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‘We Are Memphis’ fights hate By Joey Kachel
news@dailyhelmsman.com We Are Memphis will be organizing an event celebrating the city’s diversity in response to a planned rally by the Ku Klux Klan. The event, which is still in its planning stages, is slated for March 30 and is intended to promote racial harmony and peace in a city with historical racial tensions. The event is taking place on the same day as a rally by the KKK intended to protest the recent renaming of three parks by the Memphis City Council. We Are Memphis is the second incarnation of Challenging the Klan’s Message, which was formed after news broke of an impending KKK rally in the city and was focused exclusively on opposing the KKK. We Are Memphis is focused more on promoting better race relations in the city. Richard Lou, chair of the University of Memphis’ art department, organized the group. He explained that the name of the group was changed in order to lessen the amount of attention the Klan received. “We didn’t want to draw any more attention to them,” Lou said. “We wanted to focus on a proMemphis event.” While the name and mission of the group has changed, the message of peace and unity remains the same. “We all live in the city and even though there are a lot of complex issues, we all get along,” Lou said. “We want to promote that.” On Tuesday, the city granted the Klan’s request to hold a rally in the city, with the provisions
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After receiving a report from the Helmsman Funding Committee, University of Memphis President Shirley Raines did not accept the committee’s recommendations but authorized a short-term funding solution for the University of Memphis’ independent student newspaper, The Daily Helmsman. While the Helmsman’s funding for
Fee Allocation Committee voted to cut the Helmsman’s funding by 33 percent, which lead to an investigation that revealed the paper’s content was a factor in the committee’s decision — an apparent First Amendment violation. “There is a bigger issue at hand, and that is to protect the paper from censorship and harassment,” Chelsea Boozer, alumnae and former editor of the Helmsman, said. “Raines’ emailed remarks note the paper’s importance in the campus community and I can
the 2013-14 academic year is promised, the future of the paper’s funding and the structure and policies of the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee remain unclear. “To take this off of the table for this next year, the $75,000 is there. Part of it is from student activity fees and part of it will be from other fees, but that is something that I am determining here at the administration level,” Raines said. In April 2012, the Student Activity
only hope that she really sees how vital it is to protect the paper from the retaliation it experienced while I was editor.” While Raines assured that the Helmsman would receive funding, she did not directly specify where the funding would come from. “While I am pleased Raines is securing the paper’s normal funding for this year, it is premature to say the
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March marks women’s history journey Workshop
voices slave narratives
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will include the “Muted Belle” exhibit in the Communication and Fine Arts Building, which features a statue that honors eight Memphis women, films screenings on domestic violence, and “Women Who Lead,” a panel discussion that will feature U of M President Shirley Raines as well as many other prominent leaders on the campus. Ellen Watson, vice president for Information Technology, is one of the women who will also participate on the panel. She occupies one of the six vice-presidential positions at the University, the majority of which are held by women. Watson said that, though women do hold the majority of the vicepresidential positions, it is more
Memphis Suicide Training, Education and Prevention Services (S.T.E.P.S) will host a workshop called “African-American Experiences & Coping” in the University Center this afternoon from 12:30-3:30 p.m. The workshop will offer students an opportunity to learn how to overcome challenges and hear slave narratives about coping with heartache and loss. The workshop will be followed by a panel discussion in which students will discuss how they overcome their own hardships and give insight on different coping mechanisms they used to do so. “The panel will feature students discussing everything from overcoming substance abuse to coping with ADD, to how they overcame suicidal thoughts,” Dr. Theresa Okwumabua, affiliate research professor in the Department of Psychology, said. “One student will discuss his experience as a veteran and the hardships he faced.” The slave narratives show ways the slaves coped through singing and dancing. The stories will show the hardships they went through like getting their children taken
see HISTORY on page 6
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Curator Eric Bork arranges the “Muted Belles: A Monument to Women of Memphis” exhibit for Woman’s History Month this March.
