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“Flash Gardens” appear in 10 locations on campus. The 5-gallon paint buckets preview Thursday’s Meet Us in the Garden Earth Day celebration held at the TIGUrS Garden. Hallie Rose, president of Students Learning through Urban Gardening, hopes that the surprise flowers will stay a year round.

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Although rain rushed many students indoors, TIGUrS garden workers brightened up the University of Memphis campus with a surprise barrage of flowerfilled paint buckets Monday.

Hallie Rose, a senior anthropology and philosophy major, strategically placed 10 “Flash Gardens” across campus. She said they not only promote the Thursday, April 17, Meet Us in the Garden Earth Day event at the TIGUrS garden, but also shows people how little

space one needs to grow food or flowers. “Originally we wanted to put vegetables in them,” Rose, president of Students Learning Through Urban Gardening, said. “But we ran a little short on time. Next time we will for sure. I think students would be

really impressed to see tomato plants growing in the buckets.” Rose said SLUG tries to teach students how to be self-sufficient in an urban setting. “Working in a garden makes you feel really apart of the envi-

two sections, the Worker Speak Out and the Know Your Rights Workshop. The speak-out will be held from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in front of the University Center in the Alumni Mall and the workshop will be held from 12:45 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. UC in the Beale Room. “We’re going to have campus workers, former and current, come speak about their experi-

ences—tell their stories,” Vanlyn Turner-Ramsay, student and PSA member, said. “We’re going to draw the connections between the importance of living wages within our communities and how it affects us, directly and indirectly.” The PSA has held several speak-outs, protests and campaigns over the past few years, most notably their living wage campaign which is meant

to inform students that campus workers are paid under the Memphis living wage, the hourly wage needed to live without government assistance. Currently the University pays campus workers minimum wage, which according to the PSA is a poverty wage. “We have a living wage campaign on campus that says in

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PSA holds student worker speak-out By Samuel Prager

news@dailyhelmsman.com The Progressive Student Alliance is holding a speakout and workshop Thursday to help share the stories of campus workers who feel they have been mistreated and to help inform students and community members about their rights in the workplace. The event will consist of

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The American Athletic Conference league office announced Monday that next season’s men’s basketball conference tournament will not be held in Memphis at the FedExForum but will instead be held at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. The 2014 American tournament was held at the FedExForum this past March, but attendance suffered when the Tigers fell in the first round. AAC commissioner Mike Aresco said the league had the option to return to Memphis, but they wanted to “think about planting our flag elsewhere in our constituency.” “I want to thank the City of Memphis, the FedExForum, the University of Memphis and the local community,” Aresco said. “They were great partners and showed tremendous support and enthusiastically embraced our inaugural men’s basketball championship. The championship may well return there down the road.” Memphians became accustomed to having the Tigers’ conference tournaments in Memphis after the Conference USA tournaments were held in Memphis nearly every season. However, it could be a while before the American returns to the Bluff City. The Orlando Sentinel reported Monday morning that the tournament would make its way to the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla., in 2016 and 2017, but Aresco declined to confirm those reports. He spoke at length about the tournament rotating locations from year to year, but he said he expects to make announcements regarding 2016 and 2017 on Tuesday. The University of Connecticut, which plays many of their games at the XL Center, won both the men’s and women’s national championships this season. Aresco said the American received bids from several cities, but Connecticut’s bid stood out. “Hartford submitted an outstanding bid and should be given tremendous credit for doing that,” he said. “We also recognized that there is enormous excitement in Hartford with the UConn men’s and women’s national championships. Connecticut is now the center of the college basketball universe.”

