Tuesday April 9 2013 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol 119 Issue 113

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Opinions 4

Culture 8

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CULTURE PAGE 9

A short drive from campus a hospice home needs volunteers

HOSPICE CARE

NEWS | GRADUATION

NEWS | KILGORE HOUSE

NEWS | ABORTIONNEWS | THROUGH THE DOORS

SAVE OVER

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INSIDE$50

DENNY DEALS C O U P O N S

As UA remembers racial desegregation 50 years ago professors put progress in

perspective By the numbers they say wersquore

lsquodoing pretty goodrsquo

Graduation fee of $36 stumps seniors

Cap and Gown $4495

Bachelorrsquos Tassel$8

DuplicateReplacement Diploma $40

Graduation Announcements

$9898 (basic package) $17698 (deluxe package)

Roses ndash sold at Coleman Coliseum $30 (dozen) $20 (half-dozen)

Graduation Fee$36 (undergraduate) $41 (graduate)

ldquoLook at that black guy riding by on his skateboard right nowrdquo Utz McKnight said

swiveling in our bench on the Crimson Promenade to point out a skateboard-er weaving coolly through congested lunch-time foot traffic

ldquoHersquos not looking around thinking lsquolook at all these racist white peoplersquo No hersquos wishing all these slow mov-ers would get on out of his way so he could get rollingrdquo he said ldquoAnd those white women he just passed didnrsquot scream and jump when they saw him ndash that wouldnrsquot have been the case 50 years agordquo

Itrsquos no coincidence McKnight chair

of the department of gender and race studies and associate professor of political science chose to look exactly five decades back for his point of com-parison This year marks the 50-year anniversary of then Alabama Gov George Wallacersquos infamous ldquostand in the schoolhouse doorrdquo and James Hood and Vivian Malone Jonesrsquos suc-cessful integration of the University of Alabama on June 11 1963

McKnight contributed to the team of researchers that earlier in the spring semester administered a study entitled ldquoRace Relations at The University of Alabamardquo a sur-vey tasked with gauging current UA

studentsrsquo perceptions of interracial group interactions within the campus community Similar studies have been conducted since the Universityrsquos inte-gration in 1963

Debra McCallum director of the Institute for Social Science Research said the Institute was not ready to release any information from the sur-vey at press time as the researchers have not yet had adequate time to sort and analyze response data McKnight however feels the University as an institution is ldquodoing pretty goodrdquo by the numbers at least

ldquoEverybody here has access to black people If yoursquove grown up and lived in Alabama all of your

life thatrsquos more unique than you may thinkmdash Utz McKnight

ldquo

SEE DOORS PAGE 5

By Jordan Cissell | Staff Reporter

By Kyle DennanContributing Writer

When walking to class Monday students might have noticed a dis-play on the Quad ndash 3500 bright blue and pink flags arranged in a tight rectangle

Courtney Pixler president of Bama Students for Life said the event ldquoCemetery of the Innocentsrdquo is designed to raise awareness about the number of abortions that take place by placing one flag for

every legal abortion that occurs daily in the United States

ldquoIt really helps people conceptu-alize the number of people who aredying per day of abortion because I think sometimes people can lose sight of the sheer enormity of the abortion industry in Americardquo she said

BSL has also been chalking around campus to promote its views using one slogan in particular thatAmanda Reyes former president of the Alabama Alliance for Sexualand Reproductive Justice said wasparticularly objectionable

Students for Life to hold annual week of protests

CW | Shannon AuvilStudents for Life an anti-abortion group at UA used pink and blue fl ags to symbolize abortions and spread awareness on the Quad Monday

Events chalkings spark campus abotion debates

SEE FLAGS PAGE 2

By Sarah Elizabeth TookerStaff Reporter

Each graduation season some students decide to forgo walking because of the rising costs associ-ated with the event

Although the numbers are rising

each semester University Registrar Michael George said about 70-75 percent of students walk in the Mayceremony 55-60 percent in August and 65-75 percent in December Nevertheless even if students decide to skip the walking experi-ence each student must still pay afee to officially graduate George said

CW | Whitney Hendrix

Around 25 of graduates skip walking due to cost

SEE GRADUATION PAGE 2

By Rachel AhrnsenContributing Writer

The Kilgore House on Hackberry Lane might be on a death row of sorts but itrsquos hanging on

Alabama Heritage magazine employees the previous occupants of the house vacat-ed Kilgore after the University of Alabama listed it as ldquosurplus propertyrdquo in June 2012 The University hopes to use the land for a new dining hall and had planned that a buyer would buy and relocate the house by Jan 4 The alternative was demolition

Historic home temporarily remains at UAUniversity initally planned to sell property as surplus

CW | Shannon AuvilUtz McKnight chair of the department of gender and race studies is collaborating with other researchers to analyze data gathered from a survey about race relations at the University

CW | Austin BigoneyThe Kilgore House built in 1890 has been for sale since June 2012 Due to high relocation costs no buyer has been found

SEE KILGORE PAGE 2

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ldquoSlogans like lsquoEnd Womb Lynchingrsquo have also been chalked on campusrdquo she said ldquoLynching is an act of terrorism that seeks to pre-vent oppressed groups from resisting the conditions of their oppression Fetuses are not oppressed This phrase is extremely offensive to the communities that continue to be terrorized by lynching in the United Statesrdquo

Claire Chretien a sopho-more majoring in public relations and American studies and vice president of BSL said she saw the slogan differently

ldquoA lot of what the pro-life movement does is make par-allels between past social justice movements and the struggle for the right to liferdquo she said ldquoBSL did not intend to offend anybody by chalk-ing that but rather to make a comparison between the struggle for civil rights that African-Americans faced dur-ing the civil rights movement and the struggle for the right to life that the unborn facerdquo

Pixler said ldquoCemetery of the Innocentsrdquo which is an annu-al event is a recruiting tool for BSL and the response to it was generally positive

ldquoWe have had a lot of people come up and talk to us or look us up on Facebook or Twitter and we have had some nega-tive response but people have been really civil and just wanting to talk or argue and

we invite thatrdquo she saidBrianna Fennell a member

of BSL said many of those who approached the group were pro-choice and were sur-prised not to encounter reli-gious arguments when they approached members of BSL

ldquoMost of the people who come up to us are pro-abor-tionrdquo she said ldquoI think a lot of people have this con-cept that we are arguing our beliefs from a religious stand-point and a lot of people haveexpressed surprise that we are secular in our debatesrdquo

Samaria Johnson incoming president of AASRJ said the actions of groups seeking to outlaw abortion would have a seriously negative impact on women

ldquoAbortion is necessary to protect women and children financially physically and yes psychologically itrsquos essential for good public healthrdquo she said ldquoCriminalizing abortion would not stop anyone from obtaining one but instead would put pregnant [women] at unnecessary health [risk] and either force them into or underscore already dangerous socioeconomic situationsrdquo

Johnson said the actions of BSL were misguided

ldquoThe chalking and the so-called graveyard are absolute-ly tastelessrdquo she said ldquo[They] are forms of intimidation and intimidation is a form of bullying and harassmentrdquo

This event kicks off a week of anti-abortion action by BSL which will include a table at the Ferg Tuesday with infor-mation on fetal development and other protests on the Quad later in the week

ldquoThe graduation fee is $36 for undergraduates and $41 for graduatesrdquo Cathy

Andreen director of media relations said ldquoThere is a $40 charge for each replace-ment or duplicate diploma orderedrdquo

On top of this cost stu-dents must also purchase a cap and gown set from the SUPeStore which starts at

$4495 To reflect their indi-vidual college students can also opt to buy a Bachelorrsquos tassel for $800 according to the SUPeStore website Optional items students can purchase such as graduation announcements start around $100 for a basic package from the University

Margaret Coats a senior majoring in management and marketing said she decided not to walk at her graduation because she didnrsquot want to pay for robes and everything else that went with it

ldquoItrsquos ridiculous that I canrsquot even get out of the University without paying more moneyrdquo Coats said ldquoThe cost is rela-tively nominal compared to the overall cost of tuition but yoursquod think they could give us a little break for graduatingrdquo

Coats said she also decid-ed to miss walking this year because shersquos going to gradu-ate school in the fall

ldquoItrsquos not like walking for me would symbolize any sort of endrdquo she said

Ryan Flamerich who will walk this May with a degree in chemical engineering said he was most concerned with the fees that are required of all students who graduate regardless of if they walk

ldquoI think certain fees that are not necessarily required such as for your cap and gown are fairrdquo Flamerich said ldquoHowever I do think there should not be a processing fee for applying for graduation

ldquoThe University should expect all students to gradu-ate and effectively budget the resources to accommodate that realityrdquo

In April the unsold house still stood

With few options and little time the ongoing debate over balancing progress and pres-ervation has intensified Local historical societies and pri-vate citizens have called on the University with increasing intensity to preserve this piece of Tuscaloosa history

Potential buyers have been deterred by the high cost of moving the house Relocating the shortest possible distance across the street to the Bryce hospital property would cost more than half a million dollars according to associate provost of academic affairs Hank Lazer

Callie Rhodes a UA student and life-long Tuscaloosa resi-dent said she remembers her first glimpse of the house

ldquoMy dad and I were driving down the street when I was kid

and I remember him pointing it out to merdquo Rhodes said ldquoSince then I take notice whenever I randomly pass byrdquo

Rhodes a history major recalls another house the University sold to owners who then demolished it long ago in 1925 This was the Thomas Prince house which has since been replaced by a BP gas station and the Prince Apartments

She said she wants the Kilgore house to avoid a similar fate

ldquoThe University plays up and emphasizes our history our heritage and our tradition It seems hypocritical that they still want to destroy history for a new dining hallrdquo she said

Kilgore has a long story closely intertwined with Bryce Hospital and the University of Alabama The house was commissioned by the hospital to house their chief engineer Charles Kilgore Mentally ill patients helped construct the house as part of a pioneering work therapy program

The Kilgores raised seven children and a niece Cora in the two-story home Traces of the family are still visible today like the ldquoC Kilgorerdquo scratched into a glass window The cul-prit is most likely Kilgorersquos son Charles

In 1898 womenrsquos rights advo-cate Julia Tutwiler convinced the Board of Trustees to allow women to live on campus Seven years later the Kilgores began renting out the house to some of the first female stu-dents to live on campus The early womenrsquos dormitories were called ldquoranchesrdquo and except for the Kilgore House have all been destroyed The first female faculty member Anna Hunter also lived at the Kilgore House and supervised the ranch girls

Though they were once the envy of the UA campus now only a handful of people remem-ber the Kilgore girlsrsquo existence let alone that they helped usher in a new era for women on campus

In a report written by

Suzanne Wolfe and Robert Mellown on the Kilgore house they note that ldquowhile racial integration of the University has been widely memorial-ized on campus womenrsquos early struggles for civil rights as well as the travails and tri-umphs of pioneering coeds and female faculty have never been the subject of adequate atten-tionrdquo

In the following years the house was rented out to fami-lies most of whom were faculty or employees of Bryce hospital In 1971 the University acquired the house and it was used as the headquarters for various historical organizations

Alabama Heritage maga-zine moved into the house in 1986 The magazine started by Wolfe is dedicated to the history of the state Alabama Heritage started the ldquoPlaces In Perilrdquo program which listed historic buildings in danger of destruction

ldquoItrsquos very ironic the place we wrote lsquoPlaces In Perilrsquo is now a place in perilrdquo Susan Reynolds

an employee of Alabama Heritage since 2008 said ldquoIt was great to be at Kilgore hellip the house embodied history Itwasnrsquot a sterile academic build-ing hellip The house had bathtubs in every bathroom it felt like ahome We would all come in at all times hellip I wrote my disser-tation there I probably spent more time at Kilgore than my own houserdquo

Reynolds said she is a supporter for the preser-vation of the house and thinks the Tuscaloosa com-munity is becoming more aware of the importance of preserving history

ldquoI think I hope itrsquos getting better I think after the tornadopeople realized we have to save what we canrdquo Reynolds said

Whether the house will be saved is still unclear On March 18 UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen confirmed that the University is seek-ing a buyer who would move the Kilgore House to another location Further questions remain unanswered

FLAGS FROM PAGE 1

BSLrsquos fl ags used as tool for recruitment

GRADUATION FROM PAGE 1

Fees cap and gown make walking costly

KILGORE FROM PAGE 1

Kilgore House too costly for buyers

Assistant Editors | Chandler Wright and Adrienne Burch newsdeskcwuaedu

Tuesday April 9 2013NEWSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 3

Part two of Rich Robinsonrsquos day with Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox Robinson spent the day with Maddox Feb 25

1022 amInterspersed between

answering emails (he is quick to say he is 40 behind) Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox answers questions about his political ideology and background

He didnrsquot come from a politi-cally active family Both of his parents were teachers and Maddox wanted to be a foot-ball coach when he grew up He played football at the University of Alabama at Birmingham but stayed abreast of government as a political science major He then fell in love with a woman at UAB who had aplastic anemia

She required health insur-ance for the serious disease so Maddox put his career ambi-tions on hold and took a job with the Alabama Education Association She soon died and Maddox was alone in Muscle Shoals Alabama That was the first time he says he felt real loss and was forced to take life one day at a time

He then started to perform well at his job and worked on political campaigns that gave him insight into organized labor He eventually took a job as executive director of Personnel for Tuscaloosa City Schools which brought him home and back in touch with its problems He ran for city council in 2001 at 28 and then was elected mayor in 2005

Despite Maddoxrsquos success not all have been happy with his time in office

Cliff Sims the publisher of yellowhammerpoliticscom a conservative website devot-ed to Alabama issues listed Maddox as a local leader to watch in the future

ldquoMaddox has used the non-partisanship of municipal elec-tions as a way to downplay his political leaningsrdquo Sims wrote ldquoBut make no mistake ndash hersquos a liberal Democrat through and through Still with the Democratic party in total shambles Maddox is one of their few great hopes for the futurerdquo

When asked about Simsrsquo characterization Maddox says he would grade out as a con-servative Democrat on a hypo-thetical litmus test But he also says that it matters little in his current job

ldquoPicking up onersquos garbage does not require a Republican or Democratic perspectiverdquo Maddox said When asked where his beliefs come from Maddox attributes them to his on-the-job experience

ldquoI think I get it from my seven plus years here and my five years with the Tuscaloosa City School System because all I do every day is I wake up and try to do a good job for the people of Tuscaloosa And I donrsquot have to worry about party politicsrdquo Maddox said ldquoIn fact the one thing that I look as a negative if I ever chose to run for statewide office is I would absolutely dread the party poli-

tics I think itrsquos going to be very important moving forward in our politics that we all look at the individual and then make a decision based on what they are trying to do instead of look-ing at the party as a wholerdquo

Maddox does not shy away from questions about his politi-cal future

ldquoIf there were an opportunity for me to serve and I felt like the timing was right I would do so and it would be a honor to seek that office he said ldquoAnd there are a lot of considerations Is it right for my family is it right for me professionally Because I absolutely love this job and I cannot imagine leaving this job at this point in my liferdquo

Itrsquos time to go again this time to a presentation with more than 20 city staff and officials about a new GIS pro-posal from Auburn University The room is filled with two huge tables where people in varying degrees of dress are seated Maddox sits in the rear of the room with legs crossed Everyone is sitting in a deep red leather chair that squeaks when its occupant moves The meeting lasts nearly an hour and a half and Maddox asks a series of pointed questions

139 pmAfter a quick lunch Maddox

goes down to a lower level of City Hall In a small crowded room no larger than a typical high school class sits the nerve center for the recovery of the city of Tuscaloosa after the April 27 2011 tornado

Robin Edgeworth director of recovery operations leads the meeting and briefs the mayor on the latest news and activ-ity The room is crowded with maps of the storm path and with about 15 people who have desks in the area Edgeworth and three other city employeesrsquo only job is to rebuild the city The money to pay them comes from the Housing and Urban Development Department

They oversee projects track down funding and do just about everything else required to have the city bounce back Maddox becomes very serious in this room and asks numer-ous questions about each aspect of rebuilding projects

After the meeting Maddox says roughly 40 to 50 percent of his calendar each day deals with issues related to the tornado

ldquoThere are moments when I am saddened really shook to my core by what some of our citizens experienced Itrsquos some-thing that burns inside of me every single dayrdquo Maddox said ldquoIrsquom very passionate about the recovery very determined that we come out better from this as a community and that those communities that were impact-ed come out better Whether we wanted it to or not it is something that is defining all of usrdquo

415 pmThe meetings are mostly

over for Maddox today He has time to think for a few minutes

ldquoI believe Irsquom where God

intended me to berdquo he saidMaddox was recently mar-

ried in 2010 has a daughter and is expecting another child in late summer He is also running for election for a third term in August and does not see him-self outside of Tuscaloosa for the foreseeable future

ldquoRight now I have no plans to leave this officerdquo Maddox said ldquoI love what I do every single day I really feel blessed to be mayor of Tuscaloosardquo

He plans to campaign hard but says every day in office is a sort of campaign for him

ldquoIrsquom a believer that if you do your job then every day is a campaign day If we do our job here at city hall then the politics will take care of itselfrdquo Maddox said

Regardless of what takes place in August Maddox will be seen as a potential candi-date for many statewide races in the foreseeable future He hears the faint call of ambition in the distance and does not run from it

ldquoItrsquos nice to have other opportunities and others would argue that lsquoWalt you should seize those opportunitiesrsquo but Irsquom not ready to leave just yet he said ldquoAs long as the people will have me Irsquod like to serve them as mayorrdquo

Later that evening Maddox is back to focusing on city matters and learns something about the ice skating rink Tracy Crooms tells him that they are in the black

ldquoIt is nice to get good newsrdquo Maddox says

Mayor Maddox talks family career

By Judah MartinContributing Writer

With a phenomenally suc-cessful sitcom under his belt ldquoSeinfeldrdquo director Tom Cherones is still in the com-edy business only now hersquos writing books

Cherones a Tuscaloosa native has taught a spring class in the department of telecommunication and film for more than 10 years at the Capstone He will participate in two panels this week to promote his new book ldquoThe Hardly Boys The Mystery of the Golden Gobletrdquo

As suggested in its title the book is a spoof of the ldquoHardy Boysrdquo mystery series Cherones created a parody in which two 1950s teenagers awaken 50 years after being induced into a frozen coma with the bodies of elderly men but with the minds of teenag-ers Amid the baffling tech-nology of the modern age the elderly teens join their father a private detective in his 90s to hunt for a priceless artifact

ldquoTomrsquos years as a comedy director serve him well in this spoof on the old lsquoHardy Boysrsquo seriesrdquo Ellen Traylor of Port Hole publications said in a UA news release ldquoHis knack for storytelling and comic timing are evident in this fun readrdquo

The panel will be held in the Birmingham Room at the Bryant Conference Center from noon until 130 pm Cherones will host a book signing Thursday from 1-3

pm in Reese Phifer Hall Copies of Cheronesrsquo new book will be available for purchase at the signing Thursday

ldquoI think this will also be a beneficial event for com-munication studentsrdquo Katie Hall marketing assistant for the Bryant Conference Center said ldquoHersquos obviously been out there hersquos worked in it hersquos familiar with the Tuscaloosa area Hersquos just a very approachable personrdquo

Cherones has received many awards for his work as a television director and pro-ducer including an Emmy a Golden Globe award a Peabody and a Directorrsquos Guild of America Award Before leaving the glamour of Hollywood behind Cherones worked on several other tele-vision shows like ldquoThe Ellen DeGeneres Showrdquo ldquoCaroline in the Cityrdquo and ldquoWelcome Back Kotterrdquo

Each year Cherones teach-es a course in which students make a 30-minute film Anne Gibbons a freelance writer and Tuscaloosa native wrote the script for this yearrsquos film and is in charge of coordinat-ing the book signings

ldquoMy brother and Tom were in second grade together and Irsquove known him pretty much all of my liferdquo Gibbons said ldquoHersquos written this book and itrsquos a very loving parody of the lsquoHardy Boysrsquo I just think if you know the Hardy Boys at all yoursquoll enjoy it Tomrsquos a good speaker and hersquos a really funny guyrdquo

Director of lsquoSeinfeldrsquo to sign books on campusBy John Burleson

Staff Reporter

Graduation and retention rates for The University of Alabama are higher than the national average UA spokes-woman Cathy Andreen said

Andreen said the six-year graduation rate for freshmen who started at the Capstone in 2006 was 665 percent On the other hand the retention rate for freshman enrolling in 2011 and returning in 2012 was 854 percent

The National Center for Education Statistics estimates approximately 56 percent of male and 61 percent of female first-time full-time students who sought a bachelorrsquos degree at a four year institution in fall 2004 completed their degree at that institution within six years

ldquoStudent success is the Universityrsquos top priority The University has numerous programs in place to help students succeed academi-cally and become engaged with the campus communityrdquo Andreen said

Stephen Katsinas director of the Education Policy Center at the University agrees with Andreen that despite dispar-aging cuts in state funding in fiscal year 2013 the University has made solid progress

ldquoYou asked about what the University has done to improve graduation rates UA has implemented many programs including DegreeWorks inno-vative programs targeted to specific student groups to improve retention and degree completion of its undergradu-

atesrdquo Katsinas said ldquoHas enough been done and is fund-ing for these programs at levels UA faculty and administrative leaders prefer Probably not but solid progress has been made in spite of the half a bil-lion dollar cumulative state disinvestmentrdquo

Katsinas also pointed to some evidence that the state of Alabama graduation and enrollment rates could be low not due to school size but instead due to the Pell Grant eligibility changes and small state-funded need-based stu-dent financial aid programs

ldquoIn the fall of 2012 47 of the 62 community colleges in these three deep South states report-ed an enrollment decline com-pared to the fall of 2011 More than 5000 students at the 62 community colleges immedi-ately lost their Pell eligibil-ityrdquo Katsinas said ldquoA common characteristic across these three states is the very small state investments into state-funded need-based student financial aid In effect the Pell Grant program is our statersquos de facto need-based student aid program At The University of Alabama the number of Pell recipients has grown from about 3800 in 2008-2009 to over 5800 in 2011-2012rdquo

Katsinas said with ldquoabruptrdquo

changes to Pell Grant eligibil-ity restrictions student enroll-ments haven fallen across the state especially in traditionally poorer counties in the Alabama Black Belt region where ldquoit is not uncommon to find 12-15 percent unemployment in both public regional four-year and two-year collegesrdquo

ldquoThere have been no major federally funded grants over the past twenty years to study higher education completion rates K-12 to college connec-tions transfer or differences in completion rates between larg-er and smaller institutions etc specifically targeted to rural areasrdquo Katsinas said ldquoRural America comprises 20 percent of the US population but a fifth of federal studies are not devoted to rural areas

ldquoOne recent new study reported that less than 3 per-cent of private philanthropy is devoted to rural America like Alabama It appears that too much of our federal educa-tion establishment and philan-thropic community Alabama is a lsquofly-overrsquo state Such studies are of only very limited value to policymakers and lead prac-titioners eg presidents chief academic officers chief student affairs officers in deep South states interested in improving college degree completionrdquo

Graduation rates increaseldquo Has enough been done and is funding for these programs at levels

UA faculty and administrative leaders prefer Probably not but solid progress has been made in spite of the half a billion dollar cumulative

state disinvestment

mdash Stephen Katsinas

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Editor | John Brinkerhoffletterscwuaedu

Tuesday April 9 2013OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

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The time has come for Alabama to set booze freeBy John BrinkerhoffOpinion Editor

Growing up in Birmingham I have gotten used to Alabama being a bit behind the curve on many issues such as rac-ist language in its constitution and obesity rates But I love my state in spite of its faults

Still I canrsquot understand why some leaders in Alabama have dug in their heels to resist the legalization of homebrewing Despite the fact that Alabama is the only state to criminalize the practice previous attempts to

l e g a l i z e homebrew-ing have f a i l e d During this legislative

session the

State Housersquos consideration of HB 9 the latest attempt to legal-ize homebrewing saw fierce resistance from state represen-tatives who forced a lengthy debate before passage

This opposition represents a baffling departure from Alabamarsquos proud heritage It is our state that still celebrates its moonshining history through NASCAR and resists healthcare law changes under the banner of personal liberty Alabamarsquos motto is even ldquoWe Dare Defend Our Rightsrdquo

Beyond heritage legalizing homebrewing simply makes sense Or more appropriately keeping it illegal makes abso-lutely no sense

The major arguments against homebrewing seem limited to hyperbolic fear-mongering about the return of bootlegging and unsubstantiated claims about health risks of brewing at home The first argument com-pletely ignores the billrsquos produc-tion limits sale prohibition and the high cost of homebrewing

while the second disregards the reality that no health issues have been seen in the 49 states that actually allow the hobby to be practiced

In short these arguments do not justify the reality that classifying homebrewing as a felony is a denial of a personal right something that should not be taken lightly

Homebrewing is above all else a hobby It is a craft that enthusiasts dedicate countless hours and resources to perfect-ing the right brew They can talk for hours about tweaking the process to produce differ-ent flavors aromas bites and textures It is not an avenue for illegally getting rich nor will it flood the statersquos streets with beer To assume so is insulting

If the only arguments against it are hollow moral platitudes and fallacy-ridden appraisals about Al Caponersquos return then Alabama is clearly suffering from a case of governmental overreach

In fact the only real impli-cation for individuals is that they will not have to buy the mass-produced watered-down excuses for beer that cur-rently dominate the market Instead they can embrace a higher quality beer that given the effort taken to produce it would most definitely discour-age binging

The potential benefits of legalization are not limited

to Alabamarsquos citizens the state also stands to gain from it Homebrewing would pro-vide an infusion of talent into Alabamarsquos growing craft brew-ing industry which has seen triple digit increases in growth annually for the past three years

Most craft brewers began to master the art while homebrew-ing By legalizing this practice the state can encourage further participation and in doing so open the floodgates that will develop a blooming industry create jobs in Alabama and enhance our statersquos economic recovery

If the recent debate over the Accountability Act is the judge Alabama has plenty of com-plex issues to work through Fortunately homebrewing is not one of them The solution has already been found by every other state

Alabama has the opportunity to take a proud step forward into the future As long as we allow demagogues in the state capitol to oversee this mas-sive governmental overreach our state will have yet another black mark on its record It is time for Alabama to reclaim its legacy as a fierce defender of its citizensrsquo rights and legalize homebrewing

John Brinkerhoff is the Opinion Editor of the Crimson White His column runs weekly

PERSONAL LIBERTY

John Brinkerhoff

practice previous attempts tol e g a l i z ehomebrewing havef a i l e dDuring thislegislative

session the

By Lucy CheseldineStaff Columnist

Repetition is a natural human need We crave routine and the perfection of a circle We live our lives in a series of cycles and end up exactly where we began There seems to me a certain idea behind repeating things We are con-stantly trying to recapture the first time We are trying to get back to that raw feel-ing of ecstasy trying to get right back to the time it was brand new

This line of thought came to me through a brush with Americarsquos favourite medium the television Irsquove never been a fan of TV unless it involves wildlife documentaries with David Attenborough

But as I have discovered it

is a staple part of the American student diet What to do when there is nothing else to do Turn on that TV And as I have come to realise there is more than one way to watch this TV each involving the act of repetition

First there is the phenome-non of reruns Shows that have been broadcast previously run again and again on what seems like an unending cycle

nothing about them changing except for the commercials in-between to offer us new stuff to replace the old stuff we bought when it was advertised the first time we watched this show five years ago

And here we are five years later surrounded by old and new stuff that we didnrsquot need in the first place but all the while comforted by the fact that we can watch our favou-rite show again and again ndash that there is something con-stant and reliable in our lives ndash and be reminded of how much we enjoyed it the first time

The second of these unac-knowledged repetitions is the phenomenon of the remake The remake comes in two forms The first is straight for-ward Someone decides that a classic show needs a make

over and so they brush it up haul in a new stage and a pol-ished shiny set of actors and do it all again But this time it is bigger and better

The second type of remake comes in the form of the adaptation This can be from a book or even a film Because we loved the film so much we thought we would elongate the experience into an ongoing television series so we can enjoy it for six more seasons

The third and final way of watching is simply the seemingly infinite number of

episodes that television series produce for modern viewers the long running serial These are the kind of shows that are usually exported to the

UK where they cause a media and social ruck-us ldquoDesperate H o u s ew ive s rdquo ldquoMad Menrdquo ldquoBreaking Badrdquo

They become talking points now not just for weeks and months but even for years There we are sitting in our

arm chair still waiting for the 50s advertising firm to go out of business or every-one to finally be killed off behind those white fences of

suburbia But we can rest assured at least that this will be a long process

Repetition can be beautiful Itrsquos primitive and comforting To me the fifth cup of tea of the day tastes just as good as the first But perhaps in some aspects of our lives the com-fort and substantiate it pro-vides is dangerous stopping movement and originality Perhaps sometimes itrsquos good to swim down uncharted chan-nels and see what there is to be found If we only repeat we will be left with a fragment of the memory of that feeling we first had never to be felt again in a new and different way

Lucy Cheseldine is an English International Student study-ing English literature Her col-umn runs weekly on Tuesdays

We must reject repetition in American media appreciate creative storylinesTELEVISION

Lucy Cheseldine

ldquoIf we only repeat we will be left with a fragment of the memory of that feeling we fi rst had never to be helt

again in a new and different way

By Beth LindlyStaff Columnist

Therersquos been a lot of talk about remakes in Hollywood lately With the highly antici-pated new rendition of ldquoThe Great Gatsbyrdquo on the way critics and moviegoers alike are abuzz about how Tinsel Town is more willing than ever to take another movie and rework it

But is it possible too many producers look to other pro-ducers for more than inspira-tion but for entire creative endeavors themselves

Recently wersquove been seeing more and more sequels and re-workings in the film indus-try and fewer and fewer origi-nal screenplays One could point out that nothing truly is original that every movie is in some small way or another influenced by past movies and other forms of artwork but that isnrsquot what Irsquom addressing I am address-ing to put it a bit harshly H o l l y w o o d rsquos laziness when it comes to cre-ativity

The last three or four movies I saw in theaters were either based on books or pre-vious movies (or a musical) I enjoyed them all immensely but it seems to me that we are at a point in time when Hollywoodrsquos creative slump has hit an all-time high

Wersquore coming out with sequels to movies that were absolutely fine without them (looking at you ldquoParanormal Activityrdquo) and re-releasing 90s classics in theaters just so the sentimental among us can see our favorite young actor on the big screen before he became washed-up

Yes I realize that re-imag-ining is a different form of creativity but for once Irsquod like to go to the movies or turn on the television and see an original plot and screenplay Inspiration is one thing ndash Judd Apatowrsquos ldquo40 Year-Old Virginrdquo spawned countless raunchy buddy comedies of the late 2000s This isnrsquot what tends to happen though sometimes it seems like itrsquos reached a sort of creativity stalemate

The silver screen isnrsquot the

only place where this slump has taken place Two of the biggest shows on TV right now ldquoGame of Thronesrdquo and ldquoThe Walking Deadrdquo are based on a book and graphic novel series respectively Not that they arenrsquot fantastic piec-es of television but Irsquod like to see more originally-pro-duced shows like ldquoParks and Recreationrdquo and ldquoBreaking Badrdquo dominating the air

Even The History Channel of all things jumped on the adaptation bandwagon with

their soapy retelling of the Bible

By no means am I saying remakes are terrible and all Hollywood content should be based on nothing but thecreatorrsquos imagi-nation Some

of the best movies are based on books and plays such as ldquoGone With the Windrdquo and ldquoA Streetcar Named Desirerdquo Those are wonderful and I wouldnrsquot dare say that they were uncreative examples of film But when I hear rumorsof a Carrie Underwood remakeof ldquoThe Sound of Musicrdquo it gives me pause

Creativity is subjective certainly and we could argueall day long about whether it is more original to take something and put your own spin on it or to write something new

Wersquore four months into 2013 and this is my challenge to film studios take a breath-er from classic literature and other peoplersquos movies ndash and for the love of human-ity please step back from the sequels ndash and give your own ideas a chance

Beth Lindly is a sophomore majoring in journalism Her column runs biweekly on Tuesdays

Hollywood should seek some originality truly create new movie ideas

POP CULTURE

Beth Lindly

ldquoFor the love of humanity please step back from the

sequels - and give your own ideas a chance

Submitted

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 5

In a Feb 20 interview with The Crimson White Art Dunning pro-fessor and senior research fellow in the Education Policy Center said he was one of what he approximates to be 10-15 African-American students during his undergraduate years at the University When Dunning matriculated in 1966 the Universityrsquos total enrollment was 12995 accord-ing to the Office of Institutional Research and Assessmentrsquos 2012-2013 Fact Book According to the University website 13 percent of the 33602 undergraduate students enrolled in the fall semester of 2012 identified as African-American

ldquoThatrsquos better than [the University of California] Berkeley when I was thererdquo McKnight says (According to the Office of Planning and Analysis at UC Berkeley 874 of the schoolrsquos 25774 fall 2012 under-graduate enrollment identified as African-American or 339 percent) ldquoWersquove got better diversity num-bers than most western schools most northeastern schoolsrdquo

But in brim-packed Burke Dining Hall immediately following our conversation the number of lunch tables at which black and white peo-ple were seated together was one

ldquoThough it is often subdued and indirect racism does exist on cam-pus and is an important issuerdquo Shashank Wattel a sophomore majoring in electrical and comput-er engineering said in an emailed message

No one planted his or her body in defiance between another human and the drink machine No insults were lobbed from one end of the salad bar to the other But with the exception of that one table repre-sentatives of different ethnic groups engaged in little to no interaction Certainly not overwhelming evi-dence of collective racist thought but according to McKnight itrsquos dif-ficult to tell whether or not people are getting along if they are not even getting together

ldquoEverybody here has access to black people If yoursquove grown up and lived in Alabama all of your life thatrsquos more unique than you may thinkrdquo McKnight says (Approximately 26 percent

and 40 percent of Alabama and Tuscaloosarsquos respective populations identified as African-American in the 2010 US Census According to the same data set 55 percent of the nationrsquos black population resided in the South) ldquoIrsquove known people from other parts of the country who told me they never even had the oppor-tunity to speak with a black person until they got to college Yoursquore going to have a hard time pulling that off in Alabama

ldquoWhy not take advantage of that history of familiarity ndash of conflict ndash between races Having grown up in this state you have the tools to iden-tify the problems and contribute to the development of the solutions Once we get out of our own way we can really start to learn from each other and figure stuff out rdquo

Colby Moeller a freshman from California majoring in marketing and finance said he has not per-sonally encountered or observed a situation of outright racial tension but he perceives the subject as a consistently more prominent issue in Alabama than in his home state

ldquoEspecially with born-and-raised Southerners and Alabamians it seems like something people tune into more something people talk about and disagree and make a big deal over more than the people I know on the West Coastrdquo Moeller said

McKnight feels disagreement should not be mistaken for an obsta-cle to understanding and improve-ment but rather a catalyst

ldquoI donrsquot think we have any prob-lems here in Tuscaloosa or Alabama ndash issues beyond the social level of race relations like disproportional imprisonment or resource availabil-ity that they donrsquot have in Georgia or Mississippi or even Boston or Seattlerdquo he said

According to a June 2010 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics approximately 40 percent of inmates held in federal state or local prisons at June 30 2009 were of black non-Hispanic origin 2010 Census data show 146 percent of non-Hispanic American citizens identified as African-American in 2010

ldquoWhatrsquos different is the issues are visible here Thatrsquos a good thing People have acknowledged that these problems exist They acknowledged them 50 years ago and the fact that we are even sitting

here talking about the anniversary of integration is a great thing It shows people are thinking about it now

ldquoSo once again the University is placed at the center of this whole historical issue because universi-ties are where students learn to think critically and challenge their ideas and the ideas of othersrdquo

Elayne Savage now a communi-cation consultant and author living in Berkeley attended the University as an undergraduate in the early 1960s and served with the group of student campus leaders then Dean of Men John L Blackburn coordi-nated to ensure the Universityrsquos peaceful integration in 1963 She said disagreement should also not be mistaken for disrespect

ldquoYou have to have multiple sides to an argument especially one like this one or nothing will get done Disagreement and challenge fuels meaningful discussionrdquo she said in a Feb 20 interview with The Crimson White ldquoBut therersquos a dif-ference between disagreeing and hurtingrdquo

In many cases McKnight feels necessary arguments are shut down and closed up before they even begin

ldquoThe questions we were asking 50 years ago are not the questions we need to be asking now Back then we were trying to figure out if black and white people could go to the same school ndash now wersquove figured that one out But there are new questions to ask ones students need to be asking of themselves and othersrdquo he said ldquoItrsquos easy to fall into this blame game thing where one side says lsquothose people are lazyrsquo

and the other says lsquoI wasnrsquot given enough opportunity to succeedrsquo That benefits nobody

ldquoThe people who donrsquot want anything to change want to keep arguments at that superficial level because nothing gets done that way But therersquos always a secondary level of questioning and discussion and thatrsquos where people learn and changerdquo

Our discussion began under the pretenses of investigating the true depth of the Universityrsquos steps towards improved race relations over the course of the 50 years since integration both as an institution and a student body but McKnight feels such an exploration is largely a trivial one

ldquoWersquore not going to get anywhere by looking and back and saying lsquothis should have been done differently back in the 1970srsquo or wondering how much has changed here since 1963rdquo he says ldquoThe fact is regard-less of how we got to this point this is the present and we need to take ownership of what wersquove inheritedrdquo

The onus is on students he saidldquoIf you donrsquot take responsibility

for questioning each other defin-ing problems and determining solu-tions who willrdquo

Dunning approaches each day with the same perspective and said he regularly encourages students to do the same

ldquoWhenever I meet or talk with any student I always ask them lsquowhat do you think the problems are on this campus in our societyrsquordquo Dunning said ldquoAnd then I ask them lsquowhat have you done today ndash what are you doing right now ndash to solve themrsquordquo

DOORS FROM PAGE 1

Many say they can still lsquoperceiversquo racism at UA SGA offi cials

outline goals for next year at fi rst meetingBy Mark HammontreeStaff Reporter

The newly elected and appointed execu-tive officers of the Student Government Association held their first executive meeting Monday night in their conference room in theFerguson Center

The meeting began with new SGA President Jimmy Taylor bringing the meeting to order and giving the officers a basic idea ofhow future executive meetings will progress Then the new group of officers introduced themselves to the others each giving a short statement of their vision and goals for the coming year

Following the meet-and-greet Brennan Johnson Taylorrsquos chief of staff was officially sworn into office by new Chief Justice Ben Sleight

After that the officers ldquogot down to busi-nessrdquo as Taylor put it Each informed the others of current and future projects goals and propositions ranging from plans for next yearrsquos RAGE concert to possible scholarship programs

Sleight said the meeting was basically what he was expecting and its well-organized structure made for an efficient dissemination of information

ldquoIt appeared to be a good place to have opendialogue over ideas both amongst the vice presidents and their divisions as well as the different branches of governmentrdquo Sleight said ldquoIrsquom looking forward to working with everyone in the roomrdquo

Madalyn Vaughn the new director of administration and an SGA veteran of two years said the meeting which lasted roughly 20 minutes went well and got the new officers prepared for the upcoming year Vaughn alsosaid meetings will get longer in the future asthe officers have more information to give out

ldquoJimmy is a veteran as well he was here with us last year so the meetings are pretty routine in the way we go around the table and give our updates in orderrdquo Vaughn saidldquoThis group is a very exciting group a lot of them are new faces which is always good for SGA because it brings new ideas to the table It seems like everyone is really excited and ready to workrdquo

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Tuesday April 9 2013

By Kyle Dennan and John BurlesonCW Staff

Last weekend 2000 University of Alabama stu-dents were able watch the Tide compete in the NCAA Regional meet in Tuscaloosa free of charge thanks to the gymnastics booster club the Medalist Club

Athletic programs at the University rely heavily on support from athletic booster clubs Most booster clubs like the gymnastics Medalist Club are run independently of the University Athletics

DepartmentThe Medalist Club was offi-

cially organized in 1987 to sup-port all aspects of Alabama gymnastics There are cur-rently more than 300 mem-berships with more than 700

individual members accord-ing to the 2012 Gymnastics Media Guide

Leesa Davis a board mem-ber for the Medalist Club and radio broadcaster for all UA gymnastics meets on 907 the Capstone said there are a number of functions that the Medalist Club ful-fills outside of just attending the meets These functions include assisting in purchas-ing new equipment sponsor-ship of member and student bus trips to conference com-petitions helping purchase tickets so students can attend meets sponsoring banquets

Alabama teams rely on booster club support

By Chandler WrightAssistant News Editor

Students on campus have worked to create The Alumni Affair an annual event to bring together black alumni from The University of Alabama

ldquoThe Alumni Affair is an event that we look to hold annu-ally during A-Day weekend to create an environment for our alumni to interact with the cur-rent undergraduate students and foster and cultivate new relationships that in turn bring the African-American commu-nity here at UA closer togetherrdquo Alexandria Washington one of the student organizers said ldquoWe saw a need on campus to bring our community closer together so we brainstormed when would be the most effec-tive time to have everyone together and what could we do to have everyone on the same page greeksrdquo

The Alumni Affair is at 730 pm on April 19 at Central High School Washington said the

event will feature both alum-ni and current members of National Pan-Hellenic Council sororities and fraternities Groups of five or more will pres-ent 8-10 minute ldquostep teasesrdquo shorter versions of a full step show routine

ldquoIrsquom looking forward to seeing the greeks step and stroll from my freshman yearrdquo Washington said ldquoI remember as a freshman how I felt watching a genuine good show from start to finish because they put so much heart and dedication into itrdquo

Washington said the event will feature alumni who were students at the University as far back as the 1990s

ldquoThere are greeks coming to this event that pledged in the 90s For them to email and get in contact with us has been the thing to put a smile on our faces because this is going to be an event that no one will want to missrdquo she said

Washington said The Alumni Affair provides a good opportu-nity for black students to reflect on the strides made on campus toward racial inclusivity

ldquoI believe that itrsquos important for students to get involved with programs like this is because itrsquos a part of our historyrdquo Washington said ldquoFifty years ago African-Americans being students here was unheard of and now 50 years later we are here and we need to pay hom-age to thatrdquo

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at alumnistepteaseeventbritecom Proceeds from this event will be donated to Central Highrsquos Youth 4 Christ program as well as the UA Chapter of Black Student Union Doors open at 630 pm

and receptions supporting the radio broadcast along with WVUA and contribut-ing scholarship money to athletes

ldquoOur greatest continu-ing contribution is the Medalist Club Post-Graduate Scholarship Fund which provides an opportunity to attend graduate school at the University for anyone who has made a significant con-tribution to the gymnastics programrdquo Davis said ldquoIt is such a privilege to be a part of a winning program in both the arena and the classroom Whether our gymnastics team wins championships or car-ries a 40 GPA they inspire us as a club to do our best to help them achieve their goalsrdquo

The Medalist Club is not the only one of its kind at the University with larger sports

like football also having boost-er club support For football the booster club is the Red Elephant Club the only boost-er club run by the athletics department

Tommy Ford assistant athletics director for donor programs said there are 10 in-state and two out-of-state clubs that make up the entire Red Elephant Club

ldquoThe Red Elephant Club has a set of bylaws which govern the club which were written in 2004 and have about 200 to 300 members each It totals up to about 2000 members in the club Members come to campus three times a year for different events but due to scheduling conflicts we usually only have about 1000 members on cam-pus at one of the eventsrdquo Ford said

Ford said each member

has individual dues that usu-ally range from $200-$300 ayear that they pay to theirclub From those dues toeach club about $100 is paidto the University and is usedto create an endowmentscholarship

The thing each of the athlet-ic booster clubs have in com-mon despite being run andoperated in different ways is alove for UA athletics

Davis said the Medalist Clubmembers come from all walksof life and age groups

ldquoWhat all of our membershave in common is a love forAlabama and this gymnasticsprogramrdquo Davis said ldquoFor mepersonally I love being able tobe part of the broadcast teamthat brings live coverage to ourfans Describing Bama gym-nastics winning back-to-backchampionships was pricelessrdquo

African-American alumni return for greek showcase

ldquo What all of our members have in common is a love for Alabama and this gymnastics

program

mdashLeesa Davis

ldquo Fifty years ago African-Americans being students here was unheard of and now 50 years later we are here and we need to pay

homage to that

mdash Alexandria Washington

gain experience and get paidThe Crimson White is looking to hire a staff for the 2013-2014 school year

Whether you plan to use your existing skills or cultivate new ones the CW is the place to exhibit your talents We are constantly learning and practicing and you

can too Each position offers the opportunity to create or perfect skills that will carry on into the work force and will make you more marketable to employers

Go to jointhecwwordpresscom to read about each position available as well as to apply

Applications for Production Editor Visuals Editor and Online Editor are due Saturday April 13 The deadline to apply for desk editor positions is Saturday April 20 and all other paid staff position applications are due Saturday April 27

Details about interviews which will take place via Skype will be communicated over email after the deadline If you have any questions before then donrsquot hesitate to email Mazie Bryant the new CW editor at maziebryantgmailcom

By Ashley TrippStaff Reporter

Kelly Roy was just 18 months old when her parents filed for divorce

ldquoMy parents have been divorced for basically my entire liferdquo Roy said ldquoI only remember them being divorced so I guess the plus side of it all is I donrsquot remem-ber the whole lsquofamily falling apartrsquo issuerdquo

Roy a sophomore major-ing in communications is one of the many students at The University of Alabama deal-ing with divorce Roy said the effects of her parentrsquos divorce have affected her college experience

ldquoItrsquos difficult getting both of my parents to take care of my tuitionrdquo Roy said ldquoInstead of having a married couple I have to rely on two people who donrsquot always pay on time which is difficult especially since they donrsquot really speak with each otherrdquo

Roy said holidays and simply driving home for the weekend can be problematic as well

ldquoWhenever I want to go home on the weekends I always have to ask myself whose home should I go home tordquo Roy said ldquoMy parents only live a few hours a part but I canrsquot really visit both in one weekend hellip I always end up driving constantlyrdquo

Lee Keyes executive direc-tor of the Counseling Center at the University said the topic

of divorce is a fairly frequent reason that students come to the Center

ldquoGiven that over half of marriages end in divorce it is expected that this would be on the minds of many studentsrdquo Keyes said ldquoMany times stu-dents feel lsquocaught in the mid-dlersquo and struggle with some of the negative communication patterns in which couples in conflict engage hellip This causes stress worry and sadness and students come to work through those issuesrdquo

While the Counseling Center does see divorce occurring long before the student arrives at school it also sees divorce emerging after students go off to college

Keyes said students whose parents were divorced in the past have had at least some time to adjust and manage any issues that result but the lat-ter group deals with stress and changes right here and now

ldquoThe latter is probably more common simply because the total number of years involved is greater than the four or so that students are in schoolrdquo Keyes said ldquoThe problems they experience are acute and feel more overwhelming or worrisomerdquo

Olivia Gartzman a fresh-man majoring in public rela-tions said her parents got divorced when she was reach-ing her teen years a time when she needed her mother the most

ldquoI had to learn to be a big

girl by myself and learn how to put on makeup and suchrdquo Gartzman said

Now a freshman in college Gartzman said she is expe-riencing new things and fac-ing new challenges without a mother figure to share it with

ldquoIrsquove learned from my sisters and friends here at UA to make the best with what you have and to not dwell on the things you donrsquot have the power to changerdquo Gartzman said ldquoThedivorce and not really having a mother figure in my life has hit me hard but it has also mademe a stronger person for right now as well as the futurerdquo

The Counseling Center pro-vides programming on healthy relationships assertive com-munication and stress man-agement all of which may be related to the issue of divorce

ldquoWe can also provide free support groups for students whose parents [are] divorced or are divorcing when there is enough interest for us to do sordquo Keyes said

Keyes said students dealing with divorce should come to the Counseling Center early

ldquoDonrsquot wait until it affects other parts of your life such as school or other relation-shipsrdquo Keyes said ldquoItrsquos impor-tant to know that methods of coping and communicating effectively are available and can be learned hellip The nega-tive aspects of this issue can be minimized so that one canpreserve healthy relationshipswith family and othersrdquo

Students learn to cope with high divorce rate

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 7

UA graduate school awards top students 2012-13 honorsBy Adrienne BurchAssistant News Editor

In addition to the under-graduate awards given last week during the Universityrsquos Honors Week The University of Alabama Graduate School awarded its students with top honors

Three faculty committees selected the eight most out-standing graduate students from a pool of students from each individual college

John Schmitt assistant dean of the graduate school said the selected students won awards previously with-in their college or school and then went on to be awarded overall graduate school awards

ldquoThese are the best of the best from the college-wide winnersrdquo Schmitt said ldquoThese are the most advanced degrees the University has to offer making this a really out-standing accomplishmentrdquo

Schmitt said these awards were bestowed primarily based on the studentsrsquo work on either their master theses or dissertation and every award is different because the individual pieces of research are vastly different

ldquoThe work they have done is going to launch them into their careers whether it is a doctoral student going into education or a masterrsquos stu-dent looking for a jobrdquo he said

Outstanding Doctoral Dis-sertation

John C Mitcham College of Arts and Sciences depart-ment of history

Mitcham won for his manu-script ldquoSea League of All the Britons Race Identity and Imperial Defense 1868ndash1914rdquo His dissertation chairperson was John Beeler a profes-sor in the department of his-tory In his work Mitcham explores the cultural social and political dimensions of British imperial policy dur-ing the late 19th and early 20th centuries His project provides the first comprehen-sive study of the cultural and racial origins of the imperial defense partnership

Yanping Zhang College of

Engineering department of computer science

Zhang won for her manu-script ldquoSurveillance and Intrusion Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks Design Analysis and Evaluationrdquo Her dissertation chairperson was Yang Xiao a professor in the department of computer science Zhangrsquos research incorporated ideas from multiple disciplines including computer science biology animal behavior and communication She modeled the social and communication behavior of primates which provide biological inspiration for solving problems in com-munication and networking

Outstanding Masterrsquos Thesis

K Lance Wilson College of Arts and Sciences depart-ment of geological sciences

Wilson won for his man-uscript ldquoThe Origin and Development of the Tampa Embayment Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of the Eastern Gulf of Mexicordquo His thesis chairperson was Delores Robinson an associ-ate professor of geological sciences The thesis provided a tectonic evolution of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico based on the seismic lines that he interpreted His research allows people to determine where rocks which may be full of hydrocarbons might be located

Excellence in Teaching by a Masterrsquos Student

Allison Hiss College of Arts and Sciences department of modern languages and classics

Hissrsquo teaching style dem-onstrates resourcefulness as well as understanding of com-municative language teaching methods She has been instru-mental in implementing cre-ative extra-curricular activi-ties for the French program and served as the assistant to the director of the Alabama-in-France study abroad pro-gram in summer 2012

Excellence in Teaching by a Doctoral Student

Jefferson Walker College of Communication and

Information Sciences doctor-al program in Communication and Information Sciences

Walker possesses the abil-ity to teach and lead his stu-dents and fosters a sense of life-long learning that con-tributes to his teaching suc-cess He is consistently evalu-ated among the top doctoral teachers in the department

Excellence in Research by a Masterrsquos Student

Zachary Wahl-Alexander College of Education depart-ment of kinesiology

Wahl-Alexander has produced an impressivelist of publications that includes three publications in American and European journals three published abstracts and nine peer-reviewed presentations He has been able to secure external funding to sup-port the research projects that he initiated organized and conducted

Excellence in Research by a Doctoral Student

Matthew Shannon College of Engineering department of chemical and biological engi-neering

Shannon has conducted groundbreaking research in his field that is consistently cited by external research groups He has eight peer-reviewed publications in highly respected chemical engineering and chemistry journals and he has made six presentations at conferences He is also the co-inventor on one US and PCT patent application

Outstanding Service by a Graduate Student

Dr Rosemary Clement College of Nursing DNP Program

Dr Clement has worked tirelessly to promote breast cancer awareness in her home state of South Carolina and internationally through her volunteer work in Ghana Africa She has established support groups for women with cancer funding sources for women who cannot afford mammograms and pet thera-py sessions with her certified therapy dog

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Tuesday April 9 2013CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

Local children learn other cultures with Heart TouchBy Abbey CrainStaff Reporter

Fan Yang came to The University of Alabama from China to study social work but decided to make an impact on the community by sharing her culture with local fourth grad-ers Yang designed the Heart Touch Program to connect American students to Chinese students with help from the Center for Community Based Partnership and Tuscaloosarsquos One Place an after school pro-gram

ldquoMy concentration is children and their familiesrdquo Yang said ldquoI love children and I try to pro-vide them something I think the unique thing I can provide is about my background because I am from China I know about Chinese culture so I think thatrsquos the best thing I can provide themrdquo

Yang along with other stu-dent volunteers visits seven elementary schools a week lec-turing on Chinese culture and helping students write letters to students in China One week she brought Chinese food donated by Lai Lai and taught students to use chopsticks

ldquoIt was really interestingrdquo Emma Moultrie a freshman majoring in psychology said ldquoWe taught them about Chinese food and we taught them how to use chopsticks and taught them about the foods they eat in Chinardquo

Moultrie said she heard about the program through Blount and although she does not speak Chinese wanted to foster rela-tionships with the students She said it is important to educate children about cultures other than their own Moultrie volun-teers helping translate letters from English to Chinese

Jin Wang a masterrsquos student studying mechanical engineer-ing is another international student helping with the Heart Touch Program

ldquoIrsquove done a lot volunteering stuff before and I found this program interestingrdquo Wang said ldquoIn this program Irsquom able to get to know young kids in America how they think what do they know about China what are their dreams I realize I can learn something from the kids and I can tell them how China actually looks like as wellrdquo

Yang said the students were eager to listen and learn about

Chinese culture especially when food was involved

ldquoThey sometimes ask me very good questionsrdquo Yang said ldquoSomeone asked me why there are so many lsquomade in Chinarsquo things It is very hard to answer but some of them do not know very much about Chinardquo

Yang is in her second year of the social work program at the University and said internation-al students need to get involved outside of the University

ldquoIt is very important for inter-national students because I am an international student and I know how they feelrdquo Yang said ldquoI clearly remember my first semester here I was new here and I didnrsquot know anyone I tried to get involved but I didnrsquot know how The reason why I devel-oped this program is to get more international students to get involved in the community so they can learn something about American culture and the com-munity experiencerdquo

Yang said she hopes to con-tinue the Heart Touch Program as long as she is at the Capstone She said she wants to help other UA students develop similar programs to get involved in the Tuscaloosa community

COLUMN | FOOD

By Christopher Chase Edmunds

Irsquom stressed out exhausted hungry and broke As a col-lege student this is my natural state of being and I am now accustomed to the bland taste of ramen noodles This past weekend however I ventured out of the ramen rut and used this collegiate staple food in several creative ways All of these recipes can be prepared with a microwave and I tried to keep the cost per serving as low as possible

Cuban Carnitas SoupI started off easy and decided

to try and spice up one of the most underrated ramen fla-vors Using just the pork fla-vored ramen and a few simple accents I created a carnitas-inspired dish that was expo-nentially more satisfying than the sum of its parts

First prepare the pork ramen as directed It would be best to leave as much of the broth as possible Then add a few pinches of cilantro a slice

of lime and hot sauce to taste Feel free to use more lime juice and less hot sauce if you are not a fan of spicy foods Remember to save your lime for any bever-ages you may prepare later

Ramen and Vegetable Stir-Fry

My next dish made use of canned fruits and veggies to

keep costs low and flavors varied Stir-fry dishes may not seem microwave-friendly but I assure you it is possible You

just need to heat your food add ingredients stir and heat again For this dish I used one can of mixed veggies and one small can of sliced mandarin

orangesFirst cook the noodles as

directed (I did not use the included flavor packet) Then drain all the water and add the mixed veggies and mandarin oranges A good ratio to use is two parts veggies to one part oranges Mix these all togeth-er with your favorite teriyaki or soy sauce and heat in the

microwave until warm Feel free to use packets of sauce from Chinese restaurants to cut down on costs

Chicken Parma-Ramen Disregarding the flavor

packets ramen is just cheap pasta I used this to my advan-tage and created the cheap-est easiest form of chicken Parmesan For this dish I made use of microwave-ready chicken breast regu-lar spaghetti sauce and sliced provolone

Cook the noodles first Remember that if noodles get cold they can always be reheated under a damp paper towel but meat loses flavor every time it is reheated Once the noodles are ready cook the chicken as directed Then add a slice of cheese to the chicken and heat for about 15 seconds on high This is just enough to melt the cheese Serve the chicken on a bed of noodles and drench in the spaghetti sauce heated to your preference

Variations on ramen noodle recipes spice up typical college student meals

SubmittedUniversity of Alabama students teach local elementary school Chinese culture through the Heart Touch progrms

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By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Unlike most art classes at The University of Alabama UH 155 a freshman honors class allows students to create pieces of art that will be sold at the Good Art Show which ben-efits Tuscaloosa One Place a community organization that serves each member of a fam-ily with specialized programs

Tonya Nelson the UA profes-sor who teaches the class said UH 155 focuses on ldquoThe Art of Giving Backrdquo

ldquoThe class requires [stu-dents] to serve as mentors for students in local kindergarten and elementary schools who

no longer have art programsrdquo Nelson said ldquoThey work on art projects together and just spend time talking about each othersrsquo dayrdquo

Sidney Stratton a freshman majoring in civil engineering said she had an idea to make a wire and bead design but changed her mind

ldquoI liked that the project would have a storyrdquo Stratton

said ldquoBut the students who would be helping are in the kin-dergarten so we worried that they would be really upset and confused about why the bead-ed craft they made was being taken away from them never to be seen againrdquo

In the end Stratton ended up creating Alabama and greek-themed koozies

ldquoI chose to do koozies

because I wanted students to be able to take a reminder of UA home with them for the summer wherever home may berdquo Stratton said

Jacob Powell a fresh-man majoring in finance and accounting was also a student in the class

ldquoIrsquom only doing one thing for the show ndash setting up a table with a connect-four board and letting passersby play in order to invent patterns to spray paint onto mouse padsrdquo Powell said ldquoIf they win they get to keep the mouse pad free of charge but I donrsquot expect to lose many times because to be honest Irsquove played more games of connect-four in the last five

years than anyone would think humanly possiblerdquo

The Good Art Show has been taking place for a few semesters and so far has raised $3000 to donate to Tuscaloosa One Place

Sarah Hartley a freshman majoring in biology helped with the financing aspect of the Good Art Show

ldquoA few weeks before the show we put up flyers and sent out emails among for stu-dents who werenrsquot a part of our class to submit art with half of their proceeds going to benefit Tuscaloosa One Placerdquo Hartley said ldquoAnd the art show is our only means of fundrais-ing so wersquore working hard to

make it a successrdquoHartley said the Good Art

Show is like any other art show except the students creating the work are not necessarily artists

ldquoThe concept of art being in each of our lives every day was a little foreign to me but now I see and appreciate things more in life because of the artistic values they possessrdquo Stratton said ldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspectiverdquo

The Good Art Show will take place Tuesday outside Nott Hall from 1-4 pm

Honors class uses art to benefi t Tuscaloosa One PlaceldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a

cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspective

mdash Sidney Stratton

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 9

By Alexandra EllsworthStaff Reporter

One memory sticks out to Margie Thompson from her time volunteering with Hospice of the Valley in Decatur Ala ndashcarrying bucket after bucket of blood from a hospice patientrsquos bedside

In a bright airy sun room a middle-aged woman lay in her home in the hospital bed that would house her until her death She was throwing up blood while a hospice nurse sat by her side

ldquoIt was really horriblerdquo Thompson said ldquoShe was com-pletely coherent Normally they give patients morphine to calm them and help ease the transition but she refusedrdquo

The woman suffered from colon cancer and the time had come for the family to come in and say goodbye

ldquoThe family has to give per-mission for the patient to dierdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed to hear it because the will to live is too strong The nurse coached them on exactly what to sayrdquo

That is what hospice does It strives to help dying patients transition into death as peace-fully as possible Hospice is a service offered to terminally ill patients often with a six-month life expectancy prognosis To be admitted patients must be no longer responsive to cure-oriented treatments

The focus of hospice is on caring not curing They pro-vide the terminally ill and their families medical care and both emotional and spiritual sup-port tailored to the patientrsquos needs and wishes According to Hospice Of West Alabamarsquos website hospice relies on the belief that a person has a right to die pain-free and with dig-nity and that his or her loved ones will receive the necessary support to allow the patient to do so

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization a nonprofit membership orga-nization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States reported an estimated 165 million patients in the US who received services from hospice in 2011 and approxi-mately 446 percent of all

deaths in the US were under the care of a hospice program According to NHPCO the first program opened in 1974 and more than 5300 exist today

