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WVUA-TV to move to stateof-art location decision.” Elizabeth Brock, director of the Center for Public Television and Radio, said approximately 75 full-time By Judah Martin employees and 100 students Contributing Writer occupy the first floor of Reese At the end of this sum- Phifer Hall. She said the athmer, Alabama Public Radio, letic department offered the Crimson Tide Productions space in the stadium. “My best recollection is that and WVUA-TV will move into new production and office the athletic department made space in the basement of the offer to the dean of the college,” Brock said. “Essentially Bryant-Denny Stadium. “Just being inside a stadium it was unfinished space, and they offered the will be unique,” space for us to Lynn Brooks, collect.” news direcAlthough the tor for WVUA, I believe we’ll be the only athletic departsaid. “I believe commercial broadcasting ment offered we’ll be the operation on planet Earth the space, the only commerto broadcast from a football funds for the cial broadcastnew space and ing operation stadium. equipment was on planet Earth provided by the — Lynn Brooks to broadcast University and from a football private donors. stadium.” Brock said The WVUA staff currently share the bot- the new facility will be tom floor of Reese-Phifer equipped with more efficient Hall with the Alabama technology including new Public Radio staff. She said cables, wires and fiber track WVUA broadcasts to about passageways that send data three million homes between more efficiently. Additionally, Huntsville and Montgomery fiber tracks have been laid each night and the staff has around campus allowing high naturally outgrown the space. definition cameras to be set “We have the largest broad- up and thereby eliminating cast news intern program in necessity for a production America,” Brooks said. “If truck. “We’ll be able to do goodyou’re a prospective broadcast student and you visit a looking, high quality coverage university that has an oppor- from places all over campus,” tunity to work inside such she said. a unique facility it can be a SEE STATION PAGE 3 real difference maker in your
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During the month of February and other times throughout the year, a UA associate professor leads African American Heritage tours across campus, commemorating the various sites on UA’s campus where many events in the civil right’s movement transpired. Jason Black, a professor in the department of communication studies, said the idea for this tour came out of his first semester on campus in the fall of 2005 when he taught an African American rhetoric course. “We’re situated here at the crucible of the civil rights movement and a ton of race-related events,” Black said. “For all that history and context, I noticed my students didn’t know much about Alabama’s contribution and certainly not on campus, and, as a newcomer to the University, I didn’t either.” After reading “The Schoolhouse Door,” a book written by Culpepper Clark, a former dean to the College of Communication and Information Sciences, Black said he began to determine some key sites on campus that contributed to Alabama’s overall civil right’s effort.
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it into a tour,” he said. “In the fall of 2007, I piloted the first legit tour.” Black said the original tradition was for him to give a tour TOUR FROM PAGE 1 once a semester, but when word “The tour really originated spread among students and facout of the African American ulty, his tour schedule drastirhetoric class with student cally expanded. interest and we as a group Currently, he gives one tour gathered information and put every fall semester and every
Wednesday in February at noon. Outside of these certain dates, Black said he probably gives eight to 10 additional tours a semester. “Before I knew it, I was doing them for student recruitment, alumni and as an annual part of black history month,” he said. “It used to last around 30 minutes, but as I’ve continued
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to learn more details, I include them, so the tour is now up to an hour to an hour and a half.” Black said it’s important to give tours like this because it memorializes such a foundational moment in time where our campus was right in the dead center of it all. “On a macro level, it’s important because of the role that civil rights played in our country and also in our region,” he said. “A university is about a marketplace of ideas where people come to discuss issues, especially at a public university which is designed for the people.” He explained how UA students and faculty literally sit on history in so many ways and why it’s significant to reflect on it. “These sites are really important and can be used to think back and remember,” Black said. “To stand on the very space where something as big as desegregation on campus happened, to feel the ghost of the past pulse through your system – we sit on history in so many ways.” There are six stops along the tour, including Reese Phifer and Bibb Graves where protests occurred against Autherine Lucy’s enrollment to the University, the President’s mansion where slave quarter evidence exists, Foster Auditorium where Governor George Wallace blocked the entrance of African American students, Nott Hall, the site of a possible eugenics lab and, finally, slave
graves commemorated in 2004 on University grounds. “If you focus on just the bad stuff and go on a tour like this and see where black students were turned away by a disgustingly racist governor, you feel suffocated by it all,” Black said. “You have to balance the good and the bad so you remember the past, but don’t dwell in it.” One student, David Dent, a junior majoring in business management, said as a student originally from the North, this tour seems like a great way to expand his knowledge of Alabama history in a unique way. “I believe every student can get something out of this experience,” Dent said. “This definitely beats a history lesson out of a textbook.” Lauren Powell, a junior majoring in advertising from Andalusia, Ala., agreed commemorating these events was a good idea for students. “Recognizing African American achievements and celebrating Black History month should not just be for elementary school children,” Powell said. “We, as University students, should continue to learn about or even be reminded of the difficulties African American students faced and this tour helps illustrate defining moments of our school’s history.” For those with limited mobility interested in participating in a tour, Black said he is always willing to give a driving tour and to contact him via jason.black@ua.edu.
