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Partial printing and distribution costs are provided by an allocation from the Student Activity Fee. index Tiger Babble 2 Tigers’ Tales 3 Politics 5 Campus Life 6 Sports 7 Student privacy law misused, lawyer says The Student Press Law Center, based outside of Washington, D.C., initiated a campaign Monday urg- ing students at colleges across the country to flood their universities with requests to view their personal education records. The purpose of the campaign is to expose the practices of universi- ties that use the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a federal law meant to protect academic records from being released to the public, to hide nonacademic records — such as police reports — when they aren’t included in the student’s academic file. The campaign is called Let’s Break FERPA. SPLC Executive Director Frank LoMonte said colleges are using FERPA to hide documents associ- ated with disreputable situations involving students, such as athlet- ic scandals and on-campus sexual assaults. Receiving reports of misuse from all over the country, LoMonte said it was time to get the general public more involved and aware. “This has been a problem parents and journalists have dealt with, but it is not on the public radar yet,” he said. “It is a real problem of accountability.” University of Memphis legal By Michelle Corbet [email protected]see FERPA on page 6 Restaurant raises funds for student University of Memphis student Fletcher Cleaves is paralyzed after being struck by a driver who was texting while driving. Cordova’s Texas Roadhouse seeks to raise funds for a wheelchair- accessible vehicle for Cleaves. The fundraiser begins Monday. PHOTO BY NATALIE COLE | STAFF A vehicle drastically altered Fletcher Cleaves’ life three years ago, and now it is the lack of a vehicle that is causing his problems. He began his college career in the fall of 2009 with a football schol- arship at Lambuth University in Jackson, Tenn. Within a month, a distracted driver caused a car acci- dent that paralyzed him from the chest down. “I went from being on a football scholarship to being in a wheelchair in a matter of seconds,” Cleaves said. Cleaves, sophomore computer sci- ence major, went through a grueling year of rehabilitation and then trans- ferred to the University of Memphis to be closer to his family. For the past three years, he has relied on friends, family and public transportation to get to and from school. These methods have been By Lisa Babb [email protected]see FLETCHER on page 4 Homecoming week begins Despite a one-win season for the University of Memphis foot- ball team thus far, students and fans look to build morale during Homecoming week. “You’re just coming back from fall break and you’re really tired yet excited at the same time. Homecoming is supposed to wake you back up,” said Amani Thomas, sophomore traditions chair for the Student Activities Council. “It gives you a chance to just mingle with everybody, get to know more people and hang out with a lot of other students.” SAC will host two events today in honor of Homecoming week. The first, the Up ‘til Dawn Letter Writing Party that raises money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, will take place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the University Center’s Ballroom. SAC will also host the annual Pouncer Party in the Michael D. Rose Theatre Lecture Hall lobby from 8 to 11 p.m. “The Pouncer Party is our annual Homecoming party, and we’re hoping to get a lot of the school there,” Thomas said. “We’ll be taking pictures and post[ing] them to Facebook. We’re going to play a wide variety of music. There will be a lot of dancing and mingling.” The Alumni Association will host its annual Homecoming Parade at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, con- sisting of floats made by a variety of student organizations, and the association’s Pep Rally at the Plaza Fountain will follow. Athletic Director Tom Bowen will be present and the True Blue Tradition Award will be given to those who have made significant contributions to creating and con- tinuing traditions at the U of M. “Homecoming to me is sup- porting my school, showing my Tiger Blue,” said Tyrus Tucker, junior biology major. “I really hope we get the win this year, and I’ll be Marcus Orr Center to host lecture The University of Memphis will host its annual Naseeb Shaheen Lecture today, fea- turing Katherine Bassard, an English professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. Bassard will discuss her latest book, “Transforming Scriptures: African-American Women and the Bible,” and have a book sign- ing. The event, sponsored by the Department of English, will fol- low a reception at 6 p.m. The lec- ture is slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. in the University Center Theater. In her lecture, Bassard will talk about how black women were incorporated into the Bible and their portrayal as weak indi- viduals. The lecture will also include readings from promi- nent black women writers, such as Zora Neale Hurston and Toni Morrison, and how the Bible shaped their lives. Aram Goudsouzian, director of the Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities, said the goal of the lecture is to “foster conver- sations among students, faculty and members of the Memphis community.” “We are proud to once again present the Department of English’s Naseeb Shaheen Lecture,” he said. “Katherine Bassard is a nationally renowned scholar whose work reflects on issues that we still grapple with By Erica Hartsfield [email protected]see MOCH on page 4 By Samuel Prager [email protected]see HOME on page 3
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indexTiger Babble 2Tigers’ Tales 3Politics 5
Campus Life 6Sports 7
Student privacy law misused, lawyer saysThe Student Press Law Center,
based outside of Washington, D.C., initiated a campaign Monday urg-ing students at colleges across the country to flood their universities with requests to view their personal education records.
