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news@dailyhelmsman.com The University area will be getting a new addition with the Highland Row project, which is estimated to start construction at the end of 2014. Highland Row, which is within the boundaries of Midland Avenue, Central Avenue,
Ellsworth Street and Highland Street, is going to be a mixeduse residential development with four stories of luxury apartments above retail space along with townhouses and a parking structure. As the University of Memphis’ community redevelopment liaison, it is Leah Dawkins’ job to encourage growth and manage development in the University
District. “There’s going to be over 350 residential units,” Dawkins said. “One of the buildings is going to have a 25,000-square-foot retail space on the ground floor.” The $62 million residential development won’t be funded through public funds — Milhouse Development, the project’s developers, has invested capital funding into the proj-
ect. With private investors, the developers are expecting the project to bring in a great deal of revenue. The only part of the development that will be funded publicly is the parking garage, with a tax increment to accumulate the funds. The Community Redevelopment Agency will
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Fashion-forward group makes charity trendy with clothing drive By Crystal Howard
news@dailyhelmsman.com Fashion Moguls Memphis, a new registered student organization at the University of Memphis, is striving to make a difference in the community by convincing students to donate clothing for the non-profit organization Clothes4Souls. The #reWERKd drive began on Monday and will last until
Jan. 31. Students are encouraged to stop by the organization’s table in the University Center and donate clothing that they no longer need. “We are basically collecting clothes that students do not want anymore, and we are going to reconstruct them and use them for our fashion show and to donate to Clothes4Souls,” Christina Dang said. Dang, a junior fashion merchandising major, founded the
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organization during the fall of 2013. Since then, she has been working alongside Christina Harris, treasurer of Fashion Moguls Memphis, to create a clothing drive that combined their love for fashion with the need to give back to the community and less fortunate. Clothes4Souls was founded in 2004 and is based in Nashville. The organization is dedicated to fighting poverty in the U.S. as well as overseas and collecting
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clothes and shoes for donation to people in need. Fashion Moguls Memphis partnered up with Clothes4Souls so that they could give fashionable items to the less fortunate. This was also their way of getting students involved in campus-wide community service. Harris and Dang began getting the word out early in order to have a plethora of
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As a part of their larger goal to close the $20 million budget gap, the Office of the Provost recently announced the rearrangement of several key positions and divisions with hopes of streamlining the administrative process and increasing efficiency. Provost M. David Rudd announced that his office was eliminating two vice provost positions and recommending a third, the vice provost of research, be moved to an “autonomous division” that reports directly to the president of the university. “The effort is to have the most efficient administrative structure and to make sure we have the appropriate administrative support in the colleges and in the departments where we actually deliver the mission,” Rudd said. “The hope is that we are streamlining at the top and going to deliver a better service in the departments and the colleges where our students are.” The administrative changes are expected to have a net reduction of around $1.3 million against the larger $20 million gap. “If you look at overall efficiency in our undergraduate program, extended programs and enrollment services, we felt like there was some opportunity there for improved efficiency,” Rudd said. Some of the administrative components of the undergraduate programs were folded into the office of academic planning. Also, the advising units will be consolidated into a Student Success Center with similar programs from Student Affairs. “That was an effective thing for us to do with no loss of efficiency, student service or ability to perform to the mission of the University,” Rudd said. Extended programs will
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Letter to the Editor manage the structure separate from the developers who will manage the rest of the project. The overall goal of the project is to encourage pedestrianoriented development. Dawkins also believes the project will make the area more attractive and will encourage other developments. As of right now, it’s unclear as to what businesses will be moving in, but whatever moves in will most likely be a small, local business. The community is excited for the possibility of a smaller grocery store to take the space. “I would love for the district to have its own grocer,” Dawkins said. “But I don’t want to get everyone’s hopes up only to have them dashed.” While some of the community is concerned about crime in the area, Dawkins said there has been a concentrated effort to bring the crime rate down. “Crime rates aren’t significant in this area. I think that the more people you put on the
streets, the less crime rates will be,” Dawkins said. “If you activate public spaces and create a friendly environment, crime will naturally decrease.” Although the development will be close to campus, it won’t be marketed to students — instead, faculty, staff and families are the main targets. “There’s a wave of people moving to the city from the suburbs who want a more urban feel, so it will be much like Harbortown,” Dawkins said. The community is concerned about the possibility of increased traffic running through the neighborhoods, but Dawkins believes that this, along with other growing concerns, will eventually work themselves out. Joe Scott Howard, a sophomore biology major, is a resident of the neighborhood where the Highland Row project is being constructed. He believes that it will bring in more students and make the area more attractive. His only concern is people parking on the streets, as a tow truck
seems to be always patrolling the neighborhood. “I want a restaurant to be put inside of the development,” Howard said. “There is a Kroger down the street and several coffee shops nearby, so I don’t think we need anything else like that.” Morgan Cromwell, neighborhood resident and junior art therapy major, believes the residential complexes will still have many students residing there, even though they are not marketed that way. “We can never have too many places off campus to live, so that would be a huge plus for people who don’t want a long commute,” Cromwell said. “It was difficult for me to find a house near campus.” Josh Dunning, a junior computer science major, thinks that the new development will greatly benefit the district. “It will improve the area aesthetically and could potentially bring in some great businesses to keep more students in the University area,” Dunning said.
