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NEWS | DRUG RAIDS
Operation a record-breaking crackdown TPD Chief: Task Force has never seen 74 arrests at once 26 arrests made in residence halls CW Staff Sixty-one students were arrested Tuesday morning as part of what Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steve Anderson called a “record” operation to carry out 74 total arrests on and near The University of Alabama campus. A coalition of law enforcement, including officers from the Tuscaloosa Police Department, the University of Alabama Police Department, the U.S. Marshals, the Northport Police Department and the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff ’s Office began raids at 4 a.m. and continued through the day. “From people who have been associated with this task force for over 30 years, in talking to them, they tell me that, yes, this is a record,” Anderson
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said in a press conference held at the Tuscaloosa Police Department at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The West Alabama Narcotics Task Force carried out the investigation over two months and used confidential informants, Anderson said. The University cooperated with the investigation as necessary. “We used individuals known as confidential informants to go in and make purchases for us,” Anderson said. “There was not necessarily a hub, but there was some activity going on on the campus.” Anderson said the 74 people were arrested on 183 charges, mostly centered on the sale and possession of marijuana. A small number of arrests were made for cocaine, ecstasy and LSD, Anderson said. Three weapons were also seized.
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West Alabama Task Force used confidential informants the Tuscaloosa Police Department, the County Sheriff’s Office, the Northport Police Department and one CW Staff representative from the The West Alabama University of Alabama Department. Narcotics Task Force Police are responis a unit of more than They a dozen officers from sible for all narcotics
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investigations in Tuscaloosa County. TPD Police Chief Steven Anderson said Tuesday that informants were used to identify targets of the raid. The practice is common for the task force. In an interview last March,
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Captain Jeff Snyder, commander of the task force until November of last year, called informants the lifeblood of the task force, and said without them the unit could not function.
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NEWS | THE STRIP
Moe’s prepares for Chipotle rivalry CNN anchor Don Lemon to speak at Ferg Location on the Strip to open by early May By Sarah Elizabeth Tooker Staff Reporter
Chipotle Mexican Grill is coming to The University of Alabama’s prime spot for retailers and restaurants, the Strip on University Boulevard, near the end of this semester. Chris Arnold, Chipotle’s communications director, said this new location, which is already being built and is set to open at the end of April or early May, was a logical extension of their company in a region where they do well
Will address issues of race, orientation By Mark Hammontree Contributing Writer Don Lemon, the host of CNN’s prime-time weekend broadcasts, will speak at the Ferguson Center Theater on Thursday as part of “Through the Doors,” a year-long series of events, activities and speakers to commemorate the 50th anniversary of desegregation at The University of Alabama. Lemon, who grew up in Baton Rouge, La., majored in broadcast journalism at Brooklyn College and has worked for many years in the news business across the country, including two years at Birmingham’s WBRC, Fox 6. Lemon came out as gay in his memoir “Transparent,” released in 2011, in which he addressed the issues he faced because of his race and sexuality while growing up and throughout his journalistic career. University Programs, in partnership with the Dean of Students office, invited Lemon to speak as part of Capstone Conversations with the hope that students will benefit from the perspective that Lemon has to offer as a minority in the highly competitive business of news media. “We felt that to commemorate the 50th anniversary of desegregation, we wanted to celebrate the progress of the University er • Plea s
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already. “We think we’ll do well there,” Arnold said. “We have a long history of restaurants near universities, going back to our very first restaurant adjacent to the University of Denver, and students have always been big fans for us.” Arnold explained the restaurant’s second location in Tuscaloosa on McFarland Boulevard would remain open. “Generally speaking, we don’t close restaurants; in almost every market where we operate we have multiple restaurants, and I think we can do fine with a couple within relatively close proximity here, too,” he said.
Arnold said he anticipated the restaurant would accept Bama Cash. Other restaurants located on the Strip see Chipotle’s arrival as a great opportunity for competition. Julie Galich, director of marketing for Moe’s Southwest Grill, said competition is healthy because it keeps them on their toes. “For Moe’s, the pattern is if you get by a university it’s really great,” Galich said. “Our demographic really fits in the college atmosphere because I think students really like the high energy.” She said with this restaurant location they directly serve the community of
campus, and Moe’s will continue to do a lot of partnerships with the University. “We’ve really incorporated within the University,” Galich said. “We do vending at all the sporting events except football games and take Bama Cash at our store.” In order to stay competitive when Chipotle opens, Galich said Moe’s would probably offer several specials. “We’ll probably do something big around the time they open,” she said. “In the past we’ve done events like 99 cent burritos or free burritos for a year type thing.” SEE CHIPOTLE PAGE 2
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Drish house signifies historical architecture House marks properity, decline of architecture By Stephen Smith Contributing Writer Though people often immediately think of football when it comes to the culture of Tuscaloosa, there is more to the city than that – namely, architecture – said University of Alabama architectural historian Gene Ford. Much of the city’s architectural history may be traced to 2300 17th St., where the Drish House stands. Though the Drish House is well known, the style and craftsmanship of the house goes unnoted. The architecture of the house is significant for a number of reasons, Ford said. CW | Alaina Clark
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CNN anchor Lemon to speak at the Ferg
The Ferguson Center website is providing students a place to sign up for free tickets to the event, and Steward said it is expected that all the tickets will be claimed by Thursday. The event will begin at 6 p.m. in the Ferguson Theater, and, after Lemon speaks, there will be a short Q&A session. Students will also have an opportunity to meet the anchor during a book signing that will take place after the speech in the dining room across from the theater. Carissa S c h re i b e r contributed to this article.
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LEMON FROM PAGE 1 Sarah Fisher, majoring in English, said she watches Lemon’s show “Newsroom.” “He’s fun and it seems like he’s actually interested in what he’s talking about, more so than the anchors who just read from the teleprompter,” Fisher said. “He’ll actually say what he thinks about a story. It makes it more entertaining to watch.”
With Chipotle under construction on the Strip, Moe’s prepares for fresh competition CHIPOTLE FROM PAGE 1 Most UA students interviewed said they either liked one or the other, not both. “Moe’s always yells, ‘Welcome to Moe’s!!’” Eric Alsobrook, a junior majoring in political science and communication studies, said. “I wanna feel welcome when eating my burritos.” Alsobrook explained this greeting made him feel welcome and added to the character of the establishment, but as far as the food goes, he really can’t tell a difference. “It’s just the little things that
sell me on places, I guess,” he said. Another student, Madeline Johnson, a junior studying fashion design, argued Moe’s has to maintain their overwhelming excitement when customer’s walk through the door to compete with their counterpart. “I like Chipotle better because the guacamole is so good. It’s worth the extra money,” Johnson said. “Also, my first time I went there, the old manager gave it to me for free.”
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Mayor notes history behind iconic home DRISH FROM PAGE 1 “I look at the architectural and craftsmanship of the house,” Ford said. “I look at the craftsmanship of Drish and his slaves, in their ability to build houses across town and the first two dormitories at The University of Alabama.” Ford said Drish was an affluent Renaissance man. He not only designed the Italian/ Greek style for the house, but also incorporated the relevant style of the 19th century. Walt Maddox, mayor of Tuscaloosa, said it’s important to recognize the house as a local historic property. “Designating the house as a local historic property provides the house with a level
Bonner: UA has a zero tolerance policy RAID FROM PAGE 1 Raids occurred in several buildings on- and off-campus, according to a University spokeswoman. One student, Jake Wilt, was waiting for a friend in the lobby of Ridgecrest South at 5:30 a.m. and said he saw sheriff’s deputies escorting several students out of the dorm in handcuffs. “There were about 7-10 officers, all wearing bullet proof vests with hand guns strapped to their thigh,” he said. “Two were just wearing street clothes with badges around their necks, and they were escorting about six students, all in handcuffs.” The deputies, Wilt said, were also carrying bags filled with what he believed was evidence. “I saw about five paper bags
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of protection not granted by its state and national designations, which are merely honorary,” Maddox said. “Before its designation, the house could have been demolished or altered with no review.” Maddox said while many of the house’s original features have been altered, it still has its historic character and is an “unusual but unique mansion.” “Dr. Drish was a well-respected and sought-after physician in Tuscaloosa, but his interests extend beyond medicine to farming, business and construction,” Maddox said. The house features grand two-story porticoes on the front and back, with Tuscan columns on the rear. It was remodeled in the late antebellum period with a prominent Italianate tower added, Maddox said. Ford said the Southside
neighborhood captured the financial status of an entire city with just the Drish House. “The house represented Tuscaloosa,” Ford said. “Drish had a vision of being wealthy, but after the Civil War, Tuscaloosa’s economy was wrecked and Drish went bankrupt. He couldn’t keep the plantation. People wanted to convert it into a subdivision and take what was there. Southside told the story of the inner city from prominence and prosperity to decline.” Ford said the Drish House brings a historical value to Tuscaloosa, one that ought to be preserved. “I am just happy to be in the project to help conserve the history of T-town,” Ford said. “Yes, football is important, but architecture is a huge thing here. It would be a crime to let the house go to the wrecking ball.”
