University of Memphis President Shirley Raines is among officials opposed to a bill in Congress that they said might cause a decrease in funding for HOPE Lottery Scholarships.

A measure to legalize online poker playing in the United States has been proposed by Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.), something many state governors argue would cre-ate competition for state lottery revenue and reduce funding for lottery scholarships as a result.

“We are looking at the leg-

islation now, as well as trying to research states where both (online gaming and lotteries) are allowed,” Raines said. “We are not in favor of online gam-bling because we believe lot-tery revenues, which fund Hope Scholarships, would decrease.”

Barton proposed the measure

in June. If passed as is, the bipar-tisan bill would legalize online poker, which Barton argues is a game of skill not luck, nation-wide. The bill is currently in a House subcommittee, which it was referred to in August.

Rep. Steven Cohen (D-Tenn.) has cosponsored the bill along

with 26 other representatives. Cohen also played an instru-mental role in establishing the Tennessee Education Lottery when he was a member of the Tennessee Senate. He said interest in state lotteries won’t decrease.

Peyton Couch was a 13-year-old girl walking through a North Carolina mall with her family five years ago when an Abercrombie and Fitch execu-tive ran out of the store and asked her if she could model for the company.

The only catch was that she had to be 17, which she wasn’t. Peyton urged her mother to submit photos to local agen-

cies when they returned to her hometown of Memphis.

Laura Couch, Peyton’s mom, said she was shocked when the Abercrombie and Fitch repre-sentative came running at them.

“I became hesitant,” she said. “I know how it can be some-times, but she wanted to do it, so when we came home we submitted to three agencies and heard back from all of them and we made the decision that we were most comfortable with.”

The current freshman jour-

nalism major was booked for her first job at age 14 for The Commercial Appeal’s Bridal Edition.

“I couldn’t believe I was doing it,” Peyton said. “All of the dresses were gorgeous and I was just so happy.”

Peyton decided to enroll at The U of M after graduating from high school to pursue public relations.

“I still went to school because it’s easy to manage,” she said.

In light of the recent train derailment Sunday morning at the Mendenhall crossing, The University of Memphis’ proxim-ity to train tracks raises ques-tions of student safety.

Norfolk Southern Corp. lists safety as a top priority and offi-cials said Sunday’s incident was highly unusual. The cause of the derailment is still under investigation.

“We’ve been the safest rail-road in the country for the past 22 years in a row,” said Susan Terpay, director of public rela-tions for Norfolk Southern Corp.

Memphis is the end route for the Norfolk rail line. Terpay said 21 trains run through the city on a daily basis, which functions as a vital port for the railroad company. In the aftermath of the derailment, talks of rerouting the tracks have been thrown around,

but relocation is not an option according to Terpay.

“Memphis is a railroad cross-road. Moving the railroad would be like saying to US Air that they had to fly around Memphis,” she said.

Terpay said the tracks are monitored and inspected by Norfolk on a regular basis.

“We inspect the tracks at least twice a week, and we proba-bly replace them every 30-plus years, depending on the tonnage of the trains,” she said.

Bruce Harber, director of pub-lic safety at The U of M, said stu-dents need to be more cautious when it comes to train safety.

“When walking, we shouldn’t try to cross before the train gets there, or get too close to the tracks while the train is passing,” he said.

Norfolk and The U of M have worked together to increase stu-dents’ knowledge about train precautions. Not following the

proper train safety protocol has the potential to be a matter of life or death, Terpay said.

“It’s against the law to walk on the tracks. You can be fined or put in jail,” she said.

Quay Roberts, freshman dual accounting and Spanish major, said The University should do

more to ensure people use the proper railroad crossings.

“The University could possi-bly put more crossings up. They are kind of inconvenient where they are now,” he said.

Harber said that while The U of M does have emergency plans in the rare case of a train derail-

ment, the bulk of train safety falls on the shoulders of each student.

“The best thing students can do to remain safe is to be patient,” Harber said. “We all need to wait until the trains clear the crossing before walking or driving across the tracks.”

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The Civility Campaign is asking students and faculty to define civil behavior in an open discussion event titled “Civil or Uncivil.”

