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Some University of Memphis students may not have heard about the police officer in Marianna, Ark. who killed a 13-year-old girl that turned into a vampire and killed her own family.

That’s because it’s part of a recent-ly completed movie by Cellardoor Cinema.

“At Stake: Vampire Solutions” is a dark comedy written by Duane P. Craig, 35.

Craig was the winner of Memphis-based C e l l a r d o o r Cinema’s first f e a t u r e - l e n g t h screenplay contest in 2010. The company is headed by U of M sophomore foreign language major Jim Weter, who returned to college after he earned a bachelor’s degree from The U of M in film and video production in 2009.

Craig is best known for his spe-cial effects work in the Memphis film community.

“I realized quickly that no one really fears vampires anymore, so much as we are made to like them or be like them. I took that away,” Craig said.

Theater arts major Jimmy Patterson and U of M graduate Jerry Kimble were cast in the film after taking a film class with Weter.

“The movie deals with a more realis-tic approach to dealing with vampires as opposed to movies like ‘Twilight,’” Patterson said.

The movie’s focus is on “everyday peo-

ple and their fears, worries and struggles with vampires,” Craig said, which brings back the needed tension of the long-feared big-screen monster.

The satirical movie is about a college film student who shoots a documentary on how the economy has affected a Northern Mississippi company that specializes in

the hunting and extermination of vampires.

“I have been a fan for a while now of the first-person footage films that keep popping up, but there is a similar problem with a lot of them,” Craig said. “They most-ly never give solid reasoning why someone seriously

kept a camera rolling for all of that time – the plausibility isn’t there.”

Weter directed, edited and produced the film between last October and March of this year. He finished post-production in July.

He said Cellardoor Cinema plans to submit the movie to prominent film festi-vals including Sundance, Toronto, Cannes and Berlin.

“Our main goal is to get it sold,” Weter said. “The film festivals are just to adver-tise the film.”

Besides being extremely cold, the win-ter production was fun, Kimble said.

“The sets were incredible. For it to be an independent film, it was extremely profes-sional,” he said.

The film took nearly a year to finish. Weter said the movie will be the first installment in a trilogy. The second film, also written by Craig, is set to begin pro-duction in October.

Student satire sucks the life from traditional docs

University of Memphis students were alerted by email Aug. 12 of changes to the Return to Title IV, a process that returns unused federal financial aid to the government.

In the past, The University did not have to file a Return to Title IV for stu-dents who received federal financial aid but did not meet the deadline to pay tuition and fees.

Because of changes to the Return to Title IV, students who did not drop their classes by the fee payment deadline are considered enrolled as of the first day of classes and are therefore charged for the

amount of time they are enrolled at The U of M.

“The change to the Return to Title IV says if a student is enrolled as of the start of the semester we have to make the Return to Title IV calculation starting at that date,” said Betty Huff, vice provost of enrollment services. “Before if they were purged, we didn’t have to do it. Now, it’s anyone registered as of the start of classes.”

Huff said as of Aug. 12, approximate-ly 6,500 applied to The University of Memphis as freshman for fall 2011. More than 4,000 were accepted and almost 70 percent receive federal financial aid.

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BY CHRISTOPHER WHITTENNews Reporter

“The movie deals with a more realis-

tic approach to deal-ing with vampires as

opposed to movies like ‘Twilight.’”

— Jimmy Pattersoncast member, “At Stake:

Vampire Solutions”

The Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at The University of Memphis was recently recognized as a “best value” law program for the fifth time in PreLaw Magazine, a national publication for law students.

The list was created as a way to cri-tique the nation’s “best value” programs among the 200 law programs across the nation. Each law program receives a grade after rigorous calculations on its program’s effectiveness in relation to cost, debt and employment.

Jack Crittenden, founder and editor of PreLaw magazine, said the list offers his readers a list of quality education at an affordable price.

To meet qualifications for the title, the law school had to surpass the state’s average bar passage rate of 83.16 per-cent. Additional requirements include alumni debt below $100,000 and a post-graduation employment rate of 85 percent.

