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The Alabama football team practiced in pads for the first time this spring Wednesday. Coach Nick Saban said he and his staff are focused on integrating early enrollees and new coaches in the team’s early days of spring practice.
Nat King Cole wasn’t just a jazz pioneer. He was also an Alabama native, born in Montgomery. The UA Trombone Choir will play a tribute to Cole in Moody Music Building on Thursday night.
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Aaliyah Furqan, Nakia Moore and Sahar Ezez each wear a hijab at The University of Alabama. CW / Layton Dudley
Muslim women find place at University of Alabama By Hannah Widener | Contributing Writer
Walking past Old Row her freshman year, Sahar Ezez, a junior majoring in philosophy and history, began to feel uneasy. It was 9 p.m. and as she was making her way towards her car, she
noticed 20 or 30 men standing on the roof of a fraternity house. “As soon as I walked past them, they started throwing beer at me and they started shouting, ‘Go back to where you came from,’” she said. “I eventually got to my car and I was shaking because I was terrified that they would come after me.” Ezez started wearing the hijab, a head covering worn in public by some
Muslim women, a month prior to coming to The University of Alabama. She said she did not tell her parents about the incident because they were already worried about her wearing the hijab in the first place. After the altercation, Ezez’s political science professor, Dana Patton, urged her to report the incident to judicial affairs. However, Ezez said she was afraid reporting the incident would
make her an even bigger target. Instead, she joined forces with the Muslim Student Association and University Programs to create an event that brought together students of all religious backgrounds and ethnicities. A year later, Ezez joined Crossroads, an organization that helps sustain dialogue between students who come from SEE WOMEN PAGE 6
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SGA vice president runoff cancelled pending appeal SGA Judicial Board to hear appeal from top candidate By Katie Sheperd, Lauren Lane & Rachel Brown | CW Staff
The Student Government Association Elections Board canceled Thursday’s
run-off election for the position of vice president of student affairs pending an appeal, which is now being reviewed by the SGA Judicial Board. “I made an appeal against the election board and it’s an open case,” said Branden Greenberg, a candidate for the position who received the
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plurality of the votes in the initial election. Greenberg also appealed to the judicial board. According to the SGA constitution, “In the event that candidates for any executive office fail to receive
I made an appeal against the election board and it’s an open case. — Branden Greenberg —
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Wednesday night, the anthropology and food and nutrition departments came together to sponsor a lecture: Dismantling Racism in the Food System. The lecture was given by Eric Holt-Gimenez, executive director of Food First, an organization focusing on ending the injustices that cause hunger in the world. Holt-Gimenez’s lecture centered around the concept of food justice, which is characterized by dismantling racism and transforming food systems. He challenged attendees of the events to “care about people more than food.” He said this means having to ask some hard questions in a wealthy nation where 1 in 7 people go hungry. “Racism is structured into our food system,” he said. “It’s not just about attitudes but how our system works.” Holt-Gimenez also promoted the idea that the best way to end food injustice is when “community feeds community,” instead of capitalism dominating food production and distribution. Holt-Gimenez led attendees through the several “global food regimes,” or revolutionary periods that shifted the way food was produced and distributed. He used the periods to show the injustice racial minorities have faced in relation to food and land access. Holt-Gimenez went on to show that these regimes still influence food systems today and is driven by a corrupt type of agriculture that is industrial rather than civic. He told students they can be a part of facilitating a shift to a civic agriculture through participating in farmer’s markets, urban gardens and by eating a vegetarian diet. He emphasized breaking down racial, gender and economic boundaries in order to provide a sustainable food system for all, not just some. David Meek, a professor in the anthropology department who organized the lecture, said he respects Holt-Gimenez and was thankful to give students the opportunity to listen to his work. “Holt-Gimenez is a model of an engaged scholar and founder of many grassroots
Eric Holt-Gimenez delivers a lecture on the injustices inherent in the national food system. CW / Lauren Lane
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movements,” he said. Meek bases his teachings on many of Holt-Gimenez’s principles. “The opportunity to hear Dr. HoltGimenez speak was not only exciting but eye opening,” said Julie Buzzard, a sophomore majoring in food and nutrition. “The discrepancy between how much food there is and how many hungry people there are in the United States surprised me.” Kendall Gulliver, a sophomore majoring in food and nutrition, said she agreed with Buzzard and that her eyes were opened to the fact that injustice exists everywhere, even regarding food. Holt-Gimenez will hold a second lecture building on this subject, Converging in Diversity: Building a Food System in Tuscaloosa, Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Lloyd Hall.
