MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 VOLUME 121 | ISSUE 116
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SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SINCE 1894 Rita Snyder
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After receiving a master’s in dance from the University of Utah and spending 10 years as a professional dancer, Rita Snyder has now set out to inspire the next generation of dancers as a professor of dance at the University.
Doug Fair will give a talk on self-awareness through research and personal media at the 11th edition of Tide Talks on April 17. Fair plans to develop a self-awareness iPhone app after college.
Alabama and Georgia went into the final game in their weekend series with one win each. Alabama took home the rubber match with a 5-2 score, improving to an 18-16 overall record.
small town, big swing Emma Talley reaches for personal success By Caroline Gazzara | Staff Reporter
Growing up, Emma Talley did it all. If there was any sport she could play, she made sure to play it. It didn’t matter what the rules were: Talley was going to compete. Her story started one day when she was 9 years old. Her father was going to teach her brother how to play golf, and like any younger sister, Talley wanted to tag along. From the moment Talley held her first club, she said a fire ignited inside of her. She had found her sport, and she was good at it. “She was better than both of
us from the very beginning, so that’s how it all started,” said Dan Talley, her father. “We knew we weren’t really good but she was better than us.” Shortly after her first experience on the Pinks, Talley was shooting low scores. Three months later, she had the lowest women’s score in all of Princeton, Kentucky, her hometown. She was still 9 years old. Now, with a little over a month until her 21st birthday, Talley has made a name for herself. Hailing from a small town with little more than 6,000 people, Talley is known across the globe for her talent and her Southern accent. She’s also the leading player for the women’s golf team. She has SEE TALLEY PAGE 6
Alabama golf’s Emma Talley finished tied for 17th at 2-over 218 at the PING/ASU invitational this weekend after carding a 4-over 76 in the final round. UA Athletics
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Co-ops provide students with opportunities Programs combine academics, business By Mary-Catherine Hodges | Staff Reporter
At 7:30 a.m. many college students are still asleep. At 7:30 a.m. many mornings last year, Scott Nagy was walking into a production
meeting with a company’s professional engineering team. Nagy, an engineering student at the University, participates in a co-op with Tiffin Motor Homes. Nagy, like many engineering students, was involved in a Cooperative Education Program, usually referred to as a “co-op,” which is
an internship-like experience lasting three semesters. Naomi Powell, director of the Cooperative Education and Professional Practice Programs at the University, said co-ops are programs designed to integrate students’ academic studies with professional work experiences by partnering with businesses,
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industries and a variety of government agencies. “Students alternate periods of full-time study with full-time paid, practical work experience related to their major or career interest,” she said. Engineering students at the University begin the first work
It’s like I have two different worlds, and one of them was put on pause for a year. — Connor Lawson —
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University Fellows selected from incoming freshman class The University Fellows Experience recently selected the prospective fellows for the 2015-2016 class. The University Fellows are a select group of students who participate in the Fellows program for the duration of their undergraduate career. New members are only selected each year from the incoming class of students. This year’s prospective class totals 39 students chosen from a pool of over 660, representing 16 different states and 34 different high schools. The selected students are Caroline Babbin, Alida Babcock, Blake Baker, Alyssa Barefield, Joshua Bice, Currie Blackwell, Vincent Bolus, Tucker Clair, Liza Curcio-Rudy, Darby
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Museum of Natural History to host Innovation Fair The Alabama Museum of Natural History will host its first Innovation Fair on Sunday, April 26 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Members from the West Tuscaloosa community are invited to attend the event, which will conclude the Science Sunday series at the museum for the year. There will be opportunities for attendees to learn about 3-D printers and scanners, 3-D imaging and modeling software and technology used in archaeology and anthropology. Attendees will also
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McLure Library hosts software tutorial University Libraries is hosting a Get to Know tutorial workshop for NVivo, a software available in McLure Library that organizes and analyzes information from various types of content. NVivo can use information from locations such as documents, video and audio clips, images, spreadsheets and other data tables, web pages and social media content in research settings. People using the software can benefit from varying research methodologies and languages. Attendees will receive a walkthrough on how to use the software as well as which types
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‘Cops and Robbers’ depicts police tension By Paige Henderson | Contributing Writer
Margaret Stran, assistant clinical professor and director of the Adaptive Athletics Program, is leading a study on wheelchairs in partnership with Tuscaloosa city and county schools. Photo Courtesy of Daniel Koenig
UA team to study wheelchairs By Alaina Upman | Contributing Writer
replacing the high-mounted brakes that are usually on the front of the An Alabama professor and her wheelchair, Stran said. assistant researchers are working to “We are going to put the axle in a re-design wheelchairs for children in position that is optimal,” she said. need in a study recently approved by “Particularly working on the axle is the Institutional Review Board. really going to improve their abilOne of the main goals of the study ity to move, because it improves the is to partner with Tuscaloosa city and maneuverability of the chair.” county schools, helping children in Stran said seeing kids in wheelchairs wheelchairs by equipping them with that don’t fit them is one of the reasons educational tools. The researchers will for this study. also adjust the chairs to the children’s “You wouldn’t give an 8-year-old a needs so they are easier to maneuver. size 13 shoe, but health providers will Margaret Stran, an assistant pro- give an 8-year-old a 16-inch wheelfessor and associate director of the chair,” she said. “It’s something I want Adaptive Athletics Program, said she to fix and change.” knows the importance of a well-fitting Wheelchair clinics will be held chair from personal experience. At throughout the study, consisting of 16 years old, Stran received her first educational classes such as wheelchair wheelchair. She now has a custom- scales and maintenance. Stran said made $8,000 chair. as a wheelchair user, the individual “The difference between my new needs to be able to move chair and old one is truly around obstacles, such as life changing,” she said. stairs and curbs, without “Suddenly you can get having someone push or places you couldn’t go carry the individual. The The difference before and go faster. My wheelchair maintenance between my new chair probably weighs classes will teach the kids around 15 pounds as chair and old one is basic skills, such as cleanopposed to my first chair ing the caster and how to truly life changing. that weighed around 25 change a tire, she said. pounds. The weight of “One of the reasons the chair makes such a seating specialists put — Margaret Stran — huge difference.” kids in bigger chairs is Michael Esco, an assisbecause their insurance tant professor in exeronly covers one chair for cise physiology and coa certain amount of time researcher of the study, said children before they can get a new one,” she usually have big, bulky wheelchairs said. “Most kids don’t grow out, they that are not specifically designed grow up. So we don’t need to put them for them. in giant chairs.” “A lot of times, their only ability to Stran said most parents don’t know be active is to use their arms, but since what a good chair is, besides what it’s so cumbersome, they will just have the seating specialists tell them. The someone push them,” he said. “In this study will be educational for the parstudy, we are going to modify their ents too. It will teach them how the chair, which will hopefully cause them right chair for their child can make a to be more active.” huge difference. One thing they will modify about “We are hoping this study and the chair is the position of the the adjustments made will posiaxle. In this study, they are plac- tively impact the rest of their lives,” ing scissor brakes under the chair, Stran said.
