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incoming freshman class surpassed the number of students from Alabama. Although this It would take Daniel Burton number is on the rise, some outfive to seven days to drive from of-state students say visiting Tuscaloosa to the place he calls home during their time at the home. University is often a stressful Burton, a sophomore in and pricey undertaking. mechanical engineering, is from “I go home for Christmas Palmer, Alaska. break, and that’s it,” Burton In fall 2012, the number of said. “It’s about 4,000 miles, so out-of-state students in the driving would take probably five
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For The University of Alabama’s two wheelchair basketball teams, success is nothing new. The women’s team has competed in the last five national championship games and is headed to their sixth consecutive title game at the 2013 National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Championship this week. “After a tough loss in the championship game last year, we have really had a whole new drive for this season,” Lindsey Mertz, president of the women’s team, said. “Really the whole season we have been focused on doing the things we need to do to be successful in the national championship tournament.” Beginning Thursday through Saturday, eight men’s teams and four women’s teams from different conferences will compete at the Lakeshore We have really worked on Foundation. a lot of things over the last “I feel very few weeks and gotten a lot positive about the games coming up,” better as a team going into Mertz said. “We the tournament. I’m very have really worked proud of the hard work that on a lot of things the whole team has put into over the last few working to get better. weeks and gotten a lot better as a team — Lindsey Mertz going into the tournament. I’m very proud of the hard work that the whole team has put into working to get better.” The women’s national championship game will be Saturday at 1 p.m. and the men’s will be at 3 p.m. The tournament will be played on a single-elimination basis between teams from Alabama, University of Illinois, University Wisconsin-Whitewater and Edinboro University. The University of Alabama men’s and women’s teams are currently seeded No. 2 in the tournament, which will determine the teams they will play in the first match. “With our No. 2 seed, we start off the tournament against No. 3, University of Illinois,” Mertz said. The Southeastern Conference will be represented by the Alabama women’s team and men’s teams from Auburn and Missouri. “We have won three championships with the women, and the men have advanced as far as the final four in the past,” Hardin said. “Both teams are ready.”
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to seven days, so I fly, and typically that takes about 17 hours altogether with about 10 and a half hours of flight time.” According to the University’s Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, there were 10,569 undergraduate students enrolled for the 2013 spring semester from states other than Alabama, and there were 901 undergraduates from
foreign countries. Some of these students may have chosen to come to Alabama because it was farther from home than schools in their own states. However, some of these students experience the stresses and obstacles that come with traveling home during their time as students. SEE TRAVEL PAGE 6
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Deans juggle responsibilities, challenges Some days begin before sunrise, C&BA dean says By Ashley Tripp Staff Reporter Michael Hardin, dean of the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, said a day in the life of a dean is anything but ordinary. “At the end of February, I went to Turkey,” Hardin said. “I left Sunday, got there Monday afternoon and spent two days there. I left Thursday and had to get up at 3 o’clock in the morning to head back to Birmingham. Over the weekend,
I spent time answering phone calls undergraduate levels is other and emails.” deans’ perception of what you’re In January, doing.” Hardin hosted a Hardin said his meeting on camupcoming plans pus for the SEC include meeting Nothing brings me greater joy than business school with the goverto see College of Arts and Sciences deans to discuss nor of Alabama, students excelling, especially when all the issues attending a Board they have set challenging goals for facing business of Visitors meetschools. ing with 140 key themselves and achieved or even “A lot of the executives around exceeded them. trips that I make the country, are out visittraveling to the — Robert Olin ing donors, tellUniversity of Cape ing people what Town in South we’re doing,” Africa for an Hardin said. “The key factor in accreditation site visit and giving rankings at business schools at the the first keynote address at Bryant
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University in Rhode Island. Despite his busy schedule, Hardin said he feels like it is his duty to make sure people understand just how good the business school is at The University of Alabama. “In several cases, we have had top companies who did not have us in their Tier 1 list and wouldn’t consider interviewing our students,” Hardin said. “I met with those executives and asked them if they would consider meeting with our students. After agreeing, executives have been overwhelmed by our students, and our students have gotten jobs on the spot.” SEE DEAN PAGE 6
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At inaugural Tide Talks, students discuss microfinance, confidence Event modeled after Internet’s TED Talks By Mark Hammontree Staff Reporter Last night, the Ferguson Theater hosted the first edition of Tide Talks, a new studentrun program that showcases student achievement with a goal of connecting, enriching and motivating students at The University of Alabama. Tide Talks I exhibited the stories of four UA students from various departments with the goal of exploring and promoting the ideas of students er • Plea s
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pre-medical student, talked about the issues with studying and understanding pain and how we perceive it. Thaddeus Fitzpatrick, a senior majoring in theater, spoke about the necessity of having confidence in the field of performance and acting, and how the key is understanding the subjective nature of creating change and being revolutionary. The talks each seemed to promote the idea of personal achievement through dedication, perspective and motivation.
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The Alabama women’s basketball team opens Southeastern Conference Tournament play Wednesday when it takes on Mississippi State in the first round at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Atlanta, Ga. The game is set to tip off at 5 p.m. CT and will air on Fox Sports South. The 13th-seeded Crimson Tide and 12th-seeded Bulldogs will be meeting for the 51st
time in program history and second time this season. In the previous meeting, Mississippi State earned a 75-51 victory over Alabama in Starkville, thanks to big games from sophomores Martha Alwal and Carnecia Williams, who combined for 43 points, 23 rebounds, nine blocks and five steals. Alabama leads the overall series with Mississippi State, 34-16, but the Bulldogs have won the three previous contests.
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saying all along, and finally someone has the courage to hold these folks accountable,” Chestnut said, adding that a felony hazing charge alone essentially “was a slap on the wrist and basically an endorsement to continue the practice.” Chestnut also criticized FAMU, saying Champion would not be dead and no one would be facing jail time if the university had done a better job preventing and controlling hazing within its famed ensemble. Champion, 26, one of six drum majors who led FAMU’s marching band in 2011, died after he was beaten on a charter bus parked at the Rosen Plaza hotel in Orlando, where the band stayed during the Florida Classic weekend. His death led to the suspension of the band, the retirement of longtime director Julian White and the ouster of then-FAMU President James
Ammons. The university also is a defendant in a wrongfuldeath lawsuit filed by Chestnut. The Florida Classic, which has been a critical fundraiser for Florida’s only public historically black college, is the Rattlers’ annual rivalry football game with Bethune-Cookman University that features a “battle of bands.” Circuit Judge Marc Lubet, who is presiding over the FAMU criminal case, asked Assistant State Attorney Nicole Pegues whether prosecutors were “planning on arresting anybody else.” She replied, “I think we have everybody that we’re going to charge.” The judge scheduled a pretrial conference for Aug. 2, meaning that any trial would occur later. Defense lawyers told the judge that preparing for a trial has been difficult because the case could involve as many as 100 witnesses.
