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Each year, the Daily Beacon celebrates the Vols that are improving campus every day. This year is no different, so turn the page to learn more about students who are leaving their mark. >> Volume 133 Issue 46

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Williams: basketball star, renaissance man Bradi Musil Editor-in-Chief Grant Williams is — quite literally — a big man on campus.

At 6-foot-5 and 234 pounds, Williams’ sheer physique may not be considered tall for players in the SEC, but his temperament on the court is enough to intimidate any opponent.

“I don’t shy away from competition,” Williams said. “That’s the side of me that not many people know about. I’m very competitive. Even though I smile all the time, I get really frustrated not only with myself but with others if we don’t get the job done.”

A forward on the Vols basketball team, Williams played in all 32 games this season, starting in 29 of them. His 402 total points this season ranks sixth among all Tennessee freshmen, and he was part of the highest-scoring freshman class in the program’s history.

And, at 18, his 94 offensive rebounds set the record for Tennessee freshmen and tied sixth for the most by a Vol in a single season.

Although his athletic performance speaks for itself, Williams has also gained a reputation off the court as an exemplary student and friend.

A freshman studying economics with minors in international business and Spanish — a language he said he’s nearly fluent in — Williams graduated from Providence Day High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, with offers from Harvard and Yale, among other Ivy Leagues. He said although his decision to attend UT was difficult to make, he has no regrets.

“I love the campus, and I love the people here because they really care about you,” Williams said. “They want you to be successful, not only as an athlete but as a student as well.”

Williams started his career at UT as a mechanical engineering major, wanting to follow in the footsteps of his mom, who works as an engineer for NASA. He decided to change paths, however, to allow himself the flexibility to come back to his economics studies should he go on to play in professional leagues — something Williams said he plans on.

“She (Williams’ mom) stressed academics while I was growing up as a kid,” Williams said. “My grandparents were educators and my dad was a math teacher at one point. So, being a student was more

Grant Williams is a freshman majoring in economics.

Alex Phillips • The Daily Beacon important than being an athlete for most of my life.”

Williams also has four older brothers, two who play basketball at other colleges.

One of Williams’ older brothers, Gabon Williams, a senior at Johnson C. Smith University who studies computer science and also plays as a forward for their basketball team, said he and his brothers grew up playing ball in their grandfather’s backyard.

“We were always competing, whether it was chess or piano,” Gabon Williams said.

“We were always trying to get the best out of each other.”

Williams still plays piano and violin, although at one point he said he could play at least 10 instruments. When he was a senior in high school, he had a solo in his school’s rendition of “Anything Goes,” and he said learning the score and choreography for the musical was just as challenging as prepping for a big game.

“I learned that I’m not the best on my feet,” Williams said, laughing. “Learning how to dance and understanding the movements and the spacing was just difficult. You have to put time into that just like you do on the court.”

Lucas Chamberlain, a senior at Texas Christian University studying secondary education, played on the basketball team with Williams in high school when he was a senior and Williams was a freshman.

Chamberlain said even as the youngest player on the team, Williams stood out not just for his athletic talents, but his larger

than life personality.

“He showed up on the first day of school and introduced himself to me as Grant but told me everyone calls him ‘The General,’” Chamberlain said. “I looked at him and laughed and told him I was not calling him that.

“Time went by though and when we (the team) saw how good he was as a freshman, we started calling him that.

Before we knew it, everyone on campus — even teachers — called him ‘Grant the General’ or ‘Grant the Baller.’ He was even announced that way on game nights.”

“The General” was a nickname coined

by Williams’s mom, as even with four older brothers, Williams stood out as a leader.

Chamberlain said he also grew to see Williams as a younger brother — a “giant” younger brother.

“He was so friendly that he became like the youngest son in my family,” Chamberlain said. “Like, he would call my mom, ‘mom,’ and he really just became part of our family.”

A freshman studying sports management at UT, Jordan Sienkowski also graduated from Providence Day with Williams.

Sienkowski said Williams was the only person he knew coming to UT, and even though he obviously doesn’t have much free time, Williams always makes time to hang out and attend Sienkowski’s intramural basketball and football games.

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From Harvard to Knox: A writer’s path to publication Presley Smith Opinions Editor

Sometimes a push is all you need. Especially when that “push” ends with your first story publication.

