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Led by Lauren Beers’ win in the all-around, the University of Alabama gymnastics team beat the Auburn Tigers for the 111th time in a row in Friday night’s meet. It has now been 35 years since Auburn last beat Alabama in gymnastics.
Sophomore Sydney Littlejohn threw a perfect game in her first start of the 2015 season at the Sand Dollar Classic on Friday. The Alabama Crimson Tide beat Eastern Kentucky 8-0.
Following graduation, UA musical theater major Nick Burroughs made the big move to New York City. He now performs on Broadway Broadwa in the awardwinning musical “Kinky Boots.”
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OSM to launch new publication Magazine to be aimed at college-aged women By Alana Norris | Contributing Writer
The Office of Student Media is planning a new publication for The University of Alabama this fall. A magazine targeted toward college women is in the works. The magazine will cover topics such as ks, fashion, food, music, film, books, ng, sports, electronics, decorating, gn lifestyle, entertainment, design and travel. out “This magazine is not about ocinews,” said Mark Mayfield, associent ate director of the Office of Student Media. “It’s about features, it’s uzz about lifestyle, it’s about the buzz uzz in the fashion world, the buzz in entertainment.” get Mayfield said the goal is to target e it this specific demographic because often falls through the cracks. ice Paul Wright, director of the Office of Student Media, said people in their late We want it to be teens to edgy and a little mid-20s don’t necesirreverent, taking sarily have a magazine some chances. specifically geared to — Mark Mayfield — them, with S e ve n t e e n being too young and Cosmo generally aiming at an older audience. “We want it to be edgy and a little irreverent, taking some chances,” Mayfield said. “I guess you could say a mix of Vogue and Buzzfeed.” Chandler Moore, a senior majoring in interior design and journalism, said she is excited about the prospects of this magazine. “Sometimes we are overwhelmed SEE PUBLICATION PAGE 12
More than 60 UA dance majors will take the stage this week to perform pieces choreographed by faculty members. CW / Layton Dudley
Annual dance concert to return to UA on Tuesday By Yun Yu | Contributing Writer
After months of twice-weekly rehearsals lasting up to three hours each, students in the University’s
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department of theatre and dance will take the stage this week to perform pieces choreographed by the faculty members they’ve worked closely with throughout their University careers. Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre will return to Morgan Auditorium for the spring concert this Tuesday, featuring choreography from five professors
in the department of theater and dance. “Throughout all of it, the students are truly amazing,” said Rebecca Salzer, a first-time faculty choreographer. “You will be uplifted by their versatility, virtuosity, strength and passion.” The ARDT Concert was created about SEE ARDT PAGE 8
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history to throw a perfect game. The first was pitching coach Stephanie VanBrakle against Kentucky on, April 1, 2006. The Rusk, Texas, native is 2-0 on the season and has a 0.00 ERA after two starts. Littlejohn was named to the All-Tournament team. Compiled by Kelly Ward
Softball starts season with a perfect 6-0 record The No. 4 Alabama softball team is out to a 6-0 start after beating No. 23 South Alabama in Mobile and sweeping all five of its opponents in the Sand Dollar Classic. Right-handers Alexis Osorio, Sydney Littlejohn and Leslie Jury were named to the All-Tournament team.