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Social media helps student turn a fashionable hobby into a business By Darnesha Cotton

Special to The Daily Helmsman Instagram is no longer being used for just keeping up with celebrities and taking “selfies.” A University of Memphis student is using it to build her new accessory line. “I posted the earrings on Instagram and people responded saying ‘I want it, I want it,’” said Kristen Bowen, 21, a junior social work major at the U of M. Bowen’s inspiration for the earrings developed from a love of fashion and a habit of rummaging through her grandmother’s things. “I was looking through my

grandmother’s jewelry box. I picked up a button and said ‘This is a pretty earring.’ That’s when she told me it wasn’t an earring, it went on her suit,” said Bowen. Bowen said the conversation influenced her grandmother to give her a machine that helps her turn fabric and metal pieces into earrings. After creating her first pair, she took to Instagram to show off her new hobby. She received an overwhelming request on the photo, giving Bowen the idea to create Lend Me Your Ears. Bowen said the name was inspired by a monologue she had heard and felt it was catchy enough for her new business.

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Orders for the earrings can be placed by email. “People will order like 10 pairs at a time,” Bowen said. “They post them (on Instagram) and usually order more.” Originally materials from a local craft store were used to fill the orders, but, as the orders became larger, Bowen began to order the materials in bulk wholesale. “The last set of orders was close to 200—that’s how much material I bought to make the earrings but they’re almost gone,” she said. “I’ve had one customer place three different orders.” Bowen said she is grateful for the post. She requests that each customer tag the Lend Me Your Ears Instagram page whenever the earrings are featured in a photo. Sitoria Townsend, 20, said she discovered the earrings while scrolling down her timeline on Instagram. “She makes really cute designs,” Townsend said. The popularity of Lend Me Your Ears may also be due to Bowen’s customer service policy and the low prices of the product. “All I wear now are my ear-

rings from Lend Me Your Ears,” said Trinica Goods, NBA Dancer for the Memphis Grizzlies. “I love them. I’m making a new order this week.” Goods, 21, described the earrings as “super cute and affordable.” “If you have a problem with the earrings, I’ll reimburse you or get you a new pair of earrings,” Bowen said. “I want them to see Lend Me Your Ears as a business they can feel comfortable coming back to.” She personally chooses each fabric and design for the earring. Bowen said she is influenced by her personal love of fashion, as well as the various styles of her customers and what they request. She does not take many custom orders, but she does not object to it. “I have customers who buy the fabric they want for the earrings because they don’t want other people to have the same earrings,” Bowen said. “I posted a picture of the red glitter earrings. I didn’t plan on selling them, but a customer wanted them for her wedding.” Prices for the earrings range from $5 for a single pair or $55 for

a bulk order of 15. Bowen said she wants her customers to know that great customer service is important to her. If there is a problem with the earrings, customers can contact her for proper accommodations. Bowen has already begun to make plans for her growing business with an official website for the brand being created as well as an event for the summer called “Sip-n-Shop.” Customers will be able to order and purchase earrings at the event while being served wine. Bowen said she is hoping to have added lapel pins for men, as well as more variations of the earrings. Lend Me Your Ears is expected to carry various sized earrings for children and “people who may not prefer the big look” in summer 2014. She added that Lend Me Your Ears may be featured on Etsy until the website is released. “I want my customer to feel beautiful and confident,” Bowen said. Anyone interested in purchasing earrings can follow Bowen on Instagram @lendmeyourears14.

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major, said. “I did not always have my mind set on my major, so each time I changed my mind I made a new résumé.” Not every résumé will have the same components or sections as the next one. Each résumé is different than the next depending on the department and field. Because of this fact, it is important to not just depend solely on one résumé for your future. According to Bailey, each résumé will be different depending on the desired position. Any attributes pertaining to the job should be listed on the résumé. “A résumé is an example of a person’s writing skills, so it is imperative to make sure that it is correctly formatted,” Woemmel said. “Use of borders, colors and pictures all have a tendency to make a person’s résumé look amateur.” Falsification on a résumé can immediately result in the loss of a great opportunity. Not being truthful about a degree, a previous job or a degree will hinder a person from receiving a job or internship. The format and grammar matter just as much as the content. “After making your résumé,

proofread it yourself then have someone else proofread it for you to check for any errors,” Woemmel said. “It is very important to send out your résumé error-free especially since it is kind of human nature to get used to your own writing whether it has errors or not.” However, according to Bailey, students who are not 100 percent comfortable with writing a résumé on their own should not be afraid to seek help. For help on writing a quality résumé, U of M students can visit memphis.edu/careerservices. “There are two types of interns— the ones that employers are glad when their internship is over and the ones where employers hope to hire them one day,” Woemmel said. “You want to be in that second category when you go out for an opportunity.” According to Bailey and Woemmel, there is always something to add to a résumé and it should be a constantly changing document that grows with experience. “Your career really starts now while you are at school,” Woemmel said. “ I am always making a list to myself of things I have done for future references because there is always more to add.”

