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Life and death Student remembers brother through son By Jeremy Jordan
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Christina Peursum Quinn’s son will never know the man he was named for. It was just more than a year ago that Quinn, a fourth-year nursing student at the University of Memphis, was cramming for her final exams and dealing with the stress of finding out she was pregnant when she got a call that would make all of those worries seem insignificant. It was 3 a.m. on a Tuesday. Christina, who had been studying with a friend, ignored two calls from her boyfriend before getting “a terrible feeling” when her boyfriend then called her friend’s phone. “I answered it and [my boyfriend] told me I needed to go home and be with my mom because something bad had happened,” she said. “He was trying to avoid telling me what was wrong. Finally, he said my brother had been in a car acci-
dent and he didn’t think he made it.” At 10:50 p.m. the night before — Nov. 28, 2011 — Sam Peursum, 20, and his friend Philip Bollheimer III, also 20, were traveling in a 2010 Honda Insight when Bollheimer lost control of the vehicle. He crashed into a tree at East Parkway South and Madison Avenue. Both men died from the collision. One week before, Christina learned she was pregnant with a little boy. Samuel Kingston Quinn, almost four months old now, will grow up hearing about the uncle for whom he was named, but will never meet. “I am thankful I got to tell my brother that he was going to be an uncle. He was so excited. The night that I found out he died, the only thing that kept me from losing
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Provost candidate promotes entrepreneurship By Michelle Corbet
news@dailyhelmsman.com Provost candidate Donald Siegel didn’t need a microphone Monday to project his Brooklyn accent throughout a packed room of University of Memphis deans, administrative officials and faculty at his first open question-andanswer session. Siegel, dean and a professor of management at the School of Business at the University at Albany, the State University of New York, is scheduled to answer questions again today at 9 a.m. in room 203, the Fish Bowl, of the FedEx Institute of Technology. At the session Monday he spoke of the University becoming a hub of entrepreneurship if he is selected as the next provost. Siegel said he became an administrator because he started studying a phenomenon that is occurring at universities, something he calls “University Entrepreneurship.” “I’m referring to efforts universities have launched to promote commercialization and entrepreneurship on campus and [in] the surrounding region,” he said. “The institution that does the most to promote entrepreneurial innovation is the university.” Siegel’s talk was a stark contrast from provost candidate David Rudd’s last week, in that much of Rudd’s talk focused on innovation in higher education and Siegel said he doesn’t believe in innovation without entrepreneurship because it doesn’t work. “I don’t like to use the word ‘innovation’ because all universities engage in innovation, but that’s not enough,” he said. “We need more revenue to support worthy projects. ‘Entrepreneurship’ is the right word, ‘innovation’ is not.” Siegel said he is a strong believer in entrepreneurship on campus, in programs and in research because they change and enhance the entrepreneurial culture of the community. “I believe it generates payoffs to
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Provost candidate Donald Siegel explains what he plans to do to help better the University of Memphis if selected as provost. Siegel’s main focus is increasing the school’s involvement in entrepreneurship. He said the University needs to globalize and mentor students from a young age. society, the economy and the university,” he said. Trends Siegel said the U of M should follow include globalization of higher education, promotion of entrepreneurship and recognition of the University as a center of economic and social development for the region and its changing demographics. “A university like Memphis has to focus on what differentiates it from its rivals, with a focus on research, which must be interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial,” Siegel said. In order to accomplish this, Siegel intends to engage alumni, promote collaboration, exploit the location of the University and support research
— all of which are similar to the points Rudd touched on in his talk. “I think of the University as a multi-divisional organization, and I think it’s important for a provost to do as much as possible to stimulate collaboration across departments and across colleges,” Siegel said. “That’s the only way to maximize the return on the value of the University.” Siegel also said the U of M needs more courses focused on sustainability, an area in which he said plenty of money is available through grants and corporate support, such as FedEx’s contributions. “I think the provost has a responsibility to the internal constituency
but should also be involved in some external relations with other stakeholders . . . and should help with fundraising,” he said. “Some of our stakeholders are willing to support the academic enterprise, but they don’t know exactly what we’re doing, and I would see it as my role to go out and raise money.” A reaction to dwindling state support is to repackage programs in an entrepreneurial or economic context, he said. At Albany-SUNY, Siegel found that 75 percent of students were interested in taking a course or program in entrepreneurship and 50 percent were thinking about starting their own companies.
