Widespread bee deaths threaten economy, agriculture >>See page 2
Racism isn’t always restricted to one race >>See page 6
Miley Cyrus adds psychedolic to list of sounds >>See page 8
UT grad jumpstarts alternative taxi service Hannah Marley Staff Writer
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(Top) Without an official office, Joy Ride Knoxville currently resides in the University Commons parking garage. (Bottom) Assistant manager and driver Jared Strader heads back to campus after picking up two students from downtown. All photos bt Justin Keyes • The Daily Beacon
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They’re on campus, in the Fort, Old City and downtown. They’re Joy Ride, a microtransportation service that transports customers exclusively in golf carts. Running from 8 a.m. to 3 a.m. Monday through Sunday, the service is unique both in its use of golf carts and its accepting tips as the only form of payment from customers, regardless of the length of the trip or time of day. Founder Grant Rosenblatt, a UT alumnus with a degree in business administration, said he recognized a need for fast and convenient public transportation after witnessing the Nashville crowds of the 2012 Country Music Awards.
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With a successful team of carts serving the downtown Nashville area, Rosenblatt said that his first choice for expansion was his alma mater. He first tested Joy Ride in Knoxville one year ago on Boomsday. Though no official office exists for the new business, Joy Ride Knoxville currently has three carts and is looking to expand to 11 or 15 by the start of football season. “We were looking at other cities, but I felt — being a UT graduate — that our services would be needed,” Rosenblatt said. “As a former student, I remember all the hills in Fort Sanders and the crowds on game day. We knew it would be a viable market.” On its first official day, Joy Ride received 218 calls for rides, with each driver making an average of $150 in tips. Though Joy Ride does not charge a flat fee for their services, Rosenblatt added that profits rose despite the business risk. See GOLF CARTS on Page 3
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DISPATCHES Iran nuclear deal likely to pass through Congress
The Muppets’ Kermit the Frog gets a new girlfriend
The controversial Iranian nuclear deal seems likely to become reality after several key votes were secured in its favor. Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, believed by many to be an essential swing vote, will help overcome any Republican attempts to block the bill from becoming reality. The deal, headed by President Barack Obama, will ease economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for allowing the international community unprecedented access to Iran’s nuclear facilities. Only 34 senate votes are necessary in order to prevent Congress from overriding a presidential veto, likely a necessary measure given that both the Senate and House of Representatives currently hold a Republican majority.
Less than a month ago, Muppets power couple Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy announced their split after four decades together. Though Kermit is still collaborating with the host of ABC’s Up Late with Miss Piggy, the network has confirmed that the amphibian’s new squeeze is a pig named Denise, who Kermit has officially called his girlfriend. People Magazine tweeted upon the breaking news via Twitter and is expecting a wrathful response from Miss Piggy whose show on ABC is set to debut later this fall. Creative hashtags that informed viewers about Kermit’s new love interest included #theFrogsMoveOn and #NoMoreMissPiggy.
Pope offers forgiveness to women who have had abortions Pope Francis has officially offered forgiveness to all Catholic women who’ve had past abortions and feel remorse, overruling Catholic traditionalists within the church. The Pope clarified that the decision did not condone abortion within the church, still officially considered a grave sin according to Catholic doctrine. “The forgiveness of God cannot be denied to one who has repented,”said the pontiff in a letter released by the Vatican Tuesday. The order will allow for all priests to give forgiveness to those women who have had abortions and seek forgiveness, and comes during the Church’s jubille year of mercy, which begins 8 December and runs until 20 November 2016.
White House responds to Kanye West’s bid for 2020 election White House Press Secretary John Earnest responded in jest to the rapper’s presidential announcement that was made on Monday night during the VMAs. Earnest stated that he looks forward to “seeing what slogan he chooses to embroider on his campaign hat.” Minutes after West’s speech ended, social media latched unto possible presidential slogans including “I’m not no politician, bruh” and “We the millennials”. In light of Donald Trump’s recent media slew, many political commentators made the comparison between West’s and Donald Trump’s outspoken speeches. Late night host Jimmy Kimmel joked on his show about West’s bid for a run on Monday with a video montage the rapper’s speech and some of Trump’s outlandish campaign moments.
