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Community fights to preserve local historic home >>See page 3 The exterior of the new 142,000 square foot Student Union building.

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Knoxville gets jazzy >>See page 6

We’re halfway there First phase of new Student Union expands on campus

“Odes for the art of the ode, if you will.” >>See page 10

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Construction on the first phase of UT’s new Student Union, the state-of-the-art successor to the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center, was completed and opened its doors to students and the public on Monday.

As a $167 million project that began about three years ago, the building includes new dining concepts with a 789 seating capacity, an entire floor dedicated to Career Services offices and a more spacious Vol Shop and Tech Shop.

Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Chris Cimino explained the project has not only proven to be important for the university but also benefits many of the students on campus.

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“The students of today want to see more modern spaces,” Cimino said. “They really want a Student Union where they can feel is an extension of their everyday life.”

In an effort to make the services the university provides to its students available in one location, Career Services has been moved from its Dunford Hall location to the new Student Union.

The new location includes 15 interview rooms for employers looking to hire students and students wanting to practice their interviewing skills. There are also classrooms for students who want to take Career Services See STUDENT UNION on Page2

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The new building opened to students and the public on Monday.

courses for university credit.

Stephanie Kit, interim director of Career Services, said she believes this new environment will be highly beneficial to students seeking employment.

“With the new space we can really host employers in a great place and show off the university,” Kit said. “It can also be a showcase piece for our students who are interviewing for jobs and internships.”

Additionally, the department has added a peer career advising space for students to help others with job skills and job preparation.

Kit also stressed why students should take advantage of the new Career Services department and more student services still scattered around campus.

“It’s a great way for students to get help from other college students since they have got a nice space now,” Kit said. “Everybody is coming to college to prepare for their next step, and we are really the place that can help them do that.”

Students can also start purchasing books, technology and apparel at the Student Union since the Vol Bookstore, VolShop and VolTech store are open at the new facility.

The new bookstore is in a 6,500 square-feet space with digital shelf tags that will automatically update as the price of items fluctuate online.

Drew Sims, assistant director of the Volshop, said he believes the Vol stores are more accessible than ever before.

“The most beneficial feature of the new stores is the ease of access to purchase your items,” Sims said.

“It’s all in one place so you don’t have to go all over campus and be worn out when you walk in.”

The process for the demolition of the old UC is currently underway and will be completed before the fall semester.

As soon as the center is taken down, construction for the second phase of the Student Union will begin, including additional meeting and conference rooms and dining areas. Officials hope to have it open for the public in 2018.

The university will hold a dedication ceremony for the first phase of the new facility on Sep. 11.

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Knox Heritage fights to preserve Howard House Community rallies to save 105-year-old historic structure Samuel Henninger Contributor At 12:30 p.m. on May 26, the H.C. Christenberry house in West Knoxville was leveled by the E. Luke Green Company, ending the home’s chances for renovation and enraging Knoxvillians when Knox Heritage posted a video online documenting its demolition.

Now the Howard House, another historic home in North Knoxville built in 1910, is in danger of demolition to make room for a supermarket.

With the help of the local community, Knox Heritage members and staff have begun a movement to preserve the structure from a

fate similar to the 90-year-old Christenberry house’s destruction.

“It is an important part of North Knoxville history, and it is a place that helped give that area the character that it has today,” Kim Trent, executive director of Knox Heritage, said. “Its age, architecture and the history of the people that lived there are what make it important historically.”

The house stands on 2921 N. Broadway and is one of the remaining historic pieces of architecture on the street. For the last 60 years, former Knoxville city councilman Paul Howard has preserved the house. But when he passed away in March 2014, his estate required the house be sold.

According to Zillow, a popular online real estate database, the price of the property is estimated at more than $380,000. Recently, Polestar Development, a subsidiary of Hutton Company in Chattanooga, offered $1.269 million for the property.

Additionally, Polestar Development offered $2.3 million for the neighboring Centerpointe Church property on the condition the Howards were willing to sell. The owner of

Art contest promotes eco-friendly travel Hannah Babinski Contributor Waiting at a bus stop could bring the Scruffy City one step closer to cleaner air and a healthier workforce.

For UT and Knoxville Area Transit, this future can be realized by increasing awareness of eco-friendly travel and the use of public transportation.

Last month, the students and faculty of Knox County High Schools participated in an art contest organized by UT and Knoxville Area Transit to promote the use of and careers in public transportation as a benefit for the community and local environment.

Belinda Woodiel-Brill, director of communications and service development for Knoxville Area Transit, said the contest was part of a larger program developed by the UT Center for Transportation Research with funding from the Transit Work Force Development grant.

