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Mysterious manuscript puzzles McWherter Library curator BY NATALIE LEDOUX News Reporter
An original Babylonian clay tablet, circa 2500 B.C., resides in the Special Collections section at The University of Memphis library along with Egyptian cuneiform and medieval European manuscripts. Pages from the Past is a collection of leaves from rare books and manuscripts across the world. The collection consists of 18 sets containing four portfolios. The U of M’s portion is set No. 16 in Portfolio Set I–IV: History of the Written Word. The related sets are at various research libraries around the world. “One interesting aspect is that to create something like this nowadays would pretty much be a crime because [someone] has taken something out of its content and scattered it around,” said Edwin G. Frank, curator of special collections. Each leather-bound portfolio has about 20 pages of language manuscripts. The oldest pieces in The U of M’s collection are Babylonian writings on clay tab-
lets. Each original piece is mounted on black paper with a brief description, but no translation. In addition to Egyptian and Greek papyri and medieval European illuminated manuscripts on vellum, the collection also includes European incunabula and writings in Latin, German, Dutch, Greek, Gaelic, French and Spanish. Records indicate no known origin, publisher or date when The U of M acquired it. The library card on the portfolio is dated 1979, but The University obtained it sometime before then, Frank said. “It was such an oddity that we just don’t know anymore. Did someone give it to us? Did we buy it? It’s not possible to tell. Its sort of a mystery,” Frank said. According to WorldCat.org, a library database, George M.L. Brown compiled and sold leaf books of these artifacts circa 1926. Around 1964, Alfred W. Stites purchased the collection from Harold Maker and sold them. Stites released the leaf books in chronological sets with new, descriptive labels in leather-bound portfolios.
by Brian Wilson
What started out as a joke between friends is turning into a movement among music industry students to find visiting assistant professor, Jeff Izzo, a permanent spot on the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music’s staff next semester. When Izzo’s contracts class heard the department interviewed potential candidates for his position, they knew they had to do something about it. When the interviewee took over the course for a day, students took to Twitter in protest. “As far as I know we did it as more of a joke, but a lot of people are catching on. Jeff is an interim professor, so they brought in another candidate for the job. Before the class, they explained what was going on, so we jokingly said we were going to riot against the guy, so we tweeted ‘#saveIZZO’ while he was teaching,” said Alex Inman, junior music industry major. Twitter and Facebook have been the chosen means of communication of the movement. During the potential candidate’s teaching demonstration, there were five tweets sent. Since then, Gloria Lou, senior recording technology major, created a Facebook community called Music Industry Students for Izzo, which has 16 likes. “The main goal is to keep Izzo because he’s a great teacher. It isn’t because he’s easy. He really understands what being a student is like. He’s supportive to students, and he’s always available,” Lou said. Each of the three candidates for the position, including Izzo, will present a demonstration this month. Izzo’s demonstration is set for Wednesday with the final
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The “Pages From the Past” collection in the Ned McWherther Library Special Collection showcases preserved manuscripts and small artifacts from more than 4500 years ago. On the cover page of The U of M’s set, there is a signature, but no text with the actual name. A few years ago, a scholar contacted Frank about The U of M’s portion of the collection. The scholar attempted to put together the pieces of Pages from the Past in a digital format. He took pho-
tographs, but Frank said he does not know the scholar’s progress and cannot disclose his name. “Only 18 sets have been issued. When this edition is complete, it obviously ends this series for all of time,” was written on an introductory page of the set by an unknown author.
Hands-off teaching technique UM professors improve learning by lecturing less in the classroom BY Timberly Moore News Reporter
A select group of professors at The University of Memphis are eschewing traditional methods of teaching to change the way students learn. Maria “Fernanda” Botelho, mathematics professor, said she has scaled back her lecture time to 25 minutes of each class period and replaced the remaining hour of class with handson mathematics exercises that relate to her lectures done on a computer. Students are in charge of their own learning and the teachers step back into an assistant’s position to increase success in the classroom. “My goals were to reach more students with the course materials, change the perception that they can’t do it or that it’s too hard and to pace the students throughout the semester,” Botelho said. Retention and success rates
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Recent studies statistically show students with more consistent access to technology perform markedly better in overall academics than those who do not. have increased in her calculus, algebra and trigonometry classes through interactive learning, Botelho said. “At first, the success rate was
40 percent for my normal math classes, but since I have added in the lab component, it has risen into the high 60’s,” she said.
