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Central Program Council hosts inagural Poetry Week >>See page 10

Head baseball coach Dave Serano gives team “D- to F” grade for season thus far >>See page 12

i-n-t-e-r-p-r-e-t-a-t-i-o-n It doesn’t have to be spoken to be a language. Just ask UT’s ASL interpretation students. See more on page 5.

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Rubio tells supporters he is running for White House Associated Press

Larry Holbert, senior maintenance specialist “If the opportunity arises, take it. I would tell every single person on campus that if I had the chance. Never say no to an opportunity you receive.”

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MIAMI (AP) — Hoping to turn his youth into a benefit, Sen. Marco Rubio entered the presidential race Monday with a promise to move the nation beyond the politics of the past, a jab at both Democratic favorite Hillary Rodham Clinton and his one-time Republican mentor, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

Standing in front of a banner that proclaimed “A New American Century,” the 43-year-old Cuban-American used his first speech as a presidential candidate to take on two of America’s political dynasties. In doing so, he bet heavily on the electorate’s frustrations with Washington and his ability to change how his party is seen by voters.

“This election is not just about what laws we will pass,” he said Monday evening. “It is a generational choice about what kind of country we will be.”

He said it’s also a choice between the haves and have-nots, nodding to his own upbringing by working-class parents. “I live in an exceptional country where even the son of a bartender and a maid can have the same dreams and the same future as those who come from

power and privilege.”

Rubio spoke first to his top donors a day after Clinton announced her bid for the Democratic nomination and as she was traveling to Iowa on her first trip as a candidate. Rubio, a first-term Republican from Florida, told his most generous backers that he feels “uniquely qualified” to pitch his party as one that will defend the American Dream.

Rubio said the dream is slipping away for too many families and young Americans face unequal opportunities to succeed. He’s banking on the hope that he, alone among many GOP rivals, can make inroads with groups that have long eluded Republicans — young people, minorities and the less affluent.

“I feel uniquely qualified to not just make that argument, but to outline the policies that we need to have in order to achieve it,” he said.

Clinton’s entrance into the race with an online video Sunday is robbing some attention from Rubio’s splash into the race. But Rubio saw an opportunity to cast the presidential contest as one between a fresh face representing a new generation of leadership and familiar faces harking back decades — namely, the 62-yearold Bush and the 67-year-old Clinton.

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UT student replaces spring break parties with pro bono law Altaf Nanavati Staff Writer

While spring break was a time for most to relax and take a vacation away from school work and responsibility, Spenser Powell, first-year law student at UT College of Law, spent a week away from campus that was far from idle.

Powell spent his time applying his education and expertise helping those in need of legal services and did so free of charge.

Alongside a group of 50 other UT law students, Powell took part in the Alternative Spring Break program through the College of Law’s UT Pro Bono program, traveling to Chattanooga to work with the advocacy organization La Paz. The majority of his work was focused on helping a group of clients process the paperwork that was needed for them to get permanent citizenship status, stressing the importance of the clients filling out these forms and the consequences if they failed to do so correctly.

“The biggest hurdle in all of this is the complexity in the forms that are necessary to apply for citizenship and getting all the information to fill out the paper work,” Powell said. “Any errors in the paperwork could not just result in delaying their citizenship but could also come with

significant cost.”

Powell said he believed the program was tailored perfectly for him, considering his past experience doing pro bono work, the program’s provision for free legal assistance for those in need and its purpose to make his vacation a constructive and positive one.

“I have done different pro bono projects through the College of Law and through the Legal Aid of East Tennessee over the course of the last year,” Powell said.

The clients that are usually part of these pro bono cases, Powell explained, are in a desperate need for legal services and are unable get it anywhere else.

“The reason why these people are coming to us is that they didn’t have enough money to hire a lawyer to do this for them,” Powell said. “For most people who don’t have experience in dealing with complicated legal documents, which is almost everyone, filling out these forms by themselves would have been extremely difficult.”

Second-year law student Patrick Morrison was the site leader for the Chattanooga trip and said that Powell was never stressed about the heavy workload and brought valuable leadership skills to the program.

“Spenser’s work was beneficial to the program because of the level of leadership and profession-

alism he brought to the table,” Morrison said.

“Spenser was eager to get to work. He and his partner even took on an additional client because they believed they could handle the workload.”

Powell said this program also offered a valuable learning experience for him.