Even on a gray day HOWA is unexpectedly uplifting Large windows let light into a foyer where a volunteer reception-ist like Gladys Ritchie greets visitors with a smile and points them in the right direction

Ritchie affectionately known as ldquoTroublerdquo among her co-workers has been volunteering with HOWA for more than 10 years HOWA needs volunteers like her to provide its service

HOWA is located on the cam-pus of the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center and a staff of 85 serves seven coun-ties in West Alabama The Helen H Hahn House HOWArsquos home looks out on the tranquil scenery of the central court-yard complete with a pond and gazebo

Kimberly Gibson volunteer coordinator for HOWA said the majority of hospice care is pro-vided in the place the patient calls home but HOWA is one of three hospice providers in the state that has an inpatient unit

The 10-bed HOWA inpatient facility located in the Hahn House offers homelike spac-es for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and a shared screened-in porch These porches are patient-accessible with French doors that open wide enough for a bed to be wheeled out onto the porch The chairs in the room convert into sleepers for family members who want to stay the night

ldquoWe tried to think of any obstacle that would keep a fam-ily member from being able to be hererdquo Gibson said ldquoThe inpatient facility also features a chapel for quiet moments as well as gathering places for patients and familiesrdquo

The comfortable environ-ment provided by HOWArsquos facil-ities supplement the care given by the staff and volunteers

Holly Mason a UA gradu-ate student working on her masterrsquos in social work cur-rently interns with HOWA and worked as volunteer before that She said she began volun-teering with HOWA after some-one from a hospice group spoke to her health psychology class

ldquoI thought hospice care was a really worthwhile service and wanted to get involvedrdquo Mason said ldquoMy favorite part about it has been getting to know the patients As a volun-teer I visited patients It gave me good perspective to talk to them I got to hear a lot of sto-ries about their livesrdquo

Additionally Mason said she enjoys getting to know the patients seeing pictures of their families and building relationships

ldquoHospice workers are not hired they are calledrdquo Gibson said ldquoThat is very true of our staff Hospice has to be something you are passionate aboutrdquo

For Laura Graham an RN for Hospice of North Alabama getting to know the family was one of her favorite parts of her job as a hospice nurse Grahamrsquos said it was also the most challenging ndash getting to know her patients and their families

ldquoWhen you lost a patient you also often lost the fam-ily toordquo she said ldquoUnderstandably many families donrsquot really want to keep in touch but I met a lot of people I never would have met otherwise and I loved thatrdquo

Graham from Decatur Ala worked as a hospice nurse for Hospice of North Alabama for two years and an administra-tor for three years As a nurse she was assigned between eight and 10 cases Graham spread her visits out during the week starting with visit-ing her patients just a couple of times a week but increas-ing the visits as death became more imminent

Graham worked to make the patient more comfortable while educating both the patient and family on the transition process She spent a lot of her time simply listening to her patients too

ldquoThe family members go through the five stages of grief but so did the patientsrdquo Graham said ldquoThey talk a lot reliving their lives and so they often just needed someone

to listenrdquoThe relationship that devel-

ops between an RN or volun-teer and the patient and fam-ily can also be a lasting and special bond For Diane Wiley getting to know one of the RNs who helped with the care of her mother was meaningful

ldquoWe just loved her to deathrdquo Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care ldquoShe was absolutely won-derful She became like a mem-ber of our familyrdquo

Wiley said only she and her sister were present when their mother passed away but immediately after she died Wiley called the RN

ldquoShe was offdutyrdquo Wiley said ldquoBut as soon as I called she camerdquo

The nurse handled all the paperwork for Wiley and her sister

ldquoMy mother was so ready to dierdquo Wiley said ldquoShe was ready to go be with the Lord She would go in her room and turn on Christian music and

tell us she was going to die right there in that bedrdquo

Nurses play a large role in car-ing for patients and families but another big part to hospice care is the volunteers Gibson and Wells both attested to the importance

of volunteer help at HOWAldquoWe have the best volunteers

of the area and that makes my job amazingrdquo Gibson said

Volunteers go through inten-sive training and their jobs include sitting with patients providing companionship or offering relief for caregivers and much more They also run errands like going to the bank or grocery store

Volunteers are also involved in other ways outside of patient care They make flow-er arrangements help keep HOWArsquos kitchen stocked work as receptionists and Gibson said they are important for fundraisers

ldquoVolunteers are vitally important to the success of fundraisers like our Fourth Annual Family 5k Run and Walk eventrdquo she said

This year the run was held at Munny Sokol Park in March and proceeds went to benefit patient care at HOWA

As a volunteer Thompson had the opportunity to build relationships with families and patients One of her first expe-riences with hospice was the woman with colon cancer

ldquoWhen I think of hospice every nurse I saw was so soothing caring and calmingrdquo Thompson said ldquoThe nurse stayed with [the woman with colon cancer] the whole timerdquo

The woman had two daugh-ters in high school One daugh-ter went in to say goodbye and one refused initially As the woman neared the end of her life her breathing became shallow and gasp-like and the second daughted relented

Tears streaming down her face the daughter looked at her mother face to face for what would be the last time Thompson said

ldquoI love you Mommardquo she said to her mother ldquoPlease go be with Jesusrdquo

Holding her daughterrsquos hand the woman gathered what was left of her strength to respond

ldquoI love you toordquo she said Within a few minutes she died

ldquoIt was as if she was waiting to see her daughter before she wentrdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed the closure before she could gordquo

ABOUT HOWAHospice of West Alabama

in addition to numerous volun-teers has 85 employees and serves hundreds of patients annually in Tuscaloosa Pickens Fayette Lamar Hale and Bibb counties The majority of their patients are usually seen at home The inpatient unit which has 10 beds has a waiting list and admittance is based on the patientrsquos prognosis The wait would vary on availability and the patientrsquos need for care HOWA is a nonprofit organi-zation Payment for hospice care comes from Medicare Medicaid and most private insurers Contributions from the community via United Way fund raising memorial and general donations help provide care to provide care to patients who have no health care coverage or have needs not covered by their insurance

Hospice of West Alabama offers patients peace

CW | Shannon AuvilThe Hospice of West Alabama is a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilStaff nurse Bobbie Garner at the Hospice of West Alabama a non-profi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilHOWA offers homelike spaces for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and screened-in porch

CW | Shannon AuvilMary Owens is a CNA at the Hospice of West Alabama a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

ldquolsquoWe just loved her to deathrsquo

[Diane] Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care lsquoShe

was absolutely wonderful lsquo

Editor | Marquavius Burnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcom

Tuesday April 9 2013SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

FOOTBALL

Offensive line takes shape as Tide returns to practiceBy Charlie PotterStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos offensive line lost three starters to graduation and the NFL draft this offsea-son while right guard Anthony Steen and left tackle Cyrus Kouandjio returned to the Capstone to continue their col-legiate careers this semester

The big challenge entering the spring was replacing such dynamic and experienced play-ers like Chance Warmack DJ Fluker and Barrett Jones at such an integral position

After the Crimson Tidersquos ninth spring practice on Monday Arie Kouandjio said the Crimson Tide is managing to retool its offensive line just fine

ldquoI feel good about all the guys on the linerdquo Kouandjio said ldquoI feel very confident in the abil-ity that we have on any side of the ball or any position Irsquom really confident in what we can do and what we can obtain this yearrdquo

Kouandjio has been play-ing at left guard so far this spring lining up next to his younger brother Cyrus Austin Shepherd has taken most of the first-team snaps at right guard this spring and Ryan Kelly has taken over the duties of playing center

The threesome are familiar with each other having worked together last season on the sec-ond-team unit and Kouandjio said that experience has helped them to build a bond that just keeps growing

ldquoIt gave us something to build on and wersquove just got to

keep building keep stacking those bricksrdquo

Kouandjio said it was a bless-ing to be able to be at the top of the depth chart But he was especially happy to be able to line up beside his brother

ldquoItrsquos insanerdquo he said ldquoI love it Wersquore really in sync and we know how each of us feel We donrsquot even have to talk that much to know whatrsquos going on and stuff like that with each other Itrsquos really coolrdquo

He said he and his brother have been through a lot and have used their experiences together growing up to their advantage on the playing field

In Cyrusrsquos first year at Alabama both brothers suf-fered injuries and went through rehabilitation together It was then that they started to push each other to become better players by making everything a competition

ldquoThatrsquos when the competi-tion came in and that helped a lotrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoWe turned it into a game and wersquore here nowrdquo

Alabama returns to practice

on Wednesday

CW | Alaina ClarkQuarterback Parker McLeod left and wide receiver Ty Reed participate in the Tidersquos spring practice

PRACTICE NOTESbull Trey DePriest donned a black no-contact jersey on Monday after accumulating four tackles and two intercep-tions in Saturdayrsquos simulated scrimmage He worked on the stationary bikes with Kevin Norwood and John Fulton bull Dee Hart who had been practicing with the defensive backs this spring was found with running backs on Mon-day He still wore a black no-contact jersey bull Ryan Anderson worked with defensive coordinator Kirby Smart and the inside linebackers on Monday insteaw of his usual position at outside linebacker The move was probably made because of the injury to DePriest

CW | Alaina ClarkTide receiver Deandrew White second from right wore a black no-contact jersey during practice Saturday

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 11

By Charlie Potter

The 2012-13 college bas-ketball season is officially finished but the offseason is already in full swing for every program in the coun-try including The University of Alabama

Head coach Anthony Grant and his assistants are hot on the recruiting trail in search of a third piece to their 2013 recruiting class a class that already pos-sesses center Jimmy Taylor and power forward Shannon Hale

The player the Crimson Tide wants and needs to secure ndash or resecure ndash is Jaren Sina

Sina a 6-2 point guard from Gill St Bernardrsquos School in Gladstone NJ originally committed to Alabama as a

sophomore but he decom-mitted and chose to go to Northwestern instead Since then he has been released from his scholarship with the Wildcats after the team fired head coach Bill Carmody

He now lists his top four choices as Alabama Northwestern Seton Hall and Indiana Sina plans to visit the Capstone on Thursday and make a deci-sion on where he will play

college basketball before the April 17 deadline

Securing Sina would increase the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12 and that would certainly help in terms of depth as Alabama suffered from the losses of Carl Engstrom and Andrew Steele last season

It would also give Grant a third point guard on his ros-ter as Trevor Releford will be a senior in the upcoming season and Retin Obasohan is still learning the game Any additions at that posi-tion will be welcomed

But most importantly it will give the Tide an offen-sive weapon alongside a couple of inside defensive threats and Grant needs those aspects in his fifth year at Alabama

The Tide missed the

NCAA tournament this year and it can be argued that it must get back to the Big Dance and make some noise in order for Grant to receive a contract extension With Sina in the fold Grant will have a deep bench and pleth-ora of guards to work with to make a run at next yearrsquos March Madness

If Sina decides to come to Alabama he will join Releford Trevor Lacey Levi Randolph Rodney Cooper and Obasohan to com-plete one the best crop of guards in the Southeastern Conference

But if Sina spurns Grantrsquos offer the Tide will lose out on an excellent 3-point shooter and pinpoint passer It could be a big blow in what could be Grantrsquos final season in Tuscaloosa

Alabama needs to land Jaren Sina one more timeCOLUMN

Crimson Tide set to play 2-game midweek seriesBy Kevin ConnellStaff Reporter

The No 22 University of Alabama baseball team con-cludes its six-game home stand with a two-game mid-week series against the Alcorn State Braves Tuesday and Wednesday First pitches are set for 605 pm on Tuesday and 505 pm on Wednesday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium

The Crimson Tide (20-13 8-4

Southeastern Conference) is just one win shy of matching last seasonrsquos 21 wins for the entire 2012 season when it fin-ished in last place in the SEC As it stands now Alabama sits in a three-way tie with Arkansas and South Carolina for second place in the SEC behind Vanderbilt and LSU

Alabama was soundly beaten in its first two games against No 9 Arkansas this past weekend but responded

well in the series finale on Saturday with an impressive 5-0 victory Sophomore right-hander Spencer Turnbull (4-1 222 ERA) who was nominated as the SEC Pitcher of the Week following another strong start on Saturday praised the Tidersquos defense after the win for bailing him out when his slider wasnrsquot working

The defense was great behind me continuing to make playsrdquo Turnbull said ldquoI didnrsquot really have a slider at all today

but I was able to keep them off balance enough where they couldnrsquot just sit on my

fastball and it worked out pretty goodrdquo

A consistent defense will be beneficial to have even against an Alcorn State team that is just 8-25 on the year However the Braves are on a two-game

winning streak coming into the midweek series against the Tide after defeating 19-5 Alabama State twice

Turnbull stressed the importance of scoring early runs after Alabamarsquos win against Arkansas on Saturday ndash a theme that applies for all starting pitchers in baseball

ldquoI was confident today that if we could get at least two that we could winrdquo Turnbull said ldquoItrsquos hard to shut out a team completely but with [Brett] Booth getting us start-ed early it was a huge lift for us earlyrdquo

Booth the starting senior catcher gave the Tide the early lift it needed its last time out with a solo home run ndash his third of the season ndash in the second inning against Arkansas on Saturday He

leads the team in batting average (299) runs scored (30) RBIs (23) slugging percentage (419) and on-base percentage (401)

Despite losing two of the three games in the series the Tide has won 10 of its last 14 games Booth said he was confident on where the team currently stands now

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been play-ing some good baseballrdquo he said

Redshirt junior right-hand-er Tucker Hawley (4-2 219 ERA) will start for Alabama Tuesday Wednesdayrsquos starter has yet to be announced

BASEBALL

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been playing

some good baseball

mdash Brett Booth

After a 5-0 victory Saturday the Tide sit in a 3-way tie for No 2 SEC spot ahead of Alcorn State games

ldquo Securing Sina would in-crease the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12

and that would certainly help in terms of depth

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UA softball team to host MVSU Delta Devils Tuesday By Alexis PaineStaff Reporter

The University of Alabama softball team will play the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils Tuesday in the fifth game of its 10-game home stand

The Tide played Southeastern Conference opponent Missouri last week-end claiming a 2-1 record in the series The team defeated the Tigers by an eight-run margin in the last game of the series after falling to its opponents on Saturday Head coach Patrick Murphy said he hopes the huge score differential Sunday sets the speed for the two games this week and for the rest of the season

ldquoIrsquom hoping our offense will keep going because thatrsquos what we needrdquo Murphy said ldquoI mean the offense if it keeps going wersquore going to be fine

the rest of the year because [Missourirsquos Chelsea Thomas] is one of the best pitchers in the country and to score fourteen against them is saying some-thingrdquo

Last weekendrsquos series brought the Tidersquos record to 10-5 in SEC play and 35-6 over-all Murphy said the season has been tough so far because of the intensity brought by oppo-nents and that the Tide has played a majority of its con-ference games on the road He said the team needs to under-stand this as they go into the rest of the season

ldquoYou know the first four weekends three are on the

road and anybody that plays us is going to play out of their minds and play their best game and we know thatrdquo Murphy said ldquoWe expect that and I think the girls are finally real-izing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow uprdquo

Junior Mollie Fichtner said the Tide is not taking the non-conference opponent lightly She said the team will still focus on playing ldquoAlabama ballrdquo against the Devils The team is focusing on the finer points of the game as it goes into the midweek game Fichtner said

ldquoYoursquove got to do the little thingsrdquo Fichtner said ldquoTheyrsquoll

turn into the big things So just take it every single inning We have some adjustments to make and those are great opportunities to make themrdquo

Murphy said he is look-ing for everyone to step up in the game against Mississippi Valley State Lauren Sewell is set to pitch Tuesday in a game that will help decide the teamrsquos weekend practice schedule

ldquoLauren definitely gets to pitch and then we need to clean it up the whole weekrdquo Murphy said These are two big games because we have the weekend off and depending on how we do they either get Thursday off or we practice Thursday Then Friday Saturday Sunday [are] completely off Itrsquos been on the calendar since September so itrsquos good I totally believe in what Coach Saban says One day off is good but two days off is great and three days off is awesome For an arm thatrsquos

Alabama golfer Cory Whitsett ranked 3rd nationallyBy Bryan BergmanContributing Writer

As the Alabama menrsquos golf team rolls through its season a large part of the teamrsquos suc-cess can be attributed to the play of junior Cory Whitsett

Whitsett began the season ranked No 8 in Golfweekrsquos preseason top 10 and he has only improved from there ranked No3 in the nation as of April 7th His 7096 aver-age leads the team and is seventh in the country

Whitsett began the season with a third-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic which helped the team to a victory at that event He then tied for the individual title at the Tidersquos

second-place finish at the Southern Highlands Masters His first-place finishes at the Linger Longer Invitational and Aggie Invitational led the Tide to victories in those tournaments He now has five career victories tied for second most in school history

ldquoIrsquove tried to play with a lot more self-belief this year Irsquove hit some bad shots

and been in some difficult situations but Irsquove just com-pletely trusted myself and gotten out of it that wayrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett a native of Houston Texas came to Alabama as one of the most accomplished recruits in school history In 2007 he became one of only five fifteen-year old players to win the US Junior Amateur Championship participat-ing in the first of three US Amateur Championships the same year In 2010 he was selected as the National High School Senior Athlete of the Year for menrsquos golf after tying for the state title Head coach Jay Seawell said he

was happy about his decision to recruit Whitsett to Alabama

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disappointed But the best part is hersquos a great young manrdquo Seawell said ldquoOn and off the golf course hersquos a class act Hersquos a hard worker who takes pride in all he does and being a part of Alabamardquo

He made an immediate impact upon arriving at Alabama finishing with a 7139 scoring average second on the team and an Alabama rookie record (since bro-ken by Justin Thomas) Four top-five finishes including his first of three victories at

the Linger Longer Invitational led to him being named to the All-Mickelson Team honoring the countryrsquos best freshmen as well as Golfweekrsquos All-Freshman Team and a consensus second-team All-American

Whitsett turned in anoth-er outstanding season as a sophomore last year finish-ing the season ranked No 13 overall with wins at the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic and Linger Longer Invitational He was named a consensus second-team All-American first-team All-SEC and SEC Academic Honor Roll along with the NCAA Elite 89 Award which is given to the

student-athlete at the NCAA Championships with the high-est GPA His efforts helped bring the Tide an SEC champi-onship but the team fell short at the NCAA Championships losing to Texas in the finals Whitsett said he looks forward to having another chance to compete for the championship this season

ldquoI want to win a National Championship with the team We came so close last year and really got a taste of what it would be like To not get [the championship] is one of the worst feelings Irsquove ever hadrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett and the Tide will be back in action at the SEC Championships on April 19th

MENrsquoS GOLF

SOFTBALL

been throwing since mid-Sep-tember in Traina and Jury itrsquoll be good for themrdquo

The Tide will take on the Devils Tuesday at 6 pm in the Rhoads Softball Stadium The team will continue at home against The University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers Wednesday

Contributing writer Kelly Ward contributed to this article

ldquoI think the girls are fi nally realizing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow up

mdash Patrick Murphy

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disap-pointed But the best part is hersquos a

great young man

mdash Jay Seawell

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ldquoSlogans like lsquoEnd Womb Lynchingrsquo have also been chalked on campusrdquo she said ldquoLynching is an act of terrorism that seeks to pre-vent oppressed groups from resisting the conditions of their oppression Fetuses are not oppressed This phrase is extremely offensive to the communities that continue to be terrorized by lynching in the United Statesrdquo

Claire Chretien a sopho-more majoring in public relations and American studies and vice president of BSL said she saw the slogan differently

ldquoA lot of what the pro-life movement does is make par-allels between past social justice movements and the struggle for the right to liferdquo she said ldquoBSL did not intend to offend anybody by chalk-ing that but rather to make a comparison between the struggle for civil rights that African-Americans faced dur-ing the civil rights movement and the struggle for the right to life that the unborn facerdquo

Pixler said ldquoCemetery of the Innocentsrdquo which is an annu-al event is a recruiting tool for BSL and the response to it was generally positive

ldquoWe have had a lot of people come up and talk to us or look us up on Facebook or Twitter and we have had some nega-tive response but people have been really civil and just wanting to talk or argue and

we invite thatrdquo she saidBrianna Fennell a member

of BSL said many of those who approached the group were pro-choice and were sur-prised not to encounter reli-gious arguments when they approached members of BSL

ldquoMost of the people who come up to us are pro-abor-tionrdquo she said ldquoI think a lot of people have this con-cept that we are arguing our beliefs from a religious stand-point and a lot of people haveexpressed surprise that we are secular in our debatesrdquo

Samaria Johnson incoming president of AASRJ said the actions of groups seeking to outlaw abortion would have a seriously negative impact on women

ldquoAbortion is necessary to protect women and children financially physically and yes psychologically itrsquos essential for good public healthrdquo she said ldquoCriminalizing abortion would not stop anyone from obtaining one but instead would put pregnant [women] at unnecessary health [risk] and either force them into or underscore already dangerous socioeconomic situationsrdquo

Johnson said the actions of BSL were misguided

ldquoThe chalking and the so-called graveyard are absolute-ly tastelessrdquo she said ldquo[They] are forms of intimidation and intimidation is a form of bullying and harassmentrdquo

This event kicks off a week of anti-abortion action by BSL which will include a table at the Ferg Tuesday with infor-mation on fetal development and other protests on the Quad later in the week

ldquoThe graduation fee is $36 for undergraduates and $41 for graduatesrdquo Cathy

Andreen director of media relations said ldquoThere is a $40 charge for each replace-ment or duplicate diploma orderedrdquo

On top of this cost stu-dents must also purchase a cap and gown set from the SUPeStore which starts at

$4495 To reflect their indi-vidual college students can also opt to buy a Bachelorrsquos tassel for $800 according to the SUPeStore website Optional items students can purchase such as graduation announcements start around $100 for a basic package from the University

Margaret Coats a senior majoring in management and marketing said she decided not to walk at her graduation because she didnrsquot want to pay for robes and everything else that went with it

ldquoItrsquos ridiculous that I canrsquot even get out of the University without paying more moneyrdquo Coats said ldquoThe cost is rela-tively nominal compared to the overall cost of tuition but yoursquod think they could give us a little break for graduatingrdquo

Coats said she also decid-ed to miss walking this year because shersquos going to gradu-ate school in the fall

ldquoItrsquos not like walking for me would symbolize any sort of endrdquo she said

Ryan Flamerich who will walk this May with a degree in chemical engineering said he was most concerned with the fees that are required of all students who graduate regardless of if they walk

ldquoI think certain fees that are not necessarily required such as for your cap and gown are fairrdquo Flamerich said ldquoHowever I do think there should not be a processing fee for applying for graduation

ldquoThe University should expect all students to gradu-ate and effectively budget the resources to accommodate that realityrdquo

In April the unsold house still stood

With few options and little time the ongoing debate over balancing progress and pres-ervation has intensified Local historical societies and pri-vate citizens have called on the University with increasing intensity to preserve this piece of Tuscaloosa history

Potential buyers have been deterred by the high cost of moving the house Relocating the shortest possible distance across the street to the Bryce hospital property would cost more than half a million dollars according to associate provost of academic affairs Hank Lazer

Callie Rhodes a UA student and life-long Tuscaloosa resi-dent said she remembers her first glimpse of the house

ldquoMy dad and I were driving down the street when I was kid

and I remember him pointing it out to merdquo Rhodes said ldquoSince then I take notice whenever I randomly pass byrdquo

Rhodes a history major recalls another house the University sold to owners who then demolished it long ago in 1925 This was the Thomas Prince house which has since been replaced by a BP gas station and the Prince Apartments

She said she wants the Kilgore house to avoid a similar fate

ldquoThe University plays up and emphasizes our history our heritage and our tradition It seems hypocritical that they still want to destroy history for a new dining hallrdquo she said

Kilgore has a long story closely intertwined with Bryce Hospital and the University of Alabama The house was commissioned by the hospital to house their chief engineer Charles Kilgore Mentally ill patients helped construct the house as part of a pioneering work therapy program

The Kilgores raised seven children and a niece Cora in the two-story home Traces of the family are still visible today like the ldquoC Kilgorerdquo scratched into a glass window The cul-prit is most likely Kilgorersquos son Charles

In 1898 womenrsquos rights advo-cate Julia Tutwiler convinced the Board of Trustees to allow women to live on campus Seven years later the Kilgores began renting out the house to some of the first female stu-dents to live on campus The early womenrsquos dormitories were called ldquoranchesrdquo and except for the Kilgore House have all been destroyed The first female faculty member Anna Hunter also lived at the Kilgore House and supervised the ranch girls

Though they were once the envy of the UA campus now only a handful of people remem-ber the Kilgore girlsrsquo existence let alone that they helped usher in a new era for women on campus

In a report written by

Suzanne Wolfe and Robert Mellown on the Kilgore house they note that ldquowhile racial integration of the University has been widely memorial-ized on campus womenrsquos early struggles for civil rights as well as the travails and tri-umphs of pioneering coeds and female faculty have never been the subject of adequate atten-tionrdquo

In the following years the house was rented out to fami-lies most of whom were faculty or employees of Bryce hospital In 1971 the University acquired the house and it was used as the headquarters for various historical organizations

Alabama Heritage maga-zine moved into the house in 1986 The magazine started by Wolfe is dedicated to the history of the state Alabama Heritage started the ldquoPlaces In Perilrdquo program which listed historic buildings in danger of destruction

ldquoItrsquos very ironic the place we wrote lsquoPlaces In Perilrsquo is now a place in perilrdquo Susan Reynolds

an employee of Alabama Heritage since 2008 said ldquoIt was great to be at Kilgore hellip the house embodied history Itwasnrsquot a sterile academic build-ing hellip The house had bathtubs in every bathroom it felt like ahome We would all come in at all times hellip I wrote my disser-tation there I probably spent more time at Kilgore than my own houserdquo

Reynolds said she is a supporter for the preser-vation of the house and thinks the Tuscaloosa com-munity is becoming more aware of the importance of preserving history

ldquoI think I hope itrsquos getting better I think after the tornadopeople realized we have to save what we canrdquo Reynolds said

Whether the house will be saved is still unclear On March 18 UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen confirmed that the University is seek-ing a buyer who would move the Kilgore House to another location Further questions remain unanswered

FLAGS FROM PAGE 1

BSLrsquos fl ags used as tool for recruitment

GRADUATION FROM PAGE 1

Fees cap and gown make walking costly

KILGORE FROM PAGE 1

Kilgore House too costly for buyers

Assistant Editors | Chandler Wright and Adrienne Burch newsdeskcwuaedu

Tuesday April 9 2013NEWSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 3

Part two of Rich Robinsonrsquos day with Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox Robinson spent the day with Maddox Feb 25

1022 amInterspersed between

answering emails (he is quick to say he is 40 behind) Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox answers questions about his political ideology and background

He didnrsquot come from a politi-cally active family Both of his parents were teachers and Maddox wanted to be a foot-ball coach when he grew up He played football at the University of Alabama at Birmingham but stayed abreast of government as a political science major He then fell in love with a woman at UAB who had aplastic anemia

She required health insur-ance for the serious disease so Maddox put his career ambi-tions on hold and took a job with the Alabama Education Association She soon died and Maddox was alone in Muscle Shoals Alabama That was the first time he says he felt real loss and was forced to take life one day at a time

He then started to perform well at his job and worked on political campaigns that gave him insight into organized labor He eventually took a job as executive director of Personnel for Tuscaloosa City Schools which brought him home and back in touch with its problems He ran for city council in 2001 at 28 and then was elected mayor in 2005

Despite Maddoxrsquos success not all have been happy with his time in office

Cliff Sims the publisher of yellowhammerpoliticscom a conservative website devot-ed to Alabama issues listed Maddox as a local leader to watch in the future

ldquoMaddox has used the non-partisanship of municipal elec-tions as a way to downplay his political leaningsrdquo Sims wrote ldquoBut make no mistake ndash hersquos a liberal Democrat through and through Still with the Democratic party in total shambles Maddox is one of their few great hopes for the futurerdquo

When asked about Simsrsquo characterization Maddox says he would grade out as a con-servative Democrat on a hypo-thetical litmus test But he also says that it matters little in his current job

ldquoPicking up onersquos garbage does not require a Republican or Democratic perspectiverdquo Maddox said When asked where his beliefs come from Maddox attributes them to his on-the-job experience

ldquoI think I get it from my seven plus years here and my five years with the Tuscaloosa City School System because all I do every day is I wake up and try to do a good job for the people of Tuscaloosa And I donrsquot have to worry about party politicsrdquo Maddox said ldquoIn fact the one thing that I look as a negative if I ever chose to run for statewide office is I would absolutely dread the party poli-

tics I think itrsquos going to be very important moving forward in our politics that we all look at the individual and then make a decision based on what they are trying to do instead of look-ing at the party as a wholerdquo

Maddox does not shy away from questions about his politi-cal future

ldquoIf there were an opportunity for me to serve and I felt like the timing was right I would do so and it would be a honor to seek that office he said ldquoAnd there are a lot of considerations Is it right for my family is it right for me professionally Because I absolutely love this job and I cannot imagine leaving this job at this point in my liferdquo

Itrsquos time to go again this time to a presentation with more than 20 city staff and officials about a new GIS pro-posal from Auburn University The room is filled with two huge tables where people in varying degrees of dress are seated Maddox sits in the rear of the room with legs crossed Everyone is sitting in a deep red leather chair that squeaks when its occupant moves The meeting lasts nearly an hour and a half and Maddox asks a series of pointed questions

139 pmAfter a quick lunch Maddox

goes down to a lower level of City Hall In a small crowded room no larger than a typical high school class sits the nerve center for the recovery of the city of Tuscaloosa after the April 27 2011 tornado

Robin Edgeworth director of recovery operations leads the meeting and briefs the mayor on the latest news and activ-ity The room is crowded with maps of the storm path and with about 15 people who have desks in the area Edgeworth and three other city employeesrsquo only job is to rebuild the city The money to pay them comes from the Housing and Urban Development Department

They oversee projects track down funding and do just about everything else required to have the city bounce back Maddox becomes very serious in this room and asks numer-ous questions about each aspect of rebuilding projects

After the meeting Maddox says roughly 40 to 50 percent of his calendar each day deals with issues related to the tornado

ldquoThere are moments when I am saddened really shook to my core by what some of our citizens experienced Itrsquos some-thing that burns inside of me every single dayrdquo Maddox said ldquoIrsquom very passionate about the recovery very determined that we come out better from this as a community and that those communities that were impact-ed come out better Whether we wanted it to or not it is something that is defining all of usrdquo

415 pmThe meetings are mostly

over for Maddox today He has time to think for a few minutes

ldquoI believe Irsquom where God

intended me to berdquo he saidMaddox was recently mar-

ried in 2010 has a daughter and is expecting another child in late summer He is also running for election for a third term in August and does not see him-self outside of Tuscaloosa for the foreseeable future

ldquoRight now I have no plans to leave this officerdquo Maddox said ldquoI love what I do every single day I really feel blessed to be mayor of Tuscaloosardquo

He plans to campaign hard but says every day in office is a sort of campaign for him

ldquoIrsquom a believer that if you do your job then every day is a campaign day If we do our job here at city hall then the politics will take care of itselfrdquo Maddox said

Regardless of what takes place in August Maddox will be seen as a potential candi-date for many statewide races in the foreseeable future He hears the faint call of ambition in the distance and does not run from it

ldquoItrsquos nice to have other opportunities and others would argue that lsquoWalt you should seize those opportunitiesrsquo but Irsquom not ready to leave just yet he said ldquoAs long as the people will have me Irsquod like to serve them as mayorrdquo

Later that evening Maddox is back to focusing on city matters and learns something about the ice skating rink Tracy Crooms tells him that they are in the black

ldquoIt is nice to get good newsrdquo Maddox says

Mayor Maddox talks family career

By Judah MartinContributing Writer

With a phenomenally suc-cessful sitcom under his belt ldquoSeinfeldrdquo director Tom Cherones is still in the com-edy business only now hersquos writing books

Cherones a Tuscaloosa native has taught a spring class in the department of telecommunication and film for more than 10 years at the Capstone He will participate in two panels this week to promote his new book ldquoThe Hardly Boys The Mystery of the Golden Gobletrdquo

As suggested in its title the book is a spoof of the ldquoHardy Boysrdquo mystery series Cherones created a parody in which two 1950s teenagers awaken 50 years after being induced into a frozen coma with the bodies of elderly men but with the minds of teenag-ers Amid the baffling tech-nology of the modern age the elderly teens join their father a private detective in his 90s to hunt for a priceless artifact

ldquoTomrsquos years as a comedy director serve him well in this spoof on the old lsquoHardy Boysrsquo seriesrdquo Ellen Traylor of Port Hole publications said in a UA news release ldquoHis knack for storytelling and comic timing are evident in this fun readrdquo

The panel will be held in the Birmingham Room at the Bryant Conference Center from noon until 130 pm Cherones will host a book signing Thursday from 1-3

pm in Reese Phifer Hall Copies of Cheronesrsquo new book will be available for purchase at the signing Thursday

ldquoI think this will also be a beneficial event for com-munication studentsrdquo Katie Hall marketing assistant for the Bryant Conference Center said ldquoHersquos obviously been out there hersquos worked in it hersquos familiar with the Tuscaloosa area Hersquos just a very approachable personrdquo

Cherones has received many awards for his work as a television director and pro-ducer including an Emmy a Golden Globe award a Peabody and a Directorrsquos Guild of America Award Before leaving the glamour of Hollywood behind Cherones worked on several other tele-vision shows like ldquoThe Ellen DeGeneres Showrdquo ldquoCaroline in the Cityrdquo and ldquoWelcome Back Kotterrdquo

Each year Cherones teach-es a course in which students make a 30-minute film Anne Gibbons a freelance writer and Tuscaloosa native wrote the script for this yearrsquos film and is in charge of coordinat-ing the book signings

ldquoMy brother and Tom were in second grade together and Irsquove known him pretty much all of my liferdquo Gibbons said ldquoHersquos written this book and itrsquos a very loving parody of the lsquoHardy Boysrsquo I just think if you know the Hardy Boys at all yoursquoll enjoy it Tomrsquos a good speaker and hersquos a really funny guyrdquo

Director of lsquoSeinfeldrsquo to sign books on campusBy John Burleson

Staff Reporter

Graduation and retention rates for The University of Alabama are higher than the national average UA spokes-woman Cathy Andreen said

Andreen said the six-year graduation rate for freshmen who started at the Capstone in 2006 was 665 percent On the other hand the retention rate for freshman enrolling in 2011 and returning in 2012 was 854 percent

The National Center for Education Statistics estimates approximately 56 percent of male and 61 percent of female first-time full-time students who sought a bachelorrsquos degree at a four year institution in fall 2004 completed their degree at that institution within six years

ldquoStudent success is the Universityrsquos top priority The University has numerous programs in place to help students succeed academi-cally and become engaged with the campus communityrdquo Andreen said

Stephen Katsinas director of the Education Policy Center at the University agrees with Andreen that despite dispar-aging cuts in state funding in fiscal year 2013 the University has made solid progress

ldquoYou asked about what the University has done to improve graduation rates UA has implemented many programs including DegreeWorks inno-vative programs targeted to specific student groups to improve retention and degree completion of its undergradu-

atesrdquo Katsinas said ldquoHas enough been done and is fund-ing for these programs at levels UA faculty and administrative leaders prefer Probably not but solid progress has been made in spite of the half a bil-lion dollar cumulative state disinvestmentrdquo

Katsinas also pointed to some evidence that the state of Alabama graduation and enrollment rates could be low not due to school size but instead due to the Pell Grant eligibility changes and small state-funded need-based stu-dent financial aid programs

ldquoIn the fall of 2012 47 of the 62 community colleges in these three deep South states report-ed an enrollment decline com-pared to the fall of 2011 More than 5000 students at the 62 community colleges immedi-ately lost their Pell eligibil-ityrdquo Katsinas said ldquoA common characteristic across these three states is the very small state investments into state-funded need-based student financial aid In effect the Pell Grant program is our statersquos de facto need-based student aid program At The University of Alabama the number of Pell recipients has grown from about 3800 in 2008-2009 to over 5800 in 2011-2012rdquo

Katsinas said with ldquoabruptrdquo

changes to Pell Grant eligibil-ity restrictions student enroll-ments haven fallen across the state especially in traditionally poorer counties in the Alabama Black Belt region where ldquoit is not uncommon to find 12-15 percent unemployment in both public regional four-year and two-year collegesrdquo

ldquoThere have been no major federally funded grants over the past twenty years to study higher education completion rates K-12 to college connec-tions transfer or differences in completion rates between larg-er and smaller institutions etc specifically targeted to rural areasrdquo Katsinas said ldquoRural America comprises 20 percent of the US population but a fifth of federal studies are not devoted to rural areas

ldquoOne recent new study reported that less than 3 per-cent of private philanthropy is devoted to rural America like Alabama It appears that too much of our federal educa-tion establishment and philan-thropic community Alabama is a lsquofly-overrsquo state Such studies are of only very limited value to policymakers and lead prac-titioners eg presidents chief academic officers chief student affairs officers in deep South states interested in improving college degree completionrdquo

Graduation rates increaseldquo Has enough been done and is funding for these programs at levels

UA faculty and administrative leaders prefer Probably not but solid progress has been made in spite of the half a billion dollar cumulative

state disinvestment

mdash Stephen Katsinas

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Editor | John Brinkerhoffletterscwuaedu

Tuesday April 9 2013OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 4

EDITORIAL BOARD

Will Tucker Editor-in-ChiefAshley Chaffin Managing Editor

Stephen Dethrage Production EditorMackenzie Brown Visuals Editor

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Ashanka Kumari Chief Copy EditorJohn Brinkerhoff Opinions Editor

WE WELCOME YOUR OPINIONSLetters to the editor must be less than 300 words and guest columns less

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The time has come for Alabama to set booze freeBy John BrinkerhoffOpinion Editor

Growing up in Birmingham I have gotten used to Alabama being a bit behind the curve on many issues such as rac-ist language in its constitution and obesity rates But I love my state in spite of its faults

Still I canrsquot understand why some leaders in Alabama have dug in their heels to resist the legalization of homebrewing Despite the fact that Alabama is the only state to criminalize the practice previous attempts to

l e g a l i z e homebrew-ing have f a i l e d During this legislative

session the

State Housersquos consideration of HB 9 the latest attempt to legal-ize homebrewing saw fierce resistance from state represen-tatives who forced a lengthy debate before passage

This opposition represents a baffling departure from Alabamarsquos proud heritage It is our state that still celebrates its moonshining history through NASCAR and resists healthcare law changes under the banner of personal liberty Alabamarsquos motto is even ldquoWe Dare Defend Our Rightsrdquo

Beyond heritage legalizing homebrewing simply makes sense Or more appropriately keeping it illegal makes abso-lutely no sense

The major arguments against homebrewing seem limited to hyperbolic fear-mongering about the return of bootlegging and unsubstantiated claims about health risks of brewing at home The first argument com-pletely ignores the billrsquos produc-tion limits sale prohibition and the high cost of homebrewing

while the second disregards the reality that no health issues have been seen in the 49 states that actually allow the hobby to be practiced

In short these arguments do not justify the reality that classifying homebrewing as a felony is a denial of a personal right something that should not be taken lightly

Homebrewing is above all else a hobby It is a craft that enthusiasts dedicate countless hours and resources to perfect-ing the right brew They can talk for hours about tweaking the process to produce differ-ent flavors aromas bites and textures It is not an avenue for illegally getting rich nor will it flood the statersquos streets with beer To assume so is insulting

If the only arguments against it are hollow moral platitudes and fallacy-ridden appraisals about Al Caponersquos return then Alabama is clearly suffering from a case of governmental overreach

In fact the only real impli-cation for individuals is that they will not have to buy the mass-produced watered-down excuses for beer that cur-rently dominate the market Instead they can embrace a higher quality beer that given the effort taken to produce it would most definitely discour-age binging

The potential benefits of legalization are not limited

to Alabamarsquos citizens the state also stands to gain from it Homebrewing would pro-vide an infusion of talent into Alabamarsquos growing craft brew-ing industry which has seen triple digit increases in growth annually for the past three years

Most craft brewers began to master the art while homebrew-ing By legalizing this practice the state can encourage further participation and in doing so open the floodgates that will develop a blooming industry create jobs in Alabama and enhance our statersquos economic recovery

If the recent debate over the Accountability Act is the judge Alabama has plenty of com-plex issues to work through Fortunately homebrewing is not one of them The solution has already been found by every other state

Alabama has the opportunity to take a proud step forward into the future As long as we allow demagogues in the state capitol to oversee this mas-sive governmental overreach our state will have yet another black mark on its record It is time for Alabama to reclaim its legacy as a fierce defender of its citizensrsquo rights and legalize homebrewing

John Brinkerhoff is the Opinion Editor of the Crimson White His column runs weekly

PERSONAL LIBERTY

John Brinkerhoff

practice previous attempts tol e g a l i z ehomebrewing havef a i l e dDuring thislegislative

session the

By Lucy CheseldineStaff Columnist

Repetition is a natural human need We crave routine and the perfection of a circle We live our lives in a series of cycles and end up exactly where we began There seems to me a certain idea behind repeating things We are con-stantly trying to recapture the first time We are trying to get back to that raw feel-ing of ecstasy trying to get right back to the time it was brand new

This line of thought came to me through a brush with Americarsquos favourite medium the television Irsquove never been a fan of TV unless it involves wildlife documentaries with David Attenborough

But as I have discovered it

is a staple part of the American student diet What to do when there is nothing else to do Turn on that TV And as I have come to realise there is more than one way to watch this TV each involving the act of repetition

First there is the phenome-non of reruns Shows that have been broadcast previously run again and again on what seems like an unending cycle

nothing about them changing except for the commercials in-between to offer us new stuff to replace the old stuff we bought when it was advertised the first time we watched this show five years ago

And here we are five years later surrounded by old and new stuff that we didnrsquot need in the first place but all the while comforted by the fact that we can watch our favou-rite show again and again ndash that there is something con-stant and reliable in our lives ndash and be reminded of how much we enjoyed it the first time

The second of these unac-knowledged repetitions is the phenomenon of the remake The remake comes in two forms The first is straight for-ward Someone decides that a classic show needs a make

over and so they brush it up haul in a new stage and a pol-ished shiny set of actors and do it all again But this time it is bigger and better

The second type of remake comes in the form of the adaptation This can be from a book or even a film Because we loved the film so much we thought we would elongate the experience into an ongoing television series so we can enjoy it for six more seasons

The third and final way of watching is simply the seemingly infinite number of

episodes that television series produce for modern viewers the long running serial These are the kind of shows that are usually exported to the

UK where they cause a media and social ruck-us ldquoDesperate H o u s ew ive s rdquo ldquoMad Menrdquo ldquoBreaking Badrdquo

They become talking points now not just for weeks and months but even for years There we are sitting in our

arm chair still waiting for the 50s advertising firm to go out of business or every-one to finally be killed off behind those white fences of

suburbia But we can rest assured at least that this will be a long process

Repetition can be beautiful Itrsquos primitive and comforting To me the fifth cup of tea of the day tastes just as good as the first But perhaps in some aspects of our lives the com-fort and substantiate it pro-vides is dangerous stopping movement and originality Perhaps sometimes itrsquos good to swim down uncharted chan-nels and see what there is to be found If we only repeat we will be left with a fragment of the memory of that feeling we first had never to be felt again in a new and different way

Lucy Cheseldine is an English International Student study-ing English literature Her col-umn runs weekly on Tuesdays

We must reject repetition in American media appreciate creative storylinesTELEVISION

Lucy Cheseldine

ldquoIf we only repeat we will be left with a fragment of the memory of that feeling we fi rst had never to be helt

again in a new and different way

By Beth LindlyStaff Columnist

Therersquos been a lot of talk about remakes in Hollywood lately With the highly antici-pated new rendition of ldquoThe Great Gatsbyrdquo on the way critics and moviegoers alike are abuzz about how Tinsel Town is more willing than ever to take another movie and rework it

But is it possible too many producers look to other pro-ducers for more than inspira-tion but for entire creative endeavors themselves

Recently wersquove been seeing more and more sequels and re-workings in the film indus-try and fewer and fewer origi-nal screenplays One could point out that nothing truly is original that every movie is in some small way or another influenced by past movies and other forms of artwork but that isnrsquot what Irsquom addressing I am address-ing to put it a bit harshly H o l l y w o o d rsquos laziness when it comes to cre-ativity

The last three or four movies I saw in theaters were either based on books or pre-vious movies (or a musical) I enjoyed them all immensely but it seems to me that we are at a point in time when Hollywoodrsquos creative slump has hit an all-time high

Wersquore coming out with sequels to movies that were absolutely fine without them (looking at you ldquoParanormal Activityrdquo) and re-releasing 90s classics in theaters just so the sentimental among us can see our favorite young actor on the big screen before he became washed-up

Yes I realize that re-imag-ining is a different form of creativity but for once Irsquod like to go to the movies or turn on the television and see an original plot and screenplay Inspiration is one thing ndash Judd Apatowrsquos ldquo40 Year-Old Virginrdquo spawned countless raunchy buddy comedies of the late 2000s This isnrsquot what tends to happen though sometimes it seems like itrsquos reached a sort of creativity stalemate

The silver screen isnrsquot the

only place where this slump has taken place Two of the biggest shows on TV right now ldquoGame of Thronesrdquo and ldquoThe Walking Deadrdquo are based on a book and graphic novel series respectively Not that they arenrsquot fantastic piec-es of television but Irsquod like to see more originally-pro-duced shows like ldquoParks and Recreationrdquo and ldquoBreaking Badrdquo dominating the air

Even The History Channel of all things jumped on the adaptation bandwagon with

their soapy retelling of the Bible

By no means am I saying remakes are terrible and all Hollywood content should be based on nothing but thecreatorrsquos imagi-nation Some

of the best movies are based on books and plays such as ldquoGone With the Windrdquo and ldquoA Streetcar Named Desirerdquo Those are wonderful and I wouldnrsquot dare say that they were uncreative examples of film But when I hear rumorsof a Carrie Underwood remakeof ldquoThe Sound of Musicrdquo it gives me pause

Creativity is subjective certainly and we could argueall day long about whether it is more original to take something and put your own spin on it or to write something new

Wersquore four months into 2013 and this is my challenge to film studios take a breath-er from classic literature and other peoplersquos movies ndash and for the love of human-ity please step back from the sequels ndash and give your own ideas a chance

Beth Lindly is a sophomore majoring in journalism Her column runs biweekly on Tuesdays

Hollywood should seek some originality truly create new movie ideas

POP CULTURE

Beth Lindly

ldquoFor the love of humanity please step back from the

sequels - and give your own ideas a chance

Submitted

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 5

In a Feb 20 interview with The Crimson White Art Dunning pro-fessor and senior research fellow in the Education Policy Center said he was one of what he approximates to be 10-15 African-American students during his undergraduate years at the University When Dunning matriculated in 1966 the Universityrsquos total enrollment was 12995 accord-ing to the Office of Institutional Research and Assessmentrsquos 2012-2013 Fact Book According to the University website 13 percent of the 33602 undergraduate students enrolled in the fall semester of 2012 identified as African-American

ldquoThatrsquos better than [the University of California] Berkeley when I was thererdquo McKnight says (According to the Office of Planning and Analysis at UC Berkeley 874 of the schoolrsquos 25774 fall 2012 under-graduate enrollment identified as African-American or 339 percent) ldquoWersquove got better diversity num-bers than most western schools most northeastern schoolsrdquo

But in brim-packed Burke Dining Hall immediately following our conversation the number of lunch tables at which black and white peo-ple were seated together was one

ldquoThough it is often subdued and indirect racism does exist on cam-pus and is an important issuerdquo Shashank Wattel a sophomore majoring in electrical and comput-er engineering said in an emailed message

No one planted his or her body in defiance between another human and the drink machine No insults were lobbed from one end of the salad bar to the other But with the exception of that one table repre-sentatives of different ethnic groups engaged in little to no interaction Certainly not overwhelming evi-dence of collective racist thought but according to McKnight itrsquos dif-ficult to tell whether or not people are getting along if they are not even getting together

ldquoEverybody here has access to black people If yoursquove grown up and lived in Alabama all of your life thatrsquos more unique than you may thinkrdquo McKnight says (Approximately 26 percent

and 40 percent of Alabama and Tuscaloosarsquos respective populations identified as African-American in the 2010 US Census According to the same data set 55 percent of the nationrsquos black population resided in the South) ldquoIrsquove known people from other parts of the country who told me they never even had the oppor-tunity to speak with a black person until they got to college Yoursquore going to have a hard time pulling that off in Alabama

ldquoWhy not take advantage of that history of familiarity ndash of conflict ndash between races Having grown up in this state you have the tools to iden-tify the problems and contribute to the development of the solutions Once we get out of our own way we can really start to learn from each other and figure stuff out rdquo

Colby Moeller a freshman from California majoring in marketing and finance said he has not per-sonally encountered or observed a situation of outright racial tension but he perceives the subject as a consistently more prominent issue in Alabama than in his home state

ldquoEspecially with born-and-raised Southerners and Alabamians it seems like something people tune into more something people talk about and disagree and make a big deal over more than the people I know on the West Coastrdquo Moeller said

McKnight feels disagreement should not be mistaken for an obsta-cle to understanding and improve-ment but rather a catalyst

ldquoI donrsquot think we have any prob-lems here in Tuscaloosa or Alabama ndash issues beyond the social level of race relations like disproportional imprisonment or resource availabil-ity that they donrsquot have in Georgia or Mississippi or even Boston or Seattlerdquo he said

According to a June 2010 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics approximately 40 percent of inmates held in federal state or local prisons at June 30 2009 were of black non-Hispanic origin 2010 Census data show 146 percent of non-Hispanic American citizens identified as African-American in 2010

ldquoWhatrsquos different is the issues are visible here Thatrsquos a good thing People have acknowledged that these problems exist They acknowledged them 50 years ago and the fact that we are even sitting

here talking about the anniversary of integration is a great thing It shows people are thinking about it now

ldquoSo once again the University is placed at the center of this whole historical issue because universi-ties are where students learn to think critically and challenge their ideas and the ideas of othersrdquo

Elayne Savage now a communi-cation consultant and author living in Berkeley attended the University as an undergraduate in the early 1960s and served with the group of student campus leaders then Dean of Men John L Blackburn coordi-nated to ensure the Universityrsquos peaceful integration in 1963 She said disagreement should also not be mistaken for disrespect

ldquoYou have to have multiple sides to an argument especially one like this one or nothing will get done Disagreement and challenge fuels meaningful discussionrdquo she said in a Feb 20 interview with The Crimson White ldquoBut therersquos a dif-ference between disagreeing and hurtingrdquo

In many cases McKnight feels necessary arguments are shut down and closed up before they even begin

ldquoThe questions we were asking 50 years ago are not the questions we need to be asking now Back then we were trying to figure out if black and white people could go to the same school ndash now wersquove figured that one out But there are new questions to ask ones students need to be asking of themselves and othersrdquo he said ldquoItrsquos easy to fall into this blame game thing where one side says lsquothose people are lazyrsquo

and the other says lsquoI wasnrsquot given enough opportunity to succeedrsquo That benefits nobody

ldquoThe people who donrsquot want anything to change want to keep arguments at that superficial level because nothing gets done that way But therersquos always a secondary level of questioning and discussion and thatrsquos where people learn and changerdquo

Our discussion began under the pretenses of investigating the true depth of the Universityrsquos steps towards improved race relations over the course of the 50 years since integration both as an institution and a student body but McKnight feels such an exploration is largely a trivial one

ldquoWersquore not going to get anywhere by looking and back and saying lsquothis should have been done differently back in the 1970srsquo or wondering how much has changed here since 1963rdquo he says ldquoThe fact is regard-less of how we got to this point this is the present and we need to take ownership of what wersquove inheritedrdquo

The onus is on students he saidldquoIf you donrsquot take responsibility

for questioning each other defin-ing problems and determining solu-tions who willrdquo

Dunning approaches each day with the same perspective and said he regularly encourages students to do the same

ldquoWhenever I meet or talk with any student I always ask them lsquowhat do you think the problems are on this campus in our societyrsquordquo Dunning said ldquoAnd then I ask them lsquowhat have you done today ndash what are you doing right now ndash to solve themrsquordquo

DOORS FROM PAGE 1

Many say they can still lsquoperceiversquo racism at UA SGA offi cials

outline goals for next year at fi rst meetingBy Mark HammontreeStaff Reporter

The newly elected and appointed execu-tive officers of the Student Government Association held their first executive meeting Monday night in their conference room in theFerguson Center

The meeting began with new SGA President Jimmy Taylor bringing the meeting to order and giving the officers a basic idea ofhow future executive meetings will progress Then the new group of officers introduced themselves to the others each giving a short statement of their vision and goals for the coming year

Following the meet-and-greet Brennan Johnson Taylorrsquos chief of staff was officially sworn into office by new Chief Justice Ben Sleight

After that the officers ldquogot down to busi-nessrdquo as Taylor put it Each informed the others of current and future projects goals and propositions ranging from plans for next yearrsquos RAGE concert to possible scholarship programs

Sleight said the meeting was basically what he was expecting and its well-organized structure made for an efficient dissemination of information

ldquoIt appeared to be a good place to have opendialogue over ideas both amongst the vice presidents and their divisions as well as the different branches of governmentrdquo Sleight said ldquoIrsquom looking forward to working with everyone in the roomrdquo

Madalyn Vaughn the new director of administration and an SGA veteran of two years said the meeting which lasted roughly 20 minutes went well and got the new officers prepared for the upcoming year Vaughn alsosaid meetings will get longer in the future asthe officers have more information to give out

ldquoJimmy is a veteran as well he was here with us last year so the meetings are pretty routine in the way we go around the table and give our updates in orderrdquo Vaughn saidldquoThis group is a very exciting group a lot of them are new faces which is always good for SGA because it brings new ideas to the table It seems like everyone is really excited and ready to workrdquo

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By Kyle Dennan and John BurlesonCW Staff

Last weekend 2000 University of Alabama stu-dents were able watch the Tide compete in the NCAA Regional meet in Tuscaloosa free of charge thanks to the gymnastics booster club the Medalist Club

Athletic programs at the University rely heavily on support from athletic booster clubs Most booster clubs like the gymnastics Medalist Club are run independently of the University Athletics

DepartmentThe Medalist Club was offi-

cially organized in 1987 to sup-port all aspects of Alabama gymnastics There are cur-rently more than 300 mem-berships with more than 700

individual members accord-ing to the 2012 Gymnastics Media Guide

Leesa Davis a board mem-ber for the Medalist Club and radio broadcaster for all UA gymnastics meets on 907 the Capstone said there are a number of functions that the Medalist Club ful-fills outside of just attending the meets These functions include assisting in purchas-ing new equipment sponsor-ship of member and student bus trips to conference com-petitions helping purchase tickets so students can attend meets sponsoring banquets

Alabama teams rely on booster club support

By Chandler WrightAssistant News Editor

Students on campus have worked to create The Alumni Affair an annual event to bring together black alumni from The University of Alabama

ldquoThe Alumni Affair is an event that we look to hold annu-ally during A-Day weekend to create an environment for our alumni to interact with the cur-rent undergraduate students and foster and cultivate new relationships that in turn bring the African-American commu-nity here at UA closer togetherrdquo Alexandria Washington one of the student organizers said ldquoWe saw a need on campus to bring our community closer together so we brainstormed when would be the most effec-tive time to have everyone together and what could we do to have everyone on the same page greeksrdquo

The Alumni Affair is at 730 pm on April 19 at Central High School Washington said the

event will feature both alum-ni and current members of National Pan-Hellenic Council sororities and fraternities Groups of five or more will pres-ent 8-10 minute ldquostep teasesrdquo shorter versions of a full step show routine

ldquoIrsquom looking forward to seeing the greeks step and stroll from my freshman yearrdquo Washington said ldquoI remember as a freshman how I felt watching a genuine good show from start to finish because they put so much heart and dedication into itrdquo

Washington said the event will feature alumni who were students at the University as far back as the 1990s

ldquoThere are greeks coming to this event that pledged in the 90s For them to email and get in contact with us has been the thing to put a smile on our faces because this is going to be an event that no one will want to missrdquo she said

Washington said The Alumni Affair provides a good opportu-nity for black students to reflect on the strides made on campus toward racial inclusivity

ldquoI believe that itrsquos important for students to get involved with programs like this is because itrsquos a part of our historyrdquo Washington said ldquoFifty years ago African-Americans being students here was unheard of and now 50 years later we are here and we need to pay hom-age to thatrdquo

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at alumnistepteaseeventbritecom Proceeds from this event will be donated to Central Highrsquos Youth 4 Christ program as well as the UA Chapter of Black Student Union Doors open at 630 pm

and receptions supporting the radio broadcast along with WVUA and contribut-ing scholarship money to athletes

ldquoOur greatest continu-ing contribution is the Medalist Club Post-Graduate Scholarship Fund which provides an opportunity to attend graduate school at the University for anyone who has made a significant con-tribution to the gymnastics programrdquo Davis said ldquoIt is such a privilege to be a part of a winning program in both the arena and the classroom Whether our gymnastics team wins championships or car-ries a 40 GPA they inspire us as a club to do our best to help them achieve their goalsrdquo

The Medalist Club is not the only one of its kind at the University with larger sports

like football also having boost-er club support For football the booster club is the Red Elephant Club the only boost-er club run by the athletics department

Tommy Ford assistant athletics director for donor programs said there are 10 in-state and two out-of-state clubs that make up the entire Red Elephant Club

ldquoThe Red Elephant Club has a set of bylaws which govern the club which were written in 2004 and have about 200 to 300 members each It totals up to about 2000 members in the club Members come to campus three times a year for different events but due to scheduling conflicts we usually only have about 1000 members on cam-pus at one of the eventsrdquo Ford said

Ford said each member

has individual dues that usu-ally range from $200-$300 ayear that they pay to theirclub From those dues toeach club about $100 is paidto the University and is usedto create an endowmentscholarship

The thing each of the athlet-ic booster clubs have in com-mon despite being run andoperated in different ways is alove for UA athletics

Davis said the Medalist Clubmembers come from all walksof life and age groups

ldquoWhat all of our membershave in common is a love forAlabama and this gymnasticsprogramrdquo Davis said ldquoFor mepersonally I love being able tobe part of the broadcast teamthat brings live coverage to ourfans Describing Bama gym-nastics winning back-to-backchampionships was pricelessrdquo

African-American alumni return for greek showcase

ldquo What all of our members have in common is a love for Alabama and this gymnastics

program

mdashLeesa Davis

ldquo Fifty years ago African-Americans being students here was unheard of and now 50 years later we are here and we need to pay

homage to that

mdash Alexandria Washington

gain experience and get paidThe Crimson White is looking to hire a staff for the 2013-2014 school year

Whether you plan to use your existing skills or cultivate new ones the CW is the place to exhibit your talents We are constantly learning and practicing and you

can too Each position offers the opportunity to create or perfect skills that will carry on into the work force and will make you more marketable to employers

Go to jointhecwwordpresscom to read about each position available as well as to apply

Applications for Production Editor Visuals Editor and Online Editor are due Saturday April 13 The deadline to apply for desk editor positions is Saturday April 20 and all other paid staff position applications are due Saturday April 27

Details about interviews which will take place via Skype will be communicated over email after the deadline If you have any questions before then donrsquot hesitate to email Mazie Bryant the new CW editor at maziebryantgmailcom

By Ashley TrippStaff Reporter

Kelly Roy was just 18 months old when her parents filed for divorce

ldquoMy parents have been divorced for basically my entire liferdquo Roy said ldquoI only remember them being divorced so I guess the plus side of it all is I donrsquot remem-ber the whole lsquofamily falling apartrsquo issuerdquo

Roy a sophomore major-ing in communications is one of the many students at The University of Alabama deal-ing with divorce Roy said the effects of her parentrsquos divorce have affected her college experience

ldquoItrsquos difficult getting both of my parents to take care of my tuitionrdquo Roy said ldquoInstead of having a married couple I have to rely on two people who donrsquot always pay on time which is difficult especially since they donrsquot really speak with each otherrdquo

Roy said holidays and simply driving home for the weekend can be problematic as well

ldquoWhenever I want to go home on the weekends I always have to ask myself whose home should I go home tordquo Roy said ldquoMy parents only live a few hours a part but I canrsquot really visit both in one weekend hellip I always end up driving constantlyrdquo