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Charges upgraded to manslaughter in FAMU hazing death MCT Campus ORLANDO, Fla. — Prosecutors have upgraded to manslaughter the charges facing former FAMU band members in the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion. They also charged two more former band members, Henry Nesbitt, 26, and Darryl Cearnel, 25, in the hazing. The Orange-Osceola state attorney’s office sent an email to attorneys for the former band members Monday afternoon, notifying them that their clients will be charged with manslaughter in addition to the felony hazing charges on which they were arrested last spring. Most were charged last May in connection with Champion’s beating Nov. 19, 2011, in Orlando. Monday, State Attorney Jeff Ashton also decided to charge Nesbitt and Cearnel, who was
performing CPR on Champion when paramedics arrived. Nesbitt called 911, according to the sheriff’s investigative summary. It was not immediately clear why Ashton decided to make the changes and what roles Nesbitt and Cearnel are thought to have played. Neither cooperated with the Orange County sheriff’s investigation into Champion’s death, according to a summary released last year by the state attorney’s office. Lawyers for most of the former band members were annoyed Monday to discover that prosecutors were adding charges as a pretrial conference in the criminal case was about to begin at the Orange County Courthouse. Manslaughter, a seconddegree felony in Florida, is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Last spring, the 10 were charged with felony hazing, a
third-degree felony. The maximum for felony hazing is five years. Monday, the Champion family applauded Ashton’s “courage in amending theses charges to be more commensurate with the heinous crime committed,” said the family’s attorney, Christopher Chestnut. Ashton notified the family of the changes late last week, Chestnut said. Champion’s parents had been disappointed and upset last May when Lawson Lamar, who then was state attorney, decided to charge those involved with Champion’s death only with felony hazing. Pamela and Robert Champion Sr., who live in Georgia, also were skeptical about the number of band members charged at the time, considering more than 20 people were aboard the parked charter bus on which Champion was beaten. “This is what we’ve been
University of Chicago police to investigate officer’s posing as protester MCT Campus CHICAGO — The University of Chicago Police Department placed two of its employees on administrative leave Monday and launched an investigation after university officials acknowledged that an officer had posed as a protester during a demonstration over university hospital trauma care last month. The university officer’s undercover activity was first revealed by the campus newspaper The Chicago Maroon, which published pictures on Friday that appear to show the officer holding a protest sign and texting information about the demonstration to a fellow member of the university police force.
In a statement over the weekend, university President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Thomas F. Rosenbaum said the officer’s actions were “totally antithetical” to the university’s values. In addition to the internal police investigation, Zimmer and Rosenbaum said they would appoint an “external independent reviewer” to look into the matter. In recent years, activists have demanded wider access to trauma care on the South Side. The University of Chicago Medical Center serves as a trauma center for patients up to age 15, and the Feb. 23 protest was part of a campaign by community, youth and student groups to pressure the university to accept trauma victims
up to age 21. Protesters who attended the demonstration — which included a news conference outside the medical center and a march to the home of university President Zimmer — said the undercover officer looked out of place. “She kind of looked like a police officer to me, to be honest,” said protester and former student Alex Goldenberg. “But I didn’t think enough of it to go up to her or anything like that.” The officer’s actions became known last week after an unidentified person approached Maroon reporter Madhu Srikantha with pictures showing the officer participating in the protest. Other photos showed the officer
typing text messages addressed to a “deputy chief.” “In crowd w[ith] sign,” one message said. “All is well.” Srikantha said she asked campus police officers if the woman at the protest looked familiar, and they identified her as a fellow officer. The reporter said she called the officer to verify, and “she admitted to being there and to being working.” But the Tribune could not reach the officer for comment. University officials had no knowledge of an undercover operation, said spokesman Jeremy Manier. “The event plan created and implemented by UCPD did not approve of any officer actively participating in the protest,” university Chief of Police Marlon Lynch said
in a statement. Olivia Woollam, a student protester who served as a liaison with the police on that day, said she was alarmed to learn that a police officer had infiltrated the demonstration. Organizers who had met with police and administrators before the demonstration, had arranged for Woollam to act as the liaison and had received approval of the route for their march, Woollam said. The campaign for wider access to trauma care was sparked by the 2010 death of Damian Turner, who was shot just blocks from the university hospitals but was transported almost 10 miles away to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, which has an adult trauma center.
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By Ellen Coogan Contributing Writer Tackling a tough topic as part of the Philosophy Today series, visiting philosopher William Lycan will deliver the lecture “Why the Abortion Issue is So Difficult” Thursday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. in 205 Smith Hall. “The abortion issue seems uniquely intractable. People not only strongly disagree but seem unable to find common ground
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for discussing the issue,” Lycan, a professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, said. Philosophers get a bad rap as By attending the lecture, cloistered, ivory-tower eggheads students will understand why that only think about how many the abortion issue is so hard to angels can dance on the head debate about, Lycan said. of a pin. “It’s important to have informed dialogue because all — Seth Bordner too often on this issue – on each side of it – there is ill-informed shouting rather than reasoned discourse. On the other hand, a to explain why that’s so,” Lycan main purpose of my lecture is said. The talk is not advocating a pro-life or pro-choice stance, but rather discussing the complexity of the issue. “His talk isn’t about abortion as much as it’s about the way
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we think and talk about abortion, and about how we might improve the ways we think and talk about abortion. That should be of interest to anyone who thinks or talks about abortion, which is just about everyone,” Seth Bordner, assistant philosophy professor, said. Bordner helped the philosophy department select Lycan to speak. “We always try to get speakers who are both prominent figures in their fields and dynamic speakers. Dr. Lycan is definitely both. He’s been a prolific publisher for over three decades and his impressive string of invited speaking events is a
testament to his engaging speaking style,” Bordner said. “Philosophers get a bad rap • What: Philosophy as cloistered, ivory-tower eggheads that only think about how Today: “Why the many angels can dance on the head of a pin,” Bordner said. Abortion Issue is So The Philosophy Today series Difficult” allows students to get a chance to see leading contemporary • When: Thursday at philosophers tackle real-world issues, Bordner said. 7:30 p.m. “In today’s society, we’re bom• Where: 205 Smith Hall barded with talking heads who are paid to repeat talking points in 30-second sound bites, so it’s a refreshing change of pace for deserve,” Bordner said. All Philosophy Today talks bona fide experts to have the time to talk through these issues are available on The University with the care and attention they of Alabama’s iTunesU page.
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By Kyle Dennan Staff Reporter While most graduating college students frantically search for entry-level jobs, some University of Alabama students plan alternative post-graduation experiences around the globe. Emma Fick, a senior majoring in English, applied to teach English in South Korea and also applied for a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in Serbia. “I’ve always wanted to live abroad, not visit, not as a tourist, but live there and learn the culture and the language, and this seemed like a good way to do that,” Fick said. Austin Lafferty, a senior majoring in philosophy, applied for a two-year fellowship teaching English in rural China with Teach for China, an affiliate of Teach for America. “I’ve been going to China for the past two summers, and
I’ve been studying Mandarin. It’s just a completely different place,” he said. “I just want to have some interesting, different experiences. This would be one of those [experiences] but also something that would be useful, something that I could do with my time that I could thoroughly enjoy, but also feel like I would be doing something worthwhile.” Lafferty also said he wants to avoid the more typical path for new college graduates. “I kind of want to spend a couple of years not getting in the rat race just yet, because I feel like it’s skewing my view of the world.” Daniel Connors, a senior majoring in marketing and management, interned in Shanghai last summer, will intern there again this summer and plans to work in Asia after he graduates. “Having the opportunity to work in China gave me a better understanding of the global
work environment,” Connors said. “In international business especially, having an experience abroad at a global office is what gets you [the job].” Connors also said he views his time abroad as a valuable asset for understanding the economic boom in Asia. “It gave me the opportunity to be exposed to so many different industries and to get a better understanding of what is actually going on in Asia,” Connors said. “It’s better than reading a news article about it.” Unlike Connors, Fick does not see working abroad as a career opportunity. “I’m viewing it as a break, which is ironic, because I’ll be working very hard,” she said. “It’s not a part of a career path.” Fick, who is Jewish, said she applied to work in Serbia for deeply personal reasons. “I have family history there,” she said. “I had family in Yugoslavia that got out in World War II because my
grandmother’s sister married a Serbian man who paid for their ticket to America after the government confiscated all of their money.” She does have some concerns about living in a place where English is not the dominant language. “I worry about being able to form meaningful relationships with locals. I want to connect with Serbians, not other Americans or even other English speakers, necessarily,” Fick said. “I worry that I wouldn’t be able to pick up the language enough to communicate with them.” Lafferty said going abroad has been a formative experience for him. “I think that everybody should [go abroad],” he said. “It’s a really great opportunity to open yourself up to new experiences and be exposed to a lot of new, completely different ways of life. It’s a really eyeopening experience.”
