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Beyonce’s new album “Lemonade” delivers thrills >>See page 5

Opinion: Students must unite to enact change >>See page 7

Vols win first SEC series >>See page 10 Travis Dorman • The Daily Beacon

Cornel West speaks on diversity, poverty, politics Travis Dormen

Staff Writer Cornel West, famed author, philosopher, pastor and political pundit, expressed his solidarity with those fighting for diversity at UT when he spoke Sunday afternoon at the James R. Cox Auditorium.

Few seats were empty as West gave a nearly hour-long speech that touched on race, capitalism, poverty, mass incarceration, police brutality, spirituality, the commercialization of the music industry, integrity and how all of these areas intersect in American society.

He began winding illustrations in whispers before ascending in volume and exploding in dramatic climaxes, punctuated by soulful affirmations, laughter and applause from the crowd.

To support his points, West quoted an eclectic blend of sources ranging from the Bible to the Wu-Tang Clan (“Cash rules everything around me”), from Malcolm X to Lil Wayne.

While West did not explicitly endorse the UT Diversity Matters coalition after legislators voted last week to strip the diversity office of its funding, he did describe the pursuit of diversity as an effort to seek out and tell the truth.

“It’s so very difficult to tell the truth. I try

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to remind some legislators in certain state houses how difficult it is to stand up for the truth,” West said. “To stand up for … most importantly, robust, uninhibited Socratic dialogue so that people are willing to examine, interrogate and scrutinize ourselves, others, our community, our nation and the world.

“So I do stand here in very deep solidarity with my precious, courageous brothers and sisters of the Vol colors at this institution, who try to exemplify the best of Socratic dialogue. Sometimes they’ll call it political correctness, but it’s not political correctness.

That’s just a way to trivialize people’s suffering.”

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump also found themselves in the crosshairs of West’s slingshot of shade. West, a known Bernie Sanders supporter, skewered Trump for “xenophobic scapegoating” while criticizing a number of Clinton’s policies and actions.

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It is no secret that UT is a researchintensive institution.

Students and faculty frequently tackle research projects alongside the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, generating more than $17 million annually in sponsored research, according to the university’s website.

To support this atmosphere of scholarship and research, UT employs research librarians with varying expertise who aid in the discovery, management, facilitation and preservation of the university’s research.

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Chris Eaker “Ten years ago, the requirements to archive research data wasn’t in existence,” Data Curation Librarian Chris Eaker said. “Researchers just did what they did and who knows what happened to the data after they were done with research.

“Now, they have to share data and all research universities are trying to find ways to make sure this happens.”

Eaker is one of only 50 or fewer professional librarians at the university helping students and faculty manage and share research.

As a data curation librarian, Eaker helps researchers on campus organize and archive data for research grant agencies and other research institutions around the world.

“Federal grant agencies require that faculty researchers manage and share the research data they produce on

federally funded projects,” Eaker said.

“My job is to help them work through all of the requirements ... Such as how to write data management plans, how to manage their research data well and how to prepare it for sharing with the wider world of science.”

Eaker organizes campus research into a data repository that can be readily accessed by other researchers for as long as the archive exists.

“We have a data repository here where we can archive and preserve research data sets and anyone can access them,” Eaker said. “When (researchers) need to archive in our data repository, I will help them prepare that data set (and) make sure they’re in good shape.”

In addition to his work at the university, Eaker has traveled across the nation teaching classes on how to manage research data for other research institutions.

Eaker recently visited the University of Missouri to help its campus establish a similar research management position.

“A lot of research institutions have people similar to me or more or are adding them every month,” Eaker said.

“Two weeks ago, I got back from the University of Missouri where I worked with them on how to develop the type of thing that I do.”

While campus has three libraries and thousands of faculty members within them, Eaker said he wished students and faculty were more aware of the resources available to them, including himself.

“I kind of have to keep going out and advertising myself. Most (researchers) don’t know I exist yet,” Eaker said. “We have so many things in the library that I wish more people knew about.”

Eaker also cited librarians within his office who help students and faculty use “cutting edge” tools to facilitate their research and other librarians who help these researchers get published in scholarly journals.

The university also offers “subject” librarians for each concentration on campus for students or faculty conducting specific research.

Eaker serves as the architecture librarian for the university.

“I help the students and faculty find things they need - whether they need resources on a particular architect I can find that, or if faculty needs a particular book for their research I can buy that for them,” Eaker said. “Every department has someone like that that

Melanie Allen they can contact.”

“My favorite part of my job is connecting people with the information that they need,” Melanie Allen, health sciences subject librarian at UT, said.

“I really enjoy helping others locate answers to their questions and discover new resources they weren’t aware of or haven’t used in a while.”

Allen provides research support for students and faculty in Nursing, Nutrition, Public Health and Audiology & Speech Pathology.

