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Tuesday,April 10, 2012

Tigers sweep Herd in road series to improve 15-17 on the year.

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Memphis mashes Marshall

Barefoot students promote TOMS causeToday, students on cam-

pus will leave their feet in the hands of Mother Nature, as they walk around barefoot to pro-mote TOMS’ “One Day Without Shoes.”

Fashion is taking on more of a socioeconomic stance for busi-nesses like TOMS, which sells footwear with a “One for One” policy in mind. For every pair of shoes purchased, another pair is donated to a child in need.

Since 2008, TOMS, a business whose largest focus is footwear, has commissioned people to par-ticipate in “One Day Without Shoes,” a day to promote aware-ness for the brand and the cause they stand for.

The three diseases the busi-ness also hopes to promote awareness about are podoconio-sis, hookworms and jiggers.

All of these diseases have the possibility to infect a person without shoes. Despite knowing this, Vikki Nolan, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, said she would participate in the day.

“Here in the states, yes I would participate. I would watch where I was walking. If I were in Africa, probably not,” she said.

Podoconiosis, also known as “the big foot disease,” a form of elephantiasis is caused by “irri-tant red clay soils derived from volcanic deposits,” according to the World Health Organization.

Jiggers are tiny irritating and painful parasites that live under the skin of the infected, and hookworms are parasites that inhabit the intestines of humans and animals.

“Any place that human fecal matter collects — especially places with outdoor sanitation practices where it collects on the ground — are places where peo-ple can step on the larvae, caus-ing it to burrow into the feet,” Nolan said.

Students on campus have mixed ideas about participation. Megan Berry, sophomore public relations major, said she doesn’t plan on participating.

“I am going to Nashville for a concert, and going to a concert with no shoes on is just not a good idea. If I were on campus I would participate, but I wouldn’t go completely barefoot. I’d wear socks,” Berry said.

Kate Rachiele, junior photog-raphy major, does not plan to participate either. She owns a pair of TOMS but admits she doesn’t see what affect the day is going to have.

“I wear TOMS because I like their cause and the fact that they’re practical,” Rachiele said.

Marlon Turner, junior photog-raphy major, said he had no idea what TOMS were.

Perhaps this is why people like Emily Cummings want to promote awareness by joining in the cause. Cummings, junior political science major, said she has participated in One Day Without Shoes for the past two years.

“I think it’s a good cause because people will notice that you aren’t wearing shoes, they’ll probably ask why and then you can explain,” Cummings said.

Participation doesn’t just happen on the college campus. Businesses in the city are par-ticipating, as well. Lansky 126, a contemporary clothing store located in the lobby of The Peabody Memphis Hotel, is com-missioning its employees to join the cause.

“We’ve been selling the brand for at least a year, and we under-stand how important the brand is from a social aspect. It’s fun to get people in the door and talk about the TOMS message. ‘Hey, we’re barefoot because this is the message we’re trying to convey,’” said Julie Lansky, store owner.

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Faculty concert gains Momentum

A group of University of Memphis students aspires to dazzle, inspire and impress with its annual faculty spring

dance concert, “Momentum.”“Momentum” will demon-

strate contemporary choreogra-phy while showcasing U of M faculty members Mark Davis, Wayne Smith, Moira Logan, Holly Lau and Angie Hollis.

The performance will take place Thursday and Saturday, both at 8 p.m. in the Michael D. Rose Theater.

“This year I will be perform-

BY SARA HARRISONNews Reporter

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Mid-South food bank benefits from Twitter

Volunteers and concerned Memphians took to the social media network Twitter after reports that the Mid-South Food Bank was running low on food.

Among them was The University of Memphis’ Social Media Club members and Amy Howell, volunteer with the Mid-South Food Bank and founder of Howell Marketing Strategies.

Howell said when she found out about the Food Bank’s need for donations she used Twitter to figure out how to raise money and awareness.

She and U of M students from the Social Media Club began using the hashtag “#memfood” over the weekend to begin their campaign.

“I linked to the website and I told people over the week-end,” Howell said. “It didn’t

even require much manpower. They just started tweeting about it and talking about it and mak-ing donations online.”

Howell said there is a large need for donations.