“It gave me exposure to immigration law which is usually a practice in law that you don’t get a lot of initial exposure to in law school,” Powell said. “It’s a particularly complicated area of law that I now have some basic experience in.”

When it comes to choosing a career path, Powell said he wants to focus more on civil litigation. However, Powell pointed out that he will most likely continue pro bono work on the side.

“A lot of firms are encouraging their younger associates to get involved in pro bono work and are recognizing the need for it,” Powell said. “I am hoping that this is something that I continue to do and make use of this past experience for that purpose.”

Powell said he believes that this program can serve as an excellent learning opportunity for anyone who has an interest in pro bono work.

“I think just generally getting involved in pro bono work is something that is good for everybody,” Powell said. “Having that experience will be very helpful in going forward in my career personally and professionally.”

Tennessee legislators look to enact future abortion laws Hannah Marley Staff Writer

Tennessee legislators have been busy since November.

Of the three bills concerning regulations for women seeking abortions and the clinics that provide the necessary procedures, two will be up for a vote by the Tennessee General Assembly on Wednesday.

The third bill, which was written by Republican Rep. Rick Womick, would require women to have a mandatory ultrasound prior to receiving an abortion and have the fetus described to her by the physician, has been tabled until further notice.

The two bills that will be reviewed Wednesday are described below: 48-hour waiting period and informed consent The first bill, sponsored by Republican of Rep. Debra Moody of Covington, Tennessee, would require a 48-hour waiting period between when a woman is provided with abortion information and when she can schedule the procedure. The woman would also be required to provide the operating physician with a script of consent to ensure she is informed of the procedure. The physician would be required to read the script to her.

Failure to meet these requirements would be

considered a Class E felony.

Dr. Richard Briggs, Knoxville’s Republican representative and cardiovascular surgeon, said the government has no business interrupting the physician and patient relationship.

He added that the information included in the informed consent script would be selective and does not fairly represent the accuracy of the information a physician can provide his patients.

“I’m a medical doctor, and I don’t think the legislature needs to be dictating what doctors say to patients,” Briggs said. “We don’t need the government in the examining room with the doctor and the patient telling the doctors what they need to say. They don’t have a license to practice medicine, and that relationship is confidential.

That’s personal.”

President of the Middle and East Tennessee Planned Parenthood Jeff Teague said their organization already provides women that come to them seeking abortions with information about their services as well as any alternatives that might be better suited for them.

Teague said he believes the informed consent and waiting period bill isn’t about providing women with information or safe procedures, but instead meant to prevent them from accessing abortions in a timely manner.

“What’s being proposed is not about safety, it’s not about information,” Teague said. “It’s about creating barriers to access safe abortions in each state.”

He further added that the extra trips and

waiting period could prevent low-income women from receiving abortions by increasing travel costs, presenting many women with an increased financial burden.

Ambulatory centers and clinic standards The second bill, written by Republican Rep. Susan Lynn of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, would require all clinics that provide 50 or more abortions every year to become a licensed ambulatory surgical treatment center. This would require clinics to provide a list of building and medical staff and abide by inspection regulations in order to remain operational.

Briggs said he is in favor of this bill, stating that based on his experience, any kind of open and invasive surgeries should be highly regulated to ensure the safety of the patients involved.

“I’m going to vote for that one because you’re going to be using instruments inside a body cavity, you need to have higher standards,” Briggs said. “I think that is a positive bill for women, it protects women.”

As of 2011, Tennessee only had 14 abortion clinics. Currently, four clinics across the state meet the standards of an ambulatory care center, and a fifth clinic is on inactive status, according to the Department of Health.

If this bill passes, Tennessee will become one of 23 states with stricter standards on abortion surgery centers, including Texas, where a similar bill is currently being challenged in the Court of Appeals.

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Interpreting major explores deaf culture on campus and beyond Heidi Hill

Copy Editor Just give me a sign.

On the second floor of the Bailey Education Complex, students in UT’s educational interpreting program make the most engaging conversations effortless with an array of facial expressions and body movements.

Amid a few unusually silent hallways, Maggie McLaughlin, junior in interpreting, spends her days with her interpreting peers practicing and perfecting an alphabet known as American Sign Language.

“Before I thought it was just English translated, but it’s really not,” McLaughlin said. “It’s a whole other language just like you would be translating Spanish or French.”

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders describes ASL as “separate and completely distinct from the English language.” Interpreters like McLaughlin emphasize facial expressions and visual cues to converse fluidly with others.