“The point behind the grant was to ultimately engage more people in considering careers in transit and transportation,” Woodiel-Brill said.

Woodiel-Brill added the contest itself originated from the UT Center for Transportation Research, which later approached Knoxville Area Transit to participate in a joint promotion.

By reaching out to Knox County students, the art contest exposed a future generation of

civic employees to a possibility of careers often not considered by students and unseen in local economies, striving to increase employment due to a new perspective.

For John Barlett, principal of Bearden High School, the contest provided insight into the complex nature of environmental health and economic prosperity within the bounds of Knox County.

“I passed it along to our art teachers and they thought it was a great blend with their curriculum,” Barlett said. “We love to try to find real world community support ... to blend what we do in the classroom with what’s going on outside of our building.”

From an environmental standpoint, WoodielBrill said the contest showed students the positive effects of utilizing public transportation as a civic building block and crucial for city-wide environmental awareness.

“For us, we just see all kinds of benefits to taking transit,” Woodiel-Brill said. “There is obviously an air quality environmental benefit.

If more people ride the bus, then there are less emissions from individual cars. Transportation is the single largest piece of anybody’s carbon footprint.”

Contest winners Bailey Lawlor and Hannah Allen, of Powell High School, and Taylor Jenkins, of Bearden High School, received gift cards for their art submissions that will be featured on and inside the Knoxville Area Transit buses across the city.

the Centerpointe Church agreed, and recently the Howards accepted the development company’s offer.

Prior to the deal’s acceptance, however, the plan initially hinged on raising enough money within the community to purchase it, thus saving the historic home from demolition. Since the house has gone under contract, that strategy has changed. In order for the developer to use the property, it will have to be rezoned from office to commercial use.

“We will oppose that rezoning when and if it is submitted to the (Knoxville-Knox County) Metropolitan Planning Commission,” Trent said.

Due to the cultural significance of the property, Trent suggested it would be eligible for recognition by the National Register of Historic Places, a federal program that coordinates and supports public and private efforts to protect America’s historic and archeological resources.

For Knox Heritage staff, the completion of a NRHP application would be simple since the foundation regularly fills out the paperwork for similar properties around Knoxville.

“(Knox Heritage) would definitely be willing to complete the National Register nomination and submit it for consideration, and (we are) sure that it would be approved,” Trent said.

In addition to the Howard House, numerous historic structures included on Knox Heritage’s “Fragile 15” list are under threat of demolition.

Last year, it was announced that UT became the owner of property surrounding three historic Victorian homes on White Avenue.

These homes were recently put up for bid by the university with plans to construct a new science laboratory complex in their place during the university’s massive reconstruction initiative. w “A bidder has won a bid on two of (the homes) and plans to move them to another site within Fort Sanders,” Kaye Graybeal, the historic preservation planner of the KnoxvilleKnox County Metropolitan Planning Commission, said.

The remaining house on White Avenue has not received a bid yet and will be demolished if no bid comes through.

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Battle of Fort Sanders’ 150th anniversary testifies to divided past Samuel Henniger Contributor Civil War history is forever preserved within the streets of Knoxville.

More than 150 years have passed since the “War Between the States,” but the Scruffy City remains distinct as a Southern city where citizens were split in a near 50-50 loyalty between the Union and seceding Confederacy.

Aside from its famous military history at Fort Sanders, Knoxville continues its historic distinction by hosting the Blue & Gray Reunion and Freedom Jubilee alongside multiple museum exhibits displaying the state’s involvement for Knoxville’s sesquicentennial anniversary of the Battle of Fort Sanders.

From April 30 to May 3, the commemoration, which was organized by the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, gave visitors the opportunity to explore historic places and learn about the major themes of the war. The title of the event is taken from the name of the 1890 and 1895 Blue & Gray Reunions where Fort Sanders veterans congregated to commemorate the war and its aftermath.

Unlike previous reunions, veterans and descendants of African-American veterans were honored at this year’s commemoration, including a special recognition for 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery regiment.

In addition to recognizing these soldiers, event organizers focused on AfricanAmericans that became prominent and successful members of the community following the conclusion of the war.

Although the official commemoration has ended, a multitude of museum exhibits and places around the city still hold invaluable artifacts of historical significance related to the Civil War and following Reconstruction era.

“Knoxville is fortunate to have a lot of cultural resources,” Calvin Chappelle, executive director of the Mabry-Hazen House, said.

Several homes that survived the Civil War still stand and are open for visitors, including Mabry-Hazen House, Crescent Bend and the Bleak House, named after Charles Dickens’ famous novel.

