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Tyler Spindler and Eric Marable practice before performing at the DCAF gathering Tuesday evening. The event, sponsored by Alpha Psi Omega, featured monologues, music and poetry.
DCAF goes guerrilla Festival enlists Guerrilla Theater acts for kick-off By Abbey Crain Contributing Writer
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(From left to right) Kirk Palmer, Chris Lasecki and Cooper Kennard perform Tuesday evening at Manderson Landing for the DCAF event, “Lights Out! Guerrilla Theatre!”
The Druid City Arts Festival kicked off this week with a Guerrilla Theatre performance by the University’s Alpha Psi Omega theater fraternity. The performance took place on the River Walk at Manderson Landing. The event was put on entirely by students under the leadership of Cooper Kennard, a junior majoring in musical theater and political science. He has been a part of APO since his freshman year and is always a part of the Guerrilla performances. Kennard’s connections with Creative Campus made it possible to include Guerrilla Theatre as a part of the week leading up to DCAF. “I was surprised, but we had a great turnout,” Kennard said. “The crowd was good, and we had great feedback.” Katherine Kosich, a sophomore
majoring in English, has attended Guerrilla Theatre events since her freshman year. “It was a lot of fun, it’s really interesting to see all the local talent and to know that we were going to classes amongst all these really talented people,” said Kosich, who is a member of the DCAF volunteer team. “I’m really excited for the poetry walk on Thursday and to see the Revitalists on Saturday.” Although different from the usual Allen Bales Theater, the actors, singers and poets seemed to adapt well to the outdoors. “Guerrilla Theatre is a big hit at Alabama,” said Rachel Ahrnses, a sophomore majoring in journalism and Creative Campus intern. “It is so nice outside and I’m really glad they got to perform in a real ‘guerrilla’ location.” She is excited for the rest of the DCAF week and said, “it is going to be an explosion of fun.” SEE DCAF PAGE 8
Softball team looks to extend win streak to 27 Alabama to face No. 12 Tennessee By Morgan Upton Sports Reporter smupton@crimson.ua.edu @Morgan_U The No. 1 Alabama (25-0, 6-0 SEC) softball team is off to its second-best start in program history and faces a doubleheader tonight against No. 12 Tennessee. A tough week and a half of travelling gave the Tide a quick turnaround for its first Southeastern Conference home weekend. Head coach Patrick Murphy said his team showed great tenacity during the road stint. “That’s an amazing group of young ladies,” Murphy said. “If it were 20 members of my family travelling together, they would have killed each other. They could’ve folded their tent easily. You come back after a hellacious road trip and 24 hours later you’re playing your first SEC weekend at home.
“Everything could have gone wrong, but they were ready to play. The dugout was up. Jackie [Traina] was ready to pitch. It was very impressive in my mind about their gamesmanship and ready to play.” During those 11 days, travel troubles and sicknesses plagued Alabama’s trip to Kentucky and Oregon. Kayla Braud echoed Murphy, saying the resilience of this team is one to recognize. “Let’s just say, we made it,” Braud said. “Like our coaches were saying—and I agree— I’ve never been so proud of this team for going through as much as we did and playing so well and having such a good attitude about it.” Braud continued, “We went through everything possible— sickness, delays, rain, snow, everything, and our team really stuck together and that’s what’s incredible about this team is we went through all that adversity and came out on top.”
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SGA hosts majors fair Atheist group offers to send members to church for charity Event will showcase all majors, minors UA offers
By Ashanka Kumari Staff Reporter akkumari@crimson.ua.edu A small donation at the Ferguson Center could help fight leukemia and lymphoma – and send an atheist to church. The Alabama Atheists and Agnostics is wrapping up their “Send an Atheist to Church” fun-
draiser in the Ferguson Center Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fundraiser, which was also held Monday and Tuesday, is part of an international effort to raise $1 million for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, said Gordon Maples, president of AAA. A series of donation cups, each
labeled with a different denomination, church or specific religious group, will be set out on a table and for every five dollars earned in each cup, one atheist will attend one service of that church or religious group, Maples said. “I am personally looking forward to getting to know some of SEE ATHEIST PAGE 5
Crawfish Boil announces lineup Stone Temple Pilots and Goo Goo Dolls headlined last year’s Crawfish Boil in Birmingham, Ala.
Shaeffer Eye Center event bill includes Wiz Khalifa By Hannah Muncher Contributing Writer While University of Alabama students were away on spring break, Red Mountain Entertainment announced the lineup for this year’s Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Boil. Among the acts playing the week-
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By Adrienne Burch Staff Reporter aeburch2@crimson.ua.edu The Student Government Association and the Academic Advisors Association are partnering with the Ferguson Center to host a Majors Fair in the Ferguson Heritage room and ballroom today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. “This Majors Fair will give students the opportunity to have a very engaging experience in exploring the world-class academic opportunities available at the University,” said David Wilson, SGA vice president for Student Affairs. The event will highlight all majors and minors offered at UA. Students will be able to meet with representatives from all colleges and ask questions regarding the different majors. Students can learn about career prospects for the different majors as well as internship and research opportunities.
“Whether the student is undecided, uncertain if the major they have selected is the right fit for them or looking to add a minor or double major to their current path, this is an opportune time to explore all of their academic options at the University of Alabama,” said Nancy Shockley, Director for Pre-Major Advising. Many students across campus are undecided on what major they would like to pursue at UA. According to Fritz Grupe, founder of MyMajors.com, almost 80 percent of college-bound students have not chosen a major and 50 percent of those who declare will change their major before graduating. This Majors Fair is a way to present all of the options to students with the hopes of making their decision a little easier. Freshman Natalie Knox, who is undecided, hopes the majors fair will provide her insight into potential majors and careers. She is looking forward to meeting with the faculty and discussing possible career paths. “I view the fair as a step toward deciding a major,” Knox said. “At the very least, I think I will gain a better understanding of what all is involved with each major.”
CORRECTION In the Tuesday, March 20, edition of The Crimson White, an infographic incorrectly stated that Trevor Lacey was suspended on February 11. Trevor
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CORRECTION In the March 20 article titled “UA Professor believes immigration law will hurt economy,” it was incorrectly reported that HB56 requires the use of AL-Verify, a program created by Center for Advanced Public Safety at the University of Alabama. In fact, HB56 requires the use of the federal program available to all employers in the country, E-Verify – essentially the equivalent of an online I-9, which federal law already requires all employers to file for new employees. Additionally, the law does not require schools to check the immigration status of all students, but rather inquire after the status of newly enrolling students. The CW regrets the error and is happy to set the record straight.