One man became 17 characters Friday night, as local students and theater goers took to the Tuscaloosa River Market to witness a one-man play centered on the fallout from a police shooting in a small community. Jinho “The Piper” Ferreira is a deputy sheriff with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office in Oakland, California. Ferreira wrote the play “Cops and Robbers,” based off of real experiences and people he met. The play took him only four days to complete. The play depicts a community after a shooting involving a police officer and a parolee, and the characters range from the police officer and suspect themselves to a preacher, a judge and a news broadcaster, among others. Ferreira’s wife, Dawn Williams Ferreira, opened the show by explaining to audience members the content may be too deep to digest at once. Dawn Ferreira has been teaching in public schools for 12 years and said by nature of the work she does with her husband, they often bring work home with them. Kindle Williams, a junior majoring in chemical engineering and chemistry, helped foster the plan to get “Cops and Robbers” to Tuscaloosa; the play has never been performed east of the Mississippi River. She said it is important to continue a dialogue regarding racial relations. “I think when Officer Ferreira is analyzing things, he just comes from all these different perspectives because he’s had so many experiences,” Williams said. “I think this really helps get at the complexity of the issue and that’s something that we need to keep in mind.” Fred Brown, a freshman majoring in criminal justice, said he enjoyed watching Ferreira successfully portray the diverse characters. “I think he plays the characters very well,” he said. “It tells a good story of today’s problems.” The plot of “Cops and Robbers” begins as coverage of a police dispute with a parolee. As the
Jinho "The Piper" Ferreira wrote the play "Cops and Robbers," based off of real experiences and people he met, in only four days. CW / Jacqueline Henderson
play progresses and identities and underlying motives were revealed, the dialogue of each of the characters changed. It was later revealed that the police officer and suspect had grown up in the same neighborhood, both were black and the cop shot the suspect after he laid his weapon down due to a problem the two had beforehand. The suspect sold the cop’s niece into a prostitution ring when she was just 13, which eventually lead to her death. Ultimately, the play showed the different ideologies and perspectives regarding police and civilian relations as well as racial relations within the Oakland community. Ferreira wrote the play in 2012, and said all the issues it explores are still relevant today. Ferreira said his main motivation for writing the play was to encourage people to see the world through another’s eyes. “I want people to take a look at where the other guy is coming from so that we can evolve as a society,” he said. “I don’t think we can realistically come up with a solution without addressing other people’s beliefs, needs and desires.” Ferreira said he is currently working on a sequel to the play.
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COLUMN | BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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SENIOR COLUMN | VOLUNTEERISM
Meaningful Volunteer Experience By Alex Morris | Guest Columnist
T-shirt. He let out a “Roll Tide!” and proceeded to tell us about his As a lifelong resident of experience at the University a few Tuscaloosa, my UA experience years earlier and that he couldn’t has been a little different. I have pass on an opportunity to reconnever lived more than 20 miles nect with Alabamians. I realized I away from Druid City Hospital, was headed to Vanderbilt because where I was born. I have baby it sounded good on a résumé while pictures at Alabama games when my heart was firmly planted at the Bryant-Denny Stadium had only University, so I decided to follow one upper deck. So why would I my instincts. It is a decision I will want to attend the University? I never regret. I’ll be among the first to tell didn’t. By the time I was 18 I had already taken several UA classes, you that the University isn’t withlived on campus for a summer and out problems; however, I believe witnessed almost every Alabama this university is one of the best sports team at least once. I at letting students take the lead in pursuing paswas accepted to sions outside of the Vanderbilt and classroom. In 2012 within a few weeks I helped start an I found a roomorganization called mate, picked classDiabetes Education es and even found Team to address a way around their the growing dia“freshmen can’t betes crisis in have cars” policy. Alabama. Through The April 27, this I have been 2011 tornado mentored by two caused me to quesAlex Morris of the best faculty tion this decision Photo Courtesy of Alex Morris advisors, Pamela when I saw how my Payne-Foster and neighbors came together to help people because Rebecca Kelly. Both of them supthey simply loved their commu- ported and guided us, never saynity. Several weeks later, I went ing any obstacle was too big (like to China for twelve days as part getting Nick Saban on board for of a cultural and music exchange World Diabetes Day advocacy). program. In our final concert in We even partnered with a new iniBeijing, a city of 11.5 million peo- tiative called the West End Health ple, two men came up to the stage Project to start a free student-run after our performance, one of clinic for residents of West End them wearing a crimson Alabama Tuscaloosa. Because of DiET, I
have gained hundreds of hours of pragmatic, real-world experience on the ground in health care and community engagement. I didn’t do any of this because a class forced it upon me, and I can’t tell you the last time I sat down to tally volunteer hours (what’s SLPro again?). I believe many students have lost sight of the true purpose of volunteering, and that’s a shame. Our university provides countless resources (FAC funding, the SOURCE, Honors College, Get on Board Day) that allow us to pursue our passions in the midst of a culture where students seek opportunities to stuff their résumé. This is no fault of the University specifically but of the way many students approach volunteering. It’s not about checking a box or reaching a certain number of hours; rather it’s about the value of the experience itself and the motives with which you approach it. My experiences gained through DiET and WEHP have been a more valuable learning experience than any class thus far, and I’m not the only student who will tell you that. Robert F. Kennedy once said, “The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.” You only have four years here at the University: will you simply show up or will you contribute? Alex Morris is a senior majoring in music performance and biology and the president of DiET.
