02.02.15 The Crimson White

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015 2 VOLUME E1 21 2 1 | IISSUE S UE 82 SS 121

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SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SINCE 1894

Women’s Tennis

3 Alcohol ALLELE

9 Video Games

The No. 7 Alabama Crimson Tide women’s tennis team hosted No. 20 TCU on Saturday and decisively beat them 6-1. Next up the team travels to Charlottesville, Virginia, on Feb. 6 to play in the ITA National Championships.

University of Pennsylvania’s Patrick McGovern addressed the history of alcohol and its effect on evolution in an ALLELE lecture called “Uncorking the Past” last Thursday.

As 2015 gets going, a variety of video games are being slated for release. A new “Halo” and “Uncharted” along with “Evolve” are among games to look out for in the coming months.

Center Stage 1st student-written play produced by UA theater By Reed O’Mara and Margaret Wilbourne | CW Staff

Writing has been a crucial element of Laura Coby’s life since she first began writing poetry in elementary school. “I wrote my first poem in fifth grade, and it was about a tater tot,” she said. “Everything since then has been fantastic.” Jokes aside, Coby, a junior majoring in English and theatre, is the first undergraduate ever to have SEE COBY PAGE 6

Laura Coby is the first student to have her play produced by UATD. CW / Layton Dudley

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Unlocked hosts forum on race in public schools Panel features writer of ‘Segregation Now’ By Nick Privitera | Contributing Writer

Students and members of the UA community crowded into 1093 Shelby Hall on Thursday night to see the forum “Confronting Reality:

Race in Our Public Schools.” “I was really excited to see so many students and faculty members and community members who are passionate about our public schools,” said Philip Westbrook, moderator of the event. The forum hosted a fivespeaker panel. The speakers included Nikole Hannah-

Jones, an award-winning journalist for ProPublica; Nirmala Erevelles, UA professor of educational leadership and foundations of education; Utz McKnight, UA associate professor of political science; Earnestine Tucker, a member of the Tuscaloosa City School Board; and Mary Givens, UA assistant clinical professor

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of education. Each spoke indepth on the issue of racial segregation in Tuscaloosa public schools. “I think, maybe, we pierced that post-racial bubble for [the audience],” Hannah-Jones said. “I think a lot of younger kids, who have seen a black

I think, maybe, we pierced that post-racial bubble for [the audience]. — Nikole Hannah-Jones —

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