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Yassin Terou, owner of Yassin's Falafel House, led a conversation on refugees and their roles in American communities in the International House on Tuesday, March 28, 2017.

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On Yassin Terou’s first day in Knoxville, he walked down Cumberland Avenue and was taken aback by the strangers on the street smiling at him.

“What are they doing?” Terou remembered asking himself. “That looks funny.”

Now, the owner of Yassin’s Falafel House has embraced his American home, and he discussed the trials and triumphs of moving to America and opening his own business with students and the Knoxville community on Tuesday, March 28, as part of Campus Events Board’s Culture Week.

Before Terou began telling his story, audience members were welcomed to the International House Great Room with a table lined with food from Yassin’s Falafel House.

Warm pita, hummus, baba ganoush and falafel sandwiches were offered, and the audience

had the chance to taste Terou’s passion for his work.

Then, the short movie about Terou, his family and his business that was created by Square and Twitter was shown. The film chronicled Terou’s move to the United States, knowing no English, and how he went from selling sandwiches outside the Muslim Community of Knoxville mosque to owning his business downtown.

“Since I’ve come to Knoxville, the only thing I’ve felt is love — from Muslims, nonMuslims, even people that don’t believe in anything,” Terou said. “They’ve just given us love.”

Stating that he wouldn’t talk much about the conflict in Syria, Terou focused on his own journey and his belief in the American Dream.

Having nothing from Syria, no photos, no family heirlooms, Terou has focused on Knoxville and how to make his mark on Rocky Top. “We want to be part of this community;

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we want to build it and even help you,” Terou said. “We want to help the American community. The people who can’t work. The people who are sick. The old people.

“We want to help you, not only get help.”

This also includes sharing his religion and culture with the larger community. Before opening his falafel shop, Terou sold sandwiches outside of his mosque, and when word spread about his food, non-Muslims would stop by, eat some falafel and get a glimpse into Knoxville’s Muslim community — the same community that helped Terou and his family build their American Dream.

After meeting Nadeem Siddiqi, a Muslim community leader in Knoxville and the campus chaplain, the two paired up and opened Yassin’s Falafel House. They started with $2,000 and two plastic tables. Terou would rent space in a friend’s kitchen, make his food there, then bring it to his storefront to sell.

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1. process 2. historical of Brexit on Mar. 29. sites in Naples On March 29, the British government will give the European Union a formal notification of their intent to withdraw, which is currently estimated to happen in early 2019. David Davis is the cabinet minister in charge of negotiations surrounding the two-year withdrawal, and Prime Minister Theresa May wants the negotiations to end prior to the 2020 elections. May is also dealing with Scotland, which is seeking another referendum to leave the United Kingdom.

Those who oppose Brexit say that the process is moving too fast, and many are uneasy with the process.

Naples is ripe with history, but this has created a problem for its historical buildings, which have become too numerous to maintain. A modern group of vigilantes have made it their mission to restore these spiritual and historical spaces, seeing the potential underneath the rubble. While the point is not to modernize the area, it is important to keep up the appearance of the forgotten landmarks. One of the areas in need of renovation is the cemetery, where they are uncovering old burial chambers.

Trubisky to work out for multiple teams

Former North Carolina quarterback Mitchell Trubisky will work out for a variety of NFL teams in preparation for the NFL Draft, which starts April 27. Among the teams scheduled to host private workouts for Trubisky include the New York Jets, the Cleveland Browns, the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Cleveland, New York and San Francisco are clubs with a large need at the signal-caller position, while Kansas City is looking toward the future past incumbent Alex Smith. Trubisky is largely considered the best quarterback prospect in this year’s draft, throwing for 30 touchdowns last year at UNC.

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Arkansas judge rejects bid to halt multiple executions Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas judge dismissed an effort Tuesday to block the state’s unprecedented plan to conduct four double executions over 10 days next month, while a new federal lawsuit argued the compressed schedule is depriving the condemned inmates of a fair process to seek clemency.

Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Wendell Griffen granted the state’s motion to dismiss the amended complaint challenging Arkansas’ lethal injection law filed by eight inmates facing execution next month. Griffen said he has no jurisdiction over the case after the state Supreme Court reversed his previous decision striking down the law.

“That dismissal effectively ended this court’s jurisdiction over all claims and contentions in the lawsuit that led to the dismissal,” Griffen wrote in his decision.

An attorney for the inmates said he planned to appeal Griffen’s ruling quickly to the state Supreme Court.

“We will again ask the court to reconsider its findings and point out the flaws in its earlier findings,” Jeff Rosenzweig said.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson last month scheduled the executions to begin before

the state’s supply of midazolam, a controversial sedative used in its three-drug protocol, expires. Arkansas has not executed an inmate since 2005.

Five of the eight inmates are seeking clemency and they asked a federal judge Tuesday to halt all eight executions, arguing the “assembly-line schedule” has created a rushed clemency process that’s unconstitutional.

“The state can show no valid reason it cannot schedule executions at a pace that would allow for meaningful review, including individualized consideration and full access to the clemency process guaranteed by state law and regulations,” the inmates said in the lawsuit.

All the inmates set to be put to death next month are fighting on multiple fronts to halt the executions, including another federal lawsuit filed Monday. They’ve also asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to not review a state court ruling upholding the lethal injection law, which keeps the source of Arkansas’ execution drugs secret.

The ruling comes a day after the state Parole Board recommended Hutchinson reject a clemency request by Stacey Eugene Johnson and Ledell Lee, two of the convicted murderers scheduled for execution.

The panel held another hearing Monday for convicted murderer Marcel Williams, and hearings are set for Friday for two other death

row inmates.

Arkansas hasn’t executed an inmate in more than a decade because of court challenges and difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs. The state hasn’t carried out a double execution since 1999, and while Texas has executed eight people in a month — twice in 1997 — no state in the modern era has executed that many prisoners in 10 days.

The executions are scheduled April 17, 20, 24 and 27.

In his ruling, Griffen wrote that he was troubled by the state Supreme Court decision and by the inmates’ argument that the lethal injection protocol could subject them to painful executions.

“It is more than troubling that Arkansas judges must now deny persons sentenced to death by lethal injection a fair and impartial evidentiary hearing concerning their allegations that the state of Arkansas intends to subject them to an execution process which they allege will involve demonstrable risk of severe pain,” he wrote.

