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No. 4 Tigers survive overtime

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Freshman Natalia Gomez-Junco eyes a scoring lane in recent C-USA action against Southern Methodist University.

After falling behind for just the second time this season, the University of Memphis women’s soccer team responded the only way it knows how: scoring goals. The fourth-ranked Lady Tigers (19-0-1) kept their bid for a fifth consecutive Conference USA tournament title alive by defeating the Tulsa Golden Hurricane (10-8-3) 2-1 in overtime Wednesday night at the Mike Rose Soccer Complex. “They pack it in tight and that’s a compliment to them,” said head coach Brooks Monaghan. “It’s hard to penetrate and that’s a credit to them. It’s sometimes not what we do but what the other team does, and they just made it difficult for us.” Tulsa struck first in the 51st minute. Golden Hurricane defender Claire Hulcer played a free kick into the box where midfielder Lexis Learmonth knocked the ball past Memphis senior goalkeeper Elise Kuhar-Pitters and into the net. The U of M equalized in the 81st minute through senior forward Melissa Smith’s fifth goal of the season. Sophomore forward Christabel Oduro played a ball in from the left flank. Smith was waiting and blasted the ball into the right side of the goal. Oduro was credited with her fifth assist of the season. “It totally lifted their spirits because we weren’t as sharp,” Monaghan said. “We kept pushing and getting frustrated. But I think it gave us a lot of confidence and told the team, ‘Hey, we can do this.’” The two teams remained tied through the end of regulation, sending the Lady Tigers into their second overtime period of the season. But they wouldn’t

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powerful from what I remember.” Heather Maclin, vice president of SAC and junior organizational leadership major, also saw the duo perform in February. “It was so different from any of the other poets we brought to campus before, because he spoke about real-life issues, not just relationships,” she said. “He spoke about his life, and I felt it was really relatable to a lot of issues college students are having.”

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poetry when he was six after reading Shel Silverstein’s “Where the Sidewalk Ends.” Before beginning a career as a professionInspired by constant self-evaluation and al poet, Sampson worked at graphic design life experiences, Asia Sampson and his part- company he founded. ner in poetry Jollan Aurelio travel around It wasn’t until 2003 that he began a career the country performing for college students as a professional poet and started performas The Asia Project. The duo is coming to ing for college audiences, a demographic The University of Memphis to spread their he’s found to be more amenable to his work message in a night of spoken word poetry. than older audiences. The Asia Project “College students will perform in are more receptive,” The University ho we are today he said. “College kids Center River Room are at the point where Monday, Nov. 7 at could be different from they’re making deci7 p.m. The perforthe person we were sions about their life.” mance is free and Angela Norwood, five years ago. I’m open to the public. coordinator of the Aurelio, a gui- working on myself and Student Activities tarist, is Sampson’s Council, said one of I am my own project the unique things brother-in-law. “My brother-inabout The Asia Project per se.” law came and we is the way they incorstarted to perform porate music into — Asia Sampson in colleges and we their performance. Poet presented it as The “It’s kind of like Asia Project. We all a musical spoken take on a project and we work on it, revise word,” she said. “I don’t think the music is it, edit it until it’s perfect,” Sampson said. behind every poem, but he brings it in for “Who we are individually is a project within some of the pieces.” ourselves. Who we are today could be differNorwood said she saw him perform for ent from the person we were five years ago. the first time at a conference in February. I’m working on myself and I am my own “His work is kind of up and down,” project, per se.” she said. “Some is really funny, and there Sampson, 34, said he began writing is some that will make you cry. It’s pretty

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Members of the poetry group The Asia Project will perform in The University Center on Monday as part of their college tour. Asia Sampson, left, poses with his brother in law and guitarist Jollan Aurelio.

