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Bama hauls in high school headliners By Zac Al-Khateeb
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The Alabama Crimson Tide was able to bring in another stellar recruiting class on National Signing Day Wednesday, bringing in the nation’s top-rated recruiting class, according to Rivals.com. Several highly touted recruits lead Alabama’s 26-member class. Alabama’s recruiting class was headlined by athletes Eddie Williams and Cyrus Jones, as well as wide receivers Chris Black and Amari Cooper, to name a few. The class consists of three five-star recruits and 14 four-star recruits. Head coach Nick Saban said he believes this class will have a suc-cessful career at the University. “We’re very, very pleased with the group of players that we were able to attract this year, in this signing class,” Saban said. “…We do feel like these young men were recruited here because we felt that they could be successful at this institution.” Despite Alabama’s addition of a number of productive offensive players, the Tide was also able to haul in some of the best defen-sive talent in the nation to help fill a depleted defensive backfield. Alabama lost six out of eight starters in the defensive backfield but was able to reload at these positions by sign-ing five linebackers and four defensive backs. Of course, Landon Collins, a safety out of Louisiana, was the Tide’s biggest haul of the day. Saban discussed the possibil-ity of Collins playing early in his career. “We feel like Landon Collins is an outstanding player, a fine young man,” Saban said. “We give everybody an oppor-tunity to play as freshmen. The more mature guys that learn more quickly are the guys that have the best chance to contribute as freshmen. Landon’s defi-nitely demonstrated all these qualities.”
By Melissa BrownStaff Reporter
“His class, filled with dusty old movies, taught me to see the possible and reminded me that an average radio broadcaster from a small Alabama town can make it in this industry.” So read University of Alabama student Kyle David Pierce’s Facebook status when he learned of the death of Gary Copeland, a retired depart-ment chair and professor in the department of telecommunication and film. Copeland, who died over the weekend, retired in the summer of 2011 following a career of 30 years at the University. According to the College of Communication and Information Sciences, he wanted to spend more time with his grandchil-dren, his “first love.” “His class was the first media/film class that I took once I got to college. I came in as a political
science major,” said Pierce, now a junior study-ing telecommunication and film management.
By William EvansSenior Staff Reporter
Daniel Moore believes in God, Trent Richardson and the legacy of Alabama foot-ball–all despite an ongoing legal controversy. Moore, a 1976 UA graduate and sports artist, has cap-tured some of the most his-toric moments in Alabama football since his first paint-ing in 1979 depicting the famous “Goal Line Stand” that stopped Penn State from crossing the one-yard line in the 1979 Sugar Bowl. To commemorate the Crimson Tide’s victory in the BCS National Championship game against Louisiana State University, Moore will com-plete a two-phased painting by summer 2012. The bottom half, designed as a standalone piece that can be purchased sepa-rately, depicts the Crimson Tide defense surrounding LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson. In the center, Dont’a Hightower is stripping the football from the unsure hands of Jefferson. The top half features in its center the catch Kevin Norwood made in leaping above the head of LSU defen-sive back Tyronne Mathieu. “If there was one image out of that game that visually you could look at it and you could tell who won the game,
it was that play,” Moore said. “Having Alabama up over the face of LSU means Alabama over LSU, and that’s the right order for us Alabama fans. The rest of the painting tells how Alabama won the game.”
Moore attributes the victoryin New Orleans to the strongperformance of the CrimsonTide defense. In deciding howto artistically represent that
By Taylor HollandNews Editor
The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama will vote on whether to allow the instal-lation of 715 cellular antennas inside Bryant-Denny Stadium this Thursday at their quarterly meeting. The addition of the antennas will improve wire-less phone and data reception on game days, according to Board of Trustees documents.
If approved, Verizon and AT&T will pay for the upgrade, known as the wireless distribution sys-
Students remember former TCF chair
A painter’s trademark
Stadium cell service, ten Hoor on Trustees’ agenda
Submitted PhotoThe sketch of Daniel Moore’s latest print commemorates the Tide’s 14th national championship.
Submitted PhotoStudents remembered Gary Copeland as helpful and respectful.
The addition of the antennas will improve wireless phone and data reception on game days.
See SIGNING, page 10
See COPELAND, page 2
See TRUSTEES, page 5 See MOORE, page 3
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“In his class, my biggest take away was the idea that film and media can be created by real people, and that could be some of us.” For Pierce, though, Copeland’s influence far exceeded the classroom. President of the Tuscaloosa Kiwanis Club at one time, Copeland was an active mem-ber of the community and encouraged Pierce to become active in Circle K, the College Branch of the Kiwanis Club. “The biggest mark he made on me was his commitment to service and the community. He loved film, but he loved the com-munity as much, if not more,” Pierce said. “The whole time he was sick, he never stopped in service through Kiwanis, and I’ve only been to a handful of Tuscaloosa Kiwanis Meetings that he wasn’t at welcoming people, especially those of us who visited from Circle K.” Telecommunication and film program assistant Mary Lou Cox said she is at a loss of words to describe what the loss means to the department. “Words cannot express how this department feels with this passing,” Cox said. “For me, he was an awesome boss. I couldn’t ask for anything bet-ter. It’s just devastating, that’s all I can say.”
The current chair of the department, Loy Singleton, said in a press release that Copeland possessed the rare combination of humor and wel-coming personality with intel-lect and accomplishment. “Gary would have laughed out loud if anyone described him as ‘beloved,’ but he certain-ly was by many of his students and colleagues here at UA and across the nation,” Singleton said. Singleton might find evi-dence for his statement from the outpouring of support fromformer students, colleagues and friends have shown in theFacebook group “Friends of Gary.” Many former students write of Copeland’s willingness to assist students. He never shied away from helping a freshman. According to Pierce, Copeland never changed. “He was a great professor,” Pierce said. “We were all fresh-men, and he was a department chair, but he treated us like realpeople.”
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[email protected] Bloggers are now able to raise money for disaster relief just by sharing their stories thanks to TopAlarmSystem.com’s blog-ging donation program. Through the Alabama Disaster Relief Blogging Program, TopAlarmSystem.com will donate $25 to Birmingham’s Christian Service Mission for every blog post writ-ten about the Alabama tornado disasters from now until March 1. Posts must be at least 400 words and posted somewhere on the web. The blogger must also leave a comment on the program’s website specifying where the piece was posted. The content of the post is completely up to the blogger. Tyler Moore, marketer for TopAlarmSystem.com and the brains behind the blogging pro-gram, said guidelines for con-tent of posts were intentionally left unrestricted. “We wanted to get people involved,” Moore said. “That is why we’re having people share their thoughts and stories. We
figure everyone has a story to tell about where they were or what happened. This is a good way to share it and connect with each other.” The donations will go to the 41-year-old Christian Service Mission that mobilized thou-sands of volunteers and sup-plies in response to both the April 27 and the Jan. 23 torna-does. Rachel Callahan, opera-tor of blogger networking site alabamabloggers.com, recom-mended the Christian Service Mission when Moore got in touch with her. “I recommended the CS Mission because they have had such a powerful impact on our state. They basically led the entire April 27 rebuilding pro-cess,” Callahan said. “Also, I strongly believe in giving local-ly rather than nationally. There
is so much less administrative costs and overhead, and you know that your money is going exactly where you want it to go.” Mary Grace Melick, commu-nity development director for the Christian Service Mission, said this program will help not only financially, but also in recruiting much needed volun-teers. “I think the monetary help for the Christian Service Mission is valuable,” Melick said. “Everything we do costs money, and every dollar we get goes back to Pratt City. So, from a financial perspective, it is really helpful. There is a continued need for volunteers. We need to remind them what good they can do and remind them what it feels like to help people and get them to want to do it again. We want to let people know there is
always an opportunity to serve.” As Melick said, the proceeds from the blogging program will go to the Christian Service Mission’s Pratt City Initiative, a program seeking to build 10 new homes in the area. “We are not a building orga-nization, but we are a communi-ty development organization,” Melick said. “Pratt City has been one the slowest areas to come back. A lot of people have moved out, and they needed a jump-start. We want to gener-ate some excitement, and get people to start thinking that is something going on.” Callahan said this program will help bloggers fulfill their desire to contribute to the relief efforts. “Bloggers feel a burden to do something but don’t know what to do to take part,” Callahan said. “This is a great way to raise awareness and support and use our platforms for good.” To have $25 donated to Christian Service Mission on your behalf, visit TopAlarmSystem.com/ala-bama-disaster-relief and post a comment with a link to your blog post.
