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UM responds to, disputes findings of possible Clery Act violations

BY CHELSEA BOOZER News Reporter

In their response to four possible violations of a federal law that mandates on-campus crime reporting, The University of Memphis argued one of the findings and said they would or have already corrected the others.

The law in question, the Clery Act, was enacted in 1990 after 19-year-old Jeanne Clery was raped and murdered in her on-campus dormitory. The law was put into place to protect campus communities by providing information of potentially dangerous situations in a timely manner.

The Department of Education enforces the law and can fine a university up to $27,500 per violation. A university could also lose its federal funding as a result of violating the law.

The DOE told U of M officials in August that during the department’s audit of U of M Police Services, it found The U of M did not have issue timely warning to the campus community after a student was murdered on campus in 2007.

“On September 30, 2007, a Memphis student was shot and killed near the Carpenter Residence Hall Complex at approx 9:45 p.m.,” The DOE’s report says. “While the residence halls in the Carpenter

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Complex area were locked down soon after the incident and remained closed until 7 a.m., no warning regarding the fatal shooting was issued until an email was sent by University Chief of Police at approximately 3:44 a.m. on October 1, 2007 roughly six hours after the incident.”

The DOE’s 25-page report noted that the crime occurred on a night when many students were returning to campus. Since no suspect was in custody and the shooter was still at large,“students and employees were still in danger,” it says.

The U of M’s 76-page response, which included attachments and was prepared by associate counsel Melanie Murry, said, “The University respectfully disagrees with the Department’s findings that we did not issue a timely warning in response to the murder…”

According to The University, the Memphis Police Department took over responsibility of the crime scene and the investigation and therefore any release of information had to be cleared through MPD. The response didn’t specify if U of M police asked MPD if it was okay to send a TigerText or email to the campus community soon after the incident.

The response said that residents in Carpenter Complex, where the murder occurred, were all notified of the incident. Students who were

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Dance forms persist at UM despite lack of funding

BY ERICA HORTON News Reporter Budget cuts at The University of Memphis left the College of Communications and Fine Arts without a dance concentration for theater majors in 2003. Eight years later, students still find a way to make the best of the department’s resources.

New Voices, an annual concert hosted by CCFA, features eight dances, entirely student-led and choreographed. The concert, free and open to the public, premieres Dec.1 at 8 p.m. in room 124 of the CCFA building.

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MANIA

their Looney Tunes t-shirts and blue jeans, they made their way through the crowds of ball gowns Sheila Guerrero, 17, and her and tuxedos to look for their friend couldn’t afford a ticket to beloved King of Pop. As they waited outside of Suite the show, but they convinced a TV cameraman to take them past 7, security started to gather. Ten security to use the bathroom. The minutes later, the elevator door two friends waited anxiously in opened and Guerrero knew it was the bathroom several hours for the Jackson from just a glimpse of his right satin-covered shoulder. show to start.

She started to scream and cry.

The former e’s different from Jackson Five front the others as he started man came up to her and said, “Aw, as a child star and don’t cry. It’s okay.” always retained Guerrero, a junior journalsomething of that child ism major, willquality in his persona.” ingly admits that her wedding day didn’t compare to — David Evans that moment.

Professor of American folk Aretha Shotwell and popular music and Sheila People began to arrive around 7 Guerrero have been “Michael p.m. They started asking if anyone Jackson friends for life” since junior knew where Michael would be. high school.

A woman told them he was sup“Our friendship has been posed to be in Suite 7. So, clad in greatly influenced by our love for

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BY MICHELLE CORBET News Reporter

Sheila Guerrero’s collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia occupies an entire bedroom, with items ranging from dolls and posters to sleek white gloves.

Michael because we both got a chance to see him at the Pyramid, and that is a memory only the two of us share,” Shotwell said.

Guerrero and Shotwell met Michael Jackson when he came to the Pyramid with Lisa Marie Presley for an Elvis Tribute concert in 1994.

Guerrero started her own fan club, “Michael Jackson Fans Speak Out,” in 2009 to support the pop singer faced with child molestation allegations. Most recently, she flew to Los Angeles to be present in the trial investing Michael Jackson’s death.