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Learn unwritten rules of job before you graduate By Amber Patterson Staff Columnist I have recently been contemplating the future and, like most college students, I wonder if I can handle the business world. Do I have the right instincts to make quick decisions? Do I have what it takes? I have always lived on the assumption that working hard and being the best at what I do will reap the rewards and benefits of achieving in corporate America; however, I have realized this is not always the case. We have all heard the saying, “It is not what you know, but who you know.” I have always found pride in achieving things on my own. I got what I wanted because I was good and the most qualified, not because someone gave it to me. Although achieving on your own and with your own credentials is great, I failed to realize the importance of
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networking and the unwritten rules of business. The unwritten rules or “playing the game” of business is just as important as how many clubs and organizations have your name on their roster. Knowing who can help you or hurt you, what to say in certain situations or knowing when to walk away, and doing your research and always having the answer to any question that could be thrown at you are just some rules that we do not learn in a classroom. Of course, at the end of it all,
your GPA is going to get you forget about the ones we in the door and put you above hear over and over. Wear the all those others who used right clothes, make eye contheir time in college to build tact, have a firm handshake, a social portfolio instead of a etc. Entering the world of career one, but it is the confi- business is scary; it is a world dence in your that we have only skills that will heard about. get you the job. It is going Knowing how to be hard to Learn the art of networking to network and wrap our heads and being able to connect to put yourself around that in a position to fact that we are with those in the business be the one who becoming actual worlds. gets the job is a adults with bills vital tool. and obligations It is not a that do not get skill we are all born with. I graded and then forgotten. can raise my hand to this. To Reality has set in for me, and develop these skills, attend I will admit that I am scared all the workshops you can, out of my mind but excited visit the career center and to see what my path will go through mock interviews. eventually lead me to, because Learn the art of networking at the end of the day, life is just and being able to connect with adventure. those in the business worlds. Learn their language and be Amber Patterson is a sophoable to speak it fluently. more majoring in public While focusing on the relations. Her column runs unwritten rules, do not weekly on Wednesdays.
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What I discovered while poppin’ tags in Tuscaloosa By Lucy Cheseldine Staff Columnist After spending most of the weekend curled up in the fetal position watching Jean Luc Godard’s film collection and questioning the meaning of solitude and love, I had a sudden thought. It’s time to get out. I had been tucked away envying the ease of those French women with their stripy shirts and slowly burning cigarettes and all I wanted to do was go shopping. This meant partaking in that activity Americans refer to as “thrifting.” I don’t ever feel like thrifting is something you can do on a whim; you must prepare yourself for the hours of sifting through semi-questionable items of clothing and strange ornamental goods from the depths of grandma’s china cabinet. It means committing yourself to first wandering down each isle in a slightly overwhelmed state whilst you take everything in before even attempting to consider what will fit. It means going in with a vague list of items you might want to pick up and coming out instead with a bright gold fanny-pack covered in gold and black moons and stars,
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a fanny-pack only suitable to be worn at a space convention or perhaps an impromptu hippy rainbow gathering the the middle of the Nevada desert. But I had to have it. Just in case. Who knows when I might need to quickly pull together an outfit for a NASA field trip or a psychedelic parade round the light of a fire. To equip for this, I thought it also might be appropriate to kit myself out with a few country-style shirts to remember this place by. And – by way of reasoning – in case my spontaneous rave is also accompanied by a travelling line-dancing unit. Be prepared for anything. This was the message I seemed to be getting from the thrift store. New possibilities and scenarios were popping into my head every few minutes.
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But whilst moving ever honestly believe would want deeper into the wardrobe to buy them as a reincarnaof fancy-dress ideas, things tion of their former glory? A began to get curiouser and glory that had long ago faded curiouser, as Alice would say. with achievements and now I was indeed falling further disinterest of the person who and further into the rabbit- received them. I could draw hole, with the only visible no definitive conclusions but light landing on a shelf full came to the vague reasonof homecoming queen tro- ing that these people could phies. Just no longer look below this at the reminder was another of their longshelf full of past glory but old football couldn’t quite Who had all these awards once and basbring thembelonged to, and where were ketball troselves to throw these owners now? phies. Some out the eviwere quite dence. Instead well intact, they entertained with red and some unlikely blue ribbons hope that someattached to one else could their sides. Others looked a draw a least a semblance of the little worse for wear, the gold happiness from these trospray fading to reveal the phies that they themselves true grey of the plastic pillars had once received. underneath. Loaded with goods I got As I glared in slight alarm back in the car, contemplatat these trophies, a number ing this strange place of of questions began to appear death and rebirth. in my head. One: Who had all More to the point, I now these awards once belonged own at least one pair of shoes to, and where were these without holes in the bottom. owners now? Clearly not on And they were a bargain. the football field. Two: Why had they been drawn to give Lucy Cheseldine is an English away such items? international student studyAnd finally – and most ing English literature. Her importantly: who did they column runs biweekly.
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Recent events in the Alabama Legislature force me to address the lack of authentic reform in Alabama’s education system. As a part of a series, I intend to deconstruct certain myths surrounding school reform, beginning with John Speer vouchers and charter schools. It was politics as usual when ty when they do not and canthe state legislature met last not serve all students? Thursday to pass the School Creating endless options Accountability Act, and I and treating public educamust say the initial bill held tion like a private market much promise. It appeared to buffet does not address allow public schools and their inequities in achievement faculty the option to embrace and funding. We cannot run innovative methods for public education like a busiimproving their schools with- ness. Businesses must maxiout the often-cumbersome mize profit, and a business state regulations. This mea- model assumes that all inefsure provided hope that at ficient and wasted resources last research-based best will be trimmed away to allow practice, not political dogma, optimal growth. could guide school policy and This sounds fine until you procedure. realize that the inefficient Additionally, it allowed waste being trimmed will schools to adapt to the be impoverished students needs of their specific com- and poor schools. These munities, avoiding central- are people, not numbers ized rule from Montgomery on a sheet. Their educa– but this was all a lie. The tion cannot be reduced to a flexibility option was designed calculation which tosses to create charter schools, not aside their chances at sucinnovative public institutions, cess. Students are not doland the bill was rewritten lars and their schools are not entirely to allow state funds inefficient factories which to go toward vouchers. The we must close. Public educanew bill, caretion is a central fully rewritten part of our pubhours before lic infrastrucits passage, ture, vital to delivers a slap Alabama’s sucYour education in Alabama is in the face to cess. It cannot determined largely by where public schools be likened to and unequivothe Mercedes you live, not how many cally sends the plant. vouchers and charter schools message that Along simiyour community offers. public educalar lines, offertion is a failure ing vouchers and charter for students schools and to move from vouchers will alleviate public to private or parochial the problem. The age-old schools does not constitute privatization argument a real investment in public revived through law education. These “tax crednow cripples real public its” will not cover all the costs education reform. at expensive private schools Why are charter schools not which include tuition, books a viable option? Simply put, and activities that average these organizations do not out at about $10,000 per year. address the lack of privilege (This is more expensive than and resources, nor are they in-state tuition at UA.) These bound to serve the needs of vouchers will help some of all students as public schools the middle class attain a must. They can, with public private education and will not and private funding, selective- help the poor at all. ly cull out the best minds in We must realize that, any district and then claim to as a state, our sociresolve the issues with lack of ety benefits from public achievement i n education directly by impoverished areas. how much we invest in its They operate under the success. A strong democexplicit understanding that racy requires an educated in lieu of state regulation, populace, but our state legisthey must produce high lature prefers ignorance, as performance. However, their evidenced by the horrific lack measures do not include of transparency in this bill’s serving the needs of all passage. I insist on reform students. It is simple to centered on research, not relish in success when you political expedience. take out the best students We only have to look at and leave those with dis- the difference between Oak abilities and severe deficien- Mountain and Macon County cies behind. More impor- to see the real problem with tantly, charter schools are public education. Both these notorious for asking regions have public schools. students who do not achieve One is the best in the state, and their test scores to leave, the other struggles to gradueffectively saving their ate 40 percent of its students. numbers and their funding. Your education in Alabama is If the arguments for char- determined largely by where ter schools hold merit, and you live, not how many vouchit is regulation and gov- ers and charter schools your ernment which hinder community offers. If you productive public educa- hate me, know that next tion, then why not allow for week we can look forward to more flexibility in the pub- discussions on districting and lic education system? Public funding. education institutions are mandated to serve all stu- John Speer is a graduate students and communities; char- dent in secondary education. ter schools are not. How do His column runs weekly on they solve educational inequi- Wednesdays.