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become a part of the innovation unit. With the changes in the University’s use of technology, administrators felt the concept of extended programs has become archaic. “Ultimately, we felt like we could get better efficiency in terms of how we deliver online, hybrid and off-campus courses,” Rudd said. The last round of changes is centered on the enrollment process. “On the enrollment side, we are moving toward a one stop shop in terms of enrollment services to collocate enrollment related activities and improve efficiency and responsiveness to students,” Rudd said. Some of the tenured faculty members that are in administrative positions will return to their previous posts. The Vice Provost of Extended Programs Dan Lattimore will resume his post as the full-time dean of University College. Lattimore also directs the Lambuth campus, a position he has held for several years, until
the search for a permanent dean concludes this spring. A former journalism professor, Lattimore is credited with creating the country’s first online master’s program for journalism in 1995. The Vice Provost of Underg raduate Prog rams Shannon Blanton will resume her job as a political science professor. While vice-provost, Blanton oversaw the expansion of the Helen Hardin Honors Program. Blanton, who is active in research, has published work in the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics and several other publications. The request for the viceprovost of research to become a separate division is part of a larger goal the university has to reach $100 million in research expenditure. Administrators hope that the move will encourage interdisciplinary collaborations and increase the role of research campus-wide. All new changes will be implemented on July 1, the beginning of the fiscal year.
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clothing donations to give to Clothes4Souls as well as to reconstruct for their upcoming fashion show. “We have had the word out since the beginning of December and we collected over 60 items before the winter break when students were packing their dorms to go home,” Harris said. Fashion Moguls Memphis collected nearly 30 more items at the RSO Fair last week and have had 30 more members sign up for the organization during this week’s clothing drive. They have about 115 members so far. Dang, as well as the members of Fashion Moguls Memphis, will introduce the organization to the U of M campus in March. Fashion Moguls Memphis aspires to continue improving their organization while finding ways to be creative in their fashion sense. For their first stu-
dent involvement event, they will debut the reconstructed clothing donated in this week’s clothing drive in a fashion show. Students interested in being apart of Fashion Moguls Memphis’ fashion show can audition from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Feb. 11 and Feb. 12. Auditions will take place in the UC Shelby Room. Women who audition are asked to wear t-shirts, jeans and heels, and men should stick to t-shirts and jeans. Participants must be dressed accordingly and arrive 15 minutes before the audition time to check in. Models will be selected based upon performance and sizes of the clothing donated during the clothing drive. For students who have any questions, contact fashionmogulmemphis@gmail.com.