The purpose of the campaign is to expose the practices of universi-ties that use the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a federal law meant to protect academic records from being released to the public, to hide nonacademic records — such as police reports — when they aren’t included in the student’s academic file.
The campaign is called Let’s Break FERPA.
SPLC Executive Director Frank LoMonte said colleges are using FERPA to hide documents associ-ated with disreputable situations involving students, such as athlet-ic scandals and on-campus sexual assaults.
Receiving reports of misuse from
all over the country, LoMonte said it was time to get the general public more involved and aware.
“This has been a problem parents and journalists have dealt with, but it is not on the public radar yet,” he said. “It is a real problem of accountability.”
University of Memphis student Fletcher Cleaves is paralyzed after being struck by a driver who was texting while driving. Cordova’s Texas Roadhouse seeks to raise funds for a wheelchair- accessible vehicle for Cleaves. The fundraiser begins Monday.
PHoto By natalie Cole | staff
A vehicle drastically altered Fletcher Cleaves’ life three years ago, and now it is the lack of a vehicle that is causing his problems.
He began his college career in the fall of 2009 with a football schol-
arship at Lambuth University in Jackson, Tenn. Within a month, a distracted driver caused a car acci-dent that paralyzed him from the chest down.
“I went from being on a football scholarship to being in a wheelchair in a matter of seconds,” Cleaves said.
Cleaves, sophomore computer sci-
ence major, went through a grueling year of rehabilitation and then trans-ferred to the University of Memphis to be closer to his family.
For the past three years, he has relied on friends, family and public transportation to get to and from school. These methods have been
Despite a one-win season for the University of Memphis foot-ball team thus far, students and fans look to build morale during Homecoming week.
“You’re just coming back from fall break and you’re really tired yet excited at the same time. Homecoming is supposed to wake you back up,” said Amani Thomas, sophomore traditions chair for the Student Activities Council. “It gives you a chance to just mingle with everybody, get to know more people and hang out with a lot of other students.”
SAC will host two events today in honor of Homecoming week. The first, the Up ‘til Dawn Letter Writing Party that raises money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, will take place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the University Center’s Ballroom.
SAC will also host the annual Pouncer Party in the Michael D. Rose Theatre Lecture Hall lobby from 8 to 11 p.m.
“The Pouncer Party is our annual Homecoming party, and we’re hoping to get a lot of the school there,” Thomas said. “We’ll be taking pictures and post[ing] them to Facebook. We’re going to play a wide variety of music. There will be a lot of dancing and mingling.”
The Alumni Association will host its annual Homecoming Parade at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, con-sisting of floats made by a variety of student organizations, and the association’s Pep Rally at the Plaza Fountain will follow.
Athletic Director Tom Bowen will be present and the True Blue Tradition Award will be given to those who have made significant contributions to creating and con-tinuing traditions at the U of M.
“Homecoming to me is sup-porting my school, showing my Tiger Blue,” said Tyrus Tucker, junior biology major. “I really hope we get the win this year, and I’ll be
Marcus Orr Center to host lecture
The University of Memphis will host its annual Naseeb Shaheen Lecture today, fea-turing Katherine Bassard, an English professor at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Bassard will discuss her latest book, “Transforming Scriptures: African-American Women and the Bible,” and have a book sign-ing. The event, sponsored by the Department of English, will fol-low a reception at 6 p.m. The lec-ture is slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. in the University Center Theater.
In her lecture, Bassard will talk about how black women were incorporated into the Bible and their portrayal as weak indi-viduals. The lecture will also include readings from promi-nent black women writers, such as Zora Neale Hurston and Toni Morrison, and how the Bible shaped their lives.
