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Today, the Tigers Initiative for Gardening in Urban Settings will give University of Memphis students, fac-ulty and staff a chance to get down and dirty, all for the sake of helping the environment.

The TIGUrS committee’s third annual Spring Planting Day will be held in the garden north of the Zach Curlin Parking Garage, behind the Elma Neal Roane Field House, from 9 a.m. to noon.

Karyl Buddington, chair of the TIGUrS committee and founder of the TIGUrS garden, said the committee schedules Spring Planting Day during the second

week of April because the weather is most conducive for planting.

“We began last winter planning what to plant, where and why,” said Art Johnson, student coordinator for the TIGUrS garden. “There is a good bit of research to determine what crops work best when planted in combination with others and other such details that make for a successful planting experience.”

Buddington said gardeners from all over will be on campus to lend a hand, including volunteers from the Department of Earth Sciences, Campus Landscape, Physical Plant and the Student Recreation and Fitness Center.

“We’re also creating an American Indian garden, and so far, we have

received many different foods from Native American families,” she said.

In addition to planting Native American vegetables, the TIGUrS com-mittee will also develop a composting area where students can bring their organic scraps, which will ultimately improve the quality of the garden.

“We plan on composting foodstuffs from people’s kitchens and making them into a rich soil to grow our plants in,” Buddington said. “We also take issues of The Daily Helmsman that haven’t been used for anything else and convert them into biodegradable flower pots.”

Among the variety of plants included

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When it comes to on-campus housing at The University of Memphis, South Hall isn’t the only thing that’s been smoking this year.

Over the last year, Carpenter Student Housing Complex has been the most frequent location of drug offenses on campus. As of April 1, six of the 21 drug offenses at U of M since April 2010 had occurred at Carpenter, and three of

those offenses happened over the last five weeks. After Carpenter Complex, Mynders Hall saw the second most offenses, with four.

Just last week, campus police said they recovered a bag of marijuana near Carpenter in a parking lot west of Barbara K. Lipman Early Childhood School. According to a police report, a parent at the Lipman School found the contraband and notified school officials, who called U of M police.

Bruce Harber, director of public safety,

said Police Services, judicial and ethi-cal programs, counseling services and residence life work together for drug prevention.

Police Services enforces regulations and sends copies of reports to appropriate authorities. Any drugs recovered by offi-cers are processed at the Memphis Police Department’s Property and Evidence Room at 201 Poplar, where police con-firm evidence of illegal substances.

Meeting to shed light on safety

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An information session explaining sched-uled renovations to The University of Mem-phis’ Central Avenue parking lot will be held today at 6 p.m. in the University Center Foun-tain View Suite. The meeting is free and open to the public.

Tony Poteet, assistant vice president of cam-pus planning and design at U of M, said the meeting will provide details about the scope of the project and who will conduct it.

The Central parking lot will be closed May 9 for the renovations, which will reorient parking rows so traffic flows north and south, improve crosswalk accessibility and drainage, add more handicap-accessible and visitor spaces, and increase the presence of security cameras and blue light stations.

The plan for the redesigned lot also trims the total number of parking spaces, in addition to converting some existing spaces from general use to visitor or handicap-accessible parking.

Poteet said in an email to students that the upcoming modifications, part of the Central Avenue Safety Project, will help “protect … pe-destrians crossing Central.”

Construction for the project’s first stage is ex-pected to last approximately 16 weeks.

Future renovations to the adjacent stretch of Central Avenue include the installation of a median, the addition of bike lanes and a new entrance to the parking lot at Central’s intersec-tion with Zach Curlin, which would become a four-way junction.

Spanish and Portuguese major Sadie Stodden picks mint leaves to make tea at The University of Memphis TIGUrS community garden, the site of this morning’s planting event.

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Marijuana-related citations on the rise at Carpenter Complex at The U of M

The University of Memphis River City Writ-ers Series will host novelist Madison Smartt Bell for a book reading and public interview on Monday and Tuesday.

