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Despite a failed attempt 151 years ago, thousands of Tennesseans are trying to secede again.

After being disappointed by the reelection of President Barack Obama, 27,471 Tennesseans signed a petition on a White House web-site, as of Wednesday afternoon, for Tennessee to withdraw from the United States and form its own government.

“The country is going to hell in a hand basket,” Ronald Harwell, trea-surer of the Roane County Tea Party in east Tennessee, said. “We have the sorriest president the country has ever seen.”

Since the reelection of Obama, citizens in all 50 states have filed petitions to secede on the White House’s “We the People” website.

“It is a ludicrous idea. The major-ity wouldn’t support it,” Barrett Schwarz, graduate student at the University of Memphis, said. “Plus, Tennessee couldn’t support itself anyway.”

Harwell, who insisted that he does not speak for the Tea Party, said the waves of petitions are less about states leaving the U.S. and

more about sending a message to Washington.

“This is more to let them know we are unhappy with the course they are leading the country in than the physical act of seceding, but I would rather see Tennessee secede than live under the nonsense we are

living under now,” Harwell said. Despite the fervor of support-

ers, government officials are not backing the petitions, and secession remains far from likely.

“I can say that it is highly unlikely that these efforts will be successful. Even conservative governors such

as Rick Perry [in Texas] and Robert Bentley [in Alabama] are reject-ing secessionists,” Heather Larsen-Price, U of M assistant professor of political science, said. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam also said secession

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Progressive Student Alliance teaches on living wage

A student group dedicated to organize against racism, sexism and economic oppressions con-tinued to combat the hourly wage that hundreds of University of Memphis workers are receiving during a “teach-in” Wednesday afternoon.

The Progressive Student Alliance maintains that many campus workers are getting paid poverty wages and that it needs to be changed.

“We have a living wage cam-paign on campus that says in order to be [a] comfortable adult in Memphis — single and no chil-dren — you have to make $11.62 an hour,” Vanlyn Turner-Ramsay, student and PSA member, said. “We are talking about how campus

workers are underpaid and how Jim Crow ties in today with pov-erty wages.”

Tom Smith, lead organizer of the United Campus Workers-Communications Workers of America, spoke about what he called the “injustice” of paying campus workers below a living wage.

“This is our university and the budget of the University is a moral document that reflects where we think our university should head,” Smith said. “We are concerned about its priorities and that stu-dents don’t get priced out of an education because the state gov-ernment is not doing its part to provide proper funding.”

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progressive Student Alliance advisor Cedar nordbye, left, and Tom Smith, leader of the United Campus Workers – Communications Workers of America, emphasize the impor-tance of campus workers getting paid a living wage during pSA’s “teach-in” Wednesday afternoon in the Art and Communication Building.

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Renowned archaeologist talks Egyptian sarcophagi

Thirty years of putting together an 800-year-old cof-fin uncovered evidence of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh.

Edwin C. Brock, a Canadian archaeologist, has worked since 1982 to put the physical and informational fragments of the Egyptian pharaoh Merneptah’s sarcophagus — his marble cof-fin — back together. Now Brock is coming to share his findings with the University of Memphis.

The Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology is co-hosting the seventh annual William J. Murnane Memorial Lecture with the Department of History and the Tennessee Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt.

Brock worked for many years in the Valley of the Kings, locat-ed on the west bank of the Nile River, where tombs of pharaohs and nobles from the 16th to the 11th century BC were placed.

What sparked his interest in Merneptah was the way the pha-raoh was buried. Merneptah was the only pharaoh to have four sarcophagi, each one inside the other like a nesting doll, mak-ing the Egyptian king a rare discovery.

“This was the most interest-ing king,” Brock said. “He was unlike the other kings who had more than one or two sarcophagi — he had four set one inside the other.”

The highlights of Brock’s illustrated lecture include his evidence for the methods of low-ering the granite sarcophagi into the tomb and how the sarcopha-gi were later destroyed.

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While Zachary McCoy takes 23 hours of classes and spends up to 18 hours working as a certified pharmacy technician weekly, he still finds time to serve as the music director of the Balmoral Chamber Orchestra.

The orchestra was established by McCoy as a volunteer ensemble that performs for donations to local charities.

