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Block seating applications revamped for fall Revision aims for increased fairness

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We wanted to make a system where everyone involved has confidence in the processes.

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The Revivalists perform at the pavilion stage at the Druid City Arts Festival Saturday.

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The Druid City Arts Festival enabled vendors to showcase their variety of work.

DCAF sees highest turnout yet

By Courtney Stinson Contributing Writer The Druid City Arts Festival engaged the Tuscaloosa community on Saturday, drawing students, families and community members downtown to enjoy the art, the music and the weather at the third installment of the festival.

DCAF offered vendors the opportunity to expose their work and get their names out in the community. The artists present at DCAF represented a variety of artistic media,

including jewelry, pottery, photography and visual art.

Photographer and vendor Sumerlin Brandon attended the festival last year and said the increased attendance, due in part to better weather, gave artists a good chance to make themselves known.

“It’s been really great for exposure,” she said. “There was an awesome turnout. It seems there are more vendors this year, too.”

Despite the rain, last year’s attendance reached around 4,000. This year’s far surpassed that, with more than 5,300 at Saturday’s event.

UA sophomores and twin sisters Gabrielle and Taylor Smith of Reflections Jewelry Company displayed and sold their designs at the festival and received a positive response from the community.

“It’s been awesome,” Gabrielle Smith said. “[DCAF] is a great opportunity for students to sell their art and express themselves.”

“There was a great turnout, and we’ve gotten a great response from locals and students,” Taylor Smith added.

For many DCAF attendees, the bands were the main attraction. The musical performances on the main stage and the pavilion stage, which also included comedy acts, spoken word and a performance by the African Drumming Ensemble, were well attended throughout the day.

“I really like the music,” said Susannah Robichaux, a sophomore majoring in international studies. “I also really liked the vintage clothes booths and the weather.”

The Student Government Association will score applications for block seating electronically next football season as part of a series of reforms to the block seating process.

“We formed several task forces, a couple of different commissions to really get student opinion about what exactly was the problem with student organization seating and, not to anyone’s surprise, it was the process,” SGA President Stephen Swinson said at an SGA-wide meeting Thursday. “So, we really wanted to simplify it. We wanted to make a

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system where everyone involved has confidence in the processes. We felt really the main way to achieve that is to go to an electronic version.”

Under the new system, each registered student organization who wishes to apply for block seating will fill out an online request form available during the first four class days of the fall 2012 academic semester, SEE BLOCK SEATING PAGE 3

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Online Application Student organizations fill out an application available online from Wednesday, Aug. 22, at 10 a.m. until Tuesday, Aug. 28, at 8 a.m.

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Applications are scored electronically based on academics, community service and student involvement. All categories are weighted equally.

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The scores will then be posted online and used to determine an organization’s seating location.

Things your organization should know:

1. Student organizations 2. must be registered with the SOURCE in order to apply.

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Students can only be counted toward one organization’s application, and students involved with multiple organizations must pick one organization to be counted toward in block seating.

Student organizations must list a minimum of 25 members and cannot list more than 200 members. Organizations can apply for guest seating, which will be awarded based on score, but total seating can still not exceed the 200-student cap.

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Academics will be scored based on an organization’s cumulative grade point average, community service hours will be scored through SLPro and student involvement will be scored through OrgSync.

Students break out in dance Gov. Bentley to visit UA to discuss his Christianity to promote comedy show Bentley will speak at The Huddle

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By Taylor Holland News Editor newsdesk@cw.ua.edu

with Gov. Robert Bentley

Gov. Robert Bentley will give his testimony for students, faculty and staff tonight in the north end of The Zone inside Bryant-Denny Stadium.

The event, which begins at 7:30 p.m., is part of The Huddle, an organization of Alabama students who gather together once a semester to hear a speaker talk about their walk with Jesus Christ and the importance of clinging to His word in college. Kappa Alpha Psi and Alpha Gamma Delta are also sponsoring the event.

Lissa Handley Tyson, cofounder of The Huddle, said she reached out to Bentley in hopes of getting him to come to the University to share his testimony. er • Plea s

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• When: 7:30 p.m. “[We picked Bentley] because he is a Christian leader in the state of Alabama,” Tyson said. “He’ll be sharing how he found religion through Jesus Christ and how it’s played a part in his life as governor of our state.”

Prior to being elected as governor in November 2010, Bentley served two terms in the state House of Representatives, representing Tuscaloosa, founded a number of small businesses and managed a dermatology clinic.

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During his first year in office, Bentley’s administration participated in 128 jobs announcements across the state, bringing a total of 10,960 future jobs for Alabamians, according to his website.

Locally, Bentley is still a member of First Baptist Church Tuscaloosa, where he has served as a deacon, Sunday school teacher and member of the Youth for Christ Advisory and Family Counseling Advisory Boards, according to his UA Board of Trustees biography.

Tyson said all members of the UA community are invited to the event, and Bentley said he hoped the members of the entire student body were well represented.

“No matter where you’re from, what your occupation is or what your capacity is, you can serve the Lord while doing it,” Tyson said, referencing what she hopes students will learn from Bentley.

Flash mob shocks students at Ferg

By Jasmine Cannon Senior Staff Reporter jmcannon@crimson.ua.edu Last Thursday, more than 35 students gathered in the lobby of the Ferguson Center for something other than lunch. A song by dance music

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For 2012, one of the top marketing trends to do is flash mobs.

So, our teacher brought us the idea of having our class do a flash mob. I paired it with the event leadership class, which we are doing the comedy show for.

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Alabama students gathered for a flash dance in the Ferguson Center on Thursday. class, began to dance.

The flash mob was designed to bring attention to UA Stereotypes: Burned, a comedy show that will take place Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Theater.

“For 2012, one of the top marketing trends to do is flash mobs,” said Kayla Key,

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a junior majoring in restaurant hospitality and meeting management. “So, our teacher brought us the idea of having our class do a flash mob.

I paired it with the event leadership class, which we are doing the comedy show for.”

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Alabama’s Immigration Law in Political and Historical Perspectives

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When: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

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tory Dance Theatre, $12 for students, $15 for faculty/staff, $18 for adults

When: 5:30 to 7 p.m.

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the Misrepresentation of Korean Shamans by Professor Laurel Kendall

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WEDNESDAY

First Amendment Free Food Festival to be held Wednesday

Nominations for community service awards due today

The University of Alabama’s student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will hold a First Amendment Free Food Festival March 28 at 11:30 a.m. on the southwest corner of the Quad across from Reese Phifer Hall.

