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The University of Alabama men’s tennis team adjusted to a new, shortened format for doubles matches in its season opener Monday. The team saw back-to-back wins as it beat Samford 6-1 and swept the UAB Blazers.
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Tucked away off of Interstate 11, down a long dirt road in Vance, Alabama, are 57.36 acres of an abandoned park named Bama Rock Gardens. First opened before the 1950s as a family-owned roadside attraction, the overgrown park is a haven for
Sophomore Brandon McChristian climbs a rock face at the Bama Rock Gardens. CW / Layton Dudley
biodiversity. The rock gardens are not only home to a plethora of plants and wildlife but also to a number of Boyles Sandstone rock structures. “This location is unique enough to be a statewide attraction,” said Becky Booker, who works in public relations at the Tuscaloosa Park and Recreation Authority. The rare Boyles Sandstone, native to Bama Rock Gardens, has only been found at one other location in Alabama SEE ROCK GARDENS PAGE 6
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UA transfer students see potential in ‘College Promise’ Obama proposes plan to pay for community college By Lauren Lane | Contributing Writer
College tuition rates have increased twelvefold since records began in 1978, according to a report published by Bloomberg in 2012. As a result, student loans have officially reached over $1 trillion, making paying for a
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Writers Hall of Fame to induct Rick Bragg By Alessandra Delrose | Contributing Writer
The Alabama Writers Hall of Fame will honor University of Alabama professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick Bragg, along with 11 other local writers, into its first class of inductees on June 8. Last June, Executive Director for the Alabama Writer’s Forum Jeanie Thompson and Director of the Alabama Center for the Book Lou Pitschmann decided to co-sponsor the first ever Alabama Writers Hall of Fame with the purpose of recognizing literary talent in Alabama. “Because we were both state-wide organizations, we thought this would be a good partnership and great for the state of Alabama to have such an award program,” Thompson said. Thompson said the upcoming class of inductees, which can be found at writersforum.org, includes some talented writers from the state of Alabama. “In order to qualify for this award, writers would have to have been born in Alabama or moved to Alabama and had written most of their critical works in the state and writers would have to have established a strong literary presence,” she said. Overall, Thompson said she is excited about this upcoming induction and is pleased with how the whole process went. “I’m thrilled that we have such a diverse group of outstanding writers and I’m looking forward to introducing them to people in the state who may know some of the names, but not all of the names,” she said. Bragg said it is an honor to be placed into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame and he is happy to be in such good company. “Many of the writers who are being inducted are people like Harper Lee, whose work I read as a boy
University of Alabama professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick Bragg will be inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame’s first class of inductees on June 8. Photo Courtesy of Tom Mason
and overall helped shape me and helped inspire me to be a writer in the first place,” he said. Although Bragg has won many awards throughout his literary career, he said this accolade is a momentous one. “It means a tremendous amount to be recognized with this award,” he said. “Alabama is home, and it is the recognition of the people of home that honors me to be regarded as an author who is deserving of such rewards.”
UA associate professor of journalism and Assistant Dean George Daniels said the school is proud of Bragg’s continuous accomplishments. He said he feels it is an honor for the University to have one of its professors inducted into the first class of the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. “It shows the caliber of the faculty who we have working with our students, and it also speaks to the familiarity that people around Alabama have with Professor Bragg’s work, and it’s an honor to work with someone like that in our department,” Daniels said. In regards to his induction, Daniels said he believes it is the originality and quality of Bragg’s work that has contributed to him being recognized with this award. “I think he has established himself as one of the best writers anywhere,” he said. “I mean, we recognized him with the Cason Award several years ago and people understand that he is not just [a] reporter. He’s not just writing books. But he is crafting messages about people who don’t otherwise get attention.” With the induction date approaching, Thompson said she hopes the new program will gain the attention and support of the people across the state. “I would like the people of Alabama to be as excited about their talented writers as much as they are excited about Alabama football,” she said. Thompson said her hope for the future is to establish a strong program in the state that inspires aspiring writers. “I hope that the Hall of Fame, where we honor the best of the best, will serve as a catalyst for new writers,” she said. “It will be something that they can aspire to. So I hope this program encourages young writers to read, study and try to be the best writers that they can be.”
