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Vol. 80 No. 082

Students go loca for Lola

For coverage of last night’s game, see page 8.

SAC hosts zipline for students

By Jennifer Rorie

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Students flocked to the new la lola loca taco truck yesterday afternoon. They were given the choice of a free beef, chicken or pork taco sample outside the University center. The truck is expected to be on campus today. Follow la lola loca on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with its location.

Faculty committee recommends increase in library funding

By Crystal Welch

news@dailyhelmsman.com One of the University’s top resources is currently lacking in funding for some of its most vital resources. Members of the Faculty Senate Library Funding Committee have begun meeting weekly to discuss ideas for acquiring more money for materials and resources for the Ned R. McWherter Library.

The budget for the library is allocated by the University administration, partly for operations and partly for materials.

In the past, the library budget has seen a roughly 10 percent

increase yearly, but that number has been stagnant in recent years, according to Dr. Sylverna Ford, dean of University Libraries.

“The budget does not keep pace with what we experience as we try to keep pace with what the campus needs,” Ford says. “We really can’t maintain the same level of resources with our budgeting without receiving some of the increases.”

In April, the faculty senate passed a resolution asking the University provost to review library funding because of a belief that the library was underfunded.

The committee was formed to determine whether or

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not the library is in fact underfunded, and if so, what options are available to increase funding.

“Some information from the program evaluation indicated that the library resources were minimal for certain disciplines, while others have no issues,” said David Greganti, chairman of the funding committee and business officer in the Department of Engineering.

The committee is currently meeting to discuss ideas for increasing funding for library material acquisitions. Ford says the library in fact needs increased funding for both materials and operations.

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“That is the part [materials] that is most visible to faculty, because it affects our ability to acquire resources for their teaching and research,” Ford said. “We need help on both sides.”

Ford named an increase in electronic resources and the subscriptions that come with them as an example of an area where the library could use additional funding.

“One problem, so many resources are becoming available in electronic form, but we’re also having to maintain print collections,” Ford said.

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Cliffs, mountains, ravines and the University Center all have a common denominator today.

Chances are you didn’t guess that it would be ziplining, but that’s exactly what is happening at the UC Alumni Mall today.

The Student Activities Council is hosting a free event for students to experience some thrills in a more familiar setting.

Ziplining is traveling from one distance to another suspended by a wire. Participants are strapped into a harness and “zip” from an elevated point to a lower area.

“We have spring coming, and we want to have an event to have some fun,” said Teneshia Arnold, advisor for the Student Activities Council.

Out of the list of top-10 ziplines, the closest is No. 2 at Dollywood, according to americasbestonline.com. Other top ziplining locations are in Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, New Hampshire and Hawaii.

Not all students can travel to other states to experience ziplining, so many have requested this sort of activity to come to campus. Now, these requests are becoming a reality. “[The zipline] is going to be outside the UC on the UC mall lawn,” Arnold said.

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Local

Local band breaks boundaries

By Joshua Cannon

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In the ever-emerging world of social media, what separates a “local” band from being a “national” band not so much being signed to a major record label as it is getting in a van and ditching the area codes of your hometown.

With new websites like bandcamp.com, musicians and bands can sell their music at a named price, or even give it away for free.

With Facebook’s online population constantly growing, bands can cut out the middleman-booking agent, routing their own tours with the simple send of a message.

Memphis screamo outfit Greyscale understands this, and is using it to their advantage.

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and Sameer Shirazee, the band has been constantly growing. This may be due to the fact that the group is chock-full of musicians who have been in previous projects.

“Everyone in the band has been really good friends for a couple of years, and we are all musicians,” said guitarist Taylor Bryant, a computer engineering major at the U of M. “I was in a band called Close to Me with Chance for some time, and I’m in another band with Barrett called Siddhartha. After Zo’s old band Adaje broke up, we all decided to start playing music with each other.”

For a musician, being asked what kind of music you play is sometimes like receiving a punch to the stomach. It can be a hard question to answer — especially when you fall under a genre known as “Screamo.”

“Whenever someone asks me what my band sounds like, I reply, ‘we play punk music. You will probably hate it,’” Bryant said.

“Unfortunately, I have the habit of assuming that whomever I am talking to does not know anything about music outside of what the radio or Urban Outfitters has taught them.”

While he recognizes how rude this sounds, he urges people to hear him out.