Bell will read from his works at 8 p.m. in the University Center Bluff Room on Monday and will take part in an interview with students in Patterson Hall, room 456, at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Both events are free and open to the public.

Bell, a native of Nashville, has penned 15 novels, including “All Souls’ Rising,” his his-torical narrative about Haiti that won the 1996 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for best book deal-ing with race.

River Writer Series director and associate English professor Cary Holladay said Bell is a prolific writer whose works touch on a tremen-dous range of subject matter.

Holladay said Bell will probably read from his latest volume: “The Color of Night,” a dark, apocalyptic novel that delves into the violence of the Sept. 11 attacks through its impact on a troubled casino dealer in Nevada. Afterward, the author will talk to the group and answer questions.

Holladay said since its creation in 1977, River City Writers Series has generally brought two to three writers each semester, giving stu-dents and the public a chance to meet and talk with award-winning wordsmiths.

“This contact can instruct and inspire our students in the craft of writing,” she said.

River City WritersSeries continues

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TIGUrS garden will add Native American plants, compost heap this year

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Peter Groenendyk, director of Residence Life and Dining Services, said the reoccurring incidences are on his radar.

“We have zero tolerance for any drug-related incident,” Groenendyk said.

Former Carpenter Complex resident Koketi Allen, junior health services administration major, said living in Carpenter is just like having an apartment, and residents are free to do what they want — as long as they are not caught and author-ities are not notified.

“No one knows who’s in your apartment,” Allen said. “Almost everyone has compa-ny who spends the night, espe-cially the opposite sex.”

Since Carpenter simulates an apartment complex, residents are not required to check in their guests, though residents of all other U of M dormitories must do so.

However, consequences are rendered when regulations are broken. A violation of any campus housing rule results in a written warning, and mul-tiple violations could lead to eviction.

Visiting hours at Carpenter

Complex end at midnight Sunday through Thursday and at 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday.

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Feb. 25Residence Life staff

observed a female stu-dent smoking inside Carpen-ter’s suite 304, with windows open and blinds up. When staff members opened the door, they said the smell of marijuana was overwhelming, according to a police report.

Four students were charged, according to a U of M police report, but only one, DeMar-cus Woodard, was a resident of Carpenter. The two female stu-dents resided in the Living and Learning Residential Complex, and the other male student lived in South Hall.

March 4Marijuana was dis-

covered in suite 303, room 3, of the complex dur-ing a room safety check. U of M student Wrangler Ward was charged with simple posses-sion and casual exchange of marijuana.

March 18Resident assistant

Emily Stephens report-ed the smell of marijuana com-ing from a Carpenter Complex apartment. Stephens unlocked and entered the apartment after the residents did not respond.

Inside the apartment, Rashad Howze, assistant area coordina-tor for Carpenter Complex, re-covered a small cigar wrapper containing a green, leafy sub-stance from inside the toilet.

Kimberly Farmer, 34, ad-mitted to smoking marijuana in the apartment and then fl ushing it. Farmer, who is not a student at The U of M, was arrested and cited for simple possession of marijuana. She was also placed on trespass status from The U of M.

April 4A bag of marijuana

was recovered from a gutter in the Central parking lot near Carpenter. The case is still under investigation, and fur-ther details were not available as of Wednesday.

in this year’s Planting Day are okra, sweet corn, tomatoes and several different types of beans. Chayote, a light green fruit from the gourd fam-ily, and a variety of herbs, including oregano, spearmint and multiple types of basil, will also be planted.

Once the crops are grown, they are available to everyone at no cost. Students can visit the garden and take home fresh, hand-picked pro-duce at any time.

Johnson said it is a true joy to work with others who aspire to watch the garden grow, and many students are excited about the event as well.

“I think (the Planting Day) is a great idea because this campus needs a bit more color,” sophomore sports and leisure management major John Cunningham said.

Junior advertising major Lauren Hosford also decried the lack of vegetation on campus and said that “there (are) a lot of trees but not enough flowers.”