Chappelle said he believes the history is important because hundreds of thousands of people “gave their lives for something when a country was bitterly divided.”

The McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, named after Confederate sympathizer Frank H. McClung, also contains a permanent exhibit called “The Civil War in Knoxville: The Battle for Fort Sanders.” As one of the war’s deadliest battles, the exhibit

extends Knoxville’s historically rich reputation for Civil War history and holds an abundance of original artifacts and primary documents recording daily details of the 200-year-old conflict.

Joan Markel, curator of McClung Museum’s exhibit, penned a 2013 New York Times opinion piece, detailing the battle’s gory days and citing the 813 Confederate and 13 Union casualties recorded at the time. As the recent author of “Knoxville in the Civil War (Images of America),” Markel has also led the effort to communicate the historical perspective of the war in the area.

“It wasn’t that nothing happened here — everything happened here. And yet most people have no idea.”

–Joan Markel

“From the first day, reading Digby Seymour’s book called ‘Divided Loyalties,’ I was fascinated with what happened here,” Markel said. “It wasn’t that nothing happened here — everything happened here. And yet most people have no idea.”

The exhibit itself gives visitors the opportunity to explore much more than strictly military aspects of the conflict. Among the many invaluable historical resources, pictures of deforestation in the region to support the city’s troops and multiple accounts of divided loyalties of Knoxville neighbors and churchgoers color the war’s impact on the city.

For Markel, the most interesting part of the Civil War in Knoxville lies in the conflict’s ability to divide residents in places like schools and churches.

“It’s like a whole community goes to war,” Markel said. “This war was kind of imposed on them from outside and you couldn’t be neutral.

You had to take a side.”

Federal eateries fight to curb animal antibiotic use Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s effort to curb the use of antibiotics in animals raised for meat is starting with his own employees.

The White House said Tuesday that many federal cafeterias serving government workers will start serving meat and poultry from animals raised with fewer antibiotics. The directive would apply to all of those civilian government restaurants within five years.

The announcement is part of a White House summit on the responsible use of antibiotics.

The Obama administration announced a plan earlier this year to fight the threat posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. While overuse in humans is the leading concern, the administration has worked to curb use in animals processed for meat, as well.

Repeated exposure to antibiotics can lead germs to become resistant to the drugs, so that they are no longer effective. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that drug-resistant bacteria cause 23,000 deaths and 2 million illnesses each year in the United

States.

Obama has said such drug-resistant bacteria are one of the most serious public health issues and asked Congress to increase funding to fight the problem.

The Food and Drug Administration has already successfully encouraged many drug companies to phase out the use of antibiotics for animal growth promotion. Advocacy groups have called on the agency to limit other uses of animal antibiotics as well, such as for disease prevention when holding animals in crowded conditions.

At the White House forum, more than 150 food companies, retailers, hospitals and drug companies are highlighting their commitments to slow the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and prevent antibiotic-resistant infections.

Several retailers and restaurants have committed to helping reduce antibiotic use. Last month, Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, asked its suppliers to curb the use of antibiotics in farm animals. In March, McDonald’s said it was asking chicken suppliers to lower the use of antibiotics over the next two years. And Tyson Foods said it plans to eliminate the use of antibiotics medically important to humans in its U.S. broiler chicken flocks by the end of September 2017.

Decline of elephants proves catastrophic Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — The sharp decline of the elephant population in Tanzania, most likely due to poaching, is catastrophic, a wildlife conservation group said Tuesday.

The Tanzanian government on Monday estimated that 65,721 elephants have died in the country in the last five years. The report showed the number of Tanzanian elephants plummeting from an estimated 109,051 in 2009 to 43,330 in 2014.

Steve Broad, the executive directors of wildlife conservation group TRAFFIC, said it is incredible that poaching on such an industrial scale had not been identified and addressed.

The statistics back concerns by TRAFFIC in a 2013 report that the Tanzanian ports of Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar have become main exit points for vast amounts of ivory, the group said in a statement.

According to the conservation group, at least 45 tons of ivory have flowed from Tanzania to international markets in Asia since 2009.

It said a breakdown across the country showed some smaller elephant populations had increased, notably that in the famed Serengeti region, which rose from 3,068 to 6,087 animals. However, beyond the most heavily visited tourist locations, elephant numbers were significantly down.

Of particular concern is the Ruaha-Rungwa ecosystem, where only 8,272 elephants remained in 2014, compared to 34,664 in 2009, according to government figures, the statement said.

“Tanzania has been hemorrhaging ivory with Ruaha-Rungwa the apparent epicenter and nobody seems to have raised the alarm,” Broad said, and urged the government to take action to bring the situation under control.

