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Widespread Panic causes frenzy at Newby’s By Freddy Hodges
news@dailyhelmsman.com This weekend, Widespread Panic, an alternative rock band, comes to the Mid-South to rock the Snowden Grove Amphitheater. One Highland Strip bar and venue is particularly excited. Newby’s is sending three party buses to the show and bringing all the passengers back for a little taste of New Orleans. From New Orleans comes a “Big old musical gumbo,” the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. For 35 years, the group has traveled the world sharing their music. The Newby’s appearance is an opportunity to promote “Twenty Dozen,” the band’s first studio release in six years. Navid Nia, a junior English major at the U of M, has never seen a live DDBB show, but owns a live album. “It’s dirty. It’s like a Muddy Waters kind of sound. From the horns to the timber of the singer’s voice it’s a bit rough, not necessarily course, and swinging,” Nia said. The show is sure to be wild, Cody Hilder, a bartender at Newby’s said. “We prepared three buses to the Widespread Panic show in Southaven, and we booked Dirty Dozen Brass Band for the afterparty, because they’re awesome,” Hilder said. DDBB has been to Newby’s at least five times, according to Hilder, and they “always rock the place out.” “I like the atmosphere of Newby’s,” said Nia. “It’s hometown-y, college-town-y. Grab a beer and find a place to stand and watch. You always run into someone you know.” Newby’s booked the band to play an after-party for the Widespread Panic stop. “We have a lot of Spreadheads (Widespread Panic fans) that
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Opinions differ on racial segregation in Greek life By Amber Williams
news@dailyhelmsman.com Greek life is about establishing bonds with other people that can last for a lifetime. To join a sorority or fraternity, a student has to meet certain qualifications. However, some organizations have recently crossed a line in their selection processes. Sororities at the University of Alabama have been accused of denying black pledges based on the color of their skin.
About 50 years ago, segregation was abolished, but, for some, race is still just as prevalent now as it was then. Delta Sigma Theta vice president and journalism major Kirstin Cheers, 22, believes that Greek organizations at the University of Memphis are segregated and what happened in Alabama could easily happen here. “I don’t think it’s accidental at all,” she said. “It’s not just going on in predominantly white organizations — it’s going on in the black organizations, too.” She compared it to people wearing
indecent church clothes. “You are thinking it, but you don’t want anyone to know you are judging them,” Cheers said. “I think (racism) it’s natural; we mimic the ideas that we learned from (being in) the South,” she said. “I believe you are naïve if you do not see racism as a problem.” According to Cheers, the predominantly black sororities and fraternities are extremely discreet, and that discrimination in Greek life is done unconsciously. She also stressed the importance of
these organizations sticking together. “We are oppressed. We know there is discrimination. We know there are more of them than there are of us. Whether you like it or not, (blacks) are a minority.” The sororities and fraternities on campus are in three different groups. The Interfraternity Council is the predominantly white fraternities, the Panhellic Sororities are the white sororities and the National Pan-Hellenic Council is the predominantly black fraternities and sororities.
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Wharton wants Memphis students to stay
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Mayor AC Wharton spoke to leaders of college and university organizations Thursday at City Hall. Students from the University of Memphis, Rhodes College, Southwest Tennessee Community College and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center attended the event.
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Mayor AC Wharton met with college student organization leaders to discuss their roles in the city of Memphis and its government on Thursday at City Hall. The mayor said he wanted to solidify reasons for students to stay in Memphis after graduating.
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“You can impact what we do here,” he said. “This is your city today.” The mayor spoke to the city council chamber of about 40 students from different colleges in the area, including University of Memphis, its sister school Christian Brothers University, Lemoyne-Owen College and
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Rhodes College. He wanted students to know that, even as individuals, they have a voice, and they have to speak up and say what they want in their city. “We want to develop a city culture where we value you, right now,” Wharton said. Even those who don’t consider themselves residents of Opinion
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Memphis, Wharton said even those who utilize city services and even eat at McDonald’s can consider Memphis his or her city. He also emphasized the importance of “building people along with factories” and increasing human capital in Memphis.
