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Haslam for UM governing board Gov. Bill Haslam is working to make sure University of Memphis alumni, faculty and student represenatives make decisions about tuition and who will be the next university president. Haslam is preparing a piece of legislation to present to the state asking to give The U of M its own governing board. There are two governing boards for public universities in Tennessee: the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees, which oversees UT’s four main campuses and the Tennessee Board of Regents that manages The U of M and 45 other institutions, including 13 community colleges, 27 Tennessee Technology Centers and five state universities. “In the state of Tennessee we have the State of Tennessee System consisting of all the Tennessee schools. Everyone else is thrown in the Tennessee Board of Regents,” said Tyler DeWitt, Student Government Association president. “Essentially, you have the same people governing Southwest (Community College) as you do govern-

ing a university with 23,000 students.” Governing boards are often made up of people who are directly involved with the schools they govern, including students. “The governing board from the TBR and the Tennessee System are made up of people from the government, universities and student representatives. If we have our own, I believe the same process would be followed,” said Shirley Raines, U of M president. Raines said The University would benefit from a board consisting of people who have an interest in their local university. “I think it would be helpful because it would get locals involved in their university. We welcome anything that promotes more support at the local level,” Raines said. Haslam’s press secretary, David Smith, said the governor said it is only logical for The U of M to make its own decisions concerning the hiring or firing of The University president, fundraising and entering into agreements or alliances.

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(From left to right) Vice President Dr. Rosie Bingham, Dean Rajiv Grover of the Fogelman College of Business, Brittany Jones president of the National Society of Minorities in Hospitality, and William Umbreit director of the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality cut the ribbon together at the opening of the new student lounge located at the Holiday Inn on campus.

Southern Hospitality BY Timberly Moore News Reporter

Hospitality and resort management majors received a lesson in philanthropy from the

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Holiday Inn this week when the hotel donated a room and funds to the National Society of Minorities in Hospitality. The organization celebrated the opening of their $10,000

student lounge Wednesday. It is named Kemmons Corner in honor of Kemmons Wilson, the late founder of Holiday Inn.

Flemming and Associates, an architectural firm, will design the new building. Beginning next week, Residence Life will hold student focus groups to help get a sense of what students want in the new dorm, Poteet said. “I’m glad they have decided to get students’ feedback. I feel that’s important,” said BreAnna Gatlin, freshman Richardson Towers resident. The plan is to build a housing village that resembles a combination of the Living Learning Center and Carpenter Complex. Poteet said The U of M would like the opening of the new dorm to coincide with the beginning of a fall semester. The money for the project comes from the Housing Fund, which funds its projects separately from The University, Poteet said. “No housing fees come from a student’s tuition,” he said.

The cost to maintain the current towers and update them to the current seismic codes would eventually cost the University millions and force them to keep the dorms for another 30 years. Donald Guy, a resident at Richardson Towers, said the new dorm is a much-needed upgrade. “It’ll be a good addition. It’ll be a good way to attract more students,” Guy said. Robin Warren, owner of the Little Shop of Towers on the first floor of Richardson Towers, said she didn’t know the dorm was definitely being built and feels unsure of the future of her shop. “I am naturally concerned. I would appreciate knowing some information, so I can make plans. We are here to provide a service for the population of the campus, and we hope to continue to provide this service in the future,” Warren said.

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Out with the old, in with the new

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BY JASON JONES News Reporter

Renovations at University of Memphis’s Richardson Towers dorms may begin in the next year, with speculation that the existing towers will be demolished and reconstructed entirely.

As the New Year begins, so does the $53 million construction plans for the replacement of Richardson Towers. Richardson Towers’ age, quality of living and failure to meet new seismic codes are the main reasons for spending the money on the new dorm, said Tony Poteet, assistant vice president of campus planning and development. “Buildings don’t last forever,” he said. Poteet said designing the dorm will take about a year take about a year, while construction will take approximately two years. The lengthy and expensive construction will provide students with higher-quality living, better study space and more enjoyable social interactions with fellow residents, Poteet said.

