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SPECIAL ISSUE

Sex, drugs and rock n’ roll Volume 128 Issue 63

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The Daily Beacon • Monday, April 20, 2015

Hey you,

This past January, when we switched to a tabloid format from our traditional newspaper style, the editorial staff decided to experiment with a series of special issues throughout the semester.

These issues would be centered on the interesting and important topics our campus community could benefit from reading about, topics that needed more explanation and analysis than just one or two stories could provide.

They took weeks of brainstorming, budgeting, planning, writing, editing, designing — all on top of our daily paper production. But whether tackling difficult topics like sexual assault or showing you Knoxville’s wackiest personas, all the work was worth it.

Now we present you with our final special issue: Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n Roll. These pages are an examination of vice, our guilty pleasures and hidden desires, illegal activities

and legal yet stigmatized ones.

In the “Sex” section, we talk about everything from sexual fetishes to hookups to strip clubs. In “Drugs,” you can read about marijuana (on an especially apt day), Adderall and student drug dealers.

Finally, in “Rock & Roll,” you can see how it all fits together to make up the college culture, whether that’s through an analysis of cigarette stigma or an equation for the perfect Saturday night rager.

Throughout the issue, we talked to real students who are actually doing the things we’re writing about, which means a lot of anonymous sources to protect the identities of those who requested it. We also talked to campus resources like the Center for Health Education and Wellness and Knoxville-area physicians when appropriate.

We hope you read this and know you’re not the only one

THE DAILY BEACON STAFF

EDITORIAL

Editor-in-Chief: Claire Dodson Managing Editor: Hanna Lustig Chief Copy Editor: Emilee Lamb, Cortney Roark News Editor: Hayley Brundige Asst. News Editor: Bradi Musil Special Projects Editor: Liv McConnell Sports Editor: Jonathan Toye Asst. Sports Editor: Taylor White Arts & Culture Editor: Jenna Butz Online Editor: Kevin Ridder Asst. Online Editor: Cara Sanders Photo Editor: Hannah Cather, Esther Choo Design Editor: Katrina Roberts, Lauren Ratliff Social Media Editor: Alexandra Chiasson Copy Editors: Jordan Achs, Savannah Gilman, Tanner Hancock, Heidi Hill, Hannah Moulton, Faith Schweikert Editorial Production: Reid Hartsell, Justin Keyes, Teron Nunley, Alexis Porten, Steven Woods Training Editor: R.J. Vogt

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who has a secret addiction to cigarettes. You’re not the only one who has made the decision not to drink or do drugs in college. You’re not the only one hooking up with someone who might be bad for you. You’re not the only one who masturbated to a Judy Blume novel (Okay, Jenna Butz, you might be the only one).

And when you stop feeling like you’re the only one who could possibly be doing (insert supposedly terrible thing here), you get to be free to make the decisions that are best for your mental, social and emotional health.

We’re happy to help.

Claire Dodson is a senior in English and the Editor-inChief of The Daily Beacon. She can be reached at pdodson@ vols.utk.edu.

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I went to a strip club...almost Tanner Hancock Copy Editor

My family has a history with strip clubs.

My brother once told me a story of when he and my uncle — a paraplegic with an electric wheelchair and noticeable beer gut — rolled into a Nashville strip club after a Vanderbilt football game in the early ‘90s. A few drinks and several lap dances later, my grandfather and other two uncles strolled into the same club, surprising everyone and creating what must have been the most awkward family reunion ever convened.

So, naturally, when someone pitched the idea for a “try-it” article on local strip clubs, I felt obliged by my family roots to take on the project.

Despite my family history (which includes more wild parties and sexual exploits than I’ll probably ever live up to), I had never once been to a strip club. Now, armed with a story and a sense of purpose, I set out to lose my strip club virginity in the most academic way possible.

First came the planning. Finding the right place, moving my schedule around and also telling my girlfriend I would be attending a nude bar were all on my list of things to do.

Guess which one was the most difficult?

After three days of trying to convince my significant other that going to a strip club made me a “martyr of journalism,” she agreed to let me go, on the condition she could tag along. Throw in the fact my female co-worker and photographer would also be in attendance for the big night, and the chemistry for a truly bizarre and nude experience was set.

Next came the drinking. Before my odd, two-woman crew and I set out in search of boobies, I had to consume a reasonable amount of alcohol to calm the nerves. Acting under the assumption strippers could smell fear on their victims, I did my best to down some liquid courage and face these ladies of the night head-on — all while my significant other would be sitting opposite of me.

Finishing one last drink in the parking lot in classic high school style, my crew and I approached the building, eager to see just what exactly a strip joint had to offer.

Aaaand we were laughed out the door.

Apparently strip clubs, similar to other businesses that do not involve lap dances, have to abide by certain rules. You have to be 21 to enter (two of us weren’t), every girl must be accompanied by another guy (I never was good at math), and proper attire is required (hockey jerseys and opentoed sandals don’t count apparently). The closest I got to the strip club experience was the brief glimpse of the showroom the bouncer revealed as he opened the lobby door to kindly, yet ever-sosmugly, tell us to leave.

What can I say? I saw strobe lights, a couple poles, maybe the exposed hip of a stripper walking by (scandalous). Not exactly a comprehensive review, but it’s all I’ve got to work with.

A failed endeavor in almost every sense of the word, I’d like to think my brief outing into the night wasn’t all for naught. I learned many things, the least of which concerned strip club protocol, and the greatest of which proved all of my innocence had not yet been stolen by our fair university.

I’ll give that one more year.

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The art of hooking up

Students explore pros, cons of campus hookup culture Hanna Lustig Managing Editor

They call it hookup culture, an unseen force that governs college life outside the classroom on campuses across the country.

It’s a buzzword, sure. But there’s something to it — what exactly is driving the feeding frenzy?

More importantly, is there a feeding frenzy at all?

For Sarah*, a freshman in sociology and

“I felt like I would feel very constrained and obligated to be with one person all the time if I were to be in a relationship...

That seemed very boring to me.”

Sarah

psychology, it’s less of a frenzy and more about fulfillment.

“Typically, it’s kind of like a whim for me,” she said. “The way I see it is, if I’m hungry, I’ll go eat something. That’s how is it for me. Just like, ‘Oh, I’m feeling up for this. I’m going to go take care of that.’”

Our tale of trysts begins in the Roaring 20s. Industrialization and capitalism gave birth to America’s first contemporary cities,

which in turn allowed genders to mix and mingle freely. No longer were unmarried men and women restricted to only supervised, non-sexual interactions.

As the 20th century pressed onward, college party events began to occur more frequently on campuses, feminism was in full force, and birth control became more accessible. Women wanted the same freedom men enjoyed, the freedom to have sex without commitment.

