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The College of Arts and Sciences,, alongg with the Million Dollar Band Association, has chartered a new group to support the Million Dollar Band.
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The Alabama gymnastics team will look to build on its win over then-No. 1 ranked Florida last Friday when it travels to take on Kentucky this weekend, its second road meet of the 2015 season.
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Action Card efficiency recognized Magazine awards ease of student orientation By Alessandra Delrose | Contributing Writer
The University of Alabama Auxiliary Services and the Office of Information Technology were awarded with the Models of Efficiency Award from University Business We are pleased Magazine Models of and honored to Efficiency have received the was a national recogniaward ... tion program created by – Jeanine Brooks – University Business Magazine to showcase college and university campus departments that found ways to work smarter – saving resources such as time and money while providing better service to students or other constituents. “We launched the program after hearing stories from many colleges about how, when forced to find ways to operate more efficiently because of budget cuts, they wound up doing things like automating processes, which can benefit the department as well as make things better in some way for the students they serve,” said Melissa Ezarik, managing editor of University Business Magazine. SEE ACT CARDS PAGE 3
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Kim Bissell balances class, research and 2 daughters By Alana Norris | Contributing Writer
With multiple responsibilities at The University of Alabama and two daughters, Kim Bissell is rarely in
one place for long. Bissell teaches a biennial class where students visit another country and produce a magazine called Alpine Living and serves as the University’s director of undergraduate research, director of the Emerging Scholars Program, the college’s associate dean for research and director of the Institution for Communication
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posting a .444 batting average last year with a .556 on-base percentage. McCleney was named to the women’s national team earlier in January. Compiled by Kelly Ward
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Editor | Rachel Brown Newsdesk@cw.ua.edu Thursday, January 29, 2015
efficient for the Action Card staff, but the positive impact on students was key.� Jeanine Brooks, director of the ACT CARDS FROM PAGE 1 Action Card Office, said it’s exciting to have won and been recognized for Alabama was one of the last to be this award. given the award before the end of “We are pleased and honored the program. to have received the award and “We had three entry rounds for recognition that our program each year, and campus administra- enhanced the student experience tors would apply to as well as improved be recognized,� she internal efficiency said. “We judged the in operations for the entries on whether Action Card Office,� The automation made they met a standard Brooks said. we set for efficiency. It She said she things easier and more was sort of like giving believes the combicost efficient for the a ‘Good Housekeeping nation between the Seal of Approval’ for Action Card staff, but the work of the Auxiliary campus administraServices and OIT positive impact on tive efficiencies.� is what earned the When it came to recognition for students was key. choosing a school this award. whose orienta“This system has — Melissa Ezarik — tion seemed the enhanced 91 percent best, Ezarik said of freshman orienthe University of tation students sucAlabama Action Card cessfully in the last procedure immediatetwo years and has ly stood out as an innovative effort. improved office operation efficiency “Student orientation is such a at no additional cost,� she said. busy time, and the judging team When it comes to the future of the liked that students at The University Action Card program, Brooks said of Alabama could spend more time it’s very likely to expand. on the fun, social parts of orienta“The program has already grown tion and less on the tedious paper- to include new graduate and early work,� she said. “The automation college students and I expect it to made things easier and more cost continue to expand,� she said.