A 2015 Harvard graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in English, Myles McDonough said his love for writing is simple.

“It’s fun,” McDonough, who is currently pursuing an MFA at UT in creative writing, said.

“Nothing beats the feeling of crafting interesting characters and stories.”

McDonough’s love for writing is easily seen, especially in his pure joy and excitement in introducing his creative writing class to the fiction writing portion of the semester. But, his love for writing didn’t begin here in Knoxville.

While at Harvard, McDonough wrote a collection of short stories as his final thesis project under the guidance of Bret Anthony Johnston, the resident director of creative writing. After writing short stories for years, McDonough just finished his first novel “Dance in the Middle of the Fighting,” which will serve as his thesis project at UT. “His novel is like Douglas Adams in the Ottoman Empire with Dracula as the villain,

except this Dracula is not like any version you’ve ever seen,” creative writing professor Michael Knight said of McDonough’s novel.

“This Dracula is hilarious and terrifying at the same time.”

McDonough does not limit himself to just writing fiction, however. While in Boston, he also began studying improv at ImprovBoston before his move to Knoxville in 2015. And, relocating down South didn’t signal an end to the writer’s comedy career.

“About halfway through my first semester, I founded the student-run improv troupe that is now known as Cumberland Striptease,” McDonough said. “We typically have shows here on campus at least once per month, and have recently performed at the University of the South in Sewanee and at the Gatlinburg Improv Fest.”

UT’s newest improv group put on their first performance on March 31 of last year and don’t show any signs of stopping; they even offer open practices for performers and comedy-lovers alike.

Although McDonough feels comfortable on stage, his real talents come through with a pen in hand.

Last year, Knight encouraged McDonough to submit to the Saturday Evening Post’s 2017 Myles McDonough is a graduate teaching associate and Master’s of Great American Fiction Contest.

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RA makes Hess feel like home

After a bedtime story went viral on Buzzfeed, Boddie shares his experience with residents

Megan Patterson Managing Editor

On March 23, Buzzfeed posted an article titled “19 Best Friends Who Are Impressively Extra,” and Quamir Boddie made No. 17 as a “thoughtful bezzie.”

This was not the first time Boddie appeared on a Buzzfeed article, and likely won’t be the last. Ever since a tweet by Hess Hall resident Andrew Kochamba showing Boddie, his RA, reading him a bedtime story went viral, Boddie has become an internet sensation.

“All I know is that there was a post, and then I had 700 plus followers from 19 followers before that,” Boddie said. “That was pretty epic.”

When he became an RA at the start of his sophomore year, Boddie distributed a questionnaire to his residents asking them about their hobbies, likes and dislikes. On the final page, Boddie asked “what can I do, if anything, to make this year special to you,” and that’s where Kochamba asked for a bedtime story on his birthday.

Right away, Boddie picked out a book and assured Kochamba that he would make it happen. Then, seven months later on Feb. 23, Kochamba’s roommate Sam Perez took the now famous picture of Boddie in his pajamas and Kochamba tucked in bed for story time.

Although his request was unusual, Kochamba said he never doubted Boddie would come through.

“I think just as an RA I like to give him a hard time,” Kochamba said. “I was looking forward to seeing it happen. I thought it would be really funny.”

And, according to his residents, it isn’t unusual for Boddie to go above and beyond for the guys on his floor.

“Q is the best RA — and we’ve only had experience with one RA — but from what I’ve seen from my buddies in other halls, none of them have a relationship with their RA like it seems we do,” Perez said.

Boddie said he became an RA because of the opportunity to create that sort of relationship with his residents. He said helping the residents have a good first year is his main priority.

“A lot of people in this dorm are freshman residents and some of them might be here because their parents forced them to, but my job is to make them want to stay here,” Boddie said. “Because college is fun, and they can have fun in college.”

And, fun is exactly what both Boddie and Kochamba have gained from their newfound fame.

“I think ‘goofy’ is the best word that I can describe it as, because it’s just been so funny to see all of the response to it and that we keep popping up on different websites and that I’m still getting notifications for the

tweet itself,” Kochamba said. “It’s hilarious to me.”

Despite getting recognized as “the famous RA,” Boddie said he is still the same “Q” he was before he read to Kochamba.