Guerrero decided to go to Los Angeles at the time of the Michael Jackson trial for her birthday. She knew the trial would be ending

near her birthday, Nov. 4. Guerrero arrived in L.A. Thursday, Nov. 3, and by Monday, Nov. 7, the jury had reached a verdict. Conrad Murray, Jackson’s former doctor was guilty.

Michael Jackson fans were chanting in the streets. Guerrero described it as pandemonium.

Guerrero was quoted in several articles written by CNN and Daily News Los Angeles the day after the trial results. There are numerous videos of Guerrero on NBC Los Angeles and, most notably, an interview by CNN correspondent Jane Velez-Mitchell.

During the interview, Guerrero expressed her happiness, thanked God and said, “Michael deserves justice, his family deserves justice

and his fans deserve justice.”

Velez-Mitchell spoke with Guerrero while the crowd waited for the verdict.

“She said, ‘When we get the verdict, I want to interview you first,’” Guerrero said.

“I was so proud and excited for her. I happened to be watching that channel, and I saw the interview so I sent her a text message,” Shotwell said.

David Evans, professor of American folk and popular music, said Memphis’ own Elvis Presley would be the closest precedent to Michael Jackson and the type of fans who follow him.

He said Marilyn Monroe and Jim Morrison also have a cult

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011 • 3

Campus Life

Musicians congregate for more than music

Most organizations on campus hope for a meeting or event packed with students. However, for the Christian Musicians’ Fellowship, success does not come in numbers.

“We do not have to have a giant meeting every week; that’s not what we are all about,” said Matt Kiefer, violinist and former CMF president who received an artist’s diploma in spring 2011.

For CMF, the goal is to have a convenient presence on campus where students with the same beliefs can come together, worship through music and have a community of like-minded friends.

The Fellowship, which began in 2003, holds informal meetings every week. This week’s meeting is today at 6:30 p.m. in room 101 of the music building.

Many members play instruments or sing, but others just come to have a group to belong to with the same beliefs. Weekly meetings consist of Bible studies, prayer, and time for worship and fellowship with other students.

The group is also discussing plans to hold concerts and host speakers.

Paul Vest, third year doctoral student and cellist, said the Bible study themes range in topics with the change of students each year. There are always different

issues to cover when members range from incoming freshmen to students working on doctorate degrees.

Vest has been involved with CMF for the past five years. For Vest, the group has been a valuable resource during his time at The U of M. “We deal with unique things as musicians, such as performing in front of people and the anxiety that comes with that. This gives us the opportunity to talk about those things with other people,” Vest said. “Some of my closest friends in Memphis are from this group.”

Kiefer said they are not about “cracking the whip” when it comes to meetings under the CMF umbrella. They are more interested in facilitating meetings and allowing students to have a convenient place to gather and talk about their beliefs.

Students of all denominations are welcome to join CMF. Griffin Browne, 4th year DMA student who has been involved with the group for four years, admits that students do not always agree with each other. If there are disagreements, he said, they have respectful discussions or they do not bring these items to meetings.

“We are generally open to all denominations, but we are not associated with any particular denomination or church,” Browne said.

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Amos’ dance for the concert features five artists—four females and one male—who dance from page 1 around giant cubes to a Kanye The concert was revived four West mixtape. years ago, according to dance “I’m taking vocal hip-hop instructor Angie Hollis. The music and putting modern works vary from jazz to modern moves to it. I love all the rhythms dance. Students began preparing and story of his music and juxtafor the performances at the begin- position of the piece. We’re not ning of the semester. moving in a typical way you “In the past three years, we would to this kind of music,” decided to name it New Voices she said. because these are new student The cubes represent a place choreogof comfort, r a p h e r s Amos said. As expressing move t just so hap- dancers themselves in around them, pens to be the movement,” they manipuHollis said. them and end of my career late “We now have dance in such a major in at The U of M and a way that dance educago back the beginning of they tion, but you and forth to do not have my life as a pro- the blocks. to be in the “It just so fessional dancer happens to be dance education major to after I graduate.” the end of my choreograph.” career at The The dancU of M and es are each the beginning — Ebone Amos unique, and of my life as Dance education senior topics vary by a professional the choreogdancer after I rapher, Hollis said. Each piece graduate,” she said. “It’s comfortmeans something different to the ing to be in a place like school students performing them. where I’m free to dance and Ebone Amos, senior dance experience positive critique, but I education major, said she chose need to graduate and break away The U of M for dance because at and do more things.” a previous college, she majored in Neille Martin, a senior dance music business and hated it. education major and one of “It wasn’t a full dance major, the choreographers with New but it was really a chance for me Voices, said dance is important to blend the two loves that I have to The U of M because it’s a together,” she said. “When I first valid form of communication got here, the program was very and art. small, so I got a lot of much-need“It promotes unity,” she said. ed attention with my professors. “It brings people together and I’ve watched the program grow makes them experience other from very small to a little bigger.” things that they don’t know.”