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Study trip to India planned By Paige Henderson | Contributing Writer
Twenty-four students and two professors will spend 21 days in India this summer through a new study abroad trip in the STEM Path to MBA program offered by the Culverhouse College of Commerce. The trip, which is open to STEM Path to MBA students regardless of classification, will engage students in innovation projects in India. The program itself allows students majoring in science, technology, engineering or math to earn their master’s degree in business administration with one additional year, resulting in a five-year graduation plan with the University. Robert Morgan, executive director for Innovative Initiatives in the Culverhouse College of Commerce, has directed the STEM to MBA program since its beginning in 2011. The trip to India this summer has been the project of Morgan and some of his students over the course of the last year. Inspiration for the trip came to students after they read “Reverse Innovation� as a summer reading project in 2013 and listened to the book’s co-author, Vijay Govindarajan, speak at the University in the fall of 2013. “Dr. Govindarajan came in to talk to us about ‘Reverse Innovation,’� said Rachel Ramey, a junior majoring in civil engineering. “We had read his book about innovation in India and how in order to develop products for developing countries, you actually have to go.� Ramey is studying abroad in Colombia this spring. She said she Skypes regularly with Morgan to discuss plans for the trip. Morgan said STEM students can benefit from visiting developing countries. “These are students that are all coming from STEM and healthcare backgrounds,� Morgan said. “We don’t really have national markets anymore; we have global markets. They’re going to be working in some kind of global role in their companies at some point. They need to understand how the world works outside of the United States, so this is going to be a great experience.� Joey Weed, a junior majoring in economics and math, occasionally joins Skype calls with Morgan and Ramey. Weed, who is assisting with planning the trip, said he is looking forward to putting the innovative strategies and lessons he learned at
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the University into practice. “The experience we’ve been cultivating the past two to three years will be critical as we travel to India for this program,� Weed said. “These classes are under a variety of experienced professors.� As juniors, Ramey and Weed said they are in the process of applying for the MBA program. Applicants for the STEM Path to MBA program apply the summer before their freshman year and must take an hour and a half STEM business class every semester for the four years of their degree. STEM to MBA students then apply to the MBA program during their junior year and begin their masters work online the following summer. The students begin their programs July 13 and will return August 3. Currently, 14 of the 24 spots are filled. STEM to MBA students interested in the study abroad program can contact Robert Morgan at rmorgan@culverhouse.ua.edu. The application should be completed through Capstone International as soon as possible.
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Editor | Patrick Crowley Letters@cw.ua.edu Thursday, January 29, 2015
COLUMN | FINLAND
Finland provides a model to imitate
JOE
Puchner Staff Columnist
CW / Kevin Pabst
COLUMN | THE STRIP
Recent changes question identity of the Strip JACKSON
Poe Staff Columnist
The University and city of Tuscaloosa as a whole have undergone rapid changes in the past decade. Enrollment has increased from 20,000 in 2000 to over 36,000 as of fall 2014. Expansion can be seen everywhere. There are new dorms, recreation centers, parking garages and constant construction on campus. There are huge new apartment complexes, duplexes and other kinds of housing options off campus. Older houses are consistently being torn down in favor of modern town homes and duplexes for students. Most of these changes are welcomed by the city. The added restaurants, businesses and new housing developments add jobs and make the city more attractive. But eventually expansive growth reaches a crossroads: continuing the growth versus preserving the history of the city. The history is what keeps UA alumni coming back to the city years and decades after they graduate. Keeping the graduates coming back is crucial to the economic success as well as the overall attractiveness of the city. There is a fine line and the
University and city must tread it in November 2014, the owner very carefully in order to keep the was sent a fax informing him his city attractive for years to come. lease was being cancelled and Recent developments have the property was being sold to brought attention to one of the CVS. He received no forewarning. most iconic areas of Tuscaloosa: This change and the way it hapthe Strip. So far, the Strip has pened drastically favors growth remained relatively unchanged over history. during all of the expansion – The unanticipated closing of maybe a few new restaurants, Jupiter Bar and Grill is also very bars and stores but no drastic shocking. Jupiter was a premiere changes have taken place. The music venue in Tuscaloosa that identity of the Strip remains had hosted nationally touring intact and keeps graduates com- bands. Students and Tuscaloosa ing back to a place they are residents were left with nothing relatively familiar with. but a post on Jupiter’s Facebook But recent developments, page that has since been disbandincluding the relocation of the ed. The lack of transparency is Locker Room in troubling and people favor of a CVS are left to assume Are these changes that Jupiter was and the closing of Jupiter Bar and bought out in anothoutliers in the long Grill raise serier move that favors ous questions history of the Strip, growth over history. about the future Obviously, the or are they the of the Strip. These Strip will continue to changes alone will evolve and keep up direction that the not transform the with the times. No Strip is headed? Strip into someone expects things to thing else, but they look exactly the same raise the question: as they did 10, 20 or Are these changes outliers in the 30 years ago. But the Strip has long history of the Strip, or are an identity that has remained for they the direction that the Strip decades and if things continue to is headed? go the way of The Locker Room The relocation of one of the and Jupiter, the historical appeal most iconic clothing stores in and identity of the Strip could be Tuscaloosa is certainly a cause lost forever. for concern. The way it happened is even more troubling. Two Jackson Poe is a junior majoring weeks after The Locker Room in finance and accounting. His celebrated its 50th anniversary column runs biweekly.