Notions of precisely how much casual sex is happening on campus, though, tend to skew toward the hyperbolic. Pop culture is now jam-packed with hookup-centric plots in movies like “Friends With Benefits” and TV shows like “Skins” and “Jersey Shore.”

In truth, however, not everyone is hooking up.

Stanford University sociologist Susan England conducted what is considered the most comprehensive study of hookups to date, which spanned six years, more than 20,000 students and 21 universities.

England’s data shows 72 percent of both sexes reported having at least one hookup by senior year. Roughly 40 percent of those engaged in three or fewer hookups, another 40 percent between four and nine hookups and 20 percent in 10 or more hookups.

Of those, less than 15 percent hooked up with a stranger and 30-40 percent involved intercourse.

Indeed, millennials are doing it differently — literally. Some have sex before beginning a relationship with someone or as a way to determine compatibility.

“I felt like I would feel very constrained and obligated to be with one person all the time if I were to be in a relationship,” Sarah said. “That seemed very boring to me.”

Some, though, choose not to have sex at all.

Peter*, a sophomore in journalism, is abstaining from sex until marriage in accordance with his religious beliefs, but he’s found a group of friends who share his outlook. He goes to parties, but largely strays from social gatherings that foster hookup culture.

“I’m sort of intrigued by it,” he said. “But these last two years of college have been the

best years of my life. So I don’t really feel like I’ve missed out.”

And getting laid doesn’t always mean getting satisfaction, either. Thirty-three percent of men in England’s study respected a hookup partner less because of the hookup in contrast to 23 percent of women.

Additionally, more than half of women felt respected less after their hook up while 20 percent of men felt that way.

The release of Boston University religion professor Donna Freitas’ “The End of Sex,” highlighted a similar statistic — 41 percent of 557 respondents said their hookup left them feeling sad, regretful or ambivalent the next morning.

Nonetheless, 91 percent of college students agree their lives are dominated by the

hookup culture, according to the American Sociological Association.

Rachel*, a junior female in history and political science, dealt with an emotional pitfall during her first college hookup. She was a freshman; he was a senior.

“As we continued to hook up, he made it more clear that he wasn’t looking for a relationship,” she said. “He’s not really the relationship kind of guy, and we kind of ended things.”

The relationship question didn’t come up until they’d been hooking up consistently for a few months, and that experience wasn’t an isolated incident. Over time, Rachel grew disillusioned with the idea of hookups in general.

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“Now I’m definitely able to set boundaries ahead of time,” she said. “But at that time, I was way too self conscious to even tell somebody that I liked them.”

“I’m sort of intrigued by it...

But these last two years of college have been the best years of my life. So I don’t really feel like I’ve missed out.”

Today, Rachel has the self-knowledge and confidence to take ownership of her desires.

She doesn’t prefer hookups to monogamous relationships, but she now has the chops to navigate on her terms.

The art of having the hookup you want, it seems, lies not in the act itself, but the selection of a partner who is willing to communicate thoroughly.

“I think that should be an unspoken rule of hookups,” Rachel said. “It should be established beforehand what exactly this hookup means.”

In the end, it seems unlikely people will stop craving love, or needing sex. Sex, as Sarah put it, really is like eating — there’s a lot to discover, but ultimately, everyone has to decide his or her own tastes.

“It’s an opportunity to learn about yourself,” Sarah said. “Even though we’re treated and seen as adults, we’re still in a bit of a formative stage … trying to figure out what we like and what we don’t like. Hooking up or at least experimenting with the thought of hooking up, allows us to gain that deeper insight about ourselves.”

WORDS TO KNOW: Hook up (v.): To engage in a typically noncommittal sexual activity that usually does not involve coitus, but implies more than just making out.

Hookup culture (n.): A culture that accepts and encourages casual sexual encounters, including one-night stands and other related activity which focus on physical pleasure without necessarily involving emotional bonding or long-term commitment.

Walk of glory (n.): The walk back to your dorm room or apartment the morning after gettin’ some (“walk of shame” was so our parents’ generation).

Open relationship (n.): A relationship in which two people agree they want to be together, however they might still want to be other people, too; having a significant other with the freedom to hook up with other people.

*Names have been changed

Peter

7/11 (n.): Slang for brief, fast sex.

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Ode to the Penis Ode to the Vagina A man’s true reflection

Nature’s perfect little secret

R.J. Vogt Training Editor

Jenna Butz Arts & Culture Editor

I was sitting in a 6th grade classroom when it happened.

A sudden hardness, an unexpected rigidity — I was experiencing my first erection in public.

My geometry teacher gestured at shapes on a dry erase board, and I sat trapped in a desk by a telltale shape in my pants.

The clock ticked and tocked. What had inspired it? What would I do when the bell rang, and I had to stand up? What if someone saw it? Why did my penis choose this moment to stiffen?

“Cold water,” I remember thinking. “Old people. Taxes.”

The erection persisted, and I rearranged myself as subtly as I could manage. At three minutes to go, I laid my head down on the desk to hide the burning in my cheeks.

With 30 seconds to spare, the boner subsided, as unexpectedly and inexplicably as it arose. The bell rang and I stood, relieved at the near miss.

That was puberty, and this is college; I think I’m past the uncontrollable hormones of middle school. But looking back at the way I felt about the penis when I was 12 years old, I don’t know how much has changed.

For me (and I think, for many men), puberty creates a separation between a man and his penis. We see it change and grow on its own accord, so we begin to externalize the penis as something autonomous from ourselves.

It becomes something that a man owns, a concept that manifests itself in the way that men nickname their own genitalia — as if the whole apparatus were a bizarre trio of pets. In a July 2010 issue of Cosmopolitan, some 23-year-old guy named Philip said he called his testicles “Winston Churchill and Gandhi.”

Not all men have such crinkly, bald avatars for their balls, but most men use a word other than penis to refer to their penises. A typical college-aged man might refer to his penis as his dick or his balls, but that by no means encompasses the penis vernacular. Online Slang Dictionary lists 167 slang appropriations. Some — such as “hotdog” and “grapes” — fall in the food variety, though animal references to “one-eyed snakes” and “cocks” occur as well. A deeper investigation of the internet reveals more creative references, such as the clam hammer, the meat scepter and Mr. Sniffles.

In the bedroom, every guy’s Mr. Sniffles becomes a mirror of himself. If a man gets excited, Mr. Sniffles does too; if a man gets disheartened or embarrassed or particularly cold … Mr Sniffles does too. Never does Mr. Sniffles tell a lie. In fact, the penis is the truest barometer of a man, if not for his character, then certainly for his sexual appetite.

We try to convince ourselves that no, we are just “thinking with our penis,” as if it is external from us, something taking control over our otherwise normal self.

