fact, it’s not student government.

You are a representative of all the students.

You are participating in the Board of Trustees. I’ve reviewed a lot of past minutes and meetings from the board of trustees and I’ve spoken with my state senators and congressmen to learn about the issues that the Board deals with.

“The faculty senate, the graduate senate and the undergraduate student government association are all concerned currently by the elephant in the room – the two senate bills, plus the resolution that recently passed, and students having a say or not having say in how some of their fees are being distributed. As a member of the Technology Advisory Board,

Knox County for the 2012 presidential election while 60,456 voters cast a ballot for the 2010 Knox County mayoral election, arguably a lesspolitically charged event.

“It’s a pretty rampant issue

I’ve been really impressed with the fact that students really do have a say and the administration takes it very seriously.

That was really impressive to me, which was another reason I decided to run.”

Why should you be elected as the Board of Trustees Representative?

“I have experience. I was an undergraduate, I’ve been to three different universities, I’ve studied at Oxford in the UK and I have a government job. I have experience not just in education but also in administration, and that’s going to be something I think is key to this particular position.”

in this country,” Sams said.

“We were set up to be for the people, by the people, and folks don’t believe that. They don’t feel like they have a stake in what’s going on.”

Sams said students often

Davis: SGA veteran offers experience Hayley Brundige Asst. Photo Editor Grant Davis has served SGA for four years – and he’d like to serve another two as UT’s Board of Trustees representative.

Davis, a senior in biosystems engineering, is the current SGA Student Services Director. But even when he’s not working for SGA, Davis is still busy building a drone for his senior design project, doing philanthropy work with his fraternity Alpha Gamma Row, and serving on Honors Council. He also likes to go fishing.

Why did you decide to run for the Board of Trustees Representative?

“I was one of the people that got rid of the meal plan. I had that bonfire on Fiji Island. I started Big Orange Fridays. The Athletic Department is trusting me to name the student section. No one else running has done that. No one else is protecting their rights. They weren’t with me at 3:30 this morning stuffing envelopes to send to Nashville to protect their student organization rights.

That’s why I decided to run. I know that I’ve got the record to do it, I’ve got the relationships to do it, and I’ve got the know-how to be successful as trustee.”

feel SGA has no direct impact on their lives, nor any real influence over administrative decisions.

However, Jeff Maples, senior associate vice chancellor for the Division of Finance and Administration Staff, disagreed.

“SGA is important,” Maples said. “I can tell you right now that we listen to what the SGA leadership says. We meet with them quite often, and so it’s important to have the right leadership who can convey what the students are interested in.”

Due to debate in the Tennessee legislature over the allocation of student fees,

If elected, what are some of the major issues you plan to address?

“First and foremost, student organizational rights is a big issue. … I want to work with the trustees to come up with a solution to that problem in Nashville.

And essentially to make sure we have the ability to say what we need to say on campus, to allow anyone to do any event that they would like to on campus, within reason.

“Second, I want to be there fighting as a regular student. I just want to be the student voice on the committee – someone that’s been around. Someone that’s had these type of conversations for the last four years. I want to continue to have them for the next two and I think that’s very important.”

Why should you be elected as the Board of Trustees Representative?

“This is what I tell people: Do you like that meal plan?

Lawhon said he thinks this election season will draw many students in to vote.

“We have seen what can be accomplished when students take ownership,” Lawhon said, “(Just) look at the defeat of the mandatory meal plan and the thousands of students presently rallying against student fee legislation.”

Following 2013’s voter participation of an estimated 18 percent of the student body, the election commission has planned several events to boost student involvement in the election this year.

Election Commissioner Ryan Ray named the Campaign Kickoff Cookout

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Hayley Brundige Asst. Photo Editor

• Photo courtesy of Matt Riley

Riley: Grad student offers expertise

You didn’t? I helped you get rid of it. That’s why you should vote for me. That’s what sets me apart – I’ve had the experience and no one else has.

