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She was wearing a blackstudded bodysuit with one sleeve, a red-studded bra, sparkling rings as long as her finger and one glove. Her lips were glossy red. BeBe Zahara Benet danced and lip-synced across the stage of the Rose Theatre Monday night as the opening performance of the Student Activity Council’s ninth annual “Why Do You Hate Me? Week.” The week exists to promote unity and understanding among the diverse student body at The University of Memphis. SAC Committee Chair Carissa Child said Benet was
chosen because of her dynamic background. “She really stands for diversity,” she said. Benet is an award winning drag performer originally from West Cameroon, North Africa who started her career as a male model in France. Her message during Monday night’s question-and-answer session was to make the effort to know one another. “We do not understand each other,” she said. “That’s why we are having the problems we’re having right now.” In an effort to bridge those gaps and stimulate communication, the SAC hosted a roundtable discussion yesterday night in the UC. Small groups of
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students moved through a series of tables discussing questions of oppression, sexism and stereotypes found in modern society. “We are trying not to give it a dated feel,” Child said. “There are certain issues that were around 40 and 50 years ago and there are some issues that weren’t around then.” Tonight the week’s interactive Tunnel of Oppression opens in the University Center River Room at 5 p.m. The tunnel is a walk-through tour of various scenes of oppression, sexism, racism, hate and hate crimes. SAC hopes to broaden the minds of participants. The week ends with a screening of the Academy Awardwinning film “Crash” at the UC
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theatre. T h e film shows twice Friday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Child said the movie fits perfectly into the theme of the week. “The whole week is about abolishing stereotypes and the movie shows why stereotypes are more harmful than you might think,” she said.
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Russel Born Born’s platform has remained constant — tackling the issues of tuition, parking, security, academic standing and culture and tradition through athletics. In the past year, Born and his party have passed bills aimed at each of the issues. Next year, he said, will be no different. Born said he and the newly elected SGA members plan to ask students how they feel about the parking situation on campus with petitions for those who think there aren’t enough parking spaces to sign. “We then hope to host a
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The Student Government Association elections are officially over, and Russell Born is president-elect. The U.S. party won 26 positions in the 2012 SGA General Elections. This makes the second straight year the United Students party has held the presidency, vice presidency and the Senate majority. “I want to thank Hunter Dawson and the (Making a Change) party as well as Nicholas Mastron and the (Students for the University Renaissance Emergence) Party for running a tough race. I also want to thank the election commission, (Dean of Students) Dr. Peterson and (SGA President) Tyler Dewitt for all the effort they put in,” Born said. “I must also thank Caray Oldham and all of my party members in the United Students Party as this victory would be nearly impossible to achieve without their contributions.”
Civil Rights leader and activist Rev. Jesse Jackson addressed issues facing public sector workers, poverty, violence and voters at AFSCME Union Hall Monday night.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is back in Memphis 44 years after he witnessed the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The 70-year-old civil rights leader and activist arrived Monday and has been visiting various locations throughout Memphis, registering voters and speaking on civil rights in honor of the anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination. Tuesday, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hosted Jackson for a voter registration rally at The University of Memphis. “He said this is the time for us to get out and vote just because of all the issues that are concerning us, especially the new voter ID laws,” said Caitlin Fisher, president of The U of M’s chapter of NAACP. He spoke of the new state law requiring voters to provide government-issued photo identification at polling locations in order to cast a ballot. State university-issued identification is not acceptable. Fisher said the group registered more than 20 voters of the 150 that attended the event.