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Disappearance of bee hives increases stress for agriculture and economy Joseph Donovan Contributor Without bees, there’s no pollination. Without pollination, there’s no food. Since migratory beekeepers recently reported that up to 9 out of 10 standard bee populations have disappeared, fear of Colony Collapse Disorder has spread. Colony Collapse Disorder, which occurs when the majority of worker bees in a colony inexplicably abandon their queen and fellow colony bees, have many concerned for the future of the environment and economy. If this epidemic should continue and eventually wipe out the world’s population of bees, the economic loses could be tragic. The main cause of Colony Collapse Disorder seems to be a ‘systemic insecticide’ called neonicotinoid clothianidin, according to Rolling Stone’s Alex Morris. However, Karina Costa, a UT graduate student in Soil and Environmental Science and program assistant at Beardsley Community Farms, said she believes Colony Collapse Disorder might not necessarily be caused by a single factor. While Colony Collapse Disorder is not wide-
spread in East Tennessee, Costa explained that the concern amongst local beekeepers remains a major concern. “The worry is that one keeper will find that most of their hives are gone, almost entirely without early signs,” Costa said. Even more troubling for industrial beekeepers, Costa explained, is that the more stress the hive is under, the more it appears to be prone to Colony Collapse Disorder. Stress in the hive can emerge from several components like traveling to pollinate several industrial farms, excess honey extraction, overexposure to insecticides or competition among numerous hives. UT economics professor Kenneth Baker examined the effect of decreasing populations of bees on agricultural business. Whereas it once cost around $50 for farmers to rent a single beehive, on average, that cost has tripled, making pollinating crops a much more expensive task than it once was. “With this disorder, you have this tremendous decrease in supply in beehives and beekeepers,” Baker said. “That drives the price up to a new equilibrium.” See BEES on Page 3
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continued from Page 2 Baker explained that migratory bees pollinate enough to cause an increase of a “few percent,” or less than or equal to 4 percent, in the price of food at the grocery stores. With fewer bees to pollinate crops, food prices increase, placing strain on the consumer and additional pressure on the economy. Baker also commented that East Tennesseans would see local orchards, beekeepers and farmers possibly lose their portion in markets due to their products at the farmer’s market still having to compete, to a degree, with grocery stores with a supply of imported foods from locations unaffected by Colony Collapse Disorder. Should such a ripple effect occur, it could cause a decrease in taxes in East Tennessee and small agricultural firms would be forced to leave the market as a result of bee loss. In addition to a plummeting market, the price of honey is also at risk. According to honey.com, honey has increased in value by as much as 49 percent since Aug. 2006 when adjusted for inflation. This has been attributed to the decreasing supply. Yet, this increase in price has been slightly limited due to the increasing supply coming from higher production areas in China.
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 • The Daily Beacon In order to negate the effect of Colony Collapse Disorder on industrial hives, Costa advises consumers to buy organic honey, as bees raised in small, local environments are usually less stressed by pesticides and insecticides. Knoxville local honey can be found frequently at the Market Square Farmers Market.
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The worry is that one keeper will find that most of their hives are gone, almost entirely without early signs.” Katie Costa, graduate student in Soil and Environmental Science and program assistant at Beardsley Community Farms
GOLF CARTS continued from Page 1 The service comes barely a year after Uber’s arrival in Knoxville. Uber, which has a minimum charge and surge pricing during busy hours, has already encountered problems with local law officials after a local Uber driver received five citations for not following taxi service protocol. This has proven to be a point of contention for Uber as they identify as a ridesharing service and not a taxi service. As of yet, Joy Ride drivers have encountered no such problems. Unlike Uber, Joy Ride Knoxville’s staff is almost entirely run by students of the university, a structure Rosenblatt said he plans to uphold. “In school, I thought it would be really cool to have a real business with real profits run entirely by students,” Grant said. “Our manager, Josephine, is a freshman who has been driving with us for 5 months, and 95 percent of our drivers are students. I would love to see more students get involved.” Currently receiving 1,500 calls a week with only three carts, Rosenblatt said Joy Ride is hoping to continue serving and employing the student body more as the year progresses. For sophomore student driver Liam Aronoff, his experience with Joy Ride has been one of social interaction and campus exploration. As a Joy Ride employee, Aronoff receives 50 percent
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of the tips he receives from customers. While one might expect college students to hold off on paying when it’s not necessary, Aronoff said thus far the opposite has proven true. College student customers, he said, range from seniors returning home from Sunspot to freshmen looking for their classes. “I’ve been amazed by how receptive college students have been to it (Joy Ride) so far,” Aronoff said. “I don’t expect college students to tip, but they understand how it’s going and how it works.” While the limits of where Joy Ride drivers can go aren’t clearly defined, Sorority Village, Market Square and Old City make up the western and eastern borders, respectively. Because Joy Ride golf carts aren’t interstate legal, much of the customer base consists of students that live in the area. Blasting Rocky Top over bumpy campus roads, Aronoff reflected that his experience thus far has been nothing less than enjoyable. “I don’t really look at it as a job, because I’m driving a golf cart around all the time,” Aronoff said with a smile. Joy Ride Knoxville transports customers from campus, downtown, Sorority Village, Market Square, the Fort, Old City and the Landings. Carts run Monday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 a.m. For more information, visit Joy Ride Knoxville on Facebook and follow them on @ JoyRideKnox.
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Red Zone speaker to tackle “toxic masculinity” Connor Barnhill Contibutor
Television commercials advertise masculinity in beer cans, shaving cream and burgers. Carlos Andrés Gómez wants to know how those messages shape the minds of American men. Gómez, a renowned speaker, writer and actor, will tackle the concept of the harmful conceptions of masculinity during his seminar “Boys II Men: Exploring Healthy Masculinity” on Wednesday night in the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. As a member of Sexual Empowerment at Tennessee (SEAT), Geoffrey Hervey, sophomore in psychology, helped organize a sexual assault awareness campaign. Hervey feels that certain cultural norms expected of men can often be damaging. “There are hypermasculine traits that men in our society are encouraged to aspire to,” Hervey said. The campaign largely focuses on rais-
ing awareness of the “Red Zone,” or the first six weeks of school in which the statistical likelihood of sexual aggression occurring on campus is far higher than normal. Gómez’s seminar will also address masculinity and its role in sexual aggression as well as introduce ideas designed to foster positive masculinity on campus. SEAT member Travis Wilson, senior in global studies, maintained that “positive masculinity” is a new concept that reinforces a critical view on the American definition of masculinity. “Often, younger American men are taught that certain things — displays of sadness or tenderness — are antithetical to being male,” Wilson said. For Hervey, the seminar will not only allow college-age males to vocalize sexual issues and perceptions of masculinity away from home, but will help in clarifying the mission of SEAT as an inclusive group. “One thing that gives SEAT a bad reputation is the idea that we hate men, but that is not the case,” Hervey said.
