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frequent the restaurant.

“It is a great place,” Bailey Patterson, an employee on the Highland Strip, said. “I feel like it is for everyone, families, students, whoever.”

Hodges, who has worked at Garibaldi’s for 32 years, is proud to work at a restaurant that supports his alma mater.

“We are big Tiger fans. We try to support the University every way we

The University of Memphis Adult and Commuter Student Services will host their annual Off-Campus Housing Information Fair in the Michael D. Rose Theatre on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The fair began during the 2003-2004 academic year and has continued to take place every year since. According to Joy Stout, the director of Adult and Commuter Student Services, the event is typically very successful.

“The turnout is pretty good,” Stout said. “We have between 600 to 800 students attend.”

To draw an even bigger crowd, Adult and Commuter Student Services advertised the fair by making a Harlem Shake video, which can be found on their Facebook page.

While some may assume that an off-campus housing fair is targeted to those who live on campus or at home, Stout said she believes that the event reaches a much wider audience.

She said the event is targeted at all faculty, staff and students.

Those in attendance will be able to speak with 26 apartment and housing vendors, including Venue Apartments and Fogelman Properties. While the event is dubbed as the OffCampus Housing Information Fair, there will be information about on-campus housing as well; the office coordinator of Adult and Commuter Student Services said that Residence Life will be at the event.

Individuals who are unable to attend or who seek further information about off-campus housing can visit offcampushousing.memphis.edu. Users may choose a desired range of rent prices, and the site will return a list of possible housing

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Students Lance Willinger and Lawrence Peterson learn how to assemble pedals and gears for the newly instated Tiger Bikes program.

By Samuel Prager

news@dailyhelmsman.com As gas prices seem to rise consistently, many students, as well as Memphis as a whole, are starting to take to the streets with less-traditional, non-motorized vehicles.

The Tiger Bike Share Program allows students to purchase a membership in order to rent bicycles from the school’s own Tiger Bike Shop.

“I saw all of the action going on

in Memphis with the bike lanes, and I was aware of the bike programs at other universities. So, I thought since we’re land-locked in an urban setting, with bike lanes coming into our area and many of our students being commuters, I thought it would be a great time to start the Tiger Bike Share Program and that it was something our students would really benefit from,” said Amelia Mayahi, who has worked at the University as the sustainability

ing for the U of M,” said junior Lawrence Peterson, a criminal justice major and a bicycle mechanic at the Tiger Bike Shop.

“We needed something like this for the students who stay close to campus, but don’t want to waste gas or walk.”

In order to rent a bicycle a student must purchase the $35 membership at the Bursars’ Office in Wilder Tower, which allows

coordinator since the fall of 2009.

The TBSP was started by Mayahi in late 2010 as a way to get more students involved with bicycling and as a part of the Tiger Blue Goes Green initiative.

All cycles for rent at the Tiger Bike Shop, located in Southern Parking Lot, are Trek Verve-1’s, a basic, high-quality bicycle that suits the needs of any street rider, novice or veteran.

“I think it’s a great program, and it’s been a long time com-

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Garibaldi’s receives national recognition

By Lisa Babb

news@dailyhelmsman.com Thirty-two college restaurants are facing off in a March Madness bracket-style showdown by the Food Network to determine the best campus eats in the country. The winner will be announced April 6, and a restaurant on the Highland Strip is in the running.

The pulled pork barbecue pizza from Garibaldi’s Pizza will be vying for the title of top college campus

food in America.

Garibaldi’s takes Memphis’ signature dish, barbecue, and fuses it with its main product, pizza, to create a mouthwatering meal.

“It is a great mix. We are a pizza place, but we are in Memphis, and Memphis is a barbecue city,” Rob Hodges, manager of Garibaldi’s Pizza, said. “The sweet pulled pork flavor of the barbecue mixes well with our sauce and cheese.”

However, Tigers go there for more than the food.

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“I always notice how friendly and down to Earth they are,” Memphian Brandon Gaitor said. “You don’t get the feeling that you’re just another customer, they make it seem as if they were expecting you.”

Mike Garibaldi opened the restaurant off of the Highland Strip in 1975 after graduating from the University of Memphis with a marketing degree. The restaurant has been a second home for Tigers ever since. According to Hodges, University students, faculty and staff

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uuGaribaldi’s Continued from page 1 can,” Hodges said.

