MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015 VOLUME ME E 121 | ISSUE 97
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SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SINCE 1894 Lent
3 Student Voting
10 Softball
With almost two weeks elapsed of the 40 days of Lent, many students are fasting from certain luxuries. While some opted to give up sweets and unhealthy foods, other students decided to add something to their days, like extra prayers.
A Montgomery-based non-profit aims to register 90 percent of the state’s nearly 50,000 public high school seniors to vote in order to get Alabama youth involved in politics.
No. 5 Alabama softball won two games in its series with No. 6 Louisiana-Lafayette. Junior Haylie McCleney hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in the seventh inning in Sunday’s 3-2 win.
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The Super Bowl frequently spurs some form of controversy,
but this year, it was about a much more serious subject than whether or not the Patriots’ deflated footballs should have cost them their right to play. The Super Bowl is the largest night for prostitution in the country, and it is receiving more attention than ever before. In a threeweek sting leading up to the night
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of the game, police arrested over 600 people for soliciting prostitutes related to the Super Bowl. They also rescued 68 victims of human trafficking, including 14 minors. It drew even more attention when NFL Hall of Fame
member and sports analyst Warren Sapp was arrested for soliciting a prostitute at a nearby hotel after the game. SEE TRAFFICKING PAGE 8
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Alabama track and field athlete Remona Burchell set a collegiate record for the women’s 60-meter dash while winning the event at the SEC Championship on Saturday. Burchell clocked a time of 7.08 seconds on the event, edging the previous record of
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Alabama basketball player Levi Randolph was named the program’s first Academic AllAmerican. Randolph was selected to the 201415 Capital One Academic All-America Second Team, announced on Thursday. Randolph earned his undergraduate degree in marketing in August
with a 3.45 GPA. In all, 15 men’s basketball players from across the country earned the accolade, with five student-athletes each on the first, second and third teams. Compiled by Kayla Montgomery
Women’s basketball falls in final regular season game The women’s basketball team fell 80-73 to Auburn in its final regular season match-up of the season on Sunday. The loss drops the team to 13-18 on the season and 2-14 in the SEC. Freshman Hannah Cook scored a career-high 24
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Honors College Town Hall rescheduled for Monday The Honors College is hosting a Town Hall meeting on Monday night at 6 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Forum. Speakers and attendees will have the chance to discuss campus safety at the event. The meeting is open to anyone who would
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Editor | Rachel Brown Newsdesk@cw.ua.edu Monday, March 2, 2015
EMPOWER ALABAMA 90% 1998
11% 2015
Empower Alabama renewed their Voter Participation Project with a goal of registering 90% of the state’s 48,163 public high-school seniors to vote.
Executive Director of Empower Alabama Bradley Davidson said Alabama voting rates have dropped 11% since 1998.
Michael Antolin of Colorado State University discusses evolution in medicine as a part of the Alabama Lecture on Life’s Evolution series. CW / Ben Jackson
Talk covers modern medicine
Last year the group helped voters in 10 counties, increasing the turnout in those districts by 10-12%.
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Overall, they registered 20% of Alabama's new voters.
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Group strives to increase student voter registration By Mackenzie Ross | Staff Reporter
With the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a Montgomery non-profit called Empower Alabama aims to increase voter registration and turnout in Alabama. The group hopes to recruit college-aged students to help register high school seniors to vote. Empower Alabama was founded in 2006 but renewed their mission last year with The Voter Participation Project. The organization found that young adults, less-educated people, minorities and lower-income communities vote less frequently than other groups. The project aims to register 90 percent of the state’s 48,163 public high school seniors. “Since 1998, the share of Alabamians voting has dropped about 11 percent,” said Bradley Davidson, a University of Alabama alumnus and executive director of Empower Alabama. “Especially with young people under 25 years old, we have a problem in terms of folks registering to vote.” Last year, Empower Alabama worked in 10 counties and was responsible for registering 20 percent of the state’s new voters. They also increased voter turnout in those districts by 10 to 12 percent. When they visited high schools, they gave a 10- to 15-minute presentation, showed students how to fill out the voter registration card and submitted the forms to the local registrar’s office. “There’s been a lot of polls on the millennial generation to see what they’re concerned about, and they’re not the same things Congress is concerned about,” said Jenny McCharen, digital director for Empower Alabama. “This
is your chance to change this world so it really represents you and your friends.” In addition to increasing voter registration, Empower Alabama hopes to increase voter turnout. Davidson said a person who votes in three elections will become a lifelong voter. To do this, they are experimenting with Snapchat to remind students when to go vote. For college students, they want to provide information on how to vote absentee. “We never tell people who to vote for,” Davidson said. “We’ll never endorse candidates. We’ll never endorse positions or a slate of issues. We just want young people, everybody, to vote.” To further their mission, Empower Alabama seeks college students to help facilitate presentations at high schools across Alabama. McCharen cited research that showed a near peer is more effective when communicating with young people. Because of this, college-age students can more effectively deliver their message. “If they don’t participate, government is going to continue to be old people,” McCharen said. “But if they do participate, there’s more of them. So government could be them if they just participated. It’s just a matter of showing up.” Davidson said there are approximately 200,000 felons in the state of Alabama who could have their voting rights restored. In the future, Empower Alabama hopes to help those felons with the necessary paperwork to begin voting again. To become involved, visit empoweralabama.com/apply or for more information visit Twitter @empoweralabama and Facebook “Empower Alabama.”