“I want to continue to fight for student organizational rights. I’ve taken that as my biggest issue. I’ve been in Nashville twice for this issue and I’m probably going to go back. They know who I am, they’ve seen my name, they know that there’s this guy up at UT-Knoxville that is standing firm for what he believes in and for what the students of UT believe in.”

in Presidential Courtyard on March 30 and a debate hosted

by The Volunteer Channel on April 1 as possibilities for student participation prior to the April 3-4 election.

“These elected officials get an incredible amount of face time with those behind making the most important decisions on our campus,” Ray said in an email. “If students turn down this unique opportunity to choose how their voice will be represented in the future, they miss out on the ability to shape large, fundamental developments that our university will face in the coming years.”

TN health care sign-ups reach 78K in February The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The number of Tennesseans singing up for coverage under the federal health insurance exchange reached nearly 78,000 through February.

According to nationwide statistics released Tuesday, 4.2

million people had signed up since Oct. 1. The open enrollment period ends on March 31.

Of those who have signed up in Tennessee, 56 percent are women and 44 percent are men. Adults ages 55-64 made up 32 percent of the total, while people up to age 34 made up 28 percent.

The mid-level silver plan was chosen by 72 percent of enrollees, whole 16 percent chose the lowest bronze level.

Gold policies made up 8 percent, and the top-level platinum policy accounted for 4 percent.

About 60,000 people had signed up through the end of January.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

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Assistant News Editor Emilee Lamb

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Emilee Lamb

Walsh: ‘I felt compelled by the Lord’

Assistant News Editor

Robert James Duncan was always meant to be a Vol. The sophomore from Williamson County, Tenn., double majoring in business finance and marketing, said the decision was simple. Thanks to family tradition and a life-long love for UT, Duncan’s trip to Knoxville was “like coming home.”

A candidate for student Board of Trustees representative, RJ now hopes to “provide a voice” for his fellow residents.

Why did you decide to run for this position?

“I believe that serving as the Board of Trustees Why should you be electlike to bridge the gap between Representative for the the Space Institute their repre- ed as Board of Trustees University of Tennessee is Representative? sentation on Board.” a chance to make a differ“As a marketing intern for ence by helping fellow Vols UT Dining I am able to presthrough advocating for you. ent the students needs to I am passionate about workadministrators. Being a part ing together with students of the Greek community has and faculty to craft soluhelped me understand the tions to real issues, and this interconnectedness of stuwould be an incredible way dents and a need to address to serve.” better relationships between If elected, what are administration. The servantsome of the major issues leadership values of BYX you plan to address?

(Brothers Under Christ) con“The biggest “hot button” tinue to inspire me and are a issue right now in SGA is foundation to my character. the Student Fees legislation Other than my time here at being discussed in Nashville.

UT, nothing has prepared I hope to continue to address me better for this position this in the best interest of than my longtime service as UT students. As a part of the an Eagle Scout through the board I will have the opporBoy Scouts of America. The tunity to work on problems Scout Oath begins with the that the University System is phrase, “On my honor, I will facing on the State level. One do my best…” and I would of these is that the UT Space like to extend this promise Institute in Tullahoma is not to my position.” directly represented on the Board of Trustees. I would

“The Scout Oath begins with the phrase, ‘On my honor, I will do my best...’ and I would like to extend this promise to my position.”

-RJ Duncan

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Around Rocky Top

Mary Beth McCauley, right, sophomore in linguistics, and Anagha Uppal, left, freshman in computer science and a member of Fossil Free UT, discuss the specifics of Fossil Free UT on Pedestrian Walkway on Tuesday.

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Duncan: Hopes to ‘provide a voice’

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News Editor

When Cody “Big Honey” Walsh is visited by God, it is an “out of body experience,” like going to Sonic and finding that all the drinks are free, or seeing the Lego movie – twice.

A deeply religious, NASCAR-watching man, Walsh views God’s will like a game of Frisbee with a dog – God throws, and Walsh proudly retrieves.

Becoming the next student trustee is now part of God’s plan for Walsh, under the tenets of the Insert campaign. But, for Walsh, Insert is not merely an SGA platform; it’s a “no reins held back” lifestyle, not unlike that of “ a mule that just woke up from sleep and it’s really angry.”