Frustrated Egyptians come out in force

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Egyptian protesters in downtown Cairo, Egypt’s Tahrir Square stumble away from tear gas and rubber bullets fired by security forces who tried to clear out the square in scenes of grave violence just a week before elections.

BY JEFFREY FLEISHMAN AND AMRO HASSAN Los Angeles Times Egypt is frayed, bloody and slipping toward a new revolt.

The clashes that erupted for the second day in a row Sunday between police and protesters are the most volatile challenge in months to the nation’s military leaders. The anger glimpsed through the tear gas and on the bruised faces of demonstrators marked a dangerous chasm between the Egyptian people and the generals who have refused to relinquish power to a civilian government.

What is unfolding in the streets of Cairo, Suez and the coastal city of Alexandria is the compounded anger over the unrealized promise of a revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak in February but has yet to steer the country toward a new democracy. Five people have been killed across the nation, including three Sunday in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, and more than 1,000 have been

injured since violence broke out on Saturday.

Security forces and military police, swinging batons, firing birdshot and driving armored personnel carriers, stormed the square late Sunday afternoon, chasing out protesters and burning tents. The troops quickly retreated and growing ranks of demonstrators returned to the area, yelling epithets against the military as darkness fell.

Protesters numbered as many as 20,000 before midnight.

“We are on the brink of danger. Those asking for the government to fall are asking for the state to fall,” Gen. Mohsen Fangary said in a TV interview.

But at times, the military appears in denial, as if the deepening discontent against it can be placated or ignored in the run-up to next week’s parliamentary elections.

The military is not ready to cede the country’s future to an array of political interests, including remnants of the old regime and the dominant Muslim Brotherhood. These

forces mistrust one another but they — along with thousands of idle, angry young men — have banded against what they all regard as the larger enemy in the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.

But political parties, especially Islamist groups, face a dilemma: They want to tap into the spirit of the protests but do not want violence to jeopardize the country’s first significant elections in decades. The Muslim Brotherhood did not endorse the demonstrations but condemned security forces for the bloody crackdown. The ultraconservative Gamaa al Islamiya group told its followers now is “not a suitable time” to take to the streets.

“I should be at work,” said Ashraf Hamed, a food vendor who joined Sunday’s rally in Tahrir Square. “But I suffered from life under Mubarak, and I refuse to continue suffering and keep watching injustices being done to our revolution.”

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BY BILL LINDELOF McClatchy Newspapers The University of California Davis campus police chief was placed on administrative leave Monday as the school’s chancellor called for the Yolo County district attorney to review the use of force in the pepper spraying of protesting students.

The decision to place Chief Annette Spicuzza on leave was necessary to allow a review of events and help calm the campus, the university said.

The action also came as national attention is focusing on the police response to what appeared to be a peaceful protest. NBC’s “Today” show and other programs did segments on the pepper-spraying incident, including broadcasting video that showed a UC Davis police officer spraying a line of students who were seated and providing no active resistance.

“As I have gathered more information about the events that

took place on the quad on Friday, it has become clear to me that this is a necessary step toward restoring trust on our campus,” said Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi.

Campus protests have gone on since last week, first by students who slept overnight in Mrak Hall. The students eventually were evicted.

That protest paled in contrast to the pepper-spray incident.

Students who camped overnight on the quad Thursday were ordered out of the encampment the next day.

When police tried to move them out Friday, officers said they felt surrounded. At least one officer subsequently used a large can of pepper spray on the sitting students.

