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With over 100 Registered Student Organizations on campus, the Student Involvement Fair packed the Alumni Mall with booths.

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news@dailyhelmsman.com Behold — a simple equation for all Tigers — a new semester plus the University of Memphis equals a new start with new people.

This ye ar’s Student Involvement Fair filled the front yard of the University Center with different groups and organizations. Students walked through

aisle after aisle of tables hosted

by RSO leaders eager to explain their group and welcome new members.

With over 100 campus RSOs, there are plenty of groups to choose from, but Tigers at the RSO Fair were on hand to help students on the fence about getting involved on campus.

“Joining a student group is the best way to meet people,” said Zack Liley, president of the

Catholic Student Organization.

Liley’s goal within his group is to make students feel comfortable at the U of M. The house for CSO is always open, and students are always welcome to go hang out there and join them for mass on Sundays, even those who do not consider themselves Catholic.

“We just want to show students that this is home for them,” Liley said.

Another table encouraged students to join the Memphis River Warriors, a Mississippi River cleanup crew, which meets once a month for two hours to pick up trash along the river. They recycle what they can.

Beside the Memphis River Warriors stood the Highland Hundred group, whose goal is to get more support for the Tiger

There are seven learning centers on the main grounds, one on the Lambuth campus and two additional centers for online students or commuters.

“It’s for students who are highly motivated to be academically successful,” said Barbara Bekis, ESP’s head coordinator.

Dennis Kouch is scheduled to graduate at the end of the fall 2013 semester, but he’s still making an effort to be beyond average.

“I need to make an A in (Chemistry) class really badly,” Kouch, 24, said. “ESP provides better studying and generates

more understanding.”

Last year, 19,000 students visited the various learning centers.

Bekis, who has worked full time for the University since 1988, said new students don’t always have the best study habits.

“I asked students at new student orientation how many hours they studied for courses in high school during a regular week without a test coming up,” she said. “What number do you think they said?”

Most said zero.

“This is why it is so important to

be a part of this program,” Bekis said.

“It teaches students how to study, and it helps the transition into college life.”

The program also helps students determine what type of tutoring would help them the most.

Fredrika Crowley, a learning specialist, hosts weekly seminars about college preparation.

“I think students need to take advantage of the resources provided,” Crowley said. “If they come early and often, we can stop the problem before

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Football season is right around the corner, and Tiger fans have even more to be excited about this year — a new student tailgating lot opening just off of Tiger Lane.

Student groups can reserve a spot for the season or per game in the tailgating area, which is north of the Mid-South Coliseum just off of Early Maxwell Boulevard.

There are 45 spots in the tailgating area, and it’s already filling up fast, according to Jessica Tatum, a Student Government Association executive cabinet member.

“The new student lot this year is better than the one last year,” Tatum, a sophomore exercise science major, said. “We are closer to Tiger Lane and are able to make the community atmosphere.”

It doesn’t cost anything to reserve a spot in the student tailgating lot and students get into Tiger football games for free with their ID card.

Students can use the space to do just about anything in their tailgating lot, like play corn hole, eat their favorite game-day dishes and express their Tiger pride. Alcohol is allowed everywhere on the lot, except in the main SGA tent.

Tatum said the goal is to get students off Tiger Lane and into their own space.

Ricky Kirby Jr., SGA president, hopes that the student lot will move closer to Tiger Lane as each season passes.

“We plan on letting student groups reserve spots in the tailgating village, and students who would like free parking will have to pick up passes at the (University Center) Information Desk starting Mondays before home games,” Kirby said.

Several RSOs have reserved a spot in the new student lot, including the Highland Hundred, Delta

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news@dailyhelmsman.com Rush week at the University of Memphis is an exciting time on campus. Freshmen and upperclassmen alike get the opportunity to meet new people, make lifelong friends and become members of life-changing organizations.

The Inter-fraternity Council and the Panhellenic Formal Recruitment week starts Monday, Sept. 9 and ends the 13. Students interested in “going Greek” by joining a fraternity or sorority can learn more about the Greek organizations on campus by rushing.

Although most students who participate in rush week are freshmen, some people choose to wait.

Miranda Fisher, a senior theatre major, went Greek the second semester of her sophomore year.

“Recruitment was a great way to help me feel I belonged because it helped me get acquainted with many other people interested in similar activities and interests as me,” Fisher said.

Fisher wasn’t all that interested in going Greek her freshman year because she knew that her degree would be demanding.