“My days consist of collaborating with faculty to provide instruction sessions on using health-related library resources and meeting with student and faculty researchers in person and online to assist with their literature research efforts,” Allen said. “I also maintain online research guides for these academic areas and order electronic and print materials to support these health sciences programs.”

Outside of her position as a subject librarian for the university, Allen serves as a trainer for the Tennessee Electronic Library, a virtual library free to all Tennessee residents.

“TEL provides great resources for learners and researchers of all ages, and it contains some great healthrelated resources that complement our offerings at UT Libraries,” Allen said.

“Supporting the research needs of these academic departments is the most important aspect of my job.”

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Cornel West continued from Page 1 “I know some folks call some of my brothers in the hood ‘superpredators,’” West said, referring to Clinton’s controversial 1996 speech that used the term to describe gang members without empathy or conscience. “They don’t say another word about the predatory lending on Wall Street targeting working-class people.”

West called Clinton a “corporate feminist” who “doesn’t care about the women in Libya,” where she supported a mission to overthrow dictator Muammar Gadaffi — a widely-criticized move that led to countless deaths and massive instability in the region.

West also discussed income inequality. When he was the age of the graduating seniors in the audience, he said, one percent of the population owned 21 percent of the wealth, but now, one percent of the populations owns 41 percent of the wealth.

“That’s a massive redistribution from poor working people to

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the top one percent,” West said.

While West criticized many aspects of today’s society, he did offer a hopeful message to graduating seniors, who he said should remember their parents’ smiles and strive to find their calling, not just a career.

“Focus on the things that matter to engage in that turning of the soul away from just the fleeting pleasures and focus on the enduring joy,” West said. “Focus on the ways in which one is going to look certain evils in the face.”

Jarrod Nelson, public relations chair of the issues committee for the Central Program Council, said the group was excited by Sunday’s turn-out.

“We wanted to bring Cornel West due to his incredibly learned and unique voice on just about everything in America today, but especially on race relations and how that dialogue is developing across the nation,” Nelson said.

“We had a near full house on a Sunday and had people from all over the campus and the greater Knoxville community come, which is always exciting for us.” Cornel West speaks at Cox Auditorium about race, capitalism, poverty and many other topics in his Race Matters lecture on Sunday, Apr. 24. Travis Dorman • The Daily Beacon

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Global water scarcity highlighted through lecture Maria Amalla

Staff Writer Students, professors and community members gathered around to partake in dialogues driven by today’s water problems during an Earth Day lecture, “Keeping Afloat: Water in a Changing World.”

Krista Wiegand, associate professor of political science, elaborated on water’s growing weight in global security.

“From a political science point, we are concerned about water wars,” Wiegand said. “There are over 63 percent shared river basins and only 164 countries in the sovereign world.”

Wiegand said water wars have emerged out of water dependence as both a vital natural source and as an hydroelectric power.

“Hydroelectric power is responsible for 25 percent of the world’s electricity,” Wiegand said. “For example, in Brazil, more than 90 percent of their electricity is hydroelectric power.”

Debbie Ailey, regulatory compliance manager for Knoxville Utilities Board, focused the issue of water impact to a local perspective involving water monitoring and aging infrastructure.

“In truth, the greatest measure in water quality is your customer,” Ailey said. “Abundant water doesn’t always mean safe, clean water for our community.”

Ailey touched on Flint’s water crisis as a result of a combination of failing infrastructure and improper monitoring but testified to KUB’s preventative steps for the Knoxville area.

“We take 35 million gallons each day (from the Tennessee River), which serves a population of 250,000,” Ailey said. “We

are committed to replacing one percent of our systems every year, which is 14 miles of pipe.

“So for the people on Cumberland, please bare with us on construction.”

Curt Jawdy, lead hydrologist for the Tennessee Valley Authority, has headed TVA’s water science activities in river management and presented several issues facing work in the public sector of water.

“Water is a public good and is handled by public instruction,” Jawdy said. “The public has lost trust in many of our most important institutions and in fact, only 20 percent of American citizens trust the government.”

Jawdy emphasized that close relations and open communication has driven efficiency in the relationship between TVA and its customers.

Jawdy said TVA has encouraged its customers participate in some of their open meetings and file a complaint or suggestion when needed.

Brennan Smith, program manager for the Water Power Technologies and group leader for the Energy-Water-Ecosystem Engineering Group, highlighted some other important problems facing water.

“The continental scale of issues includes the western drought, gulf hypoxia and ground water depletion,” Smith said.

Smith also identified that these water issues are just as much caused by climate change as they are by human behavior on consumption.

“Nowadays, engineers can no longer afford not to take into account human behavior,” Smith said. “It (human behavior) is critical to understanding water systems.”

Charolotte Munson as Nellie;

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Slayings of 8 ‘preplanned execution’ Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — The slayings of eight family members in rural southern Ohio “was a pre-planned execution” and the investigation will be lengthy, the state’s attorney general told reporters Sunday.