“This is the wave of the future,” he said. “It is incumbent upon the University to tap into that insatiable student demand, and I think faculty demand as well, for this type of entrepreneurial activity.” If appointed to the U of M’s provost position, he plans to implement entrepreneurial training for those involved in University research in order to bring it to the marketplace. “Anyone in any field can get connected in this in some way,” Siegel said. “I’d love to establish an entrepreneurship minor across campus, then we’ll see where it is, and I think we’ll be surprised to see how many students and faculty want to be involved in something like this.” n
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Thirst Project School Tour comes to U of M today By Kelsie Carter
news@dailyhelmsman.com Memphis is known for its clean water, but the Thirst Project School Tour on campus today aims to tell the campus community more about the lack of clean water around the world. Thirst representatives will be set up in the University of Memphis Campus Store and Café at 2 p.m. to talk about the need for clean water around the world, in hopes of influencing students to get involved with the cause. Eight college students started the project in 2007 when they were able to turn $70 into $1,700 by giving away water bottles on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, Calif., and telling people about their cause. After establishing the organization, they began traveling to middle schools, high schools and college campuses around the country to talk
uuLife Continued from page 1 my mind was continuously reminding myself that I had to be strong for my mother and the child I was bearing,” Christina said. Remembering Sam Christina and Sam were two years apart in age. Christina describes him as “the most friendly and loving person I knew.” “I don’t say that just because he was my brother,” she said. “Anyone who knew him would agree. No one was a stranger to Sam.” Sam was an encourager and Christina’s best friend. He graduated from Christian Brothers High School and was close to being accepted into the Navy. Christina believes that would have been his biggest accomplishment. “The day of his accident he had actually visited the base to give them paperwork,” she said. “A week after his death, the Navy came to our house looking for Sam to give him the good news, but no one was home, so they went to his work to see if he was there to tell him that he had been accepted.” Both Christina and her mother
to students about water crises and give them the knowledge and tools to start their own fundraisers. “Shockingly, children spend their days seeking out a water source — [which] in many cases [is] dirty — and carrying water to their villages instead of [going to school],” Donna Collier, campus store manager, said. Memphis and Shelby County are known for having some of the cleanest water in the world, according to waterworld.com. The water comes from a natural reservoir, hundreds of feet underground, located in a sand aquifer that acts as a natural filter. However, many cities and countries in the United States and around the world have to go through extensive cleansing methods to get clean water, or they do not have clean water at all. “It is clear that access to water is a huge barrier to education in many parts of the world,” said Elio DiStaola, director of public and campus relations at Follett Higher
Education Group. Follett Higher Education Group is the manager of the University’s bookstore and a supporter of the Thirst Project. They helped the University coordinate the event, and Collier said that is why the University chose the bookstore as the venue for the tour. “At Follett, we’ve helped the Thirst team spread their very important message — the importance of clean and healthy water for a host of reasons, including education,” DiStaola said. He said the project’s strong sustainability model should be applauded. Follett Higher Education Group has joined the Thirst Project in fundraising efforts. Recently, Follett has used its stores to recruit “Road Warriors” — students, like founder Seth Maxwell, who travel and spoke about the global water crisis to promote the message. “[Follett’s] support has been vital in our efforts to drive awareness of
relied heavily on Sam. Since his death, Christina and her family are depressed and she sometimes finds it hard to not want life to end, though she stays strong for her mom and child. “I loved hanging out with my brother, and we could talk about anything,” she said. “My parents separated when I was 15. Sam was 13. I can easily say he is the reason my mom and I made it through. He was the strongest one of us all and kept us together.” “Sam was always the one who was there for my mom on her loneliest days. Sam was a lover and a friend to everyone. He always wanted the people around him to be happy.” Sam’s best friend, Josh Davenport, 21, culinary arts major at Southwest Community College, met Sam when he was 12 years old. Davenport lost his mother, father, grandmother and grandfather near the time of Sam’s death. “Me and Sammy both had raw emotions that we couldn’t control from bad experiences growing up,” he said. “Our minds were a lot alike, as were our hearts, and we used each other as motivation.” Davenport still struggles with Sam’s