But as much as we try to separate our identity from our penis, it remains a man’s greatest vulnerability.

It is our only hope at reproduction, something we hope is impressive and mighty, and an organ completely exposed outside our body. Someone once told me that penises, in appearance and personality, reflect their owners; that they are microcosms of the men who wear them. (Or each man is a macrocosm of his penis?)

In other words, the penis keeps no secrets. That was the lesson that I learned that day in geometry class — the penis is not my pet or my weapon.

It’s just me.

“The vayiña is nature’s pocket.”

Okay, maybe (maybe?) I don’t stuff weed up my own like “Broad City’s” Ilana, but let’s be real.

Vaginas rock.

They push out small humans, are self-cleaning, can increase to 200 percent of their original size and are personalized to the their owner with all different shapes, colors, smells and tastes. Plus, the clitoris has a higher concentration of nerve endings — 8,000 to be exact — than anywhere else in the female, or male, body.

For once, I think we should talk about how cool vaginas are. And that all starts with discovery.

As a child, I remember procrastinating — yes, even then — when I would get dressed in the morning. And in that prolonged time of typically half nakedness since I really favored shirts as a kid, I would do a half somersault, putting my vagina right in front of my face. Or at least as close as possible to full frontal viewing as any girl could ever hope to get.

The whole thing was a little weird — the smell, the shape, its location.

But I liked it.

I knew my “down there” was something special. In a way, it was like a secret. A secret since it was hidden inside my shorts 90 percent of the time, and I wasn’t supposed to talk about it. Out of sight, out of mind, right?

That was until I read Judy Blume’s “Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself” sometime in mid-elementary school. There’s a scene where Sally talks about touching herself in the bath to help her relax. She called it her “special spot” though, and I had no clue what she was talking about. It sounded like something I would like though, and I wanted to know.

I finally found out that spring when my parents enrolled me in a WEEKEND LONG (this is no joke) sex education class — a CHRISTIAN sex-ed class. There, we saw diagrams, labeled diagrams, prayed, played basketball, ate PB&J’s and had our parents answer all our weird body/sex questions. I still have the book.

The cool thing, though, was that everyone was incredibly open with us about how our bodies worked, even about masturbation — not at all what you would expect in a church.

That class is where I learned about the clitoris and learned that if you touch it, it feels really effing good.

And the first time I masturbated was to Judy Blume’s “Forever.” It was a full circle process.

Guys, it’s a weird thing we have done there. (I’m using guys inclusively since I’m from Wisconsin, and that’s how you do it.) You know how women are always referred to as mysterious? I’m convinced it’s because our vaginas were so unexplored for much too long. Neither we nor our partners really knew or understood the inner, or outer workings of the vagina. It’s crazy when you consider all the little parts and how they work together to do a million different incredible functions.

Who cares if yours doesn’t look like a porn star’s or doesn’t smell like roses? It’s a hot little thing we have down there, regardless of whatever a “perfect” vagina looks like.

So, the next time you need to relax, turn to your little pink friend and masturbate.

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

Jenna Butz is a sophomore in English. She can be reached at jwk546@vols.utk. edu.

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Drugs and you

a need to know guide to narcotics and more

Hannah Cather Photo Editor and Liv McConnell Special Projects editor

You’re at a house party waiting — and waiting — to use the bathroom, which has been locked for at least the last forever (approximately five minutes in sober time).

Finally, the occupants emerge, giggling while one of them stuffs a cellophane bag of some illicit substance back into her bra.

This is a scene many of us college party-goers are familiar with. The question is — what’s in the bag?

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Ecstasy/MDMA MDMA acts as both a stimulant and psychedelic.

By affecting brain cells that use serotonin — the chemical which regulates mood, aggression and sexuality — MDMA distorts time and perception, enhances tactile experiences and produces an energizing effect in users. It is mainly distributed in 50-150 mg tablets which are often brightly colored and stamped with a logo. Effects usually occur within 30 to 45 minutes of swallowing the drug and last four to six hours. Overdose effects of MDMA can cause a sharp increase in body temperature, leading to liver, kidney and cardiovascular failure and potentially death. MDMA is a Schedule I drug, meaning it has high potential for abuse, no accepted medical use and lacks accepted safety for use under medical supervision.

MARIJUANA Marijuana contains more than 480 constituents, and THC produces the high by going from the lungs (when smoked) to the bloodstream, to the brain where it connects with cannabinoid receptors on nerve cells. Receptors are generally found in cells that influence sensory and time perception, memory, concentration and coordinated movement.

Short term physical effects of marijuana include sedation, blood shot eyes, dry mouth and increased appetite. Long term physical effects are similar to tobacco: bronchitis, emphysema, increased risk of head, neck, lung and respiratory cancers. Marijuana is currently a Schedule I drug because of its high potential for abuse and no medical use.

COCAINE

XANAX

Xanax is a benzodiazepine, a type of depressant that was created to replace barbiturates. Other types of depressants including Klonopin and benzodiazepines produce sedation, relieve anxiety and muscle spasms, induce sleep and prevent seizures. Xanax is only legally obtainable through a prescription. Effects of overdose include shallow breathing, clammy skin, dilated pupils, weak and rapid pulse, coma and possible death.

Benzodiazepines are a Schedule IV drug.

OXYCODONE

Oxycodone, marketed alone as OxyContin or in combination products like Percodan or Roxicet, comes in tablet forms. It induces feelings of euphoria and relaxation while the overdose effects include extreme drowsiness, confusion, shallow breathing and slow heart rate.

Oxycodone products are a Schedule II drug.

Cocaine, also known as coke and crack, comes in two forms: a white, crystalline powder or small, irregularly shaped chunks. The powder, often diluted with substances like sugar, can be snorted or injected after dissolving it in water. When cocaine is smoked or injected, the high is felt in seconds.

If it’s snorted, it takes longer and is less intense.

Tolerance to cocaine develops quickly, and users need more to get high. Cocaine increases blood pressure, paranoia, likelihood of heart attack or stroke and death. As a Schedule II drug, cocaine has a high potential for abuse and limited medical use.

KETAMINE

Ketamine is an injectable, short-acting anesthetic that is used in humans and animals because it makes patients feel detached from pain. It produces hallucinations and also induces a state of calm, immobility and amnesia — or no memory of events while on the drug. Ketamine can be a clear liquid and a white or off-white powder. Hallucinatory effects last 30 minutes to an hour. Overdose effects include unconsciousness and dangerously slowed breathing. Ketamine is a Schedule III drug with acceptable medical use.

All information is according to the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Dear Editor,

‘Is UT a ‘stoner campus?’