According to Marcia Wells, communications director for the Mid-South Food Bank, the program affects about 200,000 people every year, but there are about 396,000 people in the area that live with food insecurity.

“Unemployment rates are up, the cost of food is up and people are not donating food as much. It’s hard for families in the econ-omy,” she said. “We should do this all year round. People get real generous during November and December because it’s cold, but they forget about spring and summer. This is an issue that doesn’t go away.”

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BY ERICA HORTONNews Reporter

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2. One Memphis initiative commencesby Michelle Corbet

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5. Liberty Bowl improvements approved by Michelle Corbet

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nity to attend a free concert every night this week.

Director of Jazz Studies Jack Cooper coordinated The U of M Jazz Combos concert Monday night, which was performed by a jazz chamber group consist-ing of graduate students and undergraduates.

The U of M Jazz Singers, directed by Timothy Goodwin, is scheduled to perform tonight. New Sounds will play Wednesday night, and there will be a performance Thursday night by the Collegiate Choir. All of the week’s shows will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Harris

Concert Hall.Monday’s performance

— which was divided into six combos — included sing-ers, bass players and stu-dents playing horns and other instruments.

For students who weren’t able to attend Monday’s con-cert, Cooper said they could look forward to the five addi-tional concerts this week.

“(Students) don’t realize how many concerts we put on at our school, and they’ll be able to hear what their fel-low students do,” Cooper said. “They have been exposed to a lot of good music for free.”

The University Singers will collaborate with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra on Saturday at the Cannon Center downtown at 8 p.m. Becca Payne, a senior in voice perfor-mance and foreign languages, said the singers have collabo-rated with the MSO several times.

“It’s always a really fun experience,” Payne said. “We’ve sung with them a lot.”

The five-movement piece will include the orchestra in the first three movements. Two soloists will join in for the fourth, and in the final move-ment the entire choir will join in. The Singers will perform Sunday at the Cannon Center also.

Margaret McMurray, a vocal performance senior, is in Saturday’s choir. She said the rehearsals have been different than usual.

“It’s a really beautiful piece of music. It’s really powerful,” she said. “We’ve done some really cool stuff.”

Free nightly Jazz, orchestra performances are available to students all weekBY CHRISTINA HOLLOWAYNews Reporter

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ing a tribute piece to Cesaria Evora, a Cape Verdean singer who passed away in December, called ‘On This Island,’” said Wayne Smith, dance and theater professor.

Smith takes his students to see various live theater perfor-mances throughout the year. He said it is important for anyone to see live theater so they can real-ize the different outlets available to express themselves.

Aside from faculty, “Momentum” will also fea-ture guest artist Odine Geary, a native of Memphis, who was recently hailed as one of the top 10 best new dancers of 2011 by Time Out Chicago.

“Odine is an extraordinary dancer. She is such a role model for students and she puts her heart and soul into dance,” said Holly Lau, dance and theater coordinator of graduate studies.

Initiated in 1982, “Momentum” traditionally incorporates faculty members into their performances. The concerts were halted in 2000 due to funding, but were reintegrat-ed in 2009.

“Dance at The U of M is remarkable. The students and faculty possess tremendous com-mitment, talent and creative will. It deserves to be celebrated and looked to as a source of pride. It’s certainly recognized as that by the guest artists who come in from the outside. I hope U of M students will come see the gem that exists here,” Geary said.

Along with Smith’s piece entitled “On This Island,” there will be six other pieces choreographed and performed by faculty: “Listening to Other Voices,” “Traces of My Passage,” “Furchtbar Interessant,” “Rituals for Abundance for Lean Times # 4: Considering the Pelvis,” “A (Not So Little) Postlude” and “Now. Here. This.”

“Dance is a performing art and you can study and that’s fabulous but the real experi-ence comes from performing. I love working with the students involved. They are so smart and willing. Also, there is not that much dance in Memphis, it is important to expose the Memphis community to dance,” Lau said.

Some of the pieces featured will be jazzy, some funny and others touching, she said. Smith said attendees would be enlight-ened of live art.

“This concert will enrich stu-dents’ lives. It is art in motion — a cultural event free and open to students and faculty,” Smith said.

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The faculty concert “Momentum” will take place be shown this Thursday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Michael D. Rose Theater.

