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Students clean McKellar Lake
Changing the money game for campaigns By Patrick Lantrip
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yachts and made the setting for hundreds of home movies. Elvis Presley used to frequently hang out and ski in the lake, and the Ms. McKellar Lake Beauty Pageant used to call it home. More than three decades later, the glory days of the lake have passed. “I don’t know exactly when or why that all stopped, but now people will dump things there and trash accumulates,” said Memphis River Warriors President Grace Waters. “The
storm drains on campus and the surrounding areas end up in the lake, and there isn’t an outflow of current, so everything that falls into these storm drains ends up there. When we first went there trash was everywhere.” Everything started to turn sour after years of pollution from the industrialized President’s Island, which McKellar Lake surrounds on one side, started to contaminate the lake’s water. The city’s storm water drainage system emptied into the lake, adding
to the pollution. Cheyenne Medlock, vice president of the organization, isn’t originally from Memphis, but she hopes that the group’s efforts can help change some of the city’s negative stereotypes. “There are all of these problems people talk about, but I think by giving back to the city, doing something people can physically see improve and getting out there and doing some-
as the flu, is a potentially deadly respiratory illness caused by flu viruses that infect the nose, throat and lungs. Someone infected with the flu may not be showing symptoms but can still infect someone else, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Other symptoms of the flu can include body aches, headaches and fatigue. Jacque De Fouw, health educator at the University of
Memphis, encourages everyone to get the flu shot. “The flu is very, very contagious, and people get it,” De Fouw said. “Students should get the flu shot, so they don’t miss much class, because it’s very difficult in college to miss much time, as well as their jobs.” The CDC suggests that everyone get vaccinated as soon as the vaccine comes out, usually in October. The flu can cause mild to
severe illness, and occasionally lead to death. However, the flu can cause complications like sinus infections, ear infections and dehydration. Although, the flu shot is meant for everyone, some people who are allergic to eggs have to take a special flu shot. Some side effects of the flu shot include having flu symptoms as well as possible redness
The Supreme Court began hearing the case of McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, a case that has major implications on the way and the amounts of money donors can contribute to political campaigns, on Tuesday. Currently, there are capped limits on how much a donor can give to a particular politician or political campaign, and the number of individual candidates one can donate money to is also limited. The framework for these laws stems from the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, a federal law that originally sought to increase the disclosure of campaign contributions. Following the aftermath of the Watergate Scandal, the bill was amended to create financial limitations on campaign contributions and created the Federal Election Commission to disclose campaign finance information, to enforce and regulate the FECA and to oversee the public funding of presidential elections. For each two year election cycle the current aggregate cap limits on campaign donations are $5,200 to an individual candidate, $48,600 in total to all candidates, $74,600 to political parties and political action committees and $123,200 overall. While the laws were enacted curb political corruption and maintain an even playing field, Shaun McCutcheon, the lead plaintiff in the case, sees the contribution limits as infringing on his First Amendment rights. McCutcheon, the owner of Coalmont Electrical Development Corporation in Alabama, is challenging the part of the law that restricts the number of candidates one individual can donate to per election cycle. “This is a case about how to spend your money how you choose, and it’s a very important
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Megan McDivitt, a freshman at the time, helped clean Riverside Park Marina during the spring semester with the Memphis River Warriors.
By Samuel Prager
news@dailyhelmsman.com The Memphis River Warriors, a registered student organization dedicated to cleaning Memphis’s lakes and rivers, will hold their monthly river cleanup from 10 a.m. to noon on Oct. 19 at McKellar Lake. In the 1950s, McKellar Lake, on the corner of Jack Carley Causeway and Trigg Avenue, used to be a hot spot for Memphis socialites to parade in exorbitant
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Flu season: fight the fever By Omer Yusuf
news@dailyhelmsman.com As temperatures drop, students are getting stuffy noses, sore throats and nasty coughs — which all point to the beginning of flu season. This can create a problem on campus as flu-stricken students walk through campus, potentially affecting anyone who comes in contact with them. Influenza, commonly known
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thing instead of complaining. We can change the way people look at Memphis,” Medlock, a senior sports and exercise major, said. The Memphis River Warriors started as a community organization after Living Lands and Waters, an environmental organization that collects trash on the Mississippi River, spoke to the U of M Honors Student Council about the lake’s pollution level. “They said Lake McKellar was
the worst place they’d ever seen, which struck a nerve in some of us. So we thought ‘Wow! That’s awful. He has been all over the United States, and this is the worst,’” Waters, a senior biomedical engineering student, said. Since the summer of 2010, the Memphis River Warriors have collected more than 41,000 pounds of trash and recycled about half. “It’s been easier to promote and spread awareness since we’ve been as RSO,” Medlock said. “It takes a minute for people to realize that we’re the same organiza-
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tion, but, since we’ve changed our name, we’ve had a lot of new student show up for the cleanups.” The organization has seen turnouts of anywhere between 50 to 250 people at the monthly cleanups. The upcoming cleanup in October will be the organization’s 13th cleanup. Going to the cleanups helps give people a sense of responsibility, Waters said. “At the cleanups, you can stand in one spot and fill a whole trash bag with bottles and glass. It gives you an idea of what your actions do and how they impact the environment,” she said. “It’s the bottles that we miss with the trashcan — that we throw out of our car and everything that the whole city of Memphis litters — that’s what we’re picking up. Helping clean these waterways gives you a sense of pride and a sense of awareness on things you might not think harm us in the long run.” The organization made a goal of cleaning up 50,000 pounds of trash by their November cleanup. “Once we hit the goal, we’re not going to stop. It will be our first real landmark, and we consider 50,000 pounds a huge
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or soreness in the arm where they get the injection. “For the people who get flu symptoms, we advise students to take Tylenol or Motrin,” De Fouw said. “The (redness or soreness) shows that the body is developing the antibodies you need.” Students should be wary of any surfaces they touch, because flu germs can survive up to 24 hours on hard surfaces like computer keyboards and phones. “Another thing for teachers and students is to keep their fingers out of their noses, mouths and eyes, because, if they touch
number, but we still haven’t even made a dent,” Medlock said. Over the past three years, volunteers have also cleaned up Wolf River Harbor and President’s Island. During the summer, they cleaned Tom Lee Park for the Annual Outdoors, Inc. Canoe and Kayak Race. Medlock hopes that eventually — with enough interest and funds — the group can become a nonprofit organization. For students who are interested in helping, there will be a meeting in Wilder Tower at 3 p.m. on Oct. 16 to discuss carpooling and other issues involving the organization. “For students that want to come and help, wear closed toe shoes with hard soles, pants, long-sleeve shirts, extra layers in case it’s cold and a hat or sunglasses to keep the sun off. Also, don’t forget bug spray. We’ll be providing gloves and trash bags for participants in the clean up,” Medlock said. Students interested in more information on the cleanup dates or the Memphis River Warriors can visit their Facebook group.