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At almost 6 feet tall, Cori Perdue was once ranked No. 12 in the world in women’s swimming. She was on a full athletic scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley. It was 1996, her senior year of college, and Perdue had qualified for Olympic trials. She had also just found out she was pregnant. “I had to place him up for adoption because I didn’t have any support and Berkeley didn’t have any support for student-parents,” Perdue said. The experience revealed to Perdue that few programs supported student-parents. Almost 13 years later, she is giving these parents a chance to succeed. Perdue helped create The University of Alabama’s Sitters For Service, America’s first organization to provide free babysitting services to student-parents. “Our primary goal is to help support student-parents and help sitters who want to be grounded back into a family setting,” Perdue said. “We provide sanity to the parents and a richer college experience to the sitters.” Perdue received her degree in May 1997, but wanted to further her education. Over that summer, she worked to save money for graduate school while traveling across the country. Perdue ended the long year by moving in with her older sister in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Knowing that The University of Alabama had a renowned English Renaissance literature program, Perdue enrolled in graduate school. During her time as a graduate assistant, Perdue was asked to start a program for student-parents. She teamed up with colleague Jason Doblin to create a program providing free babysitting services to student-parents. They sought out other universities that they could build their program off, but could only find a few Ivy League colleges that charged $18 an hour. Perdue and Doblin began constructing a detailed proposal with UA’s Legal Council. They met with Risk Management, presented the proposal to the vice president of student affairs and the dean of the Graduate School and met with multiple lawyers. “It was uncharted waters because no one else has ever done it,” Perdue said. “It is hard to start something brand new, and so we tried to sell it as we want to be the trendsetters. We want to be the groundbreakers.” In spring of 2010, they tested a pilot program that consisted of six sitters and six families. It was a hit, and the program has
Cori Perdue helped create The University of Alabama’s Sitters For Service, America’s first organization to provide free babysitting services to student-parents. Photo Courtesy of Cori Perdue
been prosperous since. Sitters For Service now has 42 sitters and 47 parents. In 2014, Sitters For Service won an American Council on Education Leadership Award, a national award given to programs that advance women’s education. “I am always flattered when universities contact me and say they want to start a program and model it after ours,” Perdue said. “I have so many parents who tell me they would have dropped out if they didn’t have Sitters For Service. When I hear these things, I am reaffirmed that this is making a difference.” Mary Lou Culpepper, an intern for Sitters For Service, says Perdue constantly strives to help the vulnerable population of student-parents at the University. “Cori is empowering these student parents and helping them graduate and reach their goals,” Culpepper said. Along with her work for the graduate school, Perdue teaches 17th century British poetry twice a week. She and her husband, Josh, have four children: Elijah, 11, Noah, 9, Luke, 7, and Lily, 2. Perdue said she has confidence in how she balances all of her activities. “Hard work and passion. I have a good support system and a lot of help,” she said. “I work in an environment where they accept new ideas, and I am driven to try to help student-parents. Thankfully my kids understand and appreciate the work I do and how it is making a difference. They have told me that they are proud of me. I had no plans to move to Alabama. Everything just moved in that direction, and next thing you know, I have a doctorate, I’m married, I have four kids, and I love it.”
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Editor | Patrick Crowley Letters@cw.ua.edu Thursday, March 26, 2015
COLUMN | MACHINE
Students must care to defeat Machine NATHAN
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COLUMN | SGA
Spillers win 1st step toward UA solution ANDREW ANDR
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When visiting with students from Auburn, OU, George Washington, SMU, Texas A&M, Texas and several other nationally prominent universities at an event in Dallas last week, I was pelted with questions about the Elliot Spillers victory in our SGA presidential election on March 10. They varied from “How did he win?” to “Is this a sign of change in Alabama?” and so on. As I often do in such situations, I found it difficult to explain the significance of such an event taking place in the unique, complex and highly irregular political scene on our campus to those on the outside. I did alright until a single question made me think about something I hadn’t previously pondered. “How did you feel when he won?” For someone who spends more time thinking about how to get things done than how he feels when things get done, this seemingly simple question was difficult to answer. Accomplished? Proud? Shocked? All of those were apt descriptions. “Speechless” was perhaps the best answer, given that I spent a good 30 seconds stuttering and trying to find words to speak into WVUA’s
