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Students contribute to nationwide growth in vinyl sales, resurgence of retro styles By Francie Johnson | Staff Reporter

nce upon a time, music meant something completely different than the sounds coursing through iPhoneclad students’ earbuds or car stereos. It meant gathering around a turntable and playing a vinyl record. It meant treasuring delicate records and listening to them the whole way through. But for an increasing number of University of Alabama students, it still means that same thing today. Oz Music, Tuscaloosa’s sole record store, recently condensed its CD collection to make room for an ever-growing collection of vinyl. Jason Patton, manager of Oz Music, said vinyl records accounted for 14 percent of the store’s total sales in 2013. “CDs by far are still our majority of business, but 14 percent is pretty significant when three years ago it was 7 percent,” Patton said. “So it’s doubled in the last three or four years. It’s significant enough to us to where we’re paying more attention to it and devoting more store space to it.” This dramatic vinyl resurgence extends far beyond Tuscaloosa. Vinyl sales nationwide have skyrocketed over the past seven years, jumping from just under 1 million units sold in 2007 to 6 million units sold in 2013. This past year alone, vinyl sales increased 32 percent, up from 4.5 million units sold in 2012, according to billboard.com and their music tracking service, Nielsen Soundscan. SEE VINYL PAGE 8

CW | Austin Bigoney Vinyl records maintain a timeless popularity as both classic albums and new recordings become available in record stores across the country.

Grounds use permit policies contribute to poor ranking By Samuel Yang | Staff Reporter

WHAT: ‘Co-evolution of Tropical Plants and Pollinators’ WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: St. Francis of Assisi

Community concert WHAT: 88.9 FM 25 Years of Ministry Concert WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: First Wesleyan Church

Science lecture WHAT: ALLELE Lecture: ‘Global Cooling By Grassland Soil in the Geological Past and Near Future’ WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Biology Building

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Recent UA alum saves family from ﬁre Friends raise funds online, through Gallette’s event By Taylor Manning | Contributing Writer Black smoke surrounded Jordan Wood as he made his way to the bedroom window. Choking on the acrid fog, he blindly felt his way to the window pane and punched through the glass. For the first time in what felt like eternity, Wood breathed fresh air. “I was getting out of that house, even if I had to kick down the wall,” Wood, who graduated from the University in December, said. The 23 year old narrowly escaped with his life on Jan. 8 after a fire

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trapped him and his girlfriend, Caroline Cavanaugh, in a bedroom of his grandparents’ Fairhope home, which they were visiting. Earlier, Wood was playing on his phone around 4 a.m. when he heard the screams of his grandfather, James Blevins. He discovered Blevins writhing under blankets completely engulfed in flames, Wood said. He immediately alerted and evacuated Cavanaugh and the Blevinses and is now being hailed as a hero. “He is definitely a hero,” April Garrett, a family friend, said. “He doesn’t see himself as one, but anybody who hears this

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Students walk and talk across the Quad every day, but if they want to stop walking to host an event, The University of Alabama requires a grounds use permit. The fact that a large public university requires its students to request permission for peaceful activity has landed the University on the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education’s list of “The 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech.” “As we have said, the better response would be to simply allow students to engage in spontaneous speech, as long as they’re not breaking any university policy or causing any sort of disruption to cam-

ty that is still not working with its students to proactively address free speech issues. “It’s not about what happened. It’s about how it happened,” she said. “The University still has not expressed any interest in actually being open about it.” The problem is not necessarily that the University always restricts free speech, Johnson said, but that it fails to handle conflicts and include students in its decision-making processes. “I would say it’s a free speech problem that’s born from a save-face problem. The University has to lighten up just a little about these things,” she said. “Don’t be so afraid of working with students. Call us.” Claire Chretien, president of BSFL, agreed that the kind of activity both her organization and AARSJ engaged in were protected under the First Amendment

WHAT: Allison Kelsey flute recital WHEN: 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Recital Hall, Moody Music Building

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pus functions,” said Azhar Majeed, FIRE’s associate director of legal and public advocacy. The list, published on the Huffington Post, cites a “bureaucratic assault on common sense and the Constitution,” related to an event in April of last year when Alabama Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Justice students were stopped from staging a spontaneous counter-protest in response to Bama Students for Life’s anti-abortion display. “This is exactly the type of expressive activity you want to see students engaged in,” Majeed said of the protests. After the event, the Capstone revised its grounds use policy – which had previously required an advance notice of 10 days – to accommodate more spontaneous demonstrations. However, Samaria Johnson, president of AASRJ, said the change, which occurred silently, reflects a universi-

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CAMPUSBRIEFS Career Fair to be held in Ferg The Health and Social Services Career Fair will be held Jan. 27 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Ferguson Center ballroom. Students from all majors are welcome to participate and full-time and internship opportunities will be available. Dress is business professional, and students should bring copies of their resumes, as well as their ACT cards. No one will be allowed in the fair wearing flip-flops, jeans, shorts, T-shirts or party attire. For more information, visit career.ua.edu.

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Business group taking applications The Culverhouse Investment Management Group will be accepting applications for membership and resumes until 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19. Managed by undergraduate students, CIMG is the University’s premier student-managed investment fund. The group provides members with hands-on investment experience by investing a portfolio worth approximately $450,000. CIMG analysts work in groups that meet weekly to discuss possible investments and then pitch their recommendations to the entire fund at meetings on Monday nights. Interested students must have at least a 3.0 GPA and must attend the Monday meetings. To access the application, visit mycba.ua.edu/cimg. For more information, contact Austin Yokley at cimg.cba@gmail. com.

CW | Lindsey Leonard Two students observe the exhibit presented by the Shelby County Arts Council and The University of Alabama in the SellaGranata Art Gallery on campus.

Award nominations being accepted UA students are invited to submit nominations for the Buford Peace Award until Feb. 21. The Peace Award is given annually to a UA faculty member whose teaching, research, practice and professional life have demonstrated exceptional levels of involvement in mediating human disputes, helping overcome prejudice, promoting justice and establishing peace. The recipient will receive a $1,000 award and will be recognized at a ceremony in the spring. Highest priority will be given to faculty members from the School of Social Work, but faculty members in any division are eligible provided they meet the selection criteria. For more information or to obtain a nomination form, contact Liz Dykes at (205) 348-5384 or eadykes@sw.ua.edu.

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WHAT: ALLELE Lecture: ‘Global Cooling By Grassland Soil in the Geological Past and Near Future’ WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Biology Building

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WHAT: 88.9 FM 25 Years of Ministry Concert WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: First Wesleyan Church

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and is not surprised that the University’s policies landed it on FIRE’s list. “As demonstrated by all the hoops BSFL had to jump through last year, the grounds use policy is deeply concerning,” she said. “Why must students ask permission to exercise basic free speech rights?” According to FIRE, students shouldn’t have to. Majeed said university campuses serve a unique function and should operate as a “marketplace of ideas,” a concept he said has been “explicitly recognized” by the United States Supreme Court. “The First Amendment is one of the most important rights students have, and they carry it with them at a public university,” he said. “As an administrator at a university like Alabama, you should always be cognizant of those rights.” Cathy Andreen, UA director of media relations, said the grounds use policy resulted from demand for UA grounds and facilities use and exists to deal with situations in ways also recognized by the Supreme Court.

CW | Austin Bigoney In May, members of Westboro Baptist Church demonstrate on campus at Russell Hall, adjacent to University Boulevard, with permission. “The Supreme Court has long recognized that any speech and assembly is subject to reasonable restrictions of time, place and manner. For example, it would not be appropriate for someone to disrupt a math class to protest political events, for someone to yell ‘fire’ in a crowded auditorium or for a group to schedule a loud concert on the Quad during finals,” Andreen said. “University policies exist to protect those situations and interests.” Andreen said the policies resulted from student body growth and are regularly reviewed. “The grounds use permit process ensures that events, speeches, demonstrations, etc., held on our campus do

not endanger the safety of our students and the campus community and do not disrupt the University’s ability to educate our students and conduct our daily operations,” she said. “In addition, the process helps to avoid conflicts between events that might be scheduled for the same time and place.” Johnson said she and AASRJ plan to keep pushing until the University pushes back. “We just talk until we hit a speed bump,” she said. And while last year’s incident was a relatively publicized speed bump, Johnson said the Capstone’s silence can be just as problematic. Just before spring break, UA sidewalks were chalked with inappropriate jokes that Johnson said

amounted to sexual assault. The statements were washed away, but she said the effects of the comments deserved a reaction from the University. “The issue is that [the University] didn’t handle it,” she said. “You can say something.” FIRE said last year’s incident was not the only reason the University ended up on their list. Majeed pointed specifically to a hate speech policy that FIRE flagged in 2004 and the amount of discretion administrators have in granting permits. “These are things that can be resolved and addressed properly under First Amendment standards, and we certainly hope the University will do that,” he said.

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UA Ph. D. candidate knew ‘Lone Survivor’ soldiers By Jessica Smith | Staff Reporter Three American soldiers died on June 25, 2005, one of the worst days in U.S. special operations history. The events of that day were documented in the movie “Lone Survivor,” based on a book written by Marcus Luttrell. Luttrell was a member of SEAL Team 10. Luttrell and three other SEALs went on a two-day mission to kill a Taliban leader, but only Luttrell made it out alive. Ben Woodruff, a finance Ph.D. candidate at the University of Alabama, had the privilege of knowing Luttrell and Michael Murphy, another SEAL on the mission. Woodruff said Murphy was the best man he ever knew.

