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Protesters arrive on campus after budget hearings presided over by Goveror Bill Haslam that were attended by, from right, Tenn. Department of Safety Commissioner Bill Gibbons, Department of Safety Deputy Commissioner Larry Godwin, Highway Patrol Col. Tracy Trott and Assistant Homeland Security Commissioner David Purkey. photos by Scott Carroll & Brian Wilson

BY CHRISTOPHER WHITTEN News Reporter Governor Bill Haslam met with state department heads to discuss budget proposals for the 2012-2013 fiscal year at The University of Memphis’ FedEx Institute of Technology on Wednesday, the first time in state history the hearings have been held outside the state capitol in a public setting. While the purpose of the Memphis visit was to increase citizen participation, six members of Occupy Memphis comprised most of the attendees, qui-

etly sitting in on the hearings while other members organized a protest of Haslam’s visit in solidarity with Occupy Nashville. Haslam was notified of the group’s intentions about an hour after the hearings began at 1:30 p.m. Proceedings went on as planned. With Tennessee facing a $360 million budget shortfall next year, the Haslam said that he wanted to hear a variety of proposals in case major cuts had to be made. “The reason we do these departmentby-department hearings is to let citizens know what we’re doing with the budget

in each department,” he said. “And so we can begin to ask those hard questions to ferret out how we’re going to make up the gap.” David Thurman and Mark Emkes, director and commissioner of the Department of Finance and Administration, respectively, presided over the hearings with Haslam. Among Tennesseans’ concerns addressed during the hearings was the Haslam’s job plan. At 10.3 percent, Memphis has the

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Student Activities

Holidays come early, A taste of India thanks to local NPO Indian Students Association to host cultural immersion event on Sunday BY JACK SIMON News Reporter

Students can feel the joy of the holiday season early this year by donating toys on campus to Porter-Leath, a nonprofit organization that aids young mothers and fathers, runaway shelters and other resource centers focused on assisting those in need. The Nonprofit Leaders Association will be filling boxes with toys from Nov. 7-18 at various locations on campus. According to NLSA Faculty Adviser Susan Schmidt, PorterLeath does a big toy drive every year for Christmas. “We are trying to get our campus involved to donate toys,” she said. Donation boxes will be available at the Ned McWherter Library, Alumni Center, recreation center and the University Center. Sean Lee, president of PorterLeath, said that the group’s mission is to make kid’s Christmases a little brighter. “We have done this many years to take care of the children that we work with every year,” he said. Lee said that U of M students are playing a big role in the annual campaign by setting up a donation table in the UC on Nov. 10. “As a student, I’m actually able to see how a local nonprofit

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works, and how the good we can do on campus can go straight to the community,” said Elisabeth Benson, service projects chairwoman for the NLSA. Porter-Leath has been involved with the Nonprofit Leadership Collaborative for many years, as well as other nonprofit organizations including the Salvation Army and Goodwill. A truck will deliver the toys to Bud Davis Cadillac on Poplar Avenue, where the donations will be sorted to match children’s wish lists. “It’s more than just a toy – it’s

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about the meaning behind it,” Lee said. In 2010, the group gifted 400 children with bicycles for Christmas, and will be accepting new bikes or $68 checks for the purchase of new bikes this year. “If they’re living in our shelter, we’ll take care of it; and when they wake up the next morning, they’ll be taken care of,” Lee said. Porter-Leath is also accepting monetary donations. “If we sort through toys and something is missing from their wish list, we use the funds to get what they need,” Lee said.

On Sunday, students are invited to immerse themselves in Indian culture at India Night in the Michael D. Rose Theatre The free event, organized by the Indian Students Association, will include traditional Indian stories, food, and dance. “The major part of this program is to promote the Indian culture and traditions to The U of M community and erase any kind of myth or predefined notions about India and its customs,” said Chandra Kolli, President of the Indian Students Association. Beginning with a cultural fashion show, the event will be a presentation of 10 different states in India, showcasing the customs and traditions from each different state. “We have the Bollywood

dances that reflects the Indian costumes and traditional attire they would wear on stage,” Kolli said. A performance of a modernized version of a traditional epic story will follow the fashion show. The story is Ramayana, which depicts how a human should live his life and focuses on what kind of encounters a typical human being would go through and how to deal with them. After the performance, there will be an Indian buffet in the University Center Ballroom. The buffet will include Chicken and Vegetable Biryani, a traditional Indian dish, as well as Raita, an Indian buttermilk drink that blends vegetables including onions. “We’ve had a potluck and movie shows in the UC Theatre, but this is the biggest event we’ve ever had,” said Ashutosh Patil, member of the Indian Students Association.

