Volume 138, Issue 7 Wednesday, September 25, 2019
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CAMPUS UT students Zoe Evans and Rrita Hashani share Grlsplain.
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BUILDING A BRICKUNIVERSE
CITY Staff Photographer Connor Morss attended Imagine Music Festival last weekend. See his photos.
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OPINIONS Columnist Max Thompson introduces the Out Route.
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SPORTS Lady Vols soccer player Katie Cousin was named a senior CLASS award candidate.
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CAMPUS NEWS
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In the history of the United States, those who traditionally held positions of power have been predominantly male. Nowadays, modern gender dynamics are changing, and women are being granted the same opportunities as men. UT students Zoe Evans and Rrita Hashani decided to create Grlsplain, a platform for girls, queers and queer girls to express their opinions, emotions and thoughts about music, their lives and their experiences, all to counter and unteach patriarchal lessons. Their motivation for starting Grlsplain stems from their forays into the local music scene in Knoxville when they were freshmen. “Our older male friends always had a lot to say about new bands, new releases and shows that were happening. We wanted to take part in these conversations, but it felt difficult to break into,” Evans said. After Evans’ realization, Grlsplain was born. It started with a playlist which was never meant to be heard by the public. That creation
then snowballed into works of written and multimedia art. The two also began planning events relating to art, girls and the LGBTQ+ community. Hashani explained that she always hoped that Grlsplain would give a voice to those who previously had not been allowed one. “I have always been interested in music, but I felt like my voice wasn’t worth listening to until Grlsplain,” Hashani said. “So from its conception, I wanted it to be a place where anyone could have a voice. Women, queer people, people of color and all people of those intersecting identities are simply not given the opportunity or the space to have their stories (and) opinions heard.” These “intersecting identities” mentioned by Hashani come together when Grlsplain puts on events, some of which have included visual screenings of Beyonce’s “Lemonade” and Janelle Monae’s “Dirty Computer.” Evans discussed the creative process behind organizing the group’s first event, which was entitled Spring Break. “Neither of us had put together a show before Spring Break, and we wanted it to be really big and exciting. We looked to our friends a lot for help with figuring out the booking process, and for being the actual acts,” Evans
said. With plenty of aid from their friends, such as Chynna Longo of Geo Hair Lab, in the planning of Grlsplain’s Galentine’s Day event, Hashani explained that the duo always had all the help they needed. “We never felt like we were putting on a show alone,” Hashani said. On their website, Grlsplain features submissions of art and writing, as well as essentially anything that they deem to be cool. Topics vary from album reviews to contemporary views of the current political climate in the United States. Evans explained that Grlsplain is always looking to feature any and all creative work on their site. “We’ve gotten to communicate with some really cool people just from them emailing us to see about posting a story or to see how our process works. We’re always looking for more contributors — and we’re trying to be more active about finding them,” Evans said. “It’s important to us that people know that your writing or art or poetry or whatever you want to submit doesn’t have to be professional or super polished.”