By Sam GerardContributing Writer
The Student Government Association is offering free practice tests to administer to hopeful graduate students. The tests will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Lloyd Hall and Bidgood Hall. Kaplan Test Preparatory offers practice Law School Admission Tests and Graduate Record Examinations for this practice test session. These tests are designed to help future doctors, lawyers, businesspeople and other professional workers identify their strengths and weakness-es in their field of work and to assist in their admission into graduate school. “The SGA found administer-ing the tests to be a way to help students out, and it’s about time for people to apply to grad school, so these tests would be helpful to the students,” Dorothy Griffith, communica-tions director of SGA, said. These tests are available to anyone interested in taking the exam for either practice or to see if they are interested in the field of graduate study. “The key to succeed is endur-ance, so taking practice LSATs is more important than famil-iarity with the material,” said Hannah Brewer, a sophomore majoring in psychology.
“It is important to be used to the familiarity with the format of the test and getting used to the exam’s time division.” The SGA urged students to take one of these practice exams to prepare for the actual exams required for graduate schools and programs. The admissions standards of grad-uate schools is higher than it has ever been, which makes getting into grad school more tasking. Educational Testing Service, the group that gives the test, reported that there was a five- percent increase last year in people taking practice GREs. According to ETS, taking the practice exam can improve the test statistics of potential grad-uate students. Some students, however, are ambivalent to taking practice exams for graduate school.
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They see the work as a repeti-tious continuation of control education systems have over graduate students. “They cheapen education and promote a mechanistic, reductionist worldview,” Nick
Janzen, a senior majoring in political science, said. The tests only provide a benchmark that does not mean anything in real life, according to Janzen. Kaplan is also offering a
preview class to some of the tests on Feb. 6 at Lloyd Hall and Bidgood Hall. This session will offer students an opportunity to overview the practice exam and get tips for future test tak-ing.
Students interested in tak-ing a practice exam can go to Kaplan’s website, enter Tuscaloosa’s ZIP code (35487) and sign up for a practice GRE, LSAT or MCAT to take this Saturday.
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“We fi gure everyone has a story to tell about where they were or what happened. This is a good way to share it and
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MOOREContinued from page 1
performance, he settled upon a montage. Moore’s artwork has been a subject of legal controversy since the University filed suit against him in 2005. The litigation con-tests Moore’s right to sell post-ers and prints made from his paintings without first obtaining a license from the University. A United States District Court in Birmingham ruled largely in his favor in November 2009, but the University appealed the court ruling that affirmed Moore’s art-work as protected speech under the First Amendment. In its appeal, the University is seeking to protect “the value and reputation of our trademarks, name, colors, indicia and logos, by determining who uses them, as well as when and how they are used,” said Deborah Lane, assistant vice president for University relations, in a recent New York Times article on the lawsuit. For more than two decades, Moore was given sideline passes and allowed to borrow memo-rabilia from the Paul W. Bryant Museum, such as helmets, jer-seys and trophies, to use as ref-erences for inspiring his paint-ings. When the University pro-posed in 1999 to have Moore pay a licensing fee for all of his images of the football team, he declined to cooperate. In 2001, he was barred from the sidelines. “It’s just ludicrous for them to sue after that long,” he said. “That is a nap of Rip Van Winkle
proportion. Not only did they not sue me for those 20-some-odd years, but they were selling unlicensed prints of mine every single year. “I’m embarrassed for them,” he said. This morning, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta will hear the oral arguments of the University on behalf of its inter-est to preserve Crimson Tide trademark rights, Moore said. The next step for the lawsuit, if
the University loses the appeal, would be the Supreme Court, he said. “There comes a time to fight some things, and I think a con-stitutional issue is worth fight-ing for,” he said. “A win for the University would hurt a lot of other artists out there who work in a lot of other things besides football, such as photography. The University wants this total control, and they’re out of con-trol and don’t need it.”
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By Austin Gaddis
In the past decade, there has been increased pressure on our greek system to adapt to the growth and expansion of the university by finally integrat-ing fraternities and sororities. For too long, this problem has plagued any conversation of campus cultural progress and stifles our ability to be the community of our true poten-tial. With arguably the most prestigious greek system in the nation, we annually have the largest sorority rush in the country and a number of campus chapters that receive national distinctions and awards from their respective national organizations.
Last spring, we saw the incredible power of our greek community through UA Greek Relief, which delivered thou-sands of meals and supplies to those affected by the tornado. Through supporting charitable organizations and regularly hosting philanthropic events, our greek system certainly pro-motes active citizenship and
service to others. However, the real issue is our system’s perpetual insistence to promote the outdated notion of a segregated greek community. Last semester, our university president came under fire for saying all campus fraternities and sororities should deter-mine their own membership, signaling that the administra-tion would not be involved in forcing integration. While our university admin-istration could do more to foster discussions of diversity among students, it is the responsibil-ity of the greek organizations to select new members. As a former fraternity president, I scoffed at the idea of adminis-trators dabbling in the recruit-ment process.
If we were the true leaders we claim to be, we shouldn’t need the administration to force the greek system to integrate. Our campus student leaders should stand up and demand that we no longer tolerate an atmosphere of discrimination against other students. On several occasions, I’ve spoken with opponents of an integrated greek system on campus. Overwhelmingly, the reoccurring excuse for why we should not integrate is that “it’s always been this way.” They’re right, and shame on us for it. We’ve blurred the lines of tradition and intolerance to the point where blatant discrimina-tion is allowed to continually happen with no accountability.But the tides of our campus are
changing, and more students than ever before are now call-ing for a change in the way that we view our community. In recent years, some hous-es have accepted Asians, Hispanics and those of Middle Eastern descent into our sys-tem. Why not everyone? Why do we continually and system-atically discriminate against one minority group? What is holding us back? As soon as we allow ourselves to break through the self-creat-ed barriers of our past, we will be a stronger, more successful and more inclusive community.
Austin Gaddis is a junior majoring in communication studies and public relations. His column runs on Thursdays.
By Brad Tipper Checking my calendar, I noticed that it has now been over three weeks since our football team’s flawless BCS National Championship Game victory in the Super Dome. During this time span, players have declared
their intent to enter the NFL draft, the day has been set for this spring’s A-Day game and the Tide has secured another top recruiting class on National Signing Day. The celebrations, other than the internal joy felt every time you think of the game’s final score, are over, and
By Amber Kaderbek
The article “It’s up to women to protect their rights” made the following assertion: “[Roe v. Wade] helped reaffirm the basic right that disallows gov-ernment intervention in per-sonal matters, which is a funda-mental necessity for a function-ing democracy.” What is neces-sary for a functioning democ-racy is good legal practice. Roe v. Wade was monumental in its disregard for accepted legal practice. A decision is universally held to be “legally correct” in the United States if the decision is based on established legal precedent and is derived from the Constitution. The Supreme Court acknowledged this, cit-ing ancient history, English
and American common law and the Constitution and its Amendments. Regarding ancient history, the Roe v. Wade court stated the following: “Abortion was practiced in Greek times, as well as in the Roman Era,” and that “it was resorted to without scruple.” The Supreme Court dismissed the testimony of the prominent medical historian, Arturo Castiglioni, whom the Court actually cites earlier in the case. Castiglioni states that Roman law punished abor-tion, definitely from the time of Augustus, and probably before. In many medical cases, legal precedent turns to the accept-ed standard for the moral-ity of medical procedures, the Hippocratic Oath, which states, “I will neither give a deadly
drug to anybody if asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect. Similarly, I will not give to a woman an abortive remedy.” In the U.S., English and American Common Law were investigated. The Court said of common law: “Whether abor-tion of a quick fetus was a fel-ony at common law, or even a lesser crime, is still disputed...it now appear[s] doubtful that abortion was ever firmly estab-lished as a common-law crime.” Although it cites the works of Bracton, an accepted common law commentator of the 13th century, it ignores his words, “If one strikes a pregnant woman or gives her poison in order to procure an abortion, if the foetus is already formed or quickened, especially if it is
quickened, he commits homi-cide.” Moreover, the court cites Eugene Quay to support its assertion that the states did not have any legislation prior to the Civil War. Quay has, however, an appendix detailing the stat-utes on abortion in all states and territories, which states that “a full 31 of the eventual 50 states had statutes punishing abortion before the Civil War.” The Court’s view of “per-sonhood” in light of the Constitution is that no refer-ence to personhood “has any possible pre-natal applica-tion.” Indeed, the word “per-son” appears many times with no obvious application to the unborn. Yet, establishing that “personhood,” as used, has no clear “pre-natal applica-
tion” does not mean that the unborn are excluded from the rights of the Constitution. The Court cites Articles I and II, the Migration and ImportationClause and the Emolument Clause. Every single clause cited by the Court excludes the unborn, but each one alter-nately excludes a 17-year-old, an Indian who does not pay taxes and an American born inEngland! The justices of the Supreme Court made a number of criti-cal mistakes in their analysis of abortion, ignoring ancient law and natural law, misinterpret-ing legal precedent and manip-ulating the Constitution.