Junior outfielder Haylie McCleney was named to the All-Tournament team as well. Freshman infielder Demi Turner was named the tournament’s MVP. Compiled by Kelly Ward
Alabama track and field accrues 4 wins in tournament Sophomore pole vaulter Lakan Taylor won the women’s pole vault for the second week in a row. Her Friday win was the first of four at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Crimson Tide won three invitational events: the men’s
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Men’s tennis drops both matches in Oklahoma Alabama men’s tennis came away with two losses after facing both Oklahoma State and Oklahoma. Saturday, the Crimson Tide fell 4-1 at Oklahoma State. Freshman Danny Kerznerman won the only point for Alabama on a 6-0,
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Women’s tennis goes 2-1 at ITA Indoors Alabama women’s tennis fell 4-1 to Miami in the first round of the ITA National Indoors. The Crimson Tide then blanked Oklahoma State 4-0 in the first round of consolation matches. Sunday, Alabama took down the defending ITA National Indoor champions No. 4 Duke on a 4-1
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Alabama softball’s Sydney Littlejohn was perfect in her first start of the 2015 season. The sophomore right-hander retired all 15 batters faced in the 8-0 rolling of Eastern Kentucky in the Crimson Tide’s first game of the Sand Dollar Classic on Friday. Littlejohn struck out a career-high eight batters. She retired five in the air and two on the ground. She is the second in Alabama softball
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At one point, Alabama cut LSU’s lead to four points. The Crimson Tide was unable to complete the comeback and lost 71-60 at LSU. Half of Alabama’s points came from senior Levi Randolph and sophomore Shannon Hale with 17 and 13, respectively. Freshman Riley Norris
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Deontay Wilder was honored at Thursday’s SGA meeting for his WBC Heavyweight Championship. CW / Layton Dudley
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The SGA Senate passed two resolutions and sent three other resolutions to the appropriate committees during it’s meeting in the Ferguson Center Forum on Thursday. Resolutions 13 and 19 approved funding for the SGA Financial Affairs Committee and honored Tuscaloosa native Deontay Wilder for his WBC Heavyweight Championship, respectively. “We got some more legislation through, so that is something I 100 percent like to see,” said Speaker Branden Greenberg. Senator Patrick Fitzgerald, a sophomore majoring in international marketing, introduced the Spirit of Alabama Act, which would raise approximately $900,000 to reinvest in the student body to provide services to students, as well as an on-campus concert sponsored by the SGA. “Why not invest more into this student body?” he said. “Why not put it in the hands of the SGA to try and do more for our students? That’s what we’re here for, to be a voice for the students.” Two other resolutions were also introduced during the meeting. One proposed restructuring the class registration procedures with respect to priority registration. Instead of all Honors College members getting
Why not put it in the hands of the SGA to try and do more for our students? — Sen. Patrick Fitzgerald — priority over non-member students, it was proposed that Honors College students would have priority only with respect to other students in their grade level. The intent of the legislation is to prevent situations where seniors are not able to get into classes required for graduation. The other resolution was proposed by Senator Eugene Berry, a senior majoring in pediatric development. Berry’s resolution would create town hall meetings for students to meet with their SGA representatives to discuss issues relevant to the student body. “I wrote the town hall bill because when I was running for senate, I told my constituents that I wanted to ensure that we were actually building a connection between senators and the people that we are serving,” he said. “My hope was that by creating something like this it would foster an environment in which students would feel comfortable enough to come and talk to their senators.”
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COLUMN | VACCINES
Vaccinations protect everyone, not just your child
ERYNN
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In recent news there has been a lot of talk about vaccinations and parents who elect not to vaccinate their children. My issue with parents choosing to refrain from vaccinating their children is not that they have the ability to do so but that many parents who are not vaccinating their children pose a threat to other children. In America we enjoy many freedoms, including the freedom to choose whether you or your child should be vaccinated. While this decision may seem incredibly minor to many, the consequences of an individual’s decision could have very serious implications for someone else. For example, a California father, Carl Krawitt, is calling for schools in Marin County to ban unvaccinated children following a recent measles outbreak at Disneyland. Krawitt’s child, who is in remission from leukemia, is unable to receive vaccinations at the time and is very susceptible to disease. Because Californian children are allowed to attend school without being vaccinated for measles, whooping cough and chickenpox, Krawitt’s
son is at an even greater risk for getting these diseases and being hospitalized due to his suppressed immune system. Each of the aforementioned diseases and infections are highly contagious and I find it absurd that any parent would choose to not only leave their child open to any of them but also place other children like Krawitt’s son, who may have weaker immune systems than their child , in danger. While I am sure that any parent who has made the decision not to vaccinate their child has done plenty of research, the act is still reckless. Although most generally healthy people will not experience severe complications from any of these diseases, there is no way to tell who you will come into contact with on any given day, and taking initiative by vaccinating yourself and your children can only help in the prevention of outbreak. While I understand there are religious reasons for not vaccinating and I do believe that everyone should be able to exercise their rights, it seems more like common courtesy these days to vaccinate to not only protect oneself but to help others as well. I hardly believe death is immediate in most cases of these diseases, but it can still happen in cases of severe complications. Regarding chickenpox, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website states, “Some deaths from chickenpox continue to occur in healthy, unvaccinated
children and adults. Many of the healthy adults who died from chickenpox contracted the disease from their unvaccinated children.” For whooping cough, the CDC website states, “Pertussis (whooping cough) can cause serious and sometimes lifethreatening complications in infants and young children, especially those who are not fully vaccinated.” Even though measles had been eradicated from America, there was always the chance that someone outside the U.S. could bring it in. According to the CDC website, “As many as one out of every 20 children with measles gets pneumonia, the most common cause of death from measles in young children. About one child out of every 1,000 who get measles will develop encephalitis (swelling of the brain) that can lead to convulsions and can leave the child deaf or mentally retarded.” These are severe complications but for someone with a suppressed immune system these complications could be reality. All I want to convey is that I think for the good of us all, we should just vaccinate. Otherwise a parent not vaccinating their child just shows they would rather risk their child dying from a preventable disease than risk their child somehow developing autism in an unproven and unrelated way. Erynn Williams is a senior majoring in interdisciplinary studies. Her column runs biweekly.