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President Barack Obama stands in front of the Key Bridge while speaking on Nov. 2 in Washington, D.C., about the urgent need to repair the infrastructure of America which is part of his $447 billion job package.

BY DAVID LIGHTMAN McClatchy Newspapers President Barack Obama stood Wednesday before an aging Washington bridge and urged a bitterly divided Congress to approve his plan to boost infrastructure spending, but the effort is likely to be blocked Thursday in the Senate. That would be no surprise to Obama, who since unveiling his $447 billion jobs package two months ago has seen his ideas rejected, largely along party lines. The partisan schism was evident again Wednesday, as both sides embraced longheld philosophical stands and saw political gain from their refusal to budge. Democrats want higher taxes on millionaires to pay for the infrastructure plan. Republicans don’t. Republicans in the House of Representatives have led the way in passing a series of bills to provide private-sector initiatives aimed at creating jobs. Democrats vow to keep pushing the Obama package. There was little evidence that the two sides are taking serious steps to reach consensus on efforts to bring down the nation’s 9.1 percent unemployment rate. Obama, standing next to the Key Bridge, which spans the Potomac River to link northwest Washington with northern Virginia, tried to be both presidential and partisan. “Infrastructure shouldn’t be a partisan issue,” he said. He quoted President Ronald Reagan in citing infrastructure initiatives as “an investment in tomorrow that we must make today.” Obama asked, “Since when do we have Republicans voting against Ronald Reagan’s ideas? There’s no good reason

to oppose this bill, not one, and members of Congress who do, who vote no, are going to have to explain why to their constituencies.” At one point, he ridiculed Congress for digressing by debating smaller matters, such as a House measure reaffirming the nation’s “In God We Trust” motto. “That’s not putting people back to work,” Obama said. “I trust in God, but God wants to see us help ourselves by putting people back to work.” Republicans insisted they’re eager to create jobs, too, and urged Obama to stop campaigning and reason with them. “While the president is out doing campaign events all over the country, what he could do is to actually come to Washington and be focused on trying to help pass bills that would create a better environment for job creation and help put the American people back to work,” said House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio. Senate Democrats’ infrastructure package would be funded by a 0.7 percent surtax on millionaires. “It (asks) millionaires and billionaires to contribute just a little bit more than they do now. A little bit more,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. “It was paid for,” Obama said Wednesday of his package, “and yet they said no. The truth is the only way we can attack our economic challenges on the scale that’s needed is with bold action by Congress.” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky found the Democrats’ plan misguided. “It’s not exactly a state secret that Republicans — and yes, some Democrats — don’t think we should be raising taxes right

now on the very people we’re counting on to create the jobs we need to get us out of a jobs crisis,” he said. “And yet the one thing that every single proposal Democrats bring to the floor has in common is that it does just that.” The Rebuild America Jobs Act being debated by the Senate would spend $50 billion in immediate investments on highway, transit, rail and aviation projects. An additional $10 billion would help establish a national infrastructure bank that would help fund a number of projects. No one expects Democrats to succeed Thursday. “Every Democrat knows it’s not going to pass,” said Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. Then why bother? “We get people focused on an issue where we can bring people together,” explained Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. Obama in recent days has insisted he can help create jobs by taking certain steps that don’t need congressional approval. Wednesday, he announced a series of steps, including directing the Transportation Department to expedite $527 million in grants to help rebuild infrastructure; establishing a special team to expedite the environmental review of certain projects; and making the application process for the next round of federal loans for major projects easier. Obama’s plan to speed the award of loans to state and local governments for largescale transportation projects has good job-creation potential, transportation experts say. The program now gets $112 million, but legislation pending in Congress — with substantial bipartisan support — could boost that sum to about $1 billion.

