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As the debate surrounding the university’s diversity funding — and what it funds — grew more and more heated this academic year, a lot of voices were struggling to be heard, both on campus and across the state. Whether it was about gender neutral pronouns, religious holiday parties or Sex Week, it seemed everyone had something they wanted to say.

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Tennessee transgender bathroom bill dead for year Staff Report

It will be at least a year before the bill that would require students to use the restroom that corresponds with their sex at birth will be seen by the Tennessee legislature again.

The House sponsor of the bill, Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mt. Juliet, effectively killed the controversial legislation, saying that she would delay any further legislative action in order to study the possible effects the bill might have on the state.

“I have learned that our school districts are largely following what the bill says,” Lynn said, as reported by The Tennessean. “I am still absolutely 100 percent in support of maintaining the privacy of all students. But I’m going to roll the bill over until next year so we can work on those issues.”

The decision may have in part been influenced by an opinion issued by State Attorney General Herbert Slatery, which claimed Tennessee stood to lose over $1 billion dollars in federal funding. Slatery explained that the U.S. Department of Education, which is responsible for enforcing Title IX, would interpret the bill as discriminatory.

The state also stood to lose millions of dollars in tourist and business revenue from corporate entities and persons avoiding the state in protest, according to Nashville’s top tourism executive. North Carolina, which passed a similar bill last month barring transgender individuals from using restrooms corresponding to their gender of choice, has experienced public backlash in the wake of the bill’s passing.

PayPal cancelled plans to open a facility in Charlotte that would have employed over 400 individuals, while Bruce Springsteen cancelled a show in Greensboro, North Carolina, that

resulted in a loss of over $100,000 in revenue.

The conservative Tennessee Pastors Network joined the head of the Family Action Council of Tennessee at the State Capitol Monday to support the legislation before its being withdrawn Monday, with pastors singing Christian hymns in support of the bill.

Not long after, transgender students and their families delivered petitions containing more than 67,000 signatures of Tennesseans opposed to the bill. The students claimed that of the nearly 70,000 signatures, over 6,000 contained signatures from those identifying as clergy or people of faith.

Lynn and other Republican supporters of the bill cited a desire to protect the privacy and safety of persons who may feel threatened by people of the opposite sex using their restroom.

“We just did want to protect children at the state level,” Lynn said.

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Greg Butcher, junior in marketing, discusses his views on the Democrat vs. Republican debate. Akshata Dusa • The Daily Beacon

UT college democrats, republicans face off in debate Alayna Cameron Contributor

Over 70 students attended the SGA Government Affairs debate between representatives of UT’s chapters of College Democrats and College Republicans.

Mitch Thompson, senior in economics, represented College Democrats as President, while Greg Butcher, junior in economics and marketing, represented the College Republicans as communications director.

The representatives discussed myriad national issues from paid maternal leave to climate change to drug policy. Current SGA Student Services Director Mariah Beane moderated the debate.

Mandated Paid Maternity Leave The debate opened with a discussion of mandated paid maternity leave. Thompson argued for a federally mandated paid maternity leave for all businesses.

“We need to join the rest of the nation and start providing paid medical for mothers who have just given birth,” Thompson said.

Thompson argued that women return to the workforce in much higher numbers when they are offered paid maternity leave. He also contended that the United States is behind in the

treatment of women in the international sphere.

“It is no longer acceptable for us to be on the same level as Uganda when it comes to how we treat women in the workforce,” Thompson said.

On the other hand, Butcher pushed for a more economically conservative approach. He argued that employers should offer benefits like paid maternity leave as an incentive for women to work at their companies, and that the government should not enforce a widespread policy.

“Let the companies that offer the best paid family leave get the best employees and the best women from our workforce,” Butcher said.

Climate Change Nearing the end of the debate, the two responded to questions regarding climate change in the U.S. “Climate change is a real issue, but to say that our government hasn’t acted is wrong when you compare us to any other country like China, or other countries that are killing us economically because they haven’t complied with these (environmental) regulations,” Butcher said.

Butcher then argued that innovation is what is necessary for a response to climate change, not regulation. He later explained that economic competition and a less regulated economy would foster this needed innovation.

Thompson argued for a more hands-on government approach contending for more federal funding for green energy research.

“Green energy is going to be one of the largest new markets, worldwide. The U.S. needs to be taking steps to capitalize that,” Thompson said. “In comparison to a lot of other progressive European countries, we’re falling a little bit behind.”

Drug Policy The two groups did unite on one topic: drug and criminal justice reform.

Thompson argued that drug reform is necessary. He explained that drug usage is equitable across racial lines while incarceration rates are not and that arresting people for marijuana simply places people on “the government’s dime.”

Butcher also argued for similar change within drug policy in the U.S. “We need criminal justice reform in this country,” Butcher said. “We need reform as it relates to marijuana.”

Butcher agreed with Thompson that marijuana incarceration rates do affect racial minorities and lower-socioeconomic individuals more so than other groups.

Students in the crowd also participated in a heated live Twitter feed to extend the arguments of their representatives.

The representatives discussed several other issues including foreign policy, the Cuban and American relationship, immigration reform and the potential for a contested convention this summer.

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Where do I go from here?