“In English, people can raise their voice or they can lower their voice or change their pitch. The way they talk changes the meaning of what they say,” McLaughlin explained. “The expression in ASL really translates the meaning through your body and you can just reverse a sign completely by doing your eyebrows differently or your mouth. You have to use that with everything.”

Due to this heavy reliance on visuals, McLaughlin said most within the deaf community evoke a characteristic candor in conversation.

“It’s really just a whole culture shift, so the way they describe people, what they’re thinking, anything that might be awkward, they’ll sign it,” McLaughlin said. “I think it’s just their way of having full communication. It is very normal for them to ask a very personal question

or comment on how you look.”

Carol LaCava, coordinator for UT’s educational interpreting program, has an extensive knowledge of this intimate method of communication, that comes from 25 years of interpreting experience and attending Maryville College — the first college to develop a bachelor’s degree program for educational interpreters in the United States.

Today, Maryville College and UT are currently the only four-year interpreting programs offered in the state of Tennessee.

LaCava said she has witnessed a greater integration of the deaf community from residential schools like Knoxville’s Tennessee School for the Deaf into the local, public education in the last 20 years.

“Since an interpreter is in the classroom everyday and all the other hearing students are seeing this and hearing this and learning from the interpreter, there’s just a lot more awareness,” LaCava said. “We get students that grew up with a deaf student and an interpreter, so they knew early on that interpreting was a profession, [that it’s] an option.”

Like most interpreters, LaCava can work professionally in a variety of settings including hospitals, nursing homes, mental health facilities, business offices, courtrooms, schools, universities and entertainment venues, like Clarence Brown Theatre.

An interpreter’s flexibility in such environments, LaCava explained, makes for the most successful interpreting in these professional fields.

“You can find yourself in any number of situations,” LaCava said. “You can be in an emergency room with blood and guts everywhere and then you’re gonna go interpret for the governor or interpret for a class.

“It’s always challenging. It’s never boring, but you do have to be very flexible and get along with people because things change at a moment’s notice.”

Among these challenges is the delicate process of earning the deaf community’s trust as an interpreter and mediator between the hearing and deaf realms.

For Calvin Farley, an ASL instructor and member of Knoxville’s deaf community, establishing a fundamental trust between a deaf person and interpreter is necessary to ensure the best results.

“When an interpreter comes in, I may think they’re strange, but I need to trust them,” Farley said. “There’s that leap of faith. You’ve got to be able to trust the interpreter, know that what they’re saying, what the hearing person is saying is properly interpreted.”

Farley, however, noted that an interpreter will never be able to fully integrate and understand the deaf culture while still being a hearing person.

“Even a child like [my son] a CODA, a child of a deaf adult, they will understand about 90 percent, but they will not fully understand because they are hearing,” Farley said. “They will certainly understand the signing aspect of it, but a hearing person, even a CODA, they aren’t as dependent on things like sight like a hearing person is.”

For McLaughlin, the gap can be bridged with available technologies like Video Relay Services, a Skype-like program that connects deaf individuals and interpreters, as well as long-term friendships within the deaf community.

“I think you just kind of realize it’s happening when they start seeing you not as one of them, but as a part of their culture,” McLaughlin said.

“I don’t think they would ever say ‘I appreciate you talking with me,’ but it’s a trust that’s implied.”

Special thanks to Mallory Corzine, sophomore in educational interpreting, and Victoria Baker, junior in educational interpreting, for assisting in the interview with Calvin Farley.

Hillary Clinton’s long road back into presidential politics Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton spent nearly two years tiptoeing around a decision to run for president that much of the political world assumed was a done deal.

Clinton didn’t make a final call until the holidays. She spent her annual Christmas vacation last year in the Dominican Republic wading through 500 pages of memos and polling analysis, and discussing the material with her husband, former two-term President Bill Clinton.

When Clinton returned to New York in the new year, there was no meeting with staff or email to friends to announce her candidacy.

The former senator and secretary of state sim-

ply started telling advisers to move forward with hiring and find a campaign headquarters.

Clinton formally launched her campaign Sunday in an online video. The announcement cements her status as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, back within sight of an elusive ambition and a history-making turn as the nation’s first female commander in chief.

Already one of the world’s most analyzed figures, the 67-year-old will be subjected to months more scrutiny of her wealth, her appearance and health, and her personal relationships.

To Clinton’s critics, her campaign is the calculated next act in a master plan she’s crafted with her husband.

