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Lydia and Kasson Cosmini, University of Memphis International Justice Mission campus chapter members, raise awareness about modern day slavery in front of the University Center.
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news@dailyhelmsman.com To the average American, slavery ended with the ratification of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. But 150 years later, human slavery and trafficking remains a serious issue all over the world. Some University of
Memphis students are fighting back. The University of Memphis chapter of the International Justice Mission, a nonprofit organization devoted to assisting victims of slavery and oppression, participated in an event called Stand 4 Freedom, a nationwide rally against human trafficking. Members of the IJM took shifts standing out in the cold for
27 hours to call attention to over 27 million people enslaved in the world. The campus IJM chapter encouraged students to sign a petition asking President Obama to devote his second term to ending human trafficking in the U.S. They also sold baked goods to raise funds for the IJM. Jonathan Glisson, a junior majoring in music composition, was one of
the members of the IJM participating in the event. He explained the group’s efforts to shed light on a subject not thought about by most people. “We are raising awareness of human trafficking in the world because there are more slaves right now than there have been in any point
news@dailyhelmsman.com Those who are used to going inside the Tiger Den for their daily lunch or picking up a snack from one of the other buildings on campus that house food venues might find there are more interesting options on wheels. La Lola Loca, a food truck that serves Mexican cuisine, was recently introduced to the University of Memphis, sparking conversations among students. Run by Mobi Munch, this food truck is one of a number of La Lola
Loca trucks stationed at universities in the southern United States. The University of Tennessee, Baylor University, and the University of Alabama, among others, offer La Lola Loca as a dining option. Many students and faculty are satisfied with this new addition and are excited to have new options to choose from. Special Projects Coordinator for Student Affairs Lindsey Bray tweeted after visiting La Lola Loca about her experience and her anticipation of what is to come in the future. “@lolaloca_UofM Just tried the Beef Barbacoa taco. It was really
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good! Can’t wait to try the other options,” Bray said via Twitter. Student Preston Blair tweeted simply “@lolaloca_UofM is deliciousness” to express his enjoyment of the food at La Lola Loca. Though there are a number of people throughout the campus who are happy about this new option, some are less intrigued by the change. Senior civil engineering major Joey Clark said that he does not have a problem with the food truck, but he is disappointed by the recent changes. “It’s not so much the food truck itself,” he said. “Just 4 U closed
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because the food truck opened.” Clark said that his main concern was that students with meal plans would now have fewer options, as he was under the impression that Just 4 U, one of the dining options formerly located in Richardson Towers, closed in favor of the food truck. “It’s really unfair to all students who have meal plans,” he said. “It will defer students from getting meal plans in the future.” Clark emphasized that he has no problem with the food truck and that he may even see what the
Monday night, Southern Avenue was the host of a wreck between a motorcycle and small car that left the motorcyclist in the hospital with several serious injuries. “I was going down over the train tracks, looked to my left and to my right and I saw him on the motorcycle so I decided to wait before I crossed,” witness and University of Memphis student Will Hickman said. Hickman saw the car run the stop sign and when he looked up again, saw the car run into the motorcycle. “Everything was in slow motion,” Hickman said. “I saw the car hit the motorcycle, and saw him in the air, and then saw him on the ground.” He immediately called 911 and waited for an ambulance to arrive. “I’m just thinking, ‘Did that really just happen?’” Hickman said. The motorcyclist, a tattoo artist for No Regrets Tattoo Emporium named Joe Stamp, was heard yelling about the pain in his legs immediately after the wreck. “By this time a huge crowd had
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Petition to make R. Kelly’s ‘Ignition’ national anthem By Margot Pera
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Imagine turning on the Super Bowl next year and instead of hearing a pop icon belting out the “Star-Spangled Banner”, you hear them sing the beginning lyrics to R. Kelly’s “Ignition.” One person, identified as S.R. from Wilmington, N.C., is trying to make that happen. S.R. states in the petition that he or she would like the Obama administration to “recognize the need for a new national anthem, one that even a decade after creation, is still hot and fresh out the kitchen.” The petition goes on to implore the president to “recognize the evolution of this beautiful country and give us an anthem that better suits the glorious nation we have become.” “We the People” is an online platform created in 2011 by the White House to petition the U.S. government. Anyone can use this platform; all they have to do is create an account on the White House’s website, www.whitehouse.gov. Petitions must start with the sentence “We believe the Obama administration should…” After a petition is
