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Martin staying at UT, working on contract changes Cuonzo Martin is staying put as Tennessee men’s basketball head coach.

The UT athletics department released joint statements from Martin and Athletic Director Dave Hart on Tuesday afternoon stating the third-year coach would remain at his current position and that contract modifications are underway.

“We are proud that Cuonzo Martin will continue to lead our men’s basketball program,” Hart said in the release. “His three Tennessee teams have finished in the upper echelon of the SEC, and each of those teams entered the month of March in contention for an NCAA tournament bid. His third team excelled in the postseason.”

“We are working on modifications to Cuonzo’s current contract and will release

details of those adjustments when finalized.”

Tuesday’s statements come amid an ESPN report that claimed Martin met with Marquette officials regarding its vacant head coaching spot on Sunday.

ESPN’s report stated “significant interest” between both parties. That came two days after the Vols suffered a season-ending Sweet 16 loss to Michigan on March 28.

Early Tuesday morning, multiple media outlets

reported through sources close to Martin that he had taken his name out of contention for the Marquette job, which had been vacant since Buzz Williams left for Virginia Tech last week.

Longtime Duke assistant coach Steve Wojciechowski was then announced as the Golden Eagles’ newest head coach Tuesday afternoon.

“Just as our players have ‘bought in’ and made a commitment to doing things the right way in all aspects of

their lives,” Martin said, “my staff and I feel a strong commitment to them and their continued growth as men. Tennessee is where I want to be. That has never changed.

“I have said many times over the past three years that I believe we have the resources and support to be the last team standing, and that belief has never been stronger.”

up the crowd, and cheer on the Lady Vols.”

Nick Chafin, a video producer for the UT Video and Photography Center, also noticed Williams and subsequently asked him to be the star of upcoming hype video “Big Orange Friday: What Day is it?”

“He kind of embodies the entire Volunteer spirit,” Chafin said.

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It’s that time of year again: SGA campaigns take over Pedestrian

Ultimate Lady Vols fan Trennie Williams, a freshman in journalism and electronic media, cheers on the team during its game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Thompson-Boling Arena on March 2.

‘Ultimate’ UT fan embodies ‘Volunteer spirit’ Bradi Musil

That BuzzFeed quiz is part of your online persona.

BuzzFeed editor tells you how to do it right

Staff Writer

The hype is real: Trennie Williams has now been named the Ultimate Lady Vols Fan. Williams, a freshman in journalism and electronic media and a trumpet player in the Pride of the Southland Band, earned his title at the Lady Vols-Notre Dame

basketball game when he was given the opportunity to substitute for a trumpet player in the Lady Vols Pep Band.

“The game was hyped up and there was a tailgate and everything, so I came as the ‘ultimate’ fan,” Williams said. “I painted my face and wore my first version of the super fan costume.”

After participating in some relay races, winning a Lady Vols goody bag and

NEWS >>pg. 5

Report: TN workplace discrimination declines Legendary or a major flop?

Writers weigh in on HIMYM’s finale ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 6

Racism won’t stop celebrated CBT actor from taking the stage ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 7

Bradi Musil Staff Writer Change isn’t simply coming; it has arrived.

In the 2013 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission report of enforcement and litigation statistics, discrimination charges in the Tennessee workplace were shown to have decreased by 9 percent from the previous report. The annual report, produced for every state each fiscal year (from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30), also reflected a 5.7 percent decrease in complaints nationally, comparing the 99,412 claims received in 2012 to the 93,727 claims received in fiscal year 2013.

“Given that harassment and discrimination across the nation decreased 6 percent in 2013, seeing a 9 percent decrease in

Tennessee is definitely encouraging,” said Jimmy Lin, vice president of Product Management and Corporate Development at The Network, the company that provided data visualization for this year’s EEOC report. “However, Tennessee still has a ways to go in eliminating harassment and discrimination in the workplace.”

Jenny Richter, the associate director of the Office of Equity and Diversity, was stunned at Tennessee’s progress and said she has never witnessed such a decline in the numbers.

“We’ve been watching the trajectory go up for the number of years,” Richter said, “not just in Tennessee but across the country.”

See HARASSMENT on Page 3

frequenting the Jumbotron screen, Williams was admired by UT Athletics Vol Reporter Sara Mitchell on Twitter, sparking a social media frenzy in Williams’ honor.

“I attended every home game I could after that, getting recognized by the whole fan base, student section and news reporters,” Williams said. “I felt it was now my duty to attend the games and get hype, pump

MFA students defend works illustrating whimsy, absurdity Liv McConnell Copy Editor The botanical, the mechanical, and the absurd are merged and currently on display in the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture for this spring’s Master Thesis Exhibitions.

Highlighting the art of MFA students Andrew Merriss, Daniel Ogletree and Hannah Skoonberg, the exhibit will be shown through April 7 with a reception Friday from 5-8 p.m. in the Ewing Gallery.

Merriss, whose exhibit is entitled “Self/Knot Self,” said he has been preparing since last August for his thesis defense today, an event which will seem infinitesimally short compared to his hours of work. Standing amid his generously-sized canvases, he explained the conceptualization of his art as it relates to self realization.

“It really starts from a more basic reflection on what the self is and what is not the self,” Merriss said. “There’s me and then not me, so at the core it’s that: how we discover our boundaries “Gaff” will be displayed at the Ewing Gallery as as an individual in the world bumping part of the MFA Art Thesis Exhibition featuring against things that tell us where we Andrew Merriss, Daniel Ogletree and Hannah begin and where we end.”

Skoonberg from April 2-8.

See MFA THESIS on Page 6

“Farts are funny, yes, but also a sign of intimacy or equality. Don’t be disgusted by them -- be pleased of your friend status.” @UTKDailyBeacon www.utdailybeacon.com

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It didn’t take long for Cam Sutton to make his name known within the Tennessee Volunteer football program in 2013.

The three-star cornerback from Jonesboro, Ga., was the first freshman to get the infamous black stripe removed from his helmet back in training camp, and from there, it was his year.