By Erica Hartsfield
news@dailyhelmsman.com This year marks the 26th celebration of Women’s History Month. The University of Memphis is hosting events throughout the month to coincide with the theme “Women Making History Every Day.” The opening event will be a luncheon in the University Center Ballroom entitled “A Personal Journey Through Women’s History.” It will take place on March 1 from noon to 2 p.m. Janann Sherman, history department chair, will discuss her experiences as a chronicler of women’s history during the luncheon. She said that Women’s History Month is an integral part of history, and it is important to be reminded of that for
The Daily Helmsman is a “designated public forum.” Students have authority to make all content decisions without censorship or advance approval. The Daily Helmsman is pleased to make a maximum of 10 copies of each issue available to a reader for free. Additional copies are $1. Partial printing and distribution costs are provided by an allocation from the Student Activity Fee.
at least one month of the year. “I wish we didn’t need Women’s History Month, but we do,” she said. Sherman said that though women have come a long way, they still have not reached the status in society that they deserve. “Women have made a great deal of progress but there’s still a lot to be done,” she said. “Laws are relatively easy to change. Changing people’s attitudes is much more difficult.” Though the month is dedicated to celebrating the achievements of women, Sherman said that the purpose of months like these is to draw wider audiences that include everyone, not just women. “Women’s history is about men as well as women,” she said. “History is history and it affects everyone.” Other events during the month
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Mississippi officially ends slavery By Crystal Welch
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February is the month that the United States has chosen to recognize African-American history. This year is the 150-year anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the order that declared free those enslaved African-Americans living in states not under Union control. February 2013 also marks the time that the state of Mississippi officially became the final state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, officially banning slavery in the state. As of 2013, the state of Mississippi had never submitted the document required to officially ratify the amendment, meaning slavery was technically legal in the state. It wasn’t until after some digging
by Dr. Ranjan Batra, a University of Mississippi Medical Center professor of neurobiology and anatomical sciences, that the clerical oversight was given attention and corrected. The website unconstitution. net holds information about the ratifying of amendments. Batra, who became a U.S. citizen in 2008, noticed that the state of Mississippi was the only state with an asterisk beside its name. Though the state did ratify the amendment in 1995, because U.S. Archivists were never notified then, the ratification was not official. “With Mississippi being the last state, finally in 1995, to ratify the fundamental freedom guaranteed in the 13th Amendment, and then the state doesn’t bother to register its vote,” said Dr. David Arant, journalism professor and department chair at the University of Memphis. “That failure only serves
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to remind us of Mississippi’s terrible record in respecting the rights of all its citizens.” The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” The amendment was passed by Congress on Jan. 31, 1865, and ratified by the states on Dec. 6, 1865. “Mississippi gets a lot of bad press about this type of stuff and I just felt that it is something that should be fixed, and I saw every reason that could be done,” Batra told ABCNews. Batra worked with Ole Miss Medical Center colleague Ken Sullivan to resolve the issue. Sullivan contacted Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hoseman to have Hoseman perform the official proceedings needed to make ratification official as outlined by the final paragraph of the bill. Hoseman submitted the required document to the National Archives, and with that, on Feb. 7, 2013, the state of Mississippi officially became the final state to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The director of the federal register wrote, “With this action, the State of Mississippi has ratified the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.” “For me it was just important that this part of history was done from our state,” Sullivan told ABCNews. “I know we have some dark spots in our history through the South, it still affects people’s opinions about Mississippi today.” Batra and Sullivan both said the film “Lincoln” played a pivotal role in inspiring them to investigate the state’s history and work to correct the historical oversight. It is reported that following the filing, Hoseman said, “It was long overdue.” n
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uuFunding Continued from page 1 Helmsman has nothing else to worry about,” Boozer said. Yesterday, Raines sent an email to UM students, faculty and staff informing the University community of the importance of the newspaper. She stated that the University would allocate the continued level of funding, $75,000, to the newspaper for the upcoming academic year. Brian Faughnan, the attorney representing the Helmsman, sees this decision as beneficial in the short term. However, he has concerns that the Helmsman will again be denied funding by the SAF Allocation Committee, as was the case in April 2012. “To me it is very good news to hear that the Helmsman won’t have to go back hat-in-hand to the committee to ask for funding,” Faughnan said. “It certainly raises questions though about what will happen in the future.” This means that the Helmsman will not go to the SAF Allocation Committee, consisting of five administrators and the president and vice president of the