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University develops new master plan By Joshua Cannon
news@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis will host two open houses next week to discuss the University’s next master plan, a cohesive vision about the future of the campus.
The Tennessee Board of Regents mandates that every five years the University of Memphis updates its master plan. In an email sent to all students and faculty, the University Planning Team said that with the assistance of the SmithGroupJJR and Looney Ricks Kiss Architecture, they will
be on campus the first week of December to construct a plan for future development and they want student input. They will host two open houses for students, faculty, staff and community members to discuss ideas for growth at the University. The meetings will take place on Dec. 4 from
noon to 1 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m., as well as Dec. 5 from 5 to 6 p.m. Tony Poteet, assistant vice president for Campus Planning, believes the architecture firms are beyond qualified to assist in restructuring the updated master plan along with any new potential development at
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Store bought hair dye can make hair die
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College students on a budget often turn to store-bought hair dye’s for their coloring needs. These dye’s can end up doing more harm than good. Store-bought dye’s often contain harmful chemicals that can be absorbed into the scalp.
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news@dailyhelmsman.com For college students on a budget, doling out $100 every six weeks for hair treatments may be fiscally impossible, but the adverse effects of store-bought hair-coloring products might not be worth the money saved. “The damage that occurs from coloring hair is not so much about the chemicals in the products, but
the way in which it is applied and in what amounts,” said Karen Butler, a master stylist at Studio LaRue Salon and Spa. “The biggest problem is people who do it at home and have no idea what they are doing.” Butler said people who buy storebought dye generally do not have the training provided in cosmetology school. Instead of dying just the new growth of the original hair color, they dye their hair all over again, which puts exorbitant amounts of harmful
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chemicals into their hair. Angela Elliot, a student at Empire Beauty School, attributes the frizzy and dried out look of box-dyed hair to the high concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and ammonia found in some store-bought hair dye. “Professional products, like Redken, Goldwell or Aveda, usually have a hydrogen peroxide concentration of around 10, but box dyes typically contain a concentration of 40,” Elliot said.
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Elliot said the harmful ammonias in hair dye strip hair of natural oils and pigments, a sort of “blow-out of nutrients,” and pull out the minerals that serve as protectors against sun damage. Ammonia is a strong oxidizing agent used in various household cleaners. “The main function of an oxidizing agent is to destroy color chemi-
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This year, for the first time in 125 years, Hanukkah will share the same date on the calendar as Thanksgiving. The next time this phenomenon will happen is more than 79,000 years from now. Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday which means “Festival of Lights,” is an eightday celebration starting at sundown on Nov. 27 and ending Dec. 5. Common foods eaten during Hanukkah are potato cakes, latkes in Hebrew, and jelly donuts. Other foods are also eaten depending upon the country. Dreidel, which was originally a betting game, is also a game associated with the holiday. Jeremy Kahn, a hospitality and resort management major at the University of Memphis, said that Hanukkah is a good chance to spend time with his family. “(What Hanukkah means to me) is that it is the one time of year that my family comes together to sit back and relax,” Kahn said. “Not worry about anything and eat for eight-straight nights. It’s just good quality family time.” Kahn also said that one thing he does on Hanukkah is cook with his father. “My dad is a cook and, while he did not go out and play football with me, I always got a guaranteed full meal on the table,” Kahn said. “I’ve learned to like cooking with him, and it’s a sentimental thing now.” Sherry Weinblatt, director of Hillel of Memphis, the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life at the University of Memphis, said that due to Hanukkah being around the same time as Christmas, it has made it a bigger holiday today. Nathan Evans, also a hospitality and resort management major at the U of M, said that he sees it as them getting their holiday instead of Christmas. “Every year (Christians) get