Sutton recorded 39 tackles, nine pass deflections and two interceptions – one of which he returned for a touchdown – in his freshman campaign en route to being named to the 2013 Freshman All-SEC coaches first team.

But with so much success in year one of his career, Sutton is looking to be even better in his sophomore season.

“My main goal this year is to be more physical and (being better at) tackling in space,” Sutton said after Tuesday’s practice on Haslam Field.

“That’s what the coaches have set forth on myself and what I have set forth for myself as my goals this year.”

The defensive standout, however, isn’t just taking on a larger role as a defensive back.

He’s also taking on the role of a mentor.

Sutton, who was forced into the starting lineup from day one, starting in all 12 of Tennessee’s games last season, has helped groom early enrollees D’Andre Payne and Emmanuel Moseley – as well as freshman on the other side of the ball – who will also be forced into playing time in 2014.

“I’m big brother to all the young guys,” said Sutton. “Even if it’s offensive guys, I still kind of help them whether it’s academics or on the football field.

(I’m) always staying on top of them.”

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Sutton a ‘big brother’ on defense for Vols in year two

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THE DAILY BEACON • 3 News Editor Hanna Lustig

CAMPUS NEWS continued from Page 1 Richter believes that as more laws and employee education programs are created to teach and enforce nondiscrimination policies, more victims are sure to come forward. At UT, Richter noted that each time she performs a discrimination training session with faculty and staff, she learns of another issue an employee is facing.

“As people come to understand their options,” she said, “they are more likely to use that opportunity.”

Lin asserted that programs like the training sessions ensure employees understand what constitutes harassment and discrimination, as well as how to react when an incident occurs. These, she believes, are responsible for the decrease.

WILLIAMS continued from Page 1 The video will be released Wednesday to promote the Big Orange Friday initiative, which asks all UT supporters to don orange every Friday, year round.

The video will also feature cameos by Butch Jones, Smokey, students from SGA and students from a management class taught by Debbie Mackey, senior lecturer.

“I felt like a movie star,” Williams said. “They felt that I was the perfect person to do it because I don’t have any shame and I’m not self-conscious.

Dancing around in front of the torchbearer decked out in orange and white is just me being myself.”

Already heavily involved with the band, Williams also disk jockeys for WUTK 90.3 under the name DJ Allstate.

Next year, he will serve as a 2014 Welcome Leader and a mentoree in the Multicultural Center Mentor Program.

Sam Gilliam, sophomore in special education, plays trumpet alongside Williams in the Pride of the Southland Band.

Gilliam said that although Williams’ infectious energy can be alarming upon first encounter, people are inevitably drawn to his natural charisma and enthusiasm.

“People want to be

“Instilling strong ethics in employees from day one is crucial in establishing an ethical workplace that’s free of harassment and discrimination,” Lin said.

“A comprehensive workplace harassment training program needs to include periodic education as well as follow-up awareness learning and ongoing awareness communications. It can’t be viewed as a ‘once and done’ exercise.”

Incorporated throughout the year, Richter said every discrimination training session is tailored by department.

Sessions are also offered routinely for new faculty.

When hiring, university recruiters are trained to identify areas that could be viewed as discriminatory.

“Awareness allows people to have better ideas and to make better decisions,” Richter said.

around him and talk to him because he has a genuine love for life,” Gilliam said. “He puts in so much work, (is) always early to band and (is always) giving 110 percent at every game. “... He leads by example and really embodies the Volunteer personality.”

Williams’ favorite aspect of his newly acquired title is the recognition he receives from Volunteer fans. Once, a fan asked him to pose for a photo with her baby in his arms.

“I love putting a smile on the fans’ faces,” Williams said. “My dance moves and loud outbursts seem to be everyone’s favorite. Everyone anticipates what I do when a song comes on or when the opponent is at the free throw line. I’m the ultimate distraction.”

Surprisingly, Williams was never a Vols fan until he arrived at UT. Born and raised in Memphis, Tenn., Williams grew up preferring the Memphis Tigers.

“Before I enrolled to the University of Tennessee, I had nothing to do with the color orange,” Williams said. “I was all about the blue my whole life.”

But now, Williams is a certified “die hard” orange supporter.

“No one can know the difference from me and a lifelong fan.”

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SGA campaigns push for student’s votes 1

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HARASSMENT

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Seizing their last opportunity to garner student support prior to voting, the newest set of student government candidates packed Pedestrian Walkway with tents and tables, talking to students on their way to class. We Are UT, [Insert], Keny-Dugosh and Grant Davis for Trustee spread the word about their policy platforms while handing out free candy and items marked with campaign logos.

Passing students shared their views about the election with The Daily Beacon.

2 “(Kelsey Keny and Connor Dugosh) are both super involved in a lot of areas and I think because of that they really know the needs on campus. They love UT and serving other people and it shows...I think having people like Kelsey who are hard workers and dedicated is vital to keeping things moving here.”

-Diane Ruff, junior in therapeutic recreation

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“(Insert’s) moon base idea is great because UT really needs to expand. Their humor sets them apart. And their connection to students and their soul-capturing feeling of connecting with everyone deeply, intimately even.”

-Mohan Muvvala, junior in biological sciences “I know (Grant Davis) has done a really good job this year and advocated for students with the meal plan situation as well as Sen. Campfield’s student fee bills. He’s clearly experienced and passionate, and he’s also really nice, so I’m definitely voting for him.”

-Victoria Van De Vate, junior in global studies and political science Kelsey Keny, presidental candidate for Keny-Dugosh, speaks with a student about the campaign’s policy points on Pedestrian Walkway on Tuesday.

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Quinn “Stone Cold” Cowan, left, and Kyle “Iceblood” White, center, of the [Insert] campaign hand out push cards to students on Pedestrian Walkway.

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Grant Davis, running for the Board of Trustees position, speaks with a student on Pedestrian Walkway on Tuesday.

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Carly Frensley, right, speaks with a student about the We Are UT campaign on Pedestrian Walkway on Tuesday.