Student Government Association, to lobby for funding for the next academic year, but it may have to do so in upcoming years. “The Student Activity Fee may be involved, but the process where the students were determining whether the content was appropriate or not will not be a part of it,” Raines said. It is still unclear how the Helmsman will receive funding in the future. “While we are happy to get $75,000 for the next year, that is not what the Helmsman asked for. The Helmsman asked for a long-term solution for the funding problem, not just one year, but a long-term solution,” Candy Justice, general manager for the Helmsman and official observer but non-voting member of the Helmsman Funding Committee, said. The report recommends broader student participation and representation from multiple student groups rather than solely from the SGA, the exclusion of voting by representatives from groups receiving funding and making the allocation process more transparent. The committee suggested three alternative funding methods for the Helmsman, none of which Raines accepted for the upcoming academic year. They included an annual dollar amount from available SAF, a percentage formula of SAF based on enrollment and a fixed percentage formula based on available SAF. It is unclear if Raines will implement any of these recommendations. It is also unclear which, if any, alternative funding method will be established for the Helmsman. “I would hope that something would happen by the end of the school year,” Otis Sanford, funding committee member and Hardin Chair of Excellence in the journalism department, said. “That would be helpful not only for the Helmsman, but for every organization involved.” Raines has secured funding for the Helmsman until May of 2014 with the possibility of authorizing a stable and reliable funding method for the publication’s future. “I think that Dr. Raines will give the report the strong consideration it deserves,” Sanford said. n
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Loss hurts, but much still at stake By Bryan Heater
bheater@dailyhelmsman.com By now, most are well aware of what happened to the University of Memphis men’s basketball team Tuesday night in Cincinnati, Heater Ohio, so there is no need to go into any further detail other than to say they were physically manhandled. Pouring salt into an open wound, a chair of the NCAA Tournament selection committee was on hand to watch Xavier, a team that will not make the tournament unless
they win their conference’s, dominate a Memphis team that had won 18 straight games. The problem with the win streak in the eyes of critics across the country was it had come against the kiddie corral, more commonly referred to as Conference USA nowadays. The loss is sure to throw the Tigers’ tournament seeding into full chaos mode entering the final stretch run of the season. ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi had listed Memphis as a No. 5 seed prior to the Xavier loss, which officially ended any hopes of attaining a seed that high. Other media outlets, such as CBS Sports, had the Tigers at a No. 7 seed, a prediction which seems much more plausible now than it did Monday. By no means though is it time for
Memphis or its fans to panic. Does the loss hurt? Sure. Will the Tigers now be looking at a No. 8 verse No. 9 matchup, with an outside shot at a No. 7 or No. 6 seed? It certainly appears that way. But there are games to be played and a résumé to add on to. If you think Central Florida will cue the violins Saturday when the Tigers come to town, then you are terribly mistaken. There is no pity party in any corner of the country for this team. If anything, those who questioned the Tigers’ play against quality opponents are sitting down somewhere saying, “They are who we said they were.” But it is not time to listen to the outside voices if you are in that locker room, nor is it time to reflect on a forgettable showing on
national television. No, for these Tigers it is closing time. My father always told me growing up, “Son, you can wallow in your mistakes or you can put them behind you, move forward and make the best of the situation.” So Memphis, it is time to forget what happened Tuesday and know that winning out still gives this team a higher seed. When firing on all cylinders, the Tigers are capable of winning any battle that comes their way and posing nightmare matchups for the opposing squad. Everything Memphis aimed for at the beginning of the season is still on the table, including a conference championship and even a national championship. Now is not the time to forget what got this team here, so keep calm and carry on, Tigers. n
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Tigers’ Ta es “It can’t be good. They should not be losing to teams they are not supposed to be losing to.”
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uuKKK Continued from page 1 that attendees not wear their hoods or carry weapons. 180 people are expected to show up to the event on March 30, which is a far cry from the numbers promised by the “Exalted Cyclops,” a high-ranking member of the KKK who claimed that the Klan would be coming to Memphis in massive numbers. “It’s not going to be 20 or 30, it’s going to be thousands of Klansmen from the whole United States coming to Memphis, Tenn.,” he told
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“We had some great dunks! Then I don’t know what happened … The Tigers are bad finishers.” Jake Park, Psychology freshman WMC-TV. The subject of the rally had been a sore spot for Memphians, with people debating whether or not to allow the Klan to carry out their rally in the city. Opponents to the Klan’s rally claimed that the event would paint a negative picture of Memphis and drive away tourists. But the Klan held to all the rules and regulations required to file a request to hold a demonstration — paying a $50 fee and adhering to a two-week lead time between filing and the actual event, so the city allowing them to rally was seen as a foregone conclusion.