“If you are not a good person with time management or scheduling, joining a fraternity or sorority may not be the best idea if you’re trying to have a good (grade point average),” Fisher said.

Stereotypes are common for those that are in the Greek life.

Paige Chester, a junior hospitality and resort management major, was guilty of having a prejudice outlook on the Greek community until she joined Delta Gamma.

She didn’t join until her sophomore year because she wasn’t sure she would fit in.

“At first I thought all sorority girls were obsessed with the color pink, which I hate, and would only accept those who were wealthy,” Chester said. “I was never big on sororities and never thought of joining. However, one of my sorority sisters convinced me to join and it became a spur of the moment action. I am, however, glad I chose to join.”

For Hamid Farzam, a junior international studies major, freshman year was the best time for him to join Zeta Beta Tau. But because of Greek stereotypes, other students thought less of him because of his decision to join a fraternity.

“It was a little disappointing seeing how others tried to ridicule me, but seeing my frat brothers everyday made me want to join the experience,” Farzam said.

He was motivated to join ZBT because of the bonds he formed with his brothers, and the networking that came along with it helped him become more professional.

“Going Greek helped me a lot with social skills, leadership, responsibility,” Farzam said. “Bite the bullets and try it out.”

Fisher said students who want to rush this year should honest about who they are to find the house that’s right for them.

“Be you,” said Fisher. “Each sorority house has a different style as well as personality, and the best way to make a decision is to stay true and to connect with the others that you may meet.”

Continued from page 1 it starts; they’ll be able to develop the study skills they need to succeed.”

Professors like Heike Polster encourage students who need extra help to ask for it as soon as possible.

“If a student chooses to seek out my advice in the first place and makes tutoring a priority, his or her work improves significantly,” said Polster, a German professor.

Italian professor Cosetta Gaudenzi said the University’s tutoring program is a great tool for students.

“I suggest tutoring for many students, and, among those who go, several have told me they had a great experience,” she said.

Study groups are held three times a week for courses in subjects like biology, chemistry, economics, history and engineering. ESP determines which classes have separate study groups based on the grades and opinions of previous students.

The Office of Institutional Research showed that students who

participated at least six times in the various study sessions ESP provided throughout the semester saw a positive impact on their GPA. Private tutoring is also offered with ESP for a fee of $15 an hour.

Evan Morrison has been tutoring since he was a freshman. He recently graduated from the U of M but still tutors and enjoys the experience.

“I started right off the bat as a tutor, and out of all the jobs I’ve ever had, this is my favorite. I love helping people, tutoring people,” he said.

Barrett Schwarz studied frequently at the learning centers and eventually became an English tutor.

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BEIRUT — Delayed by a sniper attack, United Nations chemical weapons inspectors arrived Monday in one of the Syrian suburbs allegedly hit in a poison gas attack last week, visiting a pair of field hospitals and meeting with witnesses, the U.N. said.

The inspectors traveled to the Muadhamiya district, southwest of Damascus, after sniper volleys initially forced the U.N. convoy to turn back to the capital. A U.N. vehicle was struck in the incident, but no one was injured, the U.N. said in a statement. The damaged vehicle was replaced and the mission proceeded, the statement said.

The U.N. appears to have worked out a safe passage agreement with the two warring sides, though no specific details were released. Each side in the conflict blamed the other for the sniper fire directed at the U.N. convoy.

The U.N. planned to lodge a “strong complaint” with both the government and opposition forces about the shooting, U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon said in a statement. The inspectors, who are unarmed, will resume their work Tuesday, and Ban vowed that “the safety and security of the investigation teams will be secured.”

The team’s mandate is to ascertain whether chemical weapons were used, not to determine who used them. The rebels and the government — backed by their respective international supporters — have been trading blame for who was responsible, even as many in the West are pushing for a military response.

There was no word Monday on whether anything that the inspectors learned Monday supported or contradicted opposition allegations that a poison-gas bombardment last week killed hundreds of civilians outside Damascus.

During their visit, Ban said, the inspectors traveled to two field hospitals and interviewed witnesses, survivors and doctors, taking statements while also collecting unspecified “samples.”

Officials previously said that the team would be seeking traces of possibly contaminated soil, as well as collecting tissue, hair and other samples from victims. The samples will be taken for laboratory analysis, a process that could take weeks.