The Tanzanian government says it has added an additional 1,000 rangers to protect wildlife, but Broad said “there is a real risk that it could be a case of too little too late for some elephant populations.”

In February China imposed a one-year ban on ivory imports that took immediate effect amid criticism that its citizens’ huge appetite for ivory has fueled poaching that threatens the existence of African elephants.

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Gypsy Jazz band brings the party back to Knoxville Jazz at Ijams series offers summer nights of live music, dancing Megan Patterson Arts & Culture Editor Over the past century, the popularity of gypsy jazz, also known as hot jazz, has fluctuated across continents and over time.

Today in Knoxville, gypsy jazz is back.

At the forefront of the resurgence is Christian Lange, director of jazz at Ijams and founding member of local band Swingbooty.

The Jazz at Ijams monthly series kicked off this April with an unexpectedly large showing for its opening night with 300 audience members.

“It kind of took us by surprise,” Lange said. “I think it took everyone by surprise.

No one thought it would be this popular.”

Lange, who is originally from Atlanta, previously attended a concert series in a park there featuring the city’s symphony orchestra.

“My friends and I would walk to the park and take picnic blankets and a bottle of wine and have just the best time out there in the open air,” Lange recalled. “I thought well, why not Knoxville? And why not jazz?”

Since Swingbooty’s formation in 2003, Lange has watched the jazz scene of Knoxville steadily grow.

“It’s really a situation that was ripe for Jazz at Ijams because there’s a lot of great acts in the city right now, which is not that common for a town our size,” Lange explained.

The venue at Ijams is an open-air amphitheater. The fully equipped stage is the sole concrete structure at the center of a grassy valley.

Local food vendors, such as King Tut’s and Viet Taste, and artists add an additional facet to the experience.

Wilson Browning, local music photographer, noticed the variety of the attendees, which included elderly couples, families with children, college students and a multicultural crowd.

“That’s the interesting thing about it, is you get all kinds of people who come down,” Browning said. “It’s kind of a community building event. There’s a lot of creative-type personalities there, and everyone just comes together to meet and hang out.”

As a long-time Knoxville resident,

Around 300 audience members attended opening night of Jazz at Ijams. • Photo Courtesy of Wilson Browning Browning voiced excitement that Knoxville may have found a replacement for what Sundown in the City used to offer.

“There hasn’t really been a monthly thing that happens where people can get together and listen to some good music and hang out,” Browning said. “It brings the right people together to do even cooler stuff for the community.”

However, Lange encourages attendees to do more than simply listen to the music.

“People who are into swing dance, or just dancing period, they have plenty of space to dance,” Lange said. “People who are into poi, spinning or hula hooping, they have lots of space to do their thing. I think that’s part of the fun, of the event, of the party. We like a festival atmosphere in the park.”

For Swingbooty’s upcoming performance in the series on June 21, Lange hopes the crowd will be engaged.

“I think we play better when the crowd is having fun, when they’re dancing, when they’re interacting with us,” Lange explained. “It’s really what differentiates hot jazz from other types of jazz -- the fact that it is danceable.”

Lange said upbeat dance rhythms distinguish hot jazz from its more mellow counterpart, cool jazz.

Browning sees this more interactive form of jazz as a key to the success of the series.

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Festival goers enjoyed the third annual CounterPoint Music Festival during Memorial Day weekend in Atlanta, Georgia.

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CounterPoint Music Festival unites legends and rising artists on one stage Sterling Rollins Staff Writer “Oh my God, there’s Joel,” one excited audience member announced as she pushed through a group of eager fans awaiting their photo op.

In the midst of the crowd of The Root’s performance stood Joel Cummins, keyboardist and founding member of Umphrey’s McGhee, conversing with fans with a genuine smile.

On Memorial Day weekend the third installment of CounterPoint Music Festival brought its one-of-a-kind atmosphere to Atlanta, Georgia, where music lovers, artists and fans alike enjoyed three days of non-stop music and excitement.

This was the second CounterPoint for electro-funkster Curt Heiny, better known by his stage name Archnemesis, who helped open up the Steeple Stage on Friday afternoon.

“There are so many all-electronic festivals

now that it’s nice to see a festival trying to be more diverse with the music on the lineup,” Heiny said.

In addition to his set on Friday afternoon, Archnemesis performed at the Imagine Music Festival-sponsored silent disco later that night around 4 a.m.

“Having such drastically different sets was cool,” Heiny recalled. “Going into it, I knew the Steeple Stage set had to be a little more banging and the silent disco set was going to be late and there wasn’t going to be a sound system, so the actual feel of the music, especially the bass, wasn’t going to be there.”