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This past weekend, a group of friends and I took some time to discuss what some of our hopes and dreams are for the future. Not just the abstract dreams – although those certainly were discussed – but also the more tangible hopes, the concrete and realistic ones. After some deep thought on the subject, I decided one of my dreams is to be able to visit Finland one day. Why Finland? Well, why not Finland? As the most sparsely populated country in the European Union, there would be more than enough room to settle down, and the country’s nearly 200,000 lakes and islands give it a spectacular environmental landscape. Finland has been at the top of the Press Freedom Ranking index every year for the past 12 years (so just imagine The Crimson White, but with even more controversial opinion pages) and is often named the least corrupt and most democratic country. National Failure Day is a Finnish holiday that gives individuals an opportunity to reflect on their mistakes and learn from them. The Finnish name for Santa Claus, Joulupukki, literally translates to “Yule Goat.” In Finland, the sun doesn’t ... We can, and should, set for months at a time. I could go on and on bring the Finnish spirit about why I think Finland into our lives and out to is one of the world’s greatest blessings, but I guess our communities each instead I should get on with it and cut to the point and every day. of my ramblings. The Finns don’t mess around. It’s cold outside? It’s dark outside? They embrace it. They rise to the challenge. As a nation, they value their children and respect their heritage. The liberals get along with the conservatives because they are united in a pursuit of the truth and the common good. Society is not collection of special interest groups, but rather a group of individuals with responsibilities towards each other. When people talk about hard work, grit and determination, they often think about the American Dream, or about Britain’s “Spirit of the Blitz.” I believe we should include Finland in this discussion. We don’t need to go to Finland to experience the inspiration of this country – we can, and should, bring the Finnish spirit into our lives and out to our communities each and every day. It’s not about achieving great triumphs, but rather humbly and diligently striving to get the job done each and every day, in any circumstance, with no excuses. Here in the United States, we often talk about rights, but rarely talk about responsibilities. Every single human being has a responsibility to take care of themselves and each other and not just expect someone else to do this for us. Sometimes life might be difficult. Life might feel cold, or it may seem dark. But the Finns don’t just stay inside and wait for it to pass – so why should you? Joe Puchner is a sophomore majoring in math and Spanish. Last Week’s Poll: Do you think a degree from UA is worth the cost of attendance? (Yes: 58%) (No: 42%) This Week’s Poll: Do you approve of the federal ruling overturning Alabama’s gay marriage ban? cw.ua.edu
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OPINIONS Thursday, January 29, 2015 COLUMN | PASSIONS
Find your purpose and discover your passions while at the University
VEL
Lewis Staff Columnist
As children we imagine we will have our lives figured out by the time we go to college. We think we will know what school we will attend, what we will study and what career path we plan to pursue. In reality, many of us have or are currently struggling with these questions and the decision gets more difficult with each passing day, semester and year. In an effort to answer these sorts of questions, we seek out the job we hope to have, choose majors that prepare us for that job and then work all throughout college studying and gaining experience to be successful at that job. Unfortunately, we only have the end goal in mind and rarely step away from that goal to explore our passions and even the subjects that pique our interest. We all are passionate about something, whether it be art, music,
sports, equality, but few students pursue their passions while at the University. Even fewer get involved in areas unrelated to the future career they have for themselves. College gives you the opportunity to explore your passions and can allow you to discover your purpose. The University presents its students with so many ways to get involved. Getting involved with student organizations, volunteering within the community and even attending a reading group with like-minded individuals counts as involvement. We all ask ourselves what our specific purpose is in life. We dream about the impact we will make by using the gifts and talents given to us in an area that we show promise in. The problem with that is there are barriers preventing us from reaching our full potential and ultimately realizing and fulfilling our purpose. These barriers can be societal but can also be put into place by ourselves. We find our purpose in different ways but sometimes finding that purpose means facing rejection. Rejection, or even the fear of not living up to the standards placed on yourself or by others, keeps many students from taking a leap of faith that will
WHAT I THINK • Students spend college pursuing careers, not passions. • Everyone should explore areas that don’t directly pertain to their career. • Students should take more leaps of faith. • Careers do not determine purpose in life.