Clinton friends bristle at that depiction.

Interviews with nearly 20 people who have spent significant time with Clinton in recent years reveal a decision-making process that was slow, almost painstakingly deliberate, a reflection of Clinton’s methodical and cautious nature. Some of those interviewed requested anonymity in order to speak candidly about their private conversations with Clinton.

Clinton didn’t shut down talk of another White House run after she left the State Department in early 2013, but she wasn’t ready to jump back into presidential politics either.

After returning to private life for the first time in more than two decades, Clinton told people that her main goals were to “walk, sleep and eat.”

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Competition winners to open at Volapalooza relationship and gave us incentive to start this band.”

Staff Writer The two consider themselves to be popinfluenced indie rockers, whose sound ultiGraduation signifies that time of year when mately earned them a position on this year’s an elite class of highly trained men and women Vola lineup.

“We listened to a lot of Arctic Monkeys and prepare to tackle the rest of their lives, whether their mission is graduate school or entering the a lot of rap. We also listen to a lot of Tame Impala, but not a lot of that seems to make its work force.

For the rest of UT and the city of Knoxville, way into the tracks,” Black said of the creation however, it simply means it’s Volapalooza time of their sound.

David Laubach, chair of the Campus in Tennessee once again.

Also returning as a precursor to this year’s Entertainment Board and committee chairperevent was the Battle of the Bands, hosted son of Volapalooza, revived the Battle of the Bands event last by the Campus year and coordiEntertainment nated it again this Board.

The year. grand prize win“The battle is ners received a great way for a spot opening CEB to provide at Volapalooza campus with 2015, featurentert ainment ing artists Lupe while supportFiasco, Cold ing local culture,” War Kids, the Laubach said. “All Bad Suns and Central Program the Kansas Bible Council commitCompany. tees love co-sponThis year’s sorship, and the w i n n e r,T h e Volapalooza Event Screens, are a Planners are the pair of Nashville ideal teammates high school stufor such an event.” dents who play For the duo, the indie pop rock most exciting part and look to “lateof winning the night Waffle battle was knowHouse and exing they were girlfriends” for opening for one Arman Asadsangabi, lead singer of The inspiration. of their favorite Screens, performs during Battle of the “Arman sang musicians. for this band Bands on March 5.

“We are who wanted me Kristen Bright • The Daily Beacon stoked to play to record them,” Volapalooza, espesaid Benton cially when we Black, guitarist and producer for The Screens, about how he heard we were opening for Bad Suns,” Black joined the band. “We hung out and started mak- said.

The competition was open to the public and ing beats and other random things. Sometime that week we wrote ‘Burn,’ and it kicked off. consisted of a 15-minute entry set. A panel I had been playing guitar forever, but Arman of judges consisting of two DJs from 90.3 the hadn’t done much other than choir, which Rock and the director of Volapalooza chose this blew me away when I heard how powerful and year’s winner with the crowd vote acting as a fourth judge. unique his voice was.”

“Volapalooza has grown since last year, and it From there, Arman and Black stuck together, hasn’t even happened yet,” Laubach said. “We forming their sound and their band.

“We decided to chill and jam together one have an excellent lineup featuring Lupe Fiasco day and started to write a song out of bore- and the Cold War Kids. We are fortunate to be dom,” Arman, vocalist for The Screens, said. back in World’s Fair Park this year. The park is “The song became a sort of trademark of where Vola belongs.”

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Around Rocky Top

Sterling Martin

Alizabeth Patterson, senior in art, stands with her piece of thrown porcelain and liquid light titled “Gravid Thoughts” at her thesis show of the same name at Gallery 1010 on Friday.

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Something tangible from the struggle home

R.J. Vogt

Open Letters Spring blooms in Knoxville and construction cones flower, draping Cumberland Avenue in a vibrant orange – a Vol tradition, it seems.

Not even Ayres Hall, the icon of admissions letters and graduation pictures, could escape the progressive hue. For months, chain fences and

“But the orange gospel leaves something out – how will we know if we destroy part of our identity that was better left complete?” orange blockades kept students from the flowers and trees on the Hill, barriers that reflected the perennial red tape and bureaucracy of the graduation process. (Should the ascent to higher learning be so guarded?) Just in time for cap and gown pictures, the construction is complete and new grass grows verdant from the rain – though who knows if it wasn’t greener in the first place?