microphone when the results came into the broadcasting room and News Director Jordan LaPorta asked for comment. Finally, after much thought, an answer came to mind: “Resolved.” When I say that, I don’t mean that I feel this campus has resolved the many problems which exist in our body politic. What I mean is that the victory of Elliot Spillers, historic though it may be, is not a solution in and of itself, but rather the first step toward one. Not too long ago, I sat in a room opposite Elliot discussing an election that then seemed eons away. I had three whiteboards with breakdowns of voter turnout in previous election cycles dating back to 2009. I had run the numbers every way I could think of, accounting for every possible scenario, trying to figure out what Elliot’s real odds of winning were. In every case, the statistics favored the Machine. I truly believed there was no way Elliot could win, and the numbers seemed to confirm what other non-Machine politicos and I had always said: The only way for a non-Machine candidate to win the presidency was for years of groundwork to be laid that would slowly, but surely, shift the culture of this campus away from the status quo. I stand here today having never been happier to be wrong in my life. Elliot defied the odds and my most favorable predictions – he not only won, he did so in recordbreaking fashion. The election records I have managed to recover
in the past eight months indicate that the 8,602 votes cast for Elliot Spillers on March 10 constitute the largest number a candidate has ever received in a contested SGA election at The University of Alabama. However, while I may have been wrong in saying that Elliot had little chance of winning, I don’t believe I was wrong about that second part – that it would take years of hard work by graduating class after graduating class of Alabama students to balance the scales and introduce real accountability into campus politics. This is where my feeling of resolution comes from. Elliot’s win does not merely signify an independent victory. It serves as reassurance for all of us who have dedicated ourselves to improving the UA political climate that here, in a place famous for never changing, progress is not only attainable, but perhaps closer to attainment than we previously believed. It tells those who walked across the stage before us that their efforts were not in vain, and it tells those who will walk across the stage with me in 38 days that we’ve seen the first tangible step taken in that direction with our own eyes. But most importantly, it tells those who will come after us that they may achieve the goals we could only dream of. Andrew Parks is a senior majoring in political science. His column runs biweekly.
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One of the most pleasant surprises of this school year was Elliot Spillers’ election as SGA President, marking the first time in almost 40 years that an African American student has filled that role. Another surprise came shortly after, when Spillers made surprisingly conciliatory statements about the Machine – the organization most responsible for widespread exclusion of nonwhites in the SGA. “The entire Machine is not a bad organization,” Spillers said in an interview. “It took members within that organization to stand beside me and go against the grain and get me elected to this office. Just like the rest of us on campus, they’re ready for change.” Spillers’ tone is surprising, because most progressives on campus have been unilaterally critical of the Machine. It is, after all, an organization that has actively cultivated racial inequality in student government, stood in the way of social progress on campus, and even (reportedly) threatened its opponents with physical violence. For the majority of students who aren’t privy to the Machine’s internal dialogue, it’s surprising to learn some members of the Machine are interested in change. However, strange as Spillers’ comments seem, they reflect an attitude that other progressives on campus should try and emulate. Even for those of us who are deeply disturbed by the Machine and see it as a roadblock to equality on campus, it’s important to realize that progress can be accomplished in spite of, and sometimes even because of the Machine. To clarify, a few years ago many thought racist influences in the Greek system would never allow black students admittance to traditionally white sororities. However, a concerted effort by students led to the partial and growing integration of white sororities, without removing the Machine from its position of power. And this year Elliot Spillers defied a decades-long pattern of racial purity in the SGA – again, not by dismantling the Machine, but by circumventing and overcoming its racist elements. These examples show the racist influences within the Machine are not all-powerful. And they indicate that cooperation with the Machine’s non-racist element may actually be a productive route to progress. The thing to realize is the Machine can’t be completely eradicated from campus politics. The Machine and the SGA have been so intertwined for so long that extracting the one from the other isn’t really feasible. Furthermore, as long as Greek organizations exist on campus, they’ll organize to protect their interests. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. So instead of trying to “stop,” “eradicate” or somehow “remove” the Machine, progressive students should focus on ensuring that the Machine’s role on campus is a healthy one. Here’s what has to happen for the Machine to adopt a healthier role on campus. First, non-Greek students must be able to overcome voting apathy and introduce more non-Greek students to the SGA. Working alongside Machine representatives, these non-Greek representatives will better represent student interests. And second, students must continue to observe and combat overt racism on campus, as they have in recent years. We know now that when students take a stand, they can help to subvert and reform the worst elements of the Machine. Kudos to Spillers for outlining this route to progress and kudos to members of the Machine who are genuinely committed to equality and change. Nathan James is a senior majoring in psychology. His column runs weekly.
