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Students in colleges and universities across the nation are engaging in more sex – education, that is. However, it’s not the kind of sex education that is reiterated in high school freshman orientation. Many college students want answers to questions about sex not routinely discussed with a doctor. Sex Weeks are rapidly increasing in popularity on college campuses.

Programs featured in Sex Week open up discussions about sex and promote positive experiences with sex. Sex Week educators, like clinical sexologist and certified sexuality educator Megan Andelloux, are talking frankly about sexual pleasure. LGBT issues, pornography and masturbation are just a few of the topics. “I always go back to the definition of sexual health by the World Health Organization—‘Sexual health is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality; it is not merely the absence

of disease, dysfunction or infirmity,’” Andelloux said. According to Andelloux, America has not yet caught up to this mentality. Andelloux’s Study Sex College Tour offers universities 14 different workshops to choose from with general, pleasure or political focuses. However, the public response hasn’t always been positive. In 2013, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville’s first annual Sexual Empowerment and Awareness at Tennessee event had two-thirds of its funding pulled two weeks before

the event after backlash from the community. “But students want it and the public wants it,” Andelloux said. “That’s why it’s so important for student organizers to get sexuality talked about. It’s a risky move to say ‘We need to be talking about masturbation’.” One of the top sexuality educators in America, Andelloux has held over 170 educational sex workshops in the last four years on college campuses, medical institutions and in Ivy League

news@dailyhelmsman.com Confucius Institutes around the globe are celebrating their 10th year anniversary this year by filming a television documentary to be viewed worldwide. This year marks the seventh year that the Confucius Institute of the University of Memphis, one of about 360 locations operating on six different

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Confucius Institute celebrates 10th year anniversary with international documentary Senior Bethany LaGrone is a Memphis native and expresses great interest in the Asian language and culture. She is a quadruple major in economics, liberal studies with a concentration in Asian studies and International trade, international studies as well as foreign languages with a double concentration in Chinese and French. “I chose ASIT as another major because I like their guidance with studying abroad, and they have some

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good scholarships and knowledgeable people,” LaGrone said. In commemoration of the 10th year anniversary of the Confucius Institutes worldwide, each institute was encouraged to shoot short documentaries, which are to be compiled into one longer documentary. The institute teamed up with Running Pony Production Company, the largest production company in

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Ryan Goble and Greg Massey, both directors of photography at Running Pony, film B-roll for their documentary.

continents, was founded by Hsiang-Te Kung. The CIUM focuses on the promotion of teaching the Chinese language and for exchange and cooperation in areas such as education, culture and economics with the rest of the world. The institute has been ranked as one of the top six Confucius Institutes in the United States and one of the top 30 in the world by the National Office in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language.

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Taking a date to the movies may seem inexpensive, but people are often surprised by how much money is shelled out after purchasing tickets. With “no outside food or drink” signs hanging from the walls, people go straight to the concession stand. While this may seem like the only option, many moviegoers turn to sneaking their own food and drinks into theaters. According to a recent Harris study, six in ten Americans, 58 percent, have admitted to sneaking their own brand of department store concessions into the movies in order to dodge the theatres high prices. At the Malco Paradiso Cinema, a small popcorn, small drink and admission costs $17.25. According to Kierra Myart, a junior psychology major, bringing outside snacks to the movies is essential to avoiding an empty wallet. “I sneak food into theaters all the time,” she said. “It’s not that the food is bad, I just don’t want to pay almost $10 to get in and another $10 to get food.” At grocery stores, getting twice as much food and snacks for a movie date is easier because they often sell everything in packs. Since they buy in bulk, the markup is less than a theater that is dependent on individual candy, popcorn and soda sales. Concession stand candy is often $2.50 to $3 more than in stores such as Wal-Mart, Walgreens and Dollar Tree. As a careful food hauler, Myart believes there is an art to sneaking food into films. She said the key is to have a sizable bag that is able to conceal all of the snacks while also keeping the contents safe. Good lining is necessary to keep theater employees from seeing the outline of a soda can, the crackling of a crunchy

