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More icy weather forces cancellation of UM classes, events
While Wednesday’s and Thursday’s campus closings got students out of class, they caused students and faculty members to cancel or reschedule dozens of campus events. There were 29 events, meetings and information tables scheduled for Thursday, according to the events page of The University of Memphis website, that were either canceled or rescheduled due to inclement weather and The University’s closing campus. Wednesday, 21 scheduled events were affected by The University’s closing at 12:30 p.m. The basketball homecoming pep rally, originally scheduled for noon Thursday, has yet to be rescheduled for another date, said Student Government Association Vice President K’La Harrington. Harrington, who is in charge of the event, said SGA will attempt to hold the pep rally before the semester ends, prior to the end of the regular season, if possible. Representatives of the Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities canceled a celebration of Frantz Fanon, philosopher and author of “The Wretched of the
Earth,” planned for Thursday night. Their speaker, Lewis Gordon, the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy at Temple University, is also scheduled to speak today at the Philosophy Graduate Student Conference at 4 p.m. in the University Center River Room. He will incorporate the speech he planned for Thursday night about Fanon into today’s presentation. “It is incredibly inconvenient that this is the case, especially since the snow is melting and the roads are now almost totally safe,” Jonathan Judaken, director of MOCH, said Thursday afternoon. “We received many phone calls asking if the (Thursday night) event would happen, and quite a few people were disappointed about its cancellation,” he said. “But they were pleased to learn that we had made alternate plans to still make the event happen in some form.” Rebecca Afua Van Dyck-Laumann, of the international programs department, planned to help host scholarship information sessions Thursday afternoon in Brister Hall. Three speakers chosen to present at the sessions flew to Memphis on Wednesday and left Thursday after-
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Snow, page 4 Firefighters work to extinguish a dumpster fire Wednesday morning. The cause of the blaze has not yet been determined.
Blazing dumpster baffles officials by Aaron Turner
BY ERICA HORTON News Reporter
Members of Sigma Chi fraternity play a game of football out side their house, located on Mynders Avenue. One member even donned a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles outfit for the occasion.
The Memphis Fire Department was called to campus after a dumpster between the Tiger Den and the Edward J. Meeman Journalism Building caught fire Wednesday morning. The fire department received a call about the dumpster blaze around 9:30 a.m. One fire truck rushed to the scene, and the fire was extinguished by 10 a.m.
Wednesday’s dumpster fire was not the first on campus this week, said MFD Lt. Mark Johnson. “This is the second dumpster fire in three days,” he said. “The first one was behind the Panhellenic Building on Monday.” Johnson said he wasn’t sure if Wednesday’s fire was set accidentally, perhaps by a carelessly tossed cigarette butt, or if it was intentionally set by a ‘fire bug’ or arsonist.
On Valentine’s Day, tuba tells a tale of love BY TIMBERLY MOORE News Reporter
For several University of Memphis students and faculty, the sound of love this Valentine’s Day might be a bit lower and brassier than usual. U of M students of the Dan Peritoni chapter of the International Tuba Euphonium association are offering lovers the chance to send a tuba quartet to
serenade their significant others on campus Monday. Tickets are on sale today from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the breezeway between the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music and the Theatre and Communication Building. The tickets cost $15 and include a performance of the purchaser’s choice of one of six songs, including Luther Vandross’ “Always and Forever” and The Temptations’ “My Girl.”