about the size of two standard lunch bags, all filled with stuff,” Wilt said. “Three officers ran to the court yard behind the residence hall saying they saw one of the students throwing items out the window and came back in with two more bags filled. All I could really smell was the intense odor of weed.” UA President Judy Bonner sent a campus-wide email through the UANews listserv explaining the raids at 3:51 p.m. “UA has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to the sale or distribution of drugs, on or off campus, and we will continue to vigorously enforce that policy,” Bonner said in the email. “These students represent a small group of UA students. UA will review our current policies and practices to ensure that we are doing all we can to educate students to make the best decisions they can and that we are providing an environment that
is conducive to learning.” Bonner also condemned drug use in the University community. “The University is extremely disappointed when students make choices about substance abuse that can have such a significant and negative impact on their lives and others, including their families, their friends, other students and this University,” she said. At TPD’s press conference, Anderson said law enforcement in the area wanted to send a clear message to anyone dealing drugs. “If we discover who they are, we are going to come after them,” he said. “Although a lot people consider it to be a harmless drug, it is still illegal to possess it, sell it, distribute it in the state of Alabama. Therefore, it is against the law. We are still going to enforce the law, no matter how harmless people think it is.”
FBI investigated unit after accounting audit WANTF FROM PAGE 1 The task force headed up the two-months-long investigation that resulted in Tuesday’s raids on-and-off campus. In 2011, task force investigators took 2,318 cases that produced 1,596 defendants, an increase from 2010, when they handled 2,075 cases that produced 1,536 defendants. The task force was the subject of an FBI investigation in December because of discrepancies in their accounting processes. An audit was made of their accounting in November following Snyder’s retirement and the assignment of a new commander to lead the unit. The FBI did not return calls for comment about the status of the investigation or any results that came from it before press time.
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‘Appreciation Week’ to highlight all shapes, sizes By Sarah Robinson Contributing Writer The University is joining the nationwide celebration of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week from Feb. 25-28. The Department of Health Promotion and Wellness is working alongside the Counseling Center as well as the Women’s Resource Center to organize events on campus that promote body image
and raise awareness for eating disorders in honor of UA’s Body Appreciation Week, which is traditionally know as National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. The “Fashion Rocks and So Does my Body” fashion show will be held Feb. 28 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Ferguson Center Ballroom as part of this celebratory week. The free event is open to all UA students and usually attracts about 40 models each year,
said Sheena Gregg, the assistant director of nutrition education and health services in the Department of Health Promotion and Wellness. “In the past, we have had student models of different shapes, sizes and genders to be a part of the show,” Gregg said. “We want to promote positive body image and the fact that everyone is beautiful.” Gregg said the event strays from the normal media image of the “thin-deal” by trying to focus on the healthy ideal. “I think people need to learn to accept themselves and be healthy instead of worrying about what other people think on the outside,” Lacy Duke, a senior majoring in social work, said. She is
contributing to Body Appreciation Week through the School of Social Work. “It’s all about having confidence in your body. I am confident. If I can show that, maybe other people will see it too and might appreciate their body,” Duke said. Duke initially started working with the School of Social Work to build her resume, but over time it grew into a learning experience, and she grew close to the message Body Appreciation Week carries. Cindy Devoe, a junior majoring in nutrition, plans on attending the fashion show. “My sister has been battling eating disorders her entire life, so I am really involved in any kind of body appreciation events on
campus,” Devoe said. “I normally like to attend all of them to support it because it’s been in my family. I have seen it up close.” Devoe said a lot of people don’t realize how many people, both men and women, have been affected by eating disorders and thinks the University needs more events like this for students fighting the illness. Andrea Dobynes, a senior majoring in communications, has attended the fashion show throughout each year of college and plans on participating again this year. “I think it’s a wonderful way for people of all shapes, sizes and modeling backgrounds to express themselves,” Dobynes said. “Seeing people
strut down the runway with a smile on their face does something to me.” The University’s Body Appreciation Week will also feature a “Be Comfortable in Your ‘Genes’” blue jean donation drive, which was organized by the University’s School of Social Work undergraduate program. All donations will go to Te mp o r a r y E m e r g e n cy Services Inc., Turning Point and Tuscaloosa One Place during Body Appreciation Week. Bins will be located at Little Hall, Tutwiler, Ridgecrest, Riverside and Burke. Students can visit the “UA Body Appreciation Week” Facebook page for information on all of next week’s events.
Midterm grades not always necessary By Ashanka Kumari Chief Copy Editor Although all instructors are encouraged to submit midterm grades, they are only required to for all 100 and 200-level coursework, Louis Jimenez, senior associate at the University Registrar, said. “Midterm grades aren’t required for 300-400 level classes largely because the grading schemes in upper-level classes are so diverse, and many classes don’t have any substantial grades by midterm,” Joe Benson, interim provost, said. This semester, students will have the opportunity to view their midterm grades online via myBama on Feb. 27. Midterm grade entry opened Jan. 17, and the last day professors can post midterm grades
is Feb. 27. “Midterm grades do not affect a student’s GPA,” Jimenez said. “They are intended to showcase progress and [are used] as a tool for advising.” Hannah Brewer, a junior majoring in psychology, said she is only interested in seeing her midterm grades when they are meaningful and her class grade is based on an even number of tests or essays. “The midterm grades don’t really mean anything if 80 percent of your class is based on the final project,” Brewer said. “There’s just no point in trying to gauge your success in midterm grades at that point.” Another reason instructors of 100 and 200-level courses are required to report grades is because they are meant to help students during the transition
to college, Benson said. “This is an issue primarily for freshmen and sophomores,” he said. Dillon Wastrack, a freshman majoring in economics, said he would be more interested in seeing grades for upper-level courses. “If the courses are harder, then I might not be as certain about my grade being good,” he said. Alex Edmonson, a junior majoring in economics, said he thinks it is OK that his upper level course professors are not required to post grades. “If you are in 300-level classes, you should already know how to calculate your own midterm grades,” he said. However, Edmonson said midterm grades allow students to see their progress and seek
help earlier on if they are not doing well. “Midterm grades are a good way for students to see if they need to step up their game or to find help before it’s too late,” he said. Brewer said she believes it is more helpful to check individual grades on assignments rather than just midterm progress. “I find it more helpful to check my individual grades on assignments because you can see they fit into the equation that calculates your grade for each class, while midterm grades can be misleading,” she said. “Let’s say your midterm grade is an A+, but those assignments only account for 10 percent of your grade. You may get the impression that you are doing better than you are.”
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Page 4 Editor | John Brinkerhoff letters@cw.ua.edu Wednesday, February 20, 2013
OUR VIEW
Permit policy needs review Monday’s attempt to play into the Harlem Shake meme by filming a video on the Quad may have been several days late. The lifespan of a meme is not long. Perhaps this one was already close to being played out. Regardless, the event had – and still has – the potential to be a force for unity on campus. Of course, the Harlem Shake is not the issue. That the University’s policy abridges – but, importantly, does not take away – students’ right to peaceably assemble on the grounds of a public university is the issue. The thousands of students who gathered on the Quad on Monday to do a funny dance did so peacefully. Further, they represented all corners of campus, breaking racial, organizational and cultural barriers. Unfortunately, that potential was crushed the moment University of Alabama Police Department officers arrived on the scene to disperse the crowd. And why? Because the student who “organized” it, a loose term given how we define “organize” in the Internet age, did not have the proper permit. The Grounds Use Permit works well for Universitysanctioned events like fraternity parties planned months in advance. And it is understandable the University should have a system for regulating how and when students assemble, given the region’s civil rights era history. Still, the specifics of this policy are a cause for concern. The dispersal by police of an assembly of students such as the one Monday reveals serious flaws in how the student body’s right to free speech is handled by the University. We’ve already addressed one prominent flaw: at this University, impromptu assemblies like the snowball fight on the Quad in January and the meeting of several hundred student volunteers at the Ferguson Center Plaza on April 28, 2011, were examples of real unity among the University’s diverse groups. For those organic assemblies, no one applied for a Grounds Use Permit. A second flaw is the “chilling effect” ensured by the University’s requirement for a Grounds Use Permit, which can take up to 10 days to acquire. Again, in the Internet age, 10 days is an eternity. At least nine news cycles will inevitably come and go before a student can organize an assembly and hold it without fear of reprise from University authorities. That’s plenty of time for the student body at large to lose their desire to express themselves through peaceful assembly. The third and most problematic flaw is the University’s requirement that any event be sponsored by a University
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Careers don’t always match college majors I couldn’t help but notice that Debating which type of The Crimson White’s Feb. 11, major might be “best” is not 2013, cover story on “UA majors the goal of my letter – but mirror job growth trends” frequently conflates college closer attention to our lan“major” with future career guage and the implications “jobs” and employment. While they contain may help all of it is true that some majors us thrive on whatever path at the Capstone – the four we choose. largest, in fact, in your graphic – match up well with precise career fields, it is not true for students to consider as they all. I wonder if this might be an move through their college important distinction, not only careers. As faculty in a department, for The CW to make, but for
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employment tracks or add a minor that has this feature. Debating which type of major might be “best” is not the goal of my letter – but closer attention to our language and the implications they contain may help all of us thrive on whatever path we choose. Meredith M. Bagley is an Assistant Professor in The University of Alabama Department of Communication Studies.
