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Longboarders at The University of Memphis weave in and out of students, coasting up to 20 mph, all while balancing on a piece of wood, just to make it to class on time.

Longboarding originated from surfers on the west coast of America wanting to “land surf,” and has increased in popularity in recent years.

Kirby Dukes, junior music indus-try major, started longboarding last semester and said it was something she always wanted to do.

“I was afraid of trick boards and have seen boarders breaking their legs,” Dukes said. “I researched long-boards and thought, ‘Cool, I’ll do that instead.’”

Since Dukes was ten, she has looked up to professional skateboard-ers Tony Hawk and Bucky Lasek, who inspired her to get into the sport.

Dukes lives on campus and uses her board as her primary mode of transportation on campus. She said she also uses it when she goes downtown.

“It’s really convenient and doesn’t take much energy to use,” she said. “I can take it in a store and don’t have to worry about locking it up. I hop on it and go.”

Being a longboarder on campus isn’t all coasting down hills and feel-ing the breeze in one’s hair. Dukes said she almost collides with students on a daily basis.

“It’s kind of annoying,” she said. “You go down that hill towards the library and the board goes faster, and everyone has headphones on and it’s hard to stop.”

Dukes said the faster she goes, the more at risk she is for harming herself and others.

“I literally push people out of the way. I start yelling and when push comes to shove I have to shove,” she said.

A fellow student longboarder, Jamon Harvell, sophomore mechani-cal engineering major, has had the same problem with close collisions on campus as Dukes.

“It’s usually when somebody’s not looking at me,” Harvell said. “I almost hit about two or three people a day.”

Derek Myers, deputy director of public safety at police services, said whether students are biking, roller skating or skateboarding on campus, as long as you’re doing it in a safe fashion, it’s okay.

Harvell said when’s he’s riding his board, he’s going to take it wherever he goes, in class, the store, the UC, anywhere.

“I basically get looks like, ‘Is he serious and did he really bring that into class,’” Harvell said. “I just get awkward looks basically.”

Dukes also brings her board along-

side her whenever she goes into classes.

“If my seat’s against the wall, I set it there and sometimes I put it under my feet,” she said. “It’s kinda like a backpack, and I use it all the time. It’s like a part of me.”

Bob Barnett, direc-tor of The University Center, said people are not allowed to ride roller-skates or skateboards inside The University buildings.

He also said he thinks there might be a policy against skateboarding on campus, but is unsure and did not have documentation on hand yesterday.

Ron Hale, the owner of Cheapskates, the oldest and only full-service skate shop in Memphis, has been riding longboards for 26 years now and said this is the greatest year he’s seen for longboarding.

“It’s picked up quite a bit over the last year,” Hale said. “Because of

popularity in other parts of the coun-try and it migrated here.”

Hale said longboards can get up to 20 to 25 mph on flat ground. Cheapskates sells their longboards for $140, completely ready to roll around town.

Hale went to The U of M in 1983 and said it was necessary for him to use his board to get from class to class without being late.

“You have to watch out for cars and trains. I’ve never had accidents,” he said. “When you’re an accom-plished boarder you know how to skate around people.”

BY CHRIS DANIELSNews Reporter

Junior music industry major Kirby Dukes longboards around campus Wednesday evening after classes.

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Identity crisis

Is the mandatory dining dollars credit putting UM students at risk?

Freshman Tyler Griggs and junior John Martin didn’t have a choice but to put $300 credit on their student ID card. The University refused to refund them when the cards were stolen and used by an identity thief.

“I think it makes it evident that students shouldn’t be forced to take out $300 for Dining Dollars. There is way too much weight and too much importance placed on measly student IDs. You are talking about hundreds of dollars,” said Martin, journalism major.

Every University of Memphis undergraduate considered full-time and taking courses on the main campus is mandated to participate in the Dining Dollars program. The program uses an extra $300 fee to tuition as credit on a student’s

BY CHELSEA BOOZERNews Reporter

The 30th annual Spindel Conference at The University of Memphis started Thursday with guests from universities across the country and overseas.

Hosted by the philosophy department, the confer-ence ends Saturday, Oct. 1 and is free and open to the public.

This year’s theme is “Derrida and the Theologico-Political,” which focuses on the ideas of French phi-losopher Jacques Derrida that theological and political thoughts are linked.

Linda Sadler, editorial assistant for The Southern Journal of Philosophy, said the conference will feature lectures and roundtable discussions about a series of never before published papers by Derrida.