It was not clear why the team initially chose to visit Muadhamiya, where about 80 people were reported killed in last week’s suspected chemical onslaught. The hardest-hit area was apparently the so-called eastern Ghouta region, which is in the opposite direction, to the northeast of the capital.

An opposition contingent in Muadhamiya was waiting when the inspectors arrived, according to an activist in the town reached via Skype. The U.N. experts spoke with doctors and patients at a field hospital and took blood and hair samples, the activist said.

Afterward, some in the U.N. contingent went to visit a mosque that was allegedly hit during the chemical barrage last week, and another reported site of a rocket attack, according to the activist’s account.

Amateur video said to be from the inspectors’ visit showed bluehelmeted U.N. personnel, wearing flak vests, speaking with people and visiting what appeared to be a clinic, with some patients lying in beds.

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For students who enjoy traveling, there’s a new way to fly to some favorite beach destinations and major cities in the South without breaking the bank.

Southern Airways Express has stepped into the airline transportation market in the Memphis area, catering to destinations within a 500-mile radius of city. Travelers can now buy roundtrip flights from Memphis to New Orleans, La.; Destin, Fla.; Gulf Shores, Ala.; Gulfport, Miss.; Oxford, Miss.; and Panama City, Fla. It all began with CEO Stan Little’s purchase of a Cessna 421 Golden Eagle, a six-seat personal airplane, according to chief operating officer Keith Sisson.

“The moment he got it, everyone wanted to rent the plane to go to Destin,” Sisson said. “Well, what if they didn’t have to rent the entire plane? What if they could rent a seat?”

That one air-

plane has expanded into a fleet of eight-seater Cessna 208 Caravans and ten-seater 208B Grand Caravans.

For $129, customers can typically buy a ticket for a one-way trip. Deals are sometimes given on Facebook and Twitter for lastminute getaways, sometimes for as low as $9 for one-way.

The airline had its inaugural flight in June this year, the month Delta announced its de-hubbing of the Memphis International Airport.

While Delta does some things well, Sisson said, legacy carriers— that is, major airlines—are no longer interested in routes less than 500 miles.

“We’re the only (airline) in the country operating on this model,” Sisson said. “Memphis to Birmingham will never happen again on a legacy carrier. There’s a need to take people from major population centers in the

region.”

Because the airline operates smaller aircrafts, Southern Airways customers can bypass many of the hassles that the Transportation Security Administration regulates for major airlines. Travelers can park for free at the smaller airports and walk up to the plane, where the captain will greet customers and take their bags for no fee.

“We aren’t going to tell you to throw away your shampoo bottles,” Sisson said. “That’s not the system we have in place.”

Legacy carriers have been making nationwide cuts on features and adding fees, but Southern Airways has been adding amenities to their flights. The airline just included an iPad for every seat, complementary to use during the flight, along with use of Bose headphones.

“With a major airline, you’re sitting right next to somebody,” Sisson said.

“Sometimes you have a window, sometimes you have an aisle, but you’ll be sitting very close to somebody. Our

seats are spread out. You have more space. Every seat is a window seat and an aisle seat. It works out really well for people who are larger, taller or claustrophobic.”

Though some may enjoy those amenities, flyers who enjoy the convenience and efficiency of major airports may have to sacrifice some for the price of a Southern Airway ticket. The airline operates out of smaller airports, like the General DeWitt Spain Airport located in downtown Memphis on 2nd Street, which can put travelers on outskirts of town depending on the location.

Despite just opening this summer, Southern Airways is planning its expansion to large southern markets.

As the airline continues to expand to different cities, Southern Airways plans to keep pricing the same, between $129 and $249 for one-way flights. Limits may be made in the future in the amount of lower-price tickets, but tickets will never cost more than $249.

“We may raise the basement, but we won’t raise the roof,” Sisson said.

In early August, Southern Airways Express announced that during the fall, it will be providing flights from Memphis to

GOP leaders commemorate King as they struggle to reach black voters

By Ben Kamisar MCT

WASHINGTON — As thousands of people congregate in Washington to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, Republican Party leaders met Monday to once again take a new step forward engaging black voters.

It has been decades since the days of overwhelming black support for the party of Abraham Lincoln. Instead, national exit polls showed that 93 percent of black voters cast their vote for President Barack Obama in his 2012 re-election.

“Our party has a rich, proud history of equality, freedom, opportunity,” Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, said Monday at a luncheon commemorating the March on Washington. “But we don’t tell our story anymore. We’ve lost the history of this party, because we don’t tell it.”