Shaven Jones, freshman account-ing major, said she believes Planting Day could be a great networking opportunity.

“You might meet somebody who knows somebody, and that person might be the one who will help you out in the end,” Jones said.

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The U.S. Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday they have seized computers and filed a civil complaint in a bid to disable a software attack used to infect millions of computers and pilfer unsuspecting Internet users’ personal and financial information.

In a statement, the Justice Department said that a mali-cious system called “Coreflood” has been operating for nearly a decade, and is thought to have “infected more than 2 million computers worldwide.”

The system, known as a bot-net, takes advantage of a vul-nerability in computers running Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system to install itself, the Justice Department said.

“Coreflood steals user names, passwords and other private per-sonal and financial information allegedly used by the defendants for a variety of criminal purpos-es, including stealing funds from

the compromised accounts,” the Justice Department elaborated. “In one example ... Coreflood was used to take over an online-banking session and caused the fraudulent transfer of funds to a foreign account.”

Five servers used to remotely control infected computers have been seized, according to the Justice Department, along with 29 Internet domain names used by the botnet to communicate with servers.

Authorities stressed that while the action taken has disabled the existing Coreflood botnet, “this does not mean that Coreflood malware or similar forms of mal-ware have been removed from the Internet entirely,” referring to the term for malicious software.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut has filed a civil complaint against 13 “John Doe” defendants related to the Coreflood botnet, the Justice Department said. The complaint alleges that the defendants engaged in wire fraud, bank fraud and illegal interception of electronic communications.

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Vending machines go high-tech with new, Web-based systems

Vending machines are getting a lot smarter — and tougher to shake down.

Machines equipped with wireless, Web-based monitor-ing systems are not only helping the $20 billion A m e r i c a n v e n d i n g i n d u s t r y sell more products — they’re also helping to stop thieves.

“It’s an old industry with

more of a new start, so to say,” said Mark Brenner, a Kansas City-area franchisee for Fresh Healthy Vending.

The technology couldn’t come at a better time.

The recession and the huge unemployment numbers in

2009 resulted in the big-gest one-year drop in vend-ing sales, to just under $20 billion from $22 billion in 2008, according to Automatic Merchandiser’s 2010 State of the Vending Industry Report.

Some operators have responded by increasing prices. But many have resort-ed to technology to keep a tighter control on inventory, saving unnecessary trips to stock machines and stopping theft from inside or outside sources.

One company that’s turned to technology is Treat America Food Services, a Merriam, Kan.-based vend-ing and dining service man-agement company with $52 million in annual vend-ing sales. It uses a system designed by Cantaloupe Systems Inc. in many of its snack and beverage vending machines in businesses, col-leges and hospitals.

Cantaloupe Systems was founded in California in 2002 by two engineers, one a second-generation vend-

ing professional. Its “Seed” technology lets off-site vend-ing machine owners know exactly how much product and how much money — to the number of dimes, nickels, quarters and dollar bills — are in one of their machines,

minute by minute.

As a result, owners know when to make a trip back to a machine to restock the Sprite or snack mix, when they should devote

another row to Snickers, and when a ham sandwich is past its shelf life. The sys-tem also can text or email owners to alert them when a machine door is opened up after hours.

The tiny Seed device can be installed on top of a vend-ing machine, sending signals back to the vending company via a cellular network. The average cost per machine is $150 annually.

“We got it for operation-al efficiencies,” said Jim Mitchell, president-vending division president for Treat America. “But it’s as if we have security in front of the machine 24 hours a day.”

The systems seem to be working. For example, a cus-tomer in Phoenix was alert-ed when one of its school vending machine doors was opened after hours. It notified police, who caught the two culprits in the act. The owner even told police how much money was in the machine right before the break-in. Another New Orleans client

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saw several employees quit once the security system was installed.

Brenner uses a performance monitoring program devel-oped by USA Technologies in Malvern, Pa. and said he con-siders the technology a good investment now that area gas prices are edging closer to $4 a gallon.