She said the key note speakers of the event, Peggy Kamuf of the University of Southern California and Geoffrey Bennington of Emory University in Atlanta are the authors working on translating Derrida’s unpublished notes from French to English.

“They really are prominent scholars in this area and field,” she said.

The second part of the conference begins today at 10 a.m. and ends at 10 p.m. and the conference wraps up Saturday, Oct. 1 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

BY ERICA HORTONNews Reporter

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— Kirby DukesMusic industry junior

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You may have covered this already, and I’ve just been unable to locate the article.

I’ve never been too concerned about the prices of food and supplies on campus, as I’ve always chosen to go where prices are reasonable (or at least a value). This year, The University of Memphis has chosen for students to participate in Dining Dollars at the tune of $300. I have tried to opt out of this program as the school’s vendors offer little that is remotely a healthy choice for a reasonable price. This is not, however, an option. You can get your funds back at the end of the semester, but you’ll have to pay again the next semester.

This is basically an interest free loan every student is forced to provide The University. That is unless you use the Dining Dollars account. Then you have options to purchase low quality food at inflated prices. Prices that are as much as twenty percent higher than the market ($5 Footlong promotion by Subway is $6 on campus). On top of the premium price, the food that is purchased is frequently substandard to that of the free market system. For example, I had a sandwich from the BK Burger Bar that tasted nothing like BK, had a stale bun on top, grease soaked bottom, limp lettuce and mushy tomato.

Where are the standards? Having worked in the food industry for 6+ combined years, I see things many would not. There are contamination issues, sanitation issues, food temp issues that would result in a “clean it up” spot light that I have witnessed on every visit to the Tiger Den. And we, the students, are expected to pay a premium for the sub-par standards these food vendors hold?

It is a complete rip off, and the school is making money on top of money at our expense both nutritionally and financially as I would be shocked to learn the funds for this are not kept in an interest bearing account.

Where is the justice? Where is the outrage? Where is the article in the voice of the student body? Where, Helmsman?

Joe Vinsonvia email

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Students, faculty and staff at The University of Memphis with questions and comments about various issues in Memphis will have them addressed today dur-ing a town hall meeting with Mayor A.C. Wharton.

The meeting, which is free

and open to the public, will take place in The University Center Ballroom at 10 a.m. The issues that will be covered will include topics like the rising poverty rates in Memphis and what can be done to improve the city.

Robert Blanton, director of the International Studies Program and political science professor, said he organized this meeting

with one of his former students who has been “very active in the mayor’s office since graduating from The U of M.”

“We thought it would be a great opportunity for students to have a chance to get to interact with the mayor and find out about the key issues facing our city,” he said.

Blanton also said he hopes students who come to the meet-

ing will gain a better knowledge of Memphis’ political situation and increased awareness of local political issues and leaders.

“Hopefully, this meeting will help them to see how politics ‘matters’ to them on a daily basis,” he said.

Matthias Kaelberer, chair of the political science department, said he hopes Mayor Wharton

will address the plans he has to improve Memphis and the Memphis area.

“There are plenty of students who are involved and concerned with important issues in our city,” he said. “And I also think this will serve as an opportunity for Mayor Wharton to learn about the issues with which students at The U of M are concerned.”

Mayor Wharton on campus todayBY MELISSA WRAYNews Reporter

Campus Events

The Christmas season begins early for The University of Memphis Student Nursing Association as the deadline for annual Salvation Army Angel Tree donations are approaching.

The Angel program is an initia-tive that allows people to donate gifts to needy children ages 1-11 and senior citizens ages 60 and above for the holidays.

Students wishing to participate in the initiative this year have until Monday, Oct. 10 to complete a participation form, which can be found at the Lowenburg School of Nursing in the Billy Mac Jones Building.

Sheila Hall, assistant dean of nursing and student affairs, said the program was introduced to The U of M community 20 years ago and that participation for the program has waned over the years because of the economy.

“We used to have 100 angels adopted each year,” she said. “In the last few years, we’ve been in the 70s range.”

Hall said in the 20-year time frame, The U of M community has helped more than 2,000 angels.

“The whole idea was to bring people on campus closer together, so maybe offices would adopt an angel or two and pool their money together instead of doing indi-vidual gifts,” Hall said.

She said some offices have been faithfully donating, despite changes to their administration and that student organizations also participate.