Priebus was joined at the event

by Republican leaders, including Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, who helped lead

the past two reauthorizations of the Voting Rights Act. In his remarks, Sensenbrenner committed to restoring the legislation, which aims to protect minority voters from discrimination in access to the polls, after a pivotal piece was deemed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.

“The first thing we have to do is take the monkey wrench that the court threw in it, out of the Voting Rights Act, and then use that monkey wrench to be able to fix it so that it is alive, well, constitutional and impervious to another challenge that will be filed by the usual suspects,” Sensenbrenner said.

The issue of voting rights has become politicized, with Republicans fighting to buck the notion that they are against the protections. Republicancontrolled states including Texas, North Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama passed or pushed forward more rigorous voter ID laws after the Supreme Court decision, drawing a sharp contrast to remarks by the Republican establishment. Priebus also stated his

support for voting rights protections at the luncheon.

Michael Steele, who was the first African-American to serve as the chairman of the RNC, said the GOP must dispel the “genuine” perception held by many that Republicans condone voter suppression and it must get serious on its support for voting rights.

“I hear what you are saying at a luncheon. ... I appreciate the sentiment, I’m a huge admirer of Mr. Sensenbrenner,” Steele said. “But OK, let’s start with a group of senators and House Republicans introducing the next version of the Voting Rights Act, instead of introducing bills calling for an investigation into Barack Obama’s birth certificate.”

Steele said that at this point “yet another restart, yet another luncheon, yet another conversation (has) gotten old.” The GOP has recently made multiple efforts to reach out to black voters, but Steele said that, in his view, real outreach starts from the ground up, not from the top down.

“I don’t think you can do

this from the national level,” he said. “This is not about the national party dropping dollars into a state; it’s about how well a state is going to commit itself to actually doing the hard work of rebuilding and rebranding the party with a community that it has lost face with for over 50 years.”

The party’s current plans play off of that ground-up approach, hiring “RNC ambassadors” across the country to engage with communities, RNC deputy press secretary Raffi Williams said in an email.

Hilary Shelton, the director of the Washington bureau of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, called the party’s willingness to address these issues “heartening.”

“The question now before us is, which party will lead on the agenda that’s so crucial to our communities?” he asked. “Who’s going to talk about the fact that over 60 percent of our children are raised in households that are at or below the poverty line — and not just talk about it, do something about it?”

Birmingham, Ala. There will also be flights to Atlanta, Ga. and Knoxville, Tenn.

Anyone looking for a budget option to fly into Atlanta would benefit from the Southern Airways flight, Sisson said, which takes travelers right into DeKalb-Peachtree Airport.

For the students who love the beach, there will be daily flights to Gulf Shores, Ala., as well as a weekend getaway service to Gulfport, Miss. after Labor Day. There may even be student discounts for those two-flight routes in the future, according to Sisson.

David Cohen, a junior computer science major, visits New Orleans once a year but drives the six-hour trip.

“The drive isn’t bad, but a train is $100 roundtrip,” Cohen said. “($129) is closer to a price I’d be willing to pay if I wanted to fly.”

Cohen said Southern Airways could fill an untapped market in Memphis, attracting students who like to take beach trips because of the competitive pricing.

“It will absolutely be beneficial (to them)” he said.

Students can find more information and buy tickets by visiting Southern Airways at http:// iflysouthern.com.

uuConvo Continued from page 1 football team and keep that support even after graduation. Aside from meeting new students, group members can gain career experience that can assist them in their future aspirations.

“You get experience outside of the classroom which helps build confidence both inside the classroom and with your future,” Betsy Loe, assistant director for the University’s honors program, said.

Loe hopes students who join campus RSOs will gain confidence from extracurricular work, which will help them be more involved in their classes.

Students who missed the RSO Fair can get information about groups on campus by visiting the student leadership section of the U of M website.

There they can find contact information for all the RSOs on campus.

If students can’t find a group that fits their interests, they can create one of their own. All they need is 10 verified current student members, a constitution and a faculty or staff advisor.

For more information, visit memphis.edu/student_leadership/organizations.htm.

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Fresh Tiger blood gathers for New Student Convocation

By Samantha Esgro

news@dailyhelmsman.com New students can often feel overwhelmed by their surroundings on the first day, week, month, or year of school. Luckily, those students got to attend the New Student Convocation.

Each year at the convocation, a guest speaker comes to encourage future graduates. This year, Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee came to urge new Tigers to make themselves as independent as possible.