Amber Kaderbek is a junior majoring in aerospace engi-neering.
Clues to why we are, in fact, better than you, LSU
The legal incorrectness of Roe v. WadeLETTER TO THE EDITOR
Greek system must move toward integration
talk has turned mostly to what next season will hold for our team. However, in Louisiana, their calendars are still stuck on Jan. 9. The heartache Tiger fans felt in New Orleans that night, look-ing up at the scoreboard as they left the stadium in the middle of the third quarter, is still there. They’re frustrated, disappoint-ed, sad, angry and still passed out at Krystal. Thankfully for them, they have quality journalism and sharp minds to express these feelings. To put Baton Rouge’s current mindset into words, the Louisiana State University student newspaper, The Daily Reveille, printed an article on Monday titled, “Clues you are an Alabama fan.” Judging by this article, the best way to describe the mood in Baton Rouge would be sour, to say the least. So sour, in fact, they have resorted to poor attempts at mudslinging in the direction of the team who beat them 21-0 just over three weeks ago. It seems that some members of the LSU student body have let their emotions stunt their ability to complete quality classwork. This article, written by stu-dents in a mass communication writing class, is a list of cringe-worthy one-liners against our fan base that even members of the Auburn “family” probably
wouldn’t find funny. Don’t get me wrong, I love the antics that go on between rival schools, but is this really the best you can come up with, LSU? I can understand the student body’s current state of mind, though. I think I can speak for every Bama fan in saying that the same words I used to describe the feelings of LSU fans are the exact ones I felt the night of Nov. 5. We were heartbroken. The difference, though, between our loss on Nov. 5 and LSU’s loss on Jan. 9 lies in the post-game reaction. After our loss, we immediately began to look ahead to the rest of the season, under-standing that both SEC and BCS championship hopes were slow-ly slipping away. Our team and our fans swallowed our pride, picked up the pieces,and hoped for the best. While it was frus-trating how close the game was, and how many opportunities we had to win, we still understood that we had been beaten. We as fans had been properly humbled, and Nick Saban and his team were given the motivation to end the season as they did. LSU’s student body obviously believes in a different approach to losing. Instead of looking for-ward to next fall and vowing revenge on the gridiron, they’ve decided to take the low road and make themselves look like a middle school student slinging
“yo momma” jokes on the play-ground. This isn’t the first time their student body has openly spoken against our school and its foot-ball team either. If you remem-ber, this newspaper quoted the LSU student body president, comparing our team’s chance for a rematch in a title game to our students being able to retake final exams. I think he might have already had an idea of what was in store for his team in the weeks to follow. When it comes down to it, it’s a matter of respect and class. While our fan base isn’tfree from their share of highly publicized incidents of disre-specting teams after both wins and losses, I can say that our students have handled our pro-gram’s successes and disap-pointments while abstaining from taking the low road. It seems our rivals in Louisiana could not only take some point-ers from Saban’s playbook, but also from the way our student body reflects the pride we have in our school and the respect we have for our opponents, no matter the result. So, LSU, I’ll add respect and class to my own list: Clues to why we’re better than you.
Brad Tipper is a sophomore majoring in political science and economics.
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By Brett SaundersContributing Writer
The anime convention Kami-Con, created to celebrate anime and allow guests to interact and enjoy their hobbies, will be held for the fourth year at the University of Alabama in the Ferguson Center on Friday. This year, the three-day event will cost attendees $30 for the entire weekend and $20 for those wanting to pre-register. The convention will feature different events and activities throughout the weekend. “I am looking forward to a lot of fun and action for the guests,” said Raymond Lenzner, creator of the University of Alabama Kami-Con. “And there will be a lot of voice actors and big named guests coming to the convention.” Lenzner started Kami-Con four years ago after attending different conventions. With his family’s background in theater, he found it possible to create Kami-Con in Tuscaloosa. “I went to other conventions and I wanted to try to run one myself,” Lenzner said. “So, I formed the student organiza-tion Bama SOS Brigade.” The first three years of the convention, Lenzner paid out of pocket to pay for the activities going on at the convention. “We were essentially run-ning a party for 2,000 people,” Lenzner said. Since the creation of the Kami-Con convention in Tuscaloosa, the number of peo-ple in attendance has almost doubled each year and the num-ber of members for the organi-zation has also increased, going from 20 in 2009 to almost 50 in 2012. “It is really crazy; I never expected it to grow so much, so fast. We went from 500 people to 1,200 people to last year having 2,300 people come. We expect to have more people this year,” said Matthew Jones, chairman of the tech staff for Kami-Con. Jones was one of the original members of the Kami-Con staff created back in 2009. Saturday night, Jones, who created the
Anime convention returns to UA for fourth year
• What: Kami-Con
• Where: Ferguson Center
• When: Friday 5 p.m. to midnight, Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 a.m., Sun-day 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Cost: $20 for three-day pre-register, $30 for three-day at the door, $25 for two day at the door, $15 for one day at the door
IF YOU GO ...Kami-Con rave, will host the event and be its musical guest. “Saturday is our biggest day; most of us are really stressed and that is when the most people come out,” Jones said. “We have a lot of staff this year and a lot of people volunteering from Troy and other areas.” The staff of Kami-Con hopes to be more interactive with their audience this year and make the characters livelier. The conven-tion will have tabletop games, vendors, video game contests and other games including dodge ball. The guests will include: 501st Brigade; 91.8, an
Internet radio station; the band Electric Moon; and Marble Hornets.
For more information on the conven-tion, visit www.kamicon.net.
CW | Margo Smith
Kami-Con guests from last yearʼs event participate in some of the many activities available to con-vention goers.
TRUSTEESContinued from page 1
Each phone carrier will also pay UA a $36,000 licensing fee per year, a number that will increase by three percent each year. As of Wednesday, the initial agreement between the compa-nies and the University is 10 years. However, the Trustees’ documents said the term would automatically be extended for five years follow-ing the first term unless either of the carriers opts out. The Board of Trustees will also vote on a $6 million renovation to ten Hoor Hall. The renovations would upgrade accessibility to public restrooms, entrances and other parts of the building, as well as replace existing building com-ponents that have reached the end of their usual life, among other actions. The Board’s physical properties committee will also vote on the possible construction of a 750-spot parking deck that will be located in the grass lot adjacent to the east Riverside Residential Community asphalt parking lot. The deck will “increase the avail-able parking spaces for students, faculty and staff, as well as accom-modate parking for University sporting events and other special events held throughout the year,” according to documents. Early proposals have theRiverside parking deck costing the University a total of $15 million. The Board of Trustees will also consider a proposed renova-tion and addition to the Ferguson Center, which they approved Stage I of at a cost of $35 million in the 2011-2012 Annual Capital Development Plan. The addition will consist of approximately 99,000 square feet of renovated space, as well as an addition of 59,643 square feet of new construction. The project will also move the Starbucks in the Ferguson Center to a location on the ground floor. Additionally, the SUPe Store will increase from 26,247 square feet to 46,690 square feet, the book said. These items, among others, will be considered at Thursday and Friday’s Board of Trustees meetings, which are being held at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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Medical student assumes regional leadership roleUAB student to lead program focused on training medical students for demands of rural physicians
By Ashanka KumariStaff Reporter
Tate Hinkle, a second-year student at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, was recently named a regional coordinator for the American Academy of Family Physicians National Family Medicine Interest Group Network. As coordinator, Hinkle will serve as a consultant and resource for the FMIGs on medical school campuses in nine states and three U.S. territo-ries in the northeast – Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands – which com-prise Region 4 of the network. “I wanted to be able to be involved at a national level and be able to share information with a lot of interest groups across the country and take the passion I had developed over the last few years and share that passion with others so that they could understand what we’re trying to do in family medi-cine,” Hinkle said. Ashley Bentley, student inter-est communications coordinator for the American Academy of Family Physicians, said a selection committee appointed Hinkle to a regional coor-dinator position. Hinkle began active duty on Jan. 1 and will be in the posi-tion until December 2012. “We have five student leaders that really serve as our peer-to-peer com-munication leaders,” Bentley said. “[Hinkle] can take his experiences and talk to other student leaders who gen-erally tend to listen more to him since he is also a student and can share simi-lar, relatable experiences with them. That’s where he is also very valuable.” Hinkle completed his master’s degree in biological and environmental scienc-es at Troy University and received his Bachelor’s degree in biomedical scienc-es from Auburn University before join-ing the University of Alabama School of Medicine’s Rural Medicine Program in 2009. “The Rural Medicine Program is a
f i v e - y e a r m e d i c a l school pro-gram that is designed to bring in s t u d e n t s from rural A l a b a m a and students that are i n t e r e s t e d in primary care in those areas and help with their lead-ership and development
that will prepare them for being doc-tors in a rural community,” Hinkle said. “A rural community is different versus a bigger city because in a rural com-munity, you might be the only doctor in the whole community. The whole pro-gram is designed to target those stu-dents in smaller areas, because stud-ies have shown that those students are more likely to go back to the smaller areas and practice there.” Glen Stream, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, said that FMIGs are one of the best ways for medical students to learn about the breadth, depth and rewards of family medicine. “Regional coordinators are key to introducing students not only to family medicine, but also to the opportunities out there for both service and leader-ship in their communities and their profession,” Stream said. Hinkle said one of the main reasons he went into medicine was because he enjoys being around people. “I think we all go into medicine for the same reason, to help people,” Hinkle said. “From a young age, I real-ized I wanted to be a doctor but never knew what specialty until I shadowed my first family physician. I saw the deep trust that his patients put in him and the relationship they had devel-oped over many years as a doctor and patient. I knew that I’d found what I wanted to do with my life.”