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University archaeologists are surveying the site of the Embassy Suites hotel downtown, which sits on a Civil War prisoner of war camp. Gage said he did not know Gage said these discoveries the exact date the excavation are not a surprise to the team project of the completion of. of archaeologists. Deirdre Stalnaker, the direc“We have late 1800s Sanborn tor of communications for the Fire Insurance maps, so we city of Tuscaloosa, is work- know the locations of the strucing with Gage and the Office tures from that time period,� of Archaeological Research Gage said. to provide weekly updates of The insurance maps, along archaeological discoveries to with a previous excavation the public. Stalnaker said the project conducted by The excavation has already turned University of Alabama, shows up several notable artifacts. that the current parking lot “They have been finding was once the site of first Bank some ceramics and bottle frag- of the State in Tuscaloosa, the ment, animal bones, floors and Broadway Hotel and the Drisch structural bases for old build- warehouse, which was turned ings that date from the late in to a Union prisoner of war 19th to early 20th centuries,� camp during the Civil War. Stalnaker said. With such a large amount
“Because we’re in such a time crunch to finish this project, it is going to be important that we restrict access [to the site],� Gage said. “We know there are a lot of people that are interested in this project and we’re going to try to keep it so that the city remains informed through our weekly progress reports. We’re going to put up posters around the outside of the property so people can see exactly what we’re doing. Hopefully that will answer people questions and allow us to get our job done as fast as possible.� Gage said the survey is good opportunity for an uncommon look into the history of Tuscaloosa and the day-to-day life of its past citizens. “This block is going to be destroyed. They’re going to build a hotel here. They’ve got to excavate the whole damn thing. What we want to do is mitigate the impact of that by collecting the data from it,� Gage said. “If we can get all this information from the data then we can reconstruct the life ways of those people and compare it to other places in town that we’ve excavated, other places in the South that have had similar excavations. It will really help us to understand what these people were going through on a daily basis.�
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A team from the Office of Archaeological Research for The University of Alabama Museums is conducting an archaeological survey of the future site of the Embassy Suites hotel in downtown Tuscaloosa, which was formerly the home of a Civil War prisoner of war camp, among other things. The Embassy Suites, which will be built on the corner of Greensboro Avenue and University Boulevard, will cost $27 million. Matthew Gage, director of the Office of Archaeological Research for UA Museums, is overseeing the excavation project. Gage said a team of 25-30 people will work on the full-scale excavation in order to finish the project as quickly as possible. “We’re working to finish the project as fast as possible,� Gage said. “We know that [Embassy Suites] needs to begin construction pretty soon and we’ve devised our research design to address that so we can get everything out of the ground quickly but maintain the methodical approach that is necessary for the data recovery.�
of history buried under this single lot in Tuscaloosa, Gage hopes Embassy Suites will display and promote the history of Tuscaloosa by incorporating some of it into the hotel. “What Embassy Suites is trying to do here is take advantage of all the people that want to come in for football, all the people that want to come in and see Tuscaloosa and the University for what it is,� Gage said. “This lot gives them just an absolutely fantastic opportunity to look at the whole history of Tuscaloosa from start to now.� In terms of the archaeological significance of the site, Gage is excited to study in detail what life in Tuscaloosa has been like through the years. “You’ve got the mother bank of the state of Alabama here, you’ve got the Civil War facility, you’ve got one of the earliest hotels in town here, you’ve got poor individuals living in close proximity with wealthy individuals. This is an urban environment that is very early for the South,� Gage said. “An opportunity to explore this is great.� Gage said working with the city has helped expedite the archaeology project and will continue to help as they work to finish the project as quickly as possible.