“Number one is to throw 100 percent of yourself into mastering something,” Corker said.

He also said it is important to create a bold vision for life.

“It may seem out of reach, but you have to keep going, because one day you’ll look back and see how many steps you’ve taken,” Corker said.

Before leaving, Corker said people who master something must give back to their community.

After students watched a video about the history of the University of Memphis since its birth, Brad Martin, interim president of the U of M, made his debut.

Martin was a Tiger when the U of M was still Memphis State University. From there, he became a Tennessee state representative through opportunities he encountered in his college career.

Forty years later, Martin has followed Corker’s advice and has returned to the U of M to “give back.”

“There will be difficult times, but there are people here who are committed to your success,” Martin said.

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Martin created an acronym for Memphis to illustrate to the class of 2017 what U of M is all about.

According to Martin, “MEMPHIS” stands for Mission, Excellence, Memphis, Physical, Home, Integrity and Speed.

Upon entering the Rose Theatre, students were given a packet they were told not to open until the appropriate time. When this time came, the contents were revealed to be a tassel, a U of M pin, a mock passport and a booklet of U of M traditions.

The tassel is supposed to represent the long-term goal of graduation, according to the provost David Rudd, who was dressed in his academic regalia.

“We are here to ensure your success,” Rudd said.

The pin is intended to remind students of the pledge they took as a group during the convocation to be “dreamers, thinkers and doers.”

The traditions book is included to give them a history of the U of M and a passport card to encourage students to study abroad or participate in internships.

After explaining the contents of the packet, Rudd introduced the faculty leadership who were also wearing their robes. These included the deans of each school on campus.

Some of those traditions include dress code for sports competitions (always wear Tiger Blue), as well as lyrics for the Tiger Fight song and the U of M alma mater.

“I feel a lot more comfortable now after this presentation,” freshman nursing major Sara Kennon said.

“There is nothing like being a Tiger,” Martin said.

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College students with bipolar disorder can face added pressures, obstacles

By Margot Pera

news@dailyhelmsman.com Some of the names have been changed.

At first, Mary Niles kept up with her school work but then started missing class for weeks at a time.

“There would be some weeks I would not leave my room,” Niles recalls. “My roommates would bring me food and check to make sure I was still breathing, but they were just as powerless over my condition as I was.”

Mary Niles was 17 when she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder during her freshman year of college at University of Texas at Arlington.

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, of the 5.8 million people diagnosed with bipolar disorder, at least half are diagnosed before age 25. For young people with the illness, succeeding in college can be more challenging than for those without the illness.

Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that affects a person’s energy, mood, activity levels and ability to carry out daily tasks. There are several types of the disorder that affect people in different ways.

“I wasn’t convinced of the diagnosis, and the side effects of the medicine made me uncomfortable, so I stopped taking it,” Niles said. “I rationalized if my grades were good, I couldn’t possibly be mentally ill.”

A common danger among people diagnosed with bipolar disorder is a refusal to take medication or period of absence from medication.

she was just joking, but then she “A lot of bipolar people are medication adjustments.

Niles moved to Memphis short- started screaming and crying and artistically or musically inclined,” Cathy Pollard, a counselor at ly after completing her outpatient begged me to watch the house for Lakeside Behavioral Health program and moved in with boy- people trying to cut her baby out.’”

Pollard has seen patients act Systems, said. “They feel that friend, Stan Banks.

“The psychologist I saw was out in harmful ways during a being prescribed a substance that controls their mood limits their very unhelpful and seemed more manic state, such as going on lavcreativity. The patients also do concerned about passing time ish shopping sprees and acting out not like something else being in than helping me,” Niles said. “That sexually.

“I came home from work one was when I decided that I am betcontrol of them.” day, and the whole kitchen counNiles was on a scholarship for ter off without meds.”

Pollard thinks that some of ter was covered in knick-knacks music. She maintained her grade point average for three semesters patients’ distaste for medication from the Dollar Store,” said but was hospitalized four times may be the side effects like sleep- Banks. “Grace had spent $300 at lessness, weight gain, increased the Dollar Store alone and was during her college career. outraged when I questioned her “I had a very personal rela- anxiety or increased depression.

Some patients also enjoy the about it.” tionship with Mairiko and took a Niles said one of the most liking to her instantly,” said Jena high of their mania and are willing harmful Grant, a characterretired istics of m u s i c being in theory a manic professor.

