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news@dailyhelmsman.com Student Activity Fee money set aside for registered student organizations to use for printing, advertisement and supplies this semester is almost gone.
Leila Schroeder, senior administrative secretary for the Office of Student Leadership and Involvement, said $514 was left Wednesday at about 1:30 p.m. Within two hours, the funds began to disappear. When Nicole Smith, co-president of Association for Management Information Systems,
requested $92.50 in printing costs and advertising in The Daily Helmsman, Schroeder told her the office was down to about $45, Smith said. Operational Assistance and Student Event Allocation, the two
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Week to raise awareness for domestic violence
By Samantha Esgro
news@dailyhelmsman.com The Berlin Wall was built as a symbol of communism and seclusion for Germany. Thirty years later, it fell, opening the country up to a different world of culture and freedom. “Children of the Wall,” a film by director Brice Swartz and producer Christine Bolton, depicts the great change that took place in the years after the wall fell through the eyes of the country’s artists. The showing, free and open to the public, will take place Monday at 7 p.m. in the University Center Theater. “They really did a good job at representing a multitude of voices during that time and generally overall. It is also interesting because you get to see the artsy German type of people,” Heike Polster, assistant German professor at the University of Memphis, said. The film is set in East Germany, where the government would pay artists to draw on the wall. “The wall didn’t make life better as much as they thought it would, so there are some surprises in that aspect,” Polster said. The directors will attend the showing and answer questions afterward. n
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Thelma Dalton holds her teddy bear at her Los Alamitos apartment. She is counseled by a group that helps elderly victims of domestic abuse. Dalton said of the teddy bear, “Sometimes you just need something to hold on to.”
By Samantha Esgro
news@dailyhelmsman.com Every nine seconds, a woman is assaulted or beaten in the United States. Almost one in five teenage girls have been threatened by violence or self-harm when presenting their boyfriend with a breakup. Men who have seen domestic violence from their parents are twice as likely to abuse their own wives than those who haven’t. Thes e fac ts f rom DomesticViolenceStatistics.org are what Open Your Eyes Week is trying to make everyone — men and
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women alike — aware of. “This week represents an opportunity for the University of Memphis community to collectively recognize the issue of domestic violence and learn about resources for those affected by it, hear survivor stories and open their eyes to a real societal issue,” Sydney McGhee, graduate student and member of the Public Administration Program, said. Raising awareness is step one to ending domestic violence, but in order to be aware of an issue, students must first understand it. “Domestic violence is abuse suffered at the hands of someone the
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victim has an intimate relationship with — family, a significant other or someone the victim lives with,” said McGhee, who has known several victims of domestic violence. In a DomesticViolenceStatistics. org poll, 80 percent of people surveyed agreed emotional abuse is worse than physical. Domestic violence does not only affect victims, but also those surrounding them: children, family and friends. Nor does it only affect women. “[Sexualized violence] affects the men who care about [women victims], their families, their
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Lecture on U.S. cultural movements tonight By Lisa Babb
news@dailyhelmsman.com D eb or a h Gray White, acclaimed a u t h o r, will lecture tonight on powerful cultural m o v e m e nt s in American White history during the turn of the millennium. She will explore what these movements reveal about black women’s changing identities. “She uses these events to not only explore the ideas and feelings of African-American women, but also [to] investigate the politics and culture of the United States in the midst of this transformative decade,” Aram Goudsouzian, director of the Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities, said. There were many public demonstrations in the U.S. during the 1990s, including the Million Man and Woman Marches, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender marches and the Million Mom March. White will discuss how these events shed light on the beliefs and experiences of black women. This lecture is set to take place in the University Center and includes a reception at 6 p.m. prior to the main event at 6:30 p.m. Free and open to the public, it is the keynote address of the 14th annual Graduate Conference on African and African-American History, sponsored by the Graduate Association for African-American History. “We are proud to partner with the Graduate Association of African-American History, an especially active and ambitious student group that puts on a conference every year that attracts top-flight young scholars from across the nation,” Goudsouzian said. The conference will also include a roundtable event with pizza at noon Friday, during which speakers will share advice with students on a variety of topics, including graduate school, dissertation and entering the job market. n
