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Vol. 78 No. 103

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Student Government

by Aaron Turner

DeWitt defeats Lang for presidency

SGA President Hunter Lang and President-Elect Tyler DeWitt react to student body election results, presented in a closed meeting in the University Center at 3 p.m. Friday. Lang will retain his position until April 14.

Tyler DeWitt was elected president of the Student Government Association in last week’s SGA election, defeating incumbent president Hunter Lang by 154 votes. DeWitt’s party, United Students, won 22 of the 36 offices elected.

Students also approved a referendum

that will increase student fees by $5 during the 2011-’12 school year. The increase will fund the USA Today Collegiate Readership Program and provide more funding for registered student organizations and recreational centers on campus.

Newly elected SGA President DeWitt and Vice President Rachel Goodwin, DeWitt’s running mate, were greeted

Education

Anonymous $1M donation bolsters recently created UTeach program

BY Erica Horton News Reporter The University of Memphis’ UTeach Memphis Program has received a $1 million gift from a donor who asked to remain anonymous.

The program, started last fall, stems from a partnership between the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education. It offers science, engineering, mathematics and technology students the opportunity to become certified elementary and high school science and math teachers after graduation.

Henry Kurtz, dean of arts and sciences, said the UTeach initiative was modeled after a national program started in Texas.

UTeach is one of four programs of its kind in Tennessee and one of 16 in the nation.

The donation will help start the UTeach Memphis Scholars Program, which allows STEM students who participate in the UTeach program to receive scholarships and paid internships that involve community outreach.

with congratulations by a small crowd of peers and faculty Friday evening after election results were announced during a closed-door University Center meeting.

“I was very happy with the turnout we had (in voters),” DeWitt said. “And though it is a very happy time for the United Students party and everyone elected, it is also a great responsibility for the United Students party and everyone

who was elected because we promised accountability and also results, so it’s our duty to make sure we are true to our word, and we model the way of the student body.”

Lang shook DeWitt’s hand at the close of the meeting and wished him well.

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UM basketball legend Larry Finch dies at 60

BY John Martin Sports Editor Former University of Memphis basketball coach and player Larry Finch died of natural causes Saturday.

He had been hospitalized on and off since October.

“What you saw with Larry is what you got.

Some people can fake. Larry was not a fake,” said Southwest Community College coach Vertie Sails, who coached Finch when he was at Melrose High School. “Larry had the ability to pull people together, not only on the basketball court but in life.”

Finch, 60, played guard for the Tigers from 1969 to 1973 and was head coach from 1986 to 1997.

Finch’s health had been on a rapid decline since 2001, when he suffered a heart attack and multiple strokes.

“Larry Finch is one of the two most important figures in the City of Memphis’ history, along with Elvis Presley,” U of M coach Josh Pastner said.

“Larry surely will be missed, but his spirit will continue to be with us.”

Keith Easterwood, a Memphis-based AAU travel team coach, met Larry Finch when Finch was a player at Melrose.

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BY Chelsea Boozer News Reporter

Former U of M basketball coach and player Larry Finch passed away Sunday, leaving a legacy rich in athletics and community service.

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2. The votes are in

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3. Study: sexual orientation a 2-way street

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4. Pastner begins search for new assistant

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5. GOP looks to slash Pell Grant funding

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State

Ned McWherter, ex-governor, House speaker, dies

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BY Joe edWards Associated Press

Former Tennessee Governor Ned McWherter, pictured here at the 2010 Governor’s Luncheon at the West Tennessee Strawberry Festival, lent his name to The U of M’s library.

Ned McWherter, a one-time factory worker who became a millionaire businessman and twoterm Democratic governor after two decades as a legislator, died Monday afternoon. He was 80.

Madelyn Pritchett, his longtime assistant, said McWherter died after a battle against cancer at Centennial Hospital in Nashville where he had been taken Saturday.

McWherter, of Dresden, was governor from 1987 to 1995, following 20 years in the Legislature — and 14 as House speaker. He also was political adviser to Bill Clinton during his presidency.

A child of sharecroppers, he became a millionaire through various business enterprises before entering politics.

As the state’s 46th governor, he supported education improve-

ments — called the “21st Century Classroom” — that put more computers and technology in classrooms, increased teachers’ pay, shrunk class sizes and gave local school boards more control.

During his second term, McWherter promoted TennCare, a plan to expand health care coverage by placing Tennessee’s Medicaid program for indigent care under management of the private sector. It exists to this day.

He was a member of the U.S. Postal Board after he left the governor’s office. Mike McWherter, his son, lost the race for governor in 2010 to Bill Haslam. Mike McWherter was at his side when he died, Pritchett said.

Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.

“Governor McWherter was a true statesman who cared about this state and its citizens,” Haslam said.