classrooms and an understanding among doctors that medicine is Students, faculty and community rarely “algorithmic.” “Viruses and diseases evolve very members gathered with Michael Antolin of Colorado State University quickly,” he said. “It is possible to discuss evolution in medicine and that diseases like Ebola that were how an understanding of the funda- once considered spillover diseases mental science can change therapies could evolve to the human form and become a regular thing. We need and diagnoses for the better. The Thursday evening lecture more rapid diagnosis of viruses “What Doctors Need to Know and bacterial infections, because About Evolution” was a part of the fighting a virus with antibiotics does nothing. Better Evolution Working diagnoses and treatGroup’s 10th year ment options will of the Alabama come with a betLecture on Life’s ter understanding Evolution series, It is critical that we gain a evolutionary of or ALLELE. better understanding of medicine.” Antolin, a biolo“Lectures like gist studying epievolution as a cornerstone these are extremely demiology and of modern biology. important,” said population genetBranden Hervol, a ics, discussed the junior majoring in significance of evo— Michael Antolin — biology. “This really lutionary sciences helps introduce stuin modern medidents to evolution – cine, both in terms a field which a lot of of education and in actual practice. His work has been public education has really shut out widely published in the academic and frowned upon.” The Evolution Working Group world, and recently he has been working with an interdisciplinary team aims to use lecture series to comto study chronic wasting disease in bat this problem and is actively engaged in designing K-12 evolumule deer. “This life was a natural for me,” tion education material through he said in his lecture. “It is critical “Speaking Evolution.” “The ALLELE team is a diverse that we gain a better understanding of evolution as a cornerstone of group of disciplines working together to further evolutionary biology,” modern biology.” Antolin began his lecture with a said Laura Reed, an assistant prorecap of evolution’s history as a sci- fessor of biology who introduced ence, focused largely on Charles the event. “Our department works hard to Darwin and his family, who had a educate people about evolution,” history in medicine. Antolin went on to assert that said Christopher Lynn, the assismedical schools would benefit from tant anthropology professor behind instituting curriculums more cen- the ALLELE series. “We are a hub tered on evolutionary sciences for evolution studies, especially in that are currently absent in such the Southeast.”
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Editor | Patrick Crowley Letters@cw.ua.edu Monday, March 2, 2015
COLUMN | FREE SPEECH
Free speech crucial to students’ growth CAROLYN
Duke Staff Columnist
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COLUMN | ELECTIONS
Stop divisive tactics in SGA elections CHISOLM
Allenlundy Staff Columnist
In 2007, researchers at Washington State University published a paper uncovering a previously-ignored factor that influenced people’s voting patterns: social isolation and loneliness. In their research, they found that not only do voters who identify as lonelier than the average population tend to vote less often, they are also more likely to vote for a certain candidate simply because a group with which they wish to connect supports that candidate. This phenomenon has been thought to explain why new Americans often vote for the candidate who is most highly supported in their neighborhood, even if that candidate’s views do not closely reflect their own. I can personally relate myself to this study. In SGA elections in middle and high school, I often found myself voting for the stereotypically popular candidate, the one who was part of the “in group,” because as a teenager I often felt insecure about my own level of popularity. Some strange and misguided part of me felt that if I privately voted for this person – even if I never told anyone – it would make this group of kids like me more. Call it what you want,
but I just wanted to be accepted in an environment that simply wasn’t always conducive to that. As it turns out for many people, SGA elections at the University are no different, particularly within the Greek system. This is absolutely not to say that Greek students are less willed to be free thinkers, but the Greek system has a much more historically compelling interest in student government than non-Greek students, which is why they are so highly represented. Unfortunately, this has produced a climate that in many ways leverages social isolation and ostracism as means of campaigning for particular candidates. Perhaps we should not so much be worried about the instances of students being literally forced to vote for a candidate as much as the instances of students facing such ceremonious excommunication. This loneliness is something all people truly fear, and for good reason: suicide is often referred to as a “crime of loneliness.” It goes without saying that there is a certain expectation in many Greek houses to support a particular group of candidates. Those individuals who deviate from that course, either because they genuinely support a different candidate or because they simply don’t appreciate being arbitrarily told what to do, have often been bullied and harassed within their own houses. A quick skim through submitted drop forms over the past year will likely
... bullying, harassment and systematic social ostracism are all things we learned were immature and wrong a long time ago. be more than enough evidence of that fact. I say all that to say this: bullying, harassment and systematic social ostracism are all things we learned were immature and wrong a long time ago. That said, they are triedand-true tactics of SGA politics in independent circles as well as Greek ones. If the University wants to promote a campaign season that is both fair and protects the well being of all students, it should make genuine efforts to discourage that type of petty behavior. But more importantly, students themselves must work to ensure that social isolation is not used as a weapon or campaign tool against others and if it is, it is reported appropriately. Complaints can be sent to electionwatchua@gmail.com, which maintains a complete right to anonymity. Students’ voting habits should not define their worth as friends and individuals, either in the SGA or elsewhere. At the end of the day, it’s no one’s business but your own. Chisolm Allenlundy is a junior majoring in philosophy and economics. His column runs weekly.