In July 2010, 90.36 percent of U of M law school students passed the bar

exam, the highest bar passage rate since the school’s opening in 1962. The employment rate for class of 2010 was 86 percent. In-state tuition for the program was $14,318, while average per-student debt was $67,074.

Kevin Smith, dean of the U of M School of Law, said that the curriculum there is no different from any other law school. Smith said he believes the law school’s success stems from a combina-tion of students and faculty yielding exceptional results.

“Our program is comprised of vigor-ous education, high bar passage rates and respective amount of alumni and prestigious colleagues that recognize our track record,” Smith said

Although the jury is still out on the official grade, this year will mark the fifth time the law school was recognized as one of 60 institutions competing for the highest grades for the final ranking. Grades are to be released on October 11.

Despite the grade on the final rank-ings, Smith said he will remain proud of the faculty and hard-working students.

“Just being on the list is recognition enough,” said Smith.

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Students, faculty and staff at The University of Memphis who are interested or involved in yoga can now officially rejoice for the rest of this month.

September has been designat-ed as National Yoga Month by the Department of Health and Human Services. According to its official website, it was created in order to build more people’s awareness of the benefits of yoga, as well as provide both youths

and adults with inspiration to use yoga to change their lifestyles and take responsibility of their well-being.

“Yoga has definitely under-gone a wonderful change in the past 20 years,” said Bob Hughes, yoga instructor at The U of M. “It has become a more popular force in modern culture; in fact, there are even children’s cartoons that mention yoga poses such as the ‘downward dog.’”

Sophomore theater major Jeneka Wise said she was pleased with the increase of yoga’s influ-ence on today’s culture.

“It’s great that more people are becoming interested, because I’m all about calm,” she said. “I think yoga helps people to relax and think more rationally in dif-ferent situations.”

Hughes added that some of the benefits of yoga include improve-ment of any and all health problems one may have, including migraines, insomnia, asthma, and headaches.

Senior sociology major Nancy Shields said her two main reasons for signing up for a yoga class

included the desire to learn relax-ation techniques and improve her muscular fitness.

“I’d like to gain the opportu-nity to learn and practice the dis-ciplines of yoga,” she said. “I also believe that yoga helps people to relax, as well as allow them to improve their muscle tones.”

For Shields, the best benefit one can attain from participating in yoga is serenity.

“I’d advise people to take what they can from this course and learn the material, but don’t treat it like some other course,” she said. “Commit to the discipline and realize the subtle changes as you grow with it.”

Hughes advised people who are interested in yoga to find a good instructor.

“People who sign up for a yoga class have a tendency to come back because of other people in their lives who tell them, ‘Hey, you need to go back and sign up for another session because you’re all stressed,’” he said. “You can achieve the greatest results by doing the simplest poses.”

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By the end of the month, the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power is expected to flip the switch on the home’s 24-kilowatt installation of thin-film solar panels, bringing to life what is believed to be the largest residen-tial installation of its kind in the country.

The thin-film panels generate about 50 percent less electricity per square foot and cost about 10 percent more than tradition-al photovoltaic panels, but the flexible film can handle curved surfaces and integrate less obtru-sively into a home’s silhouette. It’s also lighter weight — an advantage in earthquake country — and unlike bulky bracketed

panels, thin-film doesn’t need to be drilled into the roof, reducing the risk of leaks.

Harberger’s installation will power not only his lighting, elec-tronics and air conditioning, but also systems that would tradi-tionally be juiced with natural gas. The thin film will heat all the water for the home and run the forced-air heating system as well as the clothes dryer and oven.

“There are so many advantages to going all electric with very little natural gas,” Harberger said.

Outside, natural gas powers a barbecue grill and an auxiliary heater for a shallow pool that is otherwise warmed by the sun or an electric heater. Inside, natural gas is used only for the kitch-en cook top and a living room fireplace.

Less natural gas indoors means fewer vents to shuttle car-bon monoxide outside, resulting in a less cluttered exterior.

