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HOPE Tuscaloosa shelters provide housing, spiritual support CW | Austin Bigoney The Rev. Larry Doughty founded a small church in the West End of Tuscaloosa. Fifteen years later, Doughty now runs the church and a shelter supporting homeless people in the community. By Phoebe Rees | Contributing Writer Nestled in the center of the West End district of Tuscaloosa sit five small wooden duplexes. From a distance, they appear as nothing more than shacks. But up close, though these small residences have been transformed into a row of comfortable homes. Outside, a hand-painted sign decorated with handprints reads, “Welcome to the Jesus Way Shelter.” Fifteen years ago, the Rev. Larry Doughty
said he received a vision from Christ: to help the homeless, feed the hungry and clothe the naked. He and his family had just set up a small church in West End, which was built across the road from a line of abandoned duplexes. “They were actually used as crack houses back then,” Patricia, Larry’s wife, said. “People would go there to smoke drugs, and they were being demolished. We didn’t see how we were going to do it, just being a new church and starting from the ground up, but
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God just so blessed it that these homes would be the shelter.” The owner of the duplexes donated all of the buildings except for one, which the Doughtys purchased with help from Habitat for Humanity and different church organizations. And, one step at a time, they built the Jesus Way Shelter. The Doughtys said student volunteers from The University of Alabama have been instrumental in the day-to-day running of the Jesus Way Shelter. Of the 64 volunteers that work
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Lecture to promote overcoming apathy UA professor to speak on University issues, diversity
I also feel that issues of diversity are generally silenced in everyday conversation.
While college professors have ample time to discuss chemistry or economics in class, not all receive the opportunity to speak to students exclusively about deeper issues. The Last Lecture series at The University of Alabama, hosted by the graduate school, invites one student-selected professor to answer the question, “If this were your last time to address a group of
students, what would you say to them?” This year’s winner is Robin Boylorn, assistant professor of interpersonal and intercultural communication and author of “Sweetwater: Black Women and Narratives of Resilience.” Boylorn’s lecture is titled “Overcoming (In)difference: Reflections on
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Hot topics WHAT: Hot Topics: Athletic Assumptions WHEN: 6-8 p.m. WHERE: 222 Lloyd Hall
Campus theater WHAT: “Urinetown” WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Marian Gallaway Theatre, RowandJohnson Hall
Crimson Tide seeks to end 2-game losing streak By Kelly Ward | Assistant Sports Editor The Alabama softball team didn’t have Auburn on its 2014 schedule, originally. The rivals weren’t supposed to meet due to the rotating SEC schedule. So when Alabama and Auburn weren’t slated to play each other, Alabama coach Patrick Murphy called then-Auburn coach Tina Deese about scheduling an out-of-conference game. SEE SOFTBALL PAGE 7
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Empathy, Apathy and Diversity,” concentrating on issues like diversity and identity, which are dominant discussions in her classroom. “Diversity is central to what I teach and how I teach,” she said in an emailed statement. “I also feel that issues of diversity are generally silenced in everyday conversation, which makes them taboo when they should be common topics of discussion. If I were speaking to my students for the last time, I would urge them to keep these issues on
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there, 47 are UA students, many of whom are involved though the University’s Community Service Center. “University of Alabama students have been volunteering at the shelter for around four years,” said Jackie Doughty, Larry’s daughter, who runs the after-school program. “They help clean the yards, paint the fences and the basketball court and teach in the after-school program.”
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CAMPUSBRIEFS Film depicts hurricane aftermath New Orleans-based producer Josh Penn will host an on-campus screening of the short film “Glory at Sea,” which depicts the journey of a community in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The movie centers around a group of mourners and a man “spat from the depths of Hades,” who built a boat from the debris of the storm to rescue their lost loved ones trapped beneath the ocean, according to IMDb.com. Penn works at Court 13, the production company responsible for “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” a film that received four Academy Awards, the Sundance Breakthrough Award and the Palm D’Orr at Cannes. James Crank, an associate professor of American literature at The University of Alabama, described Court 13 as “a hive of collaborative, creative filmmakers [who] have produced several groundbreaking films, documentaries and shorts.” Created in 2008, some have called “Glory at Sea” a precursor to “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” The screening, along with a proceeding Q&A session, will be held Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Room 110 of the Alabama Innovation and Mentoring of Entrepreneurs Center. Penn will also meet with English students to explore a potential partnership between the University and Court 13 Wednesday from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in 301 Morgan Hall, Crank said.
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IN THENEWS Kansas man charged with murder From MCT Campus Prosecutors from Johnson County, Kan., on Tuesday filed two types of murder charges against a 73-year-old avowed racist and anti-Semite in the shootings resulting in the death of three people outside Jewish facilities in Overland Park. Frazier Glenn Cross Jr., better known as F. Glenn Miller, is charged with one count of capital murder in the killings of 69-year-old Overland Park, Dr. William Lewis Corporon and his 14-year-old grandson, Reat Griffin Underwood. A capital murder conviction carries a life sentence without parole unless prosecutors seek the death penalty, Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe said. Miller is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Terri LaManno, 53, a Kansas City mother of three who was shot outside Village Shalom senior living facility, where she had gone to visit her mother. Miller, who was arrested about 20 minutes after the first shootings, is being held in lieu of a $10 million bond. Though the killings happened at Jewish facilities, all three victims were Christians. Howe announced the charges at a Tuesday morning press conference. He was accompanied by Barry Grissom, U.S. attorney for the District of Kansas, who said he does not anticipate any federal charges to be filed within the next week. A federal conviction could carry a death penalty, depending on what charges are filed and whether the Department of Justice decides to seek the death penalty – a decision that would be made in Washington, Grissom said. Miller was convicted of a federal felony on weapons charges in the 1980s. Since Johnson County filed state charges before the filing of any federal charges, Miller will be tried in state court first, Howe said. Capital murder is the most serious charge a person can face in Kansas, which does not have a hate crime charge. Under Kansas law, the intentional and premeditated killing of more than one person “as a part of the same act or transaction or in two or more acts or transactions connected together or constituting parts of a common scheme or course of conduct” is one of the limited circumstances that capital murder applies. Howe said he would consult with members of the victims’ families before deciding whether to seek a death sentence. Howe and Grissom declined to talk about evidence in the case. Neither would discuss a possible motive. Aided by tips from witnesses, two Overland Park police officers spotted Miller inside the car he had driven away from the shooting scenes. Several weapons were recovered.