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As a future teacher in America’s school systems, it is heart wrenching to know that universities have placed restrictions on freedom of speech in a setting that should foster discussion and discovery. Unfortunately here at The University of Alabama many students do not feel as if campus provides this. I couldn’t agree more when Frank LoMonte stated, “Americans need to take a collective chill pill and understand momentary lapses in taste and discretion on social media for what they are – opportunities for learning, not for expulsion or arrest.” One of the major reasons I chose secondary education rather than early education as a major is because I believe discussion and the expansion, development, disproving and forming of opinions, beliefs and thoughts is so important to personal development. I dream about inspiring kids to dive into their passions and concerns, but not just to learn more and experience more with what they love. If there is one thing I hope every student I have in the future leaves my classroom with, it’s this: they have a voice, and if vocalized in the right, appropriate and worthwhile form, it can be heard. No matter their background, past experiences and person, they have a voice. Though valued by me, my future students’ opinions will not be valued by everyone. Therefore I would hope to push them to research, solidify and expand their opinions so that the world has a reason to embrace their thoughts. To know that some campuses around the nation have restricted students’ freedom of speech in order to uphold a campus image is disheartening. As Patrick Crowley, The Crimson White’s opinions editor, eloquently stated in his article last week “Continue to talk about free speech,” students need to have the opportunity to “... develop a sense of intellectual curiosity and a capability for respectful, intellectual exchange.” As a teacher, I would want to know that the students I hope to prepare for college careers would be in an environment that fostered discussion. College isn’t about being safe, it’s about exploring everything. If students are looking for a quiet, uneventful college experience with a student body that doesn’t challenge them, they shouldn’t be going to college, a place that is established to expand the mind. That is why we must stand up for our right to voice ours here on campus. There are outlets on campus to voice student’s opinions. Last Monday’s CW publication, “Chalking provides outlet for freedom of expression,” explained exactly what the title says – chalking at the University allows for freedom of speech. However, it seemed ironic that one outlet for student expression was through such an impermanent medium. Though it is difficult for students to voice opinions, there are outlets on campus like The Crimson White. But the limited speech on campus should be changed for the greater good of fostering discussion and intellectual growth. Carolyn Duke is a sophomore majoring in secondary education – language arts. Her column runs biweekly.
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OPINIONS Monday, March 2, 2015 COLUMN | SGA
Students must care about SGA to have a voice in their representation ANDREW AND
Parks Pa Staff Co Columnist
As anyone who’s spoken with me in recent weeks knows, I’ve adopted an almost singular focus on our Student Government Association lately. While many have taken an interest in my discussions, I’ve heard a certain response a select few times: “Who cares about the SGA?” I’ll start with this: A lot of people care about the SGA. In the two years I’ve worked on SGA election reform, I’ve spoken to more students than I can count who care a lot. But the unfortunate truth that this question underscores is that no matter how many people care, it’s not enough. I expounded on our campus’ low voter turnout and poor electoral competition, two of the prime indicators of this apathy, in my last column. For this column, I’d like to explain why people should care about the SGA. I’ll start with the money. The 2014 budget for our SGA determined
the destiny of more than $860,000. Regardless of what you’ve been led to believe by SGA press releases, that money comes out of your wallet – from your tuition, your student fees, your room and board and for Alabama residents, your taxes. The cost of you not caring is 50 senators and seven executive officers deciding what’s done with that money without your input. A second reason to care is the sheer number of students involved. In my four years here, the number of SGA staff positions has varied between roughly 80 and roughly 150. That makes the SGA one of the largest extracurricular groups on campus. Those personnel carry out a multitude of functions that affect all aspects of the student body directly. Many of them frequently advise UA officials on important decisions and assist in a number of day-to-day functions. Whether you know it or not, these students make decisions that affect you. On that note, a third reason you should care is the simple fact that the SGA, like it or not, is your voice. On every college campus around the country, student government is intended to be the institution
that represents the student body spoke with a young lady who told me to the administration, the faculty that representatives of a company and staff, the local community and she had applied to work for up north even the state and federal govern- expressed concerns in an interview ments. Our SGA is no different. You with her about hiring a UA graduate. remaining silent means that some- Why? “Endorsing racism.” You may one else’s voice has a larger portion think that such a view of Alabama is of that chorus. outdated, and to be fair, that opinion The fourth and frankly most impor- isn’t entirely unfounded. But the simtant reason is that the SGA is the ple truth is that in these cases, perface of the students of ception is often more the University – the important than reality. face of you. When the Whatever the reality SGA makes a good may be, our SGA has ... the SGA is the move, our campus done much to advance looks good; when it that perception, and face of the students makes a bad move, little to change it. of the University – our campus looks bad, As we go through as do the students by the process of SGA the face of you. proxy. I could go into elections in the comnumerous examples of ing weeks, you will this, the most recent be presented with of which brought a an opportunity to mountain of bad publicity down on determine the future of our camthe University in the national media pus. I urge you to pay close attenlast April. But exactly how the SGA tion, carefully weigh your options can, when run poorly, put egg on your and cast your vote thoughtfully. face is not so important for the pur- Take this opportunity to take the pose of this column as exactly how SGA back. that affects you. So how does it affect you? By affecting the value of the Andrew Parks is a senior majoring in political science. His column diploma you will leave here with. For example, a few weeks ago, I runs biweekly.
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Editor | Francie Johnson Culture@cw.ua.edu Monday, March 2, 2015
COLUMN | FILM
Oscar nods likely to be repeated By Drew Pendleton
The awards have been given out, the speeches delivered and the red carpet rolled up. Aside from DVD releases, the 2014 film season has come to a close. While the 2015 awards season is months away, several nominees who made it to the ceremony this year may have a chance at returning to the Dolby Theatre next year.