The $1 billion loan program is part of a larger, two-year, $109 billion surface transportation funding bill. It’s seen by both sides as less politically motivated — and has been far less publicized — than Obama’s package, and is seen by lawmakers as necessary to help pay for crucial infrastruc-

ture projects back home. The $60 billion Democratic infrastructure plan, on the other hand, is considered a highly political proposal, one where Republicans could get political mileage by denying the president a victory — and Obama and the Democrats can cultivate

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Hearings highest unemployment rate of all urban areas in the state. Tennessee’s unemployment rate is 9.7 percent, 0.6 percent above the national average. Labor and workforce development Commissioner Karla Davis reported Tennessee’s unemployment rate would remain at 9 percent or above through the first quarter of 2012, but then drop down to about 8.1-8.8 percent through the 2012-13 fiscal year, figures determined by the by Professor William Fox of the center for business and economic research at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty announced the department reduced their staff by 40 percent in April, a measure predicted to save the state $2 million each year. “Some people think that state government should be an employment agency, and I would contend that we’re not,” said Emkes, commending Hagerty’s decision. “If we could add jobs, that would be wonderful; but we’re charged to spend taxpayer dollars wisely.” The presence of state and local law enforcement personnel at the hearings increased after Occupy Memphis announced their plan to protest via Twitter and Facebook. Highway Patrol and Memphis Police vehicles lined Innovation Drive outside the FedEx Institute, while several state troopers monitored entrances to the building from the inside. Haslam issued a curfew last

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Governor Bill Haslam takes time to speak with an Associated Press reporter following Wednesday’s state budget hearing at the FedEx Institute of Technology. Thursday after conditions at Occupy Nashville’s camp at the State Legislative Plaza reportedly deteriorated. The next day, 29 protesters, including U of M student Alexandra Pusateri, were arrested for refusing to abide by the policy. In an interview prior to Wednesday’s hearings, Haslam stood by his decision to enforce the curfew, which United States District Judge Aleta A. Trauger called “a clear prior restraint of

free speech rights.” The state agreed to stop enforcing the curfew after a federal lawsuit was filed against it by the American Civil Liberties Union. “Our primary concern is for safety,” Haslam said. “Our interest is not in any way in shutting down protests. We think that’s part of people’s First Amendment rights. We just thought that curfew could help us address what had become an increasingly dangerous and unsanitary situation.”

After reported incidents of theft and an assault, the protesters presence raised safety concerns, Haslam said. “This is out on Legislative Plaza – we certainly weren’t having those problems a couple months ago,” he said. Protesters arrived on Patterson Avenue as Haslam was leaving the FedEx Institute on Wednesday, waving posters and flags at passing traffic. Pusateri said the demonstra-

tion was a success. “It was a victory because we don’t have to change our time to accommodate (Haslam),” she said. “He got scared; he started bulking up security. He knows that we’re saying something true.” Protesters marched on campus from Patterson Ave. to the University Center shouting, “This is what democracy looks like,” and “You are the 99 percent.” Budget hearings will continue through the end of the month.

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Apple Inc. confirmed Wednesday that devices running the new iOS 5 operating system are experiencing shorter battery life than the Cupertino, Calif., company reported, and said it will release a software upgrade to fix the problem “in a few weeks.” Apple released iOS 5 on Oct. 12, just two days before the debut of its newest iPhone, the iPhone 4S. In the weeks since the device premiered, users have complained on Twitter and other social networks that the iPhone 4S runs out of power far sooner than expected and much more quickly than Apple promises. Some have been saying that even with minimal use, the device can’t make it through a workday without needing to be recharged. In a statement to All Things D, Apple said “A small number of

customers have reported lower than expected battery life on iOS 5 devices. We have found a few bugs that are affecting battery life and we will release a software

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Economy

Bernanke: Growth outlook slows, jobless rate frustrating BY KEVIN G. HALL McClatchy Newspapers For the third time this year, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday scaled back its economic growth forecasts for the next two years, projecting a slower economy and higher unemployment than it did back in June. In a news conference after the two-day meeting of the Fed’s interest rate-setting committee, where the Fed left its benchmark rate unchanged at near zero, Chairman Ben Bernanke said the forecast was for economic growth in 2012 at an annualized rate of 2.5 percent to 2.9 percent. That’s down from projections in June of 3.3 percent to 3.7 percent. Similarly, June’s forecast for the unemployment rate in 2012, a presidential election year, was 7.8 percent to 8.2 percent. On Wednesday, Bernanke and colleagues offered a revised forecast that puts the central tendency — which excludes the highest and lowest projections — between 8.5 percent and 8.7 percent. That’s close to today’s rate of 9.1 percent. “The pace of progress is likely to be frustratingly

slow,” Bernanke said in opening remarks for his third news conference this year. He acknowledged that the Fed’s been too optimistic this year. “We did underestimate the pace of recovery for some fundamental reasons,” he said, noting that he and his fellow Fed economists misjudged

consumers. Now there’s the debt crisis in Europe and the potential for another downgrade in America’s credit rating should U.S. lawmakers fail to find compromise on a deficit-reduction plan later this month. All of it has hurt consumer confidence and business sentiment.