Résumés need extra care news@dailyhelmsman.com While students are busy in and out of the classroom trying to gain experience, properly putting it into words on a résumé can be downright grueling. On top of the stress of preparing a near-perfect résumé, research done by Capital Community College shows that most employers only spend around 15 seconds on each résumé they receive and that 85 to 95 percent of all résumés that are given to employers are thrown away. “Whether or not your résumé is chosen upon others is really depending on the content that you have in it,” Eric Bailey, a career advisor at the University of Memphis, said. “Your résumé is a statement of who you are and what you have done, so format is the key.” According to Clay Woemmel, U of M’s assistant director in Career Services, everyone seeking any type of career position as well as college students seeking internships and leadership roles need a résumé. “In all, I have had over three different résumés since high school,” John Ingram, a junior marketing

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ronment,” Rose said. Rose and other SLUG members will be at the TIGUrS event to help pick plants and show students what is ready to eat. Karyl Buddington, team leader of the TIGUrS garden, came up with the surprise flowery advertisement. She said the idea came from the flash mobs that have become so popular. “I heard of flash mobs, so I thought flash flowers would be nice,” Buddington said. “I think it’s better than writing ads with chalk on the ground. It is a creative way to get the word out.” The TIGUrS’ Earth Day celebrations will include 35 venders, 14 of which will be selling arts and crafts. But she did stress that there will be lots of free things to do including morning yoga, Zumba, Tai Chi, live music by No Drama and classical music by Aaron Brock during the butterfly release, Buddington said. “We are going to raffle off a bicycle and a whole table of gifts for those who attend,” Buddington said. “Subway will also be catering the event. But this is a no waste event.” Raising animal conservation awareness is the theme of the event. Researchers Memphis Zoo researchers Erin Brown, Coffy Bennis and Erin Loeding will speak about primate, penguin and polar bear protection. “These speakers will talk about the great work the zoo is doing to preserve these endangered animals,” Buddington, who is also the director of Animal Care at the U of M, said. Vinodini Jayaraman, the artist of the TIGUrS garden’s mural will also be there Thursday to talk about her work, which deals with endangered animals. The event starts at 10 a.m. Thursday with the opening ceremonies.

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Hallie Rose, president of Students Learning through Urban Gardening, (left) said working in the garden made her more environmentally conscious. She and anthropology junior Vanezia Hamilton (right) plant sunflower seeds at the TIGUrS Garden. “This is the best job I’ve ever had,” Rose said.

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Tigers’ Ta es “I saw ‘Her’ with Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johanson. Yes. So much yes. Ooh girl.”

Drake Bailey, Theatre sophomore

“‘Iron Man 3’ was the last movie I saw in theaters because people tell me I look like Betty White.”

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“I saw ‘Joe’ starring Nicolas Cage. It was an emotional experience, and I loved how he actually held a for-real venomous cottonmouth snake on set.” Nick Runnels, Communication studies sophomore

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What’s the most recent movie you’ve seen in theaters and what are your thoughts on it? By Harrison Lingo

“The last movie I saw was ‘We’re the Millers.’ It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a movie theater.”