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School to operate independently By Pantrick Lantrip

news@dailyhelmsman.com Keeping in line with the recent restructuring of administrative departments and divisions, the University of Memphis recently announced that the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Restaurant Management will begin to operate independently. The school, which was part of the Fogelman College of Business and Economics, will make the switch to an independently run school within the University in order to increase the amount of major-specific coursework offered to students. “We were restricted in our ability to offer hospitality courses because of the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) limits on how many credit hours we could offer within the major,” said Radesh Palakurthi, Director of the Kemmons Wilson School. “The hospitality industry was telling us that our students didn’t have enough hospitality training in our program.” The school was limited to 24 credit hours within the major by the

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Ashley Bruno, training as the front desk associate at the Holiday Inn near the U of M, makes a reservation for a guest. business school’s AACSB accreditation, but now the newly independent school is Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration accredited and will offer 60 hours of coursework within

the major. “We will offer a variety of courses since half of our program is within the major, so the industry sees us as a positive, viable program now,” Palakurthi said. “We are up there with

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include revenue management, language training, hospitality law, ethical issues and risk management, advanced food and beverage management and information technology in hospitality and restaurant management, to name a few. In addition, some of the existing courses will be modified to fit the new accreditation. “We have a very active advisory board, and they give us good feedback as to what skills our students should have,” Palakurthi said. “So we are constantly changing our curriculum, program requirements and the resources we offer to our students based on that.” Many of the other faculty members of the Kemmons Wilson School share Palakurthi’s enthusiasm. “We are really excited to become an independent school,” said Eun Kyong Choi, “Now our students can focus on the hospitality aspect, so our students can be better prepared by the time they graduate.” The move was approved by the Tennessee Board of Regents in January, and Palakurthi has already begun to report directly to Provost M. David Rudd.

Page 1 bag of chips or the rustling of candies bouncing together in a box. The secret, according to Myart, is to open the bag of chips prior to putting it in your purse. Allowing the air to leave the bag makes room for other dining supplies in the purse such as napkins or plasticware, depending on the meal one is smuggling. According to Maurice Owens, the manager of the Malco Paradiso Cinema, the staff is aware that people sneak food into movies, but sometimes, it is not until the movie is over that the remainder of the forbidden food and drinks are discovered. “We don’t catch people too often,” Owens said. “But it happens.” For Gisselly Soto, a senior criminal justice and Spanish double major at the U of M, sneaking food and drinks into a movie is a common occurrence. On most occasions, theater employees

never check her purse. “Its very easy to do,” Soto said. “I never have problems bringing food in.” According to Owens, when an employee does find a patron with outside snacks, the consequences are slim to none. “We just ask that they take it back to the car or throw it away,” Owens said. With the satchel – commonly deemed “man purse” – always being an option, men tend to have to be more creative in order to sneak their food into a movie theater. According to Soto, she makes her boyfriend wear a large jacket with many pockets. While it may look odd during the summer, it efficiently gets the job done. “Sometimes I don’t want to carry

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my purse,” she said. “So, I make my boyfriend put some chips or something in his jacket. He holds it with his hands in his pockets.”

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Siyue Chen, Chinese teacher at the U of M, cuts out the Chinese character for “safety.”

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Memphis. T. Leigh Starns is the lead producer and director of the company. “We do a lot of work for the university along with sports work,” Starns said. “We are very committed to the city and we want to fee like people can come to us and get high quality production rather than going all the way to LA.” Running Pony does a lot of produc-

tion for the university and they have had the honor of winning a few MidSouth Regional Emmy awards starring the University of Memphis football team in 2012. The documentary is set to air this summer 2014 in China first, then it will air in the U.S. The documentary will show scenes

of offices, teaching sites, libraries and campuses of The Confucius Institute. There will also be interviews of the most prestigious directors including Assistant Director Yiping Yang and a few of the ASIT students and professors. “I used to teach the English language in China and then I came here and focused on Chinese culture at the

University of Memphis, and I am so excited,” Yang said. The CIUM is partnered University of Memphis and Hubei University in Wuhah, China. The institute is working with 24 partner schools in Tennessee. Not only does the Confucius Institute have the ASIT program, but the Asian professors of the institute also

teach Chinese at a few K-12 schools located in Memphis. “We have so much to be proud of at the CIUM. We have a great team, wonderful students and amazing partner schools across Tennessee. The future looks very bright for the CIUM,” Hsiang-Te Kung, director of CIUM, said.