What is your military background?

I was enlisted in the Navy from the early ’90s to 2002, and I was in the Naval Special Warfare Intelligence Division. I worked with SEAL Team 8 and Seal Delivery Vehicle 1.

How did you get connected with Murphy and Luttrell?

Lieutenant Murphy and Marcus [Luttrell] were part of SDV 1. Axe was also on Team 1, but he got there after I left, so I never met him. I was there from 1998

That speaks to his selflessness. He knew he was going to be killed, and he goes and does that anyway. How has Luttrell dealt with this tragedy?

He obviously has a lot of survivor guilt. That’s going to happen, I guess. I know he’s been very open that the hardest thing for him was going to the families of everyone else and just saying “I’m really, really sorry.” He got to tell them what happened and what they did. He has a Lone Survivor foundation, and that’s one thing he does and pours himself into that. It helps him a lot.

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You haven’t seen the movie yet, but is there anything you can tell me about the two?

I haven’t seen the movie, but I’ll tell you this: Michael Murphy is the greatest guy I ever knew. He was the most selfless person. He was very driven. He was demanding, but he was driven and always expected the best, and he would expect that of himself as well. He would push himself and expect you to do the same. Submitted Ben Woodruff, pictured with his sister, served alongside Michael Murphy and Marcus Luttrell in the Navy.

Murphy was killed because he was making a satellite call due to communication errors. Does that show what kind of person he was?

What can people not in the military do to help the soldiers risking their lives?

I always wanted people to appreciate what they have. It reminds me of an old Ronald Reagan quote: “A lot of people wonder if their lives matter. Marines don’t have that problem.” Find something you really care about and work on that as much as you can. Don’t fail to appreciate this life that you have. We have so many opportunities on this college campus. Don’t let the just day-to-day keep you going. Find what drives you.

Woodruff wanted to make clear that these men are his heroes and he was honored to know them. For more information on the Lone Survivor foundation, visit www.lonesurvivorfoundation.org.

ALLELE series continues with Gregory Retallack Lecture By Emily Williams | Contributing Writer University of Oregon Professor Gregory Retallack will visit campus and give a lecture titled “Global Cooling by Grassland Soils in the Geological Past, Present, and Near Future.” The talk will take place Thursday in the Biology Auditorium, Room 127 at 7:30 p.m. The lecture is part of the ALLELE series, Alabama’s Lectures on Life’s Evolution. The series is sponsored

by the departments of biological sciences, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, history and geological sciences. Retallack is a paleontologist and geologist from Australia. His specialty is the study of fossils, and he has written two textbooks on the study of soil, known as paleopedology. His lecture will examine the role of grasslands in global cooling and its effects throughout history. “The basic idea is that grasslands

didn’t evolve by adapting to the environment but that they changed our environment,” Retallack said. “They created cooling that we see in the last 30 million years, and they did it in a whole variety of different ways that have implications for agriculture and the greenhouse crisis.” Retallack said he hopes the talk will give students a greater appreciation for the importance of the grassland ecosystem. “I think the way in which we can

learn how to prevent global change is by studying global changes of the past, and this talk shows why the study of things like fossils is relevant to understanding the greenhouse crisis we currently find ourselves in,” Retallack said. Taylor Burbach, president of the Evolutionary Studies Club, said she is looking forward to hearing Retallack explain his position in person. “His work is very interesting,”

Burbach said. “He has put a little spin on it about how carbon forming can counteract global warming. He’s going to tie it in to other issues. We’re so excited to get him to come, because reading it on paper is much different than actually hearing someone explain it to you.” Previous speakers in the ALLELE lecture series include Baba Brinkman, a musician who raps about evolution, and Gad Saad, an evolutionary economist.

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COLUMN | RELIGION

Religious hysteria, not football, is America’s favorite national sport By Asher Elbein | Staff Columnist

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Facilities need to reflect UA growth By Nathan James | Senior Staff Columnist For undergraduates, balancing a healthy lifestyle with other responsibilities can often seem like a losing battle. No one thinks they’ll actually gain the freshman 15, but its causes become apparent quickly: Hectic schedules limit exercise, tight budgets determine diet, and convenience reigns supreme during finals week. In other words, resolving to take care of yourself is easy. But when you have 30 minutes for lunch, nothing to spend but Dining Dollars and a straight shot to the campus Burger King, following through can be hard. It’s great that we have campus resources to simplify healthy living, but there’s definitely some room for improvement. As with many issues at the University, a key problem is overcrowding. We’re lucky to have a fantastic gym, but trying to find a free machine after 2 p.m. is a waste of time. It’s great that Fresh Food offers healthy eating alternatives, but less great that the line often reaches across the food court. Fortunately, the University is expanding both its dining and fitness facilities in coming months. Administrators just need to make sure that the new

Nathan James buildings adequately address student needs. For starters, the Ferguson Center expansions badly need to address the issue of dining. The entrance to Fresh Food, the healthiest on-campus dining option, is often blocked by lines with a wait time of 15 minutes or longer. Additionally, many dining halls run short on food during peak hours. To use a personal example, it’s been a week since I found any fruit at Fresh Food. The new dining hall needs to address these issues not only by increasing capacity, but also by offering dining options that are adequate to students’ nutritional needs. The new Rec Center, to be com-

pleted this year, will also face interesting demands. As I said before, the current Rec Center is a fantastic facility. I can’t say enough for the quality of the equipment it offers, nor for the diversity of its programs (like kickboxing and yoga). However, it lacks the size and space to support 34,000 students and most of its free programs typically fill up a half hour before they’re scheduled to begin. The new Rec Center needs to maintain the things that make the current Rec Center great, while expanding its availability to more and more students. Let me clarify that I don’t think the University has any obligation to force its student body into a healthy lifestyle. After all, this is college, and a certain amount of self-direction is needed. But for students who live on campus, healthy living options need to at least exist and be accessible. To that end, I’m deeply excited to see the University expanding its support for healthy student living. Let’s hope that the facilities are completed soon and that they provide adequate support for our student body’s growing needs. Nathan James is a senior majoring in public relations. His column runs weekly on Thursdays.

It will shock nobody to learn that America thrives on spectator sports. What may shock people is that our favorite spectator sport is not football, or basketball or even – perish the thought – soccer. All of those have their devoted fan bases, of course. Asher Elbein But what really gets us going as a nation these days is good old-fashioned religious hysteria. You have only to look to the media to see that this is so. Religion gets more coverage on news networks than even our precious football and arouses more frothing passion from onlookers than the rowdiest college bowl game. Besides, we’ve been playing the religious hysteria game longer than any other. Football got started in the 1800s, but America’s been in the professional leagues of losing its collective mind since Salem. Forget baseball. Taking umbrage is our national pastime. Now, there are many varieties of religious hysteria, much as there are many varieties of sports. There is the old classic of “godless schools,” which hasn’t had much activity of late – except for Texas, where it remains weirdly popular. If that’s not your cup of coffee, than you might consider “x/y/z affects my religious freedom.” The rules on that one are more nebulous, and the scoring system tends to be arbitrary and stupid, but there’s nearly always a game on. There are also several conferences you can choose from, including the smash hits Homophobia, Reproductive Rights and the War On Christmas. There’s also “I’ve just remembered that Muslims/Jews/atheists exist, and that’s awful,” which is by far my personal favorite. This is partially because it crosses over nicely with racism, which is the other popular American pastime, and partly because, like fans of the Atlanta Falcons, I secretly gain a kind of masochistic joy out of watching. You will notice that many of these hysterics are Christian in origin. This is not to suggest that Christians are inherently more quarrelsome than any other religion – Jews, as I can personally attest, argue like nobody’s business. It’d be more accurate to say that Christians, like the SEC, have enjoyed unchallenged dominance in their field for so long that some fans view the mere fact of other teams winning as a personal insult. To push the metaphor further, it’s also worth noting that the more Christian-heavy segments of the media, like certain SEC teams, have a habit of picking out tiny targets on which they can bring their full weight to bear, thus making themselves feel and look powerful. But that’s neither here nor there. It may have come to your attention that I haven’t been entirely serious. Let me remedy that and perhaps soothe some ruffled feathers. No, religion is not as trivial as a sports tournament. In fact, it is much more important: The kind of religious ranting that the American media celebrates and that the rest of us watch actually has fairly awful effects on people. It disenfranchises minorities, attempts to silence dissenters, willfully misunderstands the intentions of our countries’ founders and makes it bluntly clear to many residents of this wonderful country that they are unwelcome and unwanted. Sports, meanwhile, are deeply trivial. That’s what makes them fun and safe for everybody to enjoy. It’s possible to have a discussion about religion without it turning into a hysteria, just like it’s possible to play a pickup game without it becoming a national championship. Perhaps it’s best if we as a people stop conflating the two. Asher Elbein is a senior in New College. His column runs biweekly on Thursdays.