Attorney General Leslie Rutledge’s office said she was pleased with the lawsuit’s dismissal.

“The attorney general will continue to work on behalf of the state and particularly the victims of these horrific murders to ensure that justice is done,” spokesman Judd Deere said.

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Courtney Whited Copy Editor “This is not nostalgia,” Marilyn Kallet, an English professor, said as she introduced the two readers for Monday’s Writers in the Library event.

Featured authors Maria James-Thiaw and Bobby C. Rogers had both read at the Writers in the Library event before, and Rogers is a UT alumnus.

James-Thiaw was the first to read, warning the audience that “as a performance poet, I like to sometimes break out into song ... I’m going to keep it real.”

This was in reference to the first poem she read, “Keeping It Real,” which is featured in her latest collection of poems, “Talking ‘White.’”

The collection was published in 2013, and her newest collection will be published soon through Community Arts Ink. “My father is known for his stories … but what about the women’s stories?” James-Thiaw said, introducing The American Griot Project.

The American Griot Project is a two-year-old concept where James-Thiaw takes oral stories of women who remember the 1950s and 1960s and puts them into verse form. The next step in the project will be to create a choreo-poem to perform

on stage.

James-Thiaw read multiple poems from The American Griot Project, including “Lawless,” which is about the love story of fellow poet Ross Gay’s parents, and “Good Jewish Girls,” which is inspired by a story told to her by Kallet.

Another poem in this project comes from James-Thiaw’s own mother. “The Trunk” tells about her mother leaving New Orleans in the trunk of an Impala.

Rogers read after James-Thiaw, noting that “The Trunk” is a reminder of why the world needs poetry.

He went right for his Rocky Top roots. His poem “All-American Cheerleader” was ripe with imagery of Neyland Stadium and the Hill.

“I’ll go ahead and interpret it for you,” Rogers jokingly said. “It’s a poem about celebrity.

“Fame is as fleeting as anything else,” Rogers read.

Another poem of Rogers’ was inspired by a paperboy he bought the Knoxville News Sentinel from while at UT. “I thought he was a character from an Aeschylus play with mystical powers,” Rogers said.

The next Writers in the Library event will be held on Monday, April 10, and will feature novelist Manuel Gonzales.

Now, Yassin’s has grown to accommodate more customers, but Terou still focuses on making simple food well. He aims to serve customers, who have become like family, the best quality food he can.

“This is very good for a Syrian, Muslim guy,” Terou joked.

However, Terou did focus on the seriousness of being a refugee, explaining how long and tedious the process to becoming a refugee can be.

“This is not your choice,” Terou said. “A lot of us don’t want to leave our house. Now, Knoxville’s my home, but when I come, (I thought) maybe I would want to go back. But a lot of people, they don’t have this choice.”

Siddiqi then spoke and applauded his friend and business partner’s drive to make his place in the community. Referencing the current political climate surrounding the Middle East and the Muslim community, Siddiqi said it is Terou’s courageousness that has made the mark Yassin’s has left on the community possible.

“One thing I really appreciate about Yassin is the authenticity and fearless … that video’s not possible without some fearlessness,” Siddiqi said. “If you’re playing it cautious, if you’re playing it safe, if you’re in this zone

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where no one’s going to affect you, you might sell some falafels, you might sell some fries, but you’re not going to impact the community in any way. It’s not going to happen.”

Acknowledging Terou’s effect on the community, Eddie Roe, CEB member and senior in College Scholars, said when the CEB Arts & Culture committee brainstormed speakers to bring for the event, someone immediately suggested Terou. Wanting to bring in a community leader, CEB agreed that Terou fit the event’s purpose.

“We wanted to highlight a community member who’s really shown this cultural highlight …,” Roe said. “We wanted to bridge the gap with community for Culture Week.”

On April 29, Yassin’s Falafel House will be awarded the Institution for Change award by the non-profit community shares. This honor is awarded to “a business or institution that has implemented an initiative that demonstrates socially conscious business practices in its dealings with the community.”

Stemming from Terou’s compassion and his religion, the award honors Terou’s goal of creating one community, not a divided one.

“As-sal mu alaykum. It means peace be upon you. A lot of people think it’s only for Muslims and Arabs. Peace is for everybody.

It’s not only for us,” Terou said. “When I say ‘As-sal mu alaykum,’ I say it for everyone.

“That’s what I believe, and that’s what I hope for you and for us.”

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Front Row Review: Local Natives performance pleases Knoxville Allie Clouse Staff Writer The stormy weather didn’t stop Local Natives fans from gathering at the Mill & Mine on Monday night.

When I walked into the large, brick room, the floor was already filling as the opening act, Little Scream, played. Their atmospheric vibe seemed slightly bluesy and set the tone for the night to come.

The crowd slowly grew as more people piled in closer in time for Local Native’s performance.

Once Little Scream concluded, the lights came on, and I began surveying the audience. Judging by the amount of x’s on hands, most of the listeners were high school or college-aged students.

The venue was also filled with hipsters in their mid-20s and the occasional dad; so basically everyone you would expect at an alternative indie rock concert. Everyone was dressed casual and mingled among other fans before the main event.

After a brief intermission, the lights darkened once again, and the members of Local Natives took the stage after a long instrumental pause.

The crowd immediately perked up and gathered toward the front. The floor was packed with fans

singing every word and swaying to the music as soon as the intro song began.

The band started off with an energetic number from their newest album, “Sunlit Youth.”

The music encompassed the room and created an overall feeling of enthusiasm and passion.

Then, lead singer Taylor Rice stepped off the stage into the crowd, further exciting fans. Rice travelled through the hordes of people while a stage manager extended the mic out towards him.

Local Natives’ lively performance had them quickly taking off their shirts in an attempt to cool down, but, luckily, they kept the energy high. Throughout the rest of the show, they switched between pieces from “Sunlit Youth” and dusted off some old songs to entertain the crowd. Their latest single, “I Saw You Close Your Eyes,” had fans jumping and nodding to the sound reminiscent of fellow indie rock band, The Neighborhood.