There is a special “Tiger Hangout Room” painted Tiger blue, where the walls are filled with Tiger memorabilia and several televisions.

Whenever a Tigers game is televised, it is sure to be playing at Garibaldi’s.

Several U of M sports teams including the soccer and baseball teams often eat in the “Hangout,” according to Hodges.

“The football training table is fed here once a week,” Hodges said.

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James Rose, history major, picks up his freshly baked pulled pork barbeque pizza from Garibaldi’s. The pizza is featured on the Food Network’s top campus foods list.

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options. Other features of the website include message boards, a crime mapping system and a roommate search.

Michael Wollam, a freshman biomedical engineering major, recently moved into a house after living in the Living Learning Complex his first semester. Some may have strong opinions on which type of housing they prefer, but Wollam sees advantages to both on and off-campus housing.

“They both have their perks.

I like the convenience of oncampus, but I like the cost of offcampus,” he said.

On his favorite part of living on campus, Wollam said, “The convenience of it. I was right near everything.” However, he went on to say that it was the high price of living in a dorm that convinced him to move off campus.

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discover whether cycling is for them or not.

Continued from page 1 “I’m hoping that students who don’t have a bike and are skeptical them to rent the bike for up to about putting the money down two weeks at a time throughout for one, because they don’t know the semester. if they’ll like the lifestyle, will “It’s a step towards a healthier be encouraged to try this proMemphis, along with a more congram out and see if bicycling is nected community,” Mayahi said. something they want “When you’re riding to do. Possibly even your bike you take Since we’re landlocked in an investing in a bicythe time to notice cle for themselves,” more local shops urban setting, with bike lanes Mayahi said. “This around you than coming into our area and is a place where you you would normally many of our students being can test the waters notice while driving and find out whetha car; you’re more commuters, I thought it would er it’s a lifestyle that connected with be a great time to start the Tiger suits you.” your environment.”

The TBSP Along with the Bike Share Program and that receives funding additions of bike it was something our students from a $10 portion lanes on Madison would really benefit from.” of every student’s Avenue and the tuition called the Green Line, which AMELIA MAYAHI, ‘green fee,’ which starts at Shelby UM sustainability coordinator goes toward making Farms Park and campus healthier and spreads throughout the city, Memphis is starting to ity of bicyclists so bike lanes can more environmentally friendly.

“I want people to see that accumulate a much larger bicy- move forward in the city.”

Buying a brand new bike, or bicycles are for more than just cling population, calling for more bike lanes and other less-tradi- even a quality used one, can recreation, they’re a mode of often be very costly. Many people transportation as well,” Mayahi tional means of transportation.

“There are some safety con- are often skeptical in taking the said. “That’s what I’m really hopcerns with riding bicycles, but I chance of purchasing a bicycle, ing this program brings to our think it’s more of an issue that so TBSP hopes to help students campus.” n

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Memphis just isn’t familiar with bicyclist and motorists sharing the road. The more motorists that get used to seeing bikes on the street, the safer it’s going to be,” Mayahi said.

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uuPizza Continued from page 3 open in Germantown and a delivery and pickup location is open in East Memphis.

While the restaurant has made a name for itself nationally for its barbecue pizza, it offers a variety of menu items including salads, pastas, pizza and sandwiches.

“I like their pizza. The best is one with Canadian bacon and pineapple,” Patterson said. “It is really good.”

The list, compiled by the Food Network and published by BuzzFeed.com, is certainly not a list of the healthiest foods in the nation.

It is dominated by delicious, fatty foods including fries, burgers, ice cream and cookies.

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Students lobby for LGBT rights

By Ellyahnna Hall

Special to the Helmsman Early Tuesday morning, activists from across Tennessee headed to the state capitol for the 8th Annual Advancing Equality Day on the Hill to lobby the Tennessee legislature, which has several controversial bills up for vote.

One bill by Sen. Stacey Campfield and Rep. John Ragan would require school personnel to notify parents when a child is receiving counseling for issues like their sexual orientation. Some say the bill interferes with a student’s right to privacy.

“There are a number of bills that are targeting the LGBT [Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender] community that we continue to fight year after year like the ‘don’t say gay’ bill,” said Will Batts, Director of the Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center.