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Two weeks ago, I was surprised to read a piece by John Knox, a professor of geography at the University of Georgia, in The Crimson White. He presents many facts that come off as an attack on The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. The facts are the facts, but the way they are presented does not provide effective support for his argument. Many of the facts are unrelated and many need further explanation. Somewhere in there his argument becomes unclear and it is unfortunate because some of his points are definitely relevant. One thing to note is that John Knox is a UAB graduate. That bias simply cannot be overlooked in a column attempting to discredit the University in favor of UAB. UA enrollment has grown tremendously recently especially in comparison to the lack of growth from 1980 to 1996 and also in comparison to the smaller population growth in Alabama. But this growth by itself is not a cause for concern. Universities go through periods of differing enrollment growth and it really does not make sense to compare enrollment growth to population growth. Where he has a point is that enrollment growth should not be celebrated just for the sake of growth. This enrollment growth must be sustainable and coupled with academic resource growth to be successful. The fact that the University was behind UAB and UAH in research universities according to the National Science Foundation is not a cause for concern either. UAB’s ranking is due to the hospital and medical school and UAH’s is due to its engineering programs. This is what they are known for and it comes as no surprise that the University does not match up in this respect. Rankings from the National Science
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Foundation are hardly any way to compare universities’ academics overall. There are other ways to measure academic success than research rankings. For starters there is job and graduate school placement. The University puts students in the most coveted jobs and elite graduate schools in many different fields. They are putting people in positions that have historically only gone to elite universities. The business school consistently putting kids on Wall Street is a prime example. The University of Alabama, UAB and UAH have vastly different missions and these missions are equally important to the balance of the system. The University should not be condemned for pursuing their mission but they should not be pursuing it at the expense of the others. It is easy to blast the University for spending on athletics, Greek life and other expansion. But the University is the flagship state university of the system and maintains a similar focus on growth and athletics than that of comparable universities. The University should not worry about boosting its research ranking by adding a research medical center when one of the most highly-ranked medical research centers in the country is 45 minutes to the north and already part of the same system. That does not make any sense but seems to be the type of thing Knox is implying. The University of Alabama, UAB and UAH should not be compared on the same scale. They fit together as a piece of the much larger system that serves very diverse needs. The UA Board of Trustees has to be more open with the finances of the UA system as a whole and that is clear from the UAB football situation. But as of now that is the outlier and the universities are all doing their respective parts for the system. Jackson Poe is a junior majoring in accounting and finance. His column runs biweekly.
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OPINIONS Monday, April 13, 2015 SENIOR COLUMN | SHARING STORIES
Explore the underrepresented areas of campus and listen By Camille Driver | Guest Columnist
of the resources on campus, there are not a lot. The resources that I share my opinions and thoughts we do have aren’t publicized. There constantly. Whether it is over break- are some quiet changes being made fast, in class or over some late-night that aren’t publicized. It doesn’t feel Quick Grill, I have minimal qualms great that [the administration is] about sharing my ideas for three not acknowledging these [changes], reasons: I have an unfailing support because I feel like it implies we don’t system, I crave conversations that want to talk about it because it is a bad or weird thing. It is call for critical thinknot really affirming …” ing and society deems On day-to-day life: me (mostly) “worthy” “There are a lot of of a platform as a white, stresses specific to trans privileged female. Upon people. You are always reflection, the third worrying about how reason might shameyou are being perceived. fully be the strongest It affects a lot of life indicator of my outspoexperiences. I feel like kenness. There are stumost non-trans people dents on this campus don’t have to worry, ‘If I who do not share in this Camille Driver walk into this room will opportunity because we Photo Courtesy of Camille Driver I be viewed as a male choose thoughtfully or or female?’ and ‘Will subconsciously to turn a blind eye. We prioritize our peace I be dehumanized because of that?’ of mind and the social norm above Obviously, [Alabama] is not an optitheir plights. For that reason, I chose mal environment for queer or trans to share this platform with a few of students but there are more opportunities to fight. But not everyone them. Their thoughts are as follows: Jessie on trans students and the wants to fight. It can be exhausting University: “In terms of the admin- to try and enact change and also be istration and the general structure a student and work and have fun. It
China, a country with a large populais hard to juggle all of these things.” Justin on student athletes: “In ath- tion. In China, I had a lot of friends letics, most of the issues I’ve seen and life was always lively. But when I are with student athletes who live came here, I found Americans always very far away and therefore struggle have independent living. I know I buying plane tickets home or who need to enjoy being alone. I think I am already used to stayare out-of-state students ing alone. It can make me and on small percentage think deeply. I think alone scholarships, so they run is also a good lifestyle, but into many of the same I am not overall lonely.” debt issues as regular I urge you, On creating commustudents. Because of readers, to continue nity: “I think [students] their sports, they don’t have time to get jobs to to explore with me can hold some parties and invite exchange supplement their scholarunderrepresented students, or hold some ships and that combination can result in serious areas of campus and culture exchange activities. [Foreign exchange financial strain.” On if students can create opportunities to students] really need like that.” be financially helped: share the platform. something I urge you, readers, “No. That would be how to continue to explore national championships with me underrepreget vacated. The NCAA sented areas of campus pretty much exists to and create opportunities keep athletes from getting ‘extra benefits.’ I guess this to share the platform. info could just serve to educate people that the glamorous athlete Camille Driver is a senior majoring in image is not really accurate for human development and public relamany athletes.” tions. She is the outgoing president Rose Fan on her experience as a for- of XXXI, a female honors society at eign exchange student: “I came from the University.
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back at it,” she said. “Because of the U.S. Amateur I was allowed to play in all the majors for the LPGA.” Because she won the U.S. Women’s Amateurs, Talley was able to play in the U.S. Open, the British Open, the Kraft Nabisco and LPGA Championship. She brought along her father and Trimble as motivation to compete. Talley also represented the United States team in the Curtis Cup, a prestigious tournament held in St. Louis. She’s the second Alabama player to represent the U.S. team. Her success in her personal career did affect her collegiate career, however. Looking back, Talley said it took her a while to bounce back and there was a lot of pressure. She was able to rally towards the end of the season, becoming the second-highest scorer and averaging 73.14 on the season. Talley said Potter had a major impact on her towards the end of her sophomore season. Plagued by sickness, Talley said she wanted to throw in the towel but instead
Potter told her exactly what she needed to get it together. “He is so calm and he is so encouraging but I do remember this one statement, and it’ll stay with me forever,” she said. “I was sick one time at a tournament and I didn’t play very well and I kept giving that excuse and he said, ‘You know, Emma, you’re good enough to go pro and you’re going to be out there one day but they’re not going to care if you are sick or not.’ And I think that put [it] in reality even though it was a tough statement to hear – it was so true. To have a coach that can sit down and tell you the honest truth about something to make you better is the kind of coach you want. And he definitely did that for me.” In Potter’s words, Talley overcame adversity. It may have been a tough season for Talley, balancing both a professional career and a collegiate one, but she said the opportunities she was given helped mold her into the leader Potter sees today. As a junior, Talley has been leading the team all season long despite a slump in results. She said she’s motivated for success and even more eager to keep pursuing her dreams. Outside of the world of golf, Talley said she is enjoying her life and friendships. She came to The University of Alabama to contribute to the success of the school, but in her opinion she’s getting the better end of the deal. “God’s blessed me with so much in my life,” she said. “I’m so blessed to have all these opportunities, to meet the people that I’ve met. They’re going to be [my] friends for a lifetime. And also just knowing that there are so many good players out there, [like] my teammates – we’re all super competitive with each other. There’s all kinds of great players out there. That’s what keeps you going. In golf, you can always get better – there’s never a stopping point in golf. In golf you don’t win a lot so there’s always a chance to get better.”