Botelho credits her success to the accountability she gives students over their own education. “I didn’t impose constraints
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Students given grant for nonprofit works BY DANA PORTER News Reporter Three University of Memphis students were awarded a stipend for their work and achievements during nonprofit internships. Next Generation Nonprofit Leaders Program awarded 76 students in the nation a $4,500 stipend. Susan Schmidt, executive director of The U of M’s Institute for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, said 500 students applied for the award. “The candidates had to fill out a very competitive appli-
graduate student in the master ’s public administration program were The U of M students selected. They are all members of The U of M’s Nonprofit Leaders Student Association, a program designed to prepare students for careers in the nonprofit field. The W.K. Kellogg foundation, a national accrediting body of the NLA, funded the students’ stipends. Carter has a part-time internship with Meritan Senior Services, working in marketing. “The grant will help me
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work with a nonprofit that I’m interested in working with that may not be able to pay me for my time and effort. The support that I receive that supplements my internship is a great benefit as well.”
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Defense budget not cut as much as Pentagon says BY NANCY YOUSSEF MCT Pentagon officials on Thursday announced the outlines of what they called a pared-down defense budget, but their request would increase baseline spending beyond the projected end of the war in Afghanistan, even as they plan to reduce ground forces. Arguing that the United States needs to be prepared for many potential threats despite ending the war in Iraq—and with congressional opposition to military spending cuts likely to be as stiff as ever
The budget is Panetta’s first since he assumed leadership of the Pentagon last summer. As the Obama administration winds down more than a decade of war, the budget request— only fragments of which were released Thursday — is supposed to account for cuts of $487 billion in projected spending over the next 10 years. Pentagon officials said their proposal represented tough choices, but the biggest cuts appeared to be in the Defense Department’s plan to reduce the number of U.S. ground forces to slightly more than it was on Sept. 10, 2001, before
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— Catherine Gianella Senior journalism and Spanish major cation, which consists of a personal statement and what they expect from each student. Many students around the nation applied for the scholarship, and three under my program were selected,” Schmidt said. The students were all seeking a certificate in nonprofit management and had to work a minimum of 300 hours in a tax-exempt nonprofit organization to receive the stipend, which was given during the student’s internship. Catherine Gianella, senior double major in journalism and Spanish; Artice Carter, senior nonprofit development and administration major and Marissa Aaker,
with living expenses, since mostly all of the internships are unpaid. This is really a big help,” she said. Gianella said she plans to begin her master ’s degree in public administration in the fall at The U of M. She serves as an intern at the Hutchinson’s School for Girls and assists with the leadership program facilitation and coordination for girls within the school. “This award allows me to work with a nonprofit that I’m interested in working with that may not be able to pay me for my time and effort. The support that I receive that supplements my internship is a great benefit as well,” she said.
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despite the uncertain federal fiscal picture — the Pentagon’s request calls for an increase in its base budget by $36 billion over the next five years. And its planned reduction in ground forces by 2017 would still leave the military larger than it was before the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Pentagon’s proposal over five years is 8 percent less than what the Obama administration proposed last year, a total cut of $259 billion over five years. But the figures also represent an average of 2 percent annual growth over five years, employing a definition of the term “reduction” that may be popular in Washington but is unconventional anywhere else. “That’s a real cut,” Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said.