“We still have a legitimate shot to make it to the tournament. We just get big headed after so many wins.” Ryan Hafner, Mechanical engineering freshman The Klan has a long and violent history in the Bluff City. In 1998, the Klan came to Memphis to protest the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. After reports of violence and vandalism, the Memphis Police Department fired tear gas into a crowd of anti-Klan protestors. Afterwards, the MPD said gangs caused the vandalism. Richard Lou believes that the city was in the right to allow the Klan to rally, despite his opposition to their message. “They have a constitutional right to assemble,” he said. “Hopefully the past won’t repeat itself.” n
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uuHistory Continued from page 1 important to note that everyone should be judged equally. “That’s a real key. We’ve got really capable people in important roles all over the University,” she said. Watson said that it can be easy to forget the contributions of women to society and the impact of Women’s History Month. She said that, even if some of the events do not appeal to everyone, people should step outside of the box and attend them just to have a different perspective on women. “I would encourage people to attend the events that they can but particularly push their limits a little bit,” she said. “From my experience, that’s the time when sometimes a light bulb goes off.” Stephanie Blaisdell, assistant vice president for Student Development, is helping to organize the events for the month. She said that people often have misconceptions about where women currently stand in society. “I think it is easy to think that, in this day and age, women have equal rights and are treated the same in the workplace and in society,” she said. “The evidence says that’s just not so, and because we are the gender that gives birth, I don’t think it will ever be so. “ Blaisdell said she wants everyone to understand the accomplishments of women and realize that, though people often consider it “a man’s world,” women have made amazing strides that have changed the world. “It’s like that saying, ‘Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except she did it backwards, and in high heels,’” she said. “I think it’s important to recognize the significant contributions that women have made in the past, despite their relative lack of power, and to celebrate the achievements we continue to make every day, while we juggle other priorities like children — and those high heels!” n
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NBC’s Thursday lineup goes from ‘Must See TV’ to ‘Must Flee TV’ By Meg James MCT
Thursday was once the most profitable night of the week for NBC. But the network’s prime-time ratings and fortunes have eroded dramatically in recent years, forcing network executives to rethink their strategy. Last fall, NBC’s schedule contained a curious recruit for the marquee time slot of 10 p.m. Thursday: “Rock Center With Brian Williams.” The news magazine show occupied the spot once reserved for the hallmark NBC dramas “ER,” “LA Law” and “Hill Street Blues.” Ratings for Williams’ show were weak, attracting fewer than 4 million viewers an episode. Worse, NBC advertising executives struggled to sell the show’s commercial time to Hollywood film studios that long have spent lavishly on Thursday to promote their weekend movie releases. This month, NBC executives shifted “Rock Center” to Friday,
and its ratings grew 10 percent. NBC filled the Thursday-night slot with the medical drama “Do No Harm.” Executives figured that it could do no worse — but it did. “Do No Harm” scored record-low ratings and was yanked after just two episodes. NBC’s crumbling Thursday lineup — ratings are down 20 percent from last season — illustrates the challenges facing the Comcast Corp.-owned broadcast network as it labors to reverse a decade of audience declines. NBC now attracts 5.2 million viewers Thursday, a fraction of its audience a decade ago, according to Nielsen. Things could get worse: Two of the network’s primary Thursday comedies, “The Office” and Tina Fey’s “30 Rock,” are ending their runs, leaving NBC with even more holes on the most profitable night of television. “Thursday night has to be a priority for NBC,” Jason Maltby, a top advertising buyer with the ad agency Mindshare, said in an interview.
“It is a key night for marketers looking to drive their weekend sales.” From the late 1990s to about 2003, NBC generated as much as $800 million in annual profit from its “Must See TV” lineup, which boasted such defining shows as “Friends,” “Seinfeld” and “Will & Grace.” “Friends” drew more than 17 million viewers an episode in its last two seasons. Back then, the Thursday lineup generated nearly 60 percent of NBC’s prime-time revenue, according to people familiar with the network’s finances who did not want to be identified divulging internal information. Now, by some estimates, NBC’s entire prime-time schedule loses substantially more than $150 million a year. “They really need something that can ignite a night,” said TV historian Tim Brooks. “But in an odd way, maybe losing ‘The Office’ and ‘30 Rock’ was what needed to happen to help NBC start to turn things around.”