The Friday killings at four different homes near Piketon was “a sophisticated operation,” Attorney General Mike DeWine said at a news conference in the small community that has been on edge since the seven adults and one teenage boy were found shot in the head.

Authorities said it was clear that the Rhoden family was targeted, and Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader said he’s told relatives to be armed.

Reader said he did not believe there was a safety issue for other residents. But “If you are fearful, arm yourself,” he said.

Authorities have been scrambling to determine who targeted the clan and why. Investigators have interviewed between 50 and 60 people in hopes of finding leads, and a team 38 people is combing wooded areas around the shooting scenes to ensure no evidence was missed, Reader said.

Authorities found marijuana-growing operations at three of the four locations of the shootings, but neither DeWine nor Reader elaborated on what, if any, role they had in the deaths.

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Lemonade: Sour, sweet and carrying on after heartbreak

JoAnna Brooker Contributor

As the scene opens, lights on a wooden floor read out “Hattie’s 90th” and an older woman begins reading from a microphone.

“I had my ups and downs, but I always find the inner strength to pull myself up. I was served lemons, but I made lemonade.”

On Saturday evening, three years after her surprise title album, Beyoncé released her visual album “Lemonade,” which is exclusively available on Tidal.

The album is composed of 12 track lists and a movie that incorporates them all into a seamless story of betrayal, anger, forgiveness and redemption.

As the first song “Pray You Catch Me” begins, we are taken through abandoned building and an empty chorus hall save for the lone figure of our singer on the stage, head in her hands. As the title card reads intuition, her voice echoes over a piano track like a hymn, until she begins singing, with an echo effect making her song both far away and all around you.

As this song fades out, Beyoncé jumps from a building into a pool of water, where she is held inside a room, emerging, soaked and dressed in all yellow. The title card reads denial and “Hold Up” begins, a light sounding reggae track.

As the song ends, the film tone shifts as a lullaby like tune plays overhead. The title card anger appears on screen as young girls dance down the street. A drumbeat announces the start of “Don’t Hurt Yourself,” a swanky, guitarladen track featuring Jack White.

The next title card reads apathy, as the film shifts back to black and white. “Sorry,” a synthlayered track, is at once sassy and sweet as she sings the words over a rap saying why she isn’t.

As the song ends, the title card reads emptiness. The camera pans down a long, red hallway, where the beat is dark and menacing.

The beat picks up in pace and volume as she sultrily sings the opening to “6 Inch,” a song that wouldn’t sound complete without the addi-

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tion of The Weeknd’s vocals.

The next card reads accountability. Old home videos play, and a guitar string begins playing jazz at first, before edging into a song akin to country. “Daddy Lessons” sounds at once western and a different genre, but it still feels like Beyoncé.

Reformation is the next card. A breezy, synthfilled song plays as Beyoncé and seven other women walk through the ocean dressed in white dresses, holding hands. “Love Drought” has some of the most visually breathtaking scenes in the entire album, where the women are lit by the sunset and surrounded by flowers and sand.

The next title card reads forgiveness, and we are brought to a home, where Bey sits holding mementos of a relationship. She sits alone, playing a keyboard and singing into a microphone, as flashes of her and her husband, Jay-Z, are shown.

The next title card: resurrection. “Forward” is a song that seems to take a departure from the deep musings of Beyoncé’s marriage. A sad voice plays over piano, as black women show images of the men they’ve lost — including the mothers of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown.

“Freedom” begins soon after, a strong vocal performance by Beyoncé. The song is reminiscent of tracks like “Glory” and features a rap bridge by Kendrick Lamar.

The last title card reads redemption, as Beyoncé’s voice reads her grandmother’s lemonade recipe. “All Night” is a loving ballad, filled with joyful synth beats and videos of her and Jay-Z and couples of all races and genders, together and happy.

“Lemonade” is an album that deeply follows the emotional process of a woman grieving a betrayal within her marriage. It is at once profound, complex and inspiring, with a joyful ending and a promise to make the good out of the bad.

To access Lemonade, visit http://listen.tidal. com/album/59727856.

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NEW MUSIC MONDAYS

Jordan Feliz – “The River” Anticipation: 2/5 Christian music can be a bit repetitive and bland stylistically, so let’s see how Feliz stacks up. During: 3/5 He’s certainly not either of those things; there’s no typical pattern to the lyrics and the sound varies slightly from track to track — so he passed that test.

Reflection: 3/5 The messages are strong here, but his sound is solid as well.

Christian pop singer Jordan Feliz released his latest album “The River” on Friday. Although the running joke about Christian music is that you really only need to learn one sentence to know the words to basically the entire song, Feliz defies this with his intricate lyrics layered over pop melodies.