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CVS to stop selling tobacco By Tom Murphy Associated Press

CVS, the nation’s second-largest drugstore chain, is kicking the habit of selling tobacco products as it continues to shift its focus toward being more of a health care provider. The company said Wednesday that it will phase out cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco by Oct. 1 in its 7,600 stores nationwide, in a move that will help grow its business that works with doctors, hospitals and others to improve customers’ health. The move is the latest evidence of a big push in the drugstore industry that has been taking place over several years. Major drugstore chains have been adding in-store clinics and expanding their health care offerings. Their pharmacists deliver flu shots and other immunizations, and their clinics now manage chronic illnesses like high blood pressure and diabetes and treat relatively minor problems like sinus infections. Among other things, they’re preparing for increased health care demand. That’s in part due to an aging U.S. population that will need more care in future years. It’s also the result of the millions of people expected to gain health insurance under the health care overhaul. As CVS has been working to

team up with hospital groups and doctor practices to help deliver and monitor patient care, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Troyen A. Brennan said the presence of tobacco in its stores has made for some awkward conversations. “One of the first questions they ask us is, ‘Well, if you’re going to be part of the health care system, how can you continue to sell tobacco products?’” he said. “There’s really no good answer to that at all.” CVS Caremark Corp., which has 7,600 stores nationwide, said it will lose about $2 billion in annual revenue by phasing out tobacco, but the move will not affect its 2014 earnings forecast. CVS notches about $1.5 billion annually in tobacco sales, but it expects a bigger hit because smokers often buy other products when they visit their stores. The company brought in more than $123 billion in total revenue in 2012. The company declined to say what will take tobacco’s prominent shelf place behind cash registers at the front of its stores. CVS will test some items and may expand smoking cessation products that are sometimes sold near cigarettes. Its drugstores do not sell electronic cigarettes, devices that heat a liquid nicotine solution and create a water vapor that users inhale. CVS also plans to expand its smoking cessation efforts. That includes training

pharmacists to counsel people on how to quit. “We’ve come to the conclusion that cigarettes have no place in a setting where health care is being delivered,” said CVS CEO Larry Merlo, who noted that many of the chronic conditions their clinics treat are made worse by smoking. The company’s tobacco plan drew praise from President Barack Obama, who said the decision will help his administration’s efforts to reduce tobaccorelated deaths, cancer, and heart disease, as well as lower health care costs. Tobacco is responsible for about 480,000 deaths a year in the U.S., according to the Food and Drug Administration, which gained the authority to regulate tobacco products in 2009. The federal government has renewed efforts to reduce the death and disease caused by tobacco use on the heels of the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1964 surgeon general’s report that launched the antismoking movement. A new 980page report issued last month by acting Surgeon General Boris Lushniak also urged new resolve to make the next generation smoke-free. CVS competitors Walgreen Co. and Rite Aid Corp. both sell tobacco and smoking cessation products, as does the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which also operates pharmacies

Tigers’ Ta es “I feel tobacco products are unhealthy and a sick habit that some wish to quit but are addicted.”

Chelsey Bonds, Nursing senior

“I’m not opposed to CVS discontinuing the selling of tobacco products. As a smoker, I rarely buy my cigarettes from CVS.”

Ethan Piccirilli, English senior

“CVS may lose business from this change, but I am sure they took that in consideration when it was proposed.”