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“‘Divergent’ was amazing. I would recommend this to anyone. Loved it so much I went and bought the book the next week. The cast was perfect and I couldn’t have asked for more.” Jada Parker, Nursing freshman

Utah mom admitted to killing her 6 babies By Brady McCombs Associated Press

PLEASANT GROVE, Utah — Megan Huntsman was clear about what she did with six of her newborn babies. Huntsman, 39, told police she either strangled or suffocated them immediately after they were born. She wrapped their bodies in a towel or a shirt, put them in plastic bags and then packed them inside boxes in the garage of her home south of Salt Lake City. What’s not clear is why. A day after her arrest on charges of killing her six babies, investigators and her neighbors puzzled over the grisly discovery, including how she could have concealed a half-dozen pregnancies over a 10-year period. “How can you have a baby and not have evidence and other people know?” asked neighbor SanDee Wall. “You can’t plan when a baby is going to come. Just the thought of somebody putting a baby into a box is a heartbreaker.” Huntsman, who was arrested Sunday on six counts of murder, was ordered held on $6 million bail — $1 million for each baby. The remains of a seventh baby police found appears to have been stillborn, authorities said. According to a probable cause statement released by police Monday, Huntsman said she gave birth to at least seven babies between 1996 and 2006 at her former home in Pleasant Grove, a leafy, sleepy town about 35 miles south of Salt Lake City. All but one of the babies was born alive, she said. During the interview with police, she was unemotional and matter of fact, according to Pleasant Grove police Lt. Britt Smith. Her estranged husband, Darren West, made the discovery Saturday with fellow family members while cleaning out the garage of the house, which is owned by his parents. He called Huntsman, who admitted to him it was

her baby, according to court documents. West called police, who then found the bodies in the garage. Investigators believe Huntsman is the mother of them all based on what she has told them but have ordered DNA tests to make sure that’s the case. They don’t know who the babies’ fathers are. It could take weeks to get the results, Utah County Attorney Jeff Buhman said. Huntsman’s three daughters — one teenager and two young adults — also lived in the house. Investigators believe West and Huntsman were together when the babies were born, but don’t believe he was aware of the killings. Buhman said Huntsman is the principle suspect, but didn’t rule out more arrests as the investigation continues. Police have talked with West as they investigate his level of knowledge and involvement in the deaths, Smith said. He was living in the house during the decade that authorities believe Huntsman had killed the babies, Smith said. He’s been cooperative, and was devastated by the discovery, he said. Smith said the three daughters have been interviewed, but he declined to discuss what they said. West pleaded guilty in federal court in 2005 to two counts of possessing chemicals intended to be used in manufacturing methamphetamine, according to court records. In August 2006, he was sentenced to 9 years in prison, but appealed three times. West was released from a federal prison in California in January and transferred to a halfway house in Salt Lake City, said Chris Burke, spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. During the Drug Enforcement Administration investigation in 2005, agents stopped by the house, spoke with Huntsman and looked around but it’s unknown how extensive the search was.

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History senior Michele Nyberg, co-chair of Progressive Students Alliance, discusses the logistics of Thursday’s event with other members of PSA.

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order to be a comfortable adult in Memphis—single and no children—you have to make $12.50 an hour,” Ramsay said. The PSA is a campus organization that advocates racial and gender equality and fights economic injustice. They are also affiliated and stand beside the United Campus Workers— Communications Workers of America, the College Democrats, African Students Association and the Workers Interfaith Network. “We want to actually teach people things and draw direct lines, not just leave things to inference like we have in the past,” Ramsay said. “You have to put these things in peoples’ faces. They need to know about these things.”

PSA member Alex Uhlmann said the U of M has constantly been moving towards a business model, which he believes is the wrong path for a public university. “What we try to do as the PSA is form a coalition of student organizations and community programs to fight for a living wage for campus workers who currently make poverty wages, which we don’t think a public university who promotes knowledge and awareness should continue doing,” Uhlmann, a senior political science major, said. The members of the organization said that they have made progress with their goal by having meetings with administrators about why they believe their Living Wage Campaign is an important issue. Uhlmann, who joined the