written, the author must choose three categories it can be filed under, ranging from topics like economy, energy or job creation. The website then searches for similar petitions in case the author wants to sign an existing petition. If no similar petition exists, the petition is published and it is the author’s responsibility to share the link. Petitions become searchable on the website if they reach 150 signatures within 30 days. “This is a natural extension of American-style democracy in the modern technological time,” Michelle Bliss, a political science instructor at the University of Memphis, said. “Anyone can petition for redress of grievances to government, all they have to do is click ‘sign here.’” Bliss said the national anthem is useful for a cultural identity, a kind of continuity passed on from one generation to another. It could be changed if the song were inspiring and gave a common rallying point, she said, like if the country were experiencing a national trauma, a song that would address the current mood of the citizens would be more relevant than an 80-year-old song. If Bliss had her choice, she said
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R&B star R. Kelly salutes onlookers as he leaves the Cook County Criminal Courts Building after he was acquitted of child pornography charges June 13, 2008, in Chicago. she would like the country’s national anthem to be Lady Gaga’s “Born this Way.” Francis Scott Key’s “Star-Spangled Banner” became America’s national anthem in 1931. Before that, “My Country Tis of Thee” and “Hail Columbia” served as hymns of American officialdom. “I think that making ‘Ignition’ the national anthem is a joke,” Kevin Ellison, communications major, said. “I think they should make the song ‘We are Young’ by Fun. our national anthem
because of the lyrics ‘we burn brighter than the sun.’” Tim Jeans, an international business major, said he thinks it is stupid to try and change the national anthem, and doesn’t understand why people have to make a big fuss of everything. “Our national anthem needs to be impressive sounding like the Russian national anthem,” Rhiannon Dirlam, a foreign language major, said. “Their anthem is very intense with a choir and loud, intense instruments.” Sean Matthews, a biology major,
said he thinks our national anthem should be “one big musical about our country’s history.” As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, the petition had 5,733 signatures. The goal is to reach 100,000 signatures by April 2. To view or sign the petition and see other petitions, visit https://petitions. whitehouse.gov. n
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Professor casts spell on students By L. Taylor Smith
news@dailyhelmsman.com At the University of Memphis, it’s unlikely to see owls flying, broomsticks chained to bike racks or chocolate frogs hopping around the Tiger Den. But Cathy Dice, an English professor, is doing her best to bring magic to as many students on the U of M campus as she can. Opening her office door is like opening the cover of a familiar book. From the Monty Python poster on the wall to the various witches’ hats piled haphazardly on the coat rack, nearly everything speaks volumes. Dice’s office consists of three walls and a bookshelf stuffed with children’s books she’s harvested from second-hand bookstores. Small toys and trinkets from her favorite stories are peppered across the shelves. A stuffed Horton the Elephant peaks out of a bin. A miniature Snoopy house is next door to her desk with two or three coffee mugs holding down normally errant papers. A plastic Harry Potter is ready to cast a spell while a min-
English professor Cathy Dice shows off her collection of literary treasures. us would teach on Thursday, we’d both show up for each other’s classes.” Jones and Dice met nearly 23 years ago on the campus of what was then Memphis State University. “She was a year ahead of me, so she already ‘knew the ropes,’ and welcomed me to the program and helped me make the transition from
my smaller, rural undergrad university to the larger, urban grad school,” Tammy Jones said. “I’ve been teaching long enough to have had seasons in my career that I absolutely treasure, and working with Cathy on our Harry Potter Honors Seminar is one of those seasons.” Dice threw herself whole-heartedly into the project, becoming a professor worthy of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. “It was great, superlatives all over the place, really fun,” Dice said. “I got to talk about something I love for an entire hour with students who were as passionate about it as I
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am, and I got to play.” Tuan Duong, a freshman, may be a chemistry major, but his love for Harry Potter attracted him to take the honors forum class that Dice and Jones taught. “I thought the class was a oneof-a-kind experience that taught me things outside of the Harry Potter world,” Duong said. “They were the wonder twins of professors. I couldn’t imagine them without each other. I would take the class again, but only as a spectator who sometimes butts in on the discussions.” And it’s not just her Harry Potter class that has students raving. Dice also teaches Literary