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Kristen Harper, a senior majoring in political science and Ashlee Kirt, a sophomore majoring in operations management, present their city planning proposal. The PlanFirst class, housed under the Honors College, presented to city planners at City Hall Dec. 3, 2012. By Justin Heck Contributing Writer PlanFirst, a service-learning course within the Honors College, is accepting applications for the fall semester from students of all majors interested in the city planning process. Madalyn Vaughn, a junior majoring in accounting and public relations, started PlanFirst in 2011 with her brother and UA graduate, Wesley Vaughn. “My brother and I created PlanFirst out of UH 101 Moral Forum in the fall of 2011,” Vaughn said. “We are both interested in city planning and development and came up with the idea after becoming involved in the Tuscaloosa Forward plan following the April 27, 2011 tornado. This class has given students an opportunity to be engaged in the city they now call home by
allowing them to meet city officials and by giving the students rare insight into the city planning process.” Last fall, PlanFirst focused on the Strip. Students were split into groups based on interests and worked to find potential solutions for aspects of the Strip that could use improvement. “We had a group of engineering students focus on the parking and traffic routes of the area and come up with a new plan to make the area less congested and walkable,” Vaughn said. Other student proposals included solutions to help ease loitering outside bars on the Strip, a small loan-incentive program to allow businesses on the Strip to participate in facade improvements in order to make the Strip more appealing and a plan for The University of Alabama and
the city of Tuscaloosa to work together on repurchasing land around the Strip to create mixed-use developments. This spring, students had the opportunity to present their ideas for the Strip to the Tuscaloosa Planning Department and Mayor Maddox. Their proposals are being considered for implementation by the city’s joint task force with the University. Olivia Grider, research project coordinator at the UA Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, said PlanFirst helps connect university students with the city they live in. “While university students make up a third of Tuscaloosa’s population, students are not often involved in making positive changes through city government,” Grider said. “One purpose of the PlanFirst initiative is to involve and engage students so they become
invested in the success and growth of the city.” The class was taught by Stephen Black, director of CW | Shannon Auvil the UA Center for Ethics and Mayor Walt Maddox asks questions about the PlanFirst proposals. Social Responsibility. This year, Black will be joined by Tuscaloosa City Planner, John McConnell. “Our goals moving forward are to continue providing support to the city in needed areas,” Grider said. “Last year, the city needed resources to analyze the Strip, and this year, it will direct our students to another area of need. With John McConnell even closer to the project, this ongoing dialogue will be even stronger.” PlanFirst will be accepting a maximum of about 12 students. Applications will be due March 22. Any interested students should contact Vaughn at mgvaughn@crimson.ua.edu CW | Shannon Auvil for an application and more Kayla Fields, a senior majoring in public relations, discusses the PR details. perspective of improving the Strip.
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to speak at fundraising event By Jessica Smith Contributing Writer Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Bragg will be speaking at an Alpine Living Magazine fundraiser March 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Gorgas Library Room 205. Alpine Living is an awardwinning international travel magazine created and edited entirely by University of Alabama students. Every other year, a group of about 20 students travels to a new location near the Alps for a period of two weeks to create more than 100 pages of editorial content. Amanda Sams, editor-inchief, said the class is traveling to Spain this year to visit the Pyrenees. They will be in Spain March 15-30.
“For our fifth edition, we will travel to Spain,” Sams said. “We’ll report back to you from several places throughout our journey including Barcelona, Basque Country, Madrid, Sevilla and, as a convenient side trip for our readers, Lisbon, Portgual. We’ll write about everything from dining on a budget to dressing like a Spaniard to where to get the best wine.” The money raised through this fundraiser will help cover the cost for some of the travel expenses for the trip. Students pay for the trip out-of-pocket, and Alpine Living offers some scholarships to help students. Rick Bragg will be speaking at the event. He is a professor in the department of
journalism. Bragg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, an author and a renowned public speaker. “I am not sure what he is planning to speak about,” Sams said. “But if Rick Bragg is speaking at any event, you can be confident that it will be entertaining, enlightening and an event that you do not want to miss.” The event will be held in Gorgas Library Room 205. It will cost $8 for UA students and faculty members, and $12 for the general public. Tickets will be sold at the door beginning at 6:20 p.m., and you can pay via cash, check or credit/debit card. For more information, please visit their website at alpineliving.ua.edu.
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MBA students study business, culture in Turkey Professors think international immersion study programs are necessary in today’s global marketplace By Tori Linville Contributing Writer The University of Alabama is gaining new relations with Turkey through its Executive MBA immersion study program. EMBA students traveled to Istanbul, Turkey, to learn about Turkish business while experiencing the country’s culture and economy during the last week of February. The students not only had the chance to visit local landmarks such as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque but were able to discover Turkish business and their strategies successes. Glenn Richey Jr., interim associate dean of
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international business, explained what EMBA students focus on during their immersion study. “We teach a general overview of the cross-cultural context of international business management and provide a country/region specific examination of the challenges that face international managers,” Richey said. “Throughout the
course, the issues of culture and ethics are examined, and then we take them to a country and have them ‘dig deep’ into the culture by learning to do business in emerging markets and studying culture, norms, habits, etc.” Provided that students do “dig deep” into what the city of Istanbul and the country of Turkey have to offer, students
have to focus on welcoming a culture that isn’t like their own, Richey said. “They need to open their minds and lose their cultural baggage,” he said. “America is an island compared to Europe and Asia, and we have to recognize that anyone should be empathetic to cultures rather than judgmental.” Hopping off the “island” to learn different ways of business is a unique way of learning the different cultural norms that come along with Turkish businesses. Hard-line negotiations, highquality products, doing everything based on trust and taking their time to be accurate are all attributes Richey
lists to describe Turkish business people. Chad Hilton, associate dean emeritus of international business and professor of management, said the EMBA program is worth it. “There’s no such thing as a simply domestic marketplace anymore – everyone is basically included in the world’s marketplace, and as students, they get to see how a Turkish company works and are introduced to products that are innovative,” Hilton said. “You can’t really understand what the competitive scene is unless you go out and see it.” EMBA students become citizens of the world and bring the knowledge they’ve gained to
their own children and communities, Hilton said, citing benefits of the program. The EMBA program boasts a diverse student population, according to the program’s website. Those enrolled have 15 years of professional and educational backgrounds and 11 years of management experience. 81 percent are married and have families, the average age is 37, and 70 percent are men while 30 percent are women. The numbers speak for the program, with UA-EMBA alumni reporting that 80 percent received promotions after completing the program. For more information, visit manderson.cba.ua.edu.
Research scientist to speak on conservation partners Jessica Deichmann to discuss growing relationship between conservationists and oil, gas industries By Ben Clark Contributing Writer The University will welcome Jessica Deichmann, a research scientist from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, to speak as part of the department of biological sciences lecture series Thursday. Deichmann will be presenting “Strange Bedfellows? Co n d u c t i n g Research Alongside Industry to Improve Biodiversity Conservation,” where she will discuss projects in which conservationists and the oil and gas industry are working together to protect tropical habitats in Peru, South America and Gabon, Africa.
Women’s team holds three national titles WHEELCHAIR FROM PAGE 1 The women’s team were back-to-back national champions in 2009, 2010 and 2011. They have also advanced to the championship game five years in a row. Mertz said the women’s team continues to better themselves. “That’s really been what the season is all about, that each individual member of the team is willing to do what needs to be done to make the team better,” Mertz said.