COLUMN | UAB

UAB deserves respect, independence from board of trustees By Regan Williams | Staff Columnist This football season has seen a whirlwind of coaching changes in NCAA football. While a few directly affect us here at the Capstone, others are just as important. One in particular is the head coaching job at UAB. It is once again open, and to be blunt, the University needs to allow UAB to get their own coach without interference from non-UAB board members. A little bit of back-story is probably needed for all of this to make sense. UAB is part of The University of Alabama System, as is UAH. UAB sports have grown a good bit in the last 40 years. Unfortunately, the school’s athletics programs face resistance from members of the UA System Board of Trustees that are not associated with UAB and do not have UAB’s best

interest at heart. They tend to care about The University of Alabama a good bit more than they do the other schools. This was seen back in 2006 when UAB wanted to hire Jimbo Fischer. His pay would have come from alumni and would not have cost the system much at all. The board claimed that he would have been overpaid. Keep in mind that this same board paid Nick Saban a record-setting contract the next year. Now, I don’t think UAB would have won a national championship with Jimbo. But I do think they would have done a little better than 23-61. Later, these board members stopped UAB from creating a stadium on campus to replace the old Legion Field that has fallen into disrepair. Again, this stadium would not have cost the University system anything, but they still will not allow it.

The new stadium would also have moved UAB football to a much nicer area in the city. They still said no. This interference needs to stop. The board of trustees is supposed to have each university’s interest at heart. Clearly in these cases, they do not. They are so stuck on one campus that they have chosen to ignore the others. We need to free UAB. By this I mean that we need to allow them to make decisions on coaches and stadiums. Imagine for a second Nick Saban retiring from coaching college football. We are looking for a new coach. We go to hire a top coach for a record deal, and a group of individuals block it. Wait a few years. These years are full of mediocre football because the coaching staff is now sub-par. The stadium starts falling into disrepair.

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We raise the money to create a new, better stadium, and this same group says no, we can’t have it. I do not know about you, but I would be livid. This sad state is UAB’s reality. It is not fair. If we would hate going through something like this, then why would we make another school? We should treat each campus with the same respect. We need to tell the board to allow UAB to make their own decisions. It is not okay to ignore, or worse, sabotage the sports of the other campuses. The board of trustees has gone too far against UAB. We must draw a line in the sand and say this is enough. Regan Williams is a senior majoring in political science and communication studies. His column runs biweekly on Fridays.

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Professor receives award for success in geology research By Josh Sigler | Contributing Writer

CW| Austin Bigoney Chris Roberts, a University of Alabama graduate, teaches in the department of journalism.

Communication students choose professor of year By Mark Hammontree | News Editor Twenty years after Chris Roberts graduated from The University of Alabama with a degree in journalism, he returned to his alma mater to teach in the familiar lecture halls and classrooms of Reese Phifer Hall. Now, Roberts’s dedication to his field and his students has paid off. “The first class I taught here was the first class I took here, and it was the same room,” Roberts, an assistant professor in the department of journalism, said. “It’s weird, but the idea of coming back is very nice. And it worked.” Last semester, the College of Communication and Information Sciences Ambassadors let students vote for Professor of the Year. “Dr. Roberts won by a landslide,” Hannah Fowler, president of the C&IS Ambassadors, said. Roberts finished his undergraduate degree at the University in 1987 and remained in Tuscaloosa until he earned his master’s degree in 1990. After working as a reporter and editor at The Birmingham News and The State, a newspaper in Columbia, S.C., Roberts joined the faculty at the University of South Carolina in 2006

where he received his Ph.D. “I was at South Carolina as a professor from ’06 to ’08 when ‘momma called,’ so I’ve been back here since ’08,” Roberts said. Roberts has specialized in teaching and researching media ethics and co-wrote the textbook “Doing Ethics in Media: Theories and Practical Applications,” which is used in his ethics courses. The co-author of the book, Jay Black, was the department head of the University when Roberts was a journalism student, and the proceeds of the book go to the University’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The course that Roberts said he is best known for is his introduction to mass communications course, which looks at the laws, regulations and ethics of mass media and how it influences people. “It’s a great class because we all know mass media. Ever since your momma put you in front of a TV when you were 9 months old because she was sick of you crying, we’ve been living mass media,” Roberts said. “The goal here is to try to do the class in a more comprehensive way and to understand why things are the way they are and how you can con-

trol your mass media usage instead of letting it use you.” Roberts said the mass communications class is probably what resulted in him being voted Professor of the Year. “I’m grateful to the students because it was a student-voted award,” Roberts said. Fowler said Roberts will be the inaugural recipient of what she hopes will grow into a popular and sustained honor. Students were able to cast votes at the tables the ambassador team mans every Tuesday. “The ambassadors have ‘Tuesday Tables’ every Tuesday, and we had ballots for students to fill out where they could just write down their favorite professor of the semester and then the class,” Fowler said. Roberts will receive a certificate for his honor, but Fowler said the ambassadors hope to institute a prize of some sort in the future. “We want to eventually have something where a student will be your assistant for the day or half a day or something like that. We’re still working out the kinks,” Fowler said. “We just first wanted to see if students would vote – how many votes we could get. We want to make it grow.”

Two days before Christmas, Samantha Hansen, an assistant professor in the University’s geology department, received an email from the White House informing her that she was among a group of 102 researchers to receive the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. This award is the highest honor that can be given from the United States government to science and engineering professionals in the beginning stages of their careers in independent research. “The impressive achievements of these early-stage scientists and engineers are promising indicators of even greater successes ahead,” President Barack Obama stated in a recent announcement from the White House Press Office. “We are grateful for their commitment to generating the scientific and technical advancements that will ensure America’s global leadership for many years to come.” The news came shortly after Hansen returned from her fourth trip to Antarctica where she and a small team were collecting data from 15 seismic stations the team put in place in order to study the formation of the Northern TransAntarctic Mountains, which are in large part covered in ice and snow. “I think for both me and the department, it is a nice feather in the cap,” Hansen said. “Many years of my life have been invested in this [project], and it’s nice to see someone recognize that.” Lindsey Kenyon, one of two graduate students working under Hansen, has been able to accompany her to Antarctica the past two years. Though she will not be accompanying Hansen to the White House, she said was honored to work with her. “Dr. Hansen is really fun and

Submitted Samantha Hansen received the Presidential Early Career Award. hardworking,” Kenyon said. “It’s her award; I was just lucky to get to be her student.” The seismic stations will be recording earthquake activity from all over the world, which will hopefully help Hansen and the team understand exactly how the Northern Trans-Antarctic Mountains were formed. Hansen and the team need to take at least two more trips to Antarctica in the next two years to collect data from the seismic stations, but she said the team already experienced previously untouched parts of the continent. “There were definitely sights that no other person had been to before,” Hansen said of the experience. “Especially in this day and age, that’s pretty amazing.” Hansen’s research is funded by the National Science Foundation through the CAREER award. She is among a group of three UA professors to receive the CAREER award, which also included Dawen Li and Yuping Bao. As of right now, the White House has not revealed the exact date the award will be given due to scheduling. Hansen’s award was recognized by the University Wednesday by playing Celebrating Achievement.

NEWSIN BRIEF Holiday, UA to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. The University of Alabama will recognize Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday, Jan. 20. Classes will reconvene Tuesday, Jan. 21. The University will also honor King with its 25th annual Realizing the Dream series of events. The Legacy Awards Banquet will take place at 6:30 p.m. Friday, honoring several people who work in social equality. The Realizing the Dream program, which will feature Grammy winner John Legend, will take place Sunday, Jan. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Moody Music Concert Hall. Legend will speak and perform as part of the event. Visit uanews.ua.edu for more information.

Spring Safe Zone training sessions announced The Safe Zone program has announced its open training schedule for the spring semester. Training sessions will be held on the following days: Feb. 12 from 9 a.m.-noon, March 10 from 9 a.m.-noon, April 11 from 1-4 p.m. and May 1 from 1-4 p.m. To register, send an email to safezone@sa.ua.edu. Training sessions are free and open to any University of Alabama faculty, staff or student wanting to learn more about how to support the LGBTQ population at the University. For more information, visit safezone.ua.edu.

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CULTUREIN BRIEF Voice professor to perform Susan Williams, assistant professor of voice at the University, will perform Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Moody Music Building Recital Hall. Williams completed her Doctor of Musical Arts at the Cleveland Institute of Music where she sang Adele in Johann Strauss’s “Die Fledermaus.” Willams has appeared with orchestras all over the country, including Florida’s Frost Symphony Orchestra and North Carolina’s Duke Symphony Orchestra. Tickets for the recital are $10 for general admission, $5 for seniors and $3 for students and can be purchased at uamusic.tix.com or the Moody Music Building.

Lucero to play at Jupiter Memphis rock band, Lucero will play at Jupiter Bar & Grill Friday, Jan. 17, at 8 p.m. The “punk-country” band is touring the U.S. with its eighth album “Women and Work,” the band’s ode to their hometown of Memphis, Tenn. Tickets are $17 in advance and $20 at the door.

Student Affairs holds expo CW| Austin Bigoney The Morgan Collection is composed of pieces collected by Jim and Myra Morgan, graduates of The University of Alabama.