The first 500 students who sign a passport to enter the “Glorious Kingdom of Roll

The Community Service Center is accepting nominations for the Volunteer of the Year award and the Outstanding Service Project of the Year award. The awards recognize students, groups and organizations that have shown devotion and dedication to providing service throughout the community. Visit volunteer.ua.edu/profiles.cfm for forms to nominate a student for the Volunteer of the Year award

Tidelberg” will be offered free lunches in exchange for relinquishing First Amendment rights. News media will be banned from inside the Kingdom. A goon squad will enforce any laws the dictator fancies. The First Amendment Free Food Festival, which has been held on more than 20 campuses nationwide since

2006, reinforces the importance of First Amendment freedoms and shows the dangers of taking these rights for granted. This is the first time the event has been held on the UA campus. Co-sponsors include the Student Government Association, the Academic Honor Council and the Corolla yearbook.

or a project for the Outstanding Service Project. Completed forms should be submitted in person to the Community Service Center in 346 Ferguson Center or via email to bgrimes@sa.ua.edu by 5 p.m. today, March 26. Contact Caroline Dorning at cscgrad@ sa.ua.edu with any questions. The awards will be presented on April 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Ballroom.

Study being held on effects of Twitter after April 27 tornado People 19 years or older who were students at UA last year are invited to participate in a thesis-research study about their use of Twitter during the tornado on April 27, 2011. The

survey is found online at bit. ly/xOMyXJ and will take 10-15 minutes. For more information contact Elizabeth Maxwell at emarie.maxwell@gmail.com or 205-563-1459.

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More than 1,000 turn out in D.C. to protest Trayvon Martin’s killing From MCT Campus Supporters of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin gathered Saturday in the nation’s capital, continuing protests that have spanned from Miami schools to New York City and the city where he was killed in central Florida.

“Enough is enough,” shouted Akosua Tyus, president of the Washington, D.C., chapter of the NAACP. “Put your hoodies on, raise your fists.”

On a drizzly Saturday afternoon, more than 1,000 people gathered in the street in front of the Wilson Building, Washington’s city hall. Many attendees wore hoodies in his honor - the teen was wearing one when he was shot to death Feb. 26 after a neighborhood watch volunteer called Sanford police to report someone suspicious in his gated townhouse complex.

While Trayvon was returning from a walk to 7-Eleven to get Skittles and Arizona iced tea, George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer, called police to report that he saw someone who looked suspicious.

Some at the rally had bags of Skittles candy pinned to their hoodies; others carried Arizona iced tea. Among them was Rita Boston, 54, a retiree from Fort Washington, Md. “I’m here because I have children, I love children, I have grandchildren, I have nieces and nephews,” she said. “I’m here to support life and justice.

Right is right, wrong is wrong.”

Trayvon was a junior at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High; he had recently been suspended for 10 days and was in

Sanford riding out the suspension at his father’s fiancee’s house.

Zimmerman, 28, told police he fired in self-defense after the young man came at him from behind and attacked him.

He was not charged, sparking national outrage and protests, including the one Saturday in Washington.

Trayvon’s story is all too familiar to Cynthia Turner, 47, and Ardine Daniels, 42, friends who grew up together in Sanford and who now both live in Maryland.

“It was hell to live in Sanford,” Turner said, while Daniels described it as a city that hasn’t changed. “It just modernized,” he said.

Daniels told of being arrested and nearly having his neck snapped by an officer. Turner said that growing up, she was sexually assaulted by a white man who was never prosecuted.

“Thirty years ago, it happened to me,” Turner said of her hometown. “But I’m still here.”

Saturday, they wore black T-shirts they’d had made for the rally, emblazoned with a Skittles logo and an Arizona iced tea. On one side, the shirts said “I am Trayvon Martin,” and “No justice, no peace.” On the back, they said “Sanford native.”

Daniels said he admired President Barack Obama’s remarks Friday, when Obama said that if he had a son, “he’d look like Trayvon.” Daniels, who has five boys who still live in Sanford, said Trayvon’s death felt personal, as well.

“This could have been my child,” he said.

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Alabama-produced ‘doomsday drink’ targets colleges

By Jordan Cissell Staff Reporter jrcissell@crimson.ua.edu Talk of Mayan end-of-the world predictions and doomsday dates is enough to drive one to drink. At least, that’s what the manufacturers of relaxation beverage Drank are counting on.

Innovative Beverage Group Holdings announced the release of a new flavor in the Drank line, “Island Time,” in January. IBGH is marketing the new flavor as “the official product of the end of the world,” according to a company press release announcing the drink’s inauguration.

Peter Bianchi, CEO of IGBH, said the inspiration for the unique marketing scheme came from discussions with members of the media and the public in the time leading up to the product’s release.

“There kept on being this theme that a lot of people were stressed out about the end

of the world,” he said. “Who knows what will happen tomorrow? If today really was the last day, what would you do? You’d want to take it easy and relax. I created a beverage around that mindset.”

The tropical flavor arose from Bianchi’s own last day ideal.

“I’d want to be lounging on a beach somewhere, toes in the sand, sipping a nice cool drink and watching the 100-foot tidal wave sweep over the shore,” he said.

Bianchi didn’t specify, but chances are the cool drink he intends on sipping is a Drank product. After all, he has become known as “the godfather of the relaxation market” for his role in the developing “anti-energy drink” industry’s origin.

Bianchi said he created the relaxation drink at a time when “it seemed like everybody and their brother were making energy drinks.” He concluded all of the consumers using the

energy boosters for quick energy to get through a busy workday would need something to help them unwind just as quickly once they were off the clock. He went to work in the laboratory, spending several years developing the formula before releasing the first Drank product in 2008.

“Those were stressful times in America, with the wars and the economy doing badly and people losing their jobs,” he said. “America needed a way to relax and not just checkout of the situation completely.”

Drank isn’t putting everybody in a state of relaxation, however. Dr. David Seres, director of Medical Nutrition at Columbia Medical Center, expressed concern over the safety of the product on an April 2011 episode of ABC’s Nightline.

“I’ve always had a bit of a concern about any of these products because their contents are unregulated,” he said. “There is very little that we do to relax

people that doesn’t also sedate them.”

Bianchi countered Seres’ statement by arguing that any substance can prove harmful if consumed in excess. He said he set out with the goal to create Drank only from natural ingredients with which everybody is familiar.

The mildly carbonated drink’s relaxation-promoting ingredients are melatonin, valerian root and rosemary hips, according to a press release.

“I want to provide an alternative for people reaching for the medicine cabinet, for the alcohol,” Bianchi said. “Every day people die from problems with too much or the wrong pharmaceuticals. How many people have you heard of getting killed by rosemary hips?”