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Burton said it can be stressful living so far from home. “I don’t get to see my family very often, which can be hard,” he said. “But it’s not like I can’t hop on a plane anytime and go see them. It’s not
Leaders of colleges work to better them DEAN FROM PAGE 1 Hardin said one of his most privileged memories so far as dean was when he was invited to travel with the football team to this past year’s game against LSU. “I went to shake hands with Barrett Jones, and I’ll never forget he said, ‘Dean, a handshake’s not gonna do it,’ and in full uniform, sweaty, dirty, he gave me one of the biggest bear hugs I’ve ever gotten,” Hardin said. Robert Olin, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, arrives at his office around
Tuesday’s talk first of continuing series TIDE TALKS FROM PAGE 1 “I think a lot of what I’m musing on right now is the idea of self-analysis,” Nicky Bolus, a sophomore major-
Deichmann will describe her work on four projects: the use of habitat mapping to guide operations planning, an evaluation of the utility of “canopy bridges” to mitigate the fragmentation effects caused by pipeline construction, the use of DNA bar-coding as a tool in amphibian assessment in Gabon and a program that monitors and assesses an endemic amphibian in the
Peruvian Andes. All four projects represent the collaboration between researchers and industry leaders, who are often viewed as enemies. By maintaining the partnership, the oil industry is still able to explore the tropical land, but by using new methods from the conservationists, which help keep the habitats and their wildlife safe from harm.
However, not all conservationists agree with this approach. “The talk is sub-titled ‘Strange Bedfellows?’ because it’s important to point out that not all researchers are on board with this approach to conservation,” Deichmann said. “In my view, these types of partnerships are an absolute necessity to conserve biodiversity experiencing pressures of today.” Julia Stevens, the graduate student in charge of organizing the event, said Deichmann was a clear choice for their guest seminar. “Each semester, graduate students vote to invite someone to speak during our department’s seminar series.
The UA wheelchair basketball team was started with the women’s team in 2003, followed by the men’s, added in 2006. Both teams are part of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association. “The program has come a long way in nine short years,” Brent Hardin, founder and director of the UA wheelchair basketball program, said. “We have won three national championships, and played in five straight championships games on the women’s side. The men’s team is the favorite to win it all this year.” Hardin said with a 20-win season for both the women’s
and men’s teams, they feel well prepared for nationals. “It has been a great season,” Hardin said. “We are the underdogs on the women’s side. That is new for the women’s team, and we are embracing the challenge.” Mertz said with a lot of extra work, along with high-intensity practices and positive attitudes toward each other, the team has had a very successful season. “We have an overall record of 21 wins and seven losses, with our only losses being to men’s teams or the defending national champions,” Mertz said. “Beyond that, what really defines our season is that we
took each opportunity, whether it was a win or a loss, to make ourselves better and learn moving toward nationals.” The tournament begins Thursday at 5 p.m. with the Alabama men’s team vs. Southwest. “I would like to encourage everyone to come over to Lakeshore in Birmingham for the championship tournament,” Hardin said. “Admission is free, and we really need the student support.” Directions to the tournament and game schedule can be CW File found on the tournament webThe women’s wheelchair basketball team huddles during practice. site, nationals.alabamaadapted. com.
like I’m completely isolated.” Burton said staying close to home was not an option for him because the number of schools is limited. “So, it didn’t really matter where I went. A plane was going to be involved in getting back home,” he said. “It’s a long way, but it would have been about the same no matter where I went.” Katerina Peña, a junior
from Bay City, Texas, majoring in advertising, said the 11-hour drive home is such a long undertaking, and the round-trip flight so expensive, that she rarely goes home other than for Christmas. She admits the initial appeal of being far from home can often conflict with the stresses of returning. “I thought it was going to be a big benefit, but going
home really just turned into a big hassle,” Peña said. “It got to the point that my dad didn’t even want me to fly home for Thanksgiving last year because the few days I would be home wouldn’t even be worth the $300-$400 cost of flying round trip.” Like Peña, many out-ofstate students, especially those living in the eastern U.S., will initially drive to
school in their car so they can have a vehicle on campus and for local travel. To return home for holidays and breaks, these students fly back to save time, if sacrificing a bit of money. “I do have a car here, but whenever I go home, I fly,” Brian McWilliams, a freshman from Wexford, Penn., majoring in biology, said. Still, for McWilliams, Peña
and other out-of-state students, it is economically and technically impractical to return home as often as someone from Birmingham, Ala., Huntsville, Ala., or Montgomery, Ala., could. “The travel aspect is certainly not a bonus,” McWilliams said. “But it is certainly not something that outweighs the benefits of coming here.”
7 a.m. and leaves at 6 p.m. Olin exceeded them.” Olin said the college spends spends most of his time with other deans talking, listening a great deal of time working and brainstorming the gen- with alumni and supporters to increase scholeral theme of, arship endow“How can we be ments. better?” “My personal “We have a I went to shake hands with goal for the collarge number of Barrett Jones, and I’ll never lege is to live scholarships, but forget he said, ‘Dean, a up to that in we never have handshake’s not gonna everything we enough funds do it,’ and in full uniform, do,” Olin said. to adequately sweaty, dirty, he gave me “Nothing brings reward the stume greater dents’ hard one of the biggest bear hugs joy than to see work,” Olin said. I’ve ever gotten. College of Arts P e t e r and Sciences Hlebowitsh, the — Michael Hardin students excelnewest member ling, especially of the College when they have of Education, set challenging goals for them- assumed his position as dean selves and achieved or, even, on Jan. 1. Despite having a lot
of affection for the University of Iowa and Iowa City, where Hlebowitsh worked for 20 years, he and his wife desired to start a new journey. “We looked outward for something to engage us and found adventure in Tuscaloosa,” Hlebowitsh said. Based on the first full week of work, Hlebowitsh said he realized his role would include significant organizational challenges. “The reality is that I have several things coming at me at once all the time,” Hlebowitsh said. “There are meetings on top of meetings on top of a river of inquiries and issues, ever flowing. One could work all the time in this job and still fall behind.” Hlebowitsh said one of his
goals is to personally meet with every faculty and staff member in the college. “New deans, in my view, have a responsibility to understand the ground before they
begin to try to water and seed it – to know the people, the traditions and the situational knowledge well enough to negotiate through the institution,” Hlebowitsh said.
ing in mechanical engineering who attended the event, said. “It may not have been their intent, but the discussion questions seem to have the common theme of how you perceive things.” According to Phelps, this initial event is hopefully just the beginning of a conversation
said. “But it doesn’t matter what you do. It can be revolutionary as long it’s changing someone. I think that’s really what Tide Talks is all about.” Editor’s Note: Tide Talks videos are produced by The Crimson White. Check online to view Tuesday night’s talks.
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that could see positive change on campus, or, as Fitzpatrick said, the opportunity to be revolutionary. “I think they asked me to do it because they found me to have an interesting perspective on being revolutionary, and I thank them for the opportunity,” Fitzpatrick
She was a top choice because she has taken a path not common among scientists, by • What: “Strange working for Conservation International following her Bedfellows? Ph.D before going to work at the Smithsonian, and her work Conducting Research is of broad interest across the Alongside Industry to department.” Stevens said. Deichmann hopes to not Improve Biodiversity only give a great lecture, but Conservation” also provide a better understanding of the conservation • When: Thursday, work being done. “The goals are simple – fulfill March 5, at 4 p.m. the expectations of the graduate students who invited me, • Where: Shelby Hall, and tell a few interesting stoRoom 1093 ries about our group’s applied conservation research,” Deichmann said. “Strange Bedfellows?” will 1093 at 4 p.m. The event is free be held at Shelby Hall in Room and open to the public.