“I can’t wait to get back to Knoxille,” he later said. “Hopefully sometime this fall so we can get nutty again.”

Saturday was full of jam and reggae bands ranging from Galactic and Rebelution to the weekend’s headliner, Widespread Panic. The Athens, Georgia, native brought out “spreadSee COUNTERPOINT on Page7 Hip-hop legends The Roots performed on Sunday at the festival.

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COUNTERPOINT continued from Page 6 “Thankfully, I was able to catch a solid 30 to 40 minutes of Cherub’s set,” Michael Cornett, a CounterPoint attendee and Knoxville native, said. “I wasn’t expecting for these two guys to bring such immaculate energy on us, but they did. For a good 10 minutes I thought I was at a rock show, and being able to see ‘Doses and Mimosas’ live was pretty spectacular.”

Sunday brought something a little different to the worn-out festival-goers. Aside from performances by funk band Lettuce and hip-hop legends The Roots, the Underground Stage transformed into the “Summer Vibes Stage” where back-to-back performances took place by the likes of Manic Focus, Minnesota, Michal Menert, Ott and Tipper.

“The Summer Vibes Stage was gnarly, to say the least. Dave Tipper blew me away,” Cornett said. “I also enjoyed watching Michal Menert bring out Manic Focus and rapper by the name of JuBee on stage.”

CounterPoint is known for promoting a collaborative spirit, giving on-the-rise artists like versatile rapper and musician JuBee a chance to tap into a new supply of followers as he did during his – Michael Cornett performances with Menert.

“I’d been running into Michal a bunch just on the scene and at shows because I’m a huge fan of what he’s done in the past,” JuBee said.

“One day we ended up talking, which then led to us free styling back and forth, which then led to me being adopted into the squad.”

JuBee described a familiar feel between the “squad.”

“Super Best Records is my team, my family, my clique, my crew,” he said. “We’re more of a collective than a label. I engage with people from all walks of life without discrimination and try to reflect the issues important to them in my music with my own perspective.”

In a similar fashion, the forces behind CounterPoint Music Festival have kept their ears to the street and have brought out some of the freshest artists each year.

“The Summer Vibes Stage was gnarly, to say the least.”

Matt Jalbert of TAUK rocks out on his guitar during the CounterPoint Music Festival.

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JAZZ continued from Page 5 “I think it’s going to continue to snowball, and I think it’s a really good thing that brings a lot of people to Ijams and helps them out,� Browning said. “I think eventually it will create a platform for these bands to get more acts and stay booked because people will know about this type of music and want to play it.�

Lange remains uncertain, yet still positive about the series’ future. “Who knows what shape things will take in the future,� Lange said. “We’re consumed right now in the here and now, but I see nowhere but up for a thing like this.�

If gypsy jazz in Knoxville continues to reflect the genre’s worldwide popularity, Lange predicts the Knoxville jazz scene will continue to grow. “Regardless of what we do, the style of music is on a forward momentum,� Lange concluded. “No matter what happens here, no matter what we do. We’re just part of this wave.�

The next Jazz at Ijams will take place Sunday, June 21. Music begins at 5:30 p.m. and admission is $2.

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Get Fuzzy • Darby Conley

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD • Will Shortz

dadoodlydude • Adam Hatch

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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The Daily Beacon • Wednesday, June 3, 2015

An Ode to Doughnuts

Jenna Butz Odes for Odes

First, an introduction of sorts.

You may, or may not, have read my last ode, “An Ode to the Vagina,” in The Daily Beacon’s “Sex, Drugs and Rock n’ Roll” issue back in April.

I was, and still am, proud of that ode. I mean, come on. Judy Blume herself tweeted it.

And so I decided that for this summer column series of mine, I plan to perfect my odes. Odes to food and music and maybe some more body parts. Overall, this is about appreciating odes.

Odes for the art of the ode, if you will.

And now, an ode to doughnuts.

Friday is National Doughnut Day. Some of your favorite doughnut chains are helping you get the most out of the celebration.

Dunkin’ Donuts will give you a free doughnut with any drink purchase, and Krispy Kreme is just giving out free doughnuts. No strings attached.

Yeah, that’s right. Giggle with a chubbypoliceman-from-a-bad-cop-sitcom excitement.

Or not. How many of you actually care about free

doughnuts? How many of you roll your eyes when “free food” means boxes of Kroger doughnuts?

Show of hands, please.

For some of us, doughnuts signify slacking on potlucks or any celebration that involves food. It’s an easy go-to when they’re a day old and on sale. But it’s a bad go-to memory.