“There are new ones as well that would allow counselors to ignore their LGBT clients.”

The bill that refers to counseling is SB SB514/HB1185 by Sen. John Hensley and Rep. John DeBerry. Advocates warn it would allow any counseling student, of any religious belief, to refuse to provide services to clients they disagree with. They also warn that this would make students in this field completely unfit for working at any hospital or federal agency.

There are some, however, who see some of these bills as necessary.

“I think it’s good that some of our representatives stand for moral behavior for children,” said John Shakes, a small business owner. “Why should parents not know if their child is experimenting in dangerous sexual activity?

Why would children even be having those type of thoughts?”

Some of the opponents of the bill claim that it is just more targeting of specific groups of people for hateful reasons.

“I think it’s really crap. I think they need to be against something, whether it’s race or gender, just to find something to hate,”

Barbie Jones, a transgender equality rights advocate said. “I’m here for my transgender rights and my right to be the woman that I am.

So we’re going to just keep fighting against hateful bills, and I think today is going to have a positive outcome.”

Many young people attended the event to show their support.

“I’m here today for my family, friends and myself,” said Alison Blaha, a student at the University of Memphis. “I believe that everyone should be treated as equal. It is wrong that people get bullied for who they are, and I want to change some minds today.”

U of M students in attendance shared personal stories of how some of the bills would be damaging to young LGBT individuals.

“I have several friends that have been bullied to the point that they had suicidal thoughts,” Blaha said.

“And I was bullied a little bit in grade school, not so much. I was kind of a fighter. It’s a problem that people are so harshly bullied to the point of suicide for whatever reason. And I think that this bill, the ‘don’t say gay’ bill, will hurt students more than protect students.”

Blaha said that it makes her angry and sad that people actually think that way because she was brought up in a loving home.

“So to hear our lawmakers — people that we essentially voted for — say horrible things about us, it really hurts my faith in humanity, so we have to fight it,” said Blaha.

Advocates said that their goal is to make people aware of what these bills really are and to get the legislature to move on to more pressing issues.

“We really need to have legislature that stops targeting the gay community,” Batts said. “So we are really going to have to fight these bills and try to keep these bad ones from passing and get the good ones passed so that the legislature can focus on issues like homelessness and bankruptcies and the issues that are really important to people.” n

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U of M to host lecture on Joy over Pope Francis’ the life of Malcolm X election tempered by

By Tyler Stafford

Special to the Helmsman Today, Zaheer Ali will give a talk on Manning Marable’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention” which was published in 2011. His lecture is at 6 p.m. in the University Center Theater at the University of Memphis.

The event is sponsored by the U of M’s Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change.

Marable’s biography received the 2011 Hooks Institute National Book Award. According to the Institute’s official website, Malcolm X “earned his place in history as a scathing critic of American race relations, a counterpoint to the nonviolent civil rights movement, and a voice of black nationalism that stretched throughout the world.”

The 594-page book on the religious and political leader, who was assassinated Feb. 21, 1965, at the age of 39, has generated considerable discussion and controversy. While public intellectuals such as Cornel West and Henry Louis Gates have praised the new biography, others, such as Kamau

Franklin and Karl Evanzz hold that it is not an accurate retelling of the life of Malcolm X. Two books of critical responses to Marable’s work have already been published.

Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb. on May 19, 1925, Malcolm X, who later changed his whole name to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, rose to prominence as a brilliant speaker and outspoken representative of the Nation of Islam. He left the NOI in 1964, the year before his death, and founded two groups of his own, Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. In that same year he traveled to the holy city of Mecca. When he returned to America, he announced that he had converted to what he deemed a more traditional, universal Islam.

The new biography and tonight’s lecture by Zaheer Ali attest to the importance and relevance Malcolm X has today. Ali, a Ph.D. candidate in history at Columbia U n i v e r s i t y,

was the book’s principal researcher. He has appeared on several media networks, including CNN, MSNBC, CBS, C-SPAN and Al-Jazeera.

Manning Marable writes in his biography that “even when I have disagreed with him, I deeply admire the strength and integrity of his character, and the love he obviously felt toward the African-American people and their culture.” What Marable hoped he accomplished with his book on Malcolm X is a reconstruction of “the full contours of his remarkable life.” n

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By Peter Eisner MCT

Very few Argentines were on hand for the proceedings, for the white smoke followed by the traditional proclamation, Habemus papam — “We have a pope.” But on the other side of the world, the people of Buenos Aires erupted with jubilation when they learned that the new pontiff, Pope Francis, was Argentine.