The Palmersville native grew up on a small farm on which his parents were sharecroppers.

He figured his own worth when he was elected governor in 1986 was about $5 million. His stock portfolio alone was worth more than $1 million. Yet when he opened his 1986 gubernatorial campaign, he had a folksy theme and told supporters: “I’m one of you, I’m one of you.”

McWherter was known for his down-home approach to politics and life. “I know every hog path in Tennessee,” he once said. He was a hefty 6-foot-4 and resembled actor Dan Blocker, who was “Hoss” on the old “Bonanza” TV show.

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years in the Legislature at that time.

Former Vice President Al Gore said McWherter “fused the demands of tough executive management with the authentic touch of the common man.”

Former President Jimmy Carter called McWherter “one of the most effective and finest public servants I have known.”

“Our nation has lost a great leader, and I a trusted friend,” Carter said in a statement.

McWherter’s successful business career began as a shoe factory employee who borrowed money to start a children’s shoe factory of his own. He later started a truck line, bought a beer distributorship and bought and sold an oil distributorship. His business interests also included a nursing home and he held stock in several West Tennessee banks. He usually was unchallenged for political power in his region and became a state legislative giant.

He campaigned for governor with the promise to give Tennessee an honest, evenhanded government — protecting the past’s values while meeting the future’s economic demands.

“In government, there are always those who claim that things should be done differently.

But no one can stand here today and dispute the economic growth we have enjoyed over the last 40 months,” he said while running for re-election in 1990. He opened his bid for that race by saying he never again would run for public office.

McWherter emphasized his management of the economy and construction of more than $300 million worth of prisons during his first term. The groundwork for the prison construction had been laid in a special session of the Legislature in 1985, when Republican Lamar Alexander was governor.

Alexander said Monday that McWherter “was one of our state’s finest public servants and a close friend.”

McWherter also completed an

aggressive road-building program that connected distant counties to interstate highways with four-lane roads.

He supported education improvements, dubbed the 21st Century Classroom, which would put more computers and advanced technology in classrooms, increase teachers’ salaries, reduce class sizes and give local school boards more control.

“I am convinced that providing our children with a 21st Century Classroom is the most important challenge I will ever have,” he said.

An economic recession and his own reluctance to embrace a state income tax intervened before he had done a complete selling job on an economic reform package that included a 4 percent state sales tax and a 4 percent income tax.

As a result, it took the Legislature two years to pass his 21st Century Classroom reforms and it was financed initially with a half-cent increase in the sales tax that earmarked $230 million for local schools.

It was the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court nullified the poll tax that a tax, passed in the name of education, had been earmarked for education.

After leaving office, he remained interested in politics, often campaigning for Democratic candidates, including future Gov. Phil Bredesen and Gore.

“Ned’s life was a genuine American story, from shoe salesman to governor, never losing his bearings on the journey,” Bredesen said.

He also stumped for his son in 2010. He told The Associated Press in a September 2010 interview that he told his son he would campaign for him as much as possible.

“I’m not able to travel as much as I did in the past,” he said. “But I can still hobble around a bit.”

In a September 2010 event for Mike McWherter’s campaign, Clinton cited the elder McWherter’s key role in helping him carry Tennessee in his presidential elections.

Those races were the last times a Democratic presidential candidate won in the state. President Barack Obama, by contrast, lost Tennessee by 15 percentage points in 2008.

The elder McWherter reflected on his time in public office at Bredesen’s January 2003 inauguration, when he sat with other former governors.

“I enjoyed my public service in Nashville, and the people have all been good and kind to me,” he said. “I’m enjoying my retirement.

I guess I’m a content, happy man.”

McWherter had eight bone spurs removed from his back in late 2008 and spent several weeks recovering.

In February 2002, McWherter had a cancerous tumor removed from his right lung. Describing it as “half a box of cigars,” Pritchett said at the time all the cancer was removed and a full recovery was expected.

In 1998, he had a pacemaker implanted after complaining of lightheadedness and dizzy spells when he awoke in the morning. In 1995 McWherter had a malignant polyp removed from his colon. He also suffered from failing eyesight in his later years.

He also is survived by a stepdaughter, Linda Ramsey.

McWherter’s wife, Bette, died in 1973.

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Entertainment

BY MiCheLLe CorBet News Reporter

The cover of the June 23, 1992, issue of the tabloid Weekly World News featured a story and photo of a half-bat, halfboy discovered in a cave. More than 18 years later, Bat Boy’s story will be told through song at The University of Memphis.

The Department of Theatre and Dance’s production of “Bat Boy: The Musical” will overtake the Mainstage Theatre beginning April 14.

The staged tale of the halfboy, half-bat premiered in Los Angeles on Halloween of 1997.

It has since been produced in theaters throughout the world.