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You don’t know what you have until it’s gone By Christopher Whitten
cwhitten@dailyhelmsman.com When I was 20 years old, I did something stupid. I was with the wrong group of guys, and we decided to go into a grocery store. Whitten I sat down at the deli to delve into some of the banana pudding on the daily special. My friends had things on their shop-
uuRSO Continued from page 1 groups in charge of redistributing SAF funds to RSOs, received budget cuts over the summer from the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee. The committee cut $44,000 total from the budget of these groups that fund student clubs and student events, while increasing the budget of one student group — the Student Government Association — by nearly $59,000. This came as a shock to Jason Jacquin, president of The Society of Veteran Scholars. “It troubles me that one RSO, the [Student Activities Council], receives eight times as much funding as the entire Operational Assistance for RSOs on campus,” Jacquin said. “Another organization, the SGA, receives nearly six times the allocation that Operational Assistance does.” The Student Activities Council receives the most SAF funding — $390,000. It organizes campus-wide events such as awareness weeks and homecoming. Two members of the SGA serve as voting members on the SAF Allocation Committee. The group received the third largest amount of funding at $233,866. Jacquin noted that roughly 40 percent of the allocations go to the SGA and SAC, while Operational
ping lists as well. One went to the pharmacy and the other took a stroll to the beer aisle. After a bit of confusion, they both abandoned their missions and sprang from the store. I walked out a bit confused, only to have my arm grabbed by an undercover loss prevention supervisor. I hadn’t paid for the dessert. The questions began as quickly as the accusations. What were my friends doing? Where did they go? How much did I know? To this day, I don’t know many of those answers. The police were called on a routine shoplifting charge, but I, the ora-
Assistance that serves about 200 student groups was cut by 30 percent. “These facts don’t support or promote the success of student organizations at the U of M,” he said. Cortney Richardson, former chairman of the Student Event Allocation Committee, said selecting a random student to serve on the SAF Allocation Committee would be an unbiased, fair alternative to the SGA representatives. “We need a random poll sometimes,” he said. “We’ve got to stop recycling people. Everybody needs a fair chance of being selected.” While the SGA and SAC have an amount of money set aside for their organizations’ personal uses, all other RSOs on campus must collectively access money from Operational Assistance on a first come, first served basis. Each RSO is allowed up to $400 every fall and spring semester and $300 each summer to be used for ads in The Daily Helmsman, printing purposes at Tiger Copy and Graphics, mailing services at the on-campus post office and office supplies at the campus bookstore, as long as funds are available. “[RSOs] always think they have a set $400,” Schroeder said. “We try to communicate that it’s first come, first served.” Since its budget was cut, the Student Leadership and Involvement
tor that I am, attempted to talk my way out of the misdemeanor charge. Unfortunately, I actually talked my way into a felony charge, because my friend at the pharmacy tried to use a fake prescription. I went to jail. I served probation. I am a felon. I cannot vote. I hear people all the time questioning why they should vote. My answer — because you can. And you should. It takes time to register, to leave work, to stand in line, to make a decision and to make a difference. But that’s what it costs you. Me? My cost is a bit higher — $2,512. I have to pay court costs and
fines before I can apply to have my voting rights restored. My goal is to accomplish that by 2016, but you can do that now. Go vote. It could make a difference. If your vote didn’t have value, the government wouldn’t disenfranchise those like me who have made mistakes. Today is the last day of early voting in Tennessee. If you miss that deadline, you have five more days to get the gumption to do what is right — to fulfill what our forefathers laid out for us in their plan for a nation of liberty, built on blood and sacrifice. Don’t not vote because you don’t