Eddie Redmayne When the Best Actor race finally came to an end, it was “The Theory of Everything” star Eddie Redmayne onstage holding his first Oscar, having won on his first nomination after missing the lineup for “Les Misérables” in 2012. While his speech became a viral sensation due to his enthusiasm and apparent shock, the 2014 ceremony likely won’t be the last time Redmaynee finds himself in contention. As it turns out, this could happen as soon as next year. In Tom Hooper’s per’s “The Danish Girl,” which is currently filming, Redmayne plays real-life artist Einar Wegener, ner, a Danish painter who, in the early 1900s, underwent an experimental surgery in order to become a woman, Lili Elbe. Director Hooper has respect in the Academy after winning ng an Oscar for “The King’s Speech” and directing “Les Misérables.” Redmayne’s surge to victory for “The Theory of Everything” has also put him on the Academy’s radar. In a role that sounds incredibly intriguing and like potential Oscar bait, Redmayne may be in the heat of the Best Actor race once again.
Sophomore Abbey Wildzunas gave up sweets, including cupcakes, for the 40 days of Lent. CW / Layton Dudley
Students fast from sweets during Lent Rotten Tomatoes
By Katie Bedrich | Contributing Writer
Julianne Moore In one of the most predictable wins of Oscar night, Hollywood stalwart Julianne Moore took home hom her first Oscar for her leading role as an Alzheimer’s-afflicted linguistics professor in “Still “Sti Alice.” It was a crowning achievement for Moore, who had been nominated several times tim before and delivered consistently great work in a wide range of roles from “Boogie Nights” to “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay” but never won. Next year, however, she could Nig be back with “Freeheld,” an adaptation of the 2007 award-winning short documentary of the th same name. In the film, Moore plays Laurel Hester, a New Jersey police detective who, after af being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, fights to secure her pension benefits for fo her girlfriend (Ellen Page) upon her death. Not only does the film have the potential to be b an emotional, powerful experience, it could be the film that sends Moore and Page (nominated in 2007 for “Juno”) back to the Oscar ceremony. ( Rotten Tomatoes
Michael Keaton A video that’s quickly spread across the Internet since the ceremony shows Michael Keaton aton soon after losing the Best Actor Oscar to Eddie Redmayne, returning what seemed to bee a speech back to his pocket. While Keaton may not have taken home the gold on his first nominanation, Keaton has a role next year that the Oscars could go crazy for. In “Spotlight,” Keaton playss Walter Robinson, the editor of a team of investigative journalists at the Boston Globe that uncovered the scandal of child molestation and the resulting cover-up in the Boston Archdiocese. The Oscars love mentor roles, and with a massive ensemble around him – including Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber and Stanley Tucci – there is a distinct possibility that if his performance stands out, Keaton could find himself in the race once again. Rotten Tomatoes
Meryl Streep
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Any tim time Meryl Streep has a film being released, there is always some degree of buzz about her being nominated. nom While she lost this year for “Into the Woods,” Streep has two films being released that could bring her back once again for her 20th nomination. While her supporting role in 2015 th Emmeline Pankhurst in “Suffragette” – about the early days of the feminist movement – may be as Emmelin too small to garner a nomination, it’s her other film that could land her in the Best Actress lineup. and the Flash,” she plays an aging rock star trying to reconnect with her estranged family In “Ricki an (Streep’s real-life daughter, Mamie Gummer) goes through a divorce. While the after her daughter dau Streep another chance to show off her musical talents, she’s not the only thing intriguing film gives Stre about the film. It also co-stars Kevin Kline and Rick Springfield; has a script from Oscar winner Diablo Cody (“Juno,” “Young Adult”); and is directed by Jonathan Demme, who won an Oscar directing “The Silence of the Lambs” in 1991. It’s an intriguing cast of characters, but if one for dir thing’s for sure, it’s that Streep could be in contention once again. thing
Christian students at the University have found various ways to observe Lent, the religious period that began with Ash Wednesday on Feb. 18 and ends on Easter on April 5. In the traditional observance of Lent, Christian believers usually give up certain luxuries for 40 days to signify the sacrifices Jesus made according to the events of the New Testament. Different denominations include customs of prayer and penance. “To me, Lent is a time to become closer to God and become closer with my faith and really try and get to a place where I’m prepared to understand the sacrifice that was made for me,” said Julianna Betbeze, a senior majoring in international studies. Betbeze, a Roman Catholic, is abstaining from eating anything with added sugar, including most processed foods. “It’s intense ingredient reading,” she said. “I eat tons of fruit and vegetables and a lot of protein.” Betbeze said the change has been difficult but that it is fulfilling its purpose of helping her understand the true meaning of Lent and religious sacrifice. “I wanted to give up something where I knew I would need God even more than I already do,” she said. “I knew I would have to pray every morning and ask for strength and patience to try to get through the day without sugar.” Abbey Wildzunas, a sophomore majoring in food and nutrition and a Methodist, gave up sweets for the 40 days. She said generally people assume Lent is an excuse to eat healthier, but for her, sweets are a real sacrifice. “It’s stuff that I really want,
and [sweets] really are my favorite thing to eat,” she said. “I don’t think I’d crave an apple if I gave up apples.” John Clary, a sophomore majoring in chemical engineering, is a Roman Catholic who attends Saint Francis Church, the Catholic church on campus. He said he stopped giving things up for Lent about three years ago, when he decided that luxuries like candy and desserts don’t really warrant a true sacrifice. He said instead of giving something up, he practices extra prayers like reciting decades of the Rosary. “It’s 10 scripted prayers every night,” he said. “On the Rosary, you start out on the cross and you say a prayer for each bead and make your way around the 40 beads on the chain. Each of the four segments is called a decade – I pray one decade every night.” Clary said he feels like many Christians forget about doing something extra during Lent. He said his extra prayers are helping him make God a bigger part of his daily life, which is more significant for him than going without something for 40 days. “I’m trying to make daily living a prayer just by living more for God,” he said. “Hopefully if I do this for long enough it will start to spill over into my daily interactions and that’s how it will change me for the better.” Many Christians also take part in meatless Fridays as a part of observing Lent. Clary and Betbeze said they eat things like fish, eggs and cheese pizzas to replace meat once a week until Easter. They said that some churches choose to host fish frys or shrimp boils on Fridays, and Fresh Food Company has served fried fish on most Fridays of the semester.
