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Shawn Johnson has competed as a part of the U.S. Olympic Gymnastic Team, danced with the stars and even written a book on her success thus far. The University of Memphis is one of the next stops on her journey. 21-year-old Johnson will speak at the University’s Rose Theatre on Monday beginning at 7 p.m. She will discuss her book, “Winning Balance,” as well as her Olympic success. S t u d e nt G ov e r n m e nt Association president Russell Born said the reason for inviting Johnson to speak on campus was to provide a “different vibe” for the campus, as there has been a trend of political speakers in the past. “I thought it would be a little bit different and little bit fresher,” he said. Born said that Johnson’s goal in speaking at the University is to send a message to young people. “The main focus of the talk is about achieving goals, hard work and persistence,” he said. At age 16, Johnson competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and took home four gold medals, one of which was for the women’s balance beam. In addition, she also won three silver medals for the women’s gymnastics team competition, individual all-around competition
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Students showcase Memphis musicians By Samuel Prager
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Shawn Johnson performs on the balance beam during the 2011 Visa Gymnastics National Championships in St. Paul, Minn., on Aug. 18, 2011.
Memphis is one of the most renowned music cities in the world, with a musical heritage that stretches over a century. However, many Memphians are unaware of the rich local music scene that is constantly generating new bands. That is where Blue Tom Records steps in. This Saturday, the student-run record label will be holding its first music festival, BlueTOM Fest. The festival will take place on Memorial Field, located on the U of M’s campus. “This is a Memphis music community event, we want to build a musical infrastructure in the city to help build and promote Memphis music on a national level, as well as support upand-coming student artists,” Blue Tom Records Vice President Trey Hamilton, a senior music business major, said. It all started in the summer of 2012 when Hamilton and BTR’s president, Spencer Turney, came up with the idea of an on-campus music festival. The dream started becoming a reality the following fall when the two started booking bands and planning all of the logistical aspects for the show. “We thought it would be a really cool thing to just show all of the talent
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Freshman Roman Kyle spent all his Dining Dollars earlier this semester and now pays for all his meals in cash. The Daily Helmsman is a “designated public forum.” Students have authority to make all content decisions without censorship or advance approval. The Daily Helmsman is pleased to make a maximum of 10 copies of each issue available to a reader for free. Additional copies are $1. Partial printing and distribution costs are provided by an allocation from the Student Activity Fee.
It’s that time of year again. All the signs are here — the grumbling of stomachs, the scraping of coins and bowls and the agony of hunger. As the end of the semester nears, many students are finding that classes aren’t the only things running out. $300 may seem like a lot of money, but it’s fast to dwindle down after three months of extra snacks and humongous
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know what I was going to do.” On the break, Jackson’s parents eliminated some of her concern by letting her have a prepaid credit card. “They wanted me to be responsible,” she said, “and it scared me.” Jackson started buying her own groceries to save money by preparing meals for herself. “I don’t want to disappoint them and lose this [card] because then I won’t have anything,” she said.
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Blue Tom Records President Spencer Turney (left) and Vice President Trey Hamilton discuss details for the upcoming BlueTOM Fest.
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The criteria for the bands playing the festival was that they had to be Memphis based. The last slot filled was decided by an online poll of U of M students. The winning band out of the five finalists was Absentease, one of seven local bands that will be performing this weekend. “Blue Tom Records is an advocate between local music and everyone on campus,” Turney, a junior public relations major, said. “Memphis is a huge city with a great local music scene and, unfortunately, not everyone gets to take part in it.” As well as a few emerging artists, the BlueTOM Festival will have Memphis born and bred folkpop band Star & Micey coheadlining the show along with fellow Memphis natives Fast Planet. Opening the show will be the U of M’s own country-rock musician, senior music busi-
ness major Alex Inman. “I think this will bring a better awareness for students to get a taste of what this is really about,” Inman said. “It’ll help students feel more plugged into the city and get people to know the musical side of our town and campus a little better.” Blue Tom Records, which holds open mic nights and talent shows throughout the year, plans to make the BlueTOM Fest an annual campus festivity. “Regardless of whether you love Memphis music or don’t know anything about it, come out and experience lots of great music at no cost to you,” Turney said. The complete line-up is available online and the show will be free to the public. For more information, go to Blue Tom Records’ website. bluetomrec ord s . word press.com/ bluetomfest. n
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Tigers’ Ta es “Only $25, because the food at the UC is so expensive.”