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MENTAL HEALTH
Saying ‘no’ sometimes crucial to cut down on stress By Amber Patterson Staff Columnist The life of a college student can be summed up to early mornings, late nights, deadlines, papers and endless hours of classes. We sprint from class to class, where we have presentations and group projects that must be finished. We take tests and quizzes and listen to lectures on a daily basis and some of us find it hard to keep our heads above water. All these variables add up one thing: lots and lots of stress. I thought I knew stress in high school, but since stepping foot on
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the campus of this great university I now understand the true meaning of stress. It is that feeling that failure is right behind you, the urgency to get things accomplished so other things can be accomplished. It is sacri-
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ficing one thing for another and promising to return back to it afterward. Stress is having the planner on your phone booked for two weeks straight and completely getting rid of any time for sleep – that was the first thing to go on your list of sacrifices. Stress has become a daily part of my college life and I am pretty sure I am not alone in this cry for help. The traditional methods of handling stress have been told to us before: exercise, eat right and sleep. But there is just not enough time in the day for all of that, and we as bustling college students do not have the time to
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I have had to face the fact that I am not Superwoman; I cannot do everything for everybody. Some things must come before others and those around me will just have to accept that.
spare. It has also been suggested that we take a moment of silence during the day. However, if there is barely enough time in the day for just a little rest, a moment of silence is not going to happen. We all have priorities and sometimes our lives are not as interchangeable as we would
like. It might all come down to time management skills, but the most organized person cannot fight the heavy burden that stress lays upon them. All this being said, there are unconventional methods of reliving the stress of the average college student that are worth examining. It is time that we take control of our schedules, by simply using the word NO. I have had to face the fact that I am not Superwoman; I cannot do everything for everybody. Some things must come before others and those around me will just have to accept that. There is a lot of power in the word no; we
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In short: The ‘Harlem Shake’ incident isn’t the issue; freedom of assembly is.
department or student organization and, further, that a University-paid faculty member sign a form taking full responsibility for the event. This creates major disincentives for free speech. Should UA students wish to peacefully protest the actions of the University administration, for example, it is in a faculty member’s best interest to decline a student’s request to sign the form if they want to maintain good standing in the eyes of their employer. Should UA abandon the policy altogether and allow mobs to form immediately after controversial events? Certainly not. But the last thing UA needs to do right now is stand behind its antiquated policy that stifles free speech and racial, organizational and cultural integration on this campus. This policy needs to change, and students need to press for this change. Especially now. In the past several weeks UA has experienced several major events, including the on-campus attacks and burglaries perpetrated by football players and Tuesday’s record-breaking drug raids. These and other events have certainly elicited emotions from the student body. Once students examine those emotions with a cool head and determine for themselves what opinion they hold, they should be able to express those opinions before news cycles erase the issue. The University could allow them to do that more effectively by altering their Grounds Use Policy. The freedom to assemble is protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States precisely because a government — or University — has little choice but to listen to thousands of people occupying a space. Look no further than this state’s very own civil rights history as proof of the power of a peaceful assembly. So, any students who feel strongly about an issue, whether it is as small as the Harlem Shake or as large as a massive series of drug raids, should channel that energy into ensuring the University encodes a policy that respects their right to assemble with only a reasonable amount of hindrance. With that accomplished, they should use that right.
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just sometimes forget to use it. Secondly, I find it helpful to just go outside, scream and let it all out. Lastly, it is important to just breathe and realize life could be so much worse. If you are not going to die at the end of it all, it cannot be that bad. We have already had four years of college to stress us out. Just think about the stress that a career is going to bring and count your blessings. Also, remember to breathe.
Amber Patterson is a sophomore majoring in public relations. Her column runs weekly on Wednesdays.
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Nationally, women choosing workforce over marriage By Madison Roberts Staff Reporter When 19-year-old freshman Taylor Harrison entered college, she never imagined she would end her first semester with a diamond ring on a very special finger. Harrison’s boyfriend of two years proposed during November of her freshman year, and they are planning to get married this October. “I always pictured [my life] like this but not this soon,” Harrison said. “I figured I would go off to college and meet someone, not meet them in high school.” According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median national marriage age in 2010 was 26.1 for women and 28.2 for men, whereas the median marriage age for women in Alabama was
23.8, and 25.5 for men. Despite the fact that the national median marriage age gets higher each year, Alabama has managed to stay behind the gap and produce a culture where getting married young is still common. Recently engaged 22-year-old senior Kimberly Crawford said her life is playing out just as she pictured since she was a little girl. “Ever since I was little this is what I pictured. I was always that old-fashioned little girl who dressed all my dolls up for their wedding days. I was born and raised in Mississippi, where nearly everybody in my small town marries their high school sweetheart,” Crawford said. “I’m finally marrying mine, but I told myself I had to at least wait until I was a senior in college to actually consider marriage.”
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I was born and raised in Mississippi, where nearly everybody in my small town marries their high school sweetheart. I’m finally marrying mine, but I told myself I had to at least wait until I was a senior in college to actually consider marriage. — Kimberly Crawford
Harrison said she does not think getting married at such a young age puts her at a disadvantage, especially since she is an Alabama native, where younger marriage is the norm. “It’s obviously not ideal to society nowadays. They think that just because you’re young that it will be harder and it most likely won’t work out,” Harrison said. “But honestly I think it just depends on the person and many people are getting married at a young age.”
The U.S. Census Bureau states the amount of married women in the United States was less than 5,000 higher than the amount of unmarried women over age 15. Forbes. com suggests the reason for the high amount of unmarried women is because they choose their careers over love. Claire Ingram, a senior majoring in business, said she does not have time for a relationship and has never seriously entertained the idea of getting married.
“Right now, my career is my husband. I don’t have time to do all that mushy-gushy, loveydovey stuff. That’s just not who I am,” Ingram said. “I would rather make a name for myself and do great things in my career than be forced to give up everything I’ve worked for just so I can have a husband and a family.” Harrison does not view her decision to get married as a setback to her career. “It will put more stress on me while still attending school, but I can still do everything I have dreamed of doing,” Harrison said. “It will just be a little bit harder.” Amanda Schroeder, a junior majoring in public relations, came to Alabama from New York and is not used to seeing so many people get engaged or married while still in college.
“I walk down sorority row, and I see people banners congratulating people on getting engaged left and right, and I’m just thinking, ‘What in the world are you doing? You have the rest of your life to get married,’” Schroeder said. “I mean I’ve been here for a couple of years now, but it’s still a shock to me how many young people get married. I want to live my life first before ever considering marriage.” Crawford plans to start a family soon and be a stay-athome mom instead of pursuing a career path at all. “I’m very old-fashioned. I am a huge advocate for gender roles, and I’m totally OK with being a stay-at-home mom and never working a day in my life,” Crawford said. “I guess that’s just old Southern values for you.”
UA honors integration with trip By Ellen Coogan Contributing Writer In honor of the 50th anniversary of the integration of the University, students have the opportunity to go on a free trip to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Feb. 24. The event is open to all students who register at www. uaferguson.tix.com. Checkin begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Ferguson Plaza. The buses will depart from the Ferguson Center at noon and return at 4 p.m. “Dr. Jimmy Williams from the College of Arts and Sciences approached our office about collaborating on this event,” Shannon Rice, the event programmer for University Programs, said. “They wanted to take a large group of students to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute for a tour that would be relevant and engaging
for them. As we worked together, we devised a Twitter trivia game and also worked with the Crossroads Community Center to incorporate a sustained dialogue into the event to give students the opportunity to discuss what they had learned.” In addition to its regular exhibits, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is currently showing “Black from the Heart of Dixie: Famous African American Alabamians,” so students will have a special opportunity to explore Alabama’s role in African-American history. Rice said students will benefit from this trip and learn about Birmingham’s role in the civil rights movement by taking a closer look into what life was like in the South during that time period. She also believes students will gain knowledge from the sustained dialogue discussion by interacting with
others and participating in the discussion. “I do feel that it is important for students to take part in this trip, because as we enter the University’s 50th Anniversary of Integration as well as African-American Heritage Month, we aim to celebrate the Capstone history and honor the progress we have made since,” Rice said.