the wars began. At the same time, the department proposed increasing spending on technology and major weapons systems, after announcing this month that it must be ready for all kinds of warfare, and proposing more use of unmanned aircraft and a more agile ground force. It wants to raise spending on drones by 30 percent, delay spending on the costly and controversial F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and fund a new bomber and a sea-based vessel that would allow drones and helicopters to take off from international waters. It wants to maintain current spending on missile defense and nuclear weapons, and spend more on cybersecurity. The department asserted that it was simultaneously tak-
ing risks and not losing any conventional capability. It said it was responding to growing financial pressure because this proposal represented the biggest cut in a decade. Their proposal, officials have said, carries risks because the U.S. military no longer would be able to fight two wars simultaneously and might be required to make difficult decisions about military priorities. “The primary risk lies not in what we can do but in how much we can do and how fast we can do it,” said Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Scientists, art designers restore island wildlife Passmore and Lynch thought the challenge of constructing a better burrow made a fitting class On a tiny, windswept island for the college’s ENGAGE prooff the San Mateo County, Calif., gram, which explores how the coast, a team of scientists and arts can influence society. “We art designers has engineered a think about industrial applicacreative solution to give mating tions for ceramics, like tableware seabirds a boost: ceramic “love and sinks and toilet bowls,” shacks.” Lynch said, “but we don’t usually These handcrafted underthink about bird condos—bird ground nests are one piece of the bunkers, basically.” Ano Nuevo Island Restoration A dozen students with backProject, a unique collaboration grounds ranging from illustration between scientists and artists that to industrial design—and little hopes to reverse some prior knowledge of of the human damage ceramics—tried their done to the island since t’s like the Galapagos hand at crafting cotthe 1800s. tages for their feathof California. It’s just an Thousands of people ered clients. visit Ano Nuevo State incredible density of wildlife “We went from Reserve at this time of zero to 60 in terms of on a tiny island.” the year to see the eleceramics skills,” said phant seals breed. But Kolle Kahle Riggs, most of those visitors who at the time of — Ryan Carle barely notice the island the class was a junior, Biologist half a mile offshore, a majoring in jewelry wildlife reserve that’s and metal arts. been closed to the public for more particular problems for rhinocerRiggs said she was excited to than half a century. Open only to os auklets, which use their claws create a piece of art that could researchers with permission from to dig six-foot-long tunnels just solve a problem. “It had a life State Parks, it’s an imposing place under the soil surface to lay their beyond just being an art object in Numerous brown pelicans cormorants, gulls and other where animals reign supreme. eggs. a gallery, or just being treasured The nine-acre strip of wave“If you ever been to the beach, by one person,” she said. “It had shorebirds make their home on Ano Nuevo Island, as seen Dec. 19, 2011. worn terraces, redolent of bird you dig a hole in the sand and more of a purpose.” guano and decay, rings with it collapses on you all the time animal cries. An abandoned because there’s nothing to hold Victorian house overrun with sea it up,” said David Sands, presilions is the largest landmark on dent of Go Native Inc., a Montara, the flat, treeless terrain. Cailf.-based habitat restoration Ano Nuevo is among only a group involved in the project. The handful of predator-free islands same thing can happen to a rhiin California where seabirds can noceros auklet burrow, killing the successfully raise their chicks. one and only chick the birds raise At least nine species of seabirds each summer. lay eggs on the island, including Oikonos biologists had previgulls, cormorants and terns, while ously built wooden nest boxes many others roost there. with PVC pipe tunnels to proOne of the breeding birds is the tect the birds, but they wanted rhinoceros auklet, a stocky black a longer-lasting solution that bird the size of a small chicken. required less maintenance. In These close relatives to puffins 2009, Oikonos president Michelle get their name from the distinc- Hester enlisted the help of her tive horn they grow on their bills friends Matthew Passmore of in the weeks that they’re look- the Rebar design studio in San ing for mates. The auklets share Francisco and Nathan Lynch, the the scarce space on Ano Nuevo head of ceramics at the California Island with mating elephant seals, College of the Arts, which has Steller sea lions and harbor seals, campuses in San Francisco and Adult Rhinoceros Auklet in breeding plumage being gently held by a biologist for weighing as well as vast numbers of visiting Oakland, Calif. and banding on Ano Nuevo Island.