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New musical sees world premiere at Moody Music By Ryan Phillips Contributing Writer A new musical drama, “Hermitage Cats Save The Day,” will have its world premiere at 6 p.m. in the Moody Music Building. The musical is geared toward children by incorporating audience participation, with an original music score composed by Grammy-nominated musical artist and composer Chris Brubeck. Pamela Penick, who serves as local project manager, wants to encourage all ages to attend. “The program will be a great family-oriented concert but will also appeal to university students because of the jazz component,” Penick said. “To have a piece by Chris Brubeck and to
have him here is really something that students shouldn’t pass up.” Brubeck, the son of famed jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck, is one of many talented musicians that have contributed to this collaborative musical project. The performance will feature ten musicians and three actors, all from different artistic backgrounds. This group of performers consists of local artists, university faculty members and acclaimed musicians from around the world. “The actors have been rehearsing since February and the musicians have already had one rehearsal,” Penick said. She said the musicians will have rehearsed four times on campus before they raise the curtain. Penick said production is
made possible by the collaborative effort between the Russian Arts Federation, UA’s School of Music, College of Arts and Sciences, The Russian National Orchestra and the RISE school. After the opening show in Tuscaloosa, the musical production will then go on to perform in other notable venues. “After the premiere, [the musical] will then go to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.,” Penick said. “Then they will travel for a performance in St. Petersburg at the Hermitage Museum.” The play itself, which will feature local director Paul Looney, is derived from a children’s book. Co-authored by Mary Ann Allin and Maria Haltunen, the book is titled “Anna and the Hermitage Cats.”
Allin said the inspiration came from a visit to the museum with her granddaughter and their interaction with the cats. “It’s such a rare thing that not a whole lot of people in the U.S. know,” Allin said. “In various countries around the world, there are cats in museums, but not quite like this.” The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, which serves as the setting for the story, is not only inhabited by world-famous art but a multitude of cats. “With just a casual visit, you will very often see the cats,” Allin said. “It is not a typical museum. Turns out, many of the curators behind the scenes keep the cats like pets at the office. People take a personal interest in them. It’s really a
story about human kindness towards animals.” In fact, cats have actually inhabited and protected the Hermitage Museum for the last 250 years and are to this day credited with keeping the grounds free of rodents. In the time of Catherine the Great, the prowling hermitage cats were given the title “guardian of the picture galleries,” a position they hold to this day. These same cats keep vigilant watch over the Winter Palace and the other buildings on the hermitage property. The story that will be featured in the musical begins around a stolen piece of art at the Hermitage Museum. The theft of the object then results in the cancellation of an annual museum event celebrating the
cats that roam the grounds. Allin said the story for the stage is a new, symbolic one. “It’s symbolic on a lot of levels. People have to work together to solve problems. The cats work together and the musicians have to have a strong relationship to perform. And for me, it’s a metaphor for the whole way the U.S. and Russia have found it difficult to work together on the world stage, but in music and art, we can find a way to keep the conversation going and increase understanding.” Admission for the concert is $10 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and $3 for students. Tickets can be purchased online at uamusic.tix.com. The show begins Wednesday, at 6 p.m.
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A mentor from the National Council of Negro Women works with two Central High School students. By Deanne Winslett Staff Reporter The National Council of Negro Women began a new mentoring program at Central High School this semester for young women with the aim to help them develop a variety of skills. “The goal is to educate the students and help them promote academic success and also provide social skills for the students,” said Vanjessitha Wilkinson, the Central High School social worker. “Helping them with conflict resolution, also helping them to have
believes will help benefit the a law passed to where they can because of its proximity to the students. talk about sex and sex educaUniversity. She also saw a need Whether or not they attend “We are planning on going to tion in schools,” Trunnell said. for a mentoring program within the school board and sitting in While the program has only the Central High community, college or they want to go on meetings, because there are been active since February, she said. into the military or get a job, high incidences of pregnancy in Wilkinson has already received “We knew that those girls in they are able to gain some the school, and sex cannot be positive feedback about the the school really needed great social skills by the mentoring talked about at all, by us or any effects the program is having role models in their lives,” group. administrator,” Trunnell said. on the young women involved. Trunnell said. Their goal is to make it pos“We’ve already received comThe NCNW mentoring pro— Vanjessitha Wilkinson sible for students to have con- ments from the parents where gram helps participants by versations about sex. they’ve noticed some positive equipping them with strong “We would like to go to a changes in their daughters academic and social skills. These skills are developed to promote changes within the school board meeting to talk to from attending the program,” help them in their immediate school system, which she them about that and try to get Wilkinson said. lives as well as to prepare them for the future. “It gives the students a COLUMN | MUSIC chance to interact with college women and to hear more about what college has to offer and also gives them that connection and support if they want com, Spotify is catching up to ing that you need to verify to continue their education,” By Noelle Brake them and slowly taking over. Wilkinson said. your credit or debit card. That Beyond the statistics, there annoyed me to no end, especialWilkinson says whether they Music is slowly evolving over choose to continue their educatime, from records to 8-tracks, are less documented reasons ly when it didn’t work, and I had tion or not, the mentoring profrom tapes to CDs. Now, howev- as to why Spotify, in my opi- to use my debit card on every gram helps them develop the er, streaming music is becom- non, is better than iTunes. As transaction. Spotify Premium social skills they will need to be ing more and more popular, a member of Spotify Premium, deducts the amount I have chosuccessful. with sites like Pandora and I haven’t bought an album on sen a month as an automatic “Whether or not they attend iHeart Radio and software like iTunes since I signed up for deduction, so it shows up on college or they want to go into Spotify available at your finger- Spotify in 2012. Frankly, it’s a my bank statement on a certain better value than iTunes. Why day every month. Hassle-free the military or get a job, they tips. are able to gain some social Spotify is a European soft- would someone pay $9.99 before payments are a blessing. skills by the mentoring group,” ware that was developed in tax for a single W h at if when Wilkinson said. 2007 and launched in the U.S. in album yo u don’t In addition to helping 2011. It’s a streaming software, they could pay think Spotify the girls through mentordownloaded to the listener’s $9.99 with NO Premium is Students can still listen to ing, Trunnell wants to help computer, where people can tax for unlimitfor you? Well, their music on their phones have unlimited availability to ed access to milSpotify has a and iPods (because Spotify millions of songs, completely lions of songs? 30-day free trial, has an iOS download, includAdditionally, free. There are paid versions, where, like with ing one for older iOS versuch as Spotify Premium for Spotify is a betmost, you’d only $9.99 a month, and with pre- ter value to colput in your card sions as well as for iOS5) and mium, the listener can down- lege students number for verinot have to pay for load the Spotify app for iOS in the long fication. They individual songs or albums. and Android for free and have run. Students will not charge offline access to his or her can still listen your account at to their music music. all that month, Unfortunately for Apple’s on their phones and iPods and if you do not like it, you iTunes, where the average (because Spotify has an iOS can cancel the trial at any time music album starts at $9.99 download, including one for before the end date, and there’s before tax, using Spotify, even older iOS versions as well as no charge. If you choose to the premium version, is a lot for iOS 5) and not have to pay keep your subscription (which cheaper and gives the listener for individual songs or albums. can be cancelled at any time), Spotify also has the option then the first monthly payment more access. According to StatSpotting. to create playlists of songs that will be debited out of your bank com, since its launch Spotify can be downloaded for offline account. has gained 20 million users in listening. If your phone runs on Overall, Spotify is a great 17 different countries, with 9 data plans, then you wouldn’t option for music streaming, in million being paid subscribers, have to download the playlists, my opinion. Not only is it a relamyself included. Even though and just listen to them using tively cheaper option, but it has iTunes is still the biggest name data. just as much music as iTunes One annoying feature of does without paying every in digital music, with more than 200 million accounts cre- iTunes is that occasionally a single time you want to have a ated, according to TechCrunch. little message will pop up say- song on your iPod.