As student marijuana use increases, university role evolves Alexandra Chiasson Soxial Media Editor

Perhaps more than a few are aware that thriving businesses are operated out of many a back bedroom in the historic Fort Sanders neighborhood adjacent to campus.

The main proprietor of one such establishment, David*, hops on the arm of a hand-me-down porch couch, perches and lazily lights a Zig Zag-wrapped blunt.

“So this part is off the record, right?” he joked.

David is a University of Tennessee senior, poised to graduate in just a few weeks. He’s also a bona fide drug dealer and self-proclaimed ganja expert, specializing in distributing marijuana trafficked from the west coast to fellow students.

“I would say Tennessee is known for a being a stoner campus,” he said.

“Among SEC schools.”

How many students are actually using marijuana?

Though just a few blocks through the Fort and a trek across campus away from this porch, the Student Health Center is a perfect architectural foil to David’s place of residence.

This shiny, new glass-fronted building is home to the Center for Health Education and Wellness, an office in the Division of Student Life whose purpose is to educate campus about “health and wellness areas that impact student success,” according to their website.

Many of CHEW’s programs and office initiatives are inspired in part by annual

campus surveys that seek to gauge student habits regarding health, including the use of alcohol, marijuana and other drugs.

The 2014 survey had 1,125 voluntary student responses, with 27 percent reporting use of marijuana in the past year, up three percent since 2013.

These numbers are lower than the national average of 39 percent, according to the University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future study.

Do these statistics accurately reflect actual pot use among UT students?

David said he is doubtful. He doesn’t think most of his clients would even take the survey.

“Who’s filling those surveys out? What students are actually answering those?” he said. “I am a student who smokes weed, who regularly meets other students who smoke weed, who goes to parties with people who smoke weed and sees people smoking weed on campus.”

University response to students and weed

But no matter the actual number of UT students using marijuana, CHEW’s mission is to educate, not punish.

Recently, CHEW hired Rebecca Juarez to fill a brand new, highly anticipated wellness coordinator position. Though her focus is alcohol and drug prevention and intervention, falling in line with CHEW’s overarching philosophy, she does not intend to take a paternalistic approach when working with students.

“Our primary goal is to look at students’ goals and their values and how their

Recipes for the inebriated Hannah Cather Photo Editor You know what people love to talk about? Snacks.

When I asked the internet — also known as my Facebook friends — what they turned to when the munchies hit, more than 70 people commented. They like pickles, peanuts, pretzels, cashews, chocolate, hummus, ice cream, spicy, sweet, sour. They eat it all.

We at The Daily Beacon define “the munchies” as that insatiable hunger one has while being inebriated in some way. Hopefully some of those snackers who responded, specifically my father, are using a looser sense of the term that doesn’t involve getting high.

There are cookbooks and blogs aplenty dedicated to stoner snacks. In an effort to cater to the varieties of high, these suggestions have different difficulty levels: too high and just-kind-of high. No matter how high you are, always use caution in the kitchen.

Turn the stove and oven off when you’re finished. Never walk away. You will forget to come back.

Carefully evaluate your state of being before pursuing a snack. Listen to your taste buds and your tummy. What do they want? Whatever it is, munch on, my friends, munch on.

POPCORN

Dank Spicy, Sweet Popcorn: Pop kernels on stove. Melt 2 tablespoons butter, add 1 tablespoon sriracha and 1 tablespoon honey. Taste. Adjust spicy/sweet accordingly. Pour mixture over popcorn.

What Could Go Wrong Popcorn: Take plastic wrap off bag.

Open microwave. Place bag inside, flat side down. Close microwave. Set timer to 2 minutes. DO NOT WALK AWAY. Listen carefully. Open microwave when there’s a two-second pause between kernels popping.

behavior aligns with that,” Juarez said. “And our office isn’t in a position to say what they should and shouldn’t do.”

Still, there are consequences for those caught with marijuana on campus.

Though the university policy dictated in Hilltopics Student Handbook is perhaps intentionally vague, Assistant Director of CHEW Laura Bryant said students caught with marijuana on campus are generally required to meet with Student Conduct and Community Standards.

In her experience, most of the time Student Conduct and Community Standards requires students to take a drug and alcohol education course sponsored by her office. The course costs $45 and is followed up with a mandatory reflection paper.

Because most students in the course have been sanctioned by Standards for being caught with marijuana on campus, the conversation generally turns to weed.

“We talk about students’ values, beliefs. We talk about the pros and cons of using marijuana,” Bryant said. “We actually set goals in that class together.”

The university’s response to drug policy violations is remarkably forgiving, considering those caught with illegal substances off-campus would probably face arrest and possession charges.

“We are here to provide the facts and the data and to have a conversation,” Bryant explained.

The Conversation

HUMMUS

Easy, Breezy Hummus: Pour can of chickpeas, do not drain, into blender/food processor. Add a splash of olive oil and salt. Blend. Suggested add-ins: hot sauce, garlic powder, lemon juice, herbs.

Literally the Easiest Hummus: Walk to the grocery store. Buy hummus and chips. Eat. Can’t walk? Call a friend. Offer them a chip dipped in hummus while they drive you home.

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YOGURT PARFAIT Yes, I Do Want To Be Healthy While I’m High Parfait: In a cup, add one scoop yogurt, one scoop granola, a few blueberries/strawberries/ banana slices. Repeat until cup is full.

Too High To Make a Parfait, But I Want a Parfait: Open half-empty tub of yogurt. Pour in granola. Peel banana, don’t stress about slicing, add to carton. Stir.

Remember blueberries in the freezer, add those on top.

As more states legalize the sale of weed for both medicinal and recreational purposes and Tennessee moves in a similar direction with a recent cannabis oil bill, the university and CHEW will likely have to reevaluate policies and educational methods in the coming years.

According to Bryant, the office will spend time “benchmarking,” evaluating how other universities address the issue and more thoroughly examining student marijuana use with more surveys and perhaps focus groups.

As marijuana becomes a more commonplace part of campus life, David pointed out that the demographic makeup of the user population has begun to defy stereotype.

“I have customers in (graduate school) who buy from me. I have freshmen who are undecided buy from me,” he said. “I sell to a very intelligent and involved portion of campus.”

Whether increasing legalization and destigmatization of weed and more diverse users will create even more issues for offices like CHEW or take pressure off of the university is yet to be seen.

Regardless, the pot isn’t going anywhere and David gleefully pondered potential new recruits.

“The freshman class this year probably smokes more than the freshman class last year,” he said, grinning.

*Name has been changed

CHOCOLATE

Chocolate Fun-due: Melt handful of chocolate chips in microwave on 50 percent power for one minute. Stir, repeat. Dip strawberries, graham crackers, pretzels, potato chips or whatever else you can find in your cupboard.