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on the students and make them listen to me while I lectured, but they did have to complete the work every day, which went toward their final grades,” she said. These techniques were used to create a nonthreatening environment in courses. She said rather than students feeling evaluated by her, she wanted them to feel as if they were mentored. “You can watch a teacher solve something and not be able to understand the next problem, but the more you work it, the more crystal clear it becomes and that is the goal,” she said. Frank Leeming, psychology professor, said his classes are comprised entirely of interactive lectures. “I don’t teach, I assist the students to learn,” he said.
Leeming has been instructing his interactive course for 10 years and has statistically improved the passing rate of students in his introduction to psychology course. “Studies have shown that in intro psychology classes, 50 percent of students make D’s or F’s, but in my classes about 50 percent make A’s and about 10 percent make D’s or F’s,” he said. In Leeming’s classes, students write essays every day based on readings he assigned prior to class. After students are finished with their essays, they participate ingroup discussions, which Leeming calls a “far better approach to teaching.” While he said his style of teaching is more effective, he does not recommend it for every course at The U of M. “It would be too expensive to teach this way, but if you could, it would produce better learning,” he said.
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California sea lions. “It’s like the Galapagos of California,” said Ryan Carle, a biologist with Oikonos, the Bolinas, Calif.-based conservation nonprofit leading the restoration project. “It’s just an incredible density of wildlife on a tiny island.” Yet this small sanctuary faces a huge problem. A combination of human use, drought and storms stripped the island of native vegetation, and the eroding sandy soil is blowing away. This poses
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candidate’s presentation on the following Monday. Being a state-run institution, The University of Memphis is required to follow specific requirements when seeking professors for employment. The Tennessee Board of Regents forms a search committee, who posts a work form on their website. The U of M then receives applications to review and picks a number of them to interview and meet. A recommendation is then presented to the dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts and the director of the school of music, said Jon Frazer, associate professor of music in recording technology. “Certainly we take student opinion in consideration. We poll them after they see the candidates’ interview. There is a question of fairness in this situation because they have
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the advantage of knowing professor Izzo and working with him. I haven’t seen the tweets or Facebook page, nor do I intend to, due to fairness. But it’s a wonderful testament to his popularity with students,” Frazer said. Getting their voices heard and having an influence on the search committee is the driving force behind the movement. “We hope the students’ influence and what we care about will make an impression on the hiring committee because ultimately we are the ones being affected,” Lou said. Izzo said he has not read the tweets nor seen the Facebook page, but is moved by what the students are doing on his behalf. “I’m extremely touched. I don’t know what to say. It’s such an incredible compliment,” Izzo said. “Whether I stay or not, it makes me feel good that I’ve had a positive impact.”