Overall “The River” is a pop album with fun, upbeat rhythms on songs like “Best Of Me” and “Cheer You On,” which sounds like it could be a One Direction radio single. However, “Live It Out” is also a hypnotic pop tune with the catchiest chorus on the entire album. Not only will tunes like this on Feliz’s album lift you up musically, but they also do the trick lyrically with such optimistic themes.

Feliz also gets real on tunes like “How Long” and “Satisfied.” Just as the best church pastors can, this Christian singer has a knack for spreading the message of Jesus’ love for the world while also offering convicting subjects as well. Meanwhile, title track “The River” is a clear stand out with it’s strong inspirational and convicting lyrics and compelling vocals and backbeat.

Feliz might be starting out on his recording career, but he seems to be on the right path in terms of lyrics and sound. With added musical elements, his career seems promising and sure to provide listeners with uplifting, meaningful songs.

Lucas Nord – “Company” Anticipation: Never heard of this guy before, so who knows?

During: 3/5 There are such interesting elements to each track. This probably has to do with his background as a DJ. Check out “Do About It” because it’s super catchy.

Reflection: 3.5/5 Best thing about this album is the amount of layers to it. Each track is compelling.

Swedish songster Lucas Nord might be known as a DJ (and good luck if you want to find anything else out about him on the internet), but his album “Company” is the perfect blend of soul and pop — in true DJ fashion.

Songs like “Faking” and “Off My Mind” have strong ‘90s R&B and ‘80s pop vibes while title track “Company” and “Invisible” take on more contemporary and electronic elements.

However, all of these songs blend a hip-hop back beat with soul vocals that seem to be missing from so much of today’s electronic music.

Many of these tracks take a slower approach to this pop soul sound, but the upbeat, carefree side of Nord takes over on “Do About It,” which is a catchy hip-hop number that would best fit Nord as a single off his latest album.

By combining these retro pop sounds and soulful r&b vocals, Nord puts his DJ skills to work on this album and it shows in a way that is both fun and compelling.

Josh Kelley – “New Lane Road” Anticipation: 2/5 We haven’t heard from Josh Kelley in a while and with his mixture of past styles, there is no telling what this new album will sound like.

During: 2/5 Kelley seems to have taken a break from trying the country thing for now and has taken a more gospel-like approach. How’s that for another genre thrown in the mix.

Reflection: 2.5/5 There’s nothing especially notable about this album. There are some deeper themes here, but it seems Kelley hasn’t quite found a true style of music to call his own.

Kelley is a pretty notable guy. He’s married to former Grey’s Anatomy star Katherine Heigl and his younger brother Charles Kelley is the lead singer of the country band Lady Antebellum.

However, the eldest Kelley still hasn’t found his sound on his latest album, “New Lane Road,” which he recorded at his studio in Utah where Kelley and his family live. With a little songwriting help from his brother on two tracks on the album and his wife’s push for him to create an album to showcase his talent as a singer-songwriter, it seems Kelley is still looking for what he wants out of his music.

Many of his songs are simple piano-heavy numbers like “It’s Your Move” (for which Heigl directed the music video) and they are similar to country vocalist Phil Vassar tunes that are known for their vocally driven, radio-friendly nature. While country music takes a backseat on this record and only momentarily shines through, gospel themes and elements are evident on songs like “Take It On Back” and “Country Love Song.”

Though many songs aren’t terribly notable on this album, “One Foot in the Grave” is by far the highlight of “New Lane Road.” It’s dark melody and surging slide guitar pair with Kelley’s hopeful yet damning lyrics that center around a religious theme in the track.

Although Kelley claims this is his best work yet, it seems his journey on this new lane road is one that will lead to a future album that will greatly vary in sound as he’s done in the past.

-Marina Waters, Staff Writer

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Closing down the workshop

Thomas Carpenter The Workshop

Well, this is the last column I will ever write for “The Daily Beacon,” and even as I type these words, I’m not sure what I’m going to say.

My first column I wrote two years ago was about Shark Week and at some point after that, I found my voice. What was initially a burden turned into a blessing. It’s not easy writing something every week, especially at first. I know it’s hard to believe, but I don’t always have an opinion and in some cases, this column has forced me to have one. While I haven’t looked forward to writing every single column, the ones I did work hard on paid me back 10 times over.

My columns have gotten me an internship in the U.S. House of Representatives and a guest spot in “The Tennessean.” I’m grateful for this column, and I’m grateful for you. For those that have read my columns and shared them, either out of agreement or disagreement, I thank you.

One of the truly great gifts we have as a species is the ability to communicate and connect deeply with another. Far too often we use that gift to hurt and destroy one another instead of building each other up. This column was a campaign for truth, clarity and

reason, but it was also to start conversations around campus. To get people talking about issues is the only way we will ever solve what ails us the most. So as I leave my post, I encourage others to do the same, either through the Beacon or some other medium.