Kevin Sanders, assistant professor of tuba, said that this is the tuba association’s third year offering its romantic services, but the students who created the fundraiser have graduated. “We’re just continuing tradition,” Sanders said. Sanders said giving a tuba valentine isn’t like giving a traditional Valentine’s Day gift — it’s better. “It’s something different to do for your
significant other, and it’s a lot more memorable than chocolate and flowers,” he said. He said no last-minute orders on Monday will be accepted because the players will be busy roaming the campus — in red bow ties and dinner jackets — in search of unsuspecting loved ones to serenade. T.J. Pelon, music performance doctoral
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Food
Valentine’s Day sub promo grabbing attention at uM Local store offers free sandwiches to students BY KYLE LACROIX News Reporter Next week, hungry University of Memphis students will be just one ‘like’ away from a free half-pound sub. Starting Monday, anyone who ‘likes’ Lenny’s Sub Shop on Facebook will receive an e-mail within 24 hours with a coupon for a free sub. Those who already ‘like’ the page will also be able to get a coupon by filling out a short form. “We’re trying to get everyone with this promotion,” said Brent Alvord, president of Lenny’s Sub Shops. “We hope that once people try our sandwiches, they’ll fall in love with them and tell their friends.” The company’s Facebook page currently has over 10,000 ‘likes,’ a number Alvord hopes will increase. “I would like to see the overall fan base rise by thousands, if not by 10,000,”
Alvord said. Lenny’s is a Memphisbased company with a location on Highland, near The U of M. “Facebook was created in the college market and has a strong college following,” Alvord said. “We have a restaurant right there next to The University of Memphis, and as word spreads about a free sandwich, no strings attached, I think people will start coming in.” James Kelly, franchisee of the store by The U of M, said he thinks this promotion will be successful with students. “We already offer a standing 10 percent discount for University of Memphis students with an ID,” Kelly said. “This offer is great — all you have to do is ‘like’ a page, no strings attached.” Kelly said with this promotion, he hopes to attract students from out of town who have not eaten at Lenny’s Sub Shop before.
“The goal is to expose the students, especially the ones not from here, to the quality and local brand here in Lenny’s,” he said. “This is how we do it in Memphis.” The deal, which ends Feb. 20, already has several U of M students interested. “As long as it’s something simple, like you can just ‘like’ their Facebook page and get a voucher, then I think it’s a good idea,” said Corey Neal, sophomore computer engineering major. “I mean, I like subs.” Neal said the timing of the deal struck him. “It is kind of funny that they’re doing it on Valentine’s Day, though,” he said. “I mean, what better way to show your love for someone besides giving them a free half-pound sub?” “I’m not much of a sandwich person, but I’d probably still take advantage of it,” said Valerie Wilson, junior marketing major. “(I’m a) poor, hungry college student.”
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Homecoming campaign tactics receive mixed reviews BY CHELSEA BOOZER News Reporter Snow shut down The University of Memphis on Wednesday afternoon and all day Thursday, but Basketball Homecoming queen candidate Stephanie Claybourne didn’t let it shut down her campaign. Claybourne, senior integrative studies major, sent an 85-word e-mail promoting her candidacy to nearly every student at The U of M on Thursday morning. The e-mail said, “Plz tella friend to tella friend to vote for STEPHANIE CLAYBOURNE,” and it also added, “Who’s better to represent than a member of your BLUE CREW!?!” Claybourne said she sent the message to approximately 65 students at a time, and the entire process took more than
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from page 1 student, is in his second year performing for Valentine’s Day. He said he enjoyed playing for couples last year, which is why he decided to do it again. He said that it also helps tuba players everywhere. “It gets the tuba, which is not that well-known of an instrument, some recognition and helps raise funds for the association,” Pelon said. He said the group played for President Shirley Raines last year. Mark Bonner, junior music education major, said playing for Raines was the high point of last year’s performances. “It was my first time meeting her,” Bonner said. “She was nice and excited to hear us play.” He said that last year was the first year they pre-sold tickets, and they moved more than half of the 40 slots available. Bonner has participated in the fundraiser since it began and said that if he had to, he would do it for free. “It’s fun,” he said. “Seeing the faces on the significant others is awesome.” Bonner’s most memorable moment came when he decided to get the quartet together to play the tuba for his girlfriend his freshman year. “She enjoyed it a lot and was embarrassed, but I am sure she will remember it forever,” he said. And, Bonner said, they’re still together.