One thing most university students are likely to have heard of is the product’s manufacturing location — Drank is currently produced at the Coca-Cola plant in Huntsville,

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The relaxation beverage Drank has a new flavor to commemorate the end of the world.

Ala., and Bianchi feels the bev“College kids are always erage’s significance to the uni- busy and stressed out,” he said. versity demographic extends “College culture is the reason I beyond physical proximity. created this product.”

Relay for Life event to raise money in fight against cancer

By Adrienne Burch Staff Reporter aeburch2@crimson.ua.edu The University of Alabama’s annual Relay for Life will be held Saturday on the University soccer fields starting at 6 p.m.

Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society’s signature charity event held annually across the nation to raise money to fight cancer. This overnight event is held to celebrate survi-

Grading procedure more clearly outlined

BLOCK SEATING FROM PAGE 1 according to a slideshow provided by the SGA. The form will include the names and email addresses of organization members who will sit in the organization’s block. An organization must list at least 25 but no more than 200 members.

Organizations can request seating for guests, which will be awarded based on their score, provided that the number of seats, with guests included, does not exceed the 200-seat cap. Students in multiple student organizations that apply for seating must select one organization’s application to be counted toward, Swinson said.

vors, remember those who have lost the battle and raise funds to help combat the disease.

“We are here to support and • What: Relay for Life honor our cancer survivors, as • Where: UA Soccer well as raise money for a great cause,” said Betsy Morrison, a fields community representative for • When: 6 p.m. tonight the American Cancer Society.

Students and community members alike are invited to come out and walk in the name $45,000 for the American Cancer of fighting cancer. The goal Society, Morrison said. for this year’s event is to raise The mission of Relay for

Life and the American Cancer Society is to bring people from all walks of life together with the aim of creating a world with more birthdays and less cancer. UA, along with hundreds of other universities, host Relay for Life events every year, helping college students make an impact in the name of cancer on campuses around the world.

“I got involved with Relay for Life because I’m passionate about being a part of the fight

against cancer,” said Tiffany Noelle, a junior and publicity committee chair for the UA Relay for Life. “I have had friends lose the battle and win the battle, and I want to make a difference.”

Noelle said she is most looking forward to seeing the funds raised at the event and how they will go to impact the lives of families in need.

There are currently 39 teams signed up for Saturday’s event, representing many sororities,

fraternities and student organizations across campus. These teams have also combined to raise around $25,000, close to half of this year’s goal.

For more information about the event or to join or create a team for Saturday, go to the American Cancer Society website, www.relayforlife.org.

Information on remembrance luminaries and how to donate to the event can also be found on the website.

Student organizations will be scored equally on academics; community service, as recorded through SLPro; and campus leadership, recorded through OrgSync, on a relative scale.

If 35 organizations apply, the top organization in each category will receive 35 points, and the lowest performing organization will get one point.

If two organizations were to receive the same score in any category, the SGA has established procedures to break the tie. The scores will be posted online.

“I think that we’ve made a large amount of progress in this area and that student organizations are only going to become better because of the criteria that is now involved in this process,” Swinson said.

SGA Senate spokesman

“So, in that regard, these reforms will make our student organization seating system much more fair and transparent, and we believe that more diverse organizations will be encouraged to apply and be given an opportunity for good seating as a result.”

Reforming this process has been a major focus for the SGA this year, said Ryan Flamerich, speaker of the SGA Senate.

“I want to thank Stephen and his administration for their leadership in addressing this issue,” he said. “As a result, our student organizations will be given an equal opportunity to compete for seating in Bryant-Denny Stadium next year when we cheer the defending national champions on to more victories.”

Flamerich said the new system relies on technology the

University already has.

“Using technology that we have already purchased to make student organization seating more fair and accessible just makes a lot of sense,” he said.

The block seating section will continue to be located in the lower bowl of the student section in Bryant-Denny Stadium, from sections S-4 to S-8, and include the first 35 rows of section S-3. Section S-3 was added to the block seating section during the fall 2011 football season.

When the expansion was announced last September, Mark Nelson, UA vice president of student affairs, said the change would be temporary.

“Because of the significant amount of miscommunication about the procedures, and after being asked to review

the initial decision by the SOS committee and several student groups who were impacted by the committee’s decision, I agreed to a one-time, nonprecedent-setting addition of seats,” he said.

SGA spokeswoman Dorothy Griffith said Sunday the additional seats are needed to accomodate more student groups.

“With the new Student Orgnaization Seating updates the addition of those seats was based off of the number of applications we have received in the past to ensure that as many student organizations as possible could be represented,” she said. “As of right now, that increase is permanent.”

The SGA will hold an information session about the new system on March 28 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 300 Ferguson Center.

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These reforms will make our student organization seating system much more fair and transparent, and we believe that more diverse organizations will be encouraged to apply and be given an opportunity for good seating as a result.

— Austin Gaddis, SGA Senate spokesman

Austin Gaddis said the electronic scoring system would be an improvement.

“Having an actual, objective machine score block seating applications is far superior to letting the corrupt, self-interested Machine do it, as we have done in the past,” Gaddis said.

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Zen and the art of tee ball I’ve always regarded baseball with a cautious eye. I played one season of tee ball in the wee years of my youth, and 18 wins and a missing thumbnail later I came away with the only athletic championship I’d win for the rest of my life.

But despite having the highest winning percentage of any baseball player ever (and the youthful ignorance of the implications of a career as a left-handed third baseman), the first memory America’s pastime drags up is standing at home plate on a frigid day, bat in hand, watching Coach throw what at the time seemed like a Smoltzian fastball right into my unsuspecting thumb.

(For clarification, though it was called tee ball, the coach of the team at bat pitched, and the tee would only be brought out after a certain number of misses.)

So it was with some degree of apprehension that I finally committed to keeping up with Major League Baseball. I started a fantasy league, invited a bunch of friends from my fantasy football league and had a draft. In typical draft fashion, four people actually showed up to pick. The rest were sealed to the fate of chance and algorithms.

As I mentioned before, that season of tee ball concluded with a championship. How that came to pass is a story I should probably tell more often.

From what I can remember, we won all our games comfortably over the course of the regular season. We didn’t have anyone who

park. It was tense, but what happened next taught me one of the most important lessons of my life, though I was too young to know it at the time.

The kid hauls off and whacks one to center field.

Waiting in that patch of earth stood Kevin. Kevin spent the majority of his time during games building sandcastles in the outfield. If time had stopped, and God himself asked us whom we didn’t want in the outfield at that specific moment, it would have been this guy.