Our campus is facing some tough issues right now, and they are not going to go away anytime soon.

What we need now is unity. This does not mean we all have to agree with each other on everything. This does mean listening to one another no matter what.

This means speaking up against injustices even when it’s the hardest thing to do.

Most importantly, know that you have a voice. Our university has both progressed and regressed since I’ve been a student. If you’re looking for something to change, there’s a multitude of issues to tackle, including eliminating the ridiculous mandatory meal plan that is forcing students to eat crap Aramark food. Tell the Athletic department to teach its players to stop raping people. You could also push for the university to divest. Divestment from fossil fuels was tried a couple years ago and failed but Columbia University in New York City just divested from prisons so you

Finishing is the real challenge

Kimberly Bress Real World Problem Solving

This past March, I went to my first high school track meet.

Standing along the fence next to the side of the track, I watched the runners circle around, their legs kicking up with a motivating sense of purpose. As the race ended, an announcement came over the crackling megaphone: my little sister’s heat would be up next. My eyes scanned over the crowd of too many athletes wearing too little spandex, finally spotting her blonde hair and green jersey at the front of the lineup. This was her first season competing in track, and I had never seen her race before. The starting gun sounded, giving me a little jolt, and I watched the pack of girls heave itself around the first corner.

Before they hit the end of the turn, my sister was nearly 50 meters in front of all the other girls. Lap after lap, I watched her pass by with impressively consistent speed, her lead gaining with each pounding step. As her finishing time of 5:28 flashed on the clock, I could not decide whether to be vicariously proud of my sister’s accomplishment or embarrassed by the intensifying inadequacy of my own fitness.

“That was incredible,” I screeched as she came over to my spot along the fence. “How do you run that fast?” My sister took a swig from her water bottle, lungs still heaving. “I mean, do you have a strategy?

What do you think about when you’re running?” I asked, watching other girls still cross the finish line. “I don’t know,” she shrugged. “I just think about making it to the finish.”

Never having been a competitive runner, I do not know much about the sport. However, I do know that as the athletes make their final laps, it is the finish of the race that is their crucial and decisive challenge.

Interestingly, this is a principle, which applies just as well to normal human beings as it does competitive runners.

As we approach the last week of classes, and a grueling round of final exams, we become painfully aware of how challenging the “final lap” can be. What can we do to make sure we finish strong, or at the very least, finish at all? According to the Runner’s Resource, there are three important pieces of advice, which are key for making it through the homestretch.

1. Maintain your form From a runner’s perspective, proper form refers to consistency of movement. The well-formed runner is looking straight ahead, focused on the finish line, while also maintaining strong stride and vigorous arm speed. However, for students, maintaining your form means more than just wearing the same pair of sweatpants for an entire two weeks. Instead, it means consciously maintaining strong study habits, even through your very last exam. It means staying organized, and attending the classes on your schedule. You have done wonderful work throughout the semester, and there is no good reason to abandon that structure in the final hour.

2. Control your breathing Breathing is an important part of running (or any activity, really). The better a runner breathes, the more oxygen is available to the muscles. The concept of paying attention to your body is especially important for students. Despite the fact that every single one of your final papers are due tomorrow, take a moment to think about your breathing. What is your body telling you? Is it hungry for something more substantial than a bag of sour gummy worms? Do you need to take a quick 20-minute nap before jumping into your next assignment? A moment of mindfulness goes a long way towards increasing productivity and decreasing stress, in addition to protecting your physical health. So, when all else fails, take a deep breath and do what is in your power to do.

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could start there. Email me if you want a longer list than this, I’d be happy to provide you with one.

I came to college not sure what to expect and somewhere in between opening the T as a trombone player in the Pride and throwing my last party in the Fort, I figured out who I was. I didn’t really have a grasp on myself before college. Maybe I needed to live away from my family for more than just a couple weeks. Maybe I needed to drink a beer. I don’t think it was any single thing that helped me find who I was. It was my friends, my classes, my involvement.

It was everything. It was my relationships, even the bad ones, and especially those that I still had a friend on the other side. It was that time freshman year it snowed four Fridays in a row. It was the inaugural Sex Week after party when I drank too much and hid in a tub. UT, even with all of its faults, is a special place, and Rocky Top will always be home sweet home to me.

Thomas Carpenter is a senior in Classics. He can be reached at ThomasCarpenter@utk.edu

3. Be Tough Great runners (one of whom I would consider to be my little sister) have a drive that pushes beyond the limits of pain and exhaustion. An atmosphere of competition inspires them to relentlessly reach towards the finish line. They have ambition that can only be satiated by achievement. The end of the semester takes a toll on everyone. You may have many later nights looming in your future, coupled with obscenely difficult exams. A particular essay topic might stretch the limits of your mind and memory, while the data for your final lab report seems cryptic and unanalyzable. If there is one thing to remember this exam season, it is that you are stronger than your assignments. You are capable, intelligent and equipped with the skills that you need to finish the job. “Being tough” as a student means complementing your studying efforts with sincere and persistent faith in your own capability.