McClung Museum’s newest exhibition blurs the line between the humanities, science BAILEY FRITZ City News Editor
Although science and art are widely considered mutually exclusive topics, the McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture has opened an exhibition that demonstrates how the two can be combined seamlessly. “Science in Motion” showcases many historically significant pieces by the well-known photographic inventors Eadweard Muybridge, Berenice Abbott and Harold Edgerton. The exhibition will run until Jan. 5 in the main exhibition room of the museum. McClung is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. The three photographers featured were groundbreaking inventors whose photographic machines revolutionized the way that the world is viewed in the realms of physics, math and photography. Muybridge and Edgerton both had a more technical approach to the process, whereas Abbott’s interest began with art. Catherine Shteynberg, McClung’s Assistant Director and Curator of Arts & Culture Collections, worked with the Bank of America collections program in order to bring these works of art to the McClung Museum at the University of
Tennessee. She described how influential each of the photographers are. “The photographers in this show are some of the greatest photographers in history. If you’ve studied the history of photography or art history, Muybridge, Abbot and Edgerton all come up. … They all provided shock and awe to the audience as they showed time slowed down, which they had never seen before,” Shteynberg said. In addition to Shteynberg, Emma Vieser, a senior student in studio art and art history, became involved with curating at McClung through an internship and was able to work alongside other curators to put together “Science in Motion.” She highlighted what the group hopes that students and faculty can gain from this exhibition. “I would hope that people gain a larger understanding of what photography can look like and, in turn, how photographs like these, which have scientific discovery at the forefront, can both be tools to understand our world as well as aesthetic art images,” Vieser said. Additionally, McClung has many scheduled events related to “Science in Motion.” On Sept. 24, the panel “Beyond Sight and Motion: The Intersections of Contemporary Technology, Art and Physics” was held. On Oct. 10, McClung will hold a screening
File/ The Daily Beacon of “Silents in Motion,” a film dedicated to the combination of silent film and motion. McClung has partnered with the UT Music Department to have live music during this screening. Vieser discussed the value of attending the events related to McClung’s exhibits. “If you’re interested in this exhibition or any of McClung’s exhibitions, they put on great programs that enhance the exhibit, so if you’re planning to go see this work, try to make it to one of their programs as well,” Vieser said.
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SPORTS
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Kylie Hubbard Editor-in-Chief (20-7) Penn State vs. Maryland Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma Ohio State 35 vs. Nebraska 20 Texas A&M vs. Arkansas Ole Miss vs. Alabama USC vs. Washington Mississippi State vs. Auburn
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Katie Cousins named Senior CLASS award candidate STAFF REPORT Tennessee Soccer’s Katie Cousins has been named a candidate for the senior CLASS award. The redshirt senior is one of the 30 nominees across all of Division I women’s soccer. To qualify for the award, the student-athlete must be a senior and excel in these areas: community, character, classroom and competition. CLASS stands for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School. The CLASS award highlights the impact a student athlete can have while staying in school, and it encourages them to use their platform as athletes to make an impact in their communities. A committee will choose 10 finalists for the award. Those 10 will be placed on a ballot for a nationwide vote. Coaches, fans and media will vote to determine the winner for the 2019 senior CLASS award. Cousins has been a very active community member in her time at Tennessee. She has volunteered for several community organizations, including Emerald Youth Foundation, Kicks for Kids, Goals for Girls and Race Against Alzheimers. She has logged over 130 hours of community service since she’s been in Knoxville. She also
went on a service trip to Ecuador as a member of the 2017-18 VOLeaders Academy. The Academy helps student-athletes use their platforms to positively influence their teams, schools and communities. Cousins is on track to graduate this December with a degree in Theater. She has been on the SEC academic honor roll for four years straight, maintaining a cumulative 3.0 GPA. She has been on the Dean’s List three times: Spring 2017, Spring 2018 and Fall 2018. She has also been on the Soccer Leadership council for two straight years, including their historic 2018 season. Cousins was rated as the No.5 overall player by TopDrawerSoccer’s preseason watchlist. She is returning as a back-to-back third team AllAmerican and has been named to the All-SEC team three years in a row. She has also been named to the MAC Hermann Trophy preseason watchlist. Cousins’ team high four assists have helped Tennessee get off to a 6-2-1 start in 2019. The 2019 senior CLASS award winner will be named during the 2019 NCAA Women’s College Cup Championships in December.
GIVING AWAY A PAIR OF UMPHREY’S MCGEE MILL AND MINE TICKETS!