In between songs, the band was conversational and personal with their fans. Rice talked about love at first sight, his love for his bandmates and love for his fans. The intimacy made the whole event feel laid-back and casual, just like seeing one of your friend’s bands play.

In addition, Local Native’s symphonic sound was simply beautiful and really resonated with

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Overall, I enjoyed the variety of Local Natives’

music, and the mood they brought to the event.

Everyone seemed intoxicated by the performance, wanting more even as the show came to a close.

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Film festival highlights outdoor adventures Eric Bailes Staff Writer Outdoor lovers of all ages left the Bijou Theatre Monday, March 27, with a desire to go outside.

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour returned to Knoxville for the eighth time to show off films that featured a bit of all things outdoors, ranging from a simple bike ride in the country to a story of four mothers daring to do something daring.

Starting in 1976, the film tour has traveled around the world to provide nature-loving people with mountain culture and global adventures. Being shown in 40 countries around the world, 35 films are featured across the world tour. Knoxville was able to see 10 of those films, all providing a glimpse into the world and the people that dare to venture out into it.

Before the films were shown, Debra Hornsby, the Knoxville stop’s host, came out to tell the audience a little bit about the festival and the world tour, stating that the featured films should have a warning before them stating they “may inspire you to quit your day job.”

The first film of the night was “Ace and the Desert Dog,” which was about a 60-day trek in the canyons of Utah by photographer Ace Kvale and his dog, Genghis Khan. Interspersed

with humorous reflections of the trip by Khan, writing as “Desert Dawg,” the film celebrates the bond the two share. In a moment of truth, Kvale discusses the beauty of canine relationships and how that bond can make better people in the long run.

The following films made acrophobics in the audience uncomfortable, as they dealt with massive heights. “Poumaka,” about two climbers’ goal of summiting the Poumaka Tower in French Polynesia, featured plenty of sweeping landscape shots of the tower, showcasing just how large the tower was. While one of the climbers was frightened and concerned with her ability to reach the summit, the overall message of the film was that while everyone has moments that break them down, they should be proud of those moments, as they are the ones that will define them later.

The next film, “Metronomic,” brought some fun to the festival, about a band that took their choice of venue to a new height, one about 700 feet in the air. The Flying Frenchies, a band of artists and aerial fanatics with a saxophone, guitar and drums, played an ode to risk and space. At the same time, the group was able to make the piece a mix of stunt, performance and poetry.

“Fast Forward” follows bikepacker and ultralong-distance racer Lael Wilcox as she attempts to break the women’s record for the 800-mile Arizona Trail. However, despite all of her rac-

ing experience, her limits are pushed to the limit as she battles a bout of sickness in the Arizona desert.

“Four Mums in a Boat” is the story of a group of four ordinary mothers who attempt to do something extraordinary: become the oldest female rowers to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

In the 68 days it took them to traverse the 3,000 miles, they faced plenty of challenges like power and equipment failures and a hurricane which forced them to stay in their tiny cabin for three days. This film proved to be a crowd favorite, as evidenced by the applause it got.

“I just think they kept a positive attitude, so that was just motivating, and they just kept overcoming obstacles,” Rosemary Hinton, a first-timer to the festival, said. “They overcame a lot of obstacles and still kept their friendship and that kept going.”

After a short break before longer films began, the night continued with Danny MacAskill’s “Wee Day Out,” an exploration of an English landscape, which captures the simplicity of a ride out in the country.

“The Perfect Flight” was about the age-old relationship between man and bird. When Shawn Hayes caught an abandoned falcon in an L.A. neighborhood, his life was changed forever as he started a new love for wild raptors.

Winning the award for creative excellence in the festival was “The Accord,” a tale about the tempestuous relationship between Icelandic

surfers and the North Atlantic wind. It seemed that the character of the North Atlantic wind was portrayed in the film as similar to a magician 10 minutes before closing time; one can never be sure what he will be like next.

If any film that was shown left the audience feeling old, “Young Guns” was the one to do so.

About teenage climbers Ashima Shiraishi and Kai Lightner, the film showcased a climbing trip to Norway as well as Shiraishi’s attempts to be both the youngest person to climb a V15 route as well as the first woman to climb a route in Japan. Over the course of the 28-minute film, the two proved themselves to be the start of the next generation of climbers, with Shiraishi already one of the best climbers in the world at 15.

The final film of the night was “Max Your Days,” a celebration of the endless medley of sports available on Canada’s West Coast.

Featuring a variety of athletes on the summer solstice, the emphasis of the film was to take full advantage of that perfect summer day.

While the overall theme of the films shown seemed to be about overcoming fears and the joy that is found in nature, Hornsby believed the overall themes to be a bit simpler and universal to all people.

“Adventure. Do what you love. I would say that that was the two big things,” Hornsby said.

“So get out there, in the outdoors, do what you love, have an adventure. That’s the theme.”

World Video Game Hall of Fame names 2017 finalists Associated Press

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The World Video Game Hall of Fame’s 2017 finalists span decades and electronic platforms, from the 1981 arcade classic “Donkey Kong” that launched Mario’s plumbing career to the 2006 living room hit “Wii Sports,” that made gamers out of grandparents.

The hall of fame at The Strong museum in Rochester said Tuesday that 12 video games are under consideration for induction in May. They also include: “Final Fantasy VII,” ‘’Halo: Combat Evolved,” ‘’Microsoft Windows Solitaire,” ‘’Mortal Kombat,” ‘’Myst,” ‘’Pokemon Red and Green,” ‘’Portal,” ‘’Resident Evil,” ‘’Street Fighter II” and “Tomb Raider.”

The finalists were chosen from thousands of nominations from more than 100 countries, said museum officials, who will rely on an international committee of video game scholars and journalists to select the 2017 class.

The winners will be inducted May 4.

“What they all have in common is their undeniable impact on the world of gaming and popular culture,” said Jon-Paul Dyson, director of The Strong’s International Center for the History of Electronic Games.”

The hall of fame recognizes electronic games that have achieved icon status and geographical reach, and that have influenced game design or popular culture.

The class of 2017 will be the third group to go into the young hall, joining “DOOM,” ‘’Grand Theft Auto III,” ‘’The Legend of Zelda,” ‘’The Oregon Trail,” ‘’Pac-Man,” ‘’Pong,” ‘’The Sims,” ‘’Sonic the Hedgehog,” ‘’Space Invaders,” Tetris, “World of Wardcraft,” and “Super Mario Bros.,” whose title character got his start in this year’s “Donkey Kong” entry.