Scale Back Alabama to host weigh-ins for obesity By Kyarra Harris | Contributing Writer
Scale Back Alabama, a free organization dedicated to lowering the obesity rate in the state, will be hosting weigh-ins at The University of Alabama this week. According to CBS News, Alabama is currently ranked the second most obese state, with 32.3 percent of its citizens overweight falling closely behind Mississippi, which has a 34.4 percent obesity rate. Scale Back Alabama is designed to get Alabamians to lose weight by partnering participants to support each other. The goal is to lose 10 pounds over the course of 10 weeks. This year, for Scale Back Alabama participants in Tuscaloosa, weigh-ins will be held at the Ferguson Center. These weigh-ins give participants a starting point to compare to at the end of the challenge. Partners add their weights together and enter them into the Scale Back Alabama website. The University’s Exercise Physiology Club will host the weigh-ins. The club’s vice president, Hill Brakefield, said this is the club’s first year being involved with Scale Back Alabama. He said the group hopes to see a good turnout
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during the weigh-in. “This program is usually targeted at Alabama’s adult population, so my hope for this event is that we can encourage students to sign up and get healthy,” Brakefield said. “Building good exercise habits among the college-aged population is an important part of reversing the obesity epidemic in Alabama, and the South in general.” There is also an incentive for people to sign up, and motivation for those
participating. Participants who meet their goal are entered in a drawing to win $250 to $1,000 per team member. “Whether pursuing a New Year’s resolution or working on their spring-break bod, this is an excellent opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to possibly win money for achieving their weight loss goals,” Brakefield said. Scale Back Alabama started in 2007 and according to a press release, they
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have made some changes to their program this year. “The 2015 program has been redesigned somewhat based on feedback from previous participants and local coordinators. Those 18 and older can now participate in teams of two, rather than teams of four, and they can go online to self-register starting Jan. 6,” the press release read. “Once registered, they must go to an official weigh-in site during the week of Jan. 19-25 to have their initial weigh in. Then, each week they will receive health tips from a panel of experts. At the end of the contest, the names of all individuals and teams who lose at least 10 pounds (one pound a week) will be placed in a drawing for cash prizes.”
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Editor | Patrick Crowley Letters@cw.ua.edu Tuesday, January 20, 2015
COLUMN | MLK DAY
MLK saw more than a ‘dream’ MATTHEW
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COLUMN | SUICIDE PREVENTION
UA needs suicide prevention hotline for students CAROLYN
Duke Staff Columnist
While speaking with a good friend about her contribution on campus during her college years, she spoke of one of her most rewarding and challenging volunteer involvements while at Texas A&M University. While getting her undergraduate degree at A&M, she was a part of the volunteer team at the HelpLine. This hotline provides students on campus with a resource in their times of need and desperation. Overseen and run by the Student Counseling Service of Texas A&M, the HelpLine, “provides, by telephone, peer support, information, referrals, and crisis assessment and intervention for Texas A&M students.” The HelpLine, according to the Texas A&M Student Counseling Service website, was founded in 1995 and is staffed by students at A&M. It provides students in need with someone to talk to from 4 p.m. to 8 a.m. on weekdays and all hours of the weekend. The University of Alabama has a resourceful and beneficial counseling center that provides help for students in need for psychological and counseling needs. Our UA Police Department
also provides an outstanding service to students in need. But another resource that The University of Alabama could use would be an organization that provides a hotline for students who may need someone to talk to. Suicide rates have increased between the years of 2011 and 2012, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (The change in rate of suicides in the U.S. reports for 2013 and 2014 have not yet been published). With increasing rates, suicide and suicide prevention should be more actively discussed. The third leading cause of death in people from the ages 15 to 24 is suicide, according to statistics from Emory University, making the discussion of this topic even more pressing. The establishment of a suicide hotline or a hotline similar to the HelpLine at Texas A&M would be valuable in numerous ways for students and Alabama’s campus overall. The start of a hotline would provide students who may be depressed or have no one to turn to with a listening ear. Attending college at a large university like Alabama, especially at the beginning of the semester when students may not have made many friends yet, it is incredibly easy for someone to fly under the radar. With a UA hotline available, the service can encourage students to talk to someone about their problems if they feel like they have no one to turn to during their time of need.
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A hotline catered to students will provide an empowering experience for volunteers and possible staff. If similar to the HelpLine of Texas A&M, any major could volunteer to anonymously help UA students in need and also provide students perusing a career in counseling some experience and opportunities to make sure they will truly enjoy counseling. Parents sending their children off to the University could also have more comfort knowing that Alabama has a resource for their children if they are in need of someone to talk to. Every student must endure a rough patch or two during their college career. This time spent away from home will be dynamic and often times overwhelming. A hotline tailored for students in distress can make a student’s experience in college more fulfilling and easier. Whether a student is dealing with a mental illness, loneliness or just stressful times, a hotline could be a positive outlet for students. A hotline will not end issues, but it can allow for relief and make the adjustment to college smoother. Universities are becoming more stressful, and the addition of a hotline to the already superb services provided for students can only improve life on campus. Carolyn Duke is a sophomore majoring in secondary education. Her column runs biweekly.