April bliss drags us from our books to lounge in the Alumni Memorial Amphitheater, a few hundred feet from the half-finished Student Union. The industrious bastion of glass and metal and brick requires an equipment parking lot in the space beneath and around the Pedestrian Walkway. Someday, the sounds of cascading water will designate this area as a “Blueberry Falls” greenway; for now, the stretch of land is filled mainly by the grunts of anonymous construction workers echoing off motionless machines.

Gibbs Hall, the building I turned 20 years old in, was demolished a year after I moved out. For a while the wreckage lingered like a cheese cube leftovers from a funeral, but already it’s cleaned up. From the

toothpicks rise a new Hall, one more expensive and advanced than whatever I lived in.

The Torchbearer Plaza and Circle Park; Presidential Courtyard; Strong Hall – each will sport the orange markers of progress, for a time.

Society identifies these markers as “construction cones,” because they create a border around the broken and unwanted, signifying that What Is No Longer Good Enough is now the site of What Will Be Much Better.

Our university as we know it is destroying itself “brick by brick” to build itself back up again.

Construction cones are as much about destruction as anything else, and for the last four years, UT’s cone zones have been graveyards as much as cribs.

There’s a dog named Bonita buried behind the Tyson House, probably the only bones we won’t disturb.

When we return someday as worldly alumni, we will be greeted by something slick and handsome and modern. It will be a stranger university devoid of shameful eye-sores and rich with visitor friendly assets (yet lacking a bowling alley.) The bars we once danced in and the rooms we once learned in will be gone, gone like those they replaced in the never-ending process of college in Knoxville.

And where the landmarks of our memories once stood, we will discover new landmarks – memorials to those who danced and learned here long ago that remind us of the former selves we draped in orange.

Always (yet also, somehow, temporarily) flashing around campus, our orange will remain the same.

Not for the football teams who wear it with white, and not for the “branding campaign” that paired it with ideas… No, orange will remain, if nothing else, as a reminder of progress, a school color forever surrounding potholes and bulldozers, a flame that incinerates as well as fuels. UT will always need construction cones.

Orange makes good on the promise of UT Knoxville’s school motto: “You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.” In Knoxville, a place of destruction as much as growth, nothing is sacred in the endless self-analysis of time – not brick and stone buildings or the dreams and tragedies of those who pitter-patter around them. “All is subject to change,” seems to be the song of spring in the cranes and drills. That is the truth we learn, the truth that sets us free from whoever we once were.

But the orange gospel leaves something out – how will we know if we destroy part of our identity that was better left complete? How do we determine if the identity we construct will fade, obsolete?

Maybe I’ll figure out those answers when I graduate from this big, orange country, but for now I’m leaving behind whoever I once was.

And I’m taking a construction cone with me, something tangible from the struggle home.

R.J. Vogt is a senior in College Scholars. He can be reached at rvogt@utk.edu.

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Student guide to finding the right professor

Kaila Curry

School of Sacrcasm I’m sitting through an unwanted general education class and my teacher, a grad student, is mumbling at the board. “You divide stuff and then that equals stuff.” He actually writes the word “stuff” on the board.

His back is sweating and I sympathize with him for a brief second, but then he abruptly turns toward the class, sweat springing from his hair and hitting the front row — the splash zone. While this is happening a thought occurs to me: why didn’t I check Rate My Professor?

As class registration begins to open up for the fall semester, there are many things to take into consideration. One needs to check their DARS report, the report that tells you each class you need to take to graduate. One needs to find a schedule that fits together with his or her time schedule.

Then lastly, one needs to find a quality professor, because a professor is what can make or break not only your grade, but also your overall experience.

Rate My Professor is a good place to begin searching for the best professor.

For those unfamiliar with the site, www. ratemyprofessors.com (http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/) is a place where any college student can search the professor of a class they are interested in taking and find valuable information. Rate My Professor provides an overall quality score of your prospective professor and the average grade students receive in that professor’s class.

The site also includes comments from previous students. Students often have valuable advice for the class such as, if purchasing the book is actually necessary.

Some of the comments however can be brutal. So if you are truly interested in taking a class, but are turned off by the comments, keep in mind that people who are angry are more likely to take the time to comment than someone who was satisfied with the class.

Finding a quality professor on top of

fulfilling a class requirement, and time slot, can be trying. Many of the quality professors do not want to teach a gen-ed, they are more interested in teaching students who are passionate about the subject. For this reason many grad students teach the gen-ed classes.