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Geoffrey Hervey, sophomore in psychology
“They are subjected to the same societal pressures as women are, so events like
this help show that we’re exploring the topic from every perspective, and including everyone.” Hervey said he has been surprised by the number of men who agreed to come the seminar, noting that the shift from demonizing men to engaging in dialogue with them could be the seminar’s biggest draw. “By promoting these open conversations, positive masculinity allows us to begin to, brick by brick, undo rape culture in America by addressing its roots in a culture of masculine American silence and violence,” Wilson said. Harvey also acknowledged the danger in limiting the audience to just male or female, citing the impact of “toxic masculinity” on all students regardless of sex. “Toxic masculinity can be harmful to everyone associated with it,” Hervey said. “However, limiting the amount of people entering the conversation for what is viewed to be a women’s issue also limits the amount of change we can bring about.”
‘Red Zone’ brings awareness to campus Connor Barnhill Contributor The Center for Health Education & Wellness (CHEW) hosted a sexual assault prevention seminar in Presidential Court on Monday as part of their week-long campaign against on-campus sexual assault. The “Red Zone” refers to the first six weeks of the first semester, during which a student is statistically more likely to be sexually assaulted than at other time of the year. Students who attended the seminar were able to visit several informational booths, receive a flyer about “Red Zone” statistics and ideas they can implement to raise awareness. The students signed their names on a “Red Zone” red carpet laid out in the plaza and received free t-shirts, which they were encouraged to wear every Tuesday throughout the month of September. Fletcher Haverkamp, CHEW’s prevention program coordinator, said that the student turnout for Red Zone’s kickoff event was satisfactory overall. “We were there from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and by 11:45, we had already run out of t-shirts to give away and had over three hundred signatures on the banner,” he said.
Megan Pitts, freshman in biomedical engineering, said she had never been introduced to the idea of the “Red Zone” but signed the carpet in solidarity with sexual assault issues on campus. “Signing the banner actually holds you accountable, because it’s an experience that sticks with you,” Pitts said. For Haverkamp, the event presented a forum for students not only to learn about sexual assault issues, but to become active bystanders as the “Red Zone” campaign continues to host events throughout the week. The campaign seeks to inform students about topics like toxic masculinity, sexual aggression, campus sexual assault policy, reporting and support options for victims and witnesses. Haverkamp advocated that all UT students can become active bystanders through a series of training sessions and by educating themselves on the resources available at the Center for Health Education & Wellness. Becoming involved in these types of activities and conversations, Haverkamp explained, is what raises awareness around campus, and in doing so, creates a safer environment for students at UT. “That’s the primary goal of CHEW,” said Haverkamp. “To not only make people aware, but encourage them to speak up in their community.”
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015 • The Daily Beacon (Left) The Village Bakery, located in South Knoxville, is the oldest bakery in town. (Top Right) The Village Bakery offered a variety of desserts such as petit fours and thumbprint cookies. (Right) This s’mores cake pop was one of the many different kinds of cake pops offered. (Bottom) James Shelton is the third generation family member to own and manage the shop. All photos by Esther Choo • The Daily Beacon
Long-standing Knoxville bakery boasts inviting atmosphere and signature sweets Jesse Bellew Contributor The Village Bakery is situated in a subtle building about 4.5 miles away from campus in South Knoxville. To give an idea of how inconspicuous the bakery’s location really is: I had to drive around the block twice while using a GPS before I stumbled upon it. The man behind the shop is James Shelton — he was born and raised in Knoxville and is an alumnus of UT. His grandmother and mother purchased the store back in 1987, so he’s been rolling out dough and learning the craft since he was small enough to fit in the oven. The space isn’t very large, but it is ingrained in the fabric of South Knoxville. What The Village Bakery lacks in space and grandiose marketing schemes, it makes up for in scratchmade goods. From their delicious icing to the cake itself, it all started out as flour and egg in one of their tin
bowls. Shelton says the bakery is best known for its thumbprint cookies — little white cookies with special icing dabbed in the middle. These are small enough to eat in a single bite and good enough to keep eating one after the other. The Village Bakery once catered over 800 dozen of these gems for a single event. And their floral cakes — what can be said about these? Does anyone remember eating the coveted childhood zebra cakes? The ones that everyone tried to trade for at lunch? That’s what these floral cakes are like. But then again, they are also not like them at all, because these are homemade and 5,000 times better. They are little square cakes covered in icing and decorated with a little pink flower. The bakery doesn’t stop there, though. They provide an array of cookies, donuts and cakes too. Shelton and his mom whip up just about any cake you could want for almost any occasion: tiered wedding cakes, custom birthday cakes or traditional Appalachian apple stack cakes. This apple stack is a traditional Appalachian wedding
cake that they ship all around Tennessee. The bakery’s roots lie in the Appalachian mountains, so for them it just feels right to incorporate this traditional item into the menu. In fact, James Shelton got married just two weeks ago and had one at his wedding. Traditionally, every family member and friend is supposed to bring a layer and assemble the stack cake at the wedding. To me, that sums up this bakery’s entire persona. Warm, welcoming and family oriented. It’s the type of place where mothers and their children come to buy a sweet, after-school treat. Shelton openly welcomed me in to talk, even when they had some baking to do in the back, and since only the two of them work there, time is a big commodity. They gave me sample after sample of their baked treats and told me everything about their business — good and bad. This Halloween is the 35th birthday for this hole-in-the-wall bakery, and I recommend you swap out all the candy and stop in and try out a cookie or two. It will definitely be worth it.
