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Issue 25, Volume 127
Campus police release updated crime report Contributor
Data can tell a story, and the recently released Annual Security and Fire Safety Report weaves the tale of last year’s campus crime. State and federal law requires the University of Tennessee Police Department, and all other police forces in Tennessee, to collect statistics about criminal activity and reports in its area and release them to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. UTPD also condenses its data into handbooks available to students and Knoxville residents, which details departmental policies and data from the previous three years (not including the year of publication). This year’s UTPD crime report
included three new categories for classifying crimes which occurred on or nearby campus: dating violence, domestic violence and stalking. The report notes two counts of domestic violence, no reports of dating violence and four counts of stalking in 2013. “There’s one thing about statistics that you can count on,” said Troy Lane, UTPD chief of police. “It’s that they’re always going to change.” As UT has placed more emphasis on raising awareness of sexual assault issues and providing resources for victims in the past year, Lane said
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he expected the number of reported Emily Simerly, UTPD deputy incidents in those categories to rise. chief, said increases in reporting for these kinds of crimes can also be credited to an increase in training for campus security authorities, a requirement under the Clery Act. This category of enforcement includes deans, teachers and any -Troy Lane faculty members with the responsibly of maintaining a safe environment on campus, requiring them to report He noted, however, the increase in any misconduct in violation with the these reported crimes does not indi- Clery Act or any other serious crime cate these crimes are actually occur- they witness on campus. She also mentioned how the ring with more frequency.
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you can count on. It’s that they ’re always going to change.
Sexual Misconduct and Relationship Violence Task Force’s dedication to improving campus policies when dealing with sexual misconduct cases could result in more cases reported as well, and is crucial, she says, to improving the atmosphere surrounding sexual misconduct on campus. “I believe review of current policy and input for future policy by a variety of concerned parties is ideal,” Simerly said. Sexual assault isn’t the only crime affecting UT’s campus. In 2013, there were 73 recorded drug law arrests, 44 more than were reported in 2012. The 2013 report also showed 470 liquor violations, 219 fewer reports than are shown in the 2012 report. See CRIME REPORT on Page 3
UT ‘trailblazer’ opens diversitythemed lecture series
Student artist not interested in ‘starving’
Hannah Marley Staff Writer “ We ’ r e sorry, but we don’t accept Negroes.” T h at ’s what Theotis Robinson, the first A f r i c a n - • Theotis Robinson American student to attend UT, was told when he applied for admission to the university in 1960. Robinson spoke in the Hodges Auditorium on Wednesday afternoon about the challenges he faced as an African-American student during the Civil Rights Movement as well as the importance of remembering people in the past who paved the way for future success. Sponsored by the UT Office of Diversity and the Commission for Blacks, Robinson’s lecture was the first lecture of the “Trailblazer Series,” which showcases prominent African-Americans associated with UT. “I grew up in an era when change was coming,” Robinson said. “Things were changing across the country and in the Southland.” For many AfricanAmericans in Knoxville, these changes included lunch counter sit-ins and movie theater stand-ins.
Jessica Vande’s piece “Family Historian,” a grouping of ceramic pieces, sits in the corner of Gallery 1010. Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon
Hannah Moulton Copy Editor (@Hannah_Moulton) Jessica Vande wants to make art. She also wants to eat. Vande, a senior double majoring in psychology and art, would rather have a career once she graduates and use her money to invest in her art and helping others therapeutically. “Even though I like art, I also like to have money and eat,” Vande
said. This mindset, Vande said, is something that is frowned upon amongst her peers and mentors. Vande experienced bias in the classroom when a few of her professors discovered she had chosen to double major. “You have to hide the fact that you aren’t going to go into the art world after you graduate,” Vande said. “You want to be taken seriously; like your work, you don’t want to be a joke.” Vande said she believes the art
world should not be segregated from the rest of the world and that psychology is important in viewing the world in an artistic view. “A lot of artists, they start going around dealing with philosophy and how we experience things, so it’s all integrated,” Vande said. “Art is art, no matter what, because there is human intention in it.” The bias Vande has experienced, however, has not slowed her artistic process. Vande was chosen to be one of four students to showcase their artwork at Gallery
1010 tonight. Vande’s showcase will feature 20 coil-built, ceramic pillars, each ranging in size from 10 inches to four feet. The pillars, Vande says, represent a family member. The smaller pillars represent Vande’s family members who have passed away and will have dates on top. For the taller pillars, Vande inscribed some of their memories and pictures of different stories they would tell. See VANDE on Page 7
See TRAILBLAZERS on Page 5
DeShields ‘enjoying’ time at UT, begins recovering for 2015-16 season Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer (@PatrickMacCoon) This offseason, the Lady Vols basketball team received one of the biggest acquisitions it could possibly imagine as Diamond DeShields decided to transfer to the eight-time national championship program that’s rooted deep within her
family. Now that she has settled down at Tennessee, the former ESPNW National Player of the Year has felt right at home at a school where her mother, Tisha, was an All-American track and field athlete in the early ‘90s. “I’ve really enjoyed my time here so far, especially seeing that it was one of my life long goals to be a Lady
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Vol,” DeShields said while talking to the Knoxville media for the first time Thursday. “I’m happy to be here with the girls, and they’ve done a great job of taking me in and making me feel welcome.” Even today, DeShields still remembers making a special trip to ThompsonBoling Arena as a young player– an experience which left quite an impression.
“I remember specifically when Candace (Parker) was here and they played the U.S. Olympic team,” she said. “I wanted to do that and play the Olympic team on this floor. I don’t know if it will happen or not, but I thought that was one of the coolest things to see.” While she won’t be able to play in the upcoming 2014-15 season, due to the Division-I transfer rule rendering
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her ineligible to play, she will spend this season cheering on her teammates and regaining full health. The former UNC standout is currently recovering from a leg injury, which she said held her to about 75 percent of her full ability last season. See DESHIELDS on Page 8
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