students from other universities, would the rest of their engineers,” Morris said. comply with a strict work schedule dur- “I felt like I was actually contributing ing the day but had allotted time for to the company with the projects and recreation during nights and weekends. testing that I did.” “That structure really gives you a lot Powell said the goal of a co-op program of freedom, especially in the evenings, is for students to get a degree, get work to do whatever you want,” Lawson said. experience in their major, and, upon “Once we got off at five, graduation, get the job they everything else started.” want in their field of speFrom organized Ultimate cialty, instead of settling for Frisbee games on Tuesdays another job. It was as if I was and Thursdays, to “Fancy Unlike internships, Cheese” nights and weekwhich typically occur duralready a full-time end parties, Lawson said the summer and are engineer working for ing he would not describe his not always paid, co-ops are time away from campus as a commitment of working them, even though a deprivation of a standard three alternating semesI was only halfway college experience, but ters, including pay, and, in rather a more enriched one. most instances, housing. through school. “I definitely feel like I For some co-op students, had as fulfilling of a college the adjustment of returning — Connor Lawson — experience as I could have to campus after living on wanted, probably a better site at a co-op is not always one because of the co-op,” an easy one. Lawson said. “At Adtran the “Coming back to campus co-op culture was very strong. The guys I was a difficult thing,” Lawson said. “The came in with were my best friends by the same group of friends were still there, but time I left after third term.” I was behind. I had to catch up with everyMackenzie Morris, a junior majoring in thing that had gone on and had to catch mechanical engineering, spent the dura- them up to where I was, too.” tion of her co-op with Harley Davidson in Despite the detachment from camYork, Pennsylvania. pus life, by participating in co-ops, “They treat their co-op students like engineering students said they
gained career-related experience by fully immersing into a professional atmosphere. “It was as if I was already a full-time engineer working for them, even though I was only halfway through school,” Lawson said. Students also earn competitive salaries to assist with education expenses, build a network of professionals in the field of study, increase employment opportunities and secure higher salaries upon graduation, Powell said. Because of the alternating semester structure of the co-op program, students are delayed from graduation by a semester. “The length of the program and delayed graduation are the downsides, but I can see why they do it,” Nagy said. “You gain more engineering knowledge with each passing semester, so every time you go back to your co-op you know more than you did before.” Both Nagy and Morris were able to lead their own projects while working at their co-ops. Morris was presented an award from Harley Davidson for a project she developed. “I was doing anything from shift inventory, excel spreadsheets, testing out new products and even leading a few of my own projects,” Nagy said.
Former No. 1 recruit won U.S Amateur tournament TALLEY FROM PAGE 1
an average of 73.1. Talley said she fell in love with the game quickly after she swung her first club. She received lessons at the age of 10. Talley had to travel over an hour from home to Paducah, Kentucky, to practice since she was the only woman golfer in her high school. Her youth coach Todd Trimble said he was amazed by how mature she was at such a young age. “I’m lucky,” he said. “At an early age, Emma not only had a great personality but she had a great work ethic to go with it. And she could turn them on and off. She could be a fun-loving kid and goofing around and in two seconds literally flip a switch and go work the grind for two hours straight. You just don’t see that in a lot of people.” Trimble continued to coach Talley throughout her adolescent and collegiate career. He’s been her caddy for many tournaments, the guy who edits her film and the person who keeps encouraging her. Of all the things Trimble taught her over the years, there’s one lesson that remains with Talley to this day, she said. “He was always a big believer in focus on the process, not in the now,” she said. “Two things he told me: stay in the process and the second thing he taught me was that golf’s not everything. He was a great mentor when I was younger.” Talley said those two rules have stuck with her all these years, keeping her focused on the now instead of what the future may hold. She said it was this motto that kept her focused while she competed in the major Ladies Professional Golf Association tournaments. Talley, a junior majoring in communication studies, joined the
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period either the summer or fall after their freshman year and are required to divide their three semesters over the span of a year and a half. Students spend the duration of their experience alternating semesters living on campus and at the site of their co-op. “It’s like I have two different worlds, and one of them was put on pause for a year,” said Connor Lawson, a senior majoring in computer science. Lawson spent his sophomore and junior year doing a co-op for Adtran Incorporated in Huntsville. Co-ops, like internships, serve as an immersion into the professional world. For students like Lawson and Nagy, their days began around 7 a.m. or 8 a.m. and ended at 5 p.m. Both were expected to attend meetings, work on projects and interact with and learn from professional coworkers and supervisors. “The co-op is a very structured lifestyle,” Lawson said. “You go to work from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and everybody you know does the same.” Lawson, who worked alongside co-op
From the moment Emma Talley held her first golf club, she know she had found her sport. UA Athletics
Crimson Tide in the fall of 2012. She was the No. 1 recruit in 2012 by Golfweek. Despite her high ranking, the prestige didn’t phase her. Talley said she was humbled by the experience to play on a collegiate level and was just excited to be a part of something big. Talley’s freshman season came right after Alabama won the NCAA championship. The then-freshman debuted in the first tournament in the fall season as the top individual player at the Cougar Classic. As the only true freshman of the team, Talley worked to make a name for herself. “She really stepped right in as a freshman to help make us a good team,” Coach Mic Potter said. During the summer before her sophomore year, Talley qualified for the 2013 U.S. Women’s Amateur after winning at the Country Club of Charleston. Talley then went on to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur tournament, the first Alabama women’s golfer to do so. “It was such a blessing when I look
7 Fair to give Tide Talk on emotional intelligence NEWS Monday, April 13, 2015
By Mackenzie Ross | Staff Reporter
Doug Fair, a senior majorin majoring in biology, will speak at Tide Talks XI on Friday, April 17 at 7 p.m. in Russell Hall. Fair is from Knoxville, Tennessee Tennessee, and plans to spend a year traveling after graduation. What will you be speak speaking on?
My revolutionary idea iis titled “Self-awareness th through research and personal m media.”