Yet there he stood, about to deliver a divine message all his own.

The ball soared.

Kevin stood.

To be honest, I’m not even sure he was paying attention. Glove out, and without having moved even an inch, ball hit leather. Game over. The only championship the Mariners would ever win.

The point? That divine message?

Well, sometimes you catch the ball. Sometimes the ball finds you.

Some days you’ve got your glove out, and some days you’re hitting it to center. You can’t control it, and don’t bother trying.

At the end of the fantasy draft, I looked at the projected end-of-year standings based on the players picked. I was eighth out of 10 teams.

In first? My friend and roommate, who left it up to the computer.

What are you going to do, right?

could hit a home run (a major feat for the tender age of five), but most of us were suitably athletic, and the ones who weren’t just got stuck in the outfield. There was also a guy on the team, the coach’s son, who would later get drafted by the Texas Rangers, but that’s neither here nor there.

Wearing our Seattle Mariners uniforms proudly as we marched off to battle the mighty Florida Marlins for the championship, we came upon a ball field already under siege by the opponent’s parents. Balloons the color of whatever the Marlins called that blue they wore in 90s lined the fence. A boom box blared something period specific. Each parent furiously rang a cowbell. It was ostentatious, to put it mildly.

Now, I wouldn’t go so far as to say we were a ragtag band of misfits just happy to be there, but if any of us were half as pumped up as the opposing team’s parents, no one was showing it.

By the last half-inning we held a 4-3 lead. The Marlins were up to bat, and with two outs and a man on base, up to bat came one of the John Davis is the chief copy editor few kids in the entire league with of The Crimson White. His column the power to smack one out of the runs Mondays.

It’s no secret that overcrowding exists on our campus. Since 2003, enrollment has increased by over 50 percent and shows no signs of slowing down.

Even if overcrowding wasn’t reflected in statistics, it would be obvious to anyone who’s seen the lines at the rec center or campus traffic at midday.

It’s also no secret that many people are upset about this issue. It’s cropped up countless times in student media as well as day-to-day conversation.

A common opinion is that the University is growing irresponsibly, and ignoring the needs of its students as it mindlessly expands. This simply is not true.

While the University is increasing student density, it isn’t sacrificing quality. The teacher-student ratio has remained the same in recent years because of class restructuring and additional sections, putting additional responsibilities on professors. The construction of Riverside, Lakeside, Ridgecrest and Bryant residential communities has maintained the availability of on-campus lodging, and construction of the new North Bluff residential community is set to be complete this year. On the other hand, Rose Towers — which is spacious but considered by many to be unseemly — is set to be demolished. This shows that UA isn’t only expanding, it’s systematically improving itself as it goes.

The University has also maintained — and in fact improved — its academic standards as enrollment rises. UA admissions have become substantially more selective, leading to higher performance and a more impressive student body across the board.

Additionally, the University has worked hard to recruit out-of-state and exchange students, thereby increasing the diversity of the student body.

The important thing to take from all this is that the University is not taking advantage of its student body through increased enrollment. To the contrary, it’s trying to be a better school.

Greater diversity, higher standards and aggressive expansion all point to a university policy of reform and self-improvement. But in a time of recession — and a time, I might add, when state funding has been reduced for three consecutive years — revenue must precede action. And revenue comes from students. The resources UA reaps from a larger student body are being simultaneously poured back into the University, allowing those same students to reap the benefits.

Is overcrowding still a problem? Yes, but in the grand scheme of things it’s a minor one, and one that the University is in the process of rectifying.

Expansions, renovations and other projects will hopefully deal with it soon. And in the meantime, we can enjoy a college experience enriched by the effective distribution of plentiful resources. It seems like a fair trade.

Nathan James is a freshman majoring in public relations. His column runs bi-weekly on Mondays.

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Punishment for crimes reflective of U.S. government priorities

By Edward Mostoller I only have to offer here a few comments on the absurd and repulsive nature in which our U.S. government conducts itself. Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the primary suspect in the murder of 16 civilians in Afghanistan that occurred last week, has already been transferred to a military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where inmates are served three meals a day and allowed three hours a

day for recreation.

Now consider that Bradley Manning, a U.S. Army soldier who leaked classified information to the organization WikiLeaks, was held in incredibly strict solitary confinement for 10 months, under conditions described by the UN’s special official on torture as “cruel, inhuman and degrading.” Compare the two crimes, and compare the two sentences. The message seems to be that killing innocent people in cold blood

just is not quite as bad as attempting to preserve government transparency.

Now consider the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen living in Yemen. The executive branch of our government ordered his killing without any degree of due process or any shred of evidence other than, basically, “Take our word for it.” Even if al-Awlaki was guilty, the complete disregard for basic constitutional rights is illustrative of the erosion of civil

liberties in our country. And compare the case of al-Awlaki to that of Bales.

Al-Awlaki never killed a single person, while it seems fairly certain (although to be sure, he is innocent until proven guilty) that Bales did in fact kill those 16 civilians — yet Bales certainly is going to be given an opportunity to have his case heard in a courtroom.

pathetic.

There is, however, one exception: Ron Paul. Ron Paul has been consistently saying the same thing for 30 years.

He is honest. He has integrity. He predicted 9/11, the housing bubble and the economic collapse all well before they happened and was met with ridicule.

Ron Paul will take the stage in front an audience of staunch neoconservatives and talk about how some U.S. policies led to 9/11, get loudly booed and continue to speak the truth anyway. That is the kind of president I want; someone who will tell me the truth, even if it isn’t popular.

Ron Paul isn’t the best speaker. He stumbles over his words from time to time. He talks too fast. He is old. He doesn’t look “presidential” (whatever that means). But he has a record of consistently voting the same way in Congress for 30 years. He is a strict constitutionalist and has never voted to raise taxes or for an unbalanced budget. He is the only Republican candidate who has a plan to cut the deficit significantly and balance the budget.

My favorite aspect of Ron Paul’s campaign is his foreign policy. He believes in non-intervention: Basically, that we should not be the policemen of the world and that we should generally mind our own business. If our defense is threatened, Ron Paul believes we should formally declare war and get it over with as quickly as possible.

For this, he is called “anti-American,” “naïve,” and “anti-Semitic.” Yet our troops overwhelmingly support Ron Paul with their campaign donations.

Even though Ron Paul raises much less money than the other candidates, he receives more than six times the donations from active duty military than the rest of the candidates combined.