“Every concert the Balmoral Chamber Orchestra has had and will have involves benefitting oth-ers,” McCoy said. “We are not inter-ested in getting paid. We are inter-ested in making music together for the sake of making music, not because of an academic require-ment or to pay the bills. And we mean to use our talents to help others.”

Established with an inaugural concert on March 31, the Balmoral Chamber Orchestra was 14 months in the making. Today, it is made up of about 80 percent University of Memphis students, a handful of local professionals and a few local high school students.

Miguel Lesmes, first year musi-cal arts doctoral candidate in violin performance, said he first began playing with the group at its breast cancer benefit concert, “Pink for Memphis,” in October.

Being a part of a volunteer orchestra is rewarding, Lesmes said, because the musicians are there because they are passionate about the music and cause, not because they are getting paid.

“Every person must be in it for some reason; those reasons would be to either contribute towards charity or simply to enjoy making music,” he said. “This is very rare

to find among musicians of such high caliber, and I really enjoy play-ing with this orchestra because it reminds me of why I wanted to be a musician in the first place.”

McCoy said he has dreamed of becoming a conductor since he was quite young. He said his passion comes from the human connec-tions he shares through music.

“Mostly, my longing to be a con-ductor comes from my incessant need to have a voice, to make con-nections and share feelings with other human beings, and to express myself,” he said. “I cannot think of a stronger way to be human than

to make music, and to make it with other people.”

McCoy, a junior music perfor-mance major and premedical stu-dent, spends 23 hours in class — mostly science and math courses in preparation for medical school — and works between 12 to 18 hours each week as a pharmacy technician.

He said being a conductor is far different from how he imagined it. He compares it to taking on a second job.

“It’s incredibly time consuming, but I love doing it,” he said.

He spends between 10 to 40

hours studying a piece of music before rehearsing it with the orchestra.

“I work until I feel that every-thing is virtually memorized, as realistically as it can be, to ensure that rehearsals go as efficiently and as smoothly as possible,” he said.

By the time the Balmoral Chamber Orchestra’s first concert approached, it stood at approxi-mately 40 members strong.

“We performed with a more-than-packed house,” McCoy said. “It was one of the greatest experi-ences of my life.”

The performance, “Music for

Memphis,” served as a benefit concert to start “A Music for the People,” a program that provides free violin lessons and materials to inner-city children. The concert raised thousands of dollars and “was able to easily start that pro-gram,” McCoy said.

Lesmes said watching McCoy serve as a conductor while still in college proves he has great ambition.

“This shows his great passion for music-making, and it’s really enjoyable to play with a conductor

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Zachary mcCoy, standing, leads rehearsal for the Balmoral Chamber orchestra, a volunteer ensemble that performs for donations to local charities. mcCoy is a music performance major and premedical student, works part-time as a pharmacy technician and serves as founder and director of the volunteer orchestra.

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is not a valid option. With more than six million

people living in Tennessee, less than .5 percent have signed the secession petition on “We the People.”

“Tennessee has a lot of great things to offer our country, and it would be a shame to lose those valuable resources,” Libby Freeman, senior creative writing major at the U of M, said.

Other students cite the logis-tics of forming a new country as another reason not to secede.

“It is hard to start a new gov-ernment. That has been proven. You should stick with what you have and live with it,” Abigail Marbibi, freshman nursing stu-dent, said.

In order to create or sign a petition, citizens must first create an account on the White House

website. The government will have access to some personal informa-tion, but only a first name and last initial will be available to the public. After a petition reaches the threshold of 25,000 signatures, officials in the White House will review it and submit a response.

While most of the petitions fall far below the required number of signatures, there are seven states that have surpassed the 25,000 mark: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. All but Florida had its electoral votes go to former presidential candidate Mitt Romney in the 2012 election.

Texas received 99,541 signa-tures as of Wednesday evening, by far the most of any state.

“Any state that is being taxed much more than it benefits should be justified to consider it. But no state other than Texas should,” U of M graduate student Sean Brian said. n

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Should Tennessee secede from the United States?

By Natalie ColeTigers’ Ta es

“No. I think the whole thing is stupid.”