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Today marks the first day in Alabama’s history that same-sex couples will be able to have marriage licenses issued to them. It’s a reminder that, yes, Alabama can indeed strive for progress with a little nudge (shove?) from the federal government. However, as columnist Leigh Terry mentioned last week, we are far from achieving anything close to full equality for the LGBT community. Moreover, we should not be so listless as to wait for either policy change or judicial decisions to force the issue. Indeed, there is much the University itself can do to support its LGBT students. Perhaps most immediately, the University can begin addressing the need for gender-neutral housing and restrooms. The University does not currently offer official gender-neutral housing, and accommodations can only be considered if a specific request is made by individuals who feel uncomfortable with their housing arrangements. Such a move would not, as many suppose, necessarily demand the construction of an entirely new gender-neutral dorm. Most of the dozens of universities across the country that do offer gender-neutral housing simply designate rooms in specific buildings. Particularly with as much new housing as the University has built, such a move would cost essentially nothing and allow us to be proactive about protecting the interests of trans students. In addition, the University should consider incorporating more gender-neutral restrooms into its buildings. Few on campus have such accommodations, with a notable exception being the Ferguson Student Center and its two gender-neutral bathrooms tucked away in the back of the bottom floor. To say it is unreasonable to expect someone to traverse the entire campus simply in order to use the restroom is frankly an understatement. Finally, the University could follow in the footsteps of many of its peers by establishing an Office of LGBT Affairs. It would be especially useful here, where intense violence and harassment directed at members of minority groups is not uncommon. Though I have done my fair share of relishing in the fact that Alabama was not the last state to adopt this specific measure of social progress by legally recognizing same-sex marriages, we should not be so quick to pat ourselves on the back. Like a child finally cleaning her room after being threatened with punishment, we did not make this change of our own volition. The University of Alabama must recognize the power it has to shape the conversation around LGBT issues and use that power to advance the causes of this community that has been historically marginalized. The University has a duty to support and provide its students with opportunities to flourish regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identification. And for the love of all things Southern, let’s not have to worry about being last again. Chisolm Allenlundy is a junior majoring in philosophy and economics. His column runs weekly.