Adam Wetherell Dreaming of Dolly

I know I’ve harked a lot on this throughout the semester, but I really can’t begin to fathom that I am about to leave college. For as long as I can remember, I have split my time between my home and school, school and home, and as the year comes to a close, I find myself pondering what my life would be like without those bastions of familiarity.

Humanities degrees, in all their swivel seat HSS splendor, do not seem like they’re going to catapult me into any salaried position any time soon. Maybe I was naive for assuming that I would be the exception to the rule — the rule that euthanizes any BFA employability post BFA acquirement — but there was once a time when I had so much momentum. I said I was going to go to law school, and I actually believed it. I said I was going to work for a senator, and I believed it.

Now, I’m not quite sure what I believe.

I’m not sure I even want to ask that question because to find an answer I would have to delve into all the anxiety I’ve been trying to cap since I found out I was going to graduate in the fall.

Nowadays, I just feel like I have spent the past

R-E-S-P-E-C-T UT Jarrod Nelson Socialized

The other day, I was walking to South Stadium Hall, because at some point in our history the anthropology department made some kind of deal with the devil to examine post-apocalyptic feminist dialogue in Hell, and they’re forced to have classes there as a result. The resulting graduate student’s thesis is, of course, dry and nowhere near as interesting as promised.

If you’re unfamiliar with where South Stadium Hall is, it’s as far away as possible from every single point on campus simultaneously. It makes for wonderful Tuesday/Thursday walking, especially since it has rained every single Tuesday/ Thursday this semester.

I guess I just have a lot of feelings.

The point of this story is that I was walking to South Stadium Hall, which takes you right by the awesome, postcard worthy statue of General Neyland that greets you at the “front gate.” Fun fact, Microsoft Word doesn’t recognize “Neyland” as a word so if anyone wants to send that email that’d be wonderful. Anyway, as I was walking by and thinking about why there are flightless birds (because honestly, doesn’t that just defeat the point?), I looked down and saw something that immediately sparked my youthful, liberal, Americana-loving brain into outrage.

It was “Trump 2016” written in chalk, right on the ground in front of the good ol’ General.

I know I said I wasn’t going to write about Trump anymore. And I’m not. So let’s pretend,

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four years waiting for something to happen — waiting for someone else to recognize my potential and cherish me for it. Waiting for something worthwhile. Waiting for a scholarship, a romantic interest, new friends, something — anything to affirm my presence here. I didn’t even realize it until I started updating my resume — a resume that I once took great pride in. Now I am terrified that these past three years are only a precursor to the rest of my life — another 70+ years of waiting for something to happen.

Waiting for someone else to figure it out for me. Waiting. Waiting. Floating through school.

Finding a job. Floating through a 401k. Just drifting through life without much conscience thought as to my direction, and thus with no direction. Is this it? Is this what every graduate feels? This was not in orientation.

I thought I knew what I was getting myself into when I decided to take a risk and pursue a career in a field with no real career path, but I could never have foreseen this — this antagonizing and paralyzing muck I’ve somehow settled into. Inaction becomes me, but inaction coupled a heart wrenching terror of wasted

time. I feel like the time is now, and I need to do something, anything to stop floating, but I don’t even know what to do.

It’s as if I’ve been handed this giant key ring of keys, and each one could open a door to some new possibility. One key leads to a career in acting, another in writing, another to a family, and the window into each door seems just as beautiful as the last. But the key ring is so vast, and the doors so innumerable, so I wait in the hallway overwhelmed with the doors. Then, while I wait in the hallway the keys start to dissolve in my hands, and the entryways to those possibilities that once seemed so limitless start to dwindle. In the end, my inaction robs me of any potential action, and I find myself in the same place. Drifting down the hallway, looking through the doors with key ring in hand and doubt entombed in my head.

Ugh. At least I am not a business major.

instead, it had said “Bernie 2016” on the ground there. It didn’t, but let’s pretend.

Chalking is a thing we do. I get that. Sororities and fraternities do it, student organizations do it, overpriced apartment complexes do it; a lot of people view it as an effective way to advertise. It’s understandable. Everyone either has an opinion about something or has a very small, but “open concept” space to sell you. But this goes a little bigger than chalking. And it goes bigger than Trump’s tiny hands, or imaginary vandalistic Bernie’s tiny old man head.

As a campus, do we not have some type of collective consciousness? I mean, I know we differ on a lot of things, and no one likes Top Gun as much as I do, but when it comes to the actual campus itself, don’t we have some commonalities? For example, that dumb thing that stands on Ped Walkway is dumb, and pretty much everyone knows it. The library is a weird, lovable ziggurat of doom, and everyone knows it. The Torchbearer’s light never goes out, and everyone knows it, even if everyone definitely does not know the creed. But I’ve seen chalk and hateful messages all over even the Torchbearer. A certain SGA campaign climbed up the statue and took a picture with it.

So whatever happened to respecting some of these icons? Do we really want to send out a postcard with Trump 2016 on it? Or even Bernie 2016? If you’re a high school student touring

our campus, and the prettiest thing that’s here is marred up by political ads and curse words in response to those political ads, would you really feel inspired or need to learn more about being a Volunteer? What would you be a volunteer for at that point anyway? If a campus’s students don’t even respect their campus, the one thing they all truly share, then why would you think they would ever respect you?

