WEDNESDAY MARCH 19, 2014 VOLUME 120 ISSUE 105 Serving The University of Alabama since 1894
CULTURE | HOVERCRAFT RACING
Hovercraft team rises to new success Team composed of engineering students completes competition, loses to Auburn By Hannah Widener | Contributing Writer
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he University of Alabama hovercraft team is taking competition to new heights. On Friday the group competed against Auburn at the second annual University Hoverbowl Challenge, where it completed 40 laps on its homemade craft. The team lost with a score of 126-85 but came out victorious compared to last year’s Hoverbowl, when it only completed one and a half laps. “Auburn could not get their F35 engine to run, so they raced a higher-class engine against us. They had 20 horsepower against us that we did not have. The outcome of the race was not important to us,” Alex Few, a senior majoring in aerospace engineering, said. “The important thing was that we made something that worked, and we were able to get off the ground and got to compete against our national rival while doing so.” The course is a combination of land and water tracks packed with tight turns and fast, straight sections. At one point during the race, Brent LaForte, a senior SEE HOVERCRAFT PAGE 11
CW | Austin Bigoney Team captains Cody Hydrick, Brent LaForte and Thomas Zeiler test their hovercraft in a lab at Hardaway Hall, where it was constructed.
TODAYON CAMPUS Reading workshop WHAT: Improve Your Reading Speed WHEN: 4-5 p.m. WHERE: 230 Osband Hall
CULTURE | MUSIC
Alabama film debuts on campus ‘Muscle Shoals’ documentary features legendary musicians By Francie Johnson | Staff Reporter
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WHAT: Big Al tryouts info session WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: C.M. Newton Room, Coleman Coliseum
Forensic Council WHAT: Alabama Forensic Council Nationals Showcase WHEN: 7-9 p.m. WHERE: 120 Farrah Hall
HCA consolidates executive board New model intends to meet needs of Honors student body By Adam Dodson | Contributing Writer With recent officer elections and a restructured organization, the leadership of the Honors College Assembly believes the organization has great things to look forward to under its redeveloped system. HCA remodeled its entire organization to echo the four pillars of the Honors College: innovative scholarship,
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leadership hoped this new model would prove more efficient in meeting the needs of Honors College students. “We wanted to make the system as democratic as possible,” outgoing HCA president Kirkland Back said. The restructuring of the HCA is intended to represent the Assembly’s commitment to the Honors student body and to make it easier for students to have a voice and to get involved. Whether a student wants to engage in Homecoming festivities or to
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advanced research, civic engagement and cultural interaction. This new system will feature seven members on the executive board: the president, four vice presidents, a treasurer and a secretary. The four vice presidents will represent each of the four pillars and will have directors and committee members working below them. The decision for executive restructuring and constitutional reauthorization was finalized during a retreat to discuss the leadership and the role of the organization for decades to come. The outgoing
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WHAT: International Expressions: Persian New Year WHEN: 6-8 p.m. WHERE: Presidential Village community room
Photo Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures FAME Studios owner and music producer Rick Hall records with blues singer Clarence Carter in Muscle Shoals, Ala.
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It all started as a favor for a friend. A few years ago, Boulder, Colo.-based real estate agent Greg Camalier roadtripped across the country to help Stephen Badger, his childhood friend, move to New Mexico. On the way, the two spent time in legendary Muscle Shoals, Ala., and they decided the town had a story that needed to be heard. “You always have thoughts like, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if…,’” said Camalier, director of the documentary “Muscle Shoals.” “It was a strong feeling to start with because we really thought that it was an unbelievable story. But still, for about six months or so, it was kind of a slow process trying to figure out how we were going to do this.” Three years, dozens of interviews and countless hours of work later, Camalier and Badger’s pipe dream became a reality when “Muscle Shoals” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013.
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