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NEWSIN BRIEF Mock Trial Team to host exhibition The University of Alabama’s Mock Trial Team will host an exhibition Wednesday for students interested in joining the group. Students on the team participate in simulated trials and use the skills they develop to compete at the American Mock Trial Association’s national competitions each spring. Students of all majors are welcome to join. The exhibition will take place Wednesday at 5 p.m. in 30 ten Hoor Hall. For more information, contact Laura Gregory at lhgregory@crimson.ua.edu. Compiled by Mark Hammontree
Photo Courtesy of Jessi Hitchins Tuesday’s Take Back the Night, hosted by the Women’s Resource Center, included a march and rally against sexual assault.
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Take Back the Night, an event promoting sexual assault awareness month, began with a protest on the quad Tuesday afternoon and ended with a series of speakers in Smith Hall. “There is a power on this campus, and it is us,� Wen Powers, a senior majoring in musical theater, said at the event. According to the Women’s Resource Center website, Take Back the Night is an international march and rally organized in local communities with the purpose of unifying everyone to take a stand against sexual assault. Jessi Hitchins, associate director of the Women’s Resource Center, said there were 1,264 reported victims of rape in Alabama in 2012 alone. Attendees of Take Back the Night aknowledged the victims Tuesday night with a moment of silence. Hitchins, who helped organize the event, said she wanted attendees to come away with the idea that it is our duty to come together as a community to end sexual assault and sexual violence. “We can be the change that we want to see,� she said. Powers explained that these instances
are not isolated to one gender. The event’s keynote speaker was Matt “We must remember that sexual assault Gregory, associate dean of students and is not just a problem for women,� Powers director of student advocacy and acountsaid. ability at Louisiana State University, who He said the women and men who are touched on the role of men in sexual vioaffected by sexual assault are parents, lence. children, siblings and friends, and that “You lose yourself in your fears and people must come together to help stop your thoughts, but it is possible to get back the violence. to normal,� Ben Fain, a sophomore major“Take Back the Night is ing in marketing who more than us just here for attended the Take Back one night,� Powers said. the Night event, said. “We must challenge ourAnother attendee of selves and other men to the event, Travis Hartley, end sexist behavior.� a senior majoring in elecAccording to a study trical engineering and by the U.S. Centers for mathematics, said the Disease Control, one in event has a great impact five college women has on the community. — Wen Powers been raped at some point “There’s empowerment in her life. Also, according from this,� Hartley said. to the U.S. Department of “It’s pretty inspiring.� Justice, three percent of Amanda Rice, a sophocollege women reported surviving rape or more majoring in social work, echoed attempted rape in just one academic year. Fain’s sentiment, emphasizing the impact During the march, students walked of the event and encouraging others to around the Quad shouting chants that attend the event next year. emphasized their cause, including, “Claim “I would recommend that people our bodies. Claim our rights. Take a stand. attend this event,� Rice said. “It was Take back the night.� empowering.�
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Student-athletes deserve devotion from students By Charlie Potter | Sports Editor
causing a stir and shedding some light, we have committed the greatest injustice of all. So give a damn. Literally, give a damn about something – about anything. Continue to exercise, stretch and strengthen students’ rights to free speech on campus. If you care about something, speak up, even when the administration, the Machine or your own peers deny you that right. The only thing potentially worse than what goes on in this campus, city and state is the apathy that allows it to happen. To the people who don’t vote because it “won’t matter anyway” or who don’t speak up because you are “just a number” : You are a human being with a voice, and you are surrounded by 35,000 other students with voices. Someone is going to agree with you. So I’m still glad I came to The University of Alabama. One, because I am learning how to deal with an administration who is willing to slither its way out of having a spine, leaders who put themselves first and students who are willing to watch it happen. Thanks for the reality check. And two, because, fortunately, the University is not solely composed of onlookers. I have met some of the most inspiring people in my life while at this University, people who taught me these exact lessons, who showed me what it meant to “do something about it” and care – whether it’s about this school or what I did with the time I spent here.
My time at The Crimson White was shorter than most, as I enrolled at the University as a junior college transfer in the summer of 2012. But in my two years with the newspaper, I got to do things some professional sports journalists only dream of experiencing. I got to cover one of colCharlie Potter lege football’s most recognized programs in Alabama on a regular basis. It was not uncommon for my day to consist of going to football practice, listening to Nick Saban’s press conference, chatting with Crimson Tide players and then writing my thoughts on it. What was even better was getting to cover the games. I travelled to College Station, Texas, to watch AJ McCarron and Johnny Manziel duke it out in a 49-42 shootout. I sat in the press box in Bryant-Denny Stadium and watched the Crimson Tide dismantle LSU 38-17. I stood on the sideline in Auburn and could not believe my eyes as Chris Davis brought an unbelievable, abrupt end to the Iron Bowl. And while all of that was great, graduation approaches, and I realize that I will not have a job like this for quite some time – if ever again. In a way, I was spoiled this year and will have to be brought back down to reality when I start an entry-level job this summer – hopefully. But in my time covering the Alabama football program, I noticed I was not the only spoiled individual on campus. Every UA student is surrounded by a world-class athletics program. As in sports reporting, many universities do not have the luxury of having a successful football program to enjoy seven times a season. They would sincerely cherish the opportunity in front of them and stay for the duration of the football games, unlike students at Alabama. They would rather stay at home or beat the crowds to the bars. “Maybe if you’re not interested in doing that, you should let someone else go who would really like to go,” Saban said this season. “Because I have a lot of people who want to go.” And it is not just with football. Whether it be gymnastics, softball or the quickly rising women’s tennis team, the student-athletes deserve a strong, consistent showing from their classmates. They dedicate a large portion of their schedule to athletics, on top of being full-time students, to bring success, pride and championships to the University. Those teams, however, make it easy to sit through their games, meets and matches, but there are some teams on campus that are not as successful that still need more support from the student body. This past season, the men’s basketball program finished with a losing record, and, because of that, Coleman Coliseum was practically empty on most occasions. Sure, season ticket holders did not even bother showing up a lot of the time, but an enjoyable atmosphere for any collegiate sporting event starts with the student section. If students show up at basketball games and bring energy, other fans will show up to fill up the remainder of the arena. The right field addition to Sewell-Thomas Stadium is a great example of that. The UA baseball team has benefited tremendously from an increased fan interest this season. So the next time you buy a $10 ticket for a primetime football game between ranked SEC teams, make it count and stay until Rammer Jammer is over.