Gallery to host Morgan Collection By Laura Testino | Contributing Writer Beginning Jan. 16, The University of Alabama Art Gallery at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center will showcase “The Morgan Collection – Selections,” an exhibit composed of pieces from the Permanent Collection at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art. The exhibit features pieces amassed by late gallery owners Jim and Myra Morgan, both graduates of the University. Vicki Rial, the exhibitions coordinator at the Sarah Moody Gallery, said the Morgan Collection, donated by the Morgan family in 2007, offers a timeless quality. “The good humor of [the artwork] is not dated, and the sadness is not dated,” Rial said. “The human emotion that’s found in the works is still present in the world, so I think that anyone who looks at it should be moved by it.” This particular quality could be attributed to the fact that the artists Jim and Myra Morgan chose to work with were both well-educated and well-trained, she said. Bill Dooley, director at the Sarah Moody Gallery, said he views the incorporation of multiple artists in the collection as a distinctive feature. “The collection is interesting; it’s kind of a snapshot of a period of time, the early ’70s to the mid-’80s, primarily,” Dooley said. “Although [Jim and Myra Morgan] were in the Midwest, they represented artists from all over the place. That’s consistent with our own collection, which has a regional flavor, but it also is a national collection.” While Dooley said he never met Jim Morgan personally, contact with other artists in the collection has revealed Morgan offered more to the world of art than just his artistic ability. “A lot of gallery owners, they’re just trying to sell your work … I think Jim Morgan was just a lot more engaged, authentically engaged with the work,” Dooley said. “I think these artists really responded to that because it was kind of unusual to have

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PLAN TO GO WHAT: ‘The Morgan Collection – Selections’ WHEN: Jan. 16 - March 7, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. WHERE: The University of Alabama Gallery at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center that kind of enthusiasm.” Tom Wegrzynowski, an art professor at the University, said he hopes his students, as well as other audience members, can appreciate Morgan’s dedication. He encourages all students and the community to take advantage the showcase. “The really big thing is to see work in person–being able to see work in person, and stand in front of it, and really understand what it looks like, that’s irreplaceable in learning about art,” he said. Wegrzynowski teaches a course examining art history since World War II and said he recognizes themes of contemporary art in the collection. “When we start to get into more contemporary work, [artists] look for ways to combine different disciplines together,” he said. While Morgan studied painting at the University and has three paintings in the exhibit, he was also interested in sculpture, Dooley said. “There are a few other sculpture pieces that exhibit … a fairly sophisticated quality of craftsmanship,” Dooley said. “The Morgan Collection – Selections” can be viewed at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, which is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until March 7. Viewers are encouraged to attend a public reception that will take place Jan. 29, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

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The University of Alabama Student Affairs Expo will be held Wednesday, Jan. 22, in the Ferguson Center. It will begin at 11 a.m. and last until 1 p.m. Students will be able to interact with representatives from all of the departments within the division. There will also be product giveaways, games and scholarship prizes. Anyone interested in more information can follow @BamaStudentLife on Twitter for updates.

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CW | Austin Bigoney The 11th annual Double Exposure Juried Photography Exhibition will draw photographers from across the state, including Birmingham, Montgomery, Auburn and Tuscaloosa.

Bama Theatre hosts photo contest, exhibition By Cokie Thompson | Contributing Writer Tuscaloosa resident Jim Morris has been a photographer all his life. When he was a child, a friend bought a $9 photo enlarger, and the pair began developing black and white photos in their closets. “I just photographed when I had the chance,” Morris said. Similarly, Michael Burkhalter, also a Tuscaloosa resident, grew up photographing his surroundings. “Like many folks of my generation, I grew up in a family when photography for home use was just getting big, and my parents bought a camera and we took photos of everything,” Burkhalter said. Now, both men will have their work on display in the 11th annual Double

PLAN TO GO WHAT: Double Exposure Juried Photography Exhibition WHEN: Sunday, Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. WHERE: Bama Theatre Exposure Juried Photography Exhibition at the Bama Theatre. The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa is presenting the exhibition from Jan. 21 to Feb. 14 in various spaces at the theatre. The contest draws photographers from all over Alabama, including Birmingham, Montgomery and Auburn. The adult division features many local artists as well as photographers. The

junior division, open to ages 12 to 17, gives younger artists the opportunity to have their work shown in a public exhibition as well as put in the running for Best of Show and four other cash prizes. “Offering a junior division is an excellent introduction for young people,” said Margaret Gluhman, one of the photographers showing in the adult division. Gluhman is also the gallery director at the Auburn Arts Association and the Jan Dempsey Arts Center. Burkhalter, an engineer by trade, noted the opportunity allows young artists to be a part of a globally competitive economy. “As young people participate in the arts and humanities, they gain critical thinking skills, which, in turn, spurs more

creative thinking,” he said. Morris said photography is an important way that an artist can communicate with his or her audience. “If you can find an image that speaks to you, maybe it will speak to someone else,” Morris said. Through the photographs, each artist contributes to the growth of culture in his or her own backyard. Because the exhibition is open exclusively to Alabama residents, it gives Alabamians of all ages an opportunity to showcase their work. “I believe photography is part of a larger liberal arts experience in our society. I believe each citizen maximizes his or her potential for a full and happy life when they participate in the arts,” Burkhalter said.

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Local experimental band to perform at Green Bar Amazon.com By Kinsey Haynes | Contributing Writer

Unrealistic finale ruins appeal of ‘Girls’ By Hannah Widener Everything about the show “Girls” rang true for me until the last scene of the season two finale, which made me sick to my stomach. Hannah Horvath (Lena Dunham) is going through a spell of OCD panic, so she decides to Skype her ex-boyfriend Adam (Adam Driver). As soon as he senses her distress, he drops everything he is doing and runs to her, shirtless, through the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y. Now what person in their right frame of mind takes the subway with no shirt on? Let me think … no one. Adam finally reaches Hannah’s apartment and breaks down the door to get to her. Hannah is hiding under her sheets, and as Adam pulls the sheet back, there is Hannah frail and alone. He picks her up in his arms, cradles her like a big baby and then kisses her. This, ladies and gentlemen, was the moment I despised Lena Dunham for writing this scene. Although sweet and a perfect ending, this scene was so highly unrealistic it was hard for me to control my gag reflex. For those of you who have spent every Valentine’s Day watching romantic com-

edies and crying over the heart-shaped box of chocolates your mom sent you, I’m here to tell you those movies are a load of crap. This continuing stereotype that when women are weak they have to call a man to come and save them is getting a little old. I would like to see a show on TV that lets the audience see what real women do when their life is in shambles. “Girls” is supposed to be about the relationships women have with one another and how they lean upon each other for support. Guys have the shows “Entourage” and “Duck Dynasty,” which don’t ever seem to feature a man curled up in bed crying over a girl, so why can’t women be treated with the same courtesy? The movie “Bridesmaids” taught audiences that women can be funny, sometimes gross, and that we each have bodies that may not belong in a Victoria’s Secret catalog. However, it wasn’t until “Girls” premiered on HBO April 15, 2012, that the world really got a chance to see what women look like. The same brilliant mind behind “Bridesmaids,” Judd Apatow, struck a chord with female viewers once again. Dunham’s body has been

the forefront of a lot of controversy, but for as many times as a “perfect” body is shown on TV, there, on screen, is Lena letting it all hang out. She has found a way to be sexual but without going over the top. The sex scenes on “Girls” are realistic in the way that sometimes funny things happen during sex that are unexpected. I’m looking forward to season three in the hopes that I won’t see a repeat of what happened last year in the season finale. Male audiences may not understand why women are obsessed with the show, but I would like to believe we love the show for the following reasons: “Girls” reveals truths about ourselves that, whether we would like to admit it or not, are what we really want. We all need our parents at some point to bail us out just like Hannah does. Sometimes we do embarrassing things at parties, and our dance moves may not always be the sexiest. Finally, deep down, despite the women we have to lean on in our lives, we all secretly wish you would run to our apartment and save us. (Although doing it shirtless is completely unnecessary.)

kings.” Being from Tuscaloosa has helped Green Bar is known to residents as Manos grow as an artist in numerone of Tuscaloosa’s best venues for ous ways, she said. Her first semester unique, original and imaginative music of college was spent in New Orleans, - something Katie Manos, lead singer La., but she found herself missing her for Junkyard Kings, values. hometown. The band’s style of music ranges “I have a song called ‘Queen City’ that from bluegrass, folk and blues to is about a road that I used to live on,” experimental depending on who is writ- Manos said. “What inspires me about ing the songs. Tuscaloosa is being from here - wanting “There are really great bars in to leave, but also loving it.” Tuscaloosa for people who want to Bishop and Manos both said they feel hear original, live that Tuscaloosa has music.” Manos said. the potential to be a “ U n f o r t u n a t e l y, great art scene. those aren’t always “It’s not the bigthe most crowded.” gest art scene or All five band the biggest music members work at scene, but it could Surin of Thailand on get better if people the Strip. Show days tried to work on it,” are hectic because Bishop said. “An they have class and artistic revolution work, members of sorts could hapsaid. It can be pen because it is a difficult for them to college town. It goes — Johnny Bishop find time to practice through phases.” before shows. Manos said the “We usually have art scene is importo practice before tant because of forwe pack up or when ward progress and its importance to the we get to the bar,” Manos said. “Our community. boss is really awesome. There are five The next steps for the band will people in our band. Any night we have include having a more expansive repera show, all five people request off, and toire of songs, being able to play more that can be hard to schedule.” out-of-town shows and putting out an The first time Junkyard Kings official album. played Green Bar, it was under the “We basically recorded the album name Shrapnel Petals, which included ourselves and are stalling on putting Johnny Bishop on guitar and vocals and out a new album for no reason. That Wren Thomley on drums. Later, they should come out soon,” said Bishop. acquired Manos, Graham Roden on The band has several songs on guitar and Reid Jackson on bass. The its SoundCloud and Reverbnation name Junkyard Kings came from a pages that are available for download. former member who wrote a song with Junkyard Kings will play at Green Bar the lyric “asphalt heroes and junkyard Thursday at 10 p.m. There is no cover.