The Division of Student Affairs at The University of Memphis has discussed the idea of a Civility Campaign for several years. It came to fruition after Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers University student, jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge on September 22, 2010.

Clementi committed suicide because he was ridiculed after his roommate videotaped him, without his knowledge, kiss-ing a man. Several officials in Student Affairs felt compelled to create more dialogue about civil behavior on campus, said Peter Groenendyk, co-chair of the Civility Campaign.

“Civil or Uncivil“ is also part of the Black History Month events. Faculty will participate along with students in discus-

sions about how civility cor-relates to campus behavior. The goal is to develop a list of ideas to plan future civility programs.

“I hope the hundreds of stu-dents who have attended civil-ity programs will learn more about the need for civility and how to live their lives respect-fully,” Groenendyk said. “But the real benefit is when those students talk with their friends, classmates and faculty about civility.”

So far, faculty and staff from Student Affairs, Human Resources, the Honors Program, the School of Nursing, ACAD 1100, Marketing and Communications, the Faculty Senate and the Staff Senate have volunteered their time to the campaign.

Through the Civility Campaign, officials said they hope to change the subculture on campus.

“I think that once people can hear what other people think is disrespectful, people will show more respect,” said Meta

Laabs, organizer of the event. “The goal is for everyone to get along and respect each others’ feelings and opinions.”

The event is scheduled for today from 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. in the University Center Shelby Room. Admission is free and

open to the public.The next event is

“Influencing Respect and Civility in the Workplace.” It will take place Friday in the McWherter Library, Room 226 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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that are offensive to other people and don’t realize it,” said Linda Hall, coordinator of Multicultural Affairs and Civility Committee member. “We will become more aware through this campaign of other people’s feelings.”

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A well known Native American artist will speak on campus Friday about the silence of his genre.

The artist, HOCK E AYE VI Edgar Heap of Birds, is an internation-al ly known C h e y e n n e Arapaho paint-er. As a pro-fessor at the University of Oklahoma, he teaches Native A m e r i c a n Studies and fine arts. His art is often consid-ered controversial, with many pieces focusing on racism towards Native Americans.

“Edgar ’s artwork is radi-cal,” said Earnestine Jenkins, associate professor of art his-tory. “He tells his own story through his artwork that the history books don’t tell.”

Hearing Heap of Birds speak will be “inspiring,” said Richard Lou, art profes-sor and department chair.

Heap of Birds will present his work and give a lecture entitled “Heads Above Grass, Indigenous Voices of Political

Public Art” in the Art and Communications building on Friday at 6 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public.

“Heap of Birds’ work often asks us to consider the mark-ers or memories of an indige-nous episteme, while pointing to the myriad historical illu-sions of American Indigenous

representation in modern his-tory,” said Julie McGee, the Dorothy Kayser Hohenberg Chair of Art History.

Heap of Birds has been rec-ognized for his art for over four decades. He has present-ed exhibits all over the world, such as at Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York, The National Gallery of Canada and Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia.

“Students don’t see an art-ist of his stature every day,”

said Lou. “We are expect-ing all the art students to be present.”

Heap of Birds will work with graduate students on stu-dio criticism during his visit to The U of M. McGee said His visit allows students to engage with an artist “whose practice exemplifies that of

an activist-art-ist.” She said. Heap of Birds has expressed the “de-terri-t o r i a l i z a t i o n of Eurocentric m y t h o l o g i e s , at home and abroad” in his work, often focusing on indignity.

Heap of Birds’ wife, Shanna Ketchum-Heap of Birds, a critic of cotemporary Native American art, will also deliv-er a lecture on campus. She will discuss critical attention to Native American art and its history today in the Arts and Communications building at 6 p.m.

“I’m hoping that my eyes will open to a differ-ent perspective of the Native American race and all rac-ism in America,” said Gave Pheiffer, sophomore studio art major.

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Much of Heap of Bird’s art deals with racism, political issues and Native American culture.

Heap of Birds is set to deliver his lecture entitled “Heads Above Grass, Indigenous Voices of Political Public Art” in the Art and Communications building on Friday at 6 p.m.

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Big East

Movin’ on up

University of Memphis Athletic Director R.C. Johnson announces The University’s move to the Big East in a press conference Wednesday, with open arms. The U of M officially begins play with the 2013 season.