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discourages those not in the ‘inner circle’ from even trying. Don’t get me wrong. I honestly do love watching the shows this city puts on. I’ve seen some productions in my years here that I feel could rival professional touring companies. But as an outsider and someone who never quite accustomed herself to the cliques of Tuscaloosa theatre, I would like to see some changes in its social order. Most people get involved in the arts to escape the ostracizing atmosphere of high school and middle school, not to just enter a different one under a new name. If a more accommodating, friendly nature that kept talent in mind was adopted, then perhaps more young actors could find their place in this city.
“They are the men who are not brought up but are obliged to come up.” These are the words Frederick Douglass used to describe the age-old archetype of America’s “self-made man.” The lone figure, who has just arrived in the land of opportunity. He strives to own his own piece of land and live off it, to sling the deer he has just hunted over his shoulder and take it home to the family Lucy Cheseldine dinner table. In this country of immigrants, anyone can make it. Or so the American dream has told us for years. But there is something missing in this picture. The self-made woman. Her powerful form is so often over-shadowed by stereotype. Like any other country, America has churned out its fair share of women assembled, very obviously, by anyone but themselves. The blonde Hollywood hoards have filled our cinema and TV screens for years. They’ve even wiggled their way into our newspapers so we can drool over their carefully tailored dresses. Again, a garment very definitely put together by a third party with the intention of impressing anyone but the uncomfortable woman wearing it. But probably the most glaring example of this type of manufacturing of the female is the Miss America contest. This is a cultural phenomenon, especially in the South. Although this year’s winner, Mallory Hagan, was attributed to Brooklyn, N.Y., she was born in Tennessee and brought up here in Alabama. The myth of the Southern Belle. She is honoured for a prancing around, scantily clad in a bathing suit and beamed out to TV sets across America whilst rolling off a four point plan to world peace, only to end up promoting products in a Dairy Queen – as the last Miss America did. Of course, the Miss America title does come with a hefty scholarship, and many of these women do make successful careers out of it. But the pageant is becoming outdated. Viewing rates have dropped dramatically over the past few years. And in this waning popularity, she is finally leaving a little room for the more admirable form of the self-made woman to enter the stage. We can begin to praise those females who have made the most of the fruits this country has to offer, even, if the ripeness is subject to unpredictable weather. It all began with Harriet Beecher Stowe. As the author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” she added fuel to the abolitionist movement and went on to build up a lifetime’s worth of literary works. This was due to the fact that a third of all American college undergraduates were women in the 1880s. A remarkably high percentage compared to other universities outside of the U.S. around this time. And this tradition of educated women is perhaps most obvious today in the high public profile of Hilary Clinton. Here stands a female figure of great political power, even triggering talks of the first female president – although this look likes a long and still rocky road to follow for a good few more years. The image of this strong, self-made woman was consolidated further at a recent dinner I attended, honouring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. though the “Realizing the Dream program” here at the University. The guest lecturer and 2007 Pulitzer prize winning journalist, Cynthia Tucker, reminded the audience that we still have a long way to go before we fully realise that community and closeness will provide the courage we need to keep this country alive. But she also reminded us that the self-made woman is very much thriving. Thinking back to those crowned women in swimwear and the apron-wearing housewives of the 50s commercials living on a diet of curtain-twitching and home baking, the present looks a little different. Cynthia Tucker’s words commanded a room full of successful men. A driven and intellectual woman who has utilized America’s opportunity and democracy to gain an education and make something of herself. Sometimes it’s good to step back and remind ourselves about the importance of the female position in the 21st century.
Beth Lindly is a sophomore majoring in journalism. Her column runs biweekly on Tuesdays.
Lucy Cheseldine is an English international exchange student studying English literature. Her column runs weekly on Tuesdays.
