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Upcoming Ku Klux Klan rally evokes haunting memories for some

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By Joey Kachel

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demonstration on the steps of the Shelby County Courthouse.

This is not first time the KKK has congregated at the courthouse. The Klan hosted a rally on Jan. 22, 1998 to protest the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

During this rally, a riot broke out and about 20 people were

arrested after police fired tear gas into a crowd of about 500.

“I was standing toward the back, so I could not hear the exact words the Klansmen were saying, but something was said to agitate the crowd. You could tell they were upset,” Daurie Schwartz, CEO of Schwartz Electric Co.,

said. “The policemen shot tear gas into the crowd and I think that exacerbated the problem.”

Schwartz said that after the tear gas was fired, the crowd began picking up rocks and throwing them at buildings, and

ation center. The focus group is open to everyone who wishes to voice his or her opinion on future improvements to the University of Memphis’ current recreation facility. The group will meet in the University Ballroom from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Jim Gabel and Eric Kocher will be presenting the focus group in order to find out what people would want to see in a new rec-

reation center, as they are a part of the firm that will be deciding whether or not to proceed with the project.

Assistant Director of Campus Recreation Services Steven Whistler said that this focus group is just the beginning of the plan to potentially remodel the recreation center.

“We’re going to be doing an evaluation of existing factors,” he

said. “We will be doing benchmarking comparisons, compared to other universities and their recreation facilities.”

Whistler said that the main goal of the focus group is to find out the desires and needs of the students. He said that he has seen recreation centers at many other universities as they have

Jonathan Cole, vice president of the Tennessee Equality Project, will be speaking in the Mitchell Hall auditorium tonight at 7 p.m.

The topic of the speech will be lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activism in the Deep South and Cole’s experiences fighting for LGBT rights. He will also be discussing the techniques used by the TEP. The Progressive Student Alliance and the Marxist Student Union are sponsoring the event.

Cole is a Memphis native who has spent his career advancing the cause of LGBT rights. For seven years he served on the board of Integrity-Memphis, a group that advocated for those within the gay community who felt excluded from other churches but still wanted to practice their faith.

As a member of TEP, Cole fought against anti-gay legislation in the Tennessee General Assembly, including the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which would have banned elementary and middle school instructors from discussing sexual activity not related to human reproduction — a move that would have effectively quashed discussion of homosexuality — and would have required schools to inform parents if they suspected a student was gay. The bill died in the state legislature earlier this month.

In 2012 he was one of the two grand marshals of the Mid-South Pride Parade, a yearly parade and festival celebrating LGBT culture.

The Tennessee Equality Project is an activist group that

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Members of the Ku Klux Klan demonstrate with other supporters of the death penalty in June, 2000. The KKK’s Loyal White Knights will demonstrate on the steps of the Shelby County Courthouse Saturday.

By Margot Pera

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Recreation center may receive redesign

By Erica Hartsfield

news@dailyhelmsman.com Campus Recreation and Intramural Services is attempting to whip the Student Recreation and Fitness Center into shape with their focus group geared toward a possible redesign.

Today, CRIS is conducting a focus group in an attempt to assess the need for a new recre-

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National

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Colorado theater shooting suspect offers guilty plea

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Police tape flutters in the breeze while prosecution teams investigate the apartment complex in aurora, Colo., on July 24, 2012, where mass shooting suspect James Holmes lived.

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Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes has offered to plead guilty and serve the rest of his life in prison to avoid the death penalty — a deal that would bring a swift end to the sometimes wrenching courtroom battle and circumvent a prolonged debate over his sanity.

Prosecutors haven’t said whether they would accept the offer, and victims and survivors of last summer’s massacre were divided on what should be done.

Melisa Cowden, whose exhusband was killed in the theater, said Wednesday she was resolutely opposed to a plea deal.

“He didn’t give 12 people the chance to plea bargain and say, ‘Let’s see if you’re going to shoot me or not,’” said Cowden, whose two teenage daughters were with their father when he was killed.

“No. No plea bargain,” she said.

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The attack during a crowded midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” left a dozen people dead and 70 injured.