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Color-ism and Cake Maria Smith Bleeding Orange, Being Different
This week, I was really torn about what to address regarding the big, ambiguous term of diversity. I think often times, because diversity includes so many different aspects, it can be difficult to talk about and easier to disregard all together. I could choose to quit now and keep all my opinions to myself ,or continue with the sole intent of sparking discussion and bringing awareness. Since this is being published, I obviously haven’t yet renounced my throne. Because diversity is so broad, it can be hard to decide which topics need to be addressed at which time. This week, I struggled with deciding between shining some light on feminism or color-ism. I struggled deciding on which point to prove because I deal with both on a daily basis. I’m a woman who wants to be treated as an equal, as well as a person with a darker complexion who wants to be seen as equivalent to those of fairer shades. Two issues that I can speak on, but only one makes the cut this week. Color-ism is defined as prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a darker skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group. It is often associated with, but not limited to, women. This is the part that I think is interesting. From this definition alone, we see that not only is it a thing to judge others based on cultural differences, but there can also be a form of discrimination within the culture groups we claim based strictly on skin tone. So the question now is, why is the idea of exclusion in any form seem to be mandatory? Gabourey Sidibe, an AfricanAmerican actress once said, “I never hated the color of my skin, I hated the way people felt about it.” This is an effect of color-ism. The cause could be various things, with two of the top reasons possibly being history and the European ideals of beauty. If you Google Sidibe, you’ll see that she is a darker skinned woman of a bigger size, best known for her role in the movie “Precious.” If you have ever paid attention to the basis of the film, you’ll see that the main character Precious refers to color-ism often and refers it back to reasons why she doesn’t feel as if she’s good enough. There is plenty of factual evidence to show that colorism is in fact a real thing. In some communities, a tanner complexion is seen as glorious and ideal, but in others, the deeper the pigment, the less you are associated with the idea of cleanliness or beauty. Of course these mannerisms are not directly written down for us to imitate and obsess over, but they are commonly acted on within society due to the way things once were. For example, during the twentieth century, some African-American sororities conducted a “brown paper bag test” to decide who could and could not be accepted. If you were darker than a brown paper bag, you could say goodbye to pledging.
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If you’re on social media, then you’ll know color-ism is often most associated with the black community. There are hashtags of inner-cultural division that make you claim either “team light skin” or “team dark skin” with no variation in between. I would get into some of the ignorant details associated with each “team,” but it would only be more destructive to someone’s selfconfidence who doesn’t realize these associations are not true nor do they define them as individuals. Although all stereotypes stem from somewhere, we need to demolish the idea that the depth of a person’s pigment justifies what he or she is or is not capable of or what they qualify for. Not everyone is the same. These ideas of there being a “lighter superior” also trend in Indian, Latin American and many more cultures. Non-profit organizations like Women of Worth have started campaigns such as “Dark is Beautiful” because this idea of color-ism is so mainstream. We have become so accustomed to identifying “the best” of a culture with their fairer halves that we don’t even acknowledge doing so. How do we expect to end racism and discrimination if we can’t appreciate the various shades of people in our own respected cultures? Applying color-ism to the concept of diversity is important because we often place the idea of acceptance as an “us against them” scenario, where the majority is not inclusive to the minority. We separate each other by using words such as “them” and “us,” thinking it’s limited by our ethnic backgrounds. Then with color-ism, we see that, in actuality, there are people of the same ethnic background who turn the unification of “us” into smaller chunks of disunion. Just as each culture is diverse and deserves acceptance and appreciation, so is the color spectrum of skin tones. If it’s looking to you like I’ve started conducting a runaway train, let me redirect my steam engine back on track before the caboose is lost forever. Have you ever noticed that white cake is called Angel Food Cake while dark chocolate cake is called Devil’s Food Cake? Both are delicious in their own way, but at the root of their goodness, they’re still both cake with no distinct differences besides color and taste. Yet, we associate the white cake with an angel, one of the maximum titles of goodness, and the chocolate cake with a devil, one of the worst titles associated with evil. Now apply this and everything previously stated to people. Why can’t we have our cake and eat it too? And if it’s all cake, why should the color matter?
We need to demolish the idea that the depth of a person’s pigment justifies what he or she is or is not capable of...”