I like politics. I have my opinions. I’m the type of person that would hang a Bernie poster up. But there are places to hang up that aren’t already communicating their own message. The Torchbearer is a message of selflessness and hope. That statue of General Neyland is a message of the Tennessee spirit and the way that we never give up. I wish everyone could recognize these symbols and our campus for what they are. A venue in which to learn and develop our beliefs, not plaster them all over the symbols that often drew us here in the first place.

And just as a reminder. Here’s that creed. “One that beareth a torch shadoweth oneself to give light to others.”

Go dang Vols.

Adam Weatherell is a junior in political science and Africana studies. He can be reached at aweath10@vols.utk.edu.

Jarrod Nelson is a sophomore in public relations and can be reached at jnelso47@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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College of Law, Engineering form new graduate program Alahnah Ligon

Asst. News Editor UT’s College of Law, in conjunction with the College of Engineering, has developed a new graduate certificate program for students interested in the intersections of construction, engineering and law.

According the the program’s website, the certificate program is “designed to give lawyers a background in construction and engineering and to give engineers and construction professionals a background in law, specifically contract law.”

The Graduate Certificate in Contractual and Legal Affairs in Engineering and Construction is a 15 hour course.

Only law students with an interest in construction law, engineering students pursuing a doctorate degree, engineering students pursuing a master’s degree and students with a bachelor’s of science who are pursuing only the law and engineering certificate qualify for the program.

Applicants must also meet the minimum admission requirements of being admitted to the UT Graduate School. Law students seeking to pursue the certificate must first obtain the approval of the dean or the dean’s designee.

Islam El-adaway, associate professor of civil engineering and construction engineering and management program coordinator, said he was the first to recommend the program in 2014, but cooperated with several officials from both the College of Engineering and College of Law to make the program a reality.

“The mission is to serve the need of both the engineering and law communities for making available professionals who are better prepared to understand the associated contractual and legal issues,” El-adaway said.

“Both fields overlap substantially, from the planning and contracting stages, through project implementation and contract administration, and sometimes ending in formal dispute resolution proceedings,” the website reads. “In such an environment, a broad range of knowledge in both fields is not only desirable, but it may be critical to a firm or project’s success.”

Students can expect to learn how to structure basic construction contracts, anticipate and respond to potential legal issues likely to arise in construction

projects, understand and solve various conflicts, claims and disputes in engineering and construction and more concepts.

George Kuney, director of the Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law, worked with El-adaway to develop the program and explained the importance of it for those interested in construction, engineering and law.

“Construction projects are immensely complex and involve the structuring of relationships between large numbers of architects, engineers, contractors and subcontractors,” Kuney said. “The certificate is designed to enable students to better structure these relationships, manage the project to completion and resolve disputes or problems along the way.”

Kuney said he believes students who graduate from the program will have an advantage over others without the experience.

“Too often we have people on the job that are just engineers or just lawyers,” Kuney said. “The certificate will enable those people to wear, to some extent, both hats, which is beneficial in terms of leadership, cooperation and efficient project execution.”

Complete prerequisites and additional information can be found on the program’s website.

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From the Panhellenic Council President

S From your new SGA leaders Currently, there is a budget amendment recommendation in the State Legislature that would re-assign 8 million dollars from the University of Tennessee Knoxville budget, completely defunding our Office for Diversity and Inclusion, and instead reallocating it to UT Agricultural Extension and rural outreach programs including those at UT Chattanooga and UT Martin. With the unpredictability on whether the bill’s sponsors will pursue it before the legislative session ends, UT is left in the kind of limbo-like frustration we’ve seen for the entirety of our semester.

Whether we’ve paid much attention in civics class in understanding the logistics of what affects us from Nashville or we’ve stayed up to date with the UT Advocacy webpage, UT students need to realize that any given bill that threatens the sustainability of an office that offers our campus such an integral piece of its identity is a threat to us all. The UTK Office for Diversity and Inclusion affects every student on our campus, even if indirectly.

The University of Tennessee’s commitment to diversity extends beyond race and ethnicity, and encompasses many aspects including gender identity, sexual orientation, religious belief, geography, physical ability, socioeconomic status, veterans status, and family educational attainment (first generation college students), among others.

Some of our university’s most impactful student leaders were recruited through its programs, pieces of our students’ personal identities are advocated for through its work, and associated funding even supports UT’s Veterans Affairs and Environmental Sustainability efforts. Students who had never heard about the Office before its funding was threatened will notice the void the moment it goes missing. Every UT student’s experience connects back to the incredible work this office does to create a community that produces advocates and leaders for our campus and the State of Tennessee.

The current amendment uses extremely vague language, but if it passes the way it is written, it will entirely defund the Office for Diversity and Inclusion on our campus.

The amendment puts the office at a complete financial limitation as it states that the Office may only be allowed to use federal funds awarded to it despite the fact that the office does not receive any federal funding. Along those lines, the amendment also prohibits the office from accepting private donations. Our campus cannot afford the detriment we would face without the leadership and impact this office provides for our students. As representatives of the Student Government Association, we stand against this amendment and affirm the importance and necessity of the Office for Diversity and Inclusion and its invaluable service to our student body.