Prosecutors have said Holmes planned the assault for months, casing the theater complex in the Denver suburb of Aurora, amassing a small arsenal and rigging potentially deadly booby-traps in his apartment.

Then on July 20, he donned a police-style helmet and body armor, tossed a gas canister into the theater crowd and opened fire, prosecutors said.

The plea offer, made by Holmes’ lawyers on his behalf sometime before March 12, was disclosed in a defense court filing on Wednesday.

It was made public just days before the prosecution was set to announce whether they would seek the death penalty.

The filing didn’t include the specifics of the offer. It said only that Holmes would agree to life in

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Wine tasting, premier Friday

By Curtis Jolley

Special to The Daily Helmsman The cool sounds of poetry and bongo drums will soon fill the air as wine fills the glasses at a local Memphis theater.

The upcoming event called “A Timeless Rhyme & Endless Wine” will take place at Malco Theatres’ Ridgeway Four in East Memphis on Friday. Local wine enthusiasts will have the opportunity to sample red, white and sparkling wines before attending the exclusive premiere of “On the Road.”

“Every wine tasting seems to expand in number and satisfaction from customers that provide a wonderful ambience,” said Karen Scott, director of marketing for Ridgeway Four. “We hope to capture [that] again with ‘Timeless Rhymes & Endless Wine.’”

Participants will sample wines and snack foods in the newly renovated lobby of the Ridgway Photo by Jonathan CaPriel | Staff

Rev. Paul Eknes-Tucker is the pastor of the Holy Trinity Community Church, an “open and affirming” church on South Highland Street.

uuEquality Continued from page 1 promotes gay and transgender rights in the Mid-South. The group has committees across Tennessee, with members in Nashville, Knoxville and Memphis. On March 12, members of the TEP participated in Advancing Equality Day on the Hill, a yearly event where LGBT advocates meet with their representatives to discuss legislature related to their communities.

More than 250 people went to this year’s event.

The Marxist Student Union is one of the organizations sponsoring the event. Many members of the MSU are involved in the gay community. Glenn Ramsey, adjunct instructor in the history department and faculty advisor for the MSU, ties in LGBT issues with the organization’s interest in race and labor politics.

“The Marxist Student Union supports LGBT issues as well as issues of race and labor,” Ramsey said. “We are very much engaged with the LGBT community. It’s an issue we hold very close to our hearts.”

The TEP is only one aspect of a long-term fight for LGBT rights in Memphis and the rest of the state.

The Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center is another organization that reaches out to people in the LGBT community, providing support groups for transgender people, counseling, youth services and free HIV testing.

Will Batts is the executive director of the MGLCC. He believes that despite recent strides made by the city and state toward equality, including the passage of an

anti-discrimination ordinance in October that makes it illegal to fire city workers based on their sexual orientation, there is still much to do.

“The MGLCC and the TEP fight every day for advocacy in all sorts of places,” Batts said. “Most people don’t know that in Tennessee you can still be fired for being gay. It may seem like every issue has been solved but that’s not the case.”

While some anti-gay rhetoric is based on religion, there is one church in Memphis that specifically caters to the LGBT community. The Holy Trinity Community Church on South Highland Street is an “open and affirming” church, which means that the church is open to all people, regardless of their sexual orientation.

Rev. Paul Eknes-Tucker is the leader of the church, which has a congregation of 120 people, 80 percent of whom come from the LGBT community. His church is involved with a number of activities to push LGBT issues forward, including a program to raise awareness of and provide counseling to HIV and AIDS sufferers, and a recent prayer vigil for marriage equality. The church also provides donations to local food banks.

The idea of an LGBT-friendly church goes against the rhetoric coming from some religious groups regarding LGBT rights. EknesTucker realizes that people might have turned away from their faith as a result of this and hopes that people realize that Christianity has long been a voice for the oppressed.

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Four from 6 to 8 p.m. As part of the beatnik theme, an open-mic poetry session will be open to anyone wanting to participate.

The theater is also using the event to promote the upcoming release of the film “On the Road,” opening exclusively at the Ridgeway Four the same day as the tasting. Based off the Jack Kerouac novel of the same name, the film features the beatnik counter culture of the 1940s and 1950s that Kerouac popularized through his lifestyle and writing.