Seven years after Memphis’ historical rivals jumped ship for the Big East, The University of Memphis is finally rejoining them.

President Shirley Raines and Athletic Director R.C. Johnson announced at a press conference Wednesday that The U of M had been formally invited to join the Big East Conference in 2013 after a unanimous vote by the member presidents.

“We look forward to serving with the Big East,” Raines said. “We join several rivals from the past that we’ve missed, frankly, over the last few years, and we look forward to developing new rivalries, working together to ben-efit the Big East Conference.”

Memphis will officially join as an all-sports member on July 1, 2013. After receiving invites in December, current Conference USA schools Houston, Southern Methodist and Central Florida will also join on that date.

The move is the culmination of years of behind-the-scenes efforts by Raines, Johnson and high-lev-el donors and boosters, including “secret meetings” with Big East officials, Johnson said.

“We have worked long and hard to get into a BCS conference and become a member of the Big East,” he said. “By golly, we did it. We did it!”

The switch to the Big East, a Bowl Championship Series conference, could provide a financial windfall for The U of M. According to Johnson, Conference USA schools will receive around two million dol-lars this season from TV deals and other sources of revenue. At

the same time, current Big East schools will receive upwards of $8 million each.

“It’s not often something so good happens for a city, an area, a community, a university and an athletic department all in one fell swoop,” Johnson said. “We have given our coaches a BCS confer-ence to recruit to, and we have given our fan base a BCS confer-ence to watch.”

Johnson said academic improvement by The U of M in recent years was a major talk-ing point in the negotiations. Memphis athletes had an overall grade point average of 3.0 in the spring of 2011, with women’s golf

leading the way with 3.7 for the team. Johnson said the school surpassed that last semester with a school-record 3.1 overall GPA.

“That was brought up time after time by the Big East peo-ple,” he said.

Head football coach Justin Fuente said other schools would no longer be able to use Memphis’ conference against them when recruiting.

“It’s a card that’s no longer on the table,” he said. “I don’t think you can just kick back and relax and expect people to start walk-ing in the front door, but I do think it’s a good thing. It’s a big commitment for The University, for the community and the ath-letic department and for our foot-ball team.”

When Memphis kicks off the 2013 football season as a member of the Big East, it will

reunite with several old foes. Rivals Louisville and Cincinnati will return to the schedule, as will as another former C-USA school, South Florida. Boise State and San Diego State from the Mountain West Conference will join in 2013 as well, with Navy set to enter the league in 2015. Rutgers and Connecticut round out the football-playing schools in the Big East.

“There’s better competition and everybody is going to have to raise their commitment level, their expectation level and their work level,” Fuente said. “I know we’re excited.”

Women’s basketball coach M e l i s s a McFerrin said all athletics will have to elevate every-thing they do, particu-larly her own sport.

McFerrin’s program will enter a strong women’s bas-ketball league

when the Tigers officially begin Big East play in 2013. Big East schools have won eight nation-al championships in the last 16 years, including five straight years from 2000-2004.

In the last 12 years, four schools have combined to send 14 teams to the Women’s Final Four. McFerrin said she is excited about the challenge it will be to compete in the new conference.

“It’s very exciting,” she said. “But I always tell people, ‘Be careful what you wish for,’ because now we’re there, and we have to compete at the level. Our recruiting, the way that we coach, the things that we learn—we’ve got to do everything incredibly well. To compete with the likes of UCONN, Notre Dame, Rutgers—they have established programs for the last 20 years—we’ve got a lot of work to do.”

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U of M students

speak on BCS

“I’m excited. They haven’t been that good since they went to the Final Four, so I hope they can make it this year and can give

us a big win.”

— Tiana Pearson, Criminal justice junior

“It’s a good move for the Tigers.”

— Taylor Miller, Business management

freshman

“Memphis shouldn’t go to the Big East yet because

they haven’t shown they can dominate Conference-USA.”

— Jarvis Perkins, Undecided freshman

“I think it would be good for the school.”

— Tom McGoldrick, Philosophy junior

“It’s good to be recognized as a good athletic school.”

— Kian Koleini, Psychology sophomore

“It will probably be more fun for the students to see them

play against bigger schools.”