The musical portrays Bat Boy’s aspirations to be accepted by a society that only fears him for his differences.

“It’s so easy when you’re different from someone to instantly lump them into something and go after them — verbally attack, physically, just get rid of the disease,” said Copeland Woodruff, director of “Bat Boy The Musical” and assistant professor of opera.

The show also deals with the societal matters of racism, hypocrisy, revenge, scapegoats and forgiveness. It shows how men can be divided by differences and how society can transform them into warring

groups, Woodruff said.

“Man has been so vulnerable since the beginning, so we form groupings,” he said.

“Groups band together to decide between ally or foe — now, we have groupings of religion, nationality (and) political views, and we demonize through social groups.”

Though the show features plenty of serious content, it is often delivered in a comedic way, said assistant director Chris Carter.

“Although the themes are heavy, the show is very humorous, very ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ or ‘South Park’-like,” he said.

Marketing representatives from Weekly World News are traveling to The University of Memphis to see The U of M’s production, Carter said.

“There will be people from all over traveling to The U of M to see this show,” he said.

“It’s a cult classic, like ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show.’”

“Bat Boy” falls into the same rock-farce genre as “Rocky Horror,” and its music is mostly rock ‘n’ roll, but it is also influenced by rap, horror-movie film scores and opera.

Electronic instrumentation was key in creating “Bat Boy’s” dissonant rock sounds, said Jacob Allen, the show’s music director and assistant

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From tabloid to mainstage: ‘Bat Boy’ screeches and soars

From left: Sophomore theatre performance major Janie Crick, who plays Meredith Parker; senior theatre performance major Joe McDaniel, as Dr. Tomas Parker; and sophomore theatre performance major Mandy Martin, as Shelly Parker, practice the first scene of “Bat Boy: The Musical” on Monday night in the Theatre and Communication Building. theatre professor.

“It’s pop; it’s modern, yet draws on old stuff too,” he said.

In the fall, The U of M will add a musical theatre concentration to its list of undergraduate theatre degrees. Allen will take on the role of coordinator of the new musical theatre pro-

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“The U of M will be the only university to have a (Bachelor ’s of Fine Arts) musical theatre program in the Mid-South, and with putting ‘Bat Boy: The Musical’ on this spring, it’s — pardon the pun — a lot to sink your teeth into,” Allen said.

“Bat Boy: The Musical”

runs April 14-16 and 21-23 at 8 p.m. in the Theatre and Communication Building’s Mainstage Theatre. Tickets cost $10 for students and senior citizens and $15 for adults at the box office in the building’s lobby. U of M students are allotted one complimentary ticket with a valid U of M ID.

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Finch

from page 1 “Larry Finch was the first black male that people openly loved,” he said. “There was something special about Larry. He played during a unique time that I don’t think will be replicated. He knocked down some racial barriers.”

The Orange Mound native played in an era when most local black players opted to play college basketball elsewhere. Many Memphians attribute The U of M’s on-court success to Finch’s and his Melrose teammate Ronnie Robinson’s decisions to stay home and suit up for then-Memphis State University.

As a player, Finch led the Tigers to the 1973 NCAA National Championship against UCLA, scoring 29 points in the 87-66 loss.

“Larry was tough on the floor.

He had a prototypical jump shot,” Easterwood said.

Finch graduated in 1973 as the program’s all-time leading scorer.

Keith Lee, Elliot Perry and Rodney Carney later usurped his record.

Finch’s jersey, No. 21, was retired in 1974.

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“If 3-pointers were around then, who knows how many points he would’ve scored? Everybody knew he’d take the big shot and make it, too,” Easterwood said.

Drafted in the fourth round of the 1973 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers, Finch elected instead to play in the ABA, racking up two seasons with four different teams: the Memphis Tams, the Memphis Sounds, the Baltimore Hustlers and the Baltimore Claws.

In 1979, Finch accepted an assistant coaching position at Memphis State under the late Dana Kirk.

When Kirk was fired seven years later, he made history and took the reins of the program as its first black head coach.

Under Finch, the Tigers appeared in the NCAATournament six times, including two showings at the Sweet 16 and one in the Elite 8. With 220 victories, Finch is the all-time winningest coach in U of M history.

As a player and coach, Larry Finch paved the way for The U of M basketball program’s success, Easterwood said: “Without Larry, if he (had gone) somewhere else, who knows where the program would be?”

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Campus Activities

Forum shines a light on UM graduate students’ research

BY JoshUa BoLden News Reporter The University of Memphis kicked off its Graduate Education Week with The U of M’s 23rd Annual Student Research Forum on Monday afternoon.

During the research showcase, held in the University Center Ballroom, graduate and undergraduate students presented their research to a panel of experts for judging.