In 2011, the theater underwent a major renovation that led to an expanded menu including sandwiches, salads and the popular addition of wine. Reclining seats, state-of-the-art projection systems and improved cup holders were added to the theater’s facelift.

Owners remodeled Ridgeway Four in response to a nationwide trend of expanded menus and accommodations at theaters.

In fact, an estimated 400 movie theatres in America offer similar “VIP” service, according to a recent article published in the Film Journal International.

Ridgeway Four now hosts two to four wine tastings each year to thank regular customers and reach out to potential newcomers.

“We hope to engage more of the Memphis community in a wonderful evening at the movies,” Scott said.

The event will also benefit Bridges, a local social-services agency that promotes leadership through the unification of the city’s predominately black and predominantly white schools.

“We always try to have a local charity that benefits from donations collected at the event,” said Ashley Caldwell, special events planner at the Ridgeway Four.

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Mathematics and the Melting Polar Ice Caps A presentAtion by

Dr. Kenneth M. Golden

Professor - Mathematics & Adjunct Professor - Bioengineering The University of Utah

Last September the area of Artic Ocean covered by sea ice reached its lowest recorded level in more than three decades of measurements. Compared to the 1980’s this represents a loss of more than half the summer Arctic sea ice pack. Global climate models generally predict sea ice declines over the 21st century, but the precipitous losses observed have significantly outpaced most projections.

Dr. Golden will discuss how mathematical models and statistical physics are being used to study key sea ice processes and to advance how sea ice is represented in climate models. This work helps improve projections of the fate of Earth’s ice packs and the response of polar ecosystems. A video from a 2012 Antarctic expedition to measure sea ice properties will be shown.

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The University of Memphis is considering building a new Recreation and Fitness Center. Focus groups are being held to gauge students’ interest and opinions.

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“We as a staff here in campus recreation have been observing for a number of years a national improvement in recreation facilities,” he said.

According to Whistler, the University may be lacking in comparison to other schools around the country when it comes to recreation facilities.

“As we’ve seen that trend, we’ve seen how we’re losing ground,” he said. “We see the latest and greatest. We want to be on par or better than what you might find at other universities.”

Whistler noted that the University’s current facility is missing elements that would make the recreation center more accommodating, including fitness space and weight-lifting areas.

“One component that is missing in our facility is indoor space for walking and jogging,” he said.

Another problem area that Whistler mentioned regards a lack of space for students to socialize within the recreation facility.

“We are very deficient in social space,” he said. “We have one little room that we call our student lounge, but it-’s so small that most students probably don’t even know it’s there.”

Whistler said he is hopeful that the first step in this process will be completed by next semester. He said that this project has the potential to broaden people’s ideas about what is possible when their opinions are heard.

“It’s something that is huge

in our world, and we really want students to be aware of this stage,” he said. “It’s going to help to cast the vision for what ultimately will be.”

Vice President of Student Affairs Rosie Bingham said a main reason for conducting this focus group is to assess if students feel that it is necessary to embark on this project. She said that a renovation is much needed.

“Part of it is that we’re just out of space,” she said. “Part of it is just that we’re still operating in a 20th century facility with 21st century equipment.”

Bingham said that the current building for the recreation center was built in 1971, and that “we’ve just outgrown it.”

Though she is not certain how much a project like this would cost, Bingham said — to give students an idea of what the cost may be — that the new University Center cost roughly $51 million.

Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Stephen Petersen also said that the recreation center is well overdue for makeover.

“The current rec center is actually quite old,” he said. “We have renovated it several times over the years. There are times when students can’t get to the equipment to work out because there are so many people there.”

Petersen said that the feedback of the group would determine the direction of the project.

For those who do not usually frequent the recreation center, there will also be a focus group Friday at 8:30 a.m. in the University Center Ballroom.

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Arts & Entertainment

Circa Survive rides wave through Memphis

By Joshua Cannon

news@dailyhelmsman.com With a career spanning four full length records, Doylestown, Pa.-based rock band Circa Survive has spread their multi-faceted sound across the country, and is finally returning to the New Daisy Theatre this Friday in support of the “Waves Overhead” tour. It not only features the five-piece, but also co-headliners Minus the Bear and supporters Now, Now. Circa’s guitarist, Colin Frangicetto, spoke on the current tour and the band’s latest self-released record, “Violent Waves.”