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Police your own – greeks shouldn’t be afraid to speak up By Brad Erthal Staff Columnist Last Monday, The Crimson White ran a letter to the editor, “Stop stereotyping the greek system’s view of race,” that felt very familiar to me. This is my ninth semester on this campus, and I swear that every semester there is a piece like the one to which the letter was responding, that complains about the current greek system’s racial biases. And every semester, there is an outraged response from someone in that system, who claims that they have been unfairly accused. I don’t often care about campus issues, but I will throw in my two cents here. I am a GDI, but I have never had any real animus toward the greek system. I think block seating is a highly inefficient system and find the implicit racial barriers disturbing, but those are systemic issues, not the fault of each individual. I have friends in greek organizations, and have generally found greeks as individuals to be good people. The quality of the people I know in white greek organizations makes the continued de facto segregation of these groups even more
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bizarre. I know that “segregation” will come across as a harsh term for some of you. If you doubt my use of it, then I propose the following experiment: Pick one of your white friends in a greek house, go to a picture on their Facebook page from their last swap, and look for someone who isn’t white. While I have been here long enough to know that it would be unfair to think of the majority of greeks as bigots, the most vehement racist sentiments that I have heard during my time here have come from members of fraternities. For example, while attending the National Championship game this year, I expressed my displeasure with one of our players for a
mental error. I believe that I unfairly called him an idiot. A drunken young man, who I did not know and whose specific fraternity affiliation I remember but will not reveal, responded, “That’s because he’s a nigger.” I cannot decide whether it is to my credit or my shame that my response was not harsh enough to cause my ejection. I will leave that to the reader. What is clear is that his friends, if they disapproved, should have been vocal about their disapproval. That man’s opinions do not wind up associated with me, and I might have gotten into a fight. He might have listened to them, and they are associated with their friend’s opinions by their silence. That sentence was galling. It would certainly make me less likely to pledge, and I would imagine that nearly all young black men on this campus would be turned away by that. Anyone who cares about inclusion should be worried to be associated with this. I am aware that all fraternities and sororities are nominally open to members of all races, and that some are more serious about inclusion than others. That does not matter. De facto, there is not much diversity. All greek organiza-
tions should actually accept members of all races, and they should be of such a character that members of all races feel comfortable enough to join. I do not know that we can write rules to make that happen, but we shouldn’t have to consider it. I am certain that most students of any kind on this campus are not bigots. But if you want people to correctly surmise that you are not a bigot, then you should not be passive in the face of prejudice. Concretely, you need to police your own. When considering members of a group with whom you are associated, particularly if you are wearing the same letters as identification, you should be concerned with their self-expression. If your compatriots say something awful, you should let them know that you do not agree, at a minimum. If you do not speak up, then you seem to agree with them. It is important to impose social penalties on people who do or say terrible things. It is a pointless act to tell me that you are not a bigot. Go out and prove it. Brad Erthal is a Ph.D. student in economics. His column runs on Tuesdays.
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Local theatre puts spotlight on cliques, politics; not talent By Beth Lindly Staff Columnist If you’ve lived in Tuscaloosa for more than 10 minutes, you’ve probably noticed how involved in theatre this city is. Weekly, there is no shortage of musicals performed by any number of local high schools or colleges. No one can call Tuscaloosa citizens “uncultured.” But when I think of the theatre scene, the words that come to my mind are “politics” and “nepotism.” I grew up in this city, and I’ve been acting locally since I was in third grade. Theatre camps kept me busy during the summer, and I was excited during the school year to try out for the city’s children’s musicals. However, year after year I saw talented young actors turned away in favor of people who had been in the program practically since birth.
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I understand casting the same people because they are talented, but I couldn’t ever wrap my head around newcomers never landing the lead roles. I’m not talking about myself here. I’m mainly concerned with those who work extremely hard to even audition and are turned down because they are new in town or because their parents didn’t donate enough money to the
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theatre program. It is unfair and political. I am not sure if this “system” will change any time soon if no one does anything to challenge it. I have even seen shows where directors have pre-casted roles simply because they had a certain actor in mind, and obviously no one better could possibly come along in the audition process. I have seen less-than-brilliant actors cast in lead roles simply because it was their “last hurrah” and would not have a chance to land one otherwise. Meanwhile, others who may have not paid as many dues in the community were totally overlooked. Removing prejudices and biases is easier said than done, I realize, but if the theatre community doesn’t start now they will permeate future generations. Ideally, roles in production would be based on merit, but the political aspect
