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Candidates for SGA talk transparency

‘Nest’ nurtures rebirth

Campaign violations, new policies also discussed during Sunday debate By Melissa Brown Senior Staff Reporter mbrown104@crimson.ua.edu

People were encouraged to paint branches and weave them into the nest, thus making it what Fick called “true public art.” But it wasn’t all done in a day.

Student Government Association presidential I’ve never accepted funds candidates discussed from an on or off-campus transparency, loyalty and organization, including the campaign violations at Machine. Sunday night’s presidential debate and candidate —SGA presidential candidate forum. Matt Calderone In response to an audience-submitted question, candidates were asked how they would respond to possible rumors and allegations about campaign violations. Candidate David Wilson spoke first, saying recent allegations were made against his campaign. Candidate Matt Calderone said he filed the violations report. “I’ve had allegations made against me – and it sucks,” Wilson said. “But you want to act honestly and ethically. How do we best use our time? We spend our time promoting our ideas. You know what you’re doing. You know if you’re being honest and ethical. You stand up for yourself.” In response to the hypothetical question, Calderone said he would like to sit down with any student who made allegations against him to put rumors to rest. In rebuttal, Wilson directly asked Calderone why he chose not to inform him of the actions being taken against his campaign. Wilson said the two had lunch together around the time the allegations surfaced. “David, I was never given a heads up that those actions were going to be taken,” Calderone said. “I felt it was my duty as a student to report it. Those investigations are still ongoing, no matter what some people say. I have an email in my pocket that says so.” In an interview following the debate, Wilson said he received a phone call from the Election Board the morning of Saturday, Feb. 18, informing him that they were no longer pursuing the investigation. Though no references to the Machine were made in moderator questions, several candidates were careful to cover organization affiliation in their opening statements.

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Lindsey Short, a junior majoring in chemical engineering, helps an elementary school paint storm debris for “The Nest” project. Creative Campus unveiled “The Nest,” built out of tornado debris, Feb. 25 in Rosedale Park.

Structure in Rosedale Park commemorates those affected by April 27 storms By Will Edwards Staff Reporter wgedwards@crimson.ua.edu On a windy Saturday, in a park whose swing sets and basketball goals were decimated by an EF4 tornado, UA students and professors gathered as Creative Campus unveiled their newest project that they hope will bring back hope to the area. They call it “The Nest.” The Nest is a six-foot structure made up of branches torn from trees during the tornado of April 27 that sits at Rosedale Park, an area near public housing development Rosedale Court, which was nearly completely destroyed by storms. The idea for The Nest came in August from juniors Emma Fick and Naomi Thompson, and Fick said she couldn’t be more pleased with how it has turned out. “It’s surreal,” Fick said. “Seeing other people interacting with it is powerful.”

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Greeks form new Wheelchair basketball teams political coalition play, win ﬁrst games in Foster ally white fraternities and sororities, their website says they’re running independently of the Machine for the betterment of campus. “We all want to spread the message that it’s OK to have healthy competiBy Stephen Dethrage and Taylor Holland tion in an election,” said Alex Clark, The Crimson White Advance UA’s candidate for executive vice president. “With everything Five greek students have banded that campus has had to go through together to form Advance UA, a group this semester, we’re a fresh, excitthat calls itself a progressive Student ing, new group that really feels that Government Association ticket. we can bring a lot to campus; a lot of Although three of the five candichange.” dates come from greek organizations that are members of the Machine, a SEE SGA PAGE 3 secret political coalition of tradition-

Advance UA aims to offer more competition in this year’s SGA campaigns

The UA wheelchair basketball teams played their ﬁrst games in Foster Auditorium this weekend.

Alabama dedicates season to city, victims of April tornado By Mary Grace Showfety Contributing Writer

The Alabama men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball teams made history in Foster Auditorium Friday night as the Crimson Tide took on the Illinois Fighting Illini in their final collegiate tournament of the season. The match will go down as the first wheelchair basketball game ever to be played in Foster.

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Local club goes medieval on the grass every Sunday afternoon ing to do battle on the grassy slopes of the river’s bank. Helmet gleaming in the afternoon sun, he steps down from his mount and draws a menacing sword from the bed of his green Dodge By Jordan Cissell Ram. Staff Reporter Brady Farris, a member of jrcissell@crimson.ua.edu the Shire of Okeborne Keep, the Tuscaloosa chapter of the Society The mighty warrior pulls up for Creative Anachronism, has atop his majestic steed, prepar-

Brady Farris (purple) and Jeremy Beaters (green), members of the Medieval Club, sword ﬁght at Manderson Landing on Feb. 26.

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Romney, Santorum go toe-to-toe in back-to-back speeches in Troy From MCTcampus Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney took turns bashing each other Saturday – a few hours apart – in front of about 1,200 people in Troy. The crowd at the event, sponsored by the tea-party-affiliated Americans for Prosperity, showed more enthusiasm for Santorum. Santorum said voters should rule out voting for Romney because, as the author of Massachusetts’ health care plan when he was governor, Romney couldn’t capitalize on what Santorum said is the biggest issue of the campaign: repealing federal health care reform. “Why would we nominate someone who is uniquely unqualified to take on the biggest issues of today?” Santorum said. The jabs drew standing ovations and cheers. When Romney spoke two hours after Santorum, he criticized the former senator from Pennsylvania for supporting earmarks and raising the debt ceiling, and flip-flopping on opposing funding for No Child Left Behind and Planned Parenthood. But the crowd didn’t react. “I can attest to my conservative credentials because one of the people who endorsed me in 2008 was Sen. Santorum,” Romney said. “I’m the conservative candidate, and what we need in the White House is

principled conservative leadership. I’ll bring it.” Their lines drawing the most applause came at the expense of President Barack Obama. “President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob,” Santorum said. “There are good, decent men and women who work hard every day who aren’t taught by some liberal college professor. Obama just wants to remake you into his image.” Romney added, “He’s out of ideas, and in 2012, he’s going to be out of office.” John Jimenez, 38, of Shelby Township said that if he had to cast a ballot right now, it would probably be for Santorum, “but I’m still open. I heard more specifics from Romney today than I ever have before.” He really wants to vote for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, “but I don’t think he can overcome his deficit in the polls.” Pat McCaffrey, 52, of Royal Oak said she’ll spend the weekend mulling what Romney and Santorum said Saturday. “Romney has a solid background in finances, but I line up more with Santorum’s values,” she said. “I think Romney may be a more formidable candidate.” In Lansing, Romney spoke at the Ingham County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day breakfast and pledged to restore a sense of American exceptionalism and opportunity if elected and put an end to what he called

Obama’s “entitlement nation.” “This election is about the soul of America,” Romney told an audience of about 400 at the event. The Republican establishment of elected officials and longtime activists was well represented in the morning crowd, which was markedly pro-Romney. Still, many were anxious about how the Michigan native will fare in Tuesday’s primary. Santorum has shown surprising strength in Michigan, they said. Some said they worried about the potential for mischief by Democrats, who may skip their party’s uncontested ballot and muck about in the Republican primary. In fact, two Democratic organizations in Detroit are encouraging Democrats to do just that and vote for Ron Paul, while the Daily Kos, a liberal blog, has encouraged Obama supporters to vote for Santorum to try to deny Romney victory in his native Michigan. Most polls have shown Romney doing better against Obama than other Republicans, including Santorum. Ingham County Commissioner Steve Dougan said at the Lansing event: “This is wonderful, but there was a certain amount of preaching to the choir here. “I don’t know what’s going to happen” in Tuesday’s election.

