07.03.12 The Crimson White by The Crimson White

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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

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Vol. 119, Issue 6

NEWS | CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION

Aging Rose Towers set to implode By Katherine Owen Staff Reporter Before the air in Tuscaloosa is filled with fireworks this Fourth of July, it will be filled with dust from the demolition of the 43-year-old University of Alabama residence hall, Rose Towers. The towers are coming down at approximately 8 a.m. the morning of July 4. In a matter seconds, the building will be demolished by implosion. Chris Bryant, a UA spokesman, said implosion was the safest route. “Implosion is the safest and most expeditious way to demolish a building of this size,” Bryant said. “Implosion will bring the building down on itself in a carefully controlled manner.” Bryant said he was told about 400 pounds of explosives will be used, and all of the charges are placed on floors one, two and six. The charges will then be ignited in a way that the center of the building will collapse first, followed by the outside parts collapsing in. Floors one, two and six are already gutted in anticipation of the implosion, and all elevators will be removed beforehand. Debris clearing will take about two months, Bryant said, but the university will recycle appropriate materials. These materials have already been removed from the building, such as the fire alarm system, which was only a few years old and can now be used elsewhere

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SPORTS | COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF

NEWS | HB 56

Experts sound off on playoffs

Court ruling could affect Alabama law

By Marquavius Burnett Sports Editor The 14-year reign of the Bowl Championship Series will come to an end at the conclusion of the 2014 season. The 12-year deal, approved by the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee last Tuesday, will be a four-team, seeded playoff. There will be a semifinal round matching the No. 1 and No. 4 ranked teams and the No. 2 and No. 3 ranked teams. The semifinal games will rotate between six bowl games each year, with the championship game going to the highest bidder. So far, the Rose Bowl and the Champions Bowl, recently created by the SEC and Big 12, are

two of the favorites along with the Orange, Sugar, Fiesta and Chik-Fil-A bowls. Each bowl game should host two semifinals games over the life of the deal. A selection committee will rank playoff teams based on win-loss record, strength of schedule, head-to-head matchups and if a team wins its conference championship. People close to the situation believe the committee will follow the model set by the college basketball playoff system and have current athletic directors, former administrators and coaches serve on the committee. Some details that have yet to be decided are who will serve on the selection committee, which bowl games will be

PLAYOFF DETAILS • Four-team seeded playoff • Twelve-year deal beginning in 2014 • Semifinal games will rotate between six bowl games • Championship game will go to highest bidder • Teams will be chosen by a selection committee (no details on who will be on the committee) • Committee will choose teams based on: win-loss record, strength of schedule, head-to-head matchups and if a team was a conference champion involved in the rotation of six, the name of the event and the revenue-sharing formula. With all of those questions surrounding the new

deal, experts from around the country weighed in with their thoughts on the new system. SEE PLAYOFF PAGE 7

CULTURE | CRAFT BEERS

Colorado brewery brings beer to Alabama By Lauren Ferguson Culture Editor Alabamians will now be able er • Plea s

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Southern debut. Founded by Alabama natives Chris and Dale Katechis, the idea for a brewery originated while operating a restaurant in in Lyons, Colo. “It started out in our Cajun

restaurant,” Chris Katechis said. “Colorado is known as the Napa Valley of beer, and towns here love good craft beer.

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By Rich Robinson Contributing Writer The Supreme Court struck down key provisions of Arizona’s new immigration law last week, while upholding one controversial section. The suit and resulting decision have stirred up debate about the role of states in immigration policy and will likely play a large role in the future of Alabama’s own tough law, HB 56. In a 5-3 decision, the highest court in the country ruled three of the four provisions under review were indeed unconstitutional. The court ruled that those provisions encroached on Congressional power. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the opinion in the case and reaffirmed federal jurisdiction over immigration law. Kennedy and the majority held that, “The federal government’s broad, undoubted power over immigration and alien status rests, in part, on its constitutional power to ‘establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.’” The court also refused to rule on the constitutionality of section 2(B) of the Arizona

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The federal government’s broad, undoubted power over immigration and alien status rests, in part, on its constitutional power to ‘establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization. — Justice Anthony Kennedy law, also known as the “show me your papers” provision, and yielded to lower courts on the matter. The provision mandates that law enforcement officers check the immigration status of those deemed suspicious of being an alien. Despite concerns of the potential use of racial profiling, the court held that it “would be inappropriate to assume 2(B) will be construed in a way that creates a conflict with federal law.” HB 56 also has a “show me your papers” provision similar to Arizona’s. Tomas Lopez of the Southern Poverty Law Center said the court’s decision repudiates much of Alabama’s law, which goes beyond even Arizona’s statute in attempting to intimidate immigrants

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ON CAMPUS

ON THE RADAR

Fourth of July on the river

Health care law’s mandate unlikely to affect many people

by CW Staff

From MCTCampus

The second Annual Celebration on the River will be offering Tuscaloosa a night of entertainment as one of the many ways to celebrate patriotism for the Fourth of July. Held at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, Celebration on the River will feature a fireworks display, a kids zone including inflatable rides and games, and the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra performing songs in a pop-style with accompaniment by the 2002 Miss America and classical vocalist, Katie Harmon. “A person can do a little bit of everything,” Becky Booker, public relations and marketing manager for Tuscaloosa Parks and Recreation Authority, said. “The events are free and mostly geared toward kids, and the orchestra shows

a different aspect. People will enjoy the fireworks the most.” Booker said she hopes there will be a good turn out from the community so the event can be held each year. “ Th e Pa r k s and Recreation Authority and the Amphitheater staff are working together to make [the celebration] annual.” The event will start at 6 p.m. on July 4, with the games and activities, and the games will run through 8:30 p.m. The orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m., with the fireworks ensuing. Tickets are available at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater box office and through Ticket Master. General admission is $5 for individuals and $15 for a family four-pack. Children five and under get in free with an adult.

WASHINGTON — Despite all the spin and punditry about the national health care law’s mandate that Americans buy health insurance or pay a penalty, the vast majority won’t be forced to buy anything or pay any penalty. A recent study by the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan research center that focuses on economic and social policy, found that if the law had been fully implemented last year, 93 percent of the population under age 65 wouldn’t have faced a penalty or had to buy insurance under the mandate. In fact, only six percent of Americans, about 18 million people, would have to “newly purchase” insurance under the law, the study found. And of this group, roughly 11 million would be eligible for subsidies

to help buy their coverage from new insurance marketplaces, or “exchanges,” created by the law. The remaining seven million, about two percent of the total population and three percent of all Americans under age 65, wouldn’t receive any financial help and could face penalties for lacking coverage, said Linda Blumberg, a health economist and senior fellow in the Urban Institute’s Health Policy Center. This relatively thin sliver of Americans who would be required to pay for full coverage belies the dominant public perception that the mandate would be a financial strain for wide swaths of the population. “That was one of the reasons we wanted to do this study, because we felt like the real impact was being blown out of proportion,” Blumberg, who was the lead researcher on the study, said.