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OPINIONS Thursday, March 26, 2015 COLUMN | SGA
SGA elections offer glimpse into changing climate of campus politics PATRICK
Crowley Opinions Editor
Last spring, during the yearly SGA fervor, I wrote two columns that deserve to be rehashed. The first addressed how the SGA must save itself from irrelevance. The second, more importantly, addressed that even if the Machine still won’t learn, the student body surely can. The former is true: this year’s SGA has successfully rebranded itself. The SGA by any measure has greatly improved its standing amongst students and reasserted its relevancy on this campus. The latter, however, is up for debate. Elliot Spiller’s victory is the first by an independent candidate in 30 years and he will be the second black SGA President behind Cleo Thomas in 1976. History was certainly made. Campus should be thrilled someone as deserving and humble as Elliot Spiller will be the University’s new SGA President. He will surely do many great things for campus next year. But campus should not lose sight of
the forest for the trees. The Machine still won, at least five out of seven executive positions. Besides the executive positions, the Machine had tremendous success in Senate elections and judicial appointments. In the century old history of the Machine, it doesn’t lose many elections nor positions in the SGA. University professor emeritus Bill Stewart summarizes this well, as he said “Elections lost by the Machine are very few and far between.� (Even Elliot Spillers had to take two shots against the same candidate, Stephen Keller, for him to win.) So independent students may have won one election with a ridiculously strong candidate, but their record of competing against the Machine in a variety of campus elections on a year to year basis is abysmal. Furthermore, the Machine’s history of influence outside the tiny sphere of campus is downright impressive. It has influenced the election results of gubernatorial elections, Congressional races and state and county offices. Last year, for example, the Machine voted en masse for Lee Garrison and Cason Kirby, two former SGA Presidents, to be elected to the City of Tuscaloosa’s Board of Education. I’m not trying to sound crass, but be honest with yourself about the importance of
the University’s SGA in comparison to however, comes in all forms and from all an actual Board of Education that gov- backgrounds and not one area of camerns the education of 10,065 Tuscaloosa pus has a monopoly on producing capachildren in primary education. For the ble leaders. The Greek system is one Machine, the SGA elections are just a of many aspects of campus that attract practice scrimmage, a prelude to elec- excellent students. It is just better than tions that carry more significance the rest of campus at propelling students and influence. to positions of power and into select In comparison to previorganizations on campus. ous SGA elections, this Ultimately, only time will year’s elections were timid. tell how our University’s The Machine did not threatLeadership comes in changing demographics en harassment or personal alter the dynamics all forms and from all will violence toward any candion campus. dates (in 1992 they kicked backgrounds and not For now, I must admit down the door of Minda that a year removed from one area of campus one of my columns, I was Riley, daughter of former Alabama governor Bob wrong about the Machine has a monopoly Riley, and beat her around), being incapable of learning. on producing nor did they ostracize sororThey are more than capable ities or fraternities that did of adapting to the present capable leaders. not march with their orders while not losing sight of the to the extent they could future. The question, then, have. Although they may becomes can independent have lost one, maybe two, elections this students muster the political capital and year, they did not receive any negative nominate candidates to compete against press that diminishes their prospects for the Machine on a year to year basis? the future. Some might argue the Machine’s future is waning because of the grow- Patrick Crowley is a senior majoring in ing out-of-state campus population and mathematics, economics and finance. the increasing diversity of thought in He is the Opinions Editor of The every new freshman class. Leadership, Crimson White.
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different cultures. “Sahar served as one of the interfaith panelists to share about the Muslim tradition of caring for those in need,” director Lane McLelland said. “She did not share her story with me of being harassed until the following school year.” Since its inception, Crossroads has increased from 30 students to nearly 80 students. McLelland became an ally for Ezez, who said McLelland is not only willing to provide students help on an institutional level, but on a personal level as well. One day in fall 2014, Ezez said, a group of people followed her to her car, shouting slurs and then driving away. When the same group followed her to Midtown Village, Ezez said, she knew she needed to take action. “When it was two or three times, and then in Midtown, that freaked me out,” Ezez said. “It was the fact that they were going that far that made me go to Lane [McLelland] and tell her that I felt my personal safety is in jeopardy. Lane sent me to the Dean of Students, and I was able to talk to him about our concerns on campus and he got more police cars out there.” Nakia Moore, a sophomore majoring in business, grew up under two different faiths: Her mother is a Jehovah’s Witness and her father is Muslim. Moore said