1. Bipolar I, where the person has manic episodes so severe s t a t e “When I they can drift into psychosis is this learned 2. Bipolar II is defined by a period of depressive episodes “unshakof her shifting back and forth with hypomanic episodes, but withable feelstruggle out the propensity to drift into psychosis as in Bipolar I. ing that with the 3. Bipolar disorder not otherwise specified (BP-NOS) is when you are illness, a person exhibits manic episodes but not depressive. right, and I tried 4. Cyclothymic disorder is a more mild form of the disorder everyeveryin that the episodes of depression and mania shift back and one else thing I forth over a span of a couple years, not weeks or months as is trying could to is common in the other forms. to harm accommodate her in terms of assign- to risk the depressive or psychotic you.”

Virginia Ryells, an art student ments and what not. She told me episode that accompanies it.

Banks had a little knowledge at a private college in Memphis, I was one of the few teachers that about bipolar disorder from read- struggles with an eating disorder understood her illness.”

According to Pollard, stress is ing articles he found online and as well as bipolar disorder.

“I was diagnosed with bipolar a big contributing factor in terms attending family workshops but of “pushing a patient toward a did not really understand the at 18 and have been struggling severity of the illness until he wit- on and off with bulimia for about psychotic or depressive episode.” three years,” Ryells said. “The After she dropped out of col- nessed a psychotic episode.

“She walked into my room obsession with being thin makes lege, Niles checked into a longand told me aliens had artifi- me want to go off my meds, so I term psychiatric hospital.

She stayed for four months, and cially inseminated her, and she can become manic and not eat for after she was discharged, she con- was carrying their child,” Banks days on end.”

Ryells said that when she was tinued to see the psychologists for said. “I laughed, because I thought

there are four types of bipolar:

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first diagnosed as bipolar, she would check into treatment almost weekly for even minor conflicts.

“I would literally be in class at and talk myself into checking into the psych ward, because the teacher was stressing me out with all of her questions,” Ryells said. “I would call my parents and have them come with me. This would happen two or three times a month.”

Ryells’ mother, Jill, knew very little about mental illness prior to her daughter’s diagnosis.

“I just thought the constant in and out to the psych ward was normal in the beginning, so I went along with it,” Jill said. “After attending a few workshops and family sessions, I realized Virginia had started to believe that she had no control of her illness and was sort of manipulating us with it.”

Ryells said that looking back, she was using her illness as an escape, a way to abdicate personal responsibilities.

“I do not think I was consciously choosing not to deal with my problems, but I honestly thought that treatment would be the magic cure. It was nice to have a place where I couldn’t binge and purge,” Ryells said, “It was almost like a sanctuary where I could give myself permission not to engage in eating disorder behaviors.”

When Ryells was put on the mood-stabilizing drug Lamictal, she gained about 70 pounds in three months. Her binging and purging began to spiral out of control.

“I was horrified by my inability to stop eating,” Ryells said.

Ryells checked into the Transformation Center, an eating disorder program in Memphis.

She felt he staff was very affective at adjusting her medicine.

After her discharge from treatment, Ryells began attending outpatient therapy regularly, changed her diet routine and attending free support groups for people with bipolar disorder.

“My binging would spike my blood sugar up and down, exacer-

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Football wraps up preseason camp

By Hunter Field

sports@dailyhelmsman.com While the majority of students are busy with the start of the new school year, the dawn of the semester brings a welcome break for the University of Memphis football team.

The Tigers practiced 19 times over 16 days, and head coach Justin Fuente decided to give the team a two-day break after the conclusion of their preseason camp on Saturday, capped off by a scrimmage.

“Guys will have a couple days off, and we need to do a good job using that,” Fuente said. “We are heavy legged and tired. We need some rest. They have done a good job fighting through it.”

Fuente said he was pleased by Saturday’s scrimmage and said the less experienced players, veterans and special teams all got some valuable reps and practice.

“We were trying to get some of the specific things that can happen in special teams situations,“ Fuente said. “It was a little more of a player development scrimmage, I would say, than a scheme or side of the ball scrimmage.”

The Tigers notched three rushing touchdowns and one pass.

Redshirt senior Jai Steib made it to the end zone from five yards out, freshman Tearris Wallace ran four yards for the touchdown and redshirt sophomore Carl Harris had a three-yard drive.

Redshirt senior Jacob Karam threw the Tiger’s only score through the air with a two-yard pass to redshirt junior Keiwone Malone.