Office had $1,500 to allot to student groups over the summer, requiring the office to start using funds set aside for the fall as early as July 1. Angie Norwood, coordinator for student activities, said the money runs out every year, but this year it is running out almost a month before usual. Another factor affecting the deficiency is the unprecedented amount of student organizations that registered. In years past, there have typically been 180 to 190 each semester. In the spring of 2012, there were 218 RSOs on campus. Currently there are 194 listed on the Student Leadership and Involvement’s website, but Norwood said RSOs continue to register until as late as March. As of Oct. 12, the office shows 83 of the 194 RSOs used SAF funding. “The majority of the groups who are going to use it have already,” Norwood said. Shelby Wilson, executive director of Up ‘til Dawn, said the office warned her that funds were running low, so she requested printing funds in advance for Up ‘til Dawn’s fundraising dinner. “We need Helmsman ads and office supplies, so if we aren’t able to have those funds we’ll have to take it out of our bank account — money that would normally go to [St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital],” Wilson said. n
uuViolence Continued from page 1 friends, their coworkers and their communities. Sexualized violence is [an] epidemic,” Teneshia Arnold, graduate student and member of the Student Activities Council, the host of Open Your Eyes Week. The program began Monday and continues through Friday. There have been several events supporting awareness, such as a discussion by Stacey Lannert, who told students her life story. Today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., there is an exhibit in the University Center Ballroom that will allow students a chance to watch videos pertaining to domestic violence and look at the Silent Silhouette exhibit. There is also a candlelight vigil at 7 p.m. on the Student Plaza. Friday is the “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” march, which is a walk for men to support the end of rape, sexual assault and gender violence. Men who participate will walk a mile wearing women’s high heels. “Students are really coming out and supporting the efforts of putting an end to domestic violence,” Arnold said of the week’s success.
like the candidates. Don’t not vote because you think your vote means nothing. Don’t not vote because it’s inconvenient or costly. Election Day is Nov. 6. If you don’t like the major candidates, choose a third party, or even a fourth. Vote on the issues. Vote because your vote does mean something — to me and those like me, and to those who devoted their lives for the expansion of suffrage. Don’t do something stupid like I did. Don’t give anybody the chance to take away your right to vote. You won’t know what you had until it’s gone. n
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Crowd rallies for Passion Pit
By Samuel Prager
news@dailyhelmsman.com The return of the electropopsensation Passion Pit to Memphis brought an energetic crowd of 1,500 to Minglewood Hall on Saturday. A line of a hundred or so early arrivals, some in costume, stood outside the venue waiting for the clock to strike 7 p.m. That’s when the doors opened to allow the crowd to hurry in, packing the narrow entrance halls, each person trying to avoid being part of the unlucky few to get left out in the near freezing temperatures the night had to offer. Attendees could hardly get through the opening acts without chanting for Passion Pit, a recent sensation across the country. “The crowd was hanging onto every word and every beat the band put out,” Minglewood Hall Marketing Manager Brent Logan said. “And the band seemed like they were having a great time.” The band opened their set with one of their newer singles, “Take a Walk,” just as they did two weeks prior on Saturday Night Live. They threw out song after song with bass that rattled the crowd’s heart and an impressive light show to match. Attendees threw up their arms and hands to every heart-thumping beat that Passion Pit played, screaming the band’s lyrics and swinging their hips to
the music. “Passion Pit is the kind of band that you want to sing and dance to all night, and that is exactly what the crowd did,” Logan said. The show continued on for a few hours. The band’s feverish stage presence and the relentless crowd both refused to stop. Passion Pit finished the set with their first falsetto-driven synthpop hit, “Sleepyhead,” released in 2008. When the lights died, the audience’s roar resurrected the band to the stage for an encore, which included “Little Secrets,” a single off the band’s first studio album, “Manners,” which released in 2009. Before the main act came on, though, the crowed rocked out to Canadian indie-rockers Hollerado and Los Angeles-based Youngblood Hawke, a maximalist-pop band fully equipped with bass drops and synth-induced melodies. Youngblood Hawke performed a cover of Notorious B.I.G.’s hit single, “Juicy.” Hollerado, who started their set with a harmony-induced power pop ballad, interacted with the audience throughout their performance with synchronized jumps and a variety of Canadianbased jokes. The packed house livened the venue by coming in costumes. “We had everything from Star Wars characters to the Jamaican bob sled team,” Logan said. n
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Radiothon for Ronald McDonald House begins