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A conversation with the mayor, a waste of my time By Lisa Elaine Babb
news@dailyhelmsman.com About a week ago, I received an invitation to have a conversation with Memphis Mayor AC Wharton. Babb I was one of numerous leaders from student organizations at colleges and universities in Memphis invited, and I was pumped. The idea of getting to have a real conversation with one of the top leaders of our city was thrilling. I had so many questions I was dying to get answered. I couldn’t wait to be a part of a discussion about the issues that we as Memphians face everyday like rising tuition costs, poverty, revitalization, crime, community, education and development.
I should have heeded my father’s advice — if something is too good to be true, it probably is — and taken my invitation with caution and skepticism. The event was scheduled to last an hour and a half. I was shocked that the mayor would take that much time out of his day to talk to us - he is, understandably, a very busy man. Well, he didn’t. He was there for about 30 minutes, which would have been more than enough time for a thorough, honest conversation, but that’s not what happened. John Carroll, the executive director of city leadership, moderated the discussion, asking the crowd questions like “What do you like about going to school in Memphis?” and “What would make you want to stay in Memphis after graduation?” I thought this line of questioning would just be used to energize the crowd and spur conversation, but it ended up constituting the majority
of the event. About five minutes were set aside at the very end for students to bring their concerns to the mayor — enough time for two short questions — and, as with most public relations stunts, time was set aside for a group photo. While Wharton did comment on everyone’s responses, he seemed more interested in talking than actually hearing the legitimate concerns of those whom he invited to the event. So, I ask Mayor Wharton, let’s do this again, and let’s do it right. You say you want to hear from students and that their opinions are valued, but those are just words without action to back them up. Invite us back, but next time, let us be the ones to ask the questions. If you want an open dialogue with the young leaders of today, let us be the ones to ask the questions and make us feel like you are taking our concerns to heart.
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come to the bar. They’re the number one band played on our jukebox,” Hilder said. “It’s gotten to the point where a lot of the people that work here are anti-Widespread Panic.” The venue booked three buses for the Friday and Saturday night shows. They’ll be taking fans to the Snowden Grove Amphitheater in Southaven, Miss., and bringing them back to Newby’s later.
uuGreek Continued from page 1 Alelia Higgenbottom, a sociology Major, is the president of NPHC. “Your character matters more,” said Higgenbottom. “I have never seen a case at the U of M where someone was denied because of color.” She used 20-year-old Adrian Osborne as an example of that. Osborne, a white male junior, just joined Phi Beta Sigma, which is a part of the “Divine Nine,” the nine black sororities and fraternities at U of M. “It’s life. We live around each other. We have to get along. Yes, we had our (race) problems, but that was then. We need to live for the now,” said Osborne. “There’s segregation because of longevity rather than racism,” Higgenbottom said. Prataj Ingram, a political science major, said people are racist rather than the organizations as a whole. “People are people regardless of where they are,” she said. “I don’t think it’s segregation as much as it is what the people naturally go with.” “Our greek system is very different than other SEC (Southeastern Conference) schools,” Addison
see RACIAL on page 3 At 3 p.m., guests can arrive to have drinks and hang out. At 6 p.m. the buses will leave for the WSP show and will come back around 9 p.m. for the DDBB show. Newby’s doors open at 8:30 p.m. for those not interested in the Widespread Panic buses but would like to hear a bit of New Orleans. Dirty Dozen is scheduled to arrive at 10:30 p.m. Saturday’s schedule will be similar but will feature the New Orleans Suspects and the Winslow Family Band for the after-party.