when she began wearing the hijab in high school, she quickly found out who her friends were. “I’m a representative of my religion,” Moore said. “There are not that many people that can be that for their religion and I’m trying my best to be that and let them know what really is and what really isn’t.” Aaliyah Furqan, a sophomore majoring in international relations, classifies herself as a first generation AfricanAmerican Muslim. Furqan said she has not faced any religious discrimination at the University since arriving and only falls under speculation when students ask if she is cold or has just gotten her hair done. She said she began wearing the hijab at a younger age than most girls. Furqan did not wear the hijab in middle school, but she said by high school she felt ready to wear it again and when she did her peers were very accepting. Recently, Furqan attended a dinner hosted by Phi Mu, which allowed the women of the Muslim community to speak openly about their religion and experiences. “They were just curious and they just wanted to ask questions,” she said. “This was probably the smartest thing I’ve ever seen as far as Islam and the outsiders’ approach to it. Usually people just have no idea and Google can’t even help them.” Many Muslim women have said they have felt unwelcome by the MSA because the organization consists of mostly men. Ezez said she wants to start a program with the MSA that caters particularly to
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Muslim women. While Phi Mu has made a connection with the MSA, Ezez said she wants to know whether fraternities will extend the same invitation. “All of our Greek organizations regularly participate in educational programming that focuses on inclusivity and the importance of creating and sustaining a welcoming campus,” said Kathleen Gillan, director of Sorority and Fraternity Life. “Both fraternities and sororities host events that include a variety of different groups and student organizations. The safety of all our students is a top priority at UA. While we hope that all students feel safe in our community, we encourage any student who feels threatened or harassed for any reason to refer to the UAct website to determine the best reporting channel.” Alex Coogan, president of the Alabama Interfraternity Council, said there is always work to be done to educate students about different religions, ethnicities, cultures and backgrounds. The IFC, in collaboration with the Alabama Panhellenic Association, Alabama United Greek Council and Alabama National Pan-Hellenic Council, sponsors many events with student organizations. Ezez, Furqan and Moore said there is much room for improvement, but the important thing is to stop viewing Muslim women as oppressed. “I do think the stereotype is that women who wear the hijab are oppressed,” Moore said. “It’s ironic because [for] most of the women, it’s their choice to wear the hijab. It was my choice.”
Phi Mu recently hosted a dinner to discuss Islam and Muslim women. CW / Layton Dudley
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Nursing students go abroad By Arielle Lipan | Contributing Writer
Adventurous nursing students who crave hands-on learning have an opportunity to explore this summer with The University of Alabama’s nursing service-learning program in Cambodia. This 10-day trip immerses nursing students in a Cambodian community to investigate the physical and spiritual states of the people, according to the program’s brochure. The Capstone College of Nursing has offered this type of trip for four years with a number of destinations. “I began taking students on these trips in 2012,” said Marilyn Handley, a faculty member of the college who initially spearheaded this program. “We have been to Peru, China, Costa Rica and Tanzania.” Leigh Booth, faculty director for the program, will help lead the trip for the third time, with this being her second time in Cambodia. “Once I saw how much the students got out of the experience and how much they were learning, I was hooked,” Booth said. “Not only were you able to go and help others and provide a service to others that they did not have access to, but we were also learning so much from the people of the countries were in.” Alina Wilhelm, a recent nursing graduate, went on last year’s trip to Tanzania. She said her favorite part was working handson with the children in the ministries and getting to see how even small interactions
The Capstone College of Nursing offers students the opportunity to explore Cambodia this summer with the University of Alabama nursing service-learning program. Photo Courtesy of Leigh Booth
can make a large impact. “You realize how every little thing has an effect,” Wilhelm said. “Even if it’s just blowing bubbles with the children and chasing them around in a circle.” The field experience provided in this course supplements the one credit hour awarded for it. Wilhelm said she is grateful for what she learned while working on the study abroad program in Tanzania. “The entire experience is very humbling,” she said. “You go to nursing school for four years armed with as much medical knowledge you can get and you’re thinking, ‘I’m invincible, I’ve got this,’ then you realize there isn’t as much as you thought you could do.” The college will offer similar trips to China and Russia this summer.