“The entire point of genre-fying music is to make communication easier. I would rather reply with an extreme oversimplification of what my band sounds like, and allow the person to make some kind of association than to spout off a list of bands he or she has never heard of and be subjected to a zombie face.”

After much hard work, the band will be releasing their debut EP, “A Breath of Fresh Air,” this Friday at the Smith 7 House, a living roomturned-music venue in the heart of Cordova, Tenn.

It’s five songs of honesty, according to the band.

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librarian Roy Hawkins checks out a student in the Ned R. McWherter library.

uuLibrary Continued from page 1 come with an annual subscription or access fee. The library is committed to maintaining these subscriptions, but is lacking the funding needed to keep up with the yearly costs, according to Ford.

While there has been no specific mention of what exact resources the Library Funding Committee has been citing in their reports, Greganti reports

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that the committee has been researching funding practices at similar institutions in order to find the best funding practices that may be applicable to the University.

At this time, the committee is considering multiple options, including implementing a stuzfunds that currently go to the athletic department and hiring a fundraiser for the library, among other options.

“We’re just making a recommendation,” Greganti said.

“Where it goes from there is out of our hands.”

Suggestions from the committee will be presented in a report to Interim Provost Tom Nenon by the end of March.

“I think [the library] is a crucial partner in the process of education,” Ford said. “We serve students and faculty, and want to be able to support their educational endeavors. We can only do that if we have funding to provide and support those information resources.” n

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headlines last year when 24-yearold Georgia student Aimee Copeland contracted a rare flesh-eating infection called necrotizing fasciitis after an accident involving a homemade zipline.

Aeromonas hydrophila, the bacteria that triggered Copeland’s infection, is found in warm climates and fresh water, neither of which are a factor at the UC. Arnold said this should not be a concern for students.

“It’s pretty harmless,” she said.

“When we went to the national conference a few weeks ago our students actually participated on the zipline.”

Junior nursing major and committee chair Bianca Cole said she has not heard about the Copeland incident, but is sure that students don’t have anything to worry about.

“Lots of students put in

requests, and the committee chairs took the initiative to book the requests,” Arnold said.

Freshman Callie Nix is looking forward to ziplining and thinks it is a great idea.

At a conference a few weeks ago, SAC members participated on the zipline. Cole wasn’t able to go to the conference with other members, but wishes she had.

“The company who is bringing the zipline said ever since they have gotten [it], it has been a hot commodity,” Cole said.

The zipline is going to be suspended from a truck, from what Cole understands. Students will climb up and “zip” from one side to the other.

This event starts at 11 a.m., so students have much of the day to participate.

“I encourage people to come out for this because it is a good stress-reliever before we all go off on spring break,” Cole said. n

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Fashion

Fashion may improve performance

By Shelby Smith

news@dailyhelmsman.com Midterm season has finally arrived and the stress of studying is visible on campus with many students seen in pajama pants, wrinkled shirts, and messy hair.

However, dressing well for classes is said to promote confidence and can improve class performance.

“When you dress well, you feel well,” said Shenan Arnold, sophomore fashion merchandising major.

“It promotes confidence in yourself, and has the potential to make you feel successful, which in turn will

boost your mood and make you enthusiastic about school work.”

Many students and professors draw opinions of others based off their personal style.

“I always try to dress as if I am going to see someone that could shape my future. You never know when that moment will happen so it is best to always be prepared,” said Jared Stanfield, financial and creative manager at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Many students believe that dressing well in class has the ability to promote attentiveness.

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when I am dressed well I feel like I am ready to conquer whatever assignment is put in front of me,” Stanfield said. “I pay more attention, and my attitude towards school is completely different.”

While promoting confidence and attentiveness, dressing well can also capture the attention of professors and leave a lasting impression.

“I definitely notice students who are dressed presentable when they come to classes. Those students are usually prepared for class because they have taken the extra time to prepare themselves,” said Andrew Hussey, associate professor of

economics.

Many students think that dressing well is automatically associated with spending countless hours primping, however, that does not have to be the case.

“Dressing well should not have to be a chore. No one is expecting you to dress in your best suit or dress everyday. Anyone can make jeans and a nice shirt look good. It just takes a bit of effort,” Stanfield said.

Although dressing well can add to performance in class, students should not confuse it with not having to study.

“I think the type of person who dresses up for school does do better, but at the same time it isn’t causal. You cant just put someone in nicer clothes and then they have all of the information there,” Hussey said.

