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Retired fireman begins job at University of Memphis, remembers days of his “calling” By Erica Horton
news@dailyhelmsman.com Black, tattooed flames crawl up his ring finger from knuckle to knuckle, a daily reminder that he’s married and that his hand was once crushed on the job seven years ago and will never fit a regular ring. But a crushed hand is the least of Jeremy Lansing’s injuries sustained during his 15 years as a firefighter. Now retired and an employee in the Safety and Health department at the University of Memphis, Lansing has a scar on his back that marks where a dorsal column stimulator sits. The stimulator sends shocks to nerves in his back that help him walk without pain. “I have more hardware in me than Iron Man does,” Lansing said. Lansing teaches CPR classes, first aid and safety awareness classes for the University. After five back surgeries, Lansing said he was forced to retire from firefighting last July at 34 years old. “I couldn’t continue to be a firefighter even if I wanted to,” he said. “I’m 36 years old with the back of a 95-year-old man. My doctor told me I can go back to being a fireman, but
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Jeremy Lansing, 35, an employee in the Safety and Health department, shows freshman computer engineering major Temari Henderson how to properly put out a fire at this year’s Student Health Fair. Lansing is a retired fireman from the Memphis Fire Department and has overcome five back surgeries and being paralyzed for a short period of time.
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For the first time, the Color Run is coming to Memphis. U of M students participating in the “fun run” on Saturday will temporarily give up their blue and gray for yellow, pink, green and orange. The Color Run is an untimed 5K race, about three miles, open to all ages. There are multiple runs across the country in major cities including Chicago, St. Louis and Little Rock, Ark. The race draws inspiration from the Hindu festival Holi, a religious festival that celebrates the beginning of spring with bonfires and the throw-
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ing of colored powder. Although the Memphis race is closer to the beginning of fall, students are amped up for the colorful course. For Danielle Williams, junior business management major, the Color Run will be her first 5K. She registered with a team — Stop, Wok, & Roll — because a friend invited her. “I originally signed up to become more active, and it looked like so much fun,” she said. “I think the thing I look forward to the most is the awesome color showers we get when we pass through the check points.” Memphis runners will begin the race at Tiger Lane South and go through four “color zones” on
Midterm week has arrived and many students may be feeling the pressure and anxiety to succeed. “The traffic of students that we see usually increases during the midterm period particularly because of the amount of stress they are under,” Bob Maichrowicz, associate director of the Counseling Center, said. Sharon Moore, wellness education supervisor at the Church Health Center, said students are more susceptible to illness during periods of high stress. “Illnesses like the common cold or the flu are easily spread and contracted when students are under stress because they are not paying attention to keeping a healthy immune system. It is recommended that students pay more attention to what they are consuming during midterms,” Moore said. In addition to eating healthy, getting enough sleep is also a good way to keep a healthy immune system, she said. Students who hold their emotions in are also at risk for having high stress levels. “Talking to someone about how he or she feels can be a great stress relief. It is a way of getting things off your chest and freeing the mind,” Maichrowicz said. A counseling center is made available for students in 214 Wilder Tower on weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Students may tend to handle their stress in ways that could hinder their academic performance. “There are many students who do not seek help during midterm week. Some think they can handle it all, until eventually they crack,” Maichrowicz said. Students may also turn to overeating or consuming alcohol to deal with the stress, he said.
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Recent construction will bring new roofs to buildings on and off campus By Kelsie Carter
news@dailyhelmsman.com About $5.6 million will be spent fixing the roofs of seven on-campus buildings and an off-campus property owned by the University of Memphis. The building re-roof projects began between July and early September, but the request for roof repair was first brought up during the 2007-2008 school year as a part of “capital maintenance.” Roofs are inspected and then maintenance requests are submitted to the assistant vice presidents of Physical Plant and Campus Planning and the vice president for Business and Finance. Pamela Cash, manager of facility projects, said the roof construction will cost $5.6 million and will be paid for by the “state appropriation for capital maintenance from the legislature.” The University submitted a permit application for $2.1 million with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement in May. “This is a routine procedure to protect the investment of [a] building by keeping it water tight,” Cash said. The buildings under construction now are the Art and Communication Building, Campus School and E.C. Ball Hall. The estimated completion date for the Art and Communication building is Nov. 28. Other buildings scheduled to undergo construction are Manning Hall, the Center for Earthquake Research and Information, the Elma Roane Field House, the Hudson Health Center, the Barbara K. Lipman Early Childhood School and Research Institute, and the C.H. Nash Museum at the Chucalissa archaeological site. The buildings are not all on the main campus. Some are on Park Avenue campus, and others are simply University property. Cash said the construction should not cause any classes to be moved or cancelled. “The work may affect walking paths at times, but should there be any path closures, we will work closely with Student Disability Services,” she said. n
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A crane lifts supplies to the roof of E.C. Ball Hall as part of a re-roofing project. The roofs of two other on-campus buildings are also under construction.