“Three band bills are perfect,” Frangicetto said. “Between the three of us, it’s been a really nice bill every night. A great time.”

Circa Survive began writing music together in 2004, just four years after Minus the Bear was birthed. Between the two bands, they have had an opportunity to do a great deal of touring, all while making records.

On Aug. 28, 2012, both bands released their latest albums on the same day, which would be the fourth studio-album for Circa, and the fifth for Minus the Bear. In the midst of two new records, they announced a co-headlining tour, which would offer both bands the same amount of time for their sets each night.

According to Frangicetto, the bands expected there to be a bigger divide in fans coming to support just one of the headliners, but to his surprise, it was much less than they expected.

“Every night, no matter who closes the show, you don’t really see people leaving,” according to the guitarist.

“There is a synergy between the two bands. People who wouldn’t normally come out are.”

Now, Now, a band that has picked up much recognition from their 2012 release, “Threads,” is supporting the headliners on the spring tour.

“They are such a good band,” Frangicetto said. “I was blown away the first day of tour. They are amazing.”

According to Sam Leathers, a local photographer and show-goer, he is anxious to see Now, Now live, claiming that the band portrays a nice combination of ambient-indie music and alternative rock.

After two full-length albums on Equal Vision Records, Circa Survive

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Circa Survive and Minus the Bear will be making a stop on their co-headlining “Waves Overhead” tour this Friday in Memphis at the New Daisy Theatre. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $22 in advance and $24 at the door. left their home at the indie label in 2010 to join forces with Atlantic Records, which would release their third album, “Blue Sky Noise.” In 2012, the band separated from the major label to self-release their latest effort, “Violent Waves.”

Calvin Lauber, an undeclared freshman at the University of Memphis, is a huge fan of the new album.

“I think it’s awesome,” Lauber said.

“Sonically, they went places they never have, and a new sense of ambience is behind a lot of the songs.”

According to Frangicetto, “completely gearing the ship,” which entailed self-producing and releasing the record, was just a process of “natural evolution” for the band. Between releasing music on an indie label and then moving to a huge conglomerate, he believes the band learned exactly what to do, and what not to do.

“The time for experimentation and doing things in new ways is now,” he said. “Really, what it comes down to is that you wind up making choices

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Justin Timberlake tops charts

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Justin Timberlake performs at the 55th annual Grammy awards at Staples Center in Los angeles, Calif., on Feb. 10.

By Mikael Wood MCT

He didn’t quite hit the million-sold mark, though he came awfully close.

Capping a whirlwind promotional run that included hosting “Saturday Night Live,” performing on five consecutive episodes of “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” and playing an intimate club gig at the South

by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, Justin Timberlake enters the Billboard 200 album chart this week at No. 1.

Billboard reported late Tuesday that “The 20/20 Experience,” Timberlake’s third studio disc, had sold 968,000 copies between

its release March 19 and Sunday evening, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It’s the biggest firstweek sales figure since Taylor Swift’s “Red” moved 1.2 million in November, and it sets a new personal record for Timberlake, whose previous solo album, 2006’s “FutureSex/LoveSounds,” debuted with 684,000 copies.

Timberlake’s old band ‘NSync holds the all-time one-week record: In 2000, it sold 2.4 million copies of “No Strings Attached.”

Bill Werde, Billboard’s editorial director, said Wednesday that the album’s impressive bow reflected the unique — and “very combustible” — combination of elements surrounding “The 20/20 Experience,” which marked the

long-anticipated return to music of a “talent juggernaut who can dance, sing, act and isn’t hard on the eyes.”

“There aren’t a ton of teachable moments in the campaign,” Werde said. “The ultimate takeaway here is that if you can be Justin Timberlake, that’s a pretty good thing to be.”