Although I have had my fair share of ill-equipped grad student teachers, I do not think one should be entirely discouraged from him or her. Grad students are typically teaching the class to fulfill their own graduate requirement, as was the case for my “Free Willy” of teachers; however, some do enjoy getting into the subject. For

“His back is sweating and I sympathize with him for a brief second, but then he abruptly turns toward the class, sweat springing from his hair and hitting the front row — the splash zone.” example, my lab instructor for a journalism class turned out to be the most helpful person since I have started my college career.

She had more free time than my professor to meet with me to discuss my goals.

Overall, when registering for classes for this fall check out Rate My Professor, and ask fellow students, because finding a teacher who is actually passionate about what he or she is teaching makes even the driest subject more interesting.

Kaila Curry is a sophomore in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at kcurry6@vols.utk.edu.

Columns of The Daily Beacon are the views of the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or the Beacon’s editorial staff.

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The Daily Beacon • Tuesday, April 14, 2015

SweetWater 420 Fest to offer good music, laughs

Sterling Martin Staff Writer

The SweetWater 420 Fest is back again this year and generating more hype than ever.

From April 17 to April 19, Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park will be packed with music lovers and party-goers for a weekend of memories and good times.

A widespread variety of hip-hop, indie, reggae and experimental music are on the roster for this year, including Snoop Dogg. He is backed by the likes of 311, Thievery Corporation, Primus, Cage the Elephant, Slightly Stoopid, moe. and

more acts.

In addition to the main stage, the “NotSo-Silent Disco!� brings with it many more surprises and guests. This EDM hub is centered on the electronic themes and dance music that have exponentially grown in popularity all over the world.

The continuous blending of genres has also initiated a push for more live music, as seen with the giant growth of festivals in recent years. Acts such as Black Tiger Sex Machine, Eliot Lipp, Late Night Radio and ATL’s self-declared trapgod, Ployd, will bring the hard-hitting, bass-heavy tunes for fans of all kinds.

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The Daily Beacon • Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Marilyn Kallet, director of UT’s creative writing program, recites one of her poems during “In A Certain Light: Love Poems for the Afternoon.” Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

UT celebrates creative expression with Poetry Week Madison Murray Contributor

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Poetry is stepping outside of the classroom.

Poetry Week, hosted by the Cultural Attractions Committee, is taking place throughout the week with various events across campus to celebrate the literary art.

Each day has a different theme to guide the events. Monday kicked off the week with “Comedy Day.” Marilyn Kallet, director of creative writing, and Claire Dodson, senior in English and editorin-chief of The Daily Beacon, each read poems about love during “In A Certain Light: Love Poems for the Afternoon.”

The two writers each stood before the audience to read short collections of their work.

“I loved it,” Kallet said after the reading. “A good, small crowd but very inter-

ested. I could see people’s faces, and they were really listening, kind of smiling and laughing. It just felt really good to me.”

Tuesday’s theme is “Versus/Verses.”

The Asia Project, a cancer survivor who turned to poetry and his brother-in-law, will perform in the UC Ballroom at 7 p.m.

The pair now travels to use both comedy and sadness to inspire listeners. They are also social activists who work to fight poverty in the Philippines.

Wednesday will continue with “Romance Day,” where Stephanie Dugger, a graduate assistant in English, will read and discuss her poetry during “But Afterwards Your Love” at 2:30 p.m. in the UC Room 226. That night, the love theme will carry through during the poetry contest awards and reception to celebrate the winners of the love-themed poetry contest CAC hosted prior to the week’s commencement.

Thursday will feature “Favorites Day,” where spoken word poet Alix Olson will be performing in the UC Auditorium at 7 p.m. Olson is known for using her work to address issues of capitalism, sexism, homophobia, heterosexism, misogyny and patriarchy.

“She was the proposed artist that spurred everything around it to create the poetry week series long event,” said Eddie Roe, sophomore in College Scholars and Poetry Week subcommittee chair. “I feel most students don’t hear that kind of poetry around here often, and it doesn’t get a lot of awareness and appreciation, so I feel like Alix will bring a big pool of audience members as well.”

Finally, Friday will conclude Poetry Week with an open mic night entitled “An Ode to Ole Tennessee.” Participants can sign up early through the CAC Facebook page or at the event before it starts in the UC Room 226 at 5 p.m.

The event’s mission is to help UT students engage in opportunities to learn, perform, and express themselves through poetry.