Ashley Ratliff, Physical education

sophomore

“No. I don’t think so. I don’t think things are that bad. Yes, times are tough but seceding won’t help.”

Samuel Sawyer, Undecided freshman

“No. I think the people who sign these petitions are closed-minded, but if they want to, go for it.”

Patrice Thomas, Civil engineering senior

“No. I believe they have tried that some time ago and it didn’t work out so well.”

Katie Berger, History & German senior

“No. Tennessee shouldn’t be a separate government. It would just cause more prob-lems.”

Casey McManus, Sociology senior

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who is about music-making and not money-making,” he said. “I’ve played with both types of con-ductors, but my experience with Zachary taught me that his passion is for making music and building friendships.”

McCoy spent his freshman year of college at the University of Tennessee at Martin as a percus-sion performance major where he studied under Julie Hill, director of percussion studies and associate professor of music at UT-Martin.

“He was an outstanding stu-dent,” she said. “His musicianship is in the top percentile, which makes him a great musician and a sensitive conductor.”

When Hill heard of McCoy’s endeavor of starting a volunteer orchestra that performs for charita-ble donations, she wasn’t surprised.

“He is an entrepreneur,” she said. “He created a marimba choir his freshman year. He wanted to increase the overall musicianship of students here at UT.”

McCoy’s first ensemble start-up, named the “7AM Marimba Choir”

after the group’s early morning meeting time each week, was suc-cessful and well-received.

After graduation, McCoy said he plans to become a medical doctor who continues to make music and give back to the community.

“No matter which city I end up [in] after Memphis, I intend to have some sort of semi-profes-sional orchestra, like the Balmoral Chamber Orchestra, that will serve a very similar purpose for the com-munity,” he said.

Originally from Trenton, Tenn., McCoy said he believes in giving back to all communities.

“Throughout my life, I’ve heard a lot of people speak about going out into the world and being edu-cated and cultured and then com-ing back and giving back to your community,” he said. “But my ques-tion is, why don’t we give to all communities we become apart of?”

McCoy said the Balmoral Chamber Orchestra is the start of positive change in Memphis.

“The changes are like pebbles being dropped into a pond,” he said. “It’s impossible to know where the ripples are going and just how much they’ll affect other parts of

the pond. And we may not always see where the ripples end up, but we are certain that we are at least the start of positive ripples in Memphis.” n

If you goWhat: Balmoral Chamber Orchestra’s “Food for Memphis” concertWhen: Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m.Where: Balmoral Presbyterian Church at 6413 Quince RoadDetails: All donations will benefi t “A Taste of Hunger,” a grassroots effort to educate, motivate and engage citizens in a hands-on effort to halt hunger in Memphis.


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States face deadline on health insurance exchangesWASHINGTON — With the

prospect of outright repeal all but gone, the nation’s health care over-haul is proceeding, and states that once resisted the politically divisive law now must decide how to imple-ment its most innovative aspect: the online health insurance shopping malls known as exchanges.

Beginning next year, the law requires states to establish Internet marketplaces in which individuals can compare and purchase private health insurance or, if eligible, enroll in public Medicaid coverage.

States that want to run their own exchanges without federal involve-ment have until Friday to notify the Department of Health and Human Services, but they get until Dec. 14 to provide the details.

“We expect that [the department]will be very flexible with states and try to give them as much leeway as possible, both to move forward with an exchange if they miss the deadlines and also to make any modifications after that deadline,” said Caroline Pearson, the health reform director for Avalere Health, a Washington health care consulting

firm. “So I do expect there’ll be a fair amount of flux.”

Small businesses also will use the exchanges to offer their employees a choice of coverage plans at group rates under the law’s Small Business Health Options Program.

Federal tax credits tied to income will help many shoppers pay for coverage on the exchange. Further, competition among insurers and a groundswell of customers are expect-ed to keep premiums in check when enrollment in the exchanges begins next October and coverage takes effect in January 2014.

The law, which critics have deri-sively referred to as “Obamacare,” requires all Americans to have health insurance in 2014 or pay a fine.

More than nine million people are expected to get coverage through the exchanges in 2014, and 25 mil-lion in 2017, according to Avalere’s projections.