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that more than half the alcohol adults drink is consumed while binge drinking. Among young More than 38 million adults in people it’s 90 percent. the U.S. binge drink alcohol about Men who binge drink confour times a month, a Centers for sume more drinks than women, Disease Control and Prevention and they do it more often: an report finds. The activity is more average nine drinks five times common among younger people, per month, versus 5.9 drinks 3.2 but older people who binge drink times a month. do it more often. The average Surprisingly, the report also highest number of drinks con- noted that most people who sumed at a time is eight. binge drink are not alcoholics or The Vital Signs report released dependent on alcohol. But binge Tu e s d a y drinking defines does have e need to work b i n g e serious drinking health together to implement as havand social proven measures to ing four consereduce binge drinking or more quences, drinks (for such as at national, state and women) suicide commmunity levels.” or five and car or more wrecks, — Dr. Thomas R. Frieden drinks (for men) and it’s a risk CDC director on one occasion. factor for carMen and women 18 to 34 com- diovascular conditions and sexuprise the group with the most ally transmitted diseases. binge drinkers, but those 65 The figures come from a 2010 and older do it more frequently, survey of about 458,000 adults in about five to six times a month the U.S. age 18 and older. on average. “We need to work together to Researchers also broke down implement proven measures to binge drinking by income, find- reduce binge drinking at nationing that the activity is more com- al, state and community levels,” mon among those with a house- said CDC director Dr. Thomas R. hold yearly income of $75,000 Frieden in a news release. or more. But those who make Suggestions for curbing binge less than $25,000 a year consume drinking include the government the highest number of drinks at collaborating with states and a time, about eight to nine on communities in backing binge average. drinking prevention programs, Areas in the country where states tracking binge drinking binge drinking is more common behavior, and healthcare proinclude New England, Hawaii, viders screening patients for the the Midwest, Washington, D.C., behavior and helping them to and Alaska. The report also found stop.

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working out the details at Lambuth—both short-term and long-term.” A student activity fee allocation committee takes funding requests from organizations and departments who can then use the money distributed by the committee to host events for students. About 10 groups received funding for the 2011-

“They are working to build student life,” Hoffman said. “They have had focus groups to find out what (Lambuth) Students at The University students have an interest in.” of Memphis’ Lambuth campus Beth Ann Carkuff, coordimay be getting less bang for nator of student services and their buck. operations, said several facWhile students on the main ulty members are establishing campus pay a $40 student a Model United Nations and activity fee plus $17 for health a Psychology Honors Society. services and Students $25 for recrehave also ation, Lambuth expressed y desire is to see Lambuth interest in a students pay the same $82, social justice grow and I feel it has the but under the club, film potential to do so. I feel like umbrella of a club and the single student establishany student on our campus activity fee. ment of a understands that we’re just The Lambuth Greek syscampus, howevtem, she said. getting started and we’re all er, does not yet S a r a h have a health excited to see this campus meet C h a n d l e r , center or recsophomore it’s full potential.” reational facilelementary ity, according to education — Casey Williams Jeannie Smith, major at Senior organizational leadership major assistant vice Lambuth, is president for involved in finance. 2012 school year. all three of the currently avail“I don’t know how the stu“This past summer, we had able registered student organident fees are being allocated at no direct requests specifically zations — Student Recruiting Lambuth, ” she said. for the Lambuth campus,” said Students, The Wesley The Lambuth campus, locat- Tyler DeWitt, SGA president Foundation and the Student ed 80 miles from the main cam- and member of the committee. Advisory Council. pus, has three student organiza- “The next SGA president will As a student-employee, tions that benefit from student probably be the most responsi- Chandler said students often fees to put on events, while The ble for working with Lambuth tell her what they want to see U of M’s main campus has 204 students.” on campus. registered organizations. Laura Hoffman, assistant “I’ve gone to a few bas“(Lambuth) students are coordinator of student activi- ketball games, as well,” said absolutely welcome to par- ties, said because the Lambuth Chandler who makes the hourticipate in events here on the campus does not have a recre- long drive to Memphis for the main campus,” said Rosie ation center, the $25 student fee games. “The drive isn’t that Bingham, vice president of will be assessed differently at bad. I make it all the time.” student affairs. “We are still Lambuth. Casey Williams, senior organizational leadership major, is a member of the Wesley Foundation and said she looks forward to seeing more organizations formed. “My desire is to see Lambuth grow and I feel it has the potential to do so,” she said. “I feel like any student on our campus understands that we’re just getting started and we’re all excited to see this campus meet it’s full potential. “