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Students who are interested in becoming a member of the UA Student Recruitment Team 2012 must attend the mandatory convocation to discuss the selection process on Feb. 29 at 8 p.m. in 20 Alston Hall. Failure to attend will result in the automatic disqualification of an applicant. Formerly known as the Crimson Belles and Beaus, the Student Recruitment Team will serve as host to prospective students and student-athletes through tours, lunches, informational sessions and game-day activities. Members of the team will provide guidance and offer insight to students and their families regarding campus life, student involvement, athletics and enrollment. Applications for membership are due on March 2 at noon in 203 Student Services Building. More information and to download the application go to gobama.ua.edu/uastudentrecruitmentteam.

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Full-time students who are interested in trying out for Big Al for the 2012-13 academic year must attend one of the information sessions on March 7 or March 26. Both sessions will be held at 6 p.m. in the C.M. Newton Room in Coleman Coliseum. Participants will be briefed on the program, including learning what to expect during tryouts and receiving information about benefits. Applications will be distributed at each session. Students who have conflicts with the dates and time of the sessions should contact Big Al assistant Butch Hallmark at mfhallmark@crimson.ua.edu.

Candidates talk politics DEBATE FROM PAGE 1 “I’ve gotten this far on my own accord. I’ve never changed my campaign,” Calderone said. “I’ve never accepted funds from an on or off-campus organization, including the Machine.” Candidate Shea Stripling, said she doesn’t believe the Machine represents an offcampus organization. “I’m sponsored by Waffle House,” she said to audience laughter. “Waffle House is open 24/7 – the same way SGA candidates should be available at all times.” Answering a question regarding transparency in office, Wilson said transparency is crucial to ethical behavior. “What transparency means to me is just being honest,” Wilson said. “But it’s not just about being transparent and honest when it’s convenient, it means being transparent and accountable when it’s hard.” Calderone rebutted that transparency is a tenet candidates run on every year, but few people get what it really means. “Talking about transparency and taking action and doing it are two different things,” Calderone said. “I think talking about transparency proj-

ects and having worked on projects for the entire year are two different things. I think I can increase transparency.” Stripling was careful to reference her sponsoring organization in her answer. “Transparency means to me that you know the good, you know the bad, you know it all,” she said. “At Waffle House, they have the open grill. You saw the guy drop the hair in your eggs. He knows you know, but you’re still going to eat the eggs. We should be able to have complete trust between the SGA and the people affected by these policies. I believe transparency means trust.” All candidates agreed that student response to April 27 tornado was admirable and each suggested ways to foster and sustain ongoing community involvement. “Service must stay within the student government – the foundation of student government is to serve students,” Calderone said. “I think we should continue to partner with the CSC, and we should continue those partnerships to unite students through service.” The debate, sponsored by the Residence Hall Association, MBA Association and Culverhouse Ambassadors also featured a forum for executive office candidates to present a three-minute platform.

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Pulitzer winner discusses post-Civil War slavery Pulitzer winner, journalist and historian Douglas Blackmon spoke Thursday night at 205 Gorgas Library.

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By SoRelle Wyckoff Opinions Editor sorellew@gmail.com Discussing the South’s history can be tricky, especially while in the South, but Pulitzer Prize winner Douglas Blackmon spoke to a full room Thursday night in Gorgas 205 about the history of the postcivil war South and his prize-

winning book. Blackmon’s book, “Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II,” focuses on the treatment of AfricanAmericans after the abolishment of slavery in the South and how the system of slavery again manifested itself. Convict leasing, leasing pris-

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SGA FROM PAGE 1 Kyle Zimmerman, Advance UA’s candidate for vice president of external affairs, said what the group is advocating isn’t so much to beat the Machine and beat the block vote, but rather to have people speak up for what they believe in. “The system just seemed unfair,” Zimmerman said. “I have friends in New Row fraternities and sororities, even friends that aren’t in a greek house, that have tried to do things on campus, and they never had a shot at it because they aren’t in the right fraternities or sororities. They don’t know the right person, their moms and dads didn’t come to UA or they hadn’t given the right amount of money. “These students aren’t getting the opportunities they deserve, and that’s the direction that we want to take our group in. That is what really inspired me to jump on board with this campaign.” Advance UA’s candidate for vice president of financial affairs, Christian Smith, said he sees the whole election as something that is much bigger than solely his campaign. “My campaign is…for a movement on this campus to think independently of the

oners to be used as manual labor on farms or coalmines, became common in Alabama after the emancipation of slaves, and Blackmon said this was most often directed at African-Americans. “The South was addicted to slavery,” Blackmon said. “White people obviously knew how to grow cotton but could not resurrect the Southern

• Christian Smith: Vice president for Financial Affairs

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• A.J. Collins: Vice president for Academic Affairs Machine,” Smith said. “Win or lose, I feel like the fact that five greek students decided to run against the Machine means progress. I’ve already noticed much progress in the greek system, with students questioning the Machine and showing much more interest in SGA.” Chandler Wright, Advance UA’s candidate for vice president of Student Affairs, said it’s obvious that there is a lot of turmoil within the inner workings of the greek system and the Machine right now, and that Advance UA is a strong testament to that. “People give the Machine so much power by simply buying into their system instead of seeing it for what it really is,” Wright said. “I think that, as candidates, we all agree that our campaigns are about so much more than just winning. It’s about making a statement to

the greek system, our campus and the state of Alabama as a whole: we are ready for progress, and we want to fight for it.” Despite their current races against the Machine, both Wright and Smith said the Machine had supported them in the past. “Last spring, I was elected to Senate in the College of Communication and Information Sciences by the Machine,” Wright said. “In some ways, I owe a lot to the Machine. They helped me run my senate campaign last year. But what I learned most in the basement of the Phi Delta Theta house with a group of fellow senators every Tuesday night for the past year is that this sort of corrupt politics is unsustainable. This system is one that is painfully flawed and needs to be changed.” Smith voiced similar senti-

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economy without forced labor.” Blackmon’s book has also been turned into a documentary, recently aired on PBS. Blackmon played the first three minutes of the documentary for the crowd, which included part of an interview with Sharon Malone, sister of Vivian Malone-Jones, the first African American to graduate from the University. “From the beginning, I knew there was a possibility of a film,” Blackmon said. “Telling stories today requires using multiple ways at the same time.” The film can be watched on the PBS website. There are also educational materials that can be used in a classroom setting. “The documentary is phenomenal,” said Josh Rothman, director of the Summersell Center for the Study of the South. “It’s a little grim but exceptionally well done.” However, talking about such a sensitive subject in the South does lead to some tension. Blackmon’s book has been banned from the Alabama Prison System. “I have not been invited to do

a lot of sessions in Alabama,” Blackmon said. “Birmingham, in particular, wasn’t interested in my book.” Since Jan. 1, Blackmon said he has flown over 24,000 miles around the country, speaking about his book and its message. This week concludes his travels, and Blackmon said the University was a great place to end. “Talking here, I feel like there’s a closing of the circle, in some respects,” Blackmon told the crowd. During his talk, Blackmon shared personal experiences from his childhood in Mississippi. It was many of these experiences, he said, that interested him in the treatment of African Americans in the South. “School was very integrated, but the rest of my life remained extremely segregated,” Blackmon said. “It was a crazy world I grew up in, and I wanted to know why it was so crazy. So I started to ask questions – questions that people didn’t really want to answer.” Blackmon went on from Mississippi to work for The Wall Street Journal from

1995 until recently and is currently a contributing editor at The Washington Post and works with the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs. After writing a story for The Wall Street Journal about coal mines, Blackmon became interested in how the corporations that used unpaid manual labor in the past fared now. “I started to write about corporate liability and moral liability, and after the article came out in 2001, there was a big reaction,” Blackmon said. “That’s when I realized this was much bigger than I thought.” “Historians have known about this for a while,” Rothman said, “but it hasn’t really been researched this extensively.” Blackmon also discussed how the South chose to react to its past years later. “It is interesting to compare how different societies wrestled with the terrible things they have done,” Blackmon said. “For us to understand our society today, we must be honest about what has happened in the past.”

ments about his support from the secret society in the past. “Like David [Wilson, presidential candidate,] I was a Machine-backed senator my sophomore year,” Smith said. “The idea of a secret society on campus was all new and exciting to me. It seemed like something you’d see in the movies. It wasn’t until I was elected senator and began to witness the effects of the Machine that I began to question it.” Zimmerman and Clark said they hadn’t received any political or financial support from the Machine during their time in SGA.