Why do you think this is especially importan important for college-age students? “Finding your purpo purpose,” or even just deciding o on your major, can be difficult d for college colleg students. Selfawa r e n e s s is a an integral factor m in making the hard dec decisions an findand in ing out w h a t makes Doug Fair Photo Courtesy of Doug Fair
American Advertising Agency names department chair fellow By Collin Burwinkel | Staff Reporter
Joseph Phelps, chair of the University’s department of advertising and public relations, has been named a fellow by the American Academy of Advertising. “It’s a very prestigious honor,” he said. “It is nice to be known as a fellow and be a part of this special group of honorees.” AAA is a group of scholars and professionals with an interest in advertising and advertising education. The award recognizes individual achievement in the advancement of advertising, education and service. Mark Nelson, the dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences, said having faculty members like Phelps as a part of the college is highly beneficial. “Dr. Phelps has received the Academy’s highest honor and I can think of no one more deserving,” he said. “He is a man of incredible integrity and dedication. The fact that he was nominated by his peers for this honor speaks to the impact Dr. Phelps has had on our campus and throughout the nation.” Advertising scholars from different universities recommended Phelps for the accolade. After the AAA’s nominating committee approved the honor, fellows then must be approved by two-thirds of the voting members to officially be named a fellow. Phelps, who has been a member of the AAA and a faculty member at the
UA faculty member Joseph Phelps has been named a fellow by the American Academy of Advertising. UA News
University for 25 years, said organizations like AAA are important for many reasons. “This is an organization of scholars,” he said. “These groups serve a critical function in terms of creating knowledge. It’s important for these people to come together, and share their research and knowledge.” Phelps has published his work and research in a wide variety of marketing and advertising journals and even in some medical journals. “It’s about how we can better teach the next generation of advertising professionals,” he said. “This organization serves as a wonderful place of sharing information and I’m happy I can be recognized by it.”
us happy or unhappy, what interests us and what doesn’t, and in turn, can be the deciding factor on if you have a happy or unhappy life. What impact do you hope to have through your speech? I hope to help change listeners’ understanding of themselves, how their mind works, and how to use t h at k n owl e d g e to their advantage.
How did you become interested in speaking at the next Tide Talks? I began developing my big idea as a project for an entrepreneurship course with Gorman Houston. As I researched my entrepreneurial
idea more and more, I discovered a huge need for people to be informed about self-knowledge, its benefits and how we can achieve it. How has this knowledge about self-awareness and interests affected your own life and future plans? The research that I have found about self-awareness and emotional intelligence has completely changed the way I look at people. The information that I discovered is all compiled in the form of an iPhone app that I will be developing further after graduation. The process of making this app has helped me to discover more about myself and what I am interested in and taught me new skills, both in management and in business development and ideation.
8 LinkedIn offers online networking resource Editor | Francie Johnson Culture@cw.ua.edu Monday, April 13, 2015
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through the process. “It allows really basic beginner For the many students hunting for users to get something from it, but it job opportunities ahead of gradua- also allows for very advanced users tion, a website founded in 2002 by Reid to receive a really good return on the Hoffman may be able to help. With over investment of their time,” Fant said. 347 million members in more than 200 LinkedIn allows for users to view countries, LinkedIn is the world’s larg- those in their own fields. For students est online professional network, and who are just starting out their profescollege students are catching on. sional lives, it can be useful to see where LinkedIn is built around connections. others their age are in their careers. Working much like an online, living “I look around a lot at students that resume, the site allows users to connect are my age in my major and track my with other professionals in their fields, progress in the educational field,” learn about new job opportunities and Niblett said. “Not in a comparison way, stay on top of new career developments. but just seeing where I need to and want Mike Little, an instructor in the to be, and to expand my network.” department of advertising and public Connecting with fellow students and relations, has been using the site since seeing their progress can be both intimits creation and has over 1,500 contacts idating and heartening, Niblett said. on LinkedIn, all of whom he said he “When I first started writing down knows personally. things that I’ve done [on LinkedIn], “I really help out students in con- I thought, ‘I need to be doing more,’” necting them with former alums, with Niblett said. “At the same time, it made internships, job opportunities, mentor- me feel really good about the things I ships and things like that,” Little said. had done. People that I worked with “I would say that 95 percent [of my prior had been endorsing me for certain contacts] are former students.” skills; so it’s a validation of the work Susan Fant teaches skills for the you’ve done and an inspiration for work digital media world at the Manderson you want to do.” Graduate School of Business and the Fant and Little both advise students Culverhouse College of Commerce. Fant using LinkedIn to make sure their prosaid she thinks LinkedIn is interesting file picture reflects the identity of a because of its use of social young professional, not a network theory, which is student who has cropped used to understand the out another person in the sociological background This is something frame. Writing a mature of why people connect and and professional bio that that the modern job includes what one is pashow word of mouth works. “You can connect with about and what one seeker really needs. sionate people that you don’t know looking to do in the next that have novel informafew months is a must for an — Mike Little — tion,” Fant said. “If I’ve coneffective profile, Fant said. nected with one person and Students often botch the we’re first connected, I then experience section of their have access to all of their LinkedIn profiles because network as a second connection. That’s they fear they do not have enough a whole lot of new information that I experiences to make them marketable, can then access potentially. LinkedIn she said. is fascinating because they do it in a “Students try to make up for not professional sense.” having as much experience by either LinkedIn has other features that help not putting anything at all or by putfurther professional connections. Users ting too much information,” Fant can join groups, write endorsements for said. “Including things like numerical other users or receive endorsements amounts of money raised or the number from others. Additionally, students and of people you’ve worked with or led can graduates can utilize the alumni tool. be very helpful. Many times students LinkedIn users can also congratulate don’t think it’s a big enough deal, but those they’re connected to for their it really does show management and achievements. Victoria Niblett, a soph- leadership capabilities.” omore majoring in dance and public Niblett said students should not be relations, said this is one of her favorite afraid of putting themselves out there features of the website. and should not think any job or skill is “That’s something small, but get- not worth putting down, because that ting congratulated by big media people odd skill might be what lands a job. in Tuscaloosa because they see I’m a “I wish I had had someone with me to public relations student and just want organize my thoughts and organize the to encourage me is awesome,” Niblett jobs that I’ve had,” Niblett said. “And said. “Those are the people that I’m maybe even say, ‘You may not think this striving to be like; it makes me feel like is relevant, but put it anyways.’” I’m going there.” LinkedIn is growing every day, and Little said he likes the convenience for those on the job hunt, Fant and Little of LinkedIn along with the searchable said a quality LinkedIn profile can give nature of the site. When going through students an edge on the competition. his contacts, Little said he can filter “LinkedIn doesn’t necessarily get you by city to find alumni working in a a job, but it’s a tool in your tool belt,” specific location. Little said. “Like a resume or a cover letFant said LinkedIn has an intuitive ter, this is something that the modern user interface that helps guide users job seeker really needs.”