Aram Goudsouzian, director of the Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities, said the goal of the lecture is to “foster conver-sations among students, faculty and members of the Memphis community.”
“We are proud to once again present the Department of English’s Naseeb Shaheen Lecture,” he said. “Katherine Bassard is a nationally renowned scholar whose work reflects on issues that we still grapple with
Across1 Trot or gallop5 Home with a domed roof10 Stylish14 Earth Day sci.15 Playground chute16 Avatar of Vishnu17 Four-to-midnight produc-tion overseer, say20 Bill of Rights amendment count21 “Les Misérables” author Victor22 Parisian love23 “What __ the odds?”24 In liberal amounts26 Dead battery hookup31 Get hitched in a hurry32 Without warning37 Unload for cash38 Colorado ski city39 Secure in the harbor40 Mind readers42 Luxurious bedding material43 Encased dagger45 Popular restaurant fish49 18-Down, on a sundial50 Shoreline feature51 Stare at impolitely53 Time Warner “Superstation”56 Dry runs, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 26- and 43-Across60 Clumsy one61 Mail for King Arthur62 Wrinkle remover63 MDs for otitis sufferers64 With tongue in cheek65 Maddens with reminders
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7 Fat-reducing procedure, briefly8 Poem of praise9 “__ the ramparts ...”10 Punishment’s partner11 Is wearing12 Poker concession13 Have in stock18 Midafternoon hour19 __ parking23 Winesap, e.g.24 Most capable25 Draw up a schedule for26 Kid around27 Oscar-nominated Peter Fonda role28 “__ Flanders”: Defoe novel29 Social divisions30 Wolf pack leader33 Muscat resident34 “Surely you don’t mean me”35 Hairdo
36 Seaside swooper38 Contented sounds41 Exams for sophs or jrs.42 Winter Olympics entrant44 Swank of “Amelia”45 Move furtively46 Scandalous newsmaker of 2001-’0247 Alaskan native48 Outplays51 “Goodness gracious!”52 Earth sci.53 O’Hara homestead54 Opinion website55 IRS form entries57 Inexperienced, as recruits58 Go wrong59 Moral wrong
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“School for 12 years, college for 4 more years, grad school, then you work until you die. Cool.”
@carmeng33
“I’m not sure if playing paintball on a windy day, in front of the UC around hundreds of people, is such a good idea.” @shersinclair
“I wish I could twitpic how stupid people look huddled in one area trying to smoke.”
@just_dori
“Just got a parking ticket when my tags were up to date and appropriate for the parking lot I was in... makes sense.”
@isaacpwilson
“Well I’ve lost a few friends tonight due to speaking politics in public. When did philosophy become illegal?”
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“I wonder if Romney’s shirt was made in China.”@mscrbrg2
“Apparently Romney has all the answers, but he’s not willing to tell anyone what they are.”
@nath_sta
“I’m sorry. But seeing people run across campus is just funny.”@JeanneMarizzle
“I took a nap on the Blue Line today. &Th e driver went and parked the bus on South Campus. COMPLETELY FORGETTING I WAS IN THERE!.”
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What is your favorite part of Homecoming week?
By Natalie ColeTigers’ Ta es
“The step show is my favor-ite part.”
Marvette Kee, Physical therapy
sophomore
“The parade and when the team wins!”
Brittany Tyler, Health service
administration senior
“The tailgating.”
Kiara Jones, Marketing senior
“I enjoy the atmosphere of the festivities.”
JC Griggs, Political science senior
“The step show because the old and current Greeks are stepping.”
Shay Burton, Criminal justice senior
at the game supporting my school.”
The Tigers will face off against the University of Central Florida Knights at 7 p.m. on Saturday. During the halftime show, U of M
band alumni of all decades will con-tinue their 40-year Homecoming tradition of marching with the University’s current band.
“We have people that come from the ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, all the way through. Even people who graduated last year will be on the field,” said Jeremy Stinson, U of M alumni and former trombonist.
“It’s fun and definitely good to go out there again. I don’t want to say we like to show up the kids, but it is really entertaining because it’s either going to be really good or a train wreck. We don’t know until we practice Saturday.”