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8 Tribute jazz concert to honor Nat King Cole Editor | Francie Johnson Culture@cw.ua.edu Thursday, March 26, 2015
By Becca Murdoch | Staff Reporter
Fifty years ago, an American musician and Alabama native died and left behind some of the most well-known and appreciated jazz classics. The University of Alabama Trombone Choir will be joined by jazz trombone player Sim Flora for a concert in tribute to Nat King Cole. Performing 10 jazz standards popularized by Cole, Flora and the 25 other trombone players, accompanied by a rhythm section, will bring Cole’s music to life Thursday in Moody Music Building. Flora worked with Professor Jonathan Whitaker’s trombone choir several times in the past and said he loves collaborating with the group. “The reason I love to work and perform with this group is two-fold,” Flora said. “First is the high level of musicianship in the group. Second is the relentless demand for excellence by [Whitaker]. [Whitaker] will not accept anything less than excellence from himself or his students.” Dan Kolan, who is pursuing his doctorate of musical arts, said he, like Flora, listened to and loved Nat King Cole’s music in his childhood. Flora and Kolan both said this music is meaningful and personal to them. “It’s just music that’s really close and dear to my heart, and every opportunity that I have to play that music or that I
The University of Alabama Trombone Choir will perform 10 jazz standards popularized by Nat King Cole in a concert Thursday in Moody Music Building. Photo Courtesy of Jon Whitaker
style, I love to take it,” Kolan said. Kolan will play the main melodies with another member of the trombone choir, Ben Carrasquillo, a senior majoring in jazz studies. Because of their experience in jazz, Carrasquillo and Kolan said they help to lead a choir of classically oriented players. “With that comes the responsibility of taking a lot of improvisatory solos during the concert with Sim as
well,” Carrasquillo said. “I always enjoy any opportunity I get to solo and perform that kind of material in front of a large audience.” Whitaker said he took advantage of this upcoming concert to educate his students in jazz trombone music. “Doing a program of all jazz-oriented music is a challenge but it is also a pedagogical or teaching opportunity to make sure that all of the students are well
rounded in their education,” he said. The concert will feature legendary jazz standards such as “When I Fall in Love,” “Route 66,” “The Christmas Song” and a country medley that is not to be missed, Kolan said. “There are going to be several tunes that even if people don’t recognize the titles, they’re definitely going to recognize the tune and maybe remember listening to their grandparents or parents play this music,” he said. Whitaker said the concert will run about an hour long and will include Flora playing a little flute and talking about Nat King Cole’s life and music. The concert will take place in 125 Concert Hall, Moody Music Building at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Flora said at this concert, the audience will learn a thing or two about Alabama legend Nat King Cole and will get to enjoy one great trombone choir. “I’d like to promise people, that anyone who shows up to this will have a fun time, learn something, and will go away whistling these songs,” Flora said. Tickets are $3 for students, $10 for general admission and $5 for audience members ages 55 or older. They can be purchased online at uamusic.tix.com or in the box office inside the main entrance on the day or night of the event. The concert will be streamed online free of charge at ustream.tv/channel/uofa-som.
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Northport duo to play at Druid City Brewing Company By Mary-Catherine Hodges | Staff Reporter
In 2001, a boy from central London and a girl from Tuscaloosa met. The boy, Rick Asherson, was a young keyboardist who only played in his garage for personal entertainment. The girl, Debbie Bond, was a long time band veteran and vocalist. Both were mentees under the late Willie King, an American Jazz musician. “Willie called me up and said, ‘Debbie I’ve got this Brit guy here and you need to meet him,’ and we met and were married a year later,” Bond said.
King introduced, taught and mentored the two, inspiring them musically and stylistically in areas from improvisation to audience-performer relationships. “Willie taught me that the purpose of the music was to engage the audience - to help them forget their troubles and lift their spirits,” Asherson said. The duo will bring their modern fusion of Americana style music to the Druid City Brewing Company on Thursday at 7 p.m. “Our music is very heavily influenced by the blues, it has a lot of soul in it,” Bond said. “We could be Americana artists, we
could be Blues artists, we don’t really know what we are.” Since their introduction, Bond and Asherson have recorded two albums and toured the United States, United Kingdom and France, playing music festivals such as the Maverick in San Antonio. “We do a wide range of shows, we play in a lot of listening rooms, juke joints, and breweries,” Asherson said. “We are very excited about the craft beer movement because a lot of brew pubs like Druid City are opening up and booking more diverse bands.”
Northport-based Rick Asherson and Debbie Bond combine elements of blues, Americana and soul. Photo Courtesy of Debbie Bond
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‘Bloodbourne’ provides limited story, more gameplay By Matthew Wilson
“Bloodborne,” developed by FromSoftware Inc., pushes players through a gauntlet that tests both their skills and patience. Amazon.com
In the ruined city of Yharnam, death lurks on every corner. Travelling the labyrinth-like streets isn’t for the faint of heart or for those who lack patience. Having been released Tuesday, the action adventure game “Bloodborne,” developed by FromSoftware Inc., harkens back to an old school way of gaming. Stripping players of modern-day comforts like health regeneration or instant respawn, “Bloodborne” pushes players through a gauntlet that tests both their skills and patience.
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FromSoftware has made a name for itself, cranking out incredibly difficult games like the “Dark Souls” series. “Bloodborne” puts the player in the shoes of a traveler, who is constantly overpowered by creatures. Games like “Bloodborne” and “Dark Souls” certainly raise the question of who is worthy to wield the controller. Players are pulled from the safety of civilization and thrown into savage wilderness with only their wit to survive. Raising the notion that often populates the post apocalyptic genre, players either live or they die – or in this case, die and die and die.