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Afghan Taliban faction that draws hundreds of fighters from Hafiz Gul Bahadur, the top militant commander in North Waziristan. Security analysts said the selective targeting suggested that Pakistani security authorities had sanctioned the strikes, despite a Foreign Ministry statement Thursday that drone intrusions into Pakistan’s airspace “cannot be condoned.” “This would mean the end of capricious unilateral targeting by the CIA, and a more considered HVT list”—highvalue target—“agreed on by both sides,” Khan said. The analysts said

indefinitely its ban on NATO supplies for Afghanistan being trucked through its Two apparent U.S. drone land border. Before the susattacks last week on militant pension, one-third of the nontargets in Pakistani tribal lethal supplies for the U.S.areas bordering Afghanistan led coalition had been sent very likely signal the resumpoverland through Pakistan. tion of joint counterintelliThe White House has said gence operations by the CIA no apology is forthcoming, and Pakistan’s military spy though the Pentagon has agency, security analysts here expressed “deep regret” at said Monday. the Pakistani troop losses. The reported strikes would The border incident be the first in Pakistan since prompted a review by a U.S.-led NATO forces killed high-powered parliamentary 25 Pakistani soldiers in a committee of Pakistan’s for“friendly fire” incident on the eign policy, including seven border in November, which defense agreements that have drove relations between been signed with the U.S. Washington and Islamabad to since 2001. The committee a new low. concluded News reports its review over the weeklast week, ad the strikes happened end quoted and its reca n o n y m o u s out of the blue, a much stronger o m m e n d a Pakistani militions, which tary officials response would have been forth- haven’t been as saying that coming from Pakistan, particular- made pubradio chatter lic, are to be ly from the military.” among milidebated in a tants suggested special ses— Simbal Khan that the chief sion of parof the Pakistani liament later Director of research at the Institute of Strategic Studies T a l i b a n , this month. Islamabad Hakimullah Pakistani Mehsud, was n e w s p a among four insurgents who Pakistan’s response to the pers have reported that the were killed Thursday in the drone strikes was canned recommendations include second of the drone strikes rather than angry. The attacks demanding U.S. assurances in the North Waziristan tribal weren’t mentioned in a state- that its forces won’t violate area. ment that was issued after Pakistan’s sovereignty, a refA spokesman for the the Pakistani government’s erence to the covert U.S. misPakistani Taliban denied national security team met sion that killed Osama bin Mehsud’s death, howev- Saturday, suggesting that Laden near Islamabad last er, saying he wasn’t in the Pakistani officials had prior May. area at the time. Members knowledge of the strikes. Obama has said the U.S. of rival militant factions told “Had the strikes hap- would take similar action if McClatchy Newspapers that pened out of the blue, a much it received actionable intelthey’d received no news of stronger response would ligence on the whereabouts his death. have been forthcoming from of the new al-Qaida chief, “The signs are that the Pakistan, particularly from Ayman al-Zawahri. U.S. has revisited intelligence the military,” Khan said. cooperation with Pakistan, The tensions with the and the two sides have United States are far from returned to the early stages, resolved, however. The when drone attacks were ini- Pakistani national security tiated under a covert joint team issued the government’s mandate,” said Simbal Khan, first official response to a the director of research at the Pentagon investigation into Institute of Strategic Studies the border incident, rejecting Islamabad, a research center —as the military did three funded by Pakistan’s Foreign weeks ago—the U.S. concluMinistry. sions that Pakistani troops In the first of the strikes, had fired first and that their last Tuesday, four al-Qaida deaths were the result of poor fighters from the gas-rich coordination between milicentral Asian republic of tary authorities on both sides. Turkmenistan were killed, Pakistan reiterated its analysts said. demand that President Barack But the drones didn’t tar- Obama apologize for the solget the Haqqani network, an diers’ deaths, and it extended

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from page 1 DeWitt lobbied to Haslam during his campaign in favor of The U of M having its own board. “When he was running for governor, I would ask him his opinion on The University having more autonomy from the Board. I asked him at least a dozen times. I’m very delighted he’s making good on his promise,” DeWitt said. No legislation has been presented to TBR yet. “We haven’t seen an official plan. We’ve only seen what we’ve read in the newspapers,” said Monica Greppin-Watts, communications director for the Tennessee Board of Regents. Haslam has been developing the idea of The U of M having its own board since he first started campaigning in Memphis. “At this point, he hasn’t devised a plan. He thought it was a good idea. We’ve talked to him all the four times he’s campaigned here, and he’s met with our Board of Visitors,” Raines said. Haslam’s press secretary said Haslam is still working to figure out how to give The U of M its own board in context with the rest of the TBR. Haslam has proposed several different models to her and the Board of Visitors, Raines said. “In one model, our board would report to the Board of Regents, the other model our board would be totally separate,” Raines said. In order for either of these models to come into practice, it will take legislative action from Haslam. “The governor does chair the Board of Regents and the Tennessee System, so it would take action from the governor for changes to take place,” said Raines.