Think back to the first time you ever had a fresh, piping-hot doughnut though. The glaze melted into your mouth instead of cracking all over your fingers. The steam burned your tongue, but it was just too good to stop eating. The smell reminded you of being cuddled up nice and warm.

Then, think about the first time you ever had a creative doughnut.

You know, when someone made a doughnut into more than you thought it would be. For me, it was discovering a Tang (that powdered drink mix from the 90s) dusted

version at Nuvo Donuts back in Hendersonville. I wasn’t sure at first, but it just worked and it worked well.

Wait, you’ve never had any of these experiences?

Are you a person?

Okay, okay, I’ll stop making you feel bad for missing out on this experience. Instead, I encourage you to seek such a moment out this Friday. Get up right when the chain stores open for the freshest batch.

Wait around at Whole Foods or any grocery store with a bakery, really.

Looking for the Rocky Top version of Nuvo Donuts? Head down Kingston Pike to Dippin Donuts, an old-school, handmade doughnut shop.

They range from traditional to creative, just like my personal favorite at home.

This Friday, I encourage you to take another chance. In a way, doughnuts, when done right, are a comfort food. They make you feel better in a way that only good food can.

Throw out the image of stale doughnuts dunked in coffee and rediscover them as warm, fluffy pastries or even as dessert (my favorite option).

It’s a game changer.

Jenna Butz is a junior in English. She can be reached at jkw546@vols.utk.edu.

Not another Greenpeace volunteer

Franco D’Aprile Off the Beaten Path

I won’t lie to you.

When sitting down to write my introductory column, I found myself perplexed on how to write to you, my reader, about a subject I find both pressing and pertinent to our generation.

After all, I had a fresh pint of vanilla bean ice cream in the fridge and some Nutella, and it wasn’t going to eat itself, so procrastination ensued.

To be honest, this isn’t the first time I’ve felt anxious when discussing the environment. You’re probably thinking now, “But Franco, isn’t this what you study?

Shouldn’t you feel confident about writing this?” Well, yes, but I know so much more about Nutella and ice cream.

Nevertheless, I’ve faced some self-conflict in the past about my role as an environmental advocate. Sometimes I’ve felt out of place with colleagues in my major or other related areas of study. As all my friends will tell you, I am the last person to go on a week-long nature hike. Between you and me, nothing sounds worse than having nature be my toilet for a whole week.

“Why is he saying all this?” you may be asking yourself. Well, I’ve come to terms with the fact I will never think it isn’t rude to throw red paint on someone’s coat to shame them for buying fur, and that I don’t have to be an outdoor buff to care about our planet.

But I have realized that a lot of people feel that caring for our planet is an all-or-nothing deal.

Yes, it can be an overwhelming feeling to know that our actions could affect the course of history for gen-

erations to come. However, the best part about being a student of the environment is the joy that comes from knowing that little habits, like switching off your lights, can make quite a difference when the world’s seven bil-

Russia. Chances are, we simply don’t know what we can do to help.

Of course, I am aware not everyone sees environmental issues in the same light. That’s why I decided to write this column. Everyone has something to invest in the environment, whether you’re trying to save money on your electrical bill, you don’t want to get a weird disease from the pesticides sprayed on your tomatoes, or you live in the Dutch lowlands and you’re really concerned that your parents bought a house that is five meters below sea level and that guy on the news is flashing pictures of

“It can be an overwhelming feeling to know that our actions could affect the course of history for generations to come.” lion inhabitants are doing it too.

I’m sure that at this point many of you are wondering if I’m going to be another one of those Greenpeace volunteers, asking, “Do you have a minute to talk about the environment?” Well don’t fret. Green doesn’t look good on me, so you won’t see me handing out flyers on Pedestrian Walkway anytime soon.

However, we’ve all been there with many subjects like this. It’s not that we don’t care about the starving children in the Himalayas suffering after that earthquake, the child soldiers fighting in eastern Africa or that polar bear on that little ice island somewhere off the coast of

melting ice caps.

I want to talk about the things we can do for ourselves and for our local and global communities. Sometimes those little factoids about tire air pressure saving you gas can have greater implications than you realized.

It’s sometimes scary to think we’re responsible for the status of such a big thing as an entire planet. However, it is more beautiful to know we can improve our own lives and those of others by just flipping a switch.

Franco D’Aprile is a senior in sustainability. He can be reached at fradapr@vols.utk.edu.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015 • The Daily Beacon

ways to make being stuck in Knoxville suck less

Liv McConnell Copy Chief

A tumbleweed drifts lazily across an empty street devoid of any sight or sound indicating human life. The Fort, campus, and even downtown have taken on the semblance of a ghost

town. It’s summertime in Knoxville, and it feels like nearly everyone is off on a grand adventure – except, it would seem, you. This time of year, it’s easy to feel there’s nothing to do but spend some time by the pool or at your favorite bar, again, but that’s not the case. Here are four ways to help you start beating off those boredom blues.