Indeed, allowing the comedies to gracefully retire was part of NBC’s strategy. After the Philadelphia cable giant Comcast took control of NBCUniversal two years ago, new programming executives were installed at the broadcast network. The team inherited a prime-time schedule full of holes and a cupboard that was bare. NBC soon began ramping up development to mount a turnaround, which Comcast has estimated could take five years. A year ago, as NBC put together its fall schedule, programming executives made a decision to not worry about Thursday. They worried that new shows would get flattened because the aging “30 Rock” and “The Office” were not bringing new viewers to the night. Instead, they marshaled their meager resources during the first half of the week when the network had stronger shows, including “Sunday Night
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Football” and the hit singing competition “The Voice.” “We had to take it one piece at a time,” said Jennifer Salke, president of NBC Entertainment. The gambit paid off in the fall with two new 10 p.m. dramas. J.J. Abrams’ “Revolution” attracted nearly 13 million viewers an episode, while Dick Wolf ’s “Chicago Fire” averaged nearly 8 million. Even the veteran Tuesday family drama “Parenthood” experienced a lift. NBC rocketed to first place in the important advertiser category of viewers ages 18 to 49 in the fourth quarter. But when “Sunday Night Football” ended its season and “The Voice” and “Revolution” went on hiatus, NBC’s schedule came crashing down. CBS took over the top spot, and NBC is expected to end the TV season in third or fourth place. Now, NBC executives are focusing on next fall. The network has ordered 10 drama pilots, and 17 comedy pilots — more than any of its rivals. n
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away, their masters confiscating their bibles, being banned from going to certain places and how African people that were royalty in their homeland coped with transitioning to slave life. “The narratives were written by second generation slaves and people have analyzed these narratives to see the techniques slaves used to cope in these situations,” Okwumabua said. “The workshop is not just for African American students, but for faculty and students of others races as well.” Okwumabua said that during the workshop students and faculty come and share their experiences, and faculty members listen to the students’ conflicts and sometimes make adjustments to make their life easier. “I think educating students on suicide prevention is important because this is a time in people’s life to learn self-worth and how to love yourself,” Holly Keating, a U of M alumnae and psychology major, said. “There are a high number of students on college campuses that commit suicide and people tend to overlook it.” The goal of this workshop is to increase awareness about suicide and to educate the community on ways to deal with stress in a healthy way. “I think the main thing students can get from this is that they will not feel so alone and see how some people have gone through much worse situations,” Okwumabua said. Finances, grades, exams and relationships are among the top stressors that drive college-aged students to contemplate suicide. “Sometimes students start using drugs and this compounds the issue,” Okwumabua said. According to a 2008 survey by the Center for Disease Control, black women ages 45-64 have the lowest suicide rate in the United States. Okwumabua said she thinks this is because black women are willing to turn to a higher power. “Black women believe that community plays a pivotal role in their lives,” Okwumabua said. “They generally do not have a lot of money and have to turn somewhere.” Michayela Rosario, senior psychology major, said she believes as a black woman the values of maintaining composure through hardship is instilled in you from a very young age. “Women in the African-American community tend to ask for help more readily than men,” Rosario said. “I think the men in our culture would rather not admit they are struggling.” Okwumabua’s goal in this workshop is to reach at least one student on campus. “If I could not do any better than saving one kid’s life, I will be satisfied,” she said. n
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Women’s basketball looks to improve seeding By Hunter Field
sports@dailyhelmsman.com Three-point shooting has propelled the University of Memphis women’s basketball team (16-11, 7-6 Conference USA) of late, and they will look to stay hot as they travel to Tulsa, Okla. to take on the Golden Hurricane (11-15, 6-7 C-USA) at 7 p.m. Winners of their last two, Memphis needs another victory to continue climbing the C-USA standings. The Tigers have slid into a tie for the fourth spot in C-USA, but Tulsa is lurking just a game behind in fifth. Historically, Memphis has dominated the series, winning six out of nine meetings including the last four matchups. Despite the Tigers’ dominance, three of the last four meetings have been decided by a total of 12 points, and just a two-point home win last February. Senior for ward Nicole Dickson leads the Tigers, averaging 19.7 points per game and 7.2 rebounds. Ariel Hearn adds 13.5 ppg and 5 rpg for Memphis. Dickson and Hearn swept this week’s C-USA awards. Dickson received her fourth C-USA Player of the Week honor after scoring 22 points against Southern Miss and 27 points against UTEP, while Hearn garnered her third
C-USA Freshman of the Week award averaging 16 points over the week’s two games. They will have to keep up the good work to beat a tough Tulsa team led by Taleya Mayberry, who averages 18.2 ppg. Also, Memphis has to keep Tiffani Couisnard off the glass, who averages 9.2 boards per contest and 8.2 points. The Golden Hurricane dropped their last two to SMU and Tulane. They will be eager to right the ship tonight against the U of M, and it is never easy to get a win against a team on a losing streak at home, so Memphis will have to play well to leave with a win. Tonight’s game has tremendous seeding implications. It is the only meeting between Tulsa and Memphis this year, and it will decide the tiebreak should the teams end up tied in the C-USA standings. A Memphis win puts the Tigers in sole position of fourth place, but a loss drops them back to seventh place. The higher the seed the better for the U of M, as their only ticket to the NCAA Tournament will be through an automatic bid given to the winner of the C-USA tournament. This is the first game of a twogame road trip before the Tigers return home for their regular season finale against Marshall. n
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Junior guard Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir and the women’s basketball team look to take sole possession of fourth place in the Conference USA standings tonight with a win at Tulsa.
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