Bone marrow registration and blood drive to be held The First Year Council is sponsoring a joint bone-marrow-registration drive with DKMS Americas and a blood drive with the American Red Cross in the Ferguson Center Ballroom on March 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To make an appointment to donate blood,
visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter the sponsor code BAMA. Participants can enter their names in a raffle for a football autographed by Nick Saban. For more information contact Rebecca Moss at rlmoss1@crimson.ua.edu.
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Republicans unwrap budget proposal From MCT Campus WASHINGTON - Republicans in the House of Representatives unveiled their latest federal budget proposal Tuesday, an election-year manifesto that GOP presidential and congressional candidates embraced and President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats dismissed. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s proposal has no chance of becoming law - it won’t pass the Democratic-controlled Senate - but it’s likely to rekindle last year’s fierce partisan bickering on Capitol Hill over budget deficits and debt. The 100-page budget represents a GOP campaign blueprint, drawing sharp fiscal contrasts between Republicans on one side and Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress on the other. The Wisconsin Republican’s budget plan takes aim at favorite GOP targets, calling for repealing Obama’s health care law, eliminating Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and shifting Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - commonly called food stamps - to block-grant programs for states. On taxes, Ryan proposes collapsing the six tax brackets into just two: 10 percent for low-income earners and 25 percent for higher wage earners and corporations. That would
be down from the current top rate of 35 percent. The biggest winners would be those who earn more than $200,000. “The president’s budget is putting us on a path of a debt crisis, of decline,” Ryan said. “Here is what the path to prosperity proposes. We propose to get our budget on a sustainable path.” White House officials quickly dismissed Ryan’s budget as a partisan non-starter. “The House economic plan draws on the same wrongheaded theory that led to the worst recession of our lifetimes and contributed to the erosion of middle-class security,” White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said. Ryan’s budget calls for cutting discretionary spending to $1.028 trillion in 2013, less than the $1.047 trillion spending cap that Democrats and Republicans agreed to last August in a hard-fought debt deal. Top Senate Democrats quickly accused Ryan of a “breach of faith” because of that. Ryan also reprises his controversial pitch to revamp Medicare, a proposal that Democrats pounced on last year by accusing Republicans of reneging on the federal government’s commitment to senior citizens. Ryan renews his call to cap spending on future retirees and offer them a subsidy to buy private health insurance from federal insurance exchanges. He added a new wrinkle: He’d keep traditional Medicare as an option. But seniors could end up paying more for traditional coverage if that proved to be more expensive than private plans. “We preserve the Medicare guarantee for today’s seniors so they can count on the benefit that they’ve organized
their retirement around, and we preserve the guarantee for tomorrow’s seniors by empowering them with choices, including a fee-for-service traditional option within a premium-support system,” Ryan said. He crafted the traditional option with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., but other House and Senate Democrats made it clear Tuesday that the idea along with the rest of Ryan’s budget - will win little or no support from them. “The Republican proposal would end the Medicare guarantee, shift costs to seniors and let Medicare die on the vine, while providing billions in tax breaks for big oil and special interests and destroying American jobs,” said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “The American people have already rejected this plan before, and this year will be no different.” Independent budget analysts said politics was likely to outweigh policy. “Chances are nothing is going to get done because it’s an election year,” said Robert Bixby, the executive director of the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan group devoted to fiscal discipline. “It’s a marker for Republicans to take into the political campaign. It’s got two very good ideas: the Medicare provision and the limiting of tax expenditures. However, there’s a lot more work to be done for it to work in a legislative way.” Bixby questioned how Ryan could win lower tax rates without tackling some of “the sacred cows of the tax code.” “You’d have to eliminate the exclusion of employee-provided health care, the mortgage interest deduction, charitable deductions,” Bixby said. All of those have strong political
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UA students contribute to discovery of new frog species By Ashanka Kumari Staff Reporter akkumari@crimson.ua.edu Biologists recently discovered a new leopard frog species in the ponds and marshes of Staten Island, mainland New York and New Jersey, according to a press release. Scientists from UCLA, Rutgers University, UC Davis and the University of Alabama worked together to discover the new species, said Catherine Newman, a Ph.D. student at Louisiana State University. The species has currently not been described or given an official name. Newman, alongside Rutgers University student Jeremy Feinberg, is the lead author of the paper about the new species and said she and
normally studied. “[Feinberg] and others sent me clips of the odd-sounding frogs, and I did genetic analyses to determine whether the frogs were odd-sounding frogs of the northern or southern leopard frog, a hybrid between northern and southern leopard frog or a new species,� Newman said. “Our genetic analyses showed that the oddsounding frogs were a new species that looks like the known leopard frog but sounds different and is also genetically different.� The paper is titled “A new Submitted Photo species of leopard frog (Anura: Ranidae) from the urban The new leopard frog species was found in Staten Island marshes. northeastern U.S.� and can be found online in the Molecular Feinberg decided to further with calls that sounded dif- Phylogenetics and Evolution investigate a few popula- ferent from the northern and journal at sciencedirect.com. Leslie Rissler, associate protions of frogs they had found southern leopard frogs they
fessor of biological sciences at the University of Alabama, said the new species is at least six percent diverged from its sister species, the pickerel frog. Rissler said this is a lot if one considers that humans and chimpanzees are less than two percent diverged. “It is not unusual to discover a new species in remote areas of the world, but it is rare to find a large vertebrate in one of the most populated parts of the world – New York City,� Rissler said. “Amphibians are of particular importance because a third of them are fully threatened with extinction, more than any group of vertebrate.� Although the frogs may exist in parts of Connecticut and northeastern Pennsylvania, evidence suggests that they
were once common on Long Island and other nearby regions but went extinct in the last few decades. Leopard frogs are often found in people’s backyards in the region, and the person may not realize it is a new species, Newman said. “These frogs have not been hiding from us; rather, they have been hiding in plain sight,� Newman said. “This research is particularly important because it highlights a densely urban region of the world where discovery of new vertebrate species is unlikely, and it emphasizes the urgency with which we should continue to study urban biodiversity so we can effectively protect species that face population declines. We are very excited about this discovery.�
Delta sororities promote awareness of women’s issues By Brett Saunders Contributing Writer The Delta Sigma Theta, Delta Xi Phi and Delta Zeta sororities have come together at the University of Alabama to present of a week of awareness about issues currently affecting women locally, nationally and globally. This is the inaugural year of this event for these three sororities and there will be events going on during the week to showcase
this campaign. The name of the campaign, Campaign Delta, is bringing three sororities from three different greek councils to work together to bring awareness to issues affecting women today. Delta Sigma Theta represents the National PanHellenic Council, Delta Xi Phi represents the United Greek Council and Delta Zeta represents the Alabama Panhellenic Association. “This is a part of our service
awareness week, and we are trying to bring awareness to issues that affect women,� said Deahndra Grigley, a senior majoring in English. “We want to grab people’s attention.� The sororities are participating together in t-shirt week – a week when everyone wears a certain color shirt to represent a particular issue going on during that day. Wednesday will be red and white, representing an attention to HIV/AIDS. Thursday will be purple shirts,
representing domestic violence and abuse. “We usually don’t collaborate cross-councils, but after attending the Greek Leadership Summit, we wanted to do more of collaboration and partnering,� said Amber Parker, president of Delta Sigma Theta. “There is no change without first knowing what is going on.� All students are invited to join these sororities in their campaign this week by either wearing the colored shirt of the
day or getting involved with the events going on during the week. On Wednesday, the Black Student Union will host an HIV testing from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Thursday there will be a self-defense class in Tutwiler at 6 p.m. Friday there will be a community service opportunity for students at tornado-damaged areas from 2 to 4 p.m. “Anyone can come out and support this campaign. If you see people wearing a certain
colored shirt or participating in an event, join in and show your support,� Parker said. The sororities are also addressing the issues brought forward in the KONY videos because the issues addressed affect women and children in Africa. The campaign will also be taking donations from students to go toward their efforts in raising awareness for women going through the issues the sororities are addressing.
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WEB } { COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO: UA PROFESSOR BELIEVES IMMIGRATION LAW WILL HURT ECONOMY “Since HB56 was put into law, the unemployment rate among citizens has dropped a full percentage point in the state. Fewer illegal aliens means fewer social services to a smaller number of people. It also means reduced costs for education (ESL) and health care.” — uglyamerican
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Fracturing Republican party needs more than a ‘Mr. Conservative’ or ‘Anti-Obama’ to win What does it mean to be conservative? Over spring break, Alabama was consumed by election fervor centered on Republican primary elections. For several weeks, hopeful candidates for all levels of government traveled the state, touting their conservative credentials: values, family, faith and low taxes. Any good Republican in 2012 knows that to win a primary election, one must establish himself as the more “conservative” candidate. During the months-long campaign cycle, this quest often takes the form of shallow political pandering, and our notions of conservatism are distorted. The issue is crystalized in this year’s Republican presidential primaries. Still vying for the party’s nomination are four individuals who represent varying and often incompatible, strains of political thought. Yet, all lay claim to being the second coming of Ronald Reagan. As it turns out, even Ronald Reagan favored certain tax increases (capital gains, gasoline, elimination of certain deductibles) that this crop of candidates can’t seem to stomach. If Ronald Reagan isn’t Mr. Conservative, then who is? Of those laying claim, some have emphasized social issues, establishing firm stances on birth control, pornography and LGBT issues. Others base their candidacies around the economy, insisting that their initiatives will spur job creation. At least one candidate presents a decidedly libertarian stance, arguing that the most fundamental issues facing the country are those of monetary policy, curing the debt, ending the Federal Reserve and scaling back foreign intervention. This range of choices is a reflection of the varied viewpoints of American conservatives at large. There are fiscal conservatives and social conservatives, evangelicals and libertarians, neoconserva-
up specters so that they can keep the anti-bad-thing strategy alive, but we are now seeing its limitations. The anti-Obama glue isn’t as strong as the anti-Soviet glue, (or the anti-terrorism glue, which is also fading into the past), and it can’t keep together the various factions under the conservative tent. To progress, conservatives can no longer be content to define themselves by what they aren’t. Simply explaining that, “I am the anti-Obama,” hasn’t inspired conservatives to unite around any Republican candidate and will not rally conservatives in the long run. And anyway, how intellectually bankrupt is a party when major planks in its leading candidate’s platform are simply, “I’m the guy who is least like the other guy,” and “I’m the only guy who can beat the other guy.” Whether it comes from within a political party or from the outside, conservatives are going to have to make a serious effort to define what they are. Areas of common ground amongst various conservative factions must be emphasized, and from it, principles must be deduced that will serve to unite social libertarians with traditionalists. “First Principles” are often discussed, but if conservatives want to compete, it’s time to get serious about them. Moreover, they need them to be reflected in their representative party, the GOP. The Republican Party can no longer try to embody divergent elements of conservative thought. Being supportive of foreign intervention but vehemently against taxes can only work for so long. The divergent branches of conservative thought need a rational, underlying framework of basic ideas that unites them. It has had this in the past and needs it now.
tives and classical liberals, neo-con saber-rattlers and libertarian pacifists. In one sense, it is good for the GOP that such a broad spectrum of people consider themselves conservative, but we are seeing the flip side displayed in this year’s primary. As the various conservative factions squabble over whom to nominate, the contest over which candidate to dub Mr. Conservative stretches into the summer, with the possibility of a brokered convention looming and the conservative position in the general election weakened. How did so many factions end up under one big tent? Conservatives in post-World War II America never had to perform serious ideological reconciliation amongst themselves because there have always been outside circumstances serving as a kind of glue that holds them together. Soviet communism drove many people toward conservative politics in the 1950s and kept them there until the early ‘80s. After the Cold War and Reagan, various conservative factions have separated and formed distinct political movements. The religious right has been preeminent for several decades, while the Tea Party has been a popular form of conservative expression in recent years. This year’s Republican candidates are trying and failing to seize upon this “anti-” mentality. They can no longer simply woo conservatives by being anti-communist, so they concentrate on being Evan Ward is a senior majoring anti-Obama, or anti-taxes or anti- in history. His column runs on secularism. They try to conjure Wednesdays.