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news@dailyhelmsman.com The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis will begin hosting its annual radiothon today on 98.1 The Max and News Talk FM 98.9. The house, which relies almost solely on donations, provides food, shelter and a sense of home at no cost to families whose children are receiving cancer treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “Families usually come to the house within 24-48 hours of finding out their children have cancer,” Brittany Fitzpatrick, communications coordinator at Ronald McDonald House, said. “After only having a day or two to process that information, then going to a new city without friends and family, it means so much to have a warm bed in a house with other families that are going through the same situation.” Since it was founded 21 years ago, the house has relied on annual radiothons to help build and sustain its operations. The facility provides warm beds,
home-cooked meals and recreational activities to families. There are 51 bedrooms and 200 people reside there on any given day. “Our families already have tremendous financial burdens placed on them, and this helps alleviate additional burdens,” Fitzpatrick said. “They don’t have to worry about paying for food or rent.” Those who wish to contribute can call 1-800-230-KIDS (5437) or donate online at rmhcmemphis.org. Donators can also drop off contributions at City East Bagel & Grille, Larry’s Pizza, Sidecar Cafe and Bumpus Harley-Davidson. “It is a terrific cause and a tradition to help the Ronald McDonald House and all of those who rely on it,” said Michael Robilio, owner of Sidecar Cafe. “Usually the families that need the facility have enough worries on their mind. They don’t need to worry about things like finding a place to stay or paying for housing.” This event will conclude Saturday with a grand finale at the Hard Rock Café at 7 p.m. n
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Students to showcase disc jockey skills in Red Bull contest By Samuel Prager
news@dailyhelmsman.com Red Bull will be giving campus disc jockeys a chance to spin for the win at the Red Bull DJ Master Competition on Nov. 8. The competition gives DJs from the University of Memphis, Rhodes College, the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University a 10-minute window to show off their musical versatility and array of talent. However, the DJ’s set must include a Memphisbased artist.
The competition will take place at Senses Nightclub and will include the U of M’s own Ben Murray and Xavier Jones, known as PHNX. “The show is going to be awesome and there will be a lot of college students from Memphis,” Murray said. “The energy is going to be great, and everyone is going to be vibin’ to some campus DJs.” Judges DJ Crumbz, who is also hosting the event, and DJ Charlie White will pick the top two of the six competing DJs and determine the winner based on music selection, creativity and the crowd’s cheers.
“There is a secret surprise for the winner that Red Bull hasn’t disclosed yet, but bragging rights is a prize in itself,” Murray said. “The winner will be the Red Bull DJ Master, which is just an awesome title to have.” Along with the six competing collegiate DJs, the judges will be guest performing at the event as well. “I’m glad to be included in the list of DJs that come from all of the different campuses that are included in the competition,” Jones said. “The competition has the opportunity for great exposure. Red Bull has done a
lot for music and DJs in particular.” You must be 18 to attend the show and 21 to drink at the event. “The University of Memphis DJs are going to kill it,” Murray said. “Come party with us.” More than 100 people already have confirmed their attendance on Facebook. “There are only two out of six students from Memphis performing. For one of us to win, Memphis is going to have to come out because the winner will be determined by crowd participation, so I hope to see everyone there,” Jones said. n
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C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal three times. Pembroke has been part of a select group of Memphis Tigers student-athletes, called the Tiger Academic 30, six times. Gravlin, who is also a captain of the team, received the C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal and has made the Dean’s List twice. The U of M (10-7-1) finished the regular season in sixth place in the conference, drawing the University of Central Florida in the first round of the C-USA tournament. n
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of M had two players earn academic honors. The league office announced Wednesday that senior defender Bailey Pembroke and redshirt sophomore defender Kelley Gravlin were named to the C-USA All-Academic team. Pembroke, who has a 4.0 grade point average, was named to the first team, while Gravlin was named to the second with a 3.91 GPA. Pembroke is one of three captains for Memphis. She started all 18 games this season and has earned the