allow for them to grow as a person. Rejection is scary, I know, but it also necessary to face. You get to choose whether you let a disappointment or challenge prevent you from reaching your goal or from discovering your purpose and passions. When one thing does not work out, do not let it get you down so much so that you decide to doubt the gifts and talents you have to make a difference in whatever area of interest to you. Many students are so focused on
attending college for a degree that they neglect their purpose. It’s fair to say the lines between a career and a life’s purpose are blurred. Your career or job does not have to achieve your purpose. While it would be nice for what you do everyday to be something you are passionate about, few people are lucky enough to experience this. Your purpose in life is determined when you use those talents given to you in a way that betters the lives of others and builds impenetrable community bonds. Of course, these are only examples. Find the reason why you are on the planet and that passion burns so greatly that you will do anything to make a difference, then nothing will stop you, not even rejection or yourself. What are you passionate about and what do you think you is your purpose? What are you doing to make fulfill it? Ask yourself these questions and do everything you can to explore and find meaning before your time at the University comes to an end. Vel Lewis is a junior majoring in political science and public relations. Her column runs biweekly.
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6 UA band sees growth with new organization NEWS
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By Elizabeth Elkin | Staff Reporter
The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences and School of Music created a new organization to support and promote the Million Dollar Band. The Million Dollar Band Association, Million Dollar Band alumni and friends created the Friends of the Million Dollar Band over a two-year period. The new organization will hold its first meeting in April. “The Million Dollar Band Association was an independent association,” said Rebecca Florence, director of college relations and associate director of development for the College of Arts and Sciences. “It just became obvious that if it were a University of Alabama association, we could use university resources to support it, like accounting and financial business, promotion and organizational assistance. The University and the alumni can be more supportive of the band with this organizational structure.” The Friends of the Million Dollar Band will assist in the recruitment process, fundraising efforts and in coordinating, marketing and implementing the annual Alumni Band weekend. The organization will advocate for the band and provide advice to the dean on matters relating to the band. “We have about 25 members who have joined so far just by word of mouth,”
Members of the Million Dollar Band perform before Alabama played Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl. CW / Pete Pajor
Florence said. “A letter going out to all Million Dollar Band alumni and friends went out yesterday to 4,000 former band members inviting them to join the organization.” Florence said alumni support was a driving force in the creation of the group. “The alumni love the band and they have been extremely supportive of the band,” she said. “It’s a great tradition and the new organization, we anticipate, will build on that tradition and give the
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alumni more opportunities to keep the band fabulous.” Dr. Kenneth Ozzello, director of bands and professor of music at the University, said he was appreciative of the planners and creators of Friends of the Million Band. He said he believes the concentration of the group in one place will strengthen both the group itself and its efforts. “Our support group in the past, the Million Dollar Band Association, was
wonderful and did fantastic work, but of course the administration of it was spread because the membership was spread out all over the country and it was challenging,” he said. “Having it under one roof, with people in public relations and printing materials and that sort of thing, is great. I think it will raise support from alumni.” Membership is open to anyone who pays the membership fee of $100. For more information, visit friendsofmdb.ua.edu.
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7 Estonian student enjoys Southern hospitality Editor | Reed O’Mara Culture@cw.ua.edu Thursday, Janaury 29, 2015
By Margaret Wilbourne | Contributing Writer
Daniil Proskura, a senior majoring in finance, travelled the 4,999 miles between Estonia to the United States without knowing a word of English. His form of communication? Tennis. The junior athlete was recruited by The University of Alabama after winning several international tournaments, such as the Finnish Pajulahti Cup, and moved to Tuscaloosa in 2011. While he says he “just figured things out” when it came to the new language, culture and pace of Southern life, Proskura’s sport was one thing that remained constant for the athlete, who has now nabbed the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year twice. Why did you choose The University of Alabama?