FAST FACTS • What: Celebration of the integration of the University • When: Sunday, Feb. 24 • Where: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
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IT desk helps students with tech problems Office handles all of university’s cyber security, wireless networks, miscellaneous issues in classrooms By Tori Linville Contributing Writer The Office of Information Technology is the University of Alabama’s office of all things technology related at the University and caters to students, faculty and staff through the IT Service Desk. The OIT intends to “facilitate research, enhance instruction, and support administrative operations by providing quality leadership, services, and resources in information technology,” according to their mission statement on their website. Vice Provost and Chief Information Officer John McGowan explained how the OIT helps students. “The Office of Information Technology is a support organization that serves the University’s campus in many ways such as security, networking and helping with computer systems,” McGowan said. “The main way students interact with the OIT is through the IT Service Desk where they can receive help with their
FAST FACTS • The Office of Information Technology is in charge of security, networking and helping with computer systems • The IT service desk serves students directly by helping them with their technology issues • Students can work for the IT service desk, information at oit.ua.edu technology issues.” Additional services of the OIT include fee-based departmental hardware and software support, software licensing, helping with emerging technologies such as Blackboard Learn, project management, consulting with instructional technologies and managing the UA campus’s wireless Internet. “The main reason why the wireless has so many issues is because the OIT is working to slowly change the wireless from a public wireless to a private one,” McGowan said.
“This means we’re gradually transitioning from just people just being able to access the wireless to them having to sign into the wireless through their myBama identifications.” Directly assisting those on campus, the IT Service Desk provides services geared toward helping students with viruses, connectivity and software issues. The desk also supplies students with basic anti-virus tools and shops in Tuscaloosa that can assist with hardware problems the desk is not allowed to operate on, IT service desk coordinator, Felita
Winn said. “With these services, the IT Service Desk has charges based computer complications. We take a look to see what the issue is. For example, if a virus needs to be removed, we don’t charge,” Winn said. “We charge $70, but if we can’t fix the issue due to hardware problems, we backup the student’s computer, and we only charge $35.” The service desk can also help faculty and staff members, but only with mobile devices such as iPhones and iPads and helping with Bama and Crimson email accounts. The service desk is not responsible for working on UA computers, Winn said. The service desk provides invaluable resources to students, and also hires students to work for them. Aramis Harmon, a sophomore majoring in fashion retail, explained the requirements for students who work at the service desk. “You do need to have common computer skills like having good background knowledge of things like
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PRSSA students hope to replicate success of LTUT The UA Bateman Team created the ‘I can’ campaign to combat bullying in Tuscaloosa’s middle schools By Ashley Tripp Staff Reporter The UA Public Relations Student Society of America’s LessThanUThink anti-binge drinking campaign resulted in a huge success, causing five public relations students to aspire to create a similar multifaceted campaign. But this time their target is not college students, but instead, middle school students. Spreading across six Tuscaloosa City Schools, the UA Bateman Team created the “I Can” campaign to enhance TCS’s anti-bullying campaign, Harassment Learning Together (HALT). The “I Can” campaign aims to empower middle school students and get them to unite and stand strong against bullying. The University’s PRSSA secretary, Jacquie McMahon, said the TCS schools have welcomed the team and jumped
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It’s such a great opportunity to work with the students and actually get to know some of them on a more personal level, which makes our cause resonate even more with them. — Jacquie McMahon
on this opportunity to further combat local youth bullying. McMahon said when the team first met with Shannon Beard, Eastwood Middle School’s guidance counselor and creator of the original HALT program, her only response was, “How soon can you come?” “It’s touching to see how thrilled the counselors are to have us working on the cause,” McMahon said. “The students have even told us that they like the new posters we designed, and they were especially excited to sign the large
banner we brought in that read, ‘I Can Stand Strong Against Bullying!’” McMahon said the team spent November through January planning the campaign, but the most rewarding part of the entire experience has been visiting the schools and interacting with the students during the month of February. In order to make the program more effective in the schools, the UA Bateman Team came up with different strategies to raise awareness, such
as designing banners so students can sign to renew their HALT vow to “stop bullying in schools.” “The most touching experience was watching the students read the posters as we put them up,” McMahon said. “They’ve already been so receptive… It’s such a great opportunity to work with the students and actually get to know some of them on a more personal level, which makes our cause resonate even more with them.” Gardial said while visiting the schools has been a gratifying experience, life as a public relations major has also been difficult juggling classes and applying for graduate programs and internships. “Being busy is something that PR practitioners just have to get used to,” Gardial said. “There are always new clients, new campaigns and new challenges in the field, but when
you get to talk that one kid that really likes the program, it all pays off.” Gardial said that while life as a PR practitioner is very stressful, working hard at the tasks is what makes it so rewarding. She said that after hearing about the UA Bateman Team from one of her classmates, she knew she wanted to be a part of it. “In the PR program here there are a ton of really great opportunities to learn about communications in a handson way, but Bateman really appealed to my competitive side,” Gardial said. “It’s a wonderful way to learn new skills and analyze what it takes to run a successful campaign.” Haley Flanagan, a UA Bateman Team member, said to be a part of the team she had to go through an interview process with her advisor, Teri Henley, and student advisor,
Leighton Brown. “I wanted to join the team because bullying is such a big issue all over the country and I wanted to do something to help,” Flanagan said. The next step for the UA Bateman Team is to conduct post-surveys and evaluate the whole campaign to prepare them for their upcoming national Bateman Case Study Competition hosted by the Public Relations Student Society of America. Facing more than 75 national collegiate teams, the winners will be announced based on which team created and implemented the best anti-bullying campaign. “We will be able to determine the effectiveness of our campaign and then we will submit our plans, book and competition entry March 20th,” Flanagan said. “After that we wait and see if we placed in the competition.”
College of Arts and Sciences offering minor in public policy Flexible curriculum includes classes in economics, research, geography, marketing, political science By John Burleson Contributing Writer The College of Arts and Sciences is now offering an interdisciplinary minor in public policy studies through the political science department. The minor includes classes in a number of departments including political science, geography, marketing and management, economics, finance and legal studies, and a number of other programs as well as the School of Social Work. Like most minors, the public policy studies minor
will require 18 credit hours. “We designed it in a way to make it very flexible,” Richard Fording, the chair of the political science department, said. “It will also allow students to develop a concentration and an expertise in a certain area.” Fording said students are now able to get an introduction to public policy, economics and research methods, but then are able to choose from a number of different policy concentrations. If a student finds another policy concentration they like, they have the opportunity
to go before the Academic Oversight Board and get it approved. Anne Williamson, an assistant professor in political science, said it was in the best interest of both the students and the state to introduce the new minor. “All of us have a role to play, and we felt that it was in the best interests of our students and our state to offer students who have varying backgrounds the chance to have some formal study in public policy,” Williamson said. “When we allow students, or facilitate them, to really
hone in on what their policy interests are and do not require them to be political science majors, we do a very big service for a greater number of students.” She also said exposure to policy and policy analysis can be applicable and relevant for students in a range of industries. “Some formal exposure to the ways of thinking about policy, the ways of analyzing it, and the ways of evaluating it, including the political context in which anybody’s policy occurs, it’s not just for certain things where there
is politics; there are even politics in a company. It’s not just in government,” Williamson said. “Politics as a context is there in the environment all the time.” The process for creating a minor in public policy began five or six years ago, Fording said. “I wasn’t here, so I wasn’t involved in the initial origins of the development of the proposal,” he said. “I do know that there has been a growing interest in public policy majors and minors nationwide, at other universities, and I think that is
because we want to provide our students with a vehicle for studying issues and policy areas to supplement their political science work to help prepare them for public service.” Fording said his ultimate goal, if the minor does become popular, would be to revisit public policy and to create a new major. “I do think it helps our students get some skills and training that is more marketable in the job market,” Fording said. “It supplements the more academic material in our courses.”