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organization earlier this semester, said finding the PSA was a very important part of expressing his feelings about these issues, which he had always felt but never had an outlet. “I was an intern at the State Legislature last summer, which made me want to become more politically active, so ever since then I’ve been looking for an organization that agreed with my political views. Finding the PSA was an important step for me,” Uhlmann said. Uhlmann noted that students are really busy with school, work and life so they might not have time to find out or do anything

about it on their own. Uhlmann said that’s where PSA comes in to inform the students so they might feel the need to take a stand. “We’re having this event to inform students about what’s going on. It’s ridiculous that our university is paying our campus workers poverty wages. These people have to support themselves and their families—they just can’t do it with these wages their currently getting,” Uhlmann said. “It’s important students know that and more students would get involved if they knew that these things were happening.” Along with the Living Wage Campaign, PSA was also respon-

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sible for holding a mock vote for the next U of M president earlier this semester. According to Ramsay, the event was a symbolic action to show campus officials that students do care to have say in who will be in charge next. “We’re important because we serve to educate, inform and fight for human rights in our community and on our campus. We’re here to make sure students get more out of their college experience than just a degree,” Ramsay said. “We hope to promote awareness of what’s going on around people and we strive to have a better community.”

ot everyone who reads this is young, but most of you are. Youth and young adulthood should be among the most wonderful and enjoyable periods of your life. You are probably in better health and have more energy than you will as you grow older. You are mentally sharp and seem to have an unlimited future before you. It is tempting to think that you can engage in any kind of activity you wish with impunity. Now is the time to get all the “gusto” you can, before you have to settle down to adult responsibilities. At this time of life, it would be well to listen carefully to one of the wisest men who ever lived. Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes 12:1, “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them…” Then he went on to describe these “evil days” as the days of old age which are usually accompanied by declining health and severely limited physical abilities. How sad it is to see those who have come to old age with many regrets because of misbehavior in their youth. The liabilities of old age can be greatly alleviated by having a good conscience. Whether or not you realize it, you are now preparing for old age. Prepare well!

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Men’s tennis closes out regular season, notch No. 1 seed

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sports@dailyhelmsman.com They went the distance Sunday, but the University of Memphis men’s tennis team secured a perfect weekend, beating the University of Central Florida 7-0 on Saturday and the University of South Florida 4-3 on Sunday afternoon at the Racquet Club of Memphis. The wins vaulted the Tigers into the No. 1 seed for the upcoming American Athletic Conference Tournament, which begins on Friday at the Racquet Club of Memphis. The Tigers (134) jumped the Bulls after their win on Sunday according to the league office. Memphis head coach Paul Goebel liked the way his team competed over the weekend slate. “I’m really proud of our guys and how we came together. We competed great from the first to the last point,” Goebel said after the matchup with USF. “It wasn’t easy, we knew it wouldn’t be. Matt Hill has done a great job with that program. It was very highly contested, but we were fortunate to be able to come out on top.” The No. 26 Tigers made slight work of the No. 60 Knights to kick of the weekend, sweeping both the singles and doubles points. The dynamic tandem of seniors David O’Hare and Joe Salisbury kicked off the scoring for Memphis with a quick 8-3 win at No. 1 doubles. Senior Cedric De Zutter and Junior Connor Glennon followed with a win of their own at No. 2 doubles to give the Blue and Gray the point in doubles. Glennon notched a win at No. 1 singles immediately following his doubles match. He won in straight sets 6-2 and 6-1. Salisbury and senior Johnny Grimal locked the win up for the Tigers with singles wins of their own. The U of M turned their attention towards the No. 25 USF squad on Sunday. And in storybook fashion, the seniors—playing in their

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Senior Joe Salisbury played his final two home matches as a Tiger over the weekend. He won both his doubles and singles matches against the No. 25 Bulls on Sunday. final home match—scored all four of the Tigers’ points in route to the top-25 win. Grimal and senior Ian Chadwell put the Tigers on the

board with an 8-4 win in the No. 3 doubles slot. Memphis lost the No. 2 doubles match, but O’Hare and Salisbury rallied at No. 1 to secure the Tigers the doubles

point with a tiebreak win. Goebel thought the doubles point gave the Tigers some good energy moving into the singles. “We started doubles playing