Carson Hollingsworth SGA President sga1@utk.edu (mailto:sga1@utk.edu) McKinsey Patterson SGA Vice President sga2@utk.edu (mailto:sga2@utk.edu) Caitlyn McCandless SGA Student Services Director sga3@utk.edu (mailto:sga3@utk.edu)

Greek life may not have the best reputation with diversity and inclusion issues, and you are well entitled to your opinion, but at this time when an office that helps so many students is being threatened it is essential for us to voice our support for it as well. Panhellenic women are part of organizations that were formed so that women would have a place to belong in an age when they were an undervalued minority at universities. This is the exact same opportunity that the Office of Diversity and Inclusion is trying to offer to every single student here at the University of Tennessee.

When I first came to the university, I was terrified that I would not be able to find my place because I was younger than everyone else. However, by participating in Ignite, and getting involved in things like SGA and my sorority, I found that I was stronger because of my differences. I had a lot of support that first year, and a large reason I took up the role of Panhellenic President was because I wanted to positively impact our community to become a more welcoming place.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is important for our community as women. Within the office there is specifically a Commission for Women, which has been supporting Women in STEM, critiquing new sexual misconduct policies, and finding innovative ways to ensure that we are afforded equal opportunities. Defunding the Office of Diversity and Inclusion would hinder these efforts immensely, and I worry that many students would not have that same support that got me through my first year here.

While women still have room to grow, we are no longer the group that feels most excluded. Yet our Panhellenic organizations remain to give women a home away from home, to foster friendships, to empower each other to do the best we can, and we do not get defunded because of that.

Why then would it be permissible to say that students with different backgrounds, skin colors, sexual orientations, or gender identities should not be able to have the same support that we in our communities have been given?

Defunding the Office of Diversity and Inclusion would cause the recruitment and retention of the students who enrich and strengthen our community to plummet. Just looking at the student groups who are speaking out right now, they are driven and powerful individuals. It is prejudiced, unwelcoming, and hostile to say that we should not have an office that has worked to support so many students. The university’s budget should be used to encourage us to think critically about the world around us, not pretend like problems do not exist.

To the Panhellenic community, I encourage you to examine your privilege and use it to overcome our stereotype. Women are part of this too, so this is not a time when we can sit idly by. It would be beneficial for the University, our Volunteer community, and our fellow women if we each had a desire to support the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

To the University of Tennessee students who are skeptical of Panhellenic, I promise that we are not apathetic to this issue. Every year we become more diverse, and are constantly working to improve what we recognize as a flaw. We are trying to reach out to different groups of students, make our community more accessible, and educate our members on the importance of diversity. If there is anything I can do, or if there is anything that I can encourage my community to do to help, I would be happy to have that conversation. It may seem like I am speaking out now only because this is a hot topic, but I want this to be something that Panhellenic continues to work on regardless of whether or not this passes, and I want you to hold us accountable.

And to the Tennessee Legislature, I encourage you to hear the student voice. Many students would be affected very negatively if the Office of Diversity and Inclusion were to lose its funding, and it is not right for you to decide what our experience holds. If you want us to learn to stand up for what we believe in, to excel in the real, diverse world around us, and to graduate from a university whose diplomas truly hold some value, then this bill should be stopped immediately.

Elisabeth Logan Panhellenic Council, President utkpanhellenicpresident@gmail.com

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To the Editor: The University of Tennessee is being stripped. This is a wrong-he 1. This is a backward move fo Amendment and other more rece well as our current lawsuits base have never done enough to foster Far from defunding diversity, we s and inclusion.

2. Diversity and inclusion are n are instead a reflection of who we up of different ethnicities and race identities, no less than any other p oppress some of our citizens und denies our very differences, and exist, and cannot be defined out of better spending our time understa those differences, and less time pre 3. For those convinced by econo ness. The costs that the state will do business with us because of thi the loss of our own capacity. Dive facilitates the participation in all a with talents to help us resolve soc sorts.

4. In addition, taking this mon other incoming funds upon which ing those that fund our research, re to disappear, or we will be disadva Legislature defunds diversity.

Diversity is who we are. Recogn with honor and dignity, is the way Diversity makes us better as a soc Faculty, staff, and students at the U of the citizens of the State of Tenn are, who our children and relativ friends are. We as a state are bigge recognizes that.