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sumer confidence is where it was in the depths of the recession. That’s very discouraging.” — Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve chairman how long it would take for financial-sector repair after the near-collapse of 2008. Bernanke also cited other reasons for misjudging the pace of recovery: problems in the housing market that were deeper than first thought, and Americans paying down debts instead of spending In addition, he said, “There has been a certain amount of bad luck.” He noted that Japan’s earthquake and tsunami hurt global trade, and a spike in oil prices hurt

“You can see right now it is where it was in the depths of the recession. That’s very discouraging,” Bernanke said. He said the period of June to September had seen growth better than expected but not enough to change the Fed’s medium-term projections. The Fed still sees the jobless rate at year ’s end staying about where it is right now. Bernanke repeated that he stands ready to purchase Treasury bonds or mortgage bonds more aggressively

if needed to stimulate the economy, a process known as quantitative easing. A decision on doing this depends on the degree to which the Fed has inflation under control and whether employment levels are ticking up, down or treading water. The reason Bernanke began holding news conferences — a first for a Fed chairman — is to provide clarity about Fed policy. But when it came to how and when the Fed might take more aggressive steps to stimulate the economy, he was clear as mud Wednesday. “I don’t think I can be as precise as you’d like,” he said. The decision will come, he said, when Fed governors feel “we are falling sufficiently short of our objectives ... and that we believe that monetary stimulus would be beneficial. Then the committee would try to take correction action.” Action by the Federal Open Market Committee doesn’t seem imminent, not with the 2.5 percent annualized growth rate in the third quarter this year and prices rising. “With ... growth around 2.5 percent and core inflation currently above the Fed’s ‘target,’ we believe the FOMC will wait and monitor the fourth-

quarter data before making any move in early 2012,” John Silvia, the chief economist for Wells Fargo Securities in Charlotte, N.C., wrote in a research note. Wall Street traders, who parse Bernanke’s words as sacred code and favor stimulus since it boosts stock prices, could pin their hopes on one other Bernanke statement: “The outlook remains unsatisfactory over the next few years, and we will continue to ask ourselves if additional stimulus or actions can provide a better outcome.”

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Volleyball

Lady Tigers drop to 4-9 in C-USA on string of losses BY JASMINE VANN Sports Reporter The Tigers hit the road this past weekend for back-to-back conference matchups against Tulsa and SMU, losing their fourth consecutive Conference USA game with losses against both teams. The U of M’s C-USA record dropped to 4-9. The Tigers (15-11) looked to rebound after dropping one match on the road to Rice and another at home against Houston last weekend. Outside hitter Altrese Hawkins led

the offense against Rice with 10 kills. Vesna Jelic (11) and Aleksandra Petronijevic (13) each finished with digs in double digits. Against Houston, Marija Jovanovic led the Tigers in kills with 14, while Hawkins and Jelic recorded double-digit kills and digs. In a hard-fought game in Tulsa, Okla., the Golden Hurricanes dropped Memphis in three straight sets (19-25;2729;19-25). Three Tigers registered double-digit kills in the loss. Marija Jovanovich posted 15, Altrese Hawkins had 13 and Lauren Hawkins had 10.

“Tulsa is like last year – one of the best if not the best team in the conference,” said assistant coach Marko Majstorovic. Along with double digit kills, Jovanovic also totaled seven digs and three blocks in the loss, while Hajnalka Molnar finished with 40 assists and eight digs. Petronijevic ended the match with 14 digs, which led the defense. Despite the loss, the Tigers hit .279 as a team and had more kills and digs than Tulsa, with 44 and 46, respectively. Memphis played a back-

and-forth match against SMU where three of their players earned double digit kills as they fought their way back from a 2-0 deficit in the 3-2 loss (25-23;25-21;16-25;14-25;13-15). “When they play good, they are a really good team and tough team to beat,” Majstrovic said of SMU. With Hawkins leading the Tigers in kills with 20, Memphis still couldn’t put up a fight against SMU’s defense. Right side hitter Jovanovic also registered 16 kills to accompany seven digs. Jelic and Hajnalka Molnar both put

