DAILY HELMSMAN Tuesday 04.23.13
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Vol. 80 No. 105
Independent Student Newspaper of the University of Memphis
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UM garden begins to bloom
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Mayor Wharton comes to campus By Samuel Prager
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Alison Charles, a Campus School parent, pays a quick visit to the TIGUrS Garden while waiting for school to let out.
By Lisa Babb
news@dailyhelmsman.com In a few weeks, an oasis on campus will be filled with strawberries, cucumbers, mint, sweet potatoes, peppers and a myriad of other vegetables and herbs. More than 50 raised beds outlined with concrete cinderblocks will house fresh, free food for members of the Memphis and the University of Memphis communities.
For years, the Oasis garden, maintained by the Tiger Initiative for Gardening in Urban Settings, has been a plant haven tucked away behind the Elma Roane Field House. “It is a great place for students to go out and eat lunch and to graze if they want — a place where you can be outside and be at peace,” Karyl Buddington, founder of the garden and director of animal care facilities for the University, said.
“Classes often work you up, and you have to run from one emergency to the next, but there are no emergencies in the garden.” The garden is open not only to students, faculty and staff but also to the whole Memphis community. “It is a community garden; it belongs to the community,” Art Johnson, a landscaping employee who has been involved with the garden since July 2010, said. “The primary focus is for students,
faculty and staff, but everyone who wants to be involved can be involved.” People are encouraged to utilize the garden, either through picking the fresh, ripe produce or just enjoying its lush, natural atmosphere. Many faculty members are already using it as an outdoor classroom. Volunteers are always needed
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Mellow Mushroom moves into Park Ave By Ellyahnna Hall
news@dailyhelmsman.com The intersection of Park Avenue and White Station Road will soon be getting a bit mellower. The Mellow Mushroom is opening its second Memphis location. The new Mellow Mushroom will be located at Park and White Station across the street from Memphis Pizza Café. “It’s right there on Park, which is a pretty straight shot down to the University of Memphis,” Cary
Fairless, owner of the Mellow Mushroom’s Shelby and Desoto County locations, said. “I think it’s going to be a really good location for them. It’ll draw families and students. We’ll have a lot of interesting events like trivia and music that will be interesting to students. It’s a strong brand, and we’re looking forward to bringing it out. We’re big Tiger supporters and we’ll have them on the TV’s and we’ll have watch parties.” The Mellow Mushroom is a franchise that started in Atlanta
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in 1974. Fairless and his wife Lori were interested in bringing it here to the Mid-South. “We started looking at doing a Mellow Mushroom here around mid-2008,” Fairless said. “Me and my wife Lori, we own this one in Germantown. We had eaten at a Mellow Mushroom elsewhere. We liked the food, thought it was really good and we started investigating.” Fairless said that he wanted to bring that kind of pizza here to Shelby and Desoto Counties. “So we decided to look into it
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and one thing lead to another and we started working on it,” Fairless said. “We opened in January 2010. It took us almost 20 months from when we started to when we got it open.” Some employees said that the Mellow Mushroom just has a good feel to it. “I’ve been here since it opened up,” Dennis Harris Jr., a server at Mellow Mushroom, said. “I like the atmosphere here, the vibe is
Today Mayor A C Wharton, Jr. will be holding a “Town Hall Meeting” on campus where students will be able to ask him questions about the city. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. in room 342, the Shelby Room, of the University Center, and is free and open to students and faculty. “It’s critical. Our students represent the future of our city,” Rashana Lincoln, director of community engagement at New Memphis Institute, said. “It’s important for the students to have a voice with elected officials, especially the mayor. It’s important for them to inform the mayor about what type of city they want to live and thrive in.” New Memphis Institute, one of Memphis’ few emerging leaders associations, is an organization that offers many programs where students can take communityinvolved principles to the next level. “Our organization is set up to attract and retain talent in Memphis through leadership development,” Maya Donald, senior communications specialist at NMI, said. “We are heavily involved with keeping college-aged talent in this city and getting students to see what’s going on outside of campus.” The organization offers many programs to help students get in touch with the city of Memphis; one in particular is the Memphis Summer Experience, which is offered to any students participating in internships this summer. “Last year students from over 95 different schools and more than 100 different hometowns from across the country interning in Memphis took part in the program,” Lincoln said. The MSE, which is free, is offered to any student interning at local companies, and has a few events that are held in June and
see MELLOW on page 6 Tiger Babble National Local
2 Tigers’ Tales 3 Campus Life 5 Sports
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