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Grad school accepting nominations for Last Lecture By Ashley Tripp Staff Reporter The University of Alabama Graduate School will host its seventh annual Last Lecture Series on April 22, in which students nominate a UA faculty member as the featured lecturer to address the premise of “If this were your last time to address a group of students, what would you say to them?” Nomination forms extend until Wednesday, Feb. 13. The announced winner, selected by a student committee consisting of graduate and undergraduate students representing a range of the UA student population, will receive a cash award from the UA Graduate School in addition to presenting their lecture. Rick Bragg, the 2012 Last
he asked. Even with the audience feeling numb in their hard seats I think whoever wins the next lecture, my advice to them would be to reand sweating in a room filled member that at least one student thought so much as to nominate them to max capacity, Bragg said he in the first place. There’s a lot of smart people on campus, and I’d like to enjoyed talking to the students, faculty, staff and alumni and learn and hear more about them. that it was great to see people — Rick Bragg from the community come out to the lecture. Sheldon Martin, a junior majoring in public relations, Lecture recipient, said he was 1996, the Harper Lee Award said she had to get to the lectickled when the UA Graduate and the Clarence Cason Award ture early to hear Bragg speak. School selected him to give the for Nonfiction Writing. Bragg “I was able to get a really lecture and first notified his was also a Nieman Fellow at good seat,” Martin said. “Even wife of the news. Harvard University. though it was hard to concenIn addition to teaching a Bragg said it was a great trate because of the temperamagazine writing course in honor to be chosen for this lec- ture in the room, I got a lot of the College of Communication ture because the entire process great advice out of his lecture.” and Information Sciences, was student run. Even though Bragg said Bragg has published several “How could you not be grati- speaking for the Last Lecture books and articles, and won fied or find value in the fact was different from his awards such as the Pulitzer that the award was given by other lectures, Bragg kept Prize in Feature Writing in the students themselves?” his tradition of not writing
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his speeches down. “You box yourself in,” Bragg said. “Preparing for this lecture, I didn’t write a speech; however, there was something different about the fact that students put it on that made me have fun with it.” Bragg said it was a real pleasure and described this honor as the “Genesis of the award.” “I think whoever wins the next lecture, my advice to them would be to remember that at least one student thought so much as to nominate them in the first place,” Bragg said. “There’s a lot of smart people on campus, and I’d like to learn and hear more about them.” Bebe Barefoot, the 2011 Last Lecture recipient, said if she could give any piece of advice or encouraging words to the next recipient, it would be to
speak from the heart. “I believe that we are all both teachers and students, and to put that belief into practice you have to get out of your head and make it about your heart,” Barefoot said. In reflecting on her lecture two years ago, Barefoot said the feedback she received from people was overwhelmingly positive. “I approached the speech as a personal essay, so I made myself rather vulnerable,” Barefoot said. “That’s always scary, and I was so touched by the many kind words I received not only immediately afterward but in the weeks and months that followed.” Barefoot said this award was the most special honor she has ever received because it came from the students.
Renters should be aware of rights, rules in individual leases By Rich Robinson Staff Reporter As many UA students sign leases at the various apartment and housing complexes across the Tuscaloosa area, questions are raised about the renter-landlord relationship. Can you negotiate a lease? Is it wise to purchase renters insurance? Can a landlord enter your property without notice? Some of these questions are clear-cut, while others dwell in a murky realm of legal and practical understanding. Bill Henning, a UA law professor said as a general proposition, a lease is a contract and every term is therefore negotiable. “Some landlords will negotiate and others, usually the larger ones, will not,” Henning said. Julie Elmore, the assistant director for off-campus and UA greek housing, said the lease must apply to all residents in
a complex, which could mean complications in a renter’s ability to bargain in a large complex. “If the landlord changes a policy during the term of the lease, it has to apply to all tenants,” Elmore said. Shay M. Farley, legal director for the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, said both parties are always entitled to negotiate the terms of any contract. The Appleseed center issues renter’s rights literature in an attempt to inform the public of its entitlements under a landlord. “Realistically, however, the balance usually tips in the landlord’s favor particularly since the ratio of renters in a college town outweighs prime units,” Farley said. “Renters are usually limited in options of properties they can afford and provide comfort and safety, along with optimal geographic location.” Farley also said to be sure any agreements that are verbalized
are also put in writing in the lease and signed by both parties. “Keep a copy of your lease in a safe place so if there are every any doubts or disputes, you can make reference to that agreement,” Farley said. “There’s no better way of protecting your rights than to have the terms spelled out in black and white.” On the matter of purchasing renters insurance, the experts seem to be in agreement. “We do suggest that students obtain renters insurance when they move off campus,” Elmore said. “It can be purchased from most insurance companies and is relatively inexpensive.” Farley said it’s a good idea for all renters to carry rental insurance, and that some leases even require coverage. “Renters insurance provides protection if your personal property is damaged, stolen or destroyed,” Farley said. “Some policies provide liability coverage for policy holders against