UM issues statement on viral porn video University officials unable to determine where film was shot, urge students to use “good judgment” BY Timberly Moore News Reporter The University of Memphis has released a statement dissociating itself from a sexually explicit video that was partially filmed on The U of M campus. Since being posted online on Monday, the video has been viewed more than 1.3 million times. The statement reads: “If one or more of our students was involved, we want to send a strong message that the posting of this video is not in the best interest of those students. Items like this posted online have a long life, and can be seen by family, friends and potential future employers. We strongly urge our students to use good judgment and avoid allowing themselves to be portrayed in such a negative and exploitive light.” Linda Bonnin, U of M associate vice president of public relations and marketing, said The University neither knew about nor authorized filming of the video on campus. “I have not seen the video and I don’t want to, but from what I have heard about the tape, the first part was filmed at The University Center, but it is unclear where the actual sexual acts were filmed,” she said. In the video, a woman identifying herself as a sports and leisure management major at The U of M is seen outside the UC wearing a blue Memphis hooded sweatshirt. The video then cuts to the woman performing a sexual act with an unidentified male and saying “Go Tigers.” Bonnin said that students she has talked to about the video were outraged that The University is being represented in a negative way. “The majority of our students have strong morals and values,” she said. “They do not behave in this manner, so this is not a fair representation of them.” The website hosting the video was inaccessible on The University’s online network on Thursday.

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Gaming equals networking BY CHeLSeA BOOZer News Reporter Students in the Helen Hardin Honors Program are teaming up this weekend to battle it out in popular video games during their Local Area Network party, more commonly known as a LAN party. “Everyone is going to bring their own system to play on, so they have the computer specifications that they want,” said Stephen Louie, honors council president. “Ideally we’d all be playing the same games, but since not everyone has the same ones, we could be playing more than one at once.” LAN Parties are organized for the purpose of playing multiplayer computer games together in the same room. The council’s party is Saturday at 5 p.m. and is anticipated to run slightly past midnight “or until everyone is

just dead sick of playing video new people and share video mostly plays in the summer when game knowledge and meet other he is less busy. Colton Cockrum, games,” Louie said. He said “Heroes of Newerth,” people that play the same games assistant director of the honors “League of Legends,” “StarCraft as you do,” Louie said. “So, it’s program, said having the LAN party is a way 2,” “Left 4 Dead to bring together 2” and “Team ne of the most important students who Fortress 2” looking for were among the things for college students is to are games chosen things to do on because they find their community or where the weekend. “One of the were the most they fit in. HSC does a great most important recommended from other job of planning different types things for college students students. of events in order to create While the is to find their community or Honors Student community.” where they fit Council hosts in,” he said. the event, any— Colton Cockrum “HSC does a one is welcome Honors Student Council to come and the great job of planassistant director event is free, ning different types of events Louie said. He said two of his friends who don’t like a networking type-thing but in order to create community.” Other events sponsored by the attend school at The University more friendly. It’s actually being Honors Student Council include of Memphis will be there with friends with people.” him. Louie said playing video Open Mic Night, service learn“It’s just a great way to meet games is a hobby of his, but he ing projects and Ultimate Frisbee

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The U.S. Congress holds a ceremony on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 in Washington, D.C., to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Japanese-American veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442 Regimental Combat Team, and the Military Intelligence Service of the United States Army, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II.

BY MICHAEL DOYLE McClarchy Newspapers The old men, soldiers once upon an awful time, stood as proud as age would allow. They were former machine gunners, such as Frank Kageta. He’s now 91. They were former intelligence agents, such as George Yoji Kiyomoto, who’s 90, and James Iso, chipper at 87. They were, and are, nisei, second-generation JapaneseAmericans who in World War II fought tenaciously for the very country that had interned them and their family members. “We had a duty to prove, beyond any shadow of a doubt, our patriotism,” Iso said. Point proved. On Wednesday, a break in the battle, politicians put aside their standard partisan squabbling to present the surviving nisei veterans with the Congressional Gold Medal. The medal is considered, along with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to be the highest civilian award in the United States. Past Congressional Gold Medal recipients include George Washington, Mother Teresa and Winston Churchill. Less valorously, lawmakers also have bestowed the medal on the likes of singer Frank Sinatra. Those present agreed Wednesday that the veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military Intelligence Service earned their honors the hard way. “You fought World War II on two fronts,” Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer of California told the veterans, quoting former President Harry Truman. “You fought not only your enemy; you fought prejudice, and you