AdvanceUA does not include a candidate for the presidential race but received the support of all three students vying for that position. “I think students should have the opportunity to run any way they want to. If they want to run on a slate, they should be able to do that,” presidential hopeful Matt Calderone said. “If that’s their passion and that’s their tactic, they should be able to form those bonds and work with other students if that’s the way they want to go about leading this campus.” David Wilson, one of Calderone’s opponents, also supported the group. “It shows that people are beginning to finally differentiate the greek community from the Machine. It’s awesome, because

it’s not something we would have seen prior to this year,” candidate David Wilson said. “I’m definitely in support of AdvanceUA, because they’re doing what they think is right. I’m not saying that the people running with the Machine are wrong, but I am saying that the people running with AdvanceUA, they are doing what they think is right, and I can support that.” The third candidate, Shea Stripling, was unaware of the group when asked by The Crimson White to comment, but, after researching them, said they were a group she could get behind. “I think it’s a really great initiative, and there’s so much loyalty in the group,” Stripling said. “This is a great way to endorse loyalty and transparency.”

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Relationships becoming redeﬁned, challenging old traditions By John Davis

Monday, February 27, 2012 Editor • SoRelle Wyckoff letters@cw.ua.edu

Last week, The Crimson White ran an editorial piece that caught my eye. Titled “‘Friends with benefits’ relationship possible,” it addressed the possibility – and benefits – of a platonic, physical relationship (I think). Though it initially raised an eyebrow simply because it was a topic I wasn’t used to seeing on page four, after reading it, it took me back to a November 2011 piece in The Atlantic titled “All the Single Ladies.” That piece, written by Kate Bolick, posited that because the college-educated workforce was becoming more female-dominated, traditional ideas of romance, relationships and marriage were also beginning to change (I think). Bolick suggested that women may begin practicing the concept of “marrying down” – that is, marrying a man who does not earn the same income. We may also begin to see more women staying single throughout their adult

lives, as Bolick has done. To tie all this together neatly, I must pull from that bastion of intellectual firepower, the online CW comment section. A young woman – who incidentally happens to be a friend of mine – took offense to the author’s assertion that “the majority of girls at this University have getting the ‘ring by spring’ engrained in their brains from the minute they step foot on this campus.” She went on to say that, when most girls propose a “friends with benefits”–style relationship, they’re

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really trying to use that as a means to hook the man into an official boyfriend/ girlfriend situation. Where I draw the parallel in all this is that, in the past, when men outnumbered women in the workforce, the average age of marriage was lower than it is now. Whereas only men fresh out of college had 10-year career plans then, now that women outnumber men in college (including here at UA, where 54 percent of the student body is female) one finds that they, too, have 10-year career plans that put off marriage. And, as a friend helpfully pointed out last week during a discussion of all this, if your 10-year plan doesn’t involve marriage, what’s the point in being strapped down to one person when you’re 22? What I could perceive happening, and what I think Ms. Bolick was potentially alluding to, is that the future of relationships as we know them is shifting. The “ring by spring” mentality may always be prominent in the South,

where conservatism still reigns, but it seems to me that when you have a population of men and women who don’t have marriage in their plans for at least 10 years, the entire concept of a monogamous relationship seems outdated. Which isn’t to say it’s wrong or obsolete – personally, I don’t have a 10-year plan, and thus no particular age stands out as the marriage years – but when the endgame of a long-term relationship is marriage, and marriage is being put off until one’s 30s, people tend to ask, “What’s the point?” This is why I found the column and its comment last week so fascinating. I was, essentially, witnessing before my eyes the declaration, consciously or subconsciously, of one’s belief that a friends with benefits relationship is not only possible, but that it’s preferable to a traditional relationship.

John Davis is the chief copy editor of The Crimson White. His column runs on Mondays.

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“As someone who went to a meeting, God himself was barely mentioned. There were, on the other hand, repeated exhortations to go buy the newest merchandise and to keep UnAshamed ʻThe fastest growing college movement in America.ʼ”

By Sarah Patterson On Feb. 17, 15,075 pink-clad fans filled Coleman Coliseum for Alabama Gymnastics’ 8th annual Power of Pink meet, and I want to express my heartfelt thanks and gratitude to everyone who has been a part of the phenomenal success of this vital cause over the past eight years. As was detailed in The Crimson White’s amazing coverage during “pink” week, since its inception, no one I have approached about the Power of Pink has ever said no. Thank you to The Crimson White’s editorin-chief Victor Luckerson, sports editors Tony Tsoukalas and Marq Burnett and sports writer Marc Torrence for helping tell the Power of Pink story. Thanks go to Rita Martin and Robin Kelley, who help coordinate all things pink, as well as Professors Craig Wedderspoon and Jamey Grimes of the UA Art Department, Duane Lamb, UA’s assistant VP for Facilities and everyone on the Alabama campus who spent so much time and effort lighting Coleman Coliseum, Denny Chimes, the Ferguson Center Fountain and the Rec Center pink.

My sincere appreciation also goes to the Athletics Department Administration and staff for their incredible support of this vision. I am also grateful to everyone who helped create the amazing atmosphere inside Coleman Coliseum, including the Gym Jammers pep band under the direction of Josh Walker, the UA cheerleaders under Jennifer Thrasher and the incomparable voice of Alabama Gymnastics, Tony Giles. Special thanks also to all the UA student-athletes and the sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha for helping “light up the night” by setting up

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Kaitlyn Clark scores a 9.800 on bars Friday night at the Pink Meet against Arkansas. Athletics Department this year. I also want to thank DCH Health System CEO Bryan Kindred and the DCH Foundation’s Molly Baldwin and Casey Johnson for their support, as well as everyone who has helped raise $1.2 million for the DCH Breast Cancer Fund, which benefits disadvantaged women in the fight against breast

cancer. And last, but certainly not least, to the 18 survivors who were honored in the spotlight prior to the meet, and for all those in the stands, your courage and heart in this fight is truly inspirational to us all. Sarah Patterson is the University of Alabama head gymnastics coach.

SGA ELECTION 2012

Open communication key for executive secretary By Brielle Appelbaum

— Asher Elbein

the DCH luminaries. I am also thankful for all our fans who, since our first breast cancer awareness meet in 2005, have continued to “Think Pink and Wear Pink” as they fill the Coliseum. You all are such a big part of the reason that we are “perfect in pink,” as the Tuscaloosa News said in its great “GymDay” section. To our wonderful alumni, who ask every year to have their reunion coincide with our “pink meet” so they can be a part of a cause that has come to mean so very much to them. Ladies, David and I cherish the championship legacy you have built here at Alabama, but more than anything, we love seeing the confident, accomplished women you have become, and the relationships we have maintained through the years. To say that I am continually amazed by the generosity of David DeSantis and the employees at Tuscaloosa Toyota, as well as Michael Anderson from Advision, is a vast understatement. I am so thankful for their ongoing support of the Power of Pink, from our meet to the other eight Power of Pink events hosted by the UA

As the current assistant communication director, I am very passionate about serving the student body. It is my goal to work towards empowering and educating every student on campus. Through projects like the Crimson Watch Program, Higher Education Day and the Voter Registration drive, I’ve realized the impact that positive communication skills can have throughout the Capstone. I am here to serve the student body to the best of my ability, and if elected to the position of executive secretary, I plan to do just that. My campaign has been completely transparent and mirrors how I plan to continue to work for the student body. Every speaking engagement has been posted online with photographs, and in some cases, even filmed. I want to be held accountable for my actions and plan to do the same for everyone on the executive cabinet. If elected, I would like to partner with The Crimson White and publish a weekly column about Student Government Association projects and initiatives. This is a positive way to reach out to the student body and allow everyone to hold the SGA accountable. I will encourage an open and ongoing dialogue between the student body and their representatives. A second way I would encourage an open and honest dialogue is by typing detailed notes of each