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“When (We Are UT) first came to me and asked me to get on board, they let me know that this is a campaign that is all about representing as many students as we can. They want everyone included, they want everyone’s voice to be heard.”

-Kayley Green, freshman in nursing running for senate representative for the College of Nursing with We Are UT

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Taboo? Says who?

In Rare Forum by

Julie Mrozinski

What is allowed into conversation has come a long way. I’ve argued before that we are possibly the most open generation, but taboos still creep their way into our conversations.

Conversation from my mouth finds almost no filter, barrier or opposition to any subject, but it often meets unwanted ears.

Since I cannot see you cringe, avert your eyes or slowly walk away from me, I give you warning here: The following reflection on taboo subjects may not be to your liking.

For a classic taboo that shall never lose its humor, I present Exhibit A: farting.

While farting is not typically a topic of conversation, it often invades one. Passing gas will forever receive a giggle or laugh from listeners and red-cheeks from the releaser; farting in an interview will not. Farting around your friends, however, should be norm.

Farts are funny, yes, but also a sign of intimacy or equality. Don’t be disgusted by them – be pleased of your friend status.

Next: the dreaded monthly cycle, and I’m not talking about the moon. Although it does reflect a similar pattern of waxing and waning, this cycle relates to hormones, not the night sky. I recently brought up this conversation with a male friend for the first time. After informing my close friend of the anatomical process and its side effect, he was illuminated – just like the moon.

As a nod to Sex Week, this topic really should be explained to our male friends who are bound to run into it eventually. They must be more informed than they are. And a miracle of understanding or empathy might even be sparked from a conversation of this sort.

Moving upwards, our noses play a role within this taboo world, too – we refuse to admit or publicly pick them. Having a nose ring, I am given the social “OK” to play with the one nostril, but what about the other one, or the rest of you? What is wrong with weeding out the unwanted pest within the nostril? Isn’t gardening a good thing?

If I’ve made you feel uncomfortable, I apologize, but I just wonder why these natural bodily functions have taken on taboo statues. The body is a well-oiled and finely operating machine that hasn’t always been treated hush-hush. Is taboo what defines an evolved society; is this our distinction between animal, barbarian or tribal men or women?

The above were the obvious taboos which are often addressed behind closed doors, which may define us as “civilized.” However, the following are the true taboos that have buried themselves because of either awkwardness or the heavy, soul-searching nature they bring out.

Beliefs and feelings.

We have swept our beliefs and feelings under the rug, because they are hard to articulate and awkward to talk about. They have become rare in everyday conversations, but they shouldn’t be.

Who are you if you don’t know what you believe? If we were true to ourselves, we would be asking these questions to ourselves, loved ones, friends. Conversing about our beliefs is the best way to work out kinks in your faith, ask probing questions and find out the truth.

This topic should be with us everyday, and yet it is often relegated to a brief, once-per-week experience.

We are scared to share, to find out we are uncertain and shaky in our beliefs, or to realize our friends’ philosophies on life are different. These realizations are not to be feared, but rather pursued with an open mind and willing ears.

We should also be asking our friends their feelings about how we are performing as a roommate, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, sister, brother, daughter or son.

We don’t ask because we are unsure of how they will answer, but this is exactly why we should check in.

Reach out today and ask for an update or a progress report on how you could better be supporting one another.

I hope I made you uncomfortable today, uncomfortable enough to think of these taboos and confront one of them in conversation.

Julie Mrozinski is a junior in English. She can be reached at jmrozins@utk.edu.

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To the Editor: I’m not in a Greek organization, myself.

Not because I have anything against fraternities or sororities – more because I don’t have an extra few thousand dollars a year to spend on a social club.

I guess I assumed, given how fancy and expensive these clubs are, that they are at least somewhat enjoyable. But apparently I was wrong.

The life of a frat brother or sorority sister, I have learned, is filled with trials and tribulations. This population is oppressed and downtrodden. As I lived the carefree life of a GDI, some of my closest friends have been silently suffering.

Only, well, not so silently. I’ve actually heard quite a lot about how miserable it really is to belong to a club full of people that you have joined voluntarily and that you consider your closest friends!

I know this because this very publication, The Daily Beacon, has taken it upon itself to be a voice of this marginalized people. Just this week, the paper featured a full column about the oppression a columnist has faced as a fraternity brother. Nor is this columnist the only brave defender of Greek life in these hallowed pages. There was another piece about the same thing (from the sorority

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perspective – the male and the female are, of course, bonded by their shared persecution) back on March 14; a third on March 11; a fourth on Feb. 28; a fifth on Jan. 8; a sixth on Nov. 12; and a seventh, as a letter to the editor, on Sept. 13.

The biggest source of this oppression, apparently, is stereotypes.

It’s just so hard, I have learned, when you join a club full of people who share your interests and with whom you deeply intentionally identify, to be told how similar you all are.

It’s tough, when you belong to an organization that costs thousands of dollars a year and therefore necessarily have a higher-than-average income, to be told you are massively privileged.

I’m sure there are some GDIs who will protest that Greek folks do not face a lot of other persecution. They tend to make it pretty easily to the top of a lot of campus organizations, from SAA to SGA to the Editor-in-Chief-ship of The Daily Beacon itself.

But that’s the thing about stereotyping, I have learned from these brave Greek columnists: it is so harmful that even when it’s the biggest obstacle you will ever face in your life, it’s obstacle enough to earn the sympathy of the masses.

In light of this, I propose a new weekly section of The Daily Beacon to be entirely dedicated to exposing the menace that is mean stereotypes of Greek people. That way, instead of having to scour the whole paper to find this week’s article in defense of this marginalized population, it can have a dedicated, easy-to-find location.

This will also rectify the fact that, occasionally, there was no anti-mean-Greekstereotypes column in the paper at all.

Surely a publication of the Beacon’s integrity can meet its goal of standing up for the persecuted Greek population every week of the year.