“It just seems to be a fulfilling thing for the people that do it,” she said. “And the other thing I like the most about it is the kids who get donations don’t know how this works. So, for all they know, this may be from Santa. They don’t have to feel like they’re taking charity.”

Early Christmas for those donating to UMBY ERICA HORTONNews Reporter

Confucius Institute turns fourThe Confucius Institute is

celebrating its fourth year at The University of Memphis with song and dance by host-ing “Song of Silk: A Chinese Concert,” on Oct. 4 at 6:30 p.m. in the Michael D. Rose Theater.

The evening will be high-lighted by traditional Chinese performances of folk music and acrobatic dancing.

There will also be a perfor-

mance of the Beijing Opera by faculty and performing artists from The Confucius Institute of Chinese Opera at Binghamton University in New York and world- renowned members of the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts.

“There’s a storyline in every performance,” said Riki Hamilton, assistant director of educational programs at the Confucius Institute. “The his-tory, what the colors and cos-tumes and instruments mean.

It’s historic and cultural.”Hamilton said the concert is

one of hundreds of events host-ed every year by the Confucius Institute, and she hopes stu-dents will come to educate themselves.

“I think it’s a great opportu-nity to embrace and learn more about the Chinese culture and to keep a global, open mind about the small, wonderful planet we all share,” she said.

The event is free and open to the public.

BY ERICA HORTONNews Reporter

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ID card for use at on-campus eateries.

Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Campus Services, Danny Armitage, said the dining dollars pro-gram is obligatory in order to increase student engagement in campus life.

According to a satisfaction survey issued by dining ser-vices staff, students’ satisfac-tion with the social aspect of dining on campus increased 14 percent within the first year of the program.

“Are there additional mea-sures that The University could take to protect students in the area of inappropriate or illegal use of their ID card? I think that is a question that is always worth looking into,” Armitage said.

Dining sales have increased 120 percent since the dining program’s begin-ning. Armitage said the over-all good employed outweighs the stolen property prob-lems experienced by some students.

If another person uses a student’s lost or stolen card, neither The University’s Campus Card Office nor Dining Services will refund the money the thief uses.

Director of Business Development Samuel Cox, who is over the Campus Card office, said he sympathizes with students who have lost money due to card theft and they should freeze their card online and contact campus police.

Both Martin and Griggs did just that, but had to pay $10 out of pocket to receive a new card. They say University police have been helpful, but still haven’t found the culprit two weeks after the theft.

Police Director Bruce Harber said there have been 12 cards reported missing or stolen this year. Three were used fraudulently, he said, and University police recov-ered five of the cards and arrested one person with a charge of Theft of Property $500 or less.

“Once reported to us, if the cards are fraudulently used, we investigate and look for any possible video recordings or other evidence,” Harber said. “It’s a Class A misde-meanor, punishable by incar-ceration of up to 11 months and 29 days and up to a $2,500 fine.”

Chuck Wigington, the dis-trict manager of Aramark, the company that holds The U of M’s dining services contract, said he warns employees to watch out for identity theft. Employees are required to verify a student’s ownership of their ID card by matching the photo on the card.

However, Griggs, a busi-ness major, said there is a missing link somewhere in the chain when it comes to security of the ID card system.

”It is a little ridiculous that these cashiers never look at my ID. That’s why stuff like this happens, because people know they can get away with it,” he said.

Martin said more steps should be implemented to protect students’ IDs.

“Cashiers don’t exercise any caution with regard to fraud,” Martin said.

When asked if he thought there could be a better system to protect the $300 students are required to put on their card, Cox said there might be and his office will ask indus-try affiliates if there are better practices available.

Griggs said when the card is stolen the student shouldn’t be burdened to pay for a new one on top of the money lost to the thief.

“If I have a police report and clear evidence I was robbed, I shouldn’t have to pay for something that was stolen from me,” Griggs said.

Cox said it is ultimately the student’s responsibility to keep track of their ID card.

“It is unfortunate when a student is the victim of theft. The initial card is provided at no cost and the cardholder is encouraged to protect the card as they would other identifying documents because there is a cost for replacement,” he said.