Rose Towers set to implode Wednesday ROSE TOWERS FROM PAGE 1 on campus. Built in 1969, Rose Towers originally served as married student housing, according to Kevin Ray, institutional records assistant at Hoole Library. Ray said Rose Towers was named for Tommye Rose, the wife of UA President Frank Rose who served from 1958 to 1969. Ray said as far as he could tell from his research, Rose Towers has always been used as a form of student residence, though it did house a childcare center for many years. Whitney Watson, a junior who lived in Rose Towers her freshman year, said she has mixed feelings seeing the building go. “Part of me is happy to see it go because it was an old and deteriorating building,” she said. “But at the same time, I’ll miss seeing it when I drive by the river, and I’ll always cherish the memories I made there.” The demolition of Rose Towers will make way for the second phase of the Presidential Village Residential Community, which is expected to open in

A closer look at numbers shows that 87.4 million of the 268.8 million Americans under age 65 would be exempt from the mandate because they are illegal immigrants, have incomes below the law’s taxfiling threshold or can’t get coverage because the premiums would eat up too much of their income. Nearly 75 percent of this group already have coverage, while 24 million do not. Blumberg said these 24 million comprised 7.3 million illegal immigrants, 14.3 million people whose incomes are below the tax-filing threshold and 2.4 million people who can’t get affordable coverage. That leaves 181 million Americans under age 65 who could be subject to the mandate, Blumberg said. But 86 percent of this group already have coverage.

August 2014. The first phase is currently under construction and is expected to house 971 students by August. Bryant said he was told the second phase will be much like the first — with two and four bedroom suites — but will have about 100 fewer bedrooms. He also said part of the site will be used for the construction of a Student Activity Center, which will include new recreation center facilities. The public can view the demolition of the towers this Wednesday in the Riverside East parking lot. Visitors can park in the lots around Shelby Hall and at the Campus Drive parking deck. Those who plan to use these parking lots should take University Boulevard to Hackberry Lane. Several roads and trails will be closed the morning of the demolition, including Manderson Landing, Jack Warner Parkway, Hackberry Lane and Old Hackberry Lane, in the vicinity of Rose Towers. These roads will close at 6:30 a.m. and reopen one to two hours after the demolition. Viewers should also be aware that the air will remain dusty for 10 to 15 minutes following the implosion.

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CrossingPoints alumna ‘greatest grad’ ﬁnalist By Ashley Tripp Contributing Writer A recent graduate of the University of Alabama’s special education program CrossingPoints was selected as a finalist for a nationwide contest honoring students’ success. “My parents were actually eating lunch back in April at O’Charley’s and saw the little postcard on the table for the restaurant’s Greatest Grad contest,” Barbi Skipper, the mother of finalist Holly Skipper, said. Skipper’s mother didn’t think anyone with special needs would apply. Therefore, she decided to fill out the application for her daughter. “Holly has been nothing but a blessing,” Barbi Skipper said. “She’s taught us more than we’ve taught her.” From more than 2,400

SCOTUS ruling could affect HB56 HB56 FROM PAGE 1 and interfere with their lives so much that they would leave the state. “Among the arguments that the Court rejected was Arizona’s contention that its provisions were valid because they merely used the state police power to complement or mirror federal immigration law,” Lopez said. “These arguments are a large piece of Alabama’s case, as well.” Susan Pace Hamill, a professor at the University of Alabama School of Law, was generally content with the court’s ruling except on the “show me your papers” provision. “I think it’s unfortunate the Supreme Court gave so little guidance on how such provision can be enforced without conflicting with federal law,” Hamill said. “It is clear the Supreme Court recognizes that provision can be enforced in an

Skipper’s mother feels like her selection as a ﬁnalist is one of her daughter’s greatest achievements. submitted photo

nominees, Holly Skipper is one of 12 graduates selected nationally by O’Charley’s Greatest Grad contest. As a result, O’Charley’s hosted a special graduation celebration at its McFarland Boulevard restaurant in Tuscaloosa on June 10 to honor her achievements. The celebration included up to

11 guests and an O’Charley’s meal of their choice. “They went above and beyond their call of duty,” Barbi Skipper said. “They have been awesome. They gave her a huge graduation party, fed her and brought her a huge cake. The regional manager of Tennessee and the district

unconstitutional manner, thus guaranteeing that more challenges are forthcoming, which means, for our state, the expensive legal battles and distractions from our more pressing problems will continue.” In Montgomery, the man whose job it is to defend the law in court, Attorney General Luther Strange sounded emboldened by the court’s ruling. “Today, the Supreme Court acknowledged that state law enforcement can play an important role in assisting the federal government in fulfilling its responsibility to enforce the immigration laws of this country,” Strange wrote in a statement. “Hopefully, today’s decision will spur the federal government to enforce the rule of law in the immigration arena.” With little fully resolved, the fate of HB 56 now rests in the hands of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court had previously refused to rule on the HB 56 suit until the Supreme Court weighed in on the Arizona law.

With that hurdle now passed, the Eleventh Circuit has asked for supplemental briefings from all the parties involved in the lawsuit, including the Justice Department and numerous human rights organizations. The Crimson White received a statement from the Attorney General’s office with regards to the process moving forward in defending the law. “Following the Arizona decision, the Eleventh Circuit has asked for supplemental briefing in Alabama’s own case by July 6, and we anticipate that the supplemental briefing and the 11th Circuit’s decision will answer many of these questions about what the Supreme Court’s decision in the Arizona case means for Alabama’s law,” the statement read. “We do not know when the Court will rule.” Whoever loses in the Eleventh Circuit will be able to appeal to the Supreme Court. However, the Arizona case is likely the last immigrationrelated suit that the court will rule on for the foreseeable future.

manager of Birmingham, Ala., came and honored her with a gorgeous trophy.” O’Charley’s president Marc Buehler said he is “honored to celebrate the graduation and hard work of Holly Skipper. She is an inspiration and worthy of receiving a special celebration to commemorate this great accomplishment and milestone.” Skipper’s mother feels, aside from graduating Tuscaloosa County High School, being selected as a finalist for the contest is Skipper’s greatest accomplishment. Growing up, Holly Skipper enrolled at RISE, now named the Gene Stallings Center, in Tuscaloosa at seven weeks old. Skipper’s mother felt the program was a blessing and gave her daughter a “firm foundation.” “They taught her how to

walk, sit, eat and potty train,” Barbi Skipper said. “It was the little things we take for granted with a normal child. She learned to sit up at one-year, walk at 17-months, but most of all, she taught us to never give up, always keep trying and the true meaning of unconditional love.” After graduating from Tuscaloosa County High School, Skipper got accepted into the UA’s special education program, CrossingPoints. The program concentrates on job placement and life skills. There, Holly Skipper gained social and employment experience through working at the Bryant Conference Center, Recreation Center, Bama Dining and, most recently, Tropical Tan in Northport. This summer, she will go back to her roots by volunteering at RISE starting July 9.