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SPORTS / OPINIONS
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The Out Route: The death of the running back position
MAX THOMPSON Columnist Welcome to the first edition of The Out Route! In this biweekly column, we will be taking a deep dive into some of the most fascinating storylines in the NFL. With the first few weeks of the season already behind us, there is no better way to begin than this: running backs are overrated. Yes, you read that correctly. The running back position has little to no value in the modern NFL. Watching a player take a handoff to the left, break a tackle, cut back to the right and explode for a 70yard gain is one of the peak moments in football. However, no amount of highlights or “old guy talk” is going to give this position value. While it is true that superstar running backs used to be central to the success of a franchise, that is simply no longer the case. Take last season, for example. The AFC and
NFC championship games featured four fantastic teams. Each one of them individually showed why it is illogical to pay elite money for elite talent at RB. The Saints were equipped with a bonafide superstar, Alvin Kamara. While he is great, he is also a third round pick playing on a small rookie deal. By significantly outperforming his contract, the Saints have extra money to spend elsewhere. Their opponent, the Los Angeles Rams, were led by one of the most dominant running backs in the end of 2018, C.J. Anderson. Yes, Todd Gurley may have won you your fantasy championship, but it was Anderson who averaged over 150 yards per game in the final two weeks of the regular season. This is where it gets interesting. The Rams were Anderson’s third team last year, and he was a total free agent before the Rams picked him up. Luckily, he played with the same roster Gurley did and put up very similar numbers. The major difference is Anderson was doing all this for about $14 million dollars less than Gurley per year. In the AFC, New England had a full-blown running committee, led by third round rookie Sony Michel. Despite not paying big money for a “superstar” back, the Patriots still ran for the fifth most yards per game in the entire NFL. Lastly, the Chiefs gave us another example of the replaceability of the runner. After Kareem Hunt was suspended, many feared that the explosive Kansas City offense would fall apart. However, they dropped 31 points on two elite defenses, the Colts and Patriots,
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in the playoffs. In short, the entire championship round of the playoffs last year was a direct attack on running backs. The Saints had a star on a rookie deal. The Patriots used an army of backs on their way to dominance. The Chiefs offense was just as dominant without their key carrier. Lastly, the Rams managed to get the same production out of a player on his third team, as they originally got out of their highly paid “elite” running back. No, I am not saying that you should never run the ball. I am not saying that NFL teams should never draft a running back. What I am saying, however, is that their value is entirely overblown. You no longer need to invest in a running back to win. You may be better off spending resources elsewhere. Here’s another example for you: Out of the teams that missed the playoffs in 2018, 40% of them had one of the 10 most expensive running backs on their roster. As for the teams that made the playoffs? Only 16%. According to last year, you are more than twice as likely to miss the playoffs if your running back is one of the 10 highest paid. That does not sound like winning football to me. One of the main reasons why the running game has lost its value is because the passing game is so heavily rewarded in the NFL. Having an efficient passing game has a much stronger correlation to winning than an efficient running game does. We
can use the 2018 season as an example again. Last year, the teams ranked in the top 10 in passing yards per attempt won an average of 9.8 games each. The top 10 teams in rushing yards per attempt only won an average of 8.4 games each. Sure, the best teams can do both. The Chiefs, Rams, and Patriots all ranked in the top 10 of both statistics. The difference occurs when a team is only strong in one area. For example, the Broncos and Dolphins were in the top 10 in rushing, but not passing. Meanwhile, the Saints and Texans were the exact opposite. These teams were very efficient throwing the ball, but not as efficient on the ground. The evidence is clear: elite passing is more likely to win in today’s NFL than elite running.
STORY CONTINUED ONLINE Read more at utdailybeacon.com Max Thompson is a freshman majoring in Business Management and Journalism and Electronic Media. He can be reached at sthomp92@vols.utk. edu. Follow @The_Out_Route on Twitter!