Many states that opposed the health care overhaul didn’t prepare for the exchanges, hoping that a Mitt Romney presidential victory and a Republican takeover of the Senate would deal the law a death blow. But President Barack Obama won and Democrats expanded their Senate majority, injecting it with new

strength and forcing resistant states to fall in line.

On Tuesday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican critic, said he now wanted to negotiate with the Obama administration, after previ-ously blocking all advance work on an exchange for his state.

“The election is over and President Obama won,” Scott told The Associated Press. “I’m respon-sible for the families of Florida. ... If I can get to ‘yes,’ I want to get to ‘yes.’”

States may operate and adminis-ter their exchanges themselves or in partnership with the HHS.

While the numbers might change, at least 14 states and the District of Columbia will have state-run exchanges, according to Avalere. California was the first state to pass legislation creating an exchange. The others are Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.

States that run their own exchang-es have the authority to make opera-tional decisions on how they’ll be built, who builds them and what health plans will be featured. In part-nership exchanges, states divide oper-ational and management responsi-

bilities with the federal government.Not every state is moving

aggressively.At least 11 that opposed the

health care law probably will end up with federal insurance exchanges run entirely by Washington. Among them are Kansas, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas and Alaska, the only state not to accept $1 million in fed-eral seed money to study building its

own exchange.Brett Graham, the managing

director at Leavitt Partners, which advises Republican-led states on the health care law, said control was “really critical when you start think-ing about your individual [state] insurance market.” Otherwise, the federal government regulates the local insurance market. “So you’ve ceded that to them,” he said. n

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Women’s tennis team takes home titles The University of Memphis

women’s tennis team ended a strong fall season after tak-ing home the singles and doubles titles in the Dick Vitale Lakewood Ranch Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic on Sunday.

The Tigers took the singles title after sophomore Liza Tymchenko defeated No. 78 Caroline Hitmana of the University of Florida. Tymchenko beat Hitmana in three sets (6-3, 2-6, 6-4). She was matched up against Hitmana after knocking off No. 49 Alexandra Cercone of Florida (2-6, 6-2, 6-0) in the semifinals.

Tymchenko won back-to-back matches against ranked oppo-nents to take home the Dick Vitale Classic Singles crown for the second straight year. She fin-ished the fall season with a 13-3 record.

The women’s doubles team of Courtney Collins and Kelly Gray took home the doubles title after taking down Florida’s Brianna Morgan and Alexandra Cercone, 8-3. This was the first time Collins

and Gray teamed up together. Collins made her return to the

court after sitting out most of the fall season to recover from shoul-der surgery. She and Gray opened the tournament with a win over

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Even though Memphis took down Florida in both doubles and singles at the Dick Vitale Classic,

Florida is the reigning NCAA National Champion.

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a living wage to be provided at the U of M.

“I’m hoping for a better change in the near future,” said Amy Jones, a campus housekeeper who has worked for the University for more than 10 years. “More pay and they can treat us a little better. I love my job, but if they can just do that I’ll be happier.”

Employees affected range from custodial workers to adjunct pro-

fessors to students.“There is a discrepancy between

what we pay our University work-ers and what it costs to live in Memphis,” said PSA’s faculty advi-sor, Cedar Nordbye, U of M art professor of nine years. “I’m con-cerned as a teacher and a person who hires a lot of adjuncts that the low pay not only hurts the workers getting paid, but … the quality of education we offer to the students.”

“I care about my students and when they ask me, ‘Who should I take for this class?’ I want to rec-

ommend them a really solid teach-er, but I don’t know who I’m going to even get for the class because I can’t retain anyone due to the low pay,” he said.

The PSA is planning another “teach-in” next semester to resume the discussion of a living wage. They’ve had demonstrations and meetings about the topic for the past two years.

“I hope that we can get some signatures and support for the liv-ing wage campaign and more peo-ple will be informed in this mass

teaching about what is going on and the history behind it,” Turner-Ramsay said.

Smith said the first step for stu-dents is to become educated about what is really going on economi-cally at the U of M.

“It’s important that students get active contacting school adminis-trators and our elected officials by letting them know we need fund-ing for higher education and work-ers that make that education pos-sible need at least a living wage,” Smith said. n

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exceedes Lifeblood’s expectations

The Halloween blood drive co-sponsored by the University of Memphis and its Lambda Chi Alpha chapter exceeded expecta-tions of 125 donors per day and shot up to collect 367 units of blood.