‘The future depends on what we do in the present’

By Matt Harris meeting and posting them weekly on the Student Government It is with great pride and honor that I Association website. I support the wish to seek the office of your executive student body and believe in keepvice president. An inspirational leader, ing all representatives accountMahatma Gandhi once said, “The future able for the projects they wish to depends on what we do in the present.” accomplish. Over these past few years, I have had Throughout my campaign, I have the privilege to serve you in several had the pleasure of speaking to so different leadership positions. While many diverse groups on campus; it serving in the Student Government has really opened my eyes to the Association, I have sponsored numerous true meaning of initiatives to being a student improve stuat the University dent life. These This week, The Crimson White of Alabama. We initiatives are a student opinions page will feature guest include: Julia’s body of educated, columns submitted by this year’s online ordering intelligent and on myBama as Student Government Associadiverse individua Commerce als, but what tion candidates for executive and Business unites us together positions. Each candidate has Administration is our love for the senator; reachCapstone. By vot- been offered the opportunity to ing out to ing for me, Brielle submit a column. We will highevery corner Appelbaum, light a different SGA position of campus this for Student past year as each day, publishing the colGovernment your deputy Association execuumns of those candidates who chief of staff; tive secretary, organizing the chose to submit a guest column. you are choosing first ever SGA a representative and Campus that cares deeply Ve t e r a n s for the University of Alabama Association Memorial; extending hours and a candidate that puts the stuof operation of Bruno Library during dent body first. My father always exam week; creation of the Executive told me actions speak louder than Business Council, which will give stuwords, and I hope that my actions dents the opportunity to get involved have shown that I am the qualified, with their college and feel a personal caring and willing candidate for connection, and the restructuring of the job. the Capstone Hero’s Award. These are Come Election Day on March 6, just a few of my past projects that will think BA for UA! enhance your experience as a student at

the University, and I promise to continue to work every day to improve student life at UA. As executive vice president, I will continue to serve by implementing more fundraisers for student scholarships, creating more projects among SEC schools and proposing a concert for next year’s homecoming. I have also set forth plans to develop a student savings program and a Military Ball. I hope to announce soon a great student opportunity that I proposed to the University. I have already spent countless hours working with our provost, Dr. Bonner, the current vice president of Academic Affairs, Clay Armentrout, and a marketing student, Paige Parker, on implementing winter session classes. Students would have the ability to go home over winter break and take an online class. This will allow students to spend time with their families over the holiday and receive credit towards graduation. In addition, we have been investigating a study abroad class over winter break. Students will have the ability to receive college credit in a foreign country. These past initiatives demonstrate how much I have already done for this University and are examples of what the future has in store for students at the University of Alabama. I would be honored to continue to serve you as your executive vice president. This is my vision, this is my dream, and if elected, this will be our future. Matt Harris is the deputy chief of staff of the Student Government Association. He is running for the position of Executive Vice President.

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SGA Senate passes resolution opposing Shepherd Bend mine By Bobby Atkinson Contributing Writer The University of Alabama Student G ove r n m e n t Association Senate passed a resolution to oppose the University of Alabamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s potential release land and mineral rights for the Shepherd Bend Mine that would discharge potentially dangerous wastewater into the Black Warrior River. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a resolution that states that the SGA and the students urge the University of Alabama Board of Trustees and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama System to not release the land and the mineral rights . . . We are asking them and imploring them not to lease that land to Shepherd Bend, LLC,â&#x20AC;? said Elliot Bell, a sophomore in his first year as an SGA senator and the resolutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s author. The mine, which has been a cause of protest at UA since 2007, was proposed by Shepherd Bend, LLC, and would be 800 feet from a major intake of the Birmingham Water Works Board that filters water for 200,000 Birmingham residents. The University of Alabama System owns 1,700 acres of the land on which the 1,773-acre coal mine would be located. The resolution, which was co-sponsored by SGA Senators Ryan Flamerich and Sydney Page, follows a similar one passed by the undergraduate SGA at University of Alabama at Birmingham last week and requests that the University of Alabama System not release the University-owned land or mineral rights. According to the Black Warrior Riverkeeper, the Shepherd Bend Mine likely would no longer be economically feasible if the UA System abstains from selling or leasing the Walker County land. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening with the

request is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on appeal right now. It has been, I believe, for the last year or two,â&#x20AC;? Bell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the end of the day, it comes down to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees to say that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to lease the land, because if they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t release the land and mineral rights, then there is no benefit, financially, to the company. In the end, most supporters look not towards the benefit, but the amount of people being affected.â&#x20AC;? Those who are affected, according to Nelson Brooke of Black Warrior Riverkeeper, are at the heart of the debate over strip mining. Moreover, Brooke said that the organization is very excited by the resolutions passed by the SGAs at both UA and UAB. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are happy to see the operation growing and proud of the student support at both schools,â&#x20AC;? Brooke said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think it sends a strong message to the University [of Alabama] System that this is very important across the state: We value drinking water very highly. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more important than the amount of money this mine could raise.â&#x20AC;? While the resolution by the Senate was important for the cause, Bell said that the unanimous vote signaled to the Alabama student body that the SGA is aware of what students are saying. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If there is one thing I can leave you with, I think that this is a sign that the SGA is listening to the students of the University, and one thing that I am adamant about is that individuals need to know they are being impacted by the SGA,â&#x20AC;? Bell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is one of the more vocal impacts by the SGA to stand with the students of the University and residents of Birmingham in opposition to the Shepherd Bend Mine.â&#x20AC;?

Monday, February 27, 2012

Holt looks to promote racial unity By Adrienne Burch Contributing Writer â&#x20AC;&#x153;O courage, my soul, and let us journey onâ&#x20AC;? were the lyrics sung by the Holt High School Choir during Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first annual Holt Black History Celebration, a ceremony meant to honor the growth and transformation of the Holt community since the time of segregation. The ceremony was organized by Holt in Actionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Arts and Heritage Committee, a group created after the April 27 tornado to help in rebuilding the community both physically and emotionally. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are trying to build racial harmony as we continue to recreate Holt,â&#x20AC;? said Nancy Callahan, head of the Arts and Heritage Committee. There were more than 15 speakers, black and white, who all told stories about their experiences in Holt during desegregation. Joe Nathan Moore Jr. entered Holt High School in the fall of 1965 as the only black student in his sophomore class. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was the only fly in the buttermilk,â&#x20AC;? Moore said. Moore said he was alone for three years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I already didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the white folks saying anything, and now those at Boteler [his former high school] were calling me a traitor,â&#x20AC;? Moore said.

Moore had to work as a janitor at the school to earn the money to pay for his cap and gown for graduation. He also worked in the school kitchen in order to receive his meals for the day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t regret anything we went through,â&#x20AC;? Moore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those students were able to teach their kids that we [African Americans] were just like them.â&#x20AC;? Moore said his whole class, all white students, stood up and applauded when he walked across the stage at graduation. He had not given up, and he had made a difference in his community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They made a change,â&#x20AC;? said Joe Boteler, who graduated in 1967 as a white member of the first class at Holt to contain black students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These six students showed up at Holt to make a difference in this world.â&#x20AC;? Offa Mae Brown Parker was born in Holt in 1928 and was pulled out of school at an early age to work in the cotton fields. She received little education and had to teach herself to read with the Bible. Parker has 10 children and has taught a weekly Bible class at the Crescent East Apartments for more than 40 years. She said God has blessed her, so she has made it through. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope that one day, people will not have to go through what I didâ&#x20AC;Śthey can have a better life,â&#x20AC;? Parker said. Salley Bell Cook grew up in the Holt community and was bused from Holt to a

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Sally B. Cook shares her experience of busing during the segregation era in Holt. The speakers were part of an observance of Black History Month, hosted by Holt in Actionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Arts and Heritage Committee on Feb. 25.

school in Northport prior to desegregation efforts. Upon graduating from Stillman College, Cook had to register to vote in order to get a job teaching. She was forced to pay a poll tax and take a literacy test to register to vote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those things made me a stronger person,â&#x20AC;? Cook said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I became a teacher, I no longer saw black and white, I saw students, because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I was hired to do.â&#x20AC;?