The band expects about 70 alumni, which is the largest group since 2002. n
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unreliable, forcing him to miss sev-eral days of class. He is limited with whom he can ride because of the space needed for his wheelchair.
The Cleaves’ family will hold a fundraiser at Texas Roadhouse in Cordova, Tenn., from 4 to 10 p.m. on Monday to raise money for a wheelchair-accessible vehicle and rehabilitation. The restaurant will donate 10 percent of a participant’s bill to the Cleaves’ family. Those who wish to contribute may ask for a flyer at the door. A donation bucket will be available for direct contributions.
“This is a great opportunity to help an individual who needs it,” said Kent Mahon, managing part-ner of Texas Roadhouse. “Something as simple as a fundraiser can help change this young man’s life in the near future. It is a no-brainer of why people should come and help.”
Several Memphis basketball alumni and former NBA players are scheduled to attend. The University’s second all-time leading scorer Elliot Perry, former NBA All-Star Penny Hardaway and former NBA player Cedric Henderson have all agreed to donate their time to support this cause. Attendees will have the oppor-tunity to get pictures and autographs from these star athletes.
Cleaves “is a young man who had a scholarship to play football and had an unfortunate accident. However, I am more inspired by his personality and his attitude,” Perry said. “He won’t give up on himself, and he still has the same personal-ity and vibe that he had before the accident.”
Cleaves said it was difficult to start going back to college after the accident, but he has overcome a lot.
“I had to relearn simple tasks such as holding a pencil and eating, but as time went on I adapted and now maintain a 3.1 GPA,” Cleaves said.
Texas Roadhouse is located at 2810 New Brunswick Road behind the Wolfchase Galleria. Two of Cleaves’ football jerseys are retired on the restaurant’s wall.
“What I have realized from my accident is no matter what people say, people need each other. No one can do everything alone. So sup-porting each other and supporting our community is a big benefit for everyone,” Cleaves said. “Sometimes encouraging someone else can make a world of difference.” n
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today, such as race, religion, gender and the power of words.”
The African-American Studies Program and the Center for Research on Women join the Department of English in co-sponsoring this event, which is provided through Public Service Funds from the U of M.
Goudsouzian said he hopes stu-dents will use this lecture and Bassard’s book to educate themselves about the Bible and its interpretation.
“‘Transforming Scriptures’ is a book that has won great admiration among literature scholars, and we hope that by presenting her work in this accessible, public format, more people can learn about the Bible as both an instrument of oppression and liberation,” Goudsouzian said.
Parking for the event will be in the Zach Curlin Parking Garage, located near the UC.
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Presidential Debate 2012
Below, five University of Memphis leaders analyze the Oct. 16 presidential debate between Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential hope-ful Mitt Romney. Their views represent their own opinions and in no way reflect that of the organization they have been selected from. The Daily Helmsman will compile a similar debate panel for the remaining 2012 presidential debate.
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Russell BornStudent Government Association president
Heather Larsen-PricePolitical science professor at the U of M
Nicholas MastronTreasurer of the U of M College Democrats
Christopher WhittenManaging editor of The Daily Helmsman
”I thought going into this debate Romney
had an edge due to his performance at the first debate. I feel that this was the most entertaining debate I’ve ever watched and it was an incred-ible display of two men fighting for their beliefs on a national stage.
Both camps will be happy after this debate.
Obama’s camp will no doubt feel he had a much better performance the second time, while Romney’s camp will feel that he kept the momentum going from the first debate.
Going forward, Obama must continue to label Romney “out of touch with the American public” and show that he offers more of the
same ole failed policies in order to win this election.
I feel Romney in the next debate needs to mention that 12 of the 21 taxes in ObamaCare can hit the middle class. This needs to be an ongoing message from the Romney camp every time Obama says he is for the middle class.