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Page 1 cals and kill bacteria, like taking stains out of clothes,” said Erno Lindner, a chemistry professor at the University of Memphis. “In hair there are lots of chemical bonds, and the ammonia from the dye would cause hair to break.” Butler said the most damage occurs when someone dyes their hair a dark color like brown or red and then puts something like highlights on top. “When you dye your hair a dark color and put a light color on top, it causes the elasticity of the hair to wear thin, especially since blonde has higher levels of peroxide which may be more damaging,” she said. “The result can be a spongy-like feel to hair or the hair thinning.” A lot of the damage can be mitigated if someone uses an ammoniafree hair dye. “Products without ammonia strip pigment out of hair without compromising the cuticle layer of hair,” Butler said. “These products are generally made of more natural ingredients rather than chemicals.” If someone has already damaged hair through extensive dying, there is some hope for restoring hair back to a presentable state. “A keratin treatment will put pro-
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tein back in the hair and smooth it out, this is especially helpful for damaged hair and older people, since as we age our hair stops producing keratin,” Butler said. “The results are usually immediate.” Keratin treatments are typically done on a four-month basis and cost about $200 dollars for mediumlength hair. Butler said that correcting the damage clients inflict on their hair when they experiment with storebought color is more costly than if they had just got it done professionally to begin with. “If a client of mine comes in with box-dyed hair, I have to charge for all of the extra conditioning treatments and products used to correct the damage,” Butler said. “We also have to charge for the extra time, because it all has to be done in one day — it is a big undertaking.” Although a self-proclaimed novice in the world of hair, Lindner said the safest way to ensure hair health is to stick with natural color. “If the dye is made out of the same chemicals used to clean windows and take out stains in clothes, I would stay away,” Lindner said, laughing. “I tell my daughter not to do it, but she does what she wants.”
the University. “This is what we call the discovery phase,” Poteet said. “They are learning about the campus, ideas for improvement, programs on campus and the condition of buildings that our facilities need to keep operating on a daily basis.” A main facet of the master plan is bridging the gap between the University’s challenges and aspirations, according to Poteet. “I think we have challenges with some of our existing facilities,” he said. “The average age is pretty high, and we have to continue maintaining and modifying them for research, which is a challenge. We have plans for adapting our facilities for science research.” The campus planning team is on the forefront of the discovery phase. The master plan saw its last revision in 2010, and the University is still building off of those previously established ambitions. “We have to make sure that we have the right priorities and that we are creating the right exterior and interior spaces for faculty and students to do their studies and work,” Poteet said. “We want to continue bettering the campus as time goes by.” Poteet believes that improving campus facilities will enhance campus life and increase enrollment. According to the 2010 master plan, the University’s planning team aspires to see enrollment rise from 21,424 to 25,000 students. One aspect of the campus that will see expansion is “safe and convenient” student parking as well as improvements to classrooms. “We’ve made great strides,” he said. “But we haven’t finished. I don’t think we’ll ever finish. We’ll have to keep making more room with enrollment.” The master plan is part of a 10-year
project to revitalize the University and areas surrounding it, reaching as far as Highland Avenue, where the University plans to build a shopping center. There are also plans to construct a new music facility and alumni center south of the new dormitory being built on Patterson Street. While the University campus planning team is pursuing many concepts to create a more efficient campus, some students are eager for certain aspects of the master plan to come to life sooner than others. Angelo Bologna, a junior psychology major, was relieved to hear that there were plans to build a walkway over — or under — the railroad tracks at Southern Avenue. “I’d like a walkway either over the train tracks or under them,” he said. “If I see a train coming, I either try to run over the tracks before it gets there, which is unsafe, or I have to wait and be late for class.” Previous master plans aided in creating many of the facilities on campus today. In the 1990s, the Ned R. McWherter Library was constructed along with the FedEx Institute of Technology, the campus bookstore and the Michael D. Rose Theatre. In 2010, the previous University Center was torn down and replaced with the modern hub where students flock to do homework, eat meals and socialize. Poteet hopes to keep the U of M on the same path of creating accessible and efficient state-of-the-art facilities for students and faculty to use while engaging in campus and city life. Further plans for renovation and development can be found at Memphis.edu/masterplan. Once the “discovery phase” ends, analyzing and generating the goals into concrete parts of the University will begin in early 2014.
