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BY CHELSEA BOOZER News Reporter New details have surfaced from a Memphis police incident report regarding the possible abduction of two women from the Richardson Towers parking lot on Sunday evening. A U of M student who was identified in the report as living in the dorm said she saw a black man walk through the hedges bordering Richardson Towers’ parking lot and approach two white women who were standing next to a small, light blue car parked on the last row of the lot that faced Patterson Avenue. The witness said the man’s mannerisms were “threatening” and the two women “appeared to be afraid.” She said she then saw the women get in the front of the car and the man get in the back as he was looking around in a “nervous manner.” As it was driven toward the exit, the car passed within a few feet of two U of M students, according to the report, and they saw that the driver was crying and the passenger “looked terrified.” Bruce Harber, Police Services director of safety, said campus police have successfully accounted for every student in Richardson Towers who fits the description of the women, except one. “The one we haven’t contacted, from what I’m told, doesn’t match the description of the two who were in the car,” he said. “We have left voice messages for her and are waiting for a call back.” He said that an emergency TigerText and an email were sent to students Sunday night in hopes that if any of those in the car were students, they might get the text and contact police. “We just don’t know. All we know is people were in the car and left the lot and we had a couple of people saying the male looked suspicious and the females had been crying or wide eyed,” Harber said. Neither Memphis Police nor campus Police Services has received any tips or leads. Another student, not mentioned in the report, told The Daily Helmsman that he saw the man’s arm laying on the armrest between the two women seated in front.
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In an effort to appeal to more students, The University of Memphis pep band has begun accepting song requests from students to play at Tigers basketball games this season.
BY TIMBERLY MOORE News Reporter As a new basketball season begins, so does a new tradition in the stands. This year, The University of Memphis Pep Band will fill The FedEx Forum with contemporary tunes selected by the student body. Dan Kalantarian, the new pep band director, said he is opening his email as a request box to students who are interested in hearing popular music performed. Kalantarian said The University of Memphis was unable to make this change in the past because there was a waiting period to purchase converted music from publishing companies. Now, he and a group of students are able to compose the band’s set list. Because of the volume of students, Kalantarian may not be able to satisfy everyone. If students request a song frequently,
BY SHUNITRA INGRAM News Reporter The University of Memphis Undergraduate Academic Services and Academic Counseling Center is hosting the sixth annual Discover Your Major Day on Thursday, giving students an opportunity to learn more about particular fields and decide which one they’d like to pursue. Mary Brignole, academic counselor and director of Discover Your Major Day, said it’s a great opportunity for students to find out what they want to do. “It’s about doing what you are most passionate about and good at,” Brignole said. “You have to know your strengths.” Brignole said she has a 15-person com-
he will lean towards playing that song. “I don’t want to play a song that only one person knows,” Kalantarian said. According to Kalantarian, song selection mainly rests on the shoulders of the band because he wants them to enjoy the music they play. Kalantarian said the time it takes to have a request played by the band depends on the band members’ ability to learn the music after he has composed it. Samantha Sutton, junior English major and band member, said she likes playing new songs as long as the audience wants to hear them continuously. “The songs that fade in popularity really fast like “All I do is win” by T-Pain are the ones I don’t like playing,” said Sutton. Melanie Rucker, junior theatre major and pep band member,
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mittee, with representatives from a variety of departments including Residence Life and Athletics. “Almost every department on campus will be represented,” Brignole said. “Career services is our biggest participant. They will be there to offer students the tools they need to find a job or internship before, after or during college.” Courtney Fitzgerald, academic counselor, said the event is not just about finding your major, but about networking opportunities as well. “It’s not just about your major, it’s about connecting with resources available,” Fitzgerald said. “Career services will be there to offer students a variety of internship opportunities to take advan-
Pep Band, page 6 tage of.” Fitzgerald said students often find themselves changing their major several times before graduation. “Students sometimes feel pressured to choose what they will major in,” Fitzgerald said. “Coming to Discover Your Major Day will help students understand that the career path or major they choose will not dictate their life. What they choose does not determine who they are.” Fitzgerald said the event is like a door that opens a wide variety of opportunities for students. “Knowing your major is a starting point,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s about understanding who you are and the world.”