IdentItyfrom page 1

Mistakes made on some 2010 census forms led the U.S. Census Bureau to report an “artificially inflated” num-ber of same-sex households in August, census officials said on Tuesday. While the cen-sus reported 901,997 same-sex households nationally in August, new calculations of the 2010 census indicate there are 648,464 such households. “What went wrong is some-thing that we have known about for some time,” said UCLA law school demographer Gary Gates, whom the census called in to review the revised figures for accuracy. Unclear census forms led heterosexual couples in some cases to check boxes identifying themselves as same-sex couples, Gates said. “There are something like 60 million different-sex (hetero-sexual) couples in the U.S., and if five or six per thousand make a mistake, the data comes in looking like there are far more same-sex couples,” said Gates, who studies sexual orientation as it pertains to law and public policy. The census said that its revised estimate of married same-sex households nation-ally is 131,729, well below the

August count of 349,377. The revised estimates show there are 514,735 unmarried same-sex households, down from the 552,620 August total. “As sci-entists, we noticed the incon-sistency and developed the revised estimates to provide a more accurate portrait of the number of same-sex couples,” Robert Graves, director of the Census Bureau, said in a state-ment. When the census totals were released in August, many in the gay and lesbian com-

munity thought they indicated more same-sex couples were comfortable in identifying their sexual orientation. The revised numbers don’t reflect that, but Gates said similar mistakes may have been made in 2000. “In August the figures showed the increase nationally in same-sex households to be in the neighborhood of 50 percent, and I really think that increase is probably about right if we had corrected figures for the 2000 census, too,” he said.

Easing the transition from soldier to student landed The University of Memphis a spot in the 2012 Military Friendly Schools List, beating out 6,482 other universities for the spot.

G.I. Jobs is the top magazine for military veterans getting accustomed to life off the base. For the past three years they have compiled a list of schools that offer the most benefits and programs for student veterans.

Forty current U of M stu-dent veterans recommended the University of Memphis as a mili-tary friendly school.

“This is the first year we have been able to gather student feed-back,” said Dan Fazio, manag-ing editor of G.I. Jobs magazine. “Veterans took an anonymous electronic survey through the Internet.”

According to militaryfriendly-schools.com, there are currently 546 student veterans enrolled at The University of Memphis, 2.90 percent are enrolled full time and 2.13 percent are enrolled part time.

G.I. Jobs surveyed schools

all over the country, gathering research and data concerning scholarships, military discounts, class scheduling flexibility, online classes, veteran’s clubs on campus and if the school participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program.

“More than 8,000 schools were surveyed and out of those schools we come up with the top 20 percent,” said Fazio. “We publish an annual guide to mili-tary education, not just the name but also the criteria.”

The website includes statis-tics, charts and descriptions of school policy, organized under tabs with green checks and red minuses determining if the uni-versity offers that feature.

The University of Memphis offers student veterans flexibility with online courses and night classes, three ROTC programs – Army, Navy and Air Force. There is also assistance available through the Veterans Services office and participation in the Yellow Ribbon Program.

“A veteran who receives 100 percent eligibility for the post-9/11 G.I. Bill has access to the Yellow Ribbon Program used for students who classi-

fy as out of state; the Veterans Administration covers their in state fees and the out of state fees are divided between the VA and the school,” said Emily Melonas, academic services associate of veterans services.

In addition to the programs and benefits offered to veterans, The University of Memphis is based in a military community with the Naval Support Activity Mid-South in Millington, TN.

“Memphis is good in the fact that you have Millington Navy base in driving distance and the VA hospital downtown; it’s a good location,” said Benjamin Kemker, student veteran and senior theater major.

Kemker served in the Army for five years. He was stationed in Oahu, Hawaii, spending 13 months in Afghanistan from 2004-2005 and 15 months in Iraq from 2006-2007.

“There are hundreds of thou-sands of veterans coming back from Iran and Afghanistan and they will be heading back to school because of the post-9/11 G.I. Bill and its encouraging to see schools who are accom-modating their programs to the needs of veterans,” said Fazio.

U of M on Military Friendly Schools ListBY MICHELLE CORBETNews Reporter

Campus Kudos

BY WILLIAM MULLENChicago Tribune

Census form errors led to inflated figures on same-sex households

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Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas released emails and court docu-ments Wednesday used in the trial to convict 10 Muslim stu-dents on criminal charges of dis-rupting a speech.

The “Irvine 11” were each convicted of two misdemeanors Friday for disrupting a University of California, Irvine event featur-ing Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren in February 2010.

The students face fines, proba-tion and 56 hours of community service. Defense attorneys say they will appeal.

The evidence includes two videos from the event, multiple e-mail chains from the students who planned the disruption and

minutes from meetings of the Muslim Student Union, an orga-nization that has denied planning the protest, but whose members were involved.