positive self-esteem.” De’Anna Trunnell, the mentoring chair for the NCNW at The University of Alabama, reached out to Wilkinson about starting the program last semester. Because of time constraints, she decided to postpone the program’s start-up until this semester. “She came and spoke with me last year. She wanted to start the program last semester. However, it was the end of the semester, so she decided to wait until February,” Wilkinson said. Trunnell decided to begin the program at Central High School
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Japanese artist brings works to Ferguson By Hannah Widener Contributing Writer The Ferguson Center Art Gallery will be presenting works of Toko Shinoda this month on The University of Alabama campus. Shinoda was born in Dairen, Manchuria, in 1913 and moved to Tokyo in 1914. She studied calligraphy from 1919-1935 and then began teaching calligraphy. Her first exhibit, a one-woman show, began in the 1940’s; her career would then span over the next 73 years and start an abstract movement. For the Ferguson Center Gallery, Shinoda’s works are significant in many ways. “This is the first time we will be featuring a female
IF YOU GO... • What: Toko Shinoda works • Where: Ferguson Center Art Gallery • When: Wednesday, March 6
as part of the show. She is a Japanese national treasure and is an active artist who turns 100 this month,” Shiori Ito, Ferguson Center art gallery coordinator, said. Shinoda began using lithography in the 1960s, which the
Ferguson Center Art Gallery, has never featured before. “Her prints are inspired by nature. They are done on stone with ink and are both a simple and complex process,” Ito said. For students who aspire to follow in Shinoda’s brush strokes, the exhibit correlates to programs offered here at The University of Alabama, Ito said. “We have an active printmaking program in the department of arts and sciences where students can study calligraphy,” Ito said. The exhibit will open Wednesday, and run until March 22. An opening reception will be hosted Thursday, at 6 p.m. Viewing is free and open to students.
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No. 1 NFL Draft pick uncertain, 2 Alabama players in running By Charlie Potter The NFL Draft is quickly approaching, and no clear favorite for the No.1 overall pick has been identified, which is odd. Usually the team with the first selection decides whom it will invest millions of dollars in weeks ahead of time and ruins the surprise for fans and analysts. What’s even stranger is a quarterback isn’t in the discussion. Since 2005, six quarterbacks have been chosen first overall. The Kansas City Chiefs own the No. 1 pick this year but have already agreed on a trade for San Francisco’s Alex Smith, the former No. 1 choice from 2005. This trade opened the window
for other, less-glorified positions to have an opportunity to stand in the spotlight. The Chiefs also locked up their left tackle when they used their franchise tag on four-year pro Branden Albert, eliminating the debatable, second-most important player on a football team from the draft discussion. According to Scout Inc., Texas A&M offensive tackle Luke Joeckel is the No. 1 prospect in the 2013 class. But Kansas City won’t need his services because of the tagging of Albert. Because of this, positions like interior offensive linemen, pass rushers and shutdown corners can now emerge to the head of the pack and earn an immense paycheck. The last time any
of these positions were chosen was in 2006, when the Houston Texans selected Mario Williams. The absence of players not playing quarterback, or protecting his blindside, from the limelight is only a seven-year drought. But one institution has experienced a much longer drought from tasting the waters of the coveted No. 1 pick. The University of Alabama has not had a player chosen as the first pick since 1948. The Washington Redskins selected Harry Gilmer after his collegiate career as a quarterback, halfback and defensive back with the Crimson Tide. He is the only player from the Capstone to be chosen first overall.
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Tide to kick off in Atlanta CW Staff Reigning Na t i o n a l Champion Alabama and Virginia Tech will open the 2013 college football season August 31 in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta, Ga. Kick time has been set for 5:30 p.m. EST, and the game will be nationally telecast on ESPN. The Crimson Tide will be playing in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff for the third time. Alabama defeated Clemson by a score of 34-10 to open the 2008 season and topped Virginia Tech, 34-24, in the 2009 opener in the Georgia Dome. Under head coach Nick Saban, Alabama has played in four previous neutral site regular season games. The Tide lost to Florida State in Jacksonville in 2007 by a
score of 21-14 and opened the 2012 campaign with a 42-14 win over Michigan in Dallas. Alabama will also begin the 2014 season in Atlanta with a matchup against West Virginia in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff. This marks the sixth straight year the college football season has opened on a national stage in Atlanta with two powerhouse programs in a BCS-style game. “Any way you look at it, this is an epic game between two top programs led by two of the best coaches in college football,” Gary Stokan, Chickfil-A Bowl president and CEO, said. “Add to that two of the best fan bases in the nation and an unopposed time slot on ESPN, and you have the makings of a battle of heavyweights the country will anticipate all summer long.”
The Crimson Tide-Hokies tilt is a rematch of their 2009 meeting in the Chickfil-A Kickoff Game when No. 5 Alabama defeated No. 7 Virginia Tech 34-24 inside a sold-out Georgia Dome. “The Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game has quickly become the event fans look to as the official kickoff of the football season,” Ilan Ben-Hanan, ESPN’s vice president of programming, said. “We have had premier teams with some of the most passionate fan bases participate every year, and the 2013 matchup continues that trend. We know college football fans are already counting down the days.” All tickets to the game are being sold through the University ticket offices. No tickets will be available through the Chick-fil-A Bowl office.
However, two Alabama players have risen into the debate of who will be chosen. Could this be the year the Tide break their 64-year dry spell? Claiming a No. 1 draft pick would just be another victory for Nick Saban to sell to recruits. The first player is cornerback Dee Milliner. Throughout the 2012 season, Milliner was considered the best corner in the nation. He proved that he could shut down a receiver and rack up pass deflections and interceptions as best as any player in the country. He was always
considered as the best corner in the draft, but his stock skyrocketed during the combine by running a blazing 4.37 40-yard draft. If he is able to work out and show his full arsenal of weapons at Alabama’s pro day, he could find himself as the first player chosen in the 2013 class. Guard Chance Warmack is the other player in the discussion. Warmack didn’t wow scouts with his speed or jumping ability at the combine, but that didn’t affect his draft stock at all. Analysts and coaches looked at Warmack’s ability
to dominate opponents during a game with his run blocking and ability to pull and create holes for running backs. Many describe him as being “country strong” and a safe choice for any team. He is considered the fifth best prospect in the class. Saban’s ability to prepare players in a business-like setting makes them extremely desirable by almost every NFL team. It’s only a matter of time before one is chosen No. 1. The NFL Draft will be Thursday, April 25.
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Men’s tennis team seeks 1st SEC win By Andrew Clare Contributing Writer
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David Vieyra, a sophomore, prepares to return a serve by a Mississippi State player Sunday, March 3.
The Alabama men’s tennis team will continue Southeastern Conference play on Friday when it travels to face the Arkansas Razorbacks. The Crimson Tide has started off SEC play by losing two matches at the hands of the Ole Miss and Mississippi State, losing 4-3 and 4-2 respectively. Despite ultimately falling to Mississippi State, the Tide played a competitive match that came down to the very end. “The match against Mississippi State was very close. We were the underdogs going in but we definitely didn’t feel like we were,” sophomore Stuart Kenyon said. “We started off with a good win in doubles and got a point there but we weren’t able to pull it all togeth-
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er in the end. But, we all fought really hard and did well.” Even though it is starting conference play 0-2, Alabama is looking to carry the momentum it had from the Mississippi State match into the match against Arkansas. “Even though we lost the matches, it gave us a lot of confidence starting off the season,” Kenyon said. “Coming up with Arkansas I feel that we are going to be ready to go, ready
to fight and ready to keep the same energy we have had.” Alabama enters the match against Arkansas with a 9-5 record and is currently ranked No. 31 in the country. Arkansas comes into the match with an 11-5 record and is ranked No. 42. Head coach George Husack said the goal for the Arkansas match is for the team to carry over the drive it displayed in the match against Mississippi State. “The goal is to improve ourselves as a team,” Husack said. “We want to improve our position for postseason. So really the game plan is to do the same thing we have been doing.” Husack said in the future the team will continue to play and compete like it did against Ole Miss and Mississippi State, and there won’t be any letdowns. “Everyone can think there
might be a letdown or it was easy to get up for two good teams.” Husack said. “But there are opportunities every weekend and we know that.” Husack said a key that will help the Tide prepare for Arkansas is the way they practice leading up to the match. “We want a hard week of practice,” Husack said. “We have set the bar and that’s exactly what we want and exactly what we’re going to do.” Alabama is ready to face another conference opponent in the Razorbacks and is hoping to bounce back, get back in the win column and end the current two-match losing streak. “We are excited to play another SEC match,” Kenyon said. “Hopefully we can take them down and hopefully pull out the win.”