eight hours. She said she has spent a lot of time on campus campaigning, but the campus closings due to weather didn’t allow her to canvass as much as she’d like, so she decided to send the student body an e-mail. Claybourne said she thought the mass e-mail was a way to reach more people but received mixed results. “I got a few ugly responses from the e-mails,” she said. “All those things that have happened were in some ways discouraging.” Students who have their University of Memphis e-mail account forwarded straight to their cell phones were alerted to the e-mail between midnight and 5 a.m. Thursday. “I get my e-mails sent to my phone, and it woke me up out of my sleep. Therefore,
she won’t receive a vote from me, and I won’t ‘tella friend,’” junior information technology major Michelle April said in a Facebook post. Claybourne said she thought about how people react to a random e-mail from someone they don’t know before she sent hers. She said she was aware some people would think it was spam but decided that “the ability to say, ‘Hey, I tried,’ is worth more than not trying at all.” “I want to show everybody if you really want something, you have to go all-in to get it,” Claybourne said. “You may not get everything you are seeking, but you will get nothing without trying.” Her other campaigning techniques have also garnered both positive and negative reviews, she said. Claybourne said she got
moved to another day. Black Scholars Unlimited had planned to host “Dollar for a Stack” in the University Center atrium. Students could guess how much money was in a jar, and whoever guessed correctly would win the money. The event, a fundraiser for a Great Pretenders benefit concert for the Ronald McDonald House charity, was ultimately rescheduled for Monday and Tuesday. “It kind of was (inconvenient) because we told those who guessed (the amount of money in the jar) that we would
e-mail the winner on Friday,” said junior international business major Ciara Arrington, BSU’s activities committee chair. “However, I can understand that the weather did (have) a major impact on the decision of The University’s closing.” Several registered student organization meetings were canceled due to weather, as well as a rehearsal for the Miss Black and Gold Pageant and The University of Memphis Wind Ensemble concert, originally scheduled for Thursday night.
funny looks from some people when she walked around campus handing out flyers, and some students said they didn’t even know it was homecoming week. “I had one person tell me this whole thing (homecoming) was a waste of time,” she said. Homecoming king candidate Tyler Ricossa, senior logistics and supply chain management major, said he was surprised and shocked when he received Claybourne’s e-mail at about midnight and doesn’t share Claybourne’s campaigning views. “I feel that the entire point of Basketball Homecoming is for students to be able to support Tiger athletics and show their Tiger Pride,” he said. Some students said they would have voted for Claybourne because of her dedication to campaigning, but the
grammar she used in the e-mail caused them to think otherwise. “I would have voted for her based on persistence and ingenuity until she used the word ‘TELLA,’” Jackie Hicks, sophomore nursing and biology major, wrote in a Facebook post. “I absolutely DESPISE words like that … TELLA, HOLLA, BRUH, AYE, MANE, JUNT.” Artice Carter, sophomore nonprofit development and administration major, said candidates should have been campaigning sooner. “Thanks for the e-mail, Steph — you were late though. I already voted,” Carter said. Junior exercise and sports science major Samantha Fong said she too had already voted. “I didn’t vote for (Claybourne). I had already voted when I voted for Tyler (Ricossa) like a few days ago,” she said.
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Events
UM students’ bands get united for concert BY CHRIS DANIELS News Reporter For live music lovers itching for a fix before the Beale Street Music Festival in May, a daylong, 40-band festival Saturday might appease their cravings. “Our Scene United,” a music event featuring the bands of several University of Memphis students, will rock The Arbor at Hope Presbyterian Church on Saturday from 9:20 a.m. to 11 p.m. The day’s performances feature local bands that encompass a wide variety of genres, from heavy metal to acoustic folk. The festival is the brainchild of Won’t Look Back Booking founders Taylor Agee and Ryan
Gill, U of M senior organizational leadership major. Won’t Look Back has brought wellknown bands, including A Day To Remember, The Devil Wears Prada, Manchester Orchestra, Say Anything and Underoath, to the Memphis area since 2007. Agee, a 2010 U of M graduate, said he hopes to unite local bands at the festival and wants Memphis music lovers to come together. “This show that we’re doing (tomorrow) for Our Scene United is poised to be our biggest show ever,” he said. “It means a lot to all the bands playing.” The goal of doing this, Agee said, is to appeal to people who
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want to find out what kind of local bands Memphis has to offer. “We want everything together in one show, all genres,” he said. “We’re hoping to get a bunch of new people out, and hopefully everyone will find at least something they like at the show.” Agee said a lot of the bands headlining the event have the opportunity to be signed and make it big in the music world. Metal band Here Lies Heart is one of those, Agee said. Formed in 2009, Here Lies Heart mixes heavy, fast drumbeats with ambient and rough guitar riffs for its melodic sound. The band plans to release a six-song EP before February’s end. “We like to have something everyone can appreciate even within one song,” said Austin Thomas, U of M sophomore geology major and the band’s guitarist. “Overall, we like to put a lot of emotion into our music.” Thomas said Our Scene United is great way to go see seven shows all rolled into one. “It’s like a fest,” he said. “Music all day for $10.” Headlining the event is Tom Foolery, a four-piece pop-rock band that has played with nationally known bands We The Kings, Hey Monday and