Jon Shefner Sociology Department Head University of Tennessee, Knoxvi jshefner@utk.edu (mailto:jshef

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iversity and Inclusion hangs in the balance as w funding for that office should be allocated. on outlined the progress of two bills in the ing to redirect funds from the diversity office. ion of the bill passed with a 66-22 vote.

by Rep. Micah Van Huss, included an amendhe $436,700 sum total of diversity funding to lace the national motto “In God We Trust” on ent vehicles. The remaining 75 percent would rity students pursuing engineering degrees. e of state funds to promote the use of gender e celebration of religious holidays.” of state funds to finance Sex Week. That event o funding currently goes toward the promotion

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being confronted with its diversity funding aded policy move for many reasons. or UT. Our history as defined by the Geier ent failures to provide opportunity to all, as ed on sexual assault, demonstrate that we r diversity in this state and this institution. hould increase our commitment to diversity

not an issue of ‘political correctness’. They are as an institution and state. We are made es, different genders, sexual orientations and lace in the United States. To act in ways that der the guise of making others comfortable the justice we all crave. These differences existence by backwards policy. We are much anding – and funding ways to understand – etending they do not exist. omic arguments, these policies are bad busiincur by businesses failing to locate here or is oppressive policy will be high. So too will ersity does not only recognize difference, it spects of life, including economic, of people cial, political, and economic problems of all

ney away will likely endanger many of the UT relies: a variety of federal monies, includely on a diversity component. Those are sure antaged in finding new external funds, if the

nizing that, and respecting others’ differences y we include the vast horizon of who we are. ciety, a state, and an educational institution.

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The Daily Beacon • Tuesday, April 19, 2016 of holiday inclusivity or gender neutral pronoun use.

The debate preceding Monday night’s vote featured heated rhetoric from both sides, with Knoxville Rep. Roger Kane calling the diversity office a “feelgood group of people who were neither inclusive or diverse,” according to The Tennessean’s Adam Tamburin.

Fellow Knoxville Rep. Joe E. Armstrong argued that the bill amounted to micromanagement of the university’s budget, singling out what he believed to be the true motive behind the action.

“I know that this is a protest against the LGBT ... The students on campus are taking this as an affront to diversity,” Armstrong said.

In the State Senate, a bill sponsored by Sen. Todd Gardenhire seeks to redirect $436,700 in funds from the UT’s Office of Diversity to go toward scholarships for minority students pursuing degrees in engineering. Action on the bill was deferred in the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee Monday but is expected to come up again Tuesday.

If the senate version of the bill passes with differing language, a conference committee would then need to be called to create one law.

According to the wording of the bill, the funds for the decal program will be

From student advocates SEAT stands in firm opposition to the proposed bills in the Tennessee General Assembly that would slash the budget of the Office for Diversity and Inclusion.

As an organization, SEAT’s mission is to facilitate pleasure, health, and empowerment for ALL students, from all backgrounds. Making our programming accessible and relevant to the entire student body is a top priority for us, and every year we work to improve based on the feedback we get, whether that’s having ASL interpreters at our events or having more of a certain type of event.

Diversity means equity. It means working to end a long history of injustice at our institution and working for a better future. Part of UT’s history is that for over a hundred years our university did not admit black people, other people of color, or women. Part of UT’s history is that there are many alive today who remember when certain organizations did not allow students of color or LGBTQ+ students to become members. Part of UT’s reality is that there are still parts of campus today where students of color, LGBTQ+ students, students with disabilities, and others are met with hostility.

Diversity means having a campus that’s accessible and welcoming to all students. It means celebrating all students, including and especially those who have faced tremendous obstacles to get here: low-income students, first-generation students, students with disabilities. It also means understanding that these obstacles don’t disappear once students get to campus, and we as a university have an obligation to do better to facilitate inclusion in all of our spaces.

Diversity and inclusion are critical to our university, even if our state legislature doesn’t think so. We, the students on this campus, know better.

SEAT is a proud member of the #UTDiversityMatters Coalition. Diversity is so important that we have made it a critical part of our focus this entire semester, meeting with administrators, participating in rallies, and traveling to Nashville to lobby our elected officials. On Tuesday at 1:40pm many of us will be participating in a Mass Class Exit to protest our legislature’s reckless, incendiary attempts to defund diversity at UT and to push our administration to support diversity. As students who are directly affected by this legislation, we must rally together in these times of threat. This is our school, and our voice matters. For more info on the Mass Class Exit, visit facebook.com/UTDiversityMatters or email utdivmatters@gmail.com.

In Solidarity, Elizabeth Stanfield Co-chair, Sexual Empowerment and Awareness at Tennessee elihstan@vols.utk.edu Colleen Ryan Co-chair, Sexual Empowerment and Awareness at Tennessee cryan16@vols.utk.ed

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allocated to UT’s school of art, graphic design program and the university printing and mail services to produce the “In God We Trust” decals. In an interview with The Daily Beacon preceding Monday night’s vote, Van Huss said that he had not yet reached out to UT officials but trusted they would handle the details of enacting the decal program.

“Law enforcement get a tough wrap in our nation today,” Van Huss said of the program. “It (the national motto) is part of our history as a nation, and I think it’s important to include that in there.”

Acknowledging the criticism he and other legislators’ have faced in sponsoring these bills, Gardenhire said that he and his colleagues were “not trying to restrict” students’ rights to free speech, but rather acting in the best interest of their constituents.

“You can do what you wanna do, but then again don’t complain when we do what we want to do in Nashville,” Gardenhire said of student complaints.

“There’s consequences to everything in life, and they (UT students and faculty) need to learn that.”

-Tanner Hancock, News Editor

From a UT alumnus What makes The University of Tennessee the beacon of light that sets itself as the flagship university? What makes this university that special place millions of students and alumni call Rocky Top? The answer lies within the commitment to have faculty and staff uphold holistic programming that is just as diverse as the students and community this university serves. The Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Tennessee is a model example of that commitment.