She is also considering Eagles’ Wings, a non-profit organization that provides special needs services. “Skipper has moved to the final phase of the contest where the public can vote on their favorite finalist via the O’Charley’s Facebook page,” said Jim Bakken, senior director of Peritus, a public relations company in Alabama. At the end of the voting phase on June 30, the selected winner with the most votes will receive a new Apple iPad as a grand prize courtesy of O’Charley’s. “We’re going to throw a party no matter the outcome,” Barbi Skipper said. She believes her daughter’s achievements have raised awareness about special needs, not just within the Northport community, but across the nation, as well.

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Learning from UVA in our presidential selection By SoRelle Wyckoff My junior and senior years of high school I spent more time flipping through the pages of my “Princeton Review Best 376 Colleges” book than I did flipping through my textbooks. My fingers traced down lists like, “most school spirit,” “best professor to student ratio” and “dorms like castles.” I used this encyclopedia of American Universities to compile a list. I knew what I wanted in a college education and experience, and I knew what I was not interested in, as well. By looking at the strengths and weaknesses of each university, I was able to eliminate those that were not suited to my needs. One of the schools at the top of my list was the pinnacle of public institutions, the University of Virginia. It was a school that valued tradition, a strong liberal-arts education and an impressive resume of professors and

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{ YOUR VIEW } In response to: Why an NBA team won’t work in Birmingham? “I truly disagree. I do believe having a professional team in Birmingham would be great for this city. I believe we would support them. We support Alabama and Auburn, and plus people from Alabama are always going to Atlanta for Falcons braves and hawks games all the time. if there was a pro basketball team in Birmingham there would be PLENTY of support.” — Wade Cotton

“Marquavius has actually got this one right. Birmingham canʼt ﬁgure out how to solve itʼs own debt crisis, how can we believe they would properly help fund a new arena?” — Jase

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We should question Obama’s motive By Nathan James Two weeks ago Obama used his power of executive mandate to pass into law a series of reforms covering the subject of immigration. These reforms grant de facto amnesty to immigrants who meet a number of criteria in addition to having graduated from an American high school or college. Although many have celebrated these reforms, others have insinuated they may have been motivated by politics rather than ethics. Although I believe Obama is the target of much unjust criticism, I also believe Americans have reason to question his motives in this case. First, let’s look at what Obama stands to gain from these new policies. Politically, the American population of Latinos is an untapped resource. In Florida, there are over 600,000 Latinos who are eligible to vote but have not registered. A politician who manages to curry favor with these unregistered individuals will have a crucial advantage in this battleground state, in addition to others throughout the country. Numerically speaking, Latinos may be the most important demographic in the 2012 election. However, as far as the courting of the Latino demographic is concerned, it’s not enough to just be preferred over your opponent. In order to take full advantage of

this minority group’s voting power, Obama will have to rouse unregistered Latinos out of apathy. This may be accomplished through speeches, public statements, or — relevant to the topic at hand — immigration reform. There are several reasons to be suspicious of Obama’s new immigration policies. First, is the timing. Obama has been under pressure to reform American immigration policy since the moment he took office, so why has he waited until the last months of his term to actually do anything about it? Second, Obama has publicly stated that these policies are not meant to be cure-alls and must be followed by further, supplementary policies. But since he may soon be out of office, and therefore not around to pass any subsequent immigration laws, doesn’t the timing seem a little inappropriate? Third, Obama’s use of executive mandate in this situation is suspicious. The power to give executive orders is a tremendous one, and one which many feel the president has overused. In this particular instance, Obama has subverted the will of Congress, which has repeatedly blocked immigration policies like the ones Obama just effectively ordered. Given that until now, Obama has been very slow to act on the issue of immigration, it seems unlikely that he suddenly feels so strongly about

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The circumstances surrounding this policy change are suspicious, and Americans should very closely watch Obama’s handling of immigration in the future — assuming, of course that he wins the election.

the issue he sees no alternative to an executive order. It is much more likely he used an executive order because it will take effect before the election, and he, as its sole enactor of the policy, will take full credit for its existence. I’m not saying for certain this new policy is motivated by politics rather than ethics. I believe immigration reform in this country is sorely needed, and I take no issue with the content of this latest policy change. But I will say that the circumstances surrounding it are suspicious, and Americans should very closely watch Obama’s handling of immigration in the future — assuming of course that he wins the election. If, at the start of 2013, he reverts to his former policy of silence and inaction, and if, in spite of his promises, he fails to supplement this reform with further addendums and amendments, Americans should be very suspicious. Nathan James is a sophomore majoring in public relations.

The summer dream and actuality of boredom “ By Tarif Haque

We all know the story. Yes, the one that has been happening since grade school, when school lets out, and suddenly, we turn into animals set free for summer vacation. Released from captivity, we survey our pickings. We could get a summer internship or take classes. We could drain our bank accounts for a study abroad program. We could hit the gym and finally get around to sculpting that nonexistent six-pack. You get the picture; we could do a lot of things. Yet, many of us will find ourselves stuck at home, once again, bored out of our minds, waking up at noon daily, catching up on long forgotten trashy novels and cliché sitcoms. We will tell ourselves that we “deserve” this. After all, we’ve achieved a lot this year. We kept our cool and decided not to smack our drunken roommate. We did not vomit when our professor told us the final exam was comprehensive. We put up with the Machine — which does not exist, of course — for another year. We should give ourselves a pat on the back. However, our boredom remains. One solution? If it’s over 110 degrees outside, we could fry an egg on the sidewalk. We’d take a black metal pan, crack an egg in it and let it cook until it’s done. But soon the novelty of frying an egg on the sidewalk will fade. So, we may even try to learn something meaningful, such as signing up for a free Artificial Intelligence

course at udacity.com — which is being offered this summer, by the way. Several lessons in, though, we realize Artificial Intelligence only sounds cool on paper, and there is, like, actual thinking involved. In the afternoon, we ponder for thirty minutes about what we should have for a late lunch, but since we’d be ostracized by society if we were fat, we decide that it’d be best to have a glass of water and a slice of bread. We wonder, exactly, how bread is made as we pick the crumbs from our plate. We learn that not all breads are baked, and that some can be steamed, like Mantou from China, and others fried, like Puri from India. Looking at the exotic breads reminds us of Aladdin, the Arabian street-rat peasant who steals bread in the iconic “One Jump Ahead” musical number. We’re launched into our childhood momentarily, and chuck a Disney movie in our dysfunctional DVD player, which we haven’t used in several years because of YouTube, Netflix and Hulu. Wait. “Why don’t we just find something to watch on the Internet?” we ask ourselves. We bust out the shiny new MacBook Pro with Retina Display we purchased to fit into society. Upon logging in, we realize we do not know how to use a Mac, and spend several hours figuring out the hot keys, no longer feeling like a noob. We make a meme about our MacBook woes and post it on Reddit, getting one million likes in a single hour. We’re launched to