After all, what else can these persecuted members of well-respected, expensive, purely social clubs do to avoid these stereotypes? Nothing, short of quitting their Greek organizations. But if I’ve learned anything from these columns, it’s that the hardship of enduring stereotypes, rough as it is, must be vastly preferable to the utter grossness of being a GDI. Sincerely, Kathleen Connelly Kathleen Connelly is a senior in philosophy. She can be reached at kconnel3@ utk.edu.

To desire freedom is to desire the womb The Jeremiad by

Jeremy Brunger “The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology” (2012) is a documentary by Slavoj Zizek, the foremost philosopher in the Continental tradition who has made waves in the intelligentsia for two straight decades since publishing “The Sublime Object of Ideology.”

It is long at a bit more than two hours, and it is thoroughly intriguing. I will here provide a rendition of Zizek’s basic insights into the nature of ideology, how it controls and constitutes us, and how it can be dismantled.

To step out of ideology is akin to being born again. The Protestants have similar notions, although they suggest one should rather step into ideology – one of Christ and his Christianity. Zizek recommends adopting one’s real conditions of existence — reality in toto — rather than adopting an ideology, which by definition is a distorted, if comforting, reality.

Here is why this step is important: America is a giant social experiment. Ask any student or professor from abroad about our enormous advertising culture and they’ll

tell you their homelands are not nearly so polluted with propaganda.

Ours is a permanent wartime propaganda — we imitate a post-scarcity society on the verge of both conflict and paradise, even as our individual selves succumb to peculiar and debilitating forms of neurosis. Death becomes us, if we are not careful to guard our thinking from the constant assault the capitalists wreak on our social environment.

The streets are full of noise even if they have no people.

Zizek dissects the nature of propaganda and delves into psychoanalysis. While he admits the Freudian analysis is passé in several of his books, he admits its most basic insights ring true: the unconscious guides our behavior, we are slaves to the irrational and we can be manipulated.

The “mind control” fears of the 1950s and ‘60s might sound silly today, but they are scientifically demonstrable to exist, at least to some degree. We are fundamentally social beings who are constituted by our environment and the people around us — even our grammar, the fundamental structure of our thinking, functions as a received consciousness, a gift we did not ask for.

Advertising operates as a sort of god of one’s consciousness in that it directs desire, manufactures it, and implants it within you.

Watch a fast food commercial that attempts to intertwine the ideas of food and sex in your head and stand in awe at the psycho-

logical power of late capitalism. Zizek knows the American Dream is wielded foremost against its own people.

The terror is within the borders. Rather, the terror is the borders.

Zizek notes that we are not even being subjugated, in the Hegelian sense (we do not exist in a relationship of master and slave, as in feudalism or slavery proper).

Instead, we are taught to be slaves to ourselves: self-control cannot sustain capitalism, and neither can socially-centered behavior.

The serving of oneself, even to the point of mental breakdown, is how late capitalism keeps its processes running.

Zizek’s sociology is a menacing sociology, suggesting we must break with all knowledge if we are to take control of our destinies. Liberation will come from the circumstances of our thinking through other means.

If you want those other means, I suggest you buy Zizek’s books.

Students of UT, just remember this: freedom is, while a lovely idea, most likely a great mythology of the modern period and nothing more. To desire freedom is to desire the womb. Yes, it cages you; but all great ideas in the human mind are paradoxes, unattainable, whimsical and fantastically dangerous if diligently pursued.

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

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Samantha Smoak Online Editor Amid the hype of Social Media Week, UT is nearly buzzing with conversation.

This was especially true after the College of Communication and Information hosted Chris Geidner, BuzzFeed legal editor, to speak about his experience as a journalist and the importance of social media in the Scripps Lab on Monday.

Geidner got his start at the Tribune Chronicle in 2000 before leaving in 2002 to attend law school at Ohio State University.

While in school, discussions regarding LGBT rights began to grow louder and more visible.

Simply to maintain his writing skills, Geidner began blogging about these topics, accidentally becoming part of the first generation of bloggers.

In Geidner’s opinion, a strong online presence holds key to success in the media world today, crediting his current job in part to his Twitter following. “You are creating who you will be known as professionally with your Twitter account, but a big part of that is who you are,�

Geidner said. “It’s not about creating a resume, its about creating a public persona.�

But in crafting that Twitter identity, young reporters face a

BuzzFeed legal editor Chris Geidner, right, talks about his experience as a journalist and the importance of social media in the Scripps Lab on Monday as part of UT’s Social Media Week. fine line between subjectivity and objectivity. “The truth is that the more that you let people know who you are, the more they will be able to judge the things that you are writing,� he said. “People are aware that I am gay ... (and) I am supportive when states grant same sex couples the right to marry, but they also know that I’m probably the reporter hardest in the country on LGBT organizations who are bringing these lawsuits to be public about what they are doing and when they are fighting each other.�

Yet, Geidner said he believes possessing this online persona

does not interfere with his ability to report without bias. “So what some people would question as objectivity, I think is completely objective. It’s just making clear what my vantage point is, where my opinions are coming from, and because I have the ability to talk about anything on Twitter, then people are more aware of what that is.�

Critiqued for its sometimes playful attitude toward the news, Geidner suggested BuzzFeed is in fact an example of how news and entertainment can work together. “The funny pages were in the New York Times,� he said.

In Case You Missed It: Tuesday night at the Baker Center, the SGA candidates participated in a live debate; the Beacon kept up with the key moments:

“This is what it has always been.

Something has to pay for the news coverage.�

However, Geidner said his company can sometimes blur the line between entertainment and media. He admitted that sometimes “it’s messy� and the staff can make mistakes. “There are times that we go too far and there are times that we don’t go far enough,�

Geidner said. “Being willing and able to experiment with media is the great advantage that I have at BuzzFeed that a lot of people at a lot of places don’t have because they’re either afraid to try it or their bosses don’t let them.�

Casey Black, senior in journalism and electronic media, said she finds the incorporation of entertainment into the news particularly interesting. “They really are coming together these days with the Internet being so prevalent in news and digital media,� she said, “so I really liked hearing about how they handle that, because they do get a lot of flack for that.�

Sarah Zimmerman, senior in public relations, shared the same sentiment. “They gave good tips on how to create engaging content and producing things that people really want to read about.�

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6 • THE DAILY BEACON

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

ARTS & CULTURE

pdodson@utk.edu

Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Cortney Roark

croark4@utk.edu

‘HIMYM’ defined by body ‘HIMYM’ finale tears down of work, not just its finale what series worked to build show has taught me: life doesn’t always go according to plan.