Heritage and Children’s Literature, two courses that Ashli Keffer, a sophomore nonprofit development and administration major, thoroughly enjoyed. “Her classes are so much fun. They teach you to analyze literature, but not in the cliché, traditional way. Her classes are discussionbased, and the conversations are never boring. She asks questions that really make you think and see things differently. She’s hilarious, random, nice, laid-back, easy, helpful, friendly, knowledgeable and just an amazing professor,” Keffer
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i at u r e Hedwig, his pet owl, looks on. Her passion for Harry Potter caught the attention of Dr. Melinda Jones, the director for the Honors Program at the U of M. She asked Dice and Tammy Jones, a fellow English professor, to jointly teach an honors forum class after their incredible teaching skills caught her attention. “Both of them have won the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Teaching Award in different years,” Melinda Jones said. “I serve on the faculty committee that helps choose the award, so I see all the student evaluations they’ve gotten in the past three years, and I try to recruit the best teachers possible for the honors classes.” The two leapt at the chance, and together they created a course centered on the Harry Potter series. “Tammy is my cohort, my accomplice, my co-conspirator, and we would go to lunch at Garibaldi’s and Panera during the summer and sketch out the semester,” Dice said. “Even though technically one of us would teach on Tuesday and one of
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Young Entrepreneurs Club meets Thursday By Tyler Stafford
Special to The Daily Helmsman The Young Entrepreneurs Club will hold their first meeting Thursday at 5:30 in room 326 of the FedEx Institute of Technology. The student organization is sponsored by the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Memphis. The CEI was formed 19 months ago by Kelly Penwell, who serves as the assistant director of the campus nonprofit. The CEI specializes
in helping historically underserved groups develop their potential as entrepreneurs and future business leaders. The YEC was first envisioned by Richard Irwin, associate dean of the University College. “The YEC is important because it affords entrepreneurial-minded students the opportunity to master new skills while launching their own startup organization,” Penwell said. “The idea was to create a student-led effort that gave learners authentic opportunities to add to their skill set and explore the path-
way to business ownership.” Carrie Brown-Smith, a U of M assistant professor of journalism, teaches a graduate seminar called Entrepreneurial Journalism. For her, the entrepreneurial spirit is essential for students because they are unlikely to remain in the same jobs over the course of their careers. “Innovative thinking, a basic understanding of business principles, and tenacity are vital components of a rewarding and successful career today,” she said.
Casey Beck, an intern at the CEI and a senior business major, explained that the YEC provides students with direction and support for their business-related ideas. “The club can also be for students who simply want to hear about others’ ideas and learn more about what it is to be an entrepreneur,” she said. “In our first meeting we will be giving a basic overview of the club’s purpose, as well as a brief introduction to what the CEI does, since it is where the club stemmed from.”
The CEI has white board sessions, or open forums, for its clients to present their ideas to a group and receive feedback. The YEC plans to close its meeting with such a session to learn what the club members expect or want out of the club. “Future goals for the club next semester would be to host a renowned entrepreneur to speak at the U of M,” Beck said. “The club would also be a resource for its members to launch their business ideas.” n
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Just 4 U. Armstrong said, though many students might miss the comforts of eating at Just 4 U, overall these changes to the campus dining experience are making it easier for students to have access to food. Since Richardson Towers is located farther away from many of the other buildings on campus, he said that the merge with Fresh Foods would benefit the students more. “Most of the students with meal plans weren’t going to Just 4 U,” he said. “We already had issues about the location because of proximity because students didn’t want to walk that far, anyway.” The purpose of the truck is to bring something different to students, Armstrong said. The truck’s vibrant colors and flowery exterior attract students along with the taste of authentic Mexican food. “Students are appreciating it and definitely appreciate the look of the truck as well,” he said. “We’ve been trying to think outside the box on this one and bring the food to the students. We just wanted to get creative and elaborative and go wild.” n
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Students flocked to the new La Lola Loca taco truck outside the University Center Monday afternoon to receive free taco samples.