Lee Keyes executive direc-tor of the Counseling Center at the University said the topic

of divorce is a fairly frequent reason that students come to the Center

ldquoGiven that over half of marriages end in divorce it is expected that this would be on the minds of many studentsrdquo Keyes said ldquoMany times stu-dents feel lsquocaught in the mid-dlersquo and struggle with some of the negative communication patterns in which couples in conflict engage hellip This causes stress worry and sadness and students come to work through those issuesrdquo

While the Counseling Center does see divorce occurring long before the student arrives at school it also sees divorce emerging after students go off to college

Keyes said students whose parents were divorced in the past have had at least some time to adjust and manage any issues that result but the lat-ter group deals with stress and changes right here and now

ldquoThe latter is probably more common simply because the total number of years involved is greater than the four or so that students are in schoolrdquo Keyes said ldquoThe problems they experience are acute and feel more overwhelming or worrisomerdquo

Olivia Gartzman a fresh-man majoring in public rela-tions said her parents got divorced when she was reach-ing her teen years a time when she needed her mother the most

ldquoI had to learn to be a big

girl by myself and learn how to put on makeup and suchrdquo Gartzman said

Now a freshman in college Gartzman said she is expe-riencing new things and fac-ing new challenges without a mother figure to share it with

ldquoIrsquove learned from my sisters and friends here at UA to make the best with what you have and to not dwell on the things you donrsquot have the power to changerdquo Gartzman said ldquoThedivorce and not really having a mother figure in my life has hit me hard but it has also mademe a stronger person for right now as well as the futurerdquo

The Counseling Center pro-vides programming on healthy relationships assertive com-munication and stress man-agement all of which may be related to the issue of divorce

ldquoWe can also provide free support groups for students whose parents [are] divorced or are divorcing when there is enough interest for us to do sordquo Keyes said

Keyes said students dealing with divorce should come to the Counseling Center early

ldquoDonrsquot wait until it affects other parts of your life such as school or other relation-shipsrdquo Keyes said ldquoItrsquos impor-tant to know that methods of coping and communicating effectively are available and can be learned hellip The nega-tive aspects of this issue can be minimized so that one canpreserve healthy relationshipswith family and othersrdquo

Students learn to cope with high divorce rate

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 7

UA graduate school awards top students 2012-13 honorsBy Adrienne BurchAssistant News Editor

In addition to the under-graduate awards given last week during the Universityrsquos Honors Week The University of Alabama Graduate School awarded its students with top honors

Three faculty committees selected the eight most out-standing graduate students from a pool of students from each individual college

John Schmitt assistant dean of the graduate school said the selected students won awards previously with-in their college or school and then went on to be awarded overall graduate school awards

ldquoThese are the best of the best from the college-wide winnersrdquo Schmitt said ldquoThese are the most advanced degrees the University has to offer making this a really out-standing accomplishmentrdquo

Schmitt said these awards were bestowed primarily based on the studentsrsquo work on either their master theses or dissertation and every award is different because the individual pieces of research are vastly different

ldquoThe work they have done is going to launch them into their careers whether it is a doctoral student going into education or a masterrsquos stu-dent looking for a jobrdquo he said

Outstanding Doctoral Dis-sertation

John C Mitcham College of Arts and Sciences depart-ment of history

Mitcham won for his manu-script ldquoSea League of All the Britons Race Identity and Imperial Defense 1868ndash1914rdquo His dissertation chairperson was John Beeler a profes-sor in the department of his-tory In his work Mitcham explores the cultural social and political dimensions of British imperial policy dur-ing the late 19th and early 20th centuries His project provides the first comprehen-sive study of the cultural and racial origins of the imperial defense partnership

Yanping Zhang College of

Engineering department of computer science

Zhang won for her manu-script ldquoSurveillance and Intrusion Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks Design Analysis and Evaluationrdquo Her dissertation chairperson was Yang Xiao a professor in the department of computer science Zhangrsquos research incorporated ideas from multiple disciplines including computer science biology animal behavior and communication She modeled the social and communication behavior of primates which provide biological inspiration for solving problems in com-munication and networking

Outstanding Masterrsquos Thesis

K Lance Wilson College of Arts and Sciences depart-ment of geological sciences

Wilson won for his man-uscript ldquoThe Origin and Development of the Tampa Embayment Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of the Eastern Gulf of Mexicordquo His thesis chairperson was Delores Robinson an associ-ate professor of geological sciences The thesis provided a tectonic evolution of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico based on the seismic lines that he interpreted His research allows people to determine where rocks which may be full of hydrocarbons might be located

Excellence in Teaching by a Masterrsquos Student

Allison Hiss College of Arts and Sciences department of modern languages and classics

Hissrsquo teaching style dem-onstrates resourcefulness as well as understanding of com-municative language teaching methods She has been instru-mental in implementing cre-ative extra-curricular activi-ties for the French program and served as the assistant to the director of the Alabama-in-France study abroad pro-gram in summer 2012

Excellence in Teaching by a Doctoral Student

Jefferson Walker College of Communication and

Information Sciences doctor-al program in Communication and Information Sciences

Walker possesses the abil-ity to teach and lead his stu-dents and fosters a sense of life-long learning that con-tributes to his teaching suc-cess He is consistently evalu-ated among the top doctoral teachers in the department

Excellence in Research by a Masterrsquos Student

Zachary Wahl-Alexander College of Education depart-ment of kinesiology

Wahl-Alexander has produced an impressivelist of publications that includes three publications in American and European journals three published abstracts and nine peer-reviewed presentations He has been able to secure external funding to sup-port the research projects that he initiated organized and conducted

Excellence in Research by a Doctoral Student

Matthew Shannon College of Engineering department of chemical and biological engi-neering

Shannon has conducted groundbreaking research in his field that is consistently cited by external research groups He has eight peer-reviewed publications in highly respected chemical engineering and chemistry journals and he has made six presentations at conferences He is also the co-inventor on one US and PCT patent application

Outstanding Service by a Graduate Student

Dr Rosemary Clement College of Nursing DNP Program

Dr Clement has worked tirelessly to promote breast cancer awareness in her home state of South Carolina and internationally through her volunteer work in Ghana Africa She has established support groups for women with cancer funding sources for women who cannot afford mammograms and pet thera-py sessions with her certified therapy dog

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Tuesday April 9 2013CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

Local children learn other cultures with Heart TouchBy Abbey CrainStaff Reporter

Fan Yang came to The University of Alabama from China to study social work but decided to make an impact on the community by sharing her culture with local fourth grad-ers Yang designed the Heart Touch Program to connect American students to Chinese students with help from the Center for Community Based Partnership and Tuscaloosarsquos One Place an after school pro-gram

ldquoMy concentration is children and their familiesrdquo Yang said ldquoI love children and I try to pro-vide them something I think the unique thing I can provide is about my background because I am from China I know about Chinese culture so I think thatrsquos the best thing I can provide themrdquo

Yang along with other stu-dent volunteers visits seven elementary schools a week lec-turing on Chinese culture and helping students write letters to students in China One week she brought Chinese food donated by Lai Lai and taught students to use chopsticks

ldquoIt was really interestingrdquo Emma Moultrie a freshman majoring in psychology said ldquoWe taught them about Chinese food and we taught them how to use chopsticks and taught them about the foods they eat in Chinardquo

Moultrie said she heard about the program through Blount and although she does not speak Chinese wanted to foster rela-tionships with the students She said it is important to educate children about cultures other than their own Moultrie volun-teers helping translate letters from English to Chinese

Jin Wang a masterrsquos student studying mechanical engineer-ing is another international student helping with the Heart Touch Program

ldquoIrsquove done a lot volunteering stuff before and I found this program interestingrdquo Wang said ldquoIn this program Irsquom able to get to know young kids in America how they think what do they know about China what are their dreams I realize I can learn something from the kids and I can tell them how China actually looks like as wellrdquo

Yang said the students were eager to listen and learn about

Chinese culture especially when food was involved

ldquoThey sometimes ask me very good questionsrdquo Yang said ldquoSomeone asked me why there are so many lsquomade in Chinarsquo things It is very hard to answer but some of them do not know very much about Chinardquo

Yang is in her second year of the social work program at the University and said internation-al students need to get involved outside of the University

ldquoIt is very important for inter-national students because I am an international student and I know how they feelrdquo Yang said ldquoI clearly remember my first semester here I was new here and I didnrsquot know anyone I tried to get involved but I didnrsquot know how The reason why I devel-oped this program is to get more international students to get involved in the community so they can learn something about American culture and the com-munity experiencerdquo

Yang said she hopes to con-tinue the Heart Touch Program as long as she is at the Capstone She said she wants to help other UA students develop similar programs to get involved in the Tuscaloosa community

COLUMN | FOOD

By Christopher Chase Edmunds

Irsquom stressed out exhausted hungry and broke As a col-lege student this is my natural state of being and I am now accustomed to the bland taste of ramen noodles This past weekend however I ventured out of the ramen rut and used this collegiate staple food in several creative ways All of these recipes can be prepared with a microwave and I tried to keep the cost per serving as low as possible

Cuban Carnitas SoupI started off easy and decided

to try and spice up one of the most underrated ramen fla-vors Using just the pork fla-vored ramen and a few simple accents I created a carnitas-inspired dish that was expo-nentially more satisfying than the sum of its parts

First prepare the pork ramen as directed It would be best to leave as much of the broth as possible Then add a few pinches of cilantro a slice

of lime and hot sauce to taste Feel free to use more lime juice and less hot sauce if you are not a fan of spicy foods Remember to save your lime for any bever-ages you may prepare later

Ramen and Vegetable Stir-Fry

My next dish made use of canned fruits and veggies to

keep costs low and flavors varied Stir-fry dishes may not seem microwave-friendly but I assure you it is possible You

just need to heat your food add ingredients stir and heat again For this dish I used one can of mixed veggies and one small can of sliced mandarin

orangesFirst cook the noodles as

directed (I did not use the included flavor packet) Then drain all the water and add the mixed veggies and mandarin oranges A good ratio to use is two parts veggies to one part oranges Mix these all togeth-er with your favorite teriyaki or soy sauce and heat in the

microwave until warm Feel free to use packets of sauce from Chinese restaurants to cut down on costs

Chicken Parma-Ramen Disregarding the flavor

packets ramen is just cheap pasta I used this to my advan-tage and created the cheap-est easiest form of chicken Parmesan For this dish I made use of microwave-ready chicken breast regu-lar spaghetti sauce and sliced provolone

Cook the noodles first Remember that if noodles get cold they can always be reheated under a damp paper towel but meat loses flavor every time it is reheated Once the noodles are ready cook the chicken as directed Then add a slice of cheese to the chicken and heat for about 15 seconds on high This is just enough to melt the cheese Serve the chicken on a bed of noodles and drench in the spaghetti sauce heated to your preference

Variations on ramen noodle recipes spice up typical college student meals

SubmittedUniversity of Alabama students teach local elementary school Chinese culture through the Heart Touch progrms

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By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Unlike most art classes at The University of Alabama UH 155 a freshman honors class allows students to create pieces of art that will be sold at the Good Art Show which ben-efits Tuscaloosa One Place a community organization that serves each member of a fam-ily with specialized programs

Tonya Nelson the UA profes-sor who teaches the class said UH 155 focuses on ldquoThe Art of Giving Backrdquo

ldquoThe class requires [stu-dents] to serve as mentors for students in local kindergarten and elementary schools who

no longer have art programsrdquo Nelson said ldquoThey work on art projects together and just spend time talking about each othersrsquo dayrdquo

Sidney Stratton a freshman majoring in civil engineering said she had an idea to make a wire and bead design but changed her mind

ldquoI liked that the project would have a storyrdquo Stratton

said ldquoBut the students who would be helping are in the kin-dergarten so we worried that they would be really upset and confused about why the bead-ed craft they made was being taken away from them never to be seen againrdquo

In the end Stratton ended up creating Alabama and greek-themed koozies

ldquoI chose to do koozies

because I wanted students to be able to take a reminder of UA home with them for the summer wherever home may berdquo Stratton said

Jacob Powell a fresh-man majoring in finance and accounting was also a student in the class

ldquoIrsquom only doing one thing for the show ndash setting up a table with a connect-four board and letting passersby play in order to invent patterns to spray paint onto mouse padsrdquo Powell said ldquoIf they win they get to keep the mouse pad free of charge but I donrsquot expect to lose many times because to be honest Irsquove played more games of connect-four in the last five

years than anyone would think humanly possiblerdquo

The Good Art Show has been taking place for a few semesters and so far has raised $3000 to donate to Tuscaloosa One Place

Sarah Hartley a freshman majoring in biology helped with the financing aspect of the Good Art Show

ldquoA few weeks before the show we put up flyers and sent out emails among for stu-dents who werenrsquot a part of our class to submit art with half of their proceeds going to benefit Tuscaloosa One Placerdquo Hartley said ldquoAnd the art show is our only means of fundrais-ing so wersquore working hard to

make it a successrdquoHartley said the Good Art

Show is like any other art show except the students creating the work are not necessarily artists

ldquoThe concept of art being in each of our lives every day was a little foreign to me but now I see and appreciate things more in life because of the artistic values they possessrdquo Stratton said ldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspectiverdquo

The Good Art Show will take place Tuesday outside Nott Hall from 1-4 pm

Honors class uses art to benefi t Tuscaloosa One PlaceldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a

cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspective

mdash Sidney Stratton

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 9

By Alexandra EllsworthStaff Reporter

One memory sticks out to Margie Thompson from her time volunteering with Hospice of the Valley in Decatur Ala ndashcarrying bucket after bucket of blood from a hospice patientrsquos bedside

In a bright airy sun room a middle-aged woman lay in her home in the hospital bed that would house her until her death She was throwing up blood while a hospice nurse sat by her side

ldquoIt was really horriblerdquo Thompson said ldquoShe was com-pletely coherent Normally they give patients morphine to calm them and help ease the transition but she refusedrdquo

The woman suffered from colon cancer and the time had come for the family to come in and say goodbye

ldquoThe family has to give per-mission for the patient to dierdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed to hear it because the will to live is too strong The nurse coached them on exactly what to sayrdquo

That is what hospice does It strives to help dying patients transition into death as peace-fully as possible Hospice is a service offered to terminally ill patients often with a six-month life expectancy prognosis To be admitted patients must be no longer responsive to cure-oriented treatments

The focus of hospice is on caring not curing They pro-vide the terminally ill and their families medical care and both emotional and spiritual sup-port tailored to the patientrsquos needs and wishes According to Hospice Of West Alabamarsquos website hospice relies on the belief that a person has a right to die pain-free and with dig-nity and that his or her loved ones will receive the necessary support to allow the patient to do so

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization a nonprofit membership orga-nization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States reported an estimated 165 million patients in the US who received services from hospice in 2011 and approxi-mately 446 percent of all

deaths in the US were under the care of a hospice program According to NHPCO the first program opened in 1974 and more than 5300 exist today

Even on a gray day HOWA is unexpectedly uplifting Large windows let light into a foyer where a volunteer reception-ist like Gladys Ritchie greets visitors with a smile and points them in the right direction

Ritchie affectionately known as ldquoTroublerdquo among her co-workers has been volunteering with HOWA for more than 10 years HOWA needs volunteers like her to provide its service

HOWA is located on the cam-pus of the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center and a staff of 85 serves seven coun-ties in West Alabama The Helen H Hahn House HOWArsquos home looks out on the tranquil scenery of the central court-yard complete with a pond and gazebo

Kimberly Gibson volunteer coordinator for HOWA said the majority of hospice care is pro-vided in the place the patient calls home but HOWA is one of three hospice providers in the state that has an inpatient unit

The 10-bed HOWA inpatient facility located in the Hahn House offers homelike spac-es for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and a shared screened-in porch These porches are patient-accessible with French doors that open wide enough for a bed to be wheeled out onto the porch The chairs in the room convert into sleepers for family members who want to stay the night

ldquoWe tried to think of any obstacle that would keep a fam-ily member from being able to be hererdquo Gibson said ldquoThe inpatient facility also features a chapel for quiet moments as well as gathering places for patients and familiesrdquo

The comfortable environ-ment provided by HOWArsquos facil-ities supplement the care given by the staff and volunteers

Holly Mason a UA gradu-ate student working on her masterrsquos in social work cur-rently interns with HOWA and worked as volunteer before that She said she began volun-teering with HOWA after some-one from a hospice group spoke to her health psychology class

ldquoI thought hospice care was a really worthwhile service and wanted to get involvedrdquo Mason said ldquoMy favorite part about it has been getting to know the patients As a volun-teer I visited patients It gave me good perspective to talk to them I got to hear a lot of sto-ries about their livesrdquo

Additionally Mason said she enjoys getting to know the patients seeing pictures of their families and building relationships

ldquoHospice workers are not hired they are calledrdquo Gibson said ldquoThat is very true of our staff Hospice has to be something you are passionate aboutrdquo

For Laura Graham an RN for Hospice of North Alabama getting to know the family was one of her favorite parts of her job as a hospice nurse Grahamrsquos said it was also the most challenging ndash getting to know her patients and their families

ldquoWhen you lost a patient you also often lost the fam-ily toordquo she said ldquoUnderstandably many families donrsquot really want to keep in touch but I met a lot of people I never would have met otherwise and I loved thatrdquo

Graham from Decatur Ala worked as a hospice nurse for Hospice of North Alabama for two years and an administra-tor for three years As a nurse she was assigned between eight and 10 cases Graham spread her visits out during the week starting with visit-ing her patients just a couple of times a week but increas-ing the visits as death became more imminent

Graham worked to make the patient more comfortable while educating both the patient and family on the transition process She spent a lot of her time simply listening to her patients too

ldquoThe family members go through the five stages of grief but so did the patientsrdquo Graham said ldquoThey talk a lot reliving their lives and so they often just needed someone

to listenrdquoThe relationship that devel-

ops between an RN or volun-teer and the patient and fam-ily can also be a lasting and special bond For Diane Wiley getting to know one of the RNs who helped with the care of her mother was meaningful

ldquoWe just loved her to deathrdquo Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care ldquoShe was absolutely won-derful She became like a mem-ber of our familyrdquo

Wiley said only she and her sister were present when their mother passed away but immediately after she died Wiley called the RN

ldquoShe was offdutyrdquo Wiley said ldquoBut as soon as I called she camerdquo

The nurse handled all the paperwork for Wiley and her sister

ldquoMy mother was so ready to dierdquo Wiley said ldquoShe was ready to go be with the Lord She would go in her room and turn on Christian music and

tell us she was going to die right there in that bedrdquo

Nurses play a large role in car-ing for patients and families but another big part to hospice care is the volunteers Gibson and Wells both attested to the importance

of volunteer help at HOWAldquoWe have the best volunteers

of the area and that makes my job amazingrdquo Gibson said

Volunteers go through inten-sive training and their jobs include sitting with patients providing companionship or offering relief for caregivers and much more They also run errands like going to the bank or grocery store

Volunteers are also involved in other ways outside of patient care They make flow-er arrangements help keep HOWArsquos kitchen stocked work as receptionists and Gibson said they are important for fundraisers

ldquoVolunteers are vitally important to the success of fundraisers like our Fourth Annual Family 5k Run and Walk eventrdquo she said

This year the run was held at Munny Sokol Park in March and proceeds went to benefit patient care at HOWA

As a volunteer Thompson had the opportunity to build relationships with families and patients One of her first expe-riences with hospice was the woman with colon cancer

ldquoWhen I think of hospice every nurse I saw was so soothing caring and calmingrdquo Thompson said ldquoThe nurse stayed with [the woman with colon cancer] the whole timerdquo

The woman had two daugh-ters in high school One daugh-ter went in to say goodbye and one refused initially As the woman neared the end of her life her breathing became shallow and gasp-like and the second daughted relented

Tears streaming down her face the daughter looked at her mother face to face for what would be the last time Thompson said

ldquoI love you Mommardquo she said to her mother ldquoPlease go be with Jesusrdquo

Holding her daughterrsquos hand the woman gathered what was left of her strength to respond

ldquoI love you toordquo she said Within a few minutes she died

ldquoIt was as if she was waiting to see her daughter before she wentrdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed the closure before she could gordquo

ABOUT HOWAHospice of West Alabama

in addition to numerous volun-teers has 85 employees and serves hundreds of patients annually in Tuscaloosa Pickens Fayette Lamar Hale and Bibb counties The majority of their patients are usually seen at home The inpatient unit which has 10 beds has a waiting list and admittance is based on the patientrsquos prognosis The wait would vary on availability and the patientrsquos need for care HOWA is a nonprofit organi-zation Payment for hospice care comes from Medicare Medicaid and most private insurers Contributions from the community via United Way fund raising memorial and general donations help provide care to provide care to patients who have no health care coverage or have needs not covered by their insurance

Hospice of West Alabama offers patients peace

CW | Shannon AuvilThe Hospice of West Alabama is a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilStaff nurse Bobbie Garner at the Hospice of West Alabama a non-profi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilHOWA offers homelike spaces for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and screened-in porch

CW | Shannon AuvilMary Owens is a CNA at the Hospice of West Alabama a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

ldquolsquoWe just loved her to deathrsquo

[Diane] Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care lsquoShe

was absolutely wonderful lsquo

Editor | Marquavius Burnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcom

Tuesday April 9 2013SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

FOOTBALL

Offensive line takes shape as Tide returns to practiceBy Charlie PotterStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos offensive line lost three starters to graduation and the NFL draft this offsea-son while right guard Anthony Steen and left tackle Cyrus Kouandjio returned to the Capstone to continue their col-legiate careers this semester

The big challenge entering the spring was replacing such dynamic and experienced play-ers like Chance Warmack DJ Fluker and Barrett Jones at such an integral position

After the Crimson Tidersquos ninth spring practice on Monday Arie Kouandjio said the Crimson Tide is managing to retool its offensive line just fine

ldquoI feel good about all the guys on the linerdquo Kouandjio said ldquoI feel very confident in the abil-ity that we have on any side of the ball or any position Irsquom really confident in what we can do and what we can obtain this yearrdquo

Kouandjio has been play-ing at left guard so far this spring lining up next to his younger brother Cyrus Austin Shepherd has taken most of the first-team snaps at right guard this spring and Ryan Kelly has taken over the duties of playing center

The threesome are familiar with each other having worked together last season on the sec-ond-team unit and Kouandjio said that experience has helped them to build a bond that just keeps growing

ldquoIt gave us something to build on and wersquove just got to

keep building keep stacking those bricksrdquo

Kouandjio said it was a bless-ing to be able to be at the top of the depth chart But he was especially happy to be able to line up beside his brother

ldquoItrsquos insanerdquo he said ldquoI love it Wersquore really in sync and we know how each of us feel We donrsquot even have to talk that much to know whatrsquos going on and stuff like that with each other Itrsquos really coolrdquo

He said he and his brother have been through a lot and have used their experiences together growing up to their advantage on the playing field

In Cyrusrsquos first year at Alabama both brothers suf-fered injuries and went through rehabilitation together It was then that they started to push each other to become better players by making everything a competition

ldquoThatrsquos when the competi-tion came in and that helped a lotrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoWe turned it into a game and wersquore here nowrdquo

Alabama returns to practice

on Wednesday

CW | Alaina ClarkQuarterback Parker McLeod left and wide receiver Ty Reed participate in the Tidersquos spring practice

PRACTICE NOTESbull Trey DePriest donned a black no-contact jersey on Monday after accumulating four tackles and two intercep-tions in Saturdayrsquos simulated scrimmage He worked on the stationary bikes with Kevin Norwood and John Fulton bull Dee Hart who had been practicing with the defensive backs this spring was found with running backs on Mon-day He still wore a black no-contact jersey bull Ryan Anderson worked with defensive coordinator Kirby Smart and the inside linebackers on Monday insteaw of his usual position at outside linebacker The move was probably made because of the injury to DePriest

CW | Alaina ClarkTide receiver Deandrew White second from right wore a black no-contact jersey during practice Saturday

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 11

By Charlie Potter

The 2012-13 college bas-ketball season is officially finished but the offseason is already in full swing for every program in the coun-try including The University of Alabama

Head coach Anthony Grant and his assistants are hot on the recruiting trail in search of a third piece to their 2013 recruiting class a class that already pos-sesses center Jimmy Taylor and power forward Shannon Hale

The player the Crimson Tide wants and needs to secure ndash or resecure ndash is Jaren Sina

Sina a 6-2 point guard from Gill St Bernardrsquos School in Gladstone NJ originally committed to Alabama as a

sophomore but he decom-mitted and chose to go to Northwestern instead Since then he has been released from his scholarship with the Wildcats after the team fired head coach Bill Carmody

He now lists his top four choices as Alabama Northwestern Seton Hall and Indiana Sina plans to visit the Capstone on Thursday and make a deci-sion on where he will play

college basketball before the April 17 deadline

Securing Sina would increase the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12 and that would certainly help in terms of depth as Alabama suffered from the losses of Carl Engstrom and Andrew Steele last season

It would also give Grant a third point guard on his ros-ter as Trevor Releford will be a senior in the upcoming season and Retin Obasohan is still learning the game Any additions at that posi-tion will be welcomed

But most importantly it will give the Tide an offen-sive weapon alongside a couple of inside defensive threats and Grant needs those aspects in his fifth year at Alabama

The Tide missed the

NCAA tournament this year and it can be argued that it must get back to the Big Dance and make some noise in order for Grant to receive a contract extension With Sina in the fold Grant will have a deep bench and pleth-ora of guards to work with to make a run at next yearrsquos March Madness

If Sina decides to come to Alabama he will join Releford Trevor Lacey Levi Randolph Rodney Cooper and Obasohan to com-plete one the best crop of guards in the Southeastern Conference

But if Sina spurns Grantrsquos offer the Tide will lose out on an excellent 3-point shooter and pinpoint passer It could be a big blow in what could be Grantrsquos final season in Tuscaloosa

Alabama needs to land Jaren Sina one more timeCOLUMN

Crimson Tide set to play 2-game midweek seriesBy Kevin ConnellStaff Reporter

The No 22 University of Alabama baseball team con-cludes its six-game home stand with a two-game mid-week series against the Alcorn State Braves Tuesday and Wednesday First pitches are set for 605 pm on Tuesday and 505 pm on Wednesday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium

The Crimson Tide (20-13 8-4

Southeastern Conference) is just one win shy of matching last seasonrsquos 21 wins for the entire 2012 season when it fin-ished in last place in the SEC As it stands now Alabama sits in a three-way tie with Arkansas and South Carolina for second place in the SEC behind Vanderbilt and LSU

Alabama was soundly beaten in its first two games against No 9 Arkansas this past weekend but responded

well in the series finale on Saturday with an impressive 5-0 victory Sophomore right-hander Spencer Turnbull (4-1 222 ERA) who was nominated as the SEC Pitcher of the Week following another strong start on Saturday praised the Tidersquos defense after the win for bailing him out when his slider wasnrsquot working

The defense was great behind me continuing to make playsrdquo Turnbull said ldquoI didnrsquot really have a slider at all today

but I was able to keep them off balance enough where they couldnrsquot just sit on my

fastball and it worked out pretty goodrdquo

A consistent defense will be beneficial to have even against an Alcorn State team that is just 8-25 on the year However the Braves are on a two-game

winning streak coming into the midweek series against the Tide after defeating 19-5 Alabama State twice

Turnbull stressed the importance of scoring early runs after Alabamarsquos win against Arkansas on Saturday ndash a theme that applies for all starting pitchers in baseball

ldquoI was confident today that if we could get at least two that we could winrdquo Turnbull said ldquoItrsquos hard to shut out a team completely but with [Brett] Booth getting us start-ed early it was a huge lift for us earlyrdquo

Booth the starting senior catcher gave the Tide the early lift it needed its last time out with a solo home run ndash his third of the season ndash in the second inning against Arkansas on Saturday He

leads the team in batting average (299) runs scored (30) RBIs (23) slugging percentage (419) and on-base percentage (401)

Despite losing two of the three games in the series the Tide has won 10 of its last 14 games Booth said he was confident on where the team currently stands now

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been play-ing some good baseballrdquo he said

Redshirt junior right-hand-er Tucker Hawley (4-2 219 ERA) will start for Alabama Tuesday Wednesdayrsquos starter has yet to be announced

BASEBALL

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been playing

some good baseball

mdash Brett Booth

After a 5-0 victory Saturday the Tide sit in a 3-way tie for No 2 SEC spot ahead of Alcorn State games

ldquo Securing Sina would in-crease the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12

and that would certainly help in terms of depth

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UA softball team to host MVSU Delta Devils Tuesday By Alexis PaineStaff Reporter

The University of Alabama softball team will play the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils Tuesday in the fifth game of its 10-game home stand

The Tide played Southeastern Conference opponent Missouri last week-end claiming a 2-1 record in the series The team defeated the Tigers by an eight-run margin in the last game of the series after falling to its opponents on Saturday Head coach Patrick Murphy said he hopes the huge score differential Sunday sets the speed for the two games this week and for the rest of the season

ldquoIrsquom hoping our offense will keep going because thatrsquos what we needrdquo Murphy said ldquoI mean the offense if it keeps going wersquore going to be fine

the rest of the year because [Missourirsquos Chelsea Thomas] is one of the best pitchers in the country and to score fourteen against them is saying some-thingrdquo

Last weekendrsquos series brought the Tidersquos record to 10-5 in SEC play and 35-6 over-all Murphy said the season has been tough so far because of the intensity brought by oppo-nents and that the Tide has played a majority of its con-ference games on the road He said the team needs to under-stand this as they go into the rest of the season

ldquoYou know the first four weekends three are on the

road and anybody that plays us is going to play out of their minds and play their best game and we know thatrdquo Murphy said ldquoWe expect that and I think the girls are finally real-izing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow uprdquo

Junior Mollie Fichtner said the Tide is not taking the non-conference opponent lightly She said the team will still focus on playing ldquoAlabama ballrdquo against the Devils The team is focusing on the finer points of the game as it goes into the midweek game Fichtner said

ldquoYoursquove got to do the little thingsrdquo Fichtner said ldquoTheyrsquoll

turn into the big things So just take it every single inning We have some adjustments to make and those are great opportunities to make themrdquo

Murphy said he is look-ing for everyone to step up in the game against Mississippi Valley State Lauren Sewell is set to pitch Tuesday in a game that will help decide the teamrsquos weekend practice schedule

ldquoLauren definitely gets to pitch and then we need to clean it up the whole weekrdquo Murphy said These are two big games because we have the weekend off and depending on how we do they either get Thursday off or we practice Thursday Then Friday Saturday Sunday [are] completely off Itrsquos been on the calendar since September so itrsquos good I totally believe in what Coach Saban says One day off is good but two days off is great and three days off is awesome For an arm thatrsquos

Alabama golfer Cory Whitsett ranked 3rd nationallyBy Bryan BergmanContributing Writer

As the Alabama menrsquos golf team rolls through its season a large part of the teamrsquos suc-cess can be attributed to the play of junior Cory Whitsett

Whitsett began the season ranked No 8 in Golfweekrsquos preseason top 10 and he has only improved from there ranked No3 in the nation as of April 7th His 7096 aver-age leads the team and is seventh in the country

Whitsett began the season with a third-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic which helped the team to a victory at that event He then tied for the individual title at the Tidersquos

second-place finish at the Southern Highlands Masters His first-place finishes at the Linger Longer Invitational and Aggie Invitational led the Tide to victories in those tournaments He now has five career victories tied for second most in school history

ldquoIrsquove tried to play with a lot more self-belief this year Irsquove hit some bad shots

and been in some difficult situations but Irsquove just com-pletely trusted myself and gotten out of it that wayrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett a native of Houston Texas came to Alabama as one of the most accomplished recruits in school history In 2007 he became one of only five fifteen-year old players to win the US Junior Amateur Championship participat-ing in the first of three US Amateur Championships the same year In 2010 he was selected as the National High School Senior Athlete of the Year for menrsquos golf after tying for the state title Head coach Jay Seawell said he

was happy about his decision to recruit Whitsett to Alabama

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disappointed But the best part is hersquos a great young manrdquo Seawell said ldquoOn and off the golf course hersquos a class act Hersquos a hard worker who takes pride in all he does and being a part of Alabamardquo

He made an immediate impact upon arriving at Alabama finishing with a 7139 scoring average second on the team and an Alabama rookie record (since bro-ken by Justin Thomas) Four top-five finishes including his first of three victories at

the Linger Longer Invitational led to him being named to the All-Mickelson Team honoring the countryrsquos best freshmen as well as Golfweekrsquos All-Freshman Team and a consensus second-team All-American

Whitsett turned in anoth-er outstanding season as a sophomore last year finish-ing the season ranked No 13 overall with wins at the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic and Linger Longer Invitational He was named a consensus second-team All-American first-team All-SEC and SEC Academic Honor Roll along with the NCAA Elite 89 Award which is given to the

student-athlete at the NCAA Championships with the high-est GPA His efforts helped bring the Tide an SEC champi-onship but the team fell short at the NCAA Championships losing to Texas in the finals Whitsett said he looks forward to having another chance to compete for the championship this season

ldquoI want to win a National Championship with the team We came so close last year and really got a taste of what it would be like To not get [the championship] is one of the worst feelings Irsquove ever hadrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett and the Tide will be back in action at the SEC Championships on April 19th

MENrsquoS GOLF

SOFTBALL

been throwing since mid-Sep-tember in Traina and Jury itrsquoll be good for themrdquo

The Tide will take on the Devils Tuesday at 6 pm in the Rhoads Softball Stadium The team will continue at home against The University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers Wednesday

Contributing writer Kelly Ward contributed to this article

ldquoI think the girls are fi nally realizing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow up

mdash Patrick Murphy

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disap-pointed But the best part is hersquos a

great young man

mdash Jay Seawell

IF YOU GObull What Softball v MVSU

bull When Tuesday 6 pm

bull Where Rhoads Softball Stadium

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Part two of Rich Robinsonrsquos day with Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox Robinson spent the day with Maddox Feb 25

1022 amInterspersed between

answering emails (he is quick to say he is 40 behind) Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox answers questions about his political ideology and background

He didnrsquot come from a politi-cally active family Both of his parents were teachers and Maddox wanted to be a foot-ball coach when he grew up He played football at the University of Alabama at Birmingham but stayed abreast of government as a political science major He then fell in love with a woman at UAB who had aplastic anemia

She required health insur-ance for the serious disease so Maddox put his career ambi-tions on hold and took a job with the Alabama Education Association She soon died and Maddox was alone in Muscle Shoals Alabama That was the first time he says he felt real loss and was forced to take life one day at a time

He then started to perform well at his job and worked on political campaigns that gave him insight into organized labor He eventually took a job as executive director of Personnel for Tuscaloosa City Schools which brought him home and back in touch with its problems He ran for city council in 2001 at 28 and then was elected mayor in 2005

Despite Maddoxrsquos success not all have been happy with his time in office

Cliff Sims the publisher of yellowhammerpoliticscom a conservative website devot-ed to Alabama issues listed Maddox as a local leader to watch in the future

ldquoMaddox has used the non-partisanship of municipal elec-tions as a way to downplay his political leaningsrdquo Sims wrote ldquoBut make no mistake ndash hersquos a liberal Democrat through and through Still with the Democratic party in total shambles Maddox is one of their few great hopes for the futurerdquo

When asked about Simsrsquo characterization Maddox says he would grade out as a con-servative Democrat on a hypo-thetical litmus test But he also says that it matters little in his current job

ldquoPicking up onersquos garbage does not require a Republican or Democratic perspectiverdquo Maddox said When asked where his beliefs come from Maddox attributes them to his on-the-job experience

ldquoI think I get it from my seven plus years here and my five years with the Tuscaloosa City School System because all I do every day is I wake up and try to do a good job for the people of Tuscaloosa And I donrsquot have to worry about party politicsrdquo Maddox said ldquoIn fact the one thing that I look as a negative if I ever chose to run for statewide office is I would absolutely dread the party poli-

tics I think itrsquos going to be very important moving forward in our politics that we all look at the individual and then make a decision based on what they are trying to do instead of look-ing at the party as a wholerdquo

Maddox does not shy away from questions about his politi-cal future

ldquoIf there were an opportunity for me to serve and I felt like the timing was right I would do so and it would be a honor to seek that office he said ldquoAnd there are a lot of considerations Is it right for my family is it right for me professionally Because I absolutely love this job and I cannot imagine leaving this job at this point in my liferdquo

Itrsquos time to go again this time to a presentation with more than 20 city staff and officials about a new GIS pro-posal from Auburn University The room is filled with two huge tables where people in varying degrees of dress are seated Maddox sits in the rear of the room with legs crossed Everyone is sitting in a deep red leather chair that squeaks when its occupant moves The meeting lasts nearly an hour and a half and Maddox asks a series of pointed questions

139 pmAfter a quick lunch Maddox

goes down to a lower level of City Hall In a small crowded room no larger than a typical high school class sits the nerve center for the recovery of the city of Tuscaloosa after the April 27 2011 tornado

Robin Edgeworth director of recovery operations leads the meeting and briefs the mayor on the latest news and activ-ity The room is crowded with maps of the storm path and with about 15 people who have desks in the area Edgeworth and three other city employeesrsquo only job is to rebuild the city The money to pay them comes from the Housing and Urban Development Department

They oversee projects track down funding and do just about everything else required to have the city bounce back Maddox becomes very serious in this room and asks numer-ous questions about each aspect of rebuilding projects

After the meeting Maddox says roughly 40 to 50 percent of his calendar each day deals with issues related to the tornado

ldquoThere are moments when I am saddened really shook to my core by what some of our citizens experienced Itrsquos some-thing that burns inside of me every single dayrdquo Maddox said ldquoIrsquom very passionate about the recovery very determined that we come out better from this as a community and that those communities that were impact-ed come out better Whether we wanted it to or not it is something that is defining all of usrdquo

415 pmThe meetings are mostly

over for Maddox today He has time to think for a few minutes

ldquoI believe Irsquom where God

intended me to berdquo he saidMaddox was recently mar-

ried in 2010 has a daughter and is expecting another child in late summer He is also running for election for a third term in August and does not see him-self outside of Tuscaloosa for the foreseeable future

ldquoRight now I have no plans to leave this officerdquo Maddox said ldquoI love what I do every single day I really feel blessed to be mayor of Tuscaloosardquo

He plans to campaign hard but says every day in office is a sort of campaign for him

ldquoIrsquom a believer that if you do your job then every day is a campaign day If we do our job here at city hall then the politics will take care of itselfrdquo Maddox said

Regardless of what takes place in August Maddox will be seen as a potential candi-date for many statewide races in the foreseeable future He hears the faint call of ambition in the distance and does not run from it

ldquoItrsquos nice to have other opportunities and others would argue that lsquoWalt you should seize those opportunitiesrsquo but Irsquom not ready to leave just yet he said ldquoAs long as the people will have me Irsquod like to serve them as mayorrdquo

Later that evening Maddox is back to focusing on city matters and learns something about the ice skating rink Tracy Crooms tells him that they are in the black

ldquoIt is nice to get good newsrdquo Maddox says

Mayor Maddox talks family career

By Judah MartinContributing Writer

With a phenomenally suc-cessful sitcom under his belt ldquoSeinfeldrdquo director Tom Cherones is still in the com-edy business only now hersquos writing books

Cherones a Tuscaloosa native has taught a spring class in the department of telecommunication and film for more than 10 years at the Capstone He will participate in two panels this week to promote his new book ldquoThe Hardly Boys The Mystery of the Golden Gobletrdquo

As suggested in its title the book is a spoof of the ldquoHardy Boysrdquo mystery series Cherones created a parody in which two 1950s teenagers awaken 50 years after being induced into a frozen coma with the bodies of elderly men but with the minds of teenag-ers Amid the baffling tech-nology of the modern age the elderly teens join their father a private detective in his 90s to hunt for a priceless artifact

ldquoTomrsquos years as a comedy director serve him well in this spoof on the old lsquoHardy Boysrsquo seriesrdquo Ellen Traylor of Port Hole publications said in a UA news release ldquoHis knack for storytelling and comic timing are evident in this fun readrdquo

The panel will be held in the Birmingham Room at the Bryant Conference Center from noon until 130 pm Cherones will host a book signing Thursday from 1-3

pm in Reese Phifer Hall Copies of Cheronesrsquo new book will be available for purchase at the signing Thursday

ldquoI think this will also be a beneficial event for com-munication studentsrdquo Katie Hall marketing assistant for the Bryant Conference Center said ldquoHersquos obviously been out there hersquos worked in it hersquos familiar with the Tuscaloosa area Hersquos just a very approachable personrdquo

Cherones has received many awards for his work as a television director and pro-ducer including an Emmy a Golden Globe award a Peabody and a Directorrsquos Guild of America Award Before leaving the glamour of Hollywood behind Cherones worked on several other tele-vision shows like ldquoThe Ellen DeGeneres Showrdquo ldquoCaroline in the Cityrdquo and ldquoWelcome Back Kotterrdquo

Each year Cherones teach-es a course in which students make a 30-minute film Anne Gibbons a freelance writer and Tuscaloosa native wrote the script for this yearrsquos film and is in charge of coordinat-ing the book signings

ldquoMy brother and Tom were in second grade together and Irsquove known him pretty much all of my liferdquo Gibbons said ldquoHersquos written this book and itrsquos a very loving parody of the lsquoHardy Boysrsquo I just think if you know the Hardy Boys at all yoursquoll enjoy it Tomrsquos a good speaker and hersquos a really funny guyrdquo

Director of lsquoSeinfeldrsquo to sign books on campusBy John Burleson

Staff Reporter

Graduation and retention rates for The University of Alabama are higher than the national average UA spokes-woman Cathy Andreen said

Andreen said the six-year graduation rate for freshmen who started at the Capstone in 2006 was 665 percent On the other hand the retention rate for freshman enrolling in 2011 and returning in 2012 was 854 percent

The National Center for Education Statistics estimates approximately 56 percent of male and 61 percent of female first-time full-time students who sought a bachelorrsquos degree at a four year institution in fall 2004 completed their degree at that institution within six years

ldquoStudent success is the Universityrsquos top priority The University has numerous programs in place to help students succeed academi-cally and become engaged with the campus communityrdquo Andreen said

Stephen Katsinas director of the Education Policy Center at the University agrees with Andreen that despite dispar-aging cuts in state funding in fiscal year 2013 the University has made solid progress

ldquoYou asked about what the University has done to improve graduation rates UA has implemented many programs including DegreeWorks inno-vative programs targeted to specific student groups to improve retention and degree completion of its undergradu-

atesrdquo Katsinas said ldquoHas enough been done and is fund-ing for these programs at levels UA faculty and administrative leaders prefer Probably not but solid progress has been made in spite of the half a bil-lion dollar cumulative state disinvestmentrdquo

Katsinas also pointed to some evidence that the state of Alabama graduation and enrollment rates could be low not due to school size but instead due to the Pell Grant eligibility changes and small state-funded need-based stu-dent financial aid programs

ldquoIn the fall of 2012 47 of the 62 community colleges in these three deep South states report-ed an enrollment decline com-pared to the fall of 2011 More than 5000 students at the 62 community colleges immedi-ately lost their Pell eligibil-ityrdquo Katsinas said ldquoA common characteristic across these three states is the very small state investments into state-funded need-based student financial aid In effect the Pell Grant program is our statersquos de facto need-based student aid program At The University of Alabama the number of Pell recipients has grown from about 3800 in 2008-2009 to over 5800 in 2011-2012rdquo

Katsinas said with ldquoabruptrdquo

changes to Pell Grant eligibil-ity restrictions student enroll-ments haven fallen across the state especially in traditionally poorer counties in the Alabama Black Belt region where ldquoit is not uncommon to find 12-15 percent unemployment in both public regional four-year and two-year collegesrdquo

ldquoThere have been no major federally funded grants over the past twenty years to study higher education completion rates K-12 to college connec-tions transfer or differences in completion rates between larg-er and smaller institutions etc specifically targeted to rural areasrdquo Katsinas said ldquoRural America comprises 20 percent of the US population but a fifth of federal studies are not devoted to rural areas

ldquoOne recent new study reported that less than 3 per-cent of private philanthropy is devoted to rural America like Alabama It appears that too much of our federal educa-tion establishment and philan-thropic community Alabama is a lsquofly-overrsquo state Such studies are of only very limited value to policymakers and lead prac-titioners eg presidents chief academic officers chief student affairs officers in deep South states interested in improving college degree completionrdquo

Graduation rates increaseldquo Has enough been done and is funding for these programs at levels

UA faculty and administrative leaders prefer Probably not but solid progress has been made in spite of the half a billion dollar cumulative

state disinvestment

mdash Stephen Katsinas

CW | Shannon AuvilTuscaloosa Mayor Watt Maddox sat down with CW reporter Rich Robinson on Feb 25

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Editor | John Brinkerhoffletterscwuaedu

Tuesday April 9 2013OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 4

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The time has come for Alabama to set booze freeBy John BrinkerhoffOpinion Editor

Growing up in Birmingham I have gotten used to Alabama being a bit behind the curve on many issues such as rac-ist language in its constitution and obesity rates But I love my state in spite of its faults

Still I canrsquot understand why some leaders in Alabama have dug in their heels to resist the legalization of homebrewing Despite the fact that Alabama is the only state to criminalize the practice previous attempts to

l e g a l i z e homebrew-ing have f a i l e d During this legislative

session the

State Housersquos consideration of HB 9 the latest attempt to legal-ize homebrewing saw fierce resistance from state represen-tatives who forced a lengthy debate before passage

This opposition represents a baffling departure from Alabamarsquos proud heritage It is our state that still celebrates its moonshining history through NASCAR and resists healthcare law changes under the banner of personal liberty Alabamarsquos motto is even ldquoWe Dare Defend Our Rightsrdquo

Beyond heritage legalizing homebrewing simply makes sense Or more appropriately keeping it illegal makes abso-lutely no sense

The major arguments against homebrewing seem limited to hyperbolic fear-mongering about the return of bootlegging and unsubstantiated claims about health risks of brewing at home The first argument com-pletely ignores the billrsquos produc-tion limits sale prohibition and the high cost of homebrewing

while the second disregards the reality that no health issues have been seen in the 49 states that actually allow the hobby to be practiced

In short these arguments do not justify the reality that classifying homebrewing as a felony is a denial of a personal right something that should not be taken lightly

Homebrewing is above all else a hobby It is a craft that enthusiasts dedicate countless hours and resources to perfect-ing the right brew They can talk for hours about tweaking the process to produce differ-ent flavors aromas bites and textures It is not an avenue for illegally getting rich nor will it flood the statersquos streets with beer To assume so is insulting

If the only arguments against it are hollow moral platitudes and fallacy-ridden appraisals about Al Caponersquos return then Alabama is clearly suffering from a case of governmental overreach

In fact the only real impli-cation for individuals is that they will not have to buy the mass-produced watered-down excuses for beer that cur-rently dominate the market Instead they can embrace a higher quality beer that given the effort taken to produce it would most definitely discour-age binging

The potential benefits of legalization are not limited

to Alabamarsquos citizens the state also stands to gain from it Homebrewing would pro-vide an infusion of talent into Alabamarsquos growing craft brew-ing industry which has seen triple digit increases in growth annually for the past three years

Most craft brewers began to master the art while homebrew-ing By legalizing this practice the state can encourage further participation and in doing so open the floodgates that will develop a blooming industry create jobs in Alabama and enhance our statersquos economic recovery

If the recent debate over the Accountability Act is the judge Alabama has plenty of com-plex issues to work through Fortunately homebrewing is not one of them The solution has already been found by every other state

Alabama has the opportunity to take a proud step forward into the future As long as we allow demagogues in the state capitol to oversee this mas-sive governmental overreach our state will have yet another black mark on its record It is time for Alabama to reclaim its legacy as a fierce defender of its citizensrsquo rights and legalize homebrewing

John Brinkerhoff is the Opinion Editor of the Crimson White His column runs weekly

PERSONAL LIBERTY

John Brinkerhoff

practice previous attempts tol e g a l i z ehomebrewing havef a i l e dDuring thislegislative

session the

By Lucy CheseldineStaff Columnist

Repetition is a natural human need We crave routine and the perfection of a circle We live our lives in a series of cycles and end up exactly where we began There seems to me a certain idea behind repeating things We are con-stantly trying to recapture the first time We are trying to get back to that raw feel-ing of ecstasy trying to get right back to the time it was brand new

This line of thought came to me through a brush with Americarsquos favourite medium the television Irsquove never been a fan of TV unless it involves wildlife documentaries with David Attenborough

But as I have discovered it

is a staple part of the American student diet What to do when there is nothing else to do Turn on that TV And as I have come to realise there is more than one way to watch this TV each involving the act of repetition

First there is the phenome-non of reruns Shows that have been broadcast previously run again and again on what seems like an unending cycle

nothing about them changing except for the commercials in-between to offer us new stuff to replace the old stuff we bought when it was advertised the first time we watched this show five years ago

And here we are five years later surrounded by old and new stuff that we didnrsquot need in the first place but all the while comforted by the fact that we can watch our favou-rite show again and again ndash that there is something con-stant and reliable in our lives ndash and be reminded of how much we enjoyed it the first time

The second of these unac-knowledged repetitions is the phenomenon of the remake The remake comes in two forms The first is straight for-ward Someone decides that a classic show needs a make

over and so they brush it up haul in a new stage and a pol-ished shiny set of actors and do it all again But this time it is bigger and better

The second type of remake comes in the form of the adaptation This can be from a book or even a film Because we loved the film so much we thought we would elongate the experience into an ongoing television series so we can enjoy it for six more seasons

The third and final way of watching is simply the seemingly infinite number of

episodes that television series produce for modern viewers the long running serial These are the kind of shows that are usually exported to the

UK where they cause a media and social ruck-us ldquoDesperate H o u s ew ive s rdquo ldquoMad Menrdquo ldquoBreaking Badrdquo

They become talking points now not just for weeks and months but even for years There we are sitting in our

arm chair still waiting for the 50s advertising firm to go out of business or every-one to finally be killed off behind those white fences of

suburbia But we can rest assured at least that this will be a long process

Repetition can be beautiful Itrsquos primitive and comforting To me the fifth cup of tea of the day tastes just as good as the first But perhaps in some aspects of our lives the com-fort and substantiate it pro-vides is dangerous stopping movement and originality Perhaps sometimes itrsquos good to swim down uncharted chan-nels and see what there is to be found If we only repeat we will be left with a fragment of the memory of that feeling we first had never to be felt again in a new and different way

Lucy Cheseldine is an English International Student study-ing English literature Her col-umn runs weekly on Tuesdays

We must reject repetition in American media appreciate creative storylinesTELEVISION

Lucy Cheseldine

ldquoIf we only repeat we will be left with a fragment of the memory of that feeling we fi rst had never to be helt

again in a new and different way

By Beth LindlyStaff Columnist

Therersquos been a lot of talk about remakes in Hollywood lately With the highly antici-pated new rendition of ldquoThe Great Gatsbyrdquo on the way critics and moviegoers alike are abuzz about how Tinsel Town is more willing than ever to take another movie and rework it

But is it possible too many producers look to other pro-ducers for more than inspira-tion but for entire creative endeavors themselves

Recently wersquove been seeing more and more sequels and re-workings in the film indus-try and fewer and fewer origi-nal screenplays One could point out that nothing truly is original that every movie is in some small way or another influenced by past movies and other forms of artwork but that isnrsquot what Irsquom addressing I am address-ing to put it a bit harshly H o l l y w o o d rsquos laziness when it comes to cre-ativity

The last three or four movies I saw in theaters were either based on books or pre-vious movies (or a musical) I enjoyed them all immensely but it seems to me that we are at a point in time when Hollywoodrsquos creative slump has hit an all-time high

Wersquore coming out with sequels to movies that were absolutely fine without them (looking at you ldquoParanormal Activityrdquo) and re-releasing 90s classics in theaters just so the sentimental among us can see our favorite young actor on the big screen before he became washed-up

Yes I realize that re-imag-ining is a different form of creativity but for once Irsquod like to go to the movies or turn on the television and see an original plot and screenplay Inspiration is one thing ndash Judd Apatowrsquos ldquo40 Year-Old Virginrdquo spawned countless raunchy buddy comedies of the late 2000s This isnrsquot what tends to happen though sometimes it seems like itrsquos reached a sort of creativity stalemate

The silver screen isnrsquot the

only place where this slump has taken place Two of the biggest shows on TV right now ldquoGame of Thronesrdquo and ldquoThe Walking Deadrdquo are based on a book and graphic novel series respectively Not that they arenrsquot fantastic piec-es of television but Irsquod like to see more originally-pro-duced shows like ldquoParks and Recreationrdquo and ldquoBreaking Badrdquo dominating the air

Even The History Channel of all things jumped on the adaptation bandwagon with

their soapy retelling of the Bible

By no means am I saying remakes are terrible and all Hollywood content should be based on nothing but thecreatorrsquos imagi-nation Some

of the best movies are based on books and plays such as ldquoGone With the Windrdquo and ldquoA Streetcar Named Desirerdquo Those are wonderful and I wouldnrsquot dare say that they were uncreative examples of film But when I hear rumorsof a Carrie Underwood remakeof ldquoThe Sound of Musicrdquo it gives me pause

Creativity is subjective certainly and we could argueall day long about whether it is more original to take something and put your own spin on it or to write something new

Wersquore four months into 2013 and this is my challenge to film studios take a breath-er from classic literature and other peoplersquos movies ndash and for the love of human-ity please step back from the sequels ndash and give your own ideas a chance

Beth Lindly is a sophomore majoring in journalism Her column runs biweekly on Tuesdays

Hollywood should seek some originality truly create new movie ideas

POP CULTURE

Beth Lindly

ldquoFor the love of humanity please step back from the

sequels - and give your own ideas a chance

Submitted

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 5

In a Feb 20 interview with The Crimson White Art Dunning pro-fessor and senior research fellow in the Education Policy Center said he was one of what he approximates to be 10-15 African-American students during his undergraduate years at the University When Dunning matriculated in 1966 the Universityrsquos total enrollment was 12995 accord-ing to the Office of Institutional Research and Assessmentrsquos 2012-2013 Fact Book According to the University website 13 percent of the 33602 undergraduate students enrolled in the fall semester of 2012 identified as African-American

ldquoThatrsquos better than [the University of California] Berkeley when I was thererdquo McKnight says (According to the Office of Planning and Analysis at UC Berkeley 874 of the schoolrsquos 25774 fall 2012 under-graduate enrollment identified as African-American or 339 percent) ldquoWersquove got better diversity num-bers than most western schools most northeastern schoolsrdquo

But in brim-packed Burke Dining Hall immediately following our conversation the number of lunch tables at which black and white peo-ple were seated together was one

ldquoThough it is often subdued and indirect racism does exist on cam-pus and is an important issuerdquo Shashank Wattel a sophomore majoring in electrical and comput-er engineering said in an emailed message

No one planted his or her body in defiance between another human and the drink machine No insults were lobbed from one end of the salad bar to the other But with the exception of that one table repre-sentatives of different ethnic groups engaged in little to no interaction Certainly not overwhelming evi-dence of collective racist thought but according to McKnight itrsquos dif-ficult to tell whether or not people are getting along if they are not even getting together

ldquoEverybody here has access to black people If yoursquove grown up and lived in Alabama all of your life thatrsquos more unique than you may thinkrdquo McKnight says (Approximately 26 percent

and 40 percent of Alabama and Tuscaloosarsquos respective populations identified as African-American in the 2010 US Census According to the same data set 55 percent of the nationrsquos black population resided in the South) ldquoIrsquove known people from other parts of the country who told me they never even had the oppor-tunity to speak with a black person until they got to college Yoursquore going to have a hard time pulling that off in Alabama

ldquoWhy not take advantage of that history of familiarity ndash of conflict ndash between races Having grown up in this state you have the tools to iden-tify the problems and contribute to the development of the solutions Once we get out of our own way we can really start to learn from each other and figure stuff out rdquo

Colby Moeller a freshman from California majoring in marketing and finance said he has not per-sonally encountered or observed a situation of outright racial tension but he perceives the subject as a consistently more prominent issue in Alabama than in his home state

ldquoEspecially with born-and-raised Southerners and Alabamians it seems like something people tune into more something people talk about and disagree and make a big deal over more than the people I know on the West Coastrdquo Moeller said

McKnight feels disagreement should not be mistaken for an obsta-cle to understanding and improve-ment but rather a catalyst

ldquoI donrsquot think we have any prob-lems here in Tuscaloosa or Alabama ndash issues beyond the social level of race relations like disproportional imprisonment or resource availabil-ity that they donrsquot have in Georgia or Mississippi or even Boston or Seattlerdquo he said

According to a June 2010 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics approximately 40 percent of inmates held in federal state or local prisons at June 30 2009 were of black non-Hispanic origin 2010 Census data show 146 percent of non-Hispanic American citizens identified as African-American in 2010

ldquoWhatrsquos different is the issues are visible here Thatrsquos a good thing People have acknowledged that these problems exist They acknowledged them 50 years ago and the fact that we are even sitting

here talking about the anniversary of integration is a great thing It shows people are thinking about it now

ldquoSo once again the University is placed at the center of this whole historical issue because universi-ties are where students learn to think critically and challenge their ideas and the ideas of othersrdquo

Elayne Savage now a communi-cation consultant and author living in Berkeley attended the University as an undergraduate in the early 1960s and served with the group of student campus leaders then Dean of Men John L Blackburn coordi-nated to ensure the Universityrsquos peaceful integration in 1963 She said disagreement should also not be mistaken for disrespect

ldquoYou have to have multiple sides to an argument especially one like this one or nothing will get done Disagreement and challenge fuels meaningful discussionrdquo she said in a Feb 20 interview with The Crimson White ldquoBut therersquos a dif-ference between disagreeing and hurtingrdquo

In many cases McKnight feels necessary arguments are shut down and closed up before they even begin

ldquoThe questions we were asking 50 years ago are not the questions we need to be asking now Back then we were trying to figure out if black and white people could go to the same school ndash now wersquove figured that one out But there are new questions to ask ones students need to be asking of themselves and othersrdquo he said ldquoItrsquos easy to fall into this blame game thing where one side says lsquothose people are lazyrsquo

and the other says lsquoI wasnrsquot given enough opportunity to succeedrsquo That benefits nobody

ldquoThe people who donrsquot want anything to change want to keep arguments at that superficial level because nothing gets done that way But therersquos always a secondary level of questioning and discussion and thatrsquos where people learn and changerdquo

Our discussion began under the pretenses of investigating the true depth of the Universityrsquos steps towards improved race relations over the course of the 50 years since integration both as an institution and a student body but McKnight feels such an exploration is largely a trivial one

ldquoWersquore not going to get anywhere by looking and back and saying lsquothis should have been done differently back in the 1970srsquo or wondering how much has changed here since 1963rdquo he says ldquoThe fact is regard-less of how we got to this point this is the present and we need to take ownership of what wersquove inheritedrdquo

The onus is on students he saidldquoIf you donrsquot take responsibility

for questioning each other defin-ing problems and determining solu-tions who willrdquo

Dunning approaches each day with the same perspective and said he regularly encourages students to do the same

ldquoWhenever I meet or talk with any student I always ask them lsquowhat do you think the problems are on this campus in our societyrsquordquo Dunning said ldquoAnd then I ask them lsquowhat have you done today ndash what are you doing right now ndash to solve themrsquordquo

DOORS FROM PAGE 1

Many say they can still lsquoperceiversquo racism at UA SGA offi cials

outline goals for next year at fi rst meetingBy Mark HammontreeStaff Reporter

The newly elected and appointed execu-tive officers of the Student Government Association held their first executive meeting Monday night in their conference room in theFerguson Center

The meeting began with new SGA President Jimmy Taylor bringing the meeting to order and giving the officers a basic idea ofhow future executive meetings will progress Then the new group of officers introduced themselves to the others each giving a short statement of their vision and goals for the coming year

Following the meet-and-greet Brennan Johnson Taylorrsquos chief of staff was officially sworn into office by new Chief Justice Ben Sleight

After that the officers ldquogot down to busi-nessrdquo as Taylor put it Each informed the others of current and future projects goals and propositions ranging from plans for next yearrsquos RAGE concert to possible scholarship programs

Sleight said the meeting was basically what he was expecting and its well-organized structure made for an efficient dissemination of information

ldquoIt appeared to be a good place to have opendialogue over ideas both amongst the vice presidents and their divisions as well as the different branches of governmentrdquo Sleight said ldquoIrsquom looking forward to working with everyone in the roomrdquo