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Give a single damn By Katherine Owen | Production Editor Before I came to The University of Alabama, my choice of college had been between here, the University of Georgia and some fruity school in Minnesota that served a whole lot of granola in its cafeteria. I ended up choosing this school because I truly believed that you could do anything you wanted. The money, the people and the opportunities are all here. As it turns out, those advantages are often only for a select few. After coming here and realizing that the money, connections and opportunities were for those designated to be filtered up the Alabama chain of power, I was obviously very jaded with the University’s way of working and its “traditions,” if you will. Many students have the exact same experience, but for those who do figure out how deep the issues of this institution are, many decide to either get bitter or get busy. The bitter tend to resent the University while doing nothing about it. This is literally the worst type of person you can be on a college campus that has so much potential and so much to offer. Don’t get me wrong, I too have questioned my decision in coming and
Katherine Owen staying here, to be associated with all that is wrong here. But if I have learned anything from this, it’s that to truly love something, you must recognize its flaws. Then you fight to make them better, because this University and its students deserve better. The University of Alabama is a fine institution that is doing some amazing things. Amazing things that get overshadowed by voter fraud, apathy, racism, homophobia, backwards politics, a chilled First Amendment and more. When we would rather allow quiet injustices to continue to slip by instead of
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Yik Yak and how a campus deals with Internet anonymity Anyone can be anonymous on the Internet. This statement needs some qualifiers, sure, but its implications ring through our generation’s culture. Our high schools lectured us against cyberbullying, our news covers suicides driven by online attacks, and we’ve grown to expect vitriol in the comment sections of everything from The Crimson White to Facebook. In all cases, a separation between personal identities and online actions brings out new sides of people that they might never show in person. Without the weight of an identity, Internet personalities can overstep civilized limits and threaten the security of others. You’ve probably heard of Yik Yak, an anonymous messaging board that only shows posts from the 500 users nearest you. Its popularity skyrocketed in March, and if other viral apps like Whisper or Secret are any indication, Yik Yak might not last for long. Because the app only shows local posts, it has potential as a platform for student groups and Tuscaloosa businesses to advertise broadly. Even then, the app poses a huge problem: The typical temptations of online
anonymity have made Yik Yak a new low for campus debate. The forum limits messages to 200 characters, and only posts that attract votes will stay visible in the onslaught of new messages. This framework exaggerates our campus’s groupthink, pitting masses against anonymous masses with names of organizations as targets. Moreover, hateful messages that garner attention spur even angrier replies. As much as a local news feed for events could benefit our community, the anonymity of Yik Yak corrupts the service and invites debate on Internet persecution and the extent of our conscience online. For the University, dealing with vague Internet threats is no easy matter. Technology evolves far faster than a bureaucracy can keep up, so shortsighted solutions like pushing Yik Yak to remove anonymity or discouraging use of the app aren’t likely to help. After all, a new app could replace Yik Yak next fall, and there’s no telling what features it could introduce. The administration must be proactive toward all forms of cyberharassment, especially when messages cross the
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line between derision and real threats. Currently, there is no mention of responsible online behavior or cyber-harassment in The University of Alabama’s Student Code of Conduct. Until the University has firm rules in place that force students to take accountability for their behavior on the Internet, there is no way to evenly judge cases with violent language and threats. The administration needs to step up to ensure that students who face online harassment have legal recourse within the University. For students, communicating the necessity of online civility is trickier. New technology will keep providing forums for anonymous conversation online, and the freedom of speaking without an identity will tempt some students to go further in Internet arguments than they would ever go in person. The campus must teach incoming students that their virtual actions can have legal consequences for themselves and emotional consequences for their victims. Campaigns like LessThanUThink educate students about alcohol abuse, and so similar initiatives need to emphasize civility
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online. Students must learn to be conscious of where a joke ends and where bullying begins, and where annoying harassment turns into threats of violence. The Internet is a vast and wonderful invention, and as such, we’re bound to abuse it. The first step to overcoming the problems Yik Yak and other anonymous apps bring to campus is to recognize these problems. Many students have complained individually about stalking, violent language and resulting insecurities from the online service. It is time for the administration and student body as a whole to start discussing these issues in person and in depth. We have no more patience for 200-character limits cloaked in anonymity. The Student Leadership Council is composed of a group of student leaders from across campus and is hosted under the Division of Student Affairs. Mazie Bryant, John Brinkerhoff and Deanne Winslett, although members of the group, did not participate in this editorial.
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Those looking for an opportunity to give back to the community, while also WHAT: C&IS Student Executive Council finding good deals on local food and products, can take part in a silent auction on Silent Auction campus Thursday. WHEN: Thursday, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. The Student Executive Council for WHERE: Rotunda, Reese Phifer Hall the College of Communication and Information Sciences will hold its 18th annual silent auction Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the rotunda of Reese auction can bring out a different side of Phifer Hall. people. The auction is open to students, faculty “Those who are usually quiet and and members of the community. reserved can get quite competitive when Katerina Peña, a senior majoring in it comes down to the wire,” Covell said. advertising and the president of the Peña said a new component of the SEC, said the motto for the organization auction this year is the opportunity for is “students helping other students” and Creative Co-op students to donate their the money raised from the auction will be works to be sold, Peña said. given directly to students “Not only is it helping the through book scholarcommunity and also getships presented in the fall book scholarships, but It’s really cool to see what ting through C&IS. I also wanted to promote “Usually they don’t know different ways businesses students,” she said. “To that they’re coming,” Peña your art on someone’s can give back in their own have said. “It’s always really wall, that’s awesome.” great. And when the people Promoting the students’ styles. receive the scholarships, art and products is what it’s rewarding to know that she is most looking foryour fellow students helped — Christine Covell ward to about the event you get this money.” this year, even if all the All of the merchandise student pieces are not sold. and products up for bidding “Even if someone walks at the silent auction are donated by local by and they can’t buy it, if the business businesses or members of the community. cards are there and someone takes it, I Peña said she tries to push the idea that hope that helps,” she said. “I’m definitely the silent auction not only benefits stu- really excited about that.” dents, but also helps businesses get their In addition to the student pieces, the names out in the community. auction will include items from several Christine Covell, a senior majoring in local businesses, including The Locker public relations and the communication Room, Glory Bound and Black Warrior specialist for SEC, said she’s seen a wide River Brewing Company. range of items donated for the auction. Unlike a traditional auction, bids are not “It’s really cool to see what different placed out loud but written down for each ways businesses can give back in their product. Covell said bidders do not have own styles,” Covell said. to be present to win their bid. Winners Covell said the competitiveness of the will be notified after the auction at 3 p.m.