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Liberty Bowl improvements approved BY MICHELLE CORBET News Reporter The Memphis City Council approved the resolution to make improvements to Liberty Bowl stadium including a $2.5 million JumboTron sponsored by FedEx, improved AstroTurf and a new sound system. City Council decided to apply for the Liberty Bowl and surrounding fairgrounds area to be a Tourist Development Zone, using incoming tax revenue to pay off the bonds that will fund the $9 million renovations. Renovations will include the installation of a JumboTron similar to the grandeur of Mississippi State’s, a new playing surface or AstroTurf, improved lighting for the multiple televised night games the Tigers will be playing in the Big East, a new sound system, elevators for the press boxes, additional concession stands and a fresh coat of paint. If the state doesn’t approve
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from page 1 Jackson also visited LeMoyne Owen College Tuesday and Whitehaven High School on Monday to encourage the youth to vote. At AFSCME Union Hall on Monday, he spoke in support of the sanitation department’s union, AFSCME local 1733. Dr. King was assassinated while
the Liberty Bowl for Tourism Development Zone status, The University of Memphis could be donating $6.5 million of its newly acquired Bowl Championship Series money over a 15- year period. “We’re working as a backup in case the Liberty Bowl doesn’t get TDZ status, but no city or state money, no student money, no donor money will be used — it’s all coming from BCS,” said U of M athletic director RC Johnson. The University of Memphis’ status as a Big East team means more televised games and an increase in TV contract money. The University has committed to using $500,000 of this revenue each year for 15 years to pay for improvements to the stadium. “The funds are coming from the BCS — not their education fees — they were very clear on that,” said city council chairman Bill Morrison. The $2.5 million Jumbotron
will be provided by FedEx as an advertising incentive. There was originally talk of two JumboTrons, but one large JumboTron at one end of the field is what stadiums across the country are doing, Johnson said. The only opposition present in Tuesday’s vote came from City Councilman Joe Brown who voted against the resolution. Councilman Lee Harris chose to abstain. Brown said he is in favor of The University of Memphis “having” the stadium because The U of M is one of the only public schools in the largest county in the state that doesn’t have its own stadium. Liberty Bowl stadium is currently owned by the city of Memphis and runs on a $200,000 yearly deficit. “Tennessee has one. Vanderbilt has one,” Brown said. “But The University of Memphis doesn’t have a football stadium. The stadium
would make the sports program complete.” Brown made the clarification that the city would always own the land, but The University could take care of the financial responsibility of the stadium because The University has access to financial resources that the city does not. “FedEx gives to U of M or Nike could give to the stadium — but to the city? No,” Brown said. “Philanthropist can’t give to the city of Memphis but they can give to The University of Memphis.” The council also voted for ”same-night minutes,” in which the minutes of the meeting are approved at the adjournment of the meeting allowing all approved resolutions to go into effect immediately. “We are on a fast track, just like Tiger Lane, so we can complete all the work by our first game in September. Same night minutes save us two weeks,”
said Councilman William Boyd, chairman of the parks committee. An official contract has yet to be drawn up. Contracts will take to two to four months, said Boyd. “The parameters of a business transaction have been discussed, but a contract has not been drawn up to legal council’s knowledge,” said Sheryl Lipman, University counsel. U of M athletic administration and the Memphis city council have been talking about making improvements to Liberty Bowl stadium for years. “It started with Tiger Lane, down the road we’d like to get a new press box — it picked up steam with the news of the Big East. What we want to do is improve our facilities as much as possible to compete in the Big East with a stadium as nice as we can,” Johnson said.
campaigning on behalf of this union for increased job safety, higher wages and union recognition. Several civil rights activists from the sanitation worker ’s strike were present at the event. “Let me again express my thanks to the workers who are here today,” Jackson said. “All in the light of the legacy of Dr. King, who fought for justice in the private sector and work-
er ’s right to organize themselves out of poverty.” Jackson said he returned in part to celebrate the city’s renaming of a one-mile stretch of Linden Avenue. Today, on the 44-year anniversary of his assassination, the section becomes Dr. M.L. King Jr. Avenue. At the city council meeting Tuesday, Jackson said he thought the delay in naming the street was for “some a
sense of guilt, others a sense of shame.” He also said the recognition was not part of King’s agenda, but ending poverty was. “For too long now, too few have too much concentrated wealth,” he said at the AFSCME Union Hall. “50 million are in poverty, cannot make ends meet, can not borrow money from a bank. Indeed they are financially insecure.” He said his organization
Operation Rainbow PUSH Coalition would be organizing in the tri-state area to end poverty, gun violence and turn out voters. Today, Jackson will join Coalition partners for a “Rally for Economic Justice” on City Civic Plaza at 10 a.m. He will also be re-hanging the wreath marking the spot of King’s assassination at the Lorraine Motel.