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Student Activities

The newly open student lounge for hospitality students located in the Holiday Inn on campus. The Kemmons Wilson chapter of the National Society of Minorities in Hospitality said that the lounge is an effort to make hospitality students feel more at home while they are at school.

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tality resort management major, said funding for the lounge came from a joint contribution from InterContinental Hotels

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“We’re a small school to begin with, so this is just something extra. So we can hang out and get to know each other.” The room boasts a 50-inch television, a Nintendo Wii, a large, leather couch, a refrigerator, a dining area, artwork and smaller room accessories. Leonard Jackson, assistant professor for the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management, said he stood behind the students because he observed their needs. “In order to have a wholesome student experience, students need to socialize with their peers in their major,” he said. Jackson said it’s important for students to have a professional environment to enjoy. “I wanted it to be a place to socialize and do homework; I didn’t want it to look like a frat house,” he said. David Leyva, senior hospitality and resort management major, said the comfort level of the room was important and playing games on the Wii system helps relieve stress for students who need a study break. “I will definitely be sleeping on the couch whenever I can,” said Leyva, who bragged that he planned to beat his classmates in a dance-off playing “Just Dance 2.” Glyn Vanderberg, senior hospitality and resort management major, created the sign that was hung outside the fully furnished lounge. She said the lounge helps commuter students who have nothing to do in between classes besides sit around. “I had a three hour gap between classes with nowhere to go in past semesters. I think the hotel helped us out because we couldn’t hang out in the lobby because it is a functioning hotel,” she said. “Before, it was just thrownaway hotel couches in a room that we made into a little space for us.” The faculty was hands on in helping students design the lounge. “Tom Johnson is the general manager of the hotel, but he moved furniture with us and helped us pick it out, which was really big for us,” Vanderberg said.

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What was your New Year’s resolution and how well are you sticking to it? by Brian Wilson

“Becoming a vegetarian. So far, so good.”

“To start riding my bike to campus. I’ve done it every day so far this semester.”

“To try to eat better and stick to a meal plan.”

“To pass this semester. We’ll see.”

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BY eliZABeTH CooPer News Reporter Internationally acclaimed theorist, critic and activist Noam Chomsky delivered dual lectures in Memphis this past weekend about the history of American political policies’ effects at home and abroad. Chomksy, an institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), travels the world giving lectures. He has published over 100 books and essays in the fields of linguistics, philosophy, political ideology, power relations and democracy. During the late 1960s, Chomsky posed arguments against the Vietnam War through a series of papers published in The New York Review of Books. He also participated in direct action protests such as withholding part of his income tax and marching on the Pentagon in 1967. The Mid-South Peace and Justice Center partnered with Rhodes College to bring Chomsky for the celebration of their 30th year of grassroots organizing in the Memphis community. “We try to bring someone who has something good to say,“ said Jacob Flowers, director of MSPJC. Friday night’s free lecture at Rhodes College campus attracted over 700 people into a room with a seating capacity of 500. After a brief introduction, Chomsky began his speech on the Occupy Movement with a historical analysis of the progression of the American policies in favor of large financial institutions. Chomsky said that under this “design,” the increase of economic inequality created an environment for the Occupy Wall

Street Movement. “But there are alternatives. There always have been,” he said. The night concluded with a question and answer session. An audience member asked if Chomsky thought a popular movement could be successful without a central leader. He answered that, historically, many mass movements have not had a central figure and have been successful at achieving their ends. On Saturday night, State Senator Steve Cohen introduced Chomsky as keynote speaker for MSPJC’s 30th anniversary gala event at the First Congregational

Church in Midtown. During his second speech titled “Revolutionary Pacifism: structural violence at home and abroad,” Chomsky spoke of American government’s policies regarding democracy and popular movements. He said many events in American history are relegated to “unhistory” which he defined as “historical events unfit to be admitted into history.” Flowers said MSPJC tried to coordinate the event with The University of Memphis but things didn’t pan out. “We hope next year we can come to The University of Memphis,” he said.