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OPINIONS Monday, February 9, 2015 COLUMN | STRESS
Sit down, take a deep breath and learn to relax in this ‘Age of Anxiety’ ANNA SCOTT
Lovejoy Staff Columnist
As midterms, spring break and summer application deadlines wait just around the corner, students across campus gear up to face the struggle of managing the worries and stresses of concluding a winter season and welcoming spring. Although academic studies are something actually worth stressing over, the modern college student is inundated with an array of anxieties and concerns that upon reflection can seem like a mere waste of energy. There is no denying that getting a flatter stomach for spring break is a genuine concern racing through most girls’ and even many guys’ minds at this time of year. For some people including myself, the mission of feeling healthy and looking good for the spring season has become a stress that torments our thoughts every single day. Getting to 10,000 steps on my
Fitbit every day has somehow man- mind. Completely ridding ourselves aged to become so important to me of these underlying “life-or-death” that at times it genuinely feels like worries is seemingly impossible, but a life-or-death situation. Obviously I perhaps a change in perspective can know death would not be the imme- offer us all relief from our insane diate consequence of failing to make levels of angst. 10,000 steps every day, The New Yorker article but regardless, I still “The Prisoner of Stress” experience such focused explores the ideas in anxiety about achievScott Stossel’s book The pressure and ing this health goal that “My Age of Anxiety” anxiety to make all I begin to believe I am and I think it offers usenot living well if I don’t ful insight for all colthe right choices in make enough steps. To lege students on why so college, especially my mind, the amount of many of us suffer from steps I take every day irrational worry. Stossel in this day and age, becomes the judge of describes anxiety as my entire quality of liv“the disease of the modcatches up to all of ing and that is how my world,” and I think us at some point in ern brain has irrationally many of us could agree managed to categorize with this thought. The some way. meeting a Fitbit goal as reason it has become a a life-or-death anxiety. disease that so many of Surely not everyone us suffer from in the first can relate to this specific example, but world is because anxiety is a human the list of similar worries across cam- instinct that warns us of immediate pus this time of year is endless. Social dangers, but the concrete threats of media anxieties, academic stress, things like animal attacks or freezdrinking and drug pressures, money ing to death in winter no longer exist concerns and homesickness are for many of us on the modern colonly a few more of the many worries lege campus. Now that many of the that torment the modern student’s developed countries face less
concrete threats, many of us are left with the instinct to worry without rational things to worry about. Thus the modern student loses the ability to create perspective on what is worth feeling life-or-death anxiety over. Our human instincts have a tendency to worry because some worry is necessary for survival. Speaking about the tendency to worry, “The Prisoner of Stress” says, “It can mean that human beings are creatures who care about the future, and so hoping for good outcomes and worrying about bad ones comes with membership in the species.” The pressure and anxiety to make all the right choices in college, especially in this day and age, catches up to all of us at some point in some way. So in order for students to be both successful and happy, it is important that students make an effort to rationalize their anxieties by changing their perspective and accepting the fact that some crazy stresses are normal. We are only human. Anna Scott Lovejoy is a freshman majoring in general business and biology. Her column runs biweekly.
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Group plans week of kindness By Margaret Wilbourne | Contributing Writer
Crimson Kindness is a student organization dedicated to creating “a community of kindness” on the University’s campus, whether it’s on the Quad, in the dorms or in student life. One of the group’s largest opportunities for outreach is Random Acts of Kindness Week, which takes place Feb. 9 through Feb. 15. Crimson Kindness is planning several events for this week.
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Wednesday and Thursday, Crimson Kindness will revitalize the spirit of fall gamedays with inspirational posters. Students can look forward to getting a “Hang in there” on their way to class. Research published in 2014 by the Mayo Clinic has shown that being surrounded by happy thoughts can help one handle stress more efficiently.
Like Forrest Gump said, “Life is like a box of chocolates.” This week, Crimson Kindness is helping making that sweet simile a reality. The group will be tabling at the Ferguson Center throughout RAK Week, handing out candy to students passing through.
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Students can enter giveaway contests for a chance to win Chili’s gift cards, 5-Hour Energy products and merchandise from Fraternity Collection and Guy Harvey. Students can enter through Crimson Kindness’ Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and the contest will end Sunday at 5 p.m.
While picking up that triple-mocha frap at Starbucks or Java City this week, students can keep an eye out for Crimson Kindness’ Compliment Jars. Much like the “take a penny, leave a penny” system, students can grab a slip of paper with their sugar or leave one for someone else, making the week even sweeter.
