It was a fast break down the court, UT vs. Vandy in the final seconds of the game. The lane was open, and in went the dunk. No big deal, right? Wrong. The ramma-jammer was Lady Vol Michelle Snow, and her second slam of the season opened up a long-festering debate about the future of the game. Betty Bean talks to coaches, players, kids, and the dunker herself about the big leap.

Matthew T. Everett reports on the ongoing contentions within the Empowerment Zone projects, and Jack Neely updates the search for a place to put a statue of Rachmaninoff.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.

In back-to-back Insights columns, Joe Sullivan and Jesse Fox Mayshark assess the latest version of PBA's big downtown plans. Scott McNutt wishes you a belated Happy Valentine's Day in Snarls, and in Secret History, Jack Neely wonders what's in a name—the name Morrill, in particular.

Anybody can count the rings in a freshly-cut log. With priceless wooden instruments from the 18th century, it's harder. That's what UT professer Henri Grissino-Mayer found when he got involved in a dispute about the authenticity of one of the most important violins in the world. Matthew T. Everett tracks the discord from Knoxville to the U.K.

Mike Gibson talks to the riff-’n’-tumble rockers of Zed in the Music Feature, while Eye on the Scenefinally gets the skinny from ex-Fault Jeff Bills. Paige M. Travis gets caught in the abortion rights crossfire of Actors' Co-op's Keely and Du in Backstage. Donna Raskin wishes that some whining women—like, say, memoirists Deborah Copekan Kogan and Gwen Macsai—would just shut up already in Pulp.

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