I didn’t know anything about Alabama, but a head coach who was working at [the University of Georgia] knew the head coach here, and since Georgia had already given out all their tennis scholarships, I [chose UA]. They never saw me play but they kind of went all in with me, and sent me a contract in the summer of 2010. My Estonian friend [who played at UGA] told me, ‘You really can’t go wrong with Alabama.’ What’s the biggest difference from your home country? The clothes and the trucks. Alabama just has such a Southern style. I had to buy a lot of clothes to not separate myself from the crowd. I started wearing boots and went hunting in Georgia, so I bought some camo. And the trucks, you never see trucks [in Estonia], not one. There’s no such thing as a truck as a car.
Daniil Proskura CW / Layton Dudley
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When I first came down here, the accent was really tough, I couldn’t understand a word. It’s also a lot slower pace in Alabama. I like a fast-paced environment, so I’m excited to live in a big city after I graduate What is your favorite thing Alabamians do?
Since day one, everyone’s just been so nice. It’s really that ‘Southern hospitality.’ And the football games are [crazy]. My first time visiting here, in 2010, it was the weekend of the Florida game, which was a huge rivalry. How do you feel about American food?
The food was really different, and I definitely gained more weight. In Eastern Europe there’s not any obese, and you really never eat outside of a house. You know, here, people go to, like, Applebee’s. We always ate at home, so the food was healthy. It’s also a very social thing.
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8 WVUA-FM radio to host Apollo 7 astronaut CULTURE
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By Drew Pendleton | Contributing Writer
NASA will come to the Tuscaloosa airwaves Friday when “Houndstooth and Hardhats” on WVUA-FM hosts a twohour special to commemorate NASA’s memorial week. Hosted by Matthew Culver, a freshman majoring in aerospace engineering, and Kara Parks, a sophomore majoring in metallurgical engineering, “Houndstooth and Hardhats” is an engineering-themed radio show that airs every Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. This week’s show is dedicated to remembering the lives of the 17 astronauts who died on the Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia missions, which all occurred this week over the span of several years – 1967, 1983 and 2003, respectively. “It’s the anniversary of all three [accidents] this week; plus it fit well in the calendar,” Culver said. The broadcast will feature interviews with Mark Mayfield, the associate director of the Office of Student Media at the University, who witnessed the Challenger explosion, and former NASA astronaut Walter Cunningham. Walter was a personal friend of the astronauts lost in the 1967 Apollo 1 fire and went into space on the first manned mission following Apollo 1, Culver said. Culver said Cunningham has appeared on the show before. “He’s an interesting fellow,” he said.
Bissell’s research focuses on early childhood obesity BISSELL FROM PAGE 1
“I don’t think she sleeps,” said Jonathan Norris, a senior majoring in visual journalism and one of the students in her Alpine Living class. Bissell said she started in photo journalism at the University of Florida, where she worked up to three jobs at a time to put herself through school. She was hired by a wire service in Gainesville and gained experience through unpaid internships as well. Bissell then took a job in Washington, D.C. She said she went from living in a hotel, to her car, to living with people she found through church connections. After a month, Bissell said she was offered a job teaching community college courses. What she didn’t know was that the remedial courses were for people on jail release, she said. Bissell said she taught her students how to write a sentence, a paragraph and then an essay. Sometimes the things they wrote were disturbing, but she said she found a real love for teaching at the college level. “That job was humbling, but so powerful because many of them wanted to be there,” she said. “They wanted to turn their life around.” Despite a background in sports photography at Florida, Bissell said the men she worked with gave her a hard time for wanting to cover professional football. They gave her a chance to prove
WHAT TO KNOW • WVUA-FM will air the special NASA memorial week episode of “Houndstooth and Hardhats” Friday, from 3 to 5 p.m. on 90.7 FM. • The show airs every Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. “He’s very opinionated. Outside of being starstruck when I talked to him before, he made sure that we were having a conversation rather than an interview.” Parks said the interview with Cunningham and Mayfield will bring a new element to the show’s usual programming. “We’re trying to reach a wide variety of people,” Parks said. “This is something you always have to freshen up with new looks and new stories, so you have to keep making new progress and get new interviews.” Culver and Parks said Friday’s show will bring a piece of history to the program and provide a rare opportunity for listeners. “The Apollo astronauts are dying,” Culver said. “There are so many modern implications that are direct results of the Apollo mission, so it’s really cool when you hear about it from the people