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Egyptians argue fate of Mubarak party building BY HANNAH ALLAM MCT A year ago, flames swallowed the headquarters of now-deposed President Hosni Mubarak, a scene shown on live television that made the revolution real for millions of Egyptians. On that day, Jan. 28, protesters torched the National Democratic Party’s landmark building in a knockout blow to Mubarak’s three decades of rule. The charred structure still stands, its facade a reminder of the revolutionaries’ early triumph — and a testament to their struggle since. Activists want to turn the building into a museum of the held even the last party assem- properties, and froze about $5 revolution, with exhibits honor- bly before his assassination in million in the party coffers. By ing slain protesters. The mili- 1981 at another site. then, the party headquarters tary-led government, however, “He didn’t like it because it was a blackened shell whose has proposed cashing in on the was from the ancien regime,” grounds were littered with prime Nile real estate by devel- Abdellah said, smiling at the burned-out police vehicles and oping a state-of-the-art tourism irony. covered in anti-Mubarak grafcomplex. As the building’s de At the time of the build- fiti, most of which remains facto owner, the state is sure to ing’s targeting in last year’s untouched today. Egyptian prevail — one more setback for protests, he said, the National families still take souvenir phoprotesters who complain that Democratic Party occupied tos at the site. Egypt’s interim military rulers four floors, with other areas “I feel happy when I see still dismiss their demands a reserved for a bank and state- it like that,” said Mohamed year after the popular uprising. backed commissions such as Sami, secretary-general of the “Nobody Arab nationalist wants to do Karama Party. “The anything with he amount of corruption amount of corrupthat building tion and oppresand oppression that came out sion that came right away,” said Mohamed of this building made us desper- out of this buildAbla, a promiing made us desate. The youth managed to do perate. The youth nent artist who unsuccessfulto do in in a few hours what our years managed ly petitioned a few hours what the Culture of political activism failed to our years of politiMinistry to cal activism failed accomplish.” reserve the to accomplish.” space for revoAhmed Maher, a — Mohamed Sami lutionaries. founder of the April Secretary general of the Arab “They’re wait6 Youth Movement, nationalist Karma Party ing until everyone of the driving thing settles. forces behind the Maybe the (old regime) still human rights and women’s uprising, said that just days thinks they’ll come back to use affairs. Abdellah said the party before the first big protest it one day.” paid rent to the upper house of on Jan. 25, 2011, he’d tried to The drab low-rise building the Egyptian Parliament, since park his car near the heavily was erected in the 1960s, and dissolved. guarded National Democratic at that time it was the national Party leaders had offices Party building. Security forces headquarters of Egypt’s only there, along with the heads of told him “important figures” legal political party, the Arab about nine special committees, were inside and ordered him Socialist Union of then-Presi- including foreign policy, which to move. dent Gamal Abdel Nasser, Abdellah oversaw. He held “Now anyone can park there, said Mohamed Abdellah, talks with foreign envoys in anytime,” Maher said, laughing. one of the last living found- his second-floor office, not far Other revolutionary actors, ers of Mubarak’s now-defunct from the secretive operations of however, don’t cheer the burnNational Democratic Party. the widely despised billionaire ing of the building, no matter Nasser’s successor, President steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz, who’s how much it symbolized the Anwar Sadat, who formed the now serving a 10-year prison oppression of Mubarak’s long National Democratic Party and sentence for corruption. reign. The reason: Countless ushered in a limited multiparty “We inherited the old staff, important party documents system, took over the building some of whom had been there were lost, depriving prosecuwhen he came to power. But since the days of the Arab tors of hard evidence of the Sadat’s relations with the for- Socialist Union, but Ahmed Ezz party’s notorious corruption mer Arab Socialist Union lead- brought with him people from and vote rigging as they work ers were so strained that he his own business,” Abdellah to build cases against former refused to hold meetings in their recalled. “They took care of his party chiefs. old building and briefly moved office, worked on his computer. “The burning of those docuthe entire National Democratic He was totally independent so ments is a very big loss for Party leadership to another site, that nobody could ever know the revolution,” said Refaat said Abdellah, who was a friend what he was doing.” Said, the chairman of the leftist and protege of Sadat’s. collapse, Abdellah said, the Tagammu Party. “I think of the The then-fledgling party Supreme Council of the Armed leadership annex, many rooms eventually returned and made Forces and its caretaker gov- with safes and documents. the building its headquarters, ernment assumed control of This was one of our biggest Abdellah said, but a bitter Sadat all National Democratic Party mistakes.”