Student organization encourages positivity By Danielle Waddell | Contributing Writer
Opening doors for others, pulling out chairs and smiling at strangers are just a few of the acts Crimson Kindness is encouraging students and faculty to participate in across campus for Random Acts of Kindness Week. The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation’s international celebration of Random Acts of Kindness Week lasts from Feb. 9 through Feb. 15. Crimson Kindness will be celebrating on campus with various events throughout the week. RAK Week serves as a full week celebrating kindness. “On the surface, it’s a week dedicated to performing simple acts of kindness,” said Kelsey Gryniewicz, Random Acts of Kindness Foundation communications director. “But really, it’s an opportunity to make kindness the norm instead of the exception.” Gryniewicz said this year RAK Week is focusing on filling social media with kindness. She encouraged people who are interested in getting involved with RAK Week to perform their own acts of kindness, post them on social media and share their posts using #RAKWeek2015. Posts using #RAKWeek2015 by Feb. 15 will help RAK meet their goal of 100,000 documented acts of kindness on social media. “RAK Week is a week devoted to promoting kindness both on campus and in the community,” said Ellen Benes, communications director of Crimson Kindness and a
The goal of Crimson Kindness is to encourage students and faculty to participate in Random Acts of Kindness for a week. CW File
sophomore majoring in mathematics. “Crimson Kindness’ job is to spread awareness about the week and to provide kindness opportunities for our members. The goal of the initiative is to get as many people as possible to engage in random acts of kindness, therefore creating an atmosphere of kindness.” The goal of RAK Week is to make an impact on the community. “One of our main goals as an organization is to make people’s days a little brighter,” said Rachel Bower, media marketing director of Crimson Kindness and a junior majoring in marketing and Spanish. “College can be a difficult place at times, filled with a lot of stress and anxiety, but we believe that the spreading of kindness can help to alleviate those difficulties.” Anyone interested in participating in RAK Week is encouraged to get involved through social media.
COLUMN | THEATER
Theater productions follow complex process before hitting Broadway By Luke Haynes
Most major Broadway productions start in the humblest of places – cheap apartments, cramped subways, even college dorms. Obviously when these ideas are first conceived they’re not ready for a Broadway audience. They need to go through a slew of revisions and drafts before they’re ready to land on the Great White Way and the journey to get there is rarely an easy one. The first step to creating most Broadway shows, once a draft has been written, is a reading. In a reading, actors rehearse for a relatively short period which culminates in an inviteonly performance for potential investors and other industry
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professionals. These readings are generally very simple, consisting of actors standing in front of microphones reading from their scripts. They usually have few or no props, sets, costumes or orchestrations and just test to see if the text itself is
worthy of a production. After a successful reading, a show moves on to its regional production. Regional productions are quite like Broadway productions except they’re performed in slightly smaller venues around the world and are able to
work with slightly smaller budgets, more unknown stars and fewer scathing critics. During the rehearsal process, the show truly begins to take shape and the producers can finally get an image of what the final product may look like. Depending on audiences’ responses, a show might have multiple regional productions, adding rewrites and design changes at every stop, until the show is ready for Broadway. Even after a show reaches the Broadway stage, there are still changes to be made. All Broadway productions have a preview period where critics are banned but the general public can come at a discounted rate. During this period, actors need to be flexible, ready to have new lines,
songs or blocking thrown at them on a daily basis. While the majority of these changes are subtle, it’s not uncommon for an entire song or scene to be cut or added during this preview period. A few days before opening night, a show “freezes” and changes cease. From this point on, everything – from costumes to lighting cues to dialogue – is exactly the same as it will be until the production closes. While Broadway shows can seem to magically materialize, they are almost always the result of a painstaking revision process. The end result of this journey is a production that will last forever in the minds and hearts of the audience members who viewed it all along the way.
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CULTURE Monday, February 9, 2015
UA musical theatre graduate takes on Broadway By Stephanie Gaytan | Contributing Writer
Nick Burroughs, who graduated from The University of Alabama in May 2014 as a musical theatre major, is living his dream of performing on Broadway.