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Monday was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day for the federal and state governments in America. Many will spend the day focusing on his “I Have a Dream” speech, especially his hope that his children would live in a nation that would not judge them “by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Very few Americans look further to see that he had a radical and important message of racial and economic justice for America and worldwide that is far from complete today. In addition to working towards ending overt discrimination in the South, King pushed to support workers in America, regardless of race, and to end the United States’ current foreign policy. Long before many liberals in the U.S. supported criticism of the Vietnam War, King gave a speech denouncing the United States and its foreign policy as “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.” He also said the war doomed President Johnson’s War on Poverty to failure. Many “liberal” newspapers, including The New York Times, denounced the speech, and it’s a great example of the fact that he was not a moderate. At the time he was assassinated, King was in Memphis to support a black public sanitation workers’ strike for a living wage and against discrimination. It was a part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Poor People’s Campaign that aimed to highlight and fix the poverty and hunger many in the United States were living with. These actions make sense coming from King, who in 1966 stated “there must be a better distribution of wealth and maybe America must move toward a democratic socialism.” Many Americans have idealized King’s legacy and, in many ways, the mainstream media whitewashes it. King was far from an American moderate, and in the Cold War world of the United States, the government called him the most dangerous man in America. Our society needs to go beyond just the small snippets of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech they hear regularly and look into the important messages he had on racial politics, the plight of the poor in America and his concern for those who have to suffer through warfare. Matthew Bailey is a third-year law student. His column runs biweekly.
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OPINIONS Tuesday, January 20, 2015 COLUMN | COLLEGE FOOTBALL
New playoff format improves postseason, does not address all issues JACKSON
Poe Staff Columnist
The way NCAA Division 1 Football Bowl Subdivision handles its postseason in the current bowl game format does not make any sense. For a sport that draws so much attention and resources in this country, it is silly to think that it still uses a system that is such a serious misallocation of resources and overall inefficient in multiple aspects. Here is what the current bowl system looks like: there were 38 bowl games played in cities across the United States and even the Bahamas. Bowl games pit two relatively equal teams against each other for a game that means nothing at the end of the day. Until this year, every bowl game but the national championship has meant nothing. Now, there are two semi-final bowl games that have obvious meaning followed by a national championship. But, the reality is this is a smallstep in fixing the postseason. It is
certainly better than the way it was for Instead, the games are pushed back so decades, when a poll determined the far that by the time the national chamnational champion. pionship is here most people have One of the biggest deficiencies in the shifted focus to the NFL playoffs. current bowl system is the travel and Lastly, bowl games bring in a ton of attendance of the bowls. Bowl games money to the cities in which they are are scattered all across the United held. The bowl game executives make States and attendance is becoming huge salaries to run one game out of more of an issue. Attendance was the year. The cities and bowl game down across the board executives reap all the for bowl games this year. rewards, which is great It is just hard to get a fan for them, but this money base to get up and travel could be better allocated Settling games on the en masse to watch the elsewhere, like back to field is a much fairer way team compete for noththe schools. There are of determining a national ing more than a bowl 15 college football stadigame trophy. Even the ums that have a higher champion ... Rose Bowl had issues fillcapacity than the biggest ing the stadium. Florida NFL stadium (MetLife State gave back 2,000 of Stadium). But these statheir 12,500 allocated tickets in a game diums only host six or seven home that meant everything. A trip all the games a year and none in December. way across the United States, from The solution? Eliminate bowl Florida to California, is hard on fans games, expand the play-off and use especially when that is just for the home-field advantage for the playsemi-final game. offs. This seems like a drastic change, Another flaw is the timing. There but it is much-needed. Steps are were three weekends between the being taken, but the pace is too slow. conference championship games and The model is already there. NFL, D1 the playoff semi-final games, three FBS, D2 and D3 have been using this Saturdays in which there was no foot- model for decades. This is a win for ball except meaningless bowl games. almost everybody.