Many of us will ﬁnd ourselves stuck at home, once again, bored out of our minds, waking up at noon daily, catching up on long forgotten trashy novels and cliché sitcoms

stardom and asked to come on the Today Show the next morning. Our parents ask us why we’re flying out to New York, and we tell them it’s because we’re an Internet star. When Matt Lauer drills us at 8 a.m. the next morning, the audience is captivated by our stage presence, and after the show, a Broadway agent asks us to join the cast of Glee. On the set of the show, we discover our ten-octave range, and Adele, who watches the show from her $6 million Surrey mansion in England, requests a duet with us. We win ten Grammys the following year, after our debut album spawns ten number one singles, each in a different genre. When J.K. Rowling calls us one day telling us our hit single “Why Did Harry Have to Go?” inspired her to write an eighth Harry Potter novel, we faint. When we wake up, we realize it was all a dream. Although heartbroken, we take our stance against boredom: we dare ourselves to try something new this summer. Tarif Haque is a columnist for The Crimson White and a sophomore majoring in computer science.

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As the Board of Trustees, student representatives and state ofﬁcials search for a new face to represent and lead UA, we must ask they keep in mind the original goals of our University. Academic excellence should be the top priority at Alabama — not football, not top-of-the line facilities, not enrollment numbers, not monetary proﬁt.

staff, the most important criteria in my list. Yet, just a few weeks ago, University of Virginia’s president, Teresa A. Sullivan, was asked to resign because of growing concerns about UVA’s inability to adapt to the changing needs of college-bound students. The board cited rising tuition costs, the lack of technology in the form of online classes and the need for more business and technological programs than its current liberal-arts offerings, to validate their pressure on President Sullivan. Yet that justification made little sense Tuition raises, while upsetting and alarming, are hardly avoidable, and at the least, are out of the control of the universities. State budgets are in a period of slashing and cutting, and often, the funds that support state-universities are beheaded. But it was the board’s other grounds for dismissal that were perhaps the most alarming. Why would the University of Virginia, a school that only three years ago prided itself in a liberal arts education and the value of tradition, force the resignation of a president who apparently was pursuing those things? The decision arose from pressures that are not unique to the University of Virginia Colleges and universities are seeing a greater interest in business and technological courses and higher demand for online offerings Students are pursuing degrees in fields that lead to a pre-determined job, rather than the liberal arts educations many top universities once boasted. But instead of letting the student adapt to the school, schools are attempting to adapt to the student. This is fatal to the original goals of the institution. Universities like Virginia were formed on the core of education and the pursuit of knowledge Now, in adapting to the student, universities have become rooted in the pursuit of monetary gains, and universities have found themselves precariously straddling the line between an academic institution and a profitable business. The University of Alabama is amid a search for a new president. Like UVA, Alabama was formed on the values of education and tradition. But, also like UVA, Alabama has found itself tempted with prospects of higher admission numbers, online classes and an increased focus of career-minded degrees. Most states, like Virginia and Alabama, have schools that do offer the technology and skillbased educations that liberal arts colleges do not — Virginia Tech and Auburn, respectively And these schools, like the rest, are available for application just as the liberal-arts colleges of that state — UVA and UA, respectively. But it is the student’s job to pick the college that best suites them, based on what that university has to offer. It is not the university’s job to morph into the college they think will attract the most students and make the most profit. As the Board of Trustees, student representatives and state officials search for a new face to represent and lead UA, we must ask they keep in mind the original goals of our University. Academic excellence should be the top priority at Alabama — not football, not topof-the line facilities, not enrollment numbers not monetary profit. We are an educational institution, and our leaders should pursue the best for our education. It is, after all, the reason we come to college, isn’t it? Sullivan was reinstated only 16 days after she was asked to resign. It is a sign that business tactics, number games and titles of prestige do not belong in academia. The University of Virginia example is one that we as a university in search of a new leader can keep in mind It is a lesson of education versus business, one in which true education wins.

SoRelle Wyckoff is the opinions editor of The Crimson White.

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Students offer AP test preparation By Melissa Brown Senior Staff Reporter Though many high schools students spend their summers blissfully disconnected from school work, indulging in vacation, hot weather and summer activities, more than 50 Tuscaloosa City and Tuscaloosa County students are spending their free time prepping for Advanced Placement classes. CollegeFirst, run by the University of Alabama’s Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility and A+ College, works to respond to Alabama’s declining math and science skills on the national and global stage by preparing high school

students to succeed in collegelevel math, science and English Advanced Placement classes. Twenty-two University of Alabama students, like senior Lindsay Scholes Blowers, work with CollegeFirst as mentors to high school students. “My main responsibility as a mentor is to help students learn — to help them become familiar with AP tasks and explanations and to make them feel confident in their reading and writing abilities,” Scholes Blowers, a secondary education major, said. “Each day is divided into a lecture portion, guided by the master teacher, and a mentor portion. We helped students practice what they learned from

the master teacher, and we tried to boost their confidence in their thinking and writing skills.” Addie Mancuso, content coordinator for the AP biology course in Birmingham, said the program recruits bright students who have chosen to take AP courses in the fall in schools that might have new or weak AP programs. The high school students spend three weeks preparing for their upcoming classes in sessions led by AP teachers and supplemented by college mentors. Mancuso said the classes are presented in lecture format, so students can cultivate notetaking skills while absorbing the

subject material. CollegeFirst is designed to develop the skills and abilities necessary for success in AP classes, she said, but also teaches broader skills. “CF goes beyond just notetaking and study habits,” she said. “A large part of the program this year is learning to think critically — why something is true, how it happens — and figuring out how to apply the concepts they’ve learned.” Mancuso said examples of this larger-scale instruction can be seen in the AP biology program, where students attend lecture and labs for the first two weeks but then design their own experiment to end the program. “The students design, carry