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CULTURE Monday, March 2, 2015
Gorgas case exhibits black history artifacts By Margaret Wilbourne | Contributing Writer
To explore the contents of the glass display cases and frames in Gorgas Library’s Pearson Foyer is to peer at a snapshot of historically and culturally significant representations of the last 150 years. Reverend Wylheme H. Ragland and his son, Frederick Kennedy, said they’re aiming to reconstruct a more realistic understanding of the significant contributions of people of color in Alabama through the exhibit, which displays cookbooks, scrapbooks, letters, photographs, wills, journals and funeral bulletins, primarily from north Alabama. “I think it’s absolutely vital to have different [tools] tell a story, and we want to have things that take the story out of the textbook,” Kennedy said. “If you can hold the diary of a Jubilee Singer, [a touring group of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee], that was written 80 years ago as she performed across the world, it really helps shape your perspective.” Kennedy, who acts as an associate curator for the collection, said he often looks for dates of significance to enhance the meaning the collection’s exhibits. “The most recent donation of lot of African American content in February [was instigated] by it being Black History Month,” he said. “We thought adding to the collection would make the
The Schaudies-Banks-Ragland Collection, on display in the Pearson Foyer of Gorgas Library, has grown with the addition of content to mark Black History Month. CW / Amy Sullivan
[celebration] more real. Having things other than the landmark [Martin Luther King Jr.] and Malcolm X, such as a book of memoirs from the 1800s, sparks new interest and makes more of an impact.” Ragland said the month-long celebration serves as a platform for his campaign to expose the full societal contributions of black Americans. “Many people are unaware that there were black men in the 116th infantry of Decatur who served as Union soldiers,” he said. “Many of us knew that, but it wasn’t in the books, so ‘it didn’t happen.’” Ragland said he hopes this history of
COLUMN | GAMING
Episodic gaming growing in stature By Matthew Wilson
Released Tuesday, “Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Episode 1” presents a new experiment for the long running survival horror series. Rather than release the complete game, “Revelations 2” will be split up and released in four two-to-three hour episodes over the next four weeks. Episodic gaming is becoming increasingly commonplace as an alternative to the traditional AAA games. Borrowing heavily from the concept of television shows, episodic gaming offers quick bursts of entertainment over a period of weeks and months. The episodes often end in a cliffhanger, meant to string along the player. Episodic gaming usually has between four to five episodes that culminate in a “season finale.” Season finales often wrap the current storylines and hint at future seasons. Developer TellTale has often been a pioneer for episodic gaming with releases like “The Walking Dead” and “Game of Thrones.” TellTale’s episodic content often offers interactive experiences that blend the line between video games and films. Having received popularity and critical acclaim, developers like TellTale offer an example for other developers. There are limits to episodic games. Some games are meant to be experienced in one sitting, like movies. Other video games such as open-world or multiplayer shooters would be impossible in the episodic format. Episodic
“Resident Evil: Revelations 2” will be released in multiple installments over the next four weeks. Amazon.com
video games are reserved for focused narrative experiences that captivate the player. The game offers the chance to experience survival horror and boss battles on a micro level. It remains to be seen whether “Revelations 2” will succeed or fail. Episodic gaming will continue to be part of the gaming industry, offering shorter experiences and more personal moments to players. With developers like TellTale and other developers experimenting with medium, gaming continues to evolve and offer new exciting experiences.
omission will be countered by the collection, which aims to educate others about a more realistic view of the state’s history. “We said, ‘Let’s look at the diversity and richness of black history in Alabama,’” he said. “Our collection says there weren’t [just slaves or poor], there were free blacks in Civil War times, [and throughout history] there were educated, middle class citizens who owned businesses and were elected to public office.” With this exhibit, the Ragland collection has seen three installments at the University’s libraries. Ragland first found his way to UA’s library system via
an article on sweet potato pies written by a former staff member of Hoole Special Collections Library. “I called the library and said, ‘I love the article. My mother made some of the best pies in the United States and was an avid collector of cook books,’” he said. “I told them that I would love to meet with them and donate those, and that was the beginning of a great relationship.” Although Ragland is an alumnus of Jacksonville State, Emory and Vanderbilt, he said he chose to work with the University based on positive past experiences. “In our meetings with the staff, we felt this was [the place] to have our ancestors’ wish of preserving this information fulfilled,” he said. “We feel ecstatic with what the library staff is doing. They are professional, kind, energetic; I can’t say enough good things.” While the Schaudies-Banks-Ragland Collection is a vast one, Ragland said he hopes for it to grow through other families donating their own inherited histories to the special collections library, which will be the eventual beneficiary of the collection. But most of all, Ragland said he hopes to build a new understanding of Alabama’s rich cultural past by taking “an appreciative, truthful, and celebratory look at our history.” The current exhibit in the Pearson Foyer will be on display through March 13.