According to Lifeblood’s head of public relations, Jennifer Gladstone, it is enough to help 1,101 patients in local hospi-tals. This turnout meant a lot for Lifeblood, which typically only col-lects units in the double digits via its mobile unit.

“We are beyond thrilled with the success of this drive,” Jennifer Balink, vice president of donor relations for Lifeblood, said.

Previous U of M blood drives have been done in one day via a Lifeblood bus, where less than 60 units of blood were collected.

Hosting this year’s blood drive in the Michael D. Rose Theatre Lecture Hall made way for more eager participants and bigger results.

The drive is one of the many events that have been happening on campus and citywide in celebra-tion of the U of M’s Centennial.

“In a city with so many thriv-ing universities, it is an honor to see students and faculty members giving back to the very commu-nity that supports their livelihood,” Balink said.

Lifeblood supplies more than 100,000 units for local transfusions each year.

Tentative dates of March 5-6 have been set for Lifeblood to revisit campus to host another two-day collection drive.

“It was so incredibly success-ful that we plan to re-evaluate our daily goal and increase it to aim for what we now know the U of M campus is able to deliver,” Gladstone said. n

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The University of Memphis men’s soccer team saw its season come to an end last week after a loss in the opening round of the Conference USA Tournament.

The Tigers (8-7-3, 4-3-2 C-USA) fell to the Kentucky Wildcats (10-6-2, 4-3-1 C-USA) 1-0 after a game-winning goal by Kentucky’s Jacob Kemper in the 74th minute.

The loss ended any chances the Tigers had for an NCAA tourna-ment bid.

With regular season and tourna-ment play wrapping up, the Tigers had several players earn postseason honors.

Junior forward Mark Sherrod was named the C-USA Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight year. Sherrod played in all 18 games this season. He netted 12 goals on the season, finishing with 28 points and a .135 shot percentage.

Sherrod also earned a spot on the All C-USA first team along with junior midfielder Liam Collins. Collins finished the season with two goals, averaging a .118 shot

percentage. Senior defender-midfielder

Jordan Johnson was named to the All C-USA third team. Johnson scored one goal this season and tacked on four assists.

Quincy Thomas was named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team. In his first year with the Tigers, Thomas scored one goal and fin-ished with a .111 shot percentage.

Sherrod continued to rack up the postseason accolades, as he was also named to the C-USA All-Academic Team along with senior captain Andreas Guentner.

Guentner has a 3.9 grade point average and is majoring in interna-tional business. This is his third year to receive All-Academic honors. Guentner has received the C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal and has made the Commissioner’s Honor Roll three times. He played in 17 matches this season.

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Junior forward mark Sherrod and the Tigers fell 1-0 to Kentucky last week, bringing the season to a close.

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Cross country season ends

The University of Memphis ended its cross country sea-son Friday at the NCAA South Regional Championship.

The men’s cross country team finished ninth out of 26 teams in the 10k. This was a program-best showing for the U of M at the South Regional. Daniel Kuhman fin-ished 24th with a time of 31:18.90, making him the top finisher for the Tigers. Kuhman earned All-Regions honors.

In second for the Tigers was James Maglasang. He finished 37th overall with a time of 31:51.50. Austin Carter (32:33.70), Julien Wolf (32:38.40) and Fabian Fiege (32:46.70) finished in the top 100 at 68th, 73rd and 82nd respec-tively. Aidan Galasso (32:38.40) and Stephen Tankersley (35:05.40) placed 102nd and 140th.

This is the second straight year the men’s cross country team has competed at the NCAA South Regional Championship.

The women’s cross country team placed 19th out of 29 teams in the 6k.

Louisa Lingley was the women’s top finisher, coming in 70th place with a time of 21:38.80. Finishing in second and 85th overall was Nandia Taylor with a time of 21:54.10. Rounding out the field for the women was Jenny Johnston (22:12.30), Alisha Fitch (22:18.90) and Meagan Nichols (23:02.30), finishing in 107th, 111th and 143rd place, respectively.

This is the third straight year the women have competed at the NCAA South Regional Championship.