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THEN AND NOW FACTS: 1976: Capstone College of Nursing established 1977: Oz Music opens 1978: Big Al becomes the official costumed mascot ENROLLMENT: 1971: 13,055 1981: 16,388 2013: 34,852 NOTABLE PERFORMERS: Jimi Hendrix Led Zepplin The Rolling Stones Elvis Presley Eric Clapton and the Muddy Waters The Allman Brothers The Doobie Brothers Bad Company The Who Elton John Bob Dylan Hank Williams Jr. The Grateful Dead CW | Belle Newby Webb remembers some artists perform- admission and $6.50 for students. By coming in Tuscaloosa just before they became parison, tickets for Greekfest this past fall famous. were $50 per student, which would have “Two of the ultimate under-the-radar been about $13 in 1977. concert events happened in the late 1970s Greekfest, which in the past has brought when The Police played the Bama Theatre in artists such as Nelly, Wiz Kalifa and downtown to an audience of less than 100,” Dierks Bentley, is not directly sponsored Webb said. “And Eddie Money played the by the University. Sam Wehmeyer, vice ballroom at the Ferguson Center, also to a president of the Interfraternity Council, handful of folks.” and a booking agent from Music Garden, a In addition to concerts, the UPC also band booking agency in the Southeast, are brought in speakers, including author responsible for arranging the artists to perTruman Capote; form at Greekfest. British journalist “All accomDavid Frost; Mel modations and Blanc, the voice of coordination Bugs Bunny and with the talent Looney Tunes; are done through feminist writer the professional Betty Friedan; booking agent,” Ralph Nader; filmWehmeyer said. maker Robert “This past year, Altman; and forGreekfest also mer president reached out to Gerald Ford. student musi— Bob Carlton There were also cal groups for an stand-up shows opportunity to from comedians highlight their like Steve Martin talents as the and Lily Tomlin. opening acts for Coleman Coliseum has a seating capac- the national acts.” ity of around 15,000, but Webb said a lot of The University Program Council no the shows were set up to use only half of longer exists in the capacity it did in the the arena. Because the University’s enroll- 1970s. It has been replaced by a student-led ment then was less than half of what it is organization called University Programs, now — 16,388 students in 1981 – getting which organizes and sponsors events like tickets was not typically a problem for stu- the Week of Welcome every fall. dents. “At one point, University Programs was “You would actually wait in line to get set up to organize concerts, but during tickets, it’s not like now when you go that time frame, they were the only group,” online,” Carlton said. “You actually physi- said LaToya Scott, director of University cally walked to the box office and waited in Programs. “We’re not the sole programline to get tickets. Depending on how big ming board anymore. Every department the show was, people would camp out for organizes events; every student organizatickets ” tion organizes events.” At Linda Ronstadt’s show in November Scott said a number of other orga1977, ticket prices were $7.50 for general nizations have become involved in
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In 1969 Jimi Hendrix played Woodstock, Madison Square Garden and London’s Royal Albert Hall. That same year, he also played Coleman Coliseum, right here on The University of Alabama’s campus. Throughout the late 1960s and ’70s, the University played host to some of the biggest names in music history. While Tuscaloosa still boasts an active live music scene, some would say the ’70s were the glory days for the city’s big-name rock shows. “As far as concerts, Tuscaloosa was, at one time, the state’s primary venue because of Coleman Coliseum,” said Donnie Webb, a writer for the Syracuse Post-Standard and entertainment editor for The Crimson White from 1977 to 1978. “It was called Memorial Coliseum in the ’70s. Some of the biggest names in music played [there], including Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton and Muddy Waters, the Allman Brothers, The Doobie Brothers [and] Bad Company.” A student organization called the University Program Council was responsible for bringing acts to Tuscaloosa at the time and had several committees that organized concerts, speakers, films and other events on campus. “At the time Tuscaloosa was getting most of the big shows, there was no big arena in Birmingham,” said Bob Carlton, features reporter for The Birmingham News and AL.com. Carlton was entertainment editor for The Crimson White from 1978 to 1979. “The [Birmingham Jefferson] Civic Center wasn’t built until 1976. Tuscaloosa was pretty much it. If artists were going to play Alabama, they were either going to play Tuscaloosa or Auburn. But once the civic center got built, it took away a lot of the shows that would have come to Tuscaloosa.” Some of the more recent major concerts to play at Coleman include Bob Dylan in 1990 and 1997 and Hank Williams Jr. in 2008. Since the 1990s, though, the number of concerts hosted at Coleman Coliseum has dwindled, with most acts favoring the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, which opened in 2010. Webb said Coleman Coliseum came with some challenges of its own, as the internal structures were eventually unable to support such large shows. This became a major liability for the University, particularly with acts that brought a lot of sound equipment. When The Grateful Dead played the Coliseum in May of 1977, the UPC had to spend $37,000 to build scaffolding to support the band’s elaborate speaker system. That same year, the UPC received money to upgrade the facilities in Foster Auditorium, which became another popular venue on campus. Some shows were even held in the auditorium of Morgan Hall. “Because of the shift of major shows to Birmingham, I know the UPC tried bringing in smaller shows to Foster Auditorium,” Webb said. “After my time in Tuscaloosa, R.E.M. played Foster in 1984. There were shows at the Bama Theatre downtown. Robert Palmer and [jazz pianist] Count Basie played there.” Carlton said seeing shows at Foster Auditorium, Morgan Hall and the Bama Theatre was a more intimate experience.