won.” Boxer pushed the Senate version of the bill granting the Congressional Gold Medal, allied with Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., in the House of Representatives. It was a bipartisan affair, with Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona declaring Wednesday that the veterans “did everything that was ever asked of them and more.” Fighting their way through Italy, southern France and Germany, Kageta and other men of the 442nd made the unit the most highly decorated regiment in Army history. All told, some 13,000 soldiers served in the regiment, and they received 9,486 Purple Hearts for wounds or combat deaths. More discreetly, several thousand men like Kiyomoto and Iso served in the Pacific as translators and agents with the Military Intelligence Service. “We were doing our part,” said Leo H. Hosoda, a 90-yearold Sacramento, Calif., resident who served as a Military Intelligence Service translator. They might have given up. Some 120,000 JapaneseAmericans were interned during the war, deemed a potential threat to the national security. One was young Doris Okada, born in an internment camp in Arizona in 1944. She’s now Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., an original co-sponsor of the Congressional Gold Medal legislation. Iso, too, spent part of the war in an internment camp, after he and his parents were forced from their home in San Jose, Calif. Iso left the camp in Heart Mountain, Wyo., to join the Army in 1944, following his brother Robert, who already was serving with the “Go for

Broke” men of the 442nd. “We were all young and vigorous and inspired to do the best we could,” Iso said. James Iso, of Roseville, Calif., went on to a career in the Defense Intelligence Agency and Foreign Service, spending several decades overseas. Many others returned to more domestic pursuits, putting their wars behind them. Kageta, of Rocklin, Calif., the onetime machine gunner, found his way to becoming a rancher. Kiyomoto, of Reedley, Calif., the former counterintelligence agent, became a tree fruit farmer. Hosoda, the former translator, became a payroll manager. They’ve been honored before; in some ways, the tributes have never stopped since the time Truman reviewed the nisei soldiers on the South Lawn of the White House. Hollywood dramatized their exploits in the 1951 movie “Go for Broke!” The state of California pitched in by naming a portion of State Route 99 after the 442nd. Still, a particularly strong valedictory feel pervaded this week’s three-day series of events, which included a gala dinner and trip to the World War II Memorial and will end Thursday with a memorial service for those killed in action. The Army chief of staff, Gen. Raymond Odierno, showed up Tuesday at an awards ceremony. At 6 feet 5 inches tall, he towered over the vets. A cadre of other soldiers, emblazoned with combat medals from the nation’s newest wars, served as guides and escorts; sometimes snapping out salutes, sometimes extending a helping hand. “We don’t get honored this way too much,” Kiyomoto said. When the 50-minute ceremo-

ny Wednesday in the Capitol Visitor Center’s Emancipation Hall was over, the veterans took up their canes and their wheelchairs and the supportive arms of their spouses, and departed slowly. “It was pretty impressive,” Clarence Suzuki of Fresno,

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A collision of science, history and love Students, faculty and staff can learn the joys of discovery in science, philosophy, landscape architecture and the English poet Lord Byron during the premiere of the play “Arcadia” at The University of Memphis tonight. Michael Bolinski, graduate theater student, is the play’s director. He said that his inspiration to direct “Arcadia” came from a production of the play that he saw 15 years ago. “I was enchanted by the overlapping time periods and the dynamic and robust thoughts,” he said. “In this play, you get to see love interspersed in all its forms, one of which is lust.” Bolinski also said that in his production, he wanted to focus on the sublime, which he described as “a bliss point that excites a person and makes them feel the most alive.” Audience members can also expect to find out more about classical and romantic views while two modern-day scholars attempt to unravel history at an English manor home in 1809 and the present, he said. “In ‘Arcadia,’ there are characters that not only embody either the classical or romantic views, but they also find themselves being influenced by each other’s personality traits,” he said. “Discovery does not stop between the two time periods.” The classical view, according to Bolinski, is about order and reason, whereas the romantic view deals with feelings and emotions.