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Tigers’ Ta es “Brazil, because the World Cup is there this summer, and the parties are going to be crazy over there.” Iyad Khdier, Supply chain management and logistics senior
“Probably a place I’ve never been or never really heard of. I think the study abroad experience is probably a lot better that way.” Devante Hill, Biology junior
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“The Netherlands. I’ve heard they have an open mind there and would like to see what that’s like.” Shannon Gray, Dietetics sophomore
“The only place I can think of is somewhere in Italy, possibly Rome, because I have always wanted to travel to that part of the world.” Lucas Lindsey, Organizational leadership freshman
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Wine in supermarkets bill advancing in Tenn. House By Erik Schelzig Associated Press
NASHVILLE — The House committee that killed last year’s version of a bill to allow wine sales in Tennessee grocery stores on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of giving cities the ability to hold referendums on the proposal. The House Local Government Committee voted 13-3 to advance the bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Jon Lundberg of Bristol. “I’m excited,” said House Speaker Beth Harwell, R-Nashville and a lead proponent of the wine measure. “I think they’ve taken the appropriate action in listening to their constituents.” Supporters of this year’s push for wine in supermarkets have split the effort into two bills pending before separate committees. One would establish the mechanism for a local vote, while the other would define which retailers would be able to sell wine. Local Government Chairman Matthew Hill, R-Jonesborough, cast the deciding vote against last year’s version of the bill because of concerns that the measure wasn’t getting a full hearing. Hill said he voted in favor of the current bill because it is in keeping with state laws that call for local votes on whether to allow package stores, liquor by the drink, charters to
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A six-pack used to be reserved for beer, but the growing popularity, and quality, of wines sold at grocery stores and warehouse stores has brought the bulk purchase to wines. establish now towns and annexation issues. Hill said the bill “gives another voice to the people in our state to decide what is best for their local communities.” Under the definitions bill introduced in the House State Government Committee earlier on Tuesday, stores would have derive at least 20 percent of their sales
from groceries in order to qualify for a license to sell wine. The 29-page proposal sponsored by Rep. Ryan Haynes, R-Knoxville, would also require stores to have a retail space of at least 2,000 square feet and set July 1, 2016, as the earliest date that supermarkets and convenience stores could sell wine. Existing package stores would also be allowed to sell non-liquor items
like beer, cigarettes, snacks and ice. “The public’s desire to have wine in grocery stores has been listened to, and we’re trying to make that happen,” Haynes said. The latest version of the proposal rebuffs attempts by lobbyists for package stores and liquor wholesalers to exclude all convenience stores and big box retailers like Wal-Mart and Target. But it
would give a nod to existing liquor store owners by banning any store located within 500 feet from being able to sell wine until July 2017 — unless they can obtain permission from their neighbors. Many liquor stores are located close to supermarkets because of the current law that prevents grocery stores from selling any drinks stronger than beer with an alcohol content of 6.5 percent by volume. The supermarket wine bill would not allow Sunday wine sales, but would give liquor stores the ability to deliver alcohol to customers. It would also require a 20 percent markup on all wine sales. “It’s a back and forth,” Haynes said. “At one point you have something that everybody is pleased with, and then somebody will want to add something like Sunday sales and votes get drawn away, making the bill harder to pass. “That’s why we’ve had problems in years past.” While the current measure would allow supermarkets and convenience stores to sell wine with an alcohol content of up to 18 percent, it would not allow socalled high-gravity beer. Craft brewers have said they may pursue separate legislation to lift the cap on alcohol content for beer.