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Lambuth sees progress BY ERICA HORTON News Reporter Progress at The University of Memphis Lambuth Campus is underway with new renovations, budgets and further opportunities for more than 300 students. Currently the only four-year university in Jackson, Tenn., U of M officials said they cannot make many renovations to the campus yet because The University will not own the school until it is finished with bankruptcy. Dan Lattimore, vice provost of extended programs, said despite the limits on structural renovations, some buildings have updated wiring, widened doors and closed spaces under stairwells to meet Fire Marshall standards. He also said student apartments have been renovated and will be ready for occupation in the spring 2012 semester. “We’re really pleased to be here,” he said. “It’s really a win-
win situation.” Lattimore said The University has not yet received funding for the Lambuth campus from the state. “The state allocated $5 million for the first year, $3 million for the second year, $2 million for third year and $1 million for the fourth year. So, $11 million for four years,” he said. “I don’t think that actually kicks in until we own the property.” He said the held funding has not caused any problems so far. “We have a budget for the year and we go from that,” Lattimore said. Jeannie Smith, assistant vice president of finance, said the Lambuth budget for the 20112012 fiscal year will be submitted Oct. 14. “The annual revenue that we’re projecting for Lambuth for the current fiscal year is $6.7 million,” she said. “That’s the revenue that we will bring in that is dedicated to Lambuth. It includes state appropriation, tuition and fee money.”
Before going to Lambuth, The U of M offered classes at Jackson State Community College. Jean Ashmore, director of extended programs, said because of the move, The University was only able to offer business, education and organizational leadership majors at Lambuth and build from there. Lattimore said Lambuth will have more options for students beginning next fall including English, psychology, communications, public relations, social work, criminal justice and biology. Ashmore said she thinks everyone at the Lambuth campus is happy to be there. “There’s a lot of excitement in the community about us being here,” she said. “We’re looking at inquiries from perspective students so we can respond adequately and appropriately to things that are in demand. This is truly an exquisite campus with a wonderful faculty.”
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The vehicle was last seen traveling southbound on Patterson Avenue from Norriswood, the report said. The driver was a woman about 19 years old with blond hair, wearing a blue shirt. The passenger was a woman about the same age and was wearing a gray and blue shirt. Both were average height and weight. The male suspect was between 21 and 30 years old, about 6 feet and 200 pounds with a very dark complexion and short, natural hair. He wore a white jacket with gold across the back shoulder. Karen Rudolph, MPD public information officer, said a citywide broadcast was put out for the vehicle and its occupants, but no one had come forward to file a missing persons report for anyone fitting the descriptions as of Tuesday night. Harber said Memphis Police are relying on U of M Police Services to investigate the incident. Five officers have been looking into the incident over the past two days, and there has been constant patrol of the
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Apple fans disappointed after underwhelming iPhone upgrade BY PATRICK MAY San Jose Mercury News In a closely watched but ultimately anticlimactic product launch, Apple Inc. on Tuesday unveiled its latest iPhone, with a low-key Tim Cook emceeing his first event since iconic CEO Steve Jobs resigned in August. Disappointed fans jumped all over Apple for releasing merely an upgrade to the iPhone 4, dubbed iPhone 4S, instead of the widely expected iPhone 5. But analysts reminded them that many cool features — faster operating system, slicker camera and video — were hiding under the hood. “The improvements in software and the new camera, for example, are impressive,” said analyst Roger Kay with Endpoint Technologies Associates. “But if you don’t have a new look on the outside, people tend not to get as excited.” Cook seemed comfortable on stage but was working a room clearly missing the energy Jobs used to infuse into these events. The real star of the show was Siri, the new voicerecognition feature billed as the user’s “personal assistant,” a female