The way a student dresses for class can affect their performance and have the potential to better his or her academic success.

“Wake up a few minutes early and put a little extra effort into your look. Students should look their best to do their best. It’s not a hard concept to grasp,” Arnold said. n

Campus Life

Wellness Day prepares students for midterms

By Samantha Esgro

news@dailyhelmsman.com Midterms and spring break are coming up, and students across campus are hustling and bustling to prepare themselves for both.

One of the ways the University of Memphis is preparing its inhabitants for the next two weeks is with Wellness Day, which is being held in the University Center.

“It basically is a program with six tables in the UC, in front and behind elevators, that will be offering information for every-

thing from emotional to physical well-being,” said Earle Donelson, the psychologist coordinator of outreach for the Counseling Center.

Each department will offer some of their expertise on either physical or mental health and how to make healthy choices.

This third annual event is a combined effort between STEPS, Healthy U, the counseling centers in both Wilder Tower and the Psychology Building, Student Health Services and more.

“Typically every year we do

this in March because of midterms, and spring break is even sometimes overlooked because you don’t always take care of yourself during the break and there are a lot of activities that go on that look to your detriment,” Donelson said.

There will be psychologists, a trainer from the Student Recreation and Fitness Center and other health-related staff at the ready to distribute information about anything from nutrition to how to get a good night’s sleep. n

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uuLocal Continued from page 3 the EP is about addressing the problems in his life, and knowing that while the people you think will forever be in your life may leave, someone will eventually come and fill that space.

For guitarist Zohayr Shirazee, the title of the EP relates specifically to where he is in his life.

“The name of the EP came about because it’s our first release, and for Sameer and me, it was a fresh start after our old band, Adaje, broke up,” Shirazee said. “We had been in previous bands, but this is the first band that actually meant something to us simply because it’s the music we love to write, and it’s with our best friends.”

Friday’s show will not only mark the release of the band’s EP, but the start of a nine day

tour that will make it’s way through Florida living rooms and art spaces to the annual South

by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas.

According to Greyscale, touring is imperative for a band.

“A lot of things in life don’t live up to your expectations, but a tour is definitely one of those things that does,” Shirazee said.

“It just helps your band grow in positive ways. You meet new people, play with great bands and of course experience new cities with your friends. Nothing like it.”

The band will be releasing “A Breath of Fresh Air” on CD and also for digital download on bandcamp.com. The EP release show is this Friday at the Smith 7 House in Cordova, Tenn. and features local bands Midway, Looking for Alaska and Louisiana punkers Shark Bait. Doors open at 6 p.m. The show is $5. n

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Tiffany Welcher and the women’s tennis team split a pair of matches over the weekend to two ranked opponents.

By Jaclyn Redmon

sports@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis women’s tennis team returned home to Memphis after splitting a two-match road trip with a win and a loss.

The first match was on Sunday against St. Mary’s. The Tigers took the win over No. 44 St. Mary’s 4-2. The win marks the fourth ranked opponent the Tigers have beaten so far this season.

“It was good to get another win over a top-50 team in Saint Mary’s. They are very talented and it gave our team more confidence in getting a win on a neutral court,” head coach Lee Walker said.

The Tigers started the match in the lead after Stefanie Mikesz and Caroline Wegner grabbed a smooth victory over No. 3 Jade Frampton and Catherine Leduc. Tiffany Welcher and Alyssa Hibberd went on to take down No. 37 Catherine Isip and Elizabeth Searl, 8-4, to clinch the doubles point for Memphis.

In singles action, Hibberd recorded her fifth straight sin-

gles win, defeating Frampton, 6-2, 6-2, putting Memphis in the lead 2-0.

St. Mary’s got their first point of the match from No. 18 Jenny Jullien, who beat No. 23 Courtney Collins 6-1, 7-5, cutting the Tigers’ lead 2-1.

The Tigers responded with wins from Skylar Kuykendall and Mikesz. Kuykendall won 6-4, 6-2, over Leduc, while Mikesz finished the Gaels off, defeating Searl to clinch the Tigers 4-2 victory.

The Tigers returned to Arizona State’s Whiteman Tennis Center Monday to take on the home team, the Arizona State Sun Devils.

The Tigers dropped a 5-2 decision on the road against the No. 21 ranked Sun Devils.