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More than two-dozen teachers from across the Southeast recently attended a camp held at the University of Alabama to learn new ways of expanding their students’ interest in science. The camp was held June 25-29 and offered different hands on labs and classroom sessions. “The camp is run by ASM International Education Foundation and is funded by the U.S. Air Force,” Martin Bakker, associate professor of chemistry, said. “This is one of 39 such camps that ASM runs country-wide, plus another dozen around the world.” The Air Force not only helped fund the camp, but they also came to talk to the teachers personally about how science and mathematics assist them in their daily missions. “Maxwell Air Force base came and talked about their experiences — how science impacts things like chemical and biological weapons, defending against IUDs and

battle field meteorology,” Bakker said. Teachers from Tuscaloosa, Greensboro, Birmingham, Mobile, Tuskegee, Mississippi and Georgia attended the camp, and master’s teachers from Ohio directed the camp, said Bakker. The camp covers things such as metals, plastics, ceramics and composites. “The philosophy is the use of hands on experiments and demonstrations using common materials to illustrate fundamental principles,” Bakker said. The teachers participated in things such as using a rolling mill to flatten pennies and touring the Hunt Oil refinery to understand how asphalt is made. “My favorite part of the camp was the hands on activities we did each day,” Wendy Bramlett, a teacher at Tuscaloosa Magnet Middle School, said. “I firmly believe that hands on learning is the key to helping students understand and retain concepts.” This workshop was a

favorite of Bramlett’s. She believed it was very beneficial, not only to the teachers who attended the camp, but also to the students that will learn the information in their classrooms. “I would definitely attend this workshop again and would encourage any science teacher to attend,” Bramlett said. She also said many of the teachers who participated this year are looking forward to returning to the camp next summer. “Out of this year’s camp participants, I was the only one from a purely mathematical background,” Juliet Pruitt, a teacher at Tuscaloosa Academy, said. “I came to the camp looking for better ways to link aspects of our curriculum in math with the one in science.” Pruitt praised Bakker for being so enthusiastic and fun to work with throughout the camp. “As always, the University of Alabama offers a wonderful site and support for camps like this,” she said.

Customers started asking for beer — the more beer the better. So we started brewing in a garage, and it just took off.” Katechis’ brother Dale had experience in brewing, and after weighing the options, they decided use cans. “Keg beer is the freshest way to serve beer, and it’s the same thing for a can, a 12 ounce keg,” Katechis said. “By using a can, you have a better shelf life, it’s 100 percent recyclable, portable and we lessen our carbon footprint by one-third.” After making the decision, the brothers knew they would have to educate consumers and retailers about the quality of canned craft beers. “We definitely met some resistance in Colorado, but not in Alabama,” Dale Katechis said. To help with the promotion, Oskar Blues Brewery partnered with Alabev, the craft division of Alabama Beverages that represents the majority of the state’s breweries, to be the distributor of their beers.

out and present their experiment to their peers, cultivating critical reasoning skills and deep understanding along the way,” Mancuso said. Scholes Blowers said she got excited about the program after learning that passing an AP test in science or math makes a student globally competitive academically. “This is exciting, and we hope CollegeFirst will give students a jump start toward this accomplishment,” she said. “More importantly, we hope to build students’ intrinsic motivation. Verbal skills are useful, if not crucial, in all disciplines and all careers.” Stephen Black, director

“We train the retailers, bartenders and servers and educate them on the beer, and that it deserves its place on the table next to the wine,” Matt Kilpatrick, specialty and import brand manager of Alabev and University of Alabama graduate, said. When looking for brands to distribute, Kilpatrick said Alabev looks for a contagious culture that will attract customers, the business’ personality, the packaging — if it will stand out on the shelves — and of course, the liquid. “We go to the places and try the beer there,” Kilpatrick said. “We have been to Oskar Blues at least half a dozen times to court them and get to know their business. Lucky for us they are southern boys.” Kilpatrick said not only is Oskar Blues’ beer second to none, but Tuscaloosa has a vibrant beer scene, making it ideal to promote the brand. “It’s not just graduate students and students over 21, but its businessmen and everyone else,” Kilpatrick said. “People will fall in love with their personality, and Alabama can’t help but to embrace it.” Both Kilpatrick and Katechis said because of previous

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of the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, said in a CollegeFirst press release that the program helps high schools students excel in college, not just attend college. “All high school students deserve an opportunity to succeed in rigorous, college-level experiences,” Black said. For Scholes Blowers, the program means more than just the AP test. “We want our students to do more than pass a test,” she said. “We want them to blow the test out of the water and then apply the skills they have gained to bigger and better and more meaningful things — because they are entirely capable of doing so.”

Alabama laws that hindered many craft breweries, Oskar Blues was unable to bring their products to the state, but thanks to recent efforts from Free the Hops, it became possible. “Free the Hops has done a wonderful job,” Katechis said. “This year we added 20 percent more ferment vessels in the brewery which allowed us to come to Alabama.” He said the main purpose of the launch parties this week will be to engage with consumers and retailers and educate them about their beers and also provide samples to taste. “I’ll have some swag to give away, answer any questions and just explain more about us,” Katechis said. The launch parties will be held this evening at Corks n Tops at 5 p.m., Wihagan’s at 6 p.m., The Alcove at 7 p.m. and Mellow Mushroom at 8 p.m. Katechis said he is excited to be in Tuscaloosa and bring his beer along with him. “Roll Tide, baby, Roll Tide,” he said. “I’m looking forward to supporting the football team this year, being able to pull out a can of Oskar Blue and enjoy T-town like it’s supposed to be.”

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Alabama fans ready for NCAA Football ’13 game By Zac Al-Khateeb Contributing Writer

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College football fans across the nation will be able to satisfy their college football thirst Tuesday, July 10 with the release of NCAA Football 2013. The game has kept some of the game modes that helped make it successful in the first place, including Dynasty Mode and Road to Glory, but has added numerous additions to give players more of a reallife feel. With all the upgrades and new features added to the game, excitement for the game has reached a fever pitch. Indeed, the GameStop in Midtown Village, the No.1 selling retailer of the NCAA Football franchise in the world, is hosting a midnight release for the game and is in the process of hiring a local band for the event. Chris Shelton, the manager at GameStop, said he believes the store will have record sales from the release of the game. “Last year alone, on one

day, we had over 1000 people reserve that game in our store,” Shelton said. “So we may have four-or-5000 people that show up to pick up their games. Possibly more.” Many of the upgrades can be found in Dynasty Mode, where, both before and during gameplay, the game will randomly interrupt the game for “studio updates” of games played at the same time as yours. In terms of gameplay, it has also implemented an upgraded passing system and defensive scheme to make gameplay more realistic. In the new Read-and-React defense, defenders can only make plays on the ball in the air when the ball is physically in the line of sight, unlike in previous games, where defenders could make plays on the ball regardless of where their head was. For Jordan Hill, a senior majoring in English, the addition of a revamped passing game doesn’t come as a surprise. “I think that comes mainly from the NFL aspect of it,”