Madalyn Vaughn the new director of administration and an SGA veteran of two years said the meeting which lasted roughly 20 minutes went well and got the new officers prepared for the upcoming year Vaughn alsosaid meetings will get longer in the future asthe officers have more information to give out

ldquoJimmy is a veteran as well he was here with us last year so the meetings are pretty routine in the way we go around the table and give our updates in orderrdquo Vaughn saidldquoThis group is a very exciting group a lot of them are new faces which is always good for SGA because it brings new ideas to the table It seems like everyone is really excited and ready to workrdquo

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By Kyle Dennan and John BurlesonCW Staff

Last weekend 2000 University of Alabama stu-dents were able watch the Tide compete in the NCAA Regional meet in Tuscaloosa free of charge thanks to the gymnastics booster club the Medalist Club

Athletic programs at the University rely heavily on support from athletic booster clubs Most booster clubs like the gymnastics Medalist Club are run independently of the University Athletics

DepartmentThe Medalist Club was offi-

cially organized in 1987 to sup-port all aspects of Alabama gymnastics There are cur-rently more than 300 mem-berships with more than 700

individual members accord-ing to the 2012 Gymnastics Media Guide

Leesa Davis a board mem-ber for the Medalist Club and radio broadcaster for all UA gymnastics meets on 907 the Capstone said there are a number of functions that the Medalist Club ful-fills outside of just attending the meets These functions include assisting in purchas-ing new equipment sponsor-ship of member and student bus trips to conference com-petitions helping purchase tickets so students can attend meets sponsoring banquets

Alabama teams rely on booster club support

By Chandler WrightAssistant News Editor

Students on campus have worked to create The Alumni Affair an annual event to bring together black alumni from The University of Alabama

ldquoThe Alumni Affair is an event that we look to hold annu-ally during A-Day weekend to create an environment for our alumni to interact with the cur-rent undergraduate students and foster and cultivate new relationships that in turn bring the African-American commu-nity here at UA closer togetherrdquo Alexandria Washington one of the student organizers said ldquoWe saw a need on campus to bring our community closer together so we brainstormed when would be the most effec-tive time to have everyone together and what could we do to have everyone on the same page greeksrdquo

The Alumni Affair is at 730 pm on April 19 at Central High School Washington said the

event will feature both alum-ni and current members of National Pan-Hellenic Council sororities and fraternities Groups of five or more will pres-ent 8-10 minute ldquostep teasesrdquo shorter versions of a full step show routine

ldquoIrsquom looking forward to seeing the greeks step and stroll from my freshman yearrdquo Washington said ldquoI remember as a freshman how I felt watching a genuine good show from start to finish because they put so much heart and dedication into itrdquo

Washington said the event will feature alumni who were students at the University as far back as the 1990s

ldquoThere are greeks coming to this event that pledged in the 90s For them to email and get in contact with us has been the thing to put a smile on our faces because this is going to be an event that no one will want to missrdquo she said

Washington said The Alumni Affair provides a good opportu-nity for black students to reflect on the strides made on campus toward racial inclusivity

ldquoI believe that itrsquos important for students to get involved with programs like this is because itrsquos a part of our historyrdquo Washington said ldquoFifty years ago African-Americans being students here was unheard of and now 50 years later we are here and we need to pay hom-age to thatrdquo

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at alumnistepteaseeventbritecom Proceeds from this event will be donated to Central Highrsquos Youth 4 Christ program as well as the UA Chapter of Black Student Union Doors open at 630 pm

and receptions supporting the radio broadcast along with WVUA and contribut-ing scholarship money to athletes

ldquoOur greatest continu-ing contribution is the Medalist Club Post-Graduate Scholarship Fund which provides an opportunity to attend graduate school at the University for anyone who has made a significant con-tribution to the gymnastics programrdquo Davis said ldquoIt is such a privilege to be a part of a winning program in both the arena and the classroom Whether our gymnastics team wins championships or car-ries a 40 GPA they inspire us as a club to do our best to help them achieve their goalsrdquo

The Medalist Club is not the only one of its kind at the University with larger sports

like football also having boost-er club support For football the booster club is the Red Elephant Club the only boost-er club run by the athletics department

Tommy Ford assistant athletics director for donor programs said there are 10 in-state and two out-of-state clubs that make up the entire Red Elephant Club

ldquoThe Red Elephant Club has a set of bylaws which govern the club which were written in 2004 and have about 200 to 300 members each It totals up to about 2000 members in the club Members come to campus three times a year for different events but due to scheduling conflicts we usually only have about 1000 members on cam-pus at one of the eventsrdquo Ford said

Ford said each member

has individual dues that usu-ally range from $200-$300 ayear that they pay to theirclub From those dues toeach club about $100 is paidto the University and is usedto create an endowmentscholarship

The thing each of the athlet-ic booster clubs have in com-mon despite being run andoperated in different ways is alove for UA athletics

Davis said the Medalist Clubmembers come from all walksof life and age groups

ldquoWhat all of our membershave in common is a love forAlabama and this gymnasticsprogramrdquo Davis said ldquoFor mepersonally I love being able tobe part of the broadcast teamthat brings live coverage to ourfans Describing Bama gym-nastics winning back-to-backchampionships was pricelessrdquo

African-American alumni return for greek showcase

ldquo What all of our members have in common is a love for Alabama and this gymnastics

program

mdashLeesa Davis

ldquo Fifty years ago African-Americans being students here was unheard of and now 50 years later we are here and we need to pay

homage to that

mdash Alexandria Washington

gain experience and get paidThe Crimson White is looking to hire a staff for the 2013-2014 school year

Whether you plan to use your existing skills or cultivate new ones the CW is the place to exhibit your talents We are constantly learning and practicing and you

can too Each position offers the opportunity to create or perfect skills that will carry on into the work force and will make you more marketable to employers

Go to jointhecwwordpresscom to read about each position available as well as to apply

Applications for Production Editor Visuals Editor and Online Editor are due Saturday April 13 The deadline to apply for desk editor positions is Saturday April 20 and all other paid staff position applications are due Saturday April 27

Details about interviews which will take place via Skype will be communicated over email after the deadline If you have any questions before then donrsquot hesitate to email Mazie Bryant the new CW editor at maziebryantgmailcom

By Ashley TrippStaff Reporter

Kelly Roy was just 18 months old when her parents filed for divorce

ldquoMy parents have been divorced for basically my entire liferdquo Roy said ldquoI only remember them being divorced so I guess the plus side of it all is I donrsquot remem-ber the whole lsquofamily falling apartrsquo issuerdquo

Roy a sophomore major-ing in communications is one of the many students at The University of Alabama deal-ing with divorce Roy said the effects of her parentrsquos divorce have affected her college experience

ldquoItrsquos difficult getting both of my parents to take care of my tuitionrdquo Roy said ldquoInstead of having a married couple I have to rely on two people who donrsquot always pay on time which is difficult especially since they donrsquot really speak with each otherrdquo

Roy said holidays and simply driving home for the weekend can be problematic as well

ldquoWhenever I want to go home on the weekends I always have to ask myself whose home should I go home tordquo Roy said ldquoMy parents only live a few hours a part but I canrsquot really visit both in one weekend hellip I always end up driving constantlyrdquo

Lee Keyes executive direc-tor of the Counseling Center at the University said the topic

of divorce is a fairly frequent reason that students come to the Center

ldquoGiven that over half of marriages end in divorce it is expected that this would be on the minds of many studentsrdquo Keyes said ldquoMany times stu-dents feel lsquocaught in the mid-dlersquo and struggle with some of the negative communication patterns in which couples in conflict engage hellip This causes stress worry and sadness and students come to work through those issuesrdquo

While the Counseling Center does see divorce occurring long before the student arrives at school it also sees divorce emerging after students go off to college

Keyes said students whose parents were divorced in the past have had at least some time to adjust and manage any issues that result but the lat-ter group deals with stress and changes right here and now

ldquoThe latter is probably more common simply because the total number of years involved is greater than the four or so that students are in schoolrdquo Keyes said ldquoThe problems they experience are acute and feel more overwhelming or worrisomerdquo

Olivia Gartzman a fresh-man majoring in public rela-tions said her parents got divorced when she was reach-ing her teen years a time when she needed her mother the most

ldquoI had to learn to be a big

girl by myself and learn how to put on makeup and suchrdquo Gartzman said

Now a freshman in college Gartzman said she is expe-riencing new things and fac-ing new challenges without a mother figure to share it with

ldquoIrsquove learned from my sisters and friends here at UA to make the best with what you have and to not dwell on the things you donrsquot have the power to changerdquo Gartzman said ldquoThedivorce and not really having a mother figure in my life has hit me hard but it has also mademe a stronger person for right now as well as the futurerdquo

The Counseling Center pro-vides programming on healthy relationships assertive com-munication and stress man-agement all of which may be related to the issue of divorce

ldquoWe can also provide free support groups for students whose parents [are] divorced or are divorcing when there is enough interest for us to do sordquo Keyes said

Keyes said students dealing with divorce should come to the Counseling Center early

ldquoDonrsquot wait until it affects other parts of your life such as school or other relation-shipsrdquo Keyes said ldquoItrsquos impor-tant to know that methods of coping and communicating effectively are available and can be learned hellip The nega-tive aspects of this issue can be minimized so that one canpreserve healthy relationshipswith family and othersrdquo

Students learn to cope with high divorce rate

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 7

UA graduate school awards top students 2012-13 honorsBy Adrienne BurchAssistant News Editor

In addition to the under-graduate awards given last week during the Universityrsquos Honors Week The University of Alabama Graduate School awarded its students with top honors

Three faculty committees selected the eight most out-standing graduate students from a pool of students from each individual college

John Schmitt assistant dean of the graduate school said the selected students won awards previously with-in their college or school and then went on to be awarded overall graduate school awards

ldquoThese are the best of the best from the college-wide winnersrdquo Schmitt said ldquoThese are the most advanced degrees the University has to offer making this a really out-standing accomplishmentrdquo

Schmitt said these awards were bestowed primarily based on the studentsrsquo work on either their master theses or dissertation and every award is different because the individual pieces of research are vastly different

ldquoThe work they have done is going to launch them into their careers whether it is a doctoral student going into education or a masterrsquos stu-dent looking for a jobrdquo he said

Outstanding Doctoral Dis-sertation

John C Mitcham College of Arts and Sciences depart-ment of history

Mitcham won for his manu-script ldquoSea League of All the Britons Race Identity and Imperial Defense 1868ndash1914rdquo His dissertation chairperson was John Beeler a profes-sor in the department of his-tory In his work Mitcham explores the cultural social and political dimensions of British imperial policy dur-ing the late 19th and early 20th centuries His project provides the first comprehen-sive study of the cultural and racial origins of the imperial defense partnership

Yanping Zhang College of

Engineering department of computer science

Zhang won for her manu-script ldquoSurveillance and Intrusion Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks Design Analysis and Evaluationrdquo Her dissertation chairperson was Yang Xiao a professor in the department of computer science Zhangrsquos research incorporated ideas from multiple disciplines including computer science biology animal behavior and communication She modeled the social and communication behavior of primates which provide biological inspiration for solving problems in com-munication and networking

Outstanding Masterrsquos Thesis

K Lance Wilson College of Arts and Sciences depart-ment of geological sciences

Wilson won for his man-uscript ldquoThe Origin and Development of the Tampa Embayment Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of the Eastern Gulf of Mexicordquo His thesis chairperson was Delores Robinson an associ-ate professor of geological sciences The thesis provided a tectonic evolution of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico based on the seismic lines that he interpreted His research allows people to determine where rocks which may be full of hydrocarbons might be located

Excellence in Teaching by a Masterrsquos Student

Allison Hiss College of Arts and Sciences department of modern languages and classics

Hissrsquo teaching style dem-onstrates resourcefulness as well as understanding of com-municative language teaching methods She has been instru-mental in implementing cre-ative extra-curricular activi-ties for the French program and served as the assistant to the director of the Alabama-in-France study abroad pro-gram in summer 2012

Excellence in Teaching by a Doctoral Student

Jefferson Walker College of Communication and

Information Sciences doctor-al program in Communication and Information Sciences

Walker possesses the abil-ity to teach and lead his stu-dents and fosters a sense of life-long learning that con-tributes to his teaching suc-cess He is consistently evalu-ated among the top doctoral teachers in the department

Excellence in Research by a Masterrsquos Student

Zachary Wahl-Alexander College of Education depart-ment of kinesiology

Wahl-Alexander has produced an impressivelist of publications that includes three publications in American and European journals three published abstracts and nine peer-reviewed presentations He has been able to secure external funding to sup-port the research projects that he initiated organized and conducted

Excellence in Research by a Doctoral Student

Matthew Shannon College of Engineering department of chemical and biological engi-neering

Shannon has conducted groundbreaking research in his field that is consistently cited by external research groups He has eight peer-reviewed publications in highly respected chemical engineering and chemistry journals and he has made six presentations at conferences He is also the co-inventor on one US and PCT patent application

Outstanding Service by a Graduate Student

Dr Rosemary Clement College of Nursing DNP Program

Dr Clement has worked tirelessly to promote breast cancer awareness in her home state of South Carolina and internationally through her volunteer work in Ghana Africa She has established support groups for women with cancer funding sources for women who cannot afford mammograms and pet thera-py sessions with her certified therapy dog

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Tuesday April 9 2013CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

Local children learn other cultures with Heart TouchBy Abbey CrainStaff Reporter

Fan Yang came to The University of Alabama from China to study social work but decided to make an impact on the community by sharing her culture with local fourth grad-ers Yang designed the Heart Touch Program to connect American students to Chinese students with help from the Center for Community Based Partnership and Tuscaloosarsquos One Place an after school pro-gram

ldquoMy concentration is children and their familiesrdquo Yang said ldquoI love children and I try to pro-vide them something I think the unique thing I can provide is about my background because I am from China I know about Chinese culture so I think thatrsquos the best thing I can provide themrdquo

Yang along with other stu-dent volunteers visits seven elementary schools a week lec-turing on Chinese culture and helping students write letters to students in China One week she brought Chinese food donated by Lai Lai and taught students to use chopsticks

ldquoIt was really interestingrdquo Emma Moultrie a freshman majoring in psychology said ldquoWe taught them about Chinese food and we taught them how to use chopsticks and taught them about the foods they eat in Chinardquo

Moultrie said she heard about the program through Blount and although she does not speak Chinese wanted to foster rela-tionships with the students She said it is important to educate children about cultures other than their own Moultrie volun-teers helping translate letters from English to Chinese

Jin Wang a masterrsquos student studying mechanical engineer-ing is another international student helping with the Heart Touch Program

ldquoIrsquove done a lot volunteering stuff before and I found this program interestingrdquo Wang said ldquoIn this program Irsquom able to get to know young kids in America how they think what do they know about China what are their dreams I realize I can learn something from the kids and I can tell them how China actually looks like as wellrdquo

Yang said the students were eager to listen and learn about

Chinese culture especially when food was involved

ldquoThey sometimes ask me very good questionsrdquo Yang said ldquoSomeone asked me why there are so many lsquomade in Chinarsquo things It is very hard to answer but some of them do not know very much about Chinardquo

Yang is in her second year of the social work program at the University and said internation-al students need to get involved outside of the University

ldquoIt is very important for inter-national students because I am an international student and I know how they feelrdquo Yang said ldquoI clearly remember my first semester here I was new here and I didnrsquot know anyone I tried to get involved but I didnrsquot know how The reason why I devel-oped this program is to get more international students to get involved in the community so they can learn something about American culture and the com-munity experiencerdquo

Yang said she hopes to con-tinue the Heart Touch Program as long as she is at the Capstone She said she wants to help other UA students develop similar programs to get involved in the Tuscaloosa community

COLUMN | FOOD

By Christopher Chase Edmunds

Irsquom stressed out exhausted hungry and broke As a col-lege student this is my natural state of being and I am now accustomed to the bland taste of ramen noodles This past weekend however I ventured out of the ramen rut and used this collegiate staple food in several creative ways All of these recipes can be prepared with a microwave and I tried to keep the cost per serving as low as possible

Cuban Carnitas SoupI started off easy and decided

to try and spice up one of the most underrated ramen fla-vors Using just the pork fla-vored ramen and a few simple accents I created a carnitas-inspired dish that was expo-nentially more satisfying than the sum of its parts

First prepare the pork ramen as directed It would be best to leave as much of the broth as possible Then add a few pinches of cilantro a slice

of lime and hot sauce to taste Feel free to use more lime juice and less hot sauce if you are not a fan of spicy foods Remember to save your lime for any bever-ages you may prepare later

Ramen and Vegetable Stir-Fry

My next dish made use of canned fruits and veggies to

keep costs low and flavors varied Stir-fry dishes may not seem microwave-friendly but I assure you it is possible You

just need to heat your food add ingredients stir and heat again For this dish I used one can of mixed veggies and one small can of sliced mandarin

orangesFirst cook the noodles as

directed (I did not use the included flavor packet) Then drain all the water and add the mixed veggies and mandarin oranges A good ratio to use is two parts veggies to one part oranges Mix these all togeth-er with your favorite teriyaki or soy sauce and heat in the

microwave until warm Feel free to use packets of sauce from Chinese restaurants to cut down on costs

Chicken Parma-Ramen Disregarding the flavor

packets ramen is just cheap pasta I used this to my advan-tage and created the cheap-est easiest form of chicken Parmesan For this dish I made use of microwave-ready chicken breast regu-lar spaghetti sauce and sliced provolone

Cook the noodles first Remember that if noodles get cold they can always be reheated under a damp paper towel but meat loses flavor every time it is reheated Once the noodles are ready cook the chicken as directed Then add a slice of cheese to the chicken and heat for about 15 seconds on high This is just enough to melt the cheese Serve the chicken on a bed of noodles and drench in the spaghetti sauce heated to your preference

Variations on ramen noodle recipes spice up typical college student meals

SubmittedUniversity of Alabama students teach local elementary school Chinese culture through the Heart Touch progrms

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By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Unlike most art classes at The University of Alabama UH 155 a freshman honors class allows students to create pieces of art that will be sold at the Good Art Show which ben-efits Tuscaloosa One Place a community organization that serves each member of a fam-ily with specialized programs

Tonya Nelson the UA profes-sor who teaches the class said UH 155 focuses on ldquoThe Art of Giving Backrdquo

ldquoThe class requires [stu-dents] to serve as mentors for students in local kindergarten and elementary schools who

no longer have art programsrdquo Nelson said ldquoThey work on art projects together and just spend time talking about each othersrsquo dayrdquo

Sidney Stratton a freshman majoring in civil engineering said she had an idea to make a wire and bead design but changed her mind

ldquoI liked that the project would have a storyrdquo Stratton

said ldquoBut the students who would be helping are in the kin-dergarten so we worried that they would be really upset and confused about why the bead-ed craft they made was being taken away from them never to be seen againrdquo

In the end Stratton ended up creating Alabama and greek-themed koozies

ldquoI chose to do koozies

because I wanted students to be able to take a reminder of UA home with them for the summer wherever home may berdquo Stratton said

Jacob Powell a fresh-man majoring in finance and accounting was also a student in the class

ldquoIrsquom only doing one thing for the show ndash setting up a table with a connect-four board and letting passersby play in order to invent patterns to spray paint onto mouse padsrdquo Powell said ldquoIf they win they get to keep the mouse pad free of charge but I donrsquot expect to lose many times because to be honest Irsquove played more games of connect-four in the last five

years than anyone would think humanly possiblerdquo

The Good Art Show has been taking place for a few semesters and so far has raised $3000 to donate to Tuscaloosa One Place

Sarah Hartley a freshman majoring in biology helped with the financing aspect of the Good Art Show

ldquoA few weeks before the show we put up flyers and sent out emails among for stu-dents who werenrsquot a part of our class to submit art with half of their proceeds going to benefit Tuscaloosa One Placerdquo Hartley said ldquoAnd the art show is our only means of fundrais-ing so wersquore working hard to

make it a successrdquoHartley said the Good Art

Show is like any other art show except the students creating the work are not necessarily artists

ldquoThe concept of art being in each of our lives every day was a little foreign to me but now I see and appreciate things more in life because of the artistic values they possessrdquo Stratton said ldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspectiverdquo

The Good Art Show will take place Tuesday outside Nott Hall from 1-4 pm

Honors class uses art to benefi t Tuscaloosa One PlaceldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a

cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspective

mdash Sidney Stratton

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 9

By Alexandra EllsworthStaff Reporter

One memory sticks out to Margie Thompson from her time volunteering with Hospice of the Valley in Decatur Ala ndashcarrying bucket after bucket of blood from a hospice patientrsquos bedside

In a bright airy sun room a middle-aged woman lay in her home in the hospital bed that would house her until her death She was throwing up blood while a hospice nurse sat by her side

ldquoIt was really horriblerdquo Thompson said ldquoShe was com-pletely coherent Normally they give patients morphine to calm them and help ease the transition but she refusedrdquo

The woman suffered from colon cancer and the time had come for the family to come in and say goodbye

ldquoThe family has to give per-mission for the patient to dierdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed to hear it because the will to live is too strong The nurse coached them on exactly what to sayrdquo

That is what hospice does It strives to help dying patients transition into death as peace-fully as possible Hospice is a service offered to terminally ill patients often with a six-month life expectancy prognosis To be admitted patients must be no longer responsive to cure-oriented treatments

The focus of hospice is on caring not curing They pro-vide the terminally ill and their families medical care and both emotional and spiritual sup-port tailored to the patientrsquos needs and wishes According to Hospice Of West Alabamarsquos website hospice relies on the belief that a person has a right to die pain-free and with dig-nity and that his or her loved ones will receive the necessary support to allow the patient to do so

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization a nonprofit membership orga-nization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States reported an estimated 165 million patients in the US who received services from hospice in 2011 and approxi-mately 446 percent of all

deaths in the US were under the care of a hospice program According to NHPCO the first program opened in 1974 and more than 5300 exist today

Even on a gray day HOWA is unexpectedly uplifting Large windows let light into a foyer where a volunteer reception-ist like Gladys Ritchie greets visitors with a smile and points them in the right direction

Ritchie affectionately known as ldquoTroublerdquo among her co-workers has been volunteering with HOWA for more than 10 years HOWA needs volunteers like her to provide its service

HOWA is located on the cam-pus of the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center and a staff of 85 serves seven coun-ties in West Alabama The Helen H Hahn House HOWArsquos home looks out on the tranquil scenery of the central court-yard complete with a pond and gazebo

Kimberly Gibson volunteer coordinator for HOWA said the majority of hospice care is pro-vided in the place the patient calls home but HOWA is one of three hospice providers in the state that has an inpatient unit

The 10-bed HOWA inpatient facility located in the Hahn House offers homelike spac-es for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and a shared screened-in porch These porches are patient-accessible with French doors that open wide enough for a bed to be wheeled out onto the porch The chairs in the room convert into sleepers for family members who want to stay the night

ldquoWe tried to think of any obstacle that would keep a fam-ily member from being able to be hererdquo Gibson said ldquoThe inpatient facility also features a chapel for quiet moments as well as gathering places for patients and familiesrdquo

The comfortable environ-ment provided by HOWArsquos facil-ities supplement the care given by the staff and volunteers

Holly Mason a UA gradu-ate student working on her masterrsquos in social work cur-rently interns with HOWA and worked as volunteer before that She said she began volun-teering with HOWA after some-one from a hospice group spoke to her health psychology class

ldquoI thought hospice care was a really worthwhile service and wanted to get involvedrdquo Mason said ldquoMy favorite part about it has been getting to know the patients As a volun-teer I visited patients It gave me good perspective to talk to them I got to hear a lot of sto-ries about their livesrdquo

Additionally Mason said she enjoys getting to know the patients seeing pictures of their families and building relationships

ldquoHospice workers are not hired they are calledrdquo Gibson said ldquoThat is very true of our staff Hospice has to be something you are passionate aboutrdquo

For Laura Graham an RN for Hospice of North Alabama getting to know the family was one of her favorite parts of her job as a hospice nurse Grahamrsquos said it was also the most challenging ndash getting to know her patients and their families

ldquoWhen you lost a patient you also often lost the fam-ily toordquo she said ldquoUnderstandably many families donrsquot really want to keep in touch but I met a lot of people I never would have met otherwise and I loved thatrdquo

Graham from Decatur Ala worked as a hospice nurse for Hospice of North Alabama for two years and an administra-tor for three years As a nurse she was assigned between eight and 10 cases Graham spread her visits out during the week starting with visit-ing her patients just a couple of times a week but increas-ing the visits as death became more imminent

Graham worked to make the patient more comfortable while educating both the patient and family on the transition process She spent a lot of her time simply listening to her patients too

ldquoThe family members go through the five stages of grief but so did the patientsrdquo Graham said ldquoThey talk a lot reliving their lives and so they often just needed someone

to listenrdquoThe relationship that devel-

ops between an RN or volun-teer and the patient and fam-ily can also be a lasting and special bond For Diane Wiley getting to know one of the RNs who helped with the care of her mother was meaningful

ldquoWe just loved her to deathrdquo Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care ldquoShe was absolutely won-derful She became like a mem-ber of our familyrdquo

Wiley said only she and her sister were present when their mother passed away but immediately after she died Wiley called the RN

ldquoShe was offdutyrdquo Wiley said ldquoBut as soon as I called she camerdquo

The nurse handled all the paperwork for Wiley and her sister

ldquoMy mother was so ready to dierdquo Wiley said ldquoShe was ready to go be with the Lord She would go in her room and turn on Christian music and

tell us she was going to die right there in that bedrdquo

Nurses play a large role in car-ing for patients and families but another big part to hospice care is the volunteers Gibson and Wells both attested to the importance

of volunteer help at HOWAldquoWe have the best volunteers

of the area and that makes my job amazingrdquo Gibson said

Volunteers go through inten-sive training and their jobs include sitting with patients providing companionship or offering relief for caregivers and much more They also run errands like going to the bank or grocery store

Volunteers are also involved in other ways outside of patient care They make flow-er arrangements help keep HOWArsquos kitchen stocked work as receptionists and Gibson said they are important for fundraisers

ldquoVolunteers are vitally important to the success of fundraisers like our Fourth Annual Family 5k Run and Walk eventrdquo she said

This year the run was held at Munny Sokol Park in March and proceeds went to benefit patient care at HOWA

As a volunteer Thompson had the opportunity to build relationships with families and patients One of her first expe-riences with hospice was the woman with colon cancer

ldquoWhen I think of hospice every nurse I saw was so soothing caring and calmingrdquo Thompson said ldquoThe nurse stayed with [the woman with colon cancer] the whole timerdquo

The woman had two daugh-ters in high school One daugh-ter went in to say goodbye and one refused initially As the woman neared the end of her life her breathing became shallow and gasp-like and the second daughted relented

Tears streaming down her face the daughter looked at her mother face to face for what would be the last time Thompson said

ldquoI love you Mommardquo she said to her mother ldquoPlease go be with Jesusrdquo

Holding her daughterrsquos hand the woman gathered what was left of her strength to respond

ldquoI love you toordquo she said Within a few minutes she died

ldquoIt was as if she was waiting to see her daughter before she wentrdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed the closure before she could gordquo

ABOUT HOWAHospice of West Alabama

in addition to numerous volun-teers has 85 employees and serves hundreds of patients annually in Tuscaloosa Pickens Fayette Lamar Hale and Bibb counties The majority of their patients are usually seen at home The inpatient unit which has 10 beds has a waiting list and admittance is based on the patientrsquos prognosis The wait would vary on availability and the patientrsquos need for care HOWA is a nonprofit organi-zation Payment for hospice care comes from Medicare Medicaid and most private insurers Contributions from the community via United Way fund raising memorial and general donations help provide care to provide care to patients who have no health care coverage or have needs not covered by their insurance

Hospice of West Alabama offers patients peace

CW | Shannon AuvilThe Hospice of West Alabama is a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilStaff nurse Bobbie Garner at the Hospice of West Alabama a non-profi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilHOWA offers homelike spaces for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and screened-in porch

CW | Shannon AuvilMary Owens is a CNA at the Hospice of West Alabama a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

ldquolsquoWe just loved her to deathrsquo

[Diane] Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care lsquoShe

was absolutely wonderful lsquo

Editor | Marquavius Burnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcom

Tuesday April 9 2013SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

FOOTBALL

Offensive line takes shape as Tide returns to practiceBy Charlie PotterStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos offensive line lost three starters to graduation and the NFL draft this offsea-son while right guard Anthony Steen and left tackle Cyrus Kouandjio returned to the Capstone to continue their col-legiate careers this semester

The big challenge entering the spring was replacing such dynamic and experienced play-ers like Chance Warmack DJ Fluker and Barrett Jones at such an integral position

After the Crimson Tidersquos ninth spring practice on Monday Arie Kouandjio said the Crimson Tide is managing to retool its offensive line just fine

ldquoI feel good about all the guys on the linerdquo Kouandjio said ldquoI feel very confident in the abil-ity that we have on any side of the ball or any position Irsquom really confident in what we can do and what we can obtain this yearrdquo

Kouandjio has been play-ing at left guard so far this spring lining up next to his younger brother Cyrus Austin Shepherd has taken most of the first-team snaps at right guard this spring and Ryan Kelly has taken over the duties of playing center

The threesome are familiar with each other having worked together last season on the sec-ond-team unit and Kouandjio said that experience has helped them to build a bond that just keeps growing

ldquoIt gave us something to build on and wersquove just got to

keep building keep stacking those bricksrdquo

Kouandjio said it was a bless-ing to be able to be at the top of the depth chart But he was especially happy to be able to line up beside his brother

ldquoItrsquos insanerdquo he said ldquoI love it Wersquore really in sync and we know how each of us feel We donrsquot even have to talk that much to know whatrsquos going on and stuff like that with each other Itrsquos really coolrdquo

He said he and his brother have been through a lot and have used their experiences together growing up to their advantage on the playing field

In Cyrusrsquos first year at Alabama both brothers suf-fered injuries and went through rehabilitation together It was then that they started to push each other to become better players by making everything a competition

ldquoThatrsquos when the competi-tion came in and that helped a lotrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoWe turned it into a game and wersquore here nowrdquo

Alabama returns to practice

on Wednesday

CW | Alaina ClarkQuarterback Parker McLeod left and wide receiver Ty Reed participate in the Tidersquos spring practice

PRACTICE NOTESbull Trey DePriest donned a black no-contact jersey on Monday after accumulating four tackles and two intercep-tions in Saturdayrsquos simulated scrimmage He worked on the stationary bikes with Kevin Norwood and John Fulton bull Dee Hart who had been practicing with the defensive backs this spring was found with running backs on Mon-day He still wore a black no-contact jersey bull Ryan Anderson worked with defensive coordinator Kirby Smart and the inside linebackers on Monday insteaw of his usual position at outside linebacker The move was probably made because of the injury to DePriest

CW | Alaina ClarkTide receiver Deandrew White second from right wore a black no-contact jersey during practice Saturday

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 11

By Charlie Potter

The 2012-13 college bas-ketball season is officially finished but the offseason is already in full swing for every program in the coun-try including The University of Alabama

Head coach Anthony Grant and his assistants are hot on the recruiting trail in search of a third piece to their 2013 recruiting class a class that already pos-sesses center Jimmy Taylor and power forward Shannon Hale

The player the Crimson Tide wants and needs to secure ndash or resecure ndash is Jaren Sina

Sina a 6-2 point guard from Gill St Bernardrsquos School in Gladstone NJ originally committed to Alabama as a

sophomore but he decom-mitted and chose to go to Northwestern instead Since then he has been released from his scholarship with the Wildcats after the team fired head coach Bill Carmody

He now lists his top four choices as Alabama Northwestern Seton Hall and Indiana Sina plans to visit the Capstone on Thursday and make a deci-sion on where he will play

college basketball before the April 17 deadline

Securing Sina would increase the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12 and that would certainly help in terms of depth as Alabama suffered from the losses of Carl Engstrom and Andrew Steele last season

It would also give Grant a third point guard on his ros-ter as Trevor Releford will be a senior in the upcoming season and Retin Obasohan is still learning the game Any additions at that posi-tion will be welcomed

But most importantly it will give the Tide an offen-sive weapon alongside a couple of inside defensive threats and Grant needs those aspects in his fifth year at Alabama

The Tide missed the

NCAA tournament this year and it can be argued that it must get back to the Big Dance and make some noise in order for Grant to receive a contract extension With Sina in the fold Grant will have a deep bench and pleth-ora of guards to work with to make a run at next yearrsquos March Madness

If Sina decides to come to Alabama he will join Releford Trevor Lacey Levi Randolph Rodney Cooper and Obasohan to com-plete one the best crop of guards in the Southeastern Conference

But if Sina spurns Grantrsquos offer the Tide will lose out on an excellent 3-point shooter and pinpoint passer It could be a big blow in what could be Grantrsquos final season in Tuscaloosa

Alabama needs to land Jaren Sina one more timeCOLUMN

Crimson Tide set to play 2-game midweek seriesBy Kevin ConnellStaff Reporter

The No 22 University of Alabama baseball team con-cludes its six-game home stand with a two-game mid-week series against the Alcorn State Braves Tuesday and Wednesday First pitches are set for 605 pm on Tuesday and 505 pm on Wednesday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium

The Crimson Tide (20-13 8-4

Southeastern Conference) is just one win shy of matching last seasonrsquos 21 wins for the entire 2012 season when it fin-ished in last place in the SEC As it stands now Alabama sits in a three-way tie with Arkansas and South Carolina for second place in the SEC behind Vanderbilt and LSU

Alabama was soundly beaten in its first two games against No 9 Arkansas this past weekend but responded

well in the series finale on Saturday with an impressive 5-0 victory Sophomore right-hander Spencer Turnbull (4-1 222 ERA) who was nominated as the SEC Pitcher of the Week following another strong start on Saturday praised the Tidersquos defense after the win for bailing him out when his slider wasnrsquot working

The defense was great behind me continuing to make playsrdquo Turnbull said ldquoI didnrsquot really have a slider at all today

but I was able to keep them off balance enough where they couldnrsquot just sit on my

fastball and it worked out pretty goodrdquo

A consistent defense will be beneficial to have even against an Alcorn State team that is just 8-25 on the year However the Braves are on a two-game

winning streak coming into the midweek series against the Tide after defeating 19-5 Alabama State twice

Turnbull stressed the importance of scoring early runs after Alabamarsquos win against Arkansas on Saturday ndash a theme that applies for all starting pitchers in baseball

ldquoI was confident today that if we could get at least two that we could winrdquo Turnbull said ldquoItrsquos hard to shut out a team completely but with [Brett] Booth getting us start-ed early it was a huge lift for us earlyrdquo

Booth the starting senior catcher gave the Tide the early lift it needed its last time out with a solo home run ndash his third of the season ndash in the second inning against Arkansas on Saturday He

leads the team in batting average (299) runs scored (30) RBIs (23) slugging percentage (419) and on-base percentage (401)

Despite losing two of the three games in the series the Tide has won 10 of its last 14 games Booth said he was confident on where the team currently stands now

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been play-ing some good baseballrdquo he said

Redshirt junior right-hand-er Tucker Hawley (4-2 219 ERA) will start for Alabama Tuesday Wednesdayrsquos starter has yet to be announced

BASEBALL

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been playing

some good baseball

mdash Brett Booth

After a 5-0 victory Saturday the Tide sit in a 3-way tie for No 2 SEC spot ahead of Alcorn State games

ldquo Securing Sina would in-crease the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12

and that would certainly help in terms of depth

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UA softball team to host MVSU Delta Devils Tuesday By Alexis PaineStaff Reporter

The University of Alabama softball team will play the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils Tuesday in the fifth game of its 10-game home stand

The Tide played Southeastern Conference opponent Missouri last week-end claiming a 2-1 record in the series The team defeated the Tigers by an eight-run margin in the last game of the series after falling to its opponents on Saturday Head coach Patrick Murphy said he hopes the huge score differential Sunday sets the speed for the two games this week and for the rest of the season

ldquoIrsquom hoping our offense will keep going because thatrsquos what we needrdquo Murphy said ldquoI mean the offense if it keeps going wersquore going to be fine

the rest of the year because [Missourirsquos Chelsea Thomas] is one of the best pitchers in the country and to score fourteen against them is saying some-thingrdquo

Last weekendrsquos series brought the Tidersquos record to 10-5 in SEC play and 35-6 over-all Murphy said the season has been tough so far because of the intensity brought by oppo-nents and that the Tide has played a majority of its con-ference games on the road He said the team needs to under-stand this as they go into the rest of the season

ldquoYou know the first four weekends three are on the

road and anybody that plays us is going to play out of their minds and play their best game and we know thatrdquo Murphy said ldquoWe expect that and I think the girls are finally real-izing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow uprdquo

Junior Mollie Fichtner said the Tide is not taking the non-conference opponent lightly She said the team will still focus on playing ldquoAlabama ballrdquo against the Devils The team is focusing on the finer points of the game as it goes into the midweek game Fichtner said

ldquoYoursquove got to do the little thingsrdquo Fichtner said ldquoTheyrsquoll

turn into the big things So just take it every single inning We have some adjustments to make and those are great opportunities to make themrdquo

Murphy said he is look-ing for everyone to step up in the game against Mississippi Valley State Lauren Sewell is set to pitch Tuesday in a game that will help decide the teamrsquos weekend practice schedule

ldquoLauren definitely gets to pitch and then we need to clean it up the whole weekrdquo Murphy said These are two big games because we have the weekend off and depending on how we do they either get Thursday off or we practice Thursday Then Friday Saturday Sunday [are] completely off Itrsquos been on the calendar since September so itrsquos good I totally believe in what Coach Saban says One day off is good but two days off is great and three days off is awesome For an arm thatrsquos

Alabama golfer Cory Whitsett ranked 3rd nationallyBy Bryan BergmanContributing Writer

As the Alabama menrsquos golf team rolls through its season a large part of the teamrsquos suc-cess can be attributed to the play of junior Cory Whitsett

Whitsett began the season ranked No 8 in Golfweekrsquos preseason top 10 and he has only improved from there ranked No3 in the nation as of April 7th His 7096 aver-age leads the team and is seventh in the country

Whitsett began the season with a third-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic which helped the team to a victory at that event He then tied for the individual title at the Tidersquos

second-place finish at the Southern Highlands Masters His first-place finishes at the Linger Longer Invitational and Aggie Invitational led the Tide to victories in those tournaments He now has five career victories tied for second most in school history

ldquoIrsquove tried to play with a lot more self-belief this year Irsquove hit some bad shots

and been in some difficult situations but Irsquove just com-pletely trusted myself and gotten out of it that wayrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett a native of Houston Texas came to Alabama as one of the most accomplished recruits in school history In 2007 he became one of only five fifteen-year old players to win the US Junior Amateur Championship participat-ing in the first of three US Amateur Championships the same year In 2010 he was selected as the National High School Senior Athlete of the Year for menrsquos golf after tying for the state title Head coach Jay Seawell said he

was happy about his decision to recruit Whitsett to Alabama

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disappointed But the best part is hersquos a great young manrdquo Seawell said ldquoOn and off the golf course hersquos a class act Hersquos a hard worker who takes pride in all he does and being a part of Alabamardquo

He made an immediate impact upon arriving at Alabama finishing with a 7139 scoring average second on the team and an Alabama rookie record (since bro-ken by Justin Thomas) Four top-five finishes including his first of three victories at

the Linger Longer Invitational led to him being named to the All-Mickelson Team honoring the countryrsquos best freshmen as well as Golfweekrsquos All-Freshman Team and a consensus second-team All-American

Whitsett turned in anoth-er outstanding season as a sophomore last year finish-ing the season ranked No 13 overall with wins at the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic and Linger Longer Invitational He was named a consensus second-team All-American first-team All-SEC and SEC Academic Honor Roll along with the NCAA Elite 89 Award which is given to the

student-athlete at the NCAA Championships with the high-est GPA His efforts helped bring the Tide an SEC champi-onship but the team fell short at the NCAA Championships losing to Texas in the finals Whitsett said he looks forward to having another chance to compete for the championship this season

ldquoI want to win a National Championship with the team We came so close last year and really got a taste of what it would be like To not get [the championship] is one of the worst feelings Irsquove ever hadrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett and the Tide will be back in action at the SEC Championships on April 19th

MENrsquoS GOLF

SOFTBALL

been throwing since mid-Sep-tember in Traina and Jury itrsquoll be good for themrdquo

The Tide will take on the Devils Tuesday at 6 pm in the Rhoads Softball Stadium The team will continue at home against The University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers Wednesday

Contributing writer Kelly Ward contributed to this article

ldquoI think the girls are fi nally realizing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow up

mdash Patrick Murphy

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disap-pointed But the best part is hersquos a

great young man

mdash Jay Seawell

IF YOU GObull What Softball v MVSU

bull When Tuesday 6 pm

bull Where Rhoads Softball Stadium

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Editor | John Brinkerhoffletterscwuaedu

Tuesday April 9 2013OPINIONSNEWS

OPINION

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SPORTS

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Will Tucker Editor-in-ChiefAshley Chaffin Managing Editor

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Ashanka Kumari Chief Copy EditorJohn Brinkerhoff Opinions Editor

WE WELCOME YOUR OPINIONSLetters to the editor must be less than 300 words and guest columns less

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The Crimson White reserves the right to edit all guest columns and

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MCT Campus

The time has come for Alabama to set booze freeBy John BrinkerhoffOpinion Editor

Growing up in Birmingham I have gotten used to Alabama being a bit behind the curve on many issues such as rac-ist language in its constitution and obesity rates But I love my state in spite of its faults

Still I canrsquot understand why some leaders in Alabama have dug in their heels to resist the legalization of homebrewing Despite the fact that Alabama is the only state to criminalize the practice previous attempts to

l e g a l i z e homebrew-ing have f a i l e d During this legislative

session the

State Housersquos consideration of HB 9 the latest attempt to legal-ize homebrewing saw fierce resistance from state represen-tatives who forced a lengthy debate before passage

This opposition represents a baffling departure from Alabamarsquos proud heritage It is our state that still celebrates its moonshining history through NASCAR and resists healthcare law changes under the banner of personal liberty Alabamarsquos motto is even ldquoWe Dare Defend Our Rightsrdquo

Beyond heritage legalizing homebrewing simply makes sense Or more appropriately keeping it illegal makes abso-lutely no sense

The major arguments against homebrewing seem limited to hyperbolic fear-mongering about the return of bootlegging and unsubstantiated claims about health risks of brewing at home The first argument com-pletely ignores the billrsquos produc-tion limits sale prohibition and the high cost of homebrewing

while the second disregards the reality that no health issues have been seen in the 49 states that actually allow the hobby to be practiced

In short these arguments do not justify the reality that classifying homebrewing as a felony is a denial of a personal right something that should not be taken lightly

Homebrewing is above all else a hobby It is a craft that enthusiasts dedicate countless hours and resources to perfect-ing the right brew They can talk for hours about tweaking the process to produce differ-ent flavors aromas bites and textures It is not an avenue for illegally getting rich nor will it flood the statersquos streets with beer To assume so is insulting

If the only arguments against it are hollow moral platitudes and fallacy-ridden appraisals about Al Caponersquos return then Alabama is clearly suffering from a case of governmental overreach

In fact the only real impli-cation for individuals is that they will not have to buy the mass-produced watered-down excuses for beer that cur-rently dominate the market Instead they can embrace a higher quality beer that given the effort taken to produce it would most definitely discour-age binging

The potential benefits of legalization are not limited

to Alabamarsquos citizens the state also stands to gain from it Homebrewing would pro-vide an infusion of talent into Alabamarsquos growing craft brew-ing industry which has seen triple digit increases in growth annually for the past three years

Most craft brewers began to master the art while homebrew-ing By legalizing this practice the state can encourage further participation and in doing so open the floodgates that will develop a blooming industry create jobs in Alabama and enhance our statersquos economic recovery

If the recent debate over the Accountability Act is the judge Alabama has plenty of com-plex issues to work through Fortunately homebrewing is not one of them The solution has already been found by every other state

Alabama has the opportunity to take a proud step forward into the future As long as we allow demagogues in the state capitol to oversee this mas-sive governmental overreach our state will have yet another black mark on its record It is time for Alabama to reclaim its legacy as a fierce defender of its citizensrsquo rights and legalize homebrewing

John Brinkerhoff is the Opinion Editor of the Crimson White His column runs weekly

PERSONAL LIBERTY

John Brinkerhoff

practice previous attempts tol e g a l i z ehomebrewing havef a i l e dDuring thislegislative

session the

By Lucy CheseldineStaff Columnist

Repetition is a natural human need We crave routine and the perfection of a circle We live our lives in a series of cycles and end up exactly where we began There seems to me a certain idea behind repeating things We are con-stantly trying to recapture the first time We are trying to get back to that raw feel-ing of ecstasy trying to get right back to the time it was brand new

This line of thought came to me through a brush with Americarsquos favourite medium the television Irsquove never been a fan of TV unless it involves wildlife documentaries with David Attenborough

But as I have discovered it

is a staple part of the American student diet What to do when there is nothing else to do Turn on that TV And as I have come to realise there is more than one way to watch this TV each involving the act of repetition

First there is the phenome-non of reruns Shows that have been broadcast previously run again and again on what seems like an unending cycle

nothing about them changing except for the commercials in-between to offer us new stuff to replace the old stuff we bought when it was advertised the first time we watched this show five years ago

And here we are five years later surrounded by old and new stuff that we didnrsquot need in the first place but all the while comforted by the fact that we can watch our favou-rite show again and again ndash that there is something con-stant and reliable in our lives ndash and be reminded of how much we enjoyed it the first time

The second of these unac-knowledged repetitions is the phenomenon of the remake The remake comes in two forms The first is straight for-ward Someone decides that a classic show needs a make

over and so they brush it up haul in a new stage and a pol-ished shiny set of actors and do it all again But this time it is bigger and better

The second type of remake comes in the form of the adaptation This can be from a book or even a film Because we loved the film so much we thought we would elongate the experience into an ongoing television series so we can enjoy it for six more seasons

The third and final way of watching is simply the seemingly infinite number of

episodes that television series produce for modern viewers the long running serial These are the kind of shows that are usually exported to the

UK where they cause a media and social ruck-us ldquoDesperate H o u s ew ive s rdquo ldquoMad Menrdquo ldquoBreaking Badrdquo

They become talking points now not just for weeks and months but even for years There we are sitting in our

arm chair still waiting for the 50s advertising firm to go out of business or every-one to finally be killed off behind those white fences of

suburbia But we can rest assured at least that this will be a long process

Repetition can be beautiful Itrsquos primitive and comforting To me the fifth cup of tea of the day tastes just as good as the first But perhaps in some aspects of our lives the com-fort and substantiate it pro-vides is dangerous stopping movement and originality Perhaps sometimes itrsquos good to swim down uncharted chan-nels and see what there is to be found If we only repeat we will be left with a fragment of the memory of that feeling we first had never to be felt again in a new and different way

Lucy Cheseldine is an English International Student study-ing English literature Her col-umn runs weekly on Tuesdays

We must reject repetition in American media appreciate creative storylinesTELEVISION

Lucy Cheseldine

ldquoIf we only repeat we will be left with a fragment of the memory of that feeling we fi rst had never to be helt

again in a new and different way

By Beth LindlyStaff Columnist

Therersquos been a lot of talk about remakes in Hollywood lately With the highly antici-pated new rendition of ldquoThe Great Gatsbyrdquo on the way critics and moviegoers alike are abuzz about how Tinsel Town is more willing than ever to take another movie and rework it

But is it possible too many producers look to other pro-ducers for more than inspira-tion but for entire creative endeavors themselves

Recently wersquove been seeing more and more sequels and re-workings in the film indus-try and fewer and fewer origi-nal screenplays One could point out that nothing truly is original that every movie is in some small way or another influenced by past movies and other forms of artwork but that isnrsquot what Irsquom addressing I am address-ing to put it a bit harshly H o l l y w o o d rsquos laziness when it comes to cre-ativity

The last three or four movies I saw in theaters were either based on books or pre-vious movies (or a musical) I enjoyed them all immensely but it seems to me that we are at a point in time when Hollywoodrsquos creative slump has hit an all-time high

Wersquore coming out with sequels to movies that were absolutely fine without them (looking at you ldquoParanormal Activityrdquo) and re-releasing 90s classics in theaters just so the sentimental among us can see our favorite young actor on the big screen before he became washed-up

Yes I realize that re-imag-ining is a different form of creativity but for once Irsquod like to go to the movies or turn on the television and see an original plot and screenplay Inspiration is one thing ndash Judd Apatowrsquos ldquo40 Year-Old Virginrdquo spawned countless raunchy buddy comedies of the late 2000s This isnrsquot what tends to happen though sometimes it seems like itrsquos reached a sort of creativity stalemate

The silver screen isnrsquot the

only place where this slump has taken place Two of the biggest shows on TV right now ldquoGame of Thronesrdquo and ldquoThe Walking Deadrdquo are based on a book and graphic novel series respectively Not that they arenrsquot fantastic piec-es of television but Irsquod like to see more originally-pro-duced shows like ldquoParks and Recreationrdquo and ldquoBreaking Badrdquo dominating the air

Even The History Channel of all things jumped on the adaptation bandwagon with

their soapy retelling of the Bible

By no means am I saying remakes are terrible and all Hollywood content should be based on nothing but thecreatorrsquos imagi-nation Some

of the best movies are based on books and plays such as ldquoGone With the Windrdquo and ldquoA Streetcar Named Desirerdquo Those are wonderful and I wouldnrsquot dare say that they were uncreative examples of film But when I hear rumorsof a Carrie Underwood remakeof ldquoThe Sound of Musicrdquo it gives me pause

Creativity is subjective certainly and we could argueall day long about whether it is more original to take something and put your own spin on it or to write something new

Wersquore four months into 2013 and this is my challenge to film studios take a breath-er from classic literature and other peoplersquos movies ndash and for the love of human-ity please step back from the sequels ndash and give your own ideas a chance

Beth Lindly is a sophomore majoring in journalism Her column runs biweekly on Tuesdays

Hollywood should seek some originality truly create new movie ideas

POP CULTURE

Beth Lindly

ldquoFor the love of humanity please step back from the

sequels - and give your own ideas a chance

Submitted

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 5

In a Feb 20 interview with The Crimson White Art Dunning pro-fessor and senior research fellow in the Education Policy Center said he was one of what he approximates to be 10-15 African-American students during his undergraduate years at the University When Dunning matriculated in 1966 the Universityrsquos total enrollment was 12995 accord-ing to the Office of Institutional Research and Assessmentrsquos 2012-2013 Fact Book According to the University website 13 percent of the 33602 undergraduate students enrolled in the fall semester of 2012 identified as African-American

ldquoThatrsquos better than [the University of California] Berkeley when I was thererdquo McKnight says (According to the Office of Planning and Analysis at UC Berkeley 874 of the schoolrsquos 25774 fall 2012 under-graduate enrollment identified as African-American or 339 percent) ldquoWersquove got better diversity num-bers than most western schools most northeastern schoolsrdquo

But in brim-packed Burke Dining Hall immediately following our conversation the number of lunch tables at which black and white peo-ple were seated together was one

ldquoThough it is often subdued and indirect racism does exist on cam-pus and is an important issuerdquo Shashank Wattel a sophomore majoring in electrical and comput-er engineering said in an emailed message

No one planted his or her body in defiance between another human and the drink machine No insults were lobbed from one end of the salad bar to the other But with the exception of that one table repre-sentatives of different ethnic groups engaged in little to no interaction Certainly not overwhelming evi-dence of collective racist thought but according to McKnight itrsquos dif-ficult to tell whether or not people are getting along if they are not even getting together

ldquoEverybody here has access to black people If yoursquove grown up and lived in Alabama all of your life thatrsquos more unique than you may thinkrdquo McKnight says (Approximately 26 percent

and 40 percent of Alabama and Tuscaloosarsquos respective populations identified as African-American in the 2010 US Census According to the same data set 55 percent of the nationrsquos black population resided in the South) ldquoIrsquove known people from other parts of the country who told me they never even had the oppor-tunity to speak with a black person until they got to college Yoursquore going to have a hard time pulling that off in Alabama

ldquoWhy not take advantage of that history of familiarity ndash of conflict ndash between races Having grown up in this state you have the tools to iden-tify the problems and contribute to the development of the solutions Once we get out of our own way we can really start to learn from each other and figure stuff out rdquo

Colby Moeller a freshman from California majoring in marketing and finance said he has not per-sonally encountered or observed a situation of outright racial tension but he perceives the subject as a consistently more prominent issue in Alabama than in his home state

ldquoEspecially with born-and-raised Southerners and Alabamians it seems like something people tune into more something people talk about and disagree and make a big deal over more than the people I know on the West Coastrdquo Moeller said

McKnight feels disagreement should not be mistaken for an obsta-cle to understanding and improve-ment but rather a catalyst

ldquoI donrsquot think we have any prob-lems here in Tuscaloosa or Alabama ndash issues beyond the social level of race relations like disproportional imprisonment or resource availabil-ity that they donrsquot have in Georgia or Mississippi or even Boston or Seattlerdquo he said

According to a June 2010 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics approximately 40 percent of inmates held in federal state or local prisons at June 30 2009 were of black non-Hispanic origin 2010 Census data show 146 percent of non-Hispanic American citizens identified as African-American in 2010

ldquoWhatrsquos different is the issues are visible here Thatrsquos a good thing People have acknowledged that these problems exist They acknowledged them 50 years ago and the fact that we are even sitting

here talking about the anniversary of integration is a great thing It shows people are thinking about it now

ldquoSo once again the University is placed at the center of this whole historical issue because universi-ties are where students learn to think critically and challenge their ideas and the ideas of othersrdquo

Elayne Savage now a communi-cation consultant and author living in Berkeley attended the University as an undergraduate in the early 1960s and served with the group of student campus leaders then Dean of Men John L Blackburn coordi-nated to ensure the Universityrsquos peaceful integration in 1963 She said disagreement should also not be mistaken for disrespect

ldquoYou have to have multiple sides to an argument especially one like this one or nothing will get done Disagreement and challenge fuels meaningful discussionrdquo she said in a Feb 20 interview with The Crimson White ldquoBut therersquos a dif-ference between disagreeing and hurtingrdquo

In many cases McKnight feels necessary arguments are shut down and closed up before they even begin

ldquoThe questions we were asking 50 years ago are not the questions we need to be asking now Back then we were trying to figure out if black and white people could go to the same school ndash now wersquove figured that one out But there are new questions to ask ones students need to be asking of themselves and othersrdquo he said ldquoItrsquos easy to fall into this blame game thing where one side says lsquothose people are lazyrsquo

and the other says lsquoI wasnrsquot given enough opportunity to succeedrsquo That benefits nobody

ldquoThe people who donrsquot want anything to change want to keep arguments at that superficial level because nothing gets done that way But therersquos always a secondary level of questioning and discussion and thatrsquos where people learn and changerdquo

Our discussion began under the pretenses of investigating the true depth of the Universityrsquos steps towards improved race relations over the course of the 50 years since integration both as an institution and a student body but McKnight feels such an exploration is largely a trivial one

ldquoWersquore not going to get anywhere by looking and back and saying lsquothis should have been done differently back in the 1970srsquo or wondering how much has changed here since 1963rdquo he says ldquoThe fact is regard-less of how we got to this point this is the present and we need to take ownership of what wersquove inheritedrdquo

The onus is on students he saidldquoIf you donrsquot take responsibility

for questioning each other defin-ing problems and determining solu-tions who willrdquo

Dunning approaches each day with the same perspective and said he regularly encourages students to do the same

ldquoWhenever I meet or talk with any student I always ask them lsquowhat do you think the problems are on this campus in our societyrsquordquo Dunning said ldquoAnd then I ask them lsquowhat have you done today ndash what are you doing right now ndash to solve themrsquordquo

DOORS FROM PAGE 1

Many say they can still lsquoperceiversquo racism at UA SGA offi cials

outline goals for next year at fi rst meetingBy Mark HammontreeStaff Reporter

The newly elected and appointed execu-tive officers of the Student Government Association held their first executive meeting Monday night in their conference room in theFerguson Center

The meeting began with new SGA President Jimmy Taylor bringing the meeting to order and giving the officers a basic idea ofhow future executive meetings will progress Then the new group of officers introduced themselves to the others each giving a short statement of their vision and goals for the coming year

Following the meet-and-greet Brennan Johnson Taylorrsquos chief of staff was officially sworn into office by new Chief Justice Ben Sleight

After that the officers ldquogot down to busi-nessrdquo as Taylor put it Each informed the others of current and future projects goals and propositions ranging from plans for next yearrsquos RAGE concert to possible scholarship programs

Sleight said the meeting was basically what he was expecting and its well-organized structure made for an efficient dissemination of information

ldquoIt appeared to be a good place to have opendialogue over ideas both amongst the vice presidents and their divisions as well as the different branches of governmentrdquo Sleight said ldquoIrsquom looking forward to working with everyone in the roomrdquo

Madalyn Vaughn the new director of administration and an SGA veteran of two years said the meeting which lasted roughly 20 minutes went well and got the new officers prepared for the upcoming year Vaughn alsosaid meetings will get longer in the future asthe officers have more information to give out

ldquoJimmy is a veteran as well he was here with us last year so the meetings are pretty routine in the way we go around the table and give our updates in orderrdquo Vaughn saidldquoThis group is a very exciting group a lot of them are new faces which is always good for SGA because it brings new ideas to the table It seems like everyone is really excited and ready to workrdquo

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Tuesday April 9 2013

By Kyle Dennan and John BurlesonCW Staff

Last weekend 2000 University of Alabama stu-dents were able watch the Tide compete in the NCAA Regional meet in Tuscaloosa free of charge thanks to the gymnastics booster club the Medalist Club

Athletic programs at the University rely heavily on support from athletic booster clubs Most booster clubs like the gymnastics Medalist Club are run independently of the University Athletics

DepartmentThe Medalist Club was offi-

cially organized in 1987 to sup-port all aspects of Alabama gymnastics There are cur-rently more than 300 mem-berships with more than 700

individual members accord-ing to the 2012 Gymnastics Media Guide

Leesa Davis a board mem-ber for the Medalist Club and radio broadcaster for all UA gymnastics meets on 907 the Capstone said there are a number of functions that the Medalist Club ful-fills outside of just attending the meets These functions include assisting in purchas-ing new equipment sponsor-ship of member and student bus trips to conference com-petitions helping purchase tickets so students can attend meets sponsoring banquets

Alabama teams rely on booster club support

By Chandler WrightAssistant News Editor

Students on campus have worked to create The Alumni Affair an annual event to bring together black alumni from The University of Alabama

ldquoThe Alumni Affair is an event that we look to hold annu-ally during A-Day weekend to create an environment for our alumni to interact with the cur-rent undergraduate students and foster and cultivate new relationships that in turn bring the African-American commu-nity here at UA closer togetherrdquo Alexandria Washington one of the student organizers said ldquoWe saw a need on campus to bring our community closer together so we brainstormed when would be the most effec-tive time to have everyone together and what could we do to have everyone on the same page greeksrdquo

The Alumni Affair is at 730 pm on April 19 at Central High School Washington said the

event will feature both alum-ni and current members of National Pan-Hellenic Council sororities and fraternities Groups of five or more will pres-ent 8-10 minute ldquostep teasesrdquo shorter versions of a full step show routine

ldquoIrsquom looking forward to seeing the greeks step and stroll from my freshman yearrdquo Washington said ldquoI remember as a freshman how I felt watching a genuine good show from start to finish because they put so much heart and dedication into itrdquo

Washington said the event will feature alumni who were students at the University as far back as the 1990s

ldquoThere are greeks coming to this event that pledged in the 90s For them to email and get in contact with us has been the thing to put a smile on our faces because this is going to be an event that no one will want to missrdquo she said

Washington said The Alumni Affair provides a good opportu-nity for black students to reflect on the strides made on campus toward racial inclusivity

ldquoI believe that itrsquos important for students to get involved with programs like this is because itrsquos a part of our historyrdquo Washington said ldquoFifty years ago African-Americans being students here was unheard of and now 50 years later we are here and we need to pay hom-age to thatrdquo

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at alumnistepteaseeventbritecom Proceeds from this event will be donated to Central Highrsquos Youth 4 Christ program as well as the UA Chapter of Black Student Union Doors open at 630 pm

and receptions supporting the radio broadcast along with WVUA and contribut-ing scholarship money to athletes

ldquoOur greatest continu-ing contribution is the Medalist Club Post-Graduate Scholarship Fund which provides an opportunity to attend graduate school at the University for anyone who has made a significant con-tribution to the gymnastics programrdquo Davis said ldquoIt is such a privilege to be a part of a winning program in both the arena and the classroom Whether our gymnastics team wins championships or car-ries a 40 GPA they inspire us as a club to do our best to help them achieve their goalsrdquo