The celebration was more about national pride than religious pride, however. At the moment that Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has become the face of Catholicism in the Southern Hemisphere and the world, his own country is becoming far less religious. Only about 25 percent of Argentines regularly attend church — far below the 44 percent attendance rate in the United States — and evangelical Protestantism is growing in popularity. Even churchgoing Catholics in Argentina, like their counterparts in North America, flout the church’s dictates about marriage, birth control and education.

Perhaps that explains why, so soon after the celebrations, a dark and sobering question came to the fore: What did Pope Francis do during the “dirty war”?

Bergoglio, 76, was about to turn 40 when the Argentine military seized power from President Isabel Peron in March 1976. A military junta, led by Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla, opened a shock campaign, claiming it was necessary in order to rid the country of communists.

The man who is now pope was the leader of the Jesuit order in Argentina during that dark period of the 1970s and 1980s. He was there when Videla and his band of generals turned a battle against a small group of leftist subversives into a murderous campaign against teachers, doctors, unionists, intellectuals, Jews and, sometimes, activist priests. When it was over, an estimated 10,000 to 30,000 people had “disappeared”

and were presumed dead.

For survivors and the families of the disappeared, questions remain as to how much was done or could have been done to stop the violence. Some have said that strong pressure on the military leaders — many of whom were as ardently Roman Catholic as they were anti-communist — might have tempered their actions. These survivors say that neither the Argentine Catholic Church nor the Vatican, or many individual priests, raised their voices to protest the slaughter of innocents.

Then-Cardinal Bergoglio defended himself against charges that he failed to speak out in his 2010 autobiography “El Jesuita” (“The Jesuit”). “I did what I could do at my age at the time, and with the few contacts I could count on, to advocate on behalf of people who had been kidnapped,” he wrote.

The controversial Argentine journalist Horacio Verbitsky has claimed that Bergoglio failed to protect two former Jesuits at the height of the violence. The two activist priests had been seized shortly after Bergoglio expelled them from the Jesuit order.

Adolfo Perez Esquivel, the Argentine human rights activist and pacifist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1980, defends the new pope. Though Perez Esquivel acknowledged Thursday that some members of the Catholic clergy were complicit with the military junta — indeed some torture survivors testified that priests were present during torture sessions — Perez Esquivel said Bergoglio was no friend of the military junta and should not be blamed.

As for Bergoglio’s efforts to help detainees such as the two Jesuits named by Verbitsky, Perez Esquivel said in an interview with BBC World that even when priests and bishops such as Bergoglio “petitioned the military junta for the liberation of

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Woman owes $222,00 for illegal downloads

By Dan Browning MCT

MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal of a Minnesota woman who was ordered to pay $222,000 for illegally sharing 24 copyrighted songs on the Internet, leaving both sides declaring pyrrhic victories.

The Recording Industry Association of America issued a statement saying that it appreciates the court’s decision, bringing an end to a case that began in 2005 when a consultant spotted 1,700 copyrighted recordings on a file-sharing service called KaZaA that were later linked to Jammie Thomas-Rasset, who lived in Duluth, Minn., at the time.

“We’ve been willing to settle this case since day one and remain willing to do so,” the industry group said Monday.

But Thomas-Rasset, 35, who now resides in Brainerd, Minn., said she has no way to pay and will simply file for bankruptcy if the judgment is enforced. She says she believes that the industry retreated from its strategy of suing thousands of suspected music pirates after a federal judge in Minneapolis ruled in her case that posting files on a server does not constitute distribution, a key component of copyright law.

Until then, Thomas-Rasset said, industry groups were suing thousands of people at a time and demanding settlements of several thousand dollars.

“It was right after my first trial that they decided they would stop suing people, so I would not do it differently,” she said Monday.

But some judges have disagreed with the ruling in her case by Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Davis.

Subsequent agreements reached between the recording industry and major Internet service providers to send alerts to individual subscribers notifying them that they may be violating copyrights likely played a significant role in the decision to abandon the mass copyright suits as well.