Karen Weddle-West, vice pro-

vost for graduate programs, said approximately 100 graduates and 35 undergraduates participated this year in the forum, its largest turnout to date.

U of M President Shirley Raines spoke at the event and said the University of Memphis’ mission is to be one of the great metropolitan research universities in America.

“We just don’t want to be people who admire research — we want to be people who are engaged in research,” Raines

said.

This is the fifth year The U of M has celebrated Graduate Education Week. It was created, Weddle-West said, to let people outside The University know about the work being done by graduate students.

“We saw there was a need, nationally and internationally, for politicians, legislators and the wider community to get a fuller understanding of the contributions that … graduate students make to the community.”

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Economy

Jobless rate reaches lowest level in 2 years

By Jim Puzzanghera, Alana Semuels and Paul West Los Angeles Times The nation’s job-creation engine revved up last month and pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in two years, spreading optimism the economic recovery is firmly in place and giving President Barack Obama a political boost.

The economy lured back unemployed Americans who had given up hope of getting another paycheck as increases across nearly all sectors led to 216,000 additional jobs, the Labor Department said.

The unemployment rate ticked down to 8.8 percent — a full percentage point lower than in November and the sharpest four-month drop in 28 years.

Obama, trying to fend off a Republican push for deep budget cuts that administration officials warn could derail the recovery, said Friday the economy was showing “signs of real strength.”

But he cautioned that millions of Americans still are out of work and that “we have to keep the momentum going.”

The improvement bettered economists’ predictions of about 200,000 new jobs and led forecasters to say that strong job growth appeared to have taken hold.

Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist for the Bank of TokyoMitsubishi in New York, said there was “powerful forward momentum” in the jobs market, which should help buffet the headwind on the economy from rising gasoline prices.

That price rise, as well as uncertainty over the Middle East and debt-burdened economies in Europe, might yet cause the economy to slow again.

But the favorable jobs report had an immediate effect on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones industrial average rose Friday to nearly 12,377, and on the political scene, where Republicans could find it difficult to push their conservative agenda in Congress.

Republicans have said that employers aren’t hiring because of overregulation, overspending and the new health care law, and that the economic recovery requires a change of direction.

As businesses start hiring again, that argument weakens.

Republicans also could find it tougher to push for deep budget cuts as public-sector job losses continue to be one of the few major drags on employment.

The GOP won big in elections last fall at a time when some economists predicted unemployment might hit double digits this year. Amid worries about the economy, Obama’s re-election prospects dimmed.

But his standing in opinion polls has improved. And partly

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Not everyone who reads this is young, but most of you are. Youth and young adulthood should be among the most wonderful and enjoyable periods of your life. You are probably in better health and have more energy than you will as you grow older. You are mentally sharp and seem to have an unlimited future before you. It is tempting to think that you can engage in any kind of activity you wish with impunity. Now is the time to get all the “gusto” you can, before you have to settle down to adult responsibilities. At this time of life, it would be well to listen carefully to one of the wisest men who ever lived. Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes 12:1, “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them…” Then he went on to describe these “evil days” as the days of old age which are usually accompanied by declining health and severely limited physical abilities. How sad it is to see those who have come to old age with many regrets because of misbehavior in their youth. The liabilities of old age can be greatly alleviated by having a good conscience.

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because of continued economic recovery, national polls show his re-election prospects now are as good or better a little more than two years in office than Bill Clinton’s or George W. Bush’s, both of whom won second terms.

At this point, Obama’s presidency is tracking closer to that of Ronald Reagan, who rode an economic rebound to victory, than to Jimmy Carter, who was bounced after one term because of economic woes.

“Reagan’s rise from a pretty unfavorable position...was built on a dramatic improvement in jobs numbers in ‘83 and ‘84,” said Carroll Doherty, associate director of the nonpartisan Pew Research Center.

During that two-year period, the unemployment rate fell from 10.4 percent to 7.2 percent. The recent drop in the unemploy-

ment rate from 9.8 percent in November is the best since then.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., downplayed the job growth, describing it as an “uptick.” While acknowledging it was good news, he said the still-high unemployment showed Republicans “need to continue our efforts in Washington to foster pro-growth policies that will help businesses small and large to innovate and expand.”

White House officials were delighted by the new numbers, which they said surpassed their own internal projections.

“Obviously, things can go wrong, but this continues to be a very solid trend that we’ve seen over the last year,” said Austan Goolsbee, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors.

“Yes, it was a deep hole, but

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Walk&Talk

What are your plans following graduation from U of M?

By Aaron Turner

“I’m going to take a semester break and come back to The U of M for graduate school — and hopefully pay off some student debt.”

“Get a job. I already have two job offers, so one of those will be my career. Plan B is graduate school.”