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”Perhaps one of the most decisive debates I have
ever heard in my life... “heard” being the key word. What I heard from one candidate is the nondis-closure of how he would fight to raise the 72% pay women receive compared to men, the repeated dodging of how we should handle alternative ener-gies, the disrespect shown to the current com-mander in chief (even if he is his opponent) and the
suggestion that all those abroad who hold college degrees should be given a green card when jobs are just starting to open up. What I heard from the President of the United States of America was a plan of action: a full implementation of regulation for women in the workforce and in education, a deepening of both present and future alternatives to energy, a very solemn order that the President must
take responsibility for what happens (that he must be the one to grieve with the families of those that have fallen for this country), an allowance of citi-zenship to immigrant children and care for the rest of us in the 47%. As a college student who cannot afford financial independence and is on scholarship, I – like many reading this – am one of the 47%. You tell me who won this debate.
Looking back at the first debate, I was under the impression that President Obama had won. Maybe it was the atmosphere — with the majority of students in the Michael D. Rose Theatre Lecture Hall applaud-ing Obama and booing his opponent. Or maybe it was because he actually won. Fact checkers proved most of what Romney said in that first debate to be less than fact. In fact, it was just plain wrong.
But the damage had been done. Obama appeared before the audience a tired, broken man. His demean-or lost him the debate if anything. But this time was different. Coming off Joe Biden’s vice presidential debate win, Obama came in fired up. The two men were ready to spar. And Obama stood his ground this time. He wasn’t tired. He wasn’t broken.
Obama came in ready to attack Romney at his
word. In fact, the moderator, CNN chief political cor-respondent Candy Crowley, called him out as well.
Obama just needs to hold on going into the final debate. My pro-Romney peers have said he should hit Obama on his ObamaCare taxes and give more detail on his plan for the economy. But with this third and final debate focusing on foreign policy, that ship has sailed. And this election is Obama’s to lose.
After watching the debate Tuesday night, I believe the two candidates did well. I think Romney had just as good a night as he did during the first debate, and President Obama was much more aggressive. Let’s make sure we realize that for the most part, these debates are for the unde-cided voter. Most people have already made up their minds, as have I. I will be voting for Romney because I personally think President Obama has
failed in many of his governing choices. I don’t think either candidate overwhelmingly won the debate, but if I had to choose, I would say Romney won by a small margin. While they both got their points across, they also did a very good job of not answering the specific questions. Evasion was the number one tactic. If I had to make a sugges-tion as to what each candidate could do to better themselves in this race, it would be the following:
Obama needs to lay out a definitive plan for the next four years and Romney again needs to give specific details about his economic plan. Lastly, they both failed in explaining how they would effectively deal with the deficit. For a person who has already made up his mind, I do believe this was just more of the same. The interesting thing that will come from this debate will be the reaction from the undecided voters.
My initial reaction was that President Obama delivered a stronger performance in this debate than he did in the first debate. Therefore, there may be no clear winner this time. The most important viewers to watch at this point are the undecided voters. Watching reactions of a focus
group of undecided voters, assembled by CNN, was quite interesting. In general, they disliked it very much when the candidates interrupted or disregarded the moderator. The media may make this the focus of some post-debate stories. Additionally, the undecided voters disliked it
when the candidates attacked one another nega-tively. Lastly, they rated the President’s answers positively more frequently than they did for-mer Gov. Romney’s responses in this debate. However, it is doubtful that this particular debate will have an impact on the election results.
Chris KingActivity Chairman, College Republicans
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Preschoolers will learn about diver-sity, respecting others and how to be a friend during the Peace Day celebra-tion Oct. 26.
Five classrooms of children ages two to five from the University of Memphis’ Barbara K. Lipman Early Childhood School and Research Institute will participate in the 11th annual celebration of Peace Day.
Each classroom will show a devel-opmentally age-appropriate peaceful activity for guests and family.
One past Peace Day expression was
a “peaced” quilt where children drew peaceful ideas on each square.
The celebration is open to students of the school and their parents, and it is free for U of M faculty and students only.
A multicultural luncheon began at Lipman School in the mid-1980s to join families together from different cultures and build relationships.
After Sept. 11, Sandra Brown Turner, director of Lipman School and creator of the celebration, met with staff to review the previous multicul-tural luncheon and what it lacked.
“What would be more meaningful for the children, that everybody gets
to taste food from different countries? Or that we really think about how to counteract that kind of ugliness?” Turner asked. “We came up with the notion that the best way to counteract the ugliness and the terrorism and awfulness of 9/11 is to create peace.”