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Hill said. “I think for effect — you don’t want to play a boring game, you want to have the highlight reels, that’s how it has to be.” Still, the game has some allnew features for fans of the franchise, most notably in the Heisman Challenge, which allows players to choose one of 10 former Heisman winners and place them on any team you want and see if they can win the Heisman that year. Some of the former Heisman winners include former Georgia running back Herschel Walker, former Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie, and the most recent Heisman winner, quarterback Robert Griffin III. Some Alabama fans have felt that former running back Trent Richardson should be on the cover of the game, instead of Griffin and former Oklahoma State running back Barry Sanders. Richardson had arguably one of the best seasons in Alabama history, even better than his predecessor, Mark Ingram, who , who made the cover of NCAA ’12. Hill, however, said the developers made the right decision in choosing Griffin and Sanders for the cover. “As much as we’re all biased towards it, and wanted [Richardson to be on the cover], I think they got the right guys,” Hill said. “Especially with this year, with the addition of Barry Sanders on it, it makes it more of the Heisman experience.” Still, the lack of Richardson on the cover doesn’t affect Hill’s opinion of the game: the best yet in the franchise. “Oh yeah, most definitely,” Hill said. “They’re putting in a new kind of system that they’re going to be putting in Madden next year. And they’re doing it on NCAA this year. So I especially think this’ll move in and be not only the best one they’ve done, but also be the next phase of the franchise.”

UA athletes compete in swimming, track Olympic trial round By Alexis Paine Staff Reporter Only a few athletes make it to the Olympic Trials and even fewer are able to punch a ticket to the Olympic games. The University of Alabama had 11 current and former athletes compete in the USA swimming and track and field Olympic trials. Alabama had nine competitors in the swimming Olympic Trials held in Omaha last week. Sophomore swimmer Andrew Wrist competed in the first round of the 200-meter butterfly on Wednesday, placing in the top 100 with a time of 2:03.9. Devan Terry, also a sophomore, competed in the 100-meter breaststroke on Monday. Terry, whose personal best is 55.05, swam 1:05.02 in the preliminary round of the trials. Cameron Conners, another Alabama sophomore, finished just behind Terry in the same event with a time of 1:05.10. Junior Reese Shirey competed in the preliminaries of both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke last week. Tuesday, Shirey swam the preliminary race at the trials in 58.24. He came back Friday for the longer race and placed 71st. Freshman Ian Decker swam in the first round of the 400meter individual medley on June 25. He secured a time of 4:37.53 in the race. While Kaylin Burchell competed in the 100-meter breaststroke on Tuesday and ended her season with a time of 1:11.73 and a 63rd position finish. The swim team also had three future members compete in Omaha. Michelle Rielly competed in the 100-meter backstroke and closed the race with a time of 1:04.23. She was joined at the trials by future Alabama athletes Crews Wellford, who placed 85th in

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the 200-meter backstroke, and Brian Westlake, whose time of 15:48.85 in the 1500-meter freestyle led him to a 42nd place finish in the preliminaries. Alabama also had two competitors at the USA Track and Field Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. Current studentathlete, Krystle Schade, looked to make Team USA in the high jump after clearing a personal best of 6’1.5 at the NCAA Championship. She placed 14th in the qualifying round with a jump of 5’10.5, just missing the 12th spot needed to move on to the final competition. “It was the most sensational feeling a person can ever have,” Schade said. “To know you have made it this far and are one of the best athletes in the world is something you can never forget. Competing against the world’s best and representing your country, I would say it was an opportunity of a lifetime.” Former track athlete Augustus Maiyo was able to advance to the final round of the 3000-meter steeplechase with the fourth fastest time in the qualifying race. He finished the meet in 10th place with a time of 8:35.61. Two other current Tide track athletes competed last week in Olympic Trials for their countries. Dushane Farrier ran a personal best time of 10:34 in the preliminaries of the Canadian Olympic Trials held in Calgary, Canada. Farrier’s fifth place finish in this round led him to the finals where he ran the same time to finish seventh overall. Kamal Fuller, who received All-American honors for an eighth place finish at the NCAA Championship in June, competed in the long jump at the Jamaican Olympic Trials. Fuller’s jump of 6.81 meters landed him in eighth place in the competition.

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Adam Rittenberg ESPN.com’s Big Ten blogger The Crimson White: What are your initial thoughts on the playoff system? Adam Rittenberg: The BCS system helped the popularity of college football in some ways, but ultimately, it was a very unpopular system. Fans wanted a change, and the presidents were able to do the right thing and respond with a playoff. CW: What’s the biggest thing besides the selection committee that needs to be worked out? AR: One area that needs to be worked out is how the revenue will break down between the conferences. There are a lot of questions about how revenue will be divided. Will it be based on performance on the field? Will it be based on what you’ve done in the past or maybe even academics? There are a lot of factors to be worked out there.

CW: Do you see the new system forcing more conference realignment? AR: I think it’s inevitable that you’re going to see some type of conference realignment, but the big conferences have to ask themselves is it worth expanding more. There is more money to share now, and you don’t want to have someone come to the table and just eat without bringing something to the table.

Paul Finebaum Radio host CW: Does the playoff system solve the problems people talked about the BCS? PF: I think so. The issue is about getting the best teams playing for the title. It has usually worked right but not always. It’s hard to miss by getting four teams in the mix. CW: How does the new playoff system effect future conference realignment with teams like Florida State and Notre Dame? PF: I think it encourages FSU and Notre Dame to get into a better conference, in FSU’s case, and away from being an independent for the Irish. Notre Dame cannot make it alone any longer. They have become irrelevant, and the only shot at returning to glory is playing and winning a conference title.

CW: In your opinion, which conference(s) was the biggest winner and which was the biggest loser during the negotiation process? AR: I don’t think one conference won or lost. Every commissioner had to give up certain things in order to get this done. The SEC clearly wanted a four-team playoff, and that’s what you got. The Big Ten wanted to keep the games CW: Since strength of sched-

ule will be a requirement, is it realistic to think that the SEC could have two teams in the playoff for years to come? PF: I think it helps the SEC, but the league can also be its own worst enemy because of the brutal competition. Just look at Arkansas last year. In any other league, it perhaps would have been in a position to play for the BCS title. In the SEC, it finished third in the SEC West, losing to the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the country. CW: Do you believe they will keep it at four teams or will the money ultimately push it to 8-16 team playoff? PF: I think four is enough. Frankly, you don’t need any more. You preserve the regular season and avoid a circus.