“Work at Methodist University in Downtown Memphis.”

“Well, I plan to get a design firm job, and I want to do freelance work, designing album covers.”

“Travel back to Africa for a little bit, and then pursue nursing in labor and delivery.”

— Rachel Anderson, Psychology/human services senior

— Jonathan Chandler, Business management senior

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Optimism also has spread to unemployed workers, such as 37-year-old Air Force veteran Matthew Mabry of Bakersfield. On Thursday, he signed up for jobsearch help from Jewish Vocational Services.

“During the summer, I was in a funk,” he said. “I didn’t look for jobs.”

But after landing a seasonal position at a Target warehouse during the holidays, Mabry said he’s ready to start seriously looking for a full-time job.

The improvement in the job market was led by growth in business and professional services, with 78,000 new jobs. Health care, manufacturing, mining, and the leisure and hospitality industries also saw significant growth.

Overall, the private sector added 230,000 jobs. But local governments continued to struggle, shedding 14,000 jobs in March.

That still was a major improvement over the 46,000 government jobs lost in February.

Friday’s unemployment report comes on the heels of recent good economic news. But several potential trouble spots remain, including rising energy prices caused by unrest in the Middle East and North Africa.

Prices increased in February for the third straight month, with energy costs the main driver. Overall, consumer prices increased 2.1 percent in the 12 months that ended in February, the most recent data available.

And economists noted that while the jobs drought is over, there’s a long way to go to make up for the approximately 8.7 million jobs lost in 2008 and 2009.

More than 13.5 million Americans remained out of work in March.

“It is sort of the tale of two cities,” said Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project. “Finally, job growth seems to have set in.

Employers are adding jobs. Some people are coming back into the labor market...but for the longterm unemployed, it continues to be very difficult.”

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U.S. wants others to arm, train Libyan rebels Hemmed in by two other wars, an overstretched military and serious budgetary woes, the United States is reducing its role in the multinational military operation in Libya and is looking to other nations to arm and train rebels fighting to oust dictator Moammar Gadhafi, top U.S. Defense officials said Thursday.

“My view is that the future of Libya — the United States ought not take responsibility for that. I think there are other countries both in the region and our allies in Europe who can participate in the effort,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee. “I just don’t think we need to take on another one.”

Gates’ comments — which were echoed by Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — during

a grueling day of congressional hearings on Libya provided a window into the debate inside the Obama administration over just how much U.S. support should be given to Gadhafi’s outgunned opposition.

The pair found themselves peppered by sharp questions during back-to-back Senate and House committee hearings that brought out the anger within both parties over the unknown length and costs of the third major U.S. military engagement in the Muslim world.

“History has demonstrated that an entrenched enemy, like the Libyan regime, can be resilient to air power,” said Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, which held the first hearing. “With Iraq and Afghanistan already occupying a considerable share of American resources, I sincerely

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A lightly-guarded checkpoint in Sultan, Libya, is all that stood between loyalist forces and the opposition capital of Benghazi on Thursday. Opposition sources concede that the defense of Banghazi from another attack will rely heavily on air support from allied Western powers.

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from page 12 hope that this is not the start of a third elongated conflict.”

Some lawmakers said they didn’t see how President Barack Obama could achieve his goal of driving the Middle East’s longest ruling dictator from power if the U.N.-authorized operation were restricted to protecting civilians and delivering humanitarian aid, but didn’t include regime change.

GOP lawmakers in particular criticized Obama for authorizing the use of U.S. military force without first obtaining congressional authorization, even though presidents of both parties have done the same since World War II. But opinions also sliced the other way. Several GOP senators slammed the decision to scale back U.S. participation in the NATO-led operation, saying that with the rebels again retreating because bad weather has hampered allied airstrikes, now is not the time to be pulling out the ground-attack and tank-killing aircraft that only the U.S. flies.

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“I believe this would be a profound mistake with potentially disastrous consequences,” said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who expressed concern that a “long and bloody stalemate” will develop in which a “wounded and angry” Gadhafi will cling to power and become “more of a threat to the world and to the Libyan people.”

Gates and Mullen reassured McCain that once the U.S. AC-130 gunships and A-10 tankbusters are withdrawn in the next several days, some will remain available for use by the NATO commander if Gadhafi’s forces threaten the eastern city of Benghazi, the headquarters of the rebellion.

But the pair also made it clear that the United States would otherwise limit itself to a supporting role in which American aircraft and ships will jam Gadhafi’s communications and provide midair refueling, intelligence and other specialized aid to Britain, France and other nations that are assuming leading roles in the operation.

Repeatedly pressed by members of both parties about whether there would be American “boots on the ground,” a euphe-

mism for U.S. troops, Gates at one point replied, “Not as long as I’m in this job.”