Maria Smith is a sophomore in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at msmit304@ vols.utk.edu
The Daily Beacon staff wants to share our music tastes with you. Today, Jenna Butz, Editor-in-Chief, pulled 10 songs Spotify recommended for her.
“Forever”
Haim
“Repetition”
Trampled by Turtles
“Evening Chai” Blue Scholars “No Reason to Turbo Fruits Stay” “New South Wales”
Jason Isbell
“Use Me Up”
Lake Street Dive
“Ride”
Lana del Rey
“I Won’t See You”
Desert Noises
“Border Line” King Krule “We Don’t Eat”
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My surprise at the “freedom of speech” Mustafa Sadiq Aljumaily Guest Columnist
Several months ago after arriving in the United States, I was invited to attend a presentation to discuss a controversial topic related to my culture, and I was happy to be invited and happier that it was about interesting topic. So I invited all my international friends to go with me, and here was the surprise: all of them said I was reckless and attending these conferences was bad for us because everything here in the U.S.A. is censored and everything I said would be recorded and possibly used against me somehow. At that point, I was shocked and confused by their answers. Is it true that all of us are censored all the time? Can anything we say be used as evidence against us? Was I really reckless by attending public events and talking freely about my opinions? Or were they just mistrustful of the situation here? I took all these questions to one of my American friends and asked him about it, and here comes the second surprise: he told me that all that was ridiculous because one of the main principles of the American constitu-
tion is “freedom of speech.” Then I asked him how he knew about that, and he answered that Americans have been taught all these principles regarding human rights since the early stages of school. They just grow up taking all that for granted. He also recommended I read the Bill of Rights to learn more about these rights. At that moment, I remembered how the situation was in my country, where any argument about any debatable topic could cause mysterious deaths or different kinds of punishments or problems. With all these new ideas on my mind, I started to wonder about whether that was the situation for us only or if all the other international students think it’s normal to be afraid of expressing opinions freely. To
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answer these questions, I intentionally engaged in some sensitive conversations with other international students from different countries and motivated my American friends to do the same and see the results. In addition, I asked some of my professors about that directly and indirectly and all the results agreed on one thing: many international students are afraid of expressing their opinions and ideas honestly because they are afraid of the “possible consequences.” Taking into consideration that many American students are not interested in knowing the opinions of the others because they prefer to talk more than listen or ask, many international students come and go without expressing their opinions about anything except
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academic issues and only in the classrooms. This tragic fact means less real interaction among students on campus, which will eventually reduce the overall benefits from being here with thousands of other people from around the world. This requires all of us to educate international students about the human rights they have here and encourage them to express their ideas and opinions freely. This can be achieved by adding human rights lectures or presentations to the orientations held for the new international students or some lectures with the required academic courses to raise awareness about these rights. And hopefully all of this will encourage international students to participate more and more in all the activities on and off campus which will lead eventually to better college experience for all students, American and international. Mustafa Sadiq Aljumaily is an international student from Iraq and a PhD student in computer engineering. He can be reached at mlatief@vols.utk.edu
On gender neutrality, nicknames and subverting the system
Clint Graves If I’m Honest
Xe gave xem some of xyr apples. Ze caught hir messing with xyr apples. Yeah. I promise you read and/or pronounced those incorrectly. In fact, reading them back to myself, it sounds like I’m lapsing into periodic aneurisms in the midst of simple English sentences about apples. These are just a few of the examples I could’ve written, using the gender-neutral pronouns selected by the Office for Diversity and Inclusion. Well, allow me to be the first to say that I’ve no idea what they’re on about. Gender neutrality, on the face of it, seems pretty straightforward. I’ve always associated it with job titles. Gender neutrality is the reason, for example, that we say firefighter instead of fireman or police officer instead of policeman or mail carrier instead of mailman. Women, and those who identify as women, also do those jobs, so we enumerate that possible ambiguity with gender-neutral language. You should imagine my surprise, then, upon seeing the gender-neutral chart published by the Office for Diversity and Inclusion. I’ve had passing familiarity with the concept of non-binary gender identification, but I’ve never seen it as a feasible or practical means of defining one’s life. In theory, yes, I love the idea of erasing gender boundaries. But we are a species evolved to run from lions and fornicate every five minutes. In other words, we’re simple. As a result, a gender binary may not be the worst idea. Upon a smidgen of research, however, I learned
about the many, many attempts at making these pronouns standard. The selection by our office was made on some basis I’m sure — but it’s entirely unclear to me. From a plethora of possible gender-neutral constructions, we get a bunch of standoffish letters and impossible-to-pronounce jumbles of silliness. Seriously though, I had no idea how many ways one could subvert the gender binary. And by all means, subvert the binary. I like to see a good revolution. Tell the system to shove it. But understand the actual insanity of this request. And I’m not speaking entirely off base here. In my own small way, I’ve been trying reconstruct the language of the people around me forever. I don’t know why people find nicknames to be easier to say or remember than my real name. Clint is a simple word, constructed of a single syllable, with enough sexual innuendo to satisfy any 8th grade boy’s sense of humor. But over the years I’ve accrued so many nicknames, each of which I despise in a unique way. We have, in order of descending annoyance: Clifford, Clinton, Peabody, Clinters, Clinster, Clintly, Clintock, Clintasaurus, Clintus and Kent. I won’t mention any of the more explicit names here, but suffice it to say that some are cleverer than others. My point: despite my clear annoyance and quite ample protestations, I’m still called whatever the person with whom I’m speaking decides is easiest to remember. Don’t get me wrong, several people are willing to call you whatever you want to be called. But asking