On July 17, the singer is to launch a month-long tour of North American stadiums with Jay-Z, who appears on Timberlake’s single “Suit & Tie.” And last week, he confirmed rumors that “The 20/20 Experience” is the first installment in a planned two-part project. Details for the second album have yet to be released. n

uuShooting Continued from page 3 prison without parole — instead of the death penalty — and didn’t mention any other concessions.

Pierce O’Farrill, who was shot three times, said he would welcome an agreement that would imprison Holmes for life. The years of court struggles ahead would likely be emotionally stressful for victims, he said.

“I don’t see his death bringing me peace,” O’Farrill said. “To me, my prayer for him was that he would spend the rest of his life in prison and hopefully, in all those years he has left, he could find God and ask for forgiveness himself.”

Tom Sullivan, whose son Alex was killed, said he has wanted prosecutors to pursue the death penalty. But he said he wouldn’t object to a plea agreement if it avoided a lengthy court battle — and if Holmes got no privileges in prison.

“That was kind of a sore point with us,” he said, referring to privileges such as outside exercise or listening to music. “We didn’t think this kind of person should have any kind of privileges except the bare essentials.”

Holmes, a former graduate student at the University of Colorado, Denver, had seen a psychiatrist at the school before the shootings.

His lawyers have said he was taken to a hospital psychiatric ward in November because he was considered a threat to himself. Holmes was held there for several days and spent much of the time in restraints.

In their court filing, Holmes’ lawyers again said they were exploring a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity and would mount a vigorous defense if prosecutors rejected

the plea offer and the case goes to trial.

Holmes was widely expected to enter an insanity plea at his arraignment on March 12, but his attorneys told District Judge William Sylvester they had too many questions about the constitutionality of Colorado’s death penalty and insanity statutes to advise Holmes on how to plead.

Sylvester then entered a plea of not guilty on Holmes’ behalf but said he could change it later to insanity if he chose.

The judge scheduled the trial to start Aug. 5, setting aside four weeks.

Doug Wilson, who heads the state public defenders’ office, told The Associated Press Wednesday that prosecutors haven’t responded to the offer. He didn’t know whether prosecutors had relayed the offer with any victims as required by state law.

Prosecutors declined to comment on Wednesday.

Dan Recht, a past president of the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, said prosecutors likely started talking to victims long ago.

“The defense, by making this public pleading, is reaching out to the victims’ families,” Recht said.

Also Wednesday, Sylvester denied a request from New Yorkbased Fox News reporter Jana Winter to delay a Monday hearing where she has been ordered to testify about her sources for a story about Holmes.

Winter cited unnamed law enforcement officials saying Holmes sent drawings that foreshadowed the attack to a psychiatrist. Holmes’ lawyers contend that whoever spoke to Winter violated a gag order. n

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Tigers’ Ta es “It’s going to get bad, I think.

I think the KKK wants to start a fight.”

Kristin Bishop, Undecided freshman

uuKKK Continued from page 1 ripping out “anything that wasn’t bolted to the ground.”

Robb Elmore, a self-employed auto mechanic, attended the rally out of curiosity and to be one of the “white people showing solidarity with the black people.”

“I expected a lot of showmanship on the part of the KKK and them spouting their usual racist rhetoric,” Elmore said. “I know the main reason they came is because they were trying to infuriate our city’s black population.”

Elmore said the police barricades shielded the crowd from the Klan by at least 150 feet, and the Klan was escorted off of a bus by police officers.

“I think the young black men at the rally were mad about the amount of security the Klan was getting,” Elmore said.

The spectators began to get

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“I don’t think anything’s going to happen.”

Taylor Means, Psychology freshman

noticeably more angry and upset, and in an effort to move them back, police began shooting tear gas into the crowd.

“I was in the front and got a big dose of tear gas about three feet away from my face,” Elmore said. “I think this was when the riot started. The police were probably fearful the tension was going to get worse; they were trying to be proactive in preventing violence.”

After the dissemination of tear gas, Elmore began to head away from the rally. As he was leaving, he saw about 100 men running into the windows of downtown buildings.

Memphis City Councilman Harold Collins said that during the 1998 rally, the current director of the Memphis Police Department, Toney Armstrong, was working undercover. He said he remembers windows being torn out of buildings and racial

“It’s not that serious. I just think we should be past all of this by now.”