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BY JASON JONES News Reporter In a competition against chefs across the region, University of Memphis’ head chef Kevin Yarbrough was voted most popular among students last week. On March 29, Yarbrough received the Student Choice Award in the annual ARAMARK Culinary Excellence competition. The ACE competition is held for chefs that work in higher learning institutions to show off their culinary talents, competing among 150 other chefs. Throughout the United States and Canada, 12 regional competitions are held with the top three winners moving to the ARAMARK culinary excellence national challenge held in November, where the winner receives the coveted “Copper Pot.” Ya r b ro u g h competed against nine other competitors in the southern region competition where he had two and a half hours to prep and finish his dish. “We chose him to compete in the competition because he is great with the students and campus community. He also has great creativity which we were excited for him to show off,” said Sean Armstrong, marketing manager for ARAMARK at The U of M. Yarbrough said he chose to create a citrus-seared pork loin with a fresh apple tart for the competition because he knew it would be something that students could relate to and enjoy. “I felt good when I showed the judges my dish. I do this for a living. I used to play
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football and that’s what it felt like. The minutes before you go out to play you get butterflies, but when they said ‘Play,’ I was ready to go,” said Yarbrough. On Thursday, Yarbrough will be making his winning dish for students in the World Market in the Fresh Food Company. Yarbrough, who has been cooking since 2001 and has been a chef at The University for three years, said he is motivated by the students and makes his cooking decisions based on them. “I believe in feeding the students what they want because they are the reason any of us are here,” said Yarbrough. Yarbrough is the head chef for the Tiger Dining Restaurant in the University Center. Unfortunately, Yarbrough was not able to move on to the final competition for the “Copper Pot,” but he said he’s already preparing for next year ’s competition. “I took notes from the judges and I’m starting to work on a new dish, although I’m keeping it a secret till then. I’m going to win the competition for us next year,” said Yarbrough. Freshman history major Jake Williams said he attends the Tiger Dining Restaurant regularly. “I like the food quality here better then most of the other campus food locations. I like the food here better then a lot of restaurants outside campus and when I want a real meal on campus I come here (Tiger Dining Restaurant),” Williams said.
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University of Memphis head chef Kevin Yarbrough will be making his ACE competitionwinning dish for students at the Fresh Food Company this Thursday.
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Do you think discrimination still exists on campus? by Brian Wilson
“Maybe not to the extent of high school cliques, but people definitely still judge. I don’t think it specifically affects our campus more than any others.”
“I think Memphis succeeds in being very diverse. I haven’t really noticed any discrimination here.”
“Discrimination happens everywhere, so I’m sure it goes on here.”
“Anytime you have a large population of different backgrounds, you’ll see that. I’ve even experienced discrimination due to my intelligence. People never expect such an eloquent vocabulary from someone with my appearance.”
“Deep down, I think it goes on. It was a much more apparent issue back when I went to Mississippi State.”