But, Walsh amended, a “good kind of angry.”

Why did you decide to run for the Board of Trustees Representative?

“I felt compelled by the Lord and started convulsing in tongues and the Lord told me, ‘Cody, I want you to lead the people out of the land of oppression to milk and honey.’ From that point, I’ve been driven by the will and love of the Lord.”

It is from this notion of “milk and honey” that Walsh got his nickname approximately 60 days ago.

If elected, what are some of the major issues you plan to address?

Tackling student dissent and the worldwide “rise in population” at once,

Walsh is most excited about “The Lord came to me Insert’s “new and intuitive when I was watchin’ ‘The way” of paying for tuition.

Prince of Egypt’ the other day and I saw when Pharaoh had to sacrifice his firstborn and I was like, ‘This here man, he’s on to something.” So I propose, to pay for tuition, we sacrifice firstborn children.”

Why should you be elected as the Board of Trustees Representative?

“Oh, there’s many reasons. I’d say the love of the Lord. But, most importantly, I’m ‘Big Honey’ and I got Big Ideas ... and it’s just all about that. Revolves around the general prophetic statement of ‘I’m Big Honey and I ain’t gonna steal your money.’”

“I’m ‘Big Honey’ and I got Big Ideas ... and it’s just all about that ... general prophetic statement of ‘I’m Big Honey and I ain’t gonna steal your money.’”

-Cody Walsh

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014 Editor-in-Chief R.J. Vogt

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An examination of today’s labor force for tomorrow’s impending graduates The Jeremiad by

Jeremy Brunger America will soon receive, as it does every year, the newest members of its full-time workforce from the mouths of its colleges and universities.

We, the beneficiaries of these colleges and universities, will retain their fresh faces and optimism yet. Optimism is not money, however, and it most certainly is not knowledge. So here is a brief list of pointers for any student currently looking to make use of their degree, even as degree creep increases and the labor pool shrinks and bisects into parttime.

You’ve already been told to network. But between your classes and your social sphere, the networking you have performed probably hasn’t been developed with lucrative ends in mind. So use your university experiences as a lesson – the time you wasted ought to have been wasted, if only to make you value those hours more highly than before.

You’ve spent several years discoursing with professors. Consider them your bosses, or rather, consider your bosses your professors; their demands will increase, but the professionalism won’t.

Jobs aren’t hard to get, provided your pantry is empty. Where there is a will, there is a way.

Your relatives weren’t lying to you when they told you about the borderline-nonsense stories of their youths.

Remember the time will pass quickly now. There is little you can do about it save make use of it. You can be a part-time hippie, but that won’t do you much good when you wake up and you’re 40. Time, like money, goes like quicksilver once you really start looking for it.

University was not a waste of time. If you find yourself thinking this, consider: whether you spent four years studying the grandest theories so far developed or the literature of disparate peoples or accounting, the purpose of university is to train you, professionalize you and most importantly, make you want more.

It is a factory of desire. If you hate it here, it’s doing what it’s supposed to do. The ones who love it too much are the ones whose notions are soon going to be disabused — and I confess I find myself in the latter camp.

Graduating into a recession is one of the surest indicators of life-trajectory. Be wary of it and leverage the time you have, quantified as youth, into some security for yourself. It really doesn’t matter what you do from here on out — you’ll be working regardless. Very few adults look down on the professions of others; they know the rigors of reality better than judgmental, idealistic young people like you or I. Unless the professional is a lawyer. Then the criticism stands, at least until you need legal representation.

You would be surprised how large a role chance plays in the world. Dearly bought skill, native talent and workhorse drive pale in comparison to chance and fortune.

Promotions, transfers and freak storms all operate on the same principles more often than not. Study your own particular psychology and make sure you attribute events to their real causes and not just to you: you aren’t that powerful, after all.

And most certainly remember to look after the little people. You’re one now, and in the larger scheme of things will remain one in the future.

Jeremy Brunger is a senior in English. He can be reached at jbrunger@utk.edu.