It’s hard to think of a topic that divides people as strongly as abortion. To the left, it’s a symbol of feminine equality and women’s liberation; to the right, it’s legalized infanticide. It should therefore come as no surprise that people on both ends of the spectrum are willing to go to extremes to push their views. But recent laws restricting abortion – most prominently Virginia’s new ultrasound laws – go too far. In case you haven’t been following the issue, Virginia’s infamous proposed abortion law would force most women to undergo a highly invasive trans-vaginal ultrasound prior to receiving an abortion. Detractors have complained that this law would drive up the price of procedure, which is a serious problem. Supposedly, the law exists to ensure that women are informed before they decide to abort, but this explanation falls flat. Any relevant information that an ultrasound could convey to a prospective patient would have already been told to them in order to establish informed consent. This law failed in February, but there are more like it. A law was passed in August that required abortion clinics to meet the same physical requirements as hospitals, even though the two share few of the same functions. Among other things, this law required that certain rooms and hallways meet minimum size requirements. This meant that many abortion clinics were rendered suddenly and arbitrarily illegal, unless the clinic somehow procured and moved to a larger building.
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Recent laws restricting abortion – most prominently Virginia’s new ultrasound laws – go too far.
The advantages of this law are vague at best, and its most prominent effect was to create massive costs and logistical problems for abortion clinics. This is especially suspicious when one considers that through legislation, state governments are dictating the minute details of private health care in ways that m a ny healthcare p r ov i d e r s find questionable. There’s a colloquial term for laws like these: TRAP laws, standing for “Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers.” They don’t exist to make clinics safer, to make health care more efficient or to inform patients about abortion. They exist to make abortion an expensive, complex, traumatic process that is inaccessible or undesirable to women who would otherwise seek it out. Is abortion morally defensible? I don’t know. But I do know that our Supreme Court has ruled it constitutional. I know that TRAP laws exist to subvert legislation that has withstood more honest methods of attack. I know that our courts have ruled in the past that for a clinic to emotionally harass abortion patients is illegal. Most of all, I believe that meaningful reform cannot be accomplished by legislative sneak attacks. Do you hate abortion? I’m not a fan myself. But looking for loopholes in Roe v. Wade is neither the courageous nor the honest way to fight it. What pro-life advocates should do instead is protest, raise awareness and consistently exercise their right to vote. These are the ways that we as Americans can change things, and their best feature is they allow us to do so with a clear conscience.
Nathan James is a freshman majoring in public relations.
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Sororities should look to history to be reminded of power in campus elections By Marina Roberts
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I have a story I’d like to share with the CW in response to the March 8th article titled “Women underrepresented, yet unsupportive in SGA politics.” I appreciated this article as a thoughtful and accurate look at the rather confounding support base that the Machine has in sororities. The story I would like to share is about how SGA’s first and only black president, Cleo Thomas, was elected. Cleo was a Malleteer who attended UA during the seventies, and he was also greek. His affiliations facilitated some interaction with other greek organizations, particularly sororities. Within that community, Cleo made many strong friendships and, from what I hear, was pretty popular in that circle. At the time, the Machine had not yet opened up to sororities – it was an exclusively fraternity-based organization, and they successfully kept women from any meaningful SGA involvement. Even today, I often hear the Machine
categorized as racist, but it isn’t often that people make note of its sexism. This is another reason I appreciated Wyckoff’s article so much. In 1976, Cleo decided to run for SGA president. He defeated the Machine candidate and became the first black SGA president on UA’s campus. He won because he was able to rally support from the sororities in his campaign. He had Mallet’s support obviously, and he had support from plenty of independent sectors of the student body, but it was Cleo’s friends in sororities that enabled him to take the presidency. In a Crimson White article covering the election results, Cleo was said to have commented on how he believed “sororities had gained new political confidence from the race.” Cleo directly referred to “signs of more independent thinking of students, particularly those in sororities and in dorms. It’s a signal that times are changing.” Of course, this story has a disheartening conclusion – shortly following Cleo’s
election, the Machine wised up and realized they needed to manage the problem of sororities if they wanted to maintain control of campus politics. They invited the sororities into the Machine, promising them Homecoming every year if they joined. The sororities, after having been the only group on campus to have collectively defeated the Machine, became a part of the Machine for something as petty and effectively meaningless as Homecoming Queen. This worked out well for the Machine because they ensured themselves of the docility of the sororities without having to give an ounce of actual power to them. Since joining the Machine, the sororities have won Homecoming lots. They have won president four times, and I suppose one could make the argument that they should be grateful for those four times that the Machine so graciously and progressively allowed them to run. I am not grateful, however. I am furious because while women have been given per-
mission to run by the Machine four times, we have been beaten by the Machine dozens upon dozens of times. Countless women who participate in Machine meetings have been denied permission to run for president, executive office or senate. Those individuals who are granted permission for senate are admittedly many in number, but they are always held back by the organization that elected them. Rarely, if ever, will the majority of these women see their names on a ballot for higher office. What we see with the Machine and sororities is a classic instance of exploitation. A male-dominated organization uses the compliance of women to remain in power and maintain control of the most significant offices. Because sororities make up such a significant part of the Machine, they can’t get away with electing an all-male senate, but the women in these organizations are so complacent that even when given an opportunity to elect incredibly competent and worthy females to executive offices, they continue to do as
they are told. Because I am not of the opinion that women in sororities are unintelligent or weak, I am willing to consider the possibility that many of them vote according to the Machine because they have critically evaluated their options and have reached the conclusion that remaining in the Machine is of a greater advantage to them than escaping it. This is a possibility, but if women are willing to vote against their own sisters to maintain the meager allowance of influence allotted to them, then that paints a cold view of the individuals in these organizations indeed. I would rather discount that as a possibility. Perhaps they do this due to fear of being ostracized. Perhaps they do it out of ignorance. But they certainly do not maintain their current predicament by lack of power to change it. The story of Cleo Thomas illustrates that fact with indisputable clarity.
Marina Roberts is a sophomore majoring in anthropology and business.