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Sports uuRacial Continued from page 1 Piggot, a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, said. Piggot does not think that race is a problem for the Greeks, although he does admit that his fraternity is mostly white. “We function differently in recruitment,” he added. “(However), we all do homecoming together and Greek Week together.” When it comes to selecting members, for Piggot, race does not affect the decision. “We want people with certain core values, and we take grades into account.” Piggot is from Franklin, Tenn., and he joined his fraternity because of the family-like closeness of it. Although he does not see discrimination in U of M’s Greeks, he does have a different opinion of Memphis as a city. ”Memphis has more racial tension (than where I’m from),” he said. Matt Hotz, an economics major and president of Kappa Alpha Psi, had more of a neutral aspect of things. “It depends on your viewpoint,” Hotz said. “You align yourself with people of similar values. There’s always room for improvement even in this day and age.” He found the situation in Alabama to be “sad.” He has a friend there who personally told him that race is a “very strong topic.” Hotz is biracial, but he, along with his twin sister, were introduced to a lot of different ethnicities growing up. “My parents woild say ‘never let that (discrimination) be a stress-point for you on why you didn’t get something. Use your knowledge, charisma and personality to achieve things’,” he said.
Tennis teams set to face top opponents this weekend By Meagan Nichols
sports@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis men and women’s tennis teams are scattered throughout the country this weekend to compete in preseason tournaments. Four of the seven members of the men’s team will compete in the exclusive University of Virginia Ranked +1 Invitational, while the women’s squad sends four of the team’s five returners to the Country Club of Little Rock Collegiate Invitational in Arkansas and two Tiger freshmen to the Amelia Island 10K in Florida. Seniors Cedric De Zutter, David O’Hare and Joe Salisbury and junior Connor Glennon are the four Memphis players in Charlottesville, Va. this weekend to compete against some of the country’s top ranked players. In order to receive an invite to the tournament the players have to be nationally ranked in singles or doubles. Glennon is the No. 91 ranked singles player in the country and O’Hare and Salisbury are the No. 18 ranked duo in doubles. De Zutter will count as the team’s +1 and will play doubles with Glennon. “It’s a big honor to be invited to these prestigious fall tournaments,” said men’s head tennis coach Paul Goebel. “That’s kind of a reflec-
tion of where we are building this program up to be, where we are getting invited to all of these big tournaments.” Goebel said the competition at Virginia will be difficult, since everyone in the field is nationally ranked. “We need to play those kinds of matches rather than just go in and dominate a different level tournament, if we want to improve on last year’s finish,” he said. On the women’s side, the Tigers can also expect a tough slate of competition at both tournament sights with nationally ranked and amateurs players expected to attend. “There are seven to eight nationally ranked singles players in Little Rock and four nationally-ranked doubles teams,” Goebel said. “The competition will be high level, and that’s just what we need. We have a solid group returning from the best team in program history, so it’s nice that our first outing is a chance to pick up right where we left off. Amelia Island will also be solid competition for the freshmen. They will face not only college players, but some of the best amateurs in the world.” After graduating Courtney Collins this past spring, one of the program’s standout players, Walker said nobody can fill her shoes, but explained all five of the returners
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Conference USA named sophomore Skylar Kuykendall Freshman of the year last spring. This weekend marks the University of Memphis women’s tennis team’s first preseason matches of the year. on this year’s team are talented and have the potential to shine. Walker said he expects senior Stefanie Mikesz and junior Alyssa Hibberd to take the lead on and off the court for the Tigers. “They are more than capable of defeating any player in the country, singles and doubles,” he said. “More importantly, they are well equipped to lead our team enthusiastically and wisely.”
Walker said practices have gone well thus far and said the team is focusing on fitness, nutrition, footwork fundamentals and consistency this year. “We have the talent to beat the best on any given day,” Walker said. “But we are going to hammer the basics over and over this year, so that we don’t have streaky losses, and so we can still be tough on our off days.”