The Cab. Tom Foolery bassist and U of M sophomore Jared Stanfield said the goal of Tom Foolery’s music is to provide a positive and fun atmosphere for its listeners. “It has an uplifting kind of tone to it,” the real estate major said. “Something that’s generally accepted for anyone to listen to.” Stanfield said most shows stick to a certain genre, but “Our Scene United” combines a lot of local bands that would never play together. “I’m looking forward to meeting a lot of bands I’ve never heard,” he said. “It’ll be cool to listen to a lot of new bands and a lot of cool music. I’m super stoked, and I plan on hanging out all day.” Chris Ford, head of the Arbor ’s show staff, said the Arbor holds up to 850 people standing and has been hosting shows for about two years. Ford said Hope built the Arbor to provide a show venue that wasn’t in Downtown or Midtown. “Our goal was to give kids a safer and closer environment,” he said. The event will be organized into three continuous sessions. Bands will play from 9:20 a.m. to 3 p.m., and an acoustic session will begin afterward and last until 6:30 p.m. The remain-
ing bands will then plug back in and finish the show, playing until 11:00 p.m. Ford said attendees of teh show will enjoy the variety of music. “The reason it’s called Our Scene United is because we want everybody to come together and form one scene,” he said. Ford said safety precautions will be observed, and anyone caught fighting will be kicked out. “They do get a little rowdy,” he said of typical crowds at the venue. “But it’s controlled chaos.” On the festival bill, bands that feature U of M students include Tom Foolery, Here Lies Heart, the Summers, Never Forgotten, Revolution, Constellations, Lake Effect Kid and Shallow Waters. A $10 cover charge for the festival can be purchased at the door or in advance from members of participating bands. All ages are welcome, and audience members who buy tickets in advance will be entered to win a $150 door prize. U of M students who come will hear something they like, Tom Foolery’s Stanfield said. “Maybe you like Tom Foolery. Maybe you don’t, but there’s definitely going to be a band for you,” he said. “There are genres all over the board.”
Environment
House panel plans to overturn EPA’s finding on climate change BY RENEE SCHOOF McClatchy Newspapers
Republicans on the House of Representatives energy committee on Wednesday aired their proposal to block the Environmental Protection Agency from reducing greenhouse gases and to reverse the agency’s scientific finding that climate change is dangerous. While the plan might be blocked in the Senate or vetoed by President Barack Obama, the comments during Wednesday’s hearing were a fresh indication of the depth of opposition in Congress to action on reducing U.S. carbon pollution. Supporters of the measure to revise the Clean Air Act to take away the EPA’s authority to regulate this type of pollution said that curbing emissions would be too costly. The EPA’s planned regulations “would boost the cost of energy, not just for homeowners and car owners, but for businesses both large and small,” said Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., the author of the legislation. “EPA may be starting by regulating only the largest power plants and factories, but we will all feel the impact of higher prices and fewer jobs.”
The EPA’s main plan so far is to write regulations that would set standards for heattrapping gases emitted by new or upgraded power plants and refineries. The standards would be met mainly through efficiency improvements. Congressional opponents of EPA action haven’t offered an alternative plan to cut emissions. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson testified that the agency would estimate the costs after it wrote the regulations. The Clean Air Act requires the agency to show that its plans are cost-effective and technologically feasible. Jackson said Congress would be wrong to overturn the EPA’s 2009 “endangerment finding” that greenhouse gases are a threat to American health and welfare. “Politicians overruling scientists on a scientific question — that would become part of this committee’s legacy,” she said. She cited the National Academy of Sciences, the government’s chief science advisory body, which has reported that “there is a strong, credible body of evidence, based on multiple lines of research, documenting that the climate is
changing and that these changes are in large part caused by human activities.” Scientific organizations have said in recent years that global temperatures are rising as a result of the accumulation of heat-trapping gases, mostly from fossil fuel use, and that the risks to the planet will increase if these emissions aren’t cut. Upton has said that global temperatures may be rising but he’s not convinced that human actions are the cause. The Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that the EPA must regulate greenhouse gases under the law if it found they endangered human health and welfare. Then-EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson recommended in a letter to President George W. Bush in 2008 that the administration impose curbs similar to the ones the agency now plans. “The latest science of climate change requires the agency to propose a positive endangerment finding,” Johnson wrote. Committee Democrats released his letter Tuesday. The Bush administration in the end rejected greenhouse gas regulations and didn’t allow the EPA to make its endangerment finding public.