International Spouses group meets weekly for cooking classes, speakers By Judah Martin Contributing Writer Dorit Cohen did not know what she was getting herself into when she agreed to leave her home in Israel. Nevertheless, her husband, Sagy, was insistent they move to Australia where he could pursue a Ph.D. While her husband spent the days busy with school, Cohen usually found herself sitting bored and alone in their apartment. “It’s really hard to live in a foreign country,” Cohen said. “The older you get, the harder it is to find friends.” Luckily, Cohen realized she
was not alone in her struggle when she joined the school’s international spouse support group. “What happened in Australia is that the international students were bringing in so much money to the university, so [the university] understood to keep those students they had to keep the spouses.” Once Cohen’s husband finished his degree it was time to move again, this time to Colorado, where he pursued post-doctorate work. After that, the couple moved finally to Tuscaloosa, where Cohen’s husband secured a tenured position as an assistant
professor of geography. This time though, Cohen decided to apply what she’d learned during her time in Australia by helping to organize a support group. She presented the idea to Capstone International in September 2011, and with the help of Stephanie Freeman, immigration advisor for Capstone International Center, founded a UA chapter of the International Spouse Group. “[Capstone International] told me it was a great idea. I figured I’m here, again, in a foreign place. I was moving around, and I don’t have any options to meet friends. To
stay in the house every day, it’s really depressing. So I said, OK, why not, it’s a challenge.” The club started with about 10 members, some of whom spoke little or no English. Cohen said that, despite language differences, the idea is to provide a safe, supportive environment for the spouses. “The idea is also that if someone is creative, we learn about other cultures,” Cohen said. “For me, the real pleasure is to see they’re exchanging phone numbers, and they’re creating friends. So, even if they don’t come back, they’ve made those connections.” Freeman said most spouses
in the group came to the U.S. with visas that limit or even prohibit their options to work. “When you’re sitting at home all day looking at four walls, with only YouTube and the TV to keep you company, you begin to crave human contact,” Freeman said. “The goal is to have different activities for them. I think what they all bring to the organization is that they support each other because they understand exactly what’s like to be alone in a foreign country.” The group meets once a week in B. B. Comer Hall, and so far they have participated in cooking classes and heard
guest speakers. Durc Nguyen, who came to the University from Daig, Vietnam, two years ago to receive his PhD in mathematics, said the group has helped he and his wife to learn to survive in America. “My wife can have a chance to meet friends,” Nguyen, said. “She doesn’t know about the U.S. This gives her a chance to meet other people so we can have a place to hang out. Usually, one week we will have a topic to discuss. For example, we talked once about a special holiday of each country, or we go on the weekend out some place, or we learn how to cook a traditional food.”
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UA troupe ‘makes Shakespeare characters approachable,’ worth seeing By Jared Downing The University’s version of “Othello” turns the stage into a gigantic mood ring. It happens amidst a canopy of curtains and veils that melt from blue to green to scarlet to black, tracking the emotional shifts in the greatest soap opera of all time. This is good, because for us non-English majors, it can be a little difficult to follow the marital woes of Othello (Michael Luwoye), Shakespeare’s Saharan prince of Venice, his new wife Desdemona (Abby Jones) and his ensign Iago (Samuel Hardy), a sociopathic genius who really, really hates his boss. Beat out for a promotion by the goody-goody Cassio (Michael Witherell), Iago sets out to trap the other three in a net of suspicions, lies and trickery that makes Madoff look like a Sunday school kid. And trap he does. This
charismatic baddie’s hatred for Othello is matched only by his power to mind-screw. Iago is Shakespeare’s Darth Vader, his Joker, his Hannibal Lecter – the Bard knows he’s the most interesting guy in the script, and so does director/fight choreographer Seph Panitch. As he speaks, Othello, Desdemona and Casio appear behind thin shrouds, writhing like puppets as he plots their demise. Even when he’s out of sight, which is rare, it feels like he’s still somewhere, listening from behind a curtain. The expression goes beyond Iago and beyond drapes and lights. The entire stage becomes an expression of the living heartbeat under the thick Elizabethan lingo. The show opens with soldiers in a silent dance of sabers, and the actors slide into choreography bits throughout. They repel, draw, crawl toward and circle around each other like
puppets on invisible strings of tension. Yet where the stage glides, the acting stomps. Such an approachable design should give the student actors a chance to step back and play around with the Bard’s subtlety, but instead they crank up the good-ol’-fashioned Elizabethan melodrama. Senior Michael Luwoye has plenty of dark, heavy rage, but the whisper of doubt is more of a megaphone. He launches his biggest emotional artillery early on, showing us little of the gradual soul rot that makes the climax so terrible. But the melodrama isn’t necessarily a weakness for the other characters. Most of our other hapless Italians have been reduced to Commedia stock that parade around in colorful costumes, wink at Cassius’ innuendos and gasp at Othello’s outbursts. The theatricality of it all gives
everyone an eerie detachment, like living puppets, which could be pretty cool if Iago was the one pulling the strings, as the design suggests. Unfortunately the great villain himself has the emotional range of Gaston from “Beauty and the Beast” (complete with bungling sidekick). He might as well tie Desdemona to some train tracks and be done with it. But the UA troupe does make the Shakespeare characters approachable, which is a feat all of its own and can be a big relief for us non-English major schlubs. And any loss of depth is bound to stand out against such a dynamic and living production. In a way the show is “Othello” inside out. Bama takes one of Shakespeare’s most intimate and psychological works and turns it outward – a visceral and emotional delight well-worth seeing.
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Performances of “Othello” will run from Feb. 18 - 23 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. in the Marian Gallaway Theatre.
Local artist uses pet portraits to benefit animal rescue By Shannon Auvil Photo Editor Tuscaloosa artist Emily Mitchell is running out of space on her walls. Every room in her home is decorated with lifelike paintings of flowers, pottery, landscapes and, most notably, dogs and cats. Emily Mitchell, a retired school librarian, has been commissioning pet portraits to benefit animal rescue groups for 12 years. Word of mouth and fliers in veterinarian offices have spread knowledge of her work, and the response from pet owners is usually the same: “That looks just like him!” “One hundred percent of the commission from my pet
portraits goes to pet adoption groups,” Mitchell said. Before she starts a portrait, Mitchell asks for 5-10 photos of the pet to try to get an idea of its best characteristics. “I try to go to their house and visit the pet in person to verify how it looks,” she said. “One photo does not tell the whole story.” Mitchell said art is a good way to help a charity cause. Her husband Fred Mitchell said her work makes art lovers and pet lovers smile and even cry sometimes. “She won’t tell you, but she’s seen grown men cry over these paintings,” Fred Mitchell said. “One man cried because he didn’t think it’d be that good.
The portrait wasn’t even a memorial. He just didn’t think it’d be that good.” Her love of animals runs deep, as she and her husband fostered animals for 30 years. The Mitchells sometimes fostered six pets at a time, taking dogs and cats for vet appointments, caring for them in their home and screening potential permanent homes. “It’s important when you adopt a dog out to check the home. Sometimes people have other motives,” Emily Mitchell said. “It’s dangerous to offer a dog free to a good home because it might be a death sentence for that dog.” Mitchell now focuses on her portrait commissions
and other work with adoptions groups. She is slated to paint a mural for the Humane Society of West Alabama and is on the committee for T-Town Unleashed, a new dog park in Tuscaloosa. On March 2 and March 9, Mitchell will host a pet portrait workshop at the Kentuck Art Center. She is a frequent exhibitor at the Kentuck Art Fair, but this will be her first teaching experience. Executive Director of Kentuck Art Center Shweta Gamble said Kentuck has already received a lot of interest in the class. “We are delighted Emily wanted to teach it,” Gamble
said. “Emily will provide the drawings on the canvas as a starting point, so it will be focused on painting and a great class for any level of painter.” Mitchell asked the Humane Society if she could highlight one cat and one dog for her workshop. She chose Ella the cat (March 2) and Jack the dog (March 9). “Ella is 8 years old. Older cats are more difficult to adopt out, but they have their perks,” she said. “Older cats’ personalities are already formed. You know you’ll get a ladylike cat and no curtain climber.” Mitchell said her sessions would pay close attention to the eyes, fur and expressions
of Ella and Jack. “Ella will make a video appearance during his workshop, and Jack will attend his workshop,” she said. “Seeing the animals live will help capture the reality of them in the portrait. My ultimate goal is for people to go home and paint their own pets.” The workshops will be from 9 a.m. to noon on their respective days. Registration costs $35 per session, and a portion of the proceeds from the workshops will go to the Humane Society of West Alabama. To register, call the Kentuck office at (205)-758-1257 or email kentuck@kentuck.org by Feb. 23.