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UT’s Roosevelt Chapter opposes student activity bills We are writing as concerned students of the University of Tennessee to express our opposition to SB 1608/ HB 2378 and SB 2493/HB 2450.

SB 1608/HB 2378 demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding on the part of its sponsors of the purpose and structure of the current student fees allocation system. The current system exists to enable small organizations of dedicated individuals to bring thought-leaders, researchers and cultural icons to campus for the benefit of the entire student population. Meanwhile, many large organizations exist to provide programming for their own members, which they currently fund through dues systems.

This is one reason why the allocation of student fees based on membership levels will be an unworkable system that reduces the overall quality of the university experience.

Further, we feel that appropriation of student fees based solely upon membership violates both the First and

14th Amendments to the Constitution by denying an equal voice to the underrepresented and to minorities on campus. Small groups, ranging from the Issues Committee to the Society of Physics Students, from Christian student organizations to our organization, the University of Tennessee Chapter of the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network, will be disproportionately harmed. State Sen. Stacey Campfield has publicly claimed that he believes in a diversity of opinion; however, SB 1608 stifles any but the majority opinion.

SB 2493/HB 2450 eviscerates the ability of the University of Tennessee to function as the flagship university of this state, and it affects all other publicly-funded Tennessee universities similarly. A university is meant to exist as a marketplace of ideas; denying access to ideas from a diversity of speakers would undermine the comprehensive education that Tennessee’s state institutions aspire to offer. We

are fully confident that our best faculty and our brightest students will not select or remain at a university that cannot bring speakers to its campus.

In closing, the proposed legislation represents an inappropriate overstep on the part of the Tennessee legislature. The university already has mechanisms in place that would enable students to make these changes if we wanted them. These changes have not yet taken place because we do not want them.

Sincerely, The students of the University of Tennessee Chapter of the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network: Patrick McKenzie, president; Louis Varriano, vice-president; Hayley Brundige; Troy Williamson; Corey Puckett; Julia Ross; Elizabeth Stanfield; Will Clifft; Adrian Vivar-Alcalde; Anagha Uppal; Lindsay Lee; Kenna Rewcastle.

The Roosevelt Chapter of UTK may be reached at ricnutk@gmail.com.

Speak up, stop legislature from hurting your campus It’s a crisp Monday afternoon on campus. Having just gotten out of your late afternoon class, you find you have a little bit of that rare thing known as “free time” and decide to just walk.

As you walk down the long hall of HSS, something catches your eye: nothing.

There are no flyers for upcoming events decorating the magnetic bulletin boards. Outside, there are no signs of posters, chalking or even the random people hand-billing on Pedestrian. Now that you think about it, there have been no events for the entire academic year: no distinguished guest speakers; no cultural dance acts; no screenings of your favorite free movies in the UC; no big concert with which to celebrate the last day of classes; no diverse perspectives from various religious leaders; absolutely nothing.

Guess you are just going to have to hang out in your dorm room, or even worse, study.

Why is the campus ambiance drastically different from that of last school year? What kind of horrible, dystopian university has UT become? Though this may sound a bit extreme, this is the reality we face if the two bills concerning student fees, SB1608 and SB2493, pass in the Tennessee legislature.

On the surface it seems this may only affect guest speakers, which is bad enough. But if we look a little deeper, this could drastically affect the whole atmosphere of our campus.

The funds from these student activity fees go into events mentioned above,

as well as some of the most well-known events on campus this year and in past years including guest speaker Michio Kaku; Mystical Arts of Tibet; any Vol Night Long; Take Back the Night; the Study Abroad Fair; Clifton M. Jones Leadership Conference and MLK Jr. Day of Service; and Black History Month events.

SB2493 specifically would not allow any Ivy League speakers, graduation commencement speakers who would have to be paid, funding for travel, hotel rooms, meals while they were on campus, and even advertisement for the event.

It seems this withdrawal of fee money could even threaten the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, or NIMBioS, that is located here at UT which integrates the research of math and biology in the areas of infectious disease, food supply and systems modeling.

NIMBioS received a grant from the National Science Foundation, part of which involves hosting conferences, workshops and lectures involving bringing in guests and guest speakers.