hype is about. However, he said he thinks that the campus lacks an adequate number of places where a meal plan is accepted. “I’ll try it out just to see how it is,” he said. “I don’t have anything against the food truck. I just have a problem with not being able to use my meal plan on any of the many [other] places on campus.” Sean Armstrong, the marketing manager of Tiger Dining, said that due to the outcry of students like Clark, the food truck will begin accepting meal plans today. The rates will be the same as they are for Fresh Foods — one entrée item and a drink will be $7. Armstrong said that though it may seem that Just 4 U has been replaced, that is not the case. “It’s not been replaced,” he said. “It’s been integrated into the Fresh Food Company.” Just 4 U will now be called “Nature’s Market.” Armstrong said, due to the upcoming renovations to Richardson Towers, it made sense to change the location of
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uuSlavery Continued from page 1 in history,” Glisson said. The IJM was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The organization has 16 field offices in countries such as Bolivia, Rwanda and Thailand. The campus chapter of the IJM was formed in January. Stand 4 Freedom is the group’s first large event. Advocating against human trafficking is only one of the things the IJM does. Glisson went into more detail about the IJM’s efforts to assist victims of injustice and oppression. “The IJM supports developing countries as they develop their laws against human trafficking,” he said. The petition asks that President Obama carry out initiatives to fight slavery and trafficking within the U.S. and in America’s supply chains. Specifically, the petition asks that the government work with a large number of nations to fund and test new ways of emancipating those currently enslaved and find ways to scale up existing, successful methods. “While slavery is illegal everywhere, we still need to build the political will to make this commitment to freedom real,” states the petition. “It’s time to proclaim emancipation for all by the end of your term and bring an end to slavery in our lifetime.” Stand 4 Freedom is only one of the ways students are protesting human trafficking. On March 22, the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law will be hosting a symposium called “Breaking the Silence,” an all-day exploration of the legal efforts to fight human trafficking. University of Memphis faculty will be participating in the symposium, including William Kratzke, dean of the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law and Charles Ryan Dalton, law school alumnus and director of anti-trafficking operations for Operation Broken Silence, a nonprofit organization based in Memphis that advocates for increased attention and awareness of what they call “mass atrocities,” including genocide and human slavery. In 2011, Operation Broken Silence released a 38-page report, the result of a 13-week investigation into the human trafficking industry in the Memphis area. OBS found that the majority of people seeking slaves were using Backpage.com, a website that is similar to Craigslist. When Craigslist was forced to close their adult section — long an unregulated marketplace for human slaves — people in the trafficking business moved to Backpage. The report explained where most of the people being sold as slaves in Memphis are coming from. “The supply of victims came from all across the United States, but most of the victims being sold online in the Memphis Backpage escort ads are from Memphis and Tennessee,” according to the report. “The sisters and daughters of Memphis and Tennessee citizens are the people being sold into human trafficking or abducted as runaways.” The report also went into detail about the economic and societal consequences of human trafficking, and explained what was necessary to reintroduce those recently freed from slavery into the world.
www.dailyhelmsman.com Similar to Operation Broken Silence and the IJM is the Progressive Student Alliance, a campus organization that works toward ending discrimination and oppression on and off campus. While the PSA is currently focused on obtaining a living wage for campus workers and has no official stance on human trafficking, philanthropy chairperson Anthony Lucatelli shared his opinion on modern slavery. “To be bought and sold in a way that is dehumanizing and demoralizing is disgusting,” said Lucatelli. “If I can do anything to stop it, I would.” The more than 27 million slaves in the world comprise both adults and children. Those enslaved are often used for labor, forced into prostitution or are child soldiers. Most of the slaves in the United States are U.S. citizens. While Tennessee has passed some of the strongest laws against human trafficking in the world, human trafficking remains prevalent in Memphis and nearby Tunica, Miss. n
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The University of Memphis Chapter of International Justice Mission attempted to raise awareness of human trafficking and modern day slavery by standing outside for 27 hours.