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reintegrating these women into society. These women are provided counseling, identification, life skills and education, all free of charge. In 2013, McCarty was recTRAFFICKING FROM PAGE 1 ognized by the FBI with the Community Leadership Award for her work and Some people in the United States her dedication in her fight against believe slavery in this country ended human trafficking. over 150 years ago, but sex trafficking The WellHouse has rescued women has only continued to grow. Trafficking from across the country who have been occurs right in Alabama’s backyard, with trafficked into Alabama. These women cases reported in Montgomery, Dothan, have been saved from a number of differHuntsville, Mobile and Birmingham. In ent places, including local universities, fact, I-20, particularly the 147-mile stretch clubs and parties. from Birmingham to Atlanta, is the top sex “We have even rescued a girl from the trafficking highway in the United States. same home in Birmingham that I was resVictims are taken to and from hubs locat- cued from 25 years ago,” McCarty said. ed between Dallas and the She said victims are East Coast and are forced not limited to runaways to participate in various When folks fall victim or abducted children, but areas of the sex industry they are often girls from to this crime, they have affluent areas. including escort services, massage parlors, street “There is a misconto be walked out of it. ception prostitution, pornography about the socioand strip clubs. economic status of these — Jack Williams — While some argue that victims,” McCarty said. those in the sex industry The vast majority of the are choosing to participate victims in the U.S. had no in these acts on their own, some of them intention of getting into the sex industry, have no say in the matter. but through modeling, a boyfriend or out Tajuan McCarty is the founder of The of desperation they found themselves WellHouse, a safe house for rescued vic- being exploited and used, living in an tims of human trafficking in Birmingham. earthly hell, McCarty said. She said no one in their right mind would “Until we change our perspective on choose this life for themselves and most trafficking and the victims of it, this will are stuck in it because they were dragged continue,” she said. into it by boyfriends, drug addictions or a Another key player in the fight need to provide for their children. against human trafficking in Alabama McCarty is a former victim – when she is Representative Jack Williams from was 15 years old she said her “boyfriend Vestavia Hills, Alabama. He is the chair turned pimp” began trafficking her. She of the Alabama Human Trafficking Task said Birmingham is a hot spot for traf- Force, which helps to combat, prevent and fickers as it links major hubs like Atlanta, create awareness of human trafficking. New Orleans and Nashville. She was traf“What we are trying to do is create an ficked to Birmingham so often that she atmosphere in the state where victims said she began to call this place home. can get help and also have an open and Once she was rescued, McCarty honest discussion about what’s going on remained in Birmingham and, in 2010, she so we can stop this,” he said. End It Alabama, a program of the created a 24-hour crisis line and rescue program. Today, The WellHouse serves Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force, as a refuge for women rescued from hosted a summit at the end of January to trafficking with the goal of eventually educate law enforcement and attorneys
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on how to better handle human trafficking in the state. They brought in experts from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security to better equip local officials to deal with and recognize victims. Williams also sponsored a law in 2010 to protect victims, particularly minors, from being arrested. “Our goal is to focus on those who victimize, not the victims themselves,” he said. Maggie Snead, a junior majoring in human environmental sciences, is president of the University’s chapter of the International Justice Mission, an
organization that works to combat modern-day slavery, which human trafficking is sometimes called. “So many people think it’s a thing of the past, but slavery is bigger than it’s ever been,” she said. McCarty, Williams and Snead all encouraged students to get involved in stopping human trafficking. “When folks fall victim to this crime, they have to be walked out of it,” Williams said. “They can’t do it alone.” To find out more about human trafficking in Alabama, visit thewellhouse.org, enditalabama.org or alabamaijm.com.
COLUMN | BOOK
Leav explores themes of loneliness, happiness, doubt in short poems By Tori Linville
Lang Leav’s book of poetry “Love and Misadventure” features soulful, unapologetic writing sure to tug on readers’ heartstrings. Amazon.com
Lang Leav’s writing should probably come with a warning sticker: feelings will be felt. Her debut book of poetry, “Love and Misadventure,” is composed of 75 poems that make a reader want to listen to Sam Smith and John Legend on repeat. The soulful writing is unapologetic, and Leav harnesses the power of saying a lot with a little – the longest poem is only three paragraphs of prose poetry. After dedicating the book to her partner Michael Faudet, she begins part one. Each section is bookmarked by the author’s own illustrations done in what appears to be simple pencil. Part one and part two, “Misadventure” and “The Circus of Sorrows,” are introduced by a sleepy blonde drifting on the page. Part three, “Love,” is accompanied by a brunette with a blunt bob and a pug. Both look equally as sleepy. The little six-line morsels are easy to miss if the reader is distracted with the outside world. A quiet read is recommended for reflection’s sake – Leav’s poems pack a punch that does
not hesitate to floor the audience. With titles like “Just Friends,” “Wallflower” and “Afraid to Love,” it’s easy to dismiss the poetry as sappy and unoriginal. After a quick reread, lines such as “for the past has taught to not be caught, in what is not worth pursuing” become not just catchy rhymes but relatable motifs. Themes of loneliness, happiness, doubt and depression mix with metaphors of fishing, carousels and rollercoasters, causing a contrast between happy thoughts and not-so-happy times. The distinction is furthered by the sad-looking illustrations that are adorned with balloons and cone-shaped party hats. Parts two and three echo with musicality along with part one. The heavy subject matter of betrayal, jealousy and soul mates are written with end rhymes that create a “Ring Around the Rosie” effect of child-like happiness. The poems aren’t all dire and depressing, though. “All or Nothing” speaks to self-worth and confidence while “Written in Traffic” takes a break from all the hustle and bustle. It’s easy to see why Leav’s poetry has
become popular. Unless a reader has never had relations with another human being, the writer’s voice tugs on some familiar heartstrings. Leav is never too stingy with her work and often posts pictures of her projects on her social media platforms. As she prepared for the release of “Love and Misadventure” in 2013, she shared her writing with her fans via her website and blog. Because of this collaboration, most people are familiar with Leav’s voice and don’t even know it. Looking back, “Love and Misadventures” is helpful as an introduction to Leav’s style of short stanzas and lines with hanging indentions that make a statement. Her playful, melodic and somber voice takes a firm hold in her newest installation, “Lullabies.” To make things even more crafty and individual, the author provides a service for readers to send their favorite Lang Leav poems to anyone. The poems are printed on heavyweight art paper and encased in a string-tie envelope, according to the book’s final page. To send a poem, readers can visit langleav.com/postedpoems.