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Waysider a stop for city’s champions By Christopher Edmunds Nestled in the corner of 15th Street and Greensboro Avenue is a quaint little house painted the appropriate shade of red. The canvas awnings boast houndstooth print, and the window chalk proclaims, “ROLL TIDE!” Everyone in Tuscaloosa knows about this place, and with good reason, too. The historic Waysider restaurant bleeds crimson and serves up the true “Breakfast of Champions.” The Waysider is cozy, to say the least. I counted about 15 tables neatly packed into the tiny, old-fashioned building. For fans of the Crimson Tide, the place is a sanctuary. The walls are completely covered with Daniel Moore prints depicting Alabama’s greatest victories, players and coaches. The tables are just close enough to put you elbowto-elbow with a friend you’ve never met. A friendly “Roll Tide” would go a long way in the Waysider (seriously, the place must be hell on Earth for people who root for anything orange). Of course, The Waysider didn’t earn the title of Tuscaloosa’s oldest operating restaurant just by being cozy. The menu states they serve
“The Breakfast of Champions.” Even though this could refer to the great players and coaches they have fed, including Paul “Bear” Bryant, this claim most accurately describes the food. I’m pretty sure the first step in Coach Saban’s “process” is a hearty breakfast at The Waysider. I ordered virtually everything I could, including pancakes, bacon, sausage, ham, cheese grits (well worth the extra 55 cents), eggs cooked over-medium and the famous butter biscuits. Everything I ordered lived up to the hype. I was more than pleased when my bacon was cut thick and just crispy enough to keep from flopping around. By far the best part of my breakfast was the plate of soft, buttery biscuits. At first, I wasn’t sure why there was a pitcher of honey on each table, but when spooned that first bite of honey-soaked biscuit onto my tongue, I knew. As many know, The Waysider only serves breakfast food. The restaurant opens at 5:30 a.m. (because City Café’s 4 a.m. thing is just too early, am I right?) I strongly recommend you get there as early as possible because as I mentioned earlier, the place is tiny and popular. To say The Waysider is always busy would
be a colossal understatement. There is a door that separates the kitchen and the dining room. The door can swing both ways but never seems to stop. The entire time I was eating, someone was always either going in or coming out. Hungry customers were being seated just as satisfied champions were leaving their tables. The phrase “hustle and bustle” comes to mind. All in all, the historic Waysider restaurant is classic Tuscaloosa. The people are friendly. The food is great. By the time you leave, you’ll feel like a champion.
THE LAST BITE • Expect to Spend: $5-10 per person • What to Wear: Casual • Where to Go: 1512 Greensboro Ave. • What to Order: Plenty of biscuits • Leftovers: I hear they make elephant-shaped pancakes upon request
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ARDT begins weeklong annual spring concert By Deanne Winslett Staff Reporter Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre has begun its weeklong spring performance, made up of five acts individually directed by a member of the UA Dance and Theatre Department. The show began Tuesday in Morgan Auditorium. Qianping Guo, an assistant professor of dance, is one of the five choreographers with a piece in the event. Guo’s piece, first in the line-up, is a 45-min-
ute condensed version of Don Quixote, with different elements intertwined. Guo said he mostly stuck to the original story but added a mental hospital, which does not appear in the original production, as well as elements of humor. “Normally the traditional is over 90 minutes and is more classical,” Guo said. “I was thinking to do the traditional but I changed my mind and decided I wanted to do contemporary. Contemporary is more mixed. I wanted to make it more funny and not make it
just serious.” Dance professor Cornelius Carter choreographed a piece that combines celebrating the 50-year anniversary of the desegregation of the University with a Whitney Houston tribute. “I’m saluting Vivian Malone and James Hood, the two students that integrated The University of Alabama,” Carter said. “And I go into the second half doing a tribute of the late Whitney Houston.” He decided to combine the two after realizing how they
both impacted history. “I thought about the juxtaposition of how these three particular people who come from these totally different worlds but how profound their lives were to the American culture, and particularly African American culture,” Carter said. “I thought it was just a beautiful way to celebrate the past and the present.” Carter also works as artistic director for the production. In this position, Carter has been able to witness how ARDT has grown as a company. In order
to be selected for the company, students must be experienced in three different styles of dance. “When you get selected for this company you have to be able to do all three styles: ballet, modern and jazz. And so that’s the test for the dancers,” Carter said. Carter said he is impressed with the progression of the company and the talent of its members. “With this particular show I am very, very pleased to see the level of the company,” Carter
said. “To watch the company be at the level they are now is quite exquisite.” ARDT will feature a showing of the production each day this week. Performances will be held Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m. with additional performances Friday at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. All showings will take place in Morgan Auditorium. Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for faculty and seniors and $12 for students. For more information, call (205)348-3400 or visit theatre.ua.edu.
Dance program grows to reflect international influence By Megan Miller Staff Reporter Twenty years ago, the founders of the UA dance department couldn’t have dreamed that their department’s inaugural class, made of 13 dance majors, would in two decades grow into a modernized, critically acclaimed program boasting approximately 150 students. Although the department has had to jump its fair share of hurdles, including the addition of male dancers to the program and getting enough funding to continue instruction and performance, Cornelius Carter, the director of the dance program, and associate professor of dance Rita Snyder agree the time they’ve dedicated to the program has been well worth it. “It’s taken 20 years to see the program take off,” Carter said. “We were just at the beginning of the foundation of trying to get the repertoire going, just being able to have enough people to perform ballets.” There are many important factors in attracting dancers to the program. A competitive program must appealing to an international platform and allow its students to specialize
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in certain types of dance. “Our program is one of the few programs in the country that is acknowledging the evolution of dance in the United States and Europe,” Snyder said. “We’re trying to encourage our dancers to get the technical training in ballet, and get floor work and other kinds of qualities of movement in modern, and also get elements of commercial dance in the jazz classes so it makes them more well-rounded, and more marketable to a potential employer.” Snyder said the faculty realizes the profession of dance has evolved and the program is evolving with it. Potential students, he said, are realizing the same thing, which is what attracts them to the program. “It’s nice if you can be your own kind of artist, but if you’re unemployed that’s a reality,” Snyder said. “You can’t pay the rent by staying true to your own art form.” To appeal to an international platform, the department has added Qianping Guo to the faculty as assistant professor of dance. “Ping” specializes in ballet choreography and dance theory, and is seen by those
in the department as a valuable asset to the University, as he has developed a dance academic program that exchanges students between China and the United States. “What’s been wonderful is bringing in Ping and having an international perspective, and that’s the strongest thing when looking at the faculty,” Carter said. “We have an international perspective that adds to this universal world stage, and it puts us on the playing field.” Carter said staying abreast to continual changes in the dance world is what continues to challenge him as a professor. “Everything has changed, so I can’t teach from my perspective of the dance world from when I was a dancer, because it’s different,” Carter said. “It’s exciting for me and you really have to think faster now.” Associate professor of dance Sarah Barry said the students who aren’t necessarily on television or in the public eye are still successful, because they represent what the program has given them. “They demonstrate success,” Barry said. “It’s exciting to see your students that have trained go on and be successful in the
dance world.” Snyder said being able to see her students really make it in the dance world tells the department what they’re doing is changing lives. One graduate of the UA dance program that has demonstrated success in the public eye is Janelle Issis, contestant on season 9 of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance.” Issis, who secured her spot in the top 20 dancers with her specialty of belly dancing, said when she started in the dance program it was strictly ballet and modern training, and she never would have pictured a belly dancing piece being performed in a showcase her senior year. “I feel my class really got in Cornelius’ head,” Issis said. “It was cool because we rebelled a little bit, but the faculty took it in a good way because they liked what they saw.” Issis said the dance program is great and has been good for her career because she was able to move to California for “So You Think You Can Dance” and establish herself as a dancer. “The dance program gave me four years of growing up,” Issis
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The dance department started 20 years ago with 13 students in the program and has grown to feature more than 150. said. “I grew as a person and gained personal self-confidence and a thick skin, which you have to have to be able to be in the dance world.” Carter and Snyder agree that although they tend to put in many more hours than other professors might and the pay
may not be as much as other professors on campus, the long hours and pay are all worth it to get up every day and dance. “It really has to be a calling,” Carter said. “You cannot do this stuff if you do not love it. This is what keeps me going – I absolutely eat and breathe dance.”
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Obasohan showing glimpses of his potential By Charlie Potter Staff Reporter Junior guard Trevor Releford lobbed a well-placed pass into the hands of freshman guard Retin Obasohan, who slammed it home to complete the alley-oop. But the basket did not count. The game clock ran out, and the Alabama men’s basketball team defeated South Carolina 68-58 Saturday at Coleman Coliseum. Obasohan’s dunk did not count, but the play showed the potential the young Alabama guard possesses. Head Coach Anthony Grant said Obasohan has only shown the people outside of the basketball program “flashes of his athleticism.�
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“His athleticism, offensively and defensively, is different than the other guys that we have,� Grant said. “If he continues to work and improve like he has, I think he’s got a very bright future.� Obasohan (6-1, 210 lbs.) hails from Antwerp, Belgium, and serves as a backup guard for the Crimson Tide.