Since March, my little sister has run in many other track meets and finished many other races. Every new competition is an opportunity for her to test her limits, a challenge which she looks forward to with excitement. This semester is just one of the many that you will have here at UT. You will finish this race, and then begin a new one. You will be victorious, and you will be challenged. You will experience exhaustion and energy. You will fail and also succeed. However, no matter the circumstance, you owe it to yourself to finish strong.

Best of luck in your final week of classes, and in all of your final exams. You can do it! And of course, congratulations to my speedy little sister. You are an inspiration to us all.

Kimberly Bress is a sophomore in neuroscience.

She can be reached at kbress@vols.utk.edu

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Annual puppet show embraces imperfection Eric Bailes

Contributor Who has ever gone down to the Old City, went to a bar, sat down and watched a puppet show? Patrons of the Pilot Light last Friday night did just that.

The Cattywampus Puppet Council’s 2nd Annual Spring Revue & Variety Show was a night full of song, dance and skits. Started last year when Rachel Milford and Shelagh Leutwiler were asked to make a puppet show for the Dogwood Arts Festival, these puppets are definitely not made from socks but from papier-mâchÊ and fabric.

While puppet shows may sound juvenile to some, Leutwiler believes that is not the case.

“We create a safe place to play,� Leutwiler said. “It transcends age.�

Before the night officially began, attendees were encouraged to make their own puppets at a table set up at the entrance. With the range of possible creations extending anywhere from possums to Dolly Parton, this was an easy start for any aspiring puppeteers.

Once the night got started, the variety show got everyone in the mood. With performances acting out possums stealing food and dancers doing the can-can, the acts were, as the founders of the Council would say, cattywampus. “Cattywampus is a Southern term that means ‘a little off-kilter or askew,’� Milford said. “We also feel like calling ourselves ‘cattywampus’ gives us permission to create art and performances that aren’t perfect, just as none of us are. It allows us embrace the cattywampus

in all of us.�

After a brief intermission, the puppetry officially began. The show consisted of three different skits, all with some different significance.

The first was a celebration of the weedy plants of our Appalachian region — including the dandelion, violet and kudzu — which also featured the dogwood as a self-centered flower in the dynamic. The next performance was a retelling of the stone soup story, which emphasized how strong a community can be when it comes together, rather in fear of its differences. The final skit was about an inefficient chef, which stressed the importance of not wasting food.

At the event, the Council announced that, as of last week, it became a non-profit organization. In addition, it has received a $4,000 grant from the Burning Man Global Arts Foundation.

This will allow the group to put on Knoxville’s first community puppet parade in April 2017. The resulting Appalachian Puppet Pageant will be an East Tennessee inspired community parade, composed of members of all ages and backgrounds gathered to celebrate the region.

Prior to the parade, the Council will be holding free puppet-making workshops and open studio hours to help community members prepare to join in the festivities For those who want to see the Cattywampus Puppet Council in action sooner rather than later, they can attend the Council’s performances this weekend on the children’s stage at the Dogwood Arts Festival in Market Square.

They can be seen on Friday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and on Saturday at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

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SPORTS

The Daily Beacon • Monday, April 25, 2016

SOFTBALL

Vols rebound from loss to Sooners to beat Lipscomb 10-2 David Bradford Staff Writer

Tennessee softball needed to clear the air after its 9-0 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday.

On Sunday, the Vols decided to clear the base baths instead, as a three-run home run by Megan Geer and grand slam

by Gretchen Aucoin sparked the Vols’ 10-2 run-rule victory over Lipscomb, extending Tennessee’s winning streak against in-state rivals to 87.

Sunday marked the third time in the last five games Geer has knocked a ball out the park.

“I’ve just been trying to continuously hit good pitches,” Geer said. “I always

work with Maddi (Shipman) and Karen (Weekly) on trying to fix the little small things on my swing to make the difference. Like today, you saw in my first two at-bats I was poppin’ up, poppin’ up, so just making a small adjustment to make a difference.”

Geer’s three-run blast in the fifth snapped the Vols out of a sluggish start and catapulted their lead to 4-2. Aucoin one-upped Geer later in the inning with her second-career grand slam Two innings prior, Tennessee faced an ideal situation for any team at the plate.

With the bases loaded, the Vols had no outs. All they had to do was put the ball in play, but Lipscomb’s Kelly Young halted Tennessee’s momentum with threeconsecutive strikeouts.

Up to that point — including Saturday’s

game against the Sooners — the Vols had been shutout and made one untimely mistakes after another.

But sophomore Meghan Gregg — along with the rest of the team — weren’t deterred.