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Ukraine PM resigns, government offers concessions By Jim Heintz and Maria Danilova Associated Press
KIEV, Ukraine — In backto-back moves aimed at defusing Ukraine’s political crisis, the prime minister resigned Tuesday and parliament repealed antiprotest laws that had set off violent clashes between protesters and police. The two developments were significant concessions to the anti-government protesters who have fought sporadically with police for the last 10 days after two months of peaceful aroundthe-clock demonstrations. The protests erupted after President Viktor Yanukovych turned toward Russia for a bailout loan instead of signing a deal with the European Union and have since morphed into a general plea for more human rights, less corruption and more democracy in this nation of 45 million. The departure of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov removes one of the officials most disliked
by the opposition forces whose protests have turned parts of Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, into a barricaded maze. However, Azarov’s spokesman told the Interfax news agency that another staunch Yanukovych ally, deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov, will assume temporary leadership of the Cabinet, a move that is unlikely to please the opposition. Other key issues remain unresolved in Ukraine’s political crisis, including the opposition’s repeated demand that Yanukovych resign and a new election be held. Azarov’s resignation came just before the opening of a special parliament session that repealed anti-protest laws that had set off violent clashes between protesters and police. E ar l i e r this m ont h , Yanukovych pushed through the new laws to crack down on protests and increase prison sentences for creating disorder. The laws also prohibited demonstrators from wearing helmets and gas masks as many have done for fear that riot police would try to
violently disperse protests. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a lawmaker and one of the opposition’s top figures, hailed the parliament’s move. “We have repealed all the laws against which the whole country rose up,” he said. O ve r the we e ke n d , Yanukovych offered the premiership to Yatsenyuk, but the opposition leader refused the post. Parliament will consider an amnesty measure Wednesday for scores of arrested protesters. But Yanukovych has said the amnesty is only possible if demonstrators clear the streets and vacate the buildings they now occupy — a condition that is probably unacceptable to many. The prime minister’s departure on Tuesday brought encouragement to those at Kiev’s sprawling protest encampment but no inclination to end their demonstrations. “The authorities are afraid and making concessions. We should use this moment and continue our fight to achieve a change of power in Ukraine,”
said 23-year-old demonstrator Oleg Rudakov. The opposition has accused Azarov of mismanaging the economy and condoning corruption, and has ridiculed the Russian speaker for his poor command of Ukrainian. Animosity toward him grew after the protests started in November when he labeled demonstrators extremists and refused to listen to any of their demands. As head of the Cabinet, he was also seen as bearing responsibility for the recent use of force by police. Yanukovych’s cash-strapped government just managed to avoid bankruptcy with the money pledged in November by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia spent $3 billion to buy Ukrainian government bonds in December and has promised to spend up to $15 billion total. Putin said Tuesday that Russia will abide by the deal to buy those bonds and offer its neighbor cheaper natural gas even if the Ukrainian government ends up being led by the opposition. Russia’s main concern regard-
ing Ukraine is to protect Russia’s financial commitments, not geopolitical issues, Putin said in Brussels at a Russia-EU summit. “Will we revise our agreements on credits and energy if the opposition comes to power? No we won’t,” he said. The Russian leader also sharply criticized the European Union for sending high-level delegations to Ukraine during the anti-government protests, saying that could be interpreted as political interference. “ The more intermediaries there are, the more problems there are,” Putin said. “Considering the specifics of relations between Russia and Ukraine, it is simply unacceptable.” In Washington, meanwhile, Vice President Joe Biden welcomed progress toward defusing the political crisis and urged Yanukovych to sign the repeal of the anti-protest laws without delay. Speaking by telephone for the third time in less than a week, Biden also encouraged the Ukrainian president to keep working with the opposition.
Norway lawmakers nominate Snowden for Nobel By Mark Lewis Associated Press
STAVANGER, Norway — Two Norwegian politicians have jointly nominated former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, saying his disclosures of secret U.S. documents have contributed to making the
world more peaceful. Anyone can be nominated for the prestigious award, so the submission Wednesday by Socialist lawmakers Baard Vegard Solhjell, a former environment minister, and Snorre Valen just means Snowden will be one of scores of names that the Nobel committee will consider. “We do not necessarily con-
done or support all of his disclosures,” the two lawmakers said in their nomination letter. “We are, however, convinced that the public debate and changes in policy that have followed in the wake of Snowden’s whistleblowing has contributed to a more stable and peaceful world order.” The five-member Nobel committee won’t confirm who’s been
nominated. Saturday is the deadline for nominations from a range of people, including members of national parliaments and governments, university professors or previous laureates. Valen agreed that the documents leaked by Snowden “have damaged the security interests of several nations.” “But to have the debate, you
have to be aware of what is going on,” he told The Associated Press. The Nobel prize committee members can add their own candidates at their first meeting after Saturday’s deadline. The winner will be announced in October. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons won last year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
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College athletes take step toward forming union By Michael Tarm Associated Press