“Poetry so rarely gets attention,” Kallet said. “It’s a great joy and an honor to have poetry get some recognition on campus, so I am grateful. I feel like a flower that’s been watered.”

All events are free for opted-in students and open to the public. For more information, visit facebook.com/utkcac.

SPORTS

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 • The Daily Beacon

ICE HOCKEY

The UT Ice Vols team hits the ice during a match against Georgia on Feb. 7. • Photo courtesy of the Ice Vols Hockey Club

Ice Vols offer sports fans undiscovered excitement Thomas Nichols Contributor

Students at the University of Tennessee are always excited to attend an SEC football game in Neyland Stadium or watch a potential upset bid against Kentucky unfold on the hardwood.

But there is another UT team that brings excitement to campus: the Ice Vols.

Founded in 1966, the Ice Vols are the university’s ice hockey team. Unlike the football and basketball teams, the Ice Vols compete in the American Collegiate Hockey Association and are classified as a Division 3 club team. The Ice Vols play numerous SEC teams and even participate in an SEC tournament. While they may not have scholarship athletes, the team is still rich in talent.

Led by coaches Cole Burkhalter and Robert Despins, the 2014-2015 Ice Vols produced a roster of mostly underclassmen and

manufactured wins. With highlight wins over Florida and Kentucky, the 2014-2015 season was full of highs.

“We won more games this season than we have in the past four seasons,” freshman forward Justinas Joksas said. “So that is a huge accomplishment.”

The Ice Vols’ season ended at the SEC tournament, but they did finish with a winning record. Arkansas went on to win the SEC tournament and Michigan State the Division 3 National Championship.

Joksas believes this season produced a great foundation for a potential championship team next year.

“Next year we have talented freshmen joining, and I believe next year we can win the SEC and go to nationals,” he said.

So next fall, when the excitement of football season takes over Knoxville, there is another team on campus that Joksas hopes fans support.

“Most students don’t even know that we have a team,” Joksas said. “But we love it when we get fans to come out and support.”

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Vols look to rebound against MTSU after midseason slump Jonathan Toye

Sports Editor Tennessee head baseball coach Dave Serrano didn’t hesitate to share with reporters the midseason grade he assigned to his baseball team. He wasn’t grading on a curve either.

“To assess the whole season, to this point, I would say we are a D- to an F to be honest with you,” Serrano said after the Vols dropped last weekend’s series to Missouri to fall one game under .500. “It’s on my report card and on no one else’s report card. And I am okay with that, I am not okay with the D or an F, but I am okay taking responsibility.

“We aren’t a good baseball team right now, overall.”

Serrano’s midterm evaluation was a stark contrast to the tune he was carrying in the months preceding the season. Before Tennessee had thrown its first pitch, Serrano included a trip to the College World Series in his lofty expectations for the season.

So what went wrong between the preseason expectations and Serrano’s midseason grades?

It has been a combination of poor defense and low offensive production from the bottom of the order that has led to Tennessee’s current mediocre record, which now stands at 15-16 and a 5-10 mark in the SEC. Poor luck and untimely hits from opponents have also contributed to the disappointing record. The Vols’ coaching staff couldn’t use ace pitcher Andy Cox as much as they would have liked due to Cox suffering arm soreness in the fall. There have been instances when opposing teams have strung together hits in an inning to turn

a tightly contested game into a one-sided affair in an instant.

Yet, when Serrano discussed Tennessee’s problems, one word emerged to succinctly describe the root of the Vols’ issues: consistency. Or lack thereof.

“We have shown spurts (of being a good team) and that’s where I get excited,” Serrano said. “But then we show spurts of just being a ho-hum team, and that’s very disappointing. There are a lot of things that we need to get fixed. And make change. We have to make change.”

The Vols certainly have the opportunity to change. Cox appears to have made strides in his arm soreness as he impressed in his first start on the mound in 2015 in a 5-2 win over Missouri on Thursday night.

Tennessee is still set to host quality opponents, including South Carolina and top-ranked Texas A&M. A series win against either foe could alter the trajectory of the season.

But before the Vols can try to boost their resume, they have to travel to Murfreesboro to play the Blue Raiders (1916, 11-4 Conference USA) this Tuesday. It is a game the Vols can’t overlook as MTSU has already proven it can beat UT this season. The Blue Raiders held a 4-0 lead in Knoxville on March 3 before the game was cancelled due to rain.