More about this year’s finalists, according The Strong: —”Donkey Kong” (1981): Helped to launch the career of game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and sold an estimated 132,000 arcade cabinets.

—”Final Fantasy VII” (1997): The Sony Playstation’s second-most popular game intro-

duced 3-D computer graphics and full motion video, selling more than 10 million units.

—”Halo: Combat Evolved” (2001): A launch game for Microsoft’s Xbox system, the science-fiction game sold more than 6 million copies and inspired sequels, spin-offs, novels, comic books and action figures.

—”Microsoft Windows Solitaire” (1991): Based on a centuries-old card game, it has been installed on more than 1 billion home computers and other machines since debuting on Windows 3.0.

—”Mortal Kombat” (1992): The game’s realistic violence was debated internationally and in Congress and was a factor in the 1994 creation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board.

—”Myst” (1993): The slow-paced, contemplative game harnessed early CD-ROM technology and became the best-selling computer game in the 1990s, selling 6 million copies.

—”Pokemon Red and Green” (1996): Since appearing on the Nintendo Game Boy, the Pokemon phenomenon has produced more than 260 million copies of its games, 21.5 billion trading cards, more than 800 television

episodes and 17 movies.

—”Portal” (2007): The Game Developers Conference’s 2008 Game of the Year was the breakout hit out of the four first-person shooter games it was packaged with, recognized for game mechanics that relied on portal physics.

—”Resident Evil” (1996): Among spinoffs of the survival horror game are movies that have grossed more than $1.2 billion worldwide, as well as themed restaurants and novels.

—”Street Fighter II” (1991): One of the top-selling arcade games ever helped spark an arcade renaissance in the 1990s and inspired numerous sequels.

—”Tomb Raider” (1996): Its female protagonist, Lara Croft, is the face of a franchise that has sold more than 58 million units worldwide, helped in part by actress Angelina Jolie’s movie portrayal.

—”Wii Sports” (2006): Launched with the Nintendo Wii home video game system, its motion-control technology let gamers of any age serve a tennis ball or throw a left hook and helped push Wii console sales to more than 100 million.

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Humanities professors weigh-in on NEH funding cuts Megan Patterson Managing Editor

Over spring break, while UT students flocked to the beach, Head of the Department of Religious Studies Rosalind Hackett went north to D.C. for a conference of the National Humanities Alliance (NHA).

For two days, Hackett, along with three representatives from Vanderbilt, met with Tennessee congressmen’s aids to lobby for the necessity of humanities funding — specifically for the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH).

In President Donald Trump’s “America First” budget blueprint released on March 16, the elimination of both the NEH and the National Endowment for the Arts is proposed. The funds gained from the dissolution of the NEH would total around $150 million, and that money would be redirected into a $54 billion increase in defense spending, bringing the Department of Defense’s budget to a total of $639 billion, about 4,260 times greater than what would have been allocated to the NEH. For Hackett and other humanities faculty and directors nationwide, this proposition causes serious c o n -

cern.

“I was one of at least 300 people who also decided it was very important and timely to attend such a meeting. (The NHA) had never had that many before,” Hackett said. “There was a real urgency to this meeting.”

As vice president of the UNESCO Humanities Council in addition to her position at UT, Hackett said she has noticed both a national and international shift toward STEM fields and “professional majors” over the past few years to the detriment of the humanities.

“There’s been a lot of misunderstanding about the value of a humanities education or a humanities degree ...,” Hackett said.

“You can’t do away with the humanities or else you’re doing away with such a huge chunk of what we call literacy.”

Since its inception in 1965, the NEH has enabled the publication of 7,000 books, 16 of which became Pulitzer Prize winners, the cataloging and microfilming of 63.3 million pages of historic newspapers and the funding of approximately 56,000 lectures, discussions, exhibitions and programs nationwide each year.

Amy Elias, professor of English and director of the UT Humanities Center, said that these projects show that the work done by the NEH is not just for “elite universities” but for students at all levels and the general public.

“A lot of the work that they are funding is work that allows access to information for people who might not normally have access,” Elias said.

“It’s fundamental for the operation of our democracy.”

Currently, two programs within the Department of History receive funding through the NEH and are geared toward informing the public: “The Papers of Andrew Jackson: A Documentary Edition” and

UT ranks first in the nation in summer stipends, 9th in fellowships for public and private universities, 4th among public universities, above Vanderbilt, Emory, Duke, Stanford, Yale, Cornell.

“Correspondence of James K. Polk.” Both projects earned three-year NEH grants of $275,000 in 2015 and $200,000 in 2016, respectively. To fund the project on Andrew Jackson, Daniel Feller, professor in history, said he had to fill out an almost 75-page application justifying the need for his work.

“We have to jump some pretty high hoops to actually get this money and demonstrate that we are spending it well,” Feller said. “We think we do a good job of justifying the quality of our work and the NEH thinks so, too. The NEH has funded the Jackson project continuously at one level or another since 2004.”

Before a project is awarded money, the proposal is evaluated by a board of humanities peers from a national network.

Professor in anthropology Jan Simek said that for one of their proposals to receive funding they must prove what it is they plan to do, why it is important, how they are going to disseminate it to the public and how it will engage students.

Essentially, Simek said you must prove “how the knowledge you’re generating is worth having.”

Although the Andrew Jackson project also receives $1,600 in funding from the Tennessee Historical Commission each year, Feller said without the NEH grant, his work may have to stop.

“There’s a lot of difference between $1,600 and $90,000, which is about what our NEH grant comes out to per year,” Feller said.

Although Feller said he will be meeting with the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in a few weeks to discuss what could be done to continue his project, he is trying to remain optimistic.

“Nobody wants to cry wolf too soon,” Feller said. “On the other hand, if the wolf is actually there and you cry too late, then you’ve waited too long.

“It’s difficult to know when to actually press the panic button.”

In addition to funding larger programs and initiatives, the NEH also awards faculty fellowships for individual research each year. Out of nearly 160,000 humani-

ties faculty in two- and four-year universities nationwide, the NEH receives close to 1,200 applications for only 80 fellowships, an award ratio of 7 percent.