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Tide moves on without Williams By Marc Torrence | Sports Editor

PLAN TO GO

When Alabama junior Kayla Williams took an awkward fall in warmups before the gymnastics team’s season opening meet, the team didn’t have much time to come up with a contingency plan. There were only a couple of minutes left in the total warmup period, and coach Sarah Patterson had to shuffle her lineup at the last minute, as Williams was slated to go on three events that night. The Crimson Tide ended up scoring a 197.15, the highest season-opening score in school history, but the news wasn’t all good. Williams sustained a partially torn Achilles tendon and will miss the rest of the season. “I’ve been in this long enough

WHAT: No. 1 Alabama, No. 6 Nebraska, No. 17 Kentucky WHEN: 7 p.m. CT WHERE: Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, Tenn. RECORDS: Alabama (1-0), Kentucky (3-0), Nebraska (1-0) RADIO: 90.7 FM where it can go one of two ways,” said Patterson. “An athlete can be so upset that ‘this year my career is done’ and it’s all about them. Or they turn and lift everybody else up on the team. And that’s what Kayla did.”

While Patterson said the team’s depth will be tested early and often with Williams out, the team is off to a pretty good start. The Crimson Tide used three freshmen on six routines Friday, including four routines for freshman Katie Bailey, who posted the highest all-around score of any freshman in the country. “I could feel myself start to break down a little bit [when Willams went down],” Bailey said. “But my team did a great job of just coming to me and being like, ‘Katie it’s going to be fine, don’t worry about Kayla. We’re going to do this for Kayla.’” The “do it for Kayla” mentality may turn into the theme for the season, as Williams will be limited to watching meets from

the sideline this year. Alabama will face Kentucky and Nebraska on Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. “It’ll be really tough,” Diandra Milliner said. “But she will still be around as a vocal leader and there to support the team. We want to show her that we can do what we practiced all fall and do it for her.” The Crimson Tide will have to move on without Williams on the floor, though, and Saturday will be the start of that process. “Kayla was in the best shape of her career, she is one of the hardest workers, she did everything that she could do,” Patterson said. “I really feel like you have to control the things that you can control. Because it’s sports. CW | Austin Bigoney And sometimes something Freshman Katie Bailey competed in all four events in like that is going to happen.” her first meet as a member of the Crimson Tide.

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Releford’s 28 points lead Alabama to win over Bulldogs By Charlie Potter | Assistant Sports Editor Senior guard Trevor Releford knocked down six of his nine three-point attempts on his way to a game-high 28 points against Mississippi State. The Alabama men’s basketball team upended the Bulldogs 80-61 Wednesday night in Coleman Coliseum and advanced to 8-8 on the season and 2-1 in Southeastern Conference play. “Trevor was tremendous tonight, not just with the points, but I thought he really led our team,” Alabama coach Anthony Grant said.

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Not coincidentally, the upward trend in vinyl sales began around the same time as the first annual Record Store Day in 2008. Record Store Day, observed at record stores worldwide, brings together artists, record store employees and vinyl enthusiasts to celebrate the culture of independent record stores. Patton said the 2013 Record Store Day was Oz Music’s biggest day in the store’s history. “I think [vinyl sales] are gonna continue to rise,” Patton said. “I mean at this point it’s pretty clear that the vinyl resurgence is not a fad. It’s not going anywhere.” When people talk about vinyl, they’re usually referring to the 33rpm LP, which replaced the 78rpm in 1948 as the standard format for most vinyl albums. The smaller 45rpm, used for releasing singles, was introduced the following year. Then came cassettes in the ’70s, CDs in the ’80s, MP3s in the ’90s and music streaming in these past few years. Yet people never completely stopped listening to vinyl. Somehow through decades of technological advancement and music format changes, vinyl has always managed to hold onto a small group of loyal fans. “The compact disc seemed like it was going to destroy vinyl, but then no one ever really developed the same love for compact discs that they had for vinyl,” said Eric Weisbard, assistant professor of American studies. “When technology changed and it was possible to get by without ever owning a CD, many people thought, ‘Great, we’re not gonna miss ’em.’ Whereas vinyl always had fans along the way. Even when compact discs seemed to obliterate them, there were people who said, ‘I like the way music sounds on vinyl more.’” Despite its recent surge in popularity, vinyl still represents only a minuscule portion of total album sales nationwide. As of 2013, vinyl accounts for 2 percent of total album sales, paling in comparison to digital albums, which account for 40 percent,

Releford shot 10-of-13 from the floor and has been one of the most consistent scorers for the Crimson Tide. However, he received a technical foul after celebrating his first layup of the second half. He went on and scored 14 of his 28 points after the penalty. But Mississippi State coach Rick Ray was not convinced that Releford’s night was all because of his efforts on the court. Ray said the Bulldogs’ game plan to contain Releford backfired, resulting in the 28-point performance. “We made Trevor Releford better than what he is by not doing

and CDs, which account for 57 percent. However, while vinyl sales have been steadily rising, CD sales, digital music sales and total album sales all decreased in 2013. Digital track sales fell 6 percent, and digital album sales fell .1 percent from 2012, making last year the first year since iTunes emerged in 2001 that digital music sales have fallen from the previous year. Additionally, CD sales declined 15 percent, and total album sales across all formats declined 8 percent. So why, despite a decline in total album sales, have vinyl sales continued to flourish? Who’s behind this sudden vinyl resurgence? The answer can be found all around The University of Alabama campus – young adults, and more specifically, college students. The vast majority of Oz Music’s vinyl customers fall in the 15-30 year old demographic, with most of those individuals between the ages of 18 and 22, Patton said. “I think this generation has discovered ‘real music’ because the majority of their lives, all they’ve known are digital files,” Patton said. “They’re getting a little older, they found their parents’ record collection, they’re hearing music for the first time essentially because that’s how it was meant to be listened to, and it sounds better. So I think the younger generation is starting to appreciate how the music was supposed to sound.” There’s an ongoing debate in the music world about whether or not vinyl records actually sound better than CDs, but Patton said the process of compressing albums onto CDs and MP3s compromises the music’s quality. “When you take a piece of music, you have to compress it to make a CD,” Patton said. “So essentially, you’re chopping off some of the top end of that music spectrum and some of the bottom end of that music spectrum. And if you’re creating an MP3, you have to compress it even more. You literally are taking away sound from a recording. You can hear stuff on a piece of vinyl that you literally cannot hear on an MP3 recording of the same piece of music.” Weisbard, however, said he’s not sure if these differences in sound quality

what we’re supposed to do with our defensive assignments,” Ray said. But Releford was not alone. Four Alabama players scored double-digit points Wednesday night, including freshman forward Shannon Hale, sophomore guard Retin Obasohan and junior guard Rodney Cooper. Hale posted another solid performance with 12 points and three rebounds. “I’ve just been working harder,” Hale said. “I feel like I’m a lot more confident, getting better every day.” Mississippi State forward Gavin

actually exist. “If you took three friends and had them sit with their heads facing away from a stereo, and you had vinyl, CD and MP3 recordings playing at different times and asked them to guess which was which, I’m pretty convinced most of them would not [be able to],” Weisbard said. Young people haven’t suddenly started buying vinyl because of the way it sounds, but instead, because of the lifestyle it represents, Weisbard said. “When it was the era of Led Zeppelin and Bruce Springsteen, vinyl stood for a kind of big rock counterculture,” Weisbard said. “Now, vinyl stands for a growing hipster subculture.” Weisbard said many people today buy vinyl to separate themselves from the majority and to become part of a more elite culture. “To get vinyl now is to, on the one hand, to have a longing for that time [when vinyl was popular],” Weisbard said. “But mostly, it’s to be pursuing a less mainstream identity. And it’s not just that vinyl’s getting more popular, it’s that the desire to be less mainstream steadily increases.” Read Mills, a freshman majoring in philosophy and political science, delved into the world of vinyl about three months ago, and his collection features everything from classics, like the Beatles, to indie rock, like Imagine Dragons. “I don’t think that I’m ‘sticking it to the Man,’ rejecting pop culture or challenging the technological revolution by listening to vinyl,” Mills said. “Many people that I know who listen to records want to hear the music the way it was meant to be heard, not overly compressed as to fit in the palm of our hands.” Patton said the appreciation of vinyl extends far beyond the stereotypical hipster crowd, reaching all different types of individuals. “I can’t speak for other stores and for other regions of the country, but for us, [hipsters] aren’t the majority of vinyl buyers,” Patton said. “To me, they’re not listening to it because it’s the hipster thing to do, they’re into the music part of it. It’s all walks of life. I wouldn’t say that the vinyl resurgence is just because a bunch of hipsters are

Ware led the Bulldogs with 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting. He also led both teams with six rebounds, but that was not enough to keep Alabama off the glass. The Crimson Tide out-rebounded Mississippi State 33-28 and led the Bulldogs in assists 17-11. Alabama also shot 53 percent (30-57) from the field and 40 percent (10-25) from three-point range. “We were fortunate that the ball went in for us,” Grant said. “That’s the only thing you can ask as a coach; ‘Let’s get good looks.’ We’ve got to continue to shoot the ball and shoot the ball with confidence.”