Tate Hinkle
Apps provide early warningMeteorologists tout GPS capability on mobile devices for accuracy
By Judah MartinContributing Writer
Severe weather is a lead-ing concern among residents of Tuscaloosa and its surrounding areas, and in a world powered by smartphones and tablets, many people have begun to use apps to keep a lookout for dangerous storms. The rush for these tools, though, has left many consumers asking which apps are most trust-worthy. James Spann, Chie f Meteorologist for ABC 33/40; James Dice, Chief Meteorologist for WBRC; and Richard Scott, Chief Meteorologist for WVUA have all offered advice on weath-er apps and other tools that they have found to be reliable. “My best word of advice is to have NOAA Weather Radio for your home,” Scott said. “You
want the type that’s program-mable county by county. In fact, a Midland NOAA Weather Radio is best in my opinion.” Although it’s not officially affil-iated with NOAA Weather Radio, a weather update app is provided by iTunes via the official NOAA NWS product data feed service for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Spann recommended the iMap WeatherRadio app. The app is currently accessible on iPhones, and the Android version will be introduced in the spring. “[iMap WeatherRadio] enables people to receive warnings based on GPS. If you are in a warning polygon, you get the message, and if you are not in the poly-gon, you aren’t bothered,” Spann said. “The app lets you choose the warnings for which the alarm sounds, and you can also program
in fixed locations as well as your current GPS based location. And, on top of that, you can watch our live tornado coverage within the app. Works like a charm.” Dice agreed with Spann on the iMap WeatherRadio app, but also recommended the free Fox 6 Weather app. The Fox 6 Weather app, which uses GPS to send updates based on the phone’s location, is available on the iPhone, iPod Touch and Android. The app also allows users to send in photos and videos to Fox 6 News. In the event of severe weather, Dice recommends that people should be prepared and rely on the lessons learned in last year’s tornado disaster. “We encourage people to rely on mobile phones and weather radios for their tornado warn-ings and not sirens,” Dice said. “If you’re in the path of a tornado, you need to take action immedi-ately and, hopefully, follow the severe weather plan you’ve put together before the event. We cannot stress enough to get as many walls between you and the outside as possible. Interior rooms and interior rooms in base-ments are the best places. We also learned from April 27 [that] a bike helmet or some sort of hel-met can provide lifesaving pro-tection.” Scott also offered advice for preparing for tornadoes and fur-ther elaborating on the impor-tance of planning ahead. “When a tornado warning is issued, you want to get in the low-est possible spot in your home or apartment and in a room away from windows. The center part of your house is safer because there are more walls between you and the outside to protect you from the wind and debris,” Scott said. “All you have to do is plan ahead. Plan exactly where you are going to go and what you’re going to do if a tornado comes our way. Planning ahead can save your life. The last thing you want to do is try to decide what to do when a tornado is about to strike.”
The iMap Weather Radio app uses the iPhoneʼs GPS ca-pability to alert users when they are in a warning polygon. James Spann, chief meteo-rologist for ABC 33/40 recom-mends it to his viewers.
iMap Weather Radio screenshot
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Marr’s Spring important to University since 1827Natural water source played important role in decision to bring University to Tuscaloosa in early 19th century
By Jordan CissellStaff Reporter
It may be tucked away at the base of a hill behind the Ferguson Center, keeping ten Hoor Hall company along the outer fringe of campus, but Marr’s Spring was central to the original planning and con-struction of the University of Alabama. According to James B. Sellers in “History of the University of Alabama, Vol. 1,” the original Board of Trustees voted in December of 1827 to decide which Alabama city was best suited to be the home of the new University. After 19 ballots, “Tuskaloosa” beat runner-up Montevallo, 47 votes to 18. The Marr’s Spring property played a major role in the decision. The founders decided to build the University on Marr’s Spring and Marr’s Field pri-marily because of the conve-nient water source the spring provided. The land, named after William M. Marr, a wealthy plantation owner who leased the property until the University chose to use it in 1827, had been made available to the University through a government grant in 1819. Marr’s Spring served as the campus’ primary water sup-ply until around 1920, when the University completed its transition to utilizing the city’s water system, accord-ing to a 1973 letter from James C. Wilder, then direc-tor of University Relations, to the Alabama Historical Association. In “The University of Alabama: A Guide to the Campus,” current art history professor Robert Mellown wrote, “Water from this
flowing well was collected in brick cisterns from which University slaves hauled buckets to the rooms of stu-dents.” The remains of two of these receptacles survive today. In 1936, the spring area was converted to “the swimming lake,” a recreational pond which remained on campus for decades. “When I went to school here in the early 1980s, the swim-ming lake was still there,” University Archivist Tom Land said. “There was still a little dock and you could see where they used to swim. But we never swam in it. The water was too cold, and every-one had pools.” Land also described a “little goat path made by students” cutting across the spring to get to class. The swimming area has since been drained and addi-tional landscaping and a formal pathway have been added, due in large part to a 1972 restoration effort by the Chi Omega sorority.
“I come through this area as a shortcut all the time,” said Kendra Hollis, a senior major-ing in marketing. Hollis doesn’t limit her-self to quick trips only, how-ever. She said she comes and spends time near the spring every Monday afternoon for downtime between class and work. “I get out of class around 1 [p.m.] and go get some Subway,” she said. “Then I come over here for a while because it’s a nice place to relax. It seems like not many people come here or know about it.” Tanner Harris, a sopho-more majoring in business, shares Hollis’ positive regard for the watery enclave. While doing homework on a bench in his inaugural visit to the Spring, he was already plan-ning a return trip. “I just decided to stop by and check it out today on a whim, but I’ll definitely be coming here more often,” he said. “It’s so nice and peace-ful.”
UA lab links obesity to genesPredisposition may cause increased likelihood of disease
By Katie ThurberContributing Writer
Researchers in the University of Alabama Department of Biological Sciences have discovered that specific genes may be to blame for a number of weight- and metabolism-related ill-nesses. Dr. Laura Reed, assistant professor of biological sci-ences at UA, has been testing this hypothesis for more than four years and has reached a groundbreaking conclusion. “The most important find-ing is that the greatest factor in whether or not a person becomes obese is their genes, and how their genes interact with their diets,” Reed said. Reed and her team of more than 10 assistants have been able to isolate gene varia-tions similar to humans in the Drosophila fly, and test how certain diets react with cer-tain variations. “Our research may identify how dietary interactions with genetic variation are propa-gated through physiological levels to produce metabolic symptoms,” said Xiangpei
Zeng, a research assistant. “Specifically, we will map genetic basis of Genotype-by-Environment Interaction.” Their analysis explores the causes of metabolic syn-drome, the collective term for illnesses associated with obe-sity, such as hypertension and Type 2 diabetes. Joana Hubickey, one of Reed’s assistants, is personal-ly motivated in her research. “My current focus is dia-betes,” Hubickey said. “With this disease being so preva-lent especially here in the South, I am motivated to find the underlying causes of this disease. By looking on the genetic level, I hope to shed some light on how this wide-spread disease is obtained.” In addition to finding immediate evidence for diet-gene interactions, the team’s
research sets the stage for more in-depth studies to take place in the future. Katie Bray, another of Reed’s assistants, said she is excited to be involved in such an innovative study. “I think our research will impact the science community by providing a foundation for further research,” Bray said. “It is my hope that our current project is just the beginning of bigger experiments, eventu-ally leading to answers about the importance that genes play in Met-S. This research is unlike anything that has been done, so it is exciting to be a part of the beginnings.” Reed thinks that her work will impact not only the future of dealing with metabolic s yn-drome and weight-manage-ment, but of genetic aware-ness in general. “Improved awareness of one’s genetic predisposi-tion towards obesity can inform treatment and pre-vention plans,” Reed said. “Genetically-informed nutri-tional counseling for the aver-age person is probably going to be possible within the next 10 years.”