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uuDice Continued from page 4 said. Dice, an alumna of the U of M for both her undergraduate and graduate degrees, started college as a journalism major but quickly realized that hard news wasn’t her (writing) style. She switched to English, with a particular interest in children’s literature. And why children’s literature? “It comes with cool toys,” Dice said, gesturing to her hoard. “’Moby Dick’ doesn’t come with harpoons.” But to Dice, they aren’t toys. They are riches without compare. Dice points to a delicate hourglass necklace hanging from a golden chain. “That is a ‘Time-Turner’ that a student brought me back from Harry Potter World in Orlando,” Dice said matter-of-factly. She takes her treasures very seriously. Even though she spends more time poring over “Hop on Pop” than “Paradise Lost,” she admits that her favorite “adult” book reflects her brief stint as a journalism major — “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote. She excitedly flits to her filing cabinet and shuffles through the folders until she finds one of her greatest prizes — the four original “New Yorkers” in which Capote’s most prominent work
Thursday, March 7, 2013 • 7 appears. “I got them for $8 online, so it’s obvious that person didn’t know what they had,” Dice said. She lovingly straightens the plastic sheets protecting the yellowed covers, and her sincere appreciation for literature is written across her face. For Dice, it’s hard to discern a hobby from her job, considering she gets to play with Legos and Play-Doh while she grades papers, but after glancing around, her eyes fall on a parchment envelope tacked onto her door. In emerald ink, the address reads “Elleree Beatrix, Office at the End of the Hall,” her wizarding world alias. “I make wands,” Dice said with a wide grin. “I swipe wood off the streets and keep them bunched up in the back. They’re all color-coded, and I have a list of people to make wands for.” She made wands for every student in her Harry Potter course, and each got to choose which one “felt right.” “It was great watching them wave them around, ‘testing’ them,” Dice said. And although she does not confirm (nor deny) having supernatural powers, she gets students excited about literature and proves what everyone has known all along — professors are witches. n
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A coworker holds Joe Stamp’s last piece of artwork drawn before the wreck on Monday. He produced it for a tattoo convention.
uuWreck Continued from page 1 gathered and two women who maybe were nurses were at his side asking if he was bleeding anywhere and taking off his gloves,” Hickman said. Stamp is now in the hospital being treated for his injuries, but unfortunately the occupation of a tattoo artist does not oftentimes come with health insurance, which is why both donation websites and fundraising events are so important to the family. These injuries, according to updates on Facebook, consisted of a shattered ankle which he received surgery for Monday, a back broken in several places and major blood vessels leading to his brain having been damaged to the point that a stroke is possible. Since the accident, Stamp has been undergoing surgeries to improve his condition. The broken back will not lead to paralysis, and he will be able to go back to work in approximately three months instead of the initial guess of six. “No Regrets Tattoo Emporium’s Facebook account has a link where you can give donations to him and
his family,” Caleb Wiley, a close friend of Stamp, said. There are many different ways people can get involved with assisting Stamp and his family, and one wouldn’t have to be willing to get a tattoo to be a part of it. “We’ve got a couple things going on and I cannot stress how great people have been with it,” Stamp’s friend and co-worker Michael Crites, said. Crites has worked with Stamp since 2003, and was one of Stamp’s first friends upon his move from Michigan. “We’ve been super tight friends since we met,” Crites said. Aside from the donation website set up on Facebook, there are several concerts that are being lined up. One of the concerts will be held at P and H Café in Memphis on St. Patrick’s Day. “I think it’s going to be an all day thing, we’ll have bands playing all day and my roommate who’s a chef at Acre’s is going to be serving Sloppy Joe’s for Joe,” Crites said. A show is in the works for Newby’s and 1287 Overton, but that isn’t where the list ends. On Sunday, the owners of Ladybug Bakery will be at No Regrets to host a bake sale.