You may disagree with some of Ron Paul’s views, and that’s fine. But what you can’t disagree with is the fact that he is a trustworthy person. We can truly believe he will do what he says he will do. Why? Because he has done so for 30 years.

Edward Mostoller is a senior majoring in political science.

Ron Paul is the only one we can trust

By Shawn Khalilian So let me get this straight.

Republicans, you are the party of life, for a small government, lower taxes and fiscal conservatism, yet you support the printing and borrowing of money for a trillion dollar interventionist foreign policy. You support giving billions of dollars in foreign welfare to Israel and even more to her enemies. You are a Christian, who values the Golden Rule, yet you support invading and occupying foreign lands against their will. You are pro-life and defend the rights of the unborn, yet you are also pro-war, consenting to the murder of innocent lives in another land. You are for individual freedom, yet you surrender your personal rights to the TSA or police checkpoints under the illusion of safety. You talk up freedom but would deny basic rights to groups of people because their lifestyle runs contrary to your religion.

Democrats, you are the party of peace, civil liberty, justice and equality for all. Yet you believe you are entitled to someone else’s property by support-

ing an authority that steals from one and gives to another. You are against corporate monopolies with special privileges, yet you support a large central government that has a monopoly of power, granting privileges to their select corporations. You are for strict regulations of industry, yet you are shocked and appalled when those chosen regulators are previous executives from corporations who grant exemption waivers for their cronies while targeting weaker, smaller business. You are for civil liberty, yet you are against economic liberty. You are anti-war, except when a Democrat is in office, when you support the murder of American citizens by drones without trial, the start of new wars, extension of the Patriot act, and the signing of the NDAA. So many people have become apathetic after seeing politicians change their positions countless times in order to gain a few votes. They tell you exactly what you want to hear, only until they take the stage in front of a different audience, where their views become suddenly different. It is

Shawn Khalilian is a senior majoring in economics.

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UA professor awarded engineering grant

By Jessica Ruffin Contributing Writer

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The Mr. Esquire Pageant was held at Bryant Conference Center Sunday night.

First all-male pageant showcases student talent

By Jasmine Cannon Senior Staff Reporter jmcannon@crimson.ua.edu After showing off their beach bodies and wowing the crowd with never-before-seen talent, participants in the 2012 Mr. Esquire Scholarship Pageant stood on stage as the award winners were called. Peyton Falkenburg took the top award as Mr. Esquire.

“I was pretty astonished,” said Falkenburg, a senior majoring in finance. “It was great meeting new guys, and it was icing on the cake winning the pageant. I was excited. It’s a huge honor.”

David Tubbs took first runner-up, with Josh Gray coming in as second runner-up. Gray also won best talent. JaQuan Howard took fan favorite, and Alex Raus was named Mr. Congeniality.

The master of ceremonies for the night was Whitney Jones, who kept the audience laughing with jokes throughout the pageant. Student Government Association representative Lisa Elizondo gave a welcome before the contestants did a dance number, introduced themselves and gave their best “mack line” in front of the judges.

“The pageant turned out really well,” pageant coordinator Kyle Frazier said. “The contestants surprised me on the dance number. They added a lot of personality to it, and I enjoyed watching their talent.”

Contestants graced the stage while Erin Dabbs, the pageant’s assistant coordinator, read their ideas of a perfect date. The men then showed off their swim and beachwear. The second half of the CW | John Michael Simpson show started Contestants in the Mr. Esquire Pageant performed with talent per- a dance routine. formances.

Participants being tallied, the audience performed original poetry and enjoyed a performance by the stepping routines. DeMarc male acapella singing group, Thomas sang a duet, and Subject to Change.

JaQuan Howard did a praise Many considered the inaudance, while Terry Rice per- gural pageant to be a success formed acrobatic flips and and look forward to more in the jumps. Falkenburg performed future. a parody of Will Ferrell in “Old “Hats off to Kyle and Erin.

School,” and Tubbs did a num- I’m glad they had the idea to ber of things before declaring do [the pageant],” Falkenburg his true talent of being a suc- said. “I think it’s a great way to cessful African American male show male expression and also student in college. Gray won for have fun. The crowd liked all best talent with his rendition of the contestants, and I think it’s “Big Poppa” by Notorious B.I.G. something that definitely needs “The favorite time for me was to continue year after year.” seeing the audience’s reactions “We definitely plan to keep throughout the show,” said this going, and in the [National Dabbs, a sophomore majoring Council of Negro Women] tradiin public relations. “The pag- tion,” Dabbs said. eant was awesome — everyC ontestants included thing went perfectly well. I’m Alex Raus, JaQuan Howard, really, really pleased with the Cameron Casey, Varrecke turnout.”

Johnson, Terry Rice, Isiah King, The question-and-answer Casey Pickett, DeMarc Thomas, portion concluded the compe- Josh Gray, Peyton Falkenburg tition. While the scores were and David Tubbs.

University of Alabama engineering professor Yang-Ki Hong recently received a $1.26 million grant for his engineering research from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Electrical machines are considered vital to rising energy industries but rely on a limited and expensive supply of resources to function.

Hong, the E.A. Larry Drummond E n d ow e d Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering, aspires to exchange these costly and depleting resources for more plentiful resources.

“We can bring up engineering research quality to the nationwide level,” Hong said.

Hong also said since there is an oil industry in Alabama, this research is directly applicable to the state.

“This research project is relevant to the oil industry in developing low costs and using abundant minerals,” Hong

Comedy show looks to break stereotypes STEREOTYPES FROM PAGE 1 The flash mobbers thought hitting the Ferg at noon would be the best time to perform, and many students stood and watched.

“We had a lot of fun doing it,” said Evan Blitzer, a sophomore event and planning major.

“Some people, like me, were nervous, but we knew we could do it.”

Participants and planners said this year’s comedy show is special because of its theme.

All performers, including members of Alpha Psi Omega theater group, will address

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We want to prove our concept and then manufacture permanent magnets without these rare-earth materials.

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These abundant materials, he said, would be used instead of specialty minerals.

Hong will use the grant to test his theory by creating a bulk permanent magnet with only plentiful, low-costing minerals. He will then compare the magnet’s functionality with a magnet comprised of more expensive and depleting resources.

“We want to prove our concept and then manufacture permanent magnets without these rare-earth materials,” Hong said in a press release.

Hong may have accomplished a great feat with the awarding of this grant, but his

stereotypes in a comedic way.

The event’s Facebook page said the idea of the comedy show is to give students a humorous view of stereotypes and diversity issues and address how they are untrue.

“What we’re wanting to do is break down the barriers of the stereotypes that are here on campus,” Key said.