One email from a student summarizing the event said, “It is our duty to show the people who are going to listen that this man is a war criminal, and we will not allow a platform for him to spread lies on our campus, whether it be at UCI or any other campus around the nation.”

In May, Judge Peter J. Wilson issued a gag order preventing anyone involved from talking about the case publicly.

District Attorney spokeswom-an Susan Kang Schroeder said the office was unable to respond to criticism of racism and religious bias because of the gag order.

“We felt it was important for the public to examine it for them-selves,” she said.

She said she felt the defense supporters acted in an intimidat-ing manner during the trial, and that the students on trial were defiant after the verdict.

“They’ve shown absolutely no remorse for the fact that they committed a crime,” she said.

Jacqueline Goodman, one of the defense attorneys in the case, said it’s rare to devote so much energy to a misdemeanor, even after a conviction. She added that the office is only publicizing a small portion of the evidence, including thousands of pages of e-mails that were pulled.

“They are only releasing the ones that look bad,” she said.

Counselors out of the CenterMonday, oct. 3 • 11 a.M. - 2 p.M. • Uc Lobby

Come join with campus counselors from the Career & Psychological Counseling Center and the Psychological Services Center, along with representatives of Active Minds and Memphis STEPS, in kicking off Mental Health Awareness Week with National Day Without Stigma.

Decorate cookies and learn about what you can do to eliminate the stigma associated with mental health issues.

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DA releases evidence used to convict Muslim studentsBY NICOLE SANTA CRUZLos Angeles Times

Muslim students stare at the jury after being found guilty of conspiring to disrupt and then disrupting a speech by the Israeli ambassador at UC Irvine last year at the Central Justice Center on Sept. 23.

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Walk&Talk How do you use your dining dollars?

“Nothing. I prefer to opt out and get my refund in full.”

— Justin Caughlin, History senior

“I spend my dining dollars all on Chick-Fil-A. It’s addictive.”

— Casey Triplett, Recording tech freshman

“Taco Bell. I love it!”

— Morgan Cromwell, Education freshman

“I sold them for cash.”

— Barrett Cutas, Film freshman

“This.”

— Will Knutson, History graduate student

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“Gears of War” introduced us to Marcus Fenix and his band of ludicrously muscled soldiers. Five years and two games later, the series is one of the best selling games for the Xbox 360. The series is now coming to a close and “Gears of War 3” not only wraps up the story of Marcus and the other soldiers, but manages to be the best game in the series.

Like the last two games, “Gears of War 3” has the sub-tlety of a Michael Bay movie, with dialogue to match. The game has everything, from ste-reotypical space football jug-gernaut Cole Train visiting his hometown with its many adoring fans to a new enemy group called the Lambent that explode upon death, adding even more explosions to the already combustible game. It even includes a cameo by Ice-T!

The game also feels a bit more self-aware. It recognizes that it’s a ridiculous game star-ring men with legs the size of tree trunks who carry chainsaw guns. The plot and dialogue seems to reflect that more than in the prequels. It still hamfist-edly attempts to make you feel emotions for the characters, but it works slightly better now.

Gears feels much like you would expect it to, the shoot-ing is mostly the same, the cover is handled the same and even most of the enemies are the same. The difference is that everything feels a lot more pol-ished. Everything feels tighter and while the game is still very linear, the environments feel a bit more open. Gears 3 does boldly go where no gears has gone before in including colors besides brown in some of the later stages and even includes an underwater level.

The biggest addition to “Gears of War 3’s” campaign though is the four player co-op. There are now eight soldiers in the main unit, finally making it possible to play with more peo-

ple. With a few new weapons in the game, a four person team can shoot their way through the campaign with a bit more variety.

The multi-player modes don’t shake things up much with death-match, king of the hill, and other classics. There is a new versus mode in wingman, which splits up players into four groups of two with the goal of killing all other teams. Cheap shotguns to the back and classic lancer rushes are still issues, but the multi-player is a lot of fun, especially now that the game has dedi-cated servers, removing the

dreaded host advantage from the equation.

One of the biggest changes is the popular horde mode, which now features tower defense

elements. In addition to their guns and wits, players can now use money earned by slaying enemies to purchase barriers, decoys, turrets, weapons and ammunition to fight off the waves of enemies. The turrets and walls make horde feel a lot more tactical, but it does

make it feel a bit more linear in that you tend to stay closer to your defenses. Boss waves also appear every 10 rounds, giving the mode some good variety.