“Their food is amazing; I hope I don’t eat too much of it, but we’ll see,” Crites said. Sunny Day Bakery is also working to set up a bake sale in the near future. “Local artists have agreed to donate their art for an auction, and so far the two artists that are involved I know are really talented,” Crites said. The date and time for the art auction has not been set in stone as of yet. No Regrets is not the only tattoo studio that has pitched in to help. Surrounding — and distant — tattoo studios have also agreed to donate flash art or paintings for an online auction. “We are leaning towards online so it isn’t strictly based for community and it’s out there for other forums,” Crites said. “On March 16, Studio 42 will be doing an all-day thing where they do stamp tattoos and all the proceeds will go to Joe,” Crites said. Lastly, starting this Friday and ending next Friday, both Studio 42 and No Regrets Tattoo Emporium will be donating all tips to Stamp. Stamp and his fiancée have 1-year-old twin girls. To donate or find out more information, go to Facebook.com/ NoRegretsMemphis. n
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Football schedule released
By Bryan Heater
bheater@dailyhelmsman.com With the move to the Big East looming for University of Memphis athletics, the football team’s schedule for the 2013 season was released Wednesday and features seven teams that finished the past season with winning records, six of which made a bowl appearance. The Tigers are slated to play seven home games, with six of the first eight grudge matches to be played at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. Memphis’ first game outside of Tennessee is scheduled for Oct. 12, when the Tigers travel to Houston to take on the Cougars. The season kicks off at home
on Sept. 7 against the Duke Blue Devils, a team that beat the Tigers last season and participated in the Belk Bowl. Memphis then hits the road for a matchup in Murfreesboro against the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders the following week. The team plays one more nonconference opponent early on against Arkansas State at home on Sept. 21, before opening conference play against Central Florida in the Bluff City on Oct. 5. After the trip to Houston, the Tigers return home for three straight games against SMU (Oct. 19), Cincinnati (Oct. 30) and UT-Martin (Nov. 9). Both Cincinnati and UCF played and won their bowl games last season. ESPN family networks will televise the game against Cincinnati.
Memphis closes out the 2013 campaign with a tough four-game stretch that includes three road games. The Tigers compete at South Florida on Nov. 16 and then travel to Louisville, a team that finished last season 11-2 and won the Allstate Sugar Bowl, on Nov. 23. The Tigers return home on Nov. 30 to host the Temple Owls before closing out the regular season at Connecticut on Dec. 7. “We’re excited to have the schedule set with six bowl participants from last season,” head coach Justin Fuente said. “It is a very challenging schedule. We have home games, many home games at the Liberty Bowl, and I think it is just a great schedule for our fans and students.” n
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Stephens’ Tiger career memorable By Hunter Field
sports@dailyhelmsman.com A lanky 6’5” high school senior who could only do two pushups and suffered from asthma lay crying on his bed in Killeen, Texas. He had just gotten off the phone with University of Memphis head basketball coach Josh Pastner, who offered him a scholarship to play basketball at the U of M, and he was overjoyed. Pastner had never seen him play, but he needed to fill the last remaining scholarships. “When I called D.J. he was on his bed crying, but a week later, I watched him work out and I was the one crying,” Pastner said. “He was terrible.” Fast-forward four years to today, D.J. Stephens is one of the mostbeloved Tigers ever, and he celebrates his final home game against UAB on Saturday. The Tiger faithful fell in love with Stephens’ effort and athleticism. Averaging 7.2 points per game this season and only 3.7 for his career, Stephens had to find other ways to impact the game. Whether he is leaping for a highlight-reel dunk, skying for a key rebound or sending an opponent’s shot into the stands, Stephens’ handprint is all over each game he plays. Pastner, even, argues that Stephens is one of top-five greatest Tigers of all time. That puts Stephens in the same class as Penny Hardaway, Larry Finch, Antonio Anderson and Keith Lee, to name a few. The same kid being compared to some of the U of M’s greats could not even get an offer from SMU, a school Memphis beats year after year. Stephens went to SMU’s summer camp and was told he was not what the program was looking for. Stephens took that as a slight and set out to prove them wrong. Saturday, he will be introduced as a Tiger for the final time, and it is certain to be one of the loudest introductions in FedExForum’s