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Born said. “We need a guy like him in the SGA.” Mastron said he was flattered, but would most likely decline. “Don’t get me wrong,” he said. “I love the SGA, but I think I can do more good on my own.” Mastron said he plans to finish his third and final semester in the SGA making sure the remainder of the bills he has passed this year are implemented. M.A.C. party candidate Hunter Dawson
chose not to speak about his future in the SGA. “This has been a tough week for me and my family, but right now I just want to spend this time enjoying it with my family,” he said following the reading of the election results. Though the success of his party has been a triumphant time for Born, he fought back tears as he heard the results, remembering his “papaw,” Tom Bryan, Sr., who died just a week before election week
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from page 1 forum on campus where students will be able to address their concerns to the administration, and we can come together as one and find solutions to the parking problem here on campus,” he said. Born said he also plans to celebrate each football and men’s basketball game as if it were homecoming, lighting
up the campus “with Tiger blue, pep rallies and events to get students excited about athletics.” Born said that should any of the Senatorial positions become vacant, he would fill them with the candidates who were defeated last Friday. Three U.S. candidates were edged out by a total of 27 votes. He also wanted to offer his opponent Nicholas Mastron a position. “Nick did a lot this semester and passed a lot of bills,”
began. “I began to go to the Memphis football games with him when I was seven – a tradition that continued until I graduated high school,” Born said. “Without him, I would not be a member of Tiger Nation or have the great love that I do for this University. This victory was for him and as SGA president and wherever else I may go in life I hope to live up to the incredible example he set for me.”
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GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney spoke to a crowd at Cousins Subs in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
BY Steven Thomma MCT The Republican Party takes a three-week break from presidential primaries starting Wednesday, poised to rally at last behind Mitt Romney as its nominee but still facing a home-state stand from diehard challenger Rick Santorum. The three primaries Tuesday in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Wisconsin were expected to add to Romney’s growing lead in delegates needed to clinch the Republican presidential nomination. That lead has prompted many in the party establishment to urge Republicans to coalesce behind Romney and begin focusing on the fall campaign against President Barack Obama. Santorum vows to stay in the race, though. He’s looking ahead to the next round of primaries on April 24, hoping for a win and a boost from his home state of Pennsylvania, which he served as a U.S. representative and a senator. All but ceding Wisconsin before the polls closed Tuesday, Santorum headed to Mars, Pa., to watch the returns there. Early polls suggest a close race in the Keystone state, but other states voting in three weeks are Connecticut, Delaware, New York and Rhode Island, a Northeast lineup likely to favor Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts. There were 95 delegates up for grabs Tuesday: 42 in Wisconsin, 37 in Maryland, and 16 in D.C. Each primary is winner take all; Romney was favored in each. He and Santorum fought hard in Wisconsin, but Romney had the advantage of more TV advertising as well as the backing of popular
Rep. Paul Ryan and local tea party favorite Sen. Ron Johnson. About four in five primary voters in Wisconsin told exit polls they believed Romney will win the nomination. Romney also had the advantage in Maryland. And he had an easy time in Washington, where Santorum was not on the ballot. In an interview Tuesday, Romney told Fox News that it’s important for the Republicans to “get a nominee as soon as we can and be able to focus on Barack
Obama.” On Wednesday he will address U.S. newspaper editors in Washington, a day after Obama spoke to them. Romney already had 572 delegates before Tuesday’s voting, exactly half the 1,144 needed to win the nomination, according to an Associated Press tally. Santorum had 273, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich had 135, and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas had 50.
The Kappa Eta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha will host their annual Night of Enlightenment series tonight featuring Roland Martin. The event will commemorate the 44th anniversary of the death of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin will speak on the significance of the King legacy, what his dream means to Civil Rights today, the upcoming presidential election and the recent unveiling of the MLK Memorial in Washington D.C. Martin will speak in the Rose Theater tonight at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. “I hope when students come to this event they will walk away with a new perception on current events and take matters into their own hands when trying to make a change in there community, town or city,” said Denzel Johnson, president of The U of M’s Alpha Phi Alpha chapter. Martin has won more than 30 professional awards for journalistic excellence, includ-
ing a regional Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television News Directors and a top reporting honors from the National Association of Black Journalists. Martin is a life member of the National Association of Black Journalists and a life member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He is a 1987 graduate of Jack Yates High School-Magnet School of Communications, and a 1991 graduate of Texas A&M University, where he earned a bachelor’s of science degree in journalism. In May 2008, Martin received a master’s degree in Christian Communications from Louisiana Baptist University. He has been awarded honorary degrees from Florida Memorial University, University of MarylandUniversity College and Lemoyne-Owen College. “I want students to get a true meaning of what Dr. King really meant during the civil rights era,” Johnson said. “Often times people only see it for black versus white, but in reality, justice was being fought for all. Dr. King was fighting for justice for all races and nationalities.”
