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Avenue Coffee, currently undergoing renovations, stands silent and vacant on the corner of Douglass Avenue and Echles Street.
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A lone yellow building on Echles Street has stood empty for a number of years. Now a group of students from across the city are working together to turn the vacant building at 786 Echles St. into a community-centered coffee shop named Avenue Coffee. Nicolas Griffin, the 21-yearold CEO of Avenue Coffee, has been in the process of making his dream come true for the past
four years. “The really cool thing about coffee shops is they just give you a place to be creative and do work,” Griffin said. “That’s always kind of been a big part of our goal. It’s super important to us to provide a place to foster that creativity.” Griffin said the coffee house would serve as a nonprofit organization devoted to raising awareness for charities. “We are partnering with a lot of local charities on a monthly basis, and we’ll raise awareness
about whatever issue they deal with. The first month is already set up and will be about clean water around the world,” Griffin said. Griffin said that the shop’s coffee would be cheaper than major coffee shops, averaging around $3.00 for a cup of coffee. “If you know anything about the coffee industry, you’ll find out it’s not nearly as expensive as corporations like Starbucks make it seem,” Griffin said. “However, we are going for really high quality coffee. So we aren’t saying
it will be the cheapest coffee in town, but it will be the best coffee in town for a very reasonable price.” Many residents in the neighborhood are excited about a locally-owned coffee shop moving into the area, including 21-year-old resident Andrew Moser who said replacing an abandoned building with something productive is killing two birds with one stone. “I’ve heard rumors that it used to be a burger place, a bar and a grocery store in the past, but I’ve
never actually seen it be anything other than an abandoned building and I’m glad they’re making it into something,” Moser, who has lived in the neighborhood for the past two years, said. “They’re really trying to beautify this neighborhood, and this would be a positive addition to the neighborhood.” Some neighbors in the area do have some concerns about the coffee house and the safety of the streets surrounding it as well as
after-school program from 3 to 7 p.m., tutoring children who have been displaced from their home countries and don’t speak English as a first language. “We advocate for the children in school. We want them to have the best education possible,” said Jules Mucyoweza, the community outreach coordinator for REP. “Right now, we work with 260 kids from over 17 different countries.” While the majority of the children hail from Sudan, Somalia or other African countries, students also come from countries such as
Bhutan, Afghanistan and Iraq. A main goal of the program is to help children with their homework. However, the program also strives to help the children learn English, develop academic and literary skills, build social networks and learn about American culture and society. In addition to these functions, REP also offers English as a second language, or ESL, classes for adults. “When kids come to America they pick up on the language before the adults,” Mucyoweza said. “So, sometimes it can be difficult for the
parents to be able to communicate with the kids.” Ruth Lomo, a Sudanese refugee and mother of five, founded REP in 2002. In addition to her own, Lomo was also taking care of her deceased sister’s six children. Helping 11 children with their homework eventually proved to be too much for Lomo, so she enlisted the help of her neighbors. “Then she had the idea to help other refugees that were in the same situation as she was,” Mucyoweza said. “So she found a place where she could gather all the refugee kids
whose parents were unable to help them, and the Americans could come and help.” Mucyoweza said there are only three full-time staff members and the group heavily relies on volunteer support. “I’ve never done tutoring before and haven’t been around a lot of kids, so I thought it was really fun to work with kids of all ages,” Sarah Janssen, a volunteer, said. “Even though there are a lot of kids and a lot of chaos, you still get one on
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Organization helps empower refugees By Patrick Lantrip
news@dailyhelmsman.com Being uprooted from one’s home country at any age can be a traumatic experience — learning to navigate a new culture can be equally frightening. For Memphis-based refugees, the Refugee Empowerment Program offers support in their journey to self-sufficiency. REP is a nonprofit organization at 258 N. Merton St. that specializes in supporting refugees with the unique challenges they face. One of REP’s primary functions is as an
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Baba ghanoush in the land of barbecue By Joey Kachel