Obviously, the $35 million institute could suffer greatly if its main source of funding was threatened.

While the SJR0626 resolution by the university is an admirable attempt to compromise between the various suggestions for student fee allocation, it is not quite realistic.

Let’s be honest, we know ourselves – as students, we are always out to get the biggest bang for our buck. This means

we want to pay the cheapest amount of money and get the most out of it.

So if it comes to the option of paying a little bit extra for student activities, especially programs, a lot of students are not going to pay it. Not because they wouldn’t enjoy the programs or benefit from them, but simply because they do not want to pay for it or do not believe they can afford it.

And what if a student does not pay the student activity fee and then later in the year discovers there is an event in which they are interested, but they have not paid for it – do we turn someone away who wants to learn about something new?

In addition to all of this, there is no feasible way UT can be a Top 25 university if we cannot even pay for guest speakers.

The bills SB1608 and SB2493 are going to be heard at the Senate Education Committee Meeting today at 3:30 pm.

Do not let the aforementioned lifeless campus become a reality. There is still time. Call your representatives.

Email them. Tell others to do so. And after the results of today, don’t stop the conversation.

Victoria Knight is a senior in microbiology and a staff columnist for the Daily Beacon. She can be reached at vknight4@utk.edu.

Brandon Darr is a sophomore in linguistics. He can be reached at bdarr@ utk.edu.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

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Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Cortney Roark

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Intimacy, love not found in ‘The Bachelor’ finale

Claire Dodson Arts & Culture Editor Monday night’s “Bachelor� finale was, in a word, awkward (spoiler alert).

As a disclaimer, I’d only seen the first episode before watching the finale, and to be honest, the show’s premise disgusts me a bit. Nevertheless, I gathered with some female friends to watch the Venezuelan bachelor Juan Pablo make his choice between two blondes: Clare and Nikki.

While watching, I kept an eye on my Twitter feed, frequently checking hashtag JuanPablo.

This yielded amusing results, with users mostly calling Juan Pablo out on his apparent douchiness and insensitivity, or, instead, lamenting his unwillingness to tell Nikki, his chosen woman, that he loved her.

Juan Pablo’s public image has already been mired in controversy with his comments on the possibility of a future gay bachelor. He reportedly told TV

ICE CARVING continued from Page 1 Students were divided into two groups of four and each group agreed upon one object to sculpt, the first deciding upon a dolphin and the second selecting a rose. First, the students were instructed to create a block-like figure to shape the dolphin. Spangler then told the students to create various 45-degree angles around the edges of their square dolphin shape with chain saws. Next,

Page’s Sean Daly that he doesn’t think having a gay bachelor “would be a good example for the kids.�

As if “The Bachelor� is presently a good example for kids. “The Bachelor� invites women to compete for a man’s affection and ultimately, a diamond. Its counterpart, “The Bachelorette,� features men competing for a woman. Both shows are equally poor representations of love, preying on our desire for happy endings.

But the show isn’t a romantic comedy or fictionalized fairy tale. This is, arguably, real people looking for actual relationships in the most demeaning and destructive way possible.

The show not only reflects badly on its creators and participants, but also the millions of people that tune in.

Juan Pablo came off like a jerk during the finale, not just because he wouldn’t tell Nikki he loved her, but because he didn’t follow the show’s protocol: he did not propose at the end of the finale. Allegedly, he said hurtful words to Clare off-camera and demonstrated a reluctance to commit.

To be fair, angry Internet responders seem correct in their assessment of Juan Pablo, or at least in his ignorance of reality. While being interviewed (read: accosted) by host Chris

Harrison during the post finale interview, Juan Pablo stressed his desire to remain private.

After the show was over, the couple could begin a relationship out of the public eye. But last season’s Bachelor Sean Lowe gave him an on-air reality check: that will never happen.

That’s the price you pay when you whore yourself out to reality television.

Honestly, I don’t know who I’m more annoyed with: Nikki, for loving a man who obviously does not return her affection; Juan Pablo, for his delusion; or Chris Harrison, for attempting to counsel a television couple.