Pete Thamel The New York Times, College football reporter CW: What was the biggest surprise that came out of the approval of the new deal? PT: This is where we’ve been heading since January, but the only surprise was that they came up with a selection committee. That will bring more controversy. The goal is to find unbiased people, but everyone is inherently biased if they’ve coached or been an athletic director somewhere. CW: How does this affect the smaller teams and conferences? PT: They’ll have a shot since the committee is going to take conference championships into account. But it’s going to be a tough road if you’re not in one of those top conferences.

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U.S. soccer long way from world’s elite By Marc Torrence As I sat in a booth at Buffalo Wild Wings, watching Spain lift the 2012 European Championship trophy, an all-toofamiliar feeling washed over me. No matter how excited I or other U.S. soccer fans get about the prospects of American soccer, it is still a long way away from being able to compete with the powers of international soccer. I’ve watched nearly every U.S. Soccer match since the 2010 World Cup and typically find myself with one of two thoughts afterwards. One is, “Holy cow, that game was awful, I don’t even know what to think.” This was much more frequent in the Bob Bradley era — the 2011 Gold Cup Final vs. Mexico comes to mind — but has certainly been there as well in the short reign of Jurgen Klinsmann. The other is, “That was amazing. We’re finally making progress and are ready to compete on the national stage!” This second one has been more prevalent lately, and the red, white and blue Kool-Aid has been flowing. It started with the 1-0 victory over Italy. Yes, it was just a friendly match, but the U.S. went toe to toe with a world power, stood its ground and came away with the victory. The 5-1 drubbing of Scotland - a second- or third-tier European team - only made things that much better. Then, World Cup qualifying began, and America already looks to be in good shape after a win over Antigua & Barbuda and a draw at Guatemala. I was feeling good about the U.S.’ chances at the 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro. We - yes, I’ll say we; I pay taxes, after all have some quality players in the midfield, a world-class striker in Dempsey and the defense is starting to come together. Enter the 2012 European Cup. In case you don’t know, the Euro Cup is held every four years in between the World Cup and matches Europe’s top international teams against

each other. In America, they show it on the ESPN networks because, honestly, what else is ESPN going to show at 2 p.m. on a Tuesday? It’s a great time to see the top soccer players in the world square off against one another. But for American soccer fans it is a wake up call. The differences between this year’s Euro Cup games and the U.S.’ recent World Cup qualifiers and friendlies is drastic. The European players are on an entirely different level talentwise, and it shows in their game. The ball sticks to their feet better. Their creativity in passing and shooting exceeds anything that any American — besides Dempsey — does. Simply put, they do the little things better than the Americans, and it makes a world of difference. Even the smaller nations - teams like Greece, Denmark and the

Czech Republic — do things with the ball that American soccer fans only dream about seeing from their teams. And so, watching this year’s Euro Cup was a reality check of sorts for many U.S. soccer fans and me. We still have a long way to go, even if we do look like world-beaters against teams like Jamaica. But don’t think this means we’ve given up for our great nation’s spot on the stage of the world’s most popular sport. I’ll be with America through and through, because it’ll be worth it if and when the United States can finally step in the ring with a major international power and match them blow for blow. The U.S. has made strides under Klinsmann and continues to get better with each game. They certainly have the resources and capabilities to rise to the top, but that time has not yet come.

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Homegrown hosts The two biggest differences between 3rd tomato festival studio and independent pictures By Becky Robinson Staff Reporter

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Homegrown Alabama is hosting its third Annual Bama Loves Tomatoes Festival July 5 from 3-6 p.m. on the lawn of Canterbury Episcopal Church. The festival will include a salsa competition, in which participants can enter their own recipes to be judged, a kid’s crafts table, a live concert and a chef who will be doing demonstrations. Lindsay Turner, Homegrown Alabama’s market manager, said the salsa competition is always the most popular part of the festival. “We find that — or have found in the past — people just go nuts for tomatoes,” Turner said. “I think part of that is also because during the BLT, we give out free tomato sandwiches and folks just love tomato sandwiches.” To enter, participants must come between 2 and 3:30 p.m., with a pint of their homemade salsa. The entry should be labeled with the person’s name, phone number and email address as well as the instructions for the recipe. While it’s not required, Turner encourages participants in the salsa competition to purchase tomatoes and other ingredients from Homegrown Alabama or another local farmers market in order to support their business. Once the judges finish ranking the entries, the public may sample the salsa starting at 4:30 p.m. Mo Fiorella, Homegrown Alabama’s upcoming market manager and graduate student, is also a fan of the BLT Festival. In 2011 she attended the Festival as a vendor and has been working with Homegrown since her freshman year at the University of Alabama. “I think developing smart

This summer I have had the privilege of interning at a film production company called Voltage Pictures in Los Angeles. Though it is a newer film company, it has already done well for itself with the independent smash hit, “The Hurt Locker,” along with other smaller-scale films. One of the first lessons we interns learned from the company was the major difference between independently produced films and those produced via studios. I noticed everything they taught us aligned with the content of a book I recently read, “Writing Movies for Fun and Profit,” by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon — which I highly recommend for film majors. From the lectures and aforementioned book I learned studio films, while having stronger funding, are much more difficult to complete. The big studios, such as Paramount, Lionsgate and Sony, care primarily about profit. The producers, executives and multiple other employees all have a say in whether a certain screenplay gets made into an actual film — or if they want to change anything in the story — and there are a thousand ways the process can go awry and lead to a cease of production. The leading star could have a bad publicity occurrence, another writer that the studio hired to “fix” the script can inadvertently butcher it, or even actors or directors that were previously onboard may quit the project because it is taking too long to come to fruition. Whatever the reason, stu-

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A local woman shows off her fresh produce at a Homegrown Alabama event. food relationships is really important to me,” Fiorella said. She said knowing where your food comes from and support• What: Bama Loves ing the local economy is the Tomatoes Festival main reason she became more involved with Homegrown • Where: Canterbury Alabama. Episcopal Church In addition to her personal involvement with Homegrown, • When: Thursday 3-6 Fiorella has received much posp.m. itive feedback from people who have decided to start shopping locally. to educate students about the “I’ve met a lot of people who benefits of eating local produce have started going to farmer’s and to serve the Tuscaloosa markets and said to me as a community by fostering relavendor, ‘I’ve lost all this weight’ tionships between local farmor ‘I’ve started eating fresh pro- ers and the University. The duce and all of these vegetables, market runs every year from and I feel so much better just in the beginning of April to end of general,’” Fiorella said. “Health October. impact is really huge for a lot of Students can become more people who never would have involved in Homegrown thought it was so important to Alabama by volunteering at the eat fresh produce.” market, attending Homegrown Homegrown Alabama is a meetings, plan markets of their non-profit, student-run orga- own or donating to the organinization at UA. Its mission is zation on their website.