Duuuuude, Where’s the Chocolate?!

Forget about melting chocolate, you’ll probably burn it anyways. Just eat the chocolate chips out of the bag.

Got a serious chocolate craving? Pour chocolate chips in a bowl, add hot fudge, a chocolate bar, some chocolate sprinkles and eat with a spoon.

GRILLED CHEESE Guac Grilled Cheese: Put slices of bread on a baking sheet, add tomato slices to one piece, cilantro sprigs to another, top with shredded cheddar. Place tray under broiler until cheese is melted.

Take out of oven, plop guac on one piece and smoosh other piece on top. Melt butter in skillet, brown both sides of sandwich.

Easiest Melted Cheese Goodness: Put soft tortilla shell on plate, spread a little bit of butter. Add a pile of grated cheese. Microwave for one minute. If you added too much cheese and it isn’t melted yet, microwave another minute. Wait. It’s gonna be really hot. Carefully take plate from microwave. Top with hot sauce or guac if you’ve got it. Fold tortilla in half.

The appeal of “going green” extends beyond the love of pungent indica and sativa. It feeds the insatiable desire for more of just about everything that consumers crave. The tipping point is inching towards its fulcrum and the United States has the opportunity to set historical precedent for international drug policy. The argument for legalization I am going to make is primarily based on economic grounds. That is not to say that the structural violence, marginalization of minorities, medical injustice and public health concerns are not relevant to the debate. But for the moment, I want to focus on the dollar signs that both corporations and politicians drool over when drug policy reform is on the table.

Congress has within its reach the ability to render change for the Federal and State prison landscape which boasts more inmates per 100,000 than every country in the world including Russia, according to International Centre for Prison Studies. In the United States, out of the 1.5 million people arrested in 2013 for non-violent drug crimes, 693,482 had a marijuana law violation and 88 percent were convicted of only possession, according to the Drug Policy Alliance. To put that in perspective, the United States is home to five percent of the world’s inhabitants and yet imprisions 25 percent of the global prison population. Pair that with the estimated 51 billion dollars spent each year directed towards the “War on Drugs” and we have one of the greatest policy failures the country has ever seen.

Massive government appropriation waste leads me to my next point of the zero dollars in tax revenue derived from a multi-billion dollar unregulated market. Estimates for California alone predict 1 billion dollars in retail cannabis tax revenue per year. Complementary government savings for drug interdiction efforts would encompass industrial hemp, medical and retail marijuana. Coupled efforts between forfeited incarceration and administrative costs and new tax revenue creates a new funding source every government agency will scramble over.

When cancer patients are left with debilitating debt after their treatment, regardless of whether or not they survive, pharmaceutical companies continue to rack in the big bucks. Antiemetic medication (which reduces nausea and vomiting) such as Zofran can cost patients about $20,000 throughout their treatment. Compare that with about $200 for an ounce of medical marijuana. Can you say economic stimulus?

Lastly, job creation. If the available national funding hanging around 70-80 billion dollars a year wasn’t enough for you, then ponder the potential in the cultivation of industrial hemp. The beauty of hemp is that it is unattractive for smoking. Low THC levels make it an exceptional crop for 25,000 different products and very inefficient for those looking for personal use. Supporting industrial hemp makes you double green: green for the environment and green because there is so much money in the industry that is valued at $580 million annually, according to the Congressional Research Service.

Contrary to everything I listed above, certain industries have been making fortunes off marijuana prohibition, namely the private prison system and pharmaceutical companies. We can see the penalties for marijuana possession have not been successful deterrents in reducing the rampant black market. Thus, tax dollars flow in, and then they flow out to support the very structures that suppress legalization almost entirely.

Big Pharma cries, “Oh, no. Marijuana is absolutely unsafe and dangerous. We cannot let patients keep their $19,800 that they would otherwise spend on our patented drug.” While the private prison system declares, “These are hard criminals who deserve long sentences in our prisons at the monthly fee of any exorbitant amount we can think of.”

The gig is up for prison privatization and pharmaceuticals. No longer can they hide behind proclamations of fear and danger as reasoning behind criminalization. Your money joint is about to get seriously blazed.

Miranda Gottlieb is a junior in political science and Hispanic studies.

She founded the UT chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. She can be reached at mgottlie@vols.utk.edu.

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The Daily Beacon • Monday, April 20, 2015

Deal or No Deal?

Liv McConnell

Special Projects Editor Patrick* is sitting on the third floor of the library on a Tuesday night when his phone begins to ring — persistently, aggressively.

He silences the call through the pocket of his shorts and continues with his conversation. He doesn’t have time to check his phone. Not this phone. Not now.

Patrick knows the caller is trying to contact Howard, the false name he’s assigned to this phone used only for drug dealing.

“I got into dealing in high school because I really didn’t have that many friends, and that was one of the first things that got me surrounded by groups of people who wanted to hang out with me,” he said. “There’s a social aspect to it, which is really the reason I started. Getting high was just an added reward.”

Although Patrick never anticipated he’d one day be a full-time college student and full-time dealer, financial motivations drive him to continue this lifestyle today. His mother doesn’t have a lot of money, and he pays for most of his UT tuition himself.

“I got to the point where I was doing things, extracurriculars and study abroad and stuff, that there was no way my mom could pay for,” he said. “That’s when I really got back into it in college. I’d stayed away from it.”

After reentering the drug business, Patrick

was able to raise the money for a study abroad trip in France in the six months leading to his departure.

“It was so that I could put myself in a better place with school and everything else,” he said.

For Caitlin*, a UT junior in supply chain management, becoming a dealer started out simply as a way to help her friends find weed during a “dry spell” following a former dealer’s arrest.

“Finding any weed had been really difficult, and I was getting tired of it and waiting on people I didn’t trust and getting shorted by people I didn’t trust,” she said.

Caitlin was eventually able to find someone with a “very large sum” of weed and shortly after bought her first quarter pound.

“It was like $1,000,” she said. “I had no idea what I was doing. I’m actually really lucky I didn’t get arrested or go to jail.”

In the nearly eight months she dealt, Caitlin experienced what it was like to always be on someone else’s — the customer’s — clock.

“It did get really annoying, because people hit you up all the time,” she said. “It doesn’t matter what time it is or what else you’re doing. They expect you to have it then-right-then, or you’re potentially losing business.”

Needy customers especially became a problem in the summer months.

“When school was in session, people would contact you during the normal hours. You’d get the occasional text here or there at, like, 2 a.m.,

‘Hey are you still up?’ but you wouldn’t lose substantial business,” she said. “But in the summer, people expect you to stay up longer. They expect you to be more available in the day because they don’t think you should have anything else you’re doing.”