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UM releases Tiger Memphis Tigers breeze past Marshall, ready for E. Carolina football itinerary BY BRYAN HEATER Sports Reporter
Lee sparked a 13-5 run in which she scored 10 of the Tigers’ next 13 points to give Memphis a 16-15 advantage with 10:14 remaining. The Herd did not buckle, however. Marshall shot a stellar 48.5 percent (16-33) from the field while holding the Tigers to a modest 35.1 percent (13-37) and outrebounding Memphis 24-19 to hold a
struggling to find an offensive identity in the first half, Memphis found success with The win did not come easiits full-court pressure, suffoly. The Thundering Herd used cating the Marshall attack to “in your face defense” and a begin a 19-4 run to start the crisp offensive flow to open second half. the game on an 8-0 run. The With the Tigers up 51-43 Tigers struggled to get the with 11:08 remaining in the ball down low in the first five game, Marshall put togethminutes of the game, resorting er its last run of the game to long three-pointers. Senior to pull within six points at Brittany Carter 55-49. Memphis finally got the refused to let the Tigers on the certainly don’t want to say Herd back in the board just under game though, they (Marshall) are desperate, turning to Carter the 15-minute mark with a Lee down but they had a very high motiva- and three-pointer to the stretch. After tion level coming into today’s Carter scored cut the lead to 8-3. four points game. We talked about that this just Jasmine Lee in the first half, turned in a mon- week, about not being surprised the Preseason strous game last C-USA Player of night, scoring by the physicality whether it is the Year went 5-8 21 points and from the floor in practice or in a game.” pulling down the second half 15 rebounds as with 11 points the University of and finished secMemphis womond on the team — Melissa McFerrin en’s basketball behind Lee with Head basketball coach (15-4, 5-1) team 16 points. defeated the The Tigers Marshall Thundering Herd 37-32 halftime lead. closed the game by outscor(12-7, 3-3) 71-58 in front of an “I certainly don’t want to ing the Herd 16-9 and despite announced crowd of 2,263. say they (Marshall) are des- being outscored 28-6 off the “They made up their mind perate, but they had a very bench for the game, Memphis that they were going to be the high motivation level coming forced 27 turnovers and shot tougher team and be physi- into today’s game,” Tigers’ a respectable 70.4 percent (19cal,” Lee said. “Their whole head coach Melissa McFerrin 27) from the free throw line mindset was ‘If we out-tough said. “We talked about that compared to Marshall’s seathem then we are going to this week, about not being son low 10 attempts. win the game and when they surprised by the physicality The Tigers return to action started off it looked like it.’” whether it is practice or in a on Sunday when they travel to After the Herd took an game.” face the East Carolina Pirates. early 10-3 lead, Lee placed The Tigers came out of the Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. the team on her shoulders. locker room running. After
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Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean lead Country Music Awards BY RANDY LEWIS MCT
Kenny Chesney has come roaring back in terms of industry recognition with a field-dominating nine nominations for this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards. The runner-up for most nods was Jason Aldean, who collected six, ahead of Lady Antebellum with five, Brad Paisley with four and Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Grace Potter and the Eli Young Band with three apiece, academy officials announced Thursday. Newer-vintage performers such as Miranda Lambert and Zac Brown scored the most nominations last year, but Chesney this year is up for entertainer of the year, male vocalist and song of the year, plus double dips under the ACM’s rules recognizing performers who also are producers, for his album “Hemingway’s Whiskey,” his hit
single (with Grace Potter) “You and Tequila” and vocal event for the same song. Chesney, Swift, Aldean and Paisley are joined by Blake Shelton vying for the ACM’s top trophy, entertainer of the year, which went to Swift last year. Swift also is in the running again in the female vocalist category, along with repeat nominees Sara Evans, Lambert, Martina McBride and Carrie Underwood, while Aldean, Chesney, Paisley, Shelton and Chris Young are up for male vocalist honors. Album of the year contenders are Eric Church’s “Chief,” Lambert’s “Four the Record,” Chesney’s “Hemingway’s Whiskey,” Aldean’s “My Kinda Party” and Lady Antebellum’s “Own the Night.” Song of the year nominees along with Chesney’s “You and Tequila” are the Eli Young Band’s “Crazy Girl,” Dierks Bentley’s “Home,” Lady Antebellum’s
“Just a Kiss” and Vince Gill’s “Threaten Me With Heaven.” Single of the year, which recognizes the song, the performance and production, will be chosen from among the Eli Young Band’s “Crazy Girl,” Aldean’s and Kelly Clarkson’s “Don’t You Wanna Stay,” Keith’s “Red Solo Cup,” Young’s “Tomorrow,” and Chesney’s and Potter’s “You and Tequila.” Fan voting will help determine the new artist and entertainer of the year winners. Nominations were announced by Reba McEntire and several guests during the ACM’s first digital news conference, carried on the organization’s Facebook and Twitter pages. Awards are to be announced during an April 1 ceremony that CBS will telecast from the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. McEntire and Shelton will again share hosting duties for the show.