The tough ending shouldn’t define the entire series, because one moment doesn’t define a lifetime.

The finale was there to wrap everything up, and it did. If the finale felt rushed or had it’s problems, blame the last season, which should have fleshed out Contributor the moments that need work more than blaming the finale for When I was in middle school, rushing them.

I played baseball. While I didn’t Yeah, we should have had know it at the time, I would stop more of The Mother in the playing baseball competitively finale, but I would have traded at that level. For my last at-bat, less of her in this episode for a though, I wanted something lot more of her throughout the big. I wanted a big hit, to go out season. Why complain about on a high. this one episode when there Instead, I grounded out to have been a handful of episodes second and an inning later, our prior to it that could have been season – and my career – was used as a preface for what we over. saw in this final hurrah for the It’s tough to make those final gang? moments amazing. Sometimes It was disappointing that we succeed and sometimes, like Cristin Milioti, who was the 13-year-old me, we ground out. best part of the final season, “How I Met Your Mother” is didn’t get more screen time, but much more than a show to me; it was also disappointing that it has been my lifeline since my the writers of the show didn’t sophomore year of high school. realize maybe they needed a few During Monday night’s finale, I more episodes than just the last wasn’t losing a television pro- one to work out the ending for gram, I was losing five friends these characters. who I had known for the past The ending went like I’d seven years. imagined. We got that moment Columnist With all of the emotional The Mother and Ted met, and pressure riding on that final epi- it was beautiful. What took sode, it was never going to be as place after was something I had perfect as the audience wanted. always thought might happen, But that’s the lesson this though it was odd to see it

Zach Dennis

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finally come into fruition. But as the credits rolled and the series I loved so much was finally over, I realized something. They did it correctly.

The show that is titled “How I Met Your Mother” isn’t really about meeting this dream girl.

It is about a group of friends living in New York and making life choices together. It is about friendship, and while the romantic in me leaps at the moments when The Mother is hinted at or shown, I have come to realize this friendship is what matters in the end.

Ted found the love of his life, and in the end he got to spend time with her, even if we didn’t get to see most of it.

Whenever I’m watching a baseball game or reading about the latest injury that is plaguing the Texas Rangers, I don’t think of that final at-bat of mine where I grounded out unceremoniously. I think about my love for the entire game.

That’s how I’ll think of “How I Met Your Mother.”

Zach Dennis is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at zdennis@utk.edu.

Cortney Roark Asst. Arts & Culture Editor “How I Met Your Mother” is over.

After nine amazing seasons, there will never be a new HIMYM reference to add to the list. This show is more than just a sitcom to me and the characters have become my friends in many ways. A lot of what I believe about friendship has been taught to me by these characters.

That being said, as I watched the finale, I felt like I was watching my own friends go back on every step forward they had taken.

From Episode 1, we knew Ted met “The Mother” at some point. For nine years we watched his struggle to find the one thing he truly wanted: “The One.” We watched him lose Robin, get left at the alter, get betrayed by his best friend and experience life as it was handed to him.

From each of these experiences, however, future Ted knew exactly why it had to happen. There was a lesson – a reason each terrible event happened to him. That was the point. Ted believed with his whole heart everything hap-

MFA THESIS continued from Page 1 The wordplay of “knot” relates to the incorporation of knots, ties and coils proliferating his work.

“The ‘knot self’ means my self might be knotted up or have tension, or maybe I feel that what’s not me is knotted up and I can’t penetrate it,” he said.

Although all three artists compiled their exhibits independently, coincidence allowed for some overarching themes to connect their work.

“We just kind of found it works really well,” he said. “Hannah’s is very botanical, it’s the garden, and then Daniel’s is all about these machines with some absurdity to it and humor, as well. I’m sort of a mixture of the two.”

Serving as segue between the contrasting themes of natural and manmade, Merriss occupies the middle section of the gallery while Skoonberg’s whimsical delicacies are the first visible

pened for a reason. He believed he would have his perfect ending.

We saw him at his lowest points in life and we heard him reflect on those points years later with advice he would have given himself. We just never imagined future Ted would ignore every piece of this advice.

The issue that seems most concerning is the death of The Mother. Why develop a character for nine years only to kill her off? This, however, could have worked. Ted had his happiness, even if it was for a short period of time. It could have been worth it. Where the finale really misses, though, is Ted ending up with Robin.

Everything about the decision to put Ted and Robin together is wrong. For years, Ted tried to make Robin love him. After the initial break up at the end of Season 2, it’s clear Robin has no interest in being with Ted (Season 7, Episode ?). Every moment of vulnerability seen in Robin post-Season 3 is in relation to Barney.

Which brings me to yet another miss in the finale.

Barney and Robin. Nothing about their divorce was believable. To suddenly turn Barney into a needy husband who doesn’t want to travel goes against his character in every way. The man who strives to have as many legendary nights as possible can’t handle traveling? I don’t buy it.

On top of that, Ted is now willing to live this life with Robin? That is the exact reason works of the space. The idea for “Winter Garden” arose as a nod to the sense of sadness and frailty of a winter’s hibernation, Skoonberg said, although this sadness is rendered ephemeral with the promise of spring.

“There’s definitely the promise of growth,” she said. “Things aren’t really dead in the winter garden, even if they look like they are.”

Furthering this fragile aesthetic was Skoonberg’s chosen medium of a rare Japanese paper known as gampi, a material once used in 13th and 14th century Japan to transport salt, said School of Art instructor Koichi Yamamoto.