The lawsuit against ThomasRasset was filed April 2006 and took a tortured course. A jury awarded the plaintiffs $222,000 in October

2007, charging her $9,250 for each song. But Davis concluded that he erred in a jury instruction and granted a new trial. He held that making a copyrighted work available to the public is not “distribution” under the law.

A second jury awarded the plaintiffs $1.92 million, or $80,000 per song. Davis found that amount “shocking” and cut the award to $54,000, or $2,250 a song.

The plaintiffs refused the award, and after a third trial in November 2010, jurors awarded the plaintiffs $1.5 million, or $62,500 per song.

Thomas-Rasset appealed, arguing the award violated the dueprocess clause of the Constitution.

Davis agreed and reduced it to $54,000 again. The appellate panel reversed his decision in an 18-page opinion and remanded the case with instructions to reinstate the $222,000 judgment. The appellate panel declined to decide whether making copyrighted materials available for download violates federal law. But it did find that Davis should have enjoined Thomas-Rasset from doing so regardless, as the industry plaintiffs had requested.

The Thomas-Rasset case was watched by intellectual property attorneys nationwide. Some have cited the case as leverage to get others to settle.

The fact that the Supreme Court declined to resolve that issue can be seen as kind of victory for the defense lawyers who have spent untold hours and money representing Thomas-Rasset at no charge, said Kenneth Port, director of the Intellectual Property Institute at William Mitchell College of Law. “They are the heroes in this case,” he said.

Unfortunately, Port said, it remains unresolved whether active distribution of copyrighted materials is required for a violation to occur. Port, who wrote a friendof-the-court brief in the case, said the plain language of the copyright statute does not equate “distribution” with making a protected work available to others. Congress has amended the copyright statute a number of times but has failed to change that, he said.

Kiwi Camara, a Houston intellectual property lawyer who represent-

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ed Thomas-Rasset in the appeal to the Supreme Court, said in an email that its decision against hearing arguments was disappointing. He said the issue will next come before the Supreme Court in the case of Joel Tenenbaum, which is currently pend-

ing in the First Circuit. Tenenbaum faces a judgment of $675,000 for 31 songs he distributed while a student at Boston University.

Thomas-Rasset, an environmental rehabilitation coordinator for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, said she hasn’t been thinking much about

the case.

“If I have to file bankruptcy that would probably ruin my credit for 7 to 10 years, but my credit’s not really that good anyways,” she said.

Thomas-Rasset said she has more important considerations, like the arrival of her first grandson, Cole, nine months ago. n

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Having established that there is a God Who has revealed Himself in Creation and in the trustworthy Bible, it is now time to see what this Bible says about the essential nature of Jesus Christ. It is commonly acknowledged that a man by this name lived about 2000 years ago, but who was He? There is every evidence that He was God Who became incarnate. In Matthew 1:23 He is called Emmanuel, which means “God with us.” In John 20:28 Thomas called Him “My Lord and my God” and was not rebuked by Him. In Hebrews 1:6 God the Father called God the Son “God.” Even though in Acts 14 the Apostle Paul refused to receive worship and in Revelation 22: 9 an angel refused to receive worship, Jesus repeatedly allowed others to worship Him. One example of this is in Luke 24:52. In John 8:58 Jesus identified Himself with the great “I AM” who appeared to Moses in the burning bush in Exodus 3:14. He was obviously claiming Deity here as is shown by the fact that the Jews who heard Him make this claim attempted to stone Him to death for blasphemy.

Next time we will bring more incontrovertible evidence that the Bible plainly teaches the Godhood of Jesus Christ. In the meantime, how will you respond to the claims He makes on your life?

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Men’s basketball puts on their dancing shoes

By Bryan Heater

bheater@dailyhelmsman.com One of the most dominating runs in any conference’s history officially came to an end Saturday, and not by way of a loss. The No. 20 University of Memphis men’s basketball team (30-4, 16-0 Conference USA) triumphed 91-79 in double overtime over the Southern Miss Golden Eagles to win its third straight C-USA title in the team’s last season in the league.

The win was the last game for the Tigers in C-USA, ending almost a decade-long reign over the conference. Saturday’s championship was the program’s seventh conference title in the last eight seasons, a record bound to stand for years to come. Memphis won four straight titles from 2006-2009, and after a loss to Houston in 2010, the Tigers reeled off back-to-back-to-back titles under head coach Josh Pastner, including going 19-0 against conference foes this year, to close out a storied chapter in the program’s history.