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BY Terez Paylor MCT The coronation began with a handshake from an old rival, a man who had topped him on the same stage just four years ago. Kentucky coach John Calipari had finally won a national title, thanks to a 67-59 win Monday night against Kansas, and as he shook Bill Self’s hand the coach who toppled his Memphis Tigers in 2008 final the confetti rained down. If the moment wasn’t real yet to Calipari, it surely became real then, right? Wrong. In the aftermath of the victory, the culmination of Calipari’s 20-year coaching career, the coach was not emotional, and he was not particularly reflective. He was happy, he said, but he was happy for his kids, not for himself. “This is about them,” Calipari said. “It’s not about me.” But for all the time he spent downplaying the moment (and he spent plenty), Calipari did convey a certain amount of relief. Forget the fact that the only other times he reached the Final Four at Memphis and Massachusetts those appearances were later vacated due to NCAA violations, Calipari has also drawn his fair share of criticism for his penchant for recruiting one-and-done players. But with Monday’s win, no longer would Calipari have to answer questions about any of that. He can just coach now, without the monkey on his back, sort to speak. “I don’t feel any different, and I’m not going to feel any different,” Calipari said. “I’m going to go to Mass in the morning, and
I’m going to be the same guy. It’s over now, and I can get about the business of coaching young people.” So yes, on this night, any satisfaction Calipari had would be largely hidden. But there were subtle signs that it meant more to him than he was letting on. The enthusiastic way he hugged his coaches. The way he climbed the ladder and took a few extra moments to wave to the crowd before he cut down the nets. The way he grinned while “One Shining Moment” played on the Superdome big screens. This was the pinnacle for Calipari, and his fans, like former Bulls guard and television analyst Steve Kerr, were happy for him. “He’s a controversial figure, but with the rules being what they are, he’s developed a niche and he does it better than anybody,” Kerr said. “He did a phenomenal job this year.” And his players, six of whom are considered to be potential first-round NBA draft picks, share Kerr’s enthusiasm. “For us as players, who played for him, it means a lot just because he gives us so much credit when we win, and he takes all the fall when we lose,” said sophomore forward Terrence Jones. Sophomore guard Doron Lamb echoed the sentiment. “Means a lot, coach Cal,” Lamb said. “His third year at Kentucky, he finally won. I’m so happy to win it for him.” And while some will speculate that it could be time for an ambitious career man like Calipari to move on (though he tried and failed once at the NBA) Kerr said Calipari should stay
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Kentucky head coach John Calipari and university president Eli Capilouto with the championship trophy after a 67-59 win over Kansas in the NCAA Tournament finals at the MercedesBenz Superdome on Monday. right where he is. “Because he can stay at Kentucky as long as he wants, he’ll get the best players and the fans will love him,” Kerr said. The good news, at least for Kentucky fans, is that Calipari suggested to ESPN’s Andy Katz afterward that there’s still more
he’d like to accomplish at the college level. “Before I’m done coaching, I would like to coach an undefeated team,” Calipari said. “Why? Because it (supposedly) can’t be done.” And it appears Calipari will be getting to work on that short-
ly. With the majority of this team expected to bolt for the NBA, he’s already working on putting together the next great class. “Right now, I’m going to have two days,” Calipari said, “then I’ve got to go out recruiting Friday. So you tell me to look back; I’m just looking forward.”