The high demands and odd hours caused Caitlin, an ordinarily straight-A student, to let her grades slip.

“I think I got a 3.3 that semester, and my usual grades are like a 3.7,” she said. “It definitely did impact my grades, but I’m not sure how much of that was selling in general and how much of it was the substantial amount I smoked. I was selling I want to say a quarter pound a week.”

For dealers who aren’t in school, like Craig*, the demands and expectations placed upon them by fix-seekers can be considerable.

“A busy night involves phone call after phone call, stop after stop, run after run, driving all the way across town back and forth multiple times,” Craig, who has driven as far as 1,600 miles for a deal, said. “It can be very stressful. I was once called and asked for a kilo of ketamine, which is a cat tranquilizer. That was probably the craziest thing.”

But for Craig, who was making enough money dealing out of high school that he decided to forgo college, most customers’ demands will be met. This is, after all, his career.

“This is what I do, so obviously whatever is

the easiest, fastest, biggest way for me to make money, I’m going to choose that,” he said. “But that’s not how everyone is.”

Jessica*, a UT senior in art, sees choosing to sell only to a select group of friends as a crucial exercise of caution.

“I’m not out here trying to make a lot of money off of it,” she said. “I think that’s where the risk comes in, like the people I’m buying an ounce or two at a time off of. I feel like they’re at risk, but I’ve never felt like I am. My clientele is only my friends who I see on a daily basis.”

No matter how much restraint one employs though, Patrick said security is often illusory.

The Oct. 13, 2011 shooting of a 19-year-old former UT student at Grand Forest Apartments, he said, is a chilling illustration of this fact.

“That kid, he was someone who just dealt with friends, but someone was watching his apartment and saw a lot of people coming in and out,” Patrick said. “I met him the day before in a business situation. We smoked a bowl together.

It was just a real awakening, like, ‘damn.’ ” Though the money can be an intoxicating temptation, Patrick said it’s imperative to understand the real risks of dealing before entering the trade.

“Once you’ve been doing something for so long, it becomes easy to get careless with it,” he said. “People get too comfortable.” *Names have been changed per request.

ADHD medication use puts students at risk for abuse Sterling Martin Staff Writer

Claire Dodson EditorinChief

Is it hard for you to concentrate in school?

Is your room often messy? How about your car? Would you call yourself a thrill-seeker?

These are some of the questions you are likely to be asked if you visit a medical provider in search of an ADHD medication like Adderall or Vyvanse.

But for Steven*, who received a prescription about a year ago, it was easy to “somewhat lie” about his actions and state of mind and get ahold of the pills many college students use as study aids.

“I’m prescribed both 50mg Vyvanse and 5mg Amphetamine Salts (generic Adderall).

I’m supposed to take each once a day, for 30

days. The Addies are instant release so they kick in quick, and make you feel, almost like … I don’t know. It feels like being very aware of what’s going on around you. Since they were a bonus anyway, I started selling them for extra money.”

Like Steven said, Adderall and its generic alternatives are subtly different from other stimulants like Vyvanse. Reggie Raman, a child psychiatrist in Knoxville, said Adderall has more side effects and that Vyvanse is in many ways a better drug, especially for those who actually have ADHD. “Adderall has a short half-life, so you can take it and abuse it,” Raman said. “Vyvanse has an extended, long-release, so you can’t take it and get the same buzz as Adderall.

Adderall has a high abuse potential. Also, Vyvanse has less side effects.”

Full-time college students age 18-22 are twice as likely to have used Adderall nonmedically as their 18-22 year old counter-

parts who are not full time college students, according to a National Survey on Drug Use and Health report released in 2009.

Despite Steven’s profiting from selling the drug, he said he does not consider himself a drug dealer.

Aside from the risk of dependency, risk of abuse and various negative side effects, the perceived amount of danger from using these drugs is virtually non-existent in users, though Raman said students need to be aware of the risks.

“If a student has ADHD, it makes sense for them to take (these drugs) because it helps them do well,” Raman said. “If you don’t have it, it can still help you, but it can also lead to abuse. When you look at the risk-benefit, the risk is too high for someone to take it who does not have ADHD. You are exposing yourself to side effects.”

Elizabeth*, an occasional non-prescription user, said she believes the widespread

availability of ADHD medications like Adderall, Vyvanse, Stratterra and so on, actually begins in high school, where the pressures of standardized testing and college admittance are on the forefront of a student’s mind.

“I had heard of a couple friends taking it in high school to do better on the ACT, so I was naturally curious,” Elizabeth said.

“Especially since those grades determined where I even got into school, and how much scholarship money I received … I wanted to do everything possible in order to get a higher score.”

Elizabeth received a 28 on the ACT, up from previous scores, which she attributed to the aid of Adderall.

“Now, I just occasionally use it to study with and test with,” she said. “I honestly don’t know where I’d be without it.” *Names have been changed.

Rock ‘n Roll

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Parental Advisory:

Top 10 albums to get explicit to Jenna Butz Arts ‘N Culture Editor

For all your illicit needs, these albums pair great with sex and/or drugs. Please use responsibly.

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6. MGMT-“Oracular Spectacular” 7.The Doors-“The Doors” 8.The 1975-“The 1975” 9. alt-J-“An Awesome Wave” 10.Tycho-“Awake”

More than a ‘cheap thrill’ Adventure seekers mix adrenaline, passion Savannah Gilman Copy Editor Garrett Barnett’s lifestyle takes a toll: 10 dislocated shoulders, a blown out knee, a broken back, arm, elbow and pinky (twice), and the list keeps growing.

You may call him extreme, but don’t call him a junkie.

“I think that people on the outside looking in may describe me as an adrenaline junkie,

but I definitely don’t describe myself as a junkie,” Barnett said. “I’d say there’s a factor of adrenaline that runs through your body that the outdoor world kind of looks for, but the term junkie is kind of mishandled, not accurate to what we do.”

Barnett, a senior in food sciences and technology, is a member of a band of enthusiasts that bond in the pursuit of outdoor sports like hiking, climbing, mountain biking and kayaking.

See ADRENALINE on Page 12

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ADRENALINE continued from Page 11 Each member got a different start into his or her passion. Erik Hancock, a junior UTOP instructor, said he has kayaking in his DNA. His father, a professional raft guide and white water instructor, began teaching him at a young age. “This is one of the bigger cities in the Southeast for paddling,� Hancock said. “There’s never not a time people can go paddling.�

The location alone breeds a good sporting

community that is welcoming to anyone pursuing adventure, but excludes junkies “looking for a quick yee-haw.� “Adrenaline junkies won’t be around for long anyways, Social Darwinism, I guess,�

Hancock said.