“It’s just great to leave out on this note,” sophomore guard-forward Adonis Thomas said. “Winning the

conference, we’re 19-0. That’s very hard to do, to win the conference tournament and go undefeated in the regular season.”

The Tigers run through C-USA over the past decade saw Memphis post several records that could stand long after their exit. The title added to an already league record, which now stands at seven. The records did not stop there, as junior Chris Crawford was unconscious from long range, hitting a tournament record 19 threes, including a recordtying eight in Thursday’s game against Tulsa, on his way to being named the C-USA Tournament MVP. Adding to it, Pastner became the first coach in the program’s history to win three conference titles in his first four years.

“It’s an honor to be recognized for my play,” Crawford said. “But, I couldn’t have done it without my teammates. They had a lot of confidence in me and just kept getting me the ball.”

The championship set up the waiting game for Sunday’s NCAA basketball selection show. At the watch party at the Penny Hardaway

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Junior Chris Crawford set a Conference USA Tournament record with 19 three-pointers over three games as the men’s basketball team captured its third straight league title.

Hall of Fame building, members of the team waited anxiously to see where the selection committee

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would place them. Memphis did not have to wait long, as they received a No. 6 seed and await the winner of Tuesday’s play-in game featuring St. Mary’s and Middle Tennessee State. After displaying their displeasure with their seeding the previous two seasons, the Tigers were pleased to see themselves as a higher seed after many media outlets questioned Memphis’ résumé.

“We’re excited to be in,” Pastner said. “It’s not a birthright. We don’t take it for granted and whoever we have to play, we’ll be ready to go play and try to win the game. We got 12 (seed) my first year, and eight last year and a six this year, so we’re gonna keep moving up, so a six seed, I think that was fair.”

Despite the job Pastner has done with the program since he replaced

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Cardinal Bergoglio’s elevation to the papacy has revealed once again the depth and complexity of Argentina’s memories and attempt to deal with the repression of that period.

The Catholic Church is still defending its role during World War II, and its sins of omission and commission vis-a-vis Adolf Hitler and anti-Semitism, almost three-quarters of a century later. It seems certain that Pope Francis, too, will have to grapple with claims and counterclaims that he should have done more in the face of external evil.

But if nothing else, the church’s less than perfect record may help it deal with its imperfections now, especially as Francis confronts a moral crisis within the church itself. n

John Calipari, he has and his team have yet to get that first elusive tournament win. Though many fans in Tiger Nation are waiting for the Tigers to get past their opening round game, players said they do not feel like there is added pressure to win their first game.

“I don’t feel any pressure,” senior forward D.J. Stephens said. “I mean all the games we’ve played this year, this game will be the same. It’s just a basketball game. We have to do what it takes and execute the game plan, play defense and get out in transition. (If we do that) we’ll have a great opportunity to win the game,” Memphis will compete in the WWW .FREETHEHELMSMAN .COM Midwest Region and Thursday’s WWW.FREETHEHELMSMAN.COM game will be played in Auburn Hills, WWW.FREETHEHELMSMAN.COM Mich. Tipoff is set for 1:45 CT and WWW .FREETHEHELMSMAN will be televised

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Tigers’ Ta es “I’m really excited. It’s good to be represented on a national level.”

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“I’m excited. We just have to overcome our mental challenges and we will do great.”

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“I think we will do great.

We just don’t need to get overconfident going into the tournament.”

What do you think about the Tigers being seeded 6th going into the tournament?

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Women’s basketball fall in first round 67-58

By Austin Reynolds

sports@dailyhelmsman.com Sitting at 17-13 overall and 8-8 in Conference USA play, the University of Memphis women’s basketball team would not be making a trip to the NCAA Tournament without winning the C-USA Tournament in Tulsa, Okla., this past weekend. If the Tigers did not take home the trophy, they would still have a chance to secure a WNIT berth, but would likely need to notch a few more wins in to make that dream a reality.

Unfortunately for Memphis, they

were ousted by the Golden Eagles of Southern Miss on the opening day of tournament action.