Slide the City

Chances are June 20 will be your only opportunity to ride a 1,000-foot Slip ‘N Slide through Knoxville’s streets. The traveling event, which will benefit East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, begins at 11 a.m. at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum. Register online now at slidethecity.com to become an unlimited slider.

Price: $35

Go on a brewery tour

For of-age readers, Knox Brew Tours is playing host to the city’s first guided craft brewery tours. Each tour offers an inside glimpse and taste of local brews, featuring four sample beers at each stop. For this Friday’s tour, participants will begin at Bearden’s Casual Pint and proceed to Blackhorse Brewpub, Smoky Mountain Brewery and Saw Works Brewing Company.

The best part? Your DD is included in the price! Visit knoxbrewtours.com for a complete calendar of upcoming tours.

Price: $40

Go ga-ga over baby gorillas The first-ever gorilla to be born at the Knoxville Zoo was delivered last week, and the baby’s half-sibling was born just yesterday, making this prime time for a nostalgic zoo trip.

Plan your visit for mid-June or later, though; zoo officials have the gorilla courtyard temporarily closed to allow the new families a few days to adjust.

Price: $19.95 for a day-pass

Volunteer—anywhere Sure, lazy afternoons spent sunning oneself by the pool serve their purpose, but far more cathartic is an afternoon spent helping those in need. The simplest way to learn of upcoming volunteer opportunities is by checking the local database at volunteerknoxville. force.com. Help someone in the community with a one-time need, or find a post involving more ongoing service.

Price: FREE

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Jenner’s move a high-profile step for transgender movement Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The handsome, muscular Bruce Jenner, whose picture appeared on the Wheaties cereal box the year after he won the Olympic gold medal, is on the cover of Vanity Fair this week, only now as Caitlyn Jenner, an attractive woman in a strapless, white corset.

Although not the first celebrity (think Chaz Bono) to transition from one gender to another in the public eye, Jenner lit up online media Monday when she tweeted a photo of the magazine cover along with the declaration that, at age 65, she’s finally “living my true self.”

Twitter accounts, ranging from the one held by the White House to those of transgender advocates, sociologists and regular folks, quickly retweeted the cover photo, most often with positive comments.

Even some poking lighthearted fun at the perfectly coiffed Jenner said the handsome former athlete looks even better as a woman in the perfectly posed picture by celebrated photographer Annie Leibovitz.

“All the women I know would LOVE to have the chance to have photos of themselves as beautiful as that one taken by Annie Leibovitz,” said Eden Lane, an anchor and producer for Denver PBS television station KBDI and a transgender woman.

But more important, Lane added, is the positive impact Jenner’s transition seems to have suddenly had on the transgender movement.

“When you know someone, it’s easier to leave room in your heart and mind for them.

To just be without fear of them or without hatred of them,” she said. And pretty much everyone feels they know Jenner, Lane added.

Older people were enthralled by the athlete who dominated one of the Olympics’

most grueling competitions, the decathlon, in the 1976 summer games in Montreal.

More recently, younger people have come to embrace the good-natured foil they saw on the long-running TV reality series “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.” Until last December, Jenner was married for 23 years to Kris Kardashian and is the father of two of her children.

Jenner’s transition has played out in public over the past several months and included a high-profile interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer last April, in which Jenner, appearing nervous at first, declared, “Yes, for all intents and purposes, I am a woman.”

Jenner told Sawyer that she had contemplated suicide during the decades she struggled with her sexual identity.

“To think she waited 65 years to come out, if you will, is a tragedy in itself,” University of Southern California sociologist Julie Albright said. “Keeping a secret like that for so many years is bound to take a psychological and even a physical toll on you.”

Renee Richards, the transgender pioneer who famously transitioned from man to woman in 1975, said recently that Jenner should benefit from living in a more enlightened time.

Richards was a successful doctor and, like Jenner, a father and star athlete.

But she had to sue to be allowed to play tennis at the U.S. Open, where she made it to the women’s doubles finals in 1977. And she said doctors initially refused to help her when she approached them as a 40-year-old man.

“It was too scary for them,” Richards recently told GQ Magazine. “They couldn’t fathom how someone who had been so supremely successful in everything — in medicine, in sports, in life — as a heterosexual man, as a husband, as a father, they couldn’t understand that.

“In this day and age,” she added, “they would understand.”