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we’ve got to do everything incredibly well. We’ve got a lot of

work to do.”

— Melissa MeFerrinWomen’s head basketball coach

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“We in the Big East, catch us beatin’ on our chest. Go ahead and call us strong, call it Bow

Flex.”— Kelly McCuddy, Psychology junior

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“Legalizing online poker would not weaken Tennessee’s Lottery because online poker caters to a different population of gamblers,” Cohen said. “But it is ultimately up to the General Assembly to decide whether online poker will be legal and how revenue from online poker would be utilized in Tennessee. Should online poker be approved, I would encourage the General Assembly to use that revenue to strengthen the Lottery Scholarship program to include more students.”

Barton’s plan allows poker sites to accept players from states across the US, but man-dates the sites register with a state where gambling is legal and regulated.

A summary of the bill says that it prohibits “licensees from knowingly accepting bets or wagers by persons residing

where a state (has) … specific gambling limitations.”

According to Mike Young, a Texas-based attorney who specializes in internet law, “… under (Barton’s) plan, states would be able to opt out of legalizing online gambling and thereby prevent residents from engaging in internet poker.”

Wendell Moore, senior pub-lic policy advisor to a law firm that provides back-of-house operations for the Tennessee lottery, said that while lob-bying in Washington, D.C. in meetings with opponents to the online poker act, he was told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) plans to propose an online gaming amendment to the Senate’s unemployment payroll tax bill this month.

Attempts to reach Reid were unsuccessful, but he was reported to have been organiz-ing a bill to legalize a limited amount of online gaming in 2010. Reid’s primary campaign donators for his reelection were

Nevada casino companies in favor of the measure, according to The Wall Street Journal.

In Tennessee, the state lot-tery has plugged $2.2 billion into education programs state-wide since its inception in 2004. During the 2010-11 academic year, funds assisted about 100,000 students at higher education institutions across the state and another 16,000 in dual enrollment courses. Collectively, over 4,800 retailers in the state have earned rough-ly $549 million in commissions since ticket sales began.

At The University of Memphis, over 5,500 students received the Tennessee HOPE Lottery Scholarship last fall. If a measure passes, opponents say scholarships could be cut due to a decrease in money earned from the state lottery.

“Leaders in the State of Georgia, on which the Tennessee Lottery is based, are taking stands against online gambling because of similar concerns,”

Raines said. “We will contact our federal and state legislators about these concerns.”

Historically, states have had the right to regulate the gam-bling industry. By restricting gambling, a state can generate funds via steering people to its lottery. Tennessee has gained more than $8.4 billion from its lottery since residents voted to have one in 2004.

Barton’s bill would have gambling online federalized, with the federal government generating roughly $3 billion annually, according to the pro-posal, which would in turn ben-efit states who would receive a portion of revenue generated from constituents’ gambling taxes.

Some state governors say states are better off controlling in-state gambling laws.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam‘s spokesman, David Smith, said the two haven’t had a chance to review the legislation and didn’t have a comment at this

time.Idaho, Maryland and New

Hampshire governors, whose states all benefit greatly from state-run lotteries, have each written letters to members of Congress pleading for the bill to be withdrawn.

In a letter to Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.), which was obtained by The Daily Helmsman, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter of Idaho cited that “many state lotteries now generate more revenue than do state corporate income taxes.”

New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch argued in a letter to Reid, also obtained by The Helmsman, that competition for state lotteries could jeopardize the public education system in his state.

“Lottery revenues represent 12 percent of the state’s non-statewide property tax distribu-tions to our schools,” he wrote. “The proposed federal legisla-tion will materially place those revenues at risk.”

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Brazilian Blowout hair treatment rules carcinogenicThe makers of the popu-

lar Brazilian Blowout line of hair-straightening products —which can cost up to $500 per salon treatment—have agreed to change their label-ing to warn consumers that the treatments can release formaldehyde gas, which is considered a carcinogen and can cause irritation of the eyes and skin, according to a report from USA Today.

The move by GIB LLC comes following a lawsuit from the California state attorney general’s office. The products are labeled as formaldehyde-free, but last September the FDA warned that Brazilian Blowout con-tains “dangerously high lev-els” of the gas. According to

a report from WebMD, the FDA found that Brazilian Blowout products contained between 8.7 percent and 10.4 percent formaldehyde. Levels about 0.1 percent required an occupational hazard alert under guidelines from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

At the time, GIB CEO Mike Brady denied that his com-pany’s products contained formaldehyde.