On that “memorable day,” Turner wrote a letter to the parents of students at Lipman School explaining tips to help them teach their children about violence they may see in the world and to help them feel secure.
Turner said Peace Day was chosen around the birthday of Barbara K. Lipman and on United Nations Day, when children learn about what it
means to be peaceful, how to create peace with others and how to enjoy each other’s company and friendship.
This year, 15 different cultures are represented by the children and their families.
The “Wings of Grace” peace dove release will open the celebration at 9:15 a.m. with U of M’s President Shirley Raines releasing 24 white doves as a universal symbol that peace is the way.
The “Story Troupers” — students from the U of M’s drama depart-ment — will perform the children’s stories “The Little Red Hen” and “Churkendoose” on the Brown Family Stage at 9:30 a.m.
After the classroom activity, fami-lies can gather for a potluck at the multicultural “peace-nic” lunch at 11:30 a.m.
The families will bring a dish from their respective cultures — enough to share with 10 people — and create peace by breaking bread with each other.
Gabrial Bernard, sophomore early childhood education major, said promoting peace is important to the children.
“It’s something for our community to come together and really under-stand what the importance of peace is,” she said. n
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counsel Sheryl Lipman said, “the idea that we hide behind the law is unfair.”
“We just enforce the law,” she said.According to the Columbus
Dispatch, former U.S. Sen. James L. Buckley, the author of FERPA, said the law has been “bastardized” by colleges and universities.
The Daily Helmsman experienced an open records dispute in March when the student newspaper tried to obtain an incident report of an on-campus rape. Campus police and the Office of Legal Counsel withheld the report as a confidential, student record and said the report was pro-tected under FERPA and not taken for law enforcement purposes.
After LoMonte wrote a letter on The Helmsman’s behalf explaining that police reports are open records and do not fall under the protection of FERPA, legal counsel released the report.
“The only thing with that is we are incredibly sensitive to reports of rape,” Lipman said. “We bend over backwards to not release what we shouldn’t.”
But under the Tennessee Open Records Act they had to release the report. All police reports — no mat-ter the type of crime — are public records.
Lipman said the dispute over the rape report taught U of M’s legal counsel that a police report is not protected by FERPA, whether it is being pursued as a criminal matter or handled by Judicial Affairs.
LoMonte and the SPLC said the goal of the Let’s Break FERPA cam-paign is to provide enough evidence to prove the law’s misuse at other univer-sities in order to convince Congress that the law is too broad and needs to be rewritten.
“I think the law right now is not vague, but I do I think it is broad,” Lipman said. “What the law says is any personally identifiable document is covered as a student education record.”
Lipman said “flooding” the University with requests won’t change anything, but a more effective method is bringing awareness to the broad nature of the law.
“It means every document that exists on this campus that can be tied to any particular student is an educa-tional record,” she said.
LoMonte expects universities to say they don’t have the time and resources necessary to gather every record with a student’s name on it, but according to the law, anything they are
going to claim as a private, education record needs to be produced when requested.
“FERPA doesn’t say you only release records that are inexpensive or convenient,” he said. “If [schools] are going to say video of you riding the bus is an education record, they need to produce that.”
He hopes to receive letters from universities saying they “don’t classify every piece of paper written with a name a student record.”
“No one has put that to the test, so we want [universities] to realize this will come back to bite them,” LoMonte said.
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled in July that records related to a campus sexual assault between a University of Iowa student and two Hawkeye football players were private, student records.
“It really illustrates how privacy has been put ahead of the public interest, even in matters of campus safety,” LoMonte said. “We respect privacy rights of students, but once you have been accused of a crime, your privacy rights must give way to safety of the public.”
LoMonte said he anticipates the Iowa Supreme Court ruling to only
apply to that state. “We think they got it so wrong that
other courts will not follow it,” he said. LoMonte said he hopes the SPLC
campaign will bring awareness to FERPA as a law that is being misinter-preted and misconstrued in order to withhold public documents.
“Every law is supposed to be inter-
rupted in light of common sense, and common sense has gone out the win-dow when it comes to FERPA,” he said. “It results in records being con-cealed when they’re not educational or private.”
Students who are interested in fil-ing a FERPA request letter can visit www.splc.org/breakferpa.html.n
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Admissions site awarded
The University of Memphis admis-sions website earned an “A” from the National Research Center for College and University Admissions. The site now ranks in the top five percent of all college websites in the country.