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to donate to the Mid-South Food Bank can begin doing so today through Thursday. Boxes will be available in the Student Involvement Office for donation.

At the end of the week, Ashli Blow, president of the Social Media Club and senior journal-ism major, will take the goods to the Mid-South Food Bank.

“We’re reaching out to stu-dents to get their help,” Blow said. “Students who can’t get to the Food Bank — students who don’t have cars, students’ time is limited, gas price are high — can bring donations to the Student Involvement Office.”

The Food Bank’s Twitter account gained more than 120 new followers since Friday and more awareness about their low stock of supplies, Wells said.

“The Twitter world is going crazy about the food drive,” Wells said. “When I came into the office this morning, there

were tons of online dona-tions that I think can reason-ably be attributed to the Twitter campaign.”

Wells said donations go in cycles, but hunger has no sea-son, so the Food Bank needs food year round.

“Food comes in and then we distribute it out to our network to about 332 feeding programs — food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, youth programs, senior programs — in 31 counties in the Mid-South,” she said. “It is perpetually a struggle to get enough food in to get food out. This time of year is a particular challenge.”

The food bank is particularly low on protein items, Wells said, including peanut butter, tuna, chunky-style soups and beans.

“But the big thing is money because with every one dollar donated we can purchase four dollars of food. It’s our buying power,” she said. We purchase food from food brokers and they give us prices that they don’t give everyone else.”

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RIGHT: The Mid-South Food Bank’s shelves are sparsely stocked due the struggling economy.

LEFT: The shelves of the Mid-South Food Bank’s Store peanut butter shelf contains a single jar of Nutella. Protein-filled foods are among the categories of goods requested for donations.

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must have earned 12 or more graduate credit hours and have a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or above. Qualifying for Pinnacle membership is an honor for select U of M undergraduate and graduate students who are 25 years and older and meet eligibility requirements.

The University of Memphis Tuesday, April 10, 2012 • 7

Brian BookerConceived out of love and always

close to my heart.

Congratulations on being the young man your Daddy and I

knew you would be.

Stay positive - there is no limit!

Love always, Janet & Richard Booker, Jr.

Softball

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane, the renowned softball kings of Conference USA, did not faze the University of Memphis Tigers Saturday as they pulled out a 7-6 win at Tulsa.

Despite losing two of three in the series, Memphis (12-29, 3-12 C-USA) kept the first two games com-petitive and broke through

the door in the TV show finale.

Tulsa (26-8, 10-2) drew first blood in the bottom of

the first with a solo home

run, but t h e Ti g e r s l e a p t back in

front in the top of

the third.

After a sacrifice bunt landed by senior second baseman Alyssa Palmieri evened the score at 1-1, sophomore pitcher-first baseman Ellen Roberts stepped to the plate. Roberts smashed the first pitch off Conference USA Preseason Player and Pitcher of the Year Aimee Creger to give Memphis a 4-1 lead.

“It was nice to be able to get on top of their ace pitcher at the very start,” Roberts said. “We faced her in the first game and it’s nice to finally start getting solid hits off her.”

The lead was short lived, as Tulsa batted in three more runs in the bottom half of the third to pull back even with the Tigers at 4-4. Memphis got a run-ner on the base paths to begin the fifth inning when rain forced a 45-minute delay, forcing Tulsa to go to their bullpen.

Once play resumed, the Tigers put themselves in scoring position. With two outs, sophomore catcher-third baseman Amber Lindahl hit a double to

bring in a run for the Tigers. A few batters later, sopho-more outfielder Ashleigh King laced a single to right field, bringing in two more runs for a 7-4 Memphis advantage.

The Golden Hurricane scored two more runs in the bottom of the fifth, but could not manage to bring in any more runs as Memphis beat Tulsa during the regular season for only the second time in the pro-gram’s history.

“I feel like we are stay-ing the course even though we’ve struggled with some of the things we were try-ing to transition and grow in early on,” head coach Natalie Poole said. “I think they’ve fought through some of those early issues mentally and physically.”

Since starting the season 7-26, the Tigers have gone 5-3, outscoring opponents 14-8 in the five wins.

The Tigers will be home for the next six games start-ing with a doubleheader today against Alcorn State. Game one is set for 3 p.m. with game two slated for 5 p.m.