Justin McQueen, Integrative studies senior

in its stores. But Target Corp., another major retailer with pharmacies, does not tobacco. Both Walgreen and Rite Aid representatives said Wednesday that they are always evaluating what they offer customers and whether that meets their needs. The nation’s biggest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, said in a statement Wednesday that it is up to retailers to decide if they’re going to sell tobacco products. Philip Morris is owned by Richmond, Va.-based Altria Group Inc. On its own, the CVS move won’t hurt cigarette companies much. Drugstores overall account for only 4 percent of cigarettes sold. That pales compared to gas stations, which generate nearly half of those sales. But it’s another in a long line of changes that have led cigarette sales to fall because of health concerns, higher prices and taxes, and social stigma. Several cities, including San Francisco, Boston and many smaller Massachusetts communities have considered or passed bans on tobacco sales in stores with pharmacies. Other places like New York City have sought to curb retail displays and promotions and raise the legal age at which someone can buy tobacco products. U.S. retail sales of tobacco, which are comprised largely of cigarettes, were about $107.7 billion in 2012, according to market researcher Euromonitor

International. The share of Americans who smoke has fallen dramatically since 1970, from nearly 40 percent to about 18 percent. But the rate has stalled since about 2004, with about 44 million adults in the U.S. smoking cigarettes. It’s unclear why it hasn’t budged, but some market watchers have cited tobacco company discount coupons on cigarettes and a lack of funding for programs to discourage smoking or to help smokers quit. Tim Watt walked out of a downtown Indianapolis CVS store Wednesday with a fresh pack of Pall Malls. The 54-yearold Indianapolis resident said he buys most of his cigarettes from CVS because the Pall Malls are 20 cents to a dollar cheaper there than at other locations. Watt collects unemployment and is on a tight budget. Even so, he said he wasn’t worried about his supply drying up when CVS stops selling tobacco. “I’ll just find someplace else or I’ll just start going to the really cheap (cigarettes) at the tobacco outlets,” he said. One of the nation’s biggest pharmacy chains, CVS Caremark, announced today, Feb. 5, 2014, that it will clear its shelves of cigars, cigarettes, and other tobacco products this year, giving up almost $2 billion in sales in order to brand itself as a health care company rather than a convenience store.

What is your opinion on CVS Pharmacy no longer selling tobacco products? By Harrison Lingo

“I promote CVS banning the sale of tobacco in their stores. Instead, they should have nicotine patches at the front counter so people will be encouraged to live a healthier life in America.” Mouhsin El-Chafei, Mechanical engineering sophomore

“CVS Pharmacy is taking a ‘big-boy’ leap by choosing not to sell tobacco products. This is only a small portion of their total sales, so it won’t be a big dip on their bottom line. Hats off to them!” Steve Collins, Music and film post-grad student

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Residents of Richardson Towers test up and running Ethernet system By Daniel Argall Staff Reporter

This article in originally ran on in the Feb. 10, 2000, edition of The Daily Helmsman Richardson Towers residents no longer have to walk to cramped computer labs to use the Internet. In fact, with the Ethernet network Ann Marie Hall, the local technical support person for the Residence Life and Dining Services, has been working on, residents hardly have to leave beds. Residents of Richardson Towers have been anticipating Ethernet access in their rooms for quite a while. One sophomore in the lobby of Richardson Towers said that he has been waiting for two years, “I was told that we would have it when i first came here,” he said. It wasn’t until last summer, though, that the cables and Ethernet jacks were finally installed in the Towers, and it

was only at the beginning of this semester that the system was set up, allowing students to log on and begin surfing the net. While the system, which is going to be called either TigerNet or ResNet, is working, it is not without problems. “We haven’t fully advertised… we could not begin to handle all the people right now,” said Hall. “We’re trying to hit the troubles before everyone gets on.” Therefore, ResNet—as Hall calls it—is in beta testing now, using the students who have already logged on to find the problems with the system. According to Hall, most of those problems result from bad connections, not from errors in the system. All that is needed is an up-to-date computer, an Ethernet card, a University universal user I.D. and Ph password. While a Commodore 64 won’t work, Hall said that almost any computer with Windows 95 or 98 will work.