Katehi said she has replaced Spicuzza with interim police chief Lt. Matt Carmichael.

Katehi again Monday took responsibility for the Friday events and said she was saddened by the pepper spraying, images of which spread in

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UC Davis students yell out in protest during a rally in the quad area on the school’s campus in Davis, Calif., on Nov. 15. University students throughout the state, both at UC schools, as well as within the Cal State system, were protesting rising tuition costs. At least one guard used a can of pepper spray on students who were peacefully sitting in on the protest Friday. national press reports and on social media. She will appoint a task force to review the incident.

Katehi said she has called upon the Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig’s office to

investigate the campus police department’s use of force. In a press release, she said that the district attorney has agreed to conduct a review in collaboration with the Yolo County Sheriff’s

Department.

University of California President Mark Yudof has also said that he had begun an urgent assessment of the actions by UC Davis police.

Clery Act

the DOE’s findings that said The U of M failed to prepare and distribute an annual security report as a single document in 2009, and also failed to properly classify and report crime statistics in 2008.

Their response said that all errors were corrected. Also, as a result of the DOE’s findings, The University will reinstitute its Clery Committee that will meet quarterly to review compliance with the Clery Act, according to The U of M’s report. A revised policy regarding timely warning procedures was also drafted.

The University addressed the DOE’s claim that The U of M failed to maintain an accurate daily crime log by explaining that many of the errors in the crime log were caused when they were entered digitally.

The Department found that the disposition field of the crime log was not consistently updated to show the current status of several incidents reported to U of M Police Services during 2008.

The University’s response did not address this aspect of the findings.

The response acknowledged that the officer who controls the daily crime log and online log has had over 33 years of law enforcement experience with the MPD and campus police combined.

The daily crime log is required to be available to the public. In the past, when Daily Helmsman reporters asked to see the log, they have instead been deferred to a separate book of incident reports.

That book has been, at times, not updated for periods of more than a week.

The Daily Helmsman found the book to not have been updated in several days on at least four separate occasions since The University was notified of The DOE’s findings of possible Clery Act violations.

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inside U of M’s 24-hour computer labs were also informed of the murder, the response said, and an employee was stationed at the doors of all dormitories informing anyone who entered or exited of the murder.

“Almost immediately upon learning the student had been shot, information began to surface regarding a suspect and motive…, which counter-indicated a continuing threat to anyone else in the community,” The University’s response read. “The crime appeared targeted and personal in nature.”

The response went on to say how police had credible evidence that the shooter was four miles north of campus and that Memphis police were not pursuing him on cmapus or its adjacent areas.

The response said DOE’s auditors may not have had access to complete information regarding all of the circumstances of the 2007 shooting.

“It is not the Department’s place to stand in the shoes of an institution and second guess their actions, but rather to review all of the facts and circumstances to determine whether the institution’s actions were reasonable under the circumstances,” it said.

“To do otherwise would create a standard no institution would be able to withstand. We believe our actions went above and beyond what was required under the law.”

The Department of Education will consider The U of M’s response before finalizing any of its findings and reporting them as violations. There is no time limit to do so.

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Poll: Glimmer of hope on economy, Obama’s handling of it

BY LESLEY CLARK McClatchy Newspapers

A nearly 2-1 majority of voters think that President Barack Obama inherited, rather than caused, today’s slumping economy, and more Americans trust him to create jobs than they do the Republicans in Congress, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll.

Half of U.S. adults think that Obama’s push to create jobs will do more good than harm, while 40 percent say the opposite. The president has spent the fall prodding Congress to pass his $447 billion job-creation package, and he signed legislation Monday to give tax credits to businesses that hire unemployed veterans.

The Nov. 8-10 survey of 1,026 adults, including 872 registered voters, found a populace that is still glum about the nation’s economic outlook: Nearly three out of four think the country is in a recession — although the official scorekeeper of these things, the National Bureau of Economic Research, says the recession ended in 2009 — and 53 percent think that “the worst is yet to come,” while 41 percent think the worst is behind us.

The number who think the country is in a recession had declined slightly since July, and those who think that the worst is “yet to come” declined significantly since August, when 68 percent of Americans said that was what they thought.