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Tide sends 5 athletes to NCAA Championships By Kelly Ward Contributing Writer After an indoor season that spanned nearly two months, the Tide track and field team will send five athletes to the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., Friday and Saturday. Two of the five athletes are ranked in the top 10 nationally in their events. AllAmerican high jumper Krystle Schade is tied for fifth in the nation with a clearance of 6 feet, 2 inches. Sprinter Diondre Batson is tied for ninth with his time of 20.81 in the 200 meters. All-American pole vaulter Alexis Paine, All-American long jumper Kamal Fuller and triple jumper Jonathan Reid will also compete in
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Fayetteville. Paine recently improved on her previous personal best and school record by 2 1/2 inches when she cleared 13 feet, 11 inches. This is the third time this season she has broken the school record. Fuller is currently ranked seventh in the nation with his jump of 25 feet, 8 3/4 inches. Reid is tied for 14th with his jump of 52 feet, 3 1/4 inches. Schade, who placed second at
the Southeastern Conference Championships on Feb. 24, earned her fourth Indoor AllSEC accolade. “I’m interested to see how Krystle [Schade] competes this weekend. We were a little disappointed at SECs because we felt she was ready to PR, but she was just off rhythm and didn’t get into a good flow that day,” head coach Dan Waters said. “Hopefully she’s more comfortable this time around. It’s the same facility she competed on at SECs, and she’s a veteran who usually comes through in the big meets.” Batson placed fourth in the 200 meters at the SEC Championships with a time of 20.81, just shy of his personal best of 20.50.
“We knew when we signed Diondre [Batson] that he had all the tools to be one of the best sprinters in the nation,” Waters said. “He is actually just rounding into shape now and getting used to competing on indoor tracks, as he has very little experience running indoors.” Paine won the women’s pole vault at the SEC Championships and took home her first AllSEC honors. “Alexis [Paine] is really vaulting well now. She has improved drastically since shifting her focus exclusively to the pole vault. Her improvements this year have been remarkable, and the sky’s the limit for her,” Waters said. “She is facing a tough, veteran group of
competitors this weekend, but she has tremendous potential and is competing with a lot of confidence right now, just as one would hope heading into this meet.” Two-time Second Team AllAmerican Fuller recorded a personal best at the SEC Championships with his 25 feet, 8 3/4 jump and finished fourth. He will compete in his third NCAA Indoor Championships this weekend. “Kamal [Fuller] has been here before, and he knows what to do. He can compete with the best in the country, and I know [UA jumps coach] Coach Booth has him ready,” Waters said. After finishing fifth at the SEC Championships, Reid will compete in his first NCAA
Indoor Championships. “Jonathan [Reid] is another of our athletes that has really started to see what he is capable of this season. He has shown amazing improvements this season in the triple jump,” Waters said. “I think his current PR is 9 inches ahead of what he had previously done, so that gives you an idea of how much he has improved by working with Coach Booth. For Diondre [Batson] and Jonathan [Reid], this is another step in their progression to being a national contender. All of them are competing at a high level, at their best at this time of the year. That’s what you look for. I am excited for them and looking forward to seeing how they do.”
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Alabama prepares to face talented Gators squad By Zac Al-Khateeb Staff Reporter The No. 1 Alabama softball team is ready to face its biggest opponent of the season to date when the No. 4 Florida Gators travel to Rhoads Stadium to take on the Tide Wednesday. The 22-1 Gators are far and
away the Tide’s most talented opponent of the season thus far and will bring offensive and defensive weapons to counter the Tide’s strengths. Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy said he was excited to get to play a team as talented as the Gators, and even went out of his way to schedule them
out of conference so the two would be able to play this year. The two teams weren’t scheduled to play each other in a conference game. “It’s awesome that we get to play them this year, because we’re not scheduled to play them in conference,” Murphy said. “This is a non-conference
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Crimson Tide hopes to keep 6-match winning streak going By Andrew Clare Contributing Writer The Alabama women’s tennis team will host the Arkansas Razorbacks Friday at 3 p.m. for their Southeastern Conference home opener in the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Indoor Tennis Facility. Alabama is currently on a six-match winning streak and is ranked No. 5 in the country. Despite the high ranking, assistant coach Max Norris said the team is focused on playing tennis. “The ranking shows what we’re capable off,” Norris said. “But, we are not necessarily concerned with the rankings right now. We are concerned about practice every day, being competitively tough and doing those sorts of things.” The Tide has started off 2-0 in the SEC, defeating the Ole Miss Rebels 4-3 and the Mississippi State Bulldogs 6-1. Sophomore Emily Zabor said the team picked up good wins against competitive teams. “We knew they both were going to play really hard,” Zabor said. “So we knew we had to get out of the gates quickly and take it match by
match, we did that and it was a good weekend to start off.” In the Ole Miss match, Alabama was down 3-0 and fought all the way back to win the match 4-3. Zabor said it was a good match but also a tiring one. “They competed really hard against us as they took a 3-0 lead.” Zabor said. “We came back and won the last four matches and won 4-3. It was a good win but a very exhausting one because it was a six hour match.” Zabor said one of the things that have helped contributed to the team’s success is how well they play on Sundays. “One of our team goals is to be a strong Sunday,” Zabor said. “We have been a good Sunday team so far this year.” Norris said the game plan against Arkansas is to play a complete match. “We are placing a big emphasis on playing a consistently feisty tough match throughout the whole match, ” Norris said. “It is very important that we start strong in doubles with our mindset and keep that mindset going throughout the whole match. We want to have lot energy and almost make it
IF YOU GO... • What: Alabama v. Arkansas • When: Friday at 3 p.m. • Where: VA Indoor Tennis Facility
miserable to play us.” Zabor said, “If Alabama wants to continue being successful it needs to continue to compete as hard as it can because every match in the SEC is tough.” “The SEC is a lot stronger than it was last year; everyone got stronger this year,” Zabor said. “I know Arkansas will give us its best.” The Tide is looking forward to being back at home and is excited for the chance to continue its winning streak. “We are excited to be home this weekend,” Zabor said. “We are excited at the opportunity to play a good opponent in Arkansas.”
game…. It’s the biggest nonconference game for us all year.” For the Gators, all their success starts with ace pitcher Alyssa Bache. Bache is 5-0 on the season, is giving up an absurd .85 ERA this season, and has given up a total of 18 hits and five runs, four of them earned. In contrast, the Tide’s Jackie Traina is 10-0 on the season, has an equally-impressive .64 ERA, and has given up 37 hits en route to eight runs, six of them earned. Florida has also seen success on the scoreboard this season. Although Florida has one of the lower team batting averages in the Southeastern Conference – .296 – the Gators lead the SEC with 180 runs scored and 156
RBIs. Florida has been able to accomplish this with opportunistic base running and smart batting at the plate: The Gators lead the conference in number of walks and number of batters hit by pitches, and are second in the conference behind Alabama with 60 stolen bases. Senior left fielder Kayla Braud said with Florida’s combination of defensive and offensive strengths, they should provide an exciting matchup. “They’ve had a great season so far,” Braud said. “They’re winning a lot of games, they’re hitting well, pitching well, and it’s going to be a really good challenge for us to face them before we start the SEC. “It’s always been a good game against Florida. They’ve been our rivals, they’ve been great
competition year after year for us. We go back and forth, and it’s always a good, good game when we play Florida.” Traina said with the number of times the two teams have faced off in the past, she feels there’s nothing Florida can to do surprise her team. “We’ve played them plenty of times,” Traina said. “They’re a great program, and it’s just going to be a good game.” Traina said she respects how dangerous a team Florida is, but the only thing her team should worry about is how they perform. “Of course, it’s a big game,” Traina said. “We just need to go out there and play Alabama softball and come together as a team, one heartbeat, and take it to them.”
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