But he has recently seen his minutes increase because of his effort in practice. He was on the floor a total of 35 minutes in Alabama’s past three games, opposed to only eight minutes in the previous six contests. Grant said Obasohan has earned the playing time with his ability to help his teammates improve during practice. “I think with every game he’s getting more and more confidence,� Grant said. “He’s earned the opportunity to play with what he’s done in practice and his attitude, his approach to it. He’s a guy, to me, that’s got a tremendous upside, just in terms of what he’s capable of. “He’s got a chance to be a
lockdown defender.� Obasohan is a blur when he steps on the court. His rapid hands confuse foes and allow him to reach in and steal the ball. His quick feet help him gallop up and down the court with ease. But Obasohan is humble when it comes to his role on the team. He said he wants to continue to get better and prepare his teammates for upcoming opponents. “My role, I feel like, is to bring it every day in practice and to just take opportunities,� Obasohan said. “If I get an opportunity, I have to be ready for when it presents itself. I think my biggest role is helping my teammates prepare for games and just making sure I’m ready when an
opportunity presents itself.� He scored eight points in 14 minutes against the Gamecocks. He also knocked down two of the Tide’s six 3-pointers in the game. Sophomore guard Trevor Lacey said Obasohan is a change of pace from what opponents are used to seeing in himself and Releford. “We know what Retin can do,� Lacey said. “Every day in practice, he’s tough, and we’re just waiting on his outbreak. Today he showed you some flashes of what he’s capable of. It just helps us out big time and takes some of the load off me and Releford.� CW | Jingyu Wan Alabama fans should Obasohan shoots at a home game. prepare to see more of Obasohan’s athleticism in the of revelation will turn into future. Maybe those flashes halves or entire games.
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Grant says Tide can’t afford to overlook Bulldogs By Charlie Potter Staff Reporter The Alabama men’s basketball team will face Mississippi State Wednesday in Coleman Coliseum. The Crimson Tide (17-8, 9-3 SEC) has won three consecutive games and five of its last six coming into the matchup. Mississippi State (7-17, 2-10) has lost 10 straight contests, and the 10-game skid began with a 75-43 home loss to the Tide on Jan. 16 in Starkville, Miss. The Bulldogs are 0-14 on the season when trailing at the half and 0-13 when its opponents shoot 45 percent or better. Head Coach Anthony Grant said his team needs to ignore the Tide’s margin of victory in its last meeting with the Bulldogs,
considering Alabama only held a small lead at halftime. “With Mississippi State, coming off a game that we played early in the conference season, obviously the final score was one that was one-sided,� Grant said. “But I think myself and our staff and hopefully our players understand that it was an eight-point game at the half. You’re dealing with a team that right now is going through some struggles but has guys that are capable.� With a second win over Mississippi State, the Tide would claim its 10th league victory and secure a winning record in SEC play. It will mark the third straight season Alabama has a Southeastern Conference record over .500 – the first such streak since 1994, 1995 and 1996.
The Tide is in sole possession of 2nd place in the SEC – behind the Florida Gators – with six regular season games remaining. Grant said finishing the season strong is key to Alabama’s NCAA tournament chances. “Every game is critical,� Grant said. “We’re excited to be in a position where we can control our destiny as we head to the conference tournament. The focus right now is to take it one game at a time.� Senior guard Andrew Steele is listed as doubtful for the game against the Bulldogs with a nagging ankle injury. Grant said the team will manage the issue from a day-to-day, and possibly week-to-week, basis. “We’re still monitoring [him],� Grant said. “He’s having some of the same issues
2013 - 2014 SELECTIONS The UA Student Recruitment Team serves as host to prospective students and student athletes, through resident hall tours, lunches, phone blitzes, informational sessions, gameday activities, etc. Members of this team will provide guidance and offer insight to students and their families regarding campus life, student involvement, athletics, and the enrollment process.
that we talked about before, and it’s just going to be a deal where we get him as much rest as we can, try to get him to where he feels good and is as pain-free as possible.� The Tide is 14-3 with Steele in the lineup and 3-5 when he is inactive. Mississippi State’s record and recent struggles are easy to shrug off, but Grant was quick to remind his players
of the Tide’s losses against inferior non-conference and SEC opponents. • What: Men’s basketball “When you look at some of the losses we’ve had over the vs. Mississippi State season, I don’t think we’re a team that can afford to take • Where: Coleman anyone lightly,â€? Grant said. Coliseum “Obviously, any time you’re in the SEC, you’ve got to be ready • When: 7 p.m. to play. “If we don’t show up prepared to play our best, we can get beat by anyone.â€?
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Wrestling should remain in Olympics By Zac Al-Khateeb It is only very rarely that I choose to write about something other than University of Alabama athletics when I get to write these columns of mine. Naturally, writing sports columns on such a sports-minded university makes it easy for me, as I have a plethora of incredible sports, coaches and players to write about available on my own campus. With that said, something huge has to happen for me to choose to write about something other than Alabama athletics. Last week, the International Olympic Committee gave me one of those rare occasions when they decided to remove wrestling from the Summer Games’ “core� 25 events, starting in 2020. For those of you who don’t know, wrestling is considered by many to be one of the oldest Olympic sports, just after track and field events. It’s been a mainstay in both the ancient and modern Olympics and has an international following, including one right here in the United States. Apparently, wrestling’s history in the Games may have
led to this decision by the IOC. The committee is trying to make sure the games are kept modernized and interesting for younger viewers, and a sport like wrestling, which doesn’t have athletes that can draw a crowd like Usain Bolt, Kobe Bryant or Michael Phelps, seemed a natural event to cut. The sport has a chance to be reinstated as the games’ 26th sport, but will have to compete with baseball/softball, karate, roller sports, sport climbing, squash, wakeboarding and wushu. But in an effort for the IOC to modernize the games, it has instead removed a cornerstone of the single greatest athletic event the world has ever known. The decision is not only a travesty to all who follow and participate in the sport, but has uprooted literally thousands of years of tradition in Olympic gaming. The Olympics offer the highest level of competition for those who participate in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. For many high school and collegiate wrestlers, the idea that the pinnacle of their sport – what is essentially the Super Bowl of wrestling – has
been cancelled has to hurt. The IOC’s decision hasn’t been without criticism, however. Proponents of all levels of the sport throughout the world have blasted the IOC’s decision. Numerous committees composed of people with backgrounds in law, public relations and management the world over are appealing the IOC to change its decision. That fact alone should be cause enough for the IOC to reinstate the event back in the Olympics, but it will, unfortunately, not be enough, at least initially. Indeed, even proponents of Olympic wrestling have suggested making changes to increase the sport’s attractiveness to viewers. That is the option the IOC should have considered in the first place, rather than scrapping the sport altogether. Still, the idea that wrestling proponents are willing to make changes in the future offers hope to many who wish to keep the sport around. Only time will tell the future of wrestling, but hopefully the IOC will correct its mistake and keep one of the most storied sports in history exactly where it belongs: right where it always was.
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Lacy may become the 3rd UA running back honored by EA Sports CW Staff Former Alabama running back Eddie Lacy is one of four players remaining in the competition for placement on the cover of the 2014 installment of the NCAA Football series, video game giant EA Sports has announced. The cover will be selected by a fan vote, and Alabama fans can cast their votes for Lacy on Facebook (facebook.com/ easportsncaafootball). Lacy, Michigan’s Denard Robinson, Texas A&M’s Ryan Swope and Oregon running back Kenjon Barner are the four remaining players after Tyler Eifert (Notre Dame), E.J. Manuel (Florida State), John Simon (Ohio State) and Jarvis Jones (Georgia) were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Former Tide greats Shaun Alexander (2001) and Mark Ingram (2012) were also CW | Austin Bigoneyl chosen for the cover of EA Sports NCAA Football. NCAA Eddie Lacy’s impressive performance in 2012 led him to national Football ’14 is scheduled to be attention and a potential spot for the 2014 installment of the NCAA Football video game series. released this summer.
Alabama senior Ashley Sledge named SEC gymnast of the week CW Staff Alabama senior Ashley Sledge was named Southeastern Conference Gymnast of the Week on Tuesday. “I’m very proud of Ashley,” head coach Sarah Patterson said. “Prior to the Auburn meet, we talked about working for those extra half-tenths in her routines. She did just that and went out and moved forward on all three events Friday night.” Sledge p o st e d seasonbest scores of 9.9 on the vault, uneven bars and floor exercise against Auburn, leading Alabama to a season-best 197.650. The Crimson Tide’s total was the highest score in the nation last week. The Fairview Heights, Ill., native’s 9.9 on the floor exercise tied her career-high. Sledge’s score on the floor helped push Alabama to a season-best 49.500 as a team. Her 9.9 on vault helped lead Alabama to a season-high 49.475. Sledge and the rest of the No. 4 ranked Crimson Tide travels to Fayetteville, Ark., this week where they will take on No. 19 Arkansas Friday at 7 p.m. Alabama then returns home to face 5th-ranked UCLA Friday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m.