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Everybody, that is except the bowl game executives who have a history of abusing the system and earning unfair compensation for running one game out of the year. There would be even more attention on the sport, which is a win for ESPN. Expanding the playoff and using home field advantage is a win for the teams, universities and fan bases. Imagine a home college football playoff game in Tuscaloosa. The playoff could be expanded to eight or 16 teams and then there could be another consolation tournament – think basketball N.I.T. – that also has eight or 16 teams to keep the total number of games around the same as the bowlsystem. This way every team that remotely thinks they should be playing in the post-season is, and every game has meaning. This argument does not even take into account a point that almost everyone can agree on. Settling games on the field is a much fairer way of determining a national champion than polls, formulas or committees. But this just makes too much sense to implement. Jackson Poe is a junior majoring in finance and accounting. His column runs biweekly.
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TUESDAY January 20, 2015 Gardens to be city’s 1st outdoor bouldering site ROCK GARDENS FROM PAGE 1
– Horsepens 40. “This type of sandstone is the same as that at the world-famous Horsepens 40 climbing area near the community of Steele in northcentral Alabama,” said Gary Falls, chairman of the PARA Board of Directors. “Boyles Sandstone is excellent for climbing due to a higher percentage of quartz grains, making it very hard and less likely to crumble and break.” The durable sandstone and eroded nature of the rock formations at Bama Rock Gardens make it a potential wonderland for climbing and bouldering enthusiasts. “Bouldering is, to many, a purer form of climbing in that a climber needs only climbing shoes, chalk [and] a crash pad,” Falls said. Bama Rock Gardens would be the only area for outdoor bouldering and rock climbing in Tuscaloosa County, should it be cleaned up. The park shut down in the 1980s and was left virtually untouched until it came to the attention of Tuscaloosa County and PARA. “The park was in really bad shape when we first started going out there,” said Zachary Heard, special projects manager for PARA. “The
rooves on all the standing structures were completely caved in.” The rock gardens, still remaining in original form, feature a number of dilapidated structures, abandoned buildings, remnants of the original walkway and a series of fragmented bridges and stairs. “The deteriorating structures need to be replaced with functional park facilities, invasive species need to be removed and there’s a lot of general maintenance to be done,” Heard said. Although improvements have been made to the infrastructure of the gardens and efforts to clean up the park are in progress, trash still litters certain areas of the gardens. “There is a lot of work to be done,” Heard said. “We could put 50 people to work on a Saturday and complete six to 12 projects with a group that size. This could be anything from cleanup days, work days, you name it.” The park is officially closed, but many climbers and curious citizens come to boulder and explore the natural allure of Bama Rock Gardens. PARA asks those who do trespass not to inhibit or destroy the existing state of wildlife. Booker said he hopes the gardens will open to the public in a few months, offering more than 100 different bouldering opportunities and miles of walking trails, with bathroom facilities and camping areas
planned for the future. “We want to develop this park correctly,” Booker said. “That requires money and motivation from the community.” There are many ways that UA students will be able to utilize the park. The gardens will not only serve as a site for outdoor recreation but as an educational site as well. “When the park is officially open, there is great hope that the beautiful Boyles Sandstone rock formations at Bama Rock Garden Park will provide a close by outlet for outside climbing to [the] UA Rec Center and others in Tuscaloosa who love the adventure of climbing,” Falls said. In order to conserve and restore Bama Rock Gardens, private funding, donations and volunteer work will be necessary. Those interested can donate to PARA and specify that the donation is intended for Bama Rock Gardens. “Plans will continue to grow as we get more interest and more funding,” Heard said. With proper funding and volunteer work, PARA could install a number of projects at Bama Rock Gardens, such as a Monarch Butterfly sanctuary and a home for Purple Martins – a type of swallow that eats mosquitoes, therefore reducing the mosquito population for park visitors. “We could do incredible things out there,” Heard said.