The U of M track and field team will run in an indoor competition on Nov. 30 through Dec. 1 at the BSC Panther Indoor Icebreaker in Birmingham, Ala. n



The year was 1997. Six-year-old Brandon Hayes, living in Chicago, Ill., was beginning his first year of playing football in pads for the Lumbar Falcons in the Pop Warner youth football league. Fresh out of kindergarten, the young Hayes geared up for his first contact game.

By the end of it, he had compiled five touchdowns, leaving defenders to make dirt mounds out of the dust he left in his wake.

“After my first game is when I knew I was really good at foot-ball,” Hayes said. “You know, I had five touchdowns and it seemed like nobody was able to tackle me. That was back in the day, but it was a moment that told me this was the path to follow.”

Hayes played football in the windy city until his senior season in high school, when he moved to Memphis with his family and played his final year at White Station High School. He helped the Spartans to a 10-4 record with 1,750 yards and 19 touchdowns on 185 carries.

Flash forward to 2012 and Hayes can now be seen toting the ball out of the backfield for the University of Memphis football team. His rise as one of the feature backs for the Tigers has not been an easy one.

During spring practice in 2010, the now junior running back showed promise, impressing the coaches and his peers, but while playing in the annual Blue-Gray Spring Classic, Hayes tore the ACL in his right knee, forcing him to sit the season out. Laying on the ground in agony, the thought of never playing football again was his immediate worry.

“That was my first thought,” Hayes said. “I didn’t care about anything else. All I thought about was if I was ever going to be able to play again. When I look back, it made me gain a lot of confidence. Usually you hear about people tear-ing their ACL and they’re not able to come back. But seeing that I came back and was running well and faster than I ever had, it’s a real confidence booster because if I can come back from that, I can come back from anything.”

Not only has Hayes come back from the devastating injury, he has emerged as the Tigers go-to back since the departure of Jerrell Rhodes. For someone to credit for his comeback, look no further than his father, Howard Hayes Jr.

“He’s a huge part of my success,” Hayes said. “My dad sent me down to Miami to train at Bommarito’s sports training facility, and this year he’s sending me to Athletes’ Performance where Dontari Poe ending up training at in May, so he and my family have had a big impact on me playing football.”

Saturday night against Tulane University, Hayes carried the bulk of the ground attack, finishing the game with 51 yards on 16 carries.

However, many were surprised he stayed in the game to carry the load. In the second quarter, the junior received a handoff from junior quarterback Jacob Karam and was met in the backfield by a wave of Tulane defenders, causing him to fumble. Fortunately, the ball rolled harmlessly out of bounds, allowing the Tigers to keep posses-sion. On the next play, head coach Justin Fuente went right back to Hayes, who fumbled the ball yet again. This time, Tulane recovered it.

While most coaches would have sat a player on the bench for the remainder of the game for two consecutive fumbles, Fuente said it didn’t cross his mind to bench Hayes. As the second half began, there was Hayes, set up in the back-field, ready to have another go at it after sitting out for the last drive of the second half, a drive that only had six plays.

The reason for not benching him? Hayes has become an inte-gral player for the Tigers’ offense and has given the running game a spark that it so desperately needed. His numbers are not gaudy, but his presence has given the Tigers a legitimate threat on the ground.

“Brandon has been very trust-worthy throughout the season,” Fuente said. “He had a little hiccup there and we just kind of pulled him to get his thoughts together and gave him a little talk there. Not a stern lecture, just ‘Hey, we got to have you, so let’s get ready to go,’ and he went back in and played

ball.”Karam, who is also in his first

year of playing a significant role on a college team, backed up Hayes as well.

“Brandon is a great guy,” he said. “Coach was right. We need him out there. He works hard and is an asset to our offense.”

After this season, Hayes will have one year left to play for the Tigers. He said he wants to contin-ue playing football, but for now he savors running through the tunnel of Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium on Saturdays with the Memphis logo on his helmet.

“I just get a real adrenaline

rush,” Hayes said. “I just get really hyped up and start jumping up and down and getting emotional with my teammates before the game. I just love feeling that bond with my team before we step onto the field and go to war. It is an indescribable feeling that I’ll remember for the rest of my life.” n

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