BJ Laura Savage, a junior majoring in restaurant and hospitality management and the flash mob’s videographer, said she thinks the theme is appropriate given recent events.

“In the last few years, Alabama has gotten so much negative press about the lack of diversity, and this will help break those stereotypes to show that it’s not all of UA,” she said.

dreams extend beyond that for the state of Alabama.

“Once we’ve developed [the magnet], hopefully we’ll have a manufacturing facility in the state of Alabama, and that can create more jobs,” Hong said.

“Our engineering students will be working for that company, as well as the oil industry here.”

Students who have heard about Hong’s accomplishment are excited about the prestige Hong brings to the University with his work.

“It makes me proud to attend a university at which the faculty is dedicated to taking steps to use more efficient resources,” said Grace Hagemann, a sophomore majoring in American studies.

“The determination and passion Dr. Hong has for his field is amazing,” said Katie Naughton, a junior majoring in communication studies. “Even as a communications major, I am still thoroughly impressed and cannot wait to see all he will accomplish for the University in the future.”

“We can overcome adversity.”

There will be free refreshments and a discussion in the East Dining Room of the Ferg after the show.

Students in professor Kimberly Boyle’s class think the comedy show will be good for campus and will have a positive impact.

“I hope that people will think twice before they judge others on this campus,” Savage said.

“I’m hoping [the show] will promote unity throughout the student body . . . People should attend the show to get everyone’s point of view on the issues we all face on campus. This will help expand everyone’s outlook on everything.”

For more information on the event, call 205-348-7525.

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it seemed as though almost everyone was in the expressive, artsy sprit that is The Druid City Arts Festival gave art- DCAF. This is one of the few times an eclectic ists from all around a chance to showcase their music, paintings and crafts atmosphere arises in Tuscaloosa where on Saturday. The fashions of the fes- students get to comfortably escape the tival were not exceptions. Many festi- restrictiveness of functional, thrownvalgoers were spotted in unique outfits together class attire and manifest their exemplifying their personal style, and individual style.

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MONDAY • An Introduction to the Blues: Kentuck, 7 p.m.

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WEDNESDAY • ADRT: Morgan Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

CW: What is your favorite place to shop?

MB: Dirt Cheap, across from WalMart.

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MB: I really like Mori-Girl fashion. It’s a Japanese trend where they dress in lacy, girly stuff. It’s really feminine.

CW: How would you describe your personal style?

VG: I guess I try to be comfortable, but cute — sort of boho, without sounding cliché. Especially in the spring, long skirts and tank tops.

CW: What is your favorite spring trend?

VG: I like those high-low skirts, short in the front and long in the back. I have a dress like that, and it’s really comfy.

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CW: What is your favorite place to shop?

VG: I shop at Belk a lot; they have a lot of different brands.

CW: What is your fashion inspiration?

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Junior majoring in human environmental sciences CW: How would you describe your personal style?

JE: It’s individual; I like to take chances with what I wear.

CW: How would you describe your personal style?

AA: I think its pretty modern, following the fashions that go around every year.

CW: What is your favorite spring trend?

AA: I like the sailor style — Ralph Lauren shorts and collared shirts.

CW: What is your usual go-toclass uniform?

AA: T-shirt and jeans, because we go straight from practice to class, and I don’t really have time to get ready.

CW: What did you come here to see?

AA: I just heard about the festival around town, and since this stuff doesn’t happen very often, we decided to check it out.

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CW: What is one student trend that should be nixed?

AA: Flip-flops.

CW: What is one student trend that should be nixed?

AA: The big sorority T-shirts are the worst things anyone could possibly wear.

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MB: Sort of more of an indie chic, I guess. I like anything that’s not the typical — if I see something that looks different in a thrift store, I usually go for it.

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THIS WEEK’S LINEUP

By Nathan Proctor Staff Reporter nsproctor@crimson.ua.edu

Birmingham Wednesday, March 28, 7 p.m.

Atlanta

Breathe Carolina at Zydeco

Tuesday, March 27, 8 p.m.

Daughtry at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Saturday, March 31, 10 p.m.

Zeds Dead at The Masquerade

Nashville Friday, March 30, 8 p.m.

Daughtry at Ryman Auditorium

Voting for Cartoon Madness continues Over the course of this week, The Crimson White is going to continue voting in its Cartoon Madness bracket. Last week, we went through voting to bring the pool down to 16, and today, we are going to lower it to the final eight.

Every day this week will see a new round of voting, with the winner of best cartoon of the 90s being announced later this week. As we lower the number of cartoons left each day, we’ll include a little bit more about the cartoons to help in your decisions.

Today, you’ll find the theme song for every show on the page for voting. Scan the QR code now to get to today’s voting.

The University of Alabama celebrated the 26th year of the Sakura Festival through an art exhibit showcasing Japanese works from Tuscaloosa’s sister city, Narashino, Japan.

Shinrai, the Japanese word for reliance, acts as the central theme for the artwork displayed in the exhibit.

The University holds the festival in honor of the time of ohanami, the viewing of cherry blossoms, symbolic of the both fragile and enduring nature of life. The festival also acts as a celebration of the union between Tuscaloosa and Narashino as sister cities.

According to the College of Arts and Sciences website, the month of March was scattered with Japanese-inspired exhibits and activities with support from the Children’s Hands-On Museum and University Mall. The Children’s Hands-On Museum displayed an authentic replica of a traditional Japanese home and offers its Origami Imperial Couple Dolls art activity as

one of the festival’s last remaining events.

Woodblock prints from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. William T. Price are on display in the Ferguson Center Gallery as a component of the University’s Sakura Festival.

The prints were provided by Dr. Price, a collector of more than 500 Japanese prints, among an assortment of other Asian art pieces and cultural artifacts, and display depictions of famed sumo wrestlers and samurai of their time within historical and military scenes.

A print depicting sumo wrestler Hiraishi Shichidayu, signed Ikkosai Yoshimori, as well as a portrayal of general Takeda Haranobu Nyudo Shingen, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi, are among the displayed art pieces.

Dr. Catherin Pagani, chair of the Department of Art and Art History, curated the exhibit with help from UA students studying art history.

Since its opening reception on March 8, the prints have been open daily and will remain open to the public in the Ferguson Center Gallery

Maze to perform Friday Red Mountain Entertainment will be hosting Maze featuring Frankie Beverly at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre this Friday.

Maze, originally formed in San Francisco in the early 1970s, creates a blend of soul and jazz music that has appealed to audiences for decades.

Musical performances by Sir Walt and Terrance G. will precede Maze’s concert.