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BY JAMES RAINEY Los Angeles Times Most people probably haven’t paid much attention to the huge corporations waging war in Washington over legislation designed to crack down on online theft of movies, music and other content. But the conflict will hit consumers in the face Wednesday, when Wikipedia and several other websites intend to go dark to protest the proposed changes. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced Monday that the hugely popular online encyclopedia would be unavailable for 24 hours to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act and related legislation, which opponents say could lead to censorship or the complete shutdown of some websites. Wikipedia plans to join Reddit, Boing Boing and hun-

dreds of other sites in the socalled SOPA Strike, an attempt to publicize their complaints about proposals supported by the movie and music industries and other media companies. “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed, MLK. On Wednesday, Wikipedia demands,” Wales said via Twitter on Monday, Martin Luther King Day. In a statement announcing the shutdown of the Englishlanguage version of the site, Wales said the legislation would “harm the free and open Internet and bring about new tools for censorship of international websites inside the United States.” The Motion Picture Association of America and others driving the legislation said real progress had been made toward creating a law that would protect intellectual

property. The advocates said misinformation is inflaming passions on the Web while doing nothing to solve the problem of piracy. “It’s part and parcel of a campaign to distract from the real issue here and to draw people away from trying to resolve what is a real problem, which is that foreigners continue to steal the hard work of Americans,” said Michael O’Leary, the executive leading the MPAA’s campaign for the bills. He called Wednesday’s plan an example of the “gimmicks and distortion” that have been used in an attempt to block the legislation. The protesting websites— which reportedly also will include Mozilla, WordPress and TwitPic—plan to act Wednesday despite the Obama administration’s signal last weekend that it wanted changes in the legislation. “While we believe that

online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet,” said a statement from three White House officials: Victoria Espinel, intellectual property enforcement coordinator; Aneesh Chopra, U.S. chief technology officer; and Howard Schmidt, cybersecurity coordinator for the national security staff. Internet operators—including giants Google Inc. and eBay Inc. —have opposed the legislation because, they said, it would let companies move to block websites and, in one version, take away their user addresses if they are deemed to have misappropriated any content. The Internet companies said the proposed legislation—

SOPA in the House and the Protect Intellectual Property Act in the Senate—would allow operators no real due process before government actions could be taken against them. They said the result would be censorship and a strangling of the free flow of information that represents the soul of Web freedom. Lobbyists for the Internet companies said they believed their concerns had not been heeded in early rounds of the legislation. The blackouts and an outpouring of protests from everyday Internet users could turn the tide. “A lot of people feel that nobody has been listening and this is a way to get people to listen,” said Maura Corbett, spokeswoman for Net Coalition, which represents Google, eBay and others. “This is more than a stunt. This is saying, ‘Please listen to us.’”

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BY PAUL WEST AND SEEMA MEHTA MCT In one of the most sustained batterings he has endured in the 2012 presidential primary debates, Mitt Romney was repeatedly put on the defensive over his business and government record and the attack ads by his supporters that are swamping South Carolina’s airwaves. The former Massachusetts governor ’s rivals have been increasingly desperate to derail his front-running candidacy as Romney looks to put a virtual lock on the Republican nomination in Saturday’s primary. Rivals Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich took aim at Romney, landing blows that, despite hitting their mark, may have canceled out either of their chances of emerging Monday night as Romney’s key challenger. Together the opponents sought to argue that Romney lacked principles, was exercising an unfair advantage through a “super PAC” created by his former aides, and was hiding his income taxes to deflect criticism. Santorum delivered one of the first blows, laying a trap for Romney about voting rights for prisoners. A super PAC supporting Romney has been running ads accusing Santorum of backing the right of felons to vote from prison—a charge the former Pennsylvania senator said was false. Santorum defended his Senate vote, noting that Monday was Martin Luther King Day, and that the measure he supported was aimed at restoring voting rights for criminals who had served their time and finished their probation and parole require-