THEN Burroughs, who spent four years at the University, said he has taken away invaluable experiences and lessons from his time on campus. “I learned so much about myself, my craft and just life itself as a student in the musical theater department of The University of Alabama,” he said. “I will always cherish my college experience and the training that successfully got me where I am today.” Burroughs said his teachers were some of the most valuable contributors to his success. “The most valuable class I took would have to be Seth Panitch’s Shakespeare class,” he said. “I learned so much about myself as a performer that I didn’t know I was capable of. Although I was just a musical theatre major I got to audit a choreography class in Cornelius [Carter]‘s class. That taught me so much as dancer and choreographer, which is something I hope to do more in my career.” Photo Courtesty of Nick Burroughs
NOW Burroughs is now working on Broadway in New York City as an angel and an understudy for the leading role of Lola in the Tony and Grammy award-winning Broadway musical, “Kinky Boots.” “It has been an absolute dream come true getting to perform on a Broadway stage every night,” he said. “The three times I’ve gotten to go on for the Tony Award-winning leading role[I had] an incredible feeling I will never forget.” Burroughs said he plans on performing as many times as he can during his career and he wants to keep auditioning for roles on Broadway. “Alabama prepared me in so many ways,” he said. “I was taught how to focus and work hard toward my own journey as an actor. Now I know who I am as a performer and person, and I know what I’m capable of.” Photo Courtesty of Nick Burroughs
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CULTURE
Monday, February 9, 2015
Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre to hold faculty-choreographed show ARDT FROM PAGE 1
20 years ago by Cornelius Carter, director of the dance program and artistic director of ARDT. Every year the faculty members in ARDT showcase their ideas and help students gain professional experience on the stage. The first half of the show will feature an excerpt of the ballet “Giselle,” which was first performed in 1841 in Paris, France. The second half will feature five original pieces choreographed by faculty choreographers. The show will include pieces choreographed by Salzer, Qianping Guo, Cornelius Carter, Rita Snyder and Lawrence Jackson. Jackson said more than 60 UA dance majors will perform in the show. “It’s a great chance to show [the versatility of] our students and the talents of our faculty [members],” he said. Students and faculty members began preparing for the concert in October in order to ensure a highquality performance, Salzer said. The spring concert will be the last time Emily Higginbotham, a senior majoring in dance, performs as a part of ARDT. “ARDT has been a part of my college career every semester since freshman year,” she said. Higginbotham has multiple roles in the show and will be dancing in a jazz piece, a funk ensemble piece and as Giselle in the ballet. Working with different styles of choreography was both interesting and challenging, she said. “The rehearsal hours are incredibly long and balancing everything on my plate is hard, so I’m relieved to have a little more free time,” she said. Studying dance at the University has not only made her a better artist, but it made her more intelligent, more professional and more diverse in her talents, Higginbotham said. The ARDT Concert will be held from Feb. 10 to Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 13 at 5:30 p.m. and Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. in Morgan Auditorium. Tickets are available at ua.tix.com and cost $14 for students.
The first half of the ARDT Concert will feature an excerpt of the ballet “Giselle,” which was first performed in 1841 in Paris, France. CW / Layton Dudley
Book arts program brings writing, art together in display By Cokie Thompson | Staff Reporter
When students at The University of Alabama have questions, the first place many look for an answer is the Internet. If that fails, they consult a book. A handful of UA students go a step further and make books themselves as part of the University’s Master of Fine Arts program in book arts. The students’ work will be on display on the fifth floor of Gorgas Library until Feb. 22. When the University’s book arts program was established in the late 1970s, it was the first of its kind in the country. Housed on the fifth floor of Gorgas Library, the program is run through the school of library and information studies in the College of Communication and Information Sciences. Steve Miller, a book arts professor and the MFA program coordinator, said the process of making a book is about more than the object itself. “It really is a kind of human artifact when it’s done,” he said. “The kind of books that are made by hand here seem like the ones that are going to last for a very, very long time when most books sort of disappear and get digitized.” Miller said some students are
Students can choose to concentrate on printing and publishing, bookbinding or the whole book. CW / Amy Sullivan
working to make their books available online. Regardless of the final product, much of the program is focused on something else. “For me it’s the process, the collaboration, the challenges, the prevailing when things go south, and then it’s done, and I
never look back,” he said. “I’m always on to the next thing and the next set of problems.” Miller said the University’s library school emphasizes the connection between the book arts and library sciences programs. Both programs are housed on the fifth floor of Gorgas and students in both programs are able to collaborate and learn from each other. “These library school students are always affected by going into the studios, mixing it up with book arts students, taking my paper-making class,” he said. “I’ve got two of them in there right now and they’re having the time of their lives.” Book arts students can choose to concentrate on printing and publishing, bookbinding or the whole book. Miller said most students are interested in the entire process, but a few students every year are attracted to one aspect of the program. He and Anna Embree, another professor in the program, work to help students find their path and guide them along it. Miller said the program and graduate school as a whole are often about more than the course of study. He said most students in book arts are from out of state and they have to confront where they are in their lives as well as their work.