Author offers writing advice to students By Kris Mitchell Contributing Writer A group of University of Alabama students honored the writing of Mary Ward Brown Friday as actors performed a dramatic reading of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Amaryllis,â&#x20AC;? one of Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s short stories. The story, about a retired judge who becomes fascinated by a blooming amaryllis plant, was accompanied by live jazz music, a favorite of Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Writing starts with something that sticks in your mind,â&#x20AC;? Brown said of her technique. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gathers material and becomes something.â&#x20AC;? After the performance, Brown answered questions from the audience, gave writ-

ing advice and spoke about her life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t write poetry because I never could get the mechanics,â&#x20AC;? Brown said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a technique to writing fiction, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not as complicated.â&#x20AC;? Brown, a native of Alabama, began her writing as a newspaper editor for Judson College, a Baptist womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s college in Marion, Ala. Brown married her husband, Kirtley Brown, in 1939. Several years after the birth of their sons and inheriting her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farm, Brown was exhausted from the stress of being a mother, wife and writer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to put off writing

for awhile,â&#x20AC;? Brown said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to make sacrifices.â&#x20AC;? Using author Stephen King as an example of writers who recommend writing every day, Brown recalled when her son was a teenager how she would try to write while he was in school. One day, he and his friends had finished playing basketball, and she wanted to finish a particular story, but she also wanted to make lunch for him and his friends. That day, Brown decided not to write anymore until â&#x20AC;&#x153;something changed.â&#x20AC;? Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appearance at the University was the result of an Honors College classâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; desire to film documentaries about Alabama history and

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Phoenixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sculpture weathers time, elements By William Evans Senior Staff Reporter wjevans@crimson.ua.edu The discolored thrust of steel in front of Manly Hall has a name, a creator and a purpose, none of which are declared by a plaque or logo to identify the artwork. In fact, the steel sculpture is not designed to withstand the caprice of outside weather, but walk past Manly Hall adjacent to Clark Hall, and there it is, rusting under the open sky. Andrew Arvanetes drew from melancholy episodes in his personal life to name the creation of his steel sculpture â&#x20AC;&#x153;Phoenix.â&#x20AC;? According to an emailed statement from Rebecca Florence, director of college relations and associate director of development for the College of Arts

and Sciences, the University brought â&#x20AC;&#x153;Phoenixâ&#x20AC;? to campus in 1993, when the steel sculpture won the Purchase Award in the 1993 Alabama Biennial. The Biennial was an exhibition for outdoor artwork of â&#x20AC;&#x153;heroic proportionsâ&#x20AC;? that incorporated other sculptures like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Phoenixâ&#x20AC;? into the campus aesthetic. The Biennial, funded by anonymous donations, ran in 1991, 1993 and 1995 until the donations dried up, much like the current crusty exterior of Arvanetesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; steel sculpture. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little disappointing,â&#x20AC;? he said when informed his artwork had taken a permanent vacation in the sun. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It had a very clean, slick finish to it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shame.â&#x20AC;? Arvanetes had lost some members of his family to a drunk driver before the hosting

of the 1993 Biennial. When he was told the theme of the artwork for the exhibition had to draw from mythology, the tale of the phoenix instantly snapped into his head. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The piece is called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Phoenixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for the mythological bird that rises from the ashes to live again,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the time, it was right after some pretty substantial loss in my family, and the parameters of the exhibition had to do something with mythology. I thought about the idea of death and rebirth. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I did the piece in the first place.â&#x20AC;? Arvanetes makes use of vehicular and mechanical details to distinguish his artwork. Interested in sculpture since his youth, he decided to pursue the hands-on mode of expression in his days in college. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My sister told me once, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You

Navistar hosts job session By Asher Elbein Contributing Writer Those interested in job opportunities in the fields of vehicular manufacture, marketing, business and sales are in luck. Navistar International, a $10 billion company that produces commercial and military trucks, is coming to campus Feb. 28 for Navistar Day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Navistar Day is one of the biggest events of the spring semester for the business school, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited that we have the opportunity to connect talented students of all majors here at the University of Alabama with this great company,â&#x20AC;? said Brandon Poley, a sales ambassador. The sales program, in conjunction with the engineering department, MIS and others, hosts Navistar Day every year. It serves as an opportunity for students to meet representatives of the company and learn more about the job opportunities at Navistar. S e v e r a l Navistar representatives will

be on hand to take questions and give special presentations. Navistar will also display various examples of its wares to the presentation. These will include various models of large trucks. A race car and MRAP â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected military vehicle â&#x20AC;&#x201C; may be displayed as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Navistar is a rare organization in that they feature jobs and internships applicable to students of all majors and backgrounds,â&#x20AC;? said Joe Calamusa, director of the sales program at UA. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The format for Navistar Day serves to connect students from across the entire UA campus with a global industry leader. Whether a student is studying engineering or English, management or mathematics, there are relevant professional opportunities for them at Navistar.â&#x20AC;? Navistar is known for both its manufactured trucks and specialty engines. Their products include vehicles such as the MaxxForce, IC Bus and the MRAP. The company has also been on the forefront of attempts

to produce efficient and ecofriendly engines. According to the EPA, all new truck engines from 2010 on must produce near-zero limits for NOx, a primary ingredient of smog. While most other engine manufacturers chose to achieve this through a cocktail of chemical additives, Navistar has forged ahead in attempting to design a better engine, one that produces almost no NOx at all. The engineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s test data has been submitted to the EPA for certification, and the industry is currently awaiting the results. Navistar has stated an interest in offering internships and jobs to students of all backgrounds, emphasizing the opportunities it can provide to students pursuing vastly different majors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Especially in this time of high unemployment. I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be here, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very interested in attending, both as an engineer and as a person interested in a future career,â&#x20AC;? said Rebekah Gage, a sophomore majoring in engineering.

know, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re building the same thing you were as a kid, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out of steel and not blocks,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was something always in me.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of artists have just done it and been amazing their whole lives,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did not think of it as a vocation until I got older, but as a kid, I was always fascinated with all these things that people make.â&#x20AC;? Arvanetes likes to infuse movement, transition and biographical narrative into his artwork without imposing a finicky interpretation onto his audience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I use details that people may not know what they really mean but can make a story of their own kind, which is fine,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what the piece appears to be doing, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moving or sailing or flying,â&#x20AC;? he continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usu-

be a funerary situation or courtroom situation where a judge might sit.â&#x20AC;? Like a coat of polyurethane to preserve the surface of a painting, Arvanetes carefully cleaned and sprayed the steel finish of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Phoenixâ&#x20AC;? with Penetrol Oil to curtail the metal from oxidizing into a heap of rust. The Penetrol Oil seals the oxidation of the surface inside at the time of its application so that the steel, in effect, quits oxidizing, he said. He said â&#x20AC;&#x153;Phoenix,â&#x20AC;? now CW| Shannon Auvil plopped onto a nondescript conArvanetesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Phoenixâ&#x20AC;? sits outside crete block on the lawn of Manly Manly Hall. Hall, used to be inside the lobby of a campus administration ally some kind of personal emo- building. tion associated with that action. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was a little shocked, and I I do know that with this piece, was hoping it was inside, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the tail in the back, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As long as it stays an altar with bleachers in the outside, it breaks down very wings, almost like there could quickly.â&#x20AC;?