voice that soon will be helping millions of Apple fans answer emails, make dinner reservations and remember to pick up the dry cleaning, all without a single key stroke. “Sure, it would have been cool to have some new curvedglass cover,” said Frank Gillett with Forrester Research. “But the improvements to the user experience are pretty compelling, especially Siri. And it’s not just voice recognition. She’s truly an ‘assistant’ acting on the information you give her. You are talking to an intelligent agent inside the phone who understands the context of what you’re saying.” During a demo, Apple’s head of mobile software Scott Forstall showed how Siri not only carries out an instruction like other voice-recognition programs, but can actually learn over time through interaction with its user. For example, once Siri has identified your wife’s name in your contact list, it will automatically remember that information in future requests. Cook and members of his executive team devoted nearly a third of the 90-minute event at their Cupertino, Calif., campus to Siri. And it was clearly one of the two hottest topics among analysts and journalists invited to the presentation. The other was iCloud, Apple’s new digital sharing service that Jobs introduced at a conference last summer. While bloggers immediately bashed Apple for not
giving them the thinner phone with a larger screen they’d been expecting, Gillett says they may be missing the underlying significance of Tuesday’s announcement. “Siri and iCloud transcend the hardware,” he said. “It’s easy to get caught up in the debate over whether this was the best smartphone Apple could have come up with. But this isn’t simply about smartphones. It’s about the entire Apple ecosystem, and you need to understand how its engineers continue to expand and deepen it.” Even Siri didn’t excite everyone. After all, voice recognition has increasingly become a standard feature in mobile technology. Ken Dulaney, an analyst with Gardner Research who’s on a business trip this week in Tasmania, said “Technically, Siri looks a little underwhelming to me, even from halfway (across) the world. I might use voice-recognition in my car, assuming it works perfectly. But it’s not something I’ll use all the time. I’m sure Siri is great, but how useful is it?” Some observers said Apple was simply repeating its tradition of upgrading the software and internal features of a product before doing a major remake of its exterior. Apple gave no indication of when the iPhone 5 will be released. “This phone is better than the iPhone 4 in many ways, even though it looks the same,” said Avi Greengart, an analyst with Current Analysis on hand for the unveiling before several hundred reporters, blog-
gers, analysts and other guests. “Sales will be wildly successful, but Apple fanboys’ expectations probably were not met today.” The new phone, which will be available in the United States Oct. 14 with pre-orders taken starting Oct. 7, will cost $199 for a 16-gigabyte version, $299 for 32GB and $399 for new largest-ever 64 GB. The device had been center stage in the tech blogosphere for months, as pundits weighed in with what they saw as the most likely bells and whistles Apple would unleash. On Tuesday, some were surprised by how wrong that had been. The phone, which everyone thought would be thinner than the iPhone 4, pretty much resembled its older sibling. But it’s much faster, thanks to the A5 chip inside it, and has plenty of consumer-pleasing attributes. The new iPhone has an improved camera with a higher-resolution sensor. And it’s a “world phone,” meaning that it will work on the networks of domestic CDMA carriers as well as GSM carriers worldwide. And for the first time, it will available with twoyear contracts not only through AT&T and Verizon, but now through Sprint as well. CEO Cook and his fellow executives also unveiled new alert and text-messaging features for Apple’s next version of iOS — iOS 5 — the operating system that powers iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches. “Look at each of these features and they’re great in and
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course, no Steve Jobs, who had a contagious and even mischievous sort of enthusiasm during product rollouts. Nor did Cook try to be Jobs. “There are no bigger shoes to fill than Steve Jobs’, and it would be unreasonable to expect Cook or anyone else to slide into that job easily,” said analyst John Jackson with CCS Insight. “Today’s event heralds a certain cultural change that at some level was unavoidable. I think Cook did a good job, even if he didn’t set the world on fire.”