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Grant and the Alabama players said they were happy with the win but wanted to see more consistency on a weekly basis. “It’s definitely fun when you’re out on a team, you’re executing and you’re doing all the things right, which coach preaches every day,” Releford said. “As a team we’ve just got to play every game, not just one game and then the next game and fall off.” Alabama will be on the road over the weekend as the Crimson Tide travels to face the Missouri Tigers Saturday Jan. 18. The game will tip off at 1 p.m. and be televised by ESPN2.

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listening to vinyl.” Vinyl lovers often comment that listening to an album on vinyl provides a completely different experience from listening to that same album in CD or MP3 format. While digital music formats make it possible to pause, rewind and fast forward music with the push of a button, turntables don’t have these functions built in. Although it’s possible to skip songs by picking up the needle and placing it in a different spot on the record, people tend to just place the needle at the beginning of the record and let it play all the way through. Weisbard said people tend to consume vinyl in the same way they would watch a movie or read a novel – as one cohesive body of work that unfolds over a period of time. “Vinyl is incredibly limited in many ways, but I think that’s become part of [its] charm,” Weisbard said. “Its limitations reinforce the sense that when you are putting on a vinyl album, that’s what you’re doing. That’s your main thing. It’s not something you’re doing as a mood amplifier as you drive a long distance or

something to put over your ears as you work out at the gym.” Mills said the more handson process of playing a vinyl record helps listeners truly immerse themselves in the listening experience. “With a record, you have to find it, carefully pull it out of the sleeve, set it onto the platter and queue the needle,” Mills said. “You put more time into playing a record, so you have invested yourself to listen to the music. You shut up and truly listen. Also, you can’t skip songs, so you listen to the entire album, in order, the way the artist intended.” CDs and MP3s have a sense of convenience that vinyl records lack. People can take their entire music collections everywhere they go, and they can have music on in the background of whatever they’re doing. This phenomenon, though, can make it easy for people to listen to music all day without ever really hearing it, Patton said. “When you’re talking about having your entire music collection on your phone or on an iPod, it gives so much more

portability to it, but also I think it takes away from it,” Patton said. “I think it kinda pushes music to the background, and I think this resurgence of vinyl has brought music back to the foreground of a person’s life.” Vinyl brings people together in a way that digital music cannot, Patton said. “I think you’ve got kids sitting around in an apartment and listening to a piece of vinyl together,” Patton said. “I don’t know of anybody saying ‘Hey you wanna come over and listen to a playlist on my iPod?’ but I do hear ‘Hey you wanna come listen to this on my turntable?’” The best way to truly understand the appeal of vinyl is to listen to it yourself, Mills said. “Vinyl is something that has to be experienced,” Mills said. “People scoffed at me for buying a record player, writing it off as ‘outdated.’ Now I just laugh when all my neighbors come over to my dorm room to sit quietly and listen to my records. You don’t have to be a musician or an audiophile to hear the difference, you just have to be willing to close your eyes and listen.”

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[story] will agree that he is a strong and amazing young man.â&#x20AC;? James Blevins is confined to a wheelchair and would have been unable to escape the fire without assistance, Garrett said. Amidst a rapidly spreading fire, Wood dragged Blevins outside to safety. Cavanaugh and Woodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grandmother, Carmen Blevins, were able to exit the home without assistance. Wood said he believes the fire resulted from a nearby space heater. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If it hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t of been for Jordan being there, they probably would have died. There is no way Carmen would have been able to drag him out of the house on her own,â&#x20AC;? Garrett said. After checking on his grandparents, Wood noticed Cavanaugh re-enter the burning

house in an effort to save their two dogs, still in the house. Refusing to let his girlfriend venture into the burning house alone, Wood promptly followed her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The smoke was already bad, but it kept getting worse and worse,â&#x20AC;? Wood said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were screaming for the dogs, and I just knew we had to get out of there or we were going to die.â&#x20AC;? The fire herded the two into a bedroom, at which point Wood was forced to break the window so the two could escape. The couple managed to escape through the window, although Wood sustained superficial cuts. Cavanaugh suffered a deep laceration that required several stiches. Both dogs perished in the fire. James Blevins sustained third-degree burns to his back and feet and underwent surgery Wednesday, Wood said. Carmen Blevins was not injured in the fire. The Blevins are now staying with relatives in the Mobile area. Their home was not covered by insurance, and they lost everything in the fire,

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SPORTSIN BRIEF White to return for senior year Alabama confirmed that junior wide receiver DeAndrew White will return for his senior season. “I already have my degree, and the chance to play in the NFL next year was something that I very much considered,” White said in a release. “But in the end, I didn’t want to pass up my final year at Alabama. I have had the opportunity to speak with Coach Kiffin, and I’m excited about our offense and what we can accomplish next year as a team.”

Del Rio said he will transfer UA Athletics The Auburn rivalry continues on the basketball court as the women’s basketball team hosts the Tigers at 7 p.m. Thursday night.

Women’s basketball team to face Auburn By Nick Sellers | Staff Reporter After the Iron Bowl rivalry climbed into the stratosphere with the latest installment at Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium Nov. 30, the Crimson Tide women’s basketball team has the honor of being the first Alabama team to play the Tigers again Thursday night in Foster Auditorium. While many players have experienced the heated rivalry firsthand, it is one of many firsts for coach Kristy Curry. “Well, growing up in Louisiana … I understand AuburnAlabama,” Curry said. “Obviously, not being an Alabama girl, but I think from afar, growing up in SEC country, I have a pretty good feel for those things.” However, Curry, who led the Crimson Tide to its first conference win Sunday against Ole Miss, said she wants to avoid getting caught up in the rivalry’s emotions – the recent poor record against Auburn notwithstanding. “I don’t mean this in a bad

way, but I didn’t know that and don’t really care about that,” she said. “It’s about winning the next game, and Auburn’s a part of that. Certainly we always want to, but if we go 10-0 against Auburn and we aren’t successful against anybody else, it’s really not going to matter in the big picture. Junior guard Daisha Simmons, a New Jersey native, expressed similar thoughts on the rivalry playing out on the court. “It’s just another game. We want to take it a day at a time, a game at a time, and we want to just continue to build on our wins and our confidence and just keep on from there,” Simmons said. The Tigers are led by coach Terri Williams-Flourney, who guided her team to the NIT quarterfinals last year. The Tigers’ lone conference win came against Mississippi State Jan. 5, followed by losses to Vanderbilt and No. 8 South Carolina. “You look at how long and rangy and athletic they are,” Curry said. “They’re going to

PLAN TO GO WHAT: Women’s basketball vs. Auburn WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Foster Auditorium RECORDS: Alabama (8-8, 1-2 SEC), Auburn (10-6, 1-2 SEC) RADIO: 99.1 press us for 40 minutes. They’re going to get in that zone. Little things are going to be a big difference – transition defense, defending the offensive glass – and you look at their team; they’re just very talented.” Guard Tyrese Tanner and forward Tra‘Cee Tanner are first and fourth in points-per-game for Auburn with 16.5 and 9.7, respectively. Guard Hasina Muhammad is second in scoring with 12.8 per

game, while freshman Brandy Montgomery leads the Tigers in three-pointers made. Regardless of the turnout Thursday, a tough road trip to face the No. 8 South Carolina Gamecocks looms after the embers of the Iron Bowl rivalry cool later in the week. But Curry said she just wants to take it one game at a time. “I think the most important thing is, again, all year long has been about the next game,” Curry said. “You have to have short-term memory in this league with the type of schedule that we have. You have to learn to turn the page and rebound very quickly, whether it was a positive or negative experience.” Simmons said she is hoping for something sweeter, as she celebrated her birthday Jan. 13. “Well, I like to say I celebrate my birthday all month, the whole month of January, so if we continue to get wins, it would be the best birthday month of my life,” she said.

Freshman quarterback Luke Del Rio announced Wednesday via Twitter that he will transfer. Del Rio tweeted, “I had an incredible year at Bama, it’s sad to say that it will be my last, I’m excited for the next chapter of my life and what it will bring.” In a second tweet, he wrote, “But I will always admit that Bama has the BEST fans in the nation, so much love and support through thick and thin #RollTide4Life.” Del Rio redshirted his first year on campus and traveled to away games as one of four quarterbacks. At one point in the season, coach Nick Saban called him the third string quarterback.

A-Day to be held April 19th Alabama announced Wednesday that the annual A-Day game will be held April 19 at Bryant-Denny Stadium at 2 p.m. The spring game will close out spring practice and be free to the public.