people to remember more than a single word when you introduce yourself is asking far too much. My assertion can be phrased thusly: I’m to locate the synaptic connections responsible for detailing the use of pronouns cemented so deep in my brain their use has become intuitive; and upon finding that system of connection, I’m to make an addendum allowing for the re-learning of some hitherto undisclosed number of seemingly off-hand gibberish letters, so that, at the end of the day, a few people don’t get their feelings hurt when I refer to them with a pronoun? Continue to dream, I say. I’m one open-minded newspaper columnist, who, between unwillingness to change and incompetence, might be able to accommodate some of these requirements, some of the time, and only on good days. I can only imagine how little most people care about this plight. And as an aside: for those who continue to espouse this rather admirable, if infeasible initiative as some kind of monumental embarrassment to the university, I have two words. Beer enemas. Clint Graves is a junior in communication studies and English. He can be reached at bhr713@vols. utk.edu
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The Best Cyrus we’ve ever seen Jenna Butz Editor-in-Chief Skip “Dooo It!� The first single off of Miley Cyrus’s new album “Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz� kind of sucks (The music video does too, in case you were wondering). After that, though, Cyrus launches in
“Karen Don’t Be Sad,� which immediately reminds the listener of The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever.� Don’t think I’m comparing Cyrus to the Beatles (I’m aware of the hate mail I would receive if I did). I am saying, though, that Cyrus has made an album incredibly reminiscent of the lo-fi, psychedelic rock bands of the ‘60s and ‘70s. She still mixes in elements of pop that have long been her staple, but the step away from mainstream pop music, and possibly
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Get Fuzzy • Darby Conley
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I’m Not a Hipster• John McAdams
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The Daily Beacon • Wednesday, September 2, 2015
BBQ joint expands to downtown Megan Patterson
Arts & Culture Editor
After only five years in Knoxville, Archer’s BBQ is opening their fifth location in town. Bearden, West Knoxville, Karns and Powell all host one of Archer’s locations, and downtown Gay Street is next on the list. They will move in as part of Hatcher Hill’s redevelopment of the old J.C. Penney building accompanied by Babalu’s Tacos & Tapas and Maple Hall Bowling Lanes.
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All of the stores are basically a cookie-cutter model of each other. Downtown is a weird space, so our ‘exactly this’ isn’t going to fit ‘exactly that.’” Clark Conway, Bagley’s business partener and chief chef
Archer’s BBQ is now opening their fifth restaurant after its introduction to Knoxville five years ago. Cameo Waters • The Daily Beacon Mary Katherine Wormsley, a representative of Hatcher Hill, described the work put into this $8 million project. “Everything is brand spanking new,” Worsmley said. “It’s a large project to wrap people’s head around. Downtown is of course a growing market and the amount of activity and momentum it’s seen in the past couple of years has been great.” Restaurant owner Archer Bagley also spoke optimistically about downtown expansion and the new location. “Downtown is blowing up in the next year or so,” Bagley said. “The foot traffic alone coming out next to Mast General
store — that’s going to pay the bills and then some.” The successful rapid expansion of Archer’s franchise is due to his unique business model. After leaving their original location in Farragut, Archer’s switched to outsourcing from a commissary kitchen in the Bearden area. “The secret is that we took the whole kitchen out and put it in one place, so now when we build out a restaurant we don’t have to build a whole new kitchen,” Bagley shared. “We can go into just a retail space.” Bagley’s business partner and executive chef Clark Cowan loves the control
CYRUS continued from Page 8 Hints of “old” Cyrus are still there, such as a collaboration with Big Sean or the album’s opening line, “Yeah, I smoke pot.” The need to dance is still there, but think of them as less appropriate for a club and more for a late night music festival set. It is an album that the listener can separate from Cyrus’ public antics. Maybe it can even help fans appreciate her lifestyle more. While “Bangerz” lacked
and consistency that the commissary system provides. “We had to rework everything that had ever been done and come up with a way to do it where we have absolute, total control here,” Cowan said. “Every food in every store is exactly the same because it leaves here every day.” However, this consistency doesn’t require skimping on quality. “We can tell you anything you need to know about any food we have,” Cowan said. “We know what goes into everything. There are simpler ways of doing it and ways to cheat, but we just don’t, which limits the items that we can have.” Despite his confidence in Archer’s cuisine, Cowan voiced uncertainty about the new location. “Every little bitty thing can put cogs in the wheels,” Cowan said. “All of the stores are basically a cookie-cutter model of each other. Downtown is a weird space, so our ‘exactly this’ isn’t going to fit in the ‘exactly that.’” Archer’s soon-to-be location on Gay Street represents the major commercial shift away from “the Strip” and into the core downtown area. Competing with more upscale restaurants along the main street of downtown doesn’t worry Archer’s. They believe they will be able to make their own niche and that people who are already fans of their BBQ will support the new location. “Our price point is going to be less than what’s on the strip in a lot of places, and downtown it’s unheard of,” Cowan said. “It’s a simple concept. We don’t have a lot of stuff, but what we do have is highly addictive. Once you eat some, you’re gonna come back.”