Kristen Kessler, Nursing freshman

slurs shouted amongst the crowd.

“Memphis is a racially sensitive powder keg,” Collins said.

“The poor want the protection the KKK is getting.”

Sergeant Alyssa Macon-Moore, public information officer for the MPD, said the department is still finalizing security plans for the rally and will not release any information to the public until the plans are complete.

Catherine Maroon, a social work major, plans on attending the rally Saturday.

“I think it is cool to witness a significant event in Memphis history,” Maroon said. “I know there is potential danger, but I want to see what it is all about. I know they are just coming to fuel the racial fire that already exists in our city.”

The KKK’s demonstration will be from 1:30-4 p.m. in front of the Shelby County Courthouse at 140 Adams Ave. n

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What do you think will happen at the Klu Klux Klan rally?

By Jonathan A. Capriel

“My girlfriend has been upset about it, but I don’t think anything bad will happen. I think its just a much of nonsense.”

Arsenio James, Business junior

“I think it is always bad when the Klan comes together to protest or march. I hope there is no violence.”

Arielle Jamison, Foreign language senior

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Politics

Supreme Court takes up Defense of Marriage Act

By Michael Doyle MCT

The federal Defense of Marriage Act may be hanging by a thread after a Supreme Court oral argument Wednesday that exposed sharp divisions over the 1996 law prohibiting same-sex married couples from obtaining myriad federal benefits.

A day after confronting California’s Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage, justices showed similar splits over whether the federal government may deny benefits to couples married in the states that recognize gay marriage. The division during an unusually long oral argument largely fell along traditional lines,

with Justice Anthony Kennedy once again holding the middle ground.

“You are at real risk of running in conflict with what has always been thought to be the essence of the state police power, which is to regulate marriage, divorce, custody,” Kennedy told the attorney who was defending the federal law.

Kennedy’s questions and asides during the nearly twohour argument hinted that he might join the court’s liberal wing in striking down the portion of the Defense of Marriage Act that prohibits same-sex couples from receiving federal benefits. Other portions of the law, including one that allows states not to recognize

gay marriages performed in other states, aren’t being challenged.

Justice Elena Kagan, the newest justice appointed by President Barack Obama, clearly articulated the liberal position, quoting from a House of Representatives report explaining that the 1996 law was meant to convey “moral disapproval of homosexuality.” One of the law’s chief backers, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., elaborated during House debate at the time that homosexual conduct was “based on perversion and ... based on lust.”

“When Congress targets a group that is not everybody’s favorite group in the world ... do we think that Congress’ judgment was infected by dislike, by fear,

by animus and so forth?” Kagan asked the attorney who was supporting the law.

She said there was “a pretty good red flag that that’s what was going on.”

From the other side, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. joined Justice Antonin Scalia in sounding sympathetic to the law, which defines marriage so that more than 1,100 federal benefits flow only to traditional, opposite-sex couples.

Roberts expressed doubt that Congress “had in mind same-sex couples” when it wrote “every one of those provisions.”

The case, United States v. Windsor, posed two basic questions:

The first, debated for about 50 minutes, was whether House Republicans have the legal authority to defend the 1996 federal law now that the Obama administration has abandoned it.

The second, hashed over for about 60 minutes, was whether the law violates the equal protection guarantees of the Constitution.

As with the California case, justices first puzzled over whether they should even be considering the Defense of Marriage Act case.

Because the Obama administration no longer defends the law in court, House Republican leaders have funded its appellate defense.

Tough questioning Wednesday

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uuDOMA Continued from page 9 brought out possible problems with this approach, including the fact that neither the Senate nor House Democrats agreed to join the House Republicans in defending the law.

“From where do they derive the right, the statutory right, to take on that responsibility of representing the House in items outside of the House?” Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked.

The Obama administration’s refusal to defend the law, even though officials say they’ll enforce it until it’s struck down, drew scornful comments from conservative justices, with Roberts suggesting that Obama “doesn’t have the courage of his convictions.” Still, a majority of justices seemed inclined to accept the case so they might rule on the merits.

Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act declares that, for the purposes of providing federal benefits, marriage is “only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife” and a spouse is only a “person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.”

The law means that an estimated 1,138 federal benefits that are provided to opposite-sex married couples are denied to samesex married couples. These range from rights related to taxes and welfare to those of employment and immigration. A same-sex military couple, for instance, is denied housing, health insurance and disability benefits, and is not eligible for burial alongside each other in a national cemetery.

“It affects every aspect of life,” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said.

Attorney Paul Clement, hired

by House Republican leaders to defend the law, said it was simply meant to bring uniformity to a federal definition of marriage, thereby helping states. That argument didn’t persuade some, with Justice Stephen Breyer telling Clement that “you’re saying uniform treatment is good enough, no matter how odd it is, no matter how irrational.”

When it passed, the Defense of Marriage Act was politically inviolable. It passed the House 34267 and the Senate 85-14. Among its supporters was then-Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., who’s now the vice president. Several justices and attorneys agreed Wednesday that public and political attitudes have changed since then, though what that means for the Supreme Court’s decision is unclear.

“As far as I can tell, political figures are falling over themselves to endorse your position,” Roberts told the attorney for the woman who’s challenged the law.

The case came about because of Edith Windsor, a computer programmer who fell in love with a psychologist named Thea Clara Spyer in 1963. They remained a couple until Spyer died in 2009. The women had married in Canada in 2007, but the Defense of Marriage Act pro-

www.dailyhelmsman.com hibited Windsor from receiving a deduction afforded married couples. She had to pay $363,053 in estate taxes, and the Internal Revenue Service denied her refund request.

The Obama administration initially defended the federal law, as is customary for administrations, but it stopped in February 2011. In its place, House Republicans have funded the defense of the statute through what’s called the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group.

While House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was in the audience Wednesday, embracing Windsor before the arguments started, no congressional Republicans appeared to be in attendance.

As is his custom, Justice Clarence Thomas was the only justice not to speak or ask questions during the hearing.

A decision is expected by June. n

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Demonstrators gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, as the court hears arguments on a part of the 1996 Defense of Marriage act that prevents legally wed same-sex couples from receiving certain benefits by defining marriage as between a man and woman.

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Men’s tennis rises in ITA rankings

Softball to tangle with Thundering Herd

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Junior Johnny Grimal and the men’s tennis team rose 10 spots in the ITA rankings to No. 34 after two wins over top-40 programs last week.

By Hunter Field

sports@dailyhelmsman.com Following a 2-1 week, the University of Memphis men’s tennis team (7-5) climbed 10 spots to the 34th spot in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings released Tuesday.

The Tigers’ 2-1 week came at the hands of three top-40 opponents:

Drake University, the University of San Diego and San Diego State University. The only loss came to the Bulldogs of Drake University, who currently sit at 20th in ITA rankings.

“We put out the toughest schedule we’ve ever had this year,” head coach Paul Goebel said. “So far the guys have responded great, and for us to go 2-1 and beat San Diego and San Diego State on their home

courts was great for us.”

Junior Johnny Grimal finished the week 3-0, including a win over the 125th-ranked player in the country, Drake’s Alen Salibasic.

Grimal, who is now ranked No. 110, became the third Tiger to break into the national rankings.

The Tigers have faced eight nationally-ranked programs thus far, with wins over four of them.

They’ll face 22nd-ranked Baylor

University and 36th-ranked TCU this weekend during their Texas road trip.

Their match with Baylor will be a rematch from last year’s trip to the NCAA regionals. Baylor handed the Tigers a season-ending loss in the previous meeting.

“Playing Baylor last year gave us some great experience,” Goebel said. “We are ready for them this year.” n

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The University of Memphis softball team (14-22, 3-6 Conference USA) travels to Huntington, W. Va. to take on Marshall University (18-12, 6-3 C-USA) in a three-game weekend series. The two teams will face off twice on Friday and once Saturday.

The Tigers are looking to get back on the right track after losing five straight. Head coach Natalie Poole was glad to get in some practice this week after dropping both games of a double-header with Jackson State.