The FDA and OSHA issued their first health hazard about Brazilian Blowout in April 2011 to let salon workers and owners know about the potential for formaldehyde exposure from these products.

The FDA issued a warning letter to GIB on Aug. 22, 2011, saying “Brazilian Blowout contains methylene glycol,

the liquid form of formalde-hyde, which, under the con-ditions of use prescribed in the labeling, releases form-aldehyde when hair treated with the product is heated with a blow dryer and then with a hot flat iron.” The agency reported a wide range of health problems that had been reported by users of the products: “Adverse events have reported the follow-ing injuries associated with Brazilian Blowout: eye dis-orders (irritation, increased lacrimation, blurred vision, hyperaemia); nervous system disorders (headache, burn-ing sensation, dizziness, syn-cope), and respiratory tract (dyspnea, cough, nasal dis-comfort, epistaxis, wheez-ing, rhinorrhea, throat irrita-tion, nasopharyngitis). Other reported symptoms included

nausea hypotrichosis, chest pain, chest discomfort, vomit-ing, and rash.”

The FDA has authority over product packaging, but has none over the operation of salons. OSHA, on the other hand, governs workplace safe-ty, including air conditions.

The FDA’s warning letter presented CEO Brady with an ultimatum: “You should take prompt action to correct the violations cited in this letter. Failure to do so may result in enforcement action without further notice, including, but not limited to, seizure and/or injunction.”

The state of California, where GIB is located, fol-lowed the FDA’s letter with its lawsuit, charging decep-tive practices.

Health concerns over Brazilian Blowout had been

voiced for some time before the FDA letter was sent. Oregon Health & Science University issued a report (PDF) about the products in September 2010 after com-plaints from stylists at one of that state’s salons.

According to a March 2011 report from Fox News, Brazilian Blowout treat-ments can cost between $200 and $500 and last several months. Despite the growing health concerns, the prod-ucts have been popular in Hollywood, where celebrities such as Nicole Kidman and Halle Berry have used the treatment.

GIB has agreed to pay $600,000 in penalties and fines and provide salons with a product safety brochure. The company already has changed the labeling of its products.

BY JOHN PLATTMCT

Health

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With three of the Tigers’ next four games on the road, the Memphis women’s basketball team begins what could be a decisive stretch in the season as they take on the Southern Methodist Mustangs tonight in Dallas.

A scheduling error forced the Mustangs to travel to Memphis for the last three matchups, but for the first time under Memphis head coach Melissa McFerrin, the Tigers will play the Mustangs on the road.

The Tigers (17-5, 7-2 C-USA) will have the task of trying to slow down reigning Conference USA Player of the Week Akil Simpson. Simpson averaged 21

points and 8.5 rebounds last week for the Mustangs, includ-ing a stellar performance against Tulane in which she poured in a career-high 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

In addition, the Tigers must deal with one of the league’s best three-point shooting teams. The Mustangs shoot 30 percent from deep, with nine players hitting three-pointers on the sea-son. Although Memphis boasts C-USA’s best three-point attack (32.8 percent), they rank 12th in three-point defense, allowing opponents to shoot 33.3 percent from beyond the arc.

The Tigers look to counter the Mustangs’ inside-outside com-bination with a little defensive pressure of their own. Memphis leads C-USA in turnover mar-

gin per game (+6.2) and steals per game (13.8). Senior guard Ramses Lonlack and sophomore guard Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir lead the team with 2.6 steals per game each.

Memphis looks to avoid a letdown similar to the one they experienced versus Southern Miss last week. The Mustangs sit at 12-10 (5-4 C-USA) and have that “nothing–to-lose atti-tude” heading into tonight’s match against the Tigers.

Since joining C-USA, the Mustangs hold a 5-2 mark against the Tigers. Last season. Memphis earned their first win over SMU since 1994, tri-umphing 73-63 in the friendly confines of the Elma Roane Fieldhouse.