He and Mullen were repeatedly prodded in both hearings on whether the Obama administration would provide training and weapons to the rebels. Both strongly indicated that it was unlikely that the United States would take on that task.

“My view would be, if there is going to be that kind of assistance to the opposition, there are plenty of sources for it other than the United States,” Gates told the House panel.

“Somebody else should do that.”

White House spokesman Jay Carney said that Obama had taken no decision on whether the U.S. should arm and train the rebels. But Carney said that Obama agrees with Gates that other countries should train Gadhafi’s opponents.

Addressing the senators, Gates said he was determined to avoid major U.S. military involvement in Libya.

“I am preoccupied with avoiding mission creep and avoiding an open-ended, very large-scale American commitment in this,” he said. “We are in

serious budget trouble.”

Gates declined to address the presence inside Libya of CIA paramilitary teams that U.S. officials say are maintaining contact with the rebels and gathering intelligence on Gadhafi’s forces and targets for the multinational coalition enforcing a U.N. authorized no-fly zone.

Gates and Mullen testified just hours after the 28-nation NATO alliance assumed overall command of the operation to enforce a U.N. resolution that authorized NATO and other nations to take military measures to enforce the no-fly zone and protect civilians from being the subject of military attack.

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Sept. 11 suspects to be tried at Guantanamo

BY Richard A. Serrano Tribune Washington Bureau

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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced “reluctantly” that the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed will face trial off U.S. soil.

and four other suspects will face justice before a U.S. military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, rather than in a civilian court in New York.

The decision marks a major reversal both for President Barack Obama and Holder, especially since the president initially promised to shut down the prison at the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay — where Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and the others will now be tried.

“Sadly, this case has been marked by needless controversy since the beginning,” Holder said, revealing that a 2009 indictment against Mohammed and the four others has sat for months under seal in federal court in New York, without ever proceeding.

“But despite all the argument and debate it has engendered, the prosecution for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and his co-conspirators should never have been about settling ideo-

logical arguments or scoring political points.”

Republican lawmakers, and some Democrats, who vigorously opposed a federal civilian trial for the alleged Sept.

11 plotters welcomed the news that the White House and Holder had reversed their earlier decision to move the defendants from Cuba to New York.

“For the sake of the safety and security of the American people, I’m glad the president reconsidered his position,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said on the Senate floor. “Going forward, this model should be the rule rather than the exception.”

In late 2009, the attorney general said that the trials of the five men would be held in the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, a decision that at first was met with general public approval.

But by early 2010, Holder and the Justice Department

were running into steep opposition from New York politicians from both parties, along with much of the public, who were concerned that a civilian trial would cost too much, place New York once again in the terror spotlight, and possibly endanger the New York public. At the same time, there were mounting protests over a new Muslim mosque center near the World Trade Center site as well.

Republicans were so incensed that on Capitol Hill, joining with a good number of Democrats, they passed legislation to prohibit spending any federal funds to move terror detainees from the Cuban prison to the U.S. for civilian trials.

That move in essence blocked the administration’s attempts for civilian trials, and last month Obama announced that he was restarting the military tribunal process at Guantanamo Bay.

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projects on its public lands, many Republicans are lining up against Obama’s plan, leaving its fate uncertain.

“I think we should take care of what we have before we acquire more land,” said Washington state Republican Rep. Doc Hastings, the

At a recent Senate hearing, Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski told Interior Secretary Ken Salazar that the agencies in President Barack Obama says he’s constantly telling his two charge of the nation’s land already have “a multibillion-dollar maintedaughters to turn off the TV, stop using Skype and go outside. He nance backlog.”

“It begs the question of how you wants to get more American kids can place such a high off the couch and out the door, reconnecting priority on acquirwith the world and its ven FDR, in the midst ing more land when you have to cut the natural beauty. of the Great Depression, very funds you need And he wants to take care of your make it easier for them enabled the National Park to to use parks and pubcurrent infrastructure lic lands, saying that Service to protect America’s in order to do it,” she said. too many Americans most iconic landmarks, The president’s “can go days without stepping on a single from Mount Rushmore to the proposal has ignited a fight over the blade of grass.”

Statue of Liberty.”

Toward that end, Land and Water Conservation Fund, the president wants — Barack Obama Congress to double spending — President of the United States which, since its beginning more than 45 years ago, has been used to to $900 million next year — on a buy more than 4.5 million acres at conservation fund that’s used to buy more property for the federal chairman of the House Natural a cost of $6.1 billion. government. Currently, the gov- Resources Committee. “Most peoBackers of the fund say it’s ernment owns 635 million acres, or ple would say let’s maintain what important for Congress to keep roughly three out of every 10 acres, we have before we acquire more of pumping money into it as the with the largest chunk in Alaska. it, I don’t care what it is. ... To me, nation loses roughly 3 million acres But with the nation deep in it’s a pretty straightforward solu- to development each year. They say it’s a race against time, notdebt and facing a long backlog of tion to oppose it.”