“Gampi has a really thin, delicate fiber, but each fiber’s so long that it actually makes the paper really, really strong,” said Yamamoto, who has taught Skoonberg and Ogletree and befriended Merriss. “So there’s that connotation of how seemingly it’s so delicate and fragile and is going to break any minute, although there is an unexpected

the couple broke up in the first place (Season 2). C’mon Ted. Barney and Robin were not the textbook definition of the perfect couple, but every piece of evidence led us to believe that’s what made them work.

Ted himself says, “(Their marriage) wasn’t perfect, but it was legendary.” (Season 9) Those words coming from Ted held so much meaning. That meant he was over Robin for good.

That meant sometimes there’s a bigger plan for our life than what we see. That meant with patience and hope, everything will work out. That meant that, truly, all of the bad leads to something much better. If Ted could have the happy ending he deserved, anyone could. If Barney and Robin could make it despite all of their flaws, any couple willing to work for it could make it.

Ted could have finally sat with his friends in his booth at MacLarens knowing he had met “The One.” It would have been beautiful.

But no.

Ted not only lost the love of his life, he still wasn’t pleased with the time he did have with her. He was still searching.

He ran back into the arms of Robin, the woman who settled for a man she could have had her whole life but didn’t want.

Cortney Roark is a junior in journalism and electronic media and cinema studies. She can be reached at croark4@ utk.edu.

strength in there.”

Making use of other natural mediums such as ash loosely sprinkled over a floor piece, Skoonberg’s botanical essence stands in stark opposition to the work of Ogletree, which depicts seemingly ridiculous machinery.

“His artwork is a representation of ‘The Invention of Need,’” Yamamoto said. “He designed machines that are useless, almost senseless additions to our daily lives, like one machine where you drop a tear into this mechanical device that will give you a piece of paper to make you feel better.

“It’s all about how we deal with our habits and behavior.”

Although these exhibitions are officially only the work of this past school year, Yamamoto believes the artists’ work is the result of their experience as MFA students in its entirety.

“My suspicion is it’s something they’ve been cultivating all along the journey of the MFA program,” he said. “It just blossoms at this point.”

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

ARTS & CULTURE Shakesquery to celebrate the gender-bending Bard Chelsea Faulkner Contributor April is often regarded as a month of contradictions.

In April, the stress of finals mingles with the fresh optimism of the coming spring while the cheer of blooming foliage refreshingly juxtaposes the melancho ly of April rain.

Appropriately, April is also the birth and death month of the notoriously ambiguous yet brilliant playwright, William Shakespeare.

Seeking to honor Shakespeare’s works and to explore the blurred and often contradictory gender and sexual lines they present, the Sundress Academy for the Arts is presenting a Shakespeare-inspired First Friday event entitled “Shakesquery: Shaking Up the Bard.”

For this event, a variety of well-known Shakespearean sonnets and monologues will be performed, such as “Hamlet,” “Much Ado About Nothing” and “Henry IV,” but with one distinction—the genders will be swapped.

“Women will be playing the men’s roles and vice versa,” said Erin Smith, UT English lecturer and managing editor at Sundress Publications.

Of Shakespeare’s 38 plays, about one-fifth involve crossdressing, which creates a mon-

tage of gender-bending, paradoxical themes.

Additionally, as Elizabethan women were generally forbidden to perform in the theater, the female roles were bestowed upon young or effeminate male actors. These performances became especially complex in plays such as “Twelfth Night” and “As You Like It,” where the female protagonists disguise themselves as men.

“We want to play around with the gender notions that are already present in Shakespeare and celebrate his work in a different way,” Smith said.

Author and SAFTA Literary Arts Director T.A. Noonan chose to perform a gender-swapped version of a monologue from one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, “Othello,” after recognizing the depth of genderchallenging notions the speech presented.

“I knew I wanted to do this particular selection because there is so much going on that lends itself to playing with gender,” Noonan said, “partially because Othello is speaking as an – albeit respected – outsider to Venetian society.”

The event will also feature a variety of Shakespeareinspired original poems and sonnets as well as an exclusive screening of local film-

maker Rob Simpson’s postapocalyptic film adaptation of “Macbeth.”

“We really want to bring together all of the different types of art—writing, acting, filmmaking, etc.,” Smith said.

“Shakespeare gives us such an excellent opportunity to do that. “ To end the evening, audience members will be given the opportunity to showcase their acting skills in “Shakespearoke,” a fun-filled Shakespeare karaoke event in which participants can choose from a selection of monologues and then perform them onstage as the words roll on a screen.

“You might crash and burn, or you might do surprisingly well,” said Adam Crandall, SAFTA performing arts intern and UT alum. “Either way, it should be a lot of fun.”

“Shakesquery: Shaking Up the Bard” will be held Friday, April 4, from 5-9 p.m. at The Jack Cellar on Gay Street, located in the downstairs of Skybox restaurant. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet and greet performers, writers and SAFTA staff from 5-6 p.m. with performances starting shortly after.

For updates and driving directions, visit the event page “Shakesquery: Shaking Up the Bard… A SAFTA First Friday Event,” on Facebook.

Irish ‘sage’ shares novel about family, heritage Hannah Moulton Contributor Irish expatriate Patrick O’Keeffe read from his newest publication, “The Visitors,” at the Writers in the Library event Monday night.

“The Visitors,” which was published last week, is O’Keeffe’s first novel. His first book, “The Hill Road,” was a collection of novellas.

Introducing O’Keeffe was UT Writer-in-Residence Christopher Hebert. Hebert met O’Keeffe in his 20s at the University of Michigan where O’Keeffe was a student in the graduate writing program. Hebert praised him as “something of a literary sage” and spoke of how he and his classmates would flock to hear O’Keeffe speak about the works of various literary icons.

“At a time when everyone around us was desperate to become the next young literary phenom with a six-figure advance, Patrick was in no hurry,” Herbert said. “And you can hear Patrick’s patience in every single line of his books.

“Patrick’s passion was something we could all admire, but never quite equal.”