The NRCCUA, a nonprofit educa-tional research organization, released its annual Enrollment Power Index that evaluates more than 3,000 admis-sions sites for colleges and universities throughout the country. The evalua-tions are based on 38 key components that are considered vital in enticing potential students to enroll.
The University’s admissions website was revamped last year by staff from
the division of communications, public relations and marketing and the Office of Admissions.
“In redesigning the website, we had a team of people who evaluated the website we had at the time,” said Betty Huff, vice provost of Enrollment Services. “We considered everything from the ease of use to clarity of infor-mation to how attractive it was. We tried to look at is as a student would.”
Several changes were made to the site in order to make it more acces-sible, appealing and informative. The new site includes large fly-out menus aimed at making the site easier to navi-gate. New information was added to help applicants better understand the admissions process. n
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Sports
Rifle team drops two over weekend
Despite some of its highest scores of the season, the No. 10 University of Memphis rifle team fell on the road Monday to the No. 6 Army Black Knights and Tuesday to the top-ranked
West Virginia Mountaineers.In West Point, N.Y., the Black
Knights outshot the Tigers 4,658 to 4,631 to take the overall title, though Memphis was able to take the air rifle segment of the competition over Army 2,343 to 2,340.
Army’s Michael Matthews won the
top spot in air rifle with a 592, bare-ly beating out the Tigers’ junior Dan Hermsmeier who shot a 590 to claim second. Sophomore Max Burkhardt also earned a top-five finish with his air rifle score of 586 to place fourth.
Freshman Beth Lee shot her way to the highest finish of her collegiate career with a score of 584, good for a sixth place individual finish. Senior Kelly Audet was right behind Lee with a 583.
The Tigers continued to shoot well Tuesday, posting a team-high aggre-gate score for the season of 4,634. The only problem was that the No. 1 Mountaineers’ score of 4,717 was a national collegiate high-score record.
Hermsmeier once again led the charge for the Tigers in both the air rifle and smallbore categories. He shot a 586 in smallbore to claim fourth place, while firing a 589 in air rifle to tie for fifth place.
Lee continued to improve on her career-high mark set the day before against Army, shooting a 586 to edge her career-best 584 on Monday. Her score earned her eighth place for the match.
Tiger Rifle returns to the range on Nov. 3 when the team travels to take on No. 2 Texas Christian University. n
The University of Memphis women’s soccer team is headed to the University of Tulsa and Southern Methodist University for a weekend road trip.
The Tigers enter Friday’s match looking to end a three-game losing streak, their longest Conference USA losing streak since 2004.
“We have to get back on track. We have had a rough couple of weeks,” head coach Brooks Monaghan said. “We’ve been miss-ing our hunger.”
The losing streak is the longest of the season. The Tigers entered the month on a 7-0 winning run before falling flat in October.
“[We need to] lift our confi-dence back up and prepare for the [C-USA] Tournament,” senior defender Bailey Pembroke said.
The Tulsa Golden Hurricane (8-5-3) is also in need of a confer-ence win, coming off a double-overtime tie versus East Carolina University.
“It’s big in preparation for the conference tournament coming up,” Pembroke said.
The Tigers offense has had 10 players score 37 points on the sea-son with an average of 2.47 goals scored per game.
“We are a possession-oriented team,” Monaghan said. “We have to get back to playing offense.”
The Tigers’ offense has its work cut out for them against the physi-cal Hurricane.
“We need to focus on what we do best — possession and team-work,” Pembroke said.
The Hurricane is a physical team, racking up 173 fouls on the season. They are allowing .81 scores per game, earning five shut-
outs on the season. “We are going to play the way
we play and make them play our game. That’s how top teams play,” Monaghan said.
The Hurricane’s offense is scor-ing 1.75 goals per game with a .117 shot percentage. They have 73 cor-ner kicks on the season. The team plays a strong first half, earning 20 of its 28 points before halftime.
The Tigers will rely on fresh-man goalkeeper Christa Strickland to help stop the Hurricane. Strickland has 40 saves on the sea-son, earning three shutouts.
The Tigers will stop in Dallas, Texas, to take on Southern Methodist University before head-ing home.