short history. “I have mixed emotions about senior day,” Stephens said. “It’ll be great because I’ll get to hear them cheer louder for me than ever before, but it will be sad because I’ve grown as a Tiger and I know I won’t be able to continue to play as a Tiger.” To say Stephens has improved would be an understatement. His field-goal percentage has increased all four years, and he has made more 3-pointers this year than he did in his first three years combined. He laughs when talking about only being able to do two pushups at a time, and he has found himself on the radar of NBA scouts. “When I played in my first pickup game at Memphis I thought, ‘Man, these guys are really good, and I don’t know if I can play with them,’” Stephens said. “I lacked confidence my freshman and sophomore years. Now, the coaches have given me a lot more confidence and freedom to do more things on the court.” Stephens takes advantage of
every opportunity he is given. He never had superior skills, but he talks about how he just looked up one day to realize he was the most athletic player on the court most games. Stephens finds ways to use his athleticism to overwhelm opponents by blocking shots and dunking the ball seemingly every time he touches it. “People say I’m the most athletic player in college basketball,” Stephens said. “I look around at all the great players and think it’s kind of far-fetched, but it’s still an honor.” Spend just a few minutes on Youtube watching some of Stephens’ dunks and it becomes clear why people consider him an athletic specimen. “I would put my money on D.J. beating LeBron or Blake Griffin in the dunk contest,” forward Tarik Black said. “Everything they do, D.J. does it that much better. Griffin jumped over the hood of a car, but D.J. would jump over the whole car.” Stephens planned on doing just that. He wanted to jump over a Ford Mustang convertible, dunk the ball, hang on the rim and then fall into the seat and drive off during Memphis Madness. However, Pastner shot the idea down. Fans had to settle for the measly off-thebackboard between-the-legs slam. Ho-Hum. Coach Pastner agreed with Black. “I guarantee you he would win the NBA dunk contest,” Pastner said. “He belongs in the pros and could help a team win.” Stephens’ future remains uncertain. He would love to play in the NBA, but he has been focused on this season. NBA.com ran a feature on Stephens earlier this month with NBA scouts confirming Stephens could play at an NBA level. His game would have to undergo some changes, though. While in college, Stephens spent most of his time playing in the post, but at the NBA level he would have to play a guard position at 6’5”. “I’m humbled to be considered an NBA prospect,” said Stephens. “Even if I don’t make it to the NBA, I’ll go play somewhere else even if it’s overseas. I just hope it pans out for me to put on an NBA jersey with a guaranteed contract.” However, Stephens has one advantage: his motor is always running. Many players will go up for one offensive rebound, but if the first bounces away from them they do not go after the next rebounds with the same intensity. Stephens credits his father for raising him this way. He does not know any other way to play other than to give 100 percent every time on the court. Injuries have plagued Stephens, but a look at his minutes played would never show it. He battles asthma, and has not practiced in months due to a shoulder injury from early in the season. He talks about the lowest point in his career being the 2011-2012 season while battling knee injuries. “They kept me off the court,
and my playing time was suffering,” Stephens said. Stephens has battled through the bumps and bruises, and he trots out on the court night in and night out to make game-changing plays. Coach Pastner recalled his favorite memory of Stephens’ career. “During the Harvard game, D.J. reinjured his shoulder pretty bad,” Pastner said. “He was in major pain, and they told me he was done for the day. He was sitting in the back when he heard the crowd getting restless and knew something was wrong. He told the doctor, ‘It doesn’t matter how much pain I’m in, I have to go out there and help my team win.’ He came back out to play and won us the game.” No game describes Stephens’ impact better. He scored 10 points, blocked four shots and grabbed eight boards, yet, Pastner says he won the game for the Tigers. His impact transcends the stat sheet, and that is the way he will be remembered. Ten years down the road Stephens’ name will not appear in any record books. He will never lead an NBA team in scoring, but every Tigers fan will be able talk for hours about what it was like to watch Stephens play … pretty good for a lanky freshman who struggled to get a Division I scholarship or do two consecutive pushups. n
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For the final time Saturday, beloved men’s basketball senior forward D.J. Stephens will step onto the floor of FedExForum.