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uuDining Continued from page 1 Planning meals on a budget may seem like a difficult task, but Jackson assures that it can be done. Junior graphic design major Britany Neely ran out of Dining Dollars before spring break and is now preparing her own meals. “I just got big meals,” Neely said. “I used to go to Subway everyday.” Neely resorted to getting money from her parents in place of her non-existent Dining Dollars. “[Students should] go grocery shopping to save money,” Neely
“None. I should have been a little wiser when spending my Dining Dollars.”
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advises. Jackson said she used to spend more than $20 each day on meals with Dining Dollars. Now, she said he spends about $20 each week. Jackson’s meals include spaghetti, instant potato packets and macaroni and cheese. She makes larger portions so that she can reheat meals and have them for additional days. Sophomore psychology major Jeremy Harris works at The Roar Shack and says he noticed a shift in payment forms at the start of April. “[Students] come in and buy six cups of coffee a day and 18
“I have $150 left, which should be enough to get me through the rest of the semester.” Marlyn Ammons, Criminal justice senior
different things for them and their friends,” Harris said, “but by this time, students realize there is another month left of school and they don’t have any money left for food.” Harris says that students should pay attention to what they are buying and what method of payment they are using, especially if they have both Flexbucks and Dining Dollars. Flexbucks come with meal plans for snacks in-between meals. “When students get their receipts, they look at how many Dining Dollars they have left and then throw the receipt away,” Harris said. “They could not care
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less.” Harris says it’s not about where students get food, but how much of it they are buying that makes a huge difference. Harris lived on campus when he first came to school and would go to the Fresh Food Company to eat on his meal plan rather than using his Dining Dollars. “Mix it up,” Harris says to oncampus students. He suggests using Dining Dollars last because Flexbucks aren’t refundable, but students can get their Dining Dollars back. “Don’t spend all of your Dining Dollars,” Neely said. “Don’t go out to eat everyday.” n
“About $128. I am trying to get most of that back in my refund at the end of the semester.” Tristan McKenzie, Broadcast journalism freshman
uuOlympian Continued from page 1 and floor exercise. Johnson, who has now retired from competitive gymnastics, is not only a winner on the Olympic stage, but also competed on and won the eighth season of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” Born said that he thinks all students should attend, whether they have a personal or professional agenda. “I think males should attend it because she’s really cute,” he said. “Although we’re not all gold medal-winning gymnasts, her talks can relate to college kids. We all have goals.” Born said he thinks Johnson has a message that will resonate with everyone because of her experiences thus far. “For someone who has been on the stage in the Olympics in Beijing, she knows how to walk the walk and talk the talk,” he said. The budget allocated to the SGA along with Student Activity Fees will contribute to bringing Johnson to campus. Born said that he has a number in mind, but cannot release the figure until it is approved by SGA advisor and Dean of Students Stephen Petersen. In addition to the information that Johnson will bring to the University campus, Born said that having a college-aged, but prestigious, guest will attract more students to enroll at the University. “It’s a great recruiting tool to get major speakers on campus,” he said. “The media exposure it generates through the campus is always a good thing,” he said. After her speech, Johnson will do a question and answer segment where she will sign autographs and take pictures. Born said he would advise students to make plans to arrive before the doors open at 6:30 p.m. “Students need to be prepared to get there early and get a good seat,” he said. n
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Local author inspires students By Joey Kachel
news@dailyhelmsman.com Emily Yellin, author of “Our Mother’s War” and “Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us” visited the University Center on Wednesday to talk with students about her life and how her experiences shaped her into the person she is. The Student Leadership and Involvement office sponsored the event, part of the “Lunch With A Leader” lecture series. True to its name, box lunches were provided to 42 attendees. Yellin, a contributor to a long list of publications including the New York Times and Smithsonian Magazine, was born in New York, though she grew up and currently lives in Memphis. She received her degree in English literature from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and also holds a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University in Illinois. One of the hallmarks of a leader is perseverance, and to that end, Yellin related her life story — one filled with trials and tribulations. Her first job was as a receptionist and script reader for a small theater, a job that entailed reading very bad scripts, such as a