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When the president unveiled his plan in February as part of his “America’s Great Outdoors”

initiative, he said the federal government must protect national treasures “even in our most trying times.”

“Even FDR, in the midst of the Great Depression, enabled the National Park Service to protect America’s most iconic landmarks, from Mount Rushmore to the Statue of Liberty,” the president said.

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Wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour and golf ballsized hail were reported as the storm swept through the Mid-South.

Trees on and around campus fell due to the high winds, with some students seeking shelter in bathrooms and basements on campus as Shelby County was put under a tornado watch.

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from page 1 Voter turnout declined by 511 votes this year from last year’s all-time recorded high of 2,610.

But with 2,099 students voting, the election still saw the secondhighest voter turnout in the SGA’s recorded history.

“I was very happy to see the vote total exceed 2,000 voters again this year,” SGA Election Commissioner Anthony LaRocca said. “The drop in voters from last year may be a result of less aggressive campaigning by the parties or a lack of major controversy amongst the candidates. However, the main takeaway is that we have been over 2,000 voters for the second year in a row, and interest in the SGA is very high.”

The highest number of votes this year came from students in the College of Arts and Sciences.

The Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law had the lowest number of students who voted, with only 13. These numbers were similar in 2009 and 2010.

The student fee referendum was approved by a wide margin: 535 voted yes, and only 147 voted no.

In a statement released to The Daily Helmsman, Lang thanked his supporters for a year of “reaching out to students, talking about different issues on campus, and building positive bonds” during his tenure as SGA President.

Though Lang was critical of reporting on his campaign, saying, “Not a lot of what I ever wanted to say made it into the paper, and I have to consider the likelihood of the negative headlines swaying the 154 votes, which made the difference in this election,” he also said was grateful for his time in office.

“It has been an astounding experience that I will never trade for any other in my life,” Lang said.

Fourteen students who ran for SGA office under the FACE party were also elected. However, representatives of the party must pay $350 before those elected can take office, as ordered by the student court, which fined FACE for improperly placing campaign posters on doors, trash cans, trees and other organizations’ yard signs.

Lang’s full statement can be read at www.dailyhelmsman.com.

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Finch’s legacy overlooked by U of M students BY sCott haLL Sports Reporter While the City of Memphis mourns the death of former University of Memphis player and coach Larry Finch, the significance of his legacy is lost on some U of M students.

“I’ve heard the name,” sophomore health and human performance major Jeremiah Ferguson said. “I just know he’s a coach.”

Finch played at then-Memphis State University from 1970 to 1973 and led the Tigers to the national championship game in

his senior year. He then returned as an assistant and later became head coach of the Tigers from 1986 to 1997.

“I’m not sure exactly when, but he was a basketball coach here, and I understand he was pretty successful,” doctoral conducting student Quintus Wrighten said.

Finch finished his coaching career as the all-time winningest coach in program history, amassing 220 wins over his 11 seasons as head coach of the Tigers.

“He was a former Memphis coach, I think,” sophomore com-

munications major Isaac Wilson said. “I knew that he grew up in Memphis and that he played here and coached here.”

Finch is often credited with unifying the city and cooling racial tensions after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Finch’s career, and especially the Tigers’ run to the national championship game in 1973, brought Memphians of all races together to cheer the Tigers on and helped ignite the city’s love affair with Tiger basketball.

But not all students are unaware of Finch’s impact on

the community and University.

“I think he is a Memphis legend,” senior music education major Greg Stoeker said. “Not only was he the star player in Memphis’ first national championship game, but he also is one of the greatest coaches in Memphis history.”

United States Representative Steve Cohen, a 1973 alumnus of The U of M’s Law School, addressed the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday, speaking for a few moments about what Finch meant to the city and to The University.

“He was a person who brought people together in the way that Dr. (Martin Luther) King dreamed they would,” Cohen said to his fellow congressmen. “Whites and blacks came together to cheer for Memphis State and for Larry Finch. He was an individual who brought people together and didn’t know race. Sports can be more than winning and losing. Larry Finch (embodied) that. He was a great American, and we’re lucky he came this way for the people of Memphis and our nation.”

tigers roll past alcorn state in weekend baseball series BY adaM doUgLas Sports Reporter After enduring a tough stretch in which The University of Memphis’ offense appeared stagnant, the Tigers ended the drought in convincing fashion by sweeping the Alcorn State Braves in their weekend series and scoring a combined 45 runs to the Braves’ 13.

Senior shortstop Chad Zurcher continued his brilliant play with another strong effort this weekend. He went 7-for-12 at the plate. Zurcher is currently leading the NCAA in batting average at .505.