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Football Grades: Costly mistakes too much for Vols to overcome in loss to Florida NOAH TAYLOR Sports Editor The Tennessee football team (1-3, 0-1 SEC) looked all-too-familiar in Gainesville against No. 9 Florida (4-0, 2-0 SEC) on Saturday. Turnovers, penalties and suspect quarterback play plagued the Vols in their 34-3 loss at Steve Spurrier-Florida Field. Here is how Tennessee graded in their week four performance: Quarterbacks Quarterback Jarrett Guarantano continues to regress. The redshirt junior threw a pair of interceptions in the loss, including one to Florida’s Marco Wilson that didn’t have a single white jersey in the vicinity. Guarantano’s first interception of the game came in the first quarter with the Vols at the goal line down 7-0, although it did hit senior wide receiver Jauan Jennings in the hands before being tipped in the air and hauled in by the Gators. Later in the first half, Guarnatano missed a wide open Dominick Wood-Anderson that could have at least been a big gain deep into Florida territory. The ball sailed high and wide, giving Wood-Anderson no shot to grab it. Freshman Brian Maurer started the first drive of the second half and played most of the third quarter for Tennessee, leading the Vols on their first and only scoring drive, which ended in a field goal to make it a 17-3 game. Although Maurer showed flashes and has definitely given the coaching staff something to think about in terms of who should lead the position the rest of the way, he also threw an interception that set the Gators up around the Vols’ 30-yard line. Maurer’s mistakes are far more forgivable given the fact that he was seeing his first significant playing time in an SEC game on the road. Guarantano, however, is another story. Grade: F Wide Recievers Once again, Jennings lead the way with 73 yards receiving. He was in on some uncharacteristic mistakes, though. Letting a sure-touchdown literally slip through his hands and turn into a Florida interception killed some early momentum for the Vols, although that one specific play didn’t change the outcome of the game. Overall, the unit struggled, putting together just 150 yards and no touchdowns. That can mostly be attributed to bad quarterback play. Grade: D
Running Backs The longest run that Tennessee was able to break off went for just 16 yards. Junior running back Ty Chandler lead the ground attack with 37 yards total. After a nice start to his freshman season, Eric Gray also didn’t touch the ball much on Saturday, going for 28 yards. A lot of that is because of Florida’s defensive line, which limited the Vols run game, but 85 yards rushing and a turnover is not a recipe for success in conference play. Grade: D Offensive Line Tennessee’s offensive front showed progress between the Georgia State loss and the win against Chattanooga over a week ago. Florida’s defensive line was the best one that the Vols had faced to date, and it showed. The Gators accounted for four sacks and eight tackles for loss, including two from Jonathan Greenard. The road ahead doesn’t get any easier with defenses like Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi State going up against Tennessee’s offensive line in the coming weeks. Grade: D Defensive Backs The defense as a whole did not play too bad against Florida’s offense, but staying on the field too long due to Tennessee’s offense not being able to sustain drives hurt them. The Vols’ secondary gave up too many holes for Gators’ quarterback Kyle Trask to find open receivers as he passed for nearly 300 yards and two scores. Florida’s receivers accounted for 313 yards total, with tight end Kyle Pitts racking in 62 of them, plus a touchdown. Tennessee had sophomore Bryce Thompson back from suspension, and he was able to pick up seven tackles. Junior Theo Jackson and sophomore Alontae Taylor also came up with two acrobatic interceptions to keep Florida off of the board in the second half. Grade: CLinebacker Again, true freshman Henry To’o To’o was a force, totaling eight tackles, which tied for a team-high with senior linebacker Daniel Bituli. Bituli, who was playing in just his second game of the 2019 season, also had two sacks and two tackles for loss. Overall, this is a young group, but they continue to have solid outings for Tennessee. Grade: C
Top & Bottom: The Tennessee Volunteers during the game between the Florida Gators and the Tennessee Volunteers at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics Defensive Line Defensive line has been one of the Vols’ liabilities, especially against run-heavy teams. But they held their own against the Gators’ ground game for most of the contest. Aubrey Solomon was able to record a sack while the rest of the unit had 11 tackles. Florida ran for 145 yards and two touchdowns, but a lot of those yards were added late in the second half when the Gators were comfortably ahead. Grade: C Special Teams Brent Cimaglia continued his perfect streak with a 40-yard field goal in the third quarter — Tennessee’s only score of the game. Joe Doyle and Paxton Brooks combined for 197 yards punting, with an average long of over 40 yards and a touchback. The only blight on the special teams unit was Jennings hitting Florida’s Freddie Swain after a fair catch that resulted in a 15-yard penalty in the second half. Grade: B Coaching After a 1-3 start, which now includes losses to BYU and Georgia State and a blowout loss to Florida, it seems to be a heavy dose of bad execution on the player’s part and questionable coaching. Against Georgia State, it was mostly coaching that lead to the Vols’ 38-30 loss, while mental breakdowns on the player’s part played a big in the loss to BYU the following week. On Satur-