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Applications for University Housing Are Now Being Accepted for Fall 2014/Spring 2015 To request a room: 1. Go to www.memphis.edu 2. Log into your myMemphis 3. Go to the Student tab 4. Click on Residence Life and Dining Services-Apply for Housing Room request priority will be given to applications received by Friday, Feb. 28. Room assignments will be made after that, based on availability and date of application. NOTE: Richardson Towers South will not be available for Fall 2014/Spring 2015. Richardson Towers North will house both males and females on designated floors for the Fall 2014/Spring 2015 semesters. Questions? Contact Residence Life and Dining Services, Richardson Towers Room 001, or call 678-2295

And, though it hasn’t yet been tried, a Macintosh should also be able to connect. All external or internal Ethernet cards, which can range in price from $15 to $49 dollars, should work, though Hall recommends 3Com’s products simply because that is what the

University’s computers use. Logging on to the network simply involves opening a browser, entering the user’s I.D. and password, and accepting the University’s Acceptable Use Policy. A simple as it is, Hall knows that there will continue to be problems. For that reason, a support center

is being set up i room 112 of Richardson Towers South. Residents will be able to bring their computers and their problems to the center for help. Hall emphasizes that the connection will not turn a computer into a TigerLan terminal. ResNet simply supplies instant access to the Internet. “The University becomes your Internet provider, not AOL, not Roadrunner,” said Hall who likes to describe the connection sd s hole in the computer. Through that opening, students can access music, video and other multimedia at the touch of a button. William Stewart, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, signed on the first week of this semester; he uses it to download mp3’s, movies and programs. “The only thing that slows you down is the other person’s computer,” Stewart said after downloading Fight Club in three hours. “It kicks ass. I love it.”

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Fans celebrate ’73 squad 41 years later

By Hunter Field

sports@dailyhelmsman.com Ask almost any lifetime Memphians over the age of 50 about the 1973 University of Memphis men’s basketball team, then watch their eyes and hear their voices light up the room. Those fans will get the chance to see their beloved team at least once more. Amidst all the pandemonium of ESPN’s College GameDay and a much-anticipated matchup of top-25 opponents in Memphis and Gonzaga, the 1973 Tigers will take the spotlight at halftime for a brief moment to be honored 41 years after their magical run to the NCAA Championship Game. The Tigers have a unique bond with the City of Memphis – a bond that very few cities share with their university. Tommy Horton, a sports writer at the Memphis Press Scimitar in 1973, said he can’t put his finger on any one moment the bond was forged, but he knows the 1973 team sealed the deal. “This town has rich basketball history,” Horton said. “The Tigers were runner ups to Bradley in ’57 in the NIT, when the NIT was a bigger deal in Madison Square Garden, but that team took it to a whole new level.” The 1973 team followed a period of dismal years from 19661969 under the helm of Moe Iba, but the beloved Gene Bartow took over the coaching duties in 1970 and swiftly began turning the program around. Larry Finch, Larry Kenon,

Ronnie Robinson, Wes Westfall, Billy Buford, Bill Cook and Bill Laurie led the Tigers that season, but Horton said the greatest quality of the team was that everyone contributed. The Tigers bolted out on a redhot start to the season, and they road the momentum all the way to the National Championship Game in St. Louis against Bill Walton and the UCLA Bruins. Walton infamously scored 44 points on 22 shots in the 87-66 Memphis loss. Over the years, many have credited the team with helping to ease racial tensions throughout the city following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Horton said some would disagree, but he felt like the team definitely began changing the city’s collective attitude for the better. “It didn’t solve every racial problem in the city,” Horton added. “It was a source of pride to Larry Finch and coach Bartow. They brought a lot of segments together and it’s unfortunate they weren’t before 1967-1969. It’s amazing how sports can bring people together.” Three of the starters from the championship game will be in attendance Saturday night. Kenon, Buford and Laurie will join Cook, Ken Andrews, Clarence Jones, Shannon Kennedy, Jim Liss, Doug McKinney, Ed DeSchepper, Jerry Tetzlaff and John Washington. Bartow’s assistants Lee Hunt and Wayne Yates plan to attend along with graduate assistant Ed Young and manager Ted