authenticity overall (minus “Wrecking Ball” and “Adore You”), this surprise album feels like Cyrus is opening up and showing the world where she is at now. There’s no reminiscing and no wishful pleas for an older life, an older Cyrus. Instead, it feels like Cyrus is standing in front of us, and saying that this is who she is now. She doesn’t care if we like her, but she’s comfortable in her own skin. And that makes for a record worth hearing. You can fight me on this, but “Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz” is the best version of Cyrus we’ve seen yet.
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Williams joins teammates after flagged ACT score Stephen Kasper Staff Writer Tennessee freshman wide receiver Preston Williams was finally able to join his teammates this week after missing the entire fall camp due to the NCAA Eligibility Center flagging his high school ACT score in July. Williams, who was a five-star recruit in 2015, per 247sports.com, was widely considered one of the best receivers in the country for the 2015 season. His talent is a big reason why he has the chance to contribute immediately despite missing all of fall camp. Even though he was listed as a backup receiver on Tennessee’s depth chart for their upcoming game against Bowling Green, head coach Butch Jones said he expects Williams to play in at least some capacity on Monday. Tuesday marked only his second practice of the season, yet wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator Zach Azzanni said Williams is already looking the part. “He looks good,” said Azzanni. “He’s everything we thought he was going to be physically. I mean, he’s everything you’re looking for - big, tall, he can run. He’s gained almost 20 pounds since he’s been here. I mean, he’s what you’re looking for as a wideout. He’s a prototypical wideout - long, loose, great ball skills.” Williams, who is also recovering from a torn ACL he suffered during his senior season of high school, was also praised by Azzanni for being resilient after facing so much adversity over the last year. Even though Azzanni noted Williams rehabbed his knee very well, he admitted it was a mental challenge for Williams when his ACT score was flagged by the NCAA. “The ACT thing was hard,” said Azzanni. “I mean that’s hard on any kid. He didn’t know from hour to hour if he was even going to be here or where he was going to go if he would have left. So that was hard on an 18-year-old kid who’s been committed here and signed here for what, two years now?” Although Williams wasn’t able to officially practice while he waited for the NCAA to clear him, he took the challenge in stride. “He handled it well,” Azzanni said.
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He looks good. He’s everything we thought he was going to be physically.” Zack Azzanni, wide recievers coach and passing game coorinator
“He sat in every meeting. He tried to do as much as he could mentally … He was ready to go when it was time.” Williams hasn’t been practicing for long, but he has already made an impression on his teammates. Fellow receiver Josh Malone said he was glad to have Williams on the field after he had to sit out fall camp. “It’s been great having Preston back out there,” said Malone. “I was happy for him, that he got all that situation cleared up, that he can finally do what he loves to do.” Malone also noted Williams’ competitive nature and endurance as strengths to his game. “Preston is a very unique person,” added Malone. “But Preston is also a competitor so he doesn’t like to lose. Preston is very athletic. He can run for days.” There is no shortage of hype surrounding Williams and his potential. However, Jones cautioned that the coaching staff still has to take it slow with Williams as they insert him into the offense to prevent him from re-injuring his knee. “He’s really been removed from our football team,” said Jones, “so we have to make sure that we take it as a step-by-step process, that we don’t ask too much of him too early — not only from a mental standpoint, but also from a physical standpoint.” “So we just have to be very smart and very creative in how we get him to the game and really give him a package that he can handle, and not ask him to do too much.”
Court case against Titans’ wide receiver continued 2 weeks Associated Press
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Tennessee Titans wide receiver Justin Hunter’s trial on misdemeanor charges arising from a July bar brawl has been pushed back to Sept. 15 so defense attorneys can try to produce a key witness. Hunter attorney Toby Vick says the witness is the person who really punched a man outside a bar in Hunter’s hometown on July 3, not Hunter as prosecutors contend. The witness had been subpoenaed to show up to court on Tuesday as Hunter’s trial on assault and battery was set to begin. The charge stems from a brawl that began inside a bar in the oceanfront tourist district of Virginia Beach. The fight led to a man’s jaw being broken. Prosecutors have previously said the brawl began after Hunter interrupted a conversation a man was having with someone else at the bar that night. After an exchange of words, Hunter punched the man in the face twice, according to prosecutors’ statements in July. After a melee ensued and the bar was cleared, prosecutors contended the man Hunter originally punched was bent over and spitting blood
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on the sidewalk outside when Hunter “sucker punched” him again before leaving. The man had to be taken to a hospital for treatment. On Tuesday, Hunter’s attorneys said the no-show witness had told a detective that it was he who punched the man outside of the bar. Hunter’s attorneys said they subpoenaed the man and that they expected he would invoke his Fifth Amendment at trial so as not to incriminate himself if he were to appear at court. Hunter’s attorneys had been seeking permission to allow the witnesses past statements to be admissible in court even without him there. Prosecutor Wendy Alexander said the witness lives in the same neighborhood as Hunter’s mother and suggested he is being offered up as a “fall guy” to take the blame for the victim’s most serious injuries stemming from the fight. Before ruling whether previous statements by the witness could be admissible, Alexander suggested the court delay the trial to make sure he wasn’t just stuck in traffic or sick. Tennessee traded up six spots to draft the 6-foot-4, 207-pound Hunter out of the University of Tennessee in 2013 with the 34th pick overall. Hunter played in 14 games as a rookie, catching 18 passes for 354 yards and four touchdowns.