organizing events, such as Creative Campus, SGA, First Year Experience, Housing and Residential Communities and other student organizations. Individual academic departments or even students can bring in speakers and apply for funding on the UP website. “We do still have concerts, but we work more closely with the Amphitheater in terms of the concerts that they have there,” Scott said. “Specifically, we sit on the board with the Amphitheater, and we help them come up with events that our students would like to go to, and we bus our students to those concerts.” For example, Scott said, UP worked with the Amphitheater to bring The Avett Brothers to Tuscaloosa. However, there is still an avid demand for classic rock shows, as the Amphitheater will host acts like The Doobie Brothers and Styx with Don Felder and Peter Frampton this coming summer. “In general, the 1970s are looked upon as pretty much a dreadful time for music,” Webb said. “Genres were all over the place, and the decade was largely defined by the assault of disco music and some grotesque No. 1 singles. Tastes were everywhere. To this day, every time I hear Boston or Foghat, it takes me back to my freshman year at Paty Hall where it was constantly blasting in the hallway.” In addition to music, Webb said movies were a prominent part of the culture of the 1970s. He said classic films like “Animal House,” “Grease,” “Saturday Night Fever” and “Urban Cowboy” helped shape the college “soundtrack.” “There was great music, too, and some legendary albums that remain among the largest sellers in music history: ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ by Pink Floyd, ‘Rumors’ by Fleetwood Mac, ‘Hotel California’ by the Eagles,” Webb said. “That 70’s Skynyrd anthem, ‘Sweet Home Alabama,’ has pretty much endured, no?”
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CW | Austin Bigoney Student volunteers tutor Tuscaloosa children after school in the library, one of four buildings on 24th Street allocated to homelessness support and rehabilitation.
Salvation Army to reconstruct after severe tornado damage SHELTER FROM PAGE 1
Sarah Davis, a junior majoring in elementary and special education, has been helping at the after-school program since her freshman year. She said that one of the main priorities of the program is getting the children up to speed with the curriculum. “Often, children who are homeless experience more school turnover than other children do,” Davis said. “They end up being uprooted and [disoriented], and it can leave a lot of gaps in their education.” Davis said volunteering at Jesus Way has helped to change her perception of what it means to be homeless. “It has made me aware of how homelessness doesn’t always look like one thing,” she said. “There are single men that stay at the shelter, there are single women, and there are parents and children. They don’t all look the same, they didn’t all have the same life experiences, and they didn’t all arrive at homelessness in the same way.” Patricia said the shelter receives 50 to 60 calls a week from people needing shelter or aid. The facilities at Jesus Way include four family homes, a library which houses an afterschool program and an eight-bed men’s shelter. However, Patricia said they are often filled to capacity and are looking to expand. “We’re in the process of renovating the men’s shelter and building another, so eventually we’ll have three men’s shelters,” she said. “We want to make it like a step program, the first
being a free shelter and then, as they get a job, stepping up to the next place where they pay a portion of the rent and get more liberty and eventually work their way out.” When the Salvation Army shelter in town was destroyed by the April 27, 2011 tornado, Patricia said Jesus Way became much busier. “After the storm, we got lots of service,” she said. “We opened up the church and had people sleeping in there, as well as the shelter.” “I think homelessness is becoming more of a problem in Tuscaloosa, and I think it’s more visual now than it has been in the past. In the past, there were certain places that the homeless would congregate, but nowadays, they’re coming out more. And you can see them, but a lot of people don’t notice them.” Construction of the new Salvation Army’s shelter is scheduled to begin in July or August of this year, with an estimated completion date of May 2015. The new shelter, to be located on Greensboro Avenue, will contain 88 beds – 18 more than it previously housed. Dean Moretz, Captain of the Salvation Army Tuscaloosa branch, said it has been stressful operating without a shelter, but the Salvation Army has continued to provide aid in other ways. “We still have an eight-bed veteran’s program that we run in midtown,” he said, “And we also provide assistance for people to remain in their homes. “We’re trying to prevent homelessness in the first place. We’ve also been part of the homeless coalition, trying to secure places for people to stay in cold weather and trying to figure out what we can help them with, whether that be going down in the areas where they are and
opportunity to bring some of the conversations that happen behind closed classroom doors to a more public audience,” she said. LECTURE FROM PAGE 1 Boylorn was chosen out of six finalists by a committee of gradutheir lips and not be afraid to ate and undergraduate students. engage and discuss difference.” Madeleine McKenzie, a member Boylorn said she hopes students of the committee, said the selecwill come away from her lecture tion process involved research, inunderstanding the importance of class observations, interviews and the differences seen in society. group discussion, all of which was “Simply put, that difference mat- taken into consideration to review ters,” she said. “That racism, sex- the candidates thoroughly. ism, homophobia, classism, able“I think with everything that ism and ageism exist. That there has happened on our campus in is such a thing as privilege and the past year, we as students could that it is our social responsibility really benefit from Dr. Boylorn’s lecto use our privileges to help people ture ‘Overcoming (In)Difference: in need and to Reflections respond to social on Empathy, injustice.” Apathy and She said D i v e r s i t y, ’ ” diversity on colMcKenzie said. lege campuses “In one way is often considor another, we ered unworthy have all seen the of discussion, as issues surroundmany consider ing diversity in the current time today’s society a “post-racial, and on this campost-diversity pus. Her lecture moment.” — Robin Boylorn will be extreme“I think people ly relevant and embrace the inspiring for ‘colorblind’ perspective,” she said. everyone in attendance.” “That if I don’t see it, or rather if I Michelle Fuentes, another compretend I don’t see difference, then mittee member, said it is her favorthere is nothing to talk about. I ite committee to serve on because hope to shed some light on some of it gives her an opportunity to the misconceptions about diversity acknowledge the dedication and and offer some strategies for talk- hard work of all the professors and ing about and across difference.” instructors on campus. Boylorn said students must “We really wanted a speaker leave the University and be citi- this year who would speak to our zens in a pluralistic society and students through meaningful conworld. tent and an engaging presenta“Diversity is ubiquitous. It is tion,” Fuentes said. “I’m sure she’ll everywhere all the time,” she said. deliver on both these points.” “Just because you can’t see ‘diverThe lecture will take place sity’ doesn’t mean it’s not there. So Wednesday at 6 p.m. in 159 Russell I don’t believe there is any place or Hall. Previous lecturers have space on campus where diversity included Cassandra Simon, associis not relevant.” ate professor in the School of Social Boylorn said she will focus on Work, in 2013 and Rick Bragg, propaying attention to reactions and fessor of writing in the College of responses to difference. Communication and Information “I am excited about the Sciences, in 2012.