BY BRYAN HEATERSports Reporter

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A Weekly Devotional For You

What is Important?

The title might have been better written, “What is ultimately important?” There are many things that seem important to us at the moment, which we realize are not really important at all when we are faced with ultimate issues, such as death. We are usually so busy that we don’t reflect on the fact that our lives on this earth are of very short duration. I have just received word of a good friend who has died of cancer at age 53. Just a short time ago, she was looking forward to spending many years with her husband, children,

and grandchildren. Thankfully, she died in the full assurance of faith, and entered eternity triumphantly, ex-pecting to see the Lord Jesus Christ she had served faithfully most of her life. During her earthly existence, she was a very good mother, wife, and citizen. She had a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment as she tried to be obedient to the One who had created her and to whom she owed allegiance as her Creator and Savior.

What was ultimately important to her on her deathbed was not her material wealth, which she could not take with her. What was ultimately important to her was her relationship with Jesus Christ. What

do you think will be ultimately important to you as you face death, maybe sooner that you had thought? Are you too busy to think about it?

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Tigers sweep the HerdBaseball

The University of Memphis baseball team got a shot in the arm after completing a road sweep of Conference USA foe Marshall Sunday.

In the first game Friday, the Tigers used big fourth and ninth innings to run away with the win, 9-4.

Leading 1-0 after the second inning, Memphis broke open a 6-0 lead with five innings in the fourth. After Eli Hynes’ RBI single brought in Adam McClain and Jacob Wilson’s two-run home run emptied the bases, the Tigers laid down bunts on three consecutive at bats to bring in two more runners. An error by Marshall brought in the fifth run of the inning.

The Thundering Herd final-ly got on the board in the sixth, courtesy of a leadoff triple by Gray Stafford, who was brought home by an RBI groundout. Marshall would score two more in the sev-enth, but the Tigers forced an inning-ending double play to cut short the Marshall rally.

The Tigers padded their lead with three more runs in the top of the ninth. A passed ball brought in one run and a single by Wilson brought in the final two. Marshall again tried to rally in the bottom of the inning but couldn’t get more than one run and fell 9-4.

Memphis struck first in the fourth inning. Eli Hynes hit his eighth home run of the season and Derrick Thomas scored on an RBI groundout to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead.

After escaping a jam in the third, Moll retired 11 of the next 12 Marshall batters, and didn’t allow a hit until the

seventh. The hit came when Eric Escobedo hit a high chop-per to the Tigers shortstop, but beat the throw to first for an infield single. The Tigers scored five more runs in the eighth to secure the series win. Moll moved to 3-3 on the sea-son, and was named C-USA Pitcher of the Week for his performance.

The Tigers completed the sweep Sunday with an 11-2 thrashing courtesy of six extra base hits by Memphis.

Marshall took its first lead of the series with a run in the second. A sacrifice fly by Thor Meeks brought in Alfredo Brito before the Tigers strand-ed a runner on third to end the inning.

After stranding two runners in scoring position in the first two innings, the Tigers got on the board in the third with an RBI single by Adam McClain. Memphis went on to load the bases two batters later, but stranded all three runners.

The Tigers took the lead in the next inning. Ford Wilson walked and moved to second on a groundout by Keaton Aldridge. Ethan Gross stroked an RBI triple with two outs in the inning to bring Wilson in for the go-ahead run.

A four-run fifth allowed the Tigers to increase their lead to 6-1 before Marshall scored another run in the bottom of the frame, but that would prove to be the end of the Herd’s scoring.

Zach Willis came in off a sacrifice fly by McClain in the sixth and in the seventh, Hynes drilled a solo homer to right field and Derrick Thomas scored off an errant throw in the seventh to give the Tigers a 9-2 lead.

The Tigers got two more

runs in the ninth to further pad their advantage and secure the 11-2 win. Chase Joiner got the win and the Tigers improved

to 15-17 (5-4 C-USA) on the year.

Memphis will close out their five-game road trip at

Arkansas State tonight at 6:30. They return home for a three-game set against East Carolina at FedExPark this weekend.

BY SCOTT HALLSports Editor

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Senior T.J. Rich hit a single in the Tigers’ four-run fifth inning to help the team finish off the Thundering Herd 11-2 and sweep the series on the road.