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Tigers Go Paw to Paw with LSU

Memphis pulls
The Tuesday,
November 23, 2010 ahead with

Helmsman
Vol. 78 No. 054 four minutes
to go for 70-61
win in Tupelo,
Miss.
see page 4

Independent Student Newspaper of The University of Memphis www.dailyhelmsman.com

Guard Joe Jackson finding his way

BY JOHN MARTIN
Sports Reporter
Joe Jackson knows what it
means to be the go-to guy.
The self-proclaimed “King
of Memphis” skipped the
junior varsity ranks at White
Station High School and start-
ed as a freshman on the varsity
squad, where he obliterated
school and state records.
Jackson’s 3,451 career points
rank second in Shelby-Metro
history and fourth in state his-
tory. He won a state title as
a junior. After his senior sea-
son — in which he averaged
32.3 points, six rebounds and
three assists per game — he
was named Class AAA’s Mr.
Basketball.
The diminutive Jackson
grew up on winning, despite
by David C. Minkin
“It’s just an adjustment,”
Jackson said Sunday after-
noon. “We’ve got a lot of good
players. I’ve just got to find
my role. You know, in the NBA
— that’s my dream — you’re
going to be playing with good
players. I’m going to be play-
ing with good players for the
rest of my life.”
Through four games as The
U of M’s starting point guard,
Jackson is averaging 11 points,
3.3 assists and 1.8 rebounds
while shooting 41 percent
from the floor and 86 percent
at the free-throw line. But the
freshman is also averaging 3.5
turnovers a game.
“I’m still in motion right
now,” Jackson said. “I’m still
trying to learn the position. I
was a shooting guard in high
school, but now I’m trying
utes in Sunday’s game against
LSU, Jackson drove past two
defenders at the top of the key
and kicked it out to freshman
sharpshooter Chris Crawford,
who knocked down the clutch
3-pointer to put The U of M
up three.
The U of M won, 70-61,
and Jackson finished with 12
points, two assists and two
rebounds in helping the Tigers
improve to a 4-0 record.
“(Jackson) is a great ball
player,” Crawford said. “He’s
quick, he gets to the rack and
he opens things up for other
players. That’s the good thing
about (him).”
But it hasn’t been all pretty
for the rising freshman star. At
times during games, Jackson
has tried too hard to force the
action and, as a result, is cur-

his size. In high school, Jackson
was the man.
Now at No. 14-ranked
Memphis, however, Jackson
suddenly finds himself in a
Heralded freshman guard Joe Jackson, who has struggled at times strange place — a new position
this season, is still finding his role within the team. He is currently without a clear-cut, defined
averaging 11 points and 3.3 assists per game but also ranks last on role.
the team with, 3.5 turnovers per contest. He doesn’t look worried.
to translate (that skill-set) to
the point guard position. And
now, playing with guys that
can score, now I’ve got to use
what I do to make them bet-
ter. I’ve got to create for other
guys. I’m used to creating for
myself.”
With just under four min-
rently averaging more turn-
overs than assists.
Tigers coach Josh Pastner
was livid when, early in the
second half of the Sunday’s
matchup, Jackson’s flashy pass
to freshman forward Tarik
see Jackson, page 3

Faculty Achievements Crime

Economics professor
at U of M honored as
Professor of Year at
U.S. Capitol in D.C.
by Malcolm Regester

BY MIKE MUELLER tion to her work.

News Reporter “While her work with finan-
cial literacy has been recog- Vandals scribbled “2 + 2 = 5” on the front columns of the Ned R. McWherter
University of Memphis eco- nized, it is her dedication to Library over the weekend. Administrators are working to clean up the mess.

nomics professor Julia Heath
had lunch on Capitol Hill last
week in recognition of her
selection as 2010 Tennessee
Professor of the Year by the
Library vandalism
her students and to her pro-
fession that makes her such
an extraordinary representa-
tive of the many outstanding
professors who teach, research

does not add up

Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching.
One of 46 winners of the 2010
Professor of the Year award
representing individual states,
Heath and her colleagues
were honored with a luncheon
and congressional reception
Thursday. Heath and other
recipients were chosen from a
pool of more than 300 profes-
sors from around the country.
U of M president Shirley
Raines nominated Heath for the
award and praised her devo-
and serve at The University
of Memphis,” Raines said in a
press release.
As director of the Center for
Economic Education at The U of
M, Heath has received several BY ERICA HORTON columns in front of the building.
other honors and awards, includ- News Reporter Sylverna Ford, dean of libraries,
ing the Harold Love Award for said she’s not sure when the vandalism
Community Involvement in When vandals defaced the Ned occurred, but the building is not usually
2007, the Kenneth G. Elzinga R. McWherter Library over the week- subject to such inconsiderate treatment as
Distinguished Teaching Award end, they caused headaches not only it received in this instance.
in 2008 and the Educator of the for University of Memphis officials but “It’s not coming off very easily, which
Year Award from the National also for math whizzes campuswide. means we’re going to need more staff (to
Association for Financial Four-foot-tall numbers and symbols read- help),” she said. “I hope this isn’t some-
Literacy, also in 2008. ing “2 + 2 = 5” were painted on the large thing that’s going to become the norm.”