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It is our social responsibility to use our privileges to help people in need and to respond to social injustice.
handing out blankets or whatever else we can give to help them.” While the Salvation Army only has $4 million out of the $6.1 million it needs to complete the new shelter, Salvation Army rules state it can start the building process with half the funds it needs. Moretz said most of the funding has come from insurance, disaster relief and private donors. The Tuscaloosa City Council has contributed $500,00 from the disaster fund, but the County Commission has refused to provide funding. According to its by-laws, they cannot give money to a faith-based organization. Jesus Way has also been denied government funding and runs primarily on donations from the church congregation. “We apply for grants, but we never receive them,” Patricia said. “For about four to five years, we applied yearly, and we got lots of promises, but they never came through.” As a faith-based organization, Jesus Way requires all residents to fulfill a spiritual participation during their stay. The requirement does not necessarily mean church, and the program will find some kind of service that tailors to the beliefs of the individual. Although it is sometimes difficult to meet the need for homeless facilities in the city, Patricia said the Jesus Way shelter has had a lot of success stories. “Often the females have lost their children, but because of the residency, they’re able to get them back,” she said. “We had one really great success story like that. The mom was on crystal meth before she came here, and she had lost her children. But, being the intelligent lady that she was, she enrolled at Shelton State College and stayed here. She was able to finish her degree
at Shelton State, she got a job, she purchased a car, and she was able to get her babies back.” In the future, Patricia hopes to expand the shelter, creating a facility exclusively for young people aged 19 to 24. “You’d be surprised at how many children will say they’ve been living in a car,” she said. “I knew a teenager who said that the hardest part for him was to have to get up in the morning and have to go to a restaurant or to a gas station and bathe before he went to school, to pretend like he’s slept in a bed last night. It’s saddening, but to be able to help those people, just a little bit, is worth it.” Working together, both the Salvation Army and Jesus Way aim to alleviate the issue of homelessness through community outreach. “Money can only go so far to solve the problem,” Moretz said, “The church has a responsibility to care for those who are less fortunate ,and the community needs to do so, as well.” Davis said that as a student, it is a rewarding experience to reach out and connect with the wider community. “I think that there is a definite tendency for people from one part of Tuscaloosa to stay in that part, just because it’s where you know people and what you’re familiar with,” Davis said. “But I think there is a lot of value in making efforts to cross those lines.” Davis said volunteers must recognize that there are already a number of great community projects that exist in areas such as West End. “Immersing yourself in the community and asking how you can join that work is something that’s even more powerful than going to the West End to make some kind of a difference on your own,” she said.
Rivalry is fun, not entire focus of upcoming game SOFTBALL FROM PAGE 1
She agreed, but it still wasn’t set in stone. Clint Myers took over as the Tigers’ head coach in June of 2013, and Auburn softball’s Director of Operations Jim Beitia talked with Murphy about the schedule. Murphy said the new coaching staff agreed to play the game, but they didn’t have to. “I think it’s just good for meeting in the middle, good for the state, good for softball,” Murphy said. “It’s a win-win for both sides.” Myers won two national championships at Arizona State before taking the job at Auburn. This will be his first taste of the in-state rivalry. “We’re a situation where we’re a team full of freshmen of various ages,” Myers said. “This is our first year for us to be with them and them to be with us, so everything is a first for us. I mean, this is the first time we’re playing Alabama. This is the first time we’re playing in Montgomery.” It’s Myers first year experiencing the rivalry, but it isn’t his team’s. Alabama owns a 42-14 all-time record against the Tigers. The last win for Auburn over Alabama came last season in the second game of a three-game series. “It’s just actual tradition – not even softball, it’s just Alabama versus Auburn in general,” Auburn outfielder Morgan Estell said. “It’s just a fun rivalry that, I mean, at least personally as a team, we get to drive out there and play the game we love against our biggest rival, so it’s a lot of fun.” For Crimson Tide junior shortstop Danae Hays, the rivalry isn’t as big as it is between Tennessee or Florida, but it’s still a rivalry. “It’s definitely a game that we want to win even though it’s not an SEC, it doesn’t count as SEC. It’s still a huge game, and there’s
UA Athletics The Tide hopes to end a two-game losing streak, its longest of the season. a lot of bragging rights still left in the matchup, so I’m really excited about it,” Hays said. It’s not just about bragging rights for the universities. Estell and Hays know each other from high school, but Estell said that it doesn’t really change the nature of the game. “It’s the same game,” Estell said. “I’m not going to treat it like any big game. Yeah, there’s a lot of rivalry, and there’s going to be a lot of people I know there, but at the end of the day, it’s about teamwork for us, and it’s about executing, getting on base, moving runners. And that’s how we’re going to win.” It’s the first time the two teams will meet for a single-game regular season matchup. The game is also a break from both teams’ conference schedules. Alabama is coming off its first SEC series loss of the season at the hands of Mississippi State, and Auburn has been swept twice in a row in SEC play. “It’s another game, really in our eyes,” Estell said. “Just going to take the opportunity to break
this streak that we’re on. Luckily it comes against a great team, so we’re going to get to see what we’re made of.” The Tigers are looking to end a seven-game skid with the midweek matchup. Each loss was by two or fewer runs. Alabama’s losing streak stands at two, tying the longest of the season. “When you get into conference, anything can happen, and you’ve got to play really, really well to win any game, so it’s tough,” Murphy said. The Wednesday night matchup isn’t just between in-state rivals but between two top-25 teams. Alabama dropped to No. 6 after losing the series at Mississippi State. Auburn fell to No. 23 in each poll. “To me, late in the year, you’re not going to find this kind of nonconference with the crowd, with the pressure, with the excitement. It’s going to feel like a regional game or SEC Tournament game for sure,” Murphy said.