“Because there are so few of these awarded, if you just get one per year, you are in the top 10 of universities in the country who are getting these awards,” Elias said.

Despite these narrow odds, UT ranks not only in the top 10, but first in the nation in summer stipends, ninth in fel-

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“What you need is time, time to improve your knowledge of ancient or foreign languages and time to read and go deeply into various questions,” Hackett said. “...

These fellowships that provide the sabbatical, that provides the time and the space for this deep and sustained research on a particular topic.”

The fellowships are able to give professors this time for research by compensating the university for their absence and by funding researchers’ travel to access

There’s been a lot of misunderstanding about the value of a humanities education or a humanities degree ... You can’t do away with the humanities or else you’re doing away with such a huge chunk of what we call literacy.”

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lowships for public and private universities and fourth among public universities. This places UT above Vanderbilt, Emory, Duke, Stanford, Yale and Cornell, among others, a fact that Hackett made sure to mention while in D.C. “This produced a gasp from the Vanderbilt folks when I first trotted this data out,” Hackett said.

A faculty member in the Department of Religious Studies is a current recipient of a fellowship, which Hackett said has allowed that professor to expand on her research of the “radicalization of religious violence in early Christianity.” Both Hackett and Elias agreed that NEH fellowships give humanities faculty a precious gift in the academic world — time.

resources, which Simek said is essential to keeping the university functioning as usual. If those fellowships were unavailable, Simek said, less knowledge will be generated overall by the institution.

“The consequence of that is either those folks are not going to be able to do the research or the institution is going to suffer when they do,” Simek said. “And that’s just a bad solution to the prospect of generating new knowledge.”

Although anthropology professors do not usually access NEH fellowships, Simek said their position at the intersection of social sciences and humanities allows them to receive funding for projects such as archeological digs or the study and preservation of historic sites. If the NEH

The Tennessee Digital Newspaper Project (TDNP) is a joint effort between the University of Tennessee and the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA), funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), to digitize more than 100,000 pages of Tennessee’s microfilmed newspapers dating from 1836 to 1922.

is eliminated, however, the Anthropology Department’s access to potential funding from other sources may also decrease.

“Any time you reduce the potential sources of research funding it makes it more difficult. It increases pressure on what are then the available sources,” Simek said. “The sum effect of this no matter how you look at it is to diminish the resources available for basic research, the kind of research that future knowledge is built on.”

In addition to limiting the total amount of monies available for research, Hackett said that the elimination of the NEH and its fellowships will make it harder to compete for awards themselves.

“You get one award and it enables you to leverage another award. It applies to the faculty and it also applies to general project funding,” Hackett said. “That’s a critical point. If we were to lose (NEH fellowships), we would lose leverage.”

The “stamp of excellence” that Hackett said comes with NEH awards brings prestige to the recipient, but also to their department and university as a whole.

This is why fellowships and grants factor into national rankings, including the top-25.

“Every time one of our faculty gets one of these (NEH fellowships), everyone in the university benefits because we rise in the rankings,” Elias explained. “It really gets us toward that top-25 mark and the Vol Vision statements that the administration has made.”

Elias said that when a department or college receives more “investments” it has a “cascade effect” on the entire program, bringing the best students, the best professors and national recognition. Therefore, elimination of investment sources could reverse this and act as a depressant on an institution’s academic activity.

“Speaking candidly, will it be the end of the world? No ... but it would make us all poorer,” Feller said “... Could these teachers lose their jobs if they don’t get to go to one of these? No. But will they be less enthused about teaching history? Will they know less about teaching history? Will their teaching be a little bit less? Yes.”

The direct detriment on students is something Simek fears as well through the loss of anthropology dig grants.

“As those funds diminish, it gets harder and harder to do what is, in my mind, the most important work we do — to bring these great, bright students into the research realm so they can experience it and see what its like,” Simek said.

Elias also said she fears the loss of databases and programs that professors and teachers use for classroom instruction.

“The NEH has this huge impact on education, not just on my personal research but on humanities education overall. And that’s why we’re upset about it,” Elias said.

“One, it’s such a small part of the budget compared to the rest of the budget, and two, you get an awful lot of bang for your buck with the NEH. That small investment just does an enormous amount of work for education across the country.”

The proposed elimination of the NEH among other funding cuts is something Elias sees as part of the larger “polarization” of the country. She said she is “deeply saddened” to think that the sharing of knowledge and conversations across fields and disciplines is one of the first things to be cut “in the interest of economic prudence.”

“Everyone understands that there are certain things that you invest in because they are valuable,” Elias said. “You always put those things first, because if you don’t you are undercutting the basic values that make America, America or a democratic republic, a democratic republic. Those values of understanding the importance of equality, of wisdom, of history, of ethics, of beauty and art as the expression of all those things.”

For Elias, the proposed NEH elimina-

tion is an opportunity for the humanities to prove their worth and make their voices heard.

“I’m angry, and I’m saddened by the fact that one the government doesn’t realize that the very principles upon which it acts are built on the values that it’s attacking, I’m a little angry at us that we haven’t made a better case for what we’ve done and what we do so that people see this kind of diversity and importance to the larger social body,” Elias said.

After returning from D.C., Hackett said she has “cautious optimism” because of the positive response and support she and the team from Tennessee received from every representative they met. After the official Humanities Advocacy Day, Hackett met individually with Congressman Duncan through a connection with a former student. She said she wanted to find out if the humanities had his support, and that she “got it.”

“These troubled times are really pushing us to kind of rethink what happens when the humanities go away,” Hackett said. “Well they can’t write, they can’t think, and they can’t speak. It’s as simple as that.”

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lack of women directors. However, since 1998, women have received approximately half of documentary filmmaking awards. “That’s relatively uncommon, where a significant portion of women directors get a

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On Monday, Tze-Lan Sang, professor of Chinese at Michigan State University, gave a lecture at McClung Museum discussing a relatively recent trend in Taiwanese filmmaking, and other similar interests.

The lecture, “Gender and Media: The Case of Women Documentary Filmmakers in Taiwan,� is part of a larger project by the Department of Asian Studies at UT called, “Women in Asia in Books and Film� and will help transition into UT Sex Week next week.

