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Bulldogs Rout Tigers 59-14
Friday, September 2, 2011
Penalties, injuries doom Tigers against formidable MSU offense
Vol. 79 No. 6
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Independent Student Newspaper of The University of Memphis
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No boundaries in sight BY CHRISTINA HOLLOWAY News Reporter
legs,” Warren said. Warren, a University of Memphis alum, said her college career was one of frayed nerves and cautious optimism. “I was scared out of my mind. I didn’t know the first thing Assisted by a talking cash register and talking bar code scanner, Robin Warren, 48, listens for prices called out by her about college, especially with me being blind,” Warren said. Warren memorized everything she learned, which evendaughter as she works behind the cash register at The Little Shop of Towers. tually helped her finish school. “Once I lost my sight, Warren, who is blind, I had to rely on my is the manager of the achel is my daughter, my memory,” Warren said. “I small convenience store in Richardson Towers South. right-hand man. If it wasn’t for became really, really good at it.” She lost her sight in 1994 After graduating due to a condition known her, I don’t know what I would Summa Cum Laude in as pseudotumor cerebri, do.” or PTC. The process is 2002, Warren took a job often reversible, but in at a Pizza Hut call center. — Robin Warren After 18 months of workWarren’s case, it isn’t. Little Shop of ing at Pizza Hut, Warren With the help of Towers manager applied to the Tennessee her daughter, Rachel Humphrey, 30,Warren sells products no one else on campus Business Enterprises, a job placement service for the blind, does, such as Coca-Cola soft drinks. She also attempts to beat which led her to take a job as vendor. “At first, I didn’t see it as a business, I saw it as something the prices of local convenience stores. “I can’t see anything, but I can see shadows some- to do,” Warren said. Warren completed a program that required extensive times, I can see neon colors, like blue, purple. Sometimes when someone is walking, I can see the motion of their legs. I can’t tell you that’s their legs, I just know it’s their see Manager, page 3
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Robin Warren, manager of the Little Shop of Towers conducts a transaction with Richardson Towers resident Sarah Johnson, freshman Health & Human Performance major.
Popular pizza chain, U of M in early talks for new store
BY ERICA HORTON News Reporter University of Memphis students might be saying hello to Papa if negotiations between food company Aramark and pizza franchise Papa John’s can be settled. Danny Armitage, assistant vice president of student affairs and campus services, confirmed Thursday that Aramark and Papa John’s officials are in preliminary discussion stages about where the
Tiger lane draws estimated crowd of 3,500 students BY CHRISTOPHER WHITTEN News Reporter As thousands of fans snaked around cars lining Central Avenue toward Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium on Thursday, the scent of grilled hot dogs and hamburgers hanging in the air, University of Memphis students had arrived hours before the Tigers’ 7 p.m. game against Mississippi State University to claim a piece of prime tailgating real estate – a spot at Tiger Lane. Though the Tigers were routed by the visiting Bulldogs, Student Government Association President Tyler DeWitt estimated that about 3,500 students were on hand at the newly attained space before the game, many of whom tossed footballs, enjoyed music and participated in other pre-game activities while wearing Tiger blue before the U of M’s season opener. DeWitt and U of M Athletic Director R.C. Johnson and said they were “very happy” with the turnout, adding that making students a prominent presence at Tiger Lane this year has been a joint effort. The U of M athletic department and SGA collaborated in providing space for students at Tiger Lane. Last year, students would have paid at least $150 to occupy a single space for the season. Though DeWitt’s goal of 5,000 students at Tiger Lane was not met, he applauded the participation of attendees, including freshmen participating in Frosh Frenzy and others drawn from the Student Activity Council’s t-shirt design contest, a Liberty Bowl attendance incentive. “For us to squeeze out 3,500 students on a Thursday night is very impressive,” DeWitt said. Efforts by the SGA to keep Tiger Lane open to students for the rest of the season will continue, DeWitt said, though a $3,000 per game contribution from boosters will be necessary to do so. “My goal was to start some new traditions and the pep rally was a good start,” DeWitt said, briefly breaking from congregating with U of M students. Though Chris Clary, a U of M graduate, said that he expected an SEC team like MSU to best the Tigers, he was happy to attend the game. “I’ll be happy if the Tigers score two touchdowns and we don’t lose by more than the point spread,” he said while lobbing a beanbag during a game of Cornhole. “Just because we’re not in the SEC doesn’t mean we can’t have a decent game.”
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chain’s store would be located and how they would deliver. “This is still in discussion stage,” he said. “I don’t anticipate that you will see it within the next three months, but if there’s
Tiger Lane, page 3 the possibility of us working this out, we’re talking with Aramark.” He said the pizza should be available to students living on and off campus, and that location is one of the primary issues. Armitage said students may be able to use their dining dollars and meal plans to pay for the pizza. Armitage said The University has talked with several groups of students about the possibility, and that so far, student feedback has been positive.