news@dailyhelmsman.com There’s more to Memphis than just slow-roasted pig parts. The city boasts a number of restaurants specializing in exotic, aromatic and flavorful cuisine from the Mediterranean and Middle East. For the purposes of definition, Mediterranean is described as the area around the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the nations of North Africa as well as Greece, Cyprus and Turkey and an area known as the Levant, comprising Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan, countries which also make up parts of the Middle East. The Middle East encompasses the rest of the region, from the countries of the Saudi peninsula to Iraq and Iran. For centuries, the area was the
crossroads of trade between Europe and Asia, and the cuisine of the area borrowed techniques and flavors from each other. As Islam spread, so did the foods of the people of the Middle East. So even as far as Russia, there are elements of Middle Eastern cuisine. Mediterranean cuisine is markedly different from typical Memphis food fare. Where barbecue is bold, Mediterranean is subtler, favoring balanced herbs and spices. While a lot of Memphis’ food weighs heavy on the meat — in particular pork or beef — Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine focuses on vegetables, grains and beans — especially lentils and chickpeas, which are ground into hummus and molded into balls which are then fried, becoming falafel. One of the city’s finest Middle
Eastern restaurants is Casablanca at 5030 Poplar Ave., with another location under construction in the Cooper-Young district. The restaurant offers a number of entrees, sandwiches and salads and even sells its own honey and olive oil. One can order a lunch with a beef, lamb or chicken shawarma — a sandwich made of meat shaved off a spit wrapped in pita bread, similar to a gyro — and a cup of thick, hot Arabic coffee for about $11. Casablanca also offers what they call a “Big Mac of the Middle East,” a falafel wrap for $6. There are also a large number of entrees available, such as various types of kabobs, pieces of meat and vegetables cooked on a skewer, a sort of Greek lasagna made of beef and lamb called pastitsio and grilled salmon. Al-Rayan at 288 N. Cleveland St.
might be a good choice for people looking to save some cash. Al-Rayan’s decor isn’t as nice as Casablanca’s and the menu is a little sparse, but the food is just as good. They’re a little cheaper than Casablanca, with the same meal — shawarma and coffee — coming in at about $6.25. Their falafel sandwich is even cheaper at only $4.50. Petra Café isn’t just a Middle Eastern restaurant — its focus is more on Mediterranean cuisine such as Greek and Italian food, including more “traditional” meals such as paninis and deli-style sandwiches. It has four locations around the city. JiJi’s Wraps at 3950 Park Ave. is another Mediterranean restaurant in the city, focusing on wraps and sandwiches. They also have pizza and pasta. Be prepared for a bit of a wait — it’s certainly worth it.
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skepticism due to the building’s many short-lived tenants over the years. “I think the idea of a coffee shop that people would typically walk to in the neighborhood, sometimes late at night, might be dangerous due to the rising crime in this area,” Patrick Herrington, who has lived in the neighborhood for the past four years, said. “That building has been abandoned for at least a couple years. At some point there was a bar when I lived here, but it closed soon after it opened. Hopefully they can do better.” Herrington, a senior psychology major, does think that the building would add a nice touch to the neighborhood and could really benefit the college students that make up a large portion of the population in the area. “I’ve always thought that building was really cool. I always thought it should be something cool and be community oriented since it’s in the middle of the neighborhood,” Herrington said. “I think a coffee shop would be a really good idea for that location.” Griffin said that despite some obstacles, Avenue Coffee has consistently pushed forward and plans on opening early next semester.
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one, which is impressive.” Sarah and Elliot Janssen both volunteer through the Christ Community Health Services, which has a rotation of visiting students and likes to get the students involved with the community. “We are going to be doctors, and one of the things I like is pediatrics,” Elliot Janssen said. “So, this a great opportunity to be with kids and interact with them but also to help them out.” Mucyoweza said he is always on the lookout for more volunteers. “Any opportunity where we can find volunteers is welcome,” he said. “So if you know someone who is bored and has nothing to do but wants to help people, I think this a good place for them to volunteer.” For information regarding volunteer opportunities, visit their website at www.repmemphis.org.