Sang’s lecture project was presented by the Asian Studies Department, the Cinema Studies Department and Hodges Library. It included a meet and greet on Monday and a screening of the Taiwanese documentary film “Let’s Fall in Love� last week.

The lecture began with an overview of Taiwanese history and its effect on the different eras of documentary filmmaking in the country.

According to Sang, due to the oppression of a patriarchal society in Taiwan, there has been a

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tionships and the arranged marriages which have steadily returned to a country that, until recently, had cast them off in favor of romantic relationships. Sang said the film was useful to study gender. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think I would like people to look at the gender barriers in all kinds of professions, including the film industry,â&#x20AC;? Sang said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would like to invite the audience, the students, to think about what the situation is like in the US vis-Ă -vis Taiwan. Maybe some cross-cultural comparisons would be interesting for people to think about.â&#x20AC;?

Megan Bryson, assistant professor of religious studies at UT, was one of Sangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s undergraduate students at the University of Oregon and helped invite her to UT. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Sangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research) intersects well with growing programs here at UT, such as the Cinema Studies Program, the Women, Gender and Sexuality Program and, of course, Asian Studies,â&#x20AC;? Bryson said.

Sang has written multiple books, including, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Emerging Lesbian: Female Same-Sex Desire in Modern China,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Documenting Taiwan on Film: Issues and Methods in New Documentaries.â&#x20AC;?

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A woman’s history at UT Coming up on the last few days of Women’s History Month, it’s important to honor the women that came before us; to remember the things that they have done that enable us to be where we’re at today. However, at the University of Tennessee, female legacies are hard to come by, especially in terms of dedication.

The reason for this may be that for the first 100 years of our alma mater’s legacy, women were not included. The University of Tennessee opened in 1794; women weren’t eligible for enrollment until 1892.

But one doesn’t have to go far from campus to find a memorial to a woman who changed this. She’s just memorialized for a different reason.

If you go to the center of Market Square, you will find the women’s suffrage memorial, complete with three standing statues of Anne Dallas Dudley, Elizabeth Avery Meriwether and Lizzie Crozier French. The efforts of these three women helped the state of Tennessee to be the 36th and deciding state in certifying the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote in 1920.

Before this campaign, French — a Knoxville native — fought for gender equality in other

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ways, including pushing for coeducation at the University of Tennessee. If you’re a female at the University of Tennessee, you can thank Lizzie Crozier French for that.

In 1889, she delivered an “aggressive” speech before the State Teacher’s Association in support of a measure for co-education.

In the speech, she advocated for those who have a hard time speaking for themselves, and called for the members of the board to fully fulfill their claimed position of “protectors of women,” especially in her final paragraph: “It is the woman of talent, push, and brass, if you please, that can come out of a public school and succeed; but it is the modest, timid woman that we would ask you to consider. You may admire us as little as you please; but take that modest woman and lift her up to a higher place and we will thank you for it. Leave us out; show your appreciation and modesty.

They have gone on being humble and modest, what have they gained? As soon as they begin to be aggressive, they find some reward. You don’t want us to change laws, change them yourselves. I have no desire to change them if you will make them all right. I suppose the resolutions of the committee will embody what we have to say, but my desire has been to ask

The new definition of masculinity Don Black Margin of Error

I remember the first time someone told me to “be a man.”

I was on a playground in second grade nervous about trying the monkey bars. I remember all the bluster from middle school, of guys bragging about how much they were getting laid and how many fights they were winning.

I remember attending a lecture about masculinity my first year of college, put on by the Women’s Coordinating Council. I remember thinking, “Are these women really going to tell me how to be a man?”

But after that lecture, my mind was changed.

Jackson Katz came and spoke about how the language that we use daily affects the way we treat women, how asking questions about the victims of violence doesn’t really get us anywhere in trying to stop it, how gendered violence isn’t a women’s issue that some good men help with, but a men’s issue.

Afterwards, I remember texting my oldest sister, with whom I had argued about feminism and the wage gap for years, and saying ,“You were right.”

Last year, I remember my heart-breaking, as people I love told me the stories of their own assault. I knew that between 20-25 percent of

women will be victim to an attempted sexual assault during college, but it never struck so close to home until then.

In America, men are more likely to: abuse alcohol and other drugs; commit suicide; get into a car accident; drop out of school; go to prison; and commit violent crimes like sexual assault, homicide, and partner and child abuse. And these aren’t just “women’s issues.”

How many boys’ lives are shattered by an abusive parent, or by going through their childhoods without a father? How many people, both women and men, have had their lives destroyed by a sexual assault or violent crime?

The vast majority of men aren’t violent themselves, nor do they condone violence. The question isn’t “What’s wrong with men?” but “What’s going on with men?”

Today, our masculinity is being defined through increasingly narrow confines, as a carbon- -copy with no original. Through my work on this topic, I’ve heard stories from guys whose family made fun of them for not getting laid enough, who wanted to join the dance team but were mocked until they ran track, who won’t use straws at restaurants because their grandpa told them it wasn’t

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you to look at the law; and don’t say you are a protector of woman without acting it. Make yourselves, not the nominal, but the real protector of woman, and don’t let us say any longer that woman has no position.”

Although the measure wasn’t passed until 1892 after some pushback from the superintendent at the time, French’s rhetoric was strong and passionate, and there are two things to take from it that are still applicable today, as a way of honoring her legacy.

Firstly, that to be successful in social activism, we must advocate and fight for all voices to be heard, even the modest and timid ones.

To only speak for oneself is not to be a true leader.

And secondly, if one’s opponent claims that their actions are in the name of something such as “protection,” don’t disagree; accept what they say, and then further question their position. Only by questioning what they’re protecting, whom they’re protecting it from and why they believe such thing may need protecting can you change the mind of others.

JoAnna Brooker is a junior in journalism and can be reached at jbrooke3@vols.utk.edu

manly. Even today, I feel slightly nervous and slightly emasculated writing this column, and every day, I can watch myself struggle to tell people how I feel.

Television and commercials will tell you that you need to regain your man card, that we all need to “man up.” But if manliness is a trait that can be acquired simply by owning a gun, drinking light beer, or wearing Axe body spray, then it probably isn’t a trait that’s worth very much.