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game at East Carolina on Oct. 13 and a home game against Central Florida on Oct. 20, the Tigers go on a two-game road trip, facing SMU on Oct. 27 and Marshall on Nov. 3. This year ’s schedule is particularly noteworthy as it is the first year since 1934 that Memphis will not have
The University of Memphis athletic department released the 2012 Memphis football schedule yesterday. Memphis will kick off the season with four consecutive nonconference opponents, three of which also played against the Tigers last season. A home game against UT-Martin on Sept. 1 will get Sept. 1 - UT Martin the season started, before travel- Sept. 8 - @Arkansas State ing to Jonesboro, Sept. 15 - MTSU Ark. for the Sept. 22 - @Duke second year in a row to take Oct. 6 - Rice on Arkansas Oct. 13 - East Carolina State on Sept. Oct. 20 - Central Florida 8. Memphis will Oct. 27 - @SMU return home to Nov. 3 - @Marshall host the Middle Nov. 10 - Tulane Tennessee State Blue Raiders on Nov. 17 - @UAB Sept. 15. They Nov. 24 - Southern Miss. will then travel to Durham, N.C. to play the Duke Blue Devils consecutive home games. It on Sept. 22, the first time the will also be the first season two schools have met on the in 63 years that Memphis football field. Duke will come will not play a Southeastern to Memphis in 2013. Conference opponent. The Tigers will begin Memphis closes the year Conference USA play at home with games against Tulane for the second consecutive on Nov. 10, away at UAB on season, and just the fifth time Nov. 17 and Southern Miss since 1997, against Rice on on Nov. 24. Oct. 6. Following an away
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Baseball
Ready for battle: baseball sneak peek
Despite being picked to finish seventh in Conference USA, The University of Memphis baseball team is ready to go to battle as they begin spring practice today. For head coach Daron Schoenrock and the Tigers, being ranked seventh out of nine teams is nothing to worry about in a league as strong as C-USA. “You don’t pay a lot of attention to early rankings,” Schoenrock said. “The guys that have been through the wars before, our upperclassmen, know that every day is a grind, and every game is a battle in this league.” Along with the preseason rankings, the league also released the selections for its 2012 All-Conference squad. Senior third baseman Jacob Wilson was named to the preseason All-C-USA team, the only Tiger to receive that recognition. For Wilson, the honor is an incentive to work harder during the regular season. “It’s an honor to be recognized on that team,” Wilson said. “It makes me feel good, but at the same time it’s preseason. That’s going to help other players go out and compete for that award at the end of the year. It’s going to make me compete even harder.” With four starting pitchers returning this season, the Tigers will hope to find success on the mound. Schoenrock said he has already seen improvement in the starting rotation and the bullpen. “I think the pitching staff in general—the elevation of who the top 12 are—they’re all better. They’ve all improved,” Schoenrock said.
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Tiger baseball returns 18 letterwinners from last year’s squad and will be finishing seventh in Conference USA. Conference USA will again be competitive this season as C-USA rival Rice will begin the season ranked seventh in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches’ poll. Southern Mississippi and East Carolina also received votes. “Baseball is probably the strongest sport in this league,” Schoenrock said. “Three of the teams ahead of us have been to Omaha in the College World Series in the last ten years or so.” Overall, the Tigers return 18 letter-winning players and lose ten, including former team leaders Chad Zurcher and Drew Martinez. Both Zurcher and Martinez were
selected by Major League Baseball teams in the 2011 draft.