Group offers return to medieval times MEDIEVAL CLUB FROM PAGE 1 Farris quickly and deftly puts his sword, made of a dense bamboo-like material called rattan, to work against his foe, decked-out head-to-toe in an equally formidable array. All fighters are required to protect their head, neck, elbows, knees and kidneys but are allowed free reign when it comes to additional covering, or the lack thereof, Farris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I use as little armor as we can get away with, because it gets heavy real quick, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want all that weighing me down,â&#x20AC;? he said. In what the SCA deems â&#x20AC;&#x153;heavy combat,â&#x20AC;? participants battle at full speed and intensity. The fighting is regularly punctuated with the assertive â&#x20AC;&#x153;thwhackâ&#x20AC;? of rattan on metal or, sometimes, rattan on human. Fighters determine for themselves whether or not a strike should count as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;hit.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fights operate on an honor system. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up to you to decide whether the blow was hard enough to be lethal,â&#x20AC;?

said Price Lawrence, a senior majoring in anthropology. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re better off being honest, though. If you get a reputation for not calling your hits, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll start hitting you harder.â&#x20AC;? He said fighter safety is serious business in the SCA, citing the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contracts with multiple insurance companies and the 150-page fighterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manual, with which combatants must be familiar to compete in official events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;SCA is about so much more than just fighting, though,â&#x20AC;? said Jessica Lawrence. At some places, they may play like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1000 A.D., but at Okeborne Keep, they live it. SCA, an international organization, is divided into 19 kingdoms by geographic regions. Okeborne Keep is under the Kingdom of Meridies, which is composed of Alabama and parts of Tennessee, Georgia, Florida and Kentucky. Kingdoms regularly hold multi-day events in which members come together to camp, feast and craft, in addition to the fighting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to SCA events and just watch,â&#x20AC;? said Rodgers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interactive. And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something there for everyone.â&#x20AC;? In fact, several members

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present at Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practice elect to sit on the sidelines, fully clothed in period garb and sewing or researching medieval recipes. The club is preparing for its trek to Gulf Wars, a weeklong, multi-kingdom event in Mississippi from March 11-18. Approximately 4,000 people attended last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You forget the real world exists for awhile,â&#x20AC;? said club member Michelangelo Rollf. For students looking to become members, the club is hosting an event at Kentuck on Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The program, which is free and open to the public, will include combat demonstrations and arts and sciences classes. Jessica Lawrence, inspired by the â&#x20AC;&#x153;substantial untapped potentialâ&#x20AC;? of the college demographic, formed the student arm of the club two years ago. Okeborne Keep currently counts approximately 25 regular members, half of whom Price Lawrence estimates to be University students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing like the rush of getting the crap beat out of you by a guy wearing a suit of armor,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Sonic Frontiers kicks off with jazz group By Alexandra Ellsworth Senior Staff Reporter amellsworth@crimson.ua.edu

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other artists in addition to my own work, many of whom would likely otherwise pass Alabama by on their way to Jazz quintet Canada Day New Orleans, Atlanta and will kick off Sonic Frontiers, Nashville.” a new avant-garde jazz conThis series is a first step cert series on campus, giving toward a greater goal Dewar music lovers in Tuscaloosa has. a great opportunity to expe“We have an incredrience innovative music by ible opportunity to make world-class performers. Tuscaloosa one of the imporThe concert will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Theater and is free and open to the public. I feel that it is important to “The driving force behind be a proactive force for the the Sonic Frontiers concert series is to bring world-class arts wherever you live. performers of adventurous music to Tuscaloosa, — Andrew Dewar so both the UA and broader Tuscaloosa community can have the opportunity to check out new music that will stretch their ears in new directions,” tant centers for adventurous said Andrew Dewar, an assis- music in the southeast, turntant professor of interdisci- ing it into a ‘must-do’ tour plinary arts and creator of the stop for adventurous bands on series. the road,” Dewar said. Dewar, an experimental Charlie Bice, a Creative musician himself, said he Campus intern who did could have devoted himself to graphic design for the promoonly promoting his own music tional items, said he is lookin cities like New York and ing forward to seeing Canada Los Angeles. However, he cre- Day perform in what he said ated this concert series as a should be an interesting first way to further his colleagues’ performance. work and to reach a broader “Canada Day is very well audience in the community repeated,” he said. “Jazz where he lives. has always been a cool, mel“I feel that it is important low way to enjoy music, so it to be a proactive force for will be interesting to see how the arts wherever you live,” these musicians push the Dewar said. “So, I’ve decid- envelope with that.” ed to devote an enormous Canada Day, led by Harris amount of time and energy Eisenstadt, will open the coninto presenting concerts of cert series.

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Eisenstadt and Canada Day’s first album, released in 2009, received four stars in Downbeat magazine and made its way into several endof-the-year top 10 lists. The band itself debuted in 2007 and has received high praise from critics since its inception. “Professor Dewar is a friend of ours,” Eisenstadt said. “We knew him when he was in graduate school and from projects in New York City. He wanted to start having creative concerts, and we are happy to be a part of that.” Dewar was limited to choosing artists that were already on tour or had their travel funded by other venues because of his limited budget, he said. Ideally, Dewar said he will put together a larger budget for the next series that would allow him to bring a wider range of artists who are exploring exciting and unique ways of making music, but this is dependent on the amount of interest shown by the public. “It is important to me to keep the events economically

IF YOU GO ... • What: Sonic Frontiers concert series presents Canada Day

• Where: Ferguson Center Theater • When: 7:30 p.m. accessible to the community, ideally by continuing to present the concerts for free, but that will only be possible if we have a great turnout for the series, with lots of student and community interest,” he said. Therefore, the series will ultimately only be a sustainable venture if music lovers in Tuscaloosa come out to the events and demonstrate their support by showing up and bringing their energy. Since all of the events are free and centrally located at the Ferguson Center Theater, Dewar said he is hoping that will encourage people to take a chance on music they might

not otherwise come out for if it were a $20 to $30 ticketed event. But Dewar has plans to expand this project and make the whole venture what he calls “a hands-on learning laboratory” for students interested in arts production by having them do all the work and possibly even starting a student-run nonprofit record label that releases limited edition albums of the concert recordings packaged in artwork produced by student or local artists. “Am I daydreaming? Absolutely,” Dewar said. “But does that mean it can’t happen? This concert series started as a daydream.” UA’s New College, Capstone International, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Blount Un d e r g r a d u at e Initiative, the UA School of Music, the Ferguson Center, the Department of Race & Gender Studies and Creative Campus sponsor the concerts. For more information on the series, call 205-348-7884 or visit www.creativecampus. ua.edu.

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Here are some ﬁlms the Academy missed By Erich Hilkert Hollywood’s biggest stars were on the red carpet last night, and the film industry gathered together to recognize 2011’s finest achievements. Unfortunately, not every deserving movie or nominee actually made it on the list. Every Harry Potter fan under the sun was livid the final chapter in the film series didn’t receive a Best Picture nomination, but at least the film got three nominations overall. With that in mind, here are brief highlights of five movies that weren’t nominated for any Oscar awards. “We Need to Talk About Kevin” is one of the most talked-about snubs but hasn’t made its way to Tuscaloosa and therefore can’t be included here.