Horde mode, as a whole, feels a lot more fun in Gears 3, and the money sys-tem and bosses keep the mode from becoming stale.

As a counter to the Horde mode, “Gears of War 3” adds a new beast mode, which has players taking of the roles of the Locust trying to kill humans controlled by the AI. The humans use both their guns and the purchas-able defenses to defend them-selves. Players can unlock more

locust by progressing through the mode and getting medals. The mode has a very strict time limit that gets extended every time one of the players gets a kill. It’s a fun mode, but the time limit can get frustrating and it feels lacking compared to things like Left 4 Dead’s versus mode.

So the Gears trilogy, a series very important in defining this generation of consoles, is at a close. The lovably ridiculous characters have had their clo-sure (until the inevitable Gears of War 4), but it’s a good send-off for now. The game pulled together everything needed together, and while it didn’t take the series in a radical new direction, Gears of War 3 is one of the most well-built games of the year.

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The University of Memphis Friday, September 30, 2011 • 7

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: This is a big week in the SEC.

Once league play begins, every week is big for every conference, but three games involving current (and one future) SEC teams highlight the week. Alabama will make its first conference road trip to Florida since 2006. In another East-West match-up, Auburn and South Carolina have been unpredictable but never boring this season. And a week after crushing losses, Arkansas and Texas A&M try to regain momentum in Arlington, Texas.

While it’s a big week in the SEC, the most important game might be in Madison, Wis., where Nebraska will play its first league game as a Big Ten member in a possible pre-view of the first Big Ten title game.

Before the season began, we knew Nebraska-Wisconsin would be a key game, but what about Clemson-Virginia Tech? After defeating Auburn and Florida State in back-to-back weeks, Clemson appears to be an ACC contender. But they have yet to play on the road, and that changes with a visit to Blacksburg.

Here’s a look at the key televised matchups in Week 5.

All times Eastern.

WEEK 5 VIEWER’S GUIDETHURSDAY:

USF AT PITTSBURGHWhen: 8 p.m., ESPNBroadcasters: Rece Davis play-by-

play, Craig James and Jesse Palmer analysts

The line: USF by 3Why you should watch: USF

entered the national picture with its opening-week 23-20 win over Notre Dame aided by five Irish turnovers. Since then, the Bulls have demol-ished Ball State, Florida A&M and UTEP with an offense that ranks 10th nationally in scoring and yards per game. Thursday, USF will learn

if its gaudy offensive numbers were the result of weak competition or genuine improvement. Coach Skip Holtz consistently has praised QB B.J. Daniels’s improvement since the end of last season. After throw-ing 13 interceptions last season, he has thrown just one in 124 attempts this season. He’s also been more active as a runner. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, is in a dire situation, thanks to fourth-quarter collapses. The Panthers led both Iowa and Notre Dame after three quarters, but they were outscored 29-3 in the fourth quarter en route to los-ing both games. A win in this one would cement USF as the top chal-lenger to West Virginia in the Big East, if the Bulls aren’t already.

SATURDAY:ARKANSAS VS. TEXAS A&M,

in Arlington, TexasWhen: Noon, ESPNBroadcasters: Dave Pasch play-by-

play, Chris Spielman and Urban Meyer analysts

The line: Texas A&M by 3Why you should watch: See if

you can keep this straight. Texas A&M’s first game since being officially admitted to the SEC is against Arkansas, which used to be a Southwest Conference rival of the Aggies. Regardless, Arkansas and A&M are looking to recover from their first losses of the sea-son, both to conference rivals under difficult circumstances. Arkansas was routed 38-14 on the road by Alabama, and Texas A&M blew a 17-point halftime lead to lose 30-29 to Oklahoma State at home. The Razorbacks and Aggies still have aspirations of reaching major bowls, and this game is a chance to see which one will remain in that dis-cussion. Arkansas is looking to find balance in its offense after rushing for just 17 yards against Alabama. Meanwhile, Texas A&M is looking for some consistency after it com-mitted four turnovers and 10 penal-ties against Oklahoma State.