The sandstone comprising the boulders at Bama Rock Gardens can be found in Tuscaloosa and Steele, Alabama. CW / Layton Dudley
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Editor | Reed O’Mara Culture@cw.ua.edu Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Exhibit featured in UA medical center By Margaret Wilbourne | Contributing Writer
While patients and prescriptions are typically associated with doctors’ offices, the local Wellness Walls for Art program, founded last year, continues to tack on paintings to this list with their current exhibit, “A Sense of Place.” Displayed in the halls of the University Medical Center, the paintings are created by local artists. “The paintings are typically on display for three months, and have different themes,” said Deborah Hughes, a local artist who is the current curator Wellness Walls for Art. “[The works in] ‘A Sense of Place’ are mostly plein air, [or painted outside], and are meant to evoke memories of [special] places.” Hughes coordinates Tuscaloosa and University painters for exhibitions, often inviting a guest artist. The guest this time was Meridian, Mississippi-based artist Cooper French, a high school classmate of Hughes. While French has always had an artistic career, it wasn’t always attached to canvases. “I was a restoration painter in the White House for 18 and a half years,” he said. “I went in
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Bridges shows ’60s style By Amy Marino
“A Sense of Place” is an exhibit on display at the University Medical Center through the Wellness Walls For Art program. Photo Courtesy of Deborah Hughes
under Reagan and retired under George Bush. My wife told me, ‘If you’re going to be an artist, you’d better start now.’” French shared his paintings from a trip to Wyoming for the exhibit, most depicting mountains and other outdoor scenes. French’s pieces are joined by 17 other artists, and depict scenes ranging from woodlands to the abstract. While each differ visually, they all carry a similar importance, because Hughes said she is a big believer in the power of art to deliver a sense of optimism in what can be a stressful or
depressing environment. “When I go to see a doctor, you know, it’s not fun when you have those stacks of bad magazines,” she said. “[That’s why] we like to do this, and have things that aren’t disturbing, but uplifting.” Dawn Hodo, a UA Continuing Medical Education program assistant, said the art served as a visual treat not only to UMC’s patients, but also to the staff at the center. “This to me, patients, and [staff], is what makes [UMC] homey,” Hodo said. The exhibit runs through April 7.
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6 biggest Oscar nomination snubs of 2015 season By Drew Pendleton
While the Oscars are a much-anticipated event, for some fans, they have a damper cast on them. Every year, someone is left out of the lineup, and while this year’s is an interesting mix, some contenders have found themselves on the fringe despite seeming to be surefire bets.
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“Selma” for Best Director (Ava DuVernay) and Best Actor (David Oyelowo)
Gillian Flynn, Best Adapted Screenplay for “Gone Girl”
While “Selma” has had a fair share of controversy surrounding its release, there’s no denying that it was a shock when the critically-acclaimed historical drama only earned two nominations (“Best Picture” and “Best Original Song” for “Glory”). Even as rumors mounted about the Academy reception to the film, many thought that its director, Ava DuVernay, would make history as the first African-American woman to be nominated for “Best Director,” and that its lead actor David Oyelowo would make it in “Best Actor.” However, while “Selma” did make history – Oprah Winfrey, who produced and starred in the film, is the first African-American woman to earn a “Best Picture” nomination – its snubs in other major categories, especially director and actor, stand out as a couple of the most surprising.
While it became apparent late in the season that “Gone Girl” would be on the outer edge of the “Best Picture” lineup and potentially miss the screenplay nomination for screenwriter Gillian Flynn – along with “Best Actress” hopeful Rosamund Pike, who did get in – seemed assured. It was a stunner when Flynn’s adaptation of her own novel – which many had predicted to win “Best Adapted Screenplay” – was snubbed in favor, most likely, of “American Sniper” or “Inherent Vice.”
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Jessica Chastain, Best Supporting Actress for “A Most Violent Year” The last slot in the “Best Supporting Actress” lineup was a toss-up all the way to Oscar nomination morning. While some actresses – such as Naomi Watts in ”St. Vincent” (Screen Actors’ Guild), Rene Russo in “Nightcrawler” (British Film Academy), and Laura Dern in “Wild” (who would end up taking home the Oscar nomination) – rotated in and out of that spot, Jessica Chastain’s performance as the wife of an oil magnate (Oscar Isaac) trying to stay on the straight and narrow in J.C. Chandor’s crime drama “A Most Violent Year” popped up in the most places, including the Golden Globes. Her performance has been the most critically lauded from the film, and for some critics, was the only real challenger to frontrunner Patricia Arquette in “Boyhood.”
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Jennifer Aniston, Best Actress for “Cake” In the midst of the awards season, a PR campaign for the ages started to rise, and caused a wave of goodwill that not many saw coming, but one that pundits jumped onto quickly. Jennifer Aniston’s performance in the gritty indie drama “Cake” earned her surprise nominations at the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice and Screen Actors Guild Awards, a lineup of nominations that seemed to signal that a “Best Actress” nomination was on its way. However, at the end of the day Aniston did not make it in, as the Academy instead gave her spot to fellow Critics’ Choice nominee Marion Cotillard for “Two Days, One Night.”