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bheater@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis men’s tennis team schedule, released Wednesday, includes 13 squads that were ranked at last season’s end and three ranked in the top 25. After appearing in the program’s first NCAA Tournament, the team’s schedule reflects the rise of the Tigers as one of the country’s top-notch tennis programs. The Tigers will begin the spring schedule with three straight matches against ranked opponents, starting with Michigan State on Jan. 18, a team ranked No. 53 last year. They will then travel to face Oklahoma, the No. 10 team last year, on Jan. 24 before taking on No. 24 Harvard or No. 29 Notre Dame on Jan. 25. Memphis plays its next pair of ranked opponents on the road, first
with No. 40 Vanderbilt on Feb. 15, followed by No. 14 Ole Miss on Feb. 26. The Tigers will have one home match March 2 against Winthrop. The team faces future Big East foe No. 55 St. John’s in New York on March 8 before a trip to No. 70 Cornell on March 10. The Tigers return to Tennessee on March 19 at No. 46 Middle Tennessee, then head west to play in the San Diego Tournament March 21-23. Memphis ends the month with visits to No. 18 Baylor on March 28 and Texas Christian on March 30. The Tigers wrap up road trips at No. 31 Virginia Commonwealth on April 6 and another future Big East opponent No. 34 Louisville on April 7. Memphis ends the regular season by hosting No. 75 AlabamaBirmingham on April 12, followed by No. 52 South Alabama on April 14. The Tigers will host the Conference USA Championships April 18-21. n
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What’s your fantasy (basketball team)? By L. Taylor Smith
news@dailyhelmsman.com Fantasy basketball season is booting up just as real basketball is tipping off. While devoted basketball fans are rooting eagerly for their favorite teams, other fans will be intently focused on their computer screens as they cheer for a team all their own. Jacob Howard, economics graduate student, has played fantasy basketball online for four years. He started playing when his friend, a sports fanatic, asked him to join a league. “I used to play basketball in high school, and I follow basketball really closely, so it seemed like a fun opportunity to beat my friend in something,” Howard said. In order to play fantasy basketball, participants choose a website, such as Yahoo or ESPN, that hosts fantasy games. Players then create
their teams either through an auto pick draft, a live draft or a live auction draft. With auto pick, teams are chosen randomly without player input. In a live draft and a live auction draft, players choose whom they want on their teams, but in live auction, players use digital credits to pay for players as they come up. The teams are composed of real NBA players, and fantasy basketball players get points according to how well their real counterparts play. Participants can set up a league and play against their friends or strangers. Ideally, a league has eight to 10 people to avoid having each team filled with the highest ranked players. Although the league that Howard has created only has six teams right now, he has recruited his fiancée, Lea Hay, to join. She’s never played before. “It’s probably better if you aren’t into basketball, because you’re going
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to be less biased toward or against a certain team,” Howard said. “You’ll pay more attention to what the stats are instead of choosing players from teams you like, so you may actually do better than someone who plays a lot.” Hunter McCormick, freshman biomedical engineering major, has played fantasy football for seven years and fantasy basketball for four. The drafting strategy for his team “Boom Boom Pau” — a play off of the name of a player with the Los Angeles Lakers, Pau Gasol — follows Howard’s advice and focuses on the statistics. “Well, when we start our draft, I’m going to look at the stats from last season and base my picks off that,” McCormick said. “I’ve got to separate who I like because when you draft people you actually like, you usually end with a really bad team.” Although players like Howard and McCormick are playing for bragging rights, others play for money through sites like FanDuel. On FanDuel, players pay an entry fee of anywhere from $1 to $500, and whoever has the best team wins the entire pot. In 2011, the site paid out $10,400,000 to players in the United States and Canada, excluding Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana and Vermont due to state laws. The timeline for fantasy basketball deviates slightly from the normal basketball season. Fantasy leagues wrap up sooner because not all players will make it to the official NBA playoffs. Austin Reynolds, computer and electrical engineering major, is starting his second year as a fantasy basketball player, but would much rather watch his favorite team — the Memphis Grizzlies — win than his fantasy team. “Sometimes, it comes down to where you’ll have to either root for your fantasy team or your favorite team, and the Grizzlies will always come first for me,” Reynolds said. “In the end, fantasy basketball doesn’t matter as much as the real deal.” n
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Women’s golf team places 6th By Jaclyn Redmon