“Our research may identify how dietary interactions with genetic variation are propagated through physi-ological levels to produce metabolic symptoms.”
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Staff Reporter The Tornado Recovery Action Council released a comprehensive report regard-ing the April 2011 tornadoes to Gov. Robert Bentley on Tuesday. Organized by Bentley in August, TRAC was tasked to study the events and response of April 2011 and develop rec-ommendations to better pre-pare Alabama in the event of future natural disaster. TRAC, led by Executive Director Ron Gray, is made up of 19 community, corpo-rate and non-profit leaders. Gray said the council wanted a variety of ideas that could be easily accessible to the public. “We began working to develop recommendations that were actionable,” Gray said. “We wanted to make sure to develop recommenda-tions that people could look at and get done.” According to the council’s website, tracalabama.org, they focused on issues span-ning four areas and divided their report into four chap-ters: prepare, warn, respond and recover. “We wanted to save lives, make sure services could be delivered quicker, have more cooperation between responding agencies and minimize the impact to our economy,” Gray said, refer-ring to each chapter. Some of the council’s rec-
ommendations, like weather radio and smartphone tech-nology promotion, can be eas-ily implemented in communi-ties. Other recommendations, such as the establishment of a Utility Workgroup for Disaster Response to fos-ter communication between facility providers and finan-cial incentives to build safe rooms in homes, are not as simple. “There are more aggressive recommendations that will be more difficult to implement,” Gray said. “But our first goal is to save lives. So, the the recommendations related to storm shelters and prepared-ness – the recommendation on how we warn our citizens – will probably be the most important.” The 115-page report is woven with anecdotes and photos of the tornado destruc-tion. TRAC illustrated the devas-tating aftermath many small Alabama towns struggled with by opening the introduc-tion wit h Hackleburg, a small town where 27 of 1,500 resi-dents were killed and more than 75 percent of the town was destroyed. “We could understand if some wanted to give up
on the town. Truth be told, like much of rural Alabama, Hackleburg struggled before the tornado. But this was, and is, their town,” TRAC’s report reads. “And when a team from the Tornado Recovery Action Council visited on the evening of Sept. 13, what we found was even more defining than the winds that uprooted their community. Hackleburg was determined to build back, and to build back better.” TRAC held seven forums, one in the Hackleburg area, to collect citizen input in addition to meeting with weather experts, building officials, response coordina-tors and government officials to gather information and ideas. In a TRAC press release, council co-chairs Pam Siddall and Jimmy Johns shared with Bentley that the coun-cil’s recommendations could prevent the future loss of life in Alabama and across the country. “Individually and collec-tively, we believe these rec-ommendations can be imple-mented to create a stronger state for future generations, and it is clear we must act with urgency.” The full report can be found at TRACAlabama.org.
By Alyssa LocklarSenior Staff Reporter
When Tuscaloosa was hit by the April 27 tornado, Alabama citizens came from all over the state to not only lend a hand in the city’s relief, but also make sure the city came back to life. On Jan. 23, another tornado ran through Jefferson County, and Tuscaloosa remembered the debt it owed to those who came to its service. After an entire summer working with chainsaws and heavy-duty machinery to clean up Tuscaloosa, numer-ous volunteers and organi-zations headed to Jefferson County to put their experi-ence to good use. “With everyone who came down to help us, we were compelled to help them,” said Jordan Barnes, a volunteer with the Christian Service Mission. “When you have the tools and the experience and the heart to help, it would be wrong not to go. When we got there we ran into some of the same people who helped us clean up in Tuscaloosa last April. A lot of these people weren’t from Tuscaloosa or even Birmingham. They just knew that they were needed
and came with no questions asked.” In addition to the Christian Service Mission, organiza-tions like the Tuscaloosa Church of the Highlands, the Tuscaloosa Red Cross, Calvary Church and many others made the 45-minute drive from Tuscaloosa to show Jefferson County they had their support. “We all know we had help from across the country when we needed it the most, so I hate to see people shrug this tornado off just because it wasn’t the size of the April 27 tornado,” Barnes said. “Some people lost their homes. And some people lost little things that may not seem impor-tant to you, but they were meaningful to them. I think we need to help in whatever capacity we can. I think we need to raise more awareness in Tuscaloosa to get out there and help. It was a great thing seeing so many students and faculty helping, but I think we can still do more.” In addition to the volunteers heading to and from Jefferson County, there have been sev-eral groups organizing sup-ply drives in Tuscaloosa with hopes of giving back to those who were there in some of the
town’s darkest days. One such drive happened on Jan. 27, when the Rebuild Tuscaloosa organization and radio stations 98 TXT, 94.1 ZBQ and 105.9 talk radio all came together to give back. The idea spawned from Jonathan Thorn, a 98 TXT deejay who was originally from Jefferson County. “My mom watched on TV as the tornado in April barely missed me, and then, Monday morning, I found myself in a position watching her barely missed by the EF3 in Clay,” Thorn said in an article for Alabama’s 13. “So, I wanted to help all week long, and I got together with ‘Rebuild Tuscaloosa.’ And we just kind of made this happen on the fly.” Kappa Alpha Theta soror-ity also collected water and Gatorade for the tornado relief. “After everything that hap-pened on April 27, we got loads and loads of relief from all over the country,” said Shana Rosenberg, a Kappa Alpha Theta. “People in Alabama were helping in any way they could. So when Jefferson County got hit, we knew we needed to give back and help them rebuild their community like they did for us.”
Loose tiger finally finds some running room
‘Prepare, warn, respond, recover’
Tuscaloosa sends aid after January storms
By Kris Mitchell
The University of Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute will host its first annual Capstone Concept Pitch Competition, and the winning participants will be awarded cash prizes. On Feb. 20, the competition, sponsored by UA Movement, Creative Campus and Alabama CEO, will be held during the University’s Entrepreneurship Week Celebration in Room 112 in the AIME building. “The original idea was to have a lecture,” said Kellie Gentry, president of UA Movement. “Dr. [Lou] Marino suggested the idea of doing a competition because the busi-ness school wanted greater student involvement.” The pitches will be judged on presentation quality, expla-nation of the business concept and the quality of the proposed project. “The competition came out
of the need to have greater stu-dent involvement,” said Kirk Key, an intern with Creative Campus. “Creative Campus is an interdisciplinary group, but partnering with the business school is a little different for us.” There are two rounds to the competition. In the first round, students submit a one to two-minute video that explains how their idea will work. The second round is the final round and students present business plans to a panel of judges, they award scores and the idea with the highest score wins the prize, Gentry said. Gentry said the video should solve any social or environ-mental idea in the Tuscaloosa community, and all ideas that are related to cleaning up debris from the April 27 tor-nado are encouraged. “It’s a great way for stu-dents with great ideas to get involved,” Gentry said. The competition will be
limited to 12 teams and cash prizes of $500, $200 and $100 will be awarded to the first, second and third place win-ners, respectively. At least one team member must be current-ly enrolled at the University of Alabama in order for the group to be eligible. “This competition is a chance for student entrepre-neurs to earn money and help the community,” Key said. Although this is the compe-tition’s first year, operations have been running smoothly, though the greatest issue has been with student submis-sions, Key said. “Submission has been low,” Key said. “We want more stu-dents to become involved with the competition.” Interested participants should send an email of their intent to participate no later than Feb. 13 to Marino, profes-sor of entrepreneurship and strategic management, at [email protected].