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CULTURE Monday, April 13, 2015 COLUMN | THEATER
Frontrunners apparent for 2015 Tony Awards By Luke Haynes
Finals week is approaching, and while many students will be up at 7 a.m. on April 28 cramming for exams, I’ll be glued to my computer screen watching the nominations for the 2015 Tony Awards, scheduled for June 7. A highlight of every theatrical season, the Tony Awards honor the best and brightest of Broadway in a night filled with inspired performance, thrilling tension and teary acceptance speeches. But before the fun can begin, we need the nominees; and while there are still a few shows to open in the final days of eligibility, there are four shows that are expected to lead the pack in this year’s nominations.
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Best Play: “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” “Curious Incident,” the Olivier Award-winning British import adapted from Mark Haddon’s bestselling novel, has already been running for over six months in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre – no small feat for a non-musical – and shows no signs of closing any time soon. The story follows 15-year-old autistic savant Christopher Boone as he braves a world that terrifies him to find the murderer of his neighbor’s dog. The production has received glowing reviews on all sides, and I expect it will be one of the most nominated productions of the season and will go home with Best Play, Best Book and a plethora of design awards.
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Best Musical: “Fun Home”
Best Revival of a Play: “It’s Only a Play”
Best Revival of a Musical: “On the Town”
From the romance of “An American in Paris” to the comedy of “Something Rotten” to the fantasy of “Finding Neverland” everyone has a different pick for best musical, but the show that makes everyone’s list is the darkly comedic coming-ofage story “Fun Home.” Transferring to the Circle in the Square Theatre from its award winning offBroadway run, “Fun Home” tells the true story of lesbian cartoonist Allison Bechdel dealing with her own sexuality and her relationship with her closeted homosexual father. The simple design and ensemble nature of the show doesn’t suggest that it will get many nods in the design or acting categories, but I predict the sheer brilliance of its writing will earn it nominations (and perhaps victories) in Best Book, Best Original Score and Best Musical.
No obvious frontrunner in the Play Revival category appears this year, a year filled with revitalized classics and rediscovered diamonds in the rough. But in my opinion, the one deserving the most praise come Tony season is Terrence McNally’s “It’s Only a Play.” This forgotten treasure about what really goes on behind the scenes of the business side of Broadway opened early last October, and while it was it set to run for about eight weeks; it was extended twice because the audience reaction was so positive. Its strong reviews and all-star cast practically guarantee a slew of acting nominations, and while many expect it to be overlooked in favor of more recent productions, I expect we’ll see a Best Direction and Best Revival of a Play nomination as well.
There have only been a few musical revivals this year, and by far the most attention has been given to the high-energy, fast-stepping revival of “On the Town” at the newly-christened Lyric Theatre. This classic golden-age musical about three sailors who have 24 hours to experience “New York, New York, a helluva town” proved to audiences and critics alike when it opened in October that we can still learn a lot from the good ol’ days of Broadway. It’s a lock for a choreography nomination and at least one acting nomination for supporting actress Alysha Umphress, and while many expect its thunder to be stolen by the new revival of “The King And I,” which officially opens this Thursday, I feel quite confident that “On the Town” will be at least nominated for Best Revival of a Musical.
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Former professional dancer now dance professor By Bailey Shoenberger | Contributing Writer
Rita Snyder has transitioned from a student to a professional dancer, and now to a professor of dance in the University’s department of theatre and dance. With a master’s in dance from the University of Utah and 10 years of professional experience under her belt, she has set out to inspire the next generation of dancers here on campus. What were you drawn to about dancing? Part of it was the physicality of it. I was always a tomboy, I liked to tumble and things like that. I saw a movie of Gene Kelly’s when I was in middle school – “The Pirate” – and I thought, “That’s what I want to do.” When you are a kid, sometimes you see something and it just connects, and when I saw Gene Kelly, I just thought, “I want to do that.” What is the best and the worst part of being a professor? Maybe I’m biased, but we have some very talented, intelligent students who do really smart work. I love to see the improvement, especially students who don’t have much background in dance, who may have come from small towns, who struggle as freshmen to keep up. They keep going and they get focused and you see them at the end of their junior year and into their senior year and they have blossomed into this beautiful creature.
And then they leave. And that is one of the sad and hard parts. What is it that you hope your students have learned from you? I’m hoping that they will remember specifics of technique and anatomy and things like that, but more than anything I really hope that even for those who decide they don’t want to be a professional dancer, that they love dance. I want them to have an appreciation for dance and an enthusiasm for it, and even if they choose not to dance that they will continue to support the arts. For those that do decide to dance, I hope they pass on the enthusiasm for dance to the next generation. What was it like being a professional dancer? It’s hard and it’s scary for all dance majors because you never really know whether or not you will succeed. It’s like being a football player – very few people make it as professional
dancers. You can be a very good dancer and still not make it. It’s scary, but it’s fabulous if you get to do it. You get to perform, meet people and travel to places that you would never get to experience. What is your advice for young dancers about to enter the professional world? My advice would be to stay strong. Be confident in who they are and their capabilities, because when you go out to audition, you will be getting 10 people that say no for every one person that says yes. And if you let the people that say, “No, you’re not any good,” get to you, you will be destroyed. When you start to doubt yourself, you will fall apart at auditions and no one will hire you.