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Gymnastics streak broken by LSU By Kayla Montgomery | Assistant Sports Editor
An Alabama gymnast holds a handstand on uneven bars in the Crimson Tide’s loss on Friday night. CW / Amy Sullivan
It took six years to build a 49-0 home streak in Coleman Coliseum, but the No. 5 Alabama gymnastics team came just short of its 50th win, falling to No. 2 LSU 197.350197.225. The Tigers were the last team to beat Alabama at home in 2009. The Crimson Tide posted its lowest bar score this month and its lowest beam score since its early beam meltdown at Arkansas that cost the team its first loss of the season. Overall, though, coach Dana Duckworth said the team took several valuable lessons away from the night, including an increased confidence in its depth in the face of last-minute lineup changes. “So excited to see a few new faces again, [like] Nickie Guerrero getting out there on balance beam,” she said. “So proud of literally pulling an audible at the last second and Hunter Dennis stepping in for [Mackenzie] Brannen and delivering a great job. Kaitlyn [Clark] was going to go on bars and then we swapped someone else around, so this ability – to do whatever we need to do to be successful to go against the No. 2
Baseball drops weekend series By Nolan Imsande | Staff Reporter
Mikey White took a big base-running gamble that didn’t pay off in Alabama’s 6-5 loss to Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday. The junior shortstop singled with one out in the ninth inning and was standing at first when sophomore right fielder Casey Hughston doubled to right. White made it all the way to third. After a wild cutoff throw trickled into the infield, he tried to score from third but was thrown out. “I made it to third with one out,” White said. “I probably should have stayed there but saw the ball kick away from the cutoff man. Tried to make a hustle play and I didn’t get in in time.” Sophomore catcher Will Haynie was also thrown out at the plate in the second inning of the game. “That is just part of the game,” Alabama coach Mitch Gaspard said. “I would rather get thrown out right there than be standing at third. That is one of those that is easy to second guess when it doesn’t work. At the same time, if our style wants to be aggressive, you’re going to have to take some chances.” Alabama struggled throughout most of the game. The Crimson Tide was down 3-0 until a fifth-inning rally that put it up 5-3. In the seventh inning, Louisiana-Lafayette was able to score three runs of off Alabama relievers Alex Watkins and Thomas Burrows to regain a 6-5 lead. Burrows received the loss and moves to 0-2 on the season. The Ragin’ Cajuns scored their first three runs off Alabama starter Will Carter.
Louisiana-Lafayette beat the Crimson Tide 14-2 on Sunday. UA Athletics
Carter pitched 5.1 innings, gave up three runs, walked three and gave up six hits. In Friday’s game, the first of the series, Alabama jumped to a 4-0 lead but after a rough seventh inning for starter Taylor Guilbeau, the Ragin’ Cajuns tied it at four. In the eighth inning, Tuscaloosa native J.C. Wilhite blooped a single to right to break the tie and the Crimson Tide added another to take the game 6-4. Louisiana-Lafayette won Sunday’s rubber match 14-2. It built the lead with four runs in both the fourth and sixth innings. Sophomore Geoffrey Bramblett started the game for Alabama but gave up six hits and six runs in four innings. He took the loss. Hughston drove in one of Alabama’s runs for his 18th RBI of the season. The other run for the Crimson Tide came on a ninthinning solo home run by White.
team in the country and it be that close – I just think it speaks volumes to what we are capable of.” Alabama opened the night with a 49.375 on vault, led by a pair of 9.9s from Clark and Lauren Beers, and led the Tigers after the first rotation. On the second rotation, Alabama posted a 49.225 on the uneven bars, its lowest score since Jan. 30. Duckworth said it was imperative that her team compete with confidence on the balance beam, and while the scores weren’t as high as they could have been, she said the team accomplished this goal. “When we went into balance beam, we needed to have a great performance,” she said. “We needed to have the confidence that we know we should have and do the job, and they did that, and that’s a huge part of the building blocks that will take us moving forward.” Entering the final rotation on the floor exercise, the team’s top-ranked rotation, the Crimson Tide trailed 147.875-147.825. Despite a stroke of creativity by Beers to raise her starting score after missing a tumbling pass,
Alabama fell just short of keeping its home streak alive. On the night, Beers came in third in the all-around, well-shy of her usual performance. “Lauren has been a rock all year, and on every single night,” Clark said. “You’re going to have those nights where the rest of us have to have her back instead of her having our back, and I think that’s just what happened tonight. We all had her back and even though she might feel a little down right now, I think she’s going to realize that it’s okay to have an off night and we still love her and still trust her and she’s going to do a great job next time.” This trust is one of the most important parts of this Crimson Tide team, Duckworth said, and despite the broken streak, the loss will help her team to perform better in the future. “I think this team has a lot of faith in one another,” she said. “I believe that because of the faith, the greatest victories we have are on the other side of that faith. I’m excited to see what we do with this learning experience tonight because we are a better team and we can be better, and everyone better be ready for us.”