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Football faces final home game By Meagan Nichols
sports@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis football team will recognize their seniors Saturday during the Tiger’s final home game of the regular season. Memphis (3-7) is slated to face fellow American Athletic Conference member, the Owls of Temple University (1-10), at 11 a.m. at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. In his weekly press conference on Monday, head U of M football coach Justin Fuente told the media the Tigers have a great challenge this week.
“We have Senior Day — our seniors’ last shot at playing in the Liberty Bowl,” he said. “I know it’ll be special for many of them. Some of them have been here through some tough times, and some have only been here a couple of years. I’m awfully proud of them all as a group.” One Tiger senior who made headlines Monday was punter Tom Hornsey. The veteran player, who ranks No. 6 in punting nationally, was named a finalist for the Ray Guy Award. The Augusta Sports Council will announce the recipient for the top college punter award on Dec. 12. When Hornsey and the rest of the Memphis team step onto the Liberty
Bowl turf Saturday, they will face a team on a four-game losing streak. Temple’s last loss was served to them by the Huskies of the University of Connecticut on Nov. 23. UConn defeated the Owls 28-21. The Tigers are scheduled to play the Huskies on Dec. 7. So far this season, Temple and Memphis have played four of the same opponents: Southern Methodist University, the University of Houston, the University of Central Florida and the University of Cincinnati. Neither the Owls nor the Tigers collected a single win against any of these teams. Fuente said Temple’s quarterback,
freshman P.J. Walker, is not only a good athlete but also someone who throws the ball with accuracy. “He keeps plays alive and seems to always keep his eyes downfield,” Fuente said. “Just watching the film, he seems to have provided a pretty good spark for those kids. He’s just a freshman but he’s made some huge plays.” Walker has passed for 1,756 yards this season. In 218 attempts, the freshman completed 132. In comparison, Memphis’ redshirt freshman quarterback Paxton Lynch has passed for a cumulative 1,725 yards. The Tiger has thrown 283 attempts and completed 166.
In Temple’s loan win of the season against the United States Military Academy on Oct. 19, Walker completed 10 of 16 pass attempts and helped the Owls grab the 33-14 win against Army. This season, the Tigers’ three wins were versus Arkansas State University, the University of Tennessee-Martin and the University of South Florida. The Tigers will look to collect their fourth win of the season Saturday, which would tie last year’s four-win season. For those unable to attend the 11 a.m. kickoff, the game will be broadcast on ESPNews and 600 WREC.
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This year is the first time in 125 years that Hanukkah will fall on the same day as Thanksgiving. During the eight day holiday an elaborate candelabra called a menorah is lit for each day of the festival.
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rah, a candelabra, which represents the eight nights of Hanukkah to celebrate the season. Weinblatt said in older times that Jewish people would give small gifts to each other. “They gave money which is ‘Gelt’ in Jewish,” Weinblatt said. “It’s a sample of what kids used to get in modern times.” Overall, Weinblatt said that Hanukkah is about being thankful. “It’s a holiday that celebrates Jewish life, traditions passed down and that’s how we keep educating,” Weinblatt said.