The Medalist Club is not the only one of its kind at the University with larger sports

like football also having boost-er club support For football the booster club is the Red Elephant Club the only boost-er club run by the athletics department

Tommy Ford assistant athletics director for donor programs said there are 10 in-state and two out-of-state clubs that make up the entire Red Elephant Club

ldquoThe Red Elephant Club has a set of bylaws which govern the club which were written in 2004 and have about 200 to 300 members each It totals up to about 2000 members in the club Members come to campus three times a year for different events but due to scheduling conflicts we usually only have about 1000 members on cam-pus at one of the eventsrdquo Ford said

Ford said each member

has individual dues that usu-ally range from $200-$300 ayear that they pay to theirclub From those dues toeach club about $100 is paidto the University and is usedto create an endowmentscholarship

The thing each of the athlet-ic booster clubs have in com-mon despite being run andoperated in different ways is alove for UA athletics

Davis said the Medalist Clubmembers come from all walksof life and age groups

ldquoWhat all of our membershave in common is a love forAlabama and this gymnasticsprogramrdquo Davis said ldquoFor mepersonally I love being able tobe part of the broadcast teamthat brings live coverage to ourfans Describing Bama gym-nastics winning back-to-backchampionships was pricelessrdquo

African-American alumni return for greek showcase

ldquo What all of our members have in common is a love for Alabama and this gymnastics

program

mdashLeesa Davis

ldquo Fifty years ago African-Americans being students here was unheard of and now 50 years later we are here and we need to pay

homage to that

mdash Alexandria Washington

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By Ashley TrippStaff Reporter

Kelly Roy was just 18 months old when her parents filed for divorce

ldquoMy parents have been divorced for basically my entire liferdquo Roy said ldquoI only remember them being divorced so I guess the plus side of it all is I donrsquot remem-ber the whole lsquofamily falling apartrsquo issuerdquo

Roy a sophomore major-ing in communications is one of the many students at The University of Alabama deal-ing with divorce Roy said the effects of her parentrsquos divorce have affected her college experience

ldquoItrsquos difficult getting both of my parents to take care of my tuitionrdquo Roy said ldquoInstead of having a married couple I have to rely on two people who donrsquot always pay on time which is difficult especially since they donrsquot really speak with each otherrdquo

Roy said holidays and simply driving home for the weekend can be problematic as well

ldquoWhenever I want to go home on the weekends I always have to ask myself whose home should I go home tordquo Roy said ldquoMy parents only live a few hours a part but I canrsquot really visit both in one weekend hellip I always end up driving constantlyrdquo

Lee Keyes executive direc-tor of the Counseling Center at the University said the topic

of divorce is a fairly frequent reason that students come to the Center

ldquoGiven that over half of marriages end in divorce it is expected that this would be on the minds of many studentsrdquo Keyes said ldquoMany times stu-dents feel lsquocaught in the mid-dlersquo and struggle with some of the negative communication patterns in which couples in conflict engage hellip This causes stress worry and sadness and students come to work through those issuesrdquo

While the Counseling Center does see divorce occurring long before the student arrives at school it also sees divorce emerging after students go off to college

Keyes said students whose parents were divorced in the past have had at least some time to adjust and manage any issues that result but the lat-ter group deals with stress and changes right here and now

ldquoThe latter is probably more common simply because the total number of years involved is greater than the four or so that students are in schoolrdquo Keyes said ldquoThe problems they experience are acute and feel more overwhelming or worrisomerdquo

Olivia Gartzman a fresh-man majoring in public rela-tions said her parents got divorced when she was reach-ing her teen years a time when she needed her mother the most

ldquoI had to learn to be a big

girl by myself and learn how to put on makeup and suchrdquo Gartzman said

Now a freshman in college Gartzman said she is expe-riencing new things and fac-ing new challenges without a mother figure to share it with

ldquoIrsquove learned from my sisters and friends here at UA to make the best with what you have and to not dwell on the things you donrsquot have the power to changerdquo Gartzman said ldquoThedivorce and not really having a mother figure in my life has hit me hard but it has also mademe a stronger person for right now as well as the futurerdquo

The Counseling Center pro-vides programming on healthy relationships assertive com-munication and stress man-agement all of which may be related to the issue of divorce

ldquoWe can also provide free support groups for students whose parents [are] divorced or are divorcing when there is enough interest for us to do sordquo Keyes said

Keyes said students dealing with divorce should come to the Counseling Center early

ldquoDonrsquot wait until it affects other parts of your life such as school or other relation-shipsrdquo Keyes said ldquoItrsquos impor-tant to know that methods of coping and communicating effectively are available and can be learned hellip The nega-tive aspects of this issue can be minimized so that one canpreserve healthy relationshipswith family and othersrdquo

Students learn to cope with high divorce rate

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 7

UA graduate school awards top students 2012-13 honorsBy Adrienne BurchAssistant News Editor

In addition to the under-graduate awards given last week during the Universityrsquos Honors Week The University of Alabama Graduate School awarded its students with top honors

Three faculty committees selected the eight most out-standing graduate students from a pool of students from each individual college

John Schmitt assistant dean of the graduate school said the selected students won awards previously with-in their college or school and then went on to be awarded overall graduate school awards

ldquoThese are the best of the best from the college-wide winnersrdquo Schmitt said ldquoThese are the most advanced degrees the University has to offer making this a really out-standing accomplishmentrdquo

Schmitt said these awards were bestowed primarily based on the studentsrsquo work on either their master theses or dissertation and every award is different because the individual pieces of research are vastly different

ldquoThe work they have done is going to launch them into their careers whether it is a doctoral student going into education or a masterrsquos stu-dent looking for a jobrdquo he said

Outstanding Doctoral Dis-sertation

John C Mitcham College of Arts and Sciences depart-ment of history

Mitcham won for his manu-script ldquoSea League of All the Britons Race Identity and Imperial Defense 1868ndash1914rdquo His dissertation chairperson was John Beeler a profes-sor in the department of his-tory In his work Mitcham explores the cultural social and political dimensions of British imperial policy dur-ing the late 19th and early 20th centuries His project provides the first comprehen-sive study of the cultural and racial origins of the imperial defense partnership

Yanping Zhang College of

Engineering department of computer science

Zhang won for her manu-script ldquoSurveillance and Intrusion Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks Design Analysis and Evaluationrdquo Her dissertation chairperson was Yang Xiao a professor in the department of computer science Zhangrsquos research incorporated ideas from multiple disciplines including computer science biology animal behavior and communication She modeled the social and communication behavior of primates which provide biological inspiration for solving problems in com-munication and networking

Outstanding Masterrsquos Thesis

K Lance Wilson College of Arts and Sciences depart-ment of geological sciences

Wilson won for his man-uscript ldquoThe Origin and Development of the Tampa Embayment Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of the Eastern Gulf of Mexicordquo His thesis chairperson was Delores Robinson an associ-ate professor of geological sciences The thesis provided a tectonic evolution of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico based on the seismic lines that he interpreted His research allows people to determine where rocks which may be full of hydrocarbons might be located

Excellence in Teaching by a Masterrsquos Student

Allison Hiss College of Arts and Sciences department of modern languages and classics

Hissrsquo teaching style dem-onstrates resourcefulness as well as understanding of com-municative language teaching methods She has been instru-mental in implementing cre-ative extra-curricular activi-ties for the French program and served as the assistant to the director of the Alabama-in-France study abroad pro-gram in summer 2012

Excellence in Teaching by a Doctoral Student

Jefferson Walker College of Communication and

Information Sciences doctor-al program in Communication and Information Sciences

Walker possesses the abil-ity to teach and lead his stu-dents and fosters a sense of life-long learning that con-tributes to his teaching suc-cess He is consistently evalu-ated among the top doctoral teachers in the department

Excellence in Research by a Masterrsquos Student

Zachary Wahl-Alexander College of Education depart-ment of kinesiology

Wahl-Alexander has produced an impressivelist of publications that includes three publications in American and European journals three published abstracts and nine peer-reviewed presentations He has been able to secure external funding to sup-port the research projects that he initiated organized and conducted

Excellence in Research by a Doctoral Student

Matthew Shannon College of Engineering department of chemical and biological engi-neering

Shannon has conducted groundbreaking research in his field that is consistently cited by external research groups He has eight peer-reviewed publications in highly respected chemical engineering and chemistry journals and he has made six presentations at conferences He is also the co-inventor on one US and PCT patent application

Outstanding Service by a Graduate Student

Dr Rosemary Clement College of Nursing DNP Program

Dr Clement has worked tirelessly to promote breast cancer awareness in her home state of South Carolina and internationally through her volunteer work in Ghana Africa She has established support groups for women with cancer funding sources for women who cannot afford mammograms and pet thera-py sessions with her certified therapy dog

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Tuesday April 9 2013CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

Local children learn other cultures with Heart TouchBy Abbey CrainStaff Reporter

Fan Yang came to The University of Alabama from China to study social work but decided to make an impact on the community by sharing her culture with local fourth grad-ers Yang designed the Heart Touch Program to connect American students to Chinese students with help from the Center for Community Based Partnership and Tuscaloosarsquos One Place an after school pro-gram

ldquoMy concentration is children and their familiesrdquo Yang said ldquoI love children and I try to pro-vide them something I think the unique thing I can provide is about my background because I am from China I know about Chinese culture so I think thatrsquos the best thing I can provide themrdquo

Yang along with other stu-dent volunteers visits seven elementary schools a week lec-turing on Chinese culture and helping students write letters to students in China One week she brought Chinese food donated by Lai Lai and taught students to use chopsticks

ldquoIt was really interestingrdquo Emma Moultrie a freshman majoring in psychology said ldquoWe taught them about Chinese food and we taught them how to use chopsticks and taught them about the foods they eat in Chinardquo

Moultrie said she heard about the program through Blount and although she does not speak Chinese wanted to foster rela-tionships with the students She said it is important to educate children about cultures other than their own Moultrie volun-teers helping translate letters from English to Chinese

Jin Wang a masterrsquos student studying mechanical engineer-ing is another international student helping with the Heart Touch Program

ldquoIrsquove done a lot volunteering stuff before and I found this program interestingrdquo Wang said ldquoIn this program Irsquom able to get to know young kids in America how they think what do they know about China what are their dreams I realize I can learn something from the kids and I can tell them how China actually looks like as wellrdquo

Yang said the students were eager to listen and learn about

Chinese culture especially when food was involved

ldquoThey sometimes ask me very good questionsrdquo Yang said ldquoSomeone asked me why there are so many lsquomade in Chinarsquo things It is very hard to answer but some of them do not know very much about Chinardquo

Yang is in her second year of the social work program at the University and said internation-al students need to get involved outside of the University

ldquoIt is very important for inter-national students because I am an international student and I know how they feelrdquo Yang said ldquoI clearly remember my first semester here I was new here and I didnrsquot know anyone I tried to get involved but I didnrsquot know how The reason why I devel-oped this program is to get more international students to get involved in the community so they can learn something about American culture and the com-munity experiencerdquo

Yang said she hopes to con-tinue the Heart Touch Program as long as she is at the Capstone She said she wants to help other UA students develop similar programs to get involved in the Tuscaloosa community

COLUMN | FOOD

By Christopher Chase Edmunds

Irsquom stressed out exhausted hungry and broke As a col-lege student this is my natural state of being and I am now accustomed to the bland taste of ramen noodles This past weekend however I ventured out of the ramen rut and used this collegiate staple food in several creative ways All of these recipes can be prepared with a microwave and I tried to keep the cost per serving as low as possible

Cuban Carnitas SoupI started off easy and decided

to try and spice up one of the most underrated ramen fla-vors Using just the pork fla-vored ramen and a few simple accents I created a carnitas-inspired dish that was expo-nentially more satisfying than the sum of its parts

First prepare the pork ramen as directed It would be best to leave as much of the broth as possible Then add a few pinches of cilantro a slice

of lime and hot sauce to taste Feel free to use more lime juice and less hot sauce if you are not a fan of spicy foods Remember to save your lime for any bever-ages you may prepare later

Ramen and Vegetable Stir-Fry

My next dish made use of canned fruits and veggies to

keep costs low and flavors varied Stir-fry dishes may not seem microwave-friendly but I assure you it is possible You

just need to heat your food add ingredients stir and heat again For this dish I used one can of mixed veggies and one small can of sliced mandarin

orangesFirst cook the noodles as

directed (I did not use the included flavor packet) Then drain all the water and add the mixed veggies and mandarin oranges A good ratio to use is two parts veggies to one part oranges Mix these all togeth-er with your favorite teriyaki or soy sauce and heat in the

microwave until warm Feel free to use packets of sauce from Chinese restaurants to cut down on costs

Chicken Parma-Ramen Disregarding the flavor

packets ramen is just cheap pasta I used this to my advan-tage and created the cheap-est easiest form of chicken Parmesan For this dish I made use of microwave-ready chicken breast regu-lar spaghetti sauce and sliced provolone

Cook the noodles first Remember that if noodles get cold they can always be reheated under a damp paper towel but meat loses flavor every time it is reheated Once the noodles are ready cook the chicken as directed Then add a slice of cheese to the chicken and heat for about 15 seconds on high This is just enough to melt the cheese Serve the chicken on a bed of noodles and drench in the spaghetti sauce heated to your preference

Variations on ramen noodle recipes spice up typical college student meals

SubmittedUniversity of Alabama students teach local elementary school Chinese culture through the Heart Touch progrms

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By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Unlike most art classes at The University of Alabama UH 155 a freshman honors class allows students to create pieces of art that will be sold at the Good Art Show which ben-efits Tuscaloosa One Place a community organization that serves each member of a fam-ily with specialized programs

Tonya Nelson the UA profes-sor who teaches the class said UH 155 focuses on ldquoThe Art of Giving Backrdquo

ldquoThe class requires [stu-dents] to serve as mentors for students in local kindergarten and elementary schools who

no longer have art programsrdquo Nelson said ldquoThey work on art projects together and just spend time talking about each othersrsquo dayrdquo

Sidney Stratton a freshman majoring in civil engineering said she had an idea to make a wire and bead design but changed her mind

ldquoI liked that the project would have a storyrdquo Stratton

said ldquoBut the students who would be helping are in the kin-dergarten so we worried that they would be really upset and confused about why the bead-ed craft they made was being taken away from them never to be seen againrdquo

In the end Stratton ended up creating Alabama and greek-themed koozies

ldquoI chose to do koozies

because I wanted students to be able to take a reminder of UA home with them for the summer wherever home may berdquo Stratton said

Jacob Powell a fresh-man majoring in finance and accounting was also a student in the class

ldquoIrsquom only doing one thing for the show ndash setting up a table with a connect-four board and letting passersby play in order to invent patterns to spray paint onto mouse padsrdquo Powell said ldquoIf they win they get to keep the mouse pad free of charge but I donrsquot expect to lose many times because to be honest Irsquove played more games of connect-four in the last five

years than anyone would think humanly possiblerdquo

The Good Art Show has been taking place for a few semesters and so far has raised $3000 to donate to Tuscaloosa One Place

Sarah Hartley a freshman majoring in biology helped with the financing aspect of the Good Art Show

ldquoA few weeks before the show we put up flyers and sent out emails among for stu-dents who werenrsquot a part of our class to submit art with half of their proceeds going to benefit Tuscaloosa One Placerdquo Hartley said ldquoAnd the art show is our only means of fundrais-ing so wersquore working hard to

make it a successrdquoHartley said the Good Art

Show is like any other art show except the students creating the work are not necessarily artists

ldquoThe concept of art being in each of our lives every day was a little foreign to me but now I see and appreciate things more in life because of the artistic values they possessrdquo Stratton said ldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspectiverdquo

The Good Art Show will take place Tuesday outside Nott Hall from 1-4 pm

Honors class uses art to benefi t Tuscaloosa One PlaceldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a

cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspective

mdash Sidney Stratton

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 9

By Alexandra EllsworthStaff Reporter

One memory sticks out to Margie Thompson from her time volunteering with Hospice of the Valley in Decatur Ala ndashcarrying bucket after bucket of blood from a hospice patientrsquos bedside

In a bright airy sun room a middle-aged woman lay in her home in the hospital bed that would house her until her death She was throwing up blood while a hospice nurse sat by her side

ldquoIt was really horriblerdquo Thompson said ldquoShe was com-pletely coherent Normally they give patients morphine to calm them and help ease the transition but she refusedrdquo

The woman suffered from colon cancer and the time had come for the family to come in and say goodbye

ldquoThe family has to give per-mission for the patient to dierdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed to hear it because the will to live is too strong The nurse coached them on exactly what to sayrdquo

That is what hospice does It strives to help dying patients transition into death as peace-fully as possible Hospice is a service offered to terminally ill patients often with a six-month life expectancy prognosis To be admitted patients must be no longer responsive to cure-oriented treatments

The focus of hospice is on caring not curing They pro-vide the terminally ill and their families medical care and both emotional and spiritual sup-port tailored to the patientrsquos needs and wishes According to Hospice Of West Alabamarsquos website hospice relies on the belief that a person has a right to die pain-free and with dig-nity and that his or her loved ones will receive the necessary support to allow the patient to do so

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization a nonprofit membership orga-nization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States reported an estimated 165 million patients in the US who received services from hospice in 2011 and approxi-mately 446 percent of all

deaths in the US were under the care of a hospice program According to NHPCO the first program opened in 1974 and more than 5300 exist today

Even on a gray day HOWA is unexpectedly uplifting Large windows let light into a foyer where a volunteer reception-ist like Gladys Ritchie greets visitors with a smile and points them in the right direction

Ritchie affectionately known as ldquoTroublerdquo among her co-workers has been volunteering with HOWA for more than 10 years HOWA needs volunteers like her to provide its service

HOWA is located on the cam-pus of the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center and a staff of 85 serves seven coun-ties in West Alabama The Helen H Hahn House HOWArsquos home looks out on the tranquil scenery of the central court-yard complete with a pond and gazebo

Kimberly Gibson volunteer coordinator for HOWA said the majority of hospice care is pro-vided in the place the patient calls home but HOWA is one of three hospice providers in the state that has an inpatient unit

The 10-bed HOWA inpatient facility located in the Hahn House offers homelike spac-es for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and a shared screened-in porch These porches are patient-accessible with French doors that open wide enough for a bed to be wheeled out onto the porch The chairs in the room convert into sleepers for family members who want to stay the night

ldquoWe tried to think of any obstacle that would keep a fam-ily member from being able to be hererdquo Gibson said ldquoThe inpatient facility also features a chapel for quiet moments as well as gathering places for patients and familiesrdquo

The comfortable environ-ment provided by HOWArsquos facil-ities supplement the care given by the staff and volunteers

Holly Mason a UA gradu-ate student working on her masterrsquos in social work cur-rently interns with HOWA and worked as volunteer before that She said she began volun-teering with HOWA after some-one from a hospice group spoke to her health psychology class

ldquoI thought hospice care was a really worthwhile service and wanted to get involvedrdquo Mason said ldquoMy favorite part about it has been getting to know the patients As a volun-teer I visited patients It gave me good perspective to talk to them I got to hear a lot of sto-ries about their livesrdquo

Additionally Mason said she enjoys getting to know the patients seeing pictures of their families and building relationships

ldquoHospice workers are not hired they are calledrdquo Gibson said ldquoThat is very true of our staff Hospice has to be something you are passionate aboutrdquo

For Laura Graham an RN for Hospice of North Alabama getting to know the family was one of her favorite parts of her job as a hospice nurse Grahamrsquos said it was also the most challenging ndash getting to know her patients and their families

ldquoWhen you lost a patient you also often lost the fam-ily toordquo she said ldquoUnderstandably many families donrsquot really want to keep in touch but I met a lot of people I never would have met otherwise and I loved thatrdquo

Graham from Decatur Ala worked as a hospice nurse for Hospice of North Alabama for two years and an administra-tor for three years As a nurse she was assigned between eight and 10 cases Graham spread her visits out during the week starting with visit-ing her patients just a couple of times a week but increas-ing the visits as death became more imminent

Graham worked to make the patient more comfortable while educating both the patient and family on the transition process She spent a lot of her time simply listening to her patients too

ldquoThe family members go through the five stages of grief but so did the patientsrdquo Graham said ldquoThey talk a lot reliving their lives and so they often just needed someone

to listenrdquoThe relationship that devel-

ops between an RN or volun-teer and the patient and fam-ily can also be a lasting and special bond For Diane Wiley getting to know one of the RNs who helped with the care of her mother was meaningful

ldquoWe just loved her to deathrdquo Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care ldquoShe was absolutely won-derful She became like a mem-ber of our familyrdquo

Wiley said only she and her sister were present when their mother passed away but immediately after she died Wiley called the RN

ldquoShe was offdutyrdquo Wiley said ldquoBut as soon as I called she camerdquo

The nurse handled all the paperwork for Wiley and her sister

ldquoMy mother was so ready to dierdquo Wiley said ldquoShe was ready to go be with the Lord She would go in her room and turn on Christian music and

tell us she was going to die right there in that bedrdquo

Nurses play a large role in car-ing for patients and families but another big part to hospice care is the volunteers Gibson and Wells both attested to the importance

of volunteer help at HOWAldquoWe have the best volunteers

of the area and that makes my job amazingrdquo Gibson said

Volunteers go through inten-sive training and their jobs include sitting with patients providing companionship or offering relief for caregivers and much more They also run errands like going to the bank or grocery store

Volunteers are also involved in other ways outside of patient care They make flow-er arrangements help keep HOWArsquos kitchen stocked work as receptionists and Gibson said they are important for fundraisers

ldquoVolunteers are vitally important to the success of fundraisers like our Fourth Annual Family 5k Run and Walk eventrdquo she said

This year the run was held at Munny Sokol Park in March and proceeds went to benefit patient care at HOWA

As a volunteer Thompson had the opportunity to build relationships with families and patients One of her first expe-riences with hospice was the woman with colon cancer

ldquoWhen I think of hospice every nurse I saw was so soothing caring and calmingrdquo Thompson said ldquoThe nurse stayed with [the woman with colon cancer] the whole timerdquo

The woman had two daugh-ters in high school One daugh-ter went in to say goodbye and one refused initially As the woman neared the end of her life her breathing became shallow and gasp-like and the second daughted relented

Tears streaming down her face the daughter looked at her mother face to face for what would be the last time Thompson said

ldquoI love you Mommardquo she said to her mother ldquoPlease go be with Jesusrdquo

Holding her daughterrsquos hand the woman gathered what was left of her strength to respond

ldquoI love you toordquo she said Within a few minutes she died

ldquoIt was as if she was waiting to see her daughter before she wentrdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed the closure before she could gordquo

ABOUT HOWAHospice of West Alabama

in addition to numerous volun-teers has 85 employees and serves hundreds of patients annually in Tuscaloosa Pickens Fayette Lamar Hale and Bibb counties The majority of their patients are usually seen at home The inpatient unit which has 10 beds has a waiting list and admittance is based on the patientrsquos prognosis The wait would vary on availability and the patientrsquos need for care HOWA is a nonprofit organi-zation Payment for hospice care comes from Medicare Medicaid and most private insurers Contributions from the community via United Way fund raising memorial and general donations help provide care to provide care to patients who have no health care coverage or have needs not covered by their insurance

Hospice of West Alabama offers patients peace

CW | Shannon AuvilThe Hospice of West Alabama is a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilStaff nurse Bobbie Garner at the Hospice of West Alabama a non-profi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilHOWA offers homelike spaces for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and screened-in porch

CW | Shannon AuvilMary Owens is a CNA at the Hospice of West Alabama a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

ldquolsquoWe just loved her to deathrsquo

[Diane] Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care lsquoShe

was absolutely wonderful lsquo

Editor | Marquavius Burnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcom

Tuesday April 9 2013SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

FOOTBALL

Offensive line takes shape as Tide returns to practiceBy Charlie PotterStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos offensive line lost three starters to graduation and the NFL draft this offsea-son while right guard Anthony Steen and left tackle Cyrus Kouandjio returned to the Capstone to continue their col-legiate careers this semester

The big challenge entering the spring was replacing such dynamic and experienced play-ers like Chance Warmack DJ Fluker and Barrett Jones at such an integral position

After the Crimson Tidersquos ninth spring practice on Monday Arie Kouandjio said the Crimson Tide is managing to retool its offensive line just fine

ldquoI feel good about all the guys on the linerdquo Kouandjio said ldquoI feel very confident in the abil-ity that we have on any side of the ball or any position Irsquom really confident in what we can do and what we can obtain this yearrdquo

Kouandjio has been play-ing at left guard so far this spring lining up next to his younger brother Cyrus Austin Shepherd has taken most of the first-team snaps at right guard this spring and Ryan Kelly has taken over the duties of playing center

The threesome are familiar with each other having worked together last season on the sec-ond-team unit and Kouandjio said that experience has helped them to build a bond that just keeps growing

ldquoIt gave us something to build on and wersquove just got to

keep building keep stacking those bricksrdquo

Kouandjio said it was a bless-ing to be able to be at the top of the depth chart But he was especially happy to be able to line up beside his brother

ldquoItrsquos insanerdquo he said ldquoI love it Wersquore really in sync and we know how each of us feel We donrsquot even have to talk that much to know whatrsquos going on and stuff like that with each other Itrsquos really coolrdquo

He said he and his brother have been through a lot and have used their experiences together growing up to their advantage on the playing field

In Cyrusrsquos first year at Alabama both brothers suf-fered injuries and went through rehabilitation together It was then that they started to push each other to become better players by making everything a competition

ldquoThatrsquos when the competi-tion came in and that helped a lotrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoWe turned it into a game and wersquore here nowrdquo

Alabama returns to practice

on Wednesday

CW | Alaina ClarkQuarterback Parker McLeod left and wide receiver Ty Reed participate in the Tidersquos spring practice

PRACTICE NOTESbull Trey DePriest donned a black no-contact jersey on Monday after accumulating four tackles and two intercep-tions in Saturdayrsquos simulated scrimmage He worked on the stationary bikes with Kevin Norwood and John Fulton bull Dee Hart who had been practicing with the defensive backs this spring was found with running backs on Mon-day He still wore a black no-contact jersey bull Ryan Anderson worked with defensive coordinator Kirby Smart and the inside linebackers on Monday insteaw of his usual position at outside linebacker The move was probably made because of the injury to DePriest

CW | Alaina ClarkTide receiver Deandrew White second from right wore a black no-contact jersey during practice Saturday

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 11

By Charlie Potter

The 2012-13 college bas-ketball season is officially finished but the offseason is already in full swing for every program in the coun-try including The University of Alabama

Head coach Anthony Grant and his assistants are hot on the recruiting trail in search of a third piece to their 2013 recruiting class a class that already pos-sesses center Jimmy Taylor and power forward Shannon Hale

The player the Crimson Tide wants and needs to secure ndash or resecure ndash is Jaren Sina

Sina a 6-2 point guard from Gill St Bernardrsquos School in Gladstone NJ originally committed to Alabama as a

sophomore but he decom-mitted and chose to go to Northwestern instead Since then he has been released from his scholarship with the Wildcats after the team fired head coach Bill Carmody

He now lists his top four choices as Alabama Northwestern Seton Hall and Indiana Sina plans to visit the Capstone on Thursday and make a deci-sion on where he will play

college basketball before the April 17 deadline

Securing Sina would increase the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12 and that would certainly help in terms of depth as Alabama suffered from the losses of Carl Engstrom and Andrew Steele last season

It would also give Grant a third point guard on his ros-ter as Trevor Releford will be a senior in the upcoming season and Retin Obasohan is still learning the game Any additions at that posi-tion will be welcomed

But most importantly it will give the Tide an offen-sive weapon alongside a couple of inside defensive threats and Grant needs those aspects in his fifth year at Alabama

The Tide missed the

NCAA tournament this year and it can be argued that it must get back to the Big Dance and make some noise in order for Grant to receive a contract extension With Sina in the fold Grant will have a deep bench and pleth-ora of guards to work with to make a run at next yearrsquos March Madness

If Sina decides to come to Alabama he will join Releford Trevor Lacey Levi Randolph Rodney Cooper and Obasohan to com-plete one the best crop of guards in the Southeastern Conference

But if Sina spurns Grantrsquos offer the Tide will lose out on an excellent 3-point shooter and pinpoint passer It could be a big blow in what could be Grantrsquos final season in Tuscaloosa

Alabama needs to land Jaren Sina one more timeCOLUMN

Crimson Tide set to play 2-game midweek seriesBy Kevin ConnellStaff Reporter

The No 22 University of Alabama baseball team con-cludes its six-game home stand with a two-game mid-week series against the Alcorn State Braves Tuesday and Wednesday First pitches are set for 605 pm on Tuesday and 505 pm on Wednesday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium

The Crimson Tide (20-13 8-4

Southeastern Conference) is just one win shy of matching last seasonrsquos 21 wins for the entire 2012 season when it fin-ished in last place in the SEC As it stands now Alabama sits in a three-way tie with Arkansas and South Carolina for second place in the SEC behind Vanderbilt and LSU

Alabama was soundly beaten in its first two games against No 9 Arkansas this past weekend but responded

well in the series finale on Saturday with an impressive 5-0 victory Sophomore right-hander Spencer Turnbull (4-1 222 ERA) who was nominated as the SEC Pitcher of the Week following another strong start on Saturday praised the Tidersquos defense after the win for bailing him out when his slider wasnrsquot working

The defense was great behind me continuing to make playsrdquo Turnbull said ldquoI didnrsquot really have a slider at all today

but I was able to keep them off balance enough where they couldnrsquot just sit on my

fastball and it worked out pretty goodrdquo

A consistent defense will be beneficial to have even against an Alcorn State team that is just 8-25 on the year However the Braves are on a two-game

winning streak coming into the midweek series against the Tide after defeating 19-5 Alabama State twice

Turnbull stressed the importance of scoring early runs after Alabamarsquos win against Arkansas on Saturday ndash a theme that applies for all starting pitchers in baseball

ldquoI was confident today that if we could get at least two that we could winrdquo Turnbull said ldquoItrsquos hard to shut out a team completely but with [Brett] Booth getting us start-ed early it was a huge lift for us earlyrdquo

Booth the starting senior catcher gave the Tide the early lift it needed its last time out with a solo home run ndash his third of the season ndash in the second inning against Arkansas on Saturday He

leads the team in batting average (299) runs scored (30) RBIs (23) slugging percentage (419) and on-base percentage (401)

Despite losing two of the three games in the series the Tide has won 10 of its last 14 games Booth said he was confident on where the team currently stands now

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been play-ing some good baseballrdquo he said

Redshirt junior right-hand-er Tucker Hawley (4-2 219 ERA) will start for Alabama Tuesday Wednesdayrsquos starter has yet to be announced

BASEBALL

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been playing

some good baseball

mdash Brett Booth

After a 5-0 victory Saturday the Tide sit in a 3-way tie for No 2 SEC spot ahead of Alcorn State games

ldquo Securing Sina would in-crease the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12

and that would certainly help in terms of depth

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UA softball team to host MVSU Delta Devils Tuesday By Alexis PaineStaff Reporter

The University of Alabama softball team will play the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils Tuesday in the fifth game of its 10-game home stand

The Tide played Southeastern Conference opponent Missouri last week-end claiming a 2-1 record in the series The team defeated the Tigers by an eight-run margin in the last game of the series after falling to its opponents on Saturday Head coach Patrick Murphy said he hopes the huge score differential Sunday sets the speed for the two games this week and for the rest of the season

ldquoIrsquom hoping our offense will keep going because thatrsquos what we needrdquo Murphy said ldquoI mean the offense if it keeps going wersquore going to be fine

the rest of the year because [Missourirsquos Chelsea Thomas] is one of the best pitchers in the country and to score fourteen against them is saying some-thingrdquo

Last weekendrsquos series brought the Tidersquos record to 10-5 in SEC play and 35-6 over-all Murphy said the season has been tough so far because of the intensity brought by oppo-nents and that the Tide has played a majority of its con-ference games on the road He said the team needs to under-stand this as they go into the rest of the season

ldquoYou know the first four weekends three are on the

road and anybody that plays us is going to play out of their minds and play their best game and we know thatrdquo Murphy said ldquoWe expect that and I think the girls are finally real-izing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow uprdquo

Junior Mollie Fichtner said the Tide is not taking the non-conference opponent lightly She said the team will still focus on playing ldquoAlabama ballrdquo against the Devils The team is focusing on the finer points of the game as it goes into the midweek game Fichtner said

ldquoYoursquove got to do the little thingsrdquo Fichtner said ldquoTheyrsquoll

turn into the big things So just take it every single inning We have some adjustments to make and those are great opportunities to make themrdquo

Murphy said he is look-ing for everyone to step up in the game against Mississippi Valley State Lauren Sewell is set to pitch Tuesday in a game that will help decide the teamrsquos weekend practice schedule

ldquoLauren definitely gets to pitch and then we need to clean it up the whole weekrdquo Murphy said These are two big games because we have the weekend off and depending on how we do they either get Thursday off or we practice Thursday Then Friday Saturday Sunday [are] completely off Itrsquos been on the calendar since September so itrsquos good I totally believe in what Coach Saban says One day off is good but two days off is great and three days off is awesome For an arm thatrsquos

Alabama golfer Cory Whitsett ranked 3rd nationallyBy Bryan BergmanContributing Writer

As the Alabama menrsquos golf team rolls through its season a large part of the teamrsquos suc-cess can be attributed to the play of junior Cory Whitsett

Whitsett began the season ranked No 8 in Golfweekrsquos preseason top 10 and he has only improved from there ranked No3 in the nation as of April 7th His 7096 aver-age leads the team and is seventh in the country

Whitsett began the season with a third-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic which helped the team to a victory at that event He then tied for the individual title at the Tidersquos

second-place finish at the Southern Highlands Masters His first-place finishes at the Linger Longer Invitational and Aggie Invitational led the Tide to victories in those tournaments He now has five career victories tied for second most in school history

ldquoIrsquove tried to play with a lot more self-belief this year Irsquove hit some bad shots

and been in some difficult situations but Irsquove just com-pletely trusted myself and gotten out of it that wayrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett a native of Houston Texas came to Alabama as one of the most accomplished recruits in school history In 2007 he became one of only five fifteen-year old players to win the US Junior Amateur Championship participat-ing in the first of three US Amateur Championships the same year In 2010 he was selected as the National High School Senior Athlete of the Year for menrsquos golf after tying for the state title Head coach Jay Seawell said he

was happy about his decision to recruit Whitsett to Alabama

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disappointed But the best part is hersquos a great young manrdquo Seawell said ldquoOn and off the golf course hersquos a class act Hersquos a hard worker who takes pride in all he does and being a part of Alabamardquo

He made an immediate impact upon arriving at Alabama finishing with a 7139 scoring average second on the team and an Alabama rookie record (since bro-ken by Justin Thomas) Four top-five finishes including his first of three victories at

the Linger Longer Invitational led to him being named to the All-Mickelson Team honoring the countryrsquos best freshmen as well as Golfweekrsquos All-Freshman Team and a consensus second-team All-American

Whitsett turned in anoth-er outstanding season as a sophomore last year finish-ing the season ranked No 13 overall with wins at the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic and Linger Longer Invitational He was named a consensus second-team All-American first-team All-SEC and SEC Academic Honor Roll along with the NCAA Elite 89 Award which is given to the

student-athlete at the NCAA Championships with the high-est GPA His efforts helped bring the Tide an SEC champi-onship but the team fell short at the NCAA Championships losing to Texas in the finals Whitsett said he looks forward to having another chance to compete for the championship this season

ldquoI want to win a National Championship with the team We came so close last year and really got a taste of what it would be like To not get [the championship] is one of the worst feelings Irsquove ever hadrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett and the Tide will be back in action at the SEC Championships on April 19th

MENrsquoS GOLF

SOFTBALL

been throwing since mid-Sep-tember in Traina and Jury itrsquoll be good for themrdquo

The Tide will take on the Devils Tuesday at 6 pm in the Rhoads Softball Stadium The team will continue at home against The University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers Wednesday

Contributing writer Kelly Ward contributed to this article

ldquoI think the girls are fi nally realizing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow up

mdash Patrick Murphy

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disap-pointed But the best part is hersquos a

great young man

mdash Jay Seawell

IF YOU GObull What Softball v MVSU

bull When Tuesday 6 pm

bull Where Rhoads Softball Stadium

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In a Feb 20 interview with The Crimson White Art Dunning pro-fessor and senior research fellow in the Education Policy Center said he was one of what he approximates to be 10-15 African-American students during his undergraduate years at the University When Dunning matriculated in 1966 the Universityrsquos total enrollment was 12995 accord-ing to the Office of Institutional Research and Assessmentrsquos 2012-2013 Fact Book According to the University website 13 percent of the 33602 undergraduate students enrolled in the fall semester of 2012 identified as African-American

ldquoThatrsquos better than [the University of California] Berkeley when I was thererdquo McKnight says (According to the Office of Planning and Analysis at UC Berkeley 874 of the schoolrsquos 25774 fall 2012 under-graduate enrollment identified as African-American or 339 percent) ldquoWersquove got better diversity num-bers than most western schools most northeastern schoolsrdquo

But in brim-packed Burke Dining Hall immediately following our conversation the number of lunch tables at which black and white peo-ple were seated together was one

ldquoThough it is often subdued and indirect racism does exist on cam-pus and is an important issuerdquo Shashank Wattel a sophomore majoring in electrical and comput-er engineering said in an emailed message

No one planted his or her body in defiance between another human and the drink machine No insults were lobbed from one end of the salad bar to the other But with the exception of that one table repre-sentatives of different ethnic groups engaged in little to no interaction Certainly not overwhelming evi-dence of collective racist thought but according to McKnight itrsquos dif-ficult to tell whether or not people are getting along if they are not even getting together

ldquoEverybody here has access to black people If yoursquove grown up and lived in Alabama all of your life thatrsquos more unique than you may thinkrdquo McKnight says (Approximately 26 percent

and 40 percent of Alabama and Tuscaloosarsquos respective populations identified as African-American in the 2010 US Census According to the same data set 55 percent of the nationrsquos black population resided in the South) ldquoIrsquove known people from other parts of the country who told me they never even had the oppor-tunity to speak with a black person until they got to college Yoursquore going to have a hard time pulling that off in Alabama

ldquoWhy not take advantage of that history of familiarity ndash of conflict ndash between races Having grown up in this state you have the tools to iden-tify the problems and contribute to the development of the solutions Once we get out of our own way we can really start to learn from each other and figure stuff out rdquo

Colby Moeller a freshman from California majoring in marketing and finance said he has not per-sonally encountered or observed a situation of outright racial tension but he perceives the subject as a consistently more prominent issue in Alabama than in his home state

ldquoEspecially with born-and-raised Southerners and Alabamians it seems like something people tune into more something people talk about and disagree and make a big deal over more than the people I know on the West Coastrdquo Moeller said

McKnight feels disagreement should not be mistaken for an obsta-cle to understanding and improve-ment but rather a catalyst

ldquoI donrsquot think we have any prob-lems here in Tuscaloosa or Alabama ndash issues beyond the social level of race relations like disproportional imprisonment or resource availabil-ity that they donrsquot have in Georgia or Mississippi or even Boston or Seattlerdquo he said

According to a June 2010 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics approximately 40 percent of inmates held in federal state or local prisons at June 30 2009 were of black non-Hispanic origin 2010 Census data show 146 percent of non-Hispanic American citizens identified as African-American in 2010

ldquoWhatrsquos different is the issues are visible here Thatrsquos a good thing People have acknowledged that these problems exist They acknowledged them 50 years ago and the fact that we are even sitting

here talking about the anniversary of integration is a great thing It shows people are thinking about it now

ldquoSo once again the University is placed at the center of this whole historical issue because universi-ties are where students learn to think critically and challenge their ideas and the ideas of othersrdquo

Elayne Savage now a communi-cation consultant and author living in Berkeley attended the University as an undergraduate in the early 1960s and served with the group of student campus leaders then Dean of Men John L Blackburn coordi-nated to ensure the Universityrsquos peaceful integration in 1963 She said disagreement should also not be mistaken for disrespect

ldquoYou have to have multiple sides to an argument especially one like this one or nothing will get done Disagreement and challenge fuels meaningful discussionrdquo she said in a Feb 20 interview with The Crimson White ldquoBut therersquos a dif-ference between disagreeing and hurtingrdquo

In many cases McKnight feels necessary arguments are shut down and closed up before they even begin

ldquoThe questions we were asking 50 years ago are not the questions we need to be asking now Back then we were trying to figure out if black and white people could go to the same school ndash now wersquove figured that one out But there are new questions to ask ones students need to be asking of themselves and othersrdquo he said ldquoItrsquos easy to fall into this blame game thing where one side says lsquothose people are lazyrsquo

and the other says lsquoI wasnrsquot given enough opportunity to succeedrsquo That benefits nobody

ldquoThe people who donrsquot want anything to change want to keep arguments at that superficial level because nothing gets done that way But therersquos always a secondary level of questioning and discussion and thatrsquos where people learn and changerdquo

Our discussion began under the pretenses of investigating the true depth of the Universityrsquos steps towards improved race relations over the course of the 50 years since integration both as an institution and a student body but McKnight feels such an exploration is largely a trivial one

ldquoWersquore not going to get anywhere by looking and back and saying lsquothis should have been done differently back in the 1970srsquo or wondering how much has changed here since 1963rdquo he says ldquoThe fact is regard-less of how we got to this point this is the present and we need to take ownership of what wersquove inheritedrdquo

The onus is on students he saidldquoIf you donrsquot take responsibility

for questioning each other defin-ing problems and determining solu-tions who willrdquo

Dunning approaches each day with the same perspective and said he regularly encourages students to do the same

ldquoWhenever I meet or talk with any student I always ask them lsquowhat do you think the problems are on this campus in our societyrsquordquo Dunning said ldquoAnd then I ask them lsquowhat have you done today ndash what are you doing right now ndash to solve themrsquordquo

DOORS FROM PAGE 1

Many say they can still lsquoperceiversquo racism at UA SGA offi cials

outline goals for next year at fi rst meetingBy Mark HammontreeStaff Reporter

The newly elected and appointed execu-tive officers of the Student Government Association held their first executive meeting Monday night in their conference room in theFerguson Center

The meeting began with new SGA President Jimmy Taylor bringing the meeting to order and giving the officers a basic idea ofhow future executive meetings will progress Then the new group of officers introduced themselves to the others each giving a short statement of their vision and goals for the coming year

Following the meet-and-greet Brennan Johnson Taylorrsquos chief of staff was officially sworn into office by new Chief Justice Ben Sleight

After that the officers ldquogot down to busi-nessrdquo as Taylor put it Each informed the others of current and future projects goals and propositions ranging from plans for next yearrsquos RAGE concert to possible scholarship programs

Sleight said the meeting was basically what he was expecting and its well-organized structure made for an efficient dissemination of information

ldquoIt appeared to be a good place to have opendialogue over ideas both amongst the vice presidents and their divisions as well as the different branches of governmentrdquo Sleight said ldquoIrsquom looking forward to working with everyone in the roomrdquo

Madalyn Vaughn the new director of administration and an SGA veteran of two years said the meeting which lasted roughly 20 minutes went well and got the new officers prepared for the upcoming year Vaughn alsosaid meetings will get longer in the future asthe officers have more information to give out

ldquoJimmy is a veteran as well he was here with us last year so the meetings are pretty routine in the way we go around the table and give our updates in orderrdquo Vaughn saidldquoThis group is a very exciting group a lot of them are new faces which is always good for SGA because it brings new ideas to the table It seems like everyone is really excited and ready to workrdquo

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Tuesday April 9 2013

By Kyle Dennan and John BurlesonCW Staff

Last weekend 2000 University of Alabama stu-dents were able watch the Tide compete in the NCAA Regional meet in Tuscaloosa free of charge thanks to the gymnastics booster club the Medalist Club

Athletic programs at the University rely heavily on support from athletic booster clubs Most booster clubs like the gymnastics Medalist Club are run independently of the University Athletics

DepartmentThe Medalist Club was offi-

cially organized in 1987 to sup-port all aspects of Alabama gymnastics There are cur-rently more than 300 mem-berships with more than 700

individual members accord-ing to the 2012 Gymnastics Media Guide

Leesa Davis a board mem-ber for the Medalist Club and radio broadcaster for all UA gymnastics meets on 907 the Capstone said there are a number of functions that the Medalist Club ful-fills outside of just attending the meets These functions include assisting in purchas-ing new equipment sponsor-ship of member and student bus trips to conference com-petitions helping purchase tickets so students can attend meets sponsoring banquets

Alabama teams rely on booster club support

By Chandler WrightAssistant News Editor

Students on campus have worked to create The Alumni Affair an annual event to bring together black alumni from The University of Alabama

ldquoThe Alumni Affair is an event that we look to hold annu-ally during A-Day weekend to create an environment for our alumni to interact with the cur-rent undergraduate students and foster and cultivate new relationships that in turn bring the African-American commu-nity here at UA closer togetherrdquo Alexandria Washington one of the student organizers said ldquoWe saw a need on campus to bring our community closer together so we brainstormed when would be the most effec-tive time to have everyone together and what could we do to have everyone on the same page greeksrdquo

The Alumni Affair is at 730 pm on April 19 at Central High School Washington said the

event will feature both alum-ni and current members of National Pan-Hellenic Council sororities and fraternities Groups of five or more will pres-ent 8-10 minute ldquostep teasesrdquo shorter versions of a full step show routine

ldquoIrsquom looking forward to seeing the greeks step and stroll from my freshman yearrdquo Washington said ldquoI remember as a freshman how I felt watching a genuine good show from start to finish because they put so much heart and dedication into itrdquo

Washington said the event will feature alumni who were students at the University as far back as the 1990s

ldquoThere are greeks coming to this event that pledged in the 90s For them to email and get in contact with us has been the thing to put a smile on our faces because this is going to be an event that no one will want to missrdquo she said

Washington said The Alumni Affair provides a good opportu-nity for black students to reflect on the strides made on campus toward racial inclusivity

ldquoI believe that itrsquos important for students to get involved with programs like this is because itrsquos a part of our historyrdquo Washington said ldquoFifty years ago African-Americans being students here was unheard of and now 50 years later we are here and we need to pay hom-age to thatrdquo

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at alumnistepteaseeventbritecom Proceeds from this event will be donated to Central Highrsquos Youth 4 Christ program as well as the UA Chapter of Black Student Union Doors open at 630 pm

and receptions supporting the radio broadcast along with WVUA and contribut-ing scholarship money to athletes

ldquoOur greatest continu-ing contribution is the Medalist Club Post-Graduate Scholarship Fund which provides an opportunity to attend graduate school at the University for anyone who has made a significant con-tribution to the gymnastics programrdquo Davis said ldquoIt is such a privilege to be a part of a winning program in both the arena and the classroom Whether our gymnastics team wins championships or car-ries a 40 GPA they inspire us as a club to do our best to help them achieve their goalsrdquo

The Medalist Club is not the only one of its kind at the University with larger sports

like football also having boost-er club support For football the booster club is the Red Elephant Club the only boost-er club run by the athletics department

Tommy Ford assistant athletics director for donor programs said there are 10 in-state and two out-of-state clubs that make up the entire Red Elephant Club

ldquoThe Red Elephant Club has a set of bylaws which govern the club which were written in 2004 and have about 200 to 300 members each It totals up to about 2000 members in the club Members come to campus three times a year for different events but due to scheduling conflicts we usually only have about 1000 members on cam-pus at one of the eventsrdquo Ford said

Ford said each member

has individual dues that usu-ally range from $200-$300 ayear that they pay to theirclub From those dues toeach club about $100 is paidto the University and is usedto create an endowmentscholarship

The thing each of the athlet-ic booster clubs have in com-mon despite being run andoperated in different ways is alove for UA athletics

Davis said the Medalist Clubmembers come from all walksof life and age groups

ldquoWhat all of our membershave in common is a love forAlabama and this gymnasticsprogramrdquo Davis said ldquoFor mepersonally I love being able tobe part of the broadcast teamthat brings live coverage to ourfans Describing Bama gym-nastics winning back-to-backchampionships was pricelessrdquo

African-American alumni return for greek showcase

ldquo What all of our members have in common is a love for Alabama and this gymnastics

program

mdashLeesa Davis

ldquo Fifty years ago African-Americans being students here was unheard of and now 50 years later we are here and we need to pay

homage to that

mdash Alexandria Washington

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By Ashley TrippStaff Reporter

Kelly Roy was just 18 months old when her parents filed for divorce

ldquoMy parents have been divorced for basically my entire liferdquo Roy said ldquoI only remember them being divorced so I guess the plus side of it all is I donrsquot remem-ber the whole lsquofamily falling apartrsquo issuerdquo

Roy a sophomore major-ing in communications is one of the many students at The University of Alabama deal-ing with divorce Roy said the effects of her parentrsquos divorce have affected her college experience

ldquoItrsquos difficult getting both of my parents to take care of my tuitionrdquo Roy said ldquoInstead of having a married couple I have to rely on two people who donrsquot always pay on time which is difficult especially since they donrsquot really speak with each otherrdquo

Roy said holidays and simply driving home for the weekend can be problematic as well

ldquoWhenever I want to go home on the weekends I always have to ask myself whose home should I go home tordquo Roy said ldquoMy parents only live a few hours a part but I canrsquot really visit both in one weekend hellip I always end up driving constantlyrdquo

Lee Keyes executive direc-tor of the Counseling Center at the University said the topic

of divorce is a fairly frequent reason that students come to the Center

ldquoGiven that over half of marriages end in divorce it is expected that this would be on the minds of many studentsrdquo Keyes said ldquoMany times stu-dents feel lsquocaught in the mid-dlersquo and struggle with some of the negative communication patterns in which couples in conflict engage hellip This causes stress worry and sadness and students come to work through those issuesrdquo

While the Counseling Center does see divorce occurring long before the student arrives at school it also sees divorce emerging after students go off to college

Keyes said students whose parents were divorced in the past have had at least some time to adjust and manage any issues that result but the lat-ter group deals with stress and changes right here and now

ldquoThe latter is probably more common simply because the total number of years involved is greater than the four or so that students are in schoolrdquo Keyes said ldquoThe problems they experience are acute and feel more overwhelming or worrisomerdquo

Olivia Gartzman a fresh-man majoring in public rela-tions said her parents got divorced when she was reach-ing her teen years a time when she needed her mother the most

ldquoI had to learn to be a big

girl by myself and learn how to put on makeup and suchrdquo Gartzman said

Now a freshman in college Gartzman said she is expe-riencing new things and fac-ing new challenges without a mother figure to share it with

ldquoIrsquove learned from my sisters and friends here at UA to make the best with what you have and to not dwell on the things you donrsquot have the power to changerdquo Gartzman said ldquoThedivorce and not really having a mother figure in my life has hit me hard but it has also mademe a stronger person for right now as well as the futurerdquo

The Counseling Center pro-vides programming on healthy relationships assertive com-munication and stress man-agement all of which may be related to the issue of divorce

ldquoWe can also provide free support groups for students whose parents [are] divorced or are divorcing when there is enough interest for us to do sordquo Keyes said

Keyes said students dealing with divorce should come to the Counseling Center early

ldquoDonrsquot wait until it affects other parts of your life such as school or other relation-shipsrdquo Keyes said ldquoItrsquos impor-tant to know that methods of coping and communicating effectively are available and can be learned hellip The nega-tive aspects of this issue can be minimized so that one canpreserve healthy relationshipswith family and othersrdquo

Students learn to cope with high divorce rate

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 7

UA graduate school awards top students 2012-13 honorsBy Adrienne BurchAssistant News Editor

In addition to the under-graduate awards given last week during the Universityrsquos Honors Week The University of Alabama Graduate School awarded its students with top honors

Three faculty committees selected the eight most out-standing graduate students from a pool of students from each individual college

John Schmitt assistant dean of the graduate school said the selected students won awards previously with-in their college or school and then went on to be awarded overall graduate school awards

ldquoThese are the best of the best from the college-wide winnersrdquo Schmitt said ldquoThese are the most advanced degrees the University has to offer making this a really out-standing accomplishmentrdquo

Schmitt said these awards were bestowed primarily based on the studentsrsquo work on either their master theses or dissertation and every award is different because the individual pieces of research are vastly different

ldquoThe work they have done is going to launch them into their careers whether it is a doctoral student going into education or a masterrsquos stu-dent looking for a jobrdquo he said

Outstanding Doctoral Dis-sertation

John C Mitcham College of Arts and Sciences depart-ment of history

Mitcham won for his manu-script ldquoSea League of All the Britons Race Identity and Imperial Defense 1868ndash1914rdquo His dissertation chairperson was John Beeler a profes-sor in the department of his-tory In his work Mitcham explores the cultural social and political dimensions of British imperial policy dur-ing the late 19th and early 20th centuries His project provides the first comprehen-sive study of the cultural and racial origins of the imperial defense partnership

Yanping Zhang College of

Engineering department of computer science

Zhang won for her manu-script ldquoSurveillance and Intrusion Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks Design Analysis and Evaluationrdquo Her dissertation chairperson was Yang Xiao a professor in the department of computer science Zhangrsquos research incorporated ideas from multiple disciplines including computer science biology animal behavior and communication She modeled the social and communication behavior of primates which provide biological inspiration for solving problems in com-munication and networking

Outstanding Masterrsquos Thesis

K Lance Wilson College of Arts and Sciences depart-ment of geological sciences

Wilson won for his man-uscript ldquoThe Origin and Development of the Tampa Embayment Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of the Eastern Gulf of Mexicordquo His thesis chairperson was Delores Robinson an associ-ate professor of geological sciences The thesis provided a tectonic evolution of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico based on the seismic lines that he interpreted His research allows people to determine where rocks which may be full of hydrocarbons might be located

Excellence in Teaching by a Masterrsquos Student

Allison Hiss College of Arts and Sciences department of modern languages and classics

Hissrsquo teaching style dem-onstrates resourcefulness as well as understanding of com-municative language teaching methods She has been instru-mental in implementing cre-ative extra-curricular activi-ties for the French program and served as the assistant to the director of the Alabama-in-France study abroad pro-gram in summer 2012

Excellence in Teaching by a Doctoral Student

Jefferson Walker College of Communication and

Information Sciences doctor-al program in Communication and Information Sciences

Walker possesses the abil-ity to teach and lead his stu-dents and fosters a sense of life-long learning that con-tributes to his teaching suc-cess He is consistently evalu-ated among the top doctoral teachers in the department

Excellence in Research by a Masterrsquos Student

Zachary Wahl-Alexander College of Education depart-ment of kinesiology

Wahl-Alexander has produced an impressivelist of publications that includes three publications in American and European journals three published abstracts and nine peer-reviewed presentations He has been able to secure external funding to sup-port the research projects that he initiated organized and conducted

Excellence in Research by a Doctoral Student

Matthew Shannon College of Engineering department of chemical and biological engi-neering

Shannon has conducted groundbreaking research in his field that is consistently cited by external research groups He has eight peer-reviewed publications in highly respected chemical engineering and chemistry journals and he has made six presentations at conferences He is also the co-inventor on one US and PCT patent application

Outstanding Service by a Graduate Student

Dr Rosemary Clement College of Nursing DNP Program

Dr Clement has worked tirelessly to promote breast cancer awareness in her home state of South Carolina and internationally through her volunteer work in Ghana Africa She has established support groups for women with cancer funding sources for women who cannot afford mammograms and pet thera-py sessions with her certified therapy dog

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Tuesday April 9 2013CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

Local children learn other cultures with Heart TouchBy Abbey CrainStaff Reporter

Fan Yang came to The University of Alabama from China to study social work but decided to make an impact on the community by sharing her culture with local fourth grad-ers Yang designed the Heart Touch Program to connect American students to Chinese students with help from the Center for Community Based Partnership and Tuscaloosarsquos One Place an after school pro-gram

ldquoMy concentration is children and their familiesrdquo Yang said ldquoI love children and I try to pro-vide them something I think the unique thing I can provide is about my background because I am from China I know about Chinese culture so I think thatrsquos the best thing I can provide themrdquo

Yang along with other stu-dent volunteers visits seven elementary schools a week lec-turing on Chinese culture and helping students write letters to students in China One week she brought Chinese food donated by Lai Lai and taught students to use chopsticks

ldquoIt was really interestingrdquo Emma Moultrie a freshman majoring in psychology said ldquoWe taught them about Chinese food and we taught them how to use chopsticks and taught them about the foods they eat in Chinardquo

Moultrie said she heard about the program through Blount and although she does not speak Chinese wanted to foster rela-tionships with the students She said it is important to educate children about cultures other than their own Moultrie volun-teers helping translate letters from English to Chinese

Jin Wang a masterrsquos student studying mechanical engineer-ing is another international student helping with the Heart Touch Program

ldquoIrsquove done a lot volunteering stuff before and I found this program interestingrdquo Wang said ldquoIn this program Irsquom able to get to know young kids in America how they think what do they know about China what are their dreams I realize I can learn something from the kids and I can tell them how China actually looks like as wellrdquo

Yang said the students were eager to listen and learn about

Chinese culture especially when food was involved

ldquoThey sometimes ask me very good questionsrdquo Yang said ldquoSomeone asked me why there are so many lsquomade in Chinarsquo things It is very hard to answer but some of them do not know very much about Chinardquo

Yang is in her second year of the social work program at the University and said internation-al students need to get involved outside of the University

ldquoIt is very important for inter-national students because I am an international student and I know how they feelrdquo Yang said ldquoI clearly remember my first semester here I was new here and I didnrsquot know anyone I tried to get involved but I didnrsquot know how The reason why I devel-oped this program is to get more international students to get involved in the community so they can learn something about American culture and the com-munity experiencerdquo

Yang said she hopes to con-tinue the Heart Touch Program as long as she is at the Capstone She said she wants to help other UA students develop similar programs to get involved in the Tuscaloosa community

COLUMN | FOOD

By Christopher Chase Edmunds

Irsquom stressed out exhausted hungry and broke As a col-lege student this is my natural state of being and I am now accustomed to the bland taste of ramen noodles This past weekend however I ventured out of the ramen rut and used this collegiate staple food in several creative ways All of these recipes can be prepared with a microwave and I tried to keep the cost per serving as low as possible

Cuban Carnitas SoupI started off easy and decided

to try and spice up one of the most underrated ramen fla-vors Using just the pork fla-vored ramen and a few simple accents I created a carnitas-inspired dish that was expo-nentially more satisfying than the sum of its parts

First prepare the pork ramen as directed It would be best to leave as much of the broth as possible Then add a few pinches of cilantro a slice

of lime and hot sauce to taste Feel free to use more lime juice and less hot sauce if you are not a fan of spicy foods Remember to save your lime for any bever-ages you may prepare later

Ramen and Vegetable Stir-Fry

My next dish made use of canned fruits and veggies to

keep costs low and flavors varied Stir-fry dishes may not seem microwave-friendly but I assure you it is possible You

just need to heat your food add ingredients stir and heat again For this dish I used one can of mixed veggies and one small can of sliced mandarin

orangesFirst cook the noodles as

directed (I did not use the included flavor packet) Then drain all the water and add the mixed veggies and mandarin oranges A good ratio to use is two parts veggies to one part oranges Mix these all togeth-er with your favorite teriyaki or soy sauce and heat in the

microwave until warm Feel free to use packets of sauce from Chinese restaurants to cut down on costs

Chicken Parma-Ramen Disregarding the flavor

packets ramen is just cheap pasta I used this to my advan-tage and created the cheap-est easiest form of chicken Parmesan For this dish I made use of microwave-ready chicken breast regu-lar spaghetti sauce and sliced provolone

Cook the noodles first Remember that if noodles get cold they can always be reheated under a damp paper towel but meat loses flavor every time it is reheated Once the noodles are ready cook the chicken as directed Then add a slice of cheese to the chicken and heat for about 15 seconds on high This is just enough to melt the cheese Serve the chicken on a bed of noodles and drench in the spaghetti sauce heated to your preference

Variations on ramen noodle recipes spice up typical college student meals

SubmittedUniversity of Alabama students teach local elementary school Chinese culture through the Heart Touch progrms

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By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Unlike most art classes at The University of Alabama UH 155 a freshman honors class allows students to create pieces of art that will be sold at the Good Art Show which ben-efits Tuscaloosa One Place a community organization that serves each member of a fam-ily with specialized programs

Tonya Nelson the UA profes-sor who teaches the class said UH 155 focuses on ldquoThe Art of Giving Backrdquo

ldquoThe class requires [stu-dents] to serve as mentors for students in local kindergarten and elementary schools who

no longer have art programsrdquo Nelson said ldquoThey work on art projects together and just spend time talking about each othersrsquo dayrdquo