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Tigers’ Ta es “I will probably watch the game on T.V. We will definitely beat Austin Peay.”
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“I will probably go to the game. Memphis is just a better team.” Mikail Phillips, Health administration senior
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“Yeah, I’m pretty sure we will beat Austin Peay after how we handled Christian Brothers.” Hector Marquez, Special education freshmen
“We are totally going to beat them. We are ranked No. 13 in the nation. I have to go to the game.” Eric Nieser, Mechanical engineering freshman
Old growth forest preserves history By Patrick Lantrip
news@dailyhelmsman.com Sprawled out across 126 acres, the appropriately named Old Forest at Overton Park stands apart from its urban setting like a portal into the past, hinting at what Memphis looked like 10,000 years ago. Prior to 1901, what is now Overton Park was known as Lea’s Woods — a vast expanse of old growth forest that remained relatively unchanged since the end of the last Ice Age. When park planner George Kessler designed Overton Park, he set aside 172 acres of pristine woodland to be designated as the Old Forest. Since then, the park and the surrounding city have changed greatly, but the forest remains relatively the same. That is, depending on where one looks. “The forest is always changing,” Roy Barnes said, as he stopped
to show a group of day hikers an example of pit-and-mound topography. Barnes is the president of Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, also known as CPOP, which is the modern-day incarnation of a group that garnered national attention in the early 1970s by halting former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Jim Volpe’s plan to run I-40 through the middle of the park. The Supreme Court case, Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe, was a landmark case for the conservation of public lands. These days, CPOP still protects the park, but now they are more concerned with invasive plant species such as English ivy, or the dreaded kudzu, than Supreme Court rulings. Barnes leads one of CPOP’s bimonthly nature walks around the Old Forest Trail. While the trails are always open to the public, on the second Saturday and the last Sunday of
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from C P O P leads a 1.5 mile nature walk through the Old Forest to explore the rich biodiversity that inhabits the state’s natural area. In 2009, the city of Memphis hired Dr. Thomas Heineke to catalogue the flora inside the old growth forest. “Very few virgin forests exist in the Mid-South region and certain-
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l y n o n e within a city the size of Memphis,” Heineke said in his report. “Many of the trees reach heights well over 100 feet and measure four to five feet or larger in diameter at breast height. A large number of these trees are likely greater than 200 years of age.”
In his report, Heineke catalogued more than 70 different species of trees, including 11 species of oak, 332 species of flowering plants from 85 families, two of which, goldenseal andoceanblue phacelia, are on the Tennessee Natural Heritage Program Rare Plant List and an astounding eight different species of wild grape vines, some of which are as old as the trees they cling to. “Overton Park Forest is a unique resource which cannot be replaced,” Heineke said. “It is invaluable to the city and to the region as an outstanding example of old growth forest. Because it is within an urban setting, it is even more exceptional. Everything possible should be done to assure that it is protected in perpetuity. This forest is indeed extraordinary and unequaled.”