Before beginning his reading, O’Keeffe gave a short summary of the two chapters he planned to read from.

The novel centers on the history of two Irish families and the secrets, love and heritage they share.

O’Keeffe’s main character, James Dwyer, moves from his Irish home to a town in Michigan. A stranger named Walter shows up on James’ doorstep bringing a message from James’ childhood neighbor, Kevin Lyons. In the message, Kevin asks for James to visit him at his current residence in Hudson Valley, N.Y. “His prose was really meticulous, it was very lively,” said Rachael MacLean, a sophomore double majoring in English and history.

At the end of the reading, the audience was given a chance to ask O’Keeffe questions about his writing. An audience member inquired what it was like to transition from writing novellas to writing a novel.

“The beginning was really, really hard because you’re in it for the long haul, right?”

O’Keeffe said. “When I got into it, I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed the attention and the focus of it.”

O’Keeffe then explained the difference in his writing process, saying that with the novel he had a central event in his plot he was constantly writing towards.

Not all aspects of the book were planned ahead though, and O’Keeffe surprised himself when plotlines began to naturally flow out of his writing.

“When I first started to write the stories of the families, that all came together in the writing,” he said.

O’Keeffe said it took two years to even start to put his ideas on paper. He admitted he wanted to get to know his characters and get a feel of their history like it was his own.

In part, it was. O’Keeffe used his hometown, County Limerick, as the Irish background for his characters. The central idea of family and heritage in the novel also comes from O’Keeffe’s value of his own family and the history they share.

“When I talk to my family, because I suppose our lives are so different, we have to talk about the past,” O’Keeffe said. “Our daily lives are not that important compared to stories we shared in the past.”

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Clarence Brown favorite reflects on growth of self, craft at UT Liv McConnell Copy Editor “Hello. Goodbye.”

Two words; that’s the entire line. And a 10-year-old Tramell Tillman is “absolutely petrified” to say them.

“I was doing a church play and I had one line and was scared to do it,” Tillman, a now 28-year-old MFA in Theater, said of his first moment on stage. “But I got up there and I had fun and enjoyed what I was doing, and there was just this electricity that happened.”

Now boasting far more critically acclaimed notches in his theatrical belt than Sunday school productions, Tillman’s Knoxville work has included roles in “A Raisin in the Sun,” “The Little Prince” and “The Whipping Man.” At the end of the month, he will take his final turn on Clarence Brown Theatre’s stage with “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” a production he calls a “truly collaborative effort.”

“It’s a great way to end my graduate career here at UT,” he said.

With graduation this May promising to see the Marylandborn actor returning north to a New York theater company, Tillman said he will leave Knoxville with a freshly acquired appreciation of community spirit.

“I’ve grown so much since I’ve come here, not just artistically but as a person,” he said.

“I’ve learned so many things about who I am as a person, enhancing my social skills, learning how to survive and understanding that you can’t do everything on your own.”

During his second year as a MFA student, Tillman was subject to an incident that forced the self-described “extreme independent” to open himself to the need for community support.

“I was walking alone on the

Hill and I was the only African American there when a car pulled up in front of me and they yelled, ‘White power, white power,” he said. “Immediately I froze in my tracks and turned and looked around. I was in a crowd of people, but I was alone because clearly they were talking to only me.”

Tillman, who came to Knoxville from an environment of acute racial violence in Jackson, Miss., felt threatened to the point of questioning whether he could continue with his studies at UT. Formerly opposed to allowing strangers into his “bubble,” he made the decision to reach out to classmates and faculty mentors, including Head of Acting Jed Diamond, for support.

“Tramell was brave enough to open up with his ensemble and his faculty about how it affected him,” Diamond said.

“To bring that into the room and try to process a piece of it openly is an act of courage and trust and faith that Tramell initiated and carried through with great strength of character.

“We tried to stand with him in the pain with the respect and sympathy and love we bear him.”

Tillman is “grateful” for the resulting flood of camaraderie he received from the theater department.

“I was reminded there were people around me who cared and did not feel that same way as those people with their ugliness,” he said.

The dialogue this event opened about the historical and modern impacts of racism proved a helpful tool for February’s production of “The Whipping Man,” in which Tillman played a former slave at the end of the Civil War. “I can’t express the joy and amazement I got when people came up to me and said my work in ‘The Whipping Man’ touched them, that it was rewarding, how they were in

tears,” Tillman said. “It was a controversial piece of theater and I wasn’t even sure how it was going to do in Knoxville, but the community embraced it.”

The actor’s mother was one such touched audience member.

“I could not explain how elated I was (to see it),” said Jae Tillman, who was originally “flabbergasted” by her son’s switch from studying pre-med to acting as an undergraduate. “In the church plays he performed in Maryland, we always stressed to him, ‘Be in character’ ... it’s up to you to bring that character to life and make us feel it. And I think that’s what he does when he is on stage.”

Johanna Dunphy, fellow third-year MFA in Theater who has co-starred with Tillman in five CBT productions, said she finds inspiration in his dedication to fully fleshing out characters.

“Even when the show is open, he’s always searching for what makes his characters tick,” Dunphy said. “His need to search is infectious, and he inspired me to keep digging to find what was at the core of the people we were playing.

“He dives into a character and presents a full version as opposed to a performative version of a human being.”

Tillman, who stresses he always approaches his roles as “people, not characters,” finds this ability to delve into other psyches and give a voice to larger ideals or underrepresented groups “empowering.”

“I’m not on stage performing for myself, it’s for society and to give a message or be a mirror for someone else to speak through,” Tillman said. “That’s the kind of work I want to do, and to be able to continue my work not just on a local level, but on a national and even international level in order to make a profound impact in my craft.”

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron

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CUONZO continued from Page 1 UT finished the 201314 season with a surprise Sweet 16 run as a No. 11 seed. The Vols defeated Iowa in a play-in game, then upset 6-seed Massachusetts before toppling 14-seed Mercer and narrowly losing to 2-seed Michigan on Friday.