“So you’re using less gas, going out there only when you need to as opposed to just making a trip hoping the vending machine has been used,” Brenner said.

Except for accepting dol-lar bills and credit cards, and a few new styles, vending machines haven’t changed much in the past few decades. But recently, along with new technology, vend-ing machines also began sell-ing everything from digital cameras to diapers, and offer-ing healthier choices — veg-gies, bagel chips, even Lean Cuisine.

Brenner now has Fresh Healthy Vending machines in several locations, including schools, businesses and fit-ness centers. The machines carry such items as mango juice, yogurt, vitamin water, cheese crackers and baked barbecue potato chips, all natural or organic with low sugar content.

In late January, Treat America launched its own new licensed vending con-cept, the Company Kitchen, combining both new technol-ogy and healthier choices.

The areas, which are not staffed, feature open cool-ers with sandwiches, salads, sodas, fruit juices and more. Another snack bar has bins of granola, fresh baked goods and fresh fruit. Customers serve themselves, scan the bar codes on an item, and then swipe their credit card or a prepaid rewards card to check out.

But companies using the Company Kitchen concept won’t exactly be expecting their employees to keep to the honor system. Cameras, which are mounted on the ceilings or walls, are digitally recording the area, so if inven-tory doesn’t match money taken in, Company Kitchen operators will be alerted. Signs warn employees they are under surveillance.

Company Kitchen opera-tions are in 16 sites now, with a dozen more in the works in several states.

Some companies want a Company Kitchen because they need to cut back on staff in their employee lunchrooms. Others want to offer healthier choices, espe-cially for round-the-clock worksites.

With prepaid loyalty cards, companies also can offer their employees special prices for vending combo meals — say sandwich, drink and chips. They also can add funds to the card as a birthday pres-ent, to reward an employee for meeting a sales or safe-ty goal, or even for making healthy food choices.


Politics

Obama debt solution cuts big programs, ends Bush tax cuts for wealthiest earners

President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled his alter-native to Republicans’ deficit-cutting plans, a mix of $3 in spending cuts for every $1 in tax increases to shave $4 trillion from deficit spending over the next dozen years.

To get there, Obama would end the George W. Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans — but not the middle class — at the end of next year and close some individual tax loopholes. Republicans say they won’t sup-port tax increases.

Obama’s plan does not call

for any major changes to the Medicare program, including raising the eligibility age. Nor does he propose any reductions to Social Security benefits.

The president’s new proposal represents a tripling of deficit reduction over what he unveiled just weeks ago with his 2012 budget plan. That’s recognition that Republicans have made him vulnerable on criticism he’s not doing enough to contain the nation’s debt.

But his speech also comes as Republicans in the House of Representatives prepare for a Friday vote on a budget plan that would cut $4.4 trillion from deficit spending over 10 years, and achieve long-term savings by dramatically revamping

Medicare and Medicaid.Obama is betting Americans

will reject that plan by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and that such a debate over the future of Medicare will hurt Republicans and thus bolster him in his re-election campaign.

“Their vision is less about reducing the deficit than it is about changing the basic social compact in America,” Obama said in a speech at George Washington University announcing his proposal. “I will not allow Medicare to become a voucher program that leaves seniors at the mercy of the insur-ance industry with a shrinking benefit to pay for rising costs.”

His plan looks to trim anoth-

er $770 billion in non-security discretionary costs, $360 billion in mandatory spending on pro-grams such as agricultural subsi-dies and pension insurance, and

$400 billion in security spending.Finally, Obama is proposing

a “debt failsafe” mechanism to automatically trigger across-the-board spending cuts starting in 2014 if the projected ratio of debt to GDP is too high. It would not apply to Social Security, Medicare or programs for low-income Americans.

While Obama is pitching this as an element of long-term reform, he has a more short-term goal: giving Republicans the assurances for fiscal control they say they will demand before they will agree to vote to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling.