Older games like “Super Mario Brothers” were often played in one sitting. Losing too many lives would reset the game. Over time, video games have evolved. Story often outweighs gameplay and constant death would be a hindrance to the story these developers are trying to tell. Death in many games is treated with a quick response to moments before and has little affect on the overall game. On the other side of the coin, games like “Bloodborne” and “Dark Souls” offer a limited story for the player to fill in while gameplay becomes the main focus.
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Rec canoeing event to raise money for cystic ďŹ brosis By Laura Testino | Assistant Culture Editor
In recent summers, incoming freshmen have been bussed to the Student Recreation Center during their Bama Bound session, and often end up playing battleship: four students per canoe in the pool, equipped with buckets to try and sink the opponentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ships. And, with the exception of a few semesters in intramurals, they never play again. This weekend, battleship will return to campus at the Aquatic Center as part of Splash for CF, a fundraiser for Laps for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Splash has been held at the University for the past decade, but will be incorporating additional events this year. Lauren Lambert, the acting director for the Laps for CF Foundation, was a student at the University when Splash first began, and has been working with Laps since 2012. She remembers the electric atmosphere as students cheered on Emily Schreiber, the founder of Laps. Schreiber was 9 years old when she was diagnosed with CF, a condition that largely affects the lungs, and organized the foundation immediately after. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was drawn to a position with Laps for CF because of the way the foundation began, and what has been accomplished in such a short time,â&#x20AC;? Lambert says. Schreiber raised $60,000 in the first
Students watch on during a previous Splash for CF, an event that raises support and awareness for Cystic Fibrosis through the Laps for CF Foundation. Photo Courtesy of Lauren Lambert
year, and since, Laps has donated over $2 million to the CF Care Centers at Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of Alabama and UAB, Lambert said. This year, Splash will include a dive exhibition by the UA swimming and diving team, as it has in years past, but will also include other games and giveaways and an appearance by Big Al, in addition to canoe battleship. Students can also donate $20 in exchange for a Splash for CF T-shirt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As fun as it is to come and watch the exhibitions, we really wanted a way for
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people to be able to participate in the event itself,â&#x20AC;? Lambert said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canoe battleship is the perfect way to get people involved and excited about the event.
They can even fund raise for their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or group and have the chance to get a bigger bucket in their canoe.â&#x20AC;? Karli Guyther, a senior majoring in public relations and marketing, is the account executive for the Splash event as part of a campaigns course she is taking at the University. She said she hopes to raise awareness and fundraising through Splash and contribute an additional $3,000 at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event, she said. After Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event at the Aquatic Center, students can also donate to the organization another Splash event at Rounders Bar next Thursday. If students attend Splash on Saturday, they can donate $5 for a ticket to Rounderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event, or donate $10 at the door on Thursday. At Rounders, students will have access to live music by Basie Blonde, food and more giveaways. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have Mr. T there with barbecue sandwiches â&#x20AC;&#x201C; everyone loves Mr. T at the bars,â&#x20AC;? Guyther said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have the spinning wheel with giveaways again, and any leftovers giveaways and stuff we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use on [Saturday] weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give away at the bar as well.â&#x20AC;? Students can sign up for canoe battleship in the Ferguson Center until Friday. There is no admission fee to Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event, but participants are encouraged to bring cash rather than cards to participate in the giveaways and games.
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11 Zabor leaves legacy on and off tennis court Editor | Kelly Ward Sports@cw.ua.edu Thursday, March 26, 2015
By Terrin Waack | Staff Reporter
Senior Emily Zabor was born with tennis in her blood and soon after, she had a racket in her hand. It’s easy for Zabor to recall why she first got into tennis – it was inevitable with her family. Her father played in college at Michigan State University, and his father played tennis at the University of Detroit. Tennis was always a big deal on that side of the family, she said. “From the crib, we had a plastic tennis racket,” Zabor said. “We were just hitting balloons around, my dad and I.” Although she grew up playing many other sports, such as basketball, volleyball and soccer, in the end, tennis came out on top in high school. Sports aren’t the only thing that matter in Zabor’s life, though. She will be graduating from The University of Alabama after only three years with a 4.0 GPA and a degree in marketing. “She’s one of those individuals that is committed to excellence no matter what she is doing: her spiritual life, her academic career, her tennis career,” coach Jenny Mainz said. Alabama has given Zabor the opportunity to prosper in all three of those aspects, she said. “It’s kind of like Disney World,” she said. “It’s beautiful, and the people are
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Senior tennis player Emily Zabor will graduate after only three years from The University of Alabama with a 4.0 GPA and a degree in marketing. UA Athletics
incredible and just so genuine. It’s really a unique environment that you’re not going to find most places in the country. The whole package is here.” Before she graduates though, there’s one thing left she would like to do: run through the Ferg fountain. She said maybe she’ll do it on graduation day – cap,
gown and all. But most importantly, Zabor loves her team: it’s the one thing she’s going to miss most. “She’s a great teammate, leader and friend – all of the above,” junior Natalia Maynetto said. “I could go on and on, but she gives her all every day. She’s a hard
worker and just the ideal teammate.” Maynetto said she loves that Zabor is her doubles partner since they are both feisty and determined athletes who see the same things and communicate well. “I would go as far as saying that in my entire time here – 18 years – she is arguably the most improved player that’s ever come through the program,” Mainz said. Come graduation day, if Mainz were to be the one handing Zabor her diploma, she would only have positive things to say to her. “I would say I was proud of her,” Mainz said. “I believe that she left Alabama better for being here, for being a part of it and making an impact.” Although Alabama was a good program when Zabor joined, Mainz believes she will be leaving it as an even better one. Both Mainz and Maynetto said they have no doubt that Zabor will do something amazing with her future, and they will definitely still bug her with keeping in touch. “There will never be another Zabor,” Mainz said.