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ments, a population that disproportionately includes blacks. He pressed Romney about whether he supported such a measure. Romney said he did not believe that people who have committed violent crimes should ever be allowed to vote, leading Santorum to parry that when Romney was governor, violent Massachusetts felons could vote even while they were on probation and parole. “If, in fact, you felt so passionately about this that you were now going to go out and have somebody criticize me for restoring voting rights to people who have -- who have exhausted their sentence and served their time and paid their debt to society, then why didn’t you try to change that when you were governor of Massachusetts?” Santorum said. Romney responded that his state’s legislature was 85 percent Democratic, and he went on to criticize the existence of super PACs, despite the fact that he has benefited the most from their existence this election cycle. “We all would like to have super PACs disappear, to tell you the truth,” he said later in the debate. “Wouldn’t it be nice if people could give what they’d like to campaigns and campaigns could run their own ads and take responsibility for them?” Gingrich drew hoots of approval from the audience when he said Romney’s inability to get his supporters’ super PAC to remove an ad that distorts Gingrich’s position on abortion “makes you wonder how much influence he’d have if he were president.” Romney shot back that Gingrich’s supporters were running an ad, replete with

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Republican presidential candidates, from left, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul take the stage for the Fox News debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Mon., Jan. 16, 2012. erroneous charges about his business record, that is “probably the biggest hoax since Bigfoot.” With his experience as cofounder of a private equity company, Bain Capital, under attack, Romney said for the first time that he’d “probably” release his tax returns later this year if it was apparent he would be the nominee. Gingrich defended his assaults on Romney’s business record, which includes job losses at some companies Bain invested in, and what Gingrich called a pattern of loading a “handful” of companies with debt, after which they went broke. To applause, the former

House speaker said questioning Romney’s record in private business “is exactly what campaigns ought to be about. And we need to satisfy the country that whoever we nominate has a record that can stand up to Barack Obama in a very effective way.” One of the debate panelists, Gerald Seib of The Wall Street Journal, asked Romney about American Pad and Paper, a company that went bankrupt, costing hundreds of people their jobs, while Bain Capital took out $100 million in profits and fees. Romney said the company was caught in a shrinking industry and some of those who lost jobs were union

workers who didn’t want to transfer to a non-union plant. And he pushed back against the notion that he practiced a particularly harsh brand of capitalism. “I know that people are going to come after me. I know President Obama is going to come after me. But the record is pretty darn good,” Romney said. “If people want to have someone who understands how the economy works, having worked in the real economy, that I’m the guy that can best post up against Barack Obama,” Romney said to cheers from supporters in the crowd at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.

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Thomas to miss remainder of season Freshman guard to undergo ankle surgery night, with Adonis’ parents and doctors and sat there and discussed all the information and the original plan was to take a couple days after Wednesday’s game to make a decision,” Pastner said. “But we all agreed last night that it was best to get the procedure done now. “This isn’t like an elbow, or a shoulder. In basketball, your wheels are your most important things. You’ve got to have your knees, your elbows, your

with Thomas out, they and other bench players will have to take on more responsibility. The Tigers will be without “Everyone’s in the rotafreshman guard Adonis Thomas tion, basically,” Pastner said. for the remainder of the sea“Everyone’s got to be ready, and son, Head Coach Josh Pastner they’ve got to get the job done.” announced Tuesday. Thomas said he became Thomas, who suffered an emotional when he was told he ankle injury in practice on Jan. 13, would have to have surgery to sat out Saturday’s game against repair his ankle. Houston. An MRI showed that “Once I heard, I just broke Thomas is suffering from a perodown,” he said. “I couldn’t hanneal tendon retinaculum in his dle it that I couldn’t finish my left ankle. He first season as a will undergo college basketball surgery to I mean, he team is going to be great, player. repair the torn we’re barely into but I always want to make an cartilage, a conference play, minor proceI can’t even impact in some kind of way, so so dure, but one finish conference that will effecplay, conference if I’m able to come back 100 tively rule him tournament. If percent, then I’ll come back.” out for the rest we even make it of the season. to the (NCAA) “Basically, tournament, I on the outwon’t even be — Adonis Thomas side, if you cut able to experience Freshman guard yourself, you that being on the would put a court. But I’ve got little Neosporin and a Band-Aid ankles, those are your prized faith in these guys. I just want to on it and eventually the cut goes possessions. It was just some- stay positive and help the guys away and heals on its own,” thing where we were concerned, out in all the ways I can, and I’m Pastner said. “It’s like a cut on and I was concerned. It’s a minor a part of the team still so there’s the inside, because there’s a flap thing, but unfortunately it’s an a lot of things I’ve still got to do. of cartilage, and the only way to awkward thing how he fell and As small as the injury was, I was get it back is to put a Band-Aid we’ll get the procedure done and just thinking, ‘why me?’ I didn’t on it.” he’ll be better than new once we think it would need surgery, but Thomas’ injury is a blow to a get the procedure done.” that’s the way it went. “ Tiger team that was beginning Pastner said other players will While he will likely miss the to get on a roll. The Tigers have have to pick up the slack. rest of the season, there is still won their last six games, and “Other guys on the team, you a chance Thomas could return have started out conference play know, will just have to step up,” for the NCAA tournament if his 3-0, with victories against UAB, he said. “No other option. Guys rehabilitation goes well. Southern Miss. and Houston. got to do the job.” “The doctors said it takes Thomas was the third-leading Senior forwards Wesley about three months,” Pastner scorer on the team, averaging Witherspoon and D.J. Stephens said. “But if Adonis’ body heals 9.7 points and 3.6 rebounds will likely see increased minutes properly and he aggressively per game before picking up his as Pastner tries to compensate rehabs, you never know. But injury. for losing Thomas. Both players again, that will be determined “We went to the doctors last had settled into reserve roles, but on how he heals and we won’t