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World
Around the University of Memphis campus, a combination of several inches of snow and ice led to the cancellation of classes Wednesday afternoon and Thursday. On-campus fraternities took time to relax, while local felines ventured out for a stroll. photos by Aaron Turner
Loveline’s Valentine’s Day Messages Darling, I just wanted to tell you how much I love you. You are the only light in my life. I’ll be yours, only yours, forever. That, I promise. -Bella
Happy Valentine’s Day, Ms. Ann Hudson: You have been my Sweet Heart for thirty-four years, and I look forward to the next thirty-four plus year of your sweetness. Love you – James
Hey, Rika Hudson, Happy Valentine’s Day: I love you, man! You are your daddy’s little sweetie pie and I love you very much. Do you want a kissy, honey? Smile – Dad
Happy Valentine’s Day K-bear. I hope you enjoy your spoiled “over-rated” day. lol I’m sure you’re blushing right now because you weren’t expecting this :)
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Christopher D. Bland, I’m so blessed to have someone like you. You are my best friend and my loving boyfriend. I love you, and I’ll always love you forever, even after God calls me home. -xoxoDionne N.
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Mubarak refuses to turn over reins Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused to step down Thursday but said in a nationally televised speech that he would hand more authority to his vice president, a move that drew rage and bewilderment from hundreds of thousands of protesters packed into Cairo’s Tahrir Square. The nation was anticipating an address that would mark the end of Mubarak’s 30 years in power but instead was told he was going nowhere. Protesters shouted “leave, leave,” and chants of disapproval echoed across the Nile at the prospect that the 17-day standoff with the government was not over. “For the benefit of this country, I have decided to assign the tasks of the president to the vice president, according to the constitution,” he said. Mubarak spoke like a leader aloof from the demands of millions of his people and increasing pressure from the United States and other Western powers. He said his government would work on constitutional reform, punishing abusive security forces and preparing a transfer of power leading to September elections. None of that satisfied protesters whose central goal is for the 82-year-old former air force commander to leave office. Delegating more authority to Vice President Omar Suleiman was viewed by many demonstrators as keeping intact the vestiges of Mubarak’s ruling establishment. Mubarak did not make clear what duties Suleiman — the country’s former intelligence chief and one of his confidants — would assume. Hours before the speech, a senior army commander appeared in Tahrir Square and told protesters that all their demands would be met. Their rallying point has been Mubarak’s removal from office. It was later announced that the president would be addressing the country. A mood of celebration settled over the square. But after the speech, Tahrir filled with chants of “Down, down with Mubarak!” The announcement came after two days of warnings by top Egyptian officials, including Suleiman, 74, that the army might stage a coup if protests didn’t stop.
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Mubarak came to power in 1981 upon the assassination of his predecessor, Anwar Sadat, by Islamic militants. He imposed a state of emergency throughout his threedecade-rule and used his ruling party and security forces to crush political opposition, winning re-election repeatedly in balloting that was widely condemned internationally as fraud-ridden. If Mubarak’s rule ends, it would reverberate across the Middle East, where protests and unrest in recent weeks have engulfed Yemen, Jordan and Algeria. It would mark the end of an era and leave the region without one of its most prominent leaders and a trusted U.S. ally.
Local food deserts at center of author’s speech BY ERICA HORTON News Reporter
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BY JEFFREY FLEISHMAN Los Angeles Times
Egyptians erupt in anger as they react to President Hosni Mubarak’s speech, broadcast on Tahrir Square in Cairo, in which Mubarak announced that he was not stepping down or relinquishing power entirely.