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When Suzanne and Rick Dowling imagined their life with kids, they pictured sitcoms. Everybody Loves Raymond, the Cosby Show, Happy Days – worlds where dinner was always cooked, the house was always clean, any problems could be solved in 30 minutes or less and the children were picture perfect. But when their “sitcom-perfect child” Sam was diagnosed with autism at the age of two, the Dowlings realized life wouldn’t be like televi-sion. Now, the Dowlings, faculty-in-resi-dence at the University of Alabama,
often joke about how their life didn’t exactly meet their “Brady Bunch” expectations. “Our life isn’t the picture perfect sitcom,” Suzanne Dowling said. “It’s so much better.” The Dowlings presented their story Wednesday night in a pro-gram titled “Something About Sam: Autism Told Through the World of Sitcoms.” “This is our experience. We’ve dealt with it with humor,” Rick Dowling said after the program, acknowledging that other families deal with autism in different ways. “It played a big part in raising Sam.” T he Dowlings made the decision to move on campus three years ago after Sam graduated from Tuscaloosa’s Northridge High School. Rick and Suzanne wanted Sam to have a “typical college experience,” so the family moved into Riverside West to get a taste of the dorm life. “You have the bad dream and the good dream,” Rick Dowling said. “You don’t even want to think about the bad dream. But the good dream we have for Sam is the same as par-ents not dealing with autism – we want him to be happy, healthy, safe.
We hope one day he can be indepen-dent, have a job and be happy.” In addition to living the dorm life, Sam attends Crossing Points, a pro-gram out of the Special Education Department in UA’s College of Education. Sam walks to class every morning alongside other Riverside residents “He got mad at me the other day when I told him to have a good day at school,” Rick Dowling said. “He told me only high school kids call it school, he was going to class.” Sam graduates in May, bringing him one step closer to the “good dream.” His parents hope he can find a job somewhere on campus, and they are in the process of renewing
their faculty-in-residence positions for another three-year term. Though the Dowlings have suc-ceeded at helping their son have as normal an experience as possible, Suzanne admits that their journey wasn’t without difficulty along the way. “I remember once, soon after the diagnosis, I was in a K-Mart with Sam. We were in the toy aisle trying to pick out a toy. Another mother and son were there, and they were just carrying on a conversation about what the boy wanted. I just started to cry,” she said, tearing up as she recalled the memory. “I knew that however things turned out, Sam would never be like that. His autism is for life. He isn’t going to wake up changed one day.” Their campus life has been a suc-cess, but as Sam nears graduation, he and his parents are looking toward the next episode of their lives. “All sitcoms have a finale – things are pretty and wrapped up. Our little sitcom is nowhere near over,” Suzanne Dowling said. “Sam has autism, and that’s not going to change. But the dream that we have for Sam as parents is still the same.”
Not the ‘sitcom’ the Dowlings expected
“You have the bad dream and the good dream. You don’t even want to think about the bad dream. But the good dream we have for Sam is the same as parents not dealing with autism – we want him to be
happy, healthy, safe.”
— Rick Dowling
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Although it’s not a popular sport in the South, lacrosse is making its way into uni-versities in the region, and Alabama is no exception. The Crimson Tide Lacrosse club sport team has been on campus since 1985, though Vice President Jake Springer said it has not been until recently that the club sport has gained success. “For a long time, [lacrosse] had been almost invisible,” he said. “But since 2009, we’ve started to pick back up con-ference-wise.” Despite not being an official University and Southeastern Conference sport, the team still plays other conference club teams. In fact, the team will face Louisiana State University on Friday at 7 p.m. at the UA Rec fields.
Springer, a junior from Baltimore, Md., said that there are many reasons that UA students should take time out of their Friday schedule to come out and cheer on the Crimson Tide. “It never hurts to see LSU lose,” he said. “It’s also an opportunity to heckle the Tigers again.” For those who do not under-stand the game of lacrosse,
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Springer said that in, essence, it is a cross between soccer and football. The men’s team has not fared well since 1993, but Springer said that a new influx of students in the past three years has helped spark the club. “I have to say that Dr. Witt and Nick Saban have been our best recruiters,” he said. “With more and more stu-dents coming from places like Northeastern states, it really has helped.”
Springer said the sport has become more and more popular over the years in the state and region. “Look at it this way,” he said. “In 2007, there were only seven high schools in the state that offered lacrosse as a sport. Now, there are 17, so we see the interest in the sport steadily rising.” As far as the sport becom-ing part of the UA Athletic Department, Springer said it has a long way to go but that the women’s team could make
it’s way into the department in the near future. “Many teams in our con-ference are looking to apply to their university’s ath-letic departments,” he said. “Women’s lacrosse could become an official university sport within the next decade.” Springer said the team is looking to improve their 6-7 record from last year. “I think we have a real nice shot at conference this year,” he said. “We are improving as a team year by year.”
“I have to say that Dr. Witt and Nick Saban have been our best recruiters. With more and more students coming from places like Northeastern states, it really has helped.”
— Jake Springer
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Another huge aspect of this class is the num-ber of early enrollees. Alabama brought in eight mid-year sign-ees, who are already going through offsea-son workouts and will be able to participate in spring training. One of those early enrollees, Alfonse Taylor, said he has been able to adjust well to college life and hasn’t experienced any culture shock transitioning from high school to college. “It’s not too much difference to the high school life,” Taylor said. “You just get up every day, go work hard in class, work hard in the weight room and get better every day. Because you never stay the same, you get better or you get worse, so you wake every day and just hope you get better.” Another early enroll-ee, Black, said he was excited seeing all the players that signed with Alabama on Wednesday, and said he had great expecta-tions for this year’s No. 1 recruiting class. “It’s definitely an honor,” Black said. “Like I said before, just knowing that I got a lot of guys around me that are explosive players, impact players, that makes me feel good.”
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The Alabama women’s basketball team travels to Arkansas today to take on the Razorbacks. The Crimson Tide is coming off a loss to league-leading Kentucky in Lexington. “I think this Arkansas game is going to be one of those games that really tells us where we are and a lot about ourselves,” head coach Wendell Hudson said. “We’ve probably played the best two games we’ve played in a while back-to-back against Tennessee and Kentucky, which are the top two teams in the league. We lost both of those, but the effort and play-ing together and doing all the things we need to do was there.” The Tide scored 90 points against an SEC opponent for the first time since 2002 last year in Fayetteville, Ark., in its final regular season game of the 2010-2011 season. Ericka Russell led the way with 28 points, tying the Alabama record with eight three-point-ers. Four other players scored in double-figures as Alabama racked in a conference victory. “I think we match up pretty good,” Hudson said. “Coming off two games where even though we lost, we played pretty good. I think that the players feel good about them-selves right now.” Sophomore guard Jasmine Robinson said, “We’ve been coming in here pretty hard the
last couple of days. We’ve been having good practices, and everybody has been cheering each other on and high-fiving each other.” Arkansas (16-5) is stand-ing above the fold in con-ference play with a 5-4 SEC record, putting them in fourth place. After a 14-point loss at Ole Miss, the Razorbacks are now on a five game win-ning streak. The team’s last win was a one-point, double-overtime victory over Florida at home. C’eira Rickets and Sarah Watkins lead Arkansas in scoring. Junior guard Meghan Perkins will not be traveling with the team because of a family concern. Nevertheless, Hudson said the team is feel-ing better and getting stron-ger. “One of the major keys is to get off to a good start and not building a hole for ourselves,” she said. “That’s one of the issues we’ve had to try to address because that’s what happens.” “We’re trying to get our transition and our
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Another National Signing Day has passed, as has most of the annual madness that comes along with it. I know, I know, that’s contradictory to what the title says, but even I have to admit that the hype surrounding National Signing Day borders on hys-teria. When else is it socially acceptable to glue yourself to your TV or computer to follow around teenagers? This next class of Alabama players has had its members committing all throughout the recruiting season, some-times as early as the begin-ning of these players’ junior
year of high school. And all the way through, Alabama fans have researched, ana-lyzed and re-analyzed those kids, generating hype for players who’ve yet to put on a crimson uniform. Heck, there was even some buzz surrounding Adam Griffith, the second-ranked kicker by Rivals.com. You know it’s crazy when people start get-ting excited about a kicker. And the closer it got to NSD, the harder the hype machine started to work. Who didn’t watch the Under Armour All American game just to see if some big-time recruits would commit to their school? Who didn’t spend at least a little time on YouTube looking for highlights of prospec-tive recruits? Who didn’t try
to reason why one recruit should choose Alabama as if they were actually trying to convince the player himself? Now, I can’t speak for the rest of the college football world in saying these things. This is, after all, Alabama football. We take it a little more seriously than others. The truth is, Alabama fans are trying to hearken back to the past by putting their faith in the future. Every potential recruit could be the next Mark Ingram, Derrick Thomas or
even Joe Namath. One of these guys could develop into the best that’s ever been here. And that’s what excites us. Of course, plenty of recruit-ing storylines were exciting in and of themselves. When Landon Collins, a Louisiana native, committed to Alabama over highly-favored LSU, everyone was shocked. Then, that shock turned into com-plete disbelief when Collins’ mother expressed her obvi-ous disapproval of her son’s decision by flashing LSU Nike
gloves on national television. The same can be said for Jameis Winston, one of the nation’s best quarterbacks, right out of Hueytown. Winston brought about a firestorm of outrage when he elected to commit to Florida State rather than stay in his home state. But despite Winston’s commitment, many hoped head coach Nick Saban would be able to sway him to sign with the Tide, where Alabama fans would probably proceed to pretend they never said a bad word about him. And of course, there’s the nation’s best recruit in Dorial Green-Beckham. Beckham, a wide receiver out of Missouri, has been described as a hybrid mix between Andre Johnson and Calvin Johnson. What’s
more, this guy has been hyped up to be the best player to come out of high school since … well, the year before. That year, the exact same accolades belonged to Jadeveon Clowney and Ronald Powell. And you can bet, the year before, some-one else was the best player to ever come out of high school. That’s the beauty of col-lege football recruiting. Every year, people come at it with renewed vigor. There’s no such thing as too much talent, and as long as schools have foot-ball teams, days like National Signing Day will always be the Christmas of college foot-ball. Like I said, it’s not crazy. It’s just National Signing Day. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to go research some play-ers from the class of 2013.