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“Foxcatcher” for Best Picture
Jake Gyllenhaal, Best Actor for “Nightcrawler”
Since the “Best Picture” lineup expanded from five to 10 nominees in 2009 – and eventually to a sliding scale – the phenomena of a “lone director” hasn’t happened. So when Bennett Miller picked up a directing nod for the dark drama “Foxcatcher” – which also landed nods for screenplay, supporting actor (Mark Ruffalo) and lead actor (Steve Carell) – it seemed like a foregone conclusion that the film was in the “Best Picture” lineup. However, it wasn’t, and for the first time in the expanded field, there is a lone director this year. This is surprising because if there was enough love to nominate Miller over other contenders such as Ava DuVernay, Clint Eastwood and Damien Chazelle – whose films did make it into “Best Picture” – then the film typically would have been swept in as well.
Although the inclusions of Steve Carell (“Foxcatcher”) and Bradley Cooper (“American Sniper”) are no surprise in the “Best Actor” lineup, many thought Jake Gyllenhaal’s transformative turn as an aspiring crime journalist in “Nightcrawler” would make it in after Critics Choice and SAG noms. However, outside of original screenplay, the film - loved by many circles - got snubbed entirely.
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Band aims to revive classic music with Zeppelin By Drew Pendleton | Contributing Reporter
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Led Zeppelin’s 1971 album “Led Zeppelin IV” will come to life in Tuscaloosa on Saturday, as the Black Jacket Symphony prepares to take the stage at the Bama Theatre. Founded by Birmingham musician J. Willoughby in 2009, the Black Jacket Symphony travels throughout the Southeast, performing classic rock albums on what drummer Mark Lanier described as “a note-by-note, sound-by-sound quest to replicate the original sound.” “The premise is to replicate a classic album,” said Lanier, a drum-set instructor in the jazz studies department at The University of Alabama and online instructor of a music appreciation course at The University of Alabama in Birmingham. “This isn’t a band tribute, but more of an album tribute.” Featuring a core bank of musicians performing alongside a rotation of other musicians chosen as the best fits for each show, the group has performed classic albums such as Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon,” Led Zeppelin’s “Houses of the Holy” and The Beatles’ “Abbey Road,” the album Willoughby said started it all. “In 2009, ‘Abbey Road’ turned 40, and I thought about how amazing it was that people were still talking about it,”
WHAT: The Black Jacket Symphony presents “Led Zeppelin IV” WHEN: Saturday, 8 p.m. WHERE: Bama Theatre
The Black Jacket Symphony will bring Led Zeppelin’s 1971 album “Led Zeppelin IV” to life in Tuscaloosa on Saturday at the Bama Theatre. Amazon.com
Willoughby said. “I heard a radio ad for a Mozart symphony performance, and I wondered why no one did that for classic bands.” The group operates on a principle of replicating each album they perform as close to the original as possible and bears the slogan “the symphony of our generation.”
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“It’s an absolute approach to music,” Lanier said. “You have an experience that you’re having that album performed live. No one’s pretending.” Brent McCollough, a keyboardist for the group, has played in several performances, including The Beatles, Paul McCartney and Prince. He said the replication process has been a challenge. “They learn the album completely by ear, and program the sounds they need,” McCollough said. “It takes a lot of skill to digest and memorize it all. You have to find out what they’re doing so you can practice and perform it to get the right sounds.” Lanier said while the band has “Symphony” in its title, it is at its core a rock band. “The name is a play on the idea of a symphony,” Lanier said. “We want the audience to experience the music and all the parts of a show, with lights and video that make it a visual and audio experience. It’s not a typical tribute.”
The band has recently performed at venues in Memphis, Tennessee; Chattanooga, Tennessee; and Mobile, Alabama, and will perform The Beatles’ “The White Album” in Huntsville before coming to Tuscaloosa. “There’s usually a trajectory with what albums we perform,” Willoughby said. “We start with ‘Dark Side of the Moon,’ which is an album that needs to be heard together and really explains what we do before we move into other bands like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Doors and Fleetwood Mac. As we grow, there’s a proven trajectory that works.” McCollough said the group aims to give classic music fans a new experience. “If you’re into classic music that you’ll never hear live from the real band, this is the closest way to gain appreciation for this music,” he said. “I’ve grown to love this music because I’ve been thrown in and forced to learn it all.” Willoughby said the group aims to introduce classic bands and albums to a new generation. “Every generation says they have the best music, but there aren’t bands like the Beatles and Pink Floyd anymore,” he said. “Albums aren’t put together like that. That’s not a good or bad thing; it’s just how it is.” Tickets for the event are $25 for the balcony and $30 for the main floor.