script for “Columbus: The Musical,” which she sent back with a note: “We know how it ends.” She also turned down an early August Wilson play — something that elicited groans from some members of the audience. After leaving the theater she worked a number of odd jobs, including selling toner at a semi-legal call center and selling books to Columbia students. Her first big job in the journalism industry was as an assistant articles editor for Seventeen magazine, where she edited a column called “Sex and Your Body.” After getting into Northwestern and traveling around Europe, Yellin discovered that she loved reporting, which she claims gave her “a license to ask impertinent questions.” Unfortunately, excessive student debt meant she couldn’t get a job in the industry — her salary wouldn’t have been enough to pay down her loans. She ended up traveling around the country, editing for the Encyclopedia Britannica in Chicago, living in Washington D.C. for six months and ending up in Los Angeles doing proofreading for ad agencies. Though Yellin realized the utility of having one’s life planned out, she
recognized the necessity of going with the flow — especially at that point in her life. “I’m not making calculated decisions,” she said. “I’m saying ‘what’s next?’” Now in her 30’s, Yellin moved back to Memphis, where she worked in local bookstores until she saw a former classmate’s book, which inspired her to go into teaching at the University of Memphis. Her next big break came when she got a call from Martin Gottlieb, then the special projects editor for the New York Times. Yellin impressed him enough that she was able to do her own story on an elderly woman who lived in Elvis Presley’s old house. Gottlieb was an important person in Yellin’s life and career, and he taught her an important lesson about people. “People can be really nice,” she said. “You just got to find them.” Some time later she got her first book deal, and she wrote about something dear to her heart — her mother, who served in Saipan during World War 2. The book, “Our Mother’s War” was an exploration of a little known facet of WW2.
“The story of women in WW2 hasn’t really been told,” said Yellin. “I’ve always tried to talk for people who couldn’t talk for themselves.” Her second book, “Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us” investigated the world of customer service, and was based off a bad experience with a company’s customer service line. This segued into a job devising a new form of customer service that allowed companies to better understand their customers. Yellin took all of her life experiences and distilled them down to an important life lesson for students. “Everything you do, no matter how meaningless it may seem, comes around,” she said. “If you’re prepared and you understand the opportunity you can profit.” Yellin now works as a public speaker, where she “never does anything for free.” She also runs a webinar series and recently submitted an editorial to the New York Times, a reflection on the Steubenville rape case and her own experience with sexual assault titled “Waking Up to the Enduring Memory of Rape.” “If you can grasp opportunity and be open to it, you can end up being
brave and saying things people can’t,” said Yellin. “Then you can be a leader.” Yellin also provided advice to the journalists in the room, including Professor Pamela Denney’s reporting class, emphasizing the necessity of trying to understand where your subject is coming from. “Most people aren’t bad, they just have to make choices in dangerous situations,” she said. “The role of the journalist is to explain the choices they made.” One journalism student took Yellin’s message to heart. Journalism major Katie Grey was one of the attendees of the lecture. She was inspired by Yellin’s life story. “It was very informative and inspiring,” she said. “It would be cool to do the stuff the did.” Kay Barkoh, leadership program advisor at the Student Leadership and Involvement Office, hopes that students take away the importance of perseverance and hunkering down when everything seems to be going wrong. “I hope students learn what leadership is and what it is to be a leader,” she said. “She was very persistent, and I hope students learn that things don’t always go to plan.” n
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Guitar festival engages student musicians By Ellyahnna Hall
Special to The Daily Helmsman Big sounds were coming from a small room in the music building at the University of Memphis Tuesday. Students were preparing for the Annual Memphis International Guitar Festival sponsored by the Augustine Foundation at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. In addition to performances by virtuoso artists Lily Afshar, David Mozqueda and Daekun Jang, students will be performing in a student competition section of the three-day event. “I wanted to be able to have something besides concerts and master classes by guest artists. I wanted to be sure there were competitions that would benefit my students,” said Professor Lily Afshar of the University of Memphis.