sports@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis women’s golf team finished round two of the Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Wahiawa, Hawaii, in sixth place, posting a season-best score of 300. The Tigers started the first round of the tournament shooting 307. They had strong play from seniors Julia Hodgson and Alex Alang. Hodgson finished round one with a 79. She improved in the second round, shooting an even par of 72. Alang shot 71 in the first round, tying for the lead. She had a strong second round as well, posting a two-over 74. She shot a birdie on the back nine on the 15th hole. She then posted an eagle on the par-four eighth hole. After her strong second round finish, Alang is in second place with a tworound total of 145. The Tigers saw consistent play from senior Sarah Mathews, who shot 78 in the first and second round. Sophomore Natalie Turk improved in round two, shooting 76 after a first round score of 79. Junior Ashley Kees put up an 80 in round one and carded and 83 in round two to finish out the sixth place score for the team. The Tigers enter the third round 12 strokes behind Florida International and Toledo. The teams tied for first with a total of 595. The individual leader of the tournament is Washington State’s Kristen Rue, who had a total of 144 through two rounds. n
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Newcomers add skills to Tiger basketball By Bryan Heater
bheater@dailyhelmsman.com Each season, college basketball coaches sign players for different reasons. From defense to scoring to rebounding or even bringing more energy, newcomers can take a team that lacked in certain areas and push them over the top. For the University of Memphis men’s basketball team, the three fresh faces — freshmen Shaq Goodwin and Damien Wilson and junior Geron Johnson — added to this year’s roster are expected to shore up areas that the Tigers lacked last season. Head coach Josh Pastner said he expects all three men to give the Tigers an added wrinkle to their game. “I expect all three guys to be able to produce and contribute and do their job,” Pastner said. “Shaq can come in and help us on the glass. Geron is a very talented prospect. He has to learn how to play in a structured environment, which he is getting better at. Damien is a guy that has surprised even our coaching staff. He just has to learn how to play every possession.” Rebounding has plagued the Tigers in Pastner’s first three seasons. The signing of big man Goodwin from Southwest DeKalb High School in Decatur, Ga., immediately adds rebounding for Memphis. While at DeKalb, Goodwin averaged 11.1 rebounds per game, as well as 20.0 points per game. Goodwin had a number of games where he pulled down more than 15 boards. His presence should relieve some of the pressure on junior Tarik Black, who is expected to be the top rebounder for the Tigers this season. “I’m starting to get the hang of things,” Goodwin said. “My role is to basically come in and rebound. That’s what we were missing last year, so that’s basically my main priority.” In Johnson, the Tigers get one
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Freshman Shaq Goodwin shows his high-flying abilities during the dunk contest at Memphis Madness on Oct. 12. of the premier junior college prospects from last season. Johnson has the ability to start and stop on a dime, slash and play tenacious defense. His main hurdle will be staying out of trouble. Johnson was dismissed from his last two schools after numerous run-ins with the law. He said his troubles are behind him and that he is focused on doing what is asked of him. “That was the past and we all have a past,” Johnson said. “I’m looking toward the future and trying to make it positive for a better outcome. [I bring] leadership. I’ve got two years of junior college under my belt. I’m just here to win a national championship.”
Wilson rounds out the newcomers signed for the upcoming campaign. He hails from the prestigious Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va. While at Oak Hill, Wilson averaged 7.1 ppg and 3.8 rpg. He helped lead his team to a perfect 44-0 season, the most wins in school history, and a national championship. Wilson’s forte is on the defensive end, where he is considered to be a lockdown defender. Though he may not play as much as Goodwin or Johnson, Wilson is expected to provide much-needed energy on defense in practices and games. “Personally, I just want to help the team on the defensive end,
because that’s an area we struggled in the past few years,” Wilson said. “I bring rebounding too, because we have enough scorers. Really just being an energy guy, because that’s what coach Pastner asks out of me. We need to bring more energy back to the city.” With each player, a new skill is brought to the table that can help the Tigers get past the opening game in the NCAA Tournament. Whether or not the newcomers help push Memphis over the top is yet to be seen. But with these players, the Tigers get a group of guys that want to help the team achieve its goals of a national championship, and that is all Pastner and Tigers fans can ask for. n
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