“We’re generally seeing some minor or slight improvement in some of the measures,” Marist poll director Lee Miringoff said. “It’s no big flip, no big turnaround, but perhaps an inkling that things are starting to improve.”

Likewise, there’s been little movement in expectations for personal family finances.

Only 22 percent expect them to get better in the coming year, while 59 percent expect them to “stay about the same.”

In September the comparable figures were 28 percent and 55 percent.

The poll found that 60 percent of registered voters think that Obama inherited the current economic conditions — a finding that has held fairly steady for two years — while 32 percent blame his policies.

The findings reflect a partisan split: Fifty-nine percent of Republicans said they thought the current economic conditions were mostly a result of the president’s policies, while just 12 percent of Democrats blamed Obama. Sixty-two percent of independents said the president inherited the current economy.

The public is more narrowly

divided over whom to trust with creating jobs: Forty-six percent said Obama and 42 percent said Republicans in Congress. Independents sided with the president by 44 percent to 41 percent for congressional Republicans. The rest were unsure.

As Obama takes his push for the jobs package to New Hampshire on Tuesday, the survey found that 50 percent think that the package will do more good than harm; 40 percent think it will do more harm than good. Those ages 18 to 29 are especially impressed with the plan: Sixty-nine percent said it would do more good than harm. Positive ratings fell with age groups, with those 60 and over divided evenly, 45 percent to 45 percent.

“This is nothing to write home about for Obama, but it’s a slight modification on what has been some pretty dire news on the economic front for some time,” Miringoff said.

The poll’s error margin is plus or minus 3 percentage points overall, and 3.5 percentage points for registered voters.

egypt

from page 4 Broken glass, stones and bullet casings littered the square as about 4,000 protesters gathered while riot police battled others on side streets and protected the nearby Interior Ministry. The April 6 Youth Movement and an ultraconservative Islamist presidential candidate announced their support of the protest, but the majority of the demonstrators appeared not to belong to political parties or activist groups.

“I was against the idea of a sit-in but when I saw the police brutality against demonstrators on TV yesterday I decided to come and join them,” said Adel Kassem, a university professor. “These people here are the real Egyptians, without any politicians or banners of Muslim Brotherhood or anyone else who has tried to hijack the revolution.”

The clashes began early Saturday when several hundred protesters attempted a sit-in following a huge antimilitary rally on Friday. The violence resumed Sunday as military helicopters skimmed overhead and shops and businesses closed.

“Leave, leave just like Mubarak,” protesters chanted.

“Down with the field marshal,” yelled others in reference to Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, leader of the armed forces.

The police and the military are “doing their best to hinder elections while at the same time falsely showing everyone that the revolution will bring change and democracy,” said Ali Shahin, a businessman. “But this is all fake. They want to show that the country is not ready for democracy so they make the changes they want.”

The military expanded martial law in September and has been intent on preventing activists from retaking Tahrir Square, which they occupied during the

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revolt against Mubarak. But the generals face the prospect of possibly provoking widespread bloodshed and unrest that could draw tens of thousands into the streets amid the political turmoil already surrounding the run-up to parliamentary elections on Nov. 28.

“Do not leave the square.

This square will lead the way from now on,” Hazem Salah abu Ismail, the ultraconservative Islamist presidential candidate, told demonstrators.

“Tomorrow the whole of Egypt

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The ruling system remains the same as it was under Mubarak practicing the same stupidity as Mubarak’s men did” — Adel Kassem

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will follow your lead.”

Egypt has stumbled from the so-called Arab Spring’s great inspiration to its lingering disappointment. The euphoric 18 days that led to Mubarak’s downfall have been clouded by divisions between secularists and Islamists and by the military, which has repeatedly delayed transition to civilian rule. The generals are reviled by activists but their wide support in the provinces allows them a tight grip on the nation.

The most recent violence

was sparked by an attempt by the military to consolidate its power by enshrining a larger role for itself in a new constitution. Late Saturday, amid the rising protests, the generals amended the proposals in an effort to calm activists and the Muslim Brotherhood. That kind of appeasement worked in the past, but did little to contain the pent-up outrage of the last two days.