Maybe I’m most annoyed with myself, though, and the millions of Americans who watch shows like this for entertainment, thinking we know these people well enough to judge them. Thinking this show will in any way aid our society’s perception of love and romance.

For thinking that our obsession with a potentially fake TV romance will fill our own loneliness and broken places, the places where we have been hurt or abandoned by the people we loved and trusted.

For thinking any of this matters at all.

they moved on to smaller tools and detail work.

Sochi was also represented through appetizers called “Russian Bites.� Culinary student John Dilbeck served “salmon pancakes,� or potato cakes topped with marinated salmon and dill sour cream.

This wasn’t Dilbeck’s favorite appetizer, though. “This is Russian-themed food,� Dilbeck said as he waited his turn to carve. “The salmon, the goat cheese and the turkey. And then we’ve got a fruit parfait strudel. It’s awesome.�

The strudel was composed of dried cherries, apple and vanilla cream. In addition, the menu offered white Russian canapÊs with roast turkey, farmer’s cheese and rye toast.

Students finished off the menu with homemade punch topped with fresh blackberries.

Eisele called the event a farewell to the 2014 Winter Olympics. But, for his students, he maintained the journey wasn’t quite over. “It takes a lot to impress me,� he said. “Just ask my students. I’m happy, but it could always be a little better.�

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Spring Break day trip: Asheville Jenna Butz Staff Writer

Lunch: Sunny Point Bakery & CafÊ A family-owned restaurant on Asheville’s main drag, this quaint restaurant boasts an impressive daytime menu offering everything from breakfast to salads and sandwiches. Also, they are incredibly

proud of their outdoor seating, which compensates for limited space inside. Next to the patio, guests can stroll through the Sunny Point garden, flush with fresh produce for the cafe’s made-from-scratch fare.

Afternoon: River Arts District Asheville consistently finds its place atop lists like boasts artists working in all mediums, including clay, metal America’s “Most Hipster Cities� and “The Best Cities for and printmaking. For art lovers, appreciators, and creators Artists.� A quick stroll through the River Arts District will alike, the River Arts District is sure to inspire. prove why. Lined with galleries and art shops, the area

Dinner: White Duck Taco Shop Located in the Hatchery Studios building in the River cious creations, the shop offers taco varieties like Thai Arts District, this little taco shop draws fans from across peanut chicken taco and lump crab. Treat yourself and the country. Introducing the world to unusual but deli- try them all.

Evening: Street Performers/ Drum Circle

Claire Dodson is a junior in English. She can be reached at pdodson@utk.edu.

Jugglers, didgeridoos and guitarists can be found on corners throughout the city. Hit the streets for some free entertainment, and keep your eyes open for the Carolina Catskins. The group resembles the Lumineers, if

the Lumineers were hippies who play on battered instruments. They stick solely to the streets. If you stop by the city on a Friday, you can also jump into the drum circle that takes place downtown.

Late Night: Rosetta’s Kitchen After you have adventured far and wide throughout the and vegan friendly. Those wings? Made with tempeh. That Asheville community, you are sure to be hungry. Open until burger? It’s veggie. That makes it a healthy way to stuff 3 a.m. most nights, Rosetta’s Kitchen serves up nachos, your face late at night. Right? hot wings and fries. Everything they serve is vegetarian

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6 • THE DAILY BEACON

Wednesday, March 12, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron

SPORTS continued from Page 1 And as Reeves-Maybin prepares for the 2014 season, his teammates have taken notice of his hard work.

“He’s stepping up,” Johnson said. “He knows the calls and just getting on the field and repping is going to help him out as a player.”

Johnson’s unfinished business With the NFL Draft a little more than a month away, one player who won’t hear his name called this year is A.J. Johnson.

The senior linebacker decided to forgo the draft and return to Tennessee for his senior season because he felt he had some unfinished business

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to attend to in his final year of his career.

“It was better for me as a person to come back for another year,” Johnson said. “I had goals set for when I came to Tennessee and I hadn’t reach some of those goals, and you only get a certain amount of time to play in Tennessee and you can play forever in the league, so I really wanted to come back my senior year and have fun with it.”