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Track and field team to host Crimson Tide Invitational By Tyler Waldrep | Contributing Writer
Junior Cameron Hudson takes a lot of pride in his car. He spends a lot of time working on it, guaranteeing that it runs efficiently, not wasting a thing. Hudson, a transfer from East Carolina, approaches track with a similar attitude. He said when he decided to transfer he did not
want to waste the opportunity. “Last year I didn’t even make it to nationals, this year I made it,” he said. “I made significant progress to show that the change was worth making.” Hudson and the rest of the Alabama track and field team will participate Saturday in the second competition of the outdoor season at home in the Crimson
Tide Invitational. Coach Dan Waters said the team is excited to start the outdoor season, and he wants the team to be more consistent going forward. Waters said consistency is one area where Hudson excels. “[Hudson is] a model for our other athletes,” Waters said. “He has stepped right in and become one of the top
combination sprints/jumps athletes in the SEC, and that’s an impressive feat.” Hudson was recently ranked in the 2015 collegiate Top 20 in both the long jump and the 60. Hudson said he has already put the indoor season and his success there behind him. “Every meet is another chance to compete,” he said.
Junior Cameron Hudson was recently ranked in the top 20 in both the long jump and the 60. UA Athletics
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Football team practices in full pads By Nolan Imsande | Staff Reporter
After just three days of practice, Alabama coach Nick Saban said he is happy with the way his team has responded so far, but knows they have a long way to go. “I am pleased with the retention that we had from before spring break,” he said. “Today being the first day in pads, it really makes you realize how much fundamental work we need to do and how much we need to improve.” With The University of Alabama’s spring break taking place last week, the Crimson Tide practiced the Friday before the break, then had a week off until practicing again Monday and Wednesday of this week. Saban and his staff are trying to work in many newcomers including early enrollees from this year’s signing class and transfers. “Obviously, this is really good for a lot of young players who can make a contribution next year and really become a part of the team,” he said. “They’ve got a great learning process to go through not only learning what
to do, but how to do it and why it is important to do it … We are still trying to teach some of these guys how to practice so we can practice well together, practice fast and make the kind of improvement we need to make.” In addition to new players, Alabama has multiple new coaches. Mel Tucker was hired in January to coach the secondary, while Tosh Lupoi was hired as the teams outside linebackers coach. Tucker spent the last two seasons as the defensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears and Lupoi was an analyst for last season’s Alabama staff. “Mel is a really good coach. I think it is always helpful when a guy has worked for you before,” Saban said. “Obviously, his experience in the NFL and some of the things he has done since that time are things that may be good additions and adjustments for what might help us systematically.” Saban also talked about his plans next season for running back Kenyan Drake, who missed most of last year with an injury. “He is a guy that we want to get on the field,” he said. “Derrick Henry and him both are probably, pretty dynamic players…We are going to explore every way possible that we can get those guys the ball.”
WHAT TO KNOW • Left tackle Cam Robinson was limited during practice. Robinson tweaked something during Monday’s practice. Brandon Greene was in his spot with the first team offensive line. • Anthony Averett changed numbers and positions. Averett, normally a defensive back, wore No. 16 and worked out with the wide receivers. • Cornerback Cyrus Jones and linebacker Denzell Devall both worked out on the bikes and wore black jerseys. • Running back Kenyan Drake worked out with the wide receivers in the second viewing session. Drake lined up as a receiver a couple of times, including for an 87-yard touchdown catch against Florida, last year before his injury. • Former Alabama players and NFL draft prospects Brian Vogler, Nick Perry, Amari Cooper, Jalston Fowler and Arie Kouandjio were in attendance.
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