who were actually there and actually did it.” “Houndstooth and Hardhats” is a herself and decided she was good enough, though she said it was still a struggle each time she asked to cover a different sport. “It was just this assumption that, because I was female I didn’t know anything about football and didn’t have any business on the sidelines,” she said. “If you looked at my portfolio, 75 percent of it is sports because that’s what I did in Florida.” Bissell said she discovered her love for research in graduate school. At a conference in San Francisco, she said she heard a lecture that made her think about media’s role in self-image and how that could affect her young daughter. She decided to shift the focus of her research in a new direction. Bissell said she thought she would find body image improved with age, but while she surveyed 21- to 80-year-old women, she found a negative disposition was at the same level across the board. She said it was disheartening to learn that half the population was dissatisfied with their looks and suffered from a disconnect in self-perception. The study turned to children to find when and where the issue starts. She said she discovered girls had body issues as young as second grade, which suggested environmental factors, not only an issue with the media. “The loathing or the hate for being overweight was as strong as the desire to be thin,” Bissell said. She said she wanted to find out why there is a stigma against obesity in a society where 25 percent or more of children in any state are overweight or
Sophomore Kara Parks and freshman Matthew Culver sit in the studio where they host “Houndstooth and Hardhats,” an engineering-themed radio show that airs every Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. CW / Pete Pajor
recent addition to the station schedule, having aired for the first time last fall. The program attempts to appeal to a broad variety of people, including University-affiliated teams, engineering faculty, the student body and industry professionals, Culver said. Seth Juneac, a senior majoring in telecommunication and film and the WVUA-FM station manager, said the program is part of the station’s development of talk shows to go along with its music programming. “It’s the first show of its kind on 90.7,” Juneac said. “In terms of standing alone, it serves its purpose. It kind of starts in our own community, and this is our next step: giving future industry professionals a chance to provide something for their future.” Parks said the broadcast with Cunningham brings a personal element
Kim Bissell reviews the schedule for going abroad with this year’s Alpine Living journalism team. CW / Amy Sullivan
obese. Some blamed media, technology or fast food, but Bissell said the multifaceted issue sometimes stems from self-confidence. Bissell’s research turned to finding a way to help children learn how to eat healthier and to show them that being active can be fun. She said she is working with a computer-based honors student to create an app called Track My Plate, allowing children to click on all the foods they eat in a day. The virtual plate shows them how healthy or unhealthy their choices are. The soft launch is tentatively slated for the end of the semester, with
to the idea of space travel. “Every person involved in [the Apollo missions] had a different reaction,” Parks said. “Some wish they would have stepped on the moon, some were very clean-cut, and some of them would get in trouble. It’s a more personal element to something that can seem far-fetched to the regular person.” Juneac said after the show was successful during a trial period earlier in the year, it responded by delivering a large amount of content for the station. “In the radio world, we love content,” Juneac said. “We’ve got high profile people who are being broadcast over our airwaves – famous people who may not be on otherwise.” WVUA-FM will air the special NASA memorial week episode of “Houndstooth and Hardhats” Friday, from 3 to 5 p.m. on 90.7 FM. a more widespread start in August. The app will be free for schools and sold in the iTunes store. Despite her advancements in research, Bissell said she believes her first responsibility at Alabama is to be a professor. “She is very challenging as a professor and she really strives to pull the best out of her students,” Norris said. “She’s slightly intimidating in the beginning, but by the third week you feel very comfortable.” Bissell said she strives to connect with graduate students the way professors connected with her while she was working on her degree. Collin Curry, a first-year graduate student, described her as a professional who is brilliant and hard-working. “She did a lot for me, because when I applied for Alpine Living I didn’t know what I was going to do,” Curry said. “She got me on the right track and helped me find out that I wanted to be a travel writer.” It was announced Tuesday that Bissell was selected as the 2015 recipient of the President’s Faculty Research Award for the College Communication and Information Sciences. Outside of her professional life, Bissell said she is incredibly proud of her two smart, soccer-playing daughters. One is a freshman in college and the other is 13 years old. She said she feels fortunate to have been able to take them on many of her excursions abroad – the culture, language and history they have encountered have been invaluable to their lives, she said.