CHICAGO — Calling the NCAA a dictatorship, Northwestern’s quarterback and the United Steelworkers announced plans Tuesday to form the first labor union for college athletes — the latest salvo in the bruising fight over whether amateur players should be paid. Quarterback Kain Colter detailed the College Athletes Players Association at a news conference in Chicago, flanked by leaders of Steelworkers union that has agreed to pay legal bills for the effort. The NCAA and the Big Ten Conference both criticized the move and insisted that college athletes cannot be considered employees. Colter said the NCAA dictates terms to its hundreds of member schools and tens of thousands of college athletes, leaving players with little or no say about financial compensation questions or how to improve their own safety. That college football generates hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue only bolstered the argument for a union, he said. “How can they call this amateur athletics when our jerseys are sold in stores and the money we generate turns coaches and commissioners into multimillionaires?” Colter asked. “The current model represents a dictatorship,” added Colter, who just finished his senior year with the Wildcats. “We just want a seat at the table.” Colter said “nearly 100 percent” of his teammates backed the drive to unionize. But only he spoke publicly, saying the others wanted to keep a low profile. CAPA’s president, former UCLA football player Ramogi Huma, said a union would help ensure that scholarships, at minimum, cover all living expenses as well as tuition. Currently, he said, scholarship athletes come up thousands of dollars short each year. A
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Kain Colter, a star quarterback and receiver who completed his college football career in December, gestures toward United Steelworkers International president Leo Gerard as he answers questions following the announcement that several Northwestern football players wish to join a labor union, during a press conference at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. union would also push for full medical coverage that could carry over past college. While the effort to form a union among college athletes appears without precedent, there is recent a case that may help their cause. More than 600 graduate teaching and research assistants at New York University voted to form a union in December and to affiliate with the United Auto Workers. It was the first such union in the country to win recognition by a private university. For now, the push is to unionize college athletes is focused only on private schools like Northwestern — though large public universities, which are
subject to different sets of regulations, could follow, said Huma, who is also the head of the National College Players Association he founded in 2001 to lobby for the interests of college athletes. “This will be the first domino,” Huma said. If the players succeed, a union could fundamentally change college sports, said Brian Rauch, a New York-based labor attorney. He said it could raise the prospect of strike by disgruntled players or lockouts by schools. The NCAA has been under increasing scrutiny over its amateurism rules and is currently in court, fighting a class-action federal lawsuit filed by for-
mer players seeking a cut of the billions of dollars earned from live broadcasts and memorabilia sales, along with video games, and multiple lawsuits filed by players who say the organization failed to adequately protect them from debilitating head injuries. NCAA President Mark Emmert and others have pushed for a $2,000-perplayer stipend to help athletes defray some of their expenses, but critics say that isn’t nearly enough and insults players who help bring in millions of dollars to their schools and conferences. Last season, Colter and football players from Georgia and Georgia Tech had the letters APU — All Players United —
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written on their gear during games as a show of solidarity in an effort organized by the NCPA. At the time, the NCAA said it welcomed an “open and civil debate regarding all aspects of college athletics.” The NCAA issued a statement Tuesday making clear where it stands on the athletes’ quest to form a union. “Student-athletes are not employees,” NCAA chief legal officer Donald Remy said. “We are confident the National Labor Relations Board will find in our favor, as there is no right to organize student-athletes.” He added: “This union-backed attempt to turn student-athletes into employees undermines the purpose of college: an education.” A statement from the Big Ten Conference echoed that, saying it “does not believe that full-time students participating in intercollegiate athletics are employees.” “That said, the Big Ten Conference has the utmost respect for both the legal system and the rights of students to pursue their beliefs through that system,” the league said. NLRB spokesman Gregory King confirmed that a petition by the players to form a union was filed at the board on Tuesday. King said the board would likely conduct a hearing within the next 10 days. The key issue the board must resolve is whether the football players are employees as defined by federal labor law, said United Steelworkers official Tim Waters. If they’re deemed employees, he said, they would have the legal right to organize. “It’s crystal clear that college football players are employees,” he said, arguing most put in a 40-hour work week and create revenue, though not for themselves. He and the Steelworkers president, Leo W. Gerard, said the relationship between colleges and athletes amounted to “pay for play.” William B. Gould IV, a Stanford Law School professor emeritus and former NLRB chairman, predicted the board will rule for the players. “The major obstacle is the Brown University decision of a decade ago,” he said, referring to a 2004 decision under a George W. Bush-era board that removed the right of graduate students at private universities to unionize. The NLRB said in 2012 that it will reconsider Brown, and Gould thinks it will be reversed. “I think these guys are employees because their compensation is unrelated to education, unlike the teaching assistants in Brown University, and they are supervised not by faculty, but by coaches,” Gould said. “Their program for which they receive compensation does not have a fundamentally component. So given the direction and control that supervisory authorities have over them, I think they are easily employees within the meaning of the act.” Rauch, the labor attorney, said he thought union-minded athletes will have a tough time demonstrating they are employees, and he thought their chances of prevailing were slim. “They have high hurdles to jump,” he said.