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Discover Your Major Day
Event to help UM students find, choose a course of study By Margot Pera
news@dailyhelmsman.com Undecided and skeptical students are in for a treat Thursday when all seven colleges at the University of Memphis host “Discover Your Major Day.” From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the University Center ballroom, the various colleges will set up tables displaying information about majors and minors offered — each intending to woo as many undecided students to their respective fields as possible. Career Services, Adult Commuter Services and the Study Abroad program will also have tables at the fair. “Discover Your Major Day is valuable to undecided majors as well as students who already have a major,” Mary Brignole, University College adviser, said. “The career services table can assist students of all levels.” The colleges’ tables will compete in a best display competition, judged by how appealing their tables are to students. The faculty from the various departments come in costumes pertaining to the theme of their display
and have activities designed to engage students. “This year our theme is going to be ‘CFA’s Got Talent,’” Laurie Snyder, adviser in the College of Communication and Fine Arts, said. “We are going to invite students to participate in karaoke or showcase any talent they might have.” Snyder is recruiting students from the CCFA to perform at the talent show. One student from the journalism department is set to read slam poetry and one photography student will be showing off photos. Last year, the college’s theme was “Phantom of the Arts,” a parody of the famous musical “Phantom of the Opera.” The college won last year’s best display award. “The main idea behind the theme this year is that everybody has some type of talent that can be of use in a major,” Snyder said. This event is designed to be interactive and engage students. Many tables will offer candy and other free items pertaining to their department. A photo booth will be available for students to take pictures of themselves dressed in attire from different careers.
“This is the most attended non-athletic event on campus,” Brignole said. “This is a great opportunity to investigate majors in an informal setting. Students are more likely to graduate if they find a major they like.” Discover Your Major Day can be useful for students who are contemplating whether or not to minor in a specific subject, or want information about extra curricular activities relating to a certain college. “Even if you are not wanting to change your major, a student may be attracted to becoming involved in a musical ensemble or being a DJ for the University’s radio program,” Snyder said. Both students and the seven academic departments benefit from the day. The departments can potentially recruit new students to their field and students can be exposed to a wide variety of information in one sitting. “I think Discover Your Major Day is a great way to talk to people who know about your major,” Angela Sheng, psychology major, said. “I wish I had known about it when I was a freshman.” n
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Laurie Snyder, an adviser in the College of Communication and Fine Arts, dressed as the Phantom for the 2011 Discover Your Major Day. “The Phantom of the Arts” booth set up by the CCFA won the 2011 Best Display award.
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Supreme Court and colleges may clash over affirmative action
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WASHINGTON — At South Carolina’s Clemson University, ensuring racial diversity in enrollment has a special resonance because of the region’s history of segregation and discrimination. “That legacy still overshadows much of what we’ve been able to accomplish in more balanced enrollments,” said Leon Wiles, the school’s chief diversity officer. Blacks accounted for 6 percent of Clemson’s nearly 16,000 undergraduate students who enrolled last fall, according to school records, while white students made up 84 percent. Overall, blacks account for 28 percent of the state’s population. Clemson and other colleges and universities across the country will be closely watching the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday when it takes up the issue of racial preferences in admissions with an affirmative action case involving the University of Texas. Higher education officials around the country fear that the justices are on the cusp of complicating their efforts to increase campus diversity.