The show will start at 8 p.m. with reserved seating. Ticket prices range from $27 to $61.50 and can be purchased at ticketmaster.com, the Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre Box Office or by phone.

Revivalists rock main stage at festival

Kentuck offers introduction to blues

DCAF FROM PAGE 1

By Alex Cohen Senior Staff Reporter cohen.alex.c@gmail.com

IF YOU GO ...

• What: Blues Monday

Students, and perhaps most adults, would be hard pressed to name a blues artist who is alive today. That’s a shame for Alabamians, who are surrounded by the genre’s history.

Luckily, a few local art initiatives would like to help educate us on blues history.

Tonight at 7 p.m., the Alabama Blues Project and the Kentuck Arts Center will host “An Introduction to the Blues” in Kentuck’s Clarke building at 1922 5th Street in Northport. For $10, or $5 for Kentuck members, attendees will experience the history of the blues through lecture, performance and participation.

“We’ll try to have a balanced mixture of educational talk and performance,” said Debbie Bond, local musician and cofounder of ABP. “People will get to be entertained by the art of Alabama blues, and they’ll learn something, too.”

Bond will join keyboard

• Where: Kentuck Arts Center

• When: Tonight 7 p.m. and harmonica player Rick Ascherson, singer Rachel Edwards and harmonica player Jonathan Blakney as they guide the audience through Alabama’s blues history. Many believe that history has been underappreciated. While Mississippi claims the title of “birthplace of the blues,” Bond contends that this is a misnomer.

“I’d like to see that myth deconstructed,” Bond said.

“Alabama has a huge role in the story of the blues.”

“An Introduction to the Blues” will propel its audience from blues’ roots in Africa and 1930s sharecropping to the progressive sounds they hear today.

The program is usually used in

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schools, and ABP has even traveled to Iowa to share their musical insights with children.

Tonight’s agenda is geared more toward adults and marks the first time this program has been performed to a truly public audience. Though the audience may not be young, they may still have a lot to learn.

“Big Momma Thornton had a hit with ‘Hound Dog’ before Elvis ever did,” Bond said. “She’s from Alabama.”

The ABP has a rich history of educational initiatives. In fact, such programs have earned them the “Keeping the Blues Alive” award for education by the Blues Foundation — the world-renowned authority on blues preservation.

“I feel like I’m helping to keep the music alive,” Jonathan Blakney, an ABP student intern, said.

While receiving a blues education from the experts, attendees will also have a chance to view “The Music Lives On: Folk Song Tradition Told by Alabama Artists,” a folk art exhibition presented by Kentuck. The works

depict Alabama’s rich musical tradition and will help to paint a picture of the blues in attendees’ minds. As colleagues in the arts, both ABP and Kentuck have high hopes for the evening.

“We’re both in the same business of promoting the lively arts in Alabama,” said Jan Pruitt, executive director of the Kentuck Museum Association.

“Blue Monday is going to be a good night.”

Pruitt also voiced her excitement about future events in their new Clarke building. The venue can hold between 80 and 100 people.

“We think the venue is going to increase the kinds of things we can do,” Pruitt said. “And, of course, we’re open to all types of art.”

Tonight, that type of art will be the blues.

“There’s been so much attention in recent years as to how the arts build community, economy and cultural tourism,” Bond said. “If we raise awareness about that importance, there are so many different ways in which Alabama could benefit.”

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Jamie Howard, a manager of The Dome arts website, was impressed by the atmosphere created by The Revivalists, who led the audience on a brief chase through the plaza during their high-energy performance.

“They were incredibly fun and funky,” she said. “I liked their upbeat, positive, ‘We’re here to party’ attitude. There was a lot of audience interaction, and you could tell they put 100 percent effort into their music.”

Working at the Alabama Art Kitchen booth, Katherine Kosich, a sophomore majoring in English, was present throughout the entire festival.

Kosich said her favorite parts of the festival were seeing Gun Party perform and working at the booth.

“I absolutely adored [DCAF],” she said. “I’ve been here since 9 a.m., I’m sunburnt and probably dehydrated, but I’m having a great time, so it’s worth it.”

Creative Campus was pleased with the attendance, the atmosphere and the weather. Several

interns agreed that this year’s festival was the best it has ever been.

“I think this was our best year. I don’t think we could have asked for a better year,” said Seema Kumar, a Creative Campus intern.

For vendors, the best part of DCAF seemed to be the atmosphere and the fact that it engaged the entire Tuscaloosa community rather than just the campus. For Anthony Tavis, a UA graduate and folk art vendor, the turnout was great for exposure and sales. “[This year], there have been phenomenal sales … There are more people than last year,” he said. “Overall, this year is a lot better.”

With the improvements to the festival, as well as the expansion of the event to engage more of the campus and community, DCAF is setting itself up to continue to flourish and attract crowds in the coming years.

“I think it turned out great,” said Jessica Bailey, another DCAF intern. “All our effort paid off. We got the communal festival feel we wanted.

There’s a good mix of families, students and members of the community.”

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Kentucky’s top three too much for Tide in losing effort

By Chris Moran Contributing Writer The Alabama men’s tennis team lost to the No. 7 Kentucky Wildcats Sunday, 4-1. With the loss, Alabama dropped to 6-10 in the season and 1-5 in Southeastern Conference play. The Tide’s next match is Friday, when it travels to Columbia, S.C., to face the South Carolina Gamecocks.

Freshman David Vieyra attributed the loss to a lack of confidence for his team. “They’ve got great players,�

Vieyra said. “I just think that we were struggling a little bit today with our confidence.�

All top three singles spots fell to Kentucky in Sunday’s loss.

Senior Ricky Doverspike lost to the Wildcats’ Eric Quigley, ranked as the No. 5 player in the country. Doverspike lost the first two sets to Quigley, 4-6

and 3-6, in the first singles spot.