Sidney Stratton a freshman majoring in civil engineering said she had an idea to make a wire and bead design but changed her mind

ldquoI liked that the project would have a storyrdquo Stratton

said ldquoBut the students who would be helping are in the kin-dergarten so we worried that they would be really upset and confused about why the bead-ed craft they made was being taken away from them never to be seen againrdquo

In the end Stratton ended up creating Alabama and greek-themed koozies

ldquoI chose to do koozies

because I wanted students to be able to take a reminder of UA home with them for the summer wherever home may berdquo Stratton said

Jacob Powell a fresh-man majoring in finance and accounting was also a student in the class

ldquoIrsquom only doing one thing for the show ndash setting up a table with a connect-four board and letting passersby play in order to invent patterns to spray paint onto mouse padsrdquo Powell said ldquoIf they win they get to keep the mouse pad free of charge but I donrsquot expect to lose many times because to be honest Irsquove played more games of connect-four in the last five

years than anyone would think humanly possiblerdquo

The Good Art Show has been taking place for a few semesters and so far has raised $3000 to donate to Tuscaloosa One Place

Sarah Hartley a freshman majoring in biology helped with the financing aspect of the Good Art Show

ldquoA few weeks before the show we put up flyers and sent out emails among for stu-dents who werenrsquot a part of our class to submit art with half of their proceeds going to benefit Tuscaloosa One Placerdquo Hartley said ldquoAnd the art show is our only means of fundrais-ing so wersquore working hard to

make it a successrdquoHartley said the Good Art

Show is like any other art show except the students creating the work are not necessarily artists

ldquoThe concept of art being in each of our lives every day was a little foreign to me but now I see and appreciate things more in life because of the artistic values they possessrdquo Stratton said ldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspectiverdquo

The Good Art Show will take place Tuesday outside Nott Hall from 1-4 pm

Honors class uses art to benefi t Tuscaloosa One PlaceldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a

cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspective

mdash Sidney Stratton

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 9

By Alexandra EllsworthStaff Reporter

One memory sticks out to Margie Thompson from her time volunteering with Hospice of the Valley in Decatur Ala ndashcarrying bucket after bucket of blood from a hospice patientrsquos bedside

In a bright airy sun room a middle-aged woman lay in her home in the hospital bed that would house her until her death She was throwing up blood while a hospice nurse sat by her side

ldquoIt was really horriblerdquo Thompson said ldquoShe was com-pletely coherent Normally they give patients morphine to calm them and help ease the transition but she refusedrdquo

The woman suffered from colon cancer and the time had come for the family to come in and say goodbye

ldquoThe family has to give per-mission for the patient to dierdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed to hear it because the will to live is too strong The nurse coached them on exactly what to sayrdquo

That is what hospice does It strives to help dying patients transition into death as peace-fully as possible Hospice is a service offered to terminally ill patients often with a six-month life expectancy prognosis To be admitted patients must be no longer responsive to cure-oriented treatments

The focus of hospice is on caring not curing They pro-vide the terminally ill and their families medical care and both emotional and spiritual sup-port tailored to the patientrsquos needs and wishes According to Hospice Of West Alabamarsquos website hospice relies on the belief that a person has a right to die pain-free and with dig-nity and that his or her loved ones will receive the necessary support to allow the patient to do so

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization a nonprofit membership orga-nization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States reported an estimated 165 million patients in the US who received services from hospice in 2011 and approxi-mately 446 percent of all

deaths in the US were under the care of a hospice program According to NHPCO the first program opened in 1974 and more than 5300 exist today

Even on a gray day HOWA is unexpectedly uplifting Large windows let light into a foyer where a volunteer reception-ist like Gladys Ritchie greets visitors with a smile and points them in the right direction

Ritchie affectionately known as ldquoTroublerdquo among her co-workers has been volunteering with HOWA for more than 10 years HOWA needs volunteers like her to provide its service

HOWA is located on the cam-pus of the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center and a staff of 85 serves seven coun-ties in West Alabama The Helen H Hahn House HOWArsquos home looks out on the tranquil scenery of the central court-yard complete with a pond and gazebo

Kimberly Gibson volunteer coordinator for HOWA said the majority of hospice care is pro-vided in the place the patient calls home but HOWA is one of three hospice providers in the state that has an inpatient unit

The 10-bed HOWA inpatient facility located in the Hahn House offers homelike spac-es for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and a shared screened-in porch These porches are patient-accessible with French doors that open wide enough for a bed to be wheeled out onto the porch The chairs in the room convert into sleepers for family members who want to stay the night

ldquoWe tried to think of any obstacle that would keep a fam-ily member from being able to be hererdquo Gibson said ldquoThe inpatient facility also features a chapel for quiet moments as well as gathering places for patients and familiesrdquo

The comfortable environ-ment provided by HOWArsquos facil-ities supplement the care given by the staff and volunteers

Holly Mason a UA gradu-ate student working on her masterrsquos in social work cur-rently interns with HOWA and worked as volunteer before that She said she began volun-teering with HOWA after some-one from a hospice group spoke to her health psychology class

ldquoI thought hospice care was a really worthwhile service and wanted to get involvedrdquo Mason said ldquoMy favorite part about it has been getting to know the patients As a volun-teer I visited patients It gave me good perspective to talk to them I got to hear a lot of sto-ries about their livesrdquo

Additionally Mason said she enjoys getting to know the patients seeing pictures of their families and building relationships

ldquoHospice workers are not hired they are calledrdquo Gibson said ldquoThat is very true of our staff Hospice has to be something you are passionate aboutrdquo

For Laura Graham an RN for Hospice of North Alabama getting to know the family was one of her favorite parts of her job as a hospice nurse Grahamrsquos said it was also the most challenging ndash getting to know her patients and their families

ldquoWhen you lost a patient you also often lost the fam-ily toordquo she said ldquoUnderstandably many families donrsquot really want to keep in touch but I met a lot of people I never would have met otherwise and I loved thatrdquo

Graham from Decatur Ala worked as a hospice nurse for Hospice of North Alabama for two years and an administra-tor for three years As a nurse she was assigned between eight and 10 cases Graham spread her visits out during the week starting with visit-ing her patients just a couple of times a week but increas-ing the visits as death became more imminent

Graham worked to make the patient more comfortable while educating both the patient and family on the transition process She spent a lot of her time simply listening to her patients too

ldquoThe family members go through the five stages of grief but so did the patientsrdquo Graham said ldquoThey talk a lot reliving their lives and so they often just needed someone

to listenrdquoThe relationship that devel-

ops between an RN or volun-teer and the patient and fam-ily can also be a lasting and special bond For Diane Wiley getting to know one of the RNs who helped with the care of her mother was meaningful

ldquoWe just loved her to deathrdquo Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care ldquoShe was absolutely won-derful She became like a mem-ber of our familyrdquo

Wiley said only she and her sister were present when their mother passed away but immediately after she died Wiley called the RN

ldquoShe was offdutyrdquo Wiley said ldquoBut as soon as I called she camerdquo

The nurse handled all the paperwork for Wiley and her sister

ldquoMy mother was so ready to dierdquo Wiley said ldquoShe was ready to go be with the Lord She would go in her room and turn on Christian music and

tell us she was going to die right there in that bedrdquo

Nurses play a large role in car-ing for patients and families but another big part to hospice care is the volunteers Gibson and Wells both attested to the importance

of volunteer help at HOWAldquoWe have the best volunteers

of the area and that makes my job amazingrdquo Gibson said

Volunteers go through inten-sive training and their jobs include sitting with patients providing companionship or offering relief for caregivers and much more They also run errands like going to the bank or grocery store

Volunteers are also involved in other ways outside of patient care They make flow-er arrangements help keep HOWArsquos kitchen stocked work as receptionists and Gibson said they are important for fundraisers

ldquoVolunteers are vitally important to the success of fundraisers like our Fourth Annual Family 5k Run and Walk eventrdquo she said

This year the run was held at Munny Sokol Park in March and proceeds went to benefit patient care at HOWA

As a volunteer Thompson had the opportunity to build relationships with families and patients One of her first expe-riences with hospice was the woman with colon cancer

ldquoWhen I think of hospice every nurse I saw was so soothing caring and calmingrdquo Thompson said ldquoThe nurse stayed with [the woman with colon cancer] the whole timerdquo

The woman had two daugh-ters in high school One daugh-ter went in to say goodbye and one refused initially As the woman neared the end of her life her breathing became shallow and gasp-like and the second daughted relented

Tears streaming down her face the daughter looked at her mother face to face for what would be the last time Thompson said

ldquoI love you Mommardquo she said to her mother ldquoPlease go be with Jesusrdquo

Holding her daughterrsquos hand the woman gathered what was left of her strength to respond

ldquoI love you toordquo she said Within a few minutes she died

ldquoIt was as if she was waiting to see her daughter before she wentrdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed the closure before she could gordquo

ABOUT HOWAHospice of West Alabama

in addition to numerous volun-teers has 85 employees and serves hundreds of patients annually in Tuscaloosa Pickens Fayette Lamar Hale and Bibb counties The majority of their patients are usually seen at home The inpatient unit which has 10 beds has a waiting list and admittance is based on the patientrsquos prognosis The wait would vary on availability and the patientrsquos need for care HOWA is a nonprofit organi-zation Payment for hospice care comes from Medicare Medicaid and most private insurers Contributions from the community via United Way fund raising memorial and general donations help provide care to provide care to patients who have no health care coverage or have needs not covered by their insurance

Hospice of West Alabama offers patients peace

CW | Shannon AuvilThe Hospice of West Alabama is a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilStaff nurse Bobbie Garner at the Hospice of West Alabama a non-profi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilHOWA offers homelike spaces for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and screened-in porch

CW | Shannon AuvilMary Owens is a CNA at the Hospice of West Alabama a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

ldquolsquoWe just loved her to deathrsquo

[Diane] Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care lsquoShe

was absolutely wonderful lsquo

Editor | Marquavius Burnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcom

Tuesday April 9 2013SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

FOOTBALL

Offensive line takes shape as Tide returns to practiceBy Charlie PotterStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos offensive line lost three starters to graduation and the NFL draft this offsea-son while right guard Anthony Steen and left tackle Cyrus Kouandjio returned to the Capstone to continue their col-legiate careers this semester

The big challenge entering the spring was replacing such dynamic and experienced play-ers like Chance Warmack DJ Fluker and Barrett Jones at such an integral position

After the Crimson Tidersquos ninth spring practice on Monday Arie Kouandjio said the Crimson Tide is managing to retool its offensive line just fine

ldquoI feel good about all the guys on the linerdquo Kouandjio said ldquoI feel very confident in the abil-ity that we have on any side of the ball or any position Irsquom really confident in what we can do and what we can obtain this yearrdquo

Kouandjio has been play-ing at left guard so far this spring lining up next to his younger brother Cyrus Austin Shepherd has taken most of the first-team snaps at right guard this spring and Ryan Kelly has taken over the duties of playing center

The threesome are familiar with each other having worked together last season on the sec-ond-team unit and Kouandjio said that experience has helped them to build a bond that just keeps growing

ldquoIt gave us something to build on and wersquove just got to

keep building keep stacking those bricksrdquo

Kouandjio said it was a bless-ing to be able to be at the top of the depth chart But he was especially happy to be able to line up beside his brother

ldquoItrsquos insanerdquo he said ldquoI love it Wersquore really in sync and we know how each of us feel We donrsquot even have to talk that much to know whatrsquos going on and stuff like that with each other Itrsquos really coolrdquo

He said he and his brother have been through a lot and have used their experiences together growing up to their advantage on the playing field

In Cyrusrsquos first year at Alabama both brothers suf-fered injuries and went through rehabilitation together It was then that they started to push each other to become better players by making everything a competition

ldquoThatrsquos when the competi-tion came in and that helped a lotrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoWe turned it into a game and wersquore here nowrdquo

Alabama returns to practice

on Wednesday

CW | Alaina ClarkQuarterback Parker McLeod left and wide receiver Ty Reed participate in the Tidersquos spring practice

PRACTICE NOTESbull Trey DePriest donned a black no-contact jersey on Monday after accumulating four tackles and two intercep-tions in Saturdayrsquos simulated scrimmage He worked on the stationary bikes with Kevin Norwood and John Fulton bull Dee Hart who had been practicing with the defensive backs this spring was found with running backs on Mon-day He still wore a black no-contact jersey bull Ryan Anderson worked with defensive coordinator Kirby Smart and the inside linebackers on Monday insteaw of his usual position at outside linebacker The move was probably made because of the injury to DePriest

CW | Alaina ClarkTide receiver Deandrew White second from right wore a black no-contact jersey during practice Saturday

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 11

By Charlie Potter

The 2012-13 college bas-ketball season is officially finished but the offseason is already in full swing for every program in the coun-try including The University of Alabama

Head coach Anthony Grant and his assistants are hot on the recruiting trail in search of a third piece to their 2013 recruiting class a class that already pos-sesses center Jimmy Taylor and power forward Shannon Hale

The player the Crimson Tide wants and needs to secure ndash or resecure ndash is Jaren Sina

Sina a 6-2 point guard from Gill St Bernardrsquos School in Gladstone NJ originally committed to Alabama as a

sophomore but he decom-mitted and chose to go to Northwestern instead Since then he has been released from his scholarship with the Wildcats after the team fired head coach Bill Carmody

He now lists his top four choices as Alabama Northwestern Seton Hall and Indiana Sina plans to visit the Capstone on Thursday and make a deci-sion on where he will play

college basketball before the April 17 deadline

Securing Sina would increase the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12 and that would certainly help in terms of depth as Alabama suffered from the losses of Carl Engstrom and Andrew Steele last season

It would also give Grant a third point guard on his ros-ter as Trevor Releford will be a senior in the upcoming season and Retin Obasohan is still learning the game Any additions at that posi-tion will be welcomed

But most importantly it will give the Tide an offen-sive weapon alongside a couple of inside defensive threats and Grant needs those aspects in his fifth year at Alabama

The Tide missed the

NCAA tournament this year and it can be argued that it must get back to the Big Dance and make some noise in order for Grant to receive a contract extension With Sina in the fold Grant will have a deep bench and pleth-ora of guards to work with to make a run at next yearrsquos March Madness

If Sina decides to come to Alabama he will join Releford Trevor Lacey Levi Randolph Rodney Cooper and Obasohan to com-plete one the best crop of guards in the Southeastern Conference

But if Sina spurns Grantrsquos offer the Tide will lose out on an excellent 3-point shooter and pinpoint passer It could be a big blow in what could be Grantrsquos final season in Tuscaloosa

Alabama needs to land Jaren Sina one more timeCOLUMN

Crimson Tide set to play 2-game midweek seriesBy Kevin ConnellStaff Reporter

The No 22 University of Alabama baseball team con-cludes its six-game home stand with a two-game mid-week series against the Alcorn State Braves Tuesday and Wednesday First pitches are set for 605 pm on Tuesday and 505 pm on Wednesday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium

The Crimson Tide (20-13 8-4

Southeastern Conference) is just one win shy of matching last seasonrsquos 21 wins for the entire 2012 season when it fin-ished in last place in the SEC As it stands now Alabama sits in a three-way tie with Arkansas and South Carolina for second place in the SEC behind Vanderbilt and LSU

Alabama was soundly beaten in its first two games against No 9 Arkansas this past weekend but responded

well in the series finale on Saturday with an impressive 5-0 victory Sophomore right-hander Spencer Turnbull (4-1 222 ERA) who was nominated as the SEC Pitcher of the Week following another strong start on Saturday praised the Tidersquos defense after the win for bailing him out when his slider wasnrsquot working

The defense was great behind me continuing to make playsrdquo Turnbull said ldquoI didnrsquot really have a slider at all today

but I was able to keep them off balance enough where they couldnrsquot just sit on my

fastball and it worked out pretty goodrdquo

A consistent defense will be beneficial to have even against an Alcorn State team that is just 8-25 on the year However the Braves are on a two-game

winning streak coming into the midweek series against the Tide after defeating 19-5 Alabama State twice

Turnbull stressed the importance of scoring early runs after Alabamarsquos win against Arkansas on Saturday ndash a theme that applies for all starting pitchers in baseball

ldquoI was confident today that if we could get at least two that we could winrdquo Turnbull said ldquoItrsquos hard to shut out a team completely but with [Brett] Booth getting us start-ed early it was a huge lift for us earlyrdquo

Booth the starting senior catcher gave the Tide the early lift it needed its last time out with a solo home run ndash his third of the season ndash in the second inning against Arkansas on Saturday He

leads the team in batting average (299) runs scored (30) RBIs (23) slugging percentage (419) and on-base percentage (401)

Despite losing two of the three games in the series the Tide has won 10 of its last 14 games Booth said he was confident on where the team currently stands now

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been play-ing some good baseballrdquo he said

Redshirt junior right-hand-er Tucker Hawley (4-2 219 ERA) will start for Alabama Tuesday Wednesdayrsquos starter has yet to be announced

BASEBALL

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been playing

some good baseball

mdash Brett Booth

After a 5-0 victory Saturday the Tide sit in a 3-way tie for No 2 SEC spot ahead of Alcorn State games

ldquo Securing Sina would in-crease the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12

and that would certainly help in terms of depth

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UA softball team to host MVSU Delta Devils Tuesday By Alexis PaineStaff Reporter

The University of Alabama softball team will play the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils Tuesday in the fifth game of its 10-game home stand

The Tide played Southeastern Conference opponent Missouri last week-end claiming a 2-1 record in the series The team defeated the Tigers by an eight-run margin in the last game of the series after falling to its opponents on Saturday Head coach Patrick Murphy said he hopes the huge score differential Sunday sets the speed for the two games this week and for the rest of the season

ldquoIrsquom hoping our offense will keep going because thatrsquos what we needrdquo Murphy said ldquoI mean the offense if it keeps going wersquore going to be fine

the rest of the year because [Missourirsquos Chelsea Thomas] is one of the best pitchers in the country and to score fourteen against them is saying some-thingrdquo

Last weekendrsquos series brought the Tidersquos record to 10-5 in SEC play and 35-6 over-all Murphy said the season has been tough so far because of the intensity brought by oppo-nents and that the Tide has played a majority of its con-ference games on the road He said the team needs to under-stand this as they go into the rest of the season

ldquoYou know the first four weekends three are on the

road and anybody that plays us is going to play out of their minds and play their best game and we know thatrdquo Murphy said ldquoWe expect that and I think the girls are finally real-izing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow uprdquo

Junior Mollie Fichtner said the Tide is not taking the non-conference opponent lightly She said the team will still focus on playing ldquoAlabama ballrdquo against the Devils The team is focusing on the finer points of the game as it goes into the midweek game Fichtner said

ldquoYoursquove got to do the little thingsrdquo Fichtner said ldquoTheyrsquoll

turn into the big things So just take it every single inning We have some adjustments to make and those are great opportunities to make themrdquo

Murphy said he is look-ing for everyone to step up in the game against Mississippi Valley State Lauren Sewell is set to pitch Tuesday in a game that will help decide the teamrsquos weekend practice schedule

ldquoLauren definitely gets to pitch and then we need to clean it up the whole weekrdquo Murphy said These are two big games because we have the weekend off and depending on how we do they either get Thursday off or we practice Thursday Then Friday Saturday Sunday [are] completely off Itrsquos been on the calendar since September so itrsquos good I totally believe in what Coach Saban says One day off is good but two days off is great and three days off is awesome For an arm thatrsquos

Alabama golfer Cory Whitsett ranked 3rd nationallyBy Bryan BergmanContributing Writer

As the Alabama menrsquos golf team rolls through its season a large part of the teamrsquos suc-cess can be attributed to the play of junior Cory Whitsett

Whitsett began the season ranked No 8 in Golfweekrsquos preseason top 10 and he has only improved from there ranked No3 in the nation as of April 7th His 7096 aver-age leads the team and is seventh in the country

Whitsett began the season with a third-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic which helped the team to a victory at that event He then tied for the individual title at the Tidersquos

second-place finish at the Southern Highlands Masters His first-place finishes at the Linger Longer Invitational and Aggie Invitational led the Tide to victories in those tournaments He now has five career victories tied for second most in school history

ldquoIrsquove tried to play with a lot more self-belief this year Irsquove hit some bad shots

and been in some difficult situations but Irsquove just com-pletely trusted myself and gotten out of it that wayrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett a native of Houston Texas came to Alabama as one of the most accomplished recruits in school history In 2007 he became one of only five fifteen-year old players to win the US Junior Amateur Championship participat-ing in the first of three US Amateur Championships the same year In 2010 he was selected as the National High School Senior Athlete of the Year for menrsquos golf after tying for the state title Head coach Jay Seawell said he

was happy about his decision to recruit Whitsett to Alabama

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disappointed But the best part is hersquos a great young manrdquo Seawell said ldquoOn and off the golf course hersquos a class act Hersquos a hard worker who takes pride in all he does and being a part of Alabamardquo

He made an immediate impact upon arriving at Alabama finishing with a 7139 scoring average second on the team and an Alabama rookie record (since bro-ken by Justin Thomas) Four top-five finishes including his first of three victories at

the Linger Longer Invitational led to him being named to the All-Mickelson Team honoring the countryrsquos best freshmen as well as Golfweekrsquos All-Freshman Team and a consensus second-team All-American

Whitsett turned in anoth-er outstanding season as a sophomore last year finish-ing the season ranked No 13 overall with wins at the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic and Linger Longer Invitational He was named a consensus second-team All-American first-team All-SEC and SEC Academic Honor Roll along with the NCAA Elite 89 Award which is given to the

student-athlete at the NCAA Championships with the high-est GPA His efforts helped bring the Tide an SEC champi-onship but the team fell short at the NCAA Championships losing to Texas in the finals Whitsett said he looks forward to having another chance to compete for the championship this season

ldquoI want to win a National Championship with the team We came so close last year and really got a taste of what it would be like To not get [the championship] is one of the worst feelings Irsquove ever hadrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett and the Tide will be back in action at the SEC Championships on April 19th

MENrsquoS GOLF

SOFTBALL

been throwing since mid-Sep-tember in Traina and Jury itrsquoll be good for themrdquo

The Tide will take on the Devils Tuesday at 6 pm in the Rhoads Softball Stadium The team will continue at home against The University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers Wednesday

Contributing writer Kelly Ward contributed to this article

ldquoI think the girls are fi nally realizing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow up

mdash Patrick Murphy

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disap-pointed But the best part is hersquos a

great young man

mdash Jay Seawell

IF YOU GObull What Softball v MVSU

bull When Tuesday 6 pm

bull Where Rhoads Softball Stadium

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By Kyle Dennan and John BurlesonCW Staff

Last weekend 2000 University of Alabama stu-dents were able watch the Tide compete in the NCAA Regional meet in Tuscaloosa free of charge thanks to the gymnastics booster club the Medalist Club

Athletic programs at the University rely heavily on support from athletic booster clubs Most booster clubs like the gymnastics Medalist Club are run independently of the University Athletics

DepartmentThe Medalist Club was offi-

cially organized in 1987 to sup-port all aspects of Alabama gymnastics There are cur-rently more than 300 mem-berships with more than 700

individual members accord-ing to the 2012 Gymnastics Media Guide

Leesa Davis a board mem-ber for the Medalist Club and radio broadcaster for all UA gymnastics meets on 907 the Capstone said there are a number of functions that the Medalist Club ful-fills outside of just attending the meets These functions include assisting in purchas-ing new equipment sponsor-ship of member and student bus trips to conference com-petitions helping purchase tickets so students can attend meets sponsoring banquets

Alabama teams rely on booster club support

By Chandler WrightAssistant News Editor

Students on campus have worked to create The Alumni Affair an annual event to bring together black alumni from The University of Alabama

ldquoThe Alumni Affair is an event that we look to hold annu-ally during A-Day weekend to create an environment for our alumni to interact with the cur-rent undergraduate students and foster and cultivate new relationships that in turn bring the African-American commu-nity here at UA closer togetherrdquo Alexandria Washington one of the student organizers said ldquoWe saw a need on campus to bring our community closer together so we brainstormed when would be the most effec-tive time to have everyone together and what could we do to have everyone on the same page greeksrdquo

The Alumni Affair is at 730 pm on April 19 at Central High School Washington said the

event will feature both alum-ni and current members of National Pan-Hellenic Council sororities and fraternities Groups of five or more will pres-ent 8-10 minute ldquostep teasesrdquo shorter versions of a full step show routine

ldquoIrsquom looking forward to seeing the greeks step and stroll from my freshman yearrdquo Washington said ldquoI remember as a freshman how I felt watching a genuine good show from start to finish because they put so much heart and dedication into itrdquo

Washington said the event will feature alumni who were students at the University as far back as the 1990s

ldquoThere are greeks coming to this event that pledged in the 90s For them to email and get in contact with us has been the thing to put a smile on our faces because this is going to be an event that no one will want to missrdquo she said

Washington said The Alumni Affair provides a good opportu-nity for black students to reflect on the strides made on campus toward racial inclusivity

ldquoI believe that itrsquos important for students to get involved with programs like this is because itrsquos a part of our historyrdquo Washington said ldquoFifty years ago African-Americans being students here was unheard of and now 50 years later we are here and we need to pay hom-age to thatrdquo

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at alumnistepteaseeventbritecom Proceeds from this event will be donated to Central Highrsquos Youth 4 Christ program as well as the UA Chapter of Black Student Union Doors open at 630 pm

and receptions supporting the radio broadcast along with WVUA and contribut-ing scholarship money to athletes

ldquoOur greatest continu-ing contribution is the Medalist Club Post-Graduate Scholarship Fund which provides an opportunity to attend graduate school at the University for anyone who has made a significant con-tribution to the gymnastics programrdquo Davis said ldquoIt is such a privilege to be a part of a winning program in both the arena and the classroom Whether our gymnastics team wins championships or car-ries a 40 GPA they inspire us as a club to do our best to help them achieve their goalsrdquo

The Medalist Club is not the only one of its kind at the University with larger sports

like football also having boost-er club support For football the booster club is the Red Elephant Club the only boost-er club run by the athletics department

Tommy Ford assistant athletics director for donor programs said there are 10 in-state and two out-of-state clubs that make up the entire Red Elephant Club

ldquoThe Red Elephant Club has a set of bylaws which govern the club which were written in 2004 and have about 200 to 300 members each It totals up to about 2000 members in the club Members come to campus three times a year for different events but due to scheduling conflicts we usually only have about 1000 members on cam-pus at one of the eventsrdquo Ford said

Ford said each member

has individual dues that usu-ally range from $200-$300 ayear that they pay to theirclub From those dues toeach club about $100 is paidto the University and is usedto create an endowmentscholarship

The thing each of the athlet-ic booster clubs have in com-mon despite being run andoperated in different ways is alove for UA athletics

Davis said the Medalist Clubmembers come from all walksof life and age groups

ldquoWhat all of our membershave in common is a love forAlabama and this gymnasticsprogramrdquo Davis said ldquoFor mepersonally I love being able tobe part of the broadcast teamthat brings live coverage to ourfans Describing Bama gym-nastics winning back-to-backchampionships was pricelessrdquo

African-American alumni return for greek showcase

ldquo What all of our members have in common is a love for Alabama and this gymnastics

program

mdashLeesa Davis

ldquo Fifty years ago African-Americans being students here was unheard of and now 50 years later we are here and we need to pay

homage to that

mdash Alexandria Washington

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can too Each position offers the opportunity to create or perfect skills that will carry on into the work force and will make you more marketable to employers

Go to jointhecwwordpresscom to read about each position available as well as to apply

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Details about interviews which will take place via Skype will be communicated over email after the deadline If you have any questions before then donrsquot hesitate to email Mazie Bryant the new CW editor at maziebryantgmailcom

By Ashley TrippStaff Reporter

Kelly Roy was just 18 months old when her parents filed for divorce

ldquoMy parents have been divorced for basically my entire liferdquo Roy said ldquoI only remember them being divorced so I guess the plus side of it all is I donrsquot remem-ber the whole lsquofamily falling apartrsquo issuerdquo

Roy a sophomore major-ing in communications is one of the many students at The University of Alabama deal-ing with divorce Roy said the effects of her parentrsquos divorce have affected her college experience

ldquoItrsquos difficult getting both of my parents to take care of my tuitionrdquo Roy said ldquoInstead of having a married couple I have to rely on two people who donrsquot always pay on time which is difficult especially since they donrsquot really speak with each otherrdquo

Roy said holidays and simply driving home for the weekend can be problematic as well

ldquoWhenever I want to go home on the weekends I always have to ask myself whose home should I go home tordquo Roy said ldquoMy parents only live a few hours a part but I canrsquot really visit both in one weekend hellip I always end up driving constantlyrdquo

Lee Keyes executive direc-tor of the Counseling Center at the University said the topic

of divorce is a fairly frequent reason that students come to the Center

ldquoGiven that over half of marriages end in divorce it is expected that this would be on the minds of many studentsrdquo Keyes said ldquoMany times stu-dents feel lsquocaught in the mid-dlersquo and struggle with some of the negative communication patterns in which couples in conflict engage hellip This causes stress worry and sadness and students come to work through those issuesrdquo

While the Counseling Center does see divorce occurring long before the student arrives at school it also sees divorce emerging after students go off to college

Keyes said students whose parents were divorced in the past have had at least some time to adjust and manage any issues that result but the lat-ter group deals with stress and changes right here and now

ldquoThe latter is probably more common simply because the total number of years involved is greater than the four or so that students are in schoolrdquo Keyes said ldquoThe problems they experience are acute and feel more overwhelming or worrisomerdquo

Olivia Gartzman a fresh-man majoring in public rela-tions said her parents got divorced when she was reach-ing her teen years a time when she needed her mother the most

ldquoI had to learn to be a big

girl by myself and learn how to put on makeup and suchrdquo Gartzman said

Now a freshman in college Gartzman said she is expe-riencing new things and fac-ing new challenges without a mother figure to share it with

ldquoIrsquove learned from my sisters and friends here at UA to make the best with what you have and to not dwell on the things you donrsquot have the power to changerdquo Gartzman said ldquoThedivorce and not really having a mother figure in my life has hit me hard but it has also mademe a stronger person for right now as well as the futurerdquo

The Counseling Center pro-vides programming on healthy relationships assertive com-munication and stress man-agement all of which may be related to the issue of divorce

ldquoWe can also provide free support groups for students whose parents [are] divorced or are divorcing when there is enough interest for us to do sordquo Keyes said

Keyes said students dealing with divorce should come to the Counseling Center early

ldquoDonrsquot wait until it affects other parts of your life such as school or other relation-shipsrdquo Keyes said ldquoItrsquos impor-tant to know that methods of coping and communicating effectively are available and can be learned hellip The nega-tive aspects of this issue can be minimized so that one canpreserve healthy relationshipswith family and othersrdquo

Students learn to cope with high divorce rate

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 7

UA graduate school awards top students 2012-13 honorsBy Adrienne BurchAssistant News Editor

In addition to the under-graduate awards given last week during the Universityrsquos Honors Week The University of Alabama Graduate School awarded its students with top honors

Three faculty committees selected the eight most out-standing graduate students from a pool of students from each individual college

John Schmitt assistant dean of the graduate school said the selected students won awards previously with-in their college or school and then went on to be awarded overall graduate school awards

ldquoThese are the best of the best from the college-wide winnersrdquo Schmitt said ldquoThese are the most advanced degrees the University has to offer making this a really out-standing accomplishmentrdquo

Schmitt said these awards were bestowed primarily based on the studentsrsquo work on either their master theses or dissertation and every award is different because the individual pieces of research are vastly different

ldquoThe work they have done is going to launch them into their careers whether it is a doctoral student going into education or a masterrsquos stu-dent looking for a jobrdquo he said

Outstanding Doctoral Dis-sertation

John C Mitcham College of Arts and Sciences depart-ment of history

Mitcham won for his manu-script ldquoSea League of All the Britons Race Identity and Imperial Defense 1868ndash1914rdquo His dissertation chairperson was John Beeler a profes-sor in the department of his-tory In his work Mitcham explores the cultural social and political dimensions of British imperial policy dur-ing the late 19th and early 20th centuries His project provides the first comprehen-sive study of the cultural and racial origins of the imperial defense partnership

Yanping Zhang College of

Engineering department of computer science

Zhang won for her manu-script ldquoSurveillance and Intrusion Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks Design Analysis and Evaluationrdquo Her dissertation chairperson was Yang Xiao a professor in the department of computer science Zhangrsquos research incorporated ideas from multiple disciplines including computer science biology animal behavior and communication She modeled the social and communication behavior of primates which provide biological inspiration for solving problems in com-munication and networking

Outstanding Masterrsquos Thesis

K Lance Wilson College of Arts and Sciences depart-ment of geological sciences

Wilson won for his man-uscript ldquoThe Origin and Development of the Tampa Embayment Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of the Eastern Gulf of Mexicordquo His thesis chairperson was Delores Robinson an associ-ate professor of geological sciences The thesis provided a tectonic evolution of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico based on the seismic lines that he interpreted His research allows people to determine where rocks which may be full of hydrocarbons might be located

Excellence in Teaching by a Masterrsquos Student

Allison Hiss College of Arts and Sciences department of modern languages and classics

Hissrsquo teaching style dem-onstrates resourcefulness as well as understanding of com-municative language teaching methods She has been instru-mental in implementing cre-ative extra-curricular activi-ties for the French program and served as the assistant to the director of the Alabama-in-France study abroad pro-gram in summer 2012

Excellence in Teaching by a Doctoral Student

Jefferson Walker College of Communication and

Information Sciences doctor-al program in Communication and Information Sciences

Walker possesses the abil-ity to teach and lead his stu-dents and fosters a sense of life-long learning that con-tributes to his teaching suc-cess He is consistently evalu-ated among the top doctoral teachers in the department

Excellence in Research by a Masterrsquos Student

Zachary Wahl-Alexander College of Education depart-ment of kinesiology

Wahl-Alexander has produced an impressivelist of publications that includes three publications in American and European journals three published abstracts and nine peer-reviewed presentations He has been able to secure external funding to sup-port the research projects that he initiated organized and conducted

Excellence in Research by a Doctoral Student

Matthew Shannon College of Engineering department of chemical and biological engi-neering

Shannon has conducted groundbreaking research in his field that is consistently cited by external research groups He has eight peer-reviewed publications in highly respected chemical engineering and chemistry journals and he has made six presentations at conferences He is also the co-inventor on one US and PCT patent application

Outstanding Service by a Graduate Student

Dr Rosemary Clement College of Nursing DNP Program

Dr Clement has worked tirelessly to promote breast cancer awareness in her home state of South Carolina and internationally through her volunteer work in Ghana Africa She has established support groups for women with cancer funding sources for women who cannot afford mammograms and pet thera-py sessions with her certified therapy dog

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Tuesday April 9 2013CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

Local children learn other cultures with Heart TouchBy Abbey CrainStaff Reporter

Fan Yang came to The University of Alabama from China to study social work but decided to make an impact on the community by sharing her culture with local fourth grad-ers Yang designed the Heart Touch Program to connect American students to Chinese students with help from the Center for Community Based Partnership and Tuscaloosarsquos One Place an after school pro-gram

ldquoMy concentration is children and their familiesrdquo Yang said ldquoI love children and I try to pro-vide them something I think the unique thing I can provide is about my background because I am from China I know about Chinese culture so I think thatrsquos the best thing I can provide themrdquo

Yang along with other stu-dent volunteers visits seven elementary schools a week lec-turing on Chinese culture and helping students write letters to students in China One week she brought Chinese food donated by Lai Lai and taught students to use chopsticks

ldquoIt was really interestingrdquo Emma Moultrie a freshman majoring in psychology said ldquoWe taught them about Chinese food and we taught them how to use chopsticks and taught them about the foods they eat in Chinardquo

Moultrie said she heard about the program through Blount and although she does not speak Chinese wanted to foster rela-tionships with the students She said it is important to educate children about cultures other than their own Moultrie volun-teers helping translate letters from English to Chinese

Jin Wang a masterrsquos student studying mechanical engineer-ing is another international student helping with the Heart Touch Program

ldquoIrsquove done a lot volunteering stuff before and I found this program interestingrdquo Wang said ldquoIn this program Irsquom able to get to know young kids in America how they think what do they know about China what are their dreams I realize I can learn something from the kids and I can tell them how China actually looks like as wellrdquo

Yang said the students were eager to listen and learn about

Chinese culture especially when food was involved

ldquoThey sometimes ask me very good questionsrdquo Yang said ldquoSomeone asked me why there are so many lsquomade in Chinarsquo things It is very hard to answer but some of them do not know very much about Chinardquo

Yang is in her second year of the social work program at the University and said internation-al students need to get involved outside of the University

ldquoIt is very important for inter-national students because I am an international student and I know how they feelrdquo Yang said ldquoI clearly remember my first semester here I was new here and I didnrsquot know anyone I tried to get involved but I didnrsquot know how The reason why I devel-oped this program is to get more international students to get involved in the community so they can learn something about American culture and the com-munity experiencerdquo

Yang said she hopes to con-tinue the Heart Touch Program as long as she is at the Capstone She said she wants to help other UA students develop similar programs to get involved in the Tuscaloosa community

COLUMN | FOOD

By Christopher Chase Edmunds

Irsquom stressed out exhausted hungry and broke As a col-lege student this is my natural state of being and I am now accustomed to the bland taste of ramen noodles This past weekend however I ventured out of the ramen rut and used this collegiate staple food in several creative ways All of these recipes can be prepared with a microwave and I tried to keep the cost per serving as low as possible

Cuban Carnitas SoupI started off easy and decided

to try and spice up one of the most underrated ramen fla-vors Using just the pork fla-vored ramen and a few simple accents I created a carnitas-inspired dish that was expo-nentially more satisfying than the sum of its parts

First prepare the pork ramen as directed It would be best to leave as much of the broth as possible Then add a few pinches of cilantro a slice

of lime and hot sauce to taste Feel free to use more lime juice and less hot sauce if you are not a fan of spicy foods Remember to save your lime for any bever-ages you may prepare later

Ramen and Vegetable Stir-Fry

My next dish made use of canned fruits and veggies to

keep costs low and flavors varied Stir-fry dishes may not seem microwave-friendly but I assure you it is possible You

just need to heat your food add ingredients stir and heat again For this dish I used one can of mixed veggies and one small can of sliced mandarin

orangesFirst cook the noodles as

directed (I did not use the included flavor packet) Then drain all the water and add the mixed veggies and mandarin oranges A good ratio to use is two parts veggies to one part oranges Mix these all togeth-er with your favorite teriyaki or soy sauce and heat in the

microwave until warm Feel free to use packets of sauce from Chinese restaurants to cut down on costs

Chicken Parma-Ramen Disregarding the flavor

packets ramen is just cheap pasta I used this to my advan-tage and created the cheap-est easiest form of chicken Parmesan For this dish I made use of microwave-ready chicken breast regu-lar spaghetti sauce and sliced provolone

Cook the noodles first Remember that if noodles get cold they can always be reheated under a damp paper towel but meat loses flavor every time it is reheated Once the noodles are ready cook the chicken as directed Then add a slice of cheese to the chicken and heat for about 15 seconds on high This is just enough to melt the cheese Serve the chicken on a bed of noodles and drench in the spaghetti sauce heated to your preference

Variations on ramen noodle recipes spice up typical college student meals

SubmittedUniversity of Alabama students teach local elementary school Chinese culture through the Heart Touch progrms

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By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Unlike most art classes at The University of Alabama UH 155 a freshman honors class allows students to create pieces of art that will be sold at the Good Art Show which ben-efits Tuscaloosa One Place a community organization that serves each member of a fam-ily with specialized programs

Tonya Nelson the UA profes-sor who teaches the class said UH 155 focuses on ldquoThe Art of Giving Backrdquo

ldquoThe class requires [stu-dents] to serve as mentors for students in local kindergarten and elementary schools who

no longer have art programsrdquo Nelson said ldquoThey work on art projects together and just spend time talking about each othersrsquo dayrdquo

Sidney Stratton a freshman majoring in civil engineering said she had an idea to make a wire and bead design but changed her mind

ldquoI liked that the project would have a storyrdquo Stratton

said ldquoBut the students who would be helping are in the kin-dergarten so we worried that they would be really upset and confused about why the bead-ed craft they made was being taken away from them never to be seen againrdquo

In the end Stratton ended up creating Alabama and greek-themed koozies

ldquoI chose to do koozies

because I wanted students to be able to take a reminder of UA home with them for the summer wherever home may berdquo Stratton said

Jacob Powell a fresh-man majoring in finance and accounting was also a student in the class

ldquoIrsquom only doing one thing for the show ndash setting up a table with a connect-four board and letting passersby play in order to invent patterns to spray paint onto mouse padsrdquo Powell said ldquoIf they win they get to keep the mouse pad free of charge but I donrsquot expect to lose many times because to be honest Irsquove played more games of connect-four in the last five

years than anyone would think humanly possiblerdquo

The Good Art Show has been taking place for a few semesters and so far has raised $3000 to donate to Tuscaloosa One Place

Sarah Hartley a freshman majoring in biology helped with the financing aspect of the Good Art Show

ldquoA few weeks before the show we put up flyers and sent out emails among for stu-dents who werenrsquot a part of our class to submit art with half of their proceeds going to benefit Tuscaloosa One Placerdquo Hartley said ldquoAnd the art show is our only means of fundrais-ing so wersquore working hard to

make it a successrdquoHartley said the Good Art

Show is like any other art show except the students creating the work are not necessarily artists

ldquoThe concept of art being in each of our lives every day was a little foreign to me but now I see and appreciate things more in life because of the artistic values they possessrdquo Stratton said ldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspectiverdquo

The Good Art Show will take place Tuesday outside Nott Hall from 1-4 pm

Honors class uses art to benefi t Tuscaloosa One PlaceldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a

cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspective

mdash Sidney Stratton

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 9

By Alexandra EllsworthStaff Reporter

One memory sticks out to Margie Thompson from her time volunteering with Hospice of the Valley in Decatur Ala ndashcarrying bucket after bucket of blood from a hospice patientrsquos bedside

In a bright airy sun room a middle-aged woman lay in her home in the hospital bed that would house her until her death She was throwing up blood while a hospice nurse sat by her side

ldquoIt was really horriblerdquo Thompson said ldquoShe was com-pletely coherent Normally they give patients morphine to calm them and help ease the transition but she refusedrdquo

The woman suffered from colon cancer and the time had come for the family to come in and say goodbye

ldquoThe family has to give per-mission for the patient to dierdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed to hear it because the will to live is too strong The nurse coached them on exactly what to sayrdquo

That is what hospice does It strives to help dying patients transition into death as peace-fully as possible Hospice is a service offered to terminally ill patients often with a six-month life expectancy prognosis To be admitted patients must be no longer responsive to cure-oriented treatments

The focus of hospice is on caring not curing They pro-vide the terminally ill and their families medical care and both emotional and spiritual sup-port tailored to the patientrsquos needs and wishes According to Hospice Of West Alabamarsquos website hospice relies on the belief that a person has a right to die pain-free and with dig-nity and that his or her loved ones will receive the necessary support to allow the patient to do so

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization a nonprofit membership orga-nization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States reported an estimated 165 million patients in the US who received services from hospice in 2011 and approxi-mately 446 percent of all

deaths in the US were under the care of a hospice program According to NHPCO the first program opened in 1974 and more than 5300 exist today

Even on a gray day HOWA is unexpectedly uplifting Large windows let light into a foyer where a volunteer reception-ist like Gladys Ritchie greets visitors with a smile and points them in the right direction

Ritchie affectionately known as ldquoTroublerdquo among her co-workers has been volunteering with HOWA for more than 10 years HOWA needs volunteers like her to provide its service

HOWA is located on the cam-pus of the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center and a staff of 85 serves seven coun-ties in West Alabama The Helen H Hahn House HOWArsquos home looks out on the tranquil scenery of the central court-yard complete with a pond and gazebo

Kimberly Gibson volunteer coordinator for HOWA said the majority of hospice care is pro-vided in the place the patient calls home but HOWA is one of three hospice providers in the state that has an inpatient unit

The 10-bed HOWA inpatient facility located in the Hahn House offers homelike spac-es for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and a shared screened-in porch These porches are patient-accessible with French doors that open wide enough for a bed to be wheeled out onto the porch The chairs in the room convert into sleepers for family members who want to stay the night

ldquoWe tried to think of any obstacle that would keep a fam-ily member from being able to be hererdquo Gibson said ldquoThe inpatient facility also features a chapel for quiet moments as well as gathering places for patients and familiesrdquo

The comfortable environ-ment provided by HOWArsquos facil-ities supplement the care given by the staff and volunteers

Holly Mason a UA gradu-ate student working on her masterrsquos in social work cur-rently interns with HOWA and worked as volunteer before that She said she began volun-teering with HOWA after some-one from a hospice group spoke to her health psychology class

ldquoI thought hospice care was a really worthwhile service and wanted to get involvedrdquo Mason said ldquoMy favorite part about it has been getting to know the patients As a volun-teer I visited patients It gave me good perspective to talk to them I got to hear a lot of sto-ries about their livesrdquo

Additionally Mason said she enjoys getting to know the patients seeing pictures of their families and building relationships

ldquoHospice workers are not hired they are calledrdquo Gibson said ldquoThat is very true of our staff Hospice has to be something you are passionate aboutrdquo

For Laura Graham an RN for Hospice of North Alabama getting to know the family was one of her favorite parts of her job as a hospice nurse Grahamrsquos said it was also the most challenging ndash getting to know her patients and their families

ldquoWhen you lost a patient you also often lost the fam-ily toordquo she said ldquoUnderstandably many families donrsquot really want to keep in touch but I met a lot of people I never would have met otherwise and I loved thatrdquo

Graham from Decatur Ala worked as a hospice nurse for Hospice of North Alabama for two years and an administra-tor for three years As a nurse she was assigned between eight and 10 cases Graham spread her visits out during the week starting with visit-ing her patients just a couple of times a week but increas-ing the visits as death became more imminent

Graham worked to make the patient more comfortable while educating both the patient and family on the transition process She spent a lot of her time simply listening to her patients too

ldquoThe family members go through the five stages of grief but so did the patientsrdquo Graham said ldquoThey talk a lot reliving their lives and so they often just needed someone

to listenrdquoThe relationship that devel-

ops between an RN or volun-teer and the patient and fam-ily can also be a lasting and special bond For Diane Wiley getting to know one of the RNs who helped with the care of her mother was meaningful

ldquoWe just loved her to deathrdquo Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care ldquoShe was absolutely won-derful She became like a mem-ber of our familyrdquo

Wiley said only she and her sister were present when their mother passed away but immediately after she died Wiley called the RN

ldquoShe was offdutyrdquo Wiley said ldquoBut as soon as I called she camerdquo

The nurse handled all the paperwork for Wiley and her sister

ldquoMy mother was so ready to dierdquo Wiley said ldquoShe was ready to go be with the Lord She would go in her room and turn on Christian music and

tell us she was going to die right there in that bedrdquo

Nurses play a large role in car-ing for patients and families but another big part to hospice care is the volunteers Gibson and Wells both attested to the importance

of volunteer help at HOWAldquoWe have the best volunteers

of the area and that makes my job amazingrdquo Gibson said

Volunteers go through inten-sive training and their jobs include sitting with patients providing companionship or offering relief for caregivers and much more They also run errands like going to the bank or grocery store

Volunteers are also involved in other ways outside of patient care They make flow-er arrangements help keep HOWArsquos kitchen stocked work as receptionists and Gibson said they are important for fundraisers

ldquoVolunteers are vitally important to the success of fundraisers like our Fourth Annual Family 5k Run and Walk eventrdquo she said

This year the run was held at Munny Sokol Park in March and proceeds went to benefit patient care at HOWA

As a volunteer Thompson had the opportunity to build relationships with families and patients One of her first expe-riences with hospice was the woman with colon cancer

ldquoWhen I think of hospice every nurse I saw was so soothing caring and calmingrdquo Thompson said ldquoThe nurse stayed with [the woman with colon cancer] the whole timerdquo

The woman had two daugh-ters in high school One daugh-ter went in to say goodbye and one refused initially As the woman neared the end of her life her breathing became shallow and gasp-like and the second daughted relented

Tears streaming down her face the daughter looked at her mother face to face for what would be the last time Thompson said

ldquoI love you Mommardquo she said to her mother ldquoPlease go be with Jesusrdquo

Holding her daughterrsquos hand the woman gathered what was left of her strength to respond

ldquoI love you toordquo she said Within a few minutes she died

ldquoIt was as if she was waiting to see her daughter before she wentrdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed the closure before she could gordquo

ABOUT HOWAHospice of West Alabama

in addition to numerous volun-teers has 85 employees and serves hundreds of patients annually in Tuscaloosa Pickens Fayette Lamar Hale and Bibb counties The majority of their patients are usually seen at home The inpatient unit which has 10 beds has a waiting list and admittance is based on the patientrsquos prognosis The wait would vary on availability and the patientrsquos need for care HOWA is a nonprofit organi-zation Payment for hospice care comes from Medicare Medicaid and most private insurers Contributions from the community via United Way fund raising memorial and general donations help provide care to provide care to patients who have no health care coverage or have needs not covered by their insurance

Hospice of West Alabama offers patients peace

CW | Shannon AuvilThe Hospice of West Alabama is a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilStaff nurse Bobbie Garner at the Hospice of West Alabama a non-profi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilHOWA offers homelike spaces for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and screened-in porch

CW | Shannon AuvilMary Owens is a CNA at the Hospice of West Alabama a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

ldquolsquoWe just loved her to deathrsquo

[Diane] Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care lsquoShe

was absolutely wonderful lsquo

Editor | Marquavius Burnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcom

Tuesday April 9 2013SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

FOOTBALL

Offensive line takes shape as Tide returns to practiceBy Charlie PotterStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos offensive line lost three starters to graduation and the NFL draft this offsea-son while right guard Anthony Steen and left tackle Cyrus Kouandjio returned to the Capstone to continue their col-legiate careers this semester

The big challenge entering the spring was replacing such dynamic and experienced play-ers like Chance Warmack DJ Fluker and Barrett Jones at such an integral position

After the Crimson Tidersquos ninth spring practice on Monday Arie Kouandjio said the Crimson Tide is managing to retool its offensive line just fine

ldquoI feel good about all the guys on the linerdquo Kouandjio said ldquoI feel very confident in the abil-ity that we have on any side of the ball or any position Irsquom really confident in what we can do and what we can obtain this yearrdquo

Kouandjio has been play-ing at left guard so far this spring lining up next to his younger brother Cyrus Austin Shepherd has taken most of the first-team snaps at right guard this spring and Ryan Kelly has taken over the duties of playing center

The threesome are familiar with each other having worked together last season on the sec-ond-team unit and Kouandjio said that experience has helped them to build a bond that just keeps growing

ldquoIt gave us something to build on and wersquove just got to

keep building keep stacking those bricksrdquo

Kouandjio said it was a bless-ing to be able to be at the top of the depth chart But he was especially happy to be able to line up beside his brother

ldquoItrsquos insanerdquo he said ldquoI love it Wersquore really in sync and we know how each of us feel We donrsquot even have to talk that much to know whatrsquos going on and stuff like that with each other Itrsquos really coolrdquo

He said he and his brother have been through a lot and have used their experiences together growing up to their advantage on the playing field

In Cyrusrsquos first year at Alabama both brothers suf-fered injuries and went through rehabilitation together It was then that they started to push each other to become better players by making everything a competition

ldquoThatrsquos when the competi-tion came in and that helped a lotrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoWe turned it into a game and wersquore here nowrdquo

Alabama returns to practice

on Wednesday

CW | Alaina ClarkQuarterback Parker McLeod left and wide receiver Ty Reed participate in the Tidersquos spring practice

PRACTICE NOTESbull Trey DePriest donned a black no-contact jersey on Monday after accumulating four tackles and two intercep-tions in Saturdayrsquos simulated scrimmage He worked on the stationary bikes with Kevin Norwood and John Fulton bull Dee Hart who had been practicing with the defensive backs this spring was found with running backs on Mon-day He still wore a black no-contact jersey bull Ryan Anderson worked with defensive coordinator Kirby Smart and the inside linebackers on Monday insteaw of his usual position at outside linebacker The move was probably made because of the injury to DePriest

CW | Alaina ClarkTide receiver Deandrew White second from right wore a black no-contact jersey during practice Saturday

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 11

By Charlie Potter

The 2012-13 college bas-ketball season is officially finished but the offseason is already in full swing for every program in the coun-try including The University of Alabama

Head coach Anthony Grant and his assistants are hot on the recruiting trail in search of a third piece to their 2013 recruiting class a class that already pos-sesses center Jimmy Taylor and power forward Shannon Hale

The player the Crimson Tide wants and needs to secure ndash or resecure ndash is Jaren Sina

Sina a 6-2 point guard from Gill St Bernardrsquos School in Gladstone NJ originally committed to Alabama as a

sophomore but he decom-mitted and chose to go to Northwestern instead Since then he has been released from his scholarship with the Wildcats after the team fired head coach Bill Carmody

He now lists his top four choices as Alabama Northwestern Seton Hall and Indiana Sina plans to visit the Capstone on Thursday and make a deci-sion on where he will play

college basketball before the April 17 deadline

Securing Sina would increase the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12 and that would certainly help in terms of depth as Alabama suffered from the losses of Carl Engstrom and Andrew Steele last season

It would also give Grant a third point guard on his ros-ter as Trevor Releford will be a senior in the upcoming season and Retin Obasohan is still learning the game Any additions at that posi-tion will be welcomed

But most importantly it will give the Tide an offen-sive weapon alongside a couple of inside defensive threats and Grant needs those aspects in his fifth year at Alabama

The Tide missed the

NCAA tournament this year and it can be argued that it must get back to the Big Dance and make some noise in order for Grant to receive a contract extension With Sina in the fold Grant will have a deep bench and pleth-ora of guards to work with to make a run at next yearrsquos March Madness

If Sina decides to come to Alabama he will join Releford Trevor Lacey Levi Randolph Rodney Cooper and Obasohan to com-plete one the best crop of guards in the Southeastern Conference

But if Sina spurns Grantrsquos offer the Tide will lose out on an excellent 3-point shooter and pinpoint passer It could be a big blow in what could be Grantrsquos final season in Tuscaloosa

Alabama needs to land Jaren Sina one more timeCOLUMN

Crimson Tide set to play 2-game midweek seriesBy Kevin ConnellStaff Reporter

The No 22 University of Alabama baseball team con-cludes its six-game home stand with a two-game mid-week series against the Alcorn State Braves Tuesday and Wednesday First pitches are set for 605 pm on Tuesday and 505 pm on Wednesday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium

The Crimson Tide (20-13 8-4

Southeastern Conference) is just one win shy of matching last seasonrsquos 21 wins for the entire 2012 season when it fin-ished in last place in the SEC As it stands now Alabama sits in a three-way tie with Arkansas and South Carolina for second place in the SEC behind Vanderbilt and LSU

Alabama was soundly beaten in its first two games against No 9 Arkansas this past weekend but responded

well in the series finale on Saturday with an impressive 5-0 victory Sophomore right-hander Spencer Turnbull (4-1 222 ERA) who was nominated as the SEC Pitcher of the Week following another strong start on Saturday praised the Tidersquos defense after the win for bailing him out when his slider wasnrsquot working

The defense was great behind me continuing to make playsrdquo Turnbull said ldquoI didnrsquot really have a slider at all today

but I was able to keep them off balance enough where they couldnrsquot just sit on my

fastball and it worked out pretty goodrdquo

A consistent defense will be beneficial to have even against an Alcorn State team that is just 8-25 on the year However the Braves are on a two-game

winning streak coming into the midweek series against the Tide after defeating 19-5 Alabama State twice

Turnbull stressed the importance of scoring early runs after Alabamarsquos win against Arkansas on Saturday ndash a theme that applies for all starting pitchers in baseball

ldquoI was confident today that if we could get at least two that we could winrdquo Turnbull said ldquoItrsquos hard to shut out a team completely but with [Brett] Booth getting us start-ed early it was a huge lift for us earlyrdquo

Booth the starting senior catcher gave the Tide the early lift it needed its last time out with a solo home run ndash his third of the season ndash in the second inning against Arkansas on Saturday He

leads the team in batting average (299) runs scored (30) RBIs (23) slugging percentage (419) and on-base percentage (401)

Despite losing two of the three games in the series the Tide has won 10 of its last 14 games Booth said he was confident on where the team currently stands now

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been play-ing some good baseballrdquo he said

Redshirt junior right-hand-er Tucker Hawley (4-2 219 ERA) will start for Alabama Tuesday Wednesdayrsquos starter has yet to be announced

BASEBALL

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been playing

some good baseball

mdash Brett Booth

After a 5-0 victory Saturday the Tide sit in a 3-way tie for No 2 SEC spot ahead of Alcorn State games

ldquo Securing Sina would in-crease the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12

and that would certainly help in terms of depth

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UA softball team to host MVSU Delta Devils Tuesday By Alexis PaineStaff Reporter

The University of Alabama softball team will play the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils Tuesday in the fifth game of its 10-game home stand

The Tide played Southeastern Conference opponent Missouri last week-end claiming a 2-1 record in the series The team defeated the Tigers by an eight-run margin in the last game of the series after falling to its opponents on Saturday Head coach Patrick Murphy said he hopes the huge score differential Sunday sets the speed for the two games this week and for the rest of the season

ldquoIrsquom hoping our offense will keep going because thatrsquos what we needrdquo Murphy said ldquoI mean the offense if it keeps going wersquore going to be fine

the rest of the year because [Missourirsquos Chelsea Thomas] is one of the best pitchers in the country and to score fourteen against them is saying some-thingrdquo

Last weekendrsquos series brought the Tidersquos record to 10-5 in SEC play and 35-6 over-all Murphy said the season has been tough so far because of the intensity brought by oppo-nents and that the Tide has played a majority of its con-ference games on the road He said the team needs to under-stand this as they go into the rest of the season

ldquoYou know the first four weekends three are on the

road and anybody that plays us is going to play out of their minds and play their best game and we know thatrdquo Murphy said ldquoWe expect that and I think the girls are finally real-izing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow uprdquo

Junior Mollie Fichtner said the Tide is not taking the non-conference opponent lightly She said the team will still focus on playing ldquoAlabama ballrdquo against the Devils The team is focusing on the finer points of the game as it goes into the midweek game Fichtner said

ldquoYoursquove got to do the little thingsrdquo Fichtner said ldquoTheyrsquoll

turn into the big things So just take it every single inning We have some adjustments to make and those are great opportunities to make themrdquo

Murphy said he is look-ing for everyone to step up in the game against Mississippi Valley State Lauren Sewell is set to pitch Tuesday in a game that will help decide the teamrsquos weekend practice schedule

ldquoLauren definitely gets to pitch and then we need to clean it up the whole weekrdquo Murphy said These are two big games because we have the weekend off and depending on how we do they either get Thursday off or we practice Thursday Then Friday Saturday Sunday [are] completely off Itrsquos been on the calendar since September so itrsquos good I totally believe in what Coach Saban says One day off is good but two days off is great and three days off is awesome For an arm thatrsquos

Alabama golfer Cory Whitsett ranked 3rd nationallyBy Bryan BergmanContributing Writer

As the Alabama menrsquos golf team rolls through its season a large part of the teamrsquos suc-cess can be attributed to the play of junior Cory Whitsett

Whitsett began the season ranked No 8 in Golfweekrsquos preseason top 10 and he has only improved from there ranked No3 in the nation as of April 7th His 7096 aver-age leads the team and is seventh in the country

Whitsett began the season with a third-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic which helped the team to a victory at that event He then tied for the individual title at the Tidersquos

second-place finish at the Southern Highlands Masters His first-place finishes at the Linger Longer Invitational and Aggie Invitational led the Tide to victories in those tournaments He now has five career victories tied for second most in school history

ldquoIrsquove tried to play with a lot more self-belief this year Irsquove hit some bad shots

and been in some difficult situations but Irsquove just com-pletely trusted myself and gotten out of it that wayrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett a native of Houston Texas came to Alabama as one of the most accomplished recruits in school history In 2007 he became one of only five fifteen-year old players to win the US Junior Amateur Championship participat-ing in the first of three US Amateur Championships the same year In 2010 he was selected as the National High School Senior Athlete of the Year for menrsquos golf after tying for the state title Head coach Jay Seawell said he

was happy about his decision to recruit Whitsett to Alabama

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disappointed But the best part is hersquos a great young manrdquo Seawell said ldquoOn and off the golf course hersquos a class act Hersquos a hard worker who takes pride in all he does and being a part of Alabamardquo