uuColor Continued from page 1 Southern Avenue, South Cooper Street, Central Avenue and Alabama Street. When participants pass through the color zones, they will be pelted with colored powder. The powder, which is made from cornstarch, is 100 percent natural and safe, according to the Color Run website. “I think I’m going to get some
Their eventual ruling could narrow or possibly overturn the court’s 2003 decision that allowed schools to use race as a factor in admissions. “I don’t have a crystal ball and I’m not a lawyer, but I do know it’s a more conservative court,” said Caryn McTighe Musil, senior vice president for diversity issues at the Association of American Colleges and Universities. “There are many who are worried it will remove one more tool that higher education has to serve the goal that there is broad diversity in the student body.” The case concerns Abigail Noel Fisher, a white woman who argued that she was unfairly denied admission to the University of Texas because of its policy of taking race, among many other factors, into consideration for admission. Fisher graduated this year from Louisiana State University. Interest in the case is high. Dozens of universities, education organizations and the federal government have filed briefs with the Supreme Court in anticipation. “Diversity prepares students to engage with the modern world, but that is not its only benefit,” stated a
brief filed by 40 education groups, including the American Association of Colleges and Universities. “Diversity serves time-honored, indispensable goals ... it prepares them to maintain the robust democracy that is their inheritance; and it enables them to overcome barriers that separate them from one another.” A recent report from the Century Foundation, a nonpartisan research group, said that race-neutral policies have worked in some of those states. But affirmative action supporters have questioned its conclusions. Race-conscious policies have long been a controversial topic. The Texas case will turn on how the justices interpret the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. Meanwhile, colleges and universities have tried to maneuver through a sensitive landscape. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which fielded 29,501 undergraduate applications this year, employs what school officials call a “highly nuanced and multi-faceted approach” that entails consideration of “more than 40 factors.” Race is considered as one of the potential “plus” factors. Currently,
roughly one-third of the university’s undergraduates are ethnic minorities. At Clemson, Wiles said that only students who have the ability to do the work are accepted, and SAT scores are important. But he said the school also looks at recommendations, extracurricular achievement and other factors, including race, and it’s used for the sake of a more diverse enrollment. At the University of Missouri at Columbia, minority students still lag far behind their white counterparts in higher education, said Roger L. Worthington, a professor in its College of Education and the school’s former chief diversity officer. Minority enrollments have increased modestly, he said, but haven’t kept up with the growth of their populations. “Unless these disparities are corrected, in part by the continuation of affirmative action, the U.S. economic situation seems likely to continue downward rather than toward a robust recovery,” Worthington said. Todd Gaziano, who directs legal studies at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative research organization, argued that affirmative action poli-
cies actually hurt the students they’re intended to help because elite schools that accept poorly prepared students doom them to getting lower grades. “It’s a terrible recipe to disadvantage the minority students,” he said, adding the students would do better if they went to less competitive schools. California became the first state, in 1996, where voters decided to amend the state constitution to forbid racial preferences in college admissions. A year after a state law prohibited raceconscious admissions decisions, the number of black, Latino and Native American freshmen at UCLA and the flagship Berkeley campus of the University of California dropped by more than 50 percent, according to a brief in the Texas case filed by the university. “The University of California simply has not recovered,” said Gary Orfield, a professor at UCLA and an expert on school desegregation and civil rights laws. “We have a much lower level of access for Latino and African-American students than we had back then, in terms of their getting admitted to our flagship campuses.” n
comfortable workout pants because it may be chilly that morning, and a white T-shirt so I can look even cooler with all the colors on,” Williams said. Each Color Run benefits a local charity by donating money raised through registration fees. The race this weekend will contribute funds to the DeNeuville Learning Center, an organization that offers women of Memphis opportunities to take part in counseling and educational
workshops. Maria Luong, junior computer science and mathematics major, is one of the volunteers who will be chucking handfuls of color to show her support for her community and friends. “It’s a really great opportunity to participate in something that’s fun and benefits the DeNeuville Learning Center,” she said. “Depending on when, where and how much, there’s a chance that I may be running in it next year.”
The finish line is between the Children’s Museum of Memphis and Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, but the event doesn’t end there; racers and volunteers alike will have the opportunity to throw more colored powder at each other and take part in other festivities planned for the morning. Although the colored powder washes out, runners who want to preserve the colors can spray the clothing with vinegar and iron it before
washing. Individual registration is $55 per person. For groups of four or more, it is $50 per person. Participants receive a T-shirt, a Color Run headband, wristband and a bag of powder for the post-race festival in their race packets, which can be picked up at Sports Authority on Thursday and Friday. The race starts at 9 a.m. and the finish festival will take place from 9:30 a.m. to noon. n
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Jeremy Lansing, Safety and Health Department employee and retired firefighter, underwent the last of five back surgeries in May due to injuries sustained as a firefighter. Lansing’s left ring finger, encircled with flames to represent his wedding ring, was crushed, making it impossible for a traditional ring to fit. Lansing talked about the meaning of various patches that firefighters wear in a safety and emergency training room located in the administration building Tuesday afternoon.