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By Abbey Crain Staff Reporter Americans are eating less meat than they were five years ago and Bama Dining is no exception to the trend. Fall 2012 brought more vegetarian options than ever in campus dining halls, especially on Mondays. Meatless Mondays is a nonprofit campaign initially developed by Johns Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health offering information and recipes for meat-free meals according to meatlessmondays.com. Various celebrities such as Tamera Mowry and Emily Deschanel are on board with the campaign, promoting its health and environmental benefits, and the Humane Society of the United States recently recognized The University of Alabama’s development of their own Meatless Monday program. Bama Dining supports the Meatless Mondays campaign by providing more vegetarian-friendly meals all over campus. “Each dining hall has a vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free station that features an array of meatless options,” Rachel
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Barwick, residential marketing assistant for Bama Dining, said. “We also have a variety of meatless items available at the Ferguson Center Food Court, Julia’s Market, Stewart’s Corner and throughout our oncampus convenience stores.” Kenny Torrella, outreach coordinator for the Humane Society of the United States said they were excited to get the University on board for Meatless Mondays. “It sends a message to other institutions that Meatless Mondays is a growing trend and shows that it’s a simple and effective way to make a difference,” Torrella said. Olivia Bensinger, a junior majoring in ecological economics and Spanish, said she was happy to find out about Bama Dining’s moves towards meatless Mondays. As the chair of the sustainable foods committee for the environmental council on campus, Bensinger was already involved in her own efforts to make dining hall food more healthy for students. “[Bama Dining] has gotten better since my freshman year, but freshman year was kind of bad,” Bensinger said. There was maybe one vegetarian
option, but no one was there to cook it or it would take forever. Some of the places like Burke I could find mostly side dishes and I could put something together to make a meal, but it wasn’t the best.” Bensinger said she thinks all students can benefit from cutting down their meat intake, even for once a week. “My reasons [for being a vegetarian] are mostly environmental because you have less of a carbon footprint if you’re a vegetarian,” Bensinger said. “Cows release methane and raising them in such closed quarters in feed lots is not good for the environment. It’s unhealthy for the cows because they aren’t eating grass.” Bensinger recommended the Meatless Mondays campaign to friends on an individual basis who are considering becoming vegetarians. “It gets them thinking about how they feel when they eat meat and how they feel when they don’t,” she said. Allie Hulcher, a junior majoring in journalism and English, has been a vegetarian since her senior year of high school. She said Bama Dining has been conducive to her vegetarian
endeavors, and she frequents the Fresh Foods dining hall salad bar and panini center. “I think they’ve done really great,” Hulcher said. “They’re kind of encouraging everyone to cut back on their meat consumption. I think everyone can move towards eating less [meat]. I don’t think you need it for every meal or even every day.” Hulcher said Mediterranean restaurants in Tuscaloosa are the most accommodating for her meatless preferences. “My favorites are Tut’s and Hooligans,” Hulcher said. “They have really good falafel, which is ground up chick peas and fried in a little ball. They’re really good in wraps. Even Quick Grill has great veggie burgers. It’s really good for just $5.” Although the new program does not completely rule out meat, Barwick said Bama Dining is aware of the health benefits of programs like Meatless Mondays and encourages students to take part. “The new program has been well received by the students,” Barwick said. “Our meatless options are always popular with the students. It’s important to promote the
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Fashion Inc. provides students opportunities to intern, design
By Hannah Widener Contributing Writer For the members of the club Fashion Inc., fashion is not just a job but a way of life. These future fashionistas are not hitting the streets to find their next look but instead surfing the net on the hunt for the next big sale. In this club, the networking possibilities are endless and clothes are only half the fun. Fashion Inc. President Kelly Druce, a senior majoring in apparel designs said the
organization aims to provide an outlet for fashion-minded students on campus. “We’re a student organization who is open to everyone of all majors and our main goal is to get students interested and involved in the fashion industry,” Druce said. The club originally began in the mid-1970s and nearly went extinct until Project Runway and UA alumnus Anthony Williams brought it back to life. “We sponsor Anthony Williams to come and talk to the students in the club about the
industry,” said Paula Robinson, faculty member and sponsor of the group for four years. “So we do have former students who are now kind of famous in their own right who come back and through the club we get them.” “It’s a real important opportunity for the students to expand their knowledge of the fashion industry, and the club is just one way to do it,” Robinson said. Fashion Inc. accepts new members year round. Two of its newest members, twins Emily and Haley Helveston, juniors
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majoring in materials and textiles, recently transferred from Birmingham Southern University. “Well, I just joined last semester but mainly it involves how to get involved in the fashion industry,” Haley said. “In one of the meetings we learned how and where to get internships, then in another meeting we watched the movie ‘The September Issue.’”