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In this photo from 1973, forward Ronnie Robinson jumps for the outside shot Turnipseed in attendance. The team has lost Bartow, Finch, Robinson, Westfall and John Tunstall in recent years. The evening will kickoff with a private dinner for the team members and their families on

Friday night. “The University of Memphis has produced numerous outstanding basketball teams since the 1950s but none more renowned than the 1973 squad,” Tiger Athletics Director Tom

Bowen said in a release. “Our fans, as well as local civic leaders, are quick to point out the healing effect that this team had on the City of Memphis during a very difficult time.”

achievements – schools that provide a comprehensive sexual education may help students avoid these negative outcomes. The University of Memphis Student Health Services offers programming across campus on sex health, sexually transmitted diseases, birth control options and relationships. The Shelby County Health Department offers birth control services, STI and HIV blood test screening in the Student Health Services’ family planning office every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. by appointment only. “We offer LARCs, or long acting reversible contraceptives, which are prefect for college students who don’t want to get pregnant,” Student Health Services health educator Jacqueline De Fouw said. The types of LARCs offered by Step Ahead, a program within the Shelby County Health Department offered in the family planning office, are the three year effective arm

implants Implanon and Nexplanon, two types of Intrauterine devices with a five to ten year effective span, and the Depo-Provera shot, which works for three months at a time. Planned Parenthood also offers HIV testing, an oral swab test ready in 20 minutes, in the University Center Iris room from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Testing for HIV and STDs is free. However, birth control through the family planning office is offered on a sliding scale according to salary earned. Free condoms are located on campus in the Health Services Building bathrooms. “Our country is very confortable talking about damage control but we do not like talking about prevention,” Andelloux said. “If I can help somebody to become comfortable in their sexuality, make sure they make the decisions that they want to but still act upon sexual desires they have, I am going to suggest masturbation all the time, as long as its not in public.”

Sex Page 1 schools such as Harvard, Yale and Brown University. Andelloux’s current most popular workshop is the politically focused “Get Wet: Exploring the Connections Between Sexual Pleasure, Health, and Advocacy.” The workshop demonstrates how pleasure, health and advocacy connect while exploring topics on reproductive justice and sexual freedom. The “Getting Wordy and Talking Dirty” workshop is also one sought after by many students. It explores ethical sexuality, sexual shame, cultural norms and how consent is an integral element in sexual health. Andelloux clarifies a common misconception about consent in the “Getting Wordy and Talking Dirty” workshop. “When we talk about consent with sex in our society we are, usually talking about giving consent to someone else, but it really starts with giving it to yourself,” she said. According to Andelloux, when

the conversations about sex become more open, people literally have more vocabulary and space to say what they want or don’t want and are empowered with the knowledge to make their own decisions. “Before, we weren’t even creating that space for people to step into,” Andelloux said. Lynda M. Sagrestano, the University of Memphis director of the Center for Research on Women, echoes Andelloux’s sentiment about consent, especially in regards to sexual abuse. “If your partner is drunk, they are not competent enough to consent to sex,” Sagrestano said. “If you are not sure, don’t do it. You don’t want to find yourself in a bad situation, as the victim or the accused.” Sagrestano also advises being proactive against date rape. Don’t put a drink down and never let someone else buy you a drink. Sagrestano said the University of Memphis administration is work-

ing to put sexual assault policies and programs in place. According to her, sexual education needs to be repeated and students are not being offered enough information on the subject. “It’s great to catch new students in orientation or ACAD but many students don’t go to orientation or ACAD. We need a comprehensive, sustained effort,” Sagrestano said. Research conducted by Advocates for Youth, a national organization whose aim is to help young people make responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health, has shown that a comprehensive sexual education is effective and does not promote risks, contrary to beliefs of those who oppose events like Sex Week on campuses. Furthermore, their research has shown that a comprehensive sex education helps students achieve academic success. While dealing with an unwanted pregnancy, STI or HIV can potentially hinder a student’s academic