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chemistry going on the floor,” Kyra Crosby, a junior forward, said. “We’ve been matching up pretty well with every-body’s team, so it just depends on us and our defense.”
Alabama will look to stop the SEC bleeding, and players say that starts with doing the basics. “[We have to do] the little things like free throws and
turnovers,” Crosby said. “If we can eliminate that, then we’ll be pretty good.” Robinson said, “If we do the little things by boxing out and rebounding and pushing
the ball and playing great defense, then that should take over everything. ” The Tide returns home Sunday to take on Georgia at 2 p.m. in Foster Auditorium.
Every potential recruit could be the next Mark Ingram, Der-rick Thomas or even Joe Namath. One of these guys could develop into the best that’s ever been here. And that’s what excites us.
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It doesn’t get any easier for the No. 6 Alabama Crimson Tide gymnastics team. After facing the current No. 4, No. 10 and No. 13 teams nationally in a row to start the season, the Tide returns home to face the No. 3 Florida Gators on Friday in arguably its toughest meet of the season so far. The Gators come in to Tuscaloosa boasting the third-best average score in the country at 196.563. They also posted the highest score in the coun-try so far this season at home on Friday: 197.775 in a quad meet win. “Based on talent, on their roster, I think they are the most talented team in the country. I’d put them at num-ber one,” Alabama head coach Sarah Patterson said. “For me, to see what they did last week, 197.775, that’s exactly what I expected from them. They’re that talented.”
If the team needed any extra moti-vation, it would simply have to look back to last year when the Gators handed the Tide its only loss of its national championship season. “I know that was a turning point in the season last year,” senior Ashley Priess said. “We’re fired up for this meet, and we’d like nothing more than to beat them here in Coleman [Coliseum] with our home crowd.” The Tide suffered a number of mental mistakes in last year’s meet, including a fall on the uneven bars and balance beam in addition to one gymnast getting a half-point deduc-tion for starting a routine too early. Patterson wants to make sure that doesn’t happen again this year and is stressing attention to detail in this week’s preparation. “For us, it’s coming out and doing what Auburn did [last week] in Auburn, and that’s execution,” she said. “Whatever we’re doing, we just need to do it to the best of our abili-ties.”
And the Tide may have to do it with-out one of its best gymnasts. Senior Geralen Stack-Eaton, who scored a perfect 10.0 on her vault against Georgia and the current No. 2 in the country on vault behind teammate Ashley Sledge, sustained a mild concussion in warm-ups before Alabama’s meet in Auburn. Stack-Eaton was held out of any activity on Sunday and Monday, but was back in the gym on Wednesday. She is still considered day-to-day and is questionable for Friday’s meet. “If you were to get her on one or two events, great,” Patterson said. “But right now, we prepare mentally all week long for someone else to be in the lineup. That’s how you pre-pare.” Priess said competing in Auburn without Stack-Eaton was actually beneficial for the Tide, as they had to come together and overcome adver-sity to get the win. “Those are the moments that help us grow in the end,” Priess said. “It’s
not just Geralen’s job to win the meet, it’s all of our job. It’s the six people that are competing in each event, and it’s the cheerleaders on the side. It’s a team effort and everybody matters.” The team feels no need to rush Stack-Eaton back in the lineup because concussions are an unpre-
dictable injury and her long-term health is the first priority. “We’ll prepare the same either way,” Jacob said. “We really hope she can compete this weekend. But if it’s not for her safety, we want to keep her back because we know we need her later in the season.”
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By Nathan ProctorContributing Writer
In Tuscaloosa, football is supreme. Saturday is a holy day, Bryant-Denny Stadium is sacred ground, and Paul “Bear” Bryant and Nick Saban are proclaimed saints. Even with the nearest professional football team just 200 miles down the road in Atlanta, the NFL usually takes a backseat to the hometown Crimson Tide, even as Super Bowl Sunday approaches. Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, pitting the New England Patriots (13-3) against the New York Giants (9-7), kicks off on NBC at 5:20 p.m. on Sunday. Meanwhile, students at the University of Alabama have mixed feel-ings about the big game. Freshman Will Delahay, a political science major from Birmingham, grew up watch-ing UA football and, although admittedly not a fan of sports in general followed in the footsteps of his alumni par-ents and fell firmly into the Tide fanbase. Delahay said SEC football was always in the spotlight around him while professional football remained an afterthought. “You just don’t see some-one sporting [a Philadelphia] Eagles jersey or anything,” Delahay said. “That’s just not what it’s all about in Alabama.” Delahay, who has watched or attended every UA foot-ball game in the past three years, said he expects he will tune in Sunday night with a few friends despite his relative disinterest. However, his focus won’t strictly be on the field of play. “I like watching the game,” Delahay said. “But the commercials are always funny, and they have new announcements and trail-ers, too. That I’m excited for.” Whereas in-state students
understand Tuscaloosa’s SEC rich environment, some students come with a different perspective. Raised in Quincy, Mass., fifteen minutes from the heart of Boston, freshman Colin Wilson said he was lucky to have grown up dur-ing the “perfect time” for pro-fessional sports in Boston. Over the past few years, he was able to see all four of its major teams take home at least one championship, and the collegiate world of sports was rarely mentioned. “It’s different down here,” said Wilson. “You’re so close to [UA football] that you have to be involved with it, and when you think of col-lege football anywhere, you think of Alabama.” Wilson would not only fre-quently attend local games, but also worked as an in-seat runner, delivering food in Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. He said both cities’ relationships with their teams were full of passion and resulted in “two of the most dominant forces in sports.” Though he’d tradition-ally host a basement full of loyal Patriots fans each Sunday at home, his tran-sition to Tuscaloosa has forced a shift in focus. “It’s been very difficult for me,” Wilson said. “Down here, I’ve probably only seen four Patriots games. I was excited to go back for Christmas break and be able to watch the games.” The Super Bowl, however, is a game he refuses to miss. After lucking into tickets through work, his father and
older brother will be watch-ing from the inside of the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, and, though jealous, Wilson said he’s content with his plans to meet up with some fellow Bostonians on campus and root for their beloved Patriots on television. For those seeking to watch the game off campus, few bars remain open, even on a Super Bowl Sunday. According to John Alford, the general manager of The Houndstooth Sports Bar on The Strip, they will open for the first time specifically for the Super Bowl at 2 p.m. However, not being able to serve alcohol past 9:30 p.m. on a Sunday in accordance to local law may prove difficult for business. Alford said he doesn’t believe the Super Bowl will garner the same enthusi-asm or student presence as a Saturday home game. “The NFL’s just not very big here,” Alford said. “But it’s the biggest national game of the year, and I’m thinking there’ll be a strong turnout.” For students uninter-ested in the game, or foot-ball in general, the Honors College Assembly’s ArtsAwareness branch is offer-ing a “Super Bowl Alternative Event” with a special edi-tion of their open-mic night, “Xpress Night,” at theFerguson Center Starbucks. Whatever your preference, after Sunday night, the city’s football focus can return fully to its Crimson Tide, the approaching NFL Draft, this spring’s A-Day game and a fresh class of Alabama recruits.