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The Professional Staff Assembly and Women’s Resource Center will collect phones and phone accessories through March 30. violence. According to the PSA’s press release for the program, “those [phones] that cannot be refurbished are destroyed in an environmentally friendly manner.” “This program really benefits the community, and it benefits the University,” Elmore said. “Members of the community are receiving the tools they need to help recover from domestic violence, the phones aren’t just being put in a landfill somewhere and leaking stuff into the ground, and the Women’s Resource Center is getting more money to continue helping out.” According to Verizon, domestic violence is a dangerously prevalent problem faced by people in communities across the nation and world with “nearly one in four women, one in nine men and over three million children [having] been affected by domestic violence.” The WRC has teamed up with HopeLine in the past, but this is the first year the PSA has dialed into the program. Elmore said she and Mary Thornton, fellow
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Program makes call for old cell phones The Professional Staff Assembly and Women’s Resource Center are asking all students and faculty to donate old cellphones, batteries and accessories throughout March to benefit victims of domestic violence. In conjunction with Verizon’s HopeLine project, the PSA and WRC are working to help domestic violence victims recover by providing them with both monetary and technological aid. “A phone gives that person that has been a victim the confidence to know that they can contact someone if they want to or if another emergency arises,” said Julie Elmore, co-chair of the PSA’s service and outreach committee and assistant director of off-campus and greek housing. According to the Verizon HopeLine website, “wireless phones and technology can serve as a vital link to emergency or support services in a time of crisis or as a reliable, safe connection to employers, family and friends as survivors rebuild their lives.” Elmore said once the PSA receives the donated phones and batteries, it transfers them to the WRC, which will in turn send the devices to Verizon for processing. In exchange for the donated phones, Verizon will give the WRC a grant to continue its work serving the Tuscaloosa community. The program is willing to accept cellphones in any condition. Devices in good shape will be wiped clean of the previous owner’s personal information and loaded with 3,000 calling minutes. Following the refurbishment, they will be distributed to community organizations that target victims of domestic
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committee co-chair and Rose Towers community director, decided to get involved after being prompted by some inspiration from home. “I have a teenage son who is always getting a new cellphone, so there are a lot of old ones just sitting around at the house. I really wanted to do something with all these old cellphones,” she said. “So we called around and found out about this program, and [Thornton] and I decided the PSA should get on board.” Elmore said the deadline to donate is March 30, and the PSA’s goal is to have received 300 phones by that date; so far, the program has collected 162. Elmore is confident any number will have a positive impact but encourages anyone with old, unwanted technology to consider contributing to the cause. Staff interested in donating may contact their department’s PSA representative, while students should contact Elmore or Thornton for instructions at jelmore@sa.ua.edu or thorn028@ sa.ua.edu.
A team of senior students from the University of Alabama’s College of Engineering placed sixth in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers SoutheastCon hardware robotics competition on March 17. The team is comprised of seven seniors in the electrical and computer-engineering program at UA who are enrolled in the ECE 492/494 Capstone Senior Design course. The course is only offered as a twosemester sequence in which students are divided into teams and assigned a faculty advisor and design project. Kenneth Ricks, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, serves as the faculty advisor for the team, which includes Ashley Allman, Matthew Bell, Mark Edwards, Bryant Grace, Andy Hains, Caleb Leslie and Jonathan Pittman.
AAA gets creative with fundraiser ATHEIST FROM PAGE 1 of the religious communities in the Tuscaloosa area as a result of this project,” Maples said. “Aside from the fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the goal of this event is to promote some sense of understanding of the atheist and agnostic positions as well as broaden our own horizons.” Isabela Morales, AAA’s Liaison Officer, said that this event will help debunk the stereotypes associated with AAA. “A lot of people have this idea that atheists and agnostics are haughty, argumentative intellectuals who aren’t willing to engage in real conversation
“Dr. Ricks provided invaluable experience and advice as we built our robot,” Pittman said. “When the project began, most of the team members had little or no experience in robotics. He showed us how to apply what we had learned in our ECE classes to the field of robotics.” The 2012 competition’s objective was to showcase robots that could navigate through a maze of connected boxes. The intricate course included four four-minute long, increasingly difficult tasks that required the robot to interpret electrical signals into directional information, such as turning left and right. To gear up for the event, the students started preparation in August. “The team was responsible for the complete development of the life cycle of the robot, including research and design, procurement of parts, implementation of hardware and software, testing, debugging and competition,” Ricks said. Allman said the work was divided up between the differ-
ent members of the team. “We went through the design process of partitioning the system as a whole into smaller subsystems and assigning a team member to each of those subsystems,” Allman said. “Next, we began research, where each subsystem leader was responsible for choosing the best implementation for their design. “After winter break, we began to integrate our subsystems into one cohesive system. In the weeks leading up to the competition, we tested our robot extensively to ensure that we were prepared to compete.” During the competition, each correctly completed task earned the teams points, and the team with the highest score was declared the winner. The UA team placed second in the first three rounds of the competition, and they finished sixth out of a total of 54 teams for the overall high score in all four rounds. “This UA team worked as hard or harder than any I have had,” Ricks said. “They learned that it pays off to work hard.”
with members of religious groups,” Morales said. “Those of us volunteering to go to church are proving that atheists and religious people can and do have mutual respect and tolerance for each other.” This is the first time AAA has organized a charity drive like this and also the first time they are sending members to church as a group, Morales said. “I want to stress that the members of AAA who have volunteered to go to church are not doing it to mock Christians on campus. We want to show that religious and nonreligious people can cooperate for a good cause,” Morales said. “I’m really excited because it’s been a long time since I have had the chance to sing church hymns.” Douglas Weathers, vice
president of AAA, said the fundraiser is AAA’s way of helping people in need. “It’s not just the faithful that can give and help their communities,” Weathers said. “Sending our members to church may help dispel a churchgoer’s idea, if they have it, that nontheists are somehow different than they are. We are all still people and sending ourselves to church will help bring that message home.” Despite what some believe, members of AAA don’t hate God or gods, they just don’t believe in them, Maples said. “We certainly don’t hate religious people,” Maples said. “We hope that people will come into this project with an open mind towards us and I can assure them that we will reciprocate.”
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Page 6 • Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Editor • Marquavius Burnett crimsonwhitesports@ gmail.com
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this weekend WEDNESDAY • Softball vs Tennessee: 4 p.m. • Softball: 6:30 p.m.
THURSDAY • Swimming & Diving Mens NCAA Championships: All day, Seattle, Wash.