We need a new definition of masculinity and we need a new conversation.

Bullying others isn’t manly, standing up to bullies is. Ignoring the needs of people who can’t take of themselves isn’t manly, helping those who can’t help themselves is. Protecting assailants from criminal punishments isn’t manly, challenging sexist attitudes and standing up for others is.

To really be a man, you don’t have to act like me, Dwayne Johnson, Barack Obama or anyone else; if you aren’t hurting anyone, you just need to be yourself.

Don Black is a junior in business analytics and can be reached at dblack17@vols.utk.edu

Columns 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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Taylor growing physically, mentally at defensive end Trenton Duffer Sports Editor Last season, it took a simple phrase from then-freshman Darrell Taylor to spark a video to go viral on social media.

As the Vols were preparing for their matchup in the Battle at Bristol game on Sept. 10, 2016, Taylor was asked the question of what was about to take place on the field.

The Waverly, Virginia, native responded with a loud and confident, “We gone whoop they (expletive) (expletive).”

The video went viral, as Vol fans across the nation were quoting Taylor’s phrase. The acronym WGWTFA was posted across social media and even landed on a few t-shirts.

Even though Taylor’s words rang true as the Vols did beat Virginia Tech 45-24 in the Battle at Bristol, now all that remains of that game is Taylor himself.

And things are a bit different this time around, especially with defensive star Derek Barnett and other linemen Corey Vereen and LaTroy Lewis now gone.

“We’re trying to fill those shoes, but it definietley won’t be the same,” Taylor said after Tuesday’s team practice. “I feel like we learned a lot from them. Me, Jonathan Kongbo and the other defensive linemen all learned a lot from them.”

One of the main differences Taylor has seen since arriving at Tennessee is the weight and muscle gain.

Taylor entered Tennessee in 2015 weighting 215 pounds and standing at 6-foot-4 as a defensive end. According to a 2011 Draft Guide from Pro Football Weekly, the ideal weight for a

defensive end is around 255 pounds.

However, after Tuesday’s practice, Taylor announced that he has gradually worked up to 254 pounds after weighing 240 pounds three months ago.

In retrospect, the NFL Scouting Combine listed Barnett at 6-foot-3 and 259 pounds.

The most important thing about the weight gain, Taylor admitted, was keeping the speed that made him such a noteworthy recruit coming out of high school and that he’s still as quick as he was coming out of high school.

“It was kind of difficult, but the good thing about it is once Rock (Gullickson) came in, we started doing more explosive movements, so I feel like that helped with my body, too,” Taylor said.

With the added weight gain and a consistent speed level, Taylor has been mentioned by many Vols as a vocal leader on the field. Taylor was the first name that senior defensive back Emmanuel Moseley mentioned when asked about leadership last Tuesday, March 21.

But even head coach Butch Jones has tossed Taylor’s name around when mentioning new leaders to step in and fill those important roles.

“He’s still a work in progress, and he’s doing a really, really good job,” Jones said on Tuesday.

“The thing I like about him is he’s really trying to lead our football team. He’s holding himself to a really high standard, a very high standard of expectations, and he’s holding his teammates around him as well.

“I know our players respect him. He’s been upward vocal, and he’s put in the work.”

Warren seeing bright spots early in backfield: Charlton Warren has seen a lot of different secondaries in his coaching career. From North Carolina to Nebraska to Air Force, each backfield that Warren has coached has seen top

Five of the football players work together to push back a sled at Anderson Training Center on March 21, 2017. Madison Nickell • The Daily Beacon 25 and even top 10-ranked defenses.

And according to Warren, there’s a method to the madness when it comes to coverage.

“We’re never gonna waiver,” Warren said on Tuesday. “There’s a standard, and we’re gonna meet the standard. It’s not that we didn’t do that in the past. But I think now, whether it’s a drill, whether it’s running, whether it’s catching a ball, there’s a way to do it and there’s a way we’re going to it. We’re going to do it that way every single time.”

Warren will have his hands full this season trying to reshape this Tennessee passing defense. Last season, the Vols ranked 72nd out

of 128 teams in the NCAA in terms of passing yards allowed per game (230.7). The Vols did only allow 18 touchdowns while intercepting 11 passes, but the team allowed opposing quarterbacks to pass for nearly seven yards per attempt.

With a lot of youth in this backfield, Warren will look to build this group into a formidable force come this fall.

“We have a good mix of seasoned guys and young guys who got their feet wet and their appetite tasted,” Warren said. “I’m really looking to see those guys gel as the spring progresses.”

NFL players push lawmakers on criminal justice reform Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Football is hard.

But for Malcolm Jenkins of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles, convincing politicians to enact meaningful changes to the nation’s criminal justice system is much harder.

Jenkins, free-agent wide receiver Anquan Boldin and other players were meeting with members of Congress this week to push for legislation that leads to improved relationships between minority communities and local police.

Their latest outreach follows the racially charged rhetoric of the 2016 election, during which then-Republican nominee Donald Trump won fewer than 1 out of 10 black voters.

Overcoming hot-button terms like “stop and frisk” and getting Republicans and Democrats to find common ground is a tall order, but one the players said they intend to tackle.

This is the second trip to Washington in the last five months for Jenkins and Boldin.

“Football is easier than doing this,” Jenkins said Tuesday in an interview with The Associated Press. “You’ve got to do the research, and you’ve got to come prepared.

And when you’re speaking on behalf of other people, you want to make sure you bring the right voice to the table.”

At the top of the players’ list is putting an end to private prisons and doing away with mandatory minimum prison sentences that can put nonviolent offenders behind bars for lengthy terms. Jenkins and Boldin said there

is too much focus on law-and-order solutions and not enough on preventing crimes before they happen.

“We all know that once you’re in the system, it’s hard to be a normal citizen,” Boldin told AP. “You get discriminated against with jobs, with housing.”

Boldin, who played for the Detroit Lions last season, said private prisons are a “huge problem” because the companies that operate them are often contractually assured a certain amount of inmate capacity. That can lead to an emphasis on incarceration.

“We feel like that’s one of the things that leads to quotas by police officers,” Boldin said.

