Daily
Can You Handle the Truth?
The
Helmsman
Independent Student Newspaper of The University of Memphis
Student Achievement
A mirrored
perspective
BY ERICA HORTON
News Reporter
University of Memphis pho-
tography graduate student
Michael Darough has people
seeing double with his exhibit
at the Memphis Brooks Museum
of Art.
Darough will give a gallery
talk at the museum Thursday,
Dec. 9, at 6:30 p.m. about his
exhibit, “Twins,” which began
Nov. 6 and runs through Jan.
16 as a part of the Brooks
Introduces program.
Started in 2002, the program
Inside RSOs: Part 3 of 3
2010-2011 Student Activity Fee Allocation
Student Activities Council:
Student Government Association:
Student Event Allocation:
Music:
Theatre and dance:
The Daily Helmsman:
Operational assistance:
Spirit activities:
University Center ticket operations: $27,000
Art Museum: $20,000
Leadership programs: $18,000
Freshman Convocation: $12,000
Total: $1,397,000
Getting what you pay for
Events billed as ‘free’ often funded through tuition, fees
BY CHELSEA BOOZER
News Reporter
Every University of Memphis
student enrolled in six or more
credit hours pays a yearly Student
Activity Fee of $44, and anyone
taking fewer hours pays $6 per
hour toward the fee. But what
students may not know is where
the money for that fee goes.
The SAF was designed to allow
students access to events and
programs at no immediate cost.
It fully funds some events and
functions, such as the Student
features work from gradu-
ate art students. So far, art-
ists from Memphis College of
Art, Rhodes College and The
University of Memphis have
seen their work showcased in
the Brooks Museum through
the program.
“Twins” is a self-portrait
project featuring Darough
and his fictitious twin brother,
Marcus.
“I like the ambiguity of mix-
ing fact with fiction,” he said.
“I like the idea of people won-
see Portrait, page 6
Activities Council’s Friday Night
Films, and partially funds oth-
ers, like The Daily Helmsman and
Frosh Camp.
Every summer, the SAF
Allocation Committee reviews
proposals from departments and
organizations before deciding
how much to allot each one.
SAC received the largest por-
tion, with $400,000, while the
Student Government Association
followed behind, with $265,000.
The third largest amount went
to Student Event Allocation, a
student-committee-operated pro-
Friday,
December 3, 2010
Vol. 78 No. 059
Michael Darough says he drew from three years’ worth of real-life experiences for inspira-
tion in his “Twins” exhibit, recreating some of his own memories and making himself the
dual subject of the photos. He calls his twin “Marcus.”
You’re only
$400,000
$265,000
$245,000
$125,000
a day away
$110,000
$75,000
Procrastination doesn’t pay off for
$55,000
$45,000
students waiting until tomorrow
BY CHRIS DANIELS
News Reporter
With final exams approach-
ing, the last grade of the semes-
ter couldn’t be further from
the minds of some University
of Memphis students.
Instead, they’re procrasti-
nating, intentionally putting
off until tomorrow the hard
work they should be doing
today.
Associate philosophy pro-
fessor Tim Roche said the
main toll that procrastination
gram responsible for previewing takes on his students is evi-
any registered student organi- dent in missed deadlines for
zation’s request for funding, at writing assignments.
$245,000. “You’ve got to learn to meet
The funding distributed by deadlines,” he said. “That’s
SEA allows many organizations the way the world is. If you
to host events on campus, such as don’t meet deadlines, you’re
last year’s Sock Hop Social, spon- going to get fired (from a job)
sored by Red Hot Lindy Hop, and or fail. You’re just not going
the Hunger Banquet, sponsored to succeed in one respect or
by Students Advocating Service. another.”
Laura Hoffman, SEA adviser Roche said he sees potential
and faculty adviser over opera- in a lot of students who turn in
tional assistance, said the group great work but receive grade
reductions for late papers.
see SAF, page 4 He gave an example of one
Editor-in-chief
responds to
SGA claims of
unbalanced DH
coverage
see page 5
www.dailyhelmsman.com
courtesy of Michael Darough
of his students whose grade
dropped significantly when
she dragged her feet turning
in assignments.
“One of my students is con-
sistently late with her papers,”
he said. “She writes good
papers, and on the last paper,
she would have gotten an A or
a B. She got a D because of the
grade reduction. That’s really
a shame because I hate to see
that. The work is good — she
just refuses to get her work in
on time, and that’s terrible.”
Matt Parham, freshman
graphic design major, said
though he doesn’t like it, he
is definitely a procrastinator
who has become comfortable
with it. He said his grades
have suffered negative results
due to his time management.
“I put my personal interests
before school pretty much,” he
said. “I just go do what I want
instead of doing my work and
then put it off until that night
or the night before.”
Parham said he feels anx-
see Finals, page 6