uuFireman Continued from page 1 it wouldn’t be a question of if, it would be worse, it would be when.” Lansing hurt his back after responding to a call where the floor collapsed beneath him, causing the roof to fall on top of him. He said the incident hurt his back, shoulder and knees. In 2009, after he ran into a “shotgun” house — a small house typically elevated three to four feet off the ground — to rescue someone, he fell three feet and lost the feeling in his legs. “No pun intended, it was literally the straw that broke the camel’s back,” he said. After that incident, Lansing said he lost feeling from his waist down and could not walk for two months. In February 2010, the City of Memphis paid for his first surgery. “For all of 2010 I had to walk with a back brace and walker and even then I was barely shuffling my feet,” Lansing said. “I couldn’t bend over or put my own shoes on.” He had three more surgeries in July, October and November of that year. His last surgery was five months ago in May. Despite the five surgeries, without the dorsal column stimulator he would be in intense pain when he walks. “If it was not for that I would have pain of eight or nine on a scale of one to 10 every day,” Lansing said. Dana Brown, vice president of Range USA, where Lansing worked for a few months, said Lansing is the kind of person who doesn’t let things get him down easily. “He might be in pain or hurting or whatever, but it won’t stop him,”
she said. “He just keeps going. I think people admire him for that.” Despite what he went through, Lansing still misses being a fireman. “That was a calling,” he said. “It was something I loved doing and I still want to do. There are days where I have resentment about being forced to retire. If it wasn’t for my faith in God, I wouldn’t be sane. I have to step back and let him continue to lead me.” Lansing — born and adopted in Pensacola, Fla., but raised in Memphis — said he knew he wanted to be a fireman when he was six years old and accidentally set the family barn on fire. “I was using a magnifying glass to burn my name into wood,” he said. “When I burned the barn down at six years old I was in the pasture and saw the fire trucks coming. I knew I wanted to do that.” When he was 17, Lansing became a volunteer firefighter with the Bartlett Fire Department. When he was 18, he became an official member. From 2001 to 2011, he worked for the Memphis Fire Department full time. A tear filled Lansing’s eye as he talked about one of his favorite moments as a fireman, when he and his crew pulled a boy and his family out of an apartment building. “When I pulled him out, he wasn’t breathing. A year and a half later, I saw him and it was the most rewarding thing that’s ever happened to me,” he said. Lansing paused and excused himself for a moment before continuing. “I’ve seen a lot of death, a lot of people die,” he said. “It’s nice to see somebody live.” Though he has never received a medal or certificate of honor, Lansing said that during his career he had the
opportunity to help out with several major events including Hurricane Katrina, the aftermath of tornados in Joplin, Mo., and the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. Lansing is now married with three children — four-, six- and eight-years-old — and six dogs, one a pit-bull mix he rescued from Park Avenue Campus recently. Brad Frewin, manager of safety and training at the U of M, said Lansing is personable and outgoing, and seems to really enjoy his job. “You can tell by just watching his interactions with the groups he does training for, the feedback is always positive,” Frewin said. “I’ve really been impressed with the way he reacts with CPR and first aid students. He just has a real good way of communicating with those people.” n
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uuMidterm Continued from page 1 Preparing ahead of time for midterms is one way of decreasing stress. “I figured out what I needed to study and memorized when my midterms were so I could get all of my work completed ahead of time,” said Jillian Link, sophomore professional studies major. “That helped me stay on top of my schoolwork and left me enough time to focus on each test that I have.” Although studying is important, relaxing is also a key factor in managing stress, according to Miriam Penaflor, junior psychology major. “Sometimes I get so wrapped up if I don’t understand something I am studying that I have to take an hour break to get in a better mood,” Penaflor said. “Running, watching TV or anything that does not deal with school puts me at ease. Everyone needs a mental break.” The Stress Management Center at 211 Wilder Tower offers relaxation chairs and music for students to use. Midterms are stressful for many students, Maichrowicz said, but there are numerous ways to overcome it and perform well. “Students should use the information that is made available to them. We see too many students who are trying to take on so much and do not know how to handle it. They should use the help and resources made available to them before it is too late,” Maichrowicz said. n
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Tigers host tennis tournament By Bryan Heater