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The men’s tennis team lost 4-0 to Mississippi State on Friday. CW / Layton Dudley
Men’s tennis loses SEC opener, sweeps Sunday doubleheader By Terrin Waack | Staff Reporter
The Alabama men’s tennis team started its SEC play at home this past weekend with Mississippi State on Friday before a non-conference doubleheader Sunday with Jackson State and Jacksonville State. Having played Mississippi State at the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic last weekend, the Crimson Tide hoped to have a better outcome than it did at the tournament, where it fell 4-3. It didn’t, losing once again to the Bulldogs, 4-0. The score against Mississippi State was deceptive, however, since the men didn’t go down without a fight, with many of the single matches being decided in a tiebreaker. Sunday was a better day for the team. The Crimson Tide defeated both teams in its doubleheader, winning all four matches against Jackson State 4-0 and taking down Jacksonville State in its two matches 4-0 and 5-0. “I think they played a lot more aggressively,” coach George Husack said. “They played with less fear. I think at the end of the day, they went for all their shots. It was a great day.” Friday’s match was spent indoors due to the weather. Sunday was a different story, though. The match against
Jackson State was played entirely outside, while Jacksonville State started outside but was soon moved indoors due to rain. “That’s going to bring out a little more of the physicality,” Husack said. “I think we’re in great shape. I look forward to more of the outdoor season.” Freshman Korey Lovett said he enjoyed being able to play outdoors. Lovett was one of the players who had his singles match suspended then moved indoors as the rain started against Jacksonville State. “I like it a lot more, honestly,” he said. “It’s just better tennis, kind of keeps all of the elements in the end.” The doubleheader kept the players busy all Sunday. Because the team would have been playing so many matches in one day, it ended up playing a different format. It played Jackson State four times and Jacksonville State twice for six team wins. There was no doubles play. “[Sunday] was good to get back on the winning track,” freshman Danny Kerznerman said. “It’s been a while, so I thought everyone did very well.” The Crimson Tide was able to overcome its loss on Friday and bounce back Sunday. “We just outplayed and outcompeted them,” Kerznerman said.
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The Crimson Tide softball team beat Louisiana-Lafayette in a 3-2 walk-off win on Sunday. CW / Layton Dudley
Alabama softball takes series with walk-off win By Kelly Ward | Sports Editor
When No. 5 Alabama had runners in scoring position, it couldn’t execute on Saturday. In the Easton Crimson Classic series’ rubber match against No. 6 Louisiana-Lafayette on Sunday, the Crimson Tide got runners across the plate in its 3-2 walk-off win. On Saturday, it came down to junior centerfielder Haylie McCleney’s atbat. She couldn’t pull the ball and get a runner in. On Sunday, she did. “I had no doubt she was going to get it done today,” Alabama coach Patrick Murphy said. “I thought she was going to get it done last night, but sometimes it happens. But as the at-bat went along, I thought she got more comfortable, and I just felt she was going to get it done.” Junior first baseman Leona Lafaele doubled in the bottom of the seventh with the score tied 2-2. Junior Andrea Hawkins was put in to run. Sophomore left fielder Chandler Dare put down a sacrifice bunt to move Hawkins to third. McCleney worked a 1-2 count full before lining out to right field. Hawkins tagged up and came home for the win. “Andrea did a great job base running ‘cause most people would’ve taken off immediately,” Murphy said. “Their outfield was pulled in and [Louisiana-Lafayette right fielder Aleah Craighton] made a hell of a catch, but Andrea did exactly what she needed to do, tagged and
then scored.” Alabama had a 1-0 lead following a third-inning sacrifice fly to plate one. The Ragin’ Cajuns came back in the sixth. Two singles led off the top half of the inning. Alabama starter righthander Leslie Jury (3-2) left after 5.0 innings pitched. Jury allowed five hits and one run. She walked two and struck out seven. Sophomore right-hander Sydney Littlejohn (7-0) came in for the final two innings and notched the win. She allowed one run, a home run with two outs in the top of the seventh that tied the game 2-2. She struck out four and walked one. “I’m just so proud of my team,” McCleney said. “For [Jury] to do what she did and Sydney to do what she did, and all weekend – Sydney in the first game Saturday then [freshman right-hander Alexis Osorio] then [Jury] today. I’m really proud of our pitchers for the way they improved from last weekend.” With the win, Alabama took the series 2-1 following a 5-1 win in the first game and a 2-1 loss in the second game on Saturday. Alabama allowed two home runs in three games. Louisiana-Lafayette hit 28 home runs coming into the series. The Crimson Tide had six hits in Sunday’s win after putting up seven in the win Saturday and five in the loss. Alabama (15-4) begins SEC play, hosting Ole Miss for a three-game series, starting Friday at 6:30 p.m.
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