Melancholia Probably the best movie in the bunch, “Melancholia” is all about mood, and mood pieces don’t usually do well with the Academy. I’m a big believer in Kirsten Dunst as an actress after seeing this. This was a daring performance where she plays a character who isn’t instantly likable but is very

is it tries to be a comedy, a drama and sort of a romance all at once. It’s one of the better movies of 2011, but movies that combine multiple genres don’t often do well with Oscar voters. No doubt the people involved aren’t crying because they succeeded at making a movie that manages to be both funny and Drive meaningful, and they didn’t seem too concerned with Oscar I must confess, while a lot of nominations. Even from the people were very upset about trailer, “War Horse” screamed Albert Brooks being snubbed for a Best Supporting Actor nod, I was not. I didn’t think he was that spectacular and was pleased with the five canUnfortunately, not every didates chosen. Christopher deserving movie or nominee Plummer was outstanding in actually made it on the list. “Beginners” and is overdue. While “Drive” is an interesting film, it’s not the sort of film that typically garners a Best Picture nomination. Ryan Gosling had a solid performance, but there Oscar. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is seems to be an agreement that an underrated actor, and this he was better in “The Ides of was a strong performance, March.” Gosling actually did although probably not quite receive a Best Actor nomina- Oscar-level. tion at the Golden Globes for his performance in “The Ides of Win Win March.” human. “Melancholia” isn’t quite as enjoyable when she is absent. Whether you like “Melancholia” or not, it will stay with you for weeks. It’s one of the few movies from 2011 that I still think about regularly.

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field. The main character in “Win Win” makes some very questionable moral choices. It’s hard to know whether such a character would be likable in person. Then again, you wonder if you wouldn’t do the same thing if you were faced with the same difficult choices. Paul Giamatti goes the extra mile to make you care for him, despite his flaws.

Construction of The Nest began in Rosedale Park on Feb. 10, but before that, Fick and Thompson took buckets of branches to Tuscaloosa Magnet School, Cottondale Elementary and Holt Elementary to let children paint their own branch to be weaved into the nest. “We asked the children, ‘What does a nest make you think of?’” Thompson said in her remarks to open the ceremony. “And we got answers like ‘home’ and ‘survival.’” The day also featured UA English professor and Slash Pine Press director Patti White reading excerpts from “The Sound,” her 22-page essay about her experiences before, during and after the tornado. “[The Nest] is a brilliantly conceived project,” said White. “It is a structure that allows the wind to pass through it, but [it] remains, much like Tuscaloosa.” The day also featured trumpeter Brice Miller playing as some people painted branches to add to the structure, and others stood and listened quietly. Alexis Clark, the coordinator of Creative Campus,

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Elizabeth Olsen was the strongest Oscar case, as the film was way too creepy and a little too unpolished to fit the prototypical Best Picture film. John Hawkes was another supporting actor who may have been left out. Again, I like the included field, but I’d make a stronger argument for Hawkes than Albert Brooks. Hawkes played a creepy character, which sometimes goes over well with voters, and in this case, sometimes doesn’t go over so well. Olsen, the younger sister of the famous Olsen twins, may not have received an Oscar nominaMaybe Paul Giamatti tion, but she received plenty of deserved a nod, and maybe attention in this breakthrough the screenplay deserved a performance. nod, but it was a crowded

[The Nest] is a brilliantly conceived project. It is a structure that allows the wind to pass through it, but [it] remains, much like Tuscaloosa. —Patti White

said The Nest was a really fresh idea and is Creative Campus’ first public art installation. “We worked closely with the Tuscaloosa Parks and Recreation Authority,” Clark said. “Rosedale was not getting a lot of attention.” The day also included another Creative Campus project called “The Hope Tree.” On it, people tied notes that contained their wishes for Tuscaloosa’s future. The tree, which is another piece of debris, will be moved from Rosedale Park and placed in Maxwell Hall where Creative Campus’ offices are located. Although no one is sure how long The Nest will stand before being washed away, Fick said she hopes to get schools to hold field trips in which the children will be able to continue painting the nest.

‘The Boy Who Lived’: The voice of our generation Harry Potter offers special kinship for today’s college youth By Ann Powers Who is the voice of any generation? It’s a question that can’t be answered. Nor should it be, really. To choose one representative figure for a group that’s diverse in all ways but one contradicts the realities of race, region, gender, class and personal affinity. As a forty-something white woman from Seattle who grew up on indie rock, I might choose Kurt Cobain as the voice of my generation. If I surveyed my friends, though, few would share my opinion. Danyel, who grew up in Oakland listening to hip-hop, would probably choose Tupac Shakur. My brother Patrick, who’s really into sports, vouches for Michael Jordan. Alex, a classical music critic, might choose someone whose work many of you don’t know: the composer John Adams. Rob, who was one of Microsoft’s first 100 employees, would say Bill Gates out of professional loyalty and Steve Jobs out of personal

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The Harry Potter series was created speciﬁcally for you. No younger readers will ever feel the same ownership of this artwork, the same kinship with its main characters.

reveal the best fit for the voice of the current crop of students at the University of Alabama. Following that lead, I’m voting for Harry Potter to take home the big prize. As a New College instructor, I’ve encountered many students who literally grew in tandem with “The Boy Who Lived.” Rowling smartly structured the books so that each got a little more complicated each time, so that the kids who were their first audience – you, the generation currently in college – would continue to feel just a little stretched by the experience. Unlike Facebook, which I can enjoy as much as you can, the Harry Potter series was created specifically for you. No younger readers will ever feel the same ownership of this artwork, the same kinship with its main characters. For that reason, I choose Harry Potter as the Voice of Your Generation. Having done so, I urge you to grapple with this whole idea again, but come up with a chorus instead of a solo artist!

admiration. Even that list contains more white guys than I’d like, mostly because even in our more liberated and (arguably) equitable times, women and people of color still hit glass ceilings as they climb to prominence. Then there’s the privileging of individual personhood. The Crimson White’s nicely argued final essay for this series, pitting Harry Potter against Mark Zuckerberg, glossed over a couple of truths: Potter’s a fictional character (created by a woman who’s not of your generation, but mine), and Zuckerberg’s user-powered interface, not his singular presence, make him notable. Such qualifications aside, it’s fun and useful to think about which famous folk best channel Ann Powers is a New College your own hopes and dreams. professor and a music critic for Your votes for this contest National Public Radio.

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By Daniel Roth “This boy will be famous. There won’t be a child in our world who doesn’t know his name.” When Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling put these words in Professor McGonagall’s mouth, she would have had no idea that they would not only be true in the wizarding world, but in that of the lowly muggle, as well. Finding Harry Potter on Facebook would only result in the realization that the number of mutual friends you two share would actually equal the number of your entire friends list. I doubt you could find many people that wouldn’t be able to at least call Harry Potter a mere acquaintance of theirs, if not a close friend. Not many have even come close to being able to impact our generation the way Harry has. Perhaps the biggest role

Whether or not you take interest in the adventures of “The Chosen One,” there is no question that he has been apparent in the most crucial years of self-discovery throughout all of our lives.

“The Boy Who Lived” has played in our lives was simply growing and learning alongside us. As we dealt with the anger and complete frustration of a “grown up’s” inability to understand us, so did Harry. As we walked through unknown doors of social confusion with no sense of direction, Harry was there, taking those very same steps. As we grew with Harry, we also watched in awe at all he had at his fingertips. Flying broomsticks, invisibility cloaks and even a living chessboard are toys we only Daniel Roth is a sophomore dreamed of having as chil- majoring in telecommunicadren. To Harry, they were a tion and film.

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reality. So, just as we related to Harry, we were also completely enthralled with all he could achieve. The world, which he would ultimately save, was a playground for each of our imaginations. We placed ourselves in the shoes of one of his classmates and played the “what if?” game. But we also learned from Harry. He inspired us to keep pursuing our goals when circumstances appeared to be hopeless, taught us what it truly meant to be a friend and showed us that love defeats all. With all sappiness aside, however, when one is looking back on an entire generation, subjects that have been the most consistent tend to stick out more than others. Whether or not you take interest in the adventures of “The Chosen One,” there is no question that he has been apparent in the most crucial years of selfdiscovery throughout all of our lives.