something with a flu germ with those specific parts, the flu germs can enter into their body,” De Fouw said. De Fouw mentioned other ways for students to increase their chances of avoiding the flu. We encourage students to wash their hands and use hand sanitizer,” De Fouw said. “They should also cover their cough, sneeze with their elbow or cough into it.” De Fouw said that if students come down with the flu, they should come to the health center right away. “We can test them to see what kind of medicine to give them,” De Fouw said. “So that the flu doesn’t last as long.”
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First Amendment case about freedom of speech,” McCutcheon told the Huffington Post. “We should be able to support as many candidates as we want. There’s no reason to limit the number of candidates or committees.” However, as with most current federal issues, this one has strong partisan ties. Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, joined the case as an “amicus curiae,” a legal term that literally translates to “friend of the court,” and allows outside parties to offer information about the case, due to the potential broad legal implications. McConnell is not content with simply striking down the restrictions on the number of candidates a donor can support and seeks to completely do away with all current contribution limits. However, opponents say that this may lead to “quid pro quo corruption,” which may leave elected officials indebted wealthy donors. “If the Supreme Court does away with individual contribution limits, it will effectively make ‘pay to play’ the rule of political engagement,” said William Duffy, an associate professor at the University of Memphis. “That is, candidates will end up courting the richest constitutes, and, by default, those with the most money will end up wielding the most political influence during our election cycles.” President Barack Obama also weighed in on the debate during a press conference. “I had to raise a lot of money for my campaign. There is nobody that operates in politics that has perfectly clean hands on this issue, but what is also true is that we should bind ourselves to some rules that say that the people that vote for us are more important than the people who are spending $1 million, $10 million or a $100 million dollars to get us elected,” Obama said. The Supreme Court is expected to reach a ruling sometime next summer.
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Free Memphis Madness tickets available this Friday By Meagan Nichols
sports@dailyhelmsman.com Memphis Madness is almost here, but with large crowds anticipated, fans will have to pick up tickets to the Oct. 18 event in advance. Those who want to be part of the Madness at the FedExForum can claim tickets at one of the Ashley Furniture HomeStore locations on Oct. 11 through 16 or at the Forum Box Office on Oct. 17 and 18. The tickets are free and available to the general public, but they are limited to four per person and eight per household. The lower level student section in the Forum will be reser ved for University of Memphis students. As with normal game days, students interested in sitting in the student section need to present their U of M ID on arrival. However, seats are limited, so people are encouraged to arrive early. The Tigers are one of nine schools across the country taking part in the ESPNU Midnight Madness coverage. Kentucky, Duke, Syracuse, Oklahoma State, Wichita State, New Mexico, UConn and Florida Gulf Coast are the other eight schools participating. The four-hour ESPN program starts at 9 p.m. ET. The athletic department wants to ensure Memphis Madness remains a free event open to the public, said Ryan Bradley, associate athletic director for marketing and strategic communications for the U of M. “Due to the overwhelming popularity of Memphis Madness, the FedExForum has reached maximum capacity in recent years,” Bradley said. “This has resulted in the Forum being forced to close the doors or end the event early, because there were simply too many people in the building. In order to do so, we had to make it a ticketed event to ensure the building does not exceed capacity, and the Forum can manage crowd control issues.” The Tiger cheerleaders, pom squads, Mighty Sound of the
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Tickets for Memphis Madness, part of ESPNU’s Midnight Madness coverage, will be available to the general public starting Oct. 11. South and a live DJ will start the event outside the Forum in the plaza at 4:30 p.m. with doors scheduled to open at 6:30 p.m.
and action slated to start at 7:30 p.m. The first 1,000 fans will receive vouchers for player
autographs. “We are expecting a capacity crowd for the Memphis Madness,” Bradley said. “With
ESPN covering the event, this is a great opportunity to showcase what TigerNation is all about to the country.”
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