Memphis hopes senior All-

Conference guard Brittany Carter will be ready to go after injuring her ankle late in the game versus East Carolina. Despite adding a punch off the bench, she was limited to only 19 minutes against Central Florida.

A road win at SMU could provide a nice confidence boost for the Tigers as they enter the home stretch of the season as the C-USA Tournament and NCAA Tournament approach. The Tigers also travel to Marshall on Feb. 16 and to UCF on Feb. 19.

If the Tigers win out, they have a chance at a number one seed in the C-USA tournament, provided they get some help from other teams.

Tipoff is set for tonight at 7 p.m.

BY BRYAN HEATERSports Reporter

Women’s Basketball

Tigers ready for stretch run“It’s not how people think. I don’t model every day, I get called maybe every couple of weeks.”

Peyton said her dream job is to work in PR for a fashion magazine. While she still plans to model, she wants to have “more going on in her life” than posing in front of a camera all day.

“I always watched ‘The Hills’ and ‘The City’ and I just always wanted to do that,” she said. “It just fits my personality and looks like something I would do.”

Over the years Peyton has walked in fashion shows, been featured in magazines and become the face of Laurelwood Shopping Center. She was recently featured in country music artist Chris Young’s music video for his hit song, “You.”

“It felt amazing and it was such a great opportu-nity and I had so much fun with the directors,” she said. “It was so surreal stand-ing behind the camera and being next to a country music star. It’s weird every time it comes on TV. I can’t believe it’s me.”

Peyton is represented locally by Elzemeyer Talent Agency and is pursuing a spot in their “New Faces” program, which places local models in larger fashion markets.

Abby Elzemeyer, owner of ETA, said she has models placed in Paris, Barcelona, New York City, and Miami currently and sees Peyton traveling.

“She can conform to any shoot she is working on and has such a fun personal-ity on set, which makes her a pleasure to work with,” Elzemeyer said.

Shooting for Elle maga-zine is a dream of Peyton’s and Elzemeyer said she has the potential to be featured in the fashion publication because she is gorgeous both inside and out.

Peyton said she does not see quitting school as an option because her degree is her priority, but if the opportunity came along she would consider taking a year off.

Laura said she supports Peyton with whatever she wants to do in life.

“I’m glad she decided to stay in school,” she said. “I think she can go to school and still model, but if she decides to take a year off, it’s her decision. Peyton is not the type to make rash decisions, so if she did that I know she gave it thought and I will be behind her 100 percent.”

Peyton will audition for Memphis Fashion Week next Saturday. If chosen, she’ll walk for designers such as Annie Griffin, Philosophy and Carol Peretz.

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After a critical non-conference win over Xavier in midweek, the Tigers needed to stay afloat in the Conference USA race with a victory over ECU on Wednesday.

The Tigers picked up their second straight win in a 70-59 takedown of East Carolina on the road.

A 10-0 run late in the first half broke the game wide open, and it was never really close after that.

The decisive run for the Tigers came with five minutes remaining in the first half. Three

straight three-pointers from Joe Jackson and Chris Crawford ballooned Memphis’ lead to 10. ECU wouldn’t get closer than six the rest of the way as Memphis ended the first half on a 17-5 run.

Memphis went scoreless from the floor for a six-minute span in the second half, with its only points in that stretch coming from the free throw line. After Crawford hit a free throw to put the Tigers up by 16 with 18:05 left in the game, ECU clamped down defensively and prevent-ed the Tigers from scoring a field goal, cutting the lead to six before two free throws and a layup by sophomore forward

Tarik Black put the Tigers back up by 10.

Sophomore guard Chris Crawford led the Tigers with 16 points on 50 percent shoot-ing, including 3-of-6 from deep, while Will Barton added 15.

Senior forward Wesley Witherspoon had a stellar night, recording his first double-dou-ble of the season with 12 points and a season-high 11 rebounds. He also grabbed four steals on the night. The double-double was his first since a 28-point, 14-rebound performance against Lipscomb in 2010.

Junior forward D.J. Stephens provided a defensive boost off

the bench with three blocks, two steals and four rebounds in 10 minutes of play.

The Tigers had a bit of trouble handling the ball, racking up 12 turnovers in the game. But they were offset by 19 Memphis assists on 28 successful baskets. Jackson led the team with seven assists, and the Barton brothers dished out four assists each.