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Balance, shooting lead Tide over Miss. State By Brett Hudson Senior Sports Reporter bbhudson@crimson.ua.edu @Brett_Hudson Winning tournament basketball is all about getting on a hot streak at the right time. Alabama did just that Saturday night, going from the worst 3-point shooting team in the Southeastern Conference to a team that shot 54.5 percent from behind the arc in a 67-50 win over Mississippi State. “In the second half, our guys came out with great energy,” head coach Anthony Grant said. “In the second half, we had a dominating performance all around.”

The barrage of 3-pointers for the Crimson Tide came after a first half that was close in every aspect of the game. Alabama had only one less rebound than Mississippi State in the first half and shot just 3-percent better from the field. Alabama had one more assist than the Bulldogs in the first half but also had one more turnover. Both teams made nine field goals in the first half. “In the first half, the game was, to me, somewhat disjointed,” Grant said. “We couldn’t get into a good flow. Defensively, we had a couple breakdowns, and Mississippi State, being a good team, took advantage of it. I thought we

were fortunate to go into halftime tied.” The deadlock that carried into halftime was created by a “heads-up play” by sophomore point guard Trevor Releford. With less than a second remaining in the first half and Alabama down 25-22, Releford was fouled in the act of shooting a 3-pointer. Releford would go to the free throw line and make all three to end the half. “[Releford’s free throws] gave us a chance to regain the momentum and tie the game,” Grant said. “It’s a different feeling going into the locker room down three as opposed to a tie game.” The locker room feeling sent

Alabama into a shooting frenzy, as the Tide started the second half on a 15-5 run on 3-point shots from Releford and freshmen guards Levi Randolph and Rodney Cooper. “I thought we took the last play of the half and played the first five minutes of the [second] half just like that,” Mississippi State head coach Rick Stansbury said. “That was basically the game.” In the second half, Randolph shot 4-for-6 from the field, including one 3-point shot and a perfect 4-for-4 from the charity stripe. Randolph also had six rebounds in the second half, compared to just one in the first half. All of Cooper’s

eight points came in the second half. Sophomore guard Charles Hankerson scored all of his seven in the second half as well. Alabama’s second-half effort on the defensive side of the court was just as important as the offensive explosion. Mississippi State forward Arnett Moultrie, who came into Saturday’s game leading the SEC in double-doubles, played all 40 minutes and scored seven points going 1-for-3 shooting from the field. “They doubled him every time he caught it,” Stansbury said. “They played a lot of zone to keep him from getting the ball.”

BASEBALL Page 10 • Monday, February 27, 2012 Editor • Marquavius Burnett crimsonwhitesports@ gmail.com

SPORTS this week

MONDAY • Women’s Golf Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate: All Day

TUESDAY • Baseball vs South Alabama: 6:05 p.m. • Women’s Golf Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate: All Day

WEDNESDAY • Baseball vs Southern Mississippi: 4 p.m. • Men’s Basketball vs Auburn: 7 p.m.

Tide dominates in sweep over weekend By Brett Hudson Senior Sports Reporter bbhudson@crimson.ua.edu @Brett_Hudson Alabama exploded for a combined 30 runs this weekend as the Crimson Tide swept Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Alabama capped off the sweep with a 9-3 victory on Sunday. “It was good to see [freshman left-handed starting pitcher] Justin Kamplain get his first collegiate win,” Gaspard said. “We were able to get a comfortable lead early. I thought the bullpen, particularly the back end with [junior right-handed relief pitcher Ian] Gardeck and [freshman right-handed relief pitcher Jake] Hubbard did a good job.” The comfortable lead that

Tide looks to win fourth championship WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1

Women’s Wheelchair Basketball The Alabama women’s wheelchair basketball team beat the Illinois Fighting Illini in the Tide’s last collegiate tournament of the season Friday night. The Illini started the game off well, going up 2-0 over the Tide in the opening minutes. After that, it was all downhill for Illinois. Alabama crushed the Fighting Illini in the first half, up 37-27 at the break. Cindy Ouellet led Alabama in scoring in the first half with 11 points.

that extend the inning and extend the scoring, it was good to see. With each game, our atbats are getting a little better, and our guys are getting a little more comfortable with what we want to do.” That offensive rally came after a minor hiccup in the Tide’s defense, giving up a run to Arkansas-Pine Bluff after Kamplain gave up a stand-up double to the leadoff batter, then walked the next one. A badly timed pitch in the dirt allowed both runners to advance to secCW | Susan Hurwitz ond and third. Jon Kelton slides into home plate for a run against Arkansas-Pine “I struggled in the first Bluff this past weekend. inning to get my control down,” Kamplain said. “Once I made Gaspard enjoyed came in the games preceding Sunday. the adjustments, everything first inning, in which Alabama “Any time you can score was pretty smooth.” scored five runs in the first early, it always gets you in Kamplain gave up only one inning after only scoring one a good flow,” Gaspard said. hit and no more runs in innings first inning run in the five “Particularly with two-out hits two through five.

While Kamplain was holding the Golden Lion offense down, Alabama kept pounding away at the plate. Alabama scored two runs in the bottom of the second and again in the bottom of the fifth after first baseman Jon Kelton’s single to centerfield drove in Ben Moore and Cameron Carlisle. Moore, a freshman, had a productive weekend against the Golden Lions, notching three hits and four RBIs, including a three-run home run in the eighth inning of Friday night’s game, and scored three runs. The stout showing over the weekend should help Alabama going into its next game against South Alabama on Tuesday night. “Our confidence has shot up after this weekend,” Roberts said.

Alabama took the momentum into the second half, eventually coming away with a 68-49 victory. Alabama had four players score in the double digits. Karolina Lingyte led Alabama with 15 points, while Ouellet finished with 13. Annika Zeyen and Katie Harvock finished with 14 and 10 points, respectively. The Crimson Tide came out victorious over the Illini, but the win was not the only cause for celebration for the team. After winning three consecutive national championships in 2009, 2010 and 2011, they were presented with their national championship rings by UA President Robert Witt. “This is great, and I really appreciate Dr. Witt and Provost Bonner for making it possible,” said Brent Hardin, director of wheelchair athlet-

Thompson called a “must-win game.” “We played well there in spurts, but there’s room for a lot of improvement and growth in what we’re doing out there,” Thompson said. “We’re a young team, and sometimes we play pretty young.” Jared Arambula said the thrill from a win isn’t the only thing that this team plays for. Their season has been dedicated to the city of Tuscaloosa and the victims of the April 27 tornado. The Tide wears special shirts before every game in memory of the day. Both the men’s and women’s teams will compete in hopes of bringing home another national championship in two weeks. “We’re working hard for something bigger than ourselves,” Arambula said.

ics. “They’ve been our biggest supporters from the start. We started here in Foster when it was not a very nice place, and to get to come back here and see it now and play in front of all of these fans is just great for our student athletes.” The Tide began practice in Foster Auditorium nine years ago when the program was founded with just the women’s team. As the regular season draws to a close, the team is beginning to gear up for nationals in just two weeks. Cindy Ouellet, a returning player for the Tide, said she is confident her team can continue to improve along their road to another championship. “It’s going to be exciting, and obviously there’s a lot of pressure,” Ouellet said. “But if we play as a team, we can

have it.”

Men’s Wheelchair Basketball The Alabama men’s wheelchair basketball team hosted their final tournament of the season this weekend. The No. 3 Crimson Tide came out strong against the Fighting Illini of Illinois. Having previously lost to Texas on Friday, the Tide was determined to end the day in victory. Alabama came out with intensity in the first half, and it showed. The Tide’s play was somewhat sloppy, as it made numerous unnecessary fouls. Still, the Tide was able to transition early and leave Foster Auditorium with a 74-66 victory, in what head coach Miles

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