10 24 13

DAILY HELMSMAN Thursday 10.24.13

The

For a recap of the women’s golf match, see page 4

Vol. 81 No. 034

Campus renovations see delay Independent Student Newspaper of the University of Memphis

www.dailyhelmsman.com

Sports Throwback

3

DJ spins eclectic electro

By Margot Pera

news@dailyhelmsman.com

of two abandoned buildings, the library on Highland Street and the Barth House, a former Episcopalian Student Center, on Patterson Street.

“The Barth House hasn’t been used since I’ve been here, and a lot of people who have been here 10 years say they haven’t seen it used either,” said Ricky Kirby, President of the Student Government Association. “The building looks bad in my personal opinion, so, we’re thinking

we should use the space for a better purpose than it just being an abandoned building.”

Kirby said that the owners of the building refuse to sell it to the University, so Kirby, on behalf of the student body, and the Religious Life Services that surround the University are writing letters to the owners stating that the space could be used for beneficial additions to campus.

“We’re wanting to use the

space for a nice garden, fully equipped with gazebos and swings,” Kirby said. “A place where students can go hang out in a serene and natural environment.”

Another proposed campus addition, the purchase of the Highland Library, has been delayed after the last Memphis City Council meeting, which postponed the transfer of the

their roots from Samhain, a preChristian Celtic festival that occurred near the halfway point of the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.

Día de los Muertos traces its roots back thousands of years in Mexico, before being assimilated into the Catholic tradition, but that is where the similarities end.

“The Day of the Dead is a very interesting and uniquely Mexican tradition that com-

bines pre-Columbian elements with Catholicism brought by the Spaniards when they conquered the part of the world we today call Mexico,” said Elena Delavega, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Memphis.

“It’s not like Halloween; it’s not supposed to be scary.”

The celebratory nature of the holiday comes from the traditional views of death.

“The Mesoamerican belief of

the afterlife was that the dead went to a place called Mictlan, ruled by the Lord and Lady of the Underworld, Mictlantecuhtli and Mictlancihuatl, respectively,” Delavega said. “Mictlan was not heaven as we understand it, but rather a place where the dead went, a holding pen, as it were, and from where they were sometimes reborn. Death

Halloween weekend will be an extravaganza to remember for Ben Jenkins, a University of Memphis math graduate student and techno DJ. Jenkins will begin his party binge Oct. 31 at Mollie Fontaine Lounge and end it at Mollie’s Saturday at 3 a.m.

Jenkins began his DJ vocation in 2008 after seeing some electronic music DJs play live at Voodoo festival in New Orleans.

“I went to Voodoo fest to see Rage Against the Machine, and I saw a couple of DJs there and kind of liked it,” Jenkins said. “My friends and I started researching electronic music, and eventually I started discovering a bunch of underground artists I really liked.”

Jenkins’ favorite type of techno music is house, which he says has a softer melody than other derivatives like dubstep and trance.

“All of the electro genres — dubstep, trance, house — are derived from techno, which originated from disco,” Jenkins said. “Trance has a faster tempo and uplifting chords, and dubstep is basically a meditation on base.”

House music’s signature sound comes from a bass synthesizer called a TB-303. Jenkins said the instruments’ original purpose was for musicians to have a way to simulate a baseline.

Jenkins is one of the few DJs in Memphis who uses vinyl during his shows. He estimates his record collection to be worth more than $10,000.

Since Jenkins can only take a certain amount of records with him for a show, he tends to be more selective.

“Vinyl is more rewarding for me.

When DJs play using software, they usually stare at a laptop the whole time,” Jenkins said. “With software, there are less chances of messing up on a track, but the idea that I can mess up makes it unpredictable and thrilling, which I like.”

Carter Chappell has seen Jenkins go from playing for four people in a church basement to a packed venue

see MUERTOS on page 3

see DJ on page 2

photo By harrIson lIngo

Barth House stands empty on the corner of Patterson Street and Watauga Avenue. The University of Memphis hopes to buy this property, but the Episcopal student organization refuses to sell it.