death. He said it is hard to stay focused and motivated now that Sam is gone. “I feel all this pressure, but I owe it to Sam to succeed and if I don’t, I’m letting all those people in heaven down who love me like Sam,” Davenport said. Annabelle Grimes, 23, art history graduate of Louisiana State University and native Memphian, said Sam was like a little brother to her. “Despite his young age, Sam was an incredibly mature, tactful and resilient man. It was remarkable how supportive and insightful he could be — definitely wise beyond his years,” she said. For her, his positivity made her problems go away and “seem trivial in the grand scheme of things.” “Sam had a grasp on what it was to truly live and accept what this world could throw at you with nothing less than a million-dollar smile. His death for me was the tragic and untimely loss of a friend and a little brother, and continues to be a irreparable hole in the fabric of the world,” Grimes said. Still holding on Dealing with the grief of losing her brother and the challenge she would soon face as a mother, Christina had a difficult time studying for her final
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The average cost to build a freshwater well in most developing nations is between $5,000 and $12,000. Representatives from Thirst, a nonprofit organization that raises money to offset these nations’ water crises, will be on campus today. the need for accessible, clean drinking water in communities around the world,” Maxwell said. Follett and the Thirst Project have a commitment to ensure that young adults have the knowledge
and resources they need to succeed. “Education and awareness can drive greatness,” DiStaola said. Collier welcomes students, faculty and staff to attend the event and get involved in the cause. n
exams last year and finishing the semester. “Thankfully, my teachers extended my deadlines and gave me the winter break to finish my final projects and exams,” she said. “I finished the semester with two As, a B and a C.” Now she holds onto her son and tries her best to honor her brother’s life through him, though she wishes he could have met his uncle. “Although I wasn’t ready for a child, I now consider it a blessing,” she said. “I lost my best friend and gained an angel on earth and in heaven.” Christina said her calling is nursing. She wants to help people manage their pain and suffering. “I would do anything to have my
brother back. And I would give anything for my son to know his uncle. I know Sam would be the best uncle ever,” she said. Christina is passing all of her classes and looking forward to final exams. After the birth of Samuel, she married her then-boyfriend, Anthony Quinn. But even when life is going well, she will remember Sam and burst into tears. “I miss Sam every day. But I chose to stay strong and set my mind in the right direction and do the best I can for myself, my son and my family,” she said. “Although there are obstacles that have gotten in my way, I won’t let them destroy my dream. Sam lived as if nothing was impossible, and I am thankful I have him as a role model.” n
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A Weekly Devotional For You Closed Minds Last week we looked at the irrational attempt by some to deny an ultimate designer of the universe, in spite of the very obvious fact that there is profound evidence of a brilliant designer at every level. We surmised that this irrational response is probably a defense mechanism used by those who realize that to acknowledge a designer, is to acknowledge a creator who by virtue of His creative activity has the right to sit as a judge of our conduct. The extent to which this irrationality is exercised is amazing. In denying the clear evidence of an intelligent creator, Francis Crick, the brilliant co- discoverer of the structure of DNA, wrote “Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved.” It takes a conscious and sustained effort that is motivated by intense bias to deny the obvious! In a similar vein, Richard Dawkins began his book, THE BLIND WATCHMAKER, by writing, “Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose.” Without an entrenched, pre-conceived bias the plain reason why something has the appearance of having been designed for a purpose is because it, in fact, was! The evidence tells us that there is a creator. Let us all strive for true open minds. After all, no one is so blind as he who refuses to see!