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11 New venue adds to Birmingham music scene CULTURE Monday, April 13, 2015
By Bailey Shoenberger | Contributing Writer
a backstage and a green room, but a separate apartment for the bands Brian Teasley is no stranger to the that will include bedrooms, three world of music. Born and raised in bathrooms, a full kitchen and a Birmingham, Teasley has played over pool table. 3,200 shows in all 50 states, as well as “With Saturn, I tried to create the 39 countries around the world, both venue that not only other people are with his own band going to love, and with acts but that I have such as David wanted to play at Bowie and The I want it to be unlike any experience my whole life,” Rolling Stones. he said. they have had in town before “If I have any Teasley’s homeusefulness in this town is important world, I know how to him as well, — Pat O’Brian — a show can rephe said. resent for an art“Not only are ist in a good way we ambassadors and a bad way,” for our estabTeasley said. lishment, we are representing all of His latest project is the opening a Birmingham and how it will be pernew live-music facility in Birmingham: ceived by out-of-town bands,” he said. Saturn. But the vision goes beyond just Teasley and Pat O’Brian, the venue another concert venue – Teasley and manager for Saturn, said they have the creators of Saturn wanted a place been impressed by the growth of Brian Teasley, a musician who has performed around the Alabama’s music scene in the past few world and in all 50 states, recently opened Saturn, a music where bands would feel at home. “I’m a small person with a small years. They said they hope Saturn venue in Birmingham. Photo Courtesy of Will Granger dream, but my dream is to somewhat will continue the trend of makreshape the landscape of how bands ing Birmingham an inviting city for have on one hand the musicians that are coming out of here, Lee Bains, St. Paul get treated when they are on tour,” traveling artists. “Birmingham’s music scene is and the Broken Bones – everything they Teasley said. His vision has created a distinc- blowing me away right now, it’s have done is so awesome. And then on tive space. Saturn will not only have growing so rapidly,” O’Brian said. “You the other side you have all the music
fans. It’s just so inspiring to have a night where every venue in town has sold out shows.” The Bowery Presents, an independent promotion company, is teaming up with Saturn to help create the lineup for the venue. “[The Bowery Presents is] particularly excited about Saturn. The second we laid eyes on the venue space, we saw [Teasley’s] vision and wanted to be part of it,” Jim Glancy of The Bowery Presents said. “Our goal when opening a new venue is taking care of people, both artists and consumer.” O’Brian and Teasley said they hope the venue provides bands and audience members with unforgettable experiences. “I want it to be unlike any experience they have had in town before,” O’Brian said. “I want them to be able to get in the door and see their favorite bands and have the best night of their lives and not have to worry about anything else.” Saturn’s lineup has been announced and already features nearly 20 shows that will begin in April. More information about the lineup and the venue can be found at saturnbirmingham.com.
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New album explores pro wrestling By Jordan Cissell
“Beat the Champ” is ostensibly an album about professional wrestling. But in crafting 45 minutes worth of songs about the spandex-clad world of big biceps and bigger egos, bandleader and lyricist John Darnielle delivers a treatise that transcends the ring. Ultimately, the Mountain Goats’ 15th studio album is about what it is to be human. “Foreign Object” opens in a burst of big, swaggering baritone sax. As the song settles into a loping samba rhythm, Darnielle’s narrator drily declares his intention to “jab you in the eye with a foreign object” and “sink [his] teeth into your scalp.” Ever the “Beat the Champ,” the Mountain Goats’ 15th studio multi-tasking professional of performance, album, expresses what it feels like to be a human being. he also makes a mental note to get stage Amazon.com blood on the front row and convincingly sell the Dominos’ “Layla.” his match-ending leg snapping. But what truly makes this record worth With the jaunty, carefree bounce of a “Sesame Street” sing-a-long session, listening to is that you don’t have to know Darnielle’s narrator recounts a Herculean about any of that stuff for these songs to effort to rescue his tag-team partner dur- mean something to you. While he’s busy ing an 18-man cage match. Slide guitar slips trying to save his buddy, the narrator of under the ropes throughout the song, barely “Animal Mask” is rocked by a longing for a perceptible beneath the acoustic strums and time “when we were young and green.” In “The Legend of Chavo Guerrero,” we snare brushes. Darnielle’s lyrics are dense with refer- learn far less about the titular hero than ences to wrestling lingo and lore. Album- we do a young fan who grew up idolizcloser “Hair Match” refers to the practice, ing him, as the song traces the boy’s path especially prevalent in Mexican lucha libre from a wide-eyed kid propped on elbows promotions, of competitors placing their in front of the TV to a grown man learnlocks on the line should they lose an upcom- ing that Guerrero’s son has since become ing bout. “Heel Turn 2” explores a wres- a star in his own right. “My last hope is tler’s transition to a villainous character, Chavo Guerrero / coming off the top rope,” known as a “heel” in the business, before Darnielle sings, conveying an acute underDarnielle’s plucky guitar and warbling standing that the need for childhood heroes, vocals cede center stage to a majestic piano no matter our age, can hit harder than any outro reminiscent of the coda to Derek and dropkick or piledriver.
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Quarterback pick still up in the air going into A-Day By Elliott Propes | Staff Reporter
Saturday brought Alabama football coach Nick Saban another look at the position battles across the field. One of the largest battles on the team is for the quarterback position. Saban said it is still a five-man race between Jake Coker, David Cornwell, Alec Morris, Cooper Bateman and Blake Barnett. “We are looking for the guys who can [lead] more consistently, and who’s going to help play winning football at that position on the most consistent basis,” Saban said. “This is not something you can just sort of wave a wand and say, ‘OK, I think we got it here.’ I think this decision is going to be made over time.” During the few minutes of media availability before the scrimmage, Cornwell received some first team reps in a two wide receiver set with all of the lineman in play. Then during a drill with just the receivers and quarterbacks, Coker was first in line. “[Cornwell] has done as good as anybody this spring,” Saban said. “He is very bright, he has a great
Alabama quarterback Jake Coker looks downfield during this weekend's scrimmage. UA Athletics
understanding of the offense. He does a great job from a leadership standpoint of helping other players play better when he is in there, and he has played smart for the most part all spring.” Replacing a quarterback is not the
only task Saban must contend with. Alabama lost last season’s top three receivers, Amari Cooper, Christion Jones and DeAndrew White. For most of the spring, Robert Foster, Chris Black and ArDarius Stewart have been getting the majority of the reps. During the scrimmage Foster had the most yardage with six receptions for 102 yards. “Robert has really come on,” Saban said. “I think being a young player, Robert is uncertain sometimes of exactly what he is supposed to do and how he is supposed to do it. When he knows, he plays fast and certainly has big-play ability. I’m not satisfied with where he is, but I’m certainly encouraged by the progress he has made.” With only one week remaining before A-Day, there are still several questions about who will play where, but Saban said he is not too concerned right now, especially with the qua terback competition. It was not until the third game last season when Saban fully decided on Blake Sims. “When the scrimmages come, because you only have two, you want to give everyone an opportunity so
WHAT TO KNOW • After Reggie Ragland said coaches have put an emphasis on creating turnovers Monday, Kirby Smart led linebackers in a strip drill before the scrimmage. • The wide receiver lineup looked the same, with Chris Black going first followed by ArDarius Stewart and Robert Foster. • Alec Morris was in a black noncontact jersey again. • A’Shawn Robinson was on the stationary bike, again participating in no drills.
you can evaluate,” Saban said. “So that’s what we have done, and ... we will continue to do that even in A-Day. In fall camp we need to establish here is the guy, but someone’s got to take the bull by the horns and do that too. It’s not for us to give away, it’s for someone to earn it.”