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Doctors are told to get serious about obesity
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Next time you go for a checkup, don’t be surprised if your doctor gets on your case about your weight. The medical profession has issued new guidelines for fighting the nation’s obesity epidemic, and they urge physicians to be a lot more aggressive about helping patients drop those extra pounds. Doctors should calculate your body mass index, a weight-toheight ratio. And if you need to lose weight, they should come up with a plan and send you for counseling. “We recognize that telling patients to lose weight is not enough,” said Dr. Donna Ryan, co-chair of the guidelines committee. The good news? By next year, most insurance companies are expected to cover counseling and other obesity treatments, following in the steps of the Medicare program, which began paying for one-on-one help last year. More than a third of U.S. adults are obese, and that’s been the case since the middle of the last decade. Officials define someone with a BMI of 30 or higher as obese. A 5-foot-9 person would be obese at 203 pounds. Doctors are well aware that excess weight can trigger diabetes and lead to heart disease and other health problems. Yet surveys have shown that only about a third of obese patients recall their doctor talking to them about their BMI or counseling them about weight loss. The guidelines were released this week by a group of medical organizations that include the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology and the Obesity Society. They come amid a spate of important developments in the fight against obesity. Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved two more obesity-fighting drugs. And this year, the AMA labeled obesity a disease, a measure intended to get doctors to pay more attention to the problem and prod more insurers to pay
for treatments. Yet many people have been on their own when it comes to slimming down, left to sift through the myriad diets and exercise schemes that are promoted for weight loss. And most doctors have little training in how to help their obese patients, other than telling them it’s a problem and they need to do something about it. “I feel for these guys,” said Dr. Tim Church, a researcher at Louisiana State University’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center. “They have patients who come in and ask them about the latest fad diet. They’re not trained in this stuff and they’re not comfortable” recommending
particular diets or weight-loss plans. The guidelines advise doctors to: — At least once year, calculate patients’ BMI, measure their waists and tell them if they are overweight or obese. — Develop a weight-loss plan that includes exercise and moderate calorie-cutting. — Consider recommending weight-loss surgery for patients with a BMI of 40 or for those with a BMI of 35 who also have two other risk factors for heart disease such as diabetes or high blood pressure. — Refer overweight and obese patients who are headed for heart problems to weight-loss
programs. Specifically, discuss enrolling them in at least 14 face-to-face counseling sessions over six months with a registered dietitian, psychologist or other professional with training in weight management. Web or phone-based counseling sessions are considered a less effective option. Diane LeBlanc said the new guidelines are overdue. More than year ago, the Baton Rouge, La., woman sat down with her longtime family doctor to talk about her weight and get a referral for some kind of help. She had tried dieting without success for more than a decade, had high blood pressure and was about to hit a dress size of 20.
She said the doctor smiled and told her: “There’s a lot of programs out there. But really, you just have to eat less.” “It just devastated me,” LeBlanc recalled. “He was saying, ‘It’s all in your mind.’ I was thinking, ‘If I could do that, don’t you think I would have done it by now?’” She changed doctors and has lost 40 pounds from her 5-foot-4 frame since May after getting into an intensive Pennington weightloss program that includes counseling sessions. Doctors “need to get the message,” ‘’LeBlanc said. “Just telling someone you need to push the plate away is not going to work for everyone.”
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A year after Gaza Tigers prepare operation, little joy for ’91-’92 season found in Israel By Josef Federman Associated Press
JERUSALEM — A year after a bruising Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, southern Israel has sprung back to life, and the frequent rocket fire that once plagued the region has nearly stopped. But it’s Hamas, not the Israelis who are celebrating. The Islamic militant group, which agreed to stop rocket fire against Israel after the conflict last year, has been surprisingly resilient in the face of repeated setbacks. With its grip on power showing no signs of weakening, many Israelis believe the calm will be short-lived. “We are still living on a hostile border, and it is not Switzerland on the other side,” said Chaim Yelin, head of the Eshkol regional council, which straddles the border with Gaza. Just a few kilometers (miles) away, thousands of Hamas security men staged a massive military