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That crunching noise you heard earlier this week was the latest TV star biting the hand that feeds him. Angus T. Jones — the “Half” in “Two and a Half Men” — went off on a rant against the sitcom that pays him $300,000 an episode, labeling it filth and urging viewers to stop watching. No worries, Angus. We stopped watching long ago. As for your tantrum (for which you later sort of apologized), it’s small potatoes compared with former co-star Charlie Sheen’s epic rant against the sitcom’s creator, Chuck Lorre. Now you’re both part of a TV club that seems to forget it makes a jillion more dollars than viewers, doing a job that requires spending half the day in an air-conditioned trailer and being forced to eat catered meals. Here are some other favorite members: Robert Reed, “The Brady Bunch” (1974): Keen followers of this timeless sitcom may have noticed that Mike Brady never appeared in the series finale. That’s because the classically trained actor had finally had enough of being involved in a series that often revolved around prom dates and sibling rivalry. He spent most of the show’s run complaining about the show’s silliness. Maybe the producers should have stuck to their original choice to play the father: Gene Hackman. Suzanne Somers, “Three’s Company” (1981): She may have played dumb for a living, but Somers thought she was being smart when she demanded a raise — a 500 percent raise. When she didn’t get her way, she started skipping rehearsals and alienated her co-stars. Producers eventually fired her. Maybe a few hours a day with a Thighmaster would have cooled her down. Jessica Biel, “7th Heaven” (2000): At age 17, she posed topless for Gear magazine, a blatant attempt to get out of her contract with the family-friendly series. Eight years later, Biel admitted she had made a mistake and did her penance by starring in “Valentine’s Day.” Dave Chappelle, “Chappelle’s Show” (2005): Thanks to this Comedy Central series, Chappelle was poised to be the next Eddie Murphy — which is exactly what happened. Not the Murphy who did “40 Hours”; the one who did “Norbit.” Chappelle abruptly retired, saying later that he felt the audience was laughing at him, not with him. Now nobody’s laughing at all. Katherine Heigl, “Grey’s Anatomy” (2008): After winning an Emmy for best supporting actress and scoring a film hit with “Knocked Up,” Heigl should have been the happiest actress
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in Hollywood. Instead, she publicly ripped the dramedy’s writers for not giving her enough meaty material and yanked her name from Emmy contention. By 2010, Heigl had left both the series and the public’s radar screen. Chevy Chase, “Community” (2012): This prickly actor went into diva mode earlier this year, getting
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Women’s basketball records second loss By Meagan Nichols
sports@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis women’s basketball team dropped a game to East Tennessee State University on the road Friday. The Tigers (3-3) came out strong with the early 9-2 lead, but the ETSU Buccaneers (1-2) silenced the Tigers with a 23-point run. The Tigers went nearly 10 minutes without a bucket. “I thought ETSU played with a tremendous amount of energy,” head coach Melissa McFerrin said in a postgame interview. “They are very good on the offensive glass, and we knew that, but we didn’t check them out and we kind of got forced on
the backside boards. There wasn’t much complexity to what they did. They just outworked us in certain situations.” With less than two minutes remaining in the half, senior Nicole Dickson shot a three for the Tigers to trim the score to within nine, but Shawn Randall countered with a three-point buzzer-beater to send ETSU into the locker room with the 40-28 lead. ETSU stepped out after the half and picked up where they left off, draining three threepointers in the first eight minutes of play to expand their lead to 16. The Tigers outscored the Bucs 45-43 in the second half and once again trimmed the lead to within nine, but they were unable to sur-
mount their first-half blunders. ETSU successfully defended their home court with the 83-73 win. Dickson, an East Tennessee native, was one of two Tigers to score in double digits. Dickson had 30 points on the day and junior Pa’Sonna Hope recorded a double-double with 12 rebounds and 13 points for Memphis. The game marked the third time in four games Dickson reached the 30-point plateau. “It doesn’t really matter what one person does, it matters what the team does,” Dickson said. The Tigers will kick off threestraight at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse starting Friday against the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. n
Senior Nicole Dickson scores one of her game-high 30 points in the Tigers 83-73 loss at East Tennessee State University on Friday.