“You’re also investigating your own creativity, your own intentions – you’re questioning and doubting sometimes,” he said. “Hopefully through building and making, people are building their self-confidence.” Charlie Westerink, a graduate student in the book arts program, said after a few years studying philosophy he realized what he loved most were the old books. After spending so long dealing with the abstract, book arts were a way to deal in the concrete, he said. “When I looked at the state of academia, I realized I didn’t want to regurgitate this stuff to people who frankly don’t care,” he said. “I’d much rather be involved in the books and physical objects rather than trafficking in abstract ideas.” Emma Sovich, another student in the program, chose the University because of its connection with the creative writing programs. After working in publishing for a couple years, she came back to school to study poetry, which she said fits well with book arts. “I print my own poetry, which isn’t every writer’s dream, but you love seeing your words in print,” she said. “As someone who’s had a very difficult time choosing between writing and art, this is a fabulous way to bring both of those together.”
Editor | Kelly Ward Sports@cw.ua.edu Monday, February 9, 2015
COLUMN | BASKETBALL
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Magee deserves recognition By Ben Boynton
Alabama opens the season Friday with a three-game series against Maryland Eastern Shore. UA Athletics
Baseball to start season Friday By Nolan Imsande | Staff Reporter
With the start of the season just around the corner, Alabama baseball coach Mitch Gaspard announced the starting pitching rotation for the Crimson Tide. The four-man rotation will consist of Taylor Guilbeau, Will Carter, Geoffrey Bramblett and Nick Eicholtz. “I think the biggest thing that we’ve got to do moving forward is solidify our weekend rotation, which we lost last year,” Gaspard said. “Right now, we are pretty comfortable with Guilbeau, Carter, Bramblett and Eicholtz.” All of the pitchers in the announced rotation started at least one game last year with the exception of Carter, a junior college transfer. The Crimson Tide will return the majority of the bullpen, including
closer Thomas Burrows and middle reliever Jay Shaw. “I feel real good about our bullpen. Most of all of those guys are back in place where they were at last year,” Gaspard said. Offensively, the team will have to replace first baseman Austen Smith, catcher Wade Wass and outfielder Ben Moore. It does return centerfielder Georgie Salem, second baseman Kyle Overstreet and shortstop Mikey White. White, a Hoover native, said he is excited to play in his hometown. “I grew up in Hoover,” he said. “The [Hoover] Met was pretty much in my backyard. I’m excited to go back there and be with a different kind of fan base.” Alabama opens the season Friday with a three-game series against Maryland Eastern Shore.
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Chances are you’ve never heard of Philadelphia University, a private school with around 3,600 students. Its athletics are Division II, which normally means it flies under the radar. However, the Philadelphia Rams basketball team just lost its anonymity. Coach Herb Magee became the second men’s coach in NCAA history to reach 1,000 wins, as the Rams beat Post University 80-60 Saturday. Magee has earned every one of his wins as the coach of Philadelphia University over a 48-year reign. Magee took over as coach in 1967 as a 25-year-old former star for the school and hasn’t looked back since. Offers have come in multiple times to try to uproot Magee, including a chance to play for the Boston Celtics that would have delayed his coaching career. Yet Magee stayed at Philadelphia. His loyalty to his alma mater is refreshing in a time when it may seem like coaches and players go where the money or limelight is. People may think Magee isn’t worthy of being in the same club as Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, who earlier this season became the first coach to 1,000 wins. Magee took 48 years to win his 1,000 games, while
Magee became the second men’s NCAA coach to reach 1,000 wins. Tribune News Service
Krzyzewski has coached for 41. People may say Magee shouldn’t count as much because of his wins coming at a Division II level. Magee absolutely belongs in the club. Regardless of whether he’s a Division I or II coach, winning 1,000 games is an incredible accomplishment that speaks of success and longevity. It isn’t like he has superior players playing lesser players; Magee and his squad are at the same level of talent as their competition. Regardless of the perceived level of difficulty in reaching his 1,000 wins, Magee should receive praise and respect for his accomplishment. The sporting world needs more figures like Magee, and he should be congratulated on his remarkable record.