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dios can end a project during development just as quickly as they can buy a script, and they often do so. Because of this system, it has become nearly impossible for most scripts to actually develop into a film that stays true to the written work. After all, the studios care about money before all else, so if they don’t see profit in the future, they immediately halt development. Contrastingly, independently produced films are driven more by the quality of the script and a desire to craft a well-made finished product. Since there is usually not a big-time studio throwing millions of dollars into the project, it is up to the team behind the movie to raise the funds in advance to shoot the film and see its production through to completion. Independent features seem to be the more artistic of the two categories — their makers focus primarily on the

underlying message and rhetorical strategies of a film, as opposed to obsessing over how much money their projects can make. Of course, no filmmaker is going to refuse the millions surely to flow in should his or her film become a mainstream hit, such as “Slumdog Millionare.” However, before the possible fame and money, he or she crafted the film out of artistic pursuit and the spirit of excellence in filmmaking. In writing this, I am not trying to persuade you as the reader to credit indies more highly over studio films. Quite the contrary, I do not usually watch indies, favoring studio pictures instead. But the facts of production I have learned in this business speak for themselves, and there is no denying the main difference in studio pictures and independent pictures lies in the classic opposition of two agendas: profit versus artistry

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Group brings theater outdoors By Abbey Crain Staff Reporter

Page 10 • Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Editor • Lauren Ferguson lifestyles@cw.ua.edu

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Lawn chairs and picnic blankets lined the edge of the river at sunset to watch a local theater troop’s rendition of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” this past weekend at Manderson Landing. The Rude Mechanicals, a summer theater group composed of University of Alabama students, faculty and members of the community, completed its 10th season this past weekend. “We love to bring Shakespeare alive because this is the way it was meant to be heard,” Mark Hughs Cobbs, director of “Twelfth Night,” said. “It’s not supposed to be just read, which is the way most people do it in their English departments.” The Rude Mechanicals began in 2003 with Andre LaSalle, a graduate directing student in the theater department, who directed the troop’s first production of “Twelfth Night” on the Ferguson Center promenade. It was supposed to be a one-time performance, but the group decided to continue

the tradition. Mark Cobb and UA theater professor Steve Burch have headed the shows for the last eight years, along with a mix of students and the Tuscaloosa community. “There has always been returners like me who come back year after year and some people come back every once in a while,” Cobb said. “Every year it’s just a little bit different. I think that’s what makes it so great.” The group does not charge admission but asks for donations at the end of every show. “We all get together over the summer and play Shakespeare for the fun of it,” Cobb said. “We don’t make any money off of it, just enough to pay our expenses and take us out to eat.” The Rude Mechanicals truly embody Shakespeare’s method of performance with their use of minimal props and costumes. They let his words do the majority of the talking. “‘Twelfth Night’ is my favorite Shakespeare comedy because it has a mix of everything,” Cobb said. “It has some body humor

Actors perform during the Rude Mechanicals’ performance of Midsummer Night’s Dream Saturday evening. CW | Austin Bigoney

and witty humor, some words that are just beautiful, weird and funny and the mistaken identities and love.” This summer was Jill Smith’s first season with the Rude Mechanicals. Smith is a graduate student earning her MFA in creative writing at Alabama. She played Viola, a woman pretending to be a man. “I love the language, first of all,” Smith said. “I think there

are a lot of beautiful speeches in it, and I also really like the comedy and the idea of a mistaken identity. I think that’s a lot of fun to do.” Another newcomer, Lawson Daves, a senior majoring in vocal performance, enjoys the hilarity of “Twelfth Night” and enjoys Rude Mechanicals’ sense of family within the cast. “It’s one of the most fun theater troops I’ve ever worked

with,” Daves said. “Everyone’s like family, it’s really cool. There’s a certain sense of camaraderie.” With hopes of continuing the Shakespeare tradition on the river, Rude Mechanicals deemed this year’s season a success. “I don’t think people get it when it’s just flat on the page like that,” Cobb said. “So we try to bring it alive so people understand what’s so great about it.”

Entertainment districts spark interests, concerns By Mary Kathryn Patterson Contributing Writer Students and bar managers are seeing the appeal for a new Tuscaloosa bar scene as details transpire about the city’s proposed entertainment districts. City Attorney Jimbo Woodson said the City of Tuscaloosa is working out details for potentially implementing entertainment districts on the Strip and around Temerson Square. The new districts would allow patrons to leave the bars with drinks and walk freely with an open container for the length of the district. “The Legislature passed the act making it possible,” Woodson said. “No decision has been made yet, but the proposal

is being studied by the safety committee.” Woodson said specific rules for the proposed districts still have to be considered, such as how to keep people from bringing alcohol from home and monitoring which cups come from each of the bars. “No beverages would be allowed from outside the district,” Woodson said. “Maybe each bar could have an identifiable cup, but those are details that would have to be worked out.” Woodson said the city hopes to add something extra to the two popular bar areas but doesn’t necessarily want a Bourbon Street atmosphere. “We’re not wanting a party in the streets,” Woodson said. “We

don’t want barriers to hold people inside because that would have a block party feel. The rules would just exist for public property like sidewalks and streets around the bar areas.” Woodson said if the city does choose to pass the new laws, they might take effect by the first football game this fall. “It’s possible we could have a decision before the first home game,” Woodson said. “That first weekend might be a good time to try it out.” John Alford, the general manager for The Houndstooth on the Strip said he sees the proposed entertainment districts as a positive addition for the bars in Tuscaloosa. “I think it will be good for business for all of us,” Alford

said. “The entertainment district would make [the bar scene] more centralized.” Taylor Crawford, a senior majoring in elementary education, said the districts could be good for game days. “It would be convenient on game days to hop from bar to bar,” Crawford said. “I could also see it making the downtown area and the Strip even more trashed during game days, though, if people are constantly throwing away cups to enter other bars.” A concern some students have for the entertainment districts is they could allow more underage drinking, but other students disagree. “Without an enclosed space, it would be harder to police underage drinking,” Crawford

said. Jessica Ruffin, a senior majoring in public relations, disagreed and said there are alternatives to controlling underage abuse in the districts. “Sometimes people are able to get away with sneaking drinks inside bars,” Ruffin said. “If a cop saw you on the street and thought you didn’t look 21, he could stop you and ask for your ID. There would be no way to hide the fact you were drinking.” Ruffin said passing the new laws probably wouldn’t change much about students’ behavior while partying. “Some people are going to abuse alcohol no matter what,” Ruffin said. “Those people will cause problems whether they are in the bars or outside.”

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