came in sixth at 2:18.30. “Today was a solid start to what I know will be a great season,” track and field head coach Kevin Robinson said. “We had a substantial number of top-five finishes, along with multiple victories and a new program record. The team must focus on being more composed when exposed to competition. We struggled with composure in some situations today. All in all, I feel we are off to a great start and are hungry for more.” Kala Funderburk added another first-place finish for the women in the 400-meter race, crossing
the finish line with a time of 55.63. The 4x400 relay team of Funderburk, Mason, Williamson and Jeannuel Williams also placed first with a team time of 3:46.78. The men’s 4x400 relay team of Brandon Williams, O’Jike Maat, Brian Word and Aaron Willett finished second at 3:19.56. The Tigers also earned numerous top-place finishes in the field events. Manuel Ziegler placed first in the men’s triple jump with a leap of 15 meters. The freshman also placed fifth in the long jump with a distance of 7.05 meters. On the women’s side, Xenia Rahn
earned a fifth-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 5.69 meters. Both the men and the women took second-place finishes in the high jump. For the men, Georgio Lynwood grabbed the second spot with a height of 2.14 meters. The women’s Laura Toldy also saw a second place finish with a height of 1.70 meters. Austin Crenshaw led the way for the men in pole vault after finishing second with a vault of 5.25 meters. Teammate Pauls Pujats placed third at 5.05 meters. For the women, Sabrina Hochreuther took
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Track team begins indoor season with bang By Bryan Heater
bheater@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis men and women’s track and field teams started the indoor season off strong Saturday at the Birmingham Southern College Icebreaker in Birmingham, Ala. Maya Williamson headlined the day with a program-record time of two minutes, 11.31 seconds in the women’s 800-meter on her way to a first-place finish. Her time bested the previous mark of 2:11.90 set by Tina Sherratt in 2007. Teammate Monica Mason
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second with a vault of 3.70 meters, while Carolina Carmichael placed fourth at 3.55 meters. In the shot put, Britta Jaarats took third place with a throw of 14.32 meters, with teammate Allison Hotz earning fourth at 13.79 meters. On the men’s side, Yannik Schaly threw 16.79 meters to capture second place as Andrew Miller [15.94 meters] and Matt Sipe [15.19 meters] took fourth and fifth, respectively. The Tigers return to indoor action at the Kentucky Invitational, scheduled to take place Jan. 11-12.n
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Fall 2012 Final Exams Schedule Class Time
Days
Exam Date & Time
6:50 a.m.
MWF
Wed., Dec. 12, 7 – 9 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
MWF
Fri., Dec. 7, 8 – 10 a.m.
9:10 a.m.
MWF
Fri., Dec. 7, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
10:20 a.m.
MWF
Mon., Dec. 10, 8 – 10 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
MWF
Mon., Dec. 10, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
12:40 p.m.
MW
Wed., Dec. 12, 10 a.m. – Noon
2:20 p.m.
MW
Wed., Dec. 12, 1 – 3 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
MW
Wed., Dec. 12, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
7:10 p.m.
MW
Mon., Dec. 10, 7 – 9 p.m.
8:50 p.m.
MW
Wed., Dec. 12, 8 – 10 p.m.
8:00 a.m.
TTh
Tues., Dec. 11, 8 – 10 a.m.
9:40 a.m.
TTh
Tues., Dec. 11, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
11:20 a.m.
TTh
Thur., Dec. 13, 8 – 10 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
TTh
Thur., Dec. 13, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
2:40 p.m.
TTh
Tues., Dec. 11, 1 – 3 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
TTh
Thur., Dec. 13, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
7:10 p.m.
TTh
Tues., Dec. 11, 7 – 9 p.m.
8:50 p.m.
TTh
Thur., Dec. 13, 8 – 10 p.m.
9:00 a.m.
Sat
Sat., Dec. 8, 9 – 11 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
Sat
Sat., Dec. 8, 1 – 3 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
Sun
Sun., Dec. 9, 1 – 3 p.m.