“We just tried to stay positive,” Gregg said. “We obviously showed that we could hit her. We used that and carried it over to the next innings.”

Gregg definitely showed her ability to hit on Sunday, collecting a hit in all four of her at-bats and knocking in the gamewinning run in the sixth inning.

After Tennessee’s loss to Oklahoma on Saturday, the team spent over an hour in the clubhouse, discussing everything from leadership to accountability.

Reportedly, discussions became heated between the freshmen and the upper-

classmen.

Co-head coach Karen Weekly was happy the team got things off their chest and believed the upperclassmen responded well to adversity.

“I think they all did well,” Weekly said.

“Rainey (Gaffin) got that first big hit and then Gretchen hit that bomb. We needed her to do that, we needed her to get on track … It was nice to see their leadership and come out and get a big win because we all saw what Lipscomb did with Oklahoma right before that … We have a lot of respect for them.”

The Vols get Tennessee Tech at home next. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.

ET on Wednesday, April 27, at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium.

BASEBALL

Tennessee rallies to take series against No. 4 Vanderbilt Shane Switzer

Staff Writer

It was a day for rallies Sunday afternoon at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

And the last rally belonged to Tennessee.

Tennessee scored three runs to take the lead in the sixth and then held No. 4 Vanderbilt scoreless in the last three innings to capture a 5-3 win over the Commodores, winning its first SEC series in the process.

Benito Santiago got things started in the sixth with a double to center field and was moved over to third on a sacrifice bunt by Chris Hall. Nick Senzel drove Santiago home with a sacrifice fly to right.

Vincent Jackson beat out an infield single in the next at-bat while Jordan Rodgers drew a walk and Vanderbilt pitcher Ben Bowden hit Tyler Schultz to load the bases. Derek Lance came to bat and quickly fell behind in the count with a ball and two strikes. Lance turned the at-bat around and made it a 10-pitch battle.

“I was just trying to find a way to get on base,” Lance said. “Pass it to the next guy. That’s kind of our motto offensively.”

The senior drew a walk, giving Tennessee the winning run. The Vols tallied one more on a Jared Pruett single to cap off the day’s scoring.

After dropping game one Tennessee rallied to win the next two. The Vols are now

23-17 overall and 6-12 in the SEC. Coach Dave Serrano said the series win couldn’t come at a better time.

“We had to do that,” Serrano said.

“That’s the reality of it, we had to do that.”

Serrano said that even if that hadn’t won the series against Vanderbilt they still could have made the SEC tournament but it would have been much tougher on the Vols.

Senior Andy Cox gave up his usual role as Sunday’s starter. Instead he sealed Saturday and Sunday’s win as the closer. Cox pitched four innings Saturday and returned to pitch one and a third innings Sunday. Cox knew after the game Saturday that he had more in him.

“When it was 5-3 (Serrano) came to me and said, ‘don’t try to be a hero … Go down there and play catch and tell coach Chip how your arm feels,’ I was like, I’m good, I’m ready to go,” Cox said. “I knew that I would have the chance and I came in today and I was just telling myself that I was going to pitch.”

Cox said he was proud of the team after everything it had went through this season and said beating and in-state rival and top ranked team in Vanderbilt was awesome.

Serrano said there wasn’t any hesitation to go with Cox because Cox was going to help make the call.

Serrano said he couldn’t live in his body and couldn’t know how his arm felt but would trust Cox if he said he could pitch.

“His stuff sure looked good,” Serrano said. “I think with Andy he’s got so much anxiety at times. I think sometimes when his body is tired he calms down a little bit.”

Cox looked calm even after hitting the first batter he faced to load the bases in the top of the eighth. Against Vanderbilt’s Connor Kaiser, Cox threw just five pitches to record the strikeout.

Cox wasn’t alone on the mound either.

Both Will Neely and Hunter Martin had solid pitching performances on Sunday.

Neely made his first career start and went six innings with five strike outs while only allowing two walks. Neely gave up six hits to Vanderbilt but limited the Dores to just three runs, two earned.

Neely said he didn’t even know he would be the starter until after the game Saturday.

“They are a really good team,” Neely said. “I knew that going in, I was just trying to do what I do best. Just throw strikes.”

Even though Neely was making his first career start against the No. 4 team in the county and an in-state rival and trying to secure Tennessee’s first SEC series win, Neely said he wasn’t trying to think too much. He just focused on his pregame routine and throwing strikes during his pregame warm-up in the bullpen.

The only mistake Neely made all day was leaving a ball up in the zone to Jeren Kendall who hit a solo home run out to right field.

Serrano said he was proud of the way Neely pitched and that solo home runs don’t beat teams.

“It doesn’t surprise me that he did that,” Serrano said. “I’ve seen it coming out of the bullpen I think what I saw today is that he’s probably a little more suited to be a starter.”