They also recorded 13 steals—their most in a game since they had 15 against Jackson State on Nov. 28.

Memphis dominated in the paint, outscoring ECU 40-24. They lost the rebounding bat-tle, however, with the Pirates

outrebounding them 37-34, including 13 offensive boards to Memphis’ 10.

The Tigers improved to 17-7 on the season and 7-2 in Conference USA play, trying to gain ground with first-place Southern Miss, who fell to UAB later in the evening. ECU fell to 12-11, 3-7 C-USA. Memphis has now won 11 of its last 13 games, with losses coming to Southern Miss and Central Florida in recent weeks.

Up next for the Tigers is the UAB Blazers, who come to the FedExForum on Saturday at 7 p.m.

BY SCOTT HALLSports Editor

Tigers make ECU walk their own plank

Rumors of a possible high-profile asylum attempt, purge or maybe just an awkward-ly timed sick leave swirled Wednesday around a famous Chinese law enforcement offi-cial, in a case with possible implications for a rising star in China’s national politics.

The official in question, Wang Lijun, led an immense crack-down on organized crime in the southwestern metropolis of Chongqing in 2009 — an effort that received national acclaim and further raised the profile of the city’s Chinese Communist Party secretary, Bo Xilai.

Bo, part of the so-called “princeling group” of second-generation Communist Party leaders, is widely seen as a leading candidate for a seat on the nation’s ruling politburo standing committee in a sched-

uled changeover later this year.Internet rumors swirled on

Wednesday that Wang had unsuccessfully sought refuge at the U.S. consulate in Chengdu, the nearest American diplomat-ic outpost. There was no evi-dence immediately available, however, of that being the case.

The U.S. Embassy spokes-man in Beijing, Richard Buangan, declined to comment on the issue.

However, online messag-es about rumors of Wang’s defection, including pictures of Chinese policemen outside the U.S. consulate on Tuesday night, were allowed to linger on the Internet off and on through-out the day — a rarity in a nation with a censorship regime known for nipping politically sensitive material in the bud.

Then, as those posts were mounting, it emerged that the Chongqing government had publicly posted a statement

saying that because of men-tal stress and health issues, Wang is currently “undergoing treatment”—the phrase used has been widely translated as “vacation-style treatment.”

The uncertainty about what happened with—or to—Wang Lijun says much about the opaque nature of Chinese poli-tics, especially during a year in which different factions are thought to be vying for power ahead of the politburo shift.

Could a scandal embroiling someone so closely associated with Bo affect his chances for promotion? Might it be a sign that Bo is cutting strings to former allies? Or, perhaps, was the 52-year-old Wang merely taking some much-needed rest?

On Wednesday afternoon, the scene outside the U.S. con-sulate in Chengdu seemed normal.

Interviews with shopkeep-ers in the area suggested the

police presence there Tuesday evening might have been less overwhelming than presented by Internet reports. A clerk at a nearby drug store, who did not want her name published because it wasn’t clear what had happened, said that while there were police cars parked on the street outside the consul-ate, the road was not closed to traffic.

A saleswoman at a clothing shop a few doors down gave a similar account.

It wasn’t possible to veri-fy their version of events, however.

Asked about reports that the U.S. consulate had been sur-rounded by Chinese security the night before, Buangan, the embassy spokesman, said in an email, “We cannot comment on issues regarding the security of diplomatic facilities.”

He added, “The U.S. gov-ernment did not request any

increased security around the consulate.”

Eyebrows already were raised after the Chongqing government recently said that Wang, the city’s vice mayor, was being moved from police work to economic affairs, and then shifted to an even vaguer portfolio involving education.

Wang arguably is one of the nation’s most famous crime-busters. The tales of his and Bo Xilai’s work to smash the gangs of Chongqing were reportedly slated for immortalization in an official multi-volume book series and a movie.

His prestige as a tough cop in the Gotham-like megacity of Chongqing was widely seen as boosting Bo, a controversial figure whose ambition and pro-motion of Mao Zedong-era “red culture” slogans is said to have made some Chinese officials nervous.

BY TOM LASSETERMCT

Rumors swirl around famous Chinese crime-fighter