Serrano’s request to his team before the Vols resume play was simple: battle.

“That’s all we are asking our guys to do — battle; compete,” Serrano said. “We are not sustaining innings, we are not sustaining success.”

The Vols can start trying to sustain success against MTSU. “The next game is the biggest game of the year,” starter Drake Owenby said. “We will get ready for the upcoming midweek and the weekend series.”

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Aucoin settling into dual-threat, leadership role for Lady Vols Shane Switzer Contributor

Gretchen Aucoin, who transferred from Texas Tech, is in her first year with the Tennessee Lady Volunteer softball team. In her inaugural season at UT, her team role hasn’t been confined to one position. She is one of four starting pitchers for the Vols and also hits in the middle of the lineup, providing some power with the bat.

She plays a pivotal role off the field as well.

Aucoin is one of six upperclassmen on the Lady Vols softball team. With 12 freshman and sophomore players on the team, veteran leadership is extremely important. Co-head coach Karen Weekly said her time spent in the Big 12 has served her and the team well.

“She has been around the block in the Big 12,” Weekly said. “Seen a lot of things and pitched a lot of big ballgames for Texas Tech, I think that helps.”

In two seasons with the Red Raiders, she hit .299 with eight home runs and 40 RBIs. On the mound, she went 20-12 with an ERA of 2.72, 217 strike outs and only 69 walks.

At the plate, though, is where she deals most of her damage.

This season for Tennessee, she is hitting .357 with seven home runs and 22 RBIs. In her role as a pitcher, her ERA is 3.33 with 70 strikeouts to just 47 walks and a 9-2 record on the season.

Weekly said the most noticeable aspect of Aucoin’s softball skills is her ability to separate different aspects of her game. Even if she has a bad time on the mound, she is able to block that out and still have a good at-bat. She is able to help the team by getting a timely hit and a big hit.

Weekly said the way Aucoin manages the game mentally is a huge boost not only to herself, but also a boost to the team.

Junior pitcher Gretchen Aucoin throws a pitch during the Lady Vols’ game against North Dakota State on March 7. Justin Keyes • The Daily Beacon

Being mentally strong has helped her transition from Big 12 competition to SEC competition. When the preseason polls were released, on Jan. 27, the SEC had nine teams ranked in the top 25 while the Big 12 had three.

“I think it’s a challenge anytime you transfer and you change programs and you have to learn a new system,” Weekly said. “Especially coming into the SEC ‘cause the SEC is a really, really tough league. I think that’s the thing she is finding out is there are no breaks in this league and it’s a step up in her game. I think she has learned a lot and she has grown a lot from this year, and I think she is gonna get better and better as time goes on.”

When Aucoin was in the midst of the transfer process, she said at the time she was picking schools based on her major. When she narrowed down her list, only three schools were left.

“Tennessee was at the top of my list,” Aucoin said. “Just because of how well this program is built. I only have two more years to play, right, I wanna go pretty far into postseason. I knew we could do it with Tennessee regardless of who was leaving and who was coming in. I knew we could get it done and we have a lot of talent.

“I put a lot of faith in this program, and I’m excited I got to be here and be a part of it.”

Aucoin knew she wanted to be in the SEC because she knew she could compete at the high level the SEC demands.

She then acknowledged that her favorite part of the game isn’t necessarily the pitching and hitting, but instead the challenge it provides. Aucoin said when she is hitting, she feels like she has the upper hand. Also, facing different pitchers provides an enjoyable challenge.

On the mound, she tries to unpredictably mix pitches in an effort to best attack hitters.

“Whenever I am in the circle and a challenge with the batter, it’s me and my catcher,” Aucoin said. “We work well together and as long as we are on the same page that’s where I focus in.

“Whenever it comes to hitting I breathe in and I tune into the other pitcher,” Aucoin said. “She’s my competitor, it’s basically a war zone between me and her. Once we make the transition from infield to offense, that’s whenever I start changing the mindset. It’s really just a tune into who it is I’m competing with and that’s the biggest thing that I focus in on.”

On a recent road trip to Auburn, Aucoin realized what it is she loves best about Tennessee.

“The fans, the fans are the greatest part,” Aucoin said. “They bring so much energy. When we were at Auburn it was such a shell shocker because we played at home for like two weeks.

We didn’t realize how much we really relied on them, and that kinda kicked us into gear, like, we gotta get our own energy going. That’s been an aspect I haven’t seen anywhere—is how great the fans are here.”