By Samuel Prager

news@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis has numerous plans for future improvements, but many of these projects are being put on hold due to obstacles out of the University’s hands, including plans for a new visitor center and garden.

These two additions to campus life rest on the purchases

see CAMPUS on page 3

Día de los Muertos celebrates melding of ancient traditions

By Patrick Lantrip

news@dailyhelmsman.com Ancient cultures around the world associated fall with the cycle of death and rebirth as crops were harvested and days got shorter.

Halloween and Día de los Muertos both originated from indigenous holidays that were incorporated and altered by the Catholic Church. They draw

The Daily Helmsman is a “designated public forum.” Students have authority to make all content decisions without censorship or advance approval. The Daily Helmsman is pleased to make a maximum of 10 copies of each issue available to a reader for free.

Additional copies are $1. Partial printing and distribution costs are provided by an allocation from the Student Activity Fee.

Advertising: (901) 678-2191 Newsroom: (901) 678-2193

index

Tigers’ Tales Throwback

2 Sports 3

4

2 • Thursday, October 24, 2013

The

D AILY

H ELMSMAN Volume 81 Number 34

Editor-in-Chief Lisa Elaine Babb

www.dailyhelmsman.com

Tigers’ Ta es

What is your biggest pet peeve?

By Harrison Lingo

Managing Editor L. Taylor Smith Design Editors Faith Roane Hannah Verret Sports Editor Meagan Nichols General Manager Candy Justice Advertising Manager Bob Willis Administrative Sales Sharon Whitaker Advertising Production John Stevenson Advertising Sales Robyn Nickell Christopher Darling

“I hate texting somebody and them texting back, ‘OK.’ I also hate feet. Get your feet away from me.”

“You know the girls that kind of act stupid to impress guys because they think it’s cute?

That.”

Makeyra Williams, Education freshman

Brooke Howell, Mathematics freshman

“Oh my gosh, my biggest pet peeve, when I’m on my bike and people are glued to their phones and they can’t see me.”

“My biggest pet peeve would be hearing people breathe.”

Brandon Gregory, Criminal justice freshman

Eric Vickrey, English sophomore

Contact Information news@dailyhelmsman.com Make sure that little bird in our ear is you.

Advertising: (901) 6 78-2191 Newsroom: (901) 678-2193 The University of Memphis The Daily Helmsman 113 Meeman Journalism Building Memphis, TN 38152

Send us your thoughts @dailyhelmsman.

Solution on page 4

DOMINO’S PIZZA Across 1 Smooth to a fault 5 Song on a CD 10 Have chills, perhaps 13 Vidal’s Breckinridge 14 Oh so very 15 Messenger __ 16 Legs 18 Scrap 19 Provide with necessities 20 Great Lakes’ __ Canals 21 Cold Stone Creamery buy 22 Legs 25 Fluffy toy 28 Turkic flatbread 29 Ivory poacher’s prize 30 Name on 2008 and 2012 campaign posters 33 Thurman of “Gattaca” 36 Legs 40 “__ on a Grecian Urn” 41 Start of a child’s rhyme 42 The “kid” in “Here’s looking at you, kid” 43 Done to death 44 “Serious Moonlight” actress 47 “Legs” 52 Frontier lawman 53 Strike with force 54 Expensive outing, probably 57 CCCV ÷ V 58 Legs 61 Veggies go-with, perhaps 62 Rodeos, e.g.

63 “Works for me” 64 Biblical mount 65 Vail alternative 66 Dairy farmer’s fistful Down 1 Canyon or Sierra 2 Harp relative 3 Where the Tigris meets the Euphrates 4 Russian head scarf 5 Only Canadian MLB team 6 Martini’s partner 7 Used for dinner 8 Cosmetics counter array

DJ

Page 1

550 S. HIGHLAND

9 Flattens 10 Turn lane signal 11 Fatuous 12 Yuengling offering 14 Utah’s state gem 17 Kitchen protector 21 Cell user 23 Kraft coffee brand 24 Gasp 25 A.L. West player, informally 26 Shaded 27 Vacation site 31 Here, in Le Havre 32 Regards 33 Hardly fair?