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An inspirational speaker, author and founder of the national Quality Foods for Everyone Program, Chet Sisk is coming to The University of Memphis to raise “food consciousness” in Tennessee. Sisk will speak in the University Center Fountain View Room on Friday, Feb. 18. His speech, “Food Fight: How to Bridge the Food Divide Before Things Get Really Ugly,” will address the problem of the many urban areas considered “food deserts,” places lacking access to fresh food. Memphis has several, he said. Sisk said the Quality Foods for Everyone program aims to bring
an oasis to food deserts around the country by partnering with Whole Foods Market to provide fresh, healthy food to homeless shelters nationwide. “When people donate food to shelters, it’s the worst food you can think of — food in cans, macaroni and cheese in a box, “ he said. “People were donating the food and saying, ‘If I don’t eat it, somebody will.’” People with poor immune systems are being fed bad food, which can worsen health complications such as diabetes and heart disease, Sick said.. “So I went to Whole Foods and said, ‘Help us do better,’” he said. “This is social entrepreneurship. It’s an organization dedicated to getting
info out.” Sisk’s latest book, “Think This, Not That,” focuses on conventional wisdom, food and food deserts. He said for every book sold, $2 goes to homeless shelters around the country. As the food for the shelters is bought wholesale, even $2 goes a long way, he said. “I want to increase food consciousness and get people to stop and say, ‘What am I putting in my mouth, and how is this going to affect the quality of my life?,” Sisk said. Kenneth Reardon, professor and director of the city and regional planning department, said Memphis has a serious problem with food access and security and that he is very excited about Sisk’s ideas.
“The state of Tennessee is the 46th healthiest in the nation, and Memphis is one of the major reasons the state’s overall health profile is so bad,” he said. “Look at the problems we face in South Memphis. In some parts of that area, there is not a fullservice food store within two square miles, which presents a problem for families trying to gain access to fresh, affordable food items.” Last summer, The University partnered with St. Andrew African Methodist Episcopal Church to create the South Memphis Revitalization Action Plan. Dozens of local organizations are now joined in the effort to complete community renewal, Reardon said. “The program has a major health and wellness component, including
access to healthy food,” he said. “Last summer, The University assisted St. Andrew (in starting the) South Memphis Farmer’s Market, which attracted 200 shoppers per week when it opened. It was the first real access people (in the South Memphis area) had to fresh fruits and vegetables in more than two decades.” Tom Mendina, assistant to the dean of University Libraries, helped coordinate Sisk’s visit and said he hopes the program enhances students’ awareness of the city that surrounds them. “Food is pretty basic,” he said. “I think that students, in their line of inquiry and concern and hopefully involvement in social issues, would be concerned.”
Off-campus Memphis provider offers thrifty health care BY CHRIS SHAW News Reporter For University of Memphis students without health insurance, the Church Health Center on Peabody Avenue has fit the bill for more than two decades. “As a full-time student and part-time employee at The U of M, I didn’t make enough money to afford the college’s health insurance plan,” U of M alumna Beth Spencer said. “So whenever
I had a scratchy throat or uncontrollable cough, the CHC was there to help me out.” The CHC has provided health care at minimal costs to uninsured citizens of Shelby County since 1987. To be a patient at the CHC, you must prove that you are employed, uninsured and a resident of Shelby County. Men must work 30 hours per week, and women must work 20 hours per week. Jeff Hulett, spokesperson for CHC, said the main goal of his
organization is to help the people of Shelby County maintain a healthy lifestyle. “People are still thinking we are just a clinic for the uninsured,” Hulett said. “What they don’t know is that we have a comprehensive wellness center with amenities you’d find at the YMCA.” Those amenities include cooking classes, a nutrition kitchen, a child care area and a heated pool. The latest addition to CHC is an 80,000 square foot gymnasium,
one he hopes will attract plenty of people, Hulett said. “Our gym has no mirrors as well as a strict code,” Hulett said. “We want people to feel comfortable about working out. There is also a spiritual element there if people want it.” Alexandra Burnett, undecided freshman, said the CHC was one of the first things she looked up when she moved to Memphis. “I wanted to make sure I’d have somewhere to go if I got
sick, and it turns out I became a patient just a couple months after I moved here,” Burnett said. The new programs offered by the CHC don’t come with a cost increase, Hulett said. Spencer said the CHC made her strive to live a healthy lifestyle. “It encouraged me to take extremely good care of myself so I wouldn’t get sick,” she said. “They have tons of amazing workout programs and even a cooking class that encouraged me to live better.”