I attended UT from 2010-2014, as a first generation minority student with the dreams of obtaining a college degree and achieving success personally and professionally. During my time at the university I was highly involved in the Educational Advancement Program (EAP) whose efforts are made possible through support of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI). Beyond the grants and scholarships awarded, an integral part of my educational journey and success can be attributed to the support and highly strategic retention efforts the EAP faculty and staff had for underrepresented students like myself.

Diverting funding from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion not only limits the opportunities for **ALL** students to be fully engaged while learning, it hinders students’ success by undermining the role of faculty and staff in serving as key links to making educational dreams a reality for many underrepresented students. Obtaining success has proven not to be a straight-forward path and providing scholarships and grants is only the beginning strategy to ensure that success. However, having the commitment, mentorship, and guidance from faculty and staff helps students maximize their potential from the opportunities the University of Tennessee can provide – moving a little closer to become a Top 25 Institution.

To ensure the sustainability of UT in an innovative global society, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion must be regarded as a key factor in making sure students and countless alumni continue to make impacts in all sectors including agriculture, science, business, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Although the intentional recruitment of minority students is the initial step in increasing diversity, making students feel a sense of belonging is another.

Retaining students will require thoughtful transformative programming and purposeful mentorship. Since its inception, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion has modeled and demonstrated through its numerous campus and community partnerships just how to do this. Give the office a chance to do what we know is right.

To defund the office is to dim the light.

Sincerely, Rayricus Matthews UT Alumni C/0 2014 College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

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The Daily Beacon • Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Hidden market serves up coffee brews, baked goods Michael Lipps

Asst. Arts & Culture Editor

In about 15 short minutes, you can escape the frenzy of your peers and colleagues and find complete solace at the most interesting little place in South Knoxville.

It’s one of those deals where you start questioning your GPS en route to the destination, wondering where in the world you’re going. But then, just as you begin to consider aborting your mission, you drive up to SoKno Market.

In reality, the market is not that far away — perhaps it’s just off the beaten path of a lot of Knoxvillians. Regardless, it’s like entering a new world. The lay of the land begins to change ever so slightly, and rolling hills give way to glimpses

of distant mountaintops peaking over the horizon.

The building itself was a service station at some point during its former life, and abundant, charming outdoor seating now occupies the space where the gas pumps were. Step inside and the retro black and white tile floor adds more character, as it meets walls that are covered with local artwork.

To the left of the entryway is the counter, where your inner child can’t help but notice a sizable ice cream station. From there, cookies and other sweet treats are displayed on the counter top, along with a full menu in the background.

As I came to the market un-caffeinated at noon, I was pleased to see a coffee menu. And since I’m a sucker for cleverly named drinks, I was immediately drawn to the “Grumpy Preacher� — a nitro infused cold brew.

“You want that straight-up?� the man behind the counter asked after I ordered it. “Straight-up,� I replied.

I also came with a sweet tooth and an appetite for some lunch, so I picked out a Ziploc baggie of two chocolate cookies and put in an order for a pizza panini.

I love a good cold brew coffee, and I’ve enjoyed good ones from different places around the country. I mention this to say that while I wasn’t entirely disappointed with the Grumpy Preacher, it did seem to miss a little of the vigor that I’ve found in other cold brews. Even so, it’s hard to not enjoy drinking something with such a fun name.

My cookies were delicious, but how can you really mess up chocolate cookies? Similarly, my pizza panini hit the spot, and you can’t really screw up by ordering anything in the pizza family either.

Worth mentioning is that my order was just under $10, and while as a broke college student I can’t really go around casually dropping that kind of change on a lunch every day of the week, I think it’s a deal and a half for all that I got. I mean, I covered all the major food groups: pizza, coffee and dessert.

Another delight was the friendly service, and while this would be a great place to include an anecdotal example of such, you’ll just have to take me at my word.

The artwork that I mentioned is constantly in flux, with new stuff almost every week, and there’s more than wall art. The market currently has a couple of violins from a local woodworker, among other items.

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The Daily Beacon • Tuesday, April 19, 2016

CrumbSnatchers new high-octane act of Knoxville Chris Botsis

Contributor It’s only 6:40 on a Saturday evening, but the lights are already dimming at the Bijou Theatre.

It’s “Knoxtacular” night on March 5, 2016 at the Bijou, and while many artists are performing, the upcoming band is rumored to be one of the most high-octane acts of the night. Four scruffy, self-described “wild and crazy kids” rush the stage with their instruments, ready to unleash their signature fast-paced rock and roll.

This is a story about good music, good friends and one of Knoxville’s fastest growing local bands — the CrumbSnatchers.

Alongside Samuel “Guetts” Guetterman (singer and songwriter), guitarist Philip Mosteller, drummer Ryan Bledsoe and interim bassist Niles Haury all help to make the CrumbSnatchers the local rock sensation they’ve become. The band’s recent success has found them enjoying increased exposure and playing bigger venues than ever before, like the aforementioned Bijou Theatre and NV Nightclub.