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Christmas — we get Hanukkah,” Evans said. Evans also said that society does not understand the importance of Hanukkah. “I feel as if society were aware, maybe we’d get days off like Christians do for Christmas,” Evans said. Weinblatt explained one of the key aspects of the holiday — celebrating the miracle of the rededication of the Temple. “It’s a historical Jewish holiday and (by that I mean) that it is not in the Five Books of Moses,” Weinblatt said. In the Jewish lunar calendar, Hanukkah starts on the 25th of Kislev and lasts through the 2nd of Tevet. Because it follows the lunar calendar, Hanukkah doesn’t start on the same day each year. The story behind Hanukkah involves Judah the Maccabee leading a revolt against the Syrians who had taken Israel around 165 BCE and was victorious. The Temple was destroyed and had to be rededicated, but there was only enough oil to last for one day. However, the small supply they had lasted for eight days. The Jewish people light the meno-
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Tigers stay humble and hungry for Thanksgiving By Corey Carmichael
sports@dailyhelmsman.com Head University of Memphis men’s basketball coach Josh Pastner was asked at the Tigers’ weekly press conference Monday if his players were hungry for competition at the Old Spice Classic scheduled for this weekend in Orlando, Fla. “My family is having Thanksgiving at the house here, so if any of the players aren’t hungry, they can stay here and watch us on the tube,” he said. “If you’re not hungry, not motivated, not locked in, I don’t want you on this trip.” While most people associate their hunger with turkey and dressing around Thanksgiving, the men’s basketball team is not worried about what they will eat this weekend. Instead, they are zoned in on their three-game slate over the four-day trip. Despite the temptations of the mild Orlando weather and the magic of nearby Disney, players and coaches alike said they are completely focused. Freshman Nick King said this trip is business only. “I think this will be different,” he said. “We have five seniors right now and we are there for business. We are not there for fun — we have a mature team.” Since the letdown in Stillwater, Okla., the University of Memphis has dropped 10 spots in the Associated Press Poll to No. 21. This tournament puts the Tigers on a national stage again, this time on ESPN2 for their Thanksgiving Day game against Siena College. At the other end of the bracket is tournament favorite Oklahoma State, leaving the possibility of a rematch for the Tigers. Senior Michael Dixon Jr. said this is a chance at redemption for the Tigers, a chance to prove something. “This team has high expectations for ourselves,” he said. “We have got to take it one game at a time. We’re focused on Siena right now, they’re our opponent, and we cannot do anything until we play them and get
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University of Memphis senior guard Chris Crawford had 11 points against Nicholls State University on Nov. 23. The Tigers head to Orlando, Fla., to play in the three game Old Spice Classic, which starts on Thanksgiving. the win.” In Pastner’s tenure, the team has competed in two early season tournaments like this one, the EA Sports Maui Invitational in 2011 and the Battle for Atlantis last season. Both times, the Tigers suffered doubledigit losses in the opening game. The University of Michigan beat Pastner’s team in 2011, and Virginia Commonwealth University defeated Memphis with their “havoc” press defense in 2012. “First, we have got to get past the first game,” Pastner said. “The last two years we have lost in the first game. You have to put all your focus on the first game. I think the
last two years we weren’t humbled going in. I want all of our guys to have confidence, but I don’t think the confidence was directed in the right way.” Memphis plays their first game against Siena College at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Siena opened up the season with three losses but has won two of their last three games under first-year head coach Jimmy Patsos. He coached Loyola Marymount University to a 15th seed in the 2012 NCAA Tournament. The Saints’ leading scorer and rebounder is six-foot-five guard Rob Poole. The junior has averaged 15.5 points per game and 6.3 rebounds per game.
The Tigers will use their press against the Saints and hope to aggravate Poole and company into turnovers. This year, Siena has turned it over 13 times per game, and the Tigers have forced an average of 15.7 per game. Five players are averaging at least one steal per game for the Tigers, including freshman Nick King. The forward has attributed his one steal per game to the press and was named the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week for his points and rebounds production. In only 16 minutes per game, the East High School graduate has averaged a team-high 16 points per
game and 6.3 rebounds per game. “The one thing with Nick is he is a motor guy,” Pastner said. “He is definitely not a finished product by any means. But one thing you can count on is the effort he is going to give you.” This weekend the Tigers will need all of the effort they can get from their players, especially forwards like King, Austin Nichols and Shaq Goodwin. Pastner said senior David Pellom will be evaluated and possibly cleared for contact this week, but he does not expect the forward to be able to play until the following week against Northwestern State University.