But it was a rocky road to get there. Martin faced unprecedented scrutiny from the fan base amid two NIT appearances in

his first two seasons. With the team struggling to gain momentum for a NCAA tournament run late this season, an online petition endorsing the firing of Martin and re-hiring of Bruce Pearl went viral, surpassing 36,000 signatures.

Martin addressed the fan base directly in his statement.

“I appreciate the unrivaled passion of this fanbase and feel the responsibility to make those fans proud,” Martin said. “I also appreciate the commitment that the universi-

BASEBALL

ETSU stifles UT’s bats, squeaks past Vols 2-1 Dargan Southard Assistant Sports Editor The success came instantly — three consecutive weekend sweeps, the best start in program history and a national ranking just a week into the season.

But now as the dark times creep in for Dave Serrano’s Volunteers — who are now losers of four straight after falling 2-1 to East Tennessee State Tuesday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium — the thirdyear head man is rather unimpressed with how the negativity has taken such a signifcant toll.

“We haven’t handled adversity good at all,” Serrano said.

“The looks on our faces, we’re feeling sorry for ourselves.”

After a heartbreaking weekend sweep to South Carolina that included a pair of walkoff losses, the latest chapter was written Tuesday night as the UT bats failed to produce yet again, scraping out a mere three hits through the first six innings.

The Vols (19-8) have now scored just one run in their last 23 frames — a stretch that

ty and athletic department leadership have shown to this staff.

“I am excited about the future and remain honored to be the head basketball coach at Tennessee.”

Martin’s current contract has two years left with an annual base salary of $1.35 million. That is believed to make him the 11th-highest-paid head coach in the SEC, despite his 32 conference wins, good for third-most among coaches in the conference during that three-year span.

also saw UT go 17 2/3 innings without scoring — and have left 14 men on base in their previous two contests.

“We’ve got to get out of this,” Serrano said. “We can’t rely on anyone else to help us get out of it. We’ve got to do it ourselves, and that’s part of athletics.

“We’ve got to start generating something to start getting some excitement back in the dugout and get some excitement back on the field.”

Early on, however, it was the visiting Buccaneers (1413) who produced the necessary buzz with the help of their now-nationally prominent first baseman Clinton Freeman.

Coming off a week in which he batted .800 (8-for-10), slugged four homers and garnered national player of the week honors by both National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Louisville Slugger, Freeman may very well have been the hottest hitter in the country heading into Tuesdays in-state bout.

“I know he’s a home run hitter,” Serrano said. “He has an uphill swing.”

And in the fourth — after Bucs third baseman Chris

SPRING PRACTICE continued from Page 1 Moseley, a 5-foot-11, 165-pound freshman from Greensboro, N.C., has stood out to Sutton.

“He’s a pretty hard worker,” Sutton said. “He’s just always in there trying to get into film. He’s always coming to me or to the other (defensive backs) asking questions and he wants to work.

We need those kinds of guys on the field.”

No Stone left unturned During Tennessee’s Pro Day on Wednesday, former center James Stone will have his opportunity to impress NFL scouts with his talent as he attempts to be selected in

Cook reached on a fielder’s choice — Freeman unloaded on a Kyle Serrano (2-1) breaking ball, smacking the 0-1 pitch squarely off the right field light pole for a 2-0 ETSU lead.

“I don’t think it was a bad pitch that Kyle threw,” Dave Serrano said. “It’s probably more of a bad call on my part.

It was a breaking ball that went right into his swing. I kicked myself because I was gonna go changeup there, and I decided to go breaking ball.

“We faced him a lot over the years, and I know he’s a good hitter and has got a lot of power.”

UT responded in the bottom half, however, needing just a single base knock to bring home its only run of the contest.

After freshman Nick Senzel walked and advanced to second on a balk, third baseman Taylor Smart — UT’s top hitter with a .344 average — laced a two-out RBI single to left field, slicing the ETSU advantage in half at 2-1.

From there on, though, Dave Serrano’s squad could only muster one runner past second base as a quartet of Buccaneer hurlers stifled

May’s NFL Draft.

In the Vols’ spring practices, however, his replacement – Mack Crowder – has gotten the chance to fill the shoes of his NFL-hopeful predecessor.

But while Stone was a decorated offensive lineman in his four years at Tennessee, his most important role came as an on-field leader – like the rest of his departing lineman.

That role has now been passed to Crowder.

“It’s nice, but I have to take over his leadership role, which is pretty difficult,” said Crowder. “But I think I’m up for the challenge, so we’ll see what happens.”

In his three years behind Stone, the redshirt junior learned his fair share, including a trait UT head

the UT lumber in the latter innings.

Freeman, who took the mound in the eighth after delivering the eventual gameclinching blast, capped off the upset victory with two scoreless frames, striking out four en route to his seventh save of the season.

“An in-state school, they always want to beat Tennessee,” Smart said, “so you’re always going to have a target on your back.”

As a whole though, the Bucs had little to show on the offensive end. The Vols trotted out their own plethora of pitching as six UT hurlers allowed just a total of three hits and one walk with five punch outs.

In his first start since Feb. 19, sophomore Andy Cox got the train rolling with a pair of scoreless frames and no major hiccups followed aside from the Freeman blast.

That, however, doesn’t calm the heated feelings of displeasure swirling through the UT camp.

“Are we disappointed?”

Serrano asked rhetorically.

“Absolutely. ... I hate losing, and I want our team to hate losing.”

coach Butch Jones stresses more than anything: consistency.

“Just how to bring the intensity everyday,” said Crowder of what Stone taught him. “He was great at just never having ups and downs.

“He was just consistent and that’s one of the best things to be as an offensive linemen is consistent.”

Injury update In Tuesday’s practice, sophomore wide receiver Marquez North and senior cornerback Justin Coleman sported green, no-contact jerseys. Their status, however, was not mentioned following practice.

True freshman running back Jalen Hurd was also wearing a heavy brace on his left arm that he also wore in Saturday’s scrimmage.