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Bama shortstop Mikey White named SEC Freshman of the Week CW Staff Alabama freshman shortstop Mikey White (Birmingham, Ala.) was named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week, the conference office announced Monday night. White posted a .545 batting average last week to help the Crimson Tide sweep the series against the VMI Keydets. A true freshman, White started at shortstop and hit second in the Alabama order in all three games. White
was 6-for-11 on the weekend that included six singles, three RBI, three walks and a perfect 3-for-3 in stolen-base attempts. He also finished the three-game set against VMI with a .643 on-base percentage. White started his career with a bang, going 4-for-5 with two RBI, a run scored and a stolen base in the first game of the season. His biggest hit of the night came in the seventh inning when he drove in the game-winning run with an RBI single up
the middle. In game two, White was 1-for-2 with three walks and a pair of stolen bases, and he finished the series with a 1-for-4 afternoon on Sunday. Defensively, White was part of four double plays turned by the Tide on the weekend. He committed just one error in 15 chances. Zach Powers of Florida and J.T. Riddle of Kentucky were the SEC Co-Players of the Week, and Bobby Wahl of Mississippi earned the Pitcher of the Week title.
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Tide wins Puerto Rico Classic 3rd straight time CW Staff The No. 3 Alabama men’s golf team continued its impressive play on Tuesday, securing the program’s third straight win in the Puerto Rico Classic with a final-round 14-under-par 274 at the 6,902-yard, par-72 River Course at the Rio Mar Country Club. “We really played well from top to bottom in the lineup this week,” head coach Jay Seawell said. “It was a great battle with
Oklahoma throughout the tournament – they played very well. “OU had a one-shot lead with three holes to play, and our guys really responded,” Seawell said. “That was what I really liked about the win. I made sure our guys knew we were down by one shot with three holes to play. I wanted to see how they would respond, and we played 4-under on the final three holes to win the tournament.” The Crimson Tide pulled away from Oklahoma (-26, 838)
to eventually post a seven-shot win, the Tide’s fourth victory in its last six trips to Puerto Rico. The 33-under par (831) tied the third-lowest 54-hole score in school history in relation to par, while the 14-under was tied for the sixth-lowest round score. Alabama is 91-under par during its last three wins at the Puerto Rico Classic, shooting 28-under (836) in 2011, 30-under (834) last year and 33-under in 2013. SMU finished 10 shots back
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of Oklahoma in third place with Georgia in fourth at 12-under-par (852) and Georgia Tech in fifth at 6-under (858). Tide junior Cory Whitsett carved up the River Course layout on Tuesday with a 6-underpar 66 that included seven birdies and just one bogey. He made five birdies in his first seven holes and finished two shots behind medalist Albin Choi of North Carolina State (-12, 204). Whitsett was 10-under (206) after matching rounds of 70 on the first
two days. Fellow junior Bobby Wyatt was four shots back in a tie for eighth place after a 3-under-par 69 in the final round. The Mobile native finished strong with four birdies over his final nine holes. He shot under par in all three rounds of the Puerto Rico Classic. Sophomore Justin Thomas and senior Scott Strohmeyer finished just outside of the top 10 in a tie for 12th place at 4-under-par (212). Thomas carded a 2-under 70 in the final round while
Strohmeyer, who entered the day in third place, shot a 2-over 74. Redshirt freshman Tom Lovelady fired his second 69 of the tournament to post a tie for 16th at 2-under-par (216), which is the lowest 54-hole score of his career at Alabama. The Alabama men’s golf team continues the 2013 portion of its schedule March 8-10 at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters at the Southern Highlands Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nev.
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Alabama struggles in road win versus UAB By Zac Al-Khateeb Staff Reporter The No. 1 Alabama softball team beat the 6-4 UAB Blazers 8-4 on the road to advance to 11-0 on the season Tuesday. Despite the win, the Tide struggled over its in-state rivals. Alabama opened up the game in its usual dominant fashion, as Jackie Traina got the team on the board early with a 3-run homer, scoring senior Kayla Braud and freshman Haylie McCleney.
The Tide’s defense was just as dominant, only giving up a single hit in the first inning, and holding the Blazers scoreless through three innings. Alabama stalled offensively in the second inning, but managed to lengthen their lead by two in the third, when UAB starter Leigh Streetman walked Molly Ficthner with the bases loaded, scoring Kaila Hunt. A passed ball brought in another score, giving Alabama the 5-0 lead. Heading into the bottom of
the fourth, Traina started the inning with three consecutive walks to load the bases. UAB center Anna Kimbrell then scored a four-run homer to cut the Tide’s lead to 5-4 with no outs. Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy said the grand slam was simply off a missed pitch. “It was a fatty,” Murphy said. “You don’t walk three in a row and then throw a fatty in there. They capitalized on it. She definitely learned from that, I hope.” The team managed to escape the inning without any more damage, but the Blazers had found new life. Shortstop Kaila Hunt was able to squash
a potential second wind from the Blazers, however, when she earned a single homer on the first pitch of the fifth inning. With the homer, the Tide’s second of the game, UAB lost all its energy, and failed to threaten for the rest of the game. Alabama was able to add another two runs in the top of the seventh to cushion its lead, sealing the 8-4 lead. Even with her huge home run, Hunt said she approached it the same as all the other pitches she faced. “It wasn’t much different than my other bats that I go up,” Hunt said. “I try to be
aggressive. I try to look for a certain pitch when I go up there. I try to have a plan. And it just so happens, she threw a ball over the plate.” Braud, McCleney and Hunt all scored two runs apiece. Braud went 1-3 at the plate, while McCleney and Hunt went 3-4 and 2-3, respectively. Despite his team’s success at the top of the lineup, Murphy said his team could improve in every facet of the game. Pitching was one of the areas he mentioned. Even so, Traina pitched the entire game, gave up five hits and four runs, all earned, and got nine strikeouts.
“It was a tough night to play, definitely to pitch in,” Murphy said. “But [Traina] had enough to get us through. And that’s usually her trademark. She gets the outs when she needs them.” Traina said she felt she performed well despite not playing her best game. She said she’ll be looking to improve and eliminate the mistakes that put her team in that position. “Obviously, I know I could get better,” Traina said. “There’s things I have to work on. It wasn’t a perfect game, but I had my teammates behind me, so I don’t have to worry too much.”
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The Alabama baseball team continued its hot start to the 2013 campaign, holding off No. 21 Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles in a 10-8 win Tuesday night. “I really like the way this team competes night in and night out,” head coach Mitch Gaspard said. “They make plays, they play with no fear and they really attack the game, so it was a big win for us tonight.” Left-hander Taylor Guilbeau (1-0) had seven strikeouts and allowed just three hits and one run in five innings of work in his first start of the season. “I’m not surprised by the way he pitched tonight,” Gaspard said. “He’s been pitching really good.” Guilbeau’s strong outing has put him in consideration for a
possible spot in the weekend rotation, Gaspard said. “I think it’s kind of like we’re treating everything right now is you got to compete, you got to earn your way there and that was certainly a big step for him today,” he said. “I thought that was our best start by far this year tonight.” The Tide fell behind 1-0 early after a passed ball brought home a Golden Eagles runner from third in the first inning. Last year that may have been too much for the Tide to overcome, but this year’s Tide is a new team. Although he wasn’t here last season, freshman second baseman Kyle Overstreet can tell that this year’s team has a bit of a different feel to it. “I wasn’t here [last year], but I know this [year’s] team is together as a team,” Overstreet said. “We’re bringing a lot of energy every game. I think
we’re a good team.” After a shaky first couple of innings, the Tide broke the game open in the fifth inning, scoring five runs to take a commanding 6-1 lead over the Golden Eagles. Southern Miss made things interesting starting in the top of the seventh inning when it began chipping away at a 7-1 Tide lead, cutting it to just 7-3. The Golden Eagles followed that up in the following inning with an RBI double from designated hitter Tim Lynch that brought home more runners, making it a 7-5 game entering the bottom half of the eighth. But the theme of the season thus far has been timely hitting, and that’s exactly what the Tide got in the bottom half of the eighth when they extended their lead to 10-5. Brett Booth hit a leadoff solo home run off the scoreboard
in left center to give the Tide an 8-5 advantage. A few batters later, Ryan Blanchard and Georgie Salem hit successive doubles which scored two more runners, making it 10-5 Alabama. It appeared that the Tide would cruise in the ninth, but Southern Miss scored three runs with the help of two throwing errors, to make it 10-8. Right-hander Ju st i n Kamplain was able to hold off the late rally to record the save and preserve a Tide victory. “This year I think you see a bunch of guys out there, who trust each other and believe in the team and keep fighting like tonight,” catcher Brett Booth said. The Tide will next play this Friday, Feb. 22, in game one of a three-game series at Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton, Fla. First pitch is scheduled for