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Monday, February 9, 2015
Gymnastics defeats Auburn Alabama A labama in increases its win streak to 111 meets Byy KKayla B aylaa Mo Montgomery ontgomery | Assistan Assistant Sports Editor
Katie Bailey performs a routine on the beam in the Crimson Tide’s win over the Auburn Tigers. CW / Layton Dudley
Junior Lauren Beers, who won the all-around competition with a 39.475, said the meet demAfter Af A fte er a close meet in Coleman Coliseum onstrated the team’s increasing ability to stay Fr F rid iday y night, night, the Alabama Alab Friday gymnastics team within its “Bama bubble,” or its ability to stay d de effe feat eated d Auburn 19 defeated 197.325-196.825, extend- focused on Alabama gymnastics rather than in ng its i s 35 it 5-year win streak str ing 35-year over the Tigers to what is happening outside of that focus. “All of us went in there and tried to stay 111 11 m eets. 111 meets. T hough the Crimson Tide came out on top, one routine at a time, focus on ourselves and Though iit ts iin n-ssta ate rival didn’t g its in-state go down without a fight. I think we all did a great job of doing that, A fter three th hree rotations, Alabama led 147.875- especially stepping in when we were needed After 1147.800 14 477..88000 b efore a strong floor performance con- because people were out,” she said. “Each before meet we continue to get bettti inu in nue ed d th he life of the storied tinued the ter at that, just staying in our sst treak ak. T he team tied its best streak. The bubble,’ and obviously pe p errfffo orma ance on beam and a floor performance Mental toughness – that ‘Bama it’s working for us.” a an nd bettered betttered its season seas and best The meet had a special meanon ffloor. on loo lo or. was the name of the ing for junior Carley Sims from Co C oach ac Dana Duckwo Coach Duckworth said game this evening. Birmingham, Alabama, she tthe he riv ri ivalrry meet was a mental rivalry said. Growing up an Alabama ttest est st ffor or her team memb members, who fan, Sims said she recalled h ha ad to to train trrain through the t diffihad — Dana Duckworth — attending meets in her childccult cu ult lt de emands of being studentdemands hood and dreaming of taking a thletes and deal with changes athletes the floor with the Crimson Tide in llineup in iin neup due to illnesse illnesses. ““Mental Menta al toughness – that was the name of one day, a dream she has since accomplished. “I have lived where they are now,” she said tth he game he game e this evening, the evening,” she said. “We had an iin n ntterest s in ng week. We h interesting had several athletes who of the young fans in attendance at Friday’s ha h ad sso ome e sicknesses. W had some We had a lot of academic Youth Night. “For me to be an example, I’m just sst tre esss, an nd we knew th stress, and that this was not going to like, ‘Wow, I’ve really made it. I’m what little be a physical be phy h sical meet, it would w be totally mental. girls want to be,’ and to me, I’m proud of that, I ccould oul uld d not not be more pro proud of these ladies who but I want to improve so they can continue to rallied together and made this a 100 percent look up and maybe one day, they can take my place and be an Alabama gymnast.” team effort to completely create success.”
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by the perfection of lifestyle bloggers, and Pinterest meals, that we don’t know how to incorporate those things into our age demographic,” she said. “I think this magazine can bridge the gap between 30-something post grad style and 20-something throw it together style.” Wright and Mayfield said they are contemplating giving the magazine a
MONDAY February 9, 2015 feminine name so it will have its own personality. The editors, in effect, will take on this persona as a confidant and role model. Reading the magazine will be like asking for advice from a friend on her favorite products, music, stores and restaurants. Wright and Mayfield have come together to work on this project. Wright said he looked at new ideas for student media. Mayfield, with a background in magazines, said he thought the idea of a publication targeted at college girls was desired on campus. They said they thought a magazine about culture would be most successful.
“As the prospect, so to speak, for the newspaper starts to get worse over time, as with all newspapers, we start looking at other ways to offer experience as well as generating revenue for the department,” Wright said. The Media Planning Board approved the idea and the planning process has begun. An informational meeting was held at the Office of Student Media last Thursday for those interested in contributing to the magazine. Approximately 60 students attended. The meeting helped Mayfield and Wright gather ideas and learn what it is college age women want to read
about. A second interest meeting will follow in the coming weeks. Very few details have been finalized at this time. It is not clear yet if the magazine will be sold or free. Ad revenue will help fund the publication. In the future, they said they would like to compensate students who contribute, but at this time they have yet to produce a business model for a budget. The plan is to have the first issue completed at the beginning of the Fall 2015 semester. It will start with editions coming out once a semester and could grow to release more frequently. Each edition will be available in print and online.
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