34 Rise in the West 35 Wise-owl link 37 [You stepped on my paw!]

38 1864 Geneva Convention cre-

323-3030

ation 39 Blimps, e.g.

43 “Alley __” 45 They’re common in Mississippi 46 Reagan’s role in “Knute Rockne, All American” 47 “Save Me the Waltz” author Fitzgerald 48 3-D graph line 49 Sends sprawling 50 Many a fast-break result 51 Outstrip expectations 55 Buffalo’s lake 56 Sicilian tourist attraction 58 By means of 59 Rev 60 Filming site

with hundreds of people.

“Ben has maintained a passion and commitment to revitalizing a struggling dance scene while simultaneously staying true to the roots of electro and going 100 percent vinyl in an era where kids with a MacBook and headphones are calling themselves DJs,” Chappell said, “Ben has brought about a resurgence in Memphis of people starting to play actual records versus relying on playlists and MP3s.”

A nostalgia for vinyl has been re-emerging among some crowds.

Jenkins said he attributes this resurgence to a longing for quality over quantity and the “sentimental value” of owning a record.

“All a digital file is is a bunch of numbers. They are great, because they are cheaper to download, but there is something cool about a vinyl record,” Jenkins said.

Jenkins has traveled all over playing music, from Philadelphia to Detroit to Nashville. He hopes to travel to Club Berghain in Germany one day where the electronic music scene is bigger.

“Club Berghain is the biggest techno club in the world. People completely let loose because there are no photographs allowed,” he said. “I like it, because it is completely dark. I feel like all of lasers take away from the original focus which is the music.”

One of Jenkins’ favorite places to book a show so far has been Detroit, where he said the electronic music movement began.

“I loved Detroit, because there was a huge electro festival downtown — 50,000 people showed to a dark room with a gigantic sound system,” he said.

Along with booking live shows at local pubs, Jenkins also had a spot on LFO radio, a Memphis based online electronic music radio station, for close to two years where he showcased his own tracks. Listeners tuned in from as far away as Germany and England.

“I got to the point where I was sick

of the same old artists and tracks, so instead of complaining, I decided to do something about it,” Jenkins said.

“I felt it was my time to contribute to the electro community.”

Cote Overman, a student at Desoto Central High, tuned into Jenkins’ regularly and even exchanged some tracks with him.

“I definitely like how diverse his taste is. One week he might spin some disco sounding stuff, and the next he might spin something completely different,” Overman said.

Jenkins may be considered an anomaly in the electro community, because he is completely sober during all of his parties. He said to able to effectively preside over his tracks and equipment, getting inebriated could compromise that.

“I get as much of a high off of the music as anything,” Jenkins said.

“The repetitive nature of house music is like meditation for me — it puts me in the moment.”

Kevin Cranford, a DJ who goes by the stage name “Kevin C”, helped Jenkins start up the event P.U.R.E. Dance, an alcohol and drug free party. This simulated rave retained a following for two years at Club Odessa, First Congregational Church and Optimum Studio.

“Electronic music has long been associated with drugs and drug culture. We started this event with the intent of exposing a new generation to that type of music and to show that you can listen to and enjoy it without having to be under the influence,” Cranford said.

Although Jenkins said he dreams of selling out arenas at internationally acclaimed music festivals, he still has a soft spot for the seedy dive bars where he started his DJ career in.

“I like doing parties in bars where people lose all inhibitions and put their cigarette out on the carpet. When you play in a shithole, everyone adapts to the scuzzy surrondings,” Jenkins said. “The party becomes about nothing else but the music.”

The University of Memphis

Thursday, October 24, 2013 • 3

Throwback

Tigers easily crush cajuns, 28-6

Staff

Helmsman ‘67

Saving LiveS

One Pint at a time Donate at the Lambda Chi Alpha campus-wide blood drive.