It was a long day in Tempe, Ariz., with five singles matches going to three sets and the doubles point being decided by a tiebreaker. The loss marks the fourth time the Tigers have lost to opponents ranked higher than them.

The Sun Devils [10-1] jumped out with a 1-0 lead over the Tigers [7-4] after the doubles

duo of Joanna Smith and Ebony Panoho defeated Tiffany Welcher and Alyssa Hibberd, 8-4, at No. 2.

ASU took a 2-0 lead after No. 88 Jacqueline Cako took down No. 23 Courtney Collins in two straight sets, 6-1, 6-1.

The No. 22 ranked Tigers finally got on the board with a win at No. 1 from freshman Kuykendall over Leighann Sahagun, 6-7, 6-2, 6-1. Kuykendall has 10 wins on the season with only two losses.

The win by Kuykendall cut the Sun Devils lead to 2-1, but it did not stay that way for long, The Sun Devils’ Stephanie Vlad added another win after defeating Liza Tymchenko 6-2, 0-6, 6-3, extending their lead to 3-1. Hannah James clinched the match for the Sun Devils, knocking off Alyssa Hibberd 3-6, 6-4, 6-0.

Tiffany Welcher gave the Tigers their second point of the day with an upset over No. 111 Desirae Krawczyk, 6-7, 6-3, 6-1.

Joanna Smith beat Caroline Wegner 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, to give the ASU Sun Devils the 5-2 victory. n

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After a decorated four-year career in the blue and gray, senior Nicole Dickson will play her final game at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse against the Marshall Thundering Herd, with the game set to tipoff at 7 p.m.

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The University of Memphis women’s basketball team (16-13, 7-8 Conference USA) looks to end their regular season with a win in their final battle of the year Thursday against the Marshall Thundering Herd (9-19,3-12 C-USA) at the Elma Rose Field House.

The game is not only the final home game for the Tigers this season, but also the final home game in the decorated career of Tigers star senior forward Nicole Dickson. Throughout her illustrious career, Dickson has racked up many rewards and honors.

She has received several C-USA Player of the Week honors. She was named to the C-USA second team all-conference in 2012, the C-USA all-freshman team in 2010, C-USA Freshman of the Week in 2009 and was also named to the C-USA academic honor roll in the spring of 2010 and all of 2011.

Throughout her four years with the Tigers, Dickson has contributed in many different ways. Dickson is currently one of the top 10 scorers in the program’s history, with a current total of 1,625 points, 513 of those points coming off 171 three-point shots.

Dickson also finds herself in the top

10 in rebounds grabbing 771 boards throughout her career. Dickson’s main attribution came on the defensive side of the ball where she will finish in the top five in team history with 61 blocked shots throughout her career.

“It means a lot for the Memphis fans to have been behind me for the past four years,” Dickson said. “I just hope we can put on a good show for our seniors last home game.”

The loss of Dickson will leave a significant gap for the Tigers to fill.

“Every year we graduate great players,” head coach Melissa McFerrin said. “It’s impossible to replace a Nicole Dickson, but I believe with a collective group from the young talented players we have on this team we will be able to fill the void.”

After two consecutive losses the Tigers find themselves in a five-way tie for fifth place in the C-USA standings, adding even more importance to the last home game where the Tigers look to bounce back with a win at home and cling on to hopes of a No. 4 seed in the upcoming C-USA Tournament.

However, the season is not quite over yet.

“Right now we just need to focus on us and beat Marshall,” McFerrin said.

“Everything else is out of our hands.

Tigers closer captures award

By Alex Briggs

sports@dailyhelmsman.com Last week proved to be a good week for the University of Memphis baseball team.

After defeating No. 8 Ole Miss last Tuesday for the first time in Oxford since 2003, the Tigers then took two games in their three game series with the University of Louisiana-Monroe over the weekend. A common factor in all three of the Tiger wins was closer Jonathan Van Eaton earning the save.

After a strong string of games for the junior, Van Eaton has

been named the Conference USA Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Monday.

Van Eaton worked past a leadoff walk in the game versus Ole Miss, retiring the next three hitters in a row, earning a strikeout and, more importantly, a 4-3 Tiger win.

On Friday, the Tigers called on Van Eaton again in a tight ballgame and their closer answered the bell. Van Eaton took the mound against UL-Monroe, recording two more strikeouts, and sealed the game for the Tigers, 4-2.

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The tournament starts next week and we need to show up ready to play.”