Emily said she had the opportunity to help with the senior fashion show and enjoyed doing so. Members know the impact an internship can make when first starting out in the fashion industry. Druce has interned at both Mood Fabrics and Alexander Berardi this past summer in New York. She said when she graduates would love to get a
job at Burton Snowboards. “I would like to design outerwear for them and then snowboard all day after work,” Druce said. The next fashion show, “Tea Time,” will take place in April. All the clothes will be made of recycled materials. The next meeting will be Feb. 12 in Adams Hall Room 316 at 7 p.m. where the group will be doing fashion trivia.
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The Alabama softball team will be televised seven times during the 2013 regular season, the Southeastern Conference announced Monday. The Crimson Tide is part of a television package that will showcase the league 35 times on the ESPN, Fox and CSS networks. Of the seven games, Alabama will be shown on ESPN four times. Alabama opens its television schedule at South Carolina on March 16, in a Saturday contest that will be shown on CSS. Two of the three games against rival Auburn will be televised as CSS will carry the Saturday game on March 23 and ESPNU will air the series finale on March 24. ESPNU will then televise two of the three games against SEC newcomer Missouri. The network will carry the series opener on Friday, April 5 and the Saturday contest on April 6. The lone Fox Sports game on the schedule will pit the Crimson Tide against the
As the Alabama women’s golf team begins making its final preparations for the Lady Puerto Rico Classic held Feb. 10-12 at the Rio Mar Country Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, one question lingers at the back of all their minds: How are they going to play without Brooke Pancake? Pancake was an invaluable asset to the Crimson Tide during her four-year career at Alabama. A four-time All-SEC selection and a three-time AllAmerican, she is the most decorated player in the program’s history having also won the 2012 Honda Award as the top collegiate women’s golfer in the nation and numerous Academic All-American honors. Pancake is best remembered for sinking a par-putt at last year’s NCAA Championships lifting the Tide to their first national championship in
program history. “[Pancake] brought a lot to the table, with her ability and her scores and what she meant to us academically,” head coach Mic Potter said. “She gave us a lot over her four-year time span.” The team agreed that they won’t be able to replace Pancake coming into this season. However, there is one player that they are all very keen on: freshman Emma Talley. Talley, a native of Princeton, Ky., has competed at a highlevel for several years now. She has qualified for two U.S. Opens, having made the cut in 2012. She was a 2011 first-team Rolex Junior All-American and committed to the Tide in 2012 as the No. 1 recruit in America by Golfweek. “We have a very good freshman this year, Emma Talley, who’s very talented, works really hard and brings a different aspect to the team than what Brooke might have brought,”
junior Stephanie Meadow said. “I think a lot of us have a lot of confidence in her being able to score well in your freshman year fall is pretty impressive.” Talley has already broken into the starting lineup, having played in each of the Tide’s three tournaments in the fall. She was the top individual performer in the team’s first tournament – the Cougar Classic – finishing tied for 14th. Like Pancake and the players before them, the upperclassmen hope to set a good example for Talley and the rest of the underclassmen, Meadow said. “We try to be a role model for the younger ones, because that’s what Brooke did for me and Camilla [Lennarth] the year before,” Meadow said. “If I didn’t have them, I wouldn’t be in this position now, so I just try and put myself in a position to help the younger ones come through.” Talley will not be able to
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carry the team on her own. She is only one piece to the puzzle, and the team realizes it’s going to take a total team effort to get back to what they want to achieve. “I think everyone is kind of stepping up in their spot. Obviously we’re going to miss Brooke, but I think we will all just work together to be better as a team,” senior Jennifer Kirby said. “It’s [about] doing the best each and every person can and if that ends up we win by one or we win by ten, we’ve left it all out there and done our best. “I know that I’m getting better, I know Jenn’s getting better, [Talley’s] going to be great, Hannah [Collier]’s getting better,” Meadow said. “I think for the first time in a while, we really have a deep team. We have eight girls, [and] pretty much everyone on the team is pretty damn good. It makes us better, and it drives everyone else.”