WedneSday, OctOber 30 and

thurSday, OctOber 31 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Rose Theatre Lobby Contact: Domenic Martini jmartini@memphis.edu

Donate blood and receive a Halloween T-shirt!

Memphis State University soundly defeated the University of Southwestern Louisiana 28-6 in a contest marked by Memphis State mistakes close to the Cajun goal line.

The Tigers won easily but their offensive game failed near paydirt.

The Tigers were stopped six times within the Cajun 11 yard line.

The game started with a boom as USL tried a trick kick to keep the ball away from dangerous Nick Pappas. The kick flubbed and Tiger guard Ralph Hubbell recovered on the Memphis State 45. The Tigers quickly moved to the USL 10 in six plays. Two running plays netted three yards apiece and the Tigers had two more tries from the 4.

Coach Murphy, departing from the successful running attack, ordered a

Page 1

was considered a part of life, as intimately joined to being alive as birth. While no one actively sought their own death, it was not taboo.”

The event is usually celebrated around the week of Nov. 1, and the specifics of the celebration vary from region to region. However, there are some basic traditions that compose the event.

The Day of the Dead is believed to be the day that all the dead come to visit their relatives. Traditionally, alters are set up to honor dead relatives adorned with yellow or orange cempasúchil flowers, candles and ofrendas, which can be a favorite food of the deceased, sugar skulls, pan de los muertos or a favorite drink such as tequila.

Another way people celebrate Día de los Muertos is by going to cemeteries, cleaning off the graves of loved ones, leaving ofrendas and sometimes throwing all-night celebrations. They play music, dance and dress in masks and costumes at the gravesites.

Page 1

For more info, call 1-888-LIFEBLOOD or visit www.Lifeblood.org

The Memphis State passing attack was effective percentage-wise as the Tigers connected on 9-19 but the long bombs didn’t connect.

Rick Thurow came in at tailback and threw on two different occasions to Dale Brady but one pass was dropped and the other went slightly off course. Terry Padgett threw a bomb to Bob Baxter but he also dropped the pass. These errors cost the Tigers three touchdowns, as there was nothing between the Tiger receivers and the goal but grass on all three occasions.

The Cajuns exhibited a spunky defense and their offense sputtered sporadically off and on against the Tigers tough defense enough to scare the Tigers on occasion; but the Cajuns just weren’t in Memphis State’s class. The Tigers faltered and blew numerous scoring opportunities but the Cajuns just couldn’t capitalize on this.

Muertos

Campus

Make an appointment online and get a free small coffee coupon from Dunkin Donuts while supplies last.

pass and after it failed an off tackle play which went for no gain.

This in short was the story of the game. The Tigers eight times had the ball inside the Cajun 11 yard line but scored only twice.

Tom Wallace made the first Tiger touchdown on a three yard smash over left tackle. The touchdown was set up by a fumbled snap on an attempted punt by the Cajuns.

Alex Dees recovered the fumble on the USL four and on the second play Wallace went over for the touchdown.

Sophomore quarterback Rick Thurow provided the most exciting run of the game as he sneaked through a hole in the Cajun line and went untouched for 73 yards in the second quarter.

Nick Pappas scored twice for the Tigers once for 34 and for six. Both scores were made on sweeps around the left end.

building due to the property’s ownership issues between the city and the county. If the University purchases the abandoned building, it will most likely be turned into a University Visitor and Welcome Center.

“The reason I’d advocate a facility like the Highland Library is because it’s a stand-alone facility that is clearly visible to people,” said Betty Huff, vice provost of Enrollment Services. “We could put some nice signage up so people coming from out of town or don’t know much about the campus, could find it easily,

photo courtesy of Elena Delavega

During Día de los Muertos, observers adorn alters with offerings such as sugar skulls, traditional sweet rolls and flowers native to the Americas.

“They are not maudlin affairs at all — they are kind of like parties,” said Michael Duke, an associate professor at the U of M Department of Anthropology.

“The idea is that you are celebrating the return of your loved ones.”

Death is not viewed the same way that it is viewed in American culture, because death is not

mourned as a loss but instead celebrated as a new beginning, according to Duke.