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NEWSIN BRIEF University Porgrams to host lecture University Programs will host “Hot Topics: Athletic Assumptions,” on Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in 222 Lloyd Hall. At the event, UA student-athletes from various sports will discuss the sterotypes and misconceptions commonly associated with their individual sports and athletes in general. Food and beverages will be provided. For more information, email asowell@crimson.ua.edu. Compiled by Mark Hammontree
Eli Clare to speak on discrimination On Wednesday, the Crimson Access Alliance will host their first major speaker, Eli Clare, a poet and activist who speaks out against discrimination based on disability, gender, race, class and sexuality. Clare will deliver a workshop and lecture aimed at creating a more disability-friendly environment. The Crimson Access Alliance aims to change the language associated with disabled people. The student-run organization focuses on disability advocacy and seeks to create a community of disability awareness and acceptance. Nirmala Erevelles, the Crimson Access Alliance faculty advisor, said she’s proud of the group and its purpose. When the CAA formed last fall, Erevelles was excited by other campus organizations’ reaction its cause. “The one thing I was really thrilled about is as soon as I mentioned the group, I didn’t have to beg for money. The College of Education, Arts and Sciences, the Women’s Resource Center, Disability Services – there’s a recognition on campus to have this conversation. That’s a positive sign,” Erevelles said. “We’re hoping Eli Clare’s event will be our signature event for this semester.” Clare, a published author and poet, will hold his workshop entitled “Moving Beyond Pity and Inspiration: Disability as a Social Justice Issue” at 11:30 a.m. in 313 Bibb Graves Hall. Clare will also deliver a lecture “Yearning for Carrie Buck” about the 1927 Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell, which declared involuntary sterilization laws unconstitutional, at 4 p.m. in 118 Bibb Graves Hall. Clare said he hopes to arm people with tools to create a more disability-friendly environment and teach people how to create a healthy environment for the disabled. Clare’s lecture will highlight the differences between accommodation and access, a goal the Crimson Access Alliance is also aiming to address. An example of this in a college environment is simple: a student who has approached an instructor for their lecture notes due to a learning disability. If the instructor only makes the notes available for him, this is an accommodation and can single out the student. However, if the instructor makes the notes available to every student, this is access. The Crimson Access Alliance hopes to improve this barrier, as it can make students who need additional help feel singled out. Compiled by Maddison McCullough
Carson Tinker 8:30 - 12:00 SUPe Store tent on the Quad
Photos Courtesy of LessThanUThink LessThanUThink started in 2009 as a contender for an advertising compeition but is now used in schools across the U.S.
Student campaign now national Universities implement Capstone Agency’s program LessThanUThink By Katie Shepherd | Contributing Writer Following the success of the LessThanUThink campaign against binge drinking over the last five years, the University of Alabama student group responsible for the program is now spreading the campaign to have an impact nationwide. The posters, which have been seen around campus at various times since the campaign began, feature the influence of alcohol having an embarrassing impact. What students may not know is that the campaign was started by UA students and has now began to make its way across the nation. LessThanUThink, a campaign child of the Capstone Agency, started in 2009 as a contender for the National Student Advertising Competition. The UA students in the group were charged with addressing the problem of college-age binge drinking. Though the campaign didn’t win first place in that competition, it received funding from a nonprofit in Washington, D.C., which increased the campaign’s popularity. Now the LessThanUThink campaign is in use across the nation, from California to Ohio to Connecticut.
Schools across the country have reached out to the Capstone Agency in order to begin implementing the program on their own campuses. Christi Rich, a senior majoring in public relations and political science and the director of media relations for Capstone Agency, said the success of the campaign stems from the fact that it is student run. “The really interesting thing about LessThanUThink is that it is created by students for students, so we know how to talk to each other better than someone who isn’t on the same level as us,” Rich said. “We use nontraditional methods that students can relate to.” Rich said the purpose of the campaign is not to encourage students not to drink, but to help keep students from over-drinking. “We are generating awareness about what it means to binge drink,” Rich said. “Once you hit that limit, that’s when you’re going to start embarrassing yourself.” Rich said the definition of binge drinking is consuming an excessive amount and losing control. This is equal to about four or five drinks in a two hour period.
Earl Tilford 8:30 - 12:00 SUPe Store tent on the Quad
Donald Staffo 8:00 - 12:00 Bryant Museum
“We are raising that awareness and letting students know across the country that you can go out and have fun with your friends, but you can also still be safe,” Rich said. Professor Teri Henley from Capstone Agency said the success of the campaign is drawing in schools from other states. “When people are searching online for messaging for anti-binge drinking, we naturally come up,” Henley said. “The difference is that it is student-created and student-generated. The students engage in conversation because it’s students talking to students.” Henley suggests that it is this aspect of the campaign that is pivotal in its success. “Students are reporting that it is in fact affecting their awareness and attitudes about binge drinking and the social consequences,” Henley said. Most of all, Henley said, it is encouraging to see the product of past UA students becoming so successful for such a great cause. “It really speaks to the creativity of the advertising and PR students at UA,” Henley said.
Taylor Watson 8:00 - 12:00 Bryant Museum
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Photos Courtesy of Richard Richards Members of the UA Collegiate Ballroom Comeptition Team competed Saturday in the USA Dance 2014 National DanceSport Championships in Baltimore, Md.