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Murphy, team looking to make new identity in 2013 By Zac Al-Khateeb Staff Reporter Last summer, the Alabama softball team made history by winning the team’s first national championship in softball, making it only second team east of the Mississippi River to win to do so since Michigan in 2005. It was a historic season for Alabama softball, and one that will likely be etched in the program’s history for a long time. But for head coach Patrick Murphy, that is the extent of his team’s 2012 season: history. Murphy said that sea-
son belonged to an altogether different team than the one he’s fielding in 2013, and does nothing to affect their chances of success this year. “Everybody realizes that this is a different team,” Murphy said. “Every season, no matter how many you have coming back, no matter how many new kids you have coming in, every team takes on a different personality and a different team ego.” Still, Murphy said this wasn’t something he had to stress to his team heading into the 2013 season. Senior outfielder Kayla Braud shared the same
sentiments as her coach. “Nobody feels like we’re entitled,” Braud said. “No one is feeling laid back after winning it all last year.” Rather, Braud said she and her team are focused on creating a new identity for themselves in 2013, one completely separate and independent of the 2012 team. “I’m looking for our team to go out with a hunger and a new-found desire to win again,” Braud said. “It’s tough to come out after we’ve won it all because it’s easy to become complacent, but I don’t think anyone on the team
has been complacent.” The team certainly has the talent to make its own identity this season. It’s bringing in a talented group of freshmen while returning an experienced senior class. The team is also bringing back Jackie Traina, one of the best softball players in the nation. Murphy said his team also has some advantages this year that it didn’t last season, one of those being team speed. Murphy said he’s bringing in one of his fastest outfields ever at Alabama, and that numerous players will have the option to steal bases
whenever they want. But one of the biggest advantages Murphy said this team has over last year isn’t simply overall talent – he’s never had such a deep, experienced roster either. “It’s probably the most depth we’ve ever had,” Murphy said. “Last year was tremendous, but this year we’re even better. I’ve got two kids at every position that can start at any time.” Indeed, that talent has done more than boost his team’s confidence. Murphy said his team’s ability to practice against some of the best players in the nation – themselves – will be some-
thing that helps his team greatly as the season wears on. “The competition is the best we’ve ever had,” Murphy said. “There’s not an A team and a B team. You could flip a coin at every position. That’s true competition… It’s similar when you have a Mark Ingram and a Trent Richardson. They’re going to make each other better.” While Murphy said he feels his team has all the talent and intangible factors to be successful this year, he said he only time would tell if his team can achieve its own success this year.
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Alabama basketball team still faces tough road toward NCAA tournament By Charlie Potter The postseason is quickly approaching, and the Alabama men’s basketball team might be on the outside looking in if it can’t take care of its remaining conference games. The Tide is 14-7 (6-2 SEC) and coming off of its latest comeback victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores It has now won six of its last seven games, all against Southeastern Conference foes. But this team is not a stranger to impressive streaks that fizzle out just as fans thoroughly start to enjoy them. Alabama jumped out to a 6-0 record to begin the year and looked like a squad destined for the NCAA tournament.
However, the Tide narrowly fell to a tough Cincinnati team and lost control over the remainder of its weak non-conference schedule. Losses to Dayton, Mercer and Tulane could potentially come back to bite Alabama. A loss to Cincinnati or Virginia-Commonwealth happens, but a gome loss to Mercer is completely unacceptable. Alabama must also find a way to win on the road. This season, the Tide is only 3-4 away from Coleman Coliseum – that’s excluding the two games that it won in New York as a part of the 2K Sports Classic. With four losses staining the Tide’s record it might ultimately miss a chance to compete for a national championship. Without
those losses, Alabama and head coach Anthony Grant are looking swell at 18-3 (7-1 SEC). On the bright side, the 10 games left on the schedule are manageable. The Tide will face Auburn, Georgia and LSU twice, and the only teams that possess a better conference record than Alabama are Florida and Ole Miss, and the Tide only face each team once. There is still a chance the Tide can squeeze into the tournament at season’s end, but that chance is paper-thin. Alabama will have to rely on its guard play and second half comebacks to catapult it into the postseason. Its sheer ability to shoot poorly, get out-rebounded and still win the game will not work every time.