SMU enters Sunday’s matchup with a similar play as the Tigers. The Mustangs (7-6-3) are putting up strong offensive numbers with 1.62 scores per game, shooting 1.21 percent with a SOG percent of .433.
“Every game is so important in regard to standings,” Monaghan said.
The Tigers are looking for a strong finish to round out the reg-ular season and conference play.
“Our number one thing is to focus on getting better and focus on making a run in the tourna-ment,” Monaghan said.
The Tigers have three games left before Conference USA tour-nament play starts.
“It is really important to main-tain what we’ve done in the con-ference and put our stamp on it before we leave it,” Pembroke said.
Friday’s match is set to kick off at 6 p.m. at Hurricane Stadium in Tulsa, Okla.
Sunday’s matchup is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Westcott Field in Dallas, Texas. n
Junior Dan Hermsmeier took fourth place individually in smallbore and tied for fourth in air rifle against the top-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers. He also took second in air rifle against the No. 6 Army Black Knights.
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The Tigers stormed out to a 2-0 set lead over the Tennessee State Tigers, but TSU fought back to take the final three sets and hand the University of Memphis volleyball team a tough 3-2 loss in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday.
After taking the first set easily 25-11 and the second set 25-20, Memphis thought it would sweep TSU in the third set when play-ers reeled off four straight points to take a 12-8 lead. Junior Katie Meyer gave Memphis a command-ing 18-12 advantage off of a kill. Down two sets and seven points away from elimination, TSU began to surmount a comeback.
TSU scored the next six points to tie the game at 18-18. After senior Marija Jovanovic gave Memphis a 19-18 lead, TSU scored seven of the final eight points to take the set 25-20 and stave off elimination.
The wheels continued to come off for Memphis in the fourth set as TSU began to gain control of the match, up 16-9 midway through. Memphis attempted to surmount a comeback of its own, but TSU came out on top with a 25-20 win to even the match at 2-2.
Kills by senior Maja Kostic and sophomore Lauren Hawkins gave Memphis a 2-0 lead early in the fifth and deciding set. The lead swelled to 6-1, before TSU scored four straight points to force a Memphis timeout. Out of the timeout, TSU continued to pour it on with four more points. Senior Altrese Hawkins ended the 8-0 run with her 14th kill of the match. However, TSU made the run 10-1 with two more points and went on to take the match 3-2 with a 15-9 fifth set win.
For the match, Memphis was paced by Altrese Hawkins and Jovanovic’s 14 kills each. Lauren Hawkins added 11 kills and sopho-more Aleksandra Petronijevic led the team with 21 digs. Freshman Veronica Zimmerman had a team-high 41 assists.
The team will be back on the court Friday when it travels to Greenville, N.C., for a showdown with the East Carolina Pirates. They then travel to take on the Marshall Thundering Herd on Sunday at noon. n
The University of Memphis men and women’s golf teams saw junior Grant Milner and senior Alex Aläng named the Conference USA Men’s and Women’s Golfer of the Week as announced by the league office Wednesday.
Milner won his first individual title at the collegiate level this past
weekend at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate, shooting a 10-under 206. He began the tournament with a score of 67 in the first two rounds of play, along with a 72 on the final day to win the tournament. Milner finished two strokes ahead of Wake Forest University’s No. 28 Evan Beck. He ended the tournament with 17 birdies, eight of which were in the second round.
The men’s team took fourth place
overall, beating opponents such as No. 21 Wake Forest, No. 37 Coastal Carolina and No. 39 Virginia Tech. The weekly honor was Milner’s first of his career.
On the women’s side, Aläng placed 11th in the Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate to capture her second weekly honor of her career and first on the season. The senior shot 73 in the first two rounds and completed play with a 72 in the final round. For
the tournament, Aläng shot a 218 to place 11th.
The men return to action to close out the fall side of the schedule at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate Friday and Saturday at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh, N.C. The women will participate in their home tour-nament — the FedEx Memphis Women’s Intercollegiate — at the Ridgeway Country Club on Monday and Tuesday. n
Alex Aläng was named the Conference USA Women’s Golfer of the week following an 11th place finish in the Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate to capture her second weekly honor of her career and first on the season.
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