Afshar divides her time between teaching, performing and recording and teaches both undergraduate and master’s students. For some of her students, being part of the guitar festival is a very exciting opportunity. “It’s just a great opportunity to get insight from other guitarists from around the world,” said Danny Breen, a student of music performance. “I’m participating in the competition and the student showcase and just basically having a good time” Ciyadh Wells, a choral music education major, has been in competitions before. However, she expressed looking forward to this one. “I’m performing Saturday at the student showcase in the guitar trio,” Wells said. “I performed in a few workshops, master classes and a studio recital last semester. It’s a good opportunity for us and other
guitarists to come together, learn from each other and play some good music.” The competition and festival will also allow students to learn music from other parts of the world. “It’s good to have outside teachers. We have a guitar player from Korea coming and a guitar player from Mexico. They all bring their teachers’ backgrounds too, so it’s good to have different outlooks,” said John Oeth, a first-year master’s student of guitar. The festival will feature more than just guitar performances from students. Student musician Trisha Berquist will be playing viola in the festival. “I’ve always heard a lot about the festival and it’s a pretty big deal and I’m not a guitarist so playing viola in the festival is a really big deal,” Berquist said. “I’ve been to the contests before but I’ve never
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played in one before.” For some the competition in the festival brings more than just excitement. “Competitions are always pretty stressful,” said Michael Jones, a classical guitar performer with a bachelor’s degree in music. “Performing can be stressful, competition a little more maybe. There’s a lot of music to learn and memorize so there is pressure but you have to just get out there and just go for it. I actually haven’t performed in a competition before but the pressure is good. It’s good to make you push your pieces to the level that they need to be, so it forces you to have to be more critical of your pieces.” Some of the performances will allow students to work together to create musical pieces. “I’m going to be playing some pieces in the student showcase with Trisha Berquist; she’s the vio-
list. I’ll also be playing along with a flutist and in a guitar trio. Please come out, it’ll be fun,” Oeth said. Professor Afshar spent time going over performances with her students to make sure that they will be ready for competition. “This competition is good for them,” said Afshar. “Because in this musical world, we have to play in competitions and win because they let you know where you stand. If you’re weak someone will come along and play better than you and you’ll know that you were weak and that you had better work harder. And that’s the idea, these students are working harder now. They have to practice and learn a lot of pieces. “ A 3-day pass to all events is $75, and a 1-day pass to all events that day is $30. More information can be found online at www.memphis.edu/music/special/guitarfest. php. n
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Women’s tennis, track and field sign new recruits By Hunter Field
sports@dailyhelmsman.com April in Memphis varies year to year. It may be hot or cold, wet or dry, but it always ushers in a new class of recruits for the various University of Memphis athletic programs. Both the U of M women’s tennis and track and field teams expressed excitement on Wednesday about two newly garnered recruits. Head coach Kevin Robinson of the women’s track and field team received a signed National Letter of Intent from Chardae Greenlee, a triplejumper from Homewood Flossmoor High School in Illinois. Soon after, U of M women’s tennis head coach Lee Taylor Walker announced Germany’s top-ranked recruit, AnnKathrin Wind, would represent the Tigers on the court next season. Each will arrive on campus next fall. Wind, a native of Dinslaken, Germany, joins fellow Germans Stefanie Mikesz and Caroline Wegner on the women’s tennis team. Wind will look to contribute to a team that set a programhigh national ranking, topping out at 22nd in February. The Tigers currently sit at 15-4 on the season riding eight straight wins. “She is well accomplished and has been successful at a high level,” Walker said of Wind. “I am excited about her style of play because I know she can play very aggressive. This is a necessary style to compete with the best players in the world.”