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BY KEVIN G. HALL McClatchy Newspapers The Federal Reserve’s latest effort to boost the economy through its holdings of government bonds is meaningful but will have only a modest effect, especially in light of ongoing global financial turmoil, Chairman Ben Bernanke cautioned Tuesday. Bernanke testified before the Congress Joint Economic Committee, providing a grim assessment of the U.S. economic recovery and fending off criticism from fellow Republicans. Many GOP lawmakers are uneasy with the Fed’s aggressive campaign to force risk taking in the economy by lowering the return for investing in the haven of U.S. government bonds. The latest effort to do this has been dubbed Operation Twist, where the Fed looks to exchange about $400 billion in short-term bonds it holds for long-term bonds. The hope is that it will bring down long-term lending rates, sparking more car loans, mortgages and mortgage refinancing. The Fed chief called Operation Twist “meaningful” and designed to give another forward shove to an economy that’s at risk of sliding back into recession. He expected Operation Twist to reduce long-term interest rates only modestly, by about twotenths of a percentage point. In response to bipartisan con-
cerns about China’s policy of artificially fixing its currency, the yuan, to the dollar at a rate that gives Chinese products an advantage, Bernanke gave lawmakers the answer they wanted. “It’s certainly a negative,” Bernanke said, adding later that China’s policy has created inflation problems for Chinese consumers and had a “negative influence” on the U.S. and global recovery. On trade and investment barriers within China, the Fed chief said, “I think continued pressure and discussion with them about these trade barriers ... is very important, very constructive.” The China comments are important because they could boost a bipartisan bill that’s expected to pass the Senate later this week. The legislation, which big business groups oppose, would brand China a currency manipulator, thus enabling U.S. manufacturers to seek redress through trade penalties. Tuesday’s hearing also was notable for what wasn’t said. Not a single Democrat voiced support for President Barack Obama’s recently proposed jobs plan, the one he’s repeatedly implored Congress to pass. It wasn’t until the 93rd minute of the hearing that a Democrat cited only a portion of the plan— extending payroll-tax holidays— and that was just a passing mention.
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Glum Bernanke predicts only modest boost to US economy Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on the economic outlook Oct. 4 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Bernanke repeated prior testimony that Congress can and should take immediate steps to stimulate the economy. Pushing back on GOP insistence on deep spending cuts, Bernanke said stimulus could be done simultaneously with a plan to get U.S. debt and deficits under control over the medium term. In the hearing’s oddest moment, Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., blamed Bernanke’s low interest-rate policies for the inability of Congress to stop spending. “I would suggest to you that the Fed is part of the difficulty,” he said, adding that the Fed’s decision to keep interest rates near zero since December 2008 is “making it easier for us to continue doing what we are doing.” Bernanke pushed back. “I don’t think that’s a valid point,” he said, noting tersely that his actions didn’t “eliminate the responsibility of Congress to take its own action.” The Fed chief, as if talking to a young student, explained that, “We need to keep interest rates low to provide support for the economy.” Appointed by President George W. Bush and formerly the head of his Council of Economic
Advisers, Bernanke took lots of heat from GOP lawmakers. The ranking Republican on the joint committee, Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, accused the Fed of insufficient transparency. That theme was echoed by Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, prompting Bernanke to suggest it was “urban legend” that the Fed isn’t thoroughly audited. Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina accused Bernanke, a fellow South Carolinian, of overstepping his authority. “You in effect have become an economic player in the privatesector economy much beyond banking,” DeMint said. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, all but taunted Bernanke, suggesting that the Fed was out of tricks to help the recovery. “Do you have other arrows in your quiver at this point ... is the only arrow you have left the printing press?” he asked. That struck a nerve, and Bernanke shot back, “I think that’s a rather unfair characterization.” The Fed isn’t printing money and Operation Twist doesn’t add to holdings by the Fed but simply rebalances them, he said. Only toward the end of the
hearing did lawmakers ask the nation’s top banker what further steps could be taken to boost an economy that’s flirting with a double-dip recession. Bernanke suggested that a tax overhaul would be a plus, and that lawmakers could take steps to make it easier for banks to convert foreclosed properties into rental units. He also suggested that banks could help matters by forgiving portions of loans when they greatly exceed the current values of given homes. “I am not aware of any fundamental reason why a bank could not do that on its own loan,” he told California Republican Rep. John Campbell. Much of the hearing focused on Europe’s widening debt crisis. “I do have concerns about the European situation,” Bernanke confided. Europe needs to be more aggressive in addressing the problems of Greek, Irish and Portuguese debt, he said, and the insufficient response to date already has harmed the United States. “I believe one of the reasons the recovery has been slower ... is because we’ve faced a lot of financial volatility,” the Fed chief said.