“I didn’t unfriend a lot of people and buy a fur coat and act like I was better than everyone or anything like that,” Boddie said. “... At the end of the day, it’s not about the fame aspect of it. It was just fun to do it for him because that’s what he asked me to do in the questionnaire.”

Although he asked for a bedtime story, Kochamba didn’t specify which one, so the book Boddie chose to read aloud was one that holds special significance in his own life.

After his parents held him back in first grade because of his hesitation to jump into reading, Boddie found what would become his favorite children’s book “Leo the Late Bloomer,” the story of a tiger who is slow to write, talk and even eat well. Boddie connected with the story’s message.

“You don’t have to be ready at one time. Everyone blooms in their own good time,” Boddie said. “That was really important to me, and my parents recognized that that was really important to me.”

After he graduated high school, his parents gave him the book as a graduation present, and Boddie brought it along to college, where he is hardly a late bloomer.

In addition to being an RA, Boddie, a sophomore in business administration with a minor in music business, is a member of the acapella groups VOLume and UT Singers. He hopes to own his own record company one day.

“I think that nowadays we lose a lot of talent because people love to do digital music,” Boddie said. “I have a very specific vision of music that I would love to bring back, because you know everything goes full circle.”

Boddie said his vision includes a performer with a whole orchestra behind them, in the style of Frank Sinatra or Nat King Cole. His largest musical influence, however, is a more modern performer.

“I love Mariah Carey,” Boddie said. “Not so much 2015 Mariah Carey or New Year’s 2016 Mariah Carey, but there’s no doubt that she was such an influential figure in music.”

Although Boddie said her range and talent is impressive, what he believes really sets Carey apart is her quantity of number one hits and other achievements.

“I’d like to usher in something different,” Boddie said.

Until then, he plans to remain an RA next year while Kochamba moves off campus.

“I’m definitely going to miss him,” Kochamba said.

“It’s going to be a rough separation, but we are going to remain friends for sure.”

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Quamir Boddie is a sophomore in business administration. Freshman Andrew Kochamba is pictured with him.

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WILLIAMS continued from Page 2 “Grant is different than most big-time athletes,� Sienkowski said. “In high school, he never acted like he was the big-time star that he was. What I always liked about him wasn’t that he was good at basketball but that he was a friend to everybody. “He wasn’t too cool for anyone.�

While at UT, Williams said he hopes to get involved in other areas on campus than just sports, like media, film and even theater — time permitting. “I enjoy (theater) and to be around those guys and learn about their life, because their life is just as interesting and hard as ours (athletes),� Williams said. “The musical (“Anything Goes�) was tiring and choreography and being able to sing, its just as hard to do and learn as basketball.�

Balancing athletics with his studies, as well as a social life, can be a lot to take on, but Williams said he thinks it’s crucial to

expose one’s self to a variety of experiences and endeavors, especially as a student athlete, when it can be easy to fall into a routine and stay in your comfort zone. “It helps you understand that sports isn’t the only thing you need to know,� Williams said. “It helps you learn about the world and what other people come through. Even if you are the best at something like you are with your sport or your academics, you can be the worst at something else and still learn from someone.�

Gabon Williams said his little brother has skills that are “before his time,� and he knew Williams would be great even when he was just eight years old. Because of his determination, his intelligence, passion and heart, Gabon Williams said he knows his brother will go on to accomplish even bigger things than being a musically talented, academically successful, record-breaking freshman basketball player for the Vols. “He has that will, that strive — that drive to succeed; you can’t cease that,� Gabon Williams said. “And it’s taken him this far. Hopefully, he can go even further if he keeps working hard.�

MCDONOUGH continued from Page 3 “Myles McDonough is as smart as any student I’ve taught at UT,� Knight said. “It’s not just his talent as a fiction writer. I’ve taught plenty of talented students. What’s most impressive about Myles is his range.�

The contest, which has been running for nearly 200 years and has published well-known authors like Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut, is seen as a tribute to the most renowned American fiction writers. McDonough’s story, Knight explained, was just that. “It’s well-written and dramatic, but it’s also full of hope and peopled by genuinely decent human beings, two things the Post tends to look for in its winners,� Knight said.

And, this past semester, McDonough’s short story “Crack� was selected as the contest winner and was published in the Post’s print and online editions.