Memphis and Southern Miss met twice in the regular season, and the Tigers walked away from both contests with a victory. In the first half, it appeared as if the Tigers were well on their way to a third win over the Eagles.

The two teams were neck-andneck to start, but with the Golden Eagles on top 13-11, the Tigers made their run. Memphis sophomore guard Lauren McGraw attacked the rim on the fast break, scoring the bucket and a foul to take the lead,

sparking a 9-0 run capped off by a jumper from senior forward Nicole Dickson. The two teams traded baskets over the final minutes of the half, and Memphis entered the break with a 26-20 advantage.

The Tigers were not lighting up the scoreboard in the first half, shooting 37.5 percent, but the Golden Eagles could not buy a bucket as they shot a dreadful 25 percent from the field.

It looked to be a positive start to the second half for the Tigers, and two minutes into the period freshman guard Ariel Hearn dropped in a layup to put Memphis up 32-22

for their largest lead of the game.

Minutes later with the Memphis lead at 40-33, the Golden Eagles took over the ball game, scoring 20 of the next 22 points to take a commanding 53-42 lead with six minutes remaining. The Tigers had no answer and failed to make up much ground in the closing minutes, as they ultimately fell 67-58.

Despite struggling from the field in the opening half, Southern Miss was on fire in the second period, shooting 61 percent. The Tigers were dominated on the glass, as the Golden Eagles held a 49-34 rebounding edge. Hearn’s play was

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a bright spot in the Tigers’ cloudy day, as she led the team with 20 points while also pulling down five rebounds. Dickson struggled mightily in her final game as a Tiger, shooting just 5-23 in scoring 12 points. Senior guard Jamila Ajanaku led the Tigers in hauling down 10 boards. Jamierra Faulkner led the Golden Eagles with 28 points.

The Tigers still cling to hopes of a WNIT berth, but with a 17-14 overall record and a first round conference tournament exit, the Tigers may already be looking toward next season. n

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Baseball loses series in 10-inning thriller

By Corey Carmichael

sports@dailyhelmsman.com After losing the series to Kent State University two games to one at FedEx Park, the University of Memphis baseball team’s overall record stands at 11-8.

On Friday, the Tigers took the first game from the Golden Flashes, winning 12-7. Riding the bats of Tucker Tubbs and Zach Willis for a combined eight runs batted in, Memphis outscored Kent State seven to one in the first six innings. From there, the Tigers would hold off the comeback by scoring five more in the next two innings.

Winning pitcher Sam Moll allowed four earned runs off seven hits after six and two-thirds innings of service, while striking out 10 batters.

Tubbs hit his second homerun of the season in the fifth inning, and Willis hit a homerun as well to extend the lead in the sixth. Willis registered five runs batted in, the first Tiger to reach that number this season.

“He started me off with two balls, and I was waiting for a fastball and I got my pitch and I just didn’t miss it,” Tubbs said on his homerun.

The second game was Saturday afternoon, and Kent State grabbed the lead in the sixth inning and piled it on from there. Ultimately, they would win the game 9-1 off nine hits.

After leaving 11 runners on base, head coach Daron Schoenrock attributed the Tigers’ inability to drive the runners in to the excellent pitching by Kent State.

“When you get down two to one with as much as that guy was domi-

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Junior Zach Willis and the baseball team dropped a three-game series to Kent State over the weekend. nating, it feels like a lot more.”

Sunday afternoon would decide the series with the two teams tied at a game apiece. Unlike the first two games, where the offense was free flowing and the winner scored nine or more, on Sunday the two teams would combine for six runs.

After tying the game at two in the

third, neither team would score any more in regulation. Kent State scored twice in the 10th inning to go ahead for good with one out and the bases loaded. Although the Tigers had seven hits, only Jake Little and Ethan Gross would score on the day.

Schoenrock said after the game that the offense was anxious on

Sunday, resulting in a lot of at-bats spent reaching for pitches.

“Kent State did a great job of eliminating freebies,” Schoenrock said.

“Friday night we capitalized on the walks but we had a hard time getting on today. We had some opportunities but I thought we had some youthful at-bats where guys were a little bit too

anxious.”

After the weekend, the Tigers start on a four-game road trip to kick off Conference USA play. Tuesday starts the trip, with a single non-conference game against University of TennesseeMartin, followed by a three game series in New Orleans against Tulane over the weekend. n

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