Lacy to the Pro Bowl The NFL announced Wednesday that former Alabama running back Eddie Lacy will replace Adrian Peterson in the 2014 Pro Bowl. Lacy rushed for 1,178 yards and 11 touchdowns in his rookie season with the Green Bay Packers. Compiled by Keegan Elsner and Marc Torrence

CW | Austin Bigoney C.J. Mosley (left), Kevin Norwood (right) and AJ McCarron (center) were voted as the 2013 team’s permanent captains.

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evin Norwood plopped down on a stool next to his locker after losing his last game in an Alabama uniform, a stunning 45-31 upset to Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl. Norwood and the rest of Alabama’s seniors had a decorated career and will be remembered among the greats in Crimson Tide history. But the sting of two losses to end the season will linger as well. “We had a lot of that on our team this year,” Norwood said. “It was a hard time getting those guys to focus at times. Then again, it was up to the leadership team to get them focused and get things right. I guess that’s one thing we kind of slacked at going into the end of the season.” Coming off two straight BCS National Championship seasons, there was immense pressure on the 2013 Crimson Tide to three-peat. Alabama returned its leaders on both sides of the ball in quarterback AJ McCarron and linebacker C.J. Mosley. They were surrounded by veteran talent like Norwood that could lead them on a run unprecedented in college football history. But it wasn’t so. A last-second 34-28 loss to Auburn knocked Alabama out of the SEC and national championship picture. And while the team didn’t play that poorly in the Sugar Bowl more than a month later, the Sooners were clearly the more motivated team and ran away with the victory. “I just don’t think that our players realized sometimes that they won so much, that they realize sometimes what it really takes to win every game, and that you can never take anything for granted, and that everyone that plays us has something to prove,” coach Nick Saban said. “And they have to change the way they think, and that’s difficult to do. And they’ve gotta stick with the process with what they have to do to do it, and it’s tough.” Alabama’s seniors had only been a part of five losses, whether they redshirted SEE SENIORS PAGE 12

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Alabama seniors fall short in ﬁnal season but set stage for future success SENIORS FROM PAGE 11

Alabama’s seniors had only been a part of five losses, whether they redshirted or not. The oldest players like McCarron, Norwood and receiver Kenny Bell sat out their first years on campus for the undefeated, national championship season of 2009. When the rest of the group joined them as freshmen in 2010, Alabama lost three games. And then the run began. Though the Crimson Tide lost games in 2011 and 2012, late-season losses around the BCS propelled Alabama to two national championship games, where the Tide won in convincing fashion. Behind those seniors, the rest of the team only knew units that won championships before this season. But it’s not like history will look poorly on this group of Alabama players. While many will remember the historic loss to Auburn, the two national championships and SEC championship mark the latest dynasty in college football. Only the Nebraska teams of the ’90s, Bear Bryant’s Alabama teams in the ’60s and ’70s and Notre Dame in the ’40s will be able to come close by nearly every measure. “Winning 60 games over five years is a really significant accomplishment for them,” Saban said. “And they have been great ambassadors for the program, both on and off the field in terms of their performance, as well as how they’ve represented themselves, their family and the institution.” Saban and company are on the verge of signing another No. 1 recruiting class. He has shifted around his coaching staff after a disappointing season, and while the permanent captains Mosley, McCarron and Norwood are moving on, there are plenty of star players returning, like running back T.J. Yeldon, wide receiver Amari Cooper, linebacker Trey Depriest and safety Landon Collins. So it’s not like the dynasty is exactly over. In fact, the two losses could be a wake-up call for another historic run. “We hate losing. We hate losing. We have that taste in our mouth now,” Collins said. “We have a point to prove next year.”

LEAVING SENIORS DEION BELUE: Page 13 CODY MANDELL: Page 13 AJ MCCARRON: Page 14 CADE FOSTER: Page 15 JOHN FULTON: Page 15 KENNY BELL: Page 16 KEVIN NORWOOD: Page 17 C.J. MOSLEY: Page 18 ED STINSON: Page 20 TANA PATRICK: Page 20

And they have been great ambassadors for the program, both on and off the field in terms of their performance. — Nick Saban

CW | Austin Bigoney Receiver Kevin Norwood is a go-to target in several big games this season, finding open spaces at will and continually making big plays against teams like Tennessee, a defense he earned 112 yards and a touchdown against.

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McCarron makes mark on UA history AJ MCCARRON POSITION: Quarterback HOMETOWN: Mobile, Ala. CAREER NOTES: 686 completions 66.9 completion percentage 9,019 yards 77 touchdowns Set Alabama records for passing yards in a seasn (3,063) and touchdowns in a season (30) By Charlie Potter | Assistant Sports Editor Alabama’s final game of the 2013 season did not end the way senior quarterback AJ McCarron had hoped. He peeled off his crimson jersey for the final time after a 45-31 loss to Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl. But McCarron will leave Tuscaloosa as one of the most decorated football players to ever wear the crimson uniform. “[McCarron is] one of the greatest quarterbacks that Alabama’s ever had,” center Ryan Kelly said. “I’m just really going to miss him.” The fifth-year senior signal caller from Mobile reeled in some hardware in his final season with the Crimson Tide, including a secondplace finish for the Heisman trophy. McCarron brought home the Maxwell Award, given to the country’s top college football player, and the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, given to the nation’s top senior quarterback. He was also named to the Walter Camp All-American team as the first-team quarterback, ahead of Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston of Florida State. But McCarron said he could not have been mentioned for the awards without the other 10 players on Alabama’s offense. “I’ve had a lot of great teammates in my five years here, in three years that I started,” McCarron said. “Nothing’s ever possible without great guys around you. I owe everything to them.” McCarron threw for a career-high 387 yards and became the first Alabama quarterback to throw for more than 3,000 yards in a single season, against Oklahoma. He compiled 3,063 yards and 28 touchdowns in 2013. Earlier in the season, he outdueled Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel in College Station, leading the Crimson Tide to a 49-42 victory. McCarron completed 20-of-29 of his passes for 334 yards and four touchdowns. In his junior season, McCarron set the school record with 30 passing touchdowns and for his career, he threw for 9,019 yards and 77 touchdowns. As a starter, McCarron led Alabama to two national championships and a 36-4 record over three seasons. His numbers and reputation are also well-respected by his opponents. “He knows what he’s doing at all times,” Oklahoma defensive back Aaron Colvin said. “Most of the time, he knows what the defense is doing, as well.” However, the one aspect about McCarron that sticks out to his teammate the most is his leadership. “He’s meant a lot to me as far as just talking to me, things like that. He’s a great leader,” wide receiver Amari Cooper said. “He’s a caring person as well, so if he sees you down in practice or outside of practice, he’ll come and talk to you, say, ‘What’s up man? What’s going on?’ I think that’s the thing that separates him from a lot of other people.” McCarron, linebacker C.J. Mosley and wide receiver Kevin Norwood were the permanent team captains for the 2013 team and will have their names immortalized in the concrete in front of Denny Chimes before the A-Day game April 19. Norwood, who came to Alabama in the same recruiting class as McCarron, said McCarron’s development as a leader has been a big reason for the team’s success in the last three seasons. “AJ’s still AJ, man. He’s still the humble guy that I met when we first got here. He really hasn’t changed much,” Norwood said. “The only thing that’s really changed on him is probably his leadership. He does a great job managing this offense. Everybody knows that. He has a great arm, of course. But what people don’t know is that he, outside of football, is still AJ. Even if we’re on the field, he’s just AJ. He just does a great job with everything. He’s a real fun guy to be around.” McCarron’s focus now shifts to preparing for the 2014 NFL Draft. He has been labeled as a game manager that does not have the tools to orchestrate a pro-style offense. But those labels are fine with him. “When my time comes at the next level, I’ll come out to prove myself and hopefully disappoint a lot of people that would have passed over me,” McCarron said.

CW | Cora Lindholm, Photo Illustration by Sloane Arogeti AJ McCarron will leave Alabama as one of the most decorated quarterbacks in Crimson Tide history.

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Norwood leads Tide by example KEVIN NORWOOD POSITION: Wide receiver HOMETOWN: D’Iberville, Miss. CAREER NOTES: 81 receptions 1,275 yards 12 touchdowns By Kelly Ward | Staff Reporter After five years at Alabama, senior wide receiver Kevin Norwood put on his jersey for the last time Jan. 2 in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. “To me, this is where it began for me,” Norwood said. “The 2011 National Championship, I think I kind of got it on my radar, and now it’s just all about finishing for me, so it’s going out and finishing, and for this team it’s about finishing too.” In his final game for the Crimson Tide, he had two receptions for 30 yards in the 45-31 loss to Oklahoma. “Just thinking back on the lives we’ve affected, man, just all the things we accomplished and how hard we worked to get here, and … not the way we wanted it to end, but I mean, hey. I can’t complain,” Norwood said. “I won three national championships, got two degrees and made some really good friends along the way, and I was just real blessed.” For the year, he had 568 yards on 38 catches, including seven receiving touchdowns. He had a career total of 1,275 receiving yards on 81 catches and 12 receiving touchdowns. “Kevin’s been an amazing athlete,” senior kicker Cade Foster said. “The catch I’ll remember from Kevin is in 2011 – the national championship game, when he got one over Tyrann Mathieu – and you know he’s had a number of catches like that, and he’s left his mark on this school forever.” Going into the Sugar Bowl, Norwood said it hit him that it was his final game for Alabama. “I’m excited,” Norwood said. “I don’t know about anybody else, but I’m excited because I spent five years, and, man, those were a long, hard five years, so I think I’ve given everything to this program. I’m just excited. I can’t shed any tears; I’m good.” On Dec. 8, 2013, Norwood received three team awards: Outstanding Senior Scholar for the senior with the highest GPA, Offensive Achievement Award and Captain Award. He, along with senior quarterback AJ McCarron and senior linebacker C.J. Mosley, was named a permanent team captain by his fellow teammates. “Aw man, that’s a blessing in disguise,” Norwood said. “I had no clue. I knew AJ and C.J. was going to get it, but me, I mean, I’m more of a go-out-and-do type of person, you know. Just go out and do my best and go out and play and show the other guys how it’s done pretty much, and that’s all I’ve been doing, but it’s been really great. It’s a great opportunity for me to get to put my handprints down with the legends that have been through, came and passed and have done their job, so I feel really great about it.”