Junior transfer Eli Hines also had a solid weekend with

a home run in each contest, and catcher Phillip Chapman added two in the final game Sunday.

In Friday’s contest, the Tigers (16-11) got off to a great start by scoring seven runs in the first three innings.

They followed that showing by scoring another 10 runs over the final six innings to just three runs for the Braves.

The Tigers took Friday’s game 17-3, led by Zurcher, who went 4-for-5. Hynes hit two homers to blow the game open.

Saturday was more of the same, with the Tigers defeating the Braves 15-5 in the second game of the three-game set. Although NCAA-leading

hitter Chad Zurcher wasn’t able to come up with a hit to increase his batting average, the Tigers weren’t short on big sticks in this game. Junior third baseman Jacob Wilson and first baseman T.J Rich each drove in three runs in the game, and designated hitter Eli Hynes added two RBIs with a solo home run to help give the Tigers another victory. Pitcher Ryan Holland, the team captain, went eight innings with four strikeouts and three walks.

On Sunday, much like the first two games, the Tigers struck early against the Braves. Led by a Chad Zurcher double and a single

by Jacob Wilson, T.J. Rich hit an RBI double to start the scoring for the Tigers. Phillip Chapman capped off the first inning by hitting a two-run homer to put the Tigers up 4-0. But the Braves showed some fight this time around by connecting on a solo homerun in the top half of the next inning. They rallied to tie the game at five by the sixth inning, but the Tigers put an end to the Braves’ chances by scoring eight runs over the next three innings. Chapman went deep again to set the final score at 13-5.

The Tigers will now gear up for another non-conference matchup, this time against

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BY Bob Ford Philadelphia Inquirer It was a game for the record book but not the video library, as Connecticut won the national basketball championship Monday night with a nearly unwatchable 53-41 victory over Butler.

At least the ending wasn’t as painfully close for the losers as last year’s attempt at the title for the mid-major Bulldogs. It wasn’t one missed shot that cost them the championship but a raft of them.

Butler scored just 19 points in the second half and went more than seven minutes between field goals as UConn took control for good.

What the evening at Reliant Stadium before a crowd of 70,376 lacked in artfulness, it made up in intensity, as these games tend to do, but that was a lot to make up for. The combined 41 points scored by the teams in the first half were the fewest in a championship game since 1946, back when it was hard to control the ball because the laces kept getting in the way.

But they don’t award national championships on style points.

They award them on scoring more points than the other guys, even if that isn’t very many. Give the Huskies that much, and give them the trophy.

Connecticut’s victory, and its third championship with Jim Calhoun as head coach, might not have totally erased the stigma on a program that played all season under the threat of NCAA sanctions, but it didn’t hurt. Calhoun will still be suspended for the first three games of the 2011-12 Big East season because of recruiting violations. Those transgressions, and UConn’s role in the title game as the big bad guy paired up against whistle-clean little Butler, didn’t seem to dampen the celebration.

Since Connecticut’s last title, in 2004, only four Big East schools had made the Final Four before this season, and none advanced to the championship game.

The next obvious question is whether the 68-year-old Calhoun will seize this as an opportune moment to slip into retirement. It is a question Calhoun has dodged for the most part, but he said his desire to coach basketball has not seriously waned.

“The moment I lose my edge, I can guarantee you now I’ll say, ‘That’s it,’” Calhoun said. “The edge is what keeps me going.”

Imparting that edge to his team is what kept the Huskies going when they lost four of their last five regular-season games and faced a daunting task in the Big East tournament. UConn won five games in five nights, closing out that run with wins over three of the top four seeds in the league _ Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Louisville.

That run made it possible for the Huskies to be rewarded with a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament and now, six wins later, with the biggest reward of them all.

“My assistants kept telling me, ‘We’re this close,’ and I think we finally closed that gap somewhere in the Big East tournament,” Calhoun said.

The gap between UConn and Butler took a while to become apparent, but it eventually did. In the first half, if you believed the

popular story line leading up to the game, there was, indeed, the good, the bad and the ugly. The good was little Butler, representing all the little guys in college basketball.

The bad was Connecticut, which barely avoided those NCAA sanctions that might have kept it out of this tournament in the first place.

And the ugly? Well, that was the game itself.

Maybe the two teams were tight. Maybe there was some great defense being played out there.

That isn’t what it looked like.

Whether in November in a halffilled gym or in April in a sold-out football stadium, bad basketball looks about the same.

Connecticut came back from a three-point deficit at the half to take control midway through the second half as Butler went cold and didn’t make shots for the longest time.

When the score got to 46-28 with just more than five minutes to play, it was over except for the scorekeeping and the sweeping up of the stadium after all the confetti fell.

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