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Freshman guard Adonis Thomas goes up for a dunk on Jan. 4 against Tennessee. He will sit out the rest of the season following ankle surgery later this week. rush him back. It’s got to be 100 percent.” Thomas said that if the opportunity arises, he’d like to return to play this season. “If I rehab hard and aggressive like I’m supposed to, I could come back as soon as possible, and if I do it’s one thing I would want to do,” he said. “The team is going to be great, but I always want to make an impact in some

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BY DAViD CAFFeY Sports Reporter The Tigers are on the road this week as the team won in a dominate fashion Saturday in Houston and tonight face UCF, a program that has never won against Memphis. The University of Memphis (12-5, 3-0 C-USA) opened a twogame road trip Saturday against Houston (9-8, 1-3), knocking off the Cougars in an unstoppable fashion, 89-55. Led by Chris Crawford’s 19 points and Will Barton’s ninth double-double of the season, the Tigers dominated throughout, leading by as many as 18 points in the first half, and 40 in the second half. Joe Jackson chipped in 16 points and led the team with five assists. The Cougars rallied early in the second half, cutting The U

of M’s lead to eight with 14:54 remaining in the game. But the Tigers responded with a defiant 18-0 run to close out the Cougars in Houston. The Tigers would go on to prevent the cougars from landing a field goal for an 11-minute stretch in the second half, and increased their lead to 40. Memphis put on one of its most impressive defensive showings of the year, holding Houston to 19-56 shooting and 1-12 from behind the arc. The U of M’s second half offense would seal the deal as the team shot 19-of-31 and landed four threes. Houston’s Alandise Harris and Jonathon Simmons lead the Cougars with 18 and 16 points respectively. The Tigers will look to capitalize on the momentum of last night’s win, and extend their winning streak to seven, as they

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Tigers dominate Houston, look to route UCF Knights Tarik Black had ten points, six rebounds, and a team-high five blocks against the Cougars on Saturday. head to Orlando to take on the University of Central Florida Knights. UCF (13-4, 3-1) enters tonight’s match-up following a 65-64 loss to Conference USA-leading Marshall. Central Florida is undefeated at home so far this season holding a record of 10-0. A victory tonight for the Knights would be head coach Donnie Jones’ first over Memphis and the first in UCF

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history. UCF head coach Donnie Jones is 0-6 against the Tigers in two season at UCF and three seasons at Marshall. Memphis is 10-0 all-time against the Knights, while Memphis coach Josh Pastner is 3-0 against UCF as head coach. The Knights are led by guard Marcus Jordan who averages 16.3 points per game and forward Keith Clanton who’s been averaging nearly a double-double with 15.3 points and 9.5

boards per game this season. The Knights hold C-USA victories over Tulane, Houston and East Carolina so far this season. The Tigers will be without guards Charles Carmouche and Adonis Thomas. Carmouche is sitting out due to sore knees, and Thomas will undergo surgery later this week to repair a torn ankle tendon. The Tigers will return home to face SMU on Jan. 21 at FedExForum.