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Cleveland Cavaliers not returning powerhouse team fans expected By Tyler Waldrep
The Cleveland Cavaliers are in free fall. Since Christmas, the Cavaliers have lost 10 of 14 games. Cleveland accumulated most of those losses with LeBron James sitting out, but even with James on the court, the Cavs need help. Cleveland is 3-3 with James and 1-7 without him since Christmas. The supporting cast at Cleveland is clearly not living up to its preseason hype. This is not how the season was supposed to go for James. “The Return of the King” as it was put in the preseason, was supposed to result in an NBA title. The midway point of the season has arrived, and Cleveland looks more like a group of
individuals than a team at this point. Any team with James on it is going to have a chance in the playoffs, but as last year’s finals proved, an individual can only have so much success against a good team. The Cavs have the potential to live up to their preseason billing as one of the most talented teams in the league. As the home stretch approaches, Cleveland’s postseason success will be determined by team chemistry more than anything else. The Cavaliers do not look like a team who can weather a rough start in a playoff series. Playing from behind requires composure and team spirit that the Cavs seem to lack. Players are apparently unhappy being on the team, and ESPN recently had
a field day with James pushing the coach away from a referee. These are not the headlines Cleveland’s fans want to read. If the Cavs cannot find a way to get the team’s off-the-court issues worked out, then an early exit might await the Cavs in the postseason. Time is running out. Cleveland’s management set the team up to win titles within a very narrow window. The level of talent currently in Cleveland may not stay together long, especially if the team continues to underachieve. Cleveland has got to capitalize on the current situation before it’s gone. James is only getting older and his eventual retirement is only getting closer with every passing day.
After being hailed in the preseason, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers haven’t been able to live up to expectations. Tribune News Service
Tide beats Samford, UAB UA tennis takes 23 wins By Caroline Gazzara | Staff Reporter
By Terrin Waack | Contributing Writer
The University of Alabama men’s tennis team started its season with not just one, but two wins, from Monday’s 2015 season opener with Samford and UAB at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility. Alabama opened with a match against the Samford Bulldogs, which the Crimson Tide won 6-1. Then it was able to sweep the UAB Blazers. “I thought they did very well,” coach George Husack said. “I think there were some early nerves in the first match. In the afternoon, I think they were just tested with the length of the day, but they played very well. I am very happy for them.” As of Dec. 15, 2014, the ITA Division I Operating Committee shortened the format of doubles matches. Monday’s season opener gave the Crimson Tide its first look at the new format. Husack said he thinks the shortened format will make a difference in how the game is played and end up helping the team stay focused all the time. “I think it will put more pressure on the deuce point,” Husack said. “We have an unwritten rule to never complain about a point, saying, ‘Oh, it was a three-all point and we lost the point.’ We’re just locked in.” Against both Samford and UAB, the Crimson Tide was able to obtain the doubles point. With winning both of his doubles matches with partner Sean Donohue, senior Stuart Kenyon said he finds the shortened format is very different and hard to adjust to. “To be honest, I do enjoy it, though,” Kenyon said. “It makes you have to be
The men’s tennis team beat Samford and UAB in a double-header on Monday. CW / Pete Pajor
ready to go right at the beginning and on top of things. It’s a couple points here and there that make a difference, and you really have to lock in and be ready to go.” Although this is his first time playing college tennis, freshman Korey Lovett said he already likes the shortened format more. Lovett sat out during the fall season, so Monday was his first time playing a full college tennis game. He won his match against Samford, but it was his match against UAB’s Christian Coetzee that had fans on the edge of their seat until Lovett pulled through in the tiebreaker to win 7-6(6), 7-6(4). “I enjoyed it,” Lovett said. “It was a little intimidating, but I’ve played in a lot of big stages so it wasn’t too bad. But I think it was good for me as well to be in a tight battle so I know what it’s like for the rest of the season.”
In its lone preseason event, the women’s tennis team closed out the Mal Moore Invitational tournament with 23 wins after a weekend of competition against Florida State, No. 17 Georgia Tech and No. 18 Northwestern. The event had each team competing against one team each day. A typical tournament has each team compete against each other at any time. Junior Natalia Maynetto said the different style is good preparation for the upcoming season. “We only played on three courts instead of playing all at the same time,” she said. “We think that’s good because at indoor nationals that’s how it is.” Coach Jenny Mainz said the experience will help the team in the long run. “We could’ve played two teams that we get wins over and we’re 2-0 on the season,” she said. “But those aren’t the matches that push you and boost your confidence and test your guts on three all-points. [Sunday] was a tough day.” At the end of Sunday, Alabama had seven doubles wins and 16 singles wins. “Every match is tough and you’re not getting the team wins but the individual players can accumulate wins and get ranked wins, which we did,” Mainz said.