bheater@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis women’s tennis team will host the Memphis Invitational this weekend at the Racquet Club of Memphis. The field includes the Drake University Bulldogs, Loyola Marymount University Lions and the University of Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks. The Tigers will start the invitational Friday at 2:30 p.m. in doubles against Loyola
Marymount. They are then scheduled to face UT-Martin at 3:30 p.m. Competing will be the No. 31 doubles tandem of graduate student Tiffany Welcher and sophomore Alyssa Hibberd. The duo is coming off a loss in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championships to the No. 7 doubles team of Khunpak Issara and Lorraine Guillermo from Pepperdine University. Hibberd was the only Tiger to advance past the first round in the
prequalifying draw at the ITA AllAmerican Championships. She fell in the second round in three sets to Millie Nichols from Texas Christian University. Welcher was ousted in the first round by Missouri’s Rachel Stuhlmann. The Memphis Invitational starts Friday and runs through Sunday. This will be the third tournament for the Tigers this season after competing in the ITA’s and the United States Tennis Association’s 10K. Saturday and Sunday’s schedule are to be determined. n
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Women’s basketball team fifth in poll
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Five more Tiger games to be televised By Bryan Heater
bheater@dailyhelmsman.com On Monday, the Conference USA office announced the University of Memphis men’s basketball team will have five additional games televised along with 12 others announced at the end of September. Fox Sports South will air five of the Tigers’ matches for the 2012-2013 campaign, starting with Memphis’ home game against the University of Tennessee-Martin on Nov. 29. The slate also includes Austin Peay University on Dec. 8, Lipscomb University on Dec. 20, East Carolina University on Jan. 9 and Tulane University on Jan. 22. The Tigers now have 28 games scheduled to be televised on Fox Sports, Comcast Sports South, CBS College Sports, NBC Sports Network and the ESPN family of networks. Other notable games to be televised are Virginia Commonwealth University (NBC SN) on Nov. 22, Duke University or the University of Minnesota (NBC SN) on Nov. 23, the University of Louisville (FSN) on Dec. 15, at University of Tennessee (ESPN 2) on Jan. 4, and at Xavier University (ESPN 2) on Feb. 26. The Tigers open their season on Nov. 12 against the University of North Florida. The game will be aired on Comcast Sports South at 6:30 p.m. Memphis will take on Christian Brothers University in an exhibition on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. n
By Bryan Heater
bheater@dailyhelmsman.com Coming off a 25-8 record in the 2011-2012 campaign, the University of Memphis women’s basketball team was picked to finish fifth out of 12 teams in Conference USA, the league office announced Monday. The Tigers return two starters to go along with six letter winners from last season’s 20-win team. The top veteran is senior forward Nicole Dickson, who was named to the C-USA Preseason All-Conference team and was the only Tiger to garner that honor. Dickson ranked second on the team in scoring and rebounding last year, averaging 13.5 points per game and 8.3 rebounds per game. She also became the 22nd Tiger in women’s history to reach the 1,000point plateau. Memphis also returns junior point guard Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir. AbdulQaadir averaged 7.8 ppg and 3.2 rpg. She led the team in assists with 112 and bolstered her defensive prowess, making off with 78 steals. Tagging along for the ride are eight fresh faces to the Tigers’ roster. The newcomers include senior guard Jamila Ajanaku, a transfer from Middle Tennessee State University; freshman center Asianna FuquaBey, from Chicago; freshman guard Ariel Hearn, from Arlington High School in Memphis; junior forward Pa’Sonna Hope, transfer from University of Mississippi; freshman guard Jaymie Jackson, from Toledo, Ohio; junior forward Devin Mack, from Kishwaukee Junior College; freshman forward Courtney Powell, from Youngstown, Ohio; and freshman guard Mooriah Rowser, from Rockville, Md. The statuses of Ajanaku and Hope are pending on waivers to gain immediate eligibility instead of sitting out a year. The incoming class was ranked 39th by ESPN’s Hoopgurlz.com. Coaches tabbed Tulane University as the favorite to win the league, followed by University of Texas at El Paso, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Rice University and then Memphis. Memphis opens the 2012-2013 season with an exhibition against Rhodes College on Nov. 3. The official season opener tips off against Grambling State University on Nov. 9 at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse as part of the Preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament. n
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Head coach Josh Pastner and his Tigers have a lot to smile about, as fans will be able to watch 28 televised games this season.
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