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Alabama travels to South Carolina By Elliott Propes | Staff Reporter
The Alabama women’s basketball team endured a loss against a similar young opposing team, losing to Vanderbilt by 3 points in the 55-52 result. Coach Kristy Curry said she is tired of excuses and wants wins as the team shifts its focus to No. 1 South Carolina. “Coach Curry says you have next game on your schedule and that is all you can worry about,” junior Nikki Hegstetter said. “So these next two days we are worrying about South Carolina, and we are going to go to South Carolina, and we are going to beat South Carolina.” Alabama will travel to Columbia, South Carolina, for a 6 p.m. tipoff Thursday, which will air on SEC Network+. Alabama played South Carolina in Tuscaloosa earlier this month, a game in which the Gamecocks dominated 102-59. South Carolina is the only unbeaten women’s team in the country with a record of 18-0. “I’m not sure there are any weaknesses,” Curry said. “I think the thing that impresses me most [is that] they just come at you in waves. Their first group is as good as a couple of kids that come off the bench to come in the game. Against South Carolina you have a very small margin for error, so you have to take care of the basketball and offensively knock shots down.” Bad starts have plagued the Crimson
The women’s basketball team travels to Columbia, South Carolina Tuesday to take on the Gamecocks. CW / Layton Dudley
Tide recently and Curry said the team needs to put together all 40 minutes in a game. In its last match-up against Vanderbilt, Alabama came out sluggish and was down 15-1 to the Commodores. “I feel like as a team we are only as good as our mindset is,” Hegstetter said. “So you step out on South Carolina’s court and say my girl is not beating me. I’m scoring on her today and she is not scoring on me today, and if every girl has that mindset then we beat South Carolina.” Alabama will head back to Tuscaloosa after its trip to Columbia to host the Arkansas Razorbacks in Foster Auditorium on Sunday for a 1 p.m. game.
The UA gymnastics team looks to keep its energy going as it travels to Kentucky on Friday. CW / Pete Pajor
‘Bama bubble’ key as gymnastics faces UK By Kayla Montgomery | Staff Reporter
Energy has been a constant theme of the University of Alabama gymnastics team three meets into its 2015 season. The energy the team lacked in its first road meet to Arkansas, resulting in a loss, returned to a new high last Friday as the team upset top-ranked Florida in Coleman Coliseum. Looking to keep the energy going, the Alabama gymnastics team will travel to Lexington, Kentucky for its second road meet of the season to take on the Wildcats Friday at 6 p.m. CT. Coach Dana Duckworth said while the win over Florida is an accomplishment, the amount of energy her team brought to the floor last Friday was also important and is the aspect that will best serve the team as it travels to Kentucky. “I think that everyone wants to focus on the fact that we won, and that’s awesome, but there are two things that I was more impressed with,” she said. “One, what we performed and practiced in the gym translated into the meet on Friday evening. Also, number two, internally, some things that went on within our team – some camaraderie, some unity – I’m more impressed with what happened behind the scenes and I think that’s going to carry us very well into the next part of the season.” Duckworth said the change in environment will be a challenge for the team, but one it can overcome. At home the team competes before 12,000-plus fans each week, but on the road, crowd sizes vary, leaving less fan energy for the team to draw from. Instead, the team will have to rely on
what the gymnasts called their ‘Bama bubble,’ focusing on what’s going on within the team. “We have to anticipate that there will not be great crowd,” Duckworth said. “Now, if they have a bunch, it will be icing on the cake. But what we have to practice and what we’re going to expect is a very small crowd. The only way you overcome that is stay in your ‘Bama bubble’ and create your own energy and your own excitement.” As part of the plan to keep spirits high, Duckworth said the lineup this week will change. The new lineup, though, she is keeping a surprise. “We’re going to change the lineup up this week because I think sometimes when you have some of those athletes that haven’t competed in a while, it’s very easy for the team to get behind that athlete and really push, and that naturally creates energy and excitement,” she said. Junior Lauren Beers, who competed in her first all-around in the victory over Florida, said the smaller crowds that come with travel are also a factor in establishing and maintaining team energy. But, Beers said, if the team stays within its “Bama bubble,” things will go well, especially after the team achieved a new level of chemistry against Florida. “This past week was really great with that. We made a lot of improvements, especially from Arkansas,” Beers said. “Kentucky is normally a lot smaller of a crowd than we have here so it will be a true test of how well we’re doing with fixing that, but we’re just going to practice in here and I think Friday will be no problem with that.”