As for those goals?

“I always said I wanted to win the SEC, I wanted to go to the national championship and those goals I can reach,” Johnson said.

“I know those goals aren’t impossible to reach.

“I want to be one of the best players coming out (of college) and I came back for that and just to build – I love Tennessee.”

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Assistant Sports Editor Dargan Southard

Redshirt sophomore running back Alden Hill hits tackling pads during Tennessee’s third spring football practice at Haslam Field on Tuesday. The practice was UT’s first in full pads this spring.

Vols squeak past Blue Raiders, 2-0 Staff Report The No. 17 Tennessee Volunteers picked up their third consecutive road win of the season, upending Middle Tennesee State 2-0 Tuesday night at Reese Smith Jr. Field in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

The Vols improved to 15-1 on the year, and notched their third shutout of the season. The win also snapped a five-game skid to the Blue Raiders.

Six UT pitchers combined for the shutout as Drake Owenby,

SOFTBALL continued from Page 1 Ellen Renfroe got the start for Tennessee, and was her usual self, improving her record to 13-0 on the season. Renfroe pitched only three innings but managed to strike out five Western Carolina batters while giving up one hit.

Sophomore Rainey Gaffin pitched the last two innings and was equally impressive, striking out three batters and giving up just one hit of her own.

Trevor Bettencourt, Peter Lenstrohm, Josh Peterson, Andrew Lee and Andy Cox all saw action against the Blue Raiders.

Owenby started and Cox picked up his second-straight save as he struck out the side in the ninth inning.

In the top of the third inning, the Vols used two bunt singles to help plate both runs Tennessee held the Blue Raiders (5-10) to just five hits in the contest.

Senior third baseman Taylor Smart led the Vols with a 2-for-4 performance at the plate, scoring a run and notching a stolen

base. Smart finished the game with three assists on the hot corner. Sophomores Christin Stewart and A.J. Simcox also posted 2-for-4 performances at the plate, while Scott Price, Vincent Jackson and David Houser all finished with base knocks.

The Blue Raiders lone threat came in the second inning as they loaded the bases off a leadoff double, a walk and a hit by pitch. Owenby was able to deal out of a one-out jam with a swinging strikeout and a 6-4 groundout between Simcox and Maddox.

Tennessee followed by loading the bags in the third frame off three-straight singles, including two bunts down the third base line by Price and Simcox.

Maddox grounded out to plate the game’s first run, scoring Smart, who chopped a single down the left field line.

After Nick Senzel – the reigning SEC player of the week – was hit by a pitch to reload the bases, Jackson sent a sac fly to center field to score Price and put UT on top 2-0. Stewart struck out to end the threat with two on. UT left 10 runners on base in the game.

Tennessee, however, took complete control of the game in the third inning, scoring nine runs on seven hits.

Gaffin started things off with a triple to right field, scoring two runs. Aldrete followed that up with her grand slam, and then first baseman Haley Tobler doubled down the left field line to drive in two more. Gaffin capped the scoring with her third RBI of the inning on a single to right.

Aldrete got the scoring started in the first inning, driving in senior Melissa Davin from third with a single to left field. The

next batter was sophomore Lexi Overstreet, and the leftie hit a two-run shot over the left-field wall to put the Vols up 3-0 early.

“I wasn’t going up there trying to do anything special,” Overstreet said of her homerun.

“I was just going up there to hit the ball and be more aggressive.

“It felt pretty good because opposite field is something I’ve been working on, so it felt really good to hit a ball opposite field.”

Tennessee put three more runs on the board in the second inning, starting with an RBI single from freshman Megan Geer.

Davin followed that with an RBI single of her own, and Overstreet capped off the inning by drawing a bases loaded walk for her third RBI of the night.

Tennessee will open SEC play this weekend at Arkansas, and Weekly said the team is hoping to get conference play started on the right foot.

“I’m really excited,” Weekly said. “I don’t know really where the team is. We haven’t played anybody in the SEC yet, but I think they are in as good a place as can be, and I know Arkansas is a very worthy opponent.”

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