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Calipari is basketball’s showman By Steven Cole | Contributing Writer
If there is anyone in the college basketball landscape comparable to P.T. Barnum of the famed Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, it is John Calipari. Barnum, renowned for his American Museum, was a master of humbug. He promoted and marketed his museum in every way like no other. For example, Barnum exhibited Joice Heth, marketing her as the 161-year-old nurse to George Washington. No one lives to be 161-years-old; however, people came to the American Museum to see this exhibit. In playing on people’s naivety, Barnum operated in the inherent space between trickster, where he made a profit by deceiving people, and moralizer, in that he was morally right and correct in capitalizing on people’s naivety in a democratic society. In the Barnum tradition, Calipari is the ultimate showman. Following first season in Lexington, where the Wildcats lost to West Virginia in the Elite Eight, Calipari made the comment that having five players drafted in the first round of the NBA draft was “the best moment in Kentucky basketball history.” For a program that has won eight national championships, to many this comment came across a hyperbole. While it may have been hyperbolic, it was a selling point. Since that season, Calipari has branded his program as a “players first,” where players with NBA aspirations come to develop their game in order to prepare for the next level.
Kentucky head coach John Calipari is the ultimate showman. Tribune News Service
Where Barnum exhibited Heth, Calipari has sold recruits on the idea that his program is the only one that will get you to the next level. Now, recruits believe they need to go to Kentucky in order to cultivate the skills necessary for the next level. That is the national perception. However, Kentucky is not the only place where high-level recruits can develop their talent in a year. This is evident by Duke’s recent success with one-and-done talent. In the past three years, Duke has had their share of players declare for the draft after developing their talent in Durham for year. Yet few recruits see Duke as the place to enhance and enrich their talent in only one year. In this light, Calipari, like Barnum, is a master showman.
13 Baseball wins rubber match against Georgia SPORTS Monday, April 13, 2015
By Elliott Propes | Staff Reporter
The Crimson Tide beat Georgia 5-2 Sunday, improving their season record to 18-16. UA Athletics
contested the call. The call was overturned, and on the next pitch, White hit into centerfield. UGA center fielder Stephen Wrenn lunged forward only to see the ball bounce past him, and White took advantage of the misplay. He circled the bases for Alabama’s first inside-thepark home run since David Kindred on April 14, 2010. “I didn’t know if he was going to hold me up, but [Alabama third base coach Andy Phillips] was waving
his arm pretty hard over there at third, and I saw it get past him so I know I had a shot,” White said. “A play like that gets everyone going. It gets everyone pumped, because it doesn’t happen a lot.” In the third inning, Alabama’s offense exploded. Walsh got into trouble with the bases loaded and gave up a run that ended his day. Georgia right-hander Taylor Hicks came into a rough situation with the bases loaded,
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and before he even made a pitch, he balked, moving another Alabama run across the plate. J.C. Wilhite followed with a RBI-single, and Will Haynie finished off the four-run inning with a sacrifice fly to centerfield. “It was good to win this, it was good to win this series, but we have work to do this week,” Gaspard said. “We have got to be a better baseball team when we go to Missouri.”
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14 Women’s tennis ends regular season with win SPORTS
Monday, April 13, 2015
By Terrin Waack | Staff Reporter
The regular season has come to an end, and the Alabama women’s tennis team ended on a positive note. Hosting its last two matches at home, Alabama defeated Arkansas 5-2 on Friday. Then for its last meet of the regular season, it topped Missouri on Sunday, 6-1. “We made a decision that we really wanted and needed to finish the season at home strong,” coach Jenny Mainz said. “Get some confidence, get some momentum heading into the SEC tournament.” Alabama will head to the SEC Championships on Tuesday with a 16-6 record overall and 8-5 in the SEC. “We always talk about it’s not about how you start, it’s how you finish,” senior Emily Zabor said. “I think this weekend and last weekend we played very convincing tennis. I’m really proud of the team.” Zabor, along with the only other senior Luicelena Perez, played her last regular season match at the Alabama Tennis Stadium.
At the end of the day, Alabama just has provided so much for me. — Emily Zabor —
“You know what I love, the two seniors both had great days,” Mainz said. “They were fired up and ready to go.” Zabor and Perez won both of their singles and doubles matches on Friday. Then on Sunday, Perez clinched the doubles point before Zabor could finish her doubles match. Both won their singles matches soon after. “I just thought to myself, I just have to enjoy these last two regular season matches as home,” Perez said. “That was my mentality – just go have fun and don’t put too much pressure on myself.” Not only did the weekend honor its seniors, but it was also family weekend. Many of the players’
parents came into town from all over, including some from outside the United States. “It’s such a beautiful thing to be able to bring my personal family with my tennis family and to have them meet and enjoy one another, this atmosphere and experience,” Zabor said. “At the end of the day, Alabama just has provided so much for me.” With the two wins, ending the the regular season with the combination of the seniors’ last matches and having family members there, it was an emotional weekend for all, Mainz said. “It’s a really fun weekend to share that fellowship and let the parents be a part of what we do every day,” Mainz said. “It was a special weekend.” Perez said having all the fans and family members there only helped her game, Mainz said. Perez even had her mom from Venezuela in the crowd. Now that the end is in sight, Perez said she wants to go back to the
The women’s tennis team beat Arkansas 5-2 this weekend. CW / Layton Dudley
beginning – not to do anything differently, but just to enjoy it all over again. She, Zabor and Mainz said they are excited for what the post season has in store for them. “Our best tennis is still in front of us,” Mainz said.
Congratulations to these students who received their official class rings from balfour Marcus Allen Jonathan Aluiso Katherine Amerson Charlie Argo Jordan Artrip Tyler Averett Kelly Barberito Jake Barson Brooke Bartlett Brea Basham Chris Beard Ashley Beggins Kaci Bemis Angela Benefield Eoin Bilke Daniel Bishop Samuel Blackwood Joseph Blocker Angie Bowen William Brett Ryan Brooker Joshua Broussard Caitlyn Brown Chandler Burchfield Heather Burgess Ryan Burt Alexandra Bushelli Chelsea Bussey Karen Cagle Cleola Callahan Mya Campbell Charles Carter Lucas Carter Courtney Chandler Logan Chandler
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