the new players coming in are talented enough to make up for the losses, and the return-
“The guys that have been
through the wars before, our upperclassmen, know that every day is a grind, and every game is a battle in this league.” — Daron Shoenrock Head baseball coach With 13 newcomers to the roster, the 2012 team will have a lot of youth. Wilson said that
ing upperclassmen will help lead the team on the field. “We’ve got a lot of young
kids that are coming in this year, and talent-wise they played extremely well in the fall,” he said. “We do have a lot of returning guys, so we have experience at the plate when it comes to game situations.” Opening day for the Tigers will be against Southern Illinois UniversityEdwardsville at FedExPark on South Campus. Schoenrock said, at this point in the season, working through spring practice is the first priority. “Early in the season, you don’t really know that much about each other, you just try to beat the game,” he said.
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Basketball
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Tigers shake off Rice game, prepare for Marshall
A hard foul on Wednesday’s game due to Memphis sophomores Tarik Black and Will Barton coming off the bench nearly leads to suspensions. Head coach Josh Pastner tries to break up the fight.
BY SCOTT HALL Sports Editor Memphis will welcome the Marshall Thundering Herd to the cavernous confines of FedExForum tomorrow night with all of its players available to play. However, it could’ve been a different story. Key sophomores Will Barton and Tarik Black were both ejected from the game against Rice on Wednesday for coming off the bench to assist a fallen teammate. NCAA rules dictate that players who come off the bench during a scuffle are to be ejected immediately, so the referees had no choice. What remained in doubt after the game, however, was whether they would be suspended for the Marshall game. Black was ejected from a game last year under similar circumstances, but as he was quickly stopped by the Memphis coaching staff, he was not suspended from playing in the next game. Both players will be available to play against Marshall after Conference USA officials determined they were satisfied by the way the referees handled the situation. After being ejected again for the same action, Black said he finds it difficult to remain on the bench when a teammate is fouled hard. “It’s tough, because it’s kind of a natural reaction,” he said. “It’s not something to really think about. Once we recognized we were already off the bench, we tried to turn around and come back.” For the second time this season, head coach Josh Pastner found himself rushing out onto the court to try
and break up the fight himself. He said it is part of his job to try to restore order as quickly as possible. “In this day and age, there can be melees at any time,” he said. “It takes one second, so I believe it’s the head coach’s responsibility to get out there and stop any opportunity where something could happen that could embarrass the game.” The nonsuspension of Black and Barton is a relief for the Tigers, as the two of them combine for 37 percent of Memphis’ scoring this season, and 37.6 percent of rebounding. Losing either
of them would have been a tough blow to overcome as they welcome in a high-flying Marshall team, albeit one that has stumbled a bit recently. The Thundering Herd began the season 13-4, including an overtime win at Cincinnati, but have lost their last three games to West Virginia, Southern Miss and UAB. They are led by DeAndre Kane and Damier Pitts, who average 16.2 and 12.9 points per game respectively. Kane is also the team’s second-leading rebounder with 5.7 boards per game. Dennis Tinnon leads the team with 10.5 rebounds
per game to go with 9.8 points per game. Despite coming into the game on a three-game losing streak, the Herd is confident they can compete with Memphis. “We’ve gotten a lot of hype, but people are still talking about Memphis,” Pitts said after a victory over Central Florida on Jan. 14. “We feel like we’re the ones with the upper hand.” Pitts’ comments haven’t bothered the Memphis players, Black said. “They are what they are,” Black said. “We’ve just got to go out there and play hard and
play smart, because they’re a good team. We’re hoping we can do what it takes to win.” Pastner expects a tough game tomorrow night, with Marshall looking for validation as the class of Conference USA. “This is their Super Bowl,” Pastner said. “This is their biggest game of the year. They kicked our butts last year at Marshall. We played well against them here the first time, but the second time we got a little arrogant and got our butts handed to us. We’ve got to have the same hunger we had the first time we played them.”
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