Obama said he has asked Vice President Joe Biden and bipartisan congressional leaders to begin meeting next month and try to agree on a bipartisan reduction plan by the end of June. The debt ceiling vote is likely to face a July deadline.

“I don’t expect the details in any final agreement to look exactly like the approach I laid out today,” Obama said, but “doing nothing on the deficit is just not an option. Our debt has grown so large that we could do real damage to the economy if we don’t begin a process now to get our fiscal house in order.”

Republicans returned from a meeting at the White House with Obama hours before his speech saying they are all for coopera-tion but won’t consider any tax increases.

“I thought the meeting was constructive in the sense that I think everyone at the White House meeting agreed that we need to, kind of, put the talking points aside and deal with what’s doable,” said Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

But House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Obama “heard us loud and clear: If we’re going to resolve our differ-ences and do something mean-ingful, raising taxes will not be part of that.”

The Republican budget plan would cut $6.2 trillion from anticipated spending over the next 10 years and dramatically revamp Medicare and Medicaid. States would get block grants for the Medicaid program a joint federal-state effort that helps lower income people with health coverage. Under the Republican plan, after 2021, future retirees would be able to choose private plans for coverage instead of Medicare and would get federal help.

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Sports In Brief

Tiger baseball player to be featured on ESPNU’s ‘College Baseball Tonight’

University of Memphis base-ball star Chad Zurcher leads the nation in batting average at .514 and will be featured on ESPNU tonight.

“It is great to see ESPN get back into showing college base-ball games,” U of M baseball coach Daron Schoenrock said. “It is going to be really special to see a clip on Chad for the kind of season he is having. It is nice to see him getting some national recognition for

his accomplishments.”The junior shortstop also

leads the nation with a .619 on-base percentage. He has recorded two or more hits in 21 of the 31 games played this sea-son, and has hit 20-of-34 (.588) since the NCAA first released statistics on March 29.

Since hitting .267 as a fresh-man, Zurcher has shown steady improvement. He hit .400 in 2010 and has 56 hits this sea-son, helping him climb to sixth place in school history with 218 career hits. Zurcher is also on pace to break the school

batting-average record of .462 set by Ron McNeely in 1976.

“A big area we knew that Chad needed to improve on when he came here was his strength, and he has done that,” assistant coach Jerry Zulli said. “As far as his swing and his approach, the only thing he has had to improve was his ability to repeat his swing. His swing is exactly the same as it was when he was a freshman. His biggest improvement is with his maturity. He is a smarter hitter, and he trusts himself so much more. He forces the

pitcher to come to him, and he has a tremendous plan at the plate, and that is where you see his success come from.”

Zurcher will be featured during College Baseball Live at 6 p.m., prior to the televised game between Tennessee and Alabama at 6:30 p.m.

The Tigers will next take the diamond in a showdown with Conference USA rival UAB in Birmingham, Ala., this weekend. They will then return home to take on Middle Tennessee State on Tuesday at FedExPark.

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UM lands record 186 athletes on conference honor roll

A school-record 186 student-athletes were named to the 2011 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll on Tuesday. Those named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll maintain a 3.0 grade point average or higher.

This is the fifth straight year the number of Memphis student-athletes named to the honor roll has increased. The Tigers saw 166 student-athletes honored last year.

Memphis tied Tulsa for fifth-most honorees with 186. Rice University led all schools with 220, followed by UCF with 219, East Carolina University with 208 and Southern Methodist University with 205. Overall, 2,272 students were honored, a C-USA record.

Memphis had four athletic programs with 20 or more mem-bers named to the honor roll. The Lady Tigers soccer team had 24 of its 27 players make the list. The baseball and women’s track and field/cross country programs each had 23, followed by men’s soccer with 20.

All six members of the Lady Tigers golf team were named to the Honor Roll, as well as six of seven women’s tennis players and nine of 10 men’s tennis play-ers. The men’s golf team placed seven of 10 members, volleyball placed 11 of 15 members, and the rifle team placed five of seven members on the honor roll.

BY SCOTT HALLSports Reporter

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