FRIDAY • Women’s Tennis vs Vanderbilt: 3 p.m. • Softball vs DePaul: 6 p.m. • Baseball vs 17 Mississippi: 6:35 p.m. • Track & Field, Cross Country Alabama Relays: TBA
Upsets. Excitement. Heartbreak. Those are just three qualities on the endless list of reasons why the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is one of the greatest spectacles in sports. By now, I’m sure your bracket is ruined thanks to teams like Lehigh, Norfolk State or Cincinnati. Or maybe it isn’t. Maybe you’re the master of picking upsets and are currently in the driver’s seat of your bracket pool. That’s what makes March exciting: three weeks of college basketball teams playing their hearts out for forty minutes to determine who moves on and who goes home. Just when you think you have figured out who will win it all, a school you’ve never heard of turns the whole thing upside down and chaos ensues. It’s great. March rules. Until somebody comes along and says something like this: “See! Look how exciting this is! Just imagine if they did this in football, too!” Usually their idea involves some sort of massive playoff system where conference champions get an automatic bid into a tournament with the big boys. “It would be great!” they cry. “We would finally know who the best team really is!” A tournament like that would be a disaster, mainly because the upsets wouldn’t happen. “But what about Appalachian State beating Michigan?!” Yes, that did happen. In 2007. Can you name another example like it? I’ll wait. Maybe once in a while you’d have a case where a Northern Illinois somehow squeaks it
Softball preps for doubleheader JUMP FROM SOFTBALL PAGE 1 The need for a quick recovery is not over. After only a day of rest, a day Murphy said was desperately needed, the team was back on the grind Tuesday in preparation for its matchup against Tennessee. “I’m glad we got one day of practice,” Murphy said. “It’s just a little bit of practice, and then it hits us right in the face again. You’ve just got to be ready for it. Everybody in the conference has two midweek doubleheaders. You just have to deal with it.” If the Tide can pull out two wins in today’s games, it will tie the school record for its alltime best start at 27-0, which
out over an overrated Big Ten or Pac-12 team. But other than that, upsets just don’t happen in college football like they do in college basketball. In basketball, teams only play seven, eight or maybe even nine players, but typically no more than that. If one or two of those players get hot from behind the three-point line, anything can happen. Just ask Missouri. Norfolk State’s starters went a combined 10-16 behind the arc, and the team hit more than 50 percent of its shots from the field in the game that crushed Missouri’s Final Four hopes. There’s no equivalent of that in football. Basketball is a much more individualized sport, whereas football requires a complete team effort to get a win. And when you have 50- or 60-man rosters, the talent difference is just too much to overcome 99.9 percent of the time. And just so we’re clear, Boise State does not qualify as an example Cinderella team. If you want to make a basketball equivalent, Boise is more comparable to Marquette or Xavier, not Lehigh or Norfolk State. The Broncos have the talent to compete with the top teams in the country as well as a coach who can get it done. Just look what they’ve done against their own conference, which is filled with teams that have severe deficiencies compared to the top college football program. The BCS works for college football and March Madness works for college basketball. The two systems are equally exciting for different reasons. They each work for the sport they serve. College football and college basketball are two different sports. Why can’t they just have two different postseasons?
was set in 2001. Toughness is not the only thing Alabama needs in facing the Volunteers. Tennessee comes to Tuscaloosa with 14 errorless games while the Tide has posted only seven. Alabama’s heavy hitters will also be tested by Tennessee’s pitching staff, which includes the Renfroe sisters, Ellen and Ivy. The sisters have combined to start all 25 of the Volunteers’ games in the 2012 season. Braud echoed Murphy saying the team understood the importance of the rest day in preparation for tough midweek games. “Monday was a pivotal day to get some rest and prepare because we have a really big series against Tennessee,” she said. “They’re a great team and we need a good crowd and a lot of energy.”
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The men’s golf team celebrates after winning the Schenkel Invitational Sunday.
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Tide looks to have strong showing at Linger Longer By Chris Moran Contributing Writer
After a strong showing last weekend at the Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational, in which Alabama broke the tournament record with a staggering 47-under-par team score, the Crimson Tide men’s golf team heads to Greensboro, Ga., for the Linger Longer Invitational. The tournament will be played on Saturday and Sunday at Reynolds Landing Golf Club. “We definitely hope that we can take that performance and turn it into momentum,” Head Coach Jay Seawell said. “However, sports are taken day-to-day, so we can’t rely solely on momentum to get us through the tournament this weekend or take anything for granted, for that matter.” Seawell was not worried about his players becoming too confident after their strong performance last weekend. He said he knows that his team is focused and ready for this weekend. “It’s always a challenge to keep your players focused, but I’m not too worried about it,” Seawell said. “We have the leadership that we need to stay on the right track. We know how to handle success. We need to worry about how we approach this weekend’s invite, not focus on last week’s score.” If there is one team that Seawell will be keeping an eye out for this weekend, it will be the Georgia Bulldogs. “The course is practically in their backyard, so they have a leg up on us in that,” Seawell said. “They know the course better than we do, but I still
think we are the better team. I’m very confident in our team’s ability.” Seawell’s confidence can be rooted in his team’s excellent performance during last year’s Linger Longer Invitational after getting the win at 18-under-par. Alabama beat the second-place finisher, Chattanooga, by 18 strokes. Then-freshman Cory Whitsett earned medalist honors, finishing 13-under-par, just ahead of then-teammate Bud Cauley, who finished 12-under par. Seawell’s assurance can also come from his very talented team that has four All-Americans. However, he did stress the need for some improvements going into this weekend. When asked about what specific improvements are needed after last week’s invite, Coach Seawell said, “Our mental approach to the weekend is key. I depend on all of my guys to prepare and perform well at every invite and round of golf that they play.” Seawell is an advocate of not worrying too much about the actual score that his players accumulate, but he instead stresses focusing on the mental aspect of the match. “If you get stuck worrying about the score, it won’t get you anywhere. Golf is an incredibly mental sport. If you focus on what you have to do and do it right, then the score will take care of itself, as it did last weekend. That’s always been my philosophy for preparation. That’s what we do best, and we just have to keep doing that, and we’ll be just fine.”