The nation is unlikely to find respite soon. The military announced that it would not postpone elections.

The voting could trigger more bloodshed and is certain to exacerbate differences between liberals and the Muslim Brotherhood, which could win at least 30 percent of the seats in parliament.

Secularists and the military fear the Brotherhood and other Islamist groups are determined to press for a government deeply rooted in sharia, or Islamic law.

But, in the short term, the parliament will ultimately be accountable to the ruling military council. A full transfer of power to civilian control is not expected until a president is elected late next year or 2013. This scenario is certain to lead to more protests even as Egypt struggles with a downward spiraling economy and a shrinking tourism industry.

This was on the minds of many in Tahrir Square.

Like Kassem, the university professor, they mirrored the Egyptians who protested last winter — not politically driven, just fed up. Kassem stood Sunday amid scorched tires and the tang of tear gas not far from a makeshift hospital in a mosque and a few tents erected in the square’s central garden.

“Mubarak’s thieves headed

by Tantawi stole our revolution, so did groups using religion,” he said. “The ruling system remains the same as it was under Mubarak practicing the same stupidity as Mubarak’s men did.”

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011 • 7

Women’s Soccer

Rude awakening: Lady Tigers’ dream season comes to bitter conclusion After setting almost every school record in the book this season, the No. 5 University of Memphis women’s soccer team (22-1-1) lost a heartbreaking 2-0 decision to the University of Louisville Cardinals in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Louisville appeared to have more in the tank from the beginning, as they had a golden scoring opportunity only 30 seconds into the game. The Cardinals’ Erin Yenney got a head onto a cross, but hit the ball just wide of the goal.

The Lady Tigers had a scoring chance in the 28th minute, but senior forward Melissa Smith was unable to convert the header as the shot missed right of the goal.

Another missed opportunity came in the 60th minute. Redshirt freshman midfielder Kelley Gravlin appeared to have an open shot from the right side at the goal, but the Cardinals’ goalkeeper came up with a diving save to keep the score notched at 0-0.

“We had our chances, and it is a game of chances,” head coach Brooks Monaghan said.

“Unfortunately we did not finish our (chances).”

Senior Lizzy Hildebrandt also had a scoring opportunity. A minute after Gravlin’s shot was denied, Hildebrandt found herself with an open shot from the center of the box. The Cardinals’ goalkeeper denied that shot, too, and the missed opportunities would come back to haunt the Lady Tigers.

The Louisville Cardinals struck in the 68th minute. Jennifer Jones played the ball into the box where it took a Louisville bounce over the head of senior goalkeeper

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The University of Memphis women’s soccer team suffered a heartbreaking loss to Louisville on Friday, falling in a 2-0 defeat in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The season-ending loss was the first defeat of the year for the Lady Tigers, who finished the season with a record of 22-1-1.

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Cardinals a 1-0 advantage.

Just seven minutes later, Louisville put the game out of reach. A header by Zakiya McIntosh found the back of the net and gave Louisville a 2-0 lead in the 75th minute. It was a lead they would not relinquish, handing the Lady Tigers their only loss

on the season.

“Congrats to Louisville; they played a tough game,” Monaghan said. “It is disappointing. I think it is pre-mature based on the talent we have on this team. I always said the sky is the limit, and I still believe that.”

Despite the loss, the Lady Tigers

opened many eyes this season with their historic run. Hildebrandt and the rest of the team feel they have a lot to be proud of.

“We just need to look back on the season and not dwell on this game,” Hildebrandt said. “We just need to talk about the great season that we had.”

A Weekly Devotional For You Peace with God Our theme last week was “God is Holy.” We saw that God, in His transcendently holy being, absolutely will not have anything to do with approving sin or with even the slightest imperfection. He has a holy hatred of sin. Speaking to Jesus Christ, Who is God incarnate, the Father said in Hebrews 1:9, “Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity…”

In other words, God demands absolute perfection from those who hope to live in peace with Him eternally. Those who die in their sins will be eternally under His wrath. People may try to ignore this and to dismiss it from their minds, but it is, nevertheless, a fact.