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u of M releases roster for 2011-’12 conference The University of Memphis football team will open its 2011-2012 season with a home game against Southeastern Conference up-and-comer Mississippi State. The schedule, released
Thursday, also features a nonconference home game against Austin Peay in week three. The Tigers open up Conference USA against the Southern Methodist University Mustangs on Sept. 24. The two teams did not meet last season due to C-USA rotation. UTEP, Tulsa and Houston fall off the
FULL SCHEDULE: Sept. 3 — Mississippi State Sept. 10 — at Arkansas State Sept. 17 — Austin Peay Sept. 24 — SMU Oct. 1 — at Middle Tennessee Oct. 8 — at Rice Oct. 15 — East Carolina Oct. 22 — at Tulane Oct. 29 — at UCF Nov. 12 — UAB Nov. 19 — Marshall Nov. 26 — at Southern Miss
Tigers’ schedule. Four of The U of M’s five games in October will be on the road, starting with a trip to Murfreesboro, Tenn., on Oct. 1 to face Middle Tennessee State University. MTSU was the only team the Tigers defeated last season. The Tigers have a late open date Nov. 5 and return to action Nov. 12 in the annual Battle for the Bones game against UAB. The U of M closes out its regular season schedule Nov. 26 in the 61st Black and Blue Bowl against Southern Miss. Six of the 12 teams on the Tigers’ 2011-’12 schedule participated in bowl games last season. “This is a quality schedule filled with quality opponents that will hopefully give us a number of opportunities for national exposure on television,” U of M coach Larry Porter said. C-USA, which opted not to renew its contract with ESPN, is entering the first year of a new television deal with Fox Sports Networks. The league’s games will be broadcast on FOX Sports, which is available in over 115 million households nationwide, and FX.
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Despite his struggles recently, U of M coach Josh Pastner is committed to keeping freshman Joe Jackson as his starting point guard. Jackson is averaging 9.5 points and 3.7 assists but leads the team in turnovers with 3.5 per game.
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He’s the self-proclaimed “King of Memphis.” So, on the court, the Orange Mound native doesn’t just hear the whispers of fans. In the crowds at FedExForum looking on are Jackson’s neighbors, his childhood friends, former teachers, former coaches and, most importantly, his family. They all want to see him succeed. He wants to succeed for them. But the pressure from his
Carmouche for the game-winning 3-pointer. Other times, he passes when he should shoot. He shoots Growing up in Memphis is when he should pass. He turns hard. the ball over too much. It’s grimy. It’s rough. It’s In the last two games, cutthroat. The inner city has Jackson, who was known for his regressed into urban decay. prolific scoring in high school, Playing college basketball in was scoreless. His minutes have Memphis is even harder. dipped drastically. Freshman starting point “It’s (about) patience,” guard Joe Jackson is doing Jackson said. “I’ve just got both. And he’s struggling. to keep pushing Who can fault through.” him, really? Sure, U of M coach he was a five’m a big believer in Joe Josh Pastner is cerstar prospect out Jackson. He’s going to be a tainly being patient of White Station High School, but great Tiger, a terrific Tiger, with Jackson. He’s the only a scouting service can’t evaluate when it’s all said and done.” player on the roster who has started responsibility. — Josh Pastner in all 25 games this The University of Basketball coach season. Even with Memphis basketball the recent playing program isn’t just a sport — it’s a beacon of light. peers can be overbearing, and time reduction, Jackson is still It’s a glimmer of hope. When right now, the 5-foot-11 Jackson fourth on the team in minutes The U of M basketball team is having trouble shouldering played, with 23.8 per game. the load. “I’m a big believer in Joe wins, so does the city. Jackson is learning a new Jackson. He’s going to be a great The Tigers (18-6, 6-3 Conference USA) give the hap- position. He wasn’t a true point Tiger, a terrific Tiger, when it’s less Memphis community some- guard in high school. He’s being all said and done,” Pastner said. faced with decisions he’s never “He maybe hasn’t played to the thing to believe in. When Jackson signed to play really had to make before. The best of his ability, but that’s part for Memphis last year, it meant guy behind him on the depth of it. He has gotten so much betmuch more than the end to a chart, freshman Antonio Barton, ter from where he started.” The biggest challenge for the McDonald’s All-American’s happens to be pretty good. Sometimes, Jackson shows freshman isn’t making a crisp recruitment. It was almost a why he was so heralded out of pass or reading defenses. That realization of a civic duty. Jackson isn’t the only high school. He breaks presses stuff comes easy for Jackson. It’s Memphis native