AUBURN AT SOUTH

CAROLINAWhen: 3:30 p.m., CBSBroadcasters: Spero Dedes play-

by-play, Steve Beuerlein analystThe line: South Carolina by 10.5Why you should watch: No team

is out of a game with Auburn, thanks to the Tigers’ leaky defense. Even FAU, a team Florida held to a field goal and Michigan State shut out, managed to score 14 points and fain 307 yards on Auburn last week. And no team is out of game against South Carolina, thanks to QB Stephen Garcia. He threw three first-half interceptions against Vanderbilt last week. South Carolina has been able to overcome turnover problems with five defen-sive and special teams touchdowns (including DL Melvin Ingram’s touchdown run against Georgia on a fake punt) and a heavy dose of RB Marcus Lattimore, who has rushed for eight touchdowns. Auburn beat the Gamecocks twice last season – during the regular season and again in the SEC championship game.

CLEMSON AT VIRGINIA TECHWhen: 6 p.m., ESPNBroadcasters: Mark Jones play-by-

play, Ed Cunningham analystThe line: Virginia Tech by 7Why you should watch: Two

weeks ago, Clemson looked as if it was in for a long season as it struggled to put away Troy and Wofford. Now, the Tigers could wrap up the toughest portion of their schedule 5-0 after beat-ing defending national champi-on Auburn and preseason ACC favorite Florida State in the past two weeks. A major reason for the success has been the develop-ment of sophomore QB Tajh Boyd and true freshman WR Sammy Watkins. Boyd already has thrown 13 touchdown passes this season, including six to Watkins. Clemson, playing its first road game, will try to run its up-tempo spread against Virginia Tech, which ranks in the top six or better in total defense, scoring defense, rush defense and pass efficiency defense. The winner

of this game could carry the banner of “ACC favorite” for the rest of the season.

ALABAMA AT FLORIDAWhen: 8 p.m., CBSBroadcasters: Verne Lundquist

play-by-play, Gary Danielson analyst

The line: Alabama by 4.5Why you should watch: Florida’s

greatest barrier to the SEC champi-onship game might not be its Nov. 12 road trip to South Carolina. Instead, it could be Alabama and LSU. Florida and Tennessee are the only teams in the East to play both; South Carolina plays neither. Florida has looked the part of one of the SEC’s best, but facing Alabama

can be a powerful reality check. Both have prolific tailback duos (Alabama with Trent Richardson and Eddie Lacy, Florida with Chris Rainey and Jeff Demps), a stifling defense and a potential liability at quarterback. That makes sense since Florida coach Will Muschamp is a Nick Saban disciple. Alabama, though, is a more veteran and physical team, especially along the offensive line, at linebacker and in the secondary.

NEBRASKA AT WISCONSINWhen: 8 p.m., ABCBroadcasters: Brent Musburger

play-by-play, Kirk Herbstreit analyst

The line: Wisconsin by 10Why you should watch: Nebraska

plays its first league game as a Big Ten program, and it’s a tough one. Meanwhile, Wisconsin enters con-ference play as the league favor-ite. Nebraska hasn’t been sharp, especially on defense, despite its 4-0 start. That said, the Huskers haven’t been at full strength on defense this season. Star CB Alfonzo Dennard missed the first three games with a leg injury, and DT Jared Crick did not play against Wyoming last Saturday. Along with LB Lavonte David, those are Nebraska’s top three defensive players. The Huskers will need all three against Wisconsin. As usual, the Badgers can run the ball, with TBs Montee Balland James White combining for 663 yards and 12 touchdowns in the first four games. The difference for the Badgers this season is QB Russell Wilson, who also is a running threat. Wisconsin never has had a 3,000-yard passer, but Wilson is on pace to throw for 3,408 yards and 33 TDs (the school single-season record is 21). He has had a great start to his season, but facing a healthy Nebraska defense isn’t the same as facing UNLV, Oregon State, Northern Illinois and South Dakota.

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For possibly the first time this season, the Tigers enter game-day with at least one statistical advantage over an opponent — a notch in the win column.

Though the Tigers (1-3, 0-1 in C-USA) come into tomor-row’s contest against a cur-rently winless (0-3) yet heavily favored Middle Tennessee State University team, the host Tigers will suit virtually the same ros-ter that topped MTSU 24-17 in Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium last season. Of course, the win constituted UM’s lone victory on the season.

“I understand that (MTSU) have been struggling, but they’re probably better than their record,” head coach Larry Porter said at his weekly press luncheon. “Offensively, with Kilgore, Cunningham and McDonald they have some tal-ent and we expect them to be explosive on that side of the ball.”