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Crew members of the play “Arcadia” prepare for tonight’s performance in the Communication & Fine Arts Building. “The premise is not that either world view is better than the other,” he said. “At the end of the play, both the classical and romantic views come together.” Ben Fichthorn, senior theater design and technical production major, said that lighting defi-

nitely plays a part in influencing people’s moods and emotions. “In theater, lighting is used to make clear distinctions between characters and help the audience establish the relationships between the characters,” he said. “Arcadia” is part of a joint

production that includes the Margaret Edson production “Wit.” Other performances will be held Nov. 6, 9 and 12. Brian Fruits, second-year masters of fine arts directing candidate and director of “Wit,” said both his and Bolinski’s pro-

ductions differ in design, but are similar in aspects of love, humanity and knowledge. “Everyone’s going to have their own opinions, and I want people to connect with something or someone in their own special way,” he said.

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Europe debt action back on course after Greeks abandon vote BY LESLEY CLARK AND KEVIN G. HALL McClatchy Newspapers Leaders of the world’s most industrialized nations, gathered here for the annual G-20 summit, scrambled Thursday to rescue a European Union deal to restructure Greek debt and prevent a regional financial crisis from spreading and creating further global economic disruption. President Barack Obama and his European Union counterparts held closed-door meetings looking for ways to salvage last week’s marathon EU deal and get the world’s economy back on the path of growth. They got some welcomed help when Greece’s main opposition party agreed to honor a controversial austerity program that had been set last week as part of a deal to provide debt relief to the country. That move headed off the possibility that the program would be put to a vote of the Greek people and be defeated, though Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou still faced a vote of confidence on his rule Friday. “This is absolutely the bestcase scenario,” said Jacob

Kirkegaard, a Danish research fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington. “We have gotten out of these two or three days of mayhem a longer, far more solid political commitment in Greece, which now becomes a bipartisan commitment for following through on these programs.” U.S. stock markets climbed on the news, with the Dow Jones industrial average closing up more than 208 points to 12,044.47. The S&P 500 also rose, ending the day up 23.25 points, to 1261.15, and the NASDAQ up 57.99 points to 2697.97. White House officials offered upbeat assessments of U.S. officials’ conversations with counterparts from a wide range of countries, though they declined to address Greek developments directly. They said European leaders recognized that they must act to deal with their economic crisis and that China “was playing quite a constructive role in these meetings.” The officials also said China might agree to take steps to increase domestic consumption as a way to help stimulate the world economy. A communique summing up

the two days of talks was expected to be released Friday. Thursday was a day of many moving parts in the crisis. The new head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, who took over on Monday, lowered a key benchmark lending rate, signaling that he plans to do more than his predecessor did to promote growth aggressively in a region that is important to the U.S. and global economies. Obama huddled privately with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. He praised Sarkozy and Merkel for their work on the deal — which includes a Greek bailout, restricting of its debts and bolstering an EU-wide rescue fund — but said more clarity was needed. “We’re going to have to flesh out more of the details about how the plan will be fully and decisively implemented,” Obama said. White House officials said the two days of uncertainty over what direction Greece would go underscored how important it was for Europe to develop a “firewall” to prevent financial turmoil in one country from roiling the globe.

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Fifth True Blue 5K BY MEAGAN NICHOLS Contributing Writer University of Memphis students are using their school pride for charity at the fifth annual True Blue 5K. Hosted by the Young Alumni Committee, the run will start today at 7 p.m. on Walker Avenue and wind around campus before finishing in front of the University Center. “There are not a lot of evening races in this area, especially in the fall,” said Amy Cable, 2011 True Blue 5K race chairwoman. “We think it is one of the things that differentiates us from other races, and the campus looks great at night.” Proceeds from the race will

benefit the Young Alumni Legacy Scholarship and provide funds for future alumni functions. “The race was the brainchild of the committee looking to do something that would set us apart from other constituent groups and bring massive exposure to The University and the Alumni Association,” Cable said. This year ’s title sponsor for the race is Cumulus Media, which owns KIX 106, News Talk 98.9 and 98.1 the Max radio stations. Cumulus ran ads and sent emails to its listeners to promote the race. “They are giving us a ton of promotion, “ Cable said. In addition to the race, runners will receive food, music and awards and will

be able to participate in a post-race celebration in the UC Ballroom. “Last year the festivities were outside and it was freezing, so this year it will be in the ballroom,” Cable said. Runners will also receive a t-shirt and a bag of promotional goodies with food, koozies, key chains and coupons for Sonic and Tan-n-Go. The U of M organization with the most participants will receive $250 for the charity of their choice. An award will also be given to the individual who shows the most Memphis spirit. Cable and her fellow committee members are hoping to have 400-500 people register for the race.