Guetterman first heard the term “crumb snatcher” from a staff member at a reform school he attended. When he asked what it meant, he was informed that “crumb snatchers” were

wild and rambunctious children who refused to behave. Guetterman says he found “something endearing” about the term intended to be an insult, and when it came time to name his newlyformed band a few years later, he knew exactly what the musicians should call themselves.

Although the CrumbSnatchers do their best to be the poster-boys of wild and rambunctious, they’re also talented. The signature style of the band is fast-paced, punk-influenced yet poppy indie rock with a focus on infectious melodies.

As the front man, Guetterman alternates between singing and shouting on many of their songs. Guetterman explained that maybe their music is best described as a type of feeling, rather than as a compost of adjectives. He described the feeling in the phrase, “Hurry! you’re super late for quitting your job.”

But finding the sound of how to quickly quit your job didn’t come immediately to the band.

“When me and Sam first got together, we had no clue what we were trying to do,” Guetterman confessed. “I think the first thing we agreed upon was that we wanted to play fast. Matt Collins becoming our first drummer sort of allowed that to happen.”

Collins helped the band first tap into the raw, fast-paced energy they’ve now become known for.

“Matt is an insane drummer. Really wild

and really fast,” Guetterman said. “I have great memories of playing shows with Matt where I’m sure I had a perma-grin on my face, when I was doing everything I could just to keep up with him.”

Nowadays, the CrumbSnatchers have gotten more in their zone, musically, and they’re no strangers to entertaining the crowd.

“We play too fast, we play too loud. We yell silly things and make a bunch of obnoxious noises in between songs. I have a great time,” Guetterman said. “In the midst of all that fun, the lyrics are a little dark sometimes though.

There seems to be a contrast and a contradiction to us in that way.”

In the spring of last year, the group reached their greatest milestone of their four years playing music together: making it into a major festival.

On March 17, 2015, the CrumbSnatchers journeyed to Austin, Texas to play at South by Southwest, a long-running festival dedicated to music, film and interactive media. It is the largest music festival of its kind in the world, in terms of participants, and often seeks out smaller bands like the CrumbSnatchers that are dominating their local scenes.

South by Southwest has been known as the beginning of mainstream fame for quite a few big names in music. John Mayer’s performance

at the festival in 2000 led to his first signing on a major record label, and James Blunt’s 2004 show did the same.

While they didn’t attract the attention of any major labels, that was never the musicians goal, and that didn’t stop the band members from enjoying themselves. Guetterman said the festival felt more like a vacation than a tour.

Now one year later, the band will be celebrating a second milestone: the release of their first official, full-length album.

Titled Big House, their debut record releases mid-May this year, followed by a tour in June. It includes two singles: “Declaration” and “Reckless Breakfast,” the latter of which has almost 6,000 plays on the group’s SoundCloud page.

“Big House is also what we call the house we all live in, [on top of being] another meaning for prison,” Guetterman said. “And I think those two things represent two very strong themes in the music: party and paranoia.”

“Like I told you all, the future’s looking bright,” Guetterman sings on the CrumbSnatchers’ single “Declaration.” With an upcoming debut album, growing popularity here in the local scene and a tour on the horizon, one can’t help but agree with that sentiment.

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TRACK & FIELD

Tennessee Track and Field shines at Seminole Invitational Shane Switzer

Staff Writer Tennessee Track and Field coach Beth AlfordSullivan wanted to see her team work hard and compete at the Seminole Invitational.

Tennessee’s performance last weekend left Alford-Sullivan satisfied on both accounts, as the Vols secured 18 personal bests at Mike Long Track.

Three sprinters, Christian Coleman, Felicia Brown and Kali Davis-White led the charge as they all turned in Olympic A standards.

Coleman is ranked No. 5 nationally in the 100 meter with a time of 10.11 seconds — a new personal best. Brown ran a time of 22.55 in the 200 meter, a time good enough to be a new personal record. The time is also the fastest 200 in the nation, at both the collegiate and professional level. Not to be out done, Davis-White set personal bests in the 100 and 200 meter, winning the 100 with a time of 11.27 and taking second in the 200 with a time of 22.86.

Coleman and Brown already had times that qualified them for the Olympic Trials and they are now joined by Davis-White, both of whose times are Olympic A standards.

Alford-Sullivan said the team as a whole accomplished what she hoped they would over the weekend.

“We did what I wanted everybody to do,” Alford-Sullivan said. “That was to go down to Florida State in a relatively early to mid-season competition and go to work.”

Alford-Sullivan wanted to see her team not only use the meet as excellent training for the future but also compete up and rise to the occasion.

The men and women’s relay teams rose to the challenge. While both teams enjoyed great success during the indoor season, the men got off to a rocky start at the beginning of the outdoor season. The struggles, however, seem like a distant memory as both the 4x100 and 4x400 meter teams won with times of 39.48 and 3:06.74 respectively.

Alford-Sullivan said she hoped the relay teams would perform the way they did and believes that they will run even faster going forward.

In a mirror image of their male counterparts, the women’s 4x1 and 4x4 also scored victories with times of 43.52 and 3:52.16.

As with the men, Alford-Sullivan knows the women can run faster and is looking forward to watching them progress as the season advances.