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BY ADAM DOUGLAS Sports Editor On Friday, TopDrawerSoccer. com released its annual Conference Top 20s, and No. 6 Memphis has a league-high five players on the Conference USA list. Reigning C-USA Defensive Player of the Year Lizzy Simonin was tabbed No. 2 while forward Christabel Oduro (10th) joined Simonin as Lady Tigers in the top 10. Goalkeeper Elise Kuhar-Pitters was tabbed 13th and defenders Lizzy Hildebrant (15th) and Bailey Pembroke (17th) round out the U of M players in the top 20. Simonin has anchored the Lady Tiger defense from her centerback position and Hildebrandt and Pembroke have provided stout defensive efforts on the back line. The U of M defense has limited opponents to just 36 shots on
goal in 10 matches this season and Kuhar-Pitters has come up with 28 saves and six clean sheets on the year. Oduro leads the offensive attack with five goals on the season and is one of 11 different players to score this season. Simonin was also named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team on Monday after helping the Lady Tigers to two shutout victories over the weekend in C-USA play. Simonin is the first Lady Tiger named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week since Vendula Strnadova picked up the honor on Nov. 8 last season. It is Simonin’s second career weekly honor from TopDrawerSoccer. com. No. 6 Memphis, one of only two remaining unbeaten and untied teams in NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer, returns to the Mike Rose Soccer Complex to host SMU on Friday at 7 p.m.
“Can I Kick It.” Kalantarian, who will not officially take over the pep band until after Midnight Madness, said he wants to strengthen the connection between the band and student body and thinks the requests will help. “I want the students to feel ownership in the band because the pep band is a part of them,” Kalantarian said. Kalantarian said that the requests are not just open to students, and he wants faculty and staff to participate as well. “I will take requests from anyone on campus,” he said. “I want to hear what music people want to listen to.” Students and faculty can send their requests to d.kal@ memphis.edu.
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said she is looking forward to the reaction from the crowd. “I like the idea of playing popular music because it’s more fun for us and the crowd enjoys it more,” Rucker said. She said there is a difference in the energy of the band. “People pep up and start singing along and dancing to the music we play now,” she said. Students have already begun to take interest, requesting popular songs like “Animal” by Neon Trees. Akia James, sophomore psychology major, said she has attended games, but said she would be more inclined to attend games this season because she will be able to
recognize what the band is playing. “I like basketball anyway, but I would go more if knew what I wanted to hear will be played, like ‘Flexin’ and ‘Mrs. Right,’” James said. Senior art major Nancy Harwood said she is excited for the new musical changes. “A wider selection of music would give me a reason to go… it would be more entertaining,” she said. She said she thinks more people will have a reason listen to the band now. “I really want them to play trendy 60s and 70s classic rock -Rolling Stones, for sure,” Harwood said. She said she also wants to hear Mumford and Sons’ “Awake My Soul” and A Tribe Called Quest’s
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Wild Art
Tiger cross country runs to victory
Sophomore James Maglasang runs past other competitors on his way to victory in last weekend’s Rhodes College Invitational. progress.” The women’s cross-country squad also had five runners finish in the top 13. Junior Louisa Lingley led the Tigers with a time of 22:35, and finished third overall. Freshman Alisha Fitch finished fourth at 22:39, sophomore Jenny Johnston came in sixth in 22:56, senior Jasmine Darden finished eighth in 22:56 and sophomore Nandia Taylor rounded out the top five for the Tigers in 13th place at 23:28. Freshmen Meagan Nichols (16th, 23:45) and Erica Owen (25th, 24:17) also competed in the event. The women’s team led all
teams with a score of 34 and took home the women’s team title. “We’re getting on with a bunch of young guys and girls,” Robinson said. “It’s a very good foundation and if we can keep the group together, I think that we’re going to only improve. I feel like we finally have the machine in motion, we’ve just got to keep it going in the right direction at this point.” The Tigers will travel to Tuscaloosa, Ala. to compete in the Crimson Cross Country Classic on Oct. 15. The C-USA Cross Country Championships begin. Oct. 31 in Houston, Tex.