Hancock said there is an important differentiation between an adrenaline junkie and adrenaline seeker. There’s a method and a passion for these “outdoor sport connoisseurs� that contrasts the cheap thrill junkies chase, he said. “We’re going out to learn and enjoy nature and just be outside, and I think that really is a defining factor,� Hancock said. “These sports

have really talented athletes who are trying to push the sport and leave things even better for the next person that’s trying to push the sport, and I think that’s a really cool part about it.�

Barnett admitted adrenaline rushes do enhance an experience, although they shouldn’t define it. “You know, without that feeling of fear and without that pump of adrenaline, the sports that we do wouldn’t be the same,� Barnett said. “You definitely get that feeling.�

But when the next move could potentially mean life or death, having your heart racing and your adrenaline pumping can be a disservice.

“You tend to make really fast decisions and you tend to make mistakes. Small mistakes can lead to big consequences in the sport that we do,� Barnett said.

Ultimately, the lifestyle of an outdoor adventure connoisseur isn’t just a game of adrenaline seeking. People like Barnett and Hancock pursue their sport with their time and energy, arranging their schedules around the opportunity to do what they love and live for. “It’s something that I’ve taken from a hobby and revolve a lot more of my life around it then I used to,� Hancock said. “I’ve made it where everything else I do in life is trying to get to where I can do more paddling.�

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dadoodlydude • Adam Hatch

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD • Will Shortz

Get Fuzzy • Darby

Cartoons 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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Tobacco culture persists among UT students R.J. Vogt Training Editor It’s 3 a.m. on a Friday morning, and Lauren*, a senior in business, slips a Turkish Royal cigarette into her mouth.

She sparks it, drags and puffs.

“I feel like I could quit any time I want,” she said, flicking the ash into a tray on the Goal Post Tavern patio table. “This is the first one I’ve smoked this week.”

For Will Seeley, a senior in food science and technology, growing up in Pleasantview in Cheatham County meant getting his first pack of cigarettes at age 12 — from his grandfather.

Lauren is not alone in her late-night cigarette break — 19 percent of college-aged Americans smoke cigarettes, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Though the administration does not have statistics on tobacco use on-campus, the thousands of cigarette butts littered across UT and

Fort Sanders suggest the presence of a college smoking culture. Visit any bar on the Strip and you’ll see them — groups of students leaning casually on railings, a haze of smoke around their heads.

Smoking varies by individual. Lauren, for example, said she buys one pack per week and frequently shares cigarettes with others.

Smoking is something she does when she drinks, or maybe when she feels particularly stressed out, and she started the habit in Greek life.

The millennial generation has been bombarded with anti-smoking education, but the stigma of smoking has not helped her stop.

Lauren said her only serious boyfriend also smoked, so the bad breath was mutual. But, it’s not something she wants her parents to know.

Joe Feeney, senior in hotel and restaurant management, said he bought his first pack — Marlboro No. 27s — during his first year at UT. “It made me drink less,” he laughed.

He knows it’s bad for him, but admits a tobacco vice; smoking is, in many ways, a distraction from “dipping” tobacco. When he drives or studies, he prefers to keep wads of tobacco in his upper lip.

But at Cool Beans, he opts for cigarettes.

“I’m in public so I can’t dip,” he says.

It’s a pack and half per week for Feeney, who also says he bums cigarettes out to friends and strangers, and he does not worry about addiction.

“I have quit three times successfully,” he said. “There have been times where I quit for five to six months.”

Quitting can be more of a challenge for some students, such as Mallory Lobb, senior in public relations. She admits to buying about a pack a week.

“I try to quit regularly,” she said. “I hate that I do it. It’s not attractive.”

Like all the people I interviewed at the bars, Lobb said she is triggered to smoke by stress or drinking. She prefers Marlboro No. 27s, but only in certain crowds.

“I often hide it if I’m not comfortable with the people I’m around,” she said.

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Lauren, Feeney and Lobb are Tennessee natives, a possible factor in their decision to smoke. The state of Tennessee consistently ranks higher in national averages of smokers per capita, and Knoxville ranks as the 12th worst city in the country for smoking, according to the Daily Beast. In 2015, the American Lung Association gave the state an “F” on anti-tobacco programming.

Tennessee’s tobacco agriculture contributes to the state’s low cigarette tax of $0.62 cents, the 11th cheapest in the nation. For Will Seeley, a senior in food science and technology, growing up in Pleasantview in Cheatham County meant getting his first pack of cigarettes at age 12 — from his grandfather.

He chain smokes on the patio of Goal Post Tavern, an average of two packs per week depending on the amount of driving, stress and drinking that his body undergoes.

Crushing the butt of his cigarette into a trashcan, he withdraws a second pack of Camel Blues from his pocket and rips the plastic off. He grins as the new cigarette dangles from his lips.

“I’ll die before I quit.” *names have been changed

Monday, April 20, 2015 • The Daily Beacon

The world through the eyes of a straight-edge student I tell people all the time what I am: I’m a follower of me). And cue the Nick Jonas y’all, because I also get Jesus, a UT journalism student and a country music jealous. I think of myself too often, and there’s a lot I enthusiast (or at least that’s what my Twitter bio tells need to work on. I’m not perfect. But you lose your way, me). But I never really get the chance to explain what and you try to get back on track on such an adventure — that’s what it truly looks like to be a Christian. You I’m not.

I’m not a drinker. I’m not a smoker. I’m not a drug can only try to get better.

I’ve also seen the scars these substances can leave user. And I’m certainly not a partier. Don’t get me wrong, I’m always up for a good time, but I’ve come behind. There are a number of alcoholics strewn throughout my family tree, to learn my idea of a and because of that I decidgood time is vastly difed a very long time ago I ferent from many of my would have very little to do fellow classmates (who with alcohol. I have seen knew that watching far too many lives lose their “Unbreakable Kimmy luster and meaning due to Schmidt” and buildalcoholism. I’ve seen the ing forts in your apartI’m not a drinker. strains alcohol can put on ment living room isn’t a family, relationships and everyone’s idea of a wild I’m not a smoker. friendships. I never took Friday night? Not me.) alcohol as a joke, a good It’s rare that I’m asked I’m not a drug user. time or even a small detail. why I don’t partake in I didn’t see how it could these typical, alcoholAnd I’m certainly be. To me, it was big and it fueled collegiate passtill is. I learned this lesson times, but I’ll try my best not a partier. too many times, and quite to explain. And though frankly, it hasn’t worn off I often feel alone in this and it’s unlikely it will. choice, I think it’s time That being said, I’m just fine with those who choose someone like me (a.k.a. a “straight edge”) explained to drink; don’t get me wrong. But I’ve learned alcohol is just why this kind of decision is made.

