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Russell’s Take: Thanks to Me Helmsman sports editor Joseph Russell offers his final thoughts
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Helmsman Vol. 78 No. 061
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by Brian Wilson
SGA bills making headway in class, at Forum Red and black ‘for sale’ signs taped to the campus art building on Tuesday listed the contact phone number of University President Shirley Raines.
Art for sale BY ERICA HORTON News Reporter
The two-story, two-bathroom Art Building centrally located on campus is apparently for sale. Red and black “Home For Sale” signs listing the office and fax number of University President Shirley Raines were taped to the building’s windows Monday afternoon. Others surrounded the building, including “Fabulous 1700 SQ. FT GUEST HOUSE” and “REMAX.” Executive assistant to the president
David Cox and Arlene Abernathy, administrative secretary in the office of the president, said they were unaware of Raines’ new interest in real estate. “I can assure you it’s not for sale,” said Cox, representative to the president’s office while Raines is out of town. Dwayne Butcher, sculpture professor, said the signs were done by student Cody Dalrymple for an assignment dealing with the number 50. Dalrymple, senior fine arts major, said her work is a protest piece
intended to draw attention to the Art Building’s poor upkeep and general disarray. She said five studios leak when it rains, the bathrooms don’t get cleaned as often as they should and the ventilation system in the ceramics room was just updated this year to meet health and safety standards. “I used Raines’ number because it needs to be brought to her attention,” she said. “I mean, I’ve never seen her in here.”
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Men’s Basketball
Morris twins lead Kansas over Tigers BY JIM O’CONNELL Associated Press Markieff Morris had 16 points and his twin brother Marcus added 14 to lead No. 4 Kansas to an 81-68 victory over No. 13 Memphis on Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. Tyshawn Taylor had 13 points and Thomas Robinson added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Jayhawks (8-0), who had lost in both of their previous appearances in the event that raises money for the V Foundation, a cancer research project that has raised over $100 million. Will Barton scored 16 points to lead the Tigers (7-1), who are 1-2 in the Jimmy V and who have lost four straight against
Kansas, including the 2008 national championship game. Kansas had trouble with turnovers in the first half, finishing with 12, which was more than its average for a game this season (11.9). The Jayhawks opened the second half on an 11-4 run to take a 48-39 lead with 16:08 to play. Suddenly the turnovers stopped and the Jayhawks started defending hard on the perimeter, stopping the Memphis guards from driving. The Tigers missed 16 of their first 23 shots in the second half and Kansas took advantage of the poor shooting, taking a 67-54 lead on a jumper by Marcus Morris with 6:19 left. Memphis didn’t get closer than 10 points the rest of the way
with Kansas’ biggest lead coming on a 3-pointer by Brady Morningstar that made it 74-59 with 3:33 to play. Marcus Morris had eight rebounds and Markieff grabbed seven for the Jayhawks, who finished with a 44-31 advantage on the boards. Chris Crawford had 15 points, 12 in the first half when he was 4 of 6 from the field. The Jayhawks didn’t give many open looks in the second half and he made one of four shots in the final 20 minutes. Kansas shot 57.1 percent for the game (32 for 56), just above the Jayhawks’ percentage entering the game (56.9). The Jayhawks finished with 22 turnovers, seven above their previous high this season and Memphis had 14 steals and turned those miscues into 29 points.
BY SCOTT HALL News Reporter A new SGA bill could provide University of Memphis students the chance to buy cheap parking for Tiger basketball games at FedExForum. SGA President Hunter Lang said the bill, which was passed in the SGA senate last week, would allow students to purchase a 13-game, $20 parking pass in a secure lot near the arena. Lang said he expects to veto the bill for now, however, as it may not be financially feasible for next semester. “There’s a lot of problems with that bill,” Lang said. “We don’t have $13,000 in our budget to spare on the parking lot. Second, we would have to figure out who would sell the tickets, manage the money and how they would be divvied up. But we plan on doing it later.” e’ve SGA Senator Tyler DeWitt just got to said that while find the he likes the idea, he felt he money ... too had to vote The budget against it. “It was realis tight right ly aiming to tack a lot on to now.” the SGA budget, which has — Michael Bowen already been SGA Senator allocated,” the junior accounting major said. “It wasn’t written in a manner that we could actually support because the budget had already been approved. It was honestly asking for money to be taken from a non-existent account.” SGA senator-at-large Michael Bowen, who originally proposed the bill, said its problem was the lack of funding. “We’ve just got to find the money,” he said. “I don’t think we’re really looking at changing anything major in the bill. The budget is tight right now.” Lang said he would like to work with U of M administration to get funding for the project in the near future. “This is a good idea,” he said. “This isn’t the first time it’s been brought up, but it is the first time we’ve had a bill about it. But I would think people would
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