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Crimson Tide will rematch No. 1 Kentucky By Sean Landry | Production Editor
After a tough loss to Florida on Tuesday, the men’s basketball team will travel to Kentucky on Friday for its second game against the Wildcats. CW / Layton Dudley
When the Alabama basketball team hosted No. 1 undefeated Kentucky earlier this month, the season was full of possibility for Alabama coach Anthony Grant’s squad. The Crimson Tide had dropped a close decision in South Carolina, but an impressive season debut against Texas A&M and defensive dominance against Tennessee had Alabama in the conversation for one of the top teams in the SEC.
Kentucky won 70-48. Since then, Alabama is 1-2, sinking to ninth in the SEC after losing to Arkansas in overtime, beating Auburn at home and falling to Florida on Tuesday. Each game was decided by two points. Saturday, Alabama travels to Lexington to take on the Wildcats again. Kentucky is still undefeated, still No. 1. After the loss to Florida on Tuesday night, Grant stressed the importance of starting games well.
“That’s something we’ve talked about and we’ve got to get better at,” Grant said. “The bottom line is you can’t come into games with unrealistic expectations in terms of how things are going to go for you individually or for the team and when it doesn’t happen, your energy still has to stay good. You still have to play, still have to be able to make the plays that you have to make.” All of Alabama’s two-point games have featured furious comebacks by the Crimson Tide.
The difference between wins and losses has come in the final minutes, losing on the last points of the game. “When we go out and play with a lot of effort, usually we are a pretty good team,” senior guard Rodney Cooper said. “We just have to play a 40-minute game like that, and we are a tough team to beat.” Alabama tips off against the Wildcats at 6 p.m. CT in Lexington. The game will be broadcast on the SEC Network.
Women’s tennis looks to build on successful start By Tyler Waldrep | Contributing Writer
The Alabama women’s tennis team plans to keep the foot on the gas when hosting TCU on Saturday. The team is currently playing at a high level after shutting out both Syracuse and Virginia Tech last weekend. Coach Jenny Mainz said the team is not letting a successful start alter its approach. “We treat each match as the next one on the schedule,” she said. “We try to keep things
in perspective.” Sophomore Danielle Spielmann said she is looking forward to getting back out on the court in front of the home crowd. “Home matches are a huge advantage for us,” she said. “Knowing that we have people who believe in us, that’s going to be a huge plus for us.” The women’s tennis team wants to improve going forward and feels it can elevate its level of play going forward by playing more aggressively than it
has been, starting this weekend with TCU. Aggression is not something reserved for opponents. Sophomore Erin Routliffe said the way the team approaches practice is important. “If you can’t bring it on a practice day then you can’t bring it on a match day,” Routliffe said. That approach seems to have worked for Alabama so far especially in doubles play where the team is shortening sets by winning early games. Three
of the four winning sets were finished in eight games. The other was a 6-4 decision in favor of Alabama. Mainz said the team’s success is possible because of the attitude the players had upon returning from winter break. Their dedication allowed the team to play at a higher level than she expected at this point in the season. Now the team just has to continue to build on its hot start. “We have got a lot of work in front of us,” Mainz said.
After a win over Virginia Tech this weekend, the Crimson Tide women’s tennis team is focused on its upcoming match against TCU. CW / Pete Pajor
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