Memphis currently sits at sixth in C-USA. Offensively, senior shortstop Morgan Mosby leads the Tigers, batting .336 and hitting in 15 runs. Senior third baseman Laura Curtis hits .284 and has scored 10 runs for the Tigers. As a team, Memphis bats .217 with an onbase percentage of .301.

Junior Ellen Roberts headlines the pitching staff with a 3.43 ERA and 7-14 record. Jordan Richwood has posted a 4.04 ERA with a 6-7 record, and Sara Pearson has a 4.93 ERA and 1-1 record.

Memphis will face a Marshall team that holds the fourth spot in the C-USA standings. They bat .265 as team, and their pitching staff has posted a 2.64 ERA. Going into their game against Wright State yesterday, the Thundering Herd were winners in eight straight.

Marshall has four players batting above .300. Outfielder Ashley Gue leads the Herd batting .337, and Kaelynn Greene hits .322 as a freshman outfielder.

Infielder BriAnna Hope bats .310 and senior first baseman Alysia Hively hits .308.

Defensively, senior Andi Williamson leads Marshall from the pitcher’s position with a 2.47 ERA. Also, Brittanie Fowler has posted an impressive 1.40 ERA as a freshman.

The two teams are ranked fourth and fifth in C-USA, but Memphis trails Marshall by three games in both the win and loss columns. Poole will look to get the bats going this weekend to break out of the Tigers’ losing streak.

Game one of the double-header on Friday is slated for noon CDT, with the first pitch of game two scheduled to be thrown at 3 p.m. Saturday’s final game of the series begins at 11 a.m. n

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Pastner talks extension, future with Memphis

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Tigers head coach Josh Pastner announced at his press conference that he had come to an agreement with the University of Memphis on a contract extension.

By Bryan Heater

bheater@dailyhelmsman.com We d ne s d ay af te r no on , University of Memphis head coach Josh Pastner stepped to the podium in front of a packed house in the Penny Hardaway Hall of Fame building. The 35-year-old coach, smiling face and all, was not in the normal suit and tie for such an occasion, but dawned a Tigers polo with the signature windbreaker he has become accustomed to wearing during practices. With him coming to an agreement with the University on a contract extension, Pastner’s mind was not focused on what to wear, but with the future.

“Sorry first of all about my attire,” Pastner said. “I thought we were meeting upstairs in front of the office, just a normal media day, but I’ve been meeting players all day.”

Rumors were circulating that UCLA and USC had Pastner high on their lists of potential candidates to fill their head coaching vacancies. But, with it all put to rest, he can now put his sole focus into the Tigers and the start of the offseason.

“The future is very bright here for Memphis,” Pastner said.

“We’re so excited about the future in so many different areas. I mean you look at the recruiting not only for the class coming in, but for the ‘14 class, the ‘15 class, the ‘16 class and beyond and there’s a lot of good players locally, but obviously we are a national program so we’re going to recruit the very best all over the place.”

Though the two sides came to an agreement, details about the extension are not yet available,

as the deal will not be finalized for another few weeks. Athletic Director Tom Bowen said that he was driven to get Pastner an extension because he had become a national topic as one of the bright young coaches in the game.

“I’ve been in the business a long time,” Bowen said. “I know that it’s time to lock your coach down and make sure that nobody can have a chance to put some temptation in front of your coach.

This is a young coach who’s done a very good job in a very short period of time and it was important for me to keep him in Memphis because I love working with Josh Pastner.”

Aside from questions about the extension, Pastner was asked questions about returning players, assistant coaches and next season.

Pastner said that he expected the core of this year’s squad to be back next season, along with his top-5 recruiting class coming in.

Once the basketball season is over, many people at other universities turn their eyes to baseball or the start of spring practice for football, but Pastner said here in the Bluff City fans like to talk Tiger basketball year-round. With added attention comes added pressure, but Pastner said he is ready for higher expectations that come with winning games.

“I’m proud to be able to say where we’re at. There’s going to be increased expectations, of course, but you’re either going to look at that and say ‘hey there’s a lot of pressure’ or ‘that’s going to make me drive that much more.’ I don’t care what the expectations are or what the contract is, the drive is I want to win a national championship.” n

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