Harberger, 49, designed the house, which sits on a quiet street frequented by trotting horses. He has been living in it for two years with his wife, two children and three dogs while planning

the solar installation, which cost $160,000 before a DWP rebate of about $50,000. A federal tax credit will be about $30,000. The panels are made by Uni-Solar, based in Auburn Hills, Mich., and were installed by ADR Solar Solutions, a Woodland Hills, Calif., firm that specializes in thin-film solar.

Like most homeowners who go solar, Harberger considered

the bulkier panels that are com-monplace across the country. But the metal-sheet construction and curvature of his roof led him to Uni-Solar thin film.

Mounted on the southern- and western-facing sections of the roof, the thin film can bet-ter handle seasonal differences in the sun’s patterns and maximize electricity generation. The upper-

most portion of the panels will perform better in the summer; the lowermost panels will do better in the winter.

“Right now, our electricity use is balanced,” Harberger said, adding that his family will use as much electricity as it generates, on one condition. “If I can control my kids,” he said. “I tell them to watch the smallest TV possible.”

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Sunlight flows into the living room of Carl Harberger and his family home in Chatsworth, California. The 6,000-square foot house is believed to be the country’s largest residential installation of thin-film solar panels. The 26-kilowatt system generates electricity for the air conditioning, heating and water heating, including the pool.

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Sophomore singles-doubles netter Courtney Collins plays in a match during Conference USA play last season. Collins played for Team USA as part of the U.S. Women’s National Team this summer.

Courtney Collins, a stand-out sophomore singles-dou-bles netter for the University of Memphis women’s tennis team brought her game to another level this summer – an interna-tional level.

A native of Fulton, Miss., Collins competed in the World University Games August 12-23 in Shenzhen, China as a part of the U.S. Women’s National Team, a stage where collegiate athletes participate in Olympic-style competition that draws more than 9,000 athletes from 174 countries.

“I didn’t really expect to be picked,” Collins said. “It was interesting being around so many different students and playing people that were going to the Olympics. I enjoyed being there watching all the different competitions – it was really nice to go and meet teams from a lot of countries.”

As one of five American women selected, Collins was joined by elite national play-ers from around the country, including Aeriel Ellis and alternate Krista Damico from the University of Texas, McCall Jones from the University of California-Los Angeles

and Maria Sanchez from the University of Southern California.

“They were really nice,” Collins said. “You room with who you play with, and when the team got together, every-one got along really well.”

Collins’ accomplishments with the Tigers made her a prime candidate for the team. She was recently selected to the all C-USA team, becom-ing the first player in the pro-gram’s history to achieve the honor. Boasting an 18-6 over-all record in mostly singles matches and a 4-1 record in league play, Collins earned the second-most singles wins for the Tigers last season.

Currently ranked No. 125 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association polls, she has been ranked as high as No. 106, notching wins against the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked players in the poll last season.

“With our philosophy and our growth mindset, it’s about not being result oriented, Collins said. “For me, it’s more of just going through the pro-cess the right way and learning that that’s what’s important, trying to achieve stuff that’s not going to make you better if you’re not doing it the right way.”

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“This was part of Federal Program Integrity rules that were published October 29, 2010, that went into effect July 1, 2011,” said Richard Ritzman, director of student financial aid. “It was part of a whole series of rules and regulation updates and changes that the federal Department of Education made in 2010.”

Ritzman said the changes only affect students receiving federal financial aid because Return to Title IV only applies to federal financial aid recipients.

“This applies only to students

who do not end up paying for their classes. This does not apply to a student who only decides to drop a class or two, but remains enrolled in other classes for the semester,” he said. “This applies only to students who totally drop all classes.”

Federal financial aid programs under Title IV include federal grants, federal loans and the Work Study program.

“The basics of Return to Title IV is that if a student drops all their classes before 60 percent of a term is completed, the school must determine how much in charges a student is billed and how much federal financial aid a student is eligible to be paid,” he said.

Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of finaid.org and fastweb.org, said the Return to Title IV aid is

complicated. “The gist of it is that when

you withdraw from an institu-tion, some of the financial aid to attend that institution has to be returned to the federal govern-ment,” he said. “You don’t get to keep it if you leave in the middle of the semester.”

Kantrowitz said students have to earn the federal aid by going to class.

“If you only went 10 per-cent of the time you only earned 10 percent of financial aid,” he said. “Students should be billed for what they use. What some colleges argue is that if a stu-dent registers for a course and then doesn’t drop that course, the course’s enrollment is limited, that’s essentially taking a spot away from a student. It inhibits colleges’ ability to plan.”

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When the San Jose Unified School District rolled out its new Web-based student information sys-tem earlier this year, students imme-diately noticed some shortcomings. For one, they no longer could view their current grades for all their classes at one glance. Checking on several classes required several clicks — which for a 16-year-old is, like, so much work.

Instead of settling, Daniel Brooks, then a senior at Pioneer High, came up with a Silicon Valley-style fix: He developed an iPhone app.

Then he got Apple’s approval to hawk it on the App Store, hand-ed out hundreds of fliers and now has 2,300 users who downloaded it across the country.

“It ended up on every iPhone and iPad and portable device that any student and teacher had on campus,” said Scott Peterson, a Pioneer High English teacher who doubles as the campus tech support.

In the months since, Daniel has experienced the highs and lows familiar to many software develop-ers who have created wildly popu-lar apps — although he’s getting them a little earlier in his career than most. Daniel’s app is so successful

that users want more; in particular, his teachers started pushing him to develop a version for them. But he’s received less enthusiasm from the company whose clunky technology he improved: software developer Infinite Campus, which developed the Web-based information system accessible by teachers, parents and students.

Daniel said he didn’t write the app to get rich: The app is free.

“A student is not going to want to pay 99 cents,” Daniel said. “They just want to see their grades nice and easy.”

Users in 250 school districts across the country also download-ed Daniel’s IC Connector. Infinite Campus, the No. 2 maker nation-ally of K-12 school information sys-tems, has contracts with nearly 50 California school districts, including South San Francisco, San Ramon, Santa Cruz and Palo Alto.

Peterson embedded a link to IC Connector on the Pioneer High Web site. In the spring, the app was get-ting more than 200 uses daily on its busiest days.

But Daniel, who developed the app without the cooperation of Minnesota-based Infinite Campus, found the company and school dis-trict less enthusiastic.

Both he and his father, software

engineer Michael Brooks, emailed the company to seek its coopera-tion and later see if it was interested in purchasing the app. The elder Brooks received only one email in reply; it said using Infinite Campus’ name and logo in the app’s name confused users and constituted a copyright violation.

Michael Brooks emailed offering to change the name, but asking for time to get Apple’s approval. Daniel also emailed and called. They got no response.

Eric Creighton, Infinite Campus’ chief operating officer, said the com-pany simply wanted the Brookses to make clear that they weren’t offer-ing an official Infinite Campus app. The company doesn’t outsource software development nor encour-

age third parties, he said, and plans to release its own free iPhone app next month.

Creighton acknowledges receiv-ing Brooks’ emails.

“I didn’t respond. Our nonre-sponse was, ‘We’re fine,’ “ he said. “Silence on our part was the appro-priate communication.”

Daniel and his dad said that being ignored was “just weird.”

Daniel’s graduation compound-ed his difficulties, leaving him without an Infinite Campus school account, although his family has one for his younger sister.

Because he has no sample account to test how his app works in San Jose Unified and other school districts, IC Connector often crashes, Daniel said.

San Jose Unified’s Infinite

Campus portal will reopen for the new school in a couple of weeks, allowing families to see grades, assignments, schedules and atten-dance. The district’s technology director, Mitzi Macon, hopes it will include an updated version of Infinite Campus.

The district purchased the sys-tem, which integrated all its student data, two years ago for $650,000. Annual maintenance and support is about $280,000.