Saturday’s scrimmage marked one week since redshirt freshman

Paxton Lynch was named the starting quarterback over Karam, who started every game last season.

Fuente said he made the decision to promote Lynch based on his improvements since last spring.

“We’re talking about a kid who has done everything we have asked him to do since he has been here,” said Fuente. “We have watched him steadily get better with every practice. That being said, we still know that he is young. We will have to do a great job coaching and putting him in good situations.”

Fuente said there are still a few positions that need to be filled and hinted that changes could be coming over the next few weeks and said he and his coaching staff are trying to find people that can be trusted in a game situation.

The Tigers face Duke in the season opener on Sept. 7 at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

Fuente said he wants to use this off week to acclimate the team with their regular season game routine.

After taking Sunday and Monday off, the Tigers plan to get back at it today with a hard practice. Slightly lighter practices are set for Wednesday and Thursday.

On Friday the team will conduct their normal pregame rituals and finish the week with a walkthrough game on Saturday at the Liberty Bowl.

Fans are welcome to participate Saturday as part of FanFest.

Spectators can tailgate in Tiger Lane, watch the mock game and go down to the field to get autographs and photos after the walk through.

FanFest starts at 11 a.m. with the walk-through game set to start at noon.

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By Corey Carmichael

sports@dailyhelmsman.com High school graduation marks the end of the road for most people’s athletic careers, but the University of Memphis offers a wide variety of intramural sports to keep students active.

Students have the opportunity to compete in everything from basketball to the slightly less traditional inner-tube water polo league. The intramural office provides an activity for almost everyone.

“I had a great time just going out there and hanging out while playing,” said Ryan Sudduth, a senior at the U of M who played in both the intramural football and basketball leagues. “It was cool to have a lot of people come out there to cheer us on.”

The sports are divided into two categories: team sports and one-day sporting events. Some of the team sports offered include softball, football, volleyball, basketball, soccer, wallyball, tug-o-war and floor hockey. The one-day sports are bowling, table tennis, turkey trot, three-onthree basketball, billiards, racquetball, ultimate Frisbee, tennis and golf.

Despite the name, some one-day sports can last up to four days.

While these are the main sports offered, the intramural office said it is always looking for new sports to improve the intramural experience.

This fall, the office is adding a version of the popular game Battleship to the list of activities. Teams of four pile into a canoe and try to sink opponents’ “ships” by filling their canoes with buckets of water. Teams are allowed to use shields to block incoming water. The object is to be the last boat floating.

“The exercise and camaraderie are the biggest perks of intramurals,” said Jon Duncan, the intramural coordinator. “Plus, how many times have you played inner-tube water polo or battleship? It is a great way to learn new sports.”

The intramural office said it tries to cater to each team’s schedule but explained some scheduling conflicts are inevitable. Games take place in the recreation center or on the intramural fields. The golf league plays at Links at Galloway or Audubon Park.

There are five intramural divisions: the Greek league, independent league, faculty league, residence league and law school league. Within

each of those leagues, there are women’s, men’s and co-ed teams.

To join a league, participants register online at the intramural sports’ website. People can become a team captain and create a team, join a team by receiving approval from the team captain or they can list themselves as a free agent to be picked up by a captain. Free agents, who do not get picked up, are called to a meeting where they can create teams with other outstanding free agents.

At the end of each regular season, intramural teams faceoff in a postseason tournament to decide the champion. Winners receive T-shirts to commemorate their victory.

Intramural players do not have to worry about going up against varsity players from the U of M. Varsity athletes are ineligible to participate in their respective sports while active on the varsity roster.

For example, a Tiger basketball player would be ineligible to play intramural basketball, but he could play intramural flag football. Teams are only allowed a maximum of two varsity athletes per roster.

Flag football is the first fall sport.

The deadline to sign up is Sept. 5.

Games start Sept. 11.

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uuBipolar Continued from page 9 bating the mood swings,” Ryells said. “I finally gave up sugar and noticed my moods were manageable, but that does not mean I can abandon my treatment completely.”

Jacqueline Geralds, a veterinarian assistant, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at a time when a scant amount of information about the illness was known.

“My mother died in ‘75, my sophomore year of college, and I just completely went nuts,” Geralds said. “I was attending Mount Vernon College in Washington, D.C,, at the time (now George Washington University) and started wandering the streets thinking Dustin Hoffman was looking for me.”