While there is one final game remaining in the regular season, some players cannot help but think about the upcoming conference tournament.

“We’re going into the tournament and we have to view it as a complete different season,” Dickson said. “We have to show up and play hard.”

Since the Tigers have played all the teams in the C-USA Tournament, the teams will be very familiar with each other.

“We’ll try to tweak a few things, but teams know each other so well by know that there is no magic,” McFerrin said. “We have to play our best, our hardest and show up with the right character and the right work habits.”

If the team’s character and work habit is anything like Dickson’s then the Tigers should find themselves in a good position come tournament time.

While all Tiger fans will hate to see Dickson leave, fans might not be done seeing her for good, as Dickson hinted at possibly taking her talents to the next level.

“I’m going to enter the WNBA draft, give it a try, see what happens, and pray for the best.”

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recorded the final two outs of the game, striking out another en route to a 3-1 win. In total, Van Eaton recorded 4 strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings of work last week, without allowing any hits.

With the three saves this past week, Van Eaton is now three saves away from a program record of 15 career saves. This is Van Eaton’s first career pitcher of the week award.

Van Eaton and the Tigers will look to continue their winning ways on Friday when Buffalo comes to town. The first pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at FedExPark. n

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Tigers defeat UTEP, 56-54

By Bryan Heater

bheater@dailyhelmsman.com At his Monday press conference, University of Memphis men’s basketball head coach Josh Pastner knew the Texas-El Paso Miners were going to do everything in their power to turn Tuesday night’s matchup into a slugfest.

A game not suited for the faint-hearted, neither team led by more than seven points during the contest, but a more physical Memphis (26-4, 15-0 Conference USA) squad used a clutch performance from junior guard Chris Crawford to barely squeak out a 56-54 victory over UTEP in front of their largest home crowd of the year.

Memphis focused all week on preparing for a Miner defense notorious for frustrating opponents with their multiple defensive sets under the tutelage of head coach Tim Floyd. At times, the Tigers looked as if their prep-

aration had prepared them for what they would encounter at the Don Haskins Center, but the Miners dictated the pace for the majority of the game, putting themselves in position to knock off the Tigers for the fourth time in six tries in the final minutes of the game.

Up till the last 10 minutes of the game, the Tigers and Miners remained in a stalemate with the score notched at 44 all before the telltale events of the game began to unfold. With just two made three-point field goals on the night for the Miners, guard-forward Julian Washburn stepped into a contested shot and drained it to put UTEP up 47-44 with 7:28 left to play to put the Tigers’ backs against the wall.

During his three years at the U of M, Crawford earned himself the nickname “Clutch,” and the junior showed why with his team down three late on the road. After UTEP big man John Bohannon missed the front end

of a one-and-one, junior forward Tarik Black grabbed the rebound and pushed it up to Crawford, who spotted up to sink a three of his team-high 15 points to tie the game at 47.

The junior followed his three with a free throw to put the Tigers back on top, 48-47.

Washburn answered with two free throws to put UTEP back on top, but on the next play, Black received a pass from junior guard Joe Jackson and flushed it while picking up the foul and hitting his free throw to give Memphis a 51-49 edge.

Washburn continued to put the Miners on his back, hitting a jumper on the other end to tie the game at 51. Sophomore guard-forward Adonis Thomas then hit one of the biggest shots of the game, as he connected from downtown to make the score 54-51, followed by a Black dunk to extend the lead to 56-51.

The Miners answered with two free throws from Cedrick

Lang to pull within three and had a golden opportunity to tie the game in the final seconds.

With 11 seconds left on the clock and down 56-53, the Miners’ C.J. Cooper pulled up to shoot a desperation three, but Black did the unthinkable, committing a foul on Cooper to send him to the line for three shots and a chance to tie the game. However, he left his first shot short and was forced to purposely miss the third after making the second.

Black redeemed himself somewhat, grabbing the board as the Tigers hung on to win their final road game of the season.

Crawford led the team with 15 points, while Thomas chipped in with 11. Washburn led the Miners with a game-high 19 points.

In another development, senior D.J.

Stephens left in the first half and did not return, however Pastner said the senior was just experiencing problems with his asthma at the elevated altitude and would be ready to go in the season finale Saturday against the UAB Blazers.

Saturday’s game against the Blazers is set to tipoff at 11 a.m. and will be senior day for Stephens, Ferrakohn Hall and Stan Simpson. n

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