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Football team to host Volleyball looks to bounce Red Wolves Saturday back to winning ways By Courtney Smith
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The University of Memphis football team will play the Red Wolves of Arkansas State University at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
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sports@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis football team is back at home this weekend to try and earn their first win of the season. The Tigers are set to battle the Red Wolves of Arkansas State University (2-1) at 3:30 p.m. at the Liberty Bowl Memorial
uuWharton Continued from page 1 “I always hear people say ‘young people are the leaders of tomorrow,’” Wharton said. “If you open your mouth, you’re the leader of today.” The meeting was described as “a conversation with the mayor,” but only two questions were asked by students during the session. One of the initiatives, Choose901, was featured as a way to spread the word about places and events around the city. The website helps promote the city even to those who don’t live in Memphis in order to attract more tourists and potential residents. Ricky Kirby, president of the Student Government Association at the U of M, said the meeting was a great way for student organizations to work together across different campuses to achieve common goals. “All of the colleges of Memphis together — we don’t really do anything collaboratively,” Kirby said. “We each do a lot of things that are good for the community. If we all came together, as a variety of people from different backgrounds, we could do some
Stadium. Saturday’s game will be the 58th time since 1914 the two schools have battled. Memphis leads the series 28-23-5, with the Red Wolves winning four of the last five meetings. A member of the Sun Belt Conference, the Red Wolves destroyed the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in their season opener on Aug.
31 with a 62-11 win, fell to Auburn University 38-9 the following week and defeated Troy University 41-34 on Sept. 12. The Tigers go into Saturday’s game with a 28-14 season opening loss to Duke University on Sept. 7 and the devastating 17-15 loss to Middle Tennessee State University this past weekend.
real good for the city.” By student organizations getting involved together, each would be able to work on problems that apply to their campus, but the ability to work a citywide team would open the door for more issues to be addressed. “For instance, if Rhodes (College) wants some more bike lanes, then I could help them do
that,” Kirby said. “And maybe (Mayor) Wharton will help me get more crosswalks.” At the meeting, Wharton asked for students to get involved by emailing or calling the mayor’s office to give their opinion about the city. “Tell us what you want us to do,” Wharton said.
The University of Memphis volleyball team will try to put the devastating 3-1 loss earlier this week to Arkansas State University behind them, as they turn their attention to the Tiger Invitational Tournament this weekend. April Jauregui, head volleyball coach for Memphis, said she was very disappointed about the team’s performance against Arkansas State on Tuesday. “To be honest, that was the worst game we have played all year,” she said. “We didn’t play well at all. I couldn’t believe how we were playing.” The Tigers host the Tiger Invitational Tournament this weekend at the Elma Roane Field House. This year’s Memphis squad goes into the weekend’s matches with an overall record of 6-4, going 2-2 at the Field House and 3-1 on the road. “I think we are progressing well,” Jauregui said. “I see progress in them every game. They look good and are improving every game, besides the match against Arkansas State. Chemistry wise, this is the best team I have coached. They play well together and communicate with each other on the court. We still have a ways to go.” Memphis’ first match is Friday against La Salle University at 1 p.m. and against the University of Arkansas at Little Rock at 7 p.m. “We watched video on them (La Salle) playing Temple, a team that we
will have to play in our conference this season,” Jauregui. “We’re preparing for them by practicing and working on our mechanics.” Jauregui said her team is currently struggling with their mental toughness. “We have to work on the mental side of the game,” she said. “The physical side is just as important as the mental side. We have to get mentally tough, but we are physically there.” This team is loaded with talent, and it starts with the freshmen Jauregui said. McKenzie Hayes, a 6-foot-1-inch freshman is one of the Tiger’s young standouts. “McKenzie Hayes has caught my eyes,” Jauregui said. “I knew she was talented, that’s why we recruited her. She has done a great job. For her to come in and start as a freshman is a great thing.” Hayes was named Freshman of the Week for the American Athletic Conference on Monday afternoon after her performance last weekend, averaging 2.92 kills. With the Tigers set to play their first two matches Friday and their third match Saturday at noon against Austin Peay University, Jauregui said the fans play a major role. “It is great that the fans come out,” she said. “People have been supporting us. On Saturday, on purpose we play before the football game so people wouldn’t just focus on the football game. I am hoping for a big turnout. The students are a big part of our support. It is good to see Tiger Nation at the games.”
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