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The Daily Beacon • Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Guarantano highlights Tennessee’s 2016 class

Stephen Kasper Contributor

For Vol fans, this is the worst time of the year.

Spring football has come and gone, summer classes have begun and Tennessee’s season opener against Bowling Green at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee, remains three months away.

However, recruiting season never ends.

Here’s a quick update of some of the top recruiting storylines for Tennessee football.

New Jersey’s Finest

Jarrett Guarantano, New Jersey quarterback for Bergen Catholic High School, gave his verbal commitment to Tennessee.

Guarantano, who is rated four-stars by 247Sports, chose the Vols over Ohio State and Rutgers. Guarantano’s father and former NFL receiver, James, was inducted into the Rutgers Hall of Fame in 1999.

Since his commitment on April 15, Guarantano has become quite the recruiter for the Vols. He has convinced some of the best talent in New Jersey to visit Knoxville with him in June, including five-star running back and Ohio State commit Kareem Walker and Rashan Gary who, according to 247Sports, is the No. 1 high school player in the country.

Guarantano committed to Tennessee in a high-quality video with the help of Bleacher Report’s production team.

No ACL? No Problem

For nearly six months, Devante Brooks has been a Tennessee commit.

The 6-foot 5-inch tight-end is a four-star prospect according to 247Sports and holds offers from high-profile teams like Michigan, Stanford and Penn State -- all despite Brooks missing his junior season due to an ACL injury.

In a recent discussion with the Washington D.C. native, Brooks told The Daily Beacon he will also miss his senior season after finding out the injury hasn’t quite healed the way he hoped.

“Based on what most of the doctors have said, my ACL isn’t present in the knee,” Brooks said. “The first time you saw the two end-pieces on the MRI which clearly show the ACL has torn, but this time the ACL isn’t present at all.”

Although Brooks was disappointed with this news after months of rehab, he received comforting news when he called Tennessee’s

coaching staff.

“They all told me the same thing,” Brooks said. “I made an early commitment in January. So they made a commitment to me.

They’re still 100 percent behind me, so I’m still 100 percent with Tennessee.”

Brooks will use the next year for rehab and is expected to be ready by next summer.

One More

On Monday, it was announced that three-star running back Joseph Young from Winnsboro, South Carolina would join the Vols as a late addition to the 2015 recruiting class.

Young, who had been previously committed to UNC Charlotte, was offered a scholarship to play for Tennessee the morning of National Signing Day. From there, he decided to open his recruitment back up and see what Tennessee might have to offer.

“It was a big opportunity for me,” Young said. “I had to take it. I’m looking forward to playing in front of 100,000-plus on Saturdays.

I’m really looking forward to making a name for myself. Right now my name’s not that big, but I’m going to go in there, work hard and do everything I can.”

Young’s late addition was a last minute opportunity to add more depth to the running back position, as he gives Tennessee their third running back for the 2015 class along with JUCO transfer Alvin Kamara and John Kelly from Oak Park, Michigan.

Receiver Commitment Watch

Jeff George is a 6-foot six wide receiver at Dodge City Community College who holds offers from Mississippi State, Arizona State and Tennessee, to name a few. More offers are likely to come very soon.

He has not been given a star rating as of yet, but George’s size alone will garner attention from multiple high-profile universities. His recent visit to Knoxville impressed George, making Tennessee the favorite to land him.

Along with George, Tennessee is targeting four-star receiver Freddie Swain from Citra, Florida.

Swain, who was recently invited to participate in Nike’s “The Opening” football camp, holds offers from more than 20 universities across the country including Alabama, Michigan and USC. Although he has not yet visited Knoxville, the Vols seem to be high on Swain’s list and he will likely visit later in the fall before making his verbal commitment.

Butch Jones will lead the Tennessee Volunteers to LP Field during the season opening on Sept. 5, 2014. • Photo Courtesy of UT Archives

Tennessee season opener tickets on sale Jonathan Toye Sports Editor

Tennessee fans now have tangible evidence football season is approaching.

And if they spend $45 to $100, they can purchase this evidence.

Tickets to Tennessee’s Sept. 5, 2015 season-opener against Bowling Green at LP Field in Nashville went on sale to the general public on Monday via Ticketmaster, signaling the arrival of the highly anticipated 2015 football season.

The game will mark Tennessee’s first appearance at LP Field since its 2010 30-27 double overtime loss against North Carolina in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl.

But this won’t be the first time the Vols have opened their season in the Titans’

home venue, as the Vols defeated Wyoming 47-7 at LP Field to start the 2002 season.

According to ticketmaster.com, tickets for the upper-level seats remain. Fans can also still purchase a handful of tickets for the lower-level on the Bowling Green sideline.