The women’s tennis team finished the Mal Moore Invitational tournament with 23 wins this weekend. UA Athletics
“We got a couple of really great ranked wins. I just think our team, where we are right now, we’re going to benefit more from playing really good, tough matches.” Although exhaustion set in on the last day of the tournament, Mainz said the team battled hard. Danielle Spielmann and Emily Zabor both won their singles match Sunday. Maya Jansen and Erin Routliffe won all three of their doubles matches. Jansen and Routliffe won the NCAA double’s team title last year. “We played really aggressively across the board,” Mainz said. “Everybody’s playing with more authority, taking the ball earlier, taking time away from their opponents by stepping in and pressuring them a bit more.” The team begins its official spring season this weekend hosting Syracuse, Princeton and Virginia Tech.
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12 Crimson Tide falls to No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats Editor | Kelly Ward Sports@cw.ua.edu Tuesday, January 20, 2015
By Sean Landry | Assistant Sports Editor
If Alabama was going to beat No. 1 undefeated Kentucky, everything had to go right for the Crimson Tide. As it was, nearly nothing went right for coach Anthony Grant’s squad as the Crimson Tide fell 70-48 on Saturday in Alabama’s worst loss since 2008. “You have to give Kentucky credit,” Grant said. “They came right out from the jump and did a great job. They are an elite team from a defensive standpoint, with their size and length. They are really difficult to get good shots against. For our guys, it was about playing 40 minutes and trying to play all the way through and I thought we did a really good job.” Retin Obasohan made his first start of the season in place of Ricky Tarrant, who had been unable to practice during the week due to a lower leg injury. Tarrant quickly replaced Obasohan, who was substituted after the first timeout and played only 16 minutes during the game, scoring 2 points and giving up two turnovers. After jumping out to a 4-2 lead on two transition baskets, Alabama fell behind, stagnant for most of the first half. The Crimson Tide was held to 17 points in the first half, shooting 32 percent from the field and 25 percent from the free throw
They are an elite team from a defensive standpoint, with their size and length. — Anthony Grant —
line, including a 5:58 scoring drought and a stretch of 7:36 without a field goal. “All of our guys went out there and did a good job in terms of effort,” Grant said. “Kentucky was very good today. They played really well and they deserved to win the game. Ricky was hampered with a toe strain. He’s missed the couple of days of practice but was able to go today. Certainly, there is no excuse, that’s a part of the game, but we have to get ready for our next one.” Alabama rallied briefly at the start of the second half, cutting Kentucky’s lead to 39-30 by the 13:14 mark. From that point, Kentucky outscored Alabama 6-0 while Alabama’s two biggest defenders, Michael Kessens and Jimmie Taylor, each picked up their fourth fouls. “They have great depth,” Grant said. “They can throw great players out there on you. Jimmie picked up his fourth foul right when we cut it to nine and then
Mike picked up his fourth. It changes what you can do defensively. We were able to get stops and get out in transition and cut into the lead a little bit. That was the plan coming out from the half. We felt like that if we did that we could cut into the lead. Our guys did a good job with that, but Kentucky has a lot of depth and a lot of really talented players.” The Crimson Tide shot 56.5 percent from the field in the second half, bringing its percentage up to 45, a mark Kentucky coach John Calipari said was one of the best against his team this season. Alabama finished the game with 15 turnovers and four assists. Kentucky, boasting 7-footer Willie Cauley-Stein alongside near-7 footers Karl-Anthony Towns and Trey Lyles, out-rebounded Alabama 30-21, including 19 rebounds off of Alabama misses, where Alabama picked up only eight boards. “They are a pretty big team and they play inside-out,” guard Rodney Cooper said. “Kentucky is a good basketball club that can make plays.” It was the Crimson Tide’s lowest score since a loss to Kentucky on March 4, 2014. Alabama will travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to take on the No. 19 Arkansas Razorbacks at 6 p.m. Thursday.
The Crimson Tide men’s basketball team experienced its worst loss since 2008 as it fell 70-48 to Kentucky on Saturday. CW / Pete Pajor