Geralds said she saw a poster of Hoffman feeding a dog through a bookstore window and thought he was telling her to break the window. Geralds threw a rock into the store window, shattering the glass.

“I do not remember the details, but I was told later by family members who spoke to police that quite a few people were looking at me like I was a crazy person,” Geralds said.

Police apprehended Geralds and took her to a hospital where she was immediately sent to a psychiatric hospital in New Jersey.

“My grandmother and brother came to see me. I was so convinced Hoffman was coming to rescue me. I was appalled they did not believe me,” Geralds

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Following her release from the hospital, Geralds was sent back home to Memphis where she lived with her father and earned a degree in art at the University of Memphis.

“I was on Lithium for a while, but stopped taking it because I felt like a robot,” Geralds said.

“I did not have any psychotic episodes like back in D.C. for a decade. A psychiatrist I used to see told me it was all of the exercise I did kept the symptoms at bay.”

She was exercising six to seven hours a day training for triathlons, instructing aerobics occasionally and coaching tennis.

Geralds’ last major psychotic breakdown occurred in the summer of 1998. She locked her children out of their home and made them sleep outside on the porch. She would sit in her car for hours. Eventually, the children’s father found out and took custody away from her.

“I thought God was telling me to do these things. I have never been religious in my life, I hear these ‘God delusions’ are a common part of psychotic breakdowns,” Geralds said. “I ended up wandering the streets of Memphis and being pistol whipped and raped.”

Geralds was put in Memphis Mental Health Institution and later sent to Genesis House, a halfway house founded by Catholic charities. She has not had another psychotic episode since that summer. She attributes most of that to an adjustment in her medication.

“People with this disease are not going to take something that makes them feel lethargic and depressed. Mania just feels too great in contrast,” Geralds said.

“I am so grateful to have discovered this medication, Abilify.

My mood swings are still there, but I am not so out of touch.”

Geralds, like most other people with bipolar disorder, must stay on her medication or will risk lapsing into psychosis.

Mary Niles expressed optimism toward those with bipolar.

“We are normal people, capable of great things,” Niles said.

“We just have a little trouble staying on track sometimes.”

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Women’s soccer picks up second win

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By Meagan Nichols

sports@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis women’s soccer team got the overtime win against Missouri in the blistering heat on Sunday. The game marked the second regular season match for the Tigers and the squad’s second victory.

According to a preseason poll voted on by league coaches, Memphis was predicted to finish sixth in conference play out of the 10 teams that comprise the American Athletic Conference, but two games in, the Tigers are undefeated.

“So far so good,” head coach Brooks Monaghan said. “I feel good about where we are this far into the season. We have had two good tests, but we still have a ways to go.”

Following their preseason exhibition games, the Tigers got the 2013 season underway Aug. 23 with the 2-0 win against Samford, followed by winning the back and forth battle against Missouri two days later.

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The Tigers got on the board early Sunday with the 1-0 lead six minutes into play with a goal by Memphis sophomore Diamond Simpson. The assist came from sophomore Marissa Duguay and junior Kaitlyn Atkins.

Missouri fired back in the 25th minute to tie the game one all. Neither team was able to edge out their opponent during regulation play, and the game was sent to overtime.

The lone senior for the Tigers, Christabel Oduro, netted the gamewinner for Memphis in the 96th minute. Freshman Danielle Tolmais was given the nod for the assist.

Oduro’s goal marked her 33-career goal, which ties the Ontario native with former Tiger and current assistant women’s soccer coach Jodi Grant for the second most goals in Memphis program history. Oduro has totaled 85 career points while at Memphis.

“It was a great win against a quality opponent,” Monaghan said. “I was very impressed at the way they battled for the whole game plus overtime.”

After a shutout against Samford and posting five saves against Missouri, freshman goalkeeper Maryse BardMartel was named the AAC Rookie of the Week as announced by the conference office Monday.

With nine freshmen on the roster this season, the Tigers are a young squad, but the leadership from the returning players has been great, which has made the transition to college soccer easy for the new players, Monaghan said.

“Every year it’s a new team,” he said. “And it takes time to gel, but time will take care of itself, but the mentality has been fantastic. Leadership is everything, and this team is on the same page and is focused.”

The team returns to action Friday at 7 p.m. at Mike Rose Soccer Complex to take on the Vanderbilt Commodores and round out the Tiger’s three-match home stretch.

“Yesterday is in the past,” Monaghan said. “Our eye is on the next game against Vanderbilt on Friday.”

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