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No human being can earn favor with God and salvation from his sins. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. All are liable to eternal punishment. Yet, none is able to extricate himself from this terrible plight. This is all terrible news for sinners. However, as we said in our previous devotional, In spite of this bleak outlook, there is very good news. Do you want to hear it? We will look at it next time.

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This one went the way it was supposed to — for the Michigan Wolverines, that is. Michigan beat the Tigers at their own game and dictated their own pace, defeating Memphis with a brilliant game-plan 73-61 in the quarterfinals of the 2011 EA Sports Maui Invitational.

The Tigers (1-1) couldn’t get anything going offensively and defensively. They opened the game cold, going 3-for-10 in the first minutes.

Sophomore Tarik Black also got into foul trouble, picking up two personal fouls in the first 90 seconds of the game, forcing head coach Josh Pastner to go to the bench early and often. The experts had the Tigers winning this one big, but the No. 15 Wolverines played within themselves and kept the Tigers at bay by limiting Memphis’ transition game.

The first half was a game full of runs. The Wolverines opened the game on a 10-4 run, followed by an 18-9 lead. But the Tigers, sparked off the bench by Chris Crawford and a hot-shooting Charles Carmouche, went on a 10-0 run to take an early 29-27 lead. Then Michigan, responding with a 10-0 run of their own, took a 37-31 lead into halftime.

The Tigers would get no closer than that for the rest of the game.

The Tigers’ defense had no answer for the Wolverines’ attack. Sophomore guard Tim Hardaway, Jr., who finished the game with 21 points, seven rebounds and five assists, led a team that shot 54 percent from the field, 6-20 from the arc (30 percent) and over 70 percent from the free throw line. The Tigers were led by senior guard Charles Carmouche’s 14 points and five rebounds. Sophomore guard Will Barton had a game he would like to forget. The Wooden Watch list player had nine points on 3-of-12 shooting, while forcing ill-advised shots and going 1 for 5 from the arc with four rebounds and one turnover The Tigers shot poorly from the field, going 19-of57 (33.3 percent) and shooting only 19 percent (4 of 21) from the arc. They’re rebounding wasn’t much better. The Wolverines outhustled the Tigers on the boards 35-29, but committed more turnovers with 16, compared to just six for The U of M. The Tigers didn’t do a good job of sharing the ball, having just six assists on 19 made baskets.

The Tigers will return to action today at 1 p.m. when they play rival Tennessee in the consolation bracket.

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BY ADAM DOUGLAS Sports Editor

Sophomores Will Barton, center, and Tarik Black, right, combined for just 16 points in Monday’s game against Michigan at the Maui Invitational.

following similar to that of Michael Jackson. Evans described such celebrities as having unexplainable charisma and artistry.

“He’s different from the others, as he started as a child star and always retained something of that child quality in his persona. He sort of drew the image of the charismatic performer to a younger age level. He appealed as a dancer as well as a singer-songwriter.

He’s a cult figure of the video age and essential things about him, like age and gender, had a lot of ambiguity,” Evans said.

Guerrero’s love for the King of Pop started in her childhood when Michael Jackson was topping the charts with “Thriller.” But her favorite song is “Keep the Faith,” from Jackson’s “Dangerous” album.

“I would listen to that song when I was going through tough times at home or in my neighborhood,” Guerrero said.

After Jackson’s death in 2009, Guerrero started a non-profit organization, “Stop the Hurt. Start the Healing.”

The group’s focus is to continue Michael Jackson’s mission to heal the world by helping those who are less fortunate.

“I always wanted to do something meaningful, I wanted to continue his legacy of humanitarianism,” Guerrero said.

“Stop the Hurt. Start the Healing” is having its third annual Christmas toy drive for Hope House Day Care.

Guerrero said Hope House is one of the few facilities that care for children with HIV. Guerrero’s group will be at the Wal-Mart on Austin Peay Highway collecting toys on Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. to noon.

“We have it the first week of December to commemorate world AIDS days,” Guerrero said. “Michael Jackson was on advocate for AIDS and sick children.”

Guerrero continues to do charitable works through “Stop the Hurt. Start the Healing,” and is already planning her next trip to L.A. “She has accomplished a lot over the years; everything she does through her foundation is in honor of Michael, and she wants to continue on with his legacy,” Shotwell said.

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