He made an immediate impact upon arriving at Alabama finishing with a 7139 scoring average second on the team and an Alabama rookie record (since bro-ken by Justin Thomas) Four top-five finishes including his first of three victories at

the Linger Longer Invitational led to him being named to the All-Mickelson Team honoring the countryrsquos best freshmen as well as Golfweekrsquos All-Freshman Team and a consensus second-team All-American

Whitsett turned in anoth-er outstanding season as a sophomore last year finish-ing the season ranked No 13 overall with wins at the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic and Linger Longer Invitational He was named a consensus second-team All-American first-team All-SEC and SEC Academic Honor Roll along with the NCAA Elite 89 Award which is given to the

student-athlete at the NCAA Championships with the high-est GPA His efforts helped bring the Tide an SEC champi-onship but the team fell short at the NCAA Championships losing to Texas in the finals Whitsett said he looks forward to having another chance to compete for the championship this season

ldquoI want to win a National Championship with the team We came so close last year and really got a taste of what it would be like To not get [the championship] is one of the worst feelings Irsquove ever hadrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett and the Tide will be back in action at the SEC Championships on April 19th

MENrsquoS GOLF

SOFTBALL

been throwing since mid-Sep-tember in Traina and Jury itrsquoll be good for themrdquo

The Tide will take on the Devils Tuesday at 6 pm in the Rhoads Softball Stadium The team will continue at home against The University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers Wednesday

Contributing writer Kelly Ward contributed to this article

ldquoI think the girls are fi nally realizing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow up

mdash Patrick Murphy

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disap-pointed But the best part is hersquos a

great young man

mdash Jay Seawell

IF YOU GObull What Softball v MVSU

bull When Tuesday 6 pm

bull Where Rhoads Softball Stadium

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By Ashley TrippStaff Reporter

Kelly Roy was just 18 months old when her parents filed for divorce

ldquoMy parents have been divorced for basically my entire liferdquo Roy said ldquoI only remember them being divorced so I guess the plus side of it all is I donrsquot remem-ber the whole lsquofamily falling apartrsquo issuerdquo

Roy a sophomore major-ing in communications is one of the many students at The University of Alabama deal-ing with divorce Roy said the effects of her parentrsquos divorce have affected her college experience

ldquoItrsquos difficult getting both of my parents to take care of my tuitionrdquo Roy said ldquoInstead of having a married couple I have to rely on two people who donrsquot always pay on time which is difficult especially since they donrsquot really speak with each otherrdquo

Roy said holidays and simply driving home for the weekend can be problematic as well

ldquoWhenever I want to go home on the weekends I always have to ask myself whose home should I go home tordquo Roy said ldquoMy parents only live a few hours a part but I canrsquot really visit both in one weekend hellip I always end up driving constantlyrdquo

Lee Keyes executive direc-tor of the Counseling Center at the University said the topic

of divorce is a fairly frequent reason that students come to the Center

ldquoGiven that over half of marriages end in divorce it is expected that this would be on the minds of many studentsrdquo Keyes said ldquoMany times stu-dents feel lsquocaught in the mid-dlersquo and struggle with some of the negative communication patterns in which couples in conflict engage hellip This causes stress worry and sadness and students come to work through those issuesrdquo

While the Counseling Center does see divorce occurring long before the student arrives at school it also sees divorce emerging after students go off to college

Keyes said students whose parents were divorced in the past have had at least some time to adjust and manage any issues that result but the lat-ter group deals with stress and changes right here and now

ldquoThe latter is probably more common simply because the total number of years involved is greater than the four or so that students are in schoolrdquo Keyes said ldquoThe problems they experience are acute and feel more overwhelming or worrisomerdquo

Olivia Gartzman a fresh-man majoring in public rela-tions said her parents got divorced when she was reach-ing her teen years a time when she needed her mother the most

ldquoI had to learn to be a big

girl by myself and learn how to put on makeup and suchrdquo Gartzman said

Now a freshman in college Gartzman said she is expe-riencing new things and fac-ing new challenges without a mother figure to share it with

ldquoIrsquove learned from my sisters and friends here at UA to make the best with what you have and to not dwell on the things you donrsquot have the power to changerdquo Gartzman said ldquoThedivorce and not really having a mother figure in my life has hit me hard but it has also mademe a stronger person for right now as well as the futurerdquo

The Counseling Center pro-vides programming on healthy relationships assertive com-munication and stress man-agement all of which may be related to the issue of divorce

ldquoWe can also provide free support groups for students whose parents [are] divorced or are divorcing when there is enough interest for us to do sordquo Keyes said

Keyes said students dealing with divorce should come to the Counseling Center early

ldquoDonrsquot wait until it affects other parts of your life such as school or other relation-shipsrdquo Keyes said ldquoItrsquos impor-tant to know that methods of coping and communicating effectively are available and can be learned hellip The nega-tive aspects of this issue can be minimized so that one canpreserve healthy relationshipswith family and othersrdquo

Students learn to cope with high divorce rate

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 7

UA graduate school awards top students 2012-13 honorsBy Adrienne BurchAssistant News Editor

In addition to the under-graduate awards given last week during the Universityrsquos Honors Week The University of Alabama Graduate School awarded its students with top honors

Three faculty committees selected the eight most out-standing graduate students from a pool of students from each individual college

John Schmitt assistant dean of the graduate school said the selected students won awards previously with-in their college or school and then went on to be awarded overall graduate school awards

ldquoThese are the best of the best from the college-wide winnersrdquo Schmitt said ldquoThese are the most advanced degrees the University has to offer making this a really out-standing accomplishmentrdquo

Schmitt said these awards were bestowed primarily based on the studentsrsquo work on either their master theses or dissertation and every award is different because the individual pieces of research are vastly different

ldquoThe work they have done is going to launch them into their careers whether it is a doctoral student going into education or a masterrsquos stu-dent looking for a jobrdquo he said

Outstanding Doctoral Dis-sertation

John C Mitcham College of Arts and Sciences depart-ment of history

Mitcham won for his manu-script ldquoSea League of All the Britons Race Identity and Imperial Defense 1868ndash1914rdquo His dissertation chairperson was John Beeler a profes-sor in the department of his-tory In his work Mitcham explores the cultural social and political dimensions of British imperial policy dur-ing the late 19th and early 20th centuries His project provides the first comprehen-sive study of the cultural and racial origins of the imperial defense partnership

Yanping Zhang College of

Engineering department of computer science

Zhang won for her manu-script ldquoSurveillance and Intrusion Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks Design Analysis and Evaluationrdquo Her dissertation chairperson was Yang Xiao a professor in the department of computer science Zhangrsquos research incorporated ideas from multiple disciplines including computer science biology animal behavior and communication She modeled the social and communication behavior of primates which provide biological inspiration for solving problems in com-munication and networking

Outstanding Masterrsquos Thesis

K Lance Wilson College of Arts and Sciences depart-ment of geological sciences

Wilson won for his man-uscript ldquoThe Origin and Development of the Tampa Embayment Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of the Eastern Gulf of Mexicordquo His thesis chairperson was Delores Robinson an associ-ate professor of geological sciences The thesis provided a tectonic evolution of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico based on the seismic lines that he interpreted His research allows people to determine where rocks which may be full of hydrocarbons might be located

Excellence in Teaching by a Masterrsquos Student

Allison Hiss College of Arts and Sciences department of modern languages and classics

Hissrsquo teaching style dem-onstrates resourcefulness as well as understanding of com-municative language teaching methods She has been instru-mental in implementing cre-ative extra-curricular activi-ties for the French program and served as the assistant to the director of the Alabama-in-France study abroad pro-gram in summer 2012

Excellence in Teaching by a Doctoral Student

Jefferson Walker College of Communication and

Information Sciences doctor-al program in Communication and Information Sciences

Walker possesses the abil-ity to teach and lead his stu-dents and fosters a sense of life-long learning that con-tributes to his teaching suc-cess He is consistently evalu-ated among the top doctoral teachers in the department

Excellence in Research by a Masterrsquos Student

Zachary Wahl-Alexander College of Education depart-ment of kinesiology

Wahl-Alexander has produced an impressivelist of publications that includes three publications in American and European journals three published abstracts and nine peer-reviewed presentations He has been able to secure external funding to sup-port the research projects that he initiated organized and conducted

Excellence in Research by a Doctoral Student

Matthew Shannon College of Engineering department of chemical and biological engi-neering

Shannon has conducted groundbreaking research in his field that is consistently cited by external research groups He has eight peer-reviewed publications in highly respected chemical engineering and chemistry journals and he has made six presentations at conferences He is also the co-inventor on one US and PCT patent application

Outstanding Service by a Graduate Student

Dr Rosemary Clement College of Nursing DNP Program

Dr Clement has worked tirelessly to promote breast cancer awareness in her home state of South Carolina and internationally through her volunteer work in Ghana Africa She has established support groups for women with cancer funding sources for women who cannot afford mammograms and pet thera-py sessions with her certified therapy dog

Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Tuesday April 9 2013CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

Local children learn other cultures with Heart TouchBy Abbey CrainStaff Reporter

Fan Yang came to The University of Alabama from China to study social work but decided to make an impact on the community by sharing her culture with local fourth grad-ers Yang designed the Heart Touch Program to connect American students to Chinese students with help from the Center for Community Based Partnership and Tuscaloosarsquos One Place an after school pro-gram

ldquoMy concentration is children and their familiesrdquo Yang said ldquoI love children and I try to pro-vide them something I think the unique thing I can provide is about my background because I am from China I know about Chinese culture so I think thatrsquos the best thing I can provide themrdquo

Yang along with other stu-dent volunteers visits seven elementary schools a week lec-turing on Chinese culture and helping students write letters to students in China One week she brought Chinese food donated by Lai Lai and taught students to use chopsticks

ldquoIt was really interestingrdquo Emma Moultrie a freshman majoring in psychology said ldquoWe taught them about Chinese food and we taught them how to use chopsticks and taught them about the foods they eat in Chinardquo

Moultrie said she heard about the program through Blount and although she does not speak Chinese wanted to foster rela-tionships with the students She said it is important to educate children about cultures other than their own Moultrie volun-teers helping translate letters from English to Chinese

Jin Wang a masterrsquos student studying mechanical engineer-ing is another international student helping with the Heart Touch Program

ldquoIrsquove done a lot volunteering stuff before and I found this program interestingrdquo Wang said ldquoIn this program Irsquom able to get to know young kids in America how they think what do they know about China what are their dreams I realize I can learn something from the kids and I can tell them how China actually looks like as wellrdquo

Yang said the students were eager to listen and learn about

Chinese culture especially when food was involved

ldquoThey sometimes ask me very good questionsrdquo Yang said ldquoSomeone asked me why there are so many lsquomade in Chinarsquo things It is very hard to answer but some of them do not know very much about Chinardquo

Yang is in her second year of the social work program at the University and said internation-al students need to get involved outside of the University

ldquoIt is very important for inter-national students because I am an international student and I know how they feelrdquo Yang said ldquoI clearly remember my first semester here I was new here and I didnrsquot know anyone I tried to get involved but I didnrsquot know how The reason why I devel-oped this program is to get more international students to get involved in the community so they can learn something about American culture and the com-munity experiencerdquo

Yang said she hopes to con-tinue the Heart Touch Program as long as she is at the Capstone She said she wants to help other UA students develop similar programs to get involved in the Tuscaloosa community

COLUMN | FOOD

By Christopher Chase Edmunds

Irsquom stressed out exhausted hungry and broke As a col-lege student this is my natural state of being and I am now accustomed to the bland taste of ramen noodles This past weekend however I ventured out of the ramen rut and used this collegiate staple food in several creative ways All of these recipes can be prepared with a microwave and I tried to keep the cost per serving as low as possible

Cuban Carnitas SoupI started off easy and decided

to try and spice up one of the most underrated ramen fla-vors Using just the pork fla-vored ramen and a few simple accents I created a carnitas-inspired dish that was expo-nentially more satisfying than the sum of its parts

First prepare the pork ramen as directed It would be best to leave as much of the broth as possible Then add a few pinches of cilantro a slice

of lime and hot sauce to taste Feel free to use more lime juice and less hot sauce if you are not a fan of spicy foods Remember to save your lime for any bever-ages you may prepare later

Ramen and Vegetable Stir-Fry

My next dish made use of canned fruits and veggies to

keep costs low and flavors varied Stir-fry dishes may not seem microwave-friendly but I assure you it is possible You

just need to heat your food add ingredients stir and heat again For this dish I used one can of mixed veggies and one small can of sliced mandarin

orangesFirst cook the noodles as

directed (I did not use the included flavor packet) Then drain all the water and add the mixed veggies and mandarin oranges A good ratio to use is two parts veggies to one part oranges Mix these all togeth-er with your favorite teriyaki or soy sauce and heat in the

microwave until warm Feel free to use packets of sauce from Chinese restaurants to cut down on costs

Chicken Parma-Ramen Disregarding the flavor

packets ramen is just cheap pasta I used this to my advan-tage and created the cheap-est easiest form of chicken Parmesan For this dish I made use of microwave-ready chicken breast regu-lar spaghetti sauce and sliced provolone

Cook the noodles first Remember that if noodles get cold they can always be reheated under a damp paper towel but meat loses flavor every time it is reheated Once the noodles are ready cook the chicken as directed Then add a slice of cheese to the chicken and heat for about 15 seconds on high This is just enough to melt the cheese Serve the chicken on a bed of noodles and drench in the spaghetti sauce heated to your preference

Variations on ramen noodle recipes spice up typical college student meals

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By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Unlike most art classes at The University of Alabama UH 155 a freshman honors class allows students to create pieces of art that will be sold at the Good Art Show which ben-efits Tuscaloosa One Place a community organization that serves each member of a fam-ily with specialized programs

Tonya Nelson the UA profes-sor who teaches the class said UH 155 focuses on ldquoThe Art of Giving Backrdquo

ldquoThe class requires [stu-dents] to serve as mentors for students in local kindergarten and elementary schools who

no longer have art programsrdquo Nelson said ldquoThey work on art projects together and just spend time talking about each othersrsquo dayrdquo

Sidney Stratton a freshman majoring in civil engineering said she had an idea to make a wire and bead design but changed her mind

ldquoI liked that the project would have a storyrdquo Stratton

said ldquoBut the students who would be helping are in the kin-dergarten so we worried that they would be really upset and confused about why the bead-ed craft they made was being taken away from them never to be seen againrdquo

In the end Stratton ended up creating Alabama and greek-themed koozies

ldquoI chose to do koozies

because I wanted students to be able to take a reminder of UA home with them for the summer wherever home may berdquo Stratton said

Jacob Powell a fresh-man majoring in finance and accounting was also a student in the class

ldquoIrsquom only doing one thing for the show ndash setting up a table with a connect-four board and letting passersby play in order to invent patterns to spray paint onto mouse padsrdquo Powell said ldquoIf they win they get to keep the mouse pad free of charge but I donrsquot expect to lose many times because to be honest Irsquove played more games of connect-four in the last five

years than anyone would think humanly possiblerdquo

The Good Art Show has been taking place for a few semesters and so far has raised $3000 to donate to Tuscaloosa One Place

Sarah Hartley a freshman majoring in biology helped with the financing aspect of the Good Art Show

ldquoA few weeks before the show we put up flyers and sent out emails among for stu-dents who werenrsquot a part of our class to submit art with half of their proceeds going to benefit Tuscaloosa One Placerdquo Hartley said ldquoAnd the art show is our only means of fundrais-ing so wersquore working hard to

make it a successrdquoHartley said the Good Art

Show is like any other art show except the students creating the work are not necessarily artists

ldquoThe concept of art being in each of our lives every day was a little foreign to me but now I see and appreciate things more in life because of the artistic values they possessrdquo Stratton said ldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspectiverdquo

The Good Art Show will take place Tuesday outside Nott Hall from 1-4 pm

Honors class uses art to benefi t Tuscaloosa One PlaceldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a

cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspective

mdash Sidney Stratton

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 9

By Alexandra EllsworthStaff Reporter

One memory sticks out to Margie Thompson from her time volunteering with Hospice of the Valley in Decatur Ala ndashcarrying bucket after bucket of blood from a hospice patientrsquos bedside

In a bright airy sun room a middle-aged woman lay in her home in the hospital bed that would house her until her death She was throwing up blood while a hospice nurse sat by her side

ldquoIt was really horriblerdquo Thompson said ldquoShe was com-pletely coherent Normally they give patients morphine to calm them and help ease the transition but she refusedrdquo

The woman suffered from colon cancer and the time had come for the family to come in and say goodbye

ldquoThe family has to give per-mission for the patient to dierdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed to hear it because the will to live is too strong The nurse coached them on exactly what to sayrdquo

That is what hospice does It strives to help dying patients transition into death as peace-fully as possible Hospice is a service offered to terminally ill patients often with a six-month life expectancy prognosis To be admitted patients must be no longer responsive to cure-oriented treatments

The focus of hospice is on caring not curing They pro-vide the terminally ill and their families medical care and both emotional and spiritual sup-port tailored to the patientrsquos needs and wishes According to Hospice Of West Alabamarsquos website hospice relies on the belief that a person has a right to die pain-free and with dig-nity and that his or her loved ones will receive the necessary support to allow the patient to do so

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization a nonprofit membership orga-nization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States reported an estimated 165 million patients in the US who received services from hospice in 2011 and approxi-mately 446 percent of all

deaths in the US were under the care of a hospice program According to NHPCO the first program opened in 1974 and more than 5300 exist today

Even on a gray day HOWA is unexpectedly uplifting Large windows let light into a foyer where a volunteer reception-ist like Gladys Ritchie greets visitors with a smile and points them in the right direction

Ritchie affectionately known as ldquoTroublerdquo among her co-workers has been volunteering with HOWA for more than 10 years HOWA needs volunteers like her to provide its service

HOWA is located on the cam-pus of the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center and a staff of 85 serves seven coun-ties in West Alabama The Helen H Hahn House HOWArsquos home looks out on the tranquil scenery of the central court-yard complete with a pond and gazebo

Kimberly Gibson volunteer coordinator for HOWA said the majority of hospice care is pro-vided in the place the patient calls home but HOWA is one of three hospice providers in the state that has an inpatient unit

The 10-bed HOWA inpatient facility located in the Hahn House offers homelike spac-es for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and a shared screened-in porch These porches are patient-accessible with French doors that open wide enough for a bed to be wheeled out onto the porch The chairs in the room convert into sleepers for family members who want to stay the night

ldquoWe tried to think of any obstacle that would keep a fam-ily member from being able to be hererdquo Gibson said ldquoThe inpatient facility also features a chapel for quiet moments as well as gathering places for patients and familiesrdquo

The comfortable environ-ment provided by HOWArsquos facil-ities supplement the care given by the staff and volunteers

Holly Mason a UA gradu-ate student working on her masterrsquos in social work cur-rently interns with HOWA and worked as volunteer before that She said she began volun-teering with HOWA after some-one from a hospice group spoke to her health psychology class

ldquoI thought hospice care was a really worthwhile service and wanted to get involvedrdquo Mason said ldquoMy favorite part about it has been getting to know the patients As a volun-teer I visited patients It gave me good perspective to talk to them I got to hear a lot of sto-ries about their livesrdquo

Additionally Mason said she enjoys getting to know the patients seeing pictures of their families and building relationships

ldquoHospice workers are not hired they are calledrdquo Gibson said ldquoThat is very true of our staff Hospice has to be something you are passionate aboutrdquo

For Laura Graham an RN for Hospice of North Alabama getting to know the family was one of her favorite parts of her job as a hospice nurse Grahamrsquos said it was also the most challenging ndash getting to know her patients and their families

ldquoWhen you lost a patient you also often lost the fam-ily toordquo she said ldquoUnderstandably many families donrsquot really want to keep in touch but I met a lot of people I never would have met otherwise and I loved thatrdquo

Graham from Decatur Ala worked as a hospice nurse for Hospice of North Alabama for two years and an administra-tor for three years As a nurse she was assigned between eight and 10 cases Graham spread her visits out during the week starting with visit-ing her patients just a couple of times a week but increas-ing the visits as death became more imminent

Graham worked to make the patient more comfortable while educating both the patient and family on the transition process She spent a lot of her time simply listening to her patients too

ldquoThe family members go through the five stages of grief but so did the patientsrdquo Graham said ldquoThey talk a lot reliving their lives and so they often just needed someone

to listenrdquoThe relationship that devel-

ops between an RN or volun-teer and the patient and fam-ily can also be a lasting and special bond For Diane Wiley getting to know one of the RNs who helped with the care of her mother was meaningful

ldquoWe just loved her to deathrdquo Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care ldquoShe was absolutely won-derful She became like a mem-ber of our familyrdquo

Wiley said only she and her sister were present when their mother passed away but immediately after she died Wiley called the RN

ldquoShe was offdutyrdquo Wiley said ldquoBut as soon as I called she camerdquo

The nurse handled all the paperwork for Wiley and her sister

ldquoMy mother was so ready to dierdquo Wiley said ldquoShe was ready to go be with the Lord She would go in her room and turn on Christian music and

tell us she was going to die right there in that bedrdquo

Nurses play a large role in car-ing for patients and families but another big part to hospice care is the volunteers Gibson and Wells both attested to the importance

of volunteer help at HOWAldquoWe have the best volunteers

of the area and that makes my job amazingrdquo Gibson said

Volunteers go through inten-sive training and their jobs include sitting with patients providing companionship or offering relief for caregivers and much more They also run errands like going to the bank or grocery store

Volunteers are also involved in other ways outside of patient care They make flow-er arrangements help keep HOWArsquos kitchen stocked work as receptionists and Gibson said they are important for fundraisers

ldquoVolunteers are vitally important to the success of fundraisers like our Fourth Annual Family 5k Run and Walk eventrdquo she said

This year the run was held at Munny Sokol Park in March and proceeds went to benefit patient care at HOWA

As a volunteer Thompson had the opportunity to build relationships with families and patients One of her first expe-riences with hospice was the woman with colon cancer

ldquoWhen I think of hospice every nurse I saw was so soothing caring and calmingrdquo Thompson said ldquoThe nurse stayed with [the woman with colon cancer] the whole timerdquo

The woman had two daugh-ters in high school One daugh-ter went in to say goodbye and one refused initially As the woman neared the end of her life her breathing became shallow and gasp-like and the second daughted relented

Tears streaming down her face the daughter looked at her mother face to face for what would be the last time Thompson said

ldquoI love you Mommardquo she said to her mother ldquoPlease go be with Jesusrdquo

Holding her daughterrsquos hand the woman gathered what was left of her strength to respond

ldquoI love you toordquo she said Within a few minutes she died

ldquoIt was as if she was waiting to see her daughter before she wentrdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed the closure before she could gordquo

ABOUT HOWAHospice of West Alabama

in addition to numerous volun-teers has 85 employees and serves hundreds of patients annually in Tuscaloosa Pickens Fayette Lamar Hale and Bibb counties The majority of their patients are usually seen at home The inpatient unit which has 10 beds has a waiting list and admittance is based on the patientrsquos prognosis The wait would vary on availability and the patientrsquos need for care HOWA is a nonprofit organi-zation Payment for hospice care comes from Medicare Medicaid and most private insurers Contributions from the community via United Way fund raising memorial and general donations help provide care to provide care to patients who have no health care coverage or have needs not covered by their insurance

Hospice of West Alabama offers patients peace

CW | Shannon AuvilThe Hospice of West Alabama is a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilStaff nurse Bobbie Garner at the Hospice of West Alabama a non-profi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilHOWA offers homelike spaces for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and screened-in porch

CW | Shannon AuvilMary Owens is a CNA at the Hospice of West Alabama a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

ldquolsquoWe just loved her to deathrsquo

[Diane] Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care lsquoShe

was absolutely wonderful lsquo

Editor | Marquavius Burnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcom

Tuesday April 9 2013SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

FOOTBALL

Offensive line takes shape as Tide returns to practiceBy Charlie PotterStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos offensive line lost three starters to graduation and the NFL draft this offsea-son while right guard Anthony Steen and left tackle Cyrus Kouandjio returned to the Capstone to continue their col-legiate careers this semester

The big challenge entering the spring was replacing such dynamic and experienced play-ers like Chance Warmack DJ Fluker and Barrett Jones at such an integral position

After the Crimson Tidersquos ninth spring practice on Monday Arie Kouandjio said the Crimson Tide is managing to retool its offensive line just fine

ldquoI feel good about all the guys on the linerdquo Kouandjio said ldquoI feel very confident in the abil-ity that we have on any side of the ball or any position Irsquom really confident in what we can do and what we can obtain this yearrdquo

Kouandjio has been play-ing at left guard so far this spring lining up next to his younger brother Cyrus Austin Shepherd has taken most of the first-team snaps at right guard this spring and Ryan Kelly has taken over the duties of playing center

The threesome are familiar with each other having worked together last season on the sec-ond-team unit and Kouandjio said that experience has helped them to build a bond that just keeps growing

ldquoIt gave us something to build on and wersquove just got to

keep building keep stacking those bricksrdquo

Kouandjio said it was a bless-ing to be able to be at the top of the depth chart But he was especially happy to be able to line up beside his brother

ldquoItrsquos insanerdquo he said ldquoI love it Wersquore really in sync and we know how each of us feel We donrsquot even have to talk that much to know whatrsquos going on and stuff like that with each other Itrsquos really coolrdquo

He said he and his brother have been through a lot and have used their experiences together growing up to their advantage on the playing field

In Cyrusrsquos first year at Alabama both brothers suf-fered injuries and went through rehabilitation together It was then that they started to push each other to become better players by making everything a competition

ldquoThatrsquos when the competi-tion came in and that helped a lotrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoWe turned it into a game and wersquore here nowrdquo

Alabama returns to practice

on Wednesday

CW | Alaina ClarkQuarterback Parker McLeod left and wide receiver Ty Reed participate in the Tidersquos spring practice

PRACTICE NOTESbull Trey DePriest donned a black no-contact jersey on Monday after accumulating four tackles and two intercep-tions in Saturdayrsquos simulated scrimmage He worked on the stationary bikes with Kevin Norwood and John Fulton bull Dee Hart who had been practicing with the defensive backs this spring was found with running backs on Mon-day He still wore a black no-contact jersey bull Ryan Anderson worked with defensive coordinator Kirby Smart and the inside linebackers on Monday insteaw of his usual position at outside linebacker The move was probably made because of the injury to DePriest

CW | Alaina ClarkTide receiver Deandrew White second from right wore a black no-contact jersey during practice Saturday

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 11

By Charlie Potter

The 2012-13 college bas-ketball season is officially finished but the offseason is already in full swing for every program in the coun-try including The University of Alabama

Head coach Anthony Grant and his assistants are hot on the recruiting trail in search of a third piece to their 2013 recruiting class a class that already pos-sesses center Jimmy Taylor and power forward Shannon Hale

The player the Crimson Tide wants and needs to secure ndash or resecure ndash is Jaren Sina

Sina a 6-2 point guard from Gill St Bernardrsquos School in Gladstone NJ originally committed to Alabama as a

sophomore but he decom-mitted and chose to go to Northwestern instead Since then he has been released from his scholarship with the Wildcats after the team fired head coach Bill Carmody

He now lists his top four choices as Alabama Northwestern Seton Hall and Indiana Sina plans to visit the Capstone on Thursday and make a deci-sion on where he will play

college basketball before the April 17 deadline

Securing Sina would increase the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12 and that would certainly help in terms of depth as Alabama suffered from the losses of Carl Engstrom and Andrew Steele last season

It would also give Grant a third point guard on his ros-ter as Trevor Releford will be a senior in the upcoming season and Retin Obasohan is still learning the game Any additions at that posi-tion will be welcomed

But most importantly it will give the Tide an offen-sive weapon alongside a couple of inside defensive threats and Grant needs those aspects in his fifth year at Alabama

The Tide missed the

NCAA tournament this year and it can be argued that it must get back to the Big Dance and make some noise in order for Grant to receive a contract extension With Sina in the fold Grant will have a deep bench and pleth-ora of guards to work with to make a run at next yearrsquos March Madness

If Sina decides to come to Alabama he will join Releford Trevor Lacey Levi Randolph Rodney Cooper and Obasohan to com-plete one the best crop of guards in the Southeastern Conference

But if Sina spurns Grantrsquos offer the Tide will lose out on an excellent 3-point shooter and pinpoint passer It could be a big blow in what could be Grantrsquos final season in Tuscaloosa

Alabama needs to land Jaren Sina one more timeCOLUMN

Crimson Tide set to play 2-game midweek seriesBy Kevin ConnellStaff Reporter

The No 22 University of Alabama baseball team con-cludes its six-game home stand with a two-game mid-week series against the Alcorn State Braves Tuesday and Wednesday First pitches are set for 605 pm on Tuesday and 505 pm on Wednesday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium

The Crimson Tide (20-13 8-4

Southeastern Conference) is just one win shy of matching last seasonrsquos 21 wins for the entire 2012 season when it fin-ished in last place in the SEC As it stands now Alabama sits in a three-way tie with Arkansas and South Carolina for second place in the SEC behind Vanderbilt and LSU

Alabama was soundly beaten in its first two games against No 9 Arkansas this past weekend but responded

well in the series finale on Saturday with an impressive 5-0 victory Sophomore right-hander Spencer Turnbull (4-1 222 ERA) who was nominated as the SEC Pitcher of the Week following another strong start on Saturday praised the Tidersquos defense after the win for bailing him out when his slider wasnrsquot working

The defense was great behind me continuing to make playsrdquo Turnbull said ldquoI didnrsquot really have a slider at all today

but I was able to keep them off balance enough where they couldnrsquot just sit on my

fastball and it worked out pretty goodrdquo

A consistent defense will be beneficial to have even against an Alcorn State team that is just 8-25 on the year However the Braves are on a two-game

winning streak coming into the midweek series against the Tide after defeating 19-5 Alabama State twice

Turnbull stressed the importance of scoring early runs after Alabamarsquos win against Arkansas on Saturday ndash a theme that applies for all starting pitchers in baseball

ldquoI was confident today that if we could get at least two that we could winrdquo Turnbull said ldquoItrsquos hard to shut out a team completely but with [Brett] Booth getting us start-ed early it was a huge lift for us earlyrdquo

Booth the starting senior catcher gave the Tide the early lift it needed its last time out with a solo home run ndash his third of the season ndash in the second inning against Arkansas on Saturday He

leads the team in batting average (299) runs scored (30) RBIs (23) slugging percentage (419) and on-base percentage (401)

Despite losing two of the three games in the series the Tide has won 10 of its last 14 games Booth said he was confident on where the team currently stands now

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been play-ing some good baseballrdquo he said

Redshirt junior right-hand-er Tucker Hawley (4-2 219 ERA) will start for Alabama Tuesday Wednesdayrsquos starter has yet to be announced

BASEBALL

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been playing

some good baseball

mdash Brett Booth

After a 5-0 victory Saturday the Tide sit in a 3-way tie for No 2 SEC spot ahead of Alcorn State games

ldquo Securing Sina would in-crease the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12

and that would certainly help in terms of depth

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UA softball team to host MVSU Delta Devils Tuesday By Alexis PaineStaff Reporter

The University of Alabama softball team will play the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils Tuesday in the fifth game of its 10-game home stand

The Tide played Southeastern Conference opponent Missouri last week-end claiming a 2-1 record in the series The team defeated the Tigers by an eight-run margin in the last game of the series after falling to its opponents on Saturday Head coach Patrick Murphy said he hopes the huge score differential Sunday sets the speed for the two games this week and for the rest of the season

ldquoIrsquom hoping our offense will keep going because thatrsquos what we needrdquo Murphy said ldquoI mean the offense if it keeps going wersquore going to be fine

the rest of the year because [Missourirsquos Chelsea Thomas] is one of the best pitchers in the country and to score fourteen against them is saying some-thingrdquo

Last weekendrsquos series brought the Tidersquos record to 10-5 in SEC play and 35-6 over-all Murphy said the season has been tough so far because of the intensity brought by oppo-nents and that the Tide has played a majority of its con-ference games on the road He said the team needs to under-stand this as they go into the rest of the season

ldquoYou know the first four weekends three are on the

road and anybody that plays us is going to play out of their minds and play their best game and we know thatrdquo Murphy said ldquoWe expect that and I think the girls are finally real-izing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow uprdquo

Junior Mollie Fichtner said the Tide is not taking the non-conference opponent lightly She said the team will still focus on playing ldquoAlabama ballrdquo against the Devils The team is focusing on the finer points of the game as it goes into the midweek game Fichtner said

ldquoYoursquove got to do the little thingsrdquo Fichtner said ldquoTheyrsquoll

turn into the big things So just take it every single inning We have some adjustments to make and those are great opportunities to make themrdquo

Murphy said he is look-ing for everyone to step up in the game against Mississippi Valley State Lauren Sewell is set to pitch Tuesday in a game that will help decide the teamrsquos weekend practice schedule

ldquoLauren definitely gets to pitch and then we need to clean it up the whole weekrdquo Murphy said These are two big games because we have the weekend off and depending on how we do they either get Thursday off or we practice Thursday Then Friday Saturday Sunday [are] completely off Itrsquos been on the calendar since September so itrsquos good I totally believe in what Coach Saban says One day off is good but two days off is great and three days off is awesome For an arm thatrsquos

Alabama golfer Cory Whitsett ranked 3rd nationallyBy Bryan BergmanContributing Writer

As the Alabama menrsquos golf team rolls through its season a large part of the teamrsquos suc-cess can be attributed to the play of junior Cory Whitsett

Whitsett began the season ranked No 8 in Golfweekrsquos preseason top 10 and he has only improved from there ranked No3 in the nation as of April 7th His 7096 aver-age leads the team and is seventh in the country

Whitsett began the season with a third-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic which helped the team to a victory at that event He then tied for the individual title at the Tidersquos

second-place finish at the Southern Highlands Masters His first-place finishes at the Linger Longer Invitational and Aggie Invitational led the Tide to victories in those tournaments He now has five career victories tied for second most in school history

ldquoIrsquove tried to play with a lot more self-belief this year Irsquove hit some bad shots

and been in some difficult situations but Irsquove just com-pletely trusted myself and gotten out of it that wayrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett a native of Houston Texas came to Alabama as one of the most accomplished recruits in school history In 2007 he became one of only five fifteen-year old players to win the US Junior Amateur Championship participat-ing in the first of three US Amateur Championships the same year In 2010 he was selected as the National High School Senior Athlete of the Year for menrsquos golf after tying for the state title Head coach Jay Seawell said he

was happy about his decision to recruit Whitsett to Alabama

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disappointed But the best part is hersquos a great young manrdquo Seawell said ldquoOn and off the golf course hersquos a class act Hersquos a hard worker who takes pride in all he does and being a part of Alabamardquo

He made an immediate impact upon arriving at Alabama finishing with a 7139 scoring average second on the team and an Alabama rookie record (since bro-ken by Justin Thomas) Four top-five finishes including his first of three victories at

the Linger Longer Invitational led to him being named to the All-Mickelson Team honoring the countryrsquos best freshmen as well as Golfweekrsquos All-Freshman Team and a consensus second-team All-American

Whitsett turned in anoth-er outstanding season as a sophomore last year finish-ing the season ranked No 13 overall with wins at the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic and Linger Longer Invitational He was named a consensus second-team All-American first-team All-SEC and SEC Academic Honor Roll along with the NCAA Elite 89 Award which is given to the

student-athlete at the NCAA Championships with the high-est GPA His efforts helped bring the Tide an SEC champi-onship but the team fell short at the NCAA Championships losing to Texas in the finals Whitsett said he looks forward to having another chance to compete for the championship this season

ldquoI want to win a National Championship with the team We came so close last year and really got a taste of what it would be like To not get [the championship] is one of the worst feelings Irsquove ever hadrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett and the Tide will be back in action at the SEC Championships on April 19th

MENrsquoS GOLF

SOFTBALL

been throwing since mid-Sep-tember in Traina and Jury itrsquoll be good for themrdquo

The Tide will take on the Devils Tuesday at 6 pm in the Rhoads Softball Stadium The team will continue at home against The University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers Wednesday

Contributing writer Kelly Ward contributed to this article

ldquoI think the girls are fi nally realizing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow up

mdash Patrick Murphy

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disap-pointed But the best part is hersquos a

great young man

mdash Jay Seawell

IF YOU GObull What Softball v MVSU

bull When Tuesday 6 pm

bull Where Rhoads Softball Stadium

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 13

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Editor | Lauren Fergusonculturecwuaedu

Tuesday April 9 2013CULTURENEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 8

Local children learn other cultures with Heart TouchBy Abbey CrainStaff Reporter

Fan Yang came to The University of Alabama from China to study social work but decided to make an impact on the community by sharing her culture with local fourth grad-ers Yang designed the Heart Touch Program to connect American students to Chinese students with help from the Center for Community Based Partnership and Tuscaloosarsquos One Place an after school pro-gram

ldquoMy concentration is children and their familiesrdquo Yang said ldquoI love children and I try to pro-vide them something I think the unique thing I can provide is about my background because I am from China I know about Chinese culture so I think thatrsquos the best thing I can provide themrdquo

Yang along with other stu-dent volunteers visits seven elementary schools a week lec-turing on Chinese culture and helping students write letters to students in China One week she brought Chinese food donated by Lai Lai and taught students to use chopsticks

ldquoIt was really interestingrdquo Emma Moultrie a freshman majoring in psychology said ldquoWe taught them about Chinese food and we taught them how to use chopsticks and taught them about the foods they eat in Chinardquo

Moultrie said she heard about the program through Blount and although she does not speak Chinese wanted to foster rela-tionships with the students She said it is important to educate children about cultures other than their own Moultrie volun-teers helping translate letters from English to Chinese

Jin Wang a masterrsquos student studying mechanical engineer-ing is another international student helping with the Heart Touch Program

ldquoIrsquove done a lot volunteering stuff before and I found this program interestingrdquo Wang said ldquoIn this program Irsquom able to get to know young kids in America how they think what do they know about China what are their dreams I realize I can learn something from the kids and I can tell them how China actually looks like as wellrdquo

Yang said the students were eager to listen and learn about

Chinese culture especially when food was involved

ldquoThey sometimes ask me very good questionsrdquo Yang said ldquoSomeone asked me why there are so many lsquomade in Chinarsquo things It is very hard to answer but some of them do not know very much about Chinardquo

Yang is in her second year of the social work program at the University and said internation-al students need to get involved outside of the University

ldquoIt is very important for inter-national students because I am an international student and I know how they feelrdquo Yang said ldquoI clearly remember my first semester here I was new here and I didnrsquot know anyone I tried to get involved but I didnrsquot know how The reason why I devel-oped this program is to get more international students to get involved in the community so they can learn something about American culture and the com-munity experiencerdquo

Yang said she hopes to con-tinue the Heart Touch Program as long as she is at the Capstone She said she wants to help other UA students develop similar programs to get involved in the Tuscaloosa community

COLUMN | FOOD

By Christopher Chase Edmunds

Irsquom stressed out exhausted hungry and broke As a col-lege student this is my natural state of being and I am now accustomed to the bland taste of ramen noodles This past weekend however I ventured out of the ramen rut and used this collegiate staple food in several creative ways All of these recipes can be prepared with a microwave and I tried to keep the cost per serving as low as possible

Cuban Carnitas SoupI started off easy and decided

to try and spice up one of the most underrated ramen fla-vors Using just the pork fla-vored ramen and a few simple accents I created a carnitas-inspired dish that was expo-nentially more satisfying than the sum of its parts

First prepare the pork ramen as directed It would be best to leave as much of the broth as possible Then add a few pinches of cilantro a slice

of lime and hot sauce to taste Feel free to use more lime juice and less hot sauce if you are not a fan of spicy foods Remember to save your lime for any bever-ages you may prepare later

Ramen and Vegetable Stir-Fry

My next dish made use of canned fruits and veggies to

keep costs low and flavors varied Stir-fry dishes may not seem microwave-friendly but I assure you it is possible You

just need to heat your food add ingredients stir and heat again For this dish I used one can of mixed veggies and one small can of sliced mandarin

orangesFirst cook the noodles as

directed (I did not use the included flavor packet) Then drain all the water and add the mixed veggies and mandarin oranges A good ratio to use is two parts veggies to one part oranges Mix these all togeth-er with your favorite teriyaki or soy sauce and heat in the

microwave until warm Feel free to use packets of sauce from Chinese restaurants to cut down on costs

Chicken Parma-Ramen Disregarding the flavor

packets ramen is just cheap pasta I used this to my advan-tage and created the cheap-est easiest form of chicken Parmesan For this dish I made use of microwave-ready chicken breast regu-lar spaghetti sauce and sliced provolone

Cook the noodles first Remember that if noodles get cold they can always be reheated under a damp paper towel but meat loses flavor every time it is reheated Once the noodles are ready cook the chicken as directed Then add a slice of cheese to the chicken and heat for about 15 seconds on high This is just enough to melt the cheese Serve the chicken on a bed of noodles and drench in the spaghetti sauce heated to your preference

Variations on ramen noodle recipes spice up typical college student meals

SubmittedUniversity of Alabama students teach local elementary school Chinese culture through the Heart Touch progrms

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By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Unlike most art classes at The University of Alabama UH 155 a freshman honors class allows students to create pieces of art that will be sold at the Good Art Show which ben-efits Tuscaloosa One Place a community organization that serves each member of a fam-ily with specialized programs

Tonya Nelson the UA profes-sor who teaches the class said UH 155 focuses on ldquoThe Art of Giving Backrdquo

ldquoThe class requires [stu-dents] to serve as mentors for students in local kindergarten and elementary schools who

no longer have art programsrdquo Nelson said ldquoThey work on art projects together and just spend time talking about each othersrsquo dayrdquo

Sidney Stratton a freshman majoring in civil engineering said she had an idea to make a wire and bead design but changed her mind

ldquoI liked that the project would have a storyrdquo Stratton

said ldquoBut the students who would be helping are in the kin-dergarten so we worried that they would be really upset and confused about why the bead-ed craft they made was being taken away from them never to be seen againrdquo

In the end Stratton ended up creating Alabama and greek-themed koozies

ldquoI chose to do koozies

because I wanted students to be able to take a reminder of UA home with them for the summer wherever home may berdquo Stratton said

Jacob Powell a fresh-man majoring in finance and accounting was also a student in the class

ldquoIrsquom only doing one thing for the show ndash setting up a table with a connect-four board and letting passersby play in order to invent patterns to spray paint onto mouse padsrdquo Powell said ldquoIf they win they get to keep the mouse pad free of charge but I donrsquot expect to lose many times because to be honest Irsquove played more games of connect-four in the last five

years than anyone would think humanly possiblerdquo

The Good Art Show has been taking place for a few semesters and so far has raised $3000 to donate to Tuscaloosa One Place

Sarah Hartley a freshman majoring in biology helped with the financing aspect of the Good Art Show

ldquoA few weeks before the show we put up flyers and sent out emails among for stu-dents who werenrsquot a part of our class to submit art with half of their proceeds going to benefit Tuscaloosa One Placerdquo Hartley said ldquoAnd the art show is our only means of fundrais-ing so wersquore working hard to

make it a successrdquoHartley said the Good Art

Show is like any other art show except the students creating the work are not necessarily artists

ldquoThe concept of art being in each of our lives every day was a little foreign to me but now I see and appreciate things more in life because of the artistic values they possessrdquo Stratton said ldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspectiverdquo

The Good Art Show will take place Tuesday outside Nott Hall from 1-4 pm

Honors class uses art to benefi t Tuscaloosa One PlaceldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a

cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspective

mdash Sidney Stratton

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 9

By Alexandra EllsworthStaff Reporter

One memory sticks out to Margie Thompson from her time volunteering with Hospice of the Valley in Decatur Ala ndashcarrying bucket after bucket of blood from a hospice patientrsquos bedside

In a bright airy sun room a middle-aged woman lay in her home in the hospital bed that would house her until her death She was throwing up blood while a hospice nurse sat by her side

ldquoIt was really horriblerdquo Thompson said ldquoShe was com-pletely coherent Normally they give patients morphine to calm them and help ease the transition but she refusedrdquo

The woman suffered from colon cancer and the time had come for the family to come in and say goodbye

ldquoThe family has to give per-mission for the patient to dierdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed to hear it because the will to live is too strong The nurse coached them on exactly what to sayrdquo

That is what hospice does It strives to help dying patients transition into death as peace-fully as possible Hospice is a service offered to terminally ill patients often with a six-month life expectancy prognosis To be admitted patients must be no longer responsive to cure-oriented treatments

The focus of hospice is on caring not curing They pro-vide the terminally ill and their families medical care and both emotional and spiritual sup-port tailored to the patientrsquos needs and wishes According to Hospice Of West Alabamarsquos website hospice relies on the belief that a person has a right to die pain-free and with dig-nity and that his or her loved ones will receive the necessary support to allow the patient to do so

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization a nonprofit membership orga-nization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States reported an estimated 165 million patients in the US who received services from hospice in 2011 and approxi-mately 446 percent of all

deaths in the US were under the care of a hospice program According to NHPCO the first program opened in 1974 and more than 5300 exist today

Even on a gray day HOWA is unexpectedly uplifting Large windows let light into a foyer where a volunteer reception-ist like Gladys Ritchie greets visitors with a smile and points them in the right direction

Ritchie affectionately known as ldquoTroublerdquo among her co-workers has been volunteering with HOWA for more than 10 years HOWA needs volunteers like her to provide its service

HOWA is located on the cam-pus of the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center and a staff of 85 serves seven coun-ties in West Alabama The Helen H Hahn House HOWArsquos home looks out on the tranquil scenery of the central court-yard complete with a pond and gazebo

Kimberly Gibson volunteer coordinator for HOWA said the majority of hospice care is pro-vided in the place the patient calls home but HOWA is one of three hospice providers in the state that has an inpatient unit

The 10-bed HOWA inpatient facility located in the Hahn House offers homelike spac-es for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and a shared screened-in porch These porches are patient-accessible with French doors that open wide enough for a bed to be wheeled out onto the porch The chairs in the room convert into sleepers for family members who want to stay the night

ldquoWe tried to think of any obstacle that would keep a fam-ily member from being able to be hererdquo Gibson said ldquoThe inpatient facility also features a chapel for quiet moments as well as gathering places for patients and familiesrdquo

The comfortable environ-ment provided by HOWArsquos facil-ities supplement the care given by the staff and volunteers

Holly Mason a UA gradu-ate student working on her masterrsquos in social work cur-rently interns with HOWA and worked as volunteer before that She said she began volun-teering with HOWA after some-one from a hospice group spoke to her health psychology class

ldquoI thought hospice care was a really worthwhile service and wanted to get involvedrdquo Mason said ldquoMy favorite part about it has been getting to know the patients As a volun-teer I visited patients It gave me good perspective to talk to them I got to hear a lot of sto-ries about their livesrdquo

Additionally Mason said she enjoys getting to know the patients seeing pictures of their families and building relationships

ldquoHospice workers are not hired they are calledrdquo Gibson said ldquoThat is very true of our staff Hospice has to be something you are passionate aboutrdquo

For Laura Graham an RN for Hospice of North Alabama getting to know the family was one of her favorite parts of her job as a hospice nurse Grahamrsquos said it was also the most challenging ndash getting to know her patients and their families

ldquoWhen you lost a patient you also often lost the fam-ily toordquo she said ldquoUnderstandably many families donrsquot really want to keep in touch but I met a lot of people I never would have met otherwise and I loved thatrdquo

Graham from Decatur Ala worked as a hospice nurse for Hospice of North Alabama for two years and an administra-tor for three years As a nurse she was assigned between eight and 10 cases Graham spread her visits out during the week starting with visit-ing her patients just a couple of times a week but increas-ing the visits as death became more imminent

Graham worked to make the patient more comfortable while educating both the patient and family on the transition process She spent a lot of her time simply listening to her patients too

ldquoThe family members go through the five stages of grief but so did the patientsrdquo Graham said ldquoThey talk a lot reliving their lives and so they often just needed someone

to listenrdquoThe relationship that devel-

ops between an RN or volun-teer and the patient and fam-ily can also be a lasting and special bond For Diane Wiley getting to know one of the RNs who helped with the care of her mother was meaningful

ldquoWe just loved her to deathrdquo Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care ldquoShe was absolutely won-derful She became like a mem-ber of our familyrdquo

Wiley said only she and her sister were present when their mother passed away but immediately after she died Wiley called the RN

ldquoShe was offdutyrdquo Wiley said ldquoBut as soon as I called she camerdquo

The nurse handled all the paperwork for Wiley and her sister

ldquoMy mother was so ready to dierdquo Wiley said ldquoShe was ready to go be with the Lord She would go in her room and turn on Christian music and

tell us she was going to die right there in that bedrdquo

Nurses play a large role in car-ing for patients and families but another big part to hospice care is the volunteers Gibson and Wells both attested to the importance

of volunteer help at HOWAldquoWe have the best volunteers

of the area and that makes my job amazingrdquo Gibson said

Volunteers go through inten-sive training and their jobs include sitting with patients providing companionship or offering relief for caregivers and much more They also run errands like going to the bank or grocery store

Volunteers are also involved in other ways outside of patient care They make flow-er arrangements help keep HOWArsquos kitchen stocked work as receptionists and Gibson said they are important for fundraisers

ldquoVolunteers are vitally important to the success of fundraisers like our Fourth Annual Family 5k Run and Walk eventrdquo she said

This year the run was held at Munny Sokol Park in March and proceeds went to benefit patient care at HOWA

As a volunteer Thompson had the opportunity to build relationships with families and patients One of her first expe-riences with hospice was the woman with colon cancer

ldquoWhen I think of hospice every nurse I saw was so soothing caring and calmingrdquo Thompson said ldquoThe nurse stayed with [the woman with colon cancer] the whole timerdquo

The woman had two daugh-ters in high school One daugh-ter went in to say goodbye and one refused initially As the woman neared the end of her life her breathing became shallow and gasp-like and the second daughted relented

Tears streaming down her face the daughter looked at her mother face to face for what would be the last time Thompson said

ldquoI love you Mommardquo she said to her mother ldquoPlease go be with Jesusrdquo

Holding her daughterrsquos hand the woman gathered what was left of her strength to respond

ldquoI love you toordquo she said Within a few minutes she died

ldquoIt was as if she was waiting to see her daughter before she wentrdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed the closure before she could gordquo

ABOUT HOWAHospice of West Alabama

in addition to numerous volun-teers has 85 employees and serves hundreds of patients annually in Tuscaloosa Pickens Fayette Lamar Hale and Bibb counties The majority of their patients are usually seen at home The inpatient unit which has 10 beds has a waiting list and admittance is based on the patientrsquos prognosis The wait would vary on availability and the patientrsquos need for care HOWA is a nonprofit organi-zation Payment for hospice care comes from Medicare Medicaid and most private insurers Contributions from the community via United Way fund raising memorial and general donations help provide care to provide care to patients who have no health care coverage or have needs not covered by their insurance

Hospice of West Alabama offers patients peace

CW | Shannon AuvilThe Hospice of West Alabama is a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilStaff nurse Bobbie Garner at the Hospice of West Alabama a non-profi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilHOWA offers homelike spaces for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and screened-in porch

CW | Shannon AuvilMary Owens is a CNA at the Hospice of West Alabama a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

ldquolsquoWe just loved her to deathrsquo

[Diane] Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care lsquoShe

was absolutely wonderful lsquo

Editor | Marquavius Burnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcom

Tuesday April 9 2013SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

FOOTBALL

Offensive line takes shape as Tide returns to practiceBy Charlie PotterStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos offensive line lost three starters to graduation and the NFL draft this offsea-son while right guard Anthony Steen and left tackle Cyrus Kouandjio returned to the Capstone to continue their col-legiate careers this semester

The big challenge entering the spring was replacing such dynamic and experienced play-ers like Chance Warmack DJ Fluker and Barrett Jones at such an integral position

After the Crimson Tidersquos ninth spring practice on Monday Arie Kouandjio said the Crimson Tide is managing to retool its offensive line just fine

ldquoI feel good about all the guys on the linerdquo Kouandjio said ldquoI feel very confident in the abil-ity that we have on any side of the ball or any position Irsquom really confident in what we can do and what we can obtain this yearrdquo

Kouandjio has been play-ing at left guard so far this spring lining up next to his younger brother Cyrus Austin Shepherd has taken most of the first-team snaps at right guard this spring and Ryan Kelly has taken over the duties of playing center

The threesome are familiar with each other having worked together last season on the sec-ond-team unit and Kouandjio said that experience has helped them to build a bond that just keeps growing

ldquoIt gave us something to build on and wersquove just got to

keep building keep stacking those bricksrdquo

Kouandjio said it was a bless-ing to be able to be at the top of the depth chart But he was especially happy to be able to line up beside his brother

ldquoItrsquos insanerdquo he said ldquoI love it Wersquore really in sync and we know how each of us feel We donrsquot even have to talk that much to know whatrsquos going on and stuff like that with each other Itrsquos really coolrdquo

He said he and his brother have been through a lot and have used their experiences together growing up to their advantage on the playing field

In Cyrusrsquos first year at Alabama both brothers suf-fered injuries and went through rehabilitation together It was then that they started to push each other to become better players by making everything a competition

ldquoThatrsquos when the competi-tion came in and that helped a lotrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoWe turned it into a game and wersquore here nowrdquo

Alabama returns to practice

on Wednesday

CW | Alaina ClarkQuarterback Parker McLeod left and wide receiver Ty Reed participate in the Tidersquos spring practice

PRACTICE NOTESbull Trey DePriest donned a black no-contact jersey on Monday after accumulating four tackles and two intercep-tions in Saturdayrsquos simulated scrimmage He worked on the stationary bikes with Kevin Norwood and John Fulton bull Dee Hart who had been practicing with the defensive backs this spring was found with running backs on Mon-day He still wore a black no-contact jersey bull Ryan Anderson worked with defensive coordinator Kirby Smart and the inside linebackers on Monday insteaw of his usual position at outside linebacker The move was probably made because of the injury to DePriest

CW | Alaina ClarkTide receiver Deandrew White second from right wore a black no-contact jersey during practice Saturday

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 11

By Charlie Potter

The 2012-13 college bas-ketball season is officially finished but the offseason is already in full swing for every program in the coun-try including The University of Alabama

Head coach Anthony Grant and his assistants are hot on the recruiting trail in search of a third piece to their 2013 recruiting class a class that already pos-sesses center Jimmy Taylor and power forward Shannon Hale

The player the Crimson Tide wants and needs to secure ndash or resecure ndash is Jaren Sina

Sina a 6-2 point guard from Gill St Bernardrsquos School in Gladstone NJ originally committed to Alabama as a

sophomore but he decom-mitted and chose to go to Northwestern instead Since then he has been released from his scholarship with the Wildcats after the team fired head coach Bill Carmody

He now lists his top four choices as Alabama Northwestern Seton Hall and Indiana Sina plans to visit the Capstone on Thursday and make a deci-sion on where he will play

college basketball before the April 17 deadline

Securing Sina would increase the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12 and that would certainly help in terms of depth as Alabama suffered from the losses of Carl Engstrom and Andrew Steele last season

It would also give Grant a third point guard on his ros-ter as Trevor Releford will be a senior in the upcoming season and Retin Obasohan is still learning the game Any additions at that posi-tion will be welcomed

But most importantly it will give the Tide an offen-sive weapon alongside a couple of inside defensive threats and Grant needs those aspects in his fifth year at Alabama

The Tide missed the

NCAA tournament this year and it can be argued that it must get back to the Big Dance and make some noise in order for Grant to receive a contract extension With Sina in the fold Grant will have a deep bench and pleth-ora of guards to work with to make a run at next yearrsquos March Madness

If Sina decides to come to Alabama he will join Releford Trevor Lacey Levi Randolph Rodney Cooper and Obasohan to com-plete one the best crop of guards in the Southeastern Conference

But if Sina spurns Grantrsquos offer the Tide will lose out on an excellent 3-point shooter and pinpoint passer It could be a big blow in what could be Grantrsquos final season in Tuscaloosa

Alabama needs to land Jaren Sina one more timeCOLUMN

Crimson Tide set to play 2-game midweek seriesBy Kevin ConnellStaff Reporter

The No 22 University of Alabama baseball team con-cludes its six-game home stand with a two-game mid-week series against the Alcorn State Braves Tuesday and Wednesday First pitches are set for 605 pm on Tuesday and 505 pm on Wednesday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium

The Crimson Tide (20-13 8-4

Southeastern Conference) is just one win shy of matching last seasonrsquos 21 wins for the entire 2012 season when it fin-ished in last place in the SEC As it stands now Alabama sits in a three-way tie with Arkansas and South Carolina for second place in the SEC behind Vanderbilt and LSU

Alabama was soundly beaten in its first two games against No 9 Arkansas this past weekend but responded

well in the series finale on Saturday with an impressive 5-0 victory Sophomore right-hander Spencer Turnbull (4-1 222 ERA) who was nominated as the SEC Pitcher of the Week following another strong start on Saturday praised the Tidersquos defense after the win for bailing him out when his slider wasnrsquot working

The defense was great behind me continuing to make playsrdquo Turnbull said ldquoI didnrsquot really have a slider at all today

but I was able to keep them off balance enough where they couldnrsquot just sit on my

fastball and it worked out pretty goodrdquo

A consistent defense will be beneficial to have even against an Alcorn State team that is just 8-25 on the year However the Braves are on a two-game

winning streak coming into the midweek series against the Tide after defeating 19-5 Alabama State twice

Turnbull stressed the importance of scoring early runs after Alabamarsquos win against Arkansas on Saturday ndash a theme that applies for all starting pitchers in baseball

ldquoI was confident today that if we could get at least two that we could winrdquo Turnbull said ldquoItrsquos hard to shut out a team completely but with [Brett] Booth getting us start-ed early it was a huge lift for us earlyrdquo

Booth the starting senior catcher gave the Tide the early lift it needed its last time out with a solo home run ndash his third of the season ndash in the second inning against Arkansas on Saturday He

leads the team in batting average (299) runs scored (30) RBIs (23) slugging percentage (419) and on-base percentage (401)

Despite losing two of the three games in the series the Tide has won 10 of its last 14 games Booth said he was confident on where the team currently stands now

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been play-ing some good baseballrdquo he said

Redshirt junior right-hand-er Tucker Hawley (4-2 219 ERA) will start for Alabama Tuesday Wednesdayrsquos starter has yet to be announced

BASEBALL

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been playing

some good baseball

mdash Brett Booth

After a 5-0 victory Saturday the Tide sit in a 3-way tie for No 2 SEC spot ahead of Alcorn State games

ldquo Securing Sina would in-crease the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12

and that would certainly help in terms of depth

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UA softball team to host MVSU Delta Devils Tuesday By Alexis PaineStaff Reporter

The University of Alabama softball team will play the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils Tuesday in the fifth game of its 10-game home stand

The Tide played Southeastern Conference opponent Missouri last week-end claiming a 2-1 record in the series The team defeated the Tigers by an eight-run margin in the last game of the series after falling to its opponents on Saturday Head coach Patrick Murphy said he hopes the huge score differential Sunday sets the speed for the two games this week and for the rest of the season

ldquoIrsquom hoping our offense will keep going because thatrsquos what we needrdquo Murphy said ldquoI mean the offense if it keeps going wersquore going to be fine

the rest of the year because [Missourirsquos Chelsea Thomas] is one of the best pitchers in the country and to score fourteen against them is saying some-thingrdquo

Last weekendrsquos series brought the Tidersquos record to 10-5 in SEC play and 35-6 over-all Murphy said the season has been tough so far because of the intensity brought by oppo-nents and that the Tide has played a majority of its con-ference games on the road He said the team needs to under-stand this as they go into the rest of the season

ldquoYou know the first four weekends three are on the

road and anybody that plays us is going to play out of their minds and play their best game and we know thatrdquo Murphy said ldquoWe expect that and I think the girls are finally real-izing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow uprdquo

Junior Mollie Fichtner said the Tide is not taking the non-conference opponent lightly She said the team will still focus on playing ldquoAlabama ballrdquo against the Devils The team is focusing on the finer points of the game as it goes into the midweek game Fichtner said

ldquoYoursquove got to do the little thingsrdquo Fichtner said ldquoTheyrsquoll

turn into the big things So just take it every single inning We have some adjustments to make and those are great opportunities to make themrdquo