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Tigers to take on Tennessee today BY SCOTT HALL Sports Editor The University of Memphis baseball team is set to face the Tennessee Volunteers today for the first time since 1995. The Tigers first played the Vols in 1919, when Memphis was still known as West Tennessee Normal School. The U of M leads the all-time series with their intrastate rival 20-9, with all nine losses coming on the road in Knoxville. Memphis has lost the last seven in Knoxville, with the last victory on April 20, 1984. “We’ve tried to get this series scheduled for a while and I’m happy to finally get it,” head coach Daron Shoenrock said. “I think it’s going to be a one-year thing, a home-and-home. The travel that baseball deals with kind of restricts this series from being something that’s real easy
to schedule, because it is a sixplus-hour bus ride. The Tigers will have to contend with a tough Tennessee squad that swept Alabama over the weekend. The Vols (18-10, 5-4 SEC) is hitting .267 as a team, averaging five runs on nine hits per game, and are led by Davis Morgan (.333 batting average) and Chris Fritts (20 RBIs). Despite starting well in games this season, Memphis has struggled to close them out. So far in 2012, the Tigers have outscored their opponents 60-46 in the first three innings, but have been outscored 70-60 in the final four innings. Memphis also holds an 11.48 ERA in the eighth inning alone, allowing 37 (34 earned) runs on 51 hits and being outscored 37-11 (17-4 in C-USA play). The game figures to be a close contest, as Memphis has played
in eight games decided by two runs or less this season, while Tennessee has played 15 games decided by three runs or less. However, April is generally a good month for the Tigers, who have gone 363-301-1 in April games since 1977. The Tigers will be playing their first game since dropping two of three to Tulane over the weekend. Memphis is 8-7 this season following a loss, and 38-32 over the last three seasons. They are also 58-93 in road games since 2005 and haven’t had a winning road record since 2006. “I think our guys will relish the chance to play them,” Schoenrock said. “It’s a good thing to break up that bus ride to Marshall. It’s a good game midweek against an in-state rival and then go get ready for another conference weekend on the road for the first time.”
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UM showcases talents in Blue-Gray Game
Head coach Justin Fuente got a good look at his team at the annual Blue-Gray game on Saturday in front of an estimated crowd of 4,000 at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
BY DAVID CAFFEY Sports Reporter Tiger football fans had an opportunity to see their team in action at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium on Saturday as the team hosted their annual Blue-Gray game. During the spring game, the Tigers ran 82 plays in front of an estimated 4,000 supporters at the Liberty Bowl. For Fuente, the workout was a learning experience for a team that is still a work in progress. “There was some good and some bad, and something to be learned from all of it,” he said. “I still don’t think we understand offensively, quite the tempo that we want to get in and out and move around with.” The battle for the starting quarterback position between sophomore Taylor Reed and graduate-transfer Jacob Karam continued in Saturday’s scrimmage as both had a chance to show off their talents in front of the crowd. “I’m really pleased with both of their work ethics, progress and dedication to the craft,” Fuente said. “Obviously I have to look at the film to see how they played, but I’m happy with both of them.” Karam and Reed played
eight offensive series each in Saturday’s outing at the Liberty Bowl. After each QB chipped in two drives, the Tigers made it to the end zone in the fifth series led by Karam. After going 7-for-16 with 159 yards, two touchdowns and an interception, Fuente praised Karam’s ability to make plays, but also said he needs to work
on his decision making after the snap. “With him, it’s the old Kenny Rogers, ‘You’ve got to know when to hold them and know when to fold them,’” Fuente said. “Sometimes he wants to hold them a little long, and sometimes throwing it away isn’t a bad thing.” On the other side of the ball,
senior lineman Zach Gholson recorded four tackles and two sacks to lead the team’s defense. Reggis Ball also earned two sacks and Anthony Brown picked up two tackles for a loss. The team will hold their final workout of the spring today at the Murphy Athletic Complex. For Fuente, his first time overseeing spring football at the U
of M built a foundation for the team to improve next season. “I think by and large, as a team, we have come a long way throughout the spring,” he said. “We have a long way to go, obviously, but I think from a level of expectations, from a level of work ethic and an accountability standpoint, I think we have made strides.”
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