As Walker expressed, Wind’s young career is already full of accolades. In 2012, she won the Niederrheinmeister Senior Tournament while also taking home the German Doubles crown. Additionally, Wind boasts several wins over top-450 Women’s Tennis Association professionals. She will add to the high pedigree established at the U of M by Walker. Wind is Walker’s first and only recruit in the class of 2013. Although Walker and staff are pursuing other recruits, they are not allowed to give out any information regarding them. She chose Memphis over Florida State University and the University of South Florida. Walker credited the relationships the players and coaches built with Wind for her choice of Memphis. Robinson was pleased to have Greenlee sign with the Tigers track and field program. At the 2012 USATF National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships, Greenlee finished fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 39’9.75”, which earned her All-American honors. She holds a personal best in the triple jump of 39’11”. “I feel that she can make an immediate impact,” Robinson said. “She should develop to be a national level competitor.” Greenlee will join a women’s track team currently ranked fourth in Conference USA. The Tigers recently started their outdoor season, and their next meet is the Auburn Tiger Classic, which begins Friday. n
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Men’s soccer to hold 13th Annual Tommy Smith Banquet By Bryan Heater
bheater@dailyhelmsman.com After every season, the University of Memphis men’s soccer team holds a banquet in honor of former Tiger great Tommy Smith, who played for the blue and gray from 1992-95 with 15 goals and 11 assists and died on March 18, 2000. During the banquet, the Tigers take a look on the season’s accomplishments and give out awards earned by the players for their performances during the campaign. The 13th Annual Tommy Smith Banquet will be held on April 16 in the U of M Penny Hardaway Hall of Fame Assembly Room. The banquet is set to start at 6:30 p.m. with social hour, followed by the dinner and program at 7:30. Major League Soccer veteran and current Tigers assistant coach Richard Mulrooney will serve as a guest speaker at the event, as well as former players Ross Paule, Carey Tally and Jonny Walker. Of the awards handed out at the banquet, the most prestigious is the Tommy Smith Award. The Tommy Smith Award is presented to the player who best exemplifies the career of the former Tiger, which included high academic standards, dedication and love for the sport and good sportsmanship. Admission to the banquet is $25 per person, or $300 for a table. Aside from the aforementioned list of events, there will also be a silent auction held with a signed Real Madrid jersey, a signed Ireland jersey and a round of golf with Mulrooney and Carey Talley. Contact Mulrooney at (901) 678-5949 or rmulony@ memphis.edu to R.S.V.P. n
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PAINTING INSTRUCTOR Fun, innovative painting instruction business looking for artists with teaching experience to work in a creative, entertaining environment. Must be able to guide classes of up to 40 people to paint an acrylic painting in two to three hours. Primarily evening classes. Please go to our website www.paintingwithatwist. com to familiarize yourself with our business and the type of art you will be expected to teach. Email resumes and portfolio to germantown@paintingwithatwist.com.
JOB OPPORTUNITY All American Sporting goods. Must work Mon-Fri 9-5:30 and Saturday 9-2. If interested, please send an email to dylan@allamericaninc. com. List which job you would like to apply for in the subject area. Also, be sure to send me a copy of your resume. Thanks.
area. Also, be sure to send me a copy of your resume. Thanks.
ment; private, secure parking. Females only, no pets. $450/ month includes everything! Ask about our Spring Move-In Special. Call Carol @ 326-0567. Check out RICAS Properties on Facebook.
JOB OPPORTUNITY All American Sporting goods. Must work Mon-Fri 1-5:30 and Saturday 9-2. If interested, please send an email to dylan@allamericaninc. com. List which job you would like to apply for in the subject
HOUSING OFF-CAMPUS DORM Never have to move between semesters again! 5 min drive from University. Large, fully furnished rooms including a ceiling fan, mini-fridge and a huge closet. Common areas, shared by 5 girls, include nice den with cable and WIFI, washer/dryer and housekeeping. Safe environ-
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