Both Boldin and Jenkins said relationships between minorities and police remain fractured despite the protests and demands for reforms

since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a white officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.

“We get access to videos and it’s on the news and people are starting to see what this looks like,” Jenkins said. “And now those who weren’t exposed to it before are forced to choose a side, and forced to deal with this issue. And that is what’s dividing our country.

The problem has been there. And it’s always been there. But it’s becoming harder for us to sweep it under the rug.”

Jenkins and Boldin are scheduled to speak Thursday at a congressional forum on building trust between communities and police.

Joining them in the outreach effort this week are Lions cornerback Johnson Bademosi and Donte Stallworth, a former NFL receiver.

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Vols smash two homers in shutout win over Golden Eagles Damichael Cole Contributor In the weekend series against Mississippi State, Dom Thornton hit his first two home runs of the season.

He picked up where he left off Tuesday.

Thornton had one of two home runs for the Vols as they defeated Tennessee Tech 6-0 in Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Thornton now has three home runs this season, all coming in the last four games.

“I explained to Dom Friday night that we recruited him to be a run-producer for us,” head coach Dave Serrano said.

The other home run belonged to Jordan Rodgers, who continues to stay hot at the plate.

The homer was Rodgers’ fourth of the season, and he extended his team lead in RBIs to 19.

Rodgers, along with Pete Derkay and Jeff Moberg, each extended their reach base safely streaks. Rodgers’ streak is now at 21 games, while Derkay and Moberg extended their steaks to 16 and 15 games respectively.

“Just having some long good at bats seeing some pitches, and that usually transfers to getting on base so hopefully I can keep it up,” Rodgers said.

A notable name missing from that list is

freshman Andre Lipcius. Lipcius went 0-4 at the plate and did not reach base, ending his 21-game reach base safely steak.

Five pitchers took the mound and shut down a Golden Eagles offense that had produced 43 home runs up to this point.

Their offense had five players with five or more home runs.

“Their numbers don’t lie,” Serrano said.

“Their numbers were really good.”

Zach Linginfelter, Will Neely, Will Heflin and Schultz all played a role in the shutout.

Together, they combined to allow just four hits on the day.

Linginfelter, who was coming off of a subpar outing against Mississippi State, got the start and bounced back well. He pitched two innings, giving up no hits while just throwing 22 pitches and earning his first win of the season.

With the combined shutout and no walks issued, it’s safe to say the pitchers will be looking forward to practice this week.

“It was really good,” Linginfelter said.

“Everybody’s excited because we finally get pitcher’s BP (batting practice) in practice again.”

After having a 4-0 lead, the Vols added two insurance runs in the eight inning with a pair of two-out hits from Reggie Southall and Leftridge. Leftridge came into this game batting .196, so the two-hit effort was encouraging for the Vols’ nine-hole hitter.

Dom Thornton, #26, looks up and watches his hit fly through the air at Lindsey Nelson Stadium on March 28, 2017. Madison Nickell • The Daily Beacon “It’s good to see Brodie doing good things again he’s super-talentedand works his butt off,” Rodgers said.

The lineup featured several changes in hopes of getting better production.It was big for the Vols to get some production from the bottom of their lineup.

While the top of the lineup has had guys reaching base lately, the bottom of the lineup had been struggling. Santiago, Thornton, Southall and Leftridge each produced hits as the six through nine hitters.

“When the bottom of the lineup produces the way they did, to flip the lineup over for the guys we have at the top of the order, it’s usually going to mean good things for the Vols,” Dave Serrano said.

The mid-week game was a big win for the Vols, as its snaps a three-game losing streak.

The team will now prepare for their weekend series with Georgia and will have two practices to do so.

The Vols now have a non-conference record of 14-2 this season.

SOFTBALL

Softball double-dips doubleheader behind strong pitching from Moss, Morrison Taylor Crombie Staff Writer No. 19 Tennessee picked up two more wins in Tuesday’s doubleheader against Liberty, taking Game 1 6-1 and Game 2 6-0.

Sophomore Kelsey Morrison pitched a complete game shutout in Game 2, limiting the Liberty Flames to only two hits with a careerbest six strikeouts.

“This was definitely a confidence booster,” Morrison said. “I’m still nowhere near where I want to be, but it definitely feels good.”

The Volunteers have had to rely heavily on freshman Caylan Arnold and sophomore Matty Moss in the circle so far this season, but Morrison is on track to become a bigger part of the pitching staff after one of the best outings of her career.

“We’re really proud of Kelsey, but really happy for our team because we really need that third pitcher to step up and round out our staff,” co-head coach Karen Weekly said.

Moss carried a no-hitter into the top of the sixth inning of Game 1 and ultimately allowed only three hits with four strikeouts in Tennessee’s 6-1 win.

Sophomore Brooke Vines continued to shine Tuesday night with key hits in both games.

She went 2-for-5 but drove in six runs for Tennessee. She is currently batting .396 and is second on the team with 34 RBIs. Tennessee was already leading 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth of Game 1 thanks to an RBI double by junior Meghan Gregg in the third inning. Freshman Jenna Holcomb start the scoring in the fourth with a bases-loaded single to drive in freshman Tianna Batts. Vines followed up with a double down the right field line to clear the bases and put the Vols up 5-0.

She came up big again in Game 2 with a bases loaded single that drove in three runs to give the Volunteers their 6-0 lead.

Vines was named both the SEC Player of the Week and the Louisville Slugger NFCA Player of the Week for her performance last week in the series against No. 23 Ole Miss and the midweek game against No. 25 North Carolina.

Brooke Vines, #4, during the game against Liberty at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium on March 28, 2017.

Adrien Terricabras • The Daily Beacon Following Sunday’s win against Ole Miss, Karen Weekly said the midweek doubleheader would be a great opportunity to give play time to nonstarters. Tennessee had great offensive production all through the order, but Karen Weekly was particular proud of sophomore Savannah Huffstetler who picked up an RBI in Game 1.

“There’s somebody who gives it up for

the team every day,” Karen Weekly said.

“Everything she does in our dugout, the energy she brings, she’s our unsung hero and she has a special place in my heart for sure.”

With the wins, Tennessee improved to 28-5 and 22-2 against non-conference teams. They return to the field Friday night with the first of a three-game set against NC State at 6 p.m.