Daniel, who heads to California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo this fall as a freshman, continues to try to improve the app and hopes to put out an Android version soon. Still, he feels snubbed by the company and school districts for not cooperating more.

“I have a working app that could be really useful, but they don’t want to use it.”

Infinite Campus maintains that it isn’t hostile to Daniel.

“We have a soft spot for kids hacking out tech solutions for the betterment of schools,” Creighton said.

The company’s founder, Charlie Kratsch, began his IT career in high school, developing software for school districts in Minnesota.

In the spring, the company even offered Daniel a summer intern-ship at its suburban Minneapolis headquarters.

No thanks, said Daniel. “I already have a good job here”

— a paid internship creating apps and doing other programming for marketing services firm SolutionSet. “And,” he said, “I can work from home.”

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When San Jose Unified school district launched a student information system to track grades, test scores and attendance, Daniel Brooks, 18, found the interface hard to manage. So he designed an iPhone app that other students and other parents have started using.

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In November 1996, before a record-setting crowd of nearly 66,000 screaming fans at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium and an audience of millions watching at home, arguably the greatest upset in Tigers football history happened.

Memphis fans rushed the field, tearing down the goal posts as a University of Tennessee team led by All-American Peyton Manning left the field in defeat, upset 21-17 by a Tigers team with a 3-6 record.

It was upset time in Tennessee.With the Tigers coming into

tonight’s 7 p.m. game against Mississippi State as a 28-point underdog, they’ll try to recap-ture the spirit of such upsets, which have been more common than the Tigers’ recent history suggests.

Here are five reasons why Tigers football is ready to roar back – and give MSU all they can handle in tonight’s match-

up at the Liberty Bowl.#5 – Recruiting: In just his sec-

ond season as head coach, Larry Porter has laid a solid founda-tion in and around the city of Memphis to keep local recruits in the Bluff City and away from the Southeastern Conference. Even if this season is another bust, con-tinuing such recruiting efforts in the coming years could have the Tigers making a run for the Conference USA crown.

#4 – “Joining the Revolution”: The Tigers’ 2011 campaign ask-ing fans to “join the revolution” has coincided with the emer-gence of a more outspoken, relat-able and media-friendly Larry Porter. His newfound accessi-bility should foster a connec-tion between Tigers fans and the team, a necessary relation-ship for steady attendance at the Liberty Bowl.

#3 – Defensive line: The old adage that football is a game

of inches, not yards should bode well for the Tigers. M e m p h i s returns one of the biggest defensive line tandems in C-USA with 6-2, 275-pound senior defen-sive end Frank

Trotter – who Porter predicted will earn all-conference honors this season – and 6-5, 350-pound junior defensive tackle Dontari

Poe. Porter had consistent praise for the duo during the pre-season, and with the help of 6-2, 310-pound sophomore Johnnie Farms, the Tigers defensive line should have no problem clog-ging up the middle this season.

#2 – Quarterback Andy Summerlin: Summerlin will lead the Tigers offense after true freshman Ryan Williams trans-ferred to Miami and Cannon

Smith moved to defensive back. If he shows the same talent he did last year before going down with a shoulder injury, then the Tigers offense should be in solid hands.

#1 – They’ve been here before: The Tigers are no strang-er to playing the underdog against nationally ranked teams – or any team, for that matter. In September 2003, an Ole Miss

squad ranked 18th in the nation came to Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium led by Peyton’s broth-er, Eli Manning. The Tigers sent “Hotty Toddy” packing, upset-ting the Rebels 44-34 in a match-up where, on paper, Memphis was out-manned in every way. Tonight’s game presents the Tigers with a similar challenge – one that could have another surprising finish.

BY ADAM DOUGLASSports Editor

As 28-point underdogs, Tigers look to surprise MSU

The University of Memphis Tigers football team’s season begins tonight against Mississippi State at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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Here are five reasons why Tigers football is ready to roar back — and give MSU all they can handle in tonight’s matchup at the Liberty

Bowl.