Head coach Billy Pate said the talent level on Kentucky’s team was too much for his team to handle. “Well first of all [Kentucky is] really good,� Pate said. “They’re a top-10 team, and they really have a sort of murderers’ row at the one-two-three spots at singles.�

Indeed, all of the top three players on Kentucky’s team are nationally ranked. Quigley, Alex Musialek and Anthony Rossi are ranked fifth, 21st and 28th, respectively. They also have plenty of experience, with two seniors and one junior in the top three spots. The Tide kept it close for a while, but in the end, the Wildcats pulled away. “We were really competitive there in the first sets, but in all three of those second sets, we just didn’t have the juice,� Pate said. “We had chances there. We

had good first sets, but in the second it just wasn’t there.�

Still, Pate said he was proud of the way Doverspike competed against his opponent. “I mean, Quigley is a really good player,� Pate said. “He’ll be a tour player, and he’ll be a really good professional player. But [Doverspike] is close, and he just needs to believe a little bit more and get a break our way.�

Pate said the team has struggled to combine their skills to put together a complete set of matches. “We’re a much better team than our record indicates, and that’s what really hurts for them right now,� he said. “But we have two choices: we can hang our heads and suck and not be as effective next week or the rest of the season, or we can choose to go the other way and stick it out and get better and grow through Left: Senior Vikram Reddy Right: Freshman David Vieyra all of this.�

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Tide sweeps Longwood, DePaul at home over weekend

By Morgan Upton Sports Reporter smupton@crimson.ua.edu The No. 1 Alabama softball team swept the Alabama Easton Challenge over the weekend, moving to 30-1 on the year.

The Tide started the weekend by sweeping the No. 25 DePaul Blue Demons Friday and Saturday with scores of 4-3 and 9-7. Alabama followed up with an 11-0 win through five innings against the Longwood Lancers Saturday before finishing the weekend with a 7-2 win over Longwood Sunday.

The slow pace set by the Lancers Sunday kept the Tide’s bats at bay in the first

two innings, as neither team could manage to score. Junior Keima Davis finally jumpstarted the scoring for Alabama with a solo home run in the third inning. It was her second home run of the year. Jennifer Fenton then scored off a double by Jackie Traina, giving Alabama a 2-0 lead.

Longwood rebounded in the fourth with a home run from Brooke Short to put the Lancers within one, at 2-1.

Alabama responded in the fifth and sixth innings, putting the game away for good.

Kayla Braud scored off a triple by Fenton in the fifth inning, followed by scores from Fenton and Courtney Conley off a single by Jackey

brought her in off a single.

Fenton said her team rebounded well at the plate, despite the slow start. “We had to get used to the pitching again,� Fenton said. “We started off slow, but I think we ended strong, and that’s all that matters. We made good adjustments. We had a plan going into the at-bat, and we stuck with it, rather than just swinging at anything.�

The Tide moved the lineup around to give other players game time experience. Head CW| John Michael Simpson coach Patrick Murphy said Jadyn Spencer slides into third base.

Sunday’s lineup looked more like a 2013 team than the 2012 Branham. Davis started the a sacrifice fly from Fenton. team. sixth inning with another hit Braud rounded out the scor“I want to give opportuand would go on to score on ing when Denise Richard nities to other people, and

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Murphy said. “Fortunately, unfortunately it was a tight game. They need to feel that pressure, because if its 11-0 and you’re hitting it, there’s no pressure. If its 2-2 and you’re up like Jackey Branham, there’s pressure. She came through. Keima came through.

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Davis said the team’s ability to get the win would benefit the team this season and next season. “It benefits us because we get experience and get to work with each other,� Davis said. “I feel like we finished it. That’s our main thing, is to finish.�

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Collapse costs Tide series Alabama finishes second at SEC championships

By Brett Hudson Senior Sports Reporter bbhudson@crimson.ua.edu @Brett_Hudson

In only 21 hours, the tables turned full circle on the Alabama baseball team.

After Ole Miss closer Brett Huber gave up a walk-off homerun to give Alabama a 3-2 win in Saturday’s game, its first Southeastern Conference win of the year, the Alabama bullpen could not hold a 4-2 lead to beat the Rebels Sunday.

The No. 17 Ole Miss Rebels torched Alabama for six runs in the last two innings to beat the Crimson Tide 8-4, resulting in a 2-1 series loss for the Tide.

“Ole Miss did a really good job late in the game, and we just couldn’t hold it down in the bullpen today,” head coach Mitch Gaspard said.

Gaspard said Sunday’s loss was particularly tough to swallow after coming into the game with the momentum of a walkoff homerun the day before, as well as taking a 4-2 lead into the eighth inning.

“It was tough,” Gaspard said.

“It seems like we’ve had three of those opportunities now to where we could really build on the momentum from the day before, and we just haven’t been able to finish them.”

Shortstop Jared Reaves added, “It’s just kind of how it seems to be right now. I

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Jared Reaves slides into second base against Ole Miss. thought, offensively, we were good. Defensively, we were good, and the pitching has been great the past two days. It’s unfortunate to have that happen, but that’s baseball.”

Alabama lost its momentum in the top of the seventh inning, when Ole Miss hit a sacrifice fly to center field that scored two runs.

“I’ve seen it before, but not often,” Gaspard said. “I kind of figured on the ball right there.

They had a pretty good runner at second base. With the way Taylor caught the ball running backwards, it was going to be a tough play for us. That really was the one that kind of got their momentum going and kind of broke our back.”

Reaves added, “Any time they get two [runs] off a sacrifice fly, that’s kind of heartbreaking.”

Gaspard listed the offensive

production as an issue in the loss.

“Offensively, we certainly have to be better than we were today,” Gaspard said. “We’ve got to be able to pressure the defense more than a couple of times throughout the ballgame.”

Gaspard said he is trying to focus on the season’s future instead of the problems his team is facing.

“It was tough, but as I told the team today, we’ve got to have reality right now,” Gaspard said. “There’s an awful lot of young guys. All freshmen pitched yesterday and today, and they are improving. It’s not what folks want to hear right now. You want to win games, but we will win games if they continue to improve the way they are right now.”

the meet with an impressive 49.275 on the uneven bars.

Senior Geralen Stack-Eaton anchored the Tide with a score of 9.9, and senior Ashley Priess Alabama had a chance to added a 9.875. win its second Southeastern Conference title in as many Balance beam: The Tide folyears in Duluth, Ga., on lowed its bars rotation with Saturday but fell short, finish- a disappointing performance ing second behind the Florida on balance beam. It posted a Gators. Here’s a closer look at score of 48.825, and no gymnast the weekend’s meet: scored above 9.825.

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bounced back with the highest floor exercise total of the night, scoring a 49.350. Priess and Stack-Eaton both scored 9.9s, and junior Marissa Gutierrez added a 9.875.

Vault: Gutierrez once again led the Tide on its last event of the evening, posting a 9.9 on the vault. Junior Ashley Sledge, freshman Kaitlyn Clark and Priess added 9.875 for Alabama, which added up to a 49.325 on Alabama vault.

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After Alabama finished its final rotation, Florida still had to compete on the floor routine to clinch the win. It needed to score at least a 49.0 on floor to take first place, and the Gators scored a 49.2.

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Geralen Stack-Eaton performs her routine on the uneven bars