up double doubles, with Jelic downing 10 kills and 12 digs and Molnar totaling 48 assists and 10 digs. The Tigers return home for back-to-back matches on Thursday, Nov. 4, and Friday, Nov. 5, both against UCF at 7 p.m. “We have to build momentum as much as we can and use it against UCF here and then we have a more easier schedule for the season,“ Majstorovic said. “The girls are really motivated, playing those teams in this part of the year can really help us.”

Education

Average student-loan debt of 2010 grads tops $25,000 BY WALTER HAMILTON Los Angeles Times You don’t have to be a math major to understand this statistic: The average studentloan debt of last year’s college graduates topped $25,000 — the first time it’s exceeded that ignominious mark. Seniors who graduated in

2010 had an average studentloan burden of $25,250, up 5.2 percent from the $24,000 owed by the class of 2009, according to a report by the Project on Student Debt at the Institute for College Access & Success in Oakland. Some experts had expected a bigger increase in debt given the gloomy economy, but

increased financial aid at some schools partially offset the hit for low-income students and those at pricier colleges. Still, the increased debt load is another challenge for college graduates who already were facing a punishing job market. The unemployment rate for college graduates age 20 to 24 rose to 9.1 percent last year,

up from 8.7 percent in 2009 and the highest annual rate on record, according to the nonprofit research organization. The report is based on data reported voluntarily by more than 1,000 public and private nonprofit four-year colleges. It did not include so-called forprofit colleges. In California, the average

debt load last year was $18,113, with 48 percent of graduating seniors owing money, according to the study. Students and their families (who will be footing many of the college bills) can get data on average student-loan rates for many schools on the research organization’s website, at projectonstudentdebt.org.

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Basketball

BY ADAM DOUGLAS Sports Editor They set the tone early with rebounding and a stifling full court defense, creating turnovers that led to fast breaks in the Tigers dismantling of LeMoyne-Owen College, 119-67, in a Wednesday night exhibition match that opened Memphis’ 2011-2012 basketball season. Sophomore guard Will Barton led all scorers with 22 points, collecting five rebounds and dishing out four assists in only 18 minutes of playing time. His brother, Antonio, was a spark off the bench, hitting consecutive threes and shooting 5-for-8 from the field for 16 points as part of a 19-0 Memphis run midway through the first half. “During the course of the offseason, I’ve been in the gym working on my shot all year round,” Antonio said. “But the way me and my brother played tonight is credited to our mother. She tells us to go out every game and give your heart – there’s no turning back.” The Tiger defense also looked improved, but despite holding the Magicians to just 67 points on the game, Memphis was unable to shut out the Magicians from the three-point line. LemoyneOwen shot better than 60 percent from beyond the arc in the first half. They finished the game shooting 32 percent from three. “You guys know my number one thing is to take the threepoint shot out of the game,”

said U of M head coach Josh Pastner. “How many times do you see teams that are lesser in talent beat teams because of the three-point shot? We have to take threes out of the game, but we couldn’t because our hands were down and guys were shooting over us.” Junior forward Stan Simpson, making his Tigers debut, looked better than advertised, shooting 7-for-8 from the floor for 14 points. He also grabbed seven rebounds. His knack around the basket may be what the Tigers need to get over the hump this year. “I thought Stan played well,” Pastner said. “Credit goes to coach (Luke) Walton for that. Stan gets credit too – I think both guys deserve credit. Stan can help us because he plays hard; he played hard tonight.” Sophomores Chris Crawford and Tarik Black didn’t have their best games. Black, who was not expected to play due to flu-like symptoms, had only four points in limited playing time. Crawford shot poorly from the field, but was stellar on defense. “I just got to stay in the gym and take care of the ball more,” Crawford said. “I missed a lot of shots tonight, but you live to shoot another day.” Memphis returns to action next Friday night at FedExForum to take on Christians Brothers University for another exhibition tune-up. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m.

by David C. Minkin

Tigers roll in exhibition opener at FedExForum

Senior forward Wesley Witherspoon adds a pair of first-half points with authority against LeMoyne-Owen College in an exhibition matchup at FedExForum on Wednesday.

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