“You have to work hard in certain phases of the season,” Alford-Sullivan said. “We’re in a work phase right now so you may not be totally primed up for a big breakthrough performance, yet you still see them. You see some kids really

show up and show out.”

Mustaqeem Williams is one of those kids.

Competing in both the long jump and the 100 and 200 meter as well as the 4x100 relay, Williams showed the work and effort that AlfordSullivan wants. Williams earned a personal best and win in the long jump, jumping a distance of 7.57 meters.

Williams set another personal best in the 100 with a time of 10.40.

“Mustaqeem Williams won the long jump on his final jump late on Friday night,” AlfordSullivan said. “I think it was going on 10 o’clock by that point, it was chilly out. You had (Williams) come back the next day in the 4x1, the 100, the 200 and the 4x4 and have some unbelievable performances through his weekend.

“I would definitely say that (Williams) had a true Tennessee Vol level performance.”

Also enjoying success in the field events were Erin Champion and Tyler Porter, who wom the women and men’s pole vault, respectively.

Champion won with a clearance and personal best of 4.07 meters and Porter won with a clearance of 5.07 meters.

In the hammer throw, Cameron Brown won the event with a toss of 64.78 meters, good for a new personal best. Seth Whitener threw a distance of 60.02 taking third place and Matthew Zajac threw 57.83 finishing fourth.

Missing from the action was All-American pole vaulter Jake Blankenship who is recovering from injury. Blankenship will return to action this weekend at the Georgia Tech Invitational, competing unattached.

“He’ll be doing that just to get a competition under his belt before he puts a jersey on,” AlfordSullivan said. “Make sure everything is going well and feels great. All reports, all practices have been outstanding, so I suspect this will be a great result this weekend.”

Tennessee moves on to the LSU Alumni Gold meet in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this weekend.

It will be a one day meet on April 23, but AlfordSullivan is still looking for the hard work and effort to continue.

She was definitely pleased with the results last weekend, but she still sees ways they can improve.

“This 2016 outdoor teams need to prepare to compete at a little bit deeper level,” AlfordSullivan said. “I still saw some frustration on some people, some mistakes being made. As we move into late April and early May and we move towards championship time in the middle of May, we’ve got to be past some of the things that get in our own way and be able to compete through adversity.

“That’s really gonna be the message for this weekend.”

Felicia Brown, one of three of the sprinters that made Olympic A standard for UT’s track and field team. • File Photo

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BASEBALL

Vols hope to bounce back against Murfreesboro Trenton Duffer Copy Editor

Three weeks ago, Nick Senzel had the game of his life.

The No. 13 draft prospect on MLB.com brought a .341 batting average, 28 RBIs and two home runs to the plate against Middle Tennessee State pitcher Sam Alton.

Senzel batted third in the lineup and came up to the plate with two outs in the first inning.

The first pitch — a changeup left high. Senzel smashed the ball to left-center field, one of the deepest parts of Lindsey Nelson Stadium and over the fence.

Senzel’s second at-bat was almost identical.

In the bottom of the third with two runners on base, the junior slugger went with a fastball that sailed over the right field fence.

After adding two more RBI’s later in the game, Senzel ended the day with two home runs and six runs batted in, setting a new career high in homers and tying a career high in RBI’s.

Quite a day at the office considering that Senzel was originally hitless with one RBI in seven career at-bats against the Blue Raiders entering the March 29 matchup.

“As a hitter, if you get into one, you gotta stay disciplined,” Senzel said after that game. “You can’t think about what happened in the past. You gotta stay within yourself as a hitter.”

The Vols (20-16, 4-11 SEC) went on to win that game 9-2, but beating the Blue Raiders isn’t something that Tennessee has done often over the past few years. Despite holding a 37-23 record all-time over the Blue Raiders, UT has stumbled over MT over the course of the last 10 matchups.

The Blue Raiders hold a 6-4 advantage over the last 10 games played against their orange adversaries, and they haven’t allowed the Vols to beat them in back-to-back games since 2010-11.

“I just know, since I’ve been here, they’ve just kind of had their way with us,” Senzel said after the March win over MTSU. “We just try to be aggressive and throw strikes. It’s just another game for us.”

The Vols are fresh off a disappointing series 2-1 series loss to Auburn (17-19, 5-10) over the weekend. Despite winning game one of the series 13-4, the Vols lost their way in games two and three, losing 2-0 in the second game and falling 7-6 in game three after blowing a 5-0 lead the Vols had in the second inning.

“Every game takes a life of its own on,” head coach Dave Serrano said after his team’s 2-0

Nick Senzel, #13, swings at a pitch from Vanderbilt. • File Photo loss to the Tigers. “I know these guys are really trying hard. They’re giving their all to help this team win. But we can’t do it staying outside of our body. We’ve gotta stay within ourselves.”

The Vols will have Eric Freeman on the mound for them against the Blue Raiders.

Freeman tossed five scoreless innings and only

allowed five hits when he pitched against MTSU three weeks ago. The redshirt sophomore is 3-1 this season with a 3.26 ERA. Meanwhile, the Blue Raiders (16-20, 4-11 C-USA) will send AJ Spencer out to pitch.

Spencer is 1-0 this year with a 3.80 ERA this season.