on the roster. effortlessly. He gets to the rim himself. See, Jackson’s struggles Freshmen Tarik Black and Chris whenever he feels like it. In the don’t exist on the court in the Tigers’ 76-75 win at Southern form of a defender who thinks Crawford also grew up here. But Jackson is the city’s prod- Miss on Jan. 19, Jackson deliv- he can exploit his size. He feeds igal son. He’s highly talented. ered the assist to junior Charles off that. Everything is mental for Jackson. He’s his own worst enemy. He has to realize that he can’t save his team or city alone. But that’s exactly why he’s got teammates like Tarik Black. What was the first thing Black did the morning after the thriller of a road win against Central Florida on Wednesday? He went to Jackson’s room. He consoled him, and that’s because Black understands what Jackson is going through. The big man struggled, just like Jackson, earlier in the season. While Black was in a slump, he talked to his older brother. So now, while Jackson is going through one of his own, Black’s guiding him through it. “I’m here for him. I’m going to continue to talk to him, stay in his ear,” Black said. “To see him walk in his room everyday lately and just be down, kind of, it just hurts me. But I have to continue to be a brother to him and just help him through.” Jackson will get through. The jump shots will start to fall for the city‘s favorite son. He’ll learn how to run the offense. His decision-making will improve. He’ll master the art of drawing a block instead of being called for a charge. He’ll stop making errant passes. He’ll hurdle the mental blocks. And, ultimately, he’ll make his fans — his fellow Memphians — proud. “It’s just a matter of God turning the corner for (me), you know,” Jackson said. A matter of God and time.
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Military’s cease-fire breaks down in Southern Sudan BY Juan O. Tamayo McClatchy Newspapers Clashes erupted Wednesday and continued Thursday between a breakaway commander and the former rebel military of Southern Sudan, killing at least 16 people and ending a key cease-fire just months before the war-torn region is set to emerge as the world’s newest nation. The Jan. 5 agreement signed between the Southern Sudan army and rebel George Athor helped pave the way for the undeveloped region’s peaceful referendum on independence Jan. 9-15. Southern Sudan is set for nationhood in July after 99 percent voted in favor of separation. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir certified the result Monday. “The cease-fire is now broken,” said Philip Aguer, a spokesman for the Southern Sudan military, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army. The referendum was the core part of a 2005 U.S.-brokered peace deal between Sudan’s Arab government in the north and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army, ending decades of conflict between the regions that killed 2 million people. Athor, a former Sudan People’s Liberation Army chief of staff, took up arms against Sudan’s southern government in Juba after a failed gubernatorial bid in April 2010 elections, claiming that the poll was rigged. Two lesser-known militia leaders launched separate uprisings at the same time. None have been fully squelched. In the run-up to the referendum, Salva Kiir, the leader of Southern Sudan, granted Athor amnesty, which culminated in the cease-fire deal last month just days before the polls opened. On Wednesday, Athor’s men attacked the towns of Dor and Fangak in Southern Sudan’s Jonglei state, Aguer said; four southern soldiers and 12 of Athor’s men were killed. Athor also planted land mines along a road in the area that detonated on two Sudan People’s Liberation Army vehicles, Aguer said. Fangak had been captured, but the southern army retook it. Fighting continued Thursday. “We are still waiting for the number of casualties today. But there are casualties,” Aguer said Thursday. Athor denied being the aggressor, telling the Sudan Tribune website Wednesday that the southern army attacked him first. The renegade commander is known for giving highly inflated casualty figures for the southern army when he’s talking to the news media. More than a dozen civilians have been confirmed dead from the fighting in Fangak, according to Boutros Rwai, the head of a local human rights group and a native of the area. Athor’s
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McFerrin achieves 50th win at Tulsa BY SCOTT HALL Sports Reporter University of Memphis women’s basketball coach Melissa McFerrin recorded her 50th win as coach of the Tigers in a 74-58 victory at Tulsa on Tuesday. The Tigers (18-6, 7-3 Conference USA) utilized a 20-2 run in the second half to fend off the Golden Hurricane (5-12, 1-8 C-USA) after trailing by two, 29-27, at halftime. Redshirt freshman guard Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir led the Tigers in scoring with 12, and
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