parade in Gaza in a powerful show of strength. Israel launched its offensive on Nov. 14, 2012, responding to an upsurge in rocket fire from Hamas-controlled Gaza. The operation began with a daylight airstrike that killed Hamas’ military leader, Ahmad Jabari. The attack triggered eight days of intense fighting in which Israel carried out some 1,500 airstrikes and Hamas and other armed groups fired a similar number of rockets into Israel. Some 161 Palestinians, including dozens of civilians were killed, in addition to five Israelis, before an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire took hold. It was the heaviest fighting since an Israeli offensive nearly four years earlier. Under the truce, Hamas appeared to emerge as the early winner. Despite suffering heavy casualties, its military capabilities remained
intact. It earned a degree of international recognition, and Egypt’s then-Islamist
government promised increased movement and trade with its Gazan neighbor. A year later, however, Israel seems to have gained the upper hand. Egypt’s promises to Hamas were never honored, and Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, Hamas’ most important ally, was toppled in a military coup in July. Egypt’s new military rulers have greatly restricted movement across the border, preventing Gazans from leaving for studies, work and medical care. They have also destroyed the smuggling tunnels along the border that have long served as a lifeline for Gaza. Hamas’ traditional ties with Iran, a long-time financial backer, have been strained because of Hamas support for rebels fighting the Iranian-backed government in Syria. The Egyptian crackdown has led to price hikes, fuel shortages and longer daily power cuts in Gaza, and the Hamas government acknowledges it is struggling with a cash crunch. In the meantime, Hamas has honored its pledge under the cease-fire to halt rocket fire. The Israeli military says about 50 rockets have been fired into Israel this year, compared to 1,500 the previous year. The few that have been fired have caused little damage, landing in open areas or being intercepted by the Iron Dome rocket defense system, which made a successful debut during last year’s fighting. The period of quiet has brought about a reawakening in Israel’s embattled south. Children play outdoors again, real estate prices are climbing and Israelis are moving to the area in search of a better and affordable quality of life. Yet the fear of renewed hostilities always seems to be lurking in the background. Yelin, the regional council head, said Israel’s discovery last month of a pair of tunnels dug by Gaza militants into Israel reinforced those fears. “What is happening underground is a lot scarier
than what is happening above ground,” he said.
Alon Davidi, the new mayor of Sderot, a battle-scarred border town that has absorbed thousands of rockets over the years, said the town has seen unprecedented development. Sderot is set to open a new commuter rail to Tel Aviv, roughly 80 kilometers (50 miles) to the north, next month. But he said security remains a top concern. “On one side, thank God, we feel that things are quieter, and that we can trust the Israeli government and the army to do what it takes to protect us,” said Davidi. “On the other hand, we feel that at any time everything could blow up and can turn us back into a conflict zone.” Those concerns were illustrated with the massive display of power by Hamas on Wednesday. Police car sirens sounded throughout the city during Wednesday’s parade, while military vehicles carried huge posters of Hamas leaders killed by Israel. Policemen raised their assault rifles in tribute, and the forces displayed Palestinian flags, not green Hamas banners, to promote unity. Hamas has ruled Gaza since ousting the forces of Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007, who now governs in the West Bank. The sides have been unable to reconcile, leaving the two Palestinians areas divided between rival governments. Interior Minister Fathi Hamad, who commands Hamas’ security forces in Gaza, called on Arabs in the Gaza Strip, West Bank and Israel to unite in a holy war to “uproot the Jews” from Israel. “A third intifada is approaching,” he said, using the term for past Palestinian uprisings against Israel. “Liberation is coming and victory is coming.” The smaller Islamic Jihad militant group held its own rally, where 6,000 masked fighters marched through the downtown area. In a display of solidarity, top Hamas military commanders attended the parade. Brig. Gen. Mickey Edelstein, the Israeli military’s Gaza division commander, said the period of quiet is the result of Israeli deterrence, not a change in Hamas’ attitudes. On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited troops stationed along the southern border with Gaza, where he boasted of a roughly 98 percent drop in militant rocket fire over the past year. “There is no doubt that significant deterrence has been achieved,” Netanyahu said. “However, we are not deluding ourselves. We know that Hamas and the other terrorist organizations are continuing to arm themselves in various ways.”
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Tony Madlock will lead the 1991-92 Tigers into action tonight in an exhibition game against High Five America.