The story, which was selected out of more than 200 entries and is McDonough’s first publi-

cation, details the chance encounter between an Iraq-born chiropractor and an Iraq War veteran which blossoms into a tale of recovery, trust and hope. “It was important to convey the unique wants, needs and beliefs of both men, wounded by the war in different ways,� McDonough said. “The conflicting nature of their individual traumas heightened the tension, and chiropractic treatment, which requires great trust between patient and practitioner, struck me as an ideal subject.�

The contest awarded the winner a $500 prize, which McDonough said he wanted to do something impactful with.

Instead of keeping the money for himself, after President Donald Trump signed his first executive order limiting travel from several majorityMuslim countries, McDonough donated all of his prize money to the ACLU, an organization which strives for equality and preserving individual rights.

For McDonough, it’s not about the money but the love of creating. “Writing,� McDonough said, “is more fun than anything else I’ve ever done.�

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VOLAPPRECIATION

The Daily Beacon • Friday, March 31, 2017

Freshman finds discipline, drive in dance Hannah Moulton Copy Chief

When Ojee Sharma was younger, she cried on the floor at a wedding because her parents said it was time to go.

“They literally dragged me,” Sharma, now a freshman, recalled. “Then, I remember when I was little, if I stopped dancing at weddings my parents would be like, ‘Okay, time to go home,’ so I would just keep on dancing.”

Sharma still loves to dance, and she is now trained in the Indian classical dance, Bharatanatyam. Bharatanatyam is a spiritual and religious dance that originated in Hindu temples in South India.

Sharma’s parents got her involved with traditional dancing when they put her in a performance for their local Indian community’s celebration of India’s Independence Day. A year after that performance, Sharma began her formal dance training.

Fourteen years later, Sharma is trained in Bharatanatyam as well as Bollywoodstyle dancing. Regarding the difference between the two styles, she says Bollywoodstyle is what you’d see in a movie, while Bharatanatyam is very religious-based and symbolic.

To Sharma, Bollywood-style is more upbeat and easy, while Bharatanatyam is more emotional and requires much more discipline.

“It’s like an art form,” she said. “So you’re disciplined in your art, and you do things a certain way. But then it’s also a way to express yourself and express how much you appreciate God.” The discipline Sharma has gained from Bharatanatyam has followed her to UT. On

top of being a neuroscience major with a philosophy minor, she’s also a member of the Honor’s Council, the American Indian Association and is running for SGA Senate in the College of Arts and Sciences.

There was one organization, however, that Sharma couldn’t join because UT doesn’t offer it: a competitive Indian dance team.

Across the U.S., there are Indian dance teams that perform, travel and compete.

Sharma hopes to build such a team at UT and has joined the freshman dance team for the annual Holi Show performance hosted by the American Indian Association. Sharma will also choreograph the freshmen team’s dance.

With her dancing experience and advice from other captains of Indian dance teams, Sharma hopes that one day she’ll graduate from UT, leaving behind a successful Indian dance team.

“There are schools across the country that are known for having really good Indian dance teams,” Sharma said. “I want UT to be known as one of those.”

It’s clear Sharma has a lot on her plate, but her friend Caroline Begley, freshman in pyschology, said Sharma’s ability to balance it all is one of her most admirable qualities.

Her passion and dedication, however, are first things that come to mind for Begley.

“Ojee is by far one of the most driven people I know,” Begley said. “She always has a next goal in mind and doesn’t stop until she achieves it.”

Her future career goal— though, in a perfect world, she would love to be a dancer — is becoming an orthopedic surgeon. Not bothered by blood or scenes of gore — she’s a fan of horror movies — Sharma has shadowed doctors in the operating room. She has even seen a human heart beating in a patient’s open chest.

Ojee Sharma is a freshman in neuroscience. Alex Phillips • The Daily Beacon “Fixing bones, seeing bones break and the bone sawing ... I want to do that,” Sharma said. “I just want to get my hands in and do it.”

The blood and the bones might have drawn Sharma in, but it’s the fact that she never wanted to leave the hospital during her shadowing that made her realize she had

found her future career.

“Once you find something you really want to do; you can wake up at any hour, leave at any hour and you like it the entire time you’re there ... I think that’s what your passion should be,” Sharma said.

Dance, however, will forever be Sharma’s first passion.

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