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well on all three courts,” Goebel said. “It was nice to sneak that one out at number one in a tiebreaker, so that gave us some momentum. It was tough conditions out here, it was very windy, but the guys have played in that a lot this year and they enjoy competing, so they were really ready for that.” In singles, Salisbury finished first with a win at No. 2 to give Memphis a 2-0 lead over the Bulls. USF made it interesting with a win at No. 5, but Grimal and senior David O’Leary won their matches to give the Tigers a win in their final match of the regular season. Although they will play the conference tournament in Memphis, Sunday’s match marked the final time the seniors will dawn the Blue and Gray in front of the home crowd during the regular season. This year’s batch of seniors has accomplished a lot in their time at the U of M. The program was struggling when they arrived, but they won the Conference USA tournament last season and have a chance to repeat in the American this season. Goebel said this group will certainly be missed. “It’s hard to talk about what this senior class has meant to this program in just a minute or so,” Goebel said. “From taking this program where it was four years ago to winning the conference championships last season and advancing in the NCAA tournament to getting so many people supporting our program, they’re going to be missed, but they’ve really had a great run here. It was nice that they ended the way they did here today with a win.” With the first seed, Memphis received a first-round bye, meaning their first match will be in the semifinals at 2 p.m. Saturday. Should they win, the championship match will be on Sunday at noon. Tournament matches begin on Friday at 9 a.m., and admission is free.

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High-scoring Blue-Gray game displays offensive progress By Corey Carmichael

sports@dailyhelmsman.com Spring practices for the University of Memphis football team culminated in the Blue-Gray game Friday night at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. Some 7,000 fans showed up to support the Tigers in a high-scoring scrimmage, unlike last spring’s defensive contest. The Blue team defeated the Gray 42-21, and both the first and second team offenses showed an uptempo style of play, a new wrinkle in the Memphis offensive attack. Throughout the contest, quarterback Paxton Lynch was passing the ball efficiently. The redshirt sophomore started out by completing his first nine throws along with a touchdown. He ended the game 17-20 for 200 yards with competitions to seven different receivers. These are promising signs from a young quarterback coming into his second season with the Tigers. “It has been really different, I feel like because I know what I am doing,” Lynch said. “I am really confident in what I am doing. I can just go out there and play and relax.” Consistency helped fuel an easy win for the Blue team after their offense scored on their first three drives. They were able to maintain their drives and finish them, which was a big problem

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Sophomore quarterback Paxton Lynch made his freshman debut for the Tigers last fall. He finished the spring game with 200 yards passing, completing 17 of his 20 attempts. for the 2013 offense. Last year’s offense finished 84th out of 125 Division one teams in first down percentage. Only 64.3 percent of U of M

drives finished with either a first down or a touchdown last season, according to Footballoutsiders.com’s Fremeau Efficiency Index.

The running game contributed several scores, as both Brandon Hayes and Doroland Dorceus both had impactful performances. Hayes ran for three

scores in his 17 carries, while Dorceus led the Blue squad with 19 rushes for 148 yards including a 51-yard breakout run in the second quarter. The first-team defense allowed some scores and ultimately did not perform as they had expected. Senior linebacker Charles Harris, the 2014 Jeremy Williams Award winner for spring practice most valuable player, said this was not indicative of how the team performed this spring. “We should have came out with the expectation to come out and dominate,” Harris said. “We have to minimize those things and minimize as many mistakes as possible and keep competing. The team, without a doubt, has become closer on offense and defense we have gotten better every day we step on the field, that’s the only thing you can ask from us.” Although it is impossible to judge how the team will do in the fall following the spring scrimmage, head coach Justin Fuente was encouraged by the spring as an entirety. “We have got a tremendous test coming in the fall, but I think it has been our best, complete spring,” Fuente said. “I know it was a lot better than the first one and a lot more consistent than the one we had last year. It was a lot more balanced and there is a lot more give and take out there than there ever has been.”

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