As the intro reads, I am a follower of Jesus. I carefully something I’d simply rather pass on. I love playing my crafted this statement to reveal my true intentions; I am guitar. I have a thing for antique stores. I love my Jeep, on a journey to becoming less like Marina Jade Waters and I prefer my Coke without whiskey. It all goes.

But still, I know there is nothing more unusual than and more like Jesus Christ, the best example of a person the world’s ever seen. I believe in striving to honor and a straight-edge college student. I often overhear the glorify God with everything you do and are, and that outrageous stories of the party-loving passersby and includes what you do on Friday nights. It’s hard, but it’s their wild weekends and think to myself, “I am so very worth it. After all, God gave his only Son for the very separate from college culture.”

But that’s okay. You have your vices, and I have mine. worst in us. Many would die for the best of someone, but Jesus died for the worst part of me. So for me to be And that’s a statement I think we could all drink to. this better person, alcohol simply isn’t involved.

Marina Waters is a senior in journalism and elecNow, this isn’t to say I’m even close to perfect. I leave voicemails in a Chandler Bing-like fashion (a.k.a. tronic media. She can be reached at mwaters8@vols. horribly), and I have a tendency for accidentally poking utk.edu. people on Facebook (it’s okay to be embarrassed for

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Hangover care 101 Ana Tantaris CONTRIBUTOR

Six shots into your Thursday night, and it hits you.

You have to be up at an unreasonably early hour to get your life together tomorrow. However, instead of stopping while you’re ahead, you take this opportunity to evaluate your evening and proceed into the substance abyss that comprises many weekends in a student’s life.

We’ve all been there. And the worst part about any night out is undoubtedly the recovery process.

This one-way ticket to a speedy reunion with reality and the ability to function can be simpler if your drunk alter ego decides to take care of sober you.

Before you go out or start tossing back shots, take a multivitamin or drink something with antioxidants, like pomegranate juice. Most people are under the impression the only reason drinking causes a hangover is dehydration, but that is not the case. Alcohol also has inflammatory properties and causes oxidative stress on the body.

So pregame the pregame with some multivitamins and some fruit juice – you won’t regret it.

When you get back from any night out, the first thing you need to do is take a shower. It will be a great surprise when you wake up to realize that you now have one fewer responsibility. There is no better feeling than waking up after a night out and realizing that contrary to your expectations, you don’t smell like booze and college. However, this will only get you so far, especially considering the way you feel when you first wake up is entirely reliant on your drunken behavior.

The next step is preparing for the brutal reality of getting up in the morning. Before you go to bed, set out a glass of water and a bottle of ibuprofen to greet you when you roll over in the morning. Anti-inflammatory drugs like these are key to combating any hangover, and now you won’t even have to stumble all the way to your kitchen before you start feeling better.

Once you have evaluated the quality of self-care you drunkenly managed, you can easily determine where to go next. Did you brush your teeth before you went to bed? The likely answer is no, and you will know immediately once you wake up that you reek of regret. If you haven’t taken the opportunity to do this, make it your first priority. No one in your 9:05 math class needs to know you go out on any day that ends in ‘y.’

You should feel instant relief at your newfound overwhelming sense of cleanliness, but this is still not quite enough. Your next step is to hydrate. Do not be fooled, one bottle of water will not do the job. No, you need to hydrate continuously all day if your goal is to be able to function. Gatorade is your best friend for this. No one will judge you if you’re double-fisting mass water and Gatorade in class. In fact, they’ll probably think that you’re just getting ready to hit the gym once you’ve finished your intelligent discussion about derivatives.

Finally, once you’ve finished dealing with all of your responsibilities, the only sure-fire cure for any hangover is sleep. So go back to your apartment and abandon reality so that you can power nap before you get ready to go out again that night.

The science of party planning Jordan Achs Copy Editor When I got to college and started to go to parties in the Fort, I expected Hollywood to come to life. Somewhere between “Clueless” and “Project X” there was the perfect straight-out-of-a-movie party, and I hoped to find it. Some were wild, some were lame, and ultimately I realized that no movies quite got all of it right.

Location So where’s the best place to have a party?

“The Fort — it’s a better area to have a party than other places in Knoxville,” said Elliott Feith, a freshman in accounting. “Everything is within walking distance.”

Parties make even the trashiest of Fort houses look like Gatsby’s mansion, and the Fort is Mecca for parties. The ideal layout has to have perfect keg placement, which means fewer bottlenecks to the booze and more time to party. Most houses have ample outdoor space, where a large majority of partygoers congregate like in “Dazed and Confused.” Find a place that can handle a little wear-and-tear, a large crowd, boozey floors and loud music — with neighbors that won’t call the cops.

Theme Themes can be fun, and the costumes ensure tons of Instagram likes the next day. Who wouldn’t want to go to an “Animal House” historic toga party? But picking the right theme is crucial. Common mistakes including choosing something too specific or offensive stereotypes, exhibited in the Sundance Film Festival award winner “Dear White People.”

Some, however, like senior in public relations Kevin Brown, say themes are a lost cause.

“I hate themes. They never work well in the Fort,” Brown said. “People care more about getting drunk than they do dressing up.”

If you want a theme anyway, pick one with plenty of costume potential, like togas, decades or characters from pop culture. The more people can get from Goodwill, the better.

Music Recently, live music has been a trend at Fort parties. Bands in people’s living rooms or backyards make a typical kegger feel like a private concert with your closest friends — with cheaper beer. Think Matt Damon’s rendition of “Scotty Doesn’t Know” in “Eurotrip,” or even Craig Ferguson and Rihanna’s duet in “This is the End.” Knoxville has a lot of great local musical talent to take advantage of, and live music brings people together. Cicily Hummer, a senior in kinesiology, prefers live music at parties, although she says, “Eight out of 10 times the band sucks.”

So maybe a back-up Spotify playlist is a good idea.

People Arguments, brawls and destruction can create “Project X” level chaos; a party filled with laughing, dancing and lighthearted tomfoolery make much better memories. This is true in movies as well, whether it’s the fight in “21 Jump Street” that turns a lame party into a wild one or the sketchy party the gang in “Superbad” steals alcohol from.

“I think it’s all about who comes,” said Bri Tate, senior in management and international business. “People who aren’t too ‘cool’ and you know they’re just down to have fun. If the people suck, I won’t stay.”

The typical party mix always includes seasoned veterans and awkward freshman crashers, guys who chug anything and gaggles of girls fitting into tiny bathrooms. But ultimately they’re the reason the party is happening in the first place — meeting potential new friends, lovers, enemies, classmates and more. It’s fun to celebrate with your fellow Vols, whether it’s because of a good grade, a big win or just getting through the week.

Granted, not every movie gets it right, but more and more parties in movies make me want one thing — the weekend.