“I feel like non-Latinos can learn a lot from that kind of an event,” Duke said. “In our own culture, once people die we tend to put them in the ground. We think about them, but we don’t celebrate them in this kind of way.”

as opposed to a secluded office in Wilder Tower.”

The center would have a receptionist to inform visitors about the campus, an array of brochures and other literature, admittance counselors and financial aid advisors, transforming the wing of Wilder Tower that was dedicated to those services into a one-stop office for all current students academic questions.

Parking would also improve if the welcome center moved out of Wilder Tower, according to Huff.

“Right now, one of the biggest problems with visitors coming to visit the campus is parking.

It’s very hard for a visitor to find parking space,” Huff said. “They

get lost as they drive around the campus, because so many of the parking lots around campus are gated, or you have to pay to park there, and it isn’t the best customer service to ask someone to come visit our campus and then ask them to pay to park.”

Kirby believes acquiring the library would help improve the campus atmosphere.

“I think taking space that isn’t being utilized and giving students something they don’t get anywhere else on campus, a get away spot,” Kirby said. “If we do acquire the library, it could really transform the area and help our school grow; you’ll go off campus, and it’ll look like you’re entering a school.”

4 • Thursday, October 24, 2013

www.dailyhelmsman.com

Sports

Top-five finish for women’s golf

By Meagan Nichols

sports@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis women’s golf team posted a fifth place finish Tuesday at the Florida International University Pat Bradley Invitational in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. The Tigers outshot 12 schools to solidify the fifth spot, tied school records, posted season best performances along the way.

After three days of competition and 54 holes of golf, the Memphis squad left with a cumulative score of 892 to duplicate a program record that dates back to 1997. The Tigers round-two score of 294 was an 18-hole season best.

Beth Harrelson, the head women’s golf coach of six seasons and former Memphis golf player, said the way her team played at the tournament was a huge deal, especially as they move forward.

“I was very proud,” she said.

“They played absolutely great, especially since they moved up from seventh place to finish in fifth (the Tigers sat in seventh place in rounds one and two).”

The top finisher for the Tigers was junior Ashley Kees, who finished 11th individually and led the team with an overall score of 216. In the first round of golf on Sunday, the Memphis player shot a 70 followed by a 78 in round two and a 68 on day three to finish the tournament even.

Kees’ third round score was the best of her collegiate career to date and the best score of any golfer in the field on day three.

Kees finished the round with four birdies and no bogies.

“She stayed in the moment and played the shot at hand,”

Harrelson said. “In golf, if you think too much about the overall score you won’t do well.”

Senior Shelby Sain was the next finisher for the Tigers. The veteran player was plus nine on the tournament, posting scores of 78, 72 and 75 for a 225 total.

Sain finished tied for 28th overall. Freshman Leighann Cabush rounded out the top three for Memphis, tying for 34th individually with scores of 73, 76 and 78.

Junior Ashleigh Whisenant and sophomore Julia Gerlach finished in the fourth and fifth spots for the Tigers. Whisenant tied for 46th with scores of 79, 72 and 79, and Gerlach tied for 61st with an

80, 81 and 73.

The Tigers wrap up their fall schedule Oct. 28 and 29 when they head to Gulf Shores, Ala., to participate in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Beach Blast.

Harrelson said there will not be as many teams at the Beach Blast and said there are about four schools ranked ahead of Memphis that should be in attendance.

“We know the course,” she said. “We are familiar with it, and it is similar to the one we just played. I expect a top three finish … look for great things from this team.”

photo By Joe Murphy | specIal to the DaIly helMsMan

Tiger Shelby Sain competed with the University of Memphis squad at the recent FIU Pat Bradley Invitational. The team placed fifth out of 17 teams.

YOU WON’T

BELIEVE THE PRICES!

Solutions

FALL FALL SPECIAL SPECIAL $125 $125

Nown Ope

3899 Park Ave. Memphis (901) 323-2772 Why pay high prices at other stores? dd’s has the same brands and home decor for much less...EVERYDAY!