The Blue Raiders come into tomorrow’s game ranked 23rd nationally in total yardage (461.3), 20th in passing yards per game (317.7) and 63rd in rushing yards per game (147.0). This will be a tough feat for a defense that is ranked near the bottom of the NCAA in every major statistical category, but Porter still believes in his defense.

“I stand strongly encourage on our defense and there were some things in this past game that we can build on,” Porter said. “The first three games we gave up 15 plays over 20 yards, this last game we had only four. When you look at the film, there’s a lot to be encouraged about defensively.”

Porter said the defense is coming along, though numbers would suggest the opposite. But the offense is the focus of the team this week. The Tigers are averaging 11.0 points per game, ranking 116th in the nation, 115th in total yards per game (272.8) and have only converted

on third downs at a 31 percent rate (21-of-67); thus not allow-ing the defense to catch their breath. Porter understands that the offense has to do its job.

“Offensively, we definitely have a lot of work to do,” Porter said. “It’s not just fixing one thing or another, but it starts with the offensive line and put-ting the skill guys in position to step up and be playmakers and take some of the pressure of our young quarterback. Our offensive line will be challenged to perform better.”

Most of the problems start not only with the offense, but rather the morale of the team. Porter admits that it gets tough to coach when you’re constantly losing.

“Losing’s never fun, never has been and never will be,” Porter said. “But knowing that you’ve got a locker room full of young men who care and who are fighting, my frustration comes through them not being able to experience success from winning.”

The University of Memphis men’s and women’s tennis squads are set to compete in tournaments around the country.

Eight players from the men’s team will compete in two different events. Senior Leon Nasemann and sophomores David O’Hare, Joe Salisbury and Johnny Grimal will travel to Tulsa, Okla. to play in the 2011 Intercollegiate Tennis Association M e n ’ s All-American Championships. Sophomore Cedric de Zutter, junior K.C. Griffin and seniors David Henry and Daniel Shidler will play in the UTC Steve Baras Fall Classic in Chattanooga.

“Our guys have another great opportunity this weekend,” head coach Paul Goebel said. “We hope to build on the momentum that we gained this past weekend at MTSU. These fall tournaments give us a chance to con-tinue to improve on our skills.”

The team recorded a c o m b i n e d 21-1 singles record and 12-0 dou-bles record at the Dale Short Shootout at MTSU last weekend. Grimal won the sin-gles championship, and O’Hare and Salisbury teamed up to take the doubles title.

The women’s team is also set to take on two different events beginning this weekend. Four Tigers will participate in the 2011 Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships, and three others will also play in the women’s draw of the UTC Steve Baras Fall Classic.

Ranked 78th in the country, junior Courtney Collins will be joined by junior Kelly Gray, senior Mariya Slupska and sophomore Stefanie Mikesz at the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. to begin qualifying play. Collins will begin in the Singles Qualifying Draw on Tuesday, while Slupska will begin in Singles Pre-Qualifying on Saturday.

Collins and Gray will team up, as well as Slupska and Mikesz, to play in Doubles Pre-Qualifying on Saturday. Main draw play will begin on Thursday, Oct. 6, should any Memphis players advance.

“If our team wants to start considering itself among the best in the country, its neces-sary that we start going deep and winning tournaments such as these,” head coach Lee Taylor Walker said. “The last two years, it was about getting experience and getting used to the environment. Now it’s

about believing we belong and executing the shots and pat-terns we know that we can under pressure.”

Senior Tiffany Welcher, junior Andrea Arques-Garcia

and freshman Alyssa Hibberd will travel to Chattanooga. The tournament begins

tonight and will end on Sunday. The event will give a chance for n e w c o m e r s

H i b b e r d a n d We l c h e r, who trans-

ferred to The U of M

from Alabama, to show how they can con-tribute to the team this season.

“This tour-nament will

be good prepa-ration for the USTA/ITA Regional C h a m -

pionships com-ing up in two

weeks,” Walker said. “I’m l o o k i n g for Tiffany and Alyssa to com-pete in the top flight of doubles

in Chatta-nooga. I have been really impressed with them as a team and think they have a lot of potential. This will be a good test to see where they stack up against some mid-major number ones.”

The University of Memphis Tigers football team looks to win their second game in two years against Middle Tennessee. The Tigers defeated the Blue Raiders 24-17 last season.

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Sophomore netter Johnny Grimal looks to build on his singles cham-pionship last week at the 2011 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Men’s All-American Championships this weekend.

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