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Tigers’ exhibition opener provides fans with a look into what could be a magical season BY ADAM DOUGLAS Sports Editor

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Two years ago, he almost lost his first ever game as a head coach in an exhibition match against Christian Brothers University. One year ago, he said that he almost had an ulcer on the sidelines at the Tigers exhi-

Third-year head coach Josh Pastner prepares the Tigers for Wednesday’s exhibition against LeMoyne-Owen.

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from page 1 have to wait long to break the deadlock. In the 93rd minute, freshman forward Natalia Gomez-Junco pounced on the first chance of the period, working a give-and-go with Smith and beating Tulsa goalkeeper Katie Bykowski for the game-winner. The goal was Gomez-Junco’s eighth of the season, and Smith recorded her eighth assist. “Natalia, she scores goals,” Monaghan said. “If you give her space, she is going to make it difficult on the keeper and she did. She had a great shot low in the corner and the keeper was close, but you know, obviously I’m just excited to get the win.” Tulsa’s goal broke a Memphis C-USA Tournament scoreless streak of more than 410 minutes. The Lady Tigers had not allowed a goal in a tournament game since a 6-2 victory over SMU in the first round of the 2009 C-USA Tournament. The win was also the Lady Tigers’ first overtime win since a 2-1 victory over UAB on Oct. 5, 2007. The Lady Tigers will take on fifth-seeded East Carolina in the semifinals. Tonight’s match is scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m. at the Mike Rose Soccer Complex following the conclusion of the other semifinal match between No. 6 Rice and No. 7 UTEP.

bition season-opener. But this year, his Tigers won by more than 50 points on Wednesday against Lemoyne-Owen. Is this year’s Tigers team finally going to live up to the hype? Judging from third-year head coach Josh Pastner’s impressions of the team, the answer could be “yes.” “I just think we have some really good players,” he said after Memphis defeated LeMoyneOwen 119-67 on Wednesday. “We are at our best when we are playing up-tempo. But our whole identity has got to be on the defensive end – we’ve got to make stops.” Memphis did some good things during Wednesday’s game. They committed fewer turnovers than their opponent (11 to 25), they had more assists than turnovers (26 to 11) and they got out on the fast break and scored points. This was something that Pastner and his staff have been looking for from the Tigers throughout his short tenure as head coach. Wednesday seemed to be an indication that The U of M finally has all its pieces together, albeit they faced a team far less talented than them. “The good thing about this game is that we can take this film and break it down and show our guys a lot of things we need to work on,” Pastner said. “We have to get better pressing, get up and down the floor quicker. There are some positives, but there are some things to work on.” The Tigers ended the night with seven players scoring in double

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figures. Sophomore point guard Joe Jackson looking like a true offensive leader, dishing out seven assists and turning the ball over just once. Senior forward Wesley Witherspoon showed no ill effects from two prior knee surgeries. “I think all of our guys played well,” Pastner said. “Antonio (Barton) played well. Will (Barton) kept it simple. Wesley gave us some good minutes, and I was really proud of Joe. But I keep telling guys, Wesley and Joe are our X-factors for us. They both don’t need to be

Superman, they just need to play to their abilities and that’s what they did tonight.” The debut of freshman forward Adonis Thomas and junior forward Stan Simpson wasn’t bad either. Thomas finished the game with 11 points, two rebounds and two steals. Simpson, carving up the paint, blocked three shots, grabbed seven boards and added 14 tough points. If those two can contribute like this for the rest of the season, a deep run in the NCAA Tournament may be in the future.

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