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O’Leary, Wind shine in opening matches
By Hunter Field
news@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis tennis teams commenced their spring seasons last weekend with their respective Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kickoff tournaments. The men’s team, ranked 18th in the ITA rankings, split matches in Starkville, Miss., beating No. 18 South Carolina 4-2 but falling to No. 13 Mississippi State 4-2. The women, ranked 31st in the ITA rankings, posted a 1-1 weekend, outlasting No. 39 Virginia Commonwealth 4-2 but losing to No. 3 North Carolina 4-1. Head men’s coach Paul Goebel liked the resilience his team showed against the two Southeastern Conference opponents. “It took great effort by all the guys on the team to pull out this victory,” Goebel said after the South Carolina match. “Like any top-20 match, every court was highly contested, and it was nice to come out on top.” Against the Gamecocks, the Tigers competed in three doubles matches, taking two of them. Then, seniors Joe Salisbury and David O’Leary set the standard early, notching singles wins, and junior Connor Glennon followed suit with a singles win of his own. The teams split the first two doubles
matchups, leading to a decisive third match. The final doubles match went all the way to tiebreak, but the duo of senior David O’Hare and Salisbury came through in the clutch to give the U of M the edge in doubles. Memphis failed to pull off the upset in their matchup against the Bulldogs the next day. Although they swept the doubles the matches 3-0, O’Hare and O’Leary were the only Tigers able to best the Bulldogs in singles. On the women’s side, the Tigers snatched the momentum away from the Rams early with wins in two out of three doubles matches. Senior Stefanie Mikesz teamed with freshman Anki Wind to take their doubles match. Sophomore Skylar Kuykendall and Marta Morga took their match right after. In singles, sophomore Caroline Wegner avenged her doubles loss with a win in the fourth slot. Morga and Wind both took their singles matches. Memphis head coach Lee Taylor Walker thought her team showed resolve, taking its first match of the spring season. “This new format is exciting and makes matches close at all times no mater what the score,” Walker said. “I’m proud of the team for their resiliency in doubles and singles.” Similarly to the men, the women lost their match against the Tar Heels just a day after their season-opening win.
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Freshman Anki Wind won both her singles matches in Chapel Hill, N.C., last weekend. Her success earned her the American Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Week honor. North Carolina, the defending National Team Indoor champions, jumped out to a quick lead, winning the first two doubles matches. Wind captured the Tigers sole singles victory on the day. Despite both squads splitting matches, O’Leary from the men’s team and Wind from the women’s team took their respective American Athletic Conference Tennis Player of the Week honors. O’Leary won both his singles match-
es on the weekend to mark his 50th career singles victory at the U of M. The Coventry, England, native sits with a 3-2 record this spring with both losses coming at the hands of ranked opponents. O’Leary, who was a Conference USA first team singles selection in 2012, has never garnered the weekly honor. Wind, a native of Dinslaken, Germany, won all three of her matches over the weekend. Both her singles wins came over ranked opponents.
The honor marks the second-straight week a player from the women’s team earned the distinction. Morga received the award last week. Both teams take the court again this weekend. The men are slated to face Chattanooga and Murray State at the Racquet Club of Memphis on Friday starting at 2 p.m. The women travel to Norman, Okla., to face Iowa and Oklahoma on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
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