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Monday, April 7, 2014

Issue 57, Volume 125

Motionhouse dives into success at Cox Auditorium Hannah Moulton Contributor The lights in Cox Auditorium faded and a spotlight was cast on a single dancer and a large ramp. The dancer began to move in gracefully balanced movements as others crept on stage to join him. The dancers belong to Motionhouse, a UK-based dance theater company. Saturday night the group per-

formed “Scattered,” its most recent production. The company has performed its show in venues in the United States, Europe and China since 2009. “Scattered,” is performed on a curved floor that looks similar to a skateboard ramp. The dancers dive from the top of the ramp and slide to the floor while also keeping their dance form. The action of leaping off the tall ramp was shocking for some audience members. “My favorite part was when

the girl was on the stage and she fell down,” Kennedy Stieff, freshman in therapeutic recreation, said. “I thought she was going to break her neck.” The dancers not only slide down the ramp, they also climb up. This act was performed without assistance at times. In some of the dances, however, harnesses and assistance from another dancer were involved in the climbing act. The ramp wasn’t only used for climbing. A projec-

tion was shown on the ramp throughout the performance. The projection featured various scenes that would change as each new dance was performed. The scenes featured various landscapes like waterfalls, the Arctic and desert climates. The backgrounds gave the illusion of being interactive as they would shift and change with movements of the dancers. In scenes involved with water, the dancers would

crash into the ramp, and the water scene behind them would splash and ripple as if it was real water. In one part of the performance, the dancers hung from the top of the ramp while the scene behind them gave them the appearance of being melting ice. When the ice completely melted, the dancers slid down the ramp like they were melted water.

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ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 3 Käthe Kollwitz, representing the German artist, speaks about the Guerrila Girl movement in the UC Auditorium on Thursday night. She discusses the origin of the movement in New York City in 1995 and the group’s goals regarding feminism.

Dance for their lives: philanthropy event raises funds to fight cancer ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 5

Lady Vols softball nearly swept under Tiger’ rug SPORTS >>pg. 6

Not monkeying around Feminist group Guerrilla Girls challenge art sexism Jenna Butz Staff Writer “Feminist bananas” in hand, a gorilla – or, rather, Guerrilla Girl Kathe Kollwitz – took UT by storm Thursday night in the UC Auditorium. Taking her pseudonym in honor of the famous female artist, Kollwitz appeared as a member of Guerrilla Girls, a feminist activism group. Founded in 1985, the group produces numerous books, exhibits and performances throughout the country, which call attention to sexism and racism in art. Hosted by the Women’s Coordinating Council, Kollwitz explained Guerrilla Girls’ central mission: “reinventing the f-word – feminism.” “Over 55 women have been members of the Guerrilla Girls,” Kollwitz

said. “Some for weeks, some for decades. So, who knew that our work would cause all hell to break loose? Who knew it would cause a major crisis of conscious of diversity in the art world? A subject that museums, collectors and critics ignored and denied for a long, long time.” One of Guerrilla Girls’ biggest campaigns consists of a poster, asking “Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?” In 1989, the answer read “less than 5 percent of the artists in the Modern Art sections are women, but 85 percent of the nudes are female.” In 2012, the answer was only slightly different: “less than 4 percent of the artists in the Modern Art sections are women, but 76 percent of the nudes are female.” To combat anti-feminism in art, the group began to create its own

Dargan Southard Assistant Sports Editor The prospect of playing a day game after a late-night contest is enough to make many ballplayers cringe. That is, unless an abundance of energy and excitement is still flowing from a dramatic, walkoff finish that occurred the evening before. “You’re on the brink of maybe some negative stuff happening, and then — all of a sudden — something good happens,” head coach Dave Serrano said. “It turns everything around.” And, just a mere 15 hours after Nathaniel Maggio’s game-winning single gave the Volunteers baseball squad a monumental comeback win over No. 7 Vanderbilt late Saturday night, No. 25 Tennessee returned to Lindsey Nelson Stadium and thrashed the Commodores, 7-0, in the weekend finale Sunday afternoon. But more on Maggio’s heroics later. Right now, it’s about the overall impact of a much-needed SEC series victory over an in-state rival. “I’ve been waiting a long time for a defining moment, and I think beating Vanderbilt here at home is a defining moment,” Serrano said. “We had an opportunity last weekend against South Carolina, and it got yanked from us. It was beautiful how the schedule was set up that we got another great opponent in Vanderbilt — a highly-ranked team. “And to beat them two out of three after losing the first game is a tip of the hat to our players.” Sunday’s victory gave the Vols (21-9, 5-7 SEC) their first series win over Vanderbilt (25-8, 6-6) since 2010 and the first nine-inning shutout of the Commodores since March 3, 1985. But unlike the Game Two thriller, the Vols eliminated any drama in the early innings on Sunday, scoring four times in the first three frames. In the second, Serrano squad took advantage of a handful of Vanderbilt miscues, scoring twice with the help of two wild pitches and a catcher’s interference. One inning later, the Vols pushed across another pair — this time with a more offensive prowess. Center fielder Derek Lance — who finished the series 3-for-7 with five RBI — launched a home run into the left field porch seats to open the third, and three batters later, Scott Price tripled home A.J. Simcox to give UT an instant 4-0 advantage.

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exhibits. Eventually, members were asked to show their work in the very art museums they critique, allowing them to protest views of women from within. Anne Epley, junior in anthropology, attended Thursday’s presentation at her friend’s behest, who had seen work by Guerrilla Girls in the Tate Modern during a trip to London. Epley and companion Lexi Clark, junior in art history, were interested to hear Kollwitz personally explain the group’s pieces. “I’ve always been kind of a feminist, and I like listening to topics like this,” Epley said. “I’m on Reddit a lot, and usually it’s just like feminism is a really bad thing online, and I hate that. I hate that so much. “So, it’s nice to come and be reassured every once in a while.”

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Vols’ defensive players are ‘marshmallows’ no more SPORTS >>pg. 6

Hodges makes reading ‘fun’ with leisure section Melodi Erdogan Managing Editor The John C. Hodges Library houses 3 million books. From academic volumes to periodicals to computer resources, the 6-level library is home to stacks on stacks of texts. However, much of it can be intimidating, notes science librarian Teresa Underwood Berry.

This is why in 2006 she introduced the concept of a leisure reading section for UT’s main library, after receiving specific requests for certain popular novels and series some eight years ago. The objective of the leisure reading section, Berry explained, is to provide students and faculty with a separate section of books that offered a selection of fiction, science fiction, mystery/spy

and more; essentially, a selection of books that are convenient for library visitors looking for something lighter to read. “I don’t care what you read, it could be trashy or low-level or what have you, as long as you read, I think it just makes you a better student,” Berry said. “Reading can be fun, and not everything is like those required readings you have to do.” Although she does not get

specific requests often, Berry said she encourages students to speak up if certain books they are looking for are not available in the leisure reading section. Otherwise, she chooses books and series based on best-seller lists, reviews and what’s current in popular culture, spending around $6,000 a year from money donated to Hodges Library. Shelby Rae Stringfield, junior in English with a concen-

tration in creative writing and editor-in-chief of The Phoenix Literary Arts Magazine and frequenter of Hodges’ leisure reading section, said she likes to unwind with leisure reading before she goes to bed. Stringfield said she does a lot of reading for class, “some of it enjoyable and some of it rather difficult.” See READING on Page 2

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“And the thing is, many Americans citizens agree with this. Problem? Yes.” SPORTS >>pg. 8

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