By Steve Carney Sports editor ‘91
When the Memphis State Tigers take the court tonight, they will start more than just a new season. They will begin a new era in MSU athletics. The 1991-92 men’s basketball team will introduce a new conference, a new arena and eagerly awaited new players. MSU is one of the charter members of the Great Midwest Conference. This conference will begin play for the 1991-92 season Nov. 29, when the Tigers host DePaul. Cincinnati, St. Louis, Alabama-Birmingham and Marquette round out the new league. The Pyramid, Memphis’ 20,000seat arena, is the new “Home of the Tigers.” Despite a few plumb-
ing problems last weekend, officials have said that The Pyramid will be ready for action before the 7:30 p.m. tip off. While MSU will have five players suiting up for the first time as Tigers, two players should stand out on the floor. Anfernee Hardaway and David Vaughn will join Chris Haynes, Leon Mitchell and Marcus Nolan as the newest Tigers. Hardaway was considered by many to be the top recruit in the country as a senior in 1990. He averaged 36.7 points, 10.1 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game as a senior at Treadwell High School. Vaughn was one of the top recruits in the country last year at Nashville’s Whites Creek High School. He has been the Class AAA Mr. Basketball for three seasons. Vaughn averaged 24 points and 11 rebounds per game.
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Men’s basketball to play Austin Peay in season-opener By Meagan Nichols
sports@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis men’s basketball team tips off the regular season at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the FedExForum against Austin Peay State University. Fans unable to attend can watch the game on SportSouth or tune the radio to 600 WREC for game coverage. The Tigers played in an exhibition game against Christian Brothers University on Nov. 8, where the U of M collected the 92-63 win over the Buccaneers. Pastner said the CBU matchup provided the team with a little feel for game experience but said Austin Peay is a great team and the Tigers will have to bring their ‘A’ game. “With the amount of talent spread all throughout the country, if you are not ready to play, you can get beat,” he said. “You can’t just show up, it doesn’t matter who it is. You can’t just show up — you have to be ready to play.” Veteran coach Dave Loos, who will walk into the FedExFourm Thursday night with decades of coaching experience in his arsenal, is at the helm of the Governors of Austin Peay men’s basketball program. Loos has coached at the school since 1990 and has an overall record of 371-333 in his 23 seasons
with the Governors. Loos is no stranger to the Bluff City. A 1970 graduate of Memphis, Loos was a basketball and baseball player for the Tigers and a student assistant coach. Following his collegiate career, Loos served as a coach at what was then known as Christian Brothers College. He returned to his alma mater to assist under Memphis head coach Larry Finch from 1986-90. “They are a good team overall,” Pastner said. “They are well coached by coach Loos, and they’ve got good veteran guys.” The Governors played in an exhibition game against Central Missouri on Nov. 4. Austin Peay collected the close 78-75 win and played their first regular season game four days later against Oakland City. The Governors grabbed the 84-69 win over the Mighty Oaks. In the Oakland game, Austin Peay’s sophomore center, Chris Horton, had a career high 17 rebounds and was one of three Austin Peay players to reach double digits in total points, scoring 10 for his team. Senior forward Will Triggs also contributed 10 and junior forward Ed Dyson led the team with 17. Memphis’ senior guard Chris Crawford said the Tigers might not be the biggest team, but they are very fast and said rebounding,
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Freshman Kuran Iverson had nine points in the exhibition game against Christian Brothers University on Nov. 8 but will not be allowed to play in Thursday’s season opener due to an NCAA violation he received as a result of playing in an unauthorized basketball game over the summer. defense and communication are the three main areas of focus for the team. “We are excited to play,” Crawford said. “We are tired of playing against the same guys…and we are ready to get out there and get our first win.” The last time the Tigers and Governors faced off was Dec. 8, 2012 at the Forum. Memphis defeat-
ed Austin Peay 83-65. Memphis is currently ranked No. 13 in the country, according to the latest Associated Press and ESPN/ USA Today Coaches Polls released Monday. Austin Peay is unranked and is predicted to finish third in the Ohio Valley Conference. “I love predictions and or preseason expectations, because it is
good for the program for relevancy on the national stage,” Pastner said. “But as everyone knows, I’m all about action and doing the job. It’s just like second place in recruiting — you either get the kid or you don’t, and it is very simple…same thing in the game, either you get the win or you don’t. You got to produce.”
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