day, it appeared to be both. The coaches went away from running the ball and kept Guarantano in too long, only to put him back in the game after Maurer proved he couldn’t be any worse. Tennessee also committed seven penalties for 75 yards, which reflects on both the coaches and players. Grade: DOverall Nationally, there was little chance given to Tennessee in beating Florida in Gainesville, but there was some hope the Vols could at least have some positives to take aways before facing Georgia and Alabama. After this loss, 1-6 turns into a strong possibility, and there is no momentum going into the bye week after their performance against the Gators. Mistakes and missed opportunities like we saw on Saturday will only lead to worse results against teams like Georgia and Alabama. It’s not going to help against the rest of the conference either. Grade: D
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CITY NEWS
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Knoxville sees slight rise in use of homelessness services BEN WINIGER Staff Writer
Homelessness is something that affects over 9,000 Knoxvillians each year. According to the Knoxville Homeless Management Information System, there has been a 3% increase in individuals utilizing services for homelessness since 2018. David Patterson, a social work Professor and the Director of KnoxHIMS, says that the change is a sign of increased service use, and it does not reflect the rate of Knoxville in a state of homelessness. “There was a 3% increase in individuals using services this last year, but we’ve been seeing about 9,000 people using services in this community for the last several years,” Patterson said. “(The homelessness rate) is really stable, not rising. I think we need to step back and think about what causes homelessness, (as) there are many pathways into homelessness and many pathways out,” Patterson split causes for homelessness
into two groups: structural issues and individual factors. Structural issues include availability of permanent and low-cost housing, minimum wage, economic fluctuations and community variations. Individual factors include domestic violence, substance use, physical handicaps, disability and mental health. “It’s important to understand that most people who end up homeless (do so) partly because of financial poverty, but also because of relationship poverty. They’ve run out of choices and have impoverished social networks,” Patterson said. However, Patterson emphasized that getting individuals into permanent housing is what comes first. According to Patterson, the best available evidence suggests that getting people into housing decreases substance abuse, improves physical health and reduces mortality rates. In light of this data, the Volunteer Ministry Center is an organization in Knoxville that focuses on housing above all else. Instead of basing efforts on getting individuals short-term residence, the Center
focuses on long-term solutions to homelessness while also addressing the individual factors that lead to homelessness. Bruce Spangler, the CEO of Volunteer Ministry Center, expanded upon their motives for assisting those without housing. “We are guided by the housing first philosophy,” Spangler said. “The philosophy puts housing at the very front end of the case plan. Then we wrap around coordinated and supportive services for them to address those other life issues that may stand in the way of them sustaining housing.” Spangler and the Volunteer Ministry Center are currently working with the City of Knoxville on opportunities to develop low-cost housing, but Spangler said that homelessness will always be a problem as long as structural issues aren’t addressed. “In the end, and there’s no question about it, homelessness is about poverty. It’s not until we address the roots of poverty that we can deal with the experience of homelessness,” he said. Michael Dunthorn, the City of Knoxville’s Homeless Program Coordinator, agreed with Spangler’s sentiment of ad-
dressing long-term causes. “We have to make sure that the things we do are responding to the long-term issues. We’re not simply reacting to people out on the streets by doing something short-term and immediate. We can commit our resources and coordinated efforts towards helping people actually get off the streets, stay off the streets and lead better lives,” Dunthorn said. Among other things like lack of access to mental health facilities, Dunthorn pointed to low-income levels and lack of affordable health care as major causes for homelessness. He also stated that homelessness is a national issue and will require major, high-level changes to be solved permanently. “We need to look at the systems that lead people into crisis. If people can’t earn enough to afford a market-rate apartment, if they work 40-hours a week and still can’t afford to rent a place, that’s a problem. If people are one health crisis away from losing everything, we need to look at our health care system,” Dunthorn said. “So many of the things that affect homelessness are things that happen upstream.”
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