The third pitcher on the mound for Tennessee was Hunter Martin who came on in relief for Neely. Martin went one and two thirds inning and kept Vanderbilt off the board. Martin allowed only one hit while striking out two and walking just one batter.

Serrano knowing he had two guys like Martin and Cox coming out of the bullpen really gives him confidence. Earlier in the year Serrano said he was looking for answers to the bullpen’s struggles and thinks he may have finally found those answers.

“Some clarity came to me this weekend,” Serrano said. “We really minimized who we used out of the bullpen to see the last two games what Hunter (Martin) and Andy (Cox) did is a pretty good luxury to have those two guys at the end of the game.”

Tennessee will play two midweek games against Eastern Kentucky and Alabama State before traveling to Missouri for their next SEC series. If the bullpen struggles are behind the Vols as Serrano hopes they are, the next few weeks could be nice to the Vols.

SPORTS

Monday, April 25, 2016 • The Daily Beacon

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BASEBALL

Bats start slow, come alive in middle innings to propel Vols to 5-3 Win Rob Harvey

Staff Writer The Vanderbilt pitchers had the Vols struggling all series and for the first four innings it seemed no different.

Knoxville native Patrick Raby kept the Vols guessing in the first four innings with a no hitter through 4.1 innings, however, the Vols’ bats came alive in the fifth and sixth innings.

The Vols registered five hits in these two innings and scored five runs. They also drew three walks, one that brought in the go ahead run in the sixth.

It started in the fifth on a Vincent Jackson walk and then Jordan Rodgers fielder’s choice. Tyler Schultz doubled in Rodgers and later scored on a single from the next hitter, Derek Lance. That tied the game 2-2.

“I thought the big hit (of the game) was the hit and run off of Tyler Schultz,” Coach Dave Serrano said. It got us going. In that one inning we hit and ran and got some guys on and it created some energy and some momentum for us.”

Vanderbilt tacked on a run in the top of the sixth but, the Vols quickly erased that

lead in the sixth. This time the whole team batted for the Vols. Benito Santiago doubled to start the inning and then would be moved around the bases until he scored on a Nick Senzel sacrifice fly.

The two-out rally began then when Jackson, Rodgers and Schultz all managed to get on base to load the bases. Lance then battled in a 10-pitch at bat, eventually drawing a walk that brought in Jackson for the go ahead run.

“I was just trying to find a way to get on base and get it to the next guy,” Lance said.

“I was just trying to battle when I got down and find a way on.”

Jared Pruett was the next batter and, after going 0-2 with the bases loaded Saturday, he singled up the middle to drive in Rodgers to make it a 5-3 game.

This game is one of the first complete games for the offense, as each hitter in the lineup provided an offensive lift for the team.

Bullpen success for Andy Cox: Normally a Sunday starter for the Vols Andy Cox has struggled this season. As a starter Cox is just 2-3 with an earned run average over six.

However, Serrano may have found a permanent place for Cox in the bullpen.

On Saturday Cox came out of the bullpen

in place of starter Zach Warren and pitched four scoreless innings while picking up the save. Cox struck out five on Saturday including the last two hitters of the game to notch the victory.

On Sunday, Serrano went to the bullpen again for Cox this time with two outs in the eighth. Cox hit the first batters he faced which loaded the bases, however, he settled down and strikeout the next batter to end the inning.

Cox came out for the ninth and notched his second save in two days.

“I was just ready,” Cox said. “I knew that I had a chance. I came in today saying that I was going to pitch today. My arm was feeling good, and I just had fun today.”

“I’m going to use Andy when I need to use Andy, when I can smell victory,” Serrano said. “I have that option to start him on Sunday, but I also have other options now.”

Vols overcome early deficit to win first Conference series: Momentum has been against the Vols baseball team all season, but it finally seemed to shift their way on Sunday Afternoon.

The Vols captured their first SEC series win, and it came against their hated instate rival, who also happens to be good at baseball.

“It maybe means a little bit more because they are our in state rival,” Lance said.

“They’ve had some recent success and so it feels really good. It means a lot being a senior to go out and take the series.”

The Vols have struggled all season with being able to take momentum and keep it this season. Coming into this weekend series the Vols had won three of the six Friday games in the conference, however, they had yet to come up with a series win.

Coach Serrano wasn’t shy about the necessity to win that series.

“We had to do that,” Coach Serrano said.

“That’s the reality of it. We would have made it a lot tougher on ourselves.

The Vols will now look to carry this momentum into next week as they will have two weekday games before going on the road on the weekend. They will face Eastern Kentucky on Tuesday and then Alabama State on Wednesday before heading to Columbia, Missouri, to face off in a huge weekend series against Missouri.

The Vols, after the series win, have now found their way into a spot into the Sec tournament, having passed up Missouri this weekend.

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