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The Daily Beacon • Wednesday, September 2, 2015
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Jennings credits competitive nature to family
Jonathan Toye
Sports Editor Sophomore Emmanuel Moseley will be starting at right corner in Tennessee’s seasonopener against Bowling Green on Saturday. There was a time people didn’t believe he could even play college football. Moseley came to Tennessee weighing only 145 pounds, leading many people to believe he wasn’t strong enough to perform at a high level in the SEC. He proved that assertion wrong in his freshman season. He played in all 13 games in 2014, starting in two. Moseley also gained over 40 pounds since he arrived on campus in 2014 and expects the added weight will make him better in 2015. “I just feel like I can hold the guys now,” Moseley said. “I am better with my jam and I am more stable at holding my ground.” The weight didn’t have any effect on his speed. “I really didn’t lose a lot of (speed),” Moseley said. “Once you put on weight, it comes into muscle after awhile and that just builds speed.” But Moseley still hasn’t forgotten when people thought he couldn’t play football when he weighed 140. However, he doesn’t let the memory negatively affect him. “It’s a source of motivation,” Moseley said. “I still have it in my back of the mind. I am not going to forget about it because people did tell me that, but I just have to understand that people are going to say what they want to say and you just got to do what you got to do.” The Jennings family: When he switched from quarterback to wide receiver over fall camp, Jauan Jennings said one of his expectations was to get on the field. It’s safe to say he has far exceeded his expectations in the fall. Jennings was listed as one of the first team wide receivers on the depth chart, being the only freshman to make the first team. His only previous experience playing wide receiver was in the backyard with his brothers. But it was the very same upbringing that allowed him to be in a position to start at wide receiver on Saturday. Tennessee coach Butch Jones loves Jennings’ competitiveness—a trait he acquired growing up with his siblings.
Freshman Jauan Jennings during football practice this semester. Taylor Gash • The Daily Beacon “It didn’t matter if it was waking up to get to breakfast first,” Jennings said. “(We were) always wanting to compete. It has been like that since I was growing up and being a little kid. With my dad, we always talked about how he won a state championship in football and I didn’t. “It is just instilled in me. It has always been in my family and that is the only way to live life is all I have been taught: you just got to be competitive. Nothing is going to be given to you, you got to earn it.” Freshmen Maturity- The Vols played a record 21 true freshmen in last season’s opener
against Utah State. They could eclipse that number on Saturday. Jones said in his press conference on Monday that 22 freshmen could play in Tennessee’s 2015 season-opener against Bowling Green. Seven freshmen are listed on Tennessee’s twodeep depth chart. “Arguably, this football team, Team 119, could be younger than Team 118,” Jones said. “Again, it’s the game of the unknowns. How are these individuals going to react when the spotlight goes on and you’re playing for real now, and there’s a score on the scoreboard and everything’s about winning the football game?”
Junior quarterback Josh Dobbs isn’t too worried about them. “I have noticed since the freshmen came on campus — the ones in January and over the summer — that we have a very mature freshmen group,” Dobbs said. “A freshmen group that is going to come in and make some plays during their first year here. “They are ready to play and they understand the magnitude of it, and the magnitude of Tennessee football. And they are learning how to prepare. “It’s obviously a constant work in progress, but they are learning and are catching on really fast.” D-line reps: Defensive linemen Kahlil Mckenzie and Shy Tuttle were Tennessee’s two highest-touted prospects in the 2015 class. On Tuesday, defensive coordinator John Jancek gave an update on how much the two freshmen will play in their Tennessee debut. “(The reps) will depend on how many we play total as a defense,” Jancek said. “I would say 10-20 (reps). Somewhere in there.” Starting safety: Jancek still hasn’t decided who will replace injured LaDarrell McNeil at safety on Saturday. While Todd Kelly Jr. is listed as the starting strong safety alongside free safety Brian Randolph on the depth chart, Jancek said who will start at the position will be “a game time decision.” “We are letting those guys compete,” Jancek said. “And work some things out. We will make that decision probably on game day.” Extra Point: Jancek knows the scout team quarterback really well. He is his son. Freshman Zac Jancek is playing the role of Bowling Green’s starting quarterback. He played the same position at Knoxville Catholic, breaking school records in single-season passing yards (2,472) and single-season touchdowns (28) his senior season. He walked-on at Tennessee and is a member of the scout team. Jancek said that he is proud of his son, although he might be too good at his new role. “He has actually made a couple good throws,” Jancek said. “And I am like, ‘Man, you can’t do that. I am going to have to take your cell phone or something.’ But It’s been fun. “It’s been enjoyable. He has done a really good job. He has been yelled at enough now. He is ready to go.”