Murphy said he is look-ing for everyone to step up in the game against Mississippi Valley State Lauren Sewell is set to pitch Tuesday in a game that will help decide the teamrsquos weekend practice schedule

ldquoLauren definitely gets to pitch and then we need to clean it up the whole weekrdquo Murphy said These are two big games because we have the weekend off and depending on how we do they either get Thursday off or we practice Thursday Then Friday Saturday Sunday [are] completely off Itrsquos been on the calendar since September so itrsquos good I totally believe in what Coach Saban says One day off is good but two days off is great and three days off is awesome For an arm thatrsquos

Alabama golfer Cory Whitsett ranked 3rd nationallyBy Bryan BergmanContributing Writer

As the Alabama menrsquos golf team rolls through its season a large part of the teamrsquos suc-cess can be attributed to the play of junior Cory Whitsett

Whitsett began the season ranked No 8 in Golfweekrsquos preseason top 10 and he has only improved from there ranked No3 in the nation as of April 7th His 7096 aver-age leads the team and is seventh in the country

Whitsett began the season with a third-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic which helped the team to a victory at that event He then tied for the individual title at the Tidersquos

second-place finish at the Southern Highlands Masters His first-place finishes at the Linger Longer Invitational and Aggie Invitational led the Tide to victories in those tournaments He now has five career victories tied for second most in school history

ldquoIrsquove tried to play with a lot more self-belief this year Irsquove hit some bad shots

and been in some difficult situations but Irsquove just com-pletely trusted myself and gotten out of it that wayrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett a native of Houston Texas came to Alabama as one of the most accomplished recruits in school history In 2007 he became one of only five fifteen-year old players to win the US Junior Amateur Championship participat-ing in the first of three US Amateur Championships the same year In 2010 he was selected as the National High School Senior Athlete of the Year for menrsquos golf after tying for the state title Head coach Jay Seawell said he

was happy about his decision to recruit Whitsett to Alabama

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disappointed But the best part is hersquos a great young manrdquo Seawell said ldquoOn and off the golf course hersquos a class act Hersquos a hard worker who takes pride in all he does and being a part of Alabamardquo

He made an immediate impact upon arriving at Alabama finishing with a 7139 scoring average second on the team and an Alabama rookie record (since bro-ken by Justin Thomas) Four top-five finishes including his first of three victories at

the Linger Longer Invitational led to him being named to the All-Mickelson Team honoring the countryrsquos best freshmen as well as Golfweekrsquos All-Freshman Team and a consensus second-team All-American

Whitsett turned in anoth-er outstanding season as a sophomore last year finish-ing the season ranked No 13 overall with wins at the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic and Linger Longer Invitational He was named a consensus second-team All-American first-team All-SEC and SEC Academic Honor Roll along with the NCAA Elite 89 Award which is given to the

student-athlete at the NCAA Championships with the high-est GPA His efforts helped bring the Tide an SEC champi-onship but the team fell short at the NCAA Championships losing to Texas in the finals Whitsett said he looks forward to having another chance to compete for the championship this season

ldquoI want to win a National Championship with the team We came so close last year and really got a taste of what it would be like To not get [the championship] is one of the worst feelings Irsquove ever hadrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett and the Tide will be back in action at the SEC Championships on April 19th

MENrsquoS GOLF

SOFTBALL

been throwing since mid-Sep-tember in Traina and Jury itrsquoll be good for themrdquo

The Tide will take on the Devils Tuesday at 6 pm in the Rhoads Softball Stadium The team will continue at home against The University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers Wednesday

Contributing writer Kelly Ward contributed to this article

ldquoI think the girls are fi nally realizing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow up

mdash Patrick Murphy

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disap-pointed But the best part is hersquos a

great young man

mdash Jay Seawell

IF YOU GObull What Softball v MVSU

bull When Tuesday 6 pm

bull Where Rhoads Softball Stadium

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By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter

Unlike most art classes at The University of Alabama UH 155 a freshman honors class allows students to create pieces of art that will be sold at the Good Art Show which ben-efits Tuscaloosa One Place a community organization that serves each member of a fam-ily with specialized programs

Tonya Nelson the UA profes-sor who teaches the class said UH 155 focuses on ldquoThe Art of Giving Backrdquo

ldquoThe class requires [stu-dents] to serve as mentors for students in local kindergarten and elementary schools who

no longer have art programsrdquo Nelson said ldquoThey work on art projects together and just spend time talking about each othersrsquo dayrdquo

Sidney Stratton a freshman majoring in civil engineering said she had an idea to make a wire and bead design but changed her mind

ldquoI liked that the project would have a storyrdquo Stratton

said ldquoBut the students who would be helping are in the kin-dergarten so we worried that they would be really upset and confused about why the bead-ed craft they made was being taken away from them never to be seen againrdquo

In the end Stratton ended up creating Alabama and greek-themed koozies

ldquoI chose to do koozies

because I wanted students to be able to take a reminder of UA home with them for the summer wherever home may berdquo Stratton said

Jacob Powell a fresh-man majoring in finance and accounting was also a student in the class

ldquoIrsquom only doing one thing for the show ndash setting up a table with a connect-four board and letting passersby play in order to invent patterns to spray paint onto mouse padsrdquo Powell said ldquoIf they win they get to keep the mouse pad free of charge but I donrsquot expect to lose many times because to be honest Irsquove played more games of connect-four in the last five

years than anyone would think humanly possiblerdquo

The Good Art Show has been taking place for a few semesters and so far has raised $3000 to donate to Tuscaloosa One Place

Sarah Hartley a freshman majoring in biology helped with the financing aspect of the Good Art Show

ldquoA few weeks before the show we put up flyers and sent out emails among for stu-dents who werenrsquot a part of our class to submit art with half of their proceeds going to benefit Tuscaloosa One Placerdquo Hartley said ldquoAnd the art show is our only means of fundrais-ing so wersquore working hard to

make it a successrdquoHartley said the Good Art

Show is like any other art show except the students creating the work are not necessarily artists

ldquoThe concept of art being in each of our lives every day was a little foreign to me but now I see and appreciate things more in life because of the artistic values they possessrdquo Stratton said ldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspectiverdquo

The Good Art Show will take place Tuesday outside Nott Hall from 1-4 pm

Honors class uses art to benefi t Tuscaloosa One PlaceldquoThe main idea of the class that our own lives are a work of art is such a

cool thing to think about and it really puts the work I do every day in a different perspective

mdash Sidney Stratton

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 9

By Alexandra EllsworthStaff Reporter

One memory sticks out to Margie Thompson from her time volunteering with Hospice of the Valley in Decatur Ala ndashcarrying bucket after bucket of blood from a hospice patientrsquos bedside

In a bright airy sun room a middle-aged woman lay in her home in the hospital bed that would house her until her death She was throwing up blood while a hospice nurse sat by her side

ldquoIt was really horriblerdquo Thompson said ldquoShe was com-pletely coherent Normally they give patients morphine to calm them and help ease the transition but she refusedrdquo

The woman suffered from colon cancer and the time had come for the family to come in and say goodbye

ldquoThe family has to give per-mission for the patient to dierdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed to hear it because the will to live is too strong The nurse coached them on exactly what to sayrdquo

That is what hospice does It strives to help dying patients transition into death as peace-fully as possible Hospice is a service offered to terminally ill patients often with a six-month life expectancy prognosis To be admitted patients must be no longer responsive to cure-oriented treatments

The focus of hospice is on caring not curing They pro-vide the terminally ill and their families medical care and both emotional and spiritual sup-port tailored to the patientrsquos needs and wishes According to Hospice Of West Alabamarsquos website hospice relies on the belief that a person has a right to die pain-free and with dig-nity and that his or her loved ones will receive the necessary support to allow the patient to do so

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization a nonprofit membership orga-nization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States reported an estimated 165 million patients in the US who received services from hospice in 2011 and approxi-mately 446 percent of all

deaths in the US were under the care of a hospice program According to NHPCO the first program opened in 1974 and more than 5300 exist today

Even on a gray day HOWA is unexpectedly uplifting Large windows let light into a foyer where a volunteer reception-ist like Gladys Ritchie greets visitors with a smile and points them in the right direction

Ritchie affectionately known as ldquoTroublerdquo among her co-workers has been volunteering with HOWA for more than 10 years HOWA needs volunteers like her to provide its service

HOWA is located on the cam-pus of the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center and a staff of 85 serves seven coun-ties in West Alabama The Helen H Hahn House HOWArsquos home looks out on the tranquil scenery of the central court-yard complete with a pond and gazebo

Kimberly Gibson volunteer coordinator for HOWA said the majority of hospice care is pro-vided in the place the patient calls home but HOWA is one of three hospice providers in the state that has an inpatient unit

The 10-bed HOWA inpatient facility located in the Hahn House offers homelike spac-es for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and a shared screened-in porch These porches are patient-accessible with French doors that open wide enough for a bed to be wheeled out onto the porch The chairs in the room convert into sleepers for family members who want to stay the night

ldquoWe tried to think of any obstacle that would keep a fam-ily member from being able to be hererdquo Gibson said ldquoThe inpatient facility also features a chapel for quiet moments as well as gathering places for patients and familiesrdquo

The comfortable environ-ment provided by HOWArsquos facil-ities supplement the care given by the staff and volunteers

Holly Mason a UA gradu-ate student working on her masterrsquos in social work cur-rently interns with HOWA and worked as volunteer before that She said she began volun-teering with HOWA after some-one from a hospice group spoke to her health psychology class

ldquoI thought hospice care was a really worthwhile service and wanted to get involvedrdquo Mason said ldquoMy favorite part about it has been getting to know the patients As a volun-teer I visited patients It gave me good perspective to talk to them I got to hear a lot of sto-ries about their livesrdquo

Additionally Mason said she enjoys getting to know the patients seeing pictures of their families and building relationships

ldquoHospice workers are not hired they are calledrdquo Gibson said ldquoThat is very true of our staff Hospice has to be something you are passionate aboutrdquo

For Laura Graham an RN for Hospice of North Alabama getting to know the family was one of her favorite parts of her job as a hospice nurse Grahamrsquos said it was also the most challenging ndash getting to know her patients and their families

ldquoWhen you lost a patient you also often lost the fam-ily toordquo she said ldquoUnderstandably many families donrsquot really want to keep in touch but I met a lot of people I never would have met otherwise and I loved thatrdquo

Graham from Decatur Ala worked as a hospice nurse for Hospice of North Alabama for two years and an administra-tor for three years As a nurse she was assigned between eight and 10 cases Graham spread her visits out during the week starting with visit-ing her patients just a couple of times a week but increas-ing the visits as death became more imminent

Graham worked to make the patient more comfortable while educating both the patient and family on the transition process She spent a lot of her time simply listening to her patients too

ldquoThe family members go through the five stages of grief but so did the patientsrdquo Graham said ldquoThey talk a lot reliving their lives and so they often just needed someone

to listenrdquoThe relationship that devel-

ops between an RN or volun-teer and the patient and fam-ily can also be a lasting and special bond For Diane Wiley getting to know one of the RNs who helped with the care of her mother was meaningful

ldquoWe just loved her to deathrdquo Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care ldquoShe was absolutely won-derful She became like a mem-ber of our familyrdquo

Wiley said only she and her sister were present when their mother passed away but immediately after she died Wiley called the RN

ldquoShe was offdutyrdquo Wiley said ldquoBut as soon as I called she camerdquo

The nurse handled all the paperwork for Wiley and her sister

ldquoMy mother was so ready to dierdquo Wiley said ldquoShe was ready to go be with the Lord She would go in her room and turn on Christian music and

tell us she was going to die right there in that bedrdquo

Nurses play a large role in car-ing for patients and families but another big part to hospice care is the volunteers Gibson and Wells both attested to the importance

of volunteer help at HOWAldquoWe have the best volunteers

of the area and that makes my job amazingrdquo Gibson said

Volunteers go through inten-sive training and their jobs include sitting with patients providing companionship or offering relief for caregivers and much more They also run errands like going to the bank or grocery store

Volunteers are also involved in other ways outside of patient care They make flow-er arrangements help keep HOWArsquos kitchen stocked work as receptionists and Gibson said they are important for fundraisers

ldquoVolunteers are vitally important to the success of fundraisers like our Fourth Annual Family 5k Run and Walk eventrdquo she said

This year the run was held at Munny Sokol Park in March and proceeds went to benefit patient care at HOWA

As a volunteer Thompson had the opportunity to build relationships with families and patients One of her first expe-riences with hospice was the woman with colon cancer

ldquoWhen I think of hospice every nurse I saw was so soothing caring and calmingrdquo Thompson said ldquoThe nurse stayed with [the woman with colon cancer] the whole timerdquo

The woman had two daugh-ters in high school One daugh-ter went in to say goodbye and one refused initially As the woman neared the end of her life her breathing became shallow and gasp-like and the second daughted relented

Tears streaming down her face the daughter looked at her mother face to face for what would be the last time Thompson said

ldquoI love you Mommardquo she said to her mother ldquoPlease go be with Jesusrdquo

Holding her daughterrsquos hand the woman gathered what was left of her strength to respond

ldquoI love you toordquo she said Within a few minutes she died

ldquoIt was as if she was waiting to see her daughter before she wentrdquo Thompson said ldquoShe needed the closure before she could gordquo

ABOUT HOWAHospice of West Alabama

in addition to numerous volun-teers has 85 employees and serves hundreds of patients annually in Tuscaloosa Pickens Fayette Lamar Hale and Bibb counties The majority of their patients are usually seen at home The inpatient unit which has 10 beds has a waiting list and admittance is based on the patientrsquos prognosis The wait would vary on availability and the patientrsquos need for care HOWA is a nonprofit organi-zation Payment for hospice care comes from Medicare Medicaid and most private insurers Contributions from the community via United Way fund raising memorial and general donations help provide care to provide care to patients who have no health care coverage or have needs not covered by their insurance

Hospice of West Alabama offers patients peace

CW | Shannon AuvilThe Hospice of West Alabama is a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilStaff nurse Bobbie Garner at the Hospice of West Alabama a non-profi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

CW | Shannon AuvilHOWA offers homelike spaces for the patient and family Each room has a full bath and screened-in porch

CW | Shannon AuvilMary Owens is a CNA at the Hospice of West Alabama a nonprofi t hospice provider in Tuscaloosa

ldquolsquoWe just loved her to deathrsquo

[Diane] Wiley said about the weekend nurse assigned to her motherrsquos care lsquoShe

was absolutely wonderful lsquo

Editor | Marquavius Burnettcrimsonwhitesportsgmailcom

Tuesday April 9 2013SPORTSNEWS

OPINION

CULTURE

SPORTS

Page 10

FOOTBALL

Offensive line takes shape as Tide returns to practiceBy Charlie PotterStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos offensive line lost three starters to graduation and the NFL draft this offsea-son while right guard Anthony Steen and left tackle Cyrus Kouandjio returned to the Capstone to continue their col-legiate careers this semester

The big challenge entering the spring was replacing such dynamic and experienced play-ers like Chance Warmack DJ Fluker and Barrett Jones at such an integral position

After the Crimson Tidersquos ninth spring practice on Monday Arie Kouandjio said the Crimson Tide is managing to retool its offensive line just fine

ldquoI feel good about all the guys on the linerdquo Kouandjio said ldquoI feel very confident in the abil-ity that we have on any side of the ball or any position Irsquom really confident in what we can do and what we can obtain this yearrdquo

Kouandjio has been play-ing at left guard so far this spring lining up next to his younger brother Cyrus Austin Shepherd has taken most of the first-team snaps at right guard this spring and Ryan Kelly has taken over the duties of playing center

The threesome are familiar with each other having worked together last season on the sec-ond-team unit and Kouandjio said that experience has helped them to build a bond that just keeps growing

ldquoIt gave us something to build on and wersquove just got to

keep building keep stacking those bricksrdquo

Kouandjio said it was a bless-ing to be able to be at the top of the depth chart But he was especially happy to be able to line up beside his brother

ldquoItrsquos insanerdquo he said ldquoI love it Wersquore really in sync and we know how each of us feel We donrsquot even have to talk that much to know whatrsquos going on and stuff like that with each other Itrsquos really coolrdquo

He said he and his brother have been through a lot and have used their experiences together growing up to their advantage on the playing field

In Cyrusrsquos first year at Alabama both brothers suf-fered injuries and went through rehabilitation together It was then that they started to push each other to become better players by making everything a competition

ldquoThatrsquos when the competi-tion came in and that helped a lotrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoWe turned it into a game and wersquore here nowrdquo

Alabama returns to practice

on Wednesday

CW | Alaina ClarkQuarterback Parker McLeod left and wide receiver Ty Reed participate in the Tidersquos spring practice

PRACTICE NOTESbull Trey DePriest donned a black no-contact jersey on Monday after accumulating four tackles and two intercep-tions in Saturdayrsquos simulated scrimmage He worked on the stationary bikes with Kevin Norwood and John Fulton bull Dee Hart who had been practicing with the defensive backs this spring was found with running backs on Mon-day He still wore a black no-contact jersey bull Ryan Anderson worked with defensive coordinator Kirby Smart and the inside linebackers on Monday insteaw of his usual position at outside linebacker The move was probably made because of the injury to DePriest

CW | Alaina ClarkTide receiver Deandrew White second from right wore a black no-contact jersey during practice Saturday

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 11

By Charlie Potter

The 2012-13 college bas-ketball season is officially finished but the offseason is already in full swing for every program in the coun-try including The University of Alabama

Head coach Anthony Grant and his assistants are hot on the recruiting trail in search of a third piece to their 2013 recruiting class a class that already pos-sesses center Jimmy Taylor and power forward Shannon Hale

The player the Crimson Tide wants and needs to secure ndash or resecure ndash is Jaren Sina

Sina a 6-2 point guard from Gill St Bernardrsquos School in Gladstone NJ originally committed to Alabama as a

sophomore but he decom-mitted and chose to go to Northwestern instead Since then he has been released from his scholarship with the Wildcats after the team fired head coach Bill Carmody

He now lists his top four choices as Alabama Northwestern Seton Hall and Indiana Sina plans to visit the Capstone on Thursday and make a deci-sion on where he will play

college basketball before the April 17 deadline

Securing Sina would increase the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12 and that would certainly help in terms of depth as Alabama suffered from the losses of Carl Engstrom and Andrew Steele last season

It would also give Grant a third point guard on his ros-ter as Trevor Releford will be a senior in the upcoming season and Retin Obasohan is still learning the game Any additions at that posi-tion will be welcomed

But most importantly it will give the Tide an offen-sive weapon alongside a couple of inside defensive threats and Grant needs those aspects in his fifth year at Alabama

The Tide missed the

NCAA tournament this year and it can be argued that it must get back to the Big Dance and make some noise in order for Grant to receive a contract extension With Sina in the fold Grant will have a deep bench and pleth-ora of guards to work with to make a run at next yearrsquos March Madness

If Sina decides to come to Alabama he will join Releford Trevor Lacey Levi Randolph Rodney Cooper and Obasohan to com-plete one the best crop of guards in the Southeastern Conference

But if Sina spurns Grantrsquos offer the Tide will lose out on an excellent 3-point shooter and pinpoint passer It could be a big blow in what could be Grantrsquos final season in Tuscaloosa

Alabama needs to land Jaren Sina one more timeCOLUMN

Crimson Tide set to play 2-game midweek seriesBy Kevin ConnellStaff Reporter

The No 22 University of Alabama baseball team con-cludes its six-game home stand with a two-game mid-week series against the Alcorn State Braves Tuesday and Wednesday First pitches are set for 605 pm on Tuesday and 505 pm on Wednesday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium

The Crimson Tide (20-13 8-4

Southeastern Conference) is just one win shy of matching last seasonrsquos 21 wins for the entire 2012 season when it fin-ished in last place in the SEC As it stands now Alabama sits in a three-way tie with Arkansas and South Carolina for second place in the SEC behind Vanderbilt and LSU

Alabama was soundly beaten in its first two games against No 9 Arkansas this past weekend but responded

well in the series finale on Saturday with an impressive 5-0 victory Sophomore right-hander Spencer Turnbull (4-1 222 ERA) who was nominated as the SEC Pitcher of the Week following another strong start on Saturday praised the Tidersquos defense after the win for bailing him out when his slider wasnrsquot working

The defense was great behind me continuing to make playsrdquo Turnbull said ldquoI didnrsquot really have a slider at all today

but I was able to keep them off balance enough where they couldnrsquot just sit on my

fastball and it worked out pretty goodrdquo

A consistent defense will be beneficial to have even against an Alcorn State team that is just 8-25 on the year However the Braves are on a two-game

winning streak coming into the midweek series against the Tide after defeating 19-5 Alabama State twice

Turnbull stressed the importance of scoring early runs after Alabamarsquos win against Arkansas on Saturday ndash a theme that applies for all starting pitchers in baseball

ldquoI was confident today that if we could get at least two that we could winrdquo Turnbull said ldquoItrsquos hard to shut out a team completely but with [Brett] Booth getting us start-ed early it was a huge lift for us earlyrdquo

Booth the starting senior catcher gave the Tide the early lift it needed its last time out with a solo home run ndash his third of the season ndash in the second inning against Arkansas on Saturday He

leads the team in batting average (299) runs scored (30) RBIs (23) slugging percentage (419) and on-base percentage (401)

Despite losing two of the three games in the series the Tide has won 10 of its last 14 games Booth said he was confident on where the team currently stands now

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been play-ing some good baseballrdquo he said

Redshirt junior right-hand-er Tucker Hawley (4-2 219 ERA) will start for Alabama Tuesday Wednesdayrsquos starter has yet to be announced

BASEBALL

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been playing

some good baseball

mdash Brett Booth

After a 5-0 victory Saturday the Tide sit in a 3-way tie for No 2 SEC spot ahead of Alcorn State games

ldquo Securing Sina would in-crease the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12

and that would certainly help in terms of depth

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UA softball team to host MVSU Delta Devils Tuesday By Alexis PaineStaff Reporter

The University of Alabama softball team will play the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils Tuesday in the fifth game of its 10-game home stand

The Tide played Southeastern Conference opponent Missouri last week-end claiming a 2-1 record in the series The team defeated the Tigers by an eight-run margin in the last game of the series after falling to its opponents on Saturday Head coach Patrick Murphy said he hopes the huge score differential Sunday sets the speed for the two games this week and for the rest of the season

ldquoIrsquom hoping our offense will keep going because thatrsquos what we needrdquo Murphy said ldquoI mean the offense if it keeps going wersquore going to be fine

the rest of the year because [Missourirsquos Chelsea Thomas] is one of the best pitchers in the country and to score fourteen against them is saying some-thingrdquo

Last weekendrsquos series brought the Tidersquos record to 10-5 in SEC play and 35-6 over-all Murphy said the season has been tough so far because of the intensity brought by oppo-nents and that the Tide has played a majority of its con-ference games on the road He said the team needs to under-stand this as they go into the rest of the season

ldquoYou know the first four weekends three are on the

road and anybody that plays us is going to play out of their minds and play their best game and we know thatrdquo Murphy said ldquoWe expect that and I think the girls are finally real-izing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow uprdquo

Junior Mollie Fichtner said the Tide is not taking the non-conference opponent lightly She said the team will still focus on playing ldquoAlabama ballrdquo against the Devils The team is focusing on the finer points of the game as it goes into the midweek game Fichtner said

ldquoYoursquove got to do the little thingsrdquo Fichtner said ldquoTheyrsquoll

turn into the big things So just take it every single inning We have some adjustments to make and those are great opportunities to make themrdquo

Murphy said he is look-ing for everyone to step up in the game against Mississippi Valley State Lauren Sewell is set to pitch Tuesday in a game that will help decide the teamrsquos weekend practice schedule

ldquoLauren definitely gets to pitch and then we need to clean it up the whole weekrdquo Murphy said These are two big games because we have the weekend off and depending on how we do they either get Thursday off or we practice Thursday Then Friday Saturday Sunday [are] completely off Itrsquos been on the calendar since September so itrsquos good I totally believe in what Coach Saban says One day off is good but two days off is great and three days off is awesome For an arm thatrsquos

Alabama golfer Cory Whitsett ranked 3rd nationallyBy Bryan BergmanContributing Writer

As the Alabama menrsquos golf team rolls through its season a large part of the teamrsquos suc-cess can be attributed to the play of junior Cory Whitsett

Whitsett began the season ranked No 8 in Golfweekrsquos preseason top 10 and he has only improved from there ranked No3 in the nation as of April 7th His 7096 aver-age leads the team and is seventh in the country

Whitsett began the season with a third-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic which helped the team to a victory at that event He then tied for the individual title at the Tidersquos

second-place finish at the Southern Highlands Masters His first-place finishes at the Linger Longer Invitational and Aggie Invitational led the Tide to victories in those tournaments He now has five career victories tied for second most in school history

ldquoIrsquove tried to play with a lot more self-belief this year Irsquove hit some bad shots

and been in some difficult situations but Irsquove just com-pletely trusted myself and gotten out of it that wayrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett a native of Houston Texas came to Alabama as one of the most accomplished recruits in school history In 2007 he became one of only five fifteen-year old players to win the US Junior Amateur Championship participat-ing in the first of three US Amateur Championships the same year In 2010 he was selected as the National High School Senior Athlete of the Year for menrsquos golf after tying for the state title Head coach Jay Seawell said he

was happy about his decision to recruit Whitsett to Alabama

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disappointed But the best part is hersquos a great young manrdquo Seawell said ldquoOn and off the golf course hersquos a class act Hersquos a hard worker who takes pride in all he does and being a part of Alabamardquo

He made an immediate impact upon arriving at Alabama finishing with a 7139 scoring average second on the team and an Alabama rookie record (since bro-ken by Justin Thomas) Four top-five finishes including his first of three victories at

the Linger Longer Invitational led to him being named to the All-Mickelson Team honoring the countryrsquos best freshmen as well as Golfweekrsquos All-Freshman Team and a consensus second-team All-American

Whitsett turned in anoth-er outstanding season as a sophomore last year finish-ing the season ranked No 13 overall with wins at the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic and Linger Longer Invitational He was named a consensus second-team All-American first-team All-SEC and SEC Academic Honor Roll along with the NCAA Elite 89 Award which is given to the

student-athlete at the NCAA Championships with the high-est GPA His efforts helped bring the Tide an SEC champi-onship but the team fell short at the NCAA Championships losing to Texas in the finals Whitsett said he looks forward to having another chance to compete for the championship this season

ldquoI want to win a National Championship with the team We came so close last year and really got a taste of what it would be like To not get [the championship] is one of the worst feelings Irsquove ever hadrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett and the Tide will be back in action at the SEC Championships on April 19th

MENrsquoS GOLF

SOFTBALL

been throwing since mid-Sep-tember in Traina and Jury itrsquoll be good for themrdquo

The Tide will take on the Devils Tuesday at 6 pm in the Rhoads Softball Stadium The team will continue at home against The University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers Wednesday

Contributing writer Kelly Ward contributed to this article

ldquoI think the girls are fi nally realizing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow up

mdash Patrick Murphy

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disap-pointed But the best part is hersquos a

great young man

mdash Jay Seawell

IF YOU GObull What Softball v MVSU

bull When Tuesday 6 pm

bull Where Rhoads Softball Stadium

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 13

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FOOTBALL

Offensive line takes shape as Tide returns to practiceBy Charlie PotterStaff Reporter

Alabamarsquos offensive line lost three starters to graduation and the NFL draft this offsea-son while right guard Anthony Steen and left tackle Cyrus Kouandjio returned to the Capstone to continue their col-legiate careers this semester

The big challenge entering the spring was replacing such dynamic and experienced play-ers like Chance Warmack DJ Fluker and Barrett Jones at such an integral position

After the Crimson Tidersquos ninth spring practice on Monday Arie Kouandjio said the Crimson Tide is managing to retool its offensive line just fine

ldquoI feel good about all the guys on the linerdquo Kouandjio said ldquoI feel very confident in the abil-ity that we have on any side of the ball or any position Irsquom really confident in what we can do and what we can obtain this yearrdquo

Kouandjio has been play-ing at left guard so far this spring lining up next to his younger brother Cyrus Austin Shepherd has taken most of the first-team snaps at right guard this spring and Ryan Kelly has taken over the duties of playing center

The threesome are familiar with each other having worked together last season on the sec-ond-team unit and Kouandjio said that experience has helped them to build a bond that just keeps growing

ldquoIt gave us something to build on and wersquove just got to

keep building keep stacking those bricksrdquo

Kouandjio said it was a bless-ing to be able to be at the top of the depth chart But he was especially happy to be able to line up beside his brother

ldquoItrsquos insanerdquo he said ldquoI love it Wersquore really in sync and we know how each of us feel We donrsquot even have to talk that much to know whatrsquos going on and stuff like that with each other Itrsquos really coolrdquo

He said he and his brother have been through a lot and have used their experiences together growing up to their advantage on the playing field

In Cyrusrsquos first year at Alabama both brothers suf-fered injuries and went through rehabilitation together It was then that they started to push each other to become better players by making everything a competition

ldquoThatrsquos when the competi-tion came in and that helped a lotrdquo Kouandjio said ldquoWe turned it into a game and wersquore here nowrdquo

Alabama returns to practice

on Wednesday

CW | Alaina ClarkQuarterback Parker McLeod left and wide receiver Ty Reed participate in the Tidersquos spring practice

PRACTICE NOTESbull Trey DePriest donned a black no-contact jersey on Monday after accumulating four tackles and two intercep-tions in Saturdayrsquos simulated scrimmage He worked on the stationary bikes with Kevin Norwood and John Fulton bull Dee Hart who had been practicing with the defensive backs this spring was found with running backs on Mon-day He still wore a black no-contact jersey bull Ryan Anderson worked with defensive coordinator Kirby Smart and the inside linebackers on Monday insteaw of his usual position at outside linebacker The move was probably made because of the injury to DePriest

CW | Alaina ClarkTide receiver Deandrew White second from right wore a black no-contact jersey during practice Saturday

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 11

By Charlie Potter

The 2012-13 college bas-ketball season is officially finished but the offseason is already in full swing for every program in the coun-try including The University of Alabama

Head coach Anthony Grant and his assistants are hot on the recruiting trail in search of a third piece to their 2013 recruiting class a class that already pos-sesses center Jimmy Taylor and power forward Shannon Hale

The player the Crimson Tide wants and needs to secure ndash or resecure ndash is Jaren Sina

Sina a 6-2 point guard from Gill St Bernardrsquos School in Gladstone NJ originally committed to Alabama as a

sophomore but he decom-mitted and chose to go to Northwestern instead Since then he has been released from his scholarship with the Wildcats after the team fired head coach Bill Carmody

He now lists his top four choices as Alabama Northwestern Seton Hall and Indiana Sina plans to visit the Capstone on Thursday and make a deci-sion on where he will play

college basketball before the April 17 deadline

Securing Sina would increase the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12 and that would certainly help in terms of depth as Alabama suffered from the losses of Carl Engstrom and Andrew Steele last season

It would also give Grant a third point guard on his ros-ter as Trevor Releford will be a senior in the upcoming season and Retin Obasohan is still learning the game Any additions at that posi-tion will be welcomed

But most importantly it will give the Tide an offen-sive weapon alongside a couple of inside defensive threats and Grant needs those aspects in his fifth year at Alabama

The Tide missed the

NCAA tournament this year and it can be argued that it must get back to the Big Dance and make some noise in order for Grant to receive a contract extension With Sina in the fold Grant will have a deep bench and pleth-ora of guards to work with to make a run at next yearrsquos March Madness

If Sina decides to come to Alabama he will join Releford Trevor Lacey Levi Randolph Rodney Cooper and Obasohan to com-plete one the best crop of guards in the Southeastern Conference

But if Sina spurns Grantrsquos offer the Tide will lose out on an excellent 3-point shooter and pinpoint passer It could be a big blow in what could be Grantrsquos final season in Tuscaloosa

Alabama needs to land Jaren Sina one more timeCOLUMN

Crimson Tide set to play 2-game midweek seriesBy Kevin ConnellStaff Reporter

The No 22 University of Alabama baseball team con-cludes its six-game home stand with a two-game mid-week series against the Alcorn State Braves Tuesday and Wednesday First pitches are set for 605 pm on Tuesday and 505 pm on Wednesday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium

The Crimson Tide (20-13 8-4

Southeastern Conference) is just one win shy of matching last seasonrsquos 21 wins for the entire 2012 season when it fin-ished in last place in the SEC As it stands now Alabama sits in a three-way tie with Arkansas and South Carolina for second place in the SEC behind Vanderbilt and LSU

Alabama was soundly beaten in its first two games against No 9 Arkansas this past weekend but responded

well in the series finale on Saturday with an impressive 5-0 victory Sophomore right-hander Spencer Turnbull (4-1 222 ERA) who was nominated as the SEC Pitcher of the Week following another strong start on Saturday praised the Tidersquos defense after the win for bailing him out when his slider wasnrsquot working

The defense was great behind me continuing to make playsrdquo Turnbull said ldquoI didnrsquot really have a slider at all today

but I was able to keep them off balance enough where they couldnrsquot just sit on my

fastball and it worked out pretty goodrdquo

A consistent defense will be beneficial to have even against an Alcorn State team that is just 8-25 on the year However the Braves are on a two-game

winning streak coming into the midweek series against the Tide after defeating 19-5 Alabama State twice

Turnbull stressed the importance of scoring early runs after Alabamarsquos win against Arkansas on Saturday ndash a theme that applies for all starting pitchers in baseball

ldquoI was confident today that if we could get at least two that we could winrdquo Turnbull said ldquoItrsquos hard to shut out a team completely but with [Brett] Booth getting us start-ed early it was a huge lift for us earlyrdquo

Booth the starting senior catcher gave the Tide the early lift it needed its last time out with a solo home run ndash his third of the season ndash in the second inning against Arkansas on Saturday He

leads the team in batting average (299) runs scored (30) RBIs (23) slugging percentage (419) and on-base percentage (401)

Despite losing two of the three games in the series the Tide has won 10 of its last 14 games Booth said he was confident on where the team currently stands now

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been play-ing some good baseballrdquo he said

Redshirt junior right-hand-er Tucker Hawley (4-2 219 ERA) will start for Alabama Tuesday Wednesdayrsquos starter has yet to be announced

BASEBALL

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been playing

some good baseball

mdash Brett Booth

After a 5-0 victory Saturday the Tide sit in a 3-way tie for No 2 SEC spot ahead of Alcorn State games

ldquo Securing Sina would in-crease the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12

and that would certainly help in terms of depth

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UA softball team to host MVSU Delta Devils Tuesday By Alexis PaineStaff Reporter

The University of Alabama softball team will play the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils Tuesday in the fifth game of its 10-game home stand

The Tide played Southeastern Conference opponent Missouri last week-end claiming a 2-1 record in the series The team defeated the Tigers by an eight-run margin in the last game of the series after falling to its opponents on Saturday Head coach Patrick Murphy said he hopes the huge score differential Sunday sets the speed for the two games this week and for the rest of the season

ldquoIrsquom hoping our offense will keep going because thatrsquos what we needrdquo Murphy said ldquoI mean the offense if it keeps going wersquore going to be fine

the rest of the year because [Missourirsquos Chelsea Thomas] is one of the best pitchers in the country and to score fourteen against them is saying some-thingrdquo

Last weekendrsquos series brought the Tidersquos record to 10-5 in SEC play and 35-6 over-all Murphy said the season has been tough so far because of the intensity brought by oppo-nents and that the Tide has played a majority of its con-ference games on the road He said the team needs to under-stand this as they go into the rest of the season

ldquoYou know the first four weekends three are on the

road and anybody that plays us is going to play out of their minds and play their best game and we know thatrdquo Murphy said ldquoWe expect that and I think the girls are finally real-izing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow uprdquo

Junior Mollie Fichtner said the Tide is not taking the non-conference opponent lightly She said the team will still focus on playing ldquoAlabama ballrdquo against the Devils The team is focusing on the finer points of the game as it goes into the midweek game Fichtner said

ldquoYoursquove got to do the little thingsrdquo Fichtner said ldquoTheyrsquoll

turn into the big things So just take it every single inning We have some adjustments to make and those are great opportunities to make themrdquo

Murphy said he is look-ing for everyone to step up in the game against Mississippi Valley State Lauren Sewell is set to pitch Tuesday in a game that will help decide the teamrsquos weekend practice schedule

ldquoLauren definitely gets to pitch and then we need to clean it up the whole weekrdquo Murphy said These are two big games because we have the weekend off and depending on how we do they either get Thursday off or we practice Thursday Then Friday Saturday Sunday [are] completely off Itrsquos been on the calendar since September so itrsquos good I totally believe in what Coach Saban says One day off is good but two days off is great and three days off is awesome For an arm thatrsquos

Alabama golfer Cory Whitsett ranked 3rd nationallyBy Bryan BergmanContributing Writer

As the Alabama menrsquos golf team rolls through its season a large part of the teamrsquos suc-cess can be attributed to the play of junior Cory Whitsett

Whitsett began the season ranked No 8 in Golfweekrsquos preseason top 10 and he has only improved from there ranked No3 in the nation as of April 7th His 7096 aver-age leads the team and is seventh in the country

Whitsett began the season with a third-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic which helped the team to a victory at that event He then tied for the individual title at the Tidersquos

second-place finish at the Southern Highlands Masters His first-place finishes at the Linger Longer Invitational and Aggie Invitational led the Tide to victories in those tournaments He now has five career victories tied for second most in school history

ldquoIrsquove tried to play with a lot more self-belief this year Irsquove hit some bad shots

and been in some difficult situations but Irsquove just com-pletely trusted myself and gotten out of it that wayrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett a native of Houston Texas came to Alabama as one of the most accomplished recruits in school history In 2007 he became one of only five fifteen-year old players to win the US Junior Amateur Championship participat-ing in the first of three US Amateur Championships the same year In 2010 he was selected as the National High School Senior Athlete of the Year for menrsquos golf after tying for the state title Head coach Jay Seawell said he

was happy about his decision to recruit Whitsett to Alabama

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disappointed But the best part is hersquos a great young manrdquo Seawell said ldquoOn and off the golf course hersquos a class act Hersquos a hard worker who takes pride in all he does and being a part of Alabamardquo

He made an immediate impact upon arriving at Alabama finishing with a 7139 scoring average second on the team and an Alabama rookie record (since bro-ken by Justin Thomas) Four top-five finishes including his first of three victories at

the Linger Longer Invitational led to him being named to the All-Mickelson Team honoring the countryrsquos best freshmen as well as Golfweekrsquos All-Freshman Team and a consensus second-team All-American

Whitsett turned in anoth-er outstanding season as a sophomore last year finish-ing the season ranked No 13 overall with wins at the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic and Linger Longer Invitational He was named a consensus second-team All-American first-team All-SEC and SEC Academic Honor Roll along with the NCAA Elite 89 Award which is given to the

student-athlete at the NCAA Championships with the high-est GPA His efforts helped bring the Tide an SEC champi-onship but the team fell short at the NCAA Championships losing to Texas in the finals Whitsett said he looks forward to having another chance to compete for the championship this season

ldquoI want to win a National Championship with the team We came so close last year and really got a taste of what it would be like To not get [the championship] is one of the worst feelings Irsquove ever hadrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett and the Tide will be back in action at the SEC Championships on April 19th

MENrsquoS GOLF

SOFTBALL

been throwing since mid-Sep-tember in Traina and Jury itrsquoll be good for themrdquo

The Tide will take on the Devils Tuesday at 6 pm in the Rhoads Softball Stadium The team will continue at home against The University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers Wednesday

Contributing writer Kelly Ward contributed to this article

ldquoI think the girls are fi nally realizing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow up

mdash Patrick Murphy

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disap-pointed But the best part is hersquos a

great young man

mdash Jay Seawell

IF YOU GObull What Softball v MVSU

bull When Tuesday 6 pm

bull Where Rhoads Softball Stadium

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NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 11

By Charlie Potter

The 2012-13 college bas-ketball season is officially finished but the offseason is already in full swing for every program in the coun-try including The University of Alabama

Head coach Anthony Grant and his assistants are hot on the recruiting trail in search of a third piece to their 2013 recruiting class a class that already pos-sesses center Jimmy Taylor and power forward Shannon Hale

The player the Crimson Tide wants and needs to secure ndash or resecure ndash is Jaren Sina

Sina a 6-2 point guard from Gill St Bernardrsquos School in Gladstone NJ originally committed to Alabama as a

sophomore but he decom-mitted and chose to go to Northwestern instead Since then he has been released from his scholarship with the Wildcats after the team fired head coach Bill Carmody

He now lists his top four choices as Alabama Northwestern Seton Hall and Indiana Sina plans to visit the Capstone on Thursday and make a deci-sion on where he will play

college basketball before the April 17 deadline

Securing Sina would increase the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12 and that would certainly help in terms of depth as Alabama suffered from the losses of Carl Engstrom and Andrew Steele last season

It would also give Grant a third point guard on his ros-ter as Trevor Releford will be a senior in the upcoming season and Retin Obasohan is still learning the game Any additions at that posi-tion will be welcomed

But most importantly it will give the Tide an offen-sive weapon alongside a couple of inside defensive threats and Grant needs those aspects in his fifth year at Alabama

The Tide missed the

NCAA tournament this year and it can be argued that it must get back to the Big Dance and make some noise in order for Grant to receive a contract extension With Sina in the fold Grant will have a deep bench and pleth-ora of guards to work with to make a run at next yearrsquos March Madness

If Sina decides to come to Alabama he will join Releford Trevor Lacey Levi Randolph Rodney Cooper and Obasohan to com-plete one the best crop of guards in the Southeastern Conference

But if Sina spurns Grantrsquos offer the Tide will lose out on an excellent 3-point shooter and pinpoint passer It could be a big blow in what could be Grantrsquos final season in Tuscaloosa

Alabama needs to land Jaren Sina one more timeCOLUMN

Crimson Tide set to play 2-game midweek seriesBy Kevin ConnellStaff Reporter

The No 22 University of Alabama baseball team con-cludes its six-game home stand with a two-game mid-week series against the Alcorn State Braves Tuesday and Wednesday First pitches are set for 605 pm on Tuesday and 505 pm on Wednesday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium

The Crimson Tide (20-13 8-4

Southeastern Conference) is just one win shy of matching last seasonrsquos 21 wins for the entire 2012 season when it fin-ished in last place in the SEC As it stands now Alabama sits in a three-way tie with Arkansas and South Carolina for second place in the SEC behind Vanderbilt and LSU

Alabama was soundly beaten in its first two games against No 9 Arkansas this past weekend but responded

well in the series finale on Saturday with an impressive 5-0 victory Sophomore right-hander Spencer Turnbull (4-1 222 ERA) who was nominated as the SEC Pitcher of the Week following another strong start on Saturday praised the Tidersquos defense after the win for bailing him out when his slider wasnrsquot working

The defense was great behind me continuing to make playsrdquo Turnbull said ldquoI didnrsquot really have a slider at all today

but I was able to keep them off balance enough where they couldnrsquot just sit on my

fastball and it worked out pretty goodrdquo

A consistent defense will be beneficial to have even against an Alcorn State team that is just 8-25 on the year However the Braves are on a two-game

winning streak coming into the midweek series against the Tide after defeating 19-5 Alabama State twice

Turnbull stressed the importance of scoring early runs after Alabamarsquos win against Arkansas on Saturday ndash a theme that applies for all starting pitchers in baseball

ldquoI was confident today that if we could get at least two that we could winrdquo Turnbull said ldquoItrsquos hard to shut out a team completely but with [Brett] Booth getting us start-ed early it was a huge lift for us earlyrdquo

Booth the starting senior catcher gave the Tide the early lift it needed its last time out with a solo home run ndash his third of the season ndash in the second inning against Arkansas on Saturday He

leads the team in batting average (299) runs scored (30) RBIs (23) slugging percentage (419) and on-base percentage (401)

Despite losing two of the three games in the series the Tide has won 10 of its last 14 games Booth said he was confident on where the team currently stands now

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been play-ing some good baseballrdquo he said

Redshirt junior right-hand-er Tucker Hawley (4-2 219 ERA) will start for Alabama Tuesday Wednesdayrsquos starter has yet to be announced

BASEBALL

ldquoI think the way wersquove played over the last three weeks wersquove been playing

some good baseball

mdash Brett Booth

After a 5-0 victory Saturday the Tide sit in a 3-way tie for No 2 SEC spot ahead of Alcorn State games

ldquo Securing Sina would in-crease the Tidersquos number of scholarship players to 12

and that would certainly help in terms of depth

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UA softball team to host MVSU Delta Devils Tuesday By Alexis PaineStaff Reporter

The University of Alabama softball team will play the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils Tuesday in the fifth game of its 10-game home stand

The Tide played Southeastern Conference opponent Missouri last week-end claiming a 2-1 record in the series The team defeated the Tigers by an eight-run margin in the last game of the series after falling to its opponents on Saturday Head coach Patrick Murphy said he hopes the huge score differential Sunday sets the speed for the two games this week and for the rest of the season

ldquoIrsquom hoping our offense will keep going because thatrsquos what we needrdquo Murphy said ldquoI mean the offense if it keeps going wersquore going to be fine

the rest of the year because [Missourirsquos Chelsea Thomas] is one of the best pitchers in the country and to score fourteen against them is saying some-thingrdquo

Last weekendrsquos series brought the Tidersquos record to 10-5 in SEC play and 35-6 over-all Murphy said the season has been tough so far because of the intensity brought by oppo-nents and that the Tide has played a majority of its con-ference games on the road He said the team needs to under-stand this as they go into the rest of the season

ldquoYou know the first four weekends three are on the

road and anybody that plays us is going to play out of their minds and play their best game and we know thatrdquo Murphy said ldquoWe expect that and I think the girls are finally real-izing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow uprdquo

Junior Mollie Fichtner said the Tide is not taking the non-conference opponent lightly She said the team will still focus on playing ldquoAlabama ballrdquo against the Devils The team is focusing on the finer points of the game as it goes into the midweek game Fichtner said

ldquoYoursquove got to do the little thingsrdquo Fichtner said ldquoTheyrsquoll

turn into the big things So just take it every single inning We have some adjustments to make and those are great opportunities to make themrdquo

Murphy said he is look-ing for everyone to step up in the game against Mississippi Valley State Lauren Sewell is set to pitch Tuesday in a game that will help decide the teamrsquos weekend practice schedule

ldquoLauren definitely gets to pitch and then we need to clean it up the whole weekrdquo Murphy said These are two big games because we have the weekend off and depending on how we do they either get Thursday off or we practice Thursday Then Friday Saturday Sunday [are] completely off Itrsquos been on the calendar since September so itrsquos good I totally believe in what Coach Saban says One day off is good but two days off is great and three days off is awesome For an arm thatrsquos

Alabama golfer Cory Whitsett ranked 3rd nationallyBy Bryan BergmanContributing Writer

As the Alabama menrsquos golf team rolls through its season a large part of the teamrsquos suc-cess can be attributed to the play of junior Cory Whitsett

Whitsett began the season ranked No 8 in Golfweekrsquos preseason top 10 and he has only improved from there ranked No3 in the nation as of April 7th His 7096 aver-age leads the team and is seventh in the country

Whitsett began the season with a third-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic which helped the team to a victory at that event He then tied for the individual title at the Tidersquos

second-place finish at the Southern Highlands Masters His first-place finishes at the Linger Longer Invitational and Aggie Invitational led the Tide to victories in those tournaments He now has five career victories tied for second most in school history

ldquoIrsquove tried to play with a lot more self-belief this year Irsquove hit some bad shots

and been in some difficult situations but Irsquove just com-pletely trusted myself and gotten out of it that wayrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett a native of Houston Texas came to Alabama as one of the most accomplished recruits in school history In 2007 he became one of only five fifteen-year old players to win the US Junior Amateur Championship participat-ing in the first of three US Amateur Championships the same year In 2010 he was selected as the National High School Senior Athlete of the Year for menrsquos golf after tying for the state title Head coach Jay Seawell said he

was happy about his decision to recruit Whitsett to Alabama

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disappointed But the best part is hersquos a great young manrdquo Seawell said ldquoOn and off the golf course hersquos a class act Hersquos a hard worker who takes pride in all he does and being a part of Alabamardquo

He made an immediate impact upon arriving at Alabama finishing with a 7139 scoring average second on the team and an Alabama rookie record (since bro-ken by Justin Thomas) Four top-five finishes including his first of three victories at

the Linger Longer Invitational led to him being named to the All-Mickelson Team honoring the countryrsquos best freshmen as well as Golfweekrsquos All-Freshman Team and a consensus second-team All-American

Whitsett turned in anoth-er outstanding season as a sophomore last year finish-ing the season ranked No 13 overall with wins at the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic and Linger Longer Invitational He was named a consensus second-team All-American first-team All-SEC and SEC Academic Honor Roll along with the NCAA Elite 89 Award which is given to the

student-athlete at the NCAA Championships with the high-est GPA His efforts helped bring the Tide an SEC champi-onship but the team fell short at the NCAA Championships losing to Texas in the finals Whitsett said he looks forward to having another chance to compete for the championship this season

ldquoI want to win a National Championship with the team We came so close last year and really got a taste of what it would be like To not get [the championship] is one of the worst feelings Irsquove ever hadrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett and the Tide will be back in action at the SEC Championships on April 19th

MENrsquoS GOLF

SOFTBALL

been throwing since mid-Sep-tember in Traina and Jury itrsquoll be good for themrdquo

The Tide will take on the Devils Tuesday at 6 pm in the Rhoads Softball Stadium The team will continue at home against The University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers Wednesday

Contributing writer Kelly Ward contributed to this article

ldquoI think the girls are fi nally realizing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow up

mdash Patrick Murphy

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disap-pointed But the best part is hersquos a

great young man

mdash Jay Seawell

IF YOU GObull What Softball v MVSU

bull When Tuesday 6 pm

bull Where Rhoads Softball Stadium

NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Tuesday April 9 2013 | Page 13

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

DEADLINES Classified line ad deadline is the previous business day by 400 pmHow to place a classified For classified line ads visit wwwcwuaedu and click on the classifieds tab For classified display ads call (205) 348-7355 or email cwclassmgrgmailcom for a free consultation The Crimson White is published four days a week (M T W TH) Each classified line ad must run for a minimum of four days and include no less than 16 words

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4-8 days is $50 per word 9 plus days is $35 per wordStudentFaculty Rates

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Todayrsquos Birthday (040913) Look within this year to unlock potential Swap new practices for outdated ones Communica-tions seem turbo-charged until summer when focus shift s from outward to home-based Pay debt and review insurance and investments Tame excess energy with exercise Contributing with family community and friends enlivens Add laughter as a practiceTo get the advantage check the dayrsquos rating 10 is the easiest day 0 the most challengingAries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Listen carefully to songs that show you the way Ultimately you choose your direction Your obsession with details comes in handy Hidden treasures get revealed Your subconscious mind is a great problem-solverTaurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Wait until later to discuss an upcoming purchase A benefactor appears Listen to all the concerns Watch out for hidden ex-penses Anticipate surprises fi reworks even Get everyone on the same pageGemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Discover a big question Th ink about it a while longer Notice changes before being told Your reputation precedes you Conditions are unsettled Settle in for some cozy nesting and ponderCancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Paint a stroke of genius without skipping a beat Blend optimism into the syncopation Th e result isnrsquot as imagined Keep practicing Enjoy the day Adventure beckons Go ahead and get loudLeo (July 23-Aug 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Itrsquos not a good time to gamble especially not with savings Curl up somewhere cozy with your homework Th erersquos more time for fun later Fix up your place aft er Cel-ebrate fi nishing with something deliciousVirgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Invest in home and improve your

living conditions Take care of a water problem Consider options and ask prob-ing questions Call for a vote Encourage a genius Tempers could fl are Results surpriseLibra (Sept 23-Oct 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Collect on invoices and encourage others to focus Appeal to their intellects Persuade with charm bullying and nag-ging wonrsquot work Th e possibility of error is high so take it slow A new idea improves your confi denceScorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Look for ways to make more money Schedule private time too Walk around the neighborhood Break out of your shell Sell at a profi t Follow your intu-ition Change direction intuitivelySagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Modifi cations are required aft er you discover a mess Yoursquore very persuasive now though conditions are unstable Show your calm under pressure Use humor Make an amazing discovery as the truth comes outCapricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Th erersquos a startling development Keep digging to get to the bottom of it Off er encouragement and an inviting proposi-tion Release an old assumption for a new perspective Travel another day Switch up your routineAquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Your determination pays off and therersquos a sudden shift in your material position Join a good team Expand your portfolio with color Defer gratifi cation and avoid reckless spending Hang with friends laterPisces (Feb 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- More work now leads to more comfort later Yoursquore good at solving puzzles Ask informational questions Charge forward and surprise everyone Disrupt the status quo Continue to produce results Th e impact stuns Proceed with caution

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UA softball team to host MVSU Delta Devils Tuesday By Alexis PaineStaff Reporter

The University of Alabama softball team will play the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils Tuesday in the fifth game of its 10-game home stand

The Tide played Southeastern Conference opponent Missouri last week-end claiming a 2-1 record in the series The team defeated the Tigers by an eight-run margin in the last game of the series after falling to its opponents on Saturday Head coach Patrick Murphy said he hopes the huge score differential Sunday sets the speed for the two games this week and for the rest of the season

ldquoIrsquom hoping our offense will keep going because thatrsquos what we needrdquo Murphy said ldquoI mean the offense if it keeps going wersquore going to be fine

the rest of the year because [Missourirsquos Chelsea Thomas] is one of the best pitchers in the country and to score fourteen against them is saying some-thingrdquo

Last weekendrsquos series brought the Tidersquos record to 10-5 in SEC play and 35-6 over-all Murphy said the season has been tough so far because of the intensity brought by oppo-nents and that the Tide has played a majority of its con-ference games on the road He said the team needs to under-stand this as they go into the rest of the season

ldquoYou know the first four weekends three are on the

road and anybody that plays us is going to play out of their minds and play their best game and we know thatrdquo Murphy said ldquoWe expect that and I think the girls are finally real-izing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow uprdquo

Junior Mollie Fichtner said the Tide is not taking the non-conference opponent lightly She said the team will still focus on playing ldquoAlabama ballrdquo against the Devils The team is focusing on the finer points of the game as it goes into the midweek game Fichtner said

ldquoYoursquove got to do the little thingsrdquo Fichtner said ldquoTheyrsquoll

turn into the big things So just take it every single inning We have some adjustments to make and those are great opportunities to make themrdquo

Murphy said he is look-ing for everyone to step up in the game against Mississippi Valley State Lauren Sewell is set to pitch Tuesday in a game that will help decide the teamrsquos weekend practice schedule

ldquoLauren definitely gets to pitch and then we need to clean it up the whole weekrdquo Murphy said These are two big games because we have the weekend off and depending on how we do they either get Thursday off or we practice Thursday Then Friday Saturday Sunday [are] completely off Itrsquos been on the calendar since September so itrsquos good I totally believe in what Coach Saban says One day off is good but two days off is great and three days off is awesome For an arm thatrsquos

Alabama golfer Cory Whitsett ranked 3rd nationallyBy Bryan BergmanContributing Writer

As the Alabama menrsquos golf team rolls through its season a large part of the teamrsquos suc-cess can be attributed to the play of junior Cory Whitsett

Whitsett began the season ranked No 8 in Golfweekrsquos preseason top 10 and he has only improved from there ranked No3 in the nation as of April 7th His 7096 aver-age leads the team and is seventh in the country

Whitsett began the season with a third-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic which helped the team to a victory at that event He then tied for the individual title at the Tidersquos

second-place finish at the Southern Highlands Masters His first-place finishes at the Linger Longer Invitational and Aggie Invitational led the Tide to victories in those tournaments He now has five career victories tied for second most in school history

ldquoIrsquove tried to play with a lot more self-belief this year Irsquove hit some bad shots

and been in some difficult situations but Irsquove just com-pletely trusted myself and gotten out of it that wayrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett a native of Houston Texas came to Alabama as one of the most accomplished recruits in school history In 2007 he became one of only five fifteen-year old players to win the US Junior Amateur Championship participat-ing in the first of three US Amateur Championships the same year In 2010 he was selected as the National High School Senior Athlete of the Year for menrsquos golf after tying for the state title Head coach Jay Seawell said he

was happy about his decision to recruit Whitsett to Alabama

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disappointed But the best part is hersquos a great young manrdquo Seawell said ldquoOn and off the golf course hersquos a class act Hersquos a hard worker who takes pride in all he does and being a part of Alabamardquo

He made an immediate impact upon arriving at Alabama finishing with a 7139 scoring average second on the team and an Alabama rookie record (since bro-ken by Justin Thomas) Four top-five finishes including his first of three victories at

the Linger Longer Invitational led to him being named to the All-Mickelson Team honoring the countryrsquos best freshmen as well as Golfweekrsquos All-Freshman Team and a consensus second-team All-American

Whitsett turned in anoth-er outstanding season as a sophomore last year finish-ing the season ranked No 13 overall with wins at the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic and Linger Longer Invitational He was named a consensus second-team All-American first-team All-SEC and SEC Academic Honor Roll along with the NCAA Elite 89 Award which is given to the

student-athlete at the NCAA Championships with the high-est GPA His efforts helped bring the Tide an SEC champi-onship but the team fell short at the NCAA Championships losing to Texas in the finals Whitsett said he looks forward to having another chance to compete for the championship this season

ldquoI want to win a National Championship with the team We came so close last year and really got a taste of what it would be like To not get [the championship] is one of the worst feelings Irsquove ever hadrdquo Whitsett said

Whitsett and the Tide will be back in action at the SEC Championships on April 19th

MENrsquoS GOLF

SOFTBALL

been throwing since mid-Sep-tember in Traina and Jury itrsquoll be good for themrdquo

The Tide will take on the Devils Tuesday at 6 pm in the Rhoads Softball Stadium The team will continue at home against The University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers Wednesday

Contributing writer Kelly Ward contributed to this article

ldquoI think the girls are fi nally realizing that everybodyrsquos going to bring their best game against us and wersquove got to bow up

mdash Patrick Murphy

ldquoWe knew that he was a great player and that part hasnrsquot disap-pointed But the best part is hersquos a

great young man

mdash Jay Seawell

IF YOU GObull What Softball v MVSU

bull When Tuesday 6 pm

bull Where Rhoads Softball Stadium

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living conditions Take care of a water problem Consider options and ask prob-ing questions Call for a vote Encourage a genius Tempers could fl are Results surpriseLibra (Sept 23-Oct 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Collect on invoices and encourage others to focus Appeal to their intellects Persuade with charm bullying and nag-ging wonrsquot work Th e possibility of error is high so take it slow A new idea improves your confi denceScorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Look for ways to make more money Schedule private time too Walk around the neighborhood Break out of your shell Sell at a profi t Follow your intu-ition Change direction intuitivelySagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Modifi cations are required aft er you discover a mess Yoursquore very persuasive now though conditions are unstable Show your calm under pressure Use humor Make an amazing discovery as the truth comes outCapricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Th erersquos a startling development Keep digging to get to the bottom of it Off er encouragement and an inviting proposi-tion Release an old assumption for a new perspective Travel another day Switch up your routineAquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Your determination pays off and therersquos a sudden shift in your material position Join a good team Expand your portfolio with color Defer gratifi cation and avoid reckless spending Hang with friends laterPisces (Feb 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- More work now leads to more comfort later Yoursquore good at solving puzzles Ask informational questions Charge forward and surprise everyone Disrupt the status quo Continue to produce results Th e impact stuns Proceed with caution

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Monitored Security System

Gas LogsFireplacesTanning Beds

Fitness Center 2 Resort Pools

Onsite Management3201 Hargrove Road East

205-554-1977palisadesapthomescom

LOFTS TUSCALOOSA AND NORTHPORT 2 bedroom 1 bath $1150-$900-$750 Roof-deck 205 657 3900-205 752 9020 CAMPUS EFFICIENCY APTS beside Publix $425mo water included No pets 1 year lease and security deposit required

Call (205)752-1277 CAMPUS 3 BLOCKS away 1 bedroom apartment Hack-berry Place $450mo water amp garbage included Lease and deposit required No pets Fall 2013

Call (205)752-1277 BRAND NEW LUXURY APTS 1 amp 2 Bedrooms Downtown across from Innisfree Pub ~5 blocks from campus Visit wwwtiderentalscom for more information (205)752-1277HOME FOR RENT AT 216 CEDAR Crest Half mile from campus 3 large bedrooms 2 baths Nice remodeled brick house $1350 per month with one year lease required Leas-ing now for summerfall Con-tact owner 770-509-2616WILLOW WYCK 2 BEDROOM 15 bath perfect for room-mates ve minutes from cam-pus Move-in special Pre-leas-ing available 205-391-9690

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