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Last week in The Scene, The Crimson White introduced our search for the voice of our generation. We asked read-ers to vote on the person who, through their achievements, actions or aesthetic, most wholly defines the ideals and worldview of people between the ages of 18 and 24 in the year 2012. We started with a field of 16 people who ranged from the “bootylicious” Beyonce to the very outspoken Kanye West. Since last Thursday, the student body has voted and now only eight people remain. As the group dwindles, our arguments for why we believe the celebrity we represent will get longer to hopefully per-suade you to vote in our favor. Voting for the final four starts today and will continue through Tuesday, Feb. 7.
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Brack Tommie just wants to have a good time and does that through music, name-ly, dubstep. The 24- year-old Gadsden native and UA grad goes by the stage name Zionstorm and started mess-ing around with a mixer last spring. He will bring his brand of dubstep to Rounders Thursday night for an event called #BASSFACE. “It all started at a house party on Queen City Avenue last spring, and it just grew from there,” Tommie said. “The first party got so big the cops had to come break it up.” After that party, which turned into a series of house parties called “YES Parties,” Tommie invested in a better mixer and came up with the name Zionstorm, borrowed from his Xbox Live gamer-tag. After a bit more prac-tice, he began trying to take the show to bars, namely Rounders. “It took me a while to get Rounders to let me come play, but they gave in and let me play Halloween,” Tommie said. His performance on Halloween night was a suc-cess. He played to a sold out crowd and was asked to come back again in December. He has since played at the
Jupiter, Brown’s Corner and has upcoming shows in Birmingham and Atlanta. Even with all the sudden success, Tommie said he keeps the focus off himself, insisting that it’s not about him, but the crowd. “At the end of the day, this music is all about hav-ing fun,” Tommie said. “It’s weird because I get paid, but I’m having a blast when I’m up there.” Rounders’ music booker, Grant McCabe, had not heard of Zionstorm before Tommie contacted him last fall, but two sold out shows later, he is glad he let him play. “Everybody really has a good time with him,” McCabe said. “He mixes dubstep with Top 40, so he appeals to all crowds.” Tommie said the room at Rounders is perfect for a dubstep show, and he is ready to make this his big-gest show yet, debuting new songs and equipment. For Tommie, dubstep is a hopeful career path and said it would be a dream come true. At a time when dub-step’s popularity is growing,
Tommie might be in the right place at the right time. “We’re at the beginning of something that’s going to be big for a long time, and I just hope that I can do it as long as possible,” Tommie said. With hard work, Tommie said he’ll do what he can to make it happen. “There are sayers and doers,” Tommie said. “I just want to be a doer.” The show will begin at 11 p.m. Admission is free until 11 p.m. and $5 after. Drink specials include $1 16 oz. drafts and $3 Groundhog Day shots. Glowsticks are allowed.
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About a year ago, a random blog post of mine got about 75 notes, which is uncommon for just about anything I’ve ever posted. When I looked at the notes, it was the same two user-names going back and forth hav-ing a conversation. Eventually, curiosity killed the cat, and I really had to see what could be so important they would have the conversation on someone else’s post. As I read through their conversation, the names Rachel, Quinn, Puck, Finn and Santana all came up within the first 10 lines. These girls were literally pre-tending to be the “Glee” girls, and this is just the peak of the “Glee” obsession I’ve seen on and offline. I don’t mean to sound judgmental because, as much as I want to hate the show, I’ve seen most episodes, and I revealed my unnatural love for a TV show in my column last week. There are a plethora of rea-sons behind “Glee’s” success. On top of that list is the fact that the show, in some way or another, tries to speak to everyone in its demographic. It started out as a show about outcasts, geared towards outcasts. While many shows have attempted to do this, none have done it quite as well as “Glee” did. Every character in the show serves a purpose, and usually that purpose is that someone, somewhere will relate to them. During its first season, I didn’t watch the show, mostly because I would never classify myself as a person who would enjoy musicals. However, after a lot of praise from friends, I decided to give it a try. I didn’t really like it. As good as the show is, I didn’t find any character relatable and after months of hearing about how great the show was because it was relatable, it was a serious letdown. But, I’m easily persuaded by my curiosity. The continued love for the show, and the fact that it was on Netflix, led me to watch it again. I slowly realized that the show, at least the first and sec-
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‘Glee,’ and why I don’t like it
ond seasons, is actually pretty good for other reasons. First of all, the acting is very good. Lea Michele (Rachel Berry) has been on Broadway since 1995. Jane Lynch is Jane Lynch. And although many of the other cast members are new-comers, most found their footing quickly and have been cast in big-budget movies. In television, you could have the most well- written show, but terrible actors easily ruin it. The same is true for the opposite: Great actors can make a show great. Also, for a group of people playing their school’s outcasts, the majority of the cast is very attractive. When Michele, Dianna Agron (Quinn Fabray) and Cory Monteith showed up in a sexy GQ photo shoot, they looked a lot more like sex icons than the singing and dancing
kids from “Glee.” Secondly, as much as I expected to hate the singing and dancing aspect of the show, all of the actors have voices that are insane. I can think of a few instances where I prefer the “Glee” version of a song to the original. On top of that list is Lea Michele’s rendition of “Firework” by Katy Perry. I’ve noticed that since the first season, “Glee” has started to lose steam. During its first and second season, the show took home the Golden Globe for Best Television Show – Comedy or Musical (side note: That’s a stupid category. Comedy has nothing to do with musicals, and “The Big Bang Theory” should have won this award both years). The latest season, the show’s quality has dropped off a lot, and the network announced it will bring in a mostly new cast next year after the other characters graduate. In my opinion, there aren’t a lot of places to take a new cast that wouldn’t be redoing what they did with the original. I understand that the fan base for “Glee” is not going anywhere, but the worst television shows are the ones that don’t know when to quit.
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Jane Lynch leads the talent en-semble that makes up the “Glee” cast.
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Barbecue Chicken Roll-Ups What is a day of football without some barbecue? When you don’t have the time to smoke some yourself and you don’t have the money to order catering, these chicken roll-ups are the perfect semi-homemade alternative. This recipe requires no measuring, no chopping and comes in at around $10.50. The best part is you can substitute your favorite bar-becue sauce or use a different kind of pre-cooked meat. Before you start cooking, make sure your oven is preheated to 350 degrees and cover a cookie sheet in tin foil.
The Super Bowl of football food
Step 4: Bake for 12 to 15 minutes until golden brown.
Ingredients:
Rotisserie Chicken: $7.39Barbecue Sauce: $1.18Crescent Rolls: $1.93 Total: $10.50
Step 1: Shred the chicken
Using two forks (or your fingers), sepa-rate about half of the chicken into a small, shred-ded pieces.
Step 2: Add the barbecue sauce
Add the sauce until all the chick-en is coated or there is enough sauce for your liking. Once the sauce is added, put a spoonful of the mixture on the narrow tip of every crescent roll tri-angle.
Step 3: Roll them up.
Starting from the narrow end of the crescent rolls, roll them up and make sure all the mix-ture stays inside the crescent.
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This Sunday, Tuscaloosa residents will host all kinds of Super Bowl parties. Whether you’re the host of the party or just attending one, watching the big game just isn’t the same without some good tailgate food. Instead of showing up with the average chips and dip or store-bought cook-ies, The Scene has two recipes anyone could make to impress their friends and fill their stomachs. Even the college students who claim they can only make cereal will be able to make these recipes that both come in around $10.
Sausage Balls:
While these may not look like the most appe-tizing of Super Bowl finger foods, I can almost guarantee you they will not make it out of the first quarter. Easy, cheesy and super delicious, it takes less than $10 to buy the ingredients and less than 20 minutes to put them together. Before you start making these, be sure to preheat your oven to 400 degrees and cover a cookie sheet with nonstick foil.
Ingredients:Hot sausage: $3Bisquick: $2.35Cream Cheese: $1.50Shredded Cheddar Cheese: $2 Total: $8.85
The Super Bowl of football food
Step 1: Measure all your ingredients into the same bowl The only measurement you’ll have to make for this recipe is 1-1/4 cup of Bisquick. Next, put in the entire package of cream cheese, the entire package of sausage and half the package of the shredded cheese (it doesn’t matter if you use too much, these can never be too cheesy).
Step 2: Mix everything together
Warning: You’re going to get messy. You can use a nice mixer if you have one, but I’ve found the easiest way to get all these ingredi-ents mixed together quick-ly is by using your fingers.
Step 3: Form the mixture into balls and put onto cookie sheet
You can use an ice cream scoop to mea-sure out perfectly sized balls or simply use your hands. As long as they fit onto your cookie sheet, you’re good.
Step 4: Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown
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