by Casey Hilder
A strong team and individual performance helped sophomore James Maglasang earn Conference USA weekly and C-USA’s Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors on Tuesday after taking home the individual title at the Rhodes College Invitational last weekend. It is the sixth weekly award in program history, and the first since Maglasang earned the same honor in 2010. Maglasang beat out freshman teammate Dan Kuhman by eight seconds, crossing the line in 25:05, with Kuhman close behind in second at 25:13. Maglasang’s first-place finish propelled the Tigers to a team score of 33 and gave the men’s squad its first team victory since 2001. “I think it’s quite an honor,” head coach Kevin Robinson said. “He won the same award last year, when only three other teams competed that week. This week, every team competed, and he was still recognized. So I think that says, across the country, within our conference, James was the best runner this week.” Memphis had five runners in the top 11. Freshmen Julien Wolf (26:31), Fabian Fiege (26:33) and Austin Carter (26:36) finished in 9th, 10th, and 11th place respectively. Junior Trent Scott (20th, 27:04) and senior Robert Skinner (27:27) rounded out the Memphis men’s competitors in the meet. “I am satisfied with the effort and extremely pleased with where we’ve come from, considering where we’ve been,” Robinson said. “But I definitely feel like we’ve got a much longer road to travel and we’re not in a position at this point to get complacent and be satisfied with the
by Brie Campbell
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U of M’s Jackson and Barton on Wooden Watch List
BY ADAM DOUGLAS Sports Editor Two University of Memphis basketball players are among players from eight schools named to the preseason watch list for the John R. Wooden award, an annual honor recognizing the nation’s top player. Sophomore guards Will Barton and Joe Jackson are among the 50 players named to the watch list, putting Memphis behind only North Carolina (four players), Ohio State (three players) and Vanderbilt (three players) in selections. California, Connecticut, Syracuse and UCLA also had two selections each.
“It’s a wonderful honor for team and they want to win, and watch list, but shared Pastner’s each young man to be on there, that’s how it is with everyone sentiments that team goals just to be under something with else. Guys are locked in about come before individual ones. “I have a lot of individual the name of Wooden, arguably togetherness, about ‘we’ and goals for myself, but in the greatest coach in basketball history and maybe order to reach those, I the greatest coach in all of t’s a great honor, know I have to do well within the team concept. sports,” said head coach but no award is bigger Plus, we have to win,” Josh Pastner. he said. “I always put Barton, the Tigers’ leadthan my team. ” ing scorer last season (12.3 my team first. I know my team is depending on me. ppg) and second leading — Joe Jackson Individual accolades will rebounder (4.9rpg), and Sophomore basketball guard come by themselves.” Jackson, the Conference Jackson, a 6-foot USA Tournament MVP, standout point guard from were the only players selected about ‘us.’” from C-USA. The 6-foot-6 Barton, an all- White Station High School in “I think we have multiple C-USA third team and C-USA Memphis, was the Tigers’ secguys on our team that deserve all-freshmen team selection ond-leading scorer (9.9 ppg) to be on that list,” Pastner said. last year, said he was honored and assist man (3.1 apg) last sea“But, for Joe and Will, it’s about by his selection to the Wooden son. Over the summer, Jackson
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elevated his game, averaging 11.6 points, 4.1 assists and 3 rebounds in a starting role for Team USA at the FIBA Under19 World Championships in Latvia. “It’s a great honor, but no award is bigger than my team,” Jackson said. “It’s a great honor to be mentioned in the 50 finalists, but my focus is on team goals right now.” The Wooden watch list will be trimmed to 30 players in January, when freshmen, transfers and other players who didn’t play last season will be eligible to make the list. The award will be presented on the weekend of April 6 at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
works in progress 2011 An Undergraduate Research Symposium designed to provide U of M students with the opportunity to present their current research ideas and preliminary results to a panel of faculty.
Who May Participate?
Requirements to Participate
Students enrolled in any undergraduate degree program. Enrollment in the Honors Program is not a requirement.
Obtain permission from a faculty mentor and provide a prospectus, abstract & a completed application packet by Monday, Oct. 24
Applications are available in Honors Hall and online at: www.memphis.edu/honors/other.htm
by David C. Minkin
For more information, contact the Honors Program at 678-2690 or email: ccockrum@memphis.edu
Sophomores Joe Jackson, middle, and Will Barton, right, have been named to the preseason Wooden Watch List.
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