CW | Austin Bigoney, Photo Illustration by Sloane Arogeti Kevin Norwood isn’t the flashiest of players, but he carries the title of one of three permanent captains of the 2013 season.

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Mosley sees outstanding senior year C.J. MOSLEY POSITION: Linebacker HOMETOWN: Mobile, Ala. CAREER NOTES: 318 tackles 23 tackles for a loss 6.5 sacks 5 interceptions 3 defensive touchdowns

By Marc Torrence | Sports Editor C.J. Mosley had a decision to make after the 2012 season, but really, there wasn’t much of a choice. As a junior, he led the team in tackles with 99, had two interceptions, was a consensus first-team All-American, named a finalist for the Butkus Award and selected as the BCS Championship’s Defensive MVP. Still, he felt like he had more to prove, so he came back for his senior season and cemented his place among the all-time great linebackers at Alabama. “I’ll tell you what, C.J. has made me a great coach the last four years,” defensive coordinator Kirby Smart said. “Certainly I’ve not made him a great player; he’s made me a great coach. A lot of people say that the linebackers find the ball. Seems like with C.J., the ball finds him, because he’s always there, makes a lot of plays. “What’s really amazing about C.J. Mosley is that you can rarely find a play where he ever loafs. And he plays on special teams. Started on kickoff return to start the season. He’s played on every punt. He’s such a terrific player but even more so a person. I’ve been fortunate to coach the guy and may not ever coach another guy quite like him because he’s so athletic. He allows you to do more things defensively. And you can put him in tough situations, and he seems to play himself out of them.” Even at 6 feet 2 inches, 234 pounds, Mosley was considered undersized for a middle linebacker coming into coach Nick Saban’s base 3-4 defense. While Mosley contributed right away as a freshman in 2010, he wasn’t usually on the field in running situations, with Dont’a Hightower and Nico Johnson playing both of the inside positions his first two years. But when Alabama would switch into its nickel and dime defenses, Mosley was on the field, as his quickness became a key asset in passing situations. Mosley thrived in such situations, setting the Alabama record for interceptions returned for a touchdown with three. With Hightower gone after 2011, Trey Depriest was inserted in his place in the base 3-4 defense. While Mosley led the team in tackles by nearly 50 in 2012, he still wasn’t an every-down linebacker. That reason, among others, was key in his decision to come back for his senior year, where he played nearly every down on defense. “I paid my dues. I waited my turn,” Mosley said after Alabama’s 38-17 win over LSU. “People always said, ‘He’s too small. He’s not that type of linebacker.’ I played all four quarters, regular, nickel, dime, everything.” While Mosley was able to elevate his play on the field, his off-field impact had a similar resonance with teammates in his senior year. With Johnson gone, the defense needed an authoritative voice in the middle, and Mosley turned out to be the man for the job. Described by teammates as more of a quiet type, Mosley stepped up and spoke up when the team needed him to and otherwise led by example. Never was this more evident than after Alabama’s uninspiring 31-6 win over Colorado State. Mosley, along with AJ McCarron and Vinnie Sunseri, addressed the team in the locker room immediately following the game, preaching a message about buying in and doing your job. “I don’t think there’s any question about it that that’s what leadership is,” Saban said the following Wednesday. While Mosley’s senior season didn’t exactly end the way he wished it would have, there isn’t any questioning his contribution to Alabama and his legacy with the Crimson Tide. “I just wanted to do my job and do what I can to help the team out,” Mosley said. “That was my main goal, especially coming in as a freshman, whether it was on special teams or actually playing on the defense. I just wanted to do my part to help the team win.”

CW | Austin Bigoney, Photo Illustration by Anna Waters Linebacker C.J. Mosley continually applies pressure against LSU’s Zach Mettenberger and other opposing quarterbacks throughout his final year.

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Top 10 football moments in 2013

KEVIN NORWOOD MAKES ‘UNBELIEVABLE’ CATCH AGAINST VOLS

Over the course of his Alabama career, Norwood developed a reputation as the Crimson Tide’s sure-handed, go-to receiver. The most memorable example of that in 2013 came late in the third quarter of a blowout win over Tennessee when Norwood made a leaping, back shoulder catch near the sideline for a 34-yard gain. In the postgame interviews, Alabama coach Nick Saban called the catch “unbelievable.”

ALABAMA OFFENSE ERUPTS VS. KENTUCKY

DEANDREW WHITE’S ACROBATIC TOUCHDOWN GRAB

Normally, a play against a lesser opponent like Georgia State wouldn’t make this list, but exceptions are made when the catch is as spectacular as White’s. With the Crimson Tide going in for its third touchdown of the first quarter, White made a leaping one-handed catch around the defender’s body for the 10-yard score. It was the type of catch that you had to see to believe.

It was far from the best Alabama game all season, but it was perhaps the best game the Crimson Tide played in 2013. The Alabama offense rebounded from early miscues to score on its final eight drives of the game, putting up 668 yards of total offense in the process. It was also the first time in program history that Alabama had a 300-yard passer and two 100-yard rushers in the same game.

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DERRICK HENRY LIGHTS UP OKLAHOMA IN SUGAR BOWL

The freshman running back saw limited action on the field for most of the season but made his touches count when given the opportunity in the Sugar Bowl. Henry was the most noticeable bright spot in the game for Alabama, gaining 161 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns on just nine touches in an otherwise forgettable game for the Crimson Tide.

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C.J. MOSLEY TURNS AWAY OLE MISS ON FOURTH DOWN

With the Rebels looking to make it a game in the second half, the unquestioned leader of the Alabama defense in 2013 came up with his biggest play of the season, batting down the errant pass deep in Alabama territory to keep the shutout intact for the Crimson Tide.

In a game filled with plenty of highlights, the most memorable of them all may not have been a single play, but a single move. Leading 28-14 early in the second half, Sunseri picked off a deflected pass from reigning Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel then juked him as he raced downfield for the 73-yard return touchdown. Despite a late comeback attempt from the Aggies led by Manziel, Alabama would hang on to win 49-42.

With the game tied at 21, McCarron’s 99-yard touchdown pass to Cooper in the fourth quarter gave the Crimson Tide the lead on what looked to be the game’s defining play at the time. Had Auburn not pulled off the dramatic upset over Alabama on the game’s final play, the most memorable play of the game and perhaps the entire college football season would’ve been this play.

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VINNIE SUNSERI INTERCEPTS, JUKES MANZIEL IN SHOOTOUT WIN OVER TEXAS A&M

CHRISTION JONES DOES IT ALL IN SEASON OPENER

The best individual dividual performance by an Alabama ma player this season came in the very first game of the season. The Crimson Tide struggled offensively ensively for much of the game but was bailed out byy Jones, who scored on a 72-yard puntt return, a 94-yard kick ck return and a 34-yard reception in the 35-10 win over ver the Hokies.

AJ MCCARRON BOMB TO AMARI COOPER IN IRON BOWL

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JARRICK WILLIAMS PICKS UP GAMECHANGING FIRST DOWN VS. LSU

In what is annually one of Alabama’s toughest games, the defining play didn’t come on a last-second touchdown but rather a six-yard run for a first down. Tied at 17 and facing a fourth-and-2 from its own 47-yard line midway through the third quarter, Alabama elected to run a fake punt, where linebacker C.J. Mosley received the snap and handed the ball off to cornerback Jarrick Williams. The play changed the course of the game, as Alabama put on a dominating second-half performance the rest of the way en route to a three-touchdown victory.

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NICK SABAN RE-SIGNS WITH ALABAMA

Despite rumors and reports that he would be leaving Alabama for Texas, Saban ultimately signed a multi-year contract extension in December that is expected to keep the four-time national championship winning coach at Alabama for the remainder of his career.

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ED STINSON POSITION: Defensive lineman HOMETOWN: Homestead, Fla. (South Dade) CAREER NOTES: 105 tackles 15.5 tackles for a loss 5.5 sacks 1 forced fumble

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TANA PATRICK POSITION: Linebacker HOMETOWN: Bridgeport, Ala. (North Jackson) CAREER NOTES: 39 tackles 1 forced fumble

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