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By Nathan Proctor Staff Reporter nsproctor@crimson.ua.edu Approaching the one-year anniversary of the April 27 tornado, much has been done to repair, rebuild and renovate affected areas. However, according to those at wellthatscool. com, that work isn’t finished. This Tuscaloosa-based website, The Tuscaloosa Arts Council and local band The Dexateens, coordinated to create the Tuscaloosa Get Up Tornado Relief Concert, headlined by The Alabama Shakes at the Bama Theatre on March 23. The concert sold out online and at the box offices. According to Bo Hicks, a member of wellthatscool.com, the concert idea was brought up immediately after the tornado. However, the idea was shelved due to the fact handson relief efforts were needed in Tuscaloosa at the time. In December, Hicks contacted The Dexateens lead singer Elliott McPherson again, received the support of The Tuscaloosa Arts Council to use the Bama
Theatre, and Tuscaloosa Get Up was born. “It’s hard to quantify, but music can be a really big healing force,” Hicks said. “It’s something that can bring people together.” Hicks was determined they would work with Habitat for Humanity in Tuscaloosa, and 100 percent of the proceeds earned would go directly into a fund to rebuild families’ homes lost after the tornado. According to the Habitat Tuscaloosa website, the Nero family from Alberta City – John, Pam and their son – held themselves together as their house was torn apart around them and they faced life-threatening medical complications. Hicks said he was proud to have them as a supported family, and they will be in attendance Friday night. After the difficult process of choosing a family with the help of Habitat Tuscaloosa, Hicks was then able to gain the support of three Alabama-bred bands: the Alabama Shakes, the Birmingham-based Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires and the veteran Tuscaloosa five-piece,
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The Dexateens assisted in coordinating the concert on March 23. The Dexateens. McPherson said he felt the involvement of not only The Dexateens and Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, but the Alabama Shakes was a key component to developing the show from what he expected to be a small show of local fans to this large and important showcase in the Bama Theatre. “We feel like we have a voice. It’s not a huge voice, but it’s a voice,” McPherson said. “We’re not college students anymore. We’re growing up and realizing that our voice can really be used.” McPherson noted the concert
will happen at a good time during Tuscaloosa’s recovery process. “This might be the best time for this,” McPherson said. “If you drive through town, it’s still gutwrenching, and though there is that natural ‘life must go on mentality,’ there’s still support we have to give.” McPherson brought Lee Bains III to the project. “Right after the storms hit, my friend and I took a bunch of supplies to Hackleburg, Ala.,” Bains said. “Seeing that place torn apart and the people was one of the first times I felt such a palpable sadness for people I didn’t know.”
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Bains revisited Hackleburg 10 months later while driving through to a show in Florence, Ala., and was shocked by what he saw. “It was amazing how it was still devastated,” Bains said. “I thought, ‘Wow, this is still an ongoing struggle for these communities.’” Bains admitted that it can be difficult to give back to communities and support causes with a traveling schedule and little money, but shows like Tuscaloosa Get Up provide great opportunities. “I’ve really tried to play benefits whenever possible,” Bains said. “I really like doing them when it’s something I believe in.” For those who purchased tickets, a link is provided to make a tax-deductible donation directly to Tuscaloosa Habitat for Humanity at wellthatscool.com. “I think it’ll be a release for a lot of people, and there’s going to be a lot of great original music that all has that southern feel to it,” Hicks said. “It’s something you can tell was born from where we all live, and you’ll be able to feel that.”
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Tuscaloosa Get Up benefit show offers best of Alabama music By Trey Irby
The Dexateens A lot of superlatives have already been made about the Tuscaloosa band whose career lasted from 1998 to 2010. All of those superlatives are completely correct, as well, because The Dexateens have made music that holds together as well as it did upon release. Under the twang of vocalist Elliott McPherson’s voice, the band released five albums, and at least two of these releases personally qualify as area classics. The 2005 record “Red Dust Rising” opens with a killer track called “Pine Belt Blues,” while the slightly restrained “Singlewide” record has gems in “Can You Whoop It” and “Granddaddy’s Mouth.” If you’re running low on time to prep, start with these two records and get in gear to be thrashed away.
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much hope the Glory Fires are roughly four songs released the ones that surprise people to the world, but with only a that come to the show the most. couple of weeks until their first full-length album is released, it The Alabama Shakes is time to see if the Shakes hold to that potential. If I left this page blank, With all of that said, it is still I’m certain you would still be nuts and incredibly gratifying to aware of everything there is see success bred from my home to know about the buzz band state of Alabama. The Shakes from Athens, Ala. (I hate to have already played on Conan use terms like “buzz band,” O’Brien’s show, caused area but obviously it is appropri- bars to have to pull fire code for ate.) After all, vocalist Brittney packed performances and probHoward has harbored compari- ably held a decent part in the sons to more than a fair share sold out tickets for this show. of strong-voiced females. I think All of that fervor will hopefulI made a tired comparison that ly translate to people referring the Shakes were like if Aretha to this as “the Alabama Shakes Franklin fronted Creedence show,” then checking out the Clearwater Revival. That might other bands involved and realizhave not been totally fair at ing that Alabama music is wora time where the band had thy of obsessing over.
While tickets are already sold out to the Bama Theatre’s Tuscaloosa Get Up show on Friday, the show’s anticipation is still worth covering. Actually, hold on a second. I want to ask you a question. Do you know the bill of the show? Well, dear friend, if you somehow have a blind spot to Alabama music, then you are in luck! Consider this a ridiculously brief, and probably flawed, primer to Friday’s show.
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The Alabama Shakes, from Athens, Ala. will play Tuscaloosa Get Up.
Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires It should be said that while the Dexateens have held to reuniting for great shows like this, the members of the group have moved on to music that further embodies the band’s spirit while allowing new directions. And the Glory Fires are both similar enough to Lee’s past work as a guitarist for the Dexateens while carrying a fine relevance of its own. Bains has a different
vibe as vocalist than McPherson in that he has less of the wild abandon but a more sharpened confidence. Furthermore, their newest single, “Centreville,” is simply kicking as a song. The effort has already earned the group a fair share of welldeserved bookings-opening for groups like Lucero and this particular show’s headliner, the Alabama Shakes. However, I’m most excited to see how new material I haven’t heard yet shines on a stage, and I very
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history. “I was surprised. They could be famous.” Bolus noted the change from the typical Saturday night performance. “It’s very different for me because I DCAF FROM PAGE 1 have a lot of homework to do tonight, Aaron Shaw, a junior majoring in but I’m very glad to be here,” he said. psychology and biology, and Nicky Samuel Hardy, a freshman majorBolus, a freshman majoring in mechan- ing in theater, performed a monologue ical engineering, are both from C.S. Lewis’ “The members of the a capScrewtape Letters.” pella group, Subject to “It was a nice, open, Change. It was a nice, open, relaxed relaxed venue,” he said. They ended the night “Usually guerrillas are venue. Usually guerrillas are with, “Dreaming with a high energy and vaguely high energy and vaguely Broken Heart,” originally raunchy, but this was raunchy, but this was a little sung by John Mayer and a little more clean and more clean and refreshing.” Taylor Swift. After their refreshing.” performance, the crowd Even though there — Samuel Hardy demanded an encore, was little publicity for with which they did not the event, the crowd was disappoint. ample and the acts ener“I loved Subject to getic. From freestyle perChange. They were really, really cute cussionists to solo show tunes, DCAF and very talented.” said Katherine has officially begun with Alabama’s Koehler, a sophomore majoring in first outdoor guerrilla performance.
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The Best Guilty Pleasure: Nicolas Cage
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Nicholas Cage may not be the best-loved actor of all time, but his recent performances are nothing to scoff at. By Erich Hilkert Nicolas Cage just might be the most brilliant actor we have today. It’s certainly possible he is not, but you must admit one thing: he brings a unique perspective to every movie he is in. That’s more than I can say for a lot of actors. When critics and fans alike are asked who the ultimate guilty pleasure actor is, the answer is nearly unanimous: the late Patrick Swayze. I won’t deny that Swayze is right up there with the very best. “Road House” is one of the most head-scratching movies ever made and not a particularly good one, but it is a pleasure to watch. “Point Break,” with a lethal combo of Swayze, Keanu Reeves and Gary Busey, could win an award for best guilty pleasure ensemble cast if such awards were even considered. Anyway, my personal pick is none other than Nic Cage. I’d love to discuss Cage’s “National Treasure” franchise, but that could easily take a full column. Keep in mind that Nicolas Cage has won an Oscar (“Leaving Las Vegas”) and been nominated for another (“Adaptation”). After seeing “Adaptation,” I realized Cage’s acting brilliance. After all, he not only plays screenwriter
Charlie Kaufman, but he also plays Charlie’s fictional brother character, Donald. “Adaptation” is an excellent film but definitely not a guilty pleasure movie. However, recently Nicolas Cage has been in a lot more guilty pleasure movies than award-winners. One of the great aspects to this is his hair changes more often than Scarlett Johansson changes dating partners. Watching his hair changes from movie to movie is like a modern update to director Alfred Hitchcock making cameos in his movies: the audience watches for it almost more than the actual movie itself. “Season of the Witch” is an awful movie about priests and knights in the 14th century trying to stop the plague (at least that is the only discernible plot), but Cage delivers the best lines: “We must go. There is no hope here. Only the plague.” His delivery has such a majestic air of authority. A lesser actor would have made the lines laughable, but they work with Cage. Similarly, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” is pretty bad, but Cage offers some consolation. His long pauses in delivering lines are effective, such as when he says, “Put your…old man…shoes back on. We have work to do.” Most
actors would come off awkwardly, but it seems so natural with Cage. Let’s not forget how good he can be in short bursts either. In “Knowing,” a man runs past Cage while on fire and all Cage can do is urgently yell, “Hey!” Again, it’s an extremely awkward moment but one of the best moments in the movie. With a lesser actor, it might have wound up on the editing room cutting floor. In Werner Herzog’s remake of “Bad Lieutenant,” Cage sounds like a little kid when he begs a pharmacist to fill his prescription by crying out “Please!” The fact that he’s working with Herzog shows he’s still a respected actor. His best recent movie would probably be “Kick-Ass.” Basically, it’s an entertaining spoof of superhero movies that doesn’t just make fun of superheroes. It also notes the importance of superheroes: we all need someone to look up to. Nicolas Cage does the greatest Adam West impersonation to date. Unfortunately, Cage isn’t in the movie nearly long enough, but, when he is, the fun is multiplied. That’s the way it is with every Nicolas Cage movie. People can critique him all they want, but the man seems to love every minute of his job, and that, too, is more than I can say for most actors.
name acts, past artists include Katy Perry, The Goo Goo Dolls and Akon, and even bigger crowds that range anywhere from 20,000 to 40,000 attendees. CRAWFISH BOIL FROM PAGE 1 “I was excited when I heard both end-long event to be held May are Wiz [Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg] were Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, Moon Taxi and coming to Birmingham, but when I ten other artists ranging from rap to heard [about] the other artists, I didn’t country to rock. Without much adver- know who they were,” said junior tising following the announcement, Jade Kenney. “Last year had more big many UA students have still been in names.” the dark about the event. The 2011 Crawfish “They haven’t promotBoil featured bands ed it as much this year,” such as Weezer, Nelly, said senior Caroline Cee Lo Green and Stone Spriull. “My guess is that Temple Pilots. The They haven’t promoted it the line-up is not as good lineup received a lot of as much this year. My guess as last year’s.” hype, however, many The Schaeffer is that the line-up is not as people missed the shows Crawfish Boil started in the wake of the torgood as last year’s.” in 1986 as a backyard nado, which hit two days get-together featuring before the event. — Caroline Spriull. 50 pounds of crawfish Tickets for this year’s and friends of founders shows are currently on Aaron and Phyllis Beam. sale through their webAccording to the website, schaeffercrawfishsite, people began getting extra tickets boil.com. Single-day passes are $30 for friends and selling them. for general admission and $75 for VIP When Beam heard about this, he passes. Weekend passes are $49.50 for decided to begin charging admission general admission and $140 for VIP and donating the proceeds to charity. passes. As the event kept growing, Schaeffer Besides the usual massive amounts Eye Center got on board with the of crawfish being served, the boil will event, taking it from the back yard to also feature barbecue, Papa John’s Sloss Furnace to the Birmingham Race Pizza and funnel cakes, among other Course and finally to the Southside. options. Alcohol will also be served at Typically the event draws in big the event.
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