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Fuente signs best class yet By Hunter Field

sports@dailyhelmsman.com The National Letters of Intent began rolling in over the fax machine early Wednesday morning, but that wasn’t where everything started. National Signing Day was the culmination of months of diligent work head University of Memphis football coach Justin Fuente and his staff have been doing over the past several months to secure all 17 new recruits. “It’s an accumulation of a lot of work,” Fuente said on the Memphis Tiger Network. “Assistant coaches traveling all of the region and across the country. It doesn’t seem like that long ago that I was sitting on the other side being recruited, but, in actuality, it was light years ago from the way things are done now.” The Tigers netted the 80th ranked recruiting class in the country, according to Rivals.com. They ranked 89th in Scout.com’s rankings. Both rankings mark Fuente’s best class since he has been in Memphis. Not only is this year’s class Fuente’s best, but the classes have improved in size and quality every year he has coached at Memphis. Perhaps the most telling stat, the Tigers had 50 scholarship players upon Fuente’s arrival, but only 27 elected to stay after former coach Larry Porter departed. Now, Fuente has recruited 68 players and 64 are still around helping grow the program. Five of Rivals three-star recruits headlined the new class for the Blue and Gray. Noah Robinson, a linebacker, played one season at Atlanta Sports Academy after high school and is already on campus at the U of M. Jarvis Cooper, a 6-foot-1, 255-pound running back, played at West Memphis High School. Isadore Outing played defensive end at Dekaney High School in Houston at 6-foot-4 and 245 pounds. Roderick Proctor, a 5-foot-11, 161-pound receiver, committed from Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Fla., and 6-foot-2,

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210-pound Thomas Brown committed to play for the Tigers after a stint at Riverside City College. Brown hopes to play linebacker at the U of M, beginning as a sophomore. Fuente would rather wait before deciding how good this recruiting class is. “We’ll see here in three years how good they are,” the second-year coach said. “I mean, I’m excited about them. I think we did a good job focusing our efforts on what we needed.” The Tigers’ coaching staff emphasized building from the ground up, starting with line on both sides of the ball. Memphis signed four offensive linemen and five defensive linemen to join a solid core of returning linemen from last season. Memphis offensive line coach Vance Vince believes his line will only get better with time. “The offensive line is a process, and the more reps that a group can get together the more success they’ll have,” Vince said on the Memphis Tiger Network. “With what we’re bringing in this year and what we already have in place, the future looks bright.” Fuente focused on adding to a steady stock of skilled guys, in addition to the line. He garnered commitments from several talented running backs and some receivers that could make a difference from day one. James Shibest, the U of M’s tight end and special teams coach, is extremely excited about the addition of Cooper to the backfield on offense. “We watch him on defense first,” Shibest said. “But the more we watched, we loved him as a running back. He’s got some speed and has shown great vision

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Justin Fuente and his staff signed 17 new recruits on Wednesday. The Tigers finished last season 3-9 and hope this new class will help carry the program to new heights. running the ball, but he’s that big back we’ve been looking for that can break some tackles and help in pass protection. He kind of the Eddie Lacey type.” The Tigers’ class ranks sixth in the American Athletic Conference, according to Rivals.com. The Tigers finished last season 3-9 overall and 1-7 in the

American. “I think what our league did in the bowl season speaks for itself,” Fuente said. “You look at the NFL Draft last year, there were more people drafted out of our league than the Big 12 and the Big 10. Our guys tried to raise their game and meet that level of competition.”

The U of M faced eight bowl teams last season, and five of the losses came by single digits. Fuente knows the Tigers will have to continue improving to compete at the highest level, and a successful signing day is a great start.

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