Ballroom dancing team competes in nationals By Alexandra Ellsworth | Staff Reporter When Maci Arms took a social dance class through the kinesiology department, she had no idea where it would lead. Two years later, Arms just won the Argentine Tango competition with her partner, Jeremy Peters. Arms and Peters competed in The University of Alabama’s second ballroom dance competition Saturday. Last year, the University hosted its first event, competing against Mississippi State. This year, five schools competed: Alabama, MSU, Ole Miss, Itawamba Community College and UAB. “[Last year] it was a completely new idea to me,” said Arms, a senior majoring in dance. “I didn’t realize this was something we would be able to do. Then Rita told me that they had friends doing the same thing at schools all over the country.” Rita Snyder, a professor in the dance department, is the faculty advisor for the ballroom competition team. She and her husband Richard Richards have been ballroom dancing for six or seven years now. About four years ago, they
began competing. “We got too old to do ballet anymore,” Snyder said. “When you get to be 40 years old, you have to quit wearing pointe shoes and doing lifts. So we started ballroom dancing, and we are so happy we did.” Snyder and Richards recently went to Nationals for the USA Dance 2014 National DanceSport Championships in Baltimore, Md. Snyder encourages students to dance, because it’s something she said she feels they can take with them after they graduate. “You can do it till you can’t walk anymore,” she said. “It’s good exercise. It’s good for the brain. It’s good socially; you will meet a lot of different people. It’s excellent, and everyone should do it. It’s more fun than going to the gym.” Snyder and Richards run practice sessions late Saturday mornings for anyone who wants to work on technique, but Snyder said students also get together on their own to work on their routines. There were 10 dance categories at Saturday’s event: waltz, tango, fox trot, cha cha, rumba, salsa, Argentine tango, east coast swing,
west coast swing and the hustle. Although there is a ballroom dancing club on campus, Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancers, this will be the first competitive team at the University. Both Snyder and Arms, who are presidents of the team, said they are hoping to see interest grow next year. “I’m hoping it will become another staple of the University,” Arms said. “It’s definitely something you will take with you for the rest of your life. You may use it for your wedding day or at parties in the future.” The team has students who are involved in both Dance Alabama! and Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancers, but it is not affiliated with either group. Bobby McClure, a freshman majoring in dance, is a part of Dance Alabama! and joined the team this year. He also took social dance with Snyder and Richards and decided to join the team afterward. “I’ve always liked swing, and through that I started to really enjoy ballroom as well,” McClure said. “This semester I took social dance, and found it pretty easy to pick up because of my background in dance. Our
teachers opened it up for the class to join, and I decided to do it.” McCluresaid competing gave him a goal to work toward, which he found really helpful. But the competition is about having fun, he said. “It’s a competition and we are working hard to win, but at the same time we want to have fun and just enjoy it,” he said. “I am really looking forward to next year as well.” Although she is set to graduate in May, Arms said she still has high hopes for the team in the future. “I want to continue to see it grow,” Arms said. “When Rita and I started this, we had a vision for not only hosting competition but also traveling to other schools. We want to start another legacy at this school. We might not be a sports team, but we want to be another tradition at this University where people come to associate this school with great dancing.” No previous dance experience is required to join. Anyone interested in the team can contact Rita Snyder at rsnyder@as.ua.edu, or visit the Facebook page: UA Collegiate Ballroom Competition Team.
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Independent musicians perform at Bama Theatre By Bianca Martin | Contributing Writer A variety of folk and country music will reverberate off the walls of the Greensboro Room at the Bama Theatre Wednesday as Bible Study, Don Gallardo and Stuart Bond headline Acoustic Night. David Allgood, manager of Bama Theatre, said Acoustic Night has been around for eight years and is meant to support up-and-coming performers. “It’s a chance for singer-songwriters and independent bands to present their music in a smoke-free listening room, rather than a bar where no one is paying attention to them,” Allgood said. “It’s for original music.” Past Acoustic Nights have featured performers from cities like New York; Nashville, Tenn.; and Austin, Texas. The events have even had international performers from Sweden and the Netherlands. “These aren’t people with giant record labels,” Allgood said. “But they are up-and-coming independent musicians who are touring.” The performers for this Acoustic
PLAN TO GO WHAT: Acoustic Night WHEN: Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Bama Theatre’s Greensboro Room Night will be Don Gallardo, Stuart Bond and local band Bible Study. Bible Study, together since 2011, consists of three members: Tim Higgins, Kori Hensell and Emily Dozier-Ezell. Higgins said the trio has a great variety of sound and instruments that play off of each other. “We all sing our own songs, and we add to each other,” Higgins said. “Kori plays trumpet and cornet. Emily plays violin, mandolin and banjo. I play guitar and harmonica.” Wednesday’s performance will serve as a preview for the band’s upcoming album “Guilt Trip,” which will be released in May. Higgins said he and his bandmates describe their sound as “deluded folk music.” “It’s kind of out there,” Higgins
said. “Emily is more poppy, I’m more rock, and Kori is definitely more of a poetic sideshow.” Although Bible Study has performed for several different events and venues, Higgins said the Bama Theatre offers something different. “We like the Bama Theatre and the Greensboro Room because we get such a different crowd than we would at a bar,” Higgins said. “It’s an earlier show, so we get people who typically wouldn’t have heard of us before.” Acoustic Night not only differs from other music venues with its diverse audience, but also with its environment. Allgood said he believes the appeal of Acoustic Night is the difference in ambiance between the Greensboro Room and a bar downtown. “Both the audience and the musicians really love it,” Allgood said. “If people are looking to go out and drink and have a good time, there’s nothing wrong with that. But this is not the venue for it.” Higgins said Acoustic Night is great for Bible Study because the music can be enjoyed by all different
Submitted Bible Study will headline Acoustic Night on Wednesday. types of people. “I think it’s because it’s such a varied sound. We might go from a country western song to a folk pop song,” Higgins said. “It’s hard to get bored with it when we have so many different voices coming with
different sounds.” Acoustic Night is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 each. For more information about Acoustic Night, visit bamatheatre.org. For more information about Bible Study, visit facebook.com/BibleStudyMusic.
New York painter brings gallery to UA By Henry Barnes | Contributing Writer
CW | Shelby Akin Katherine Bradford’s display will be on view in the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art until May 9.
Award-winning New York-based painter Katherine Bradford will have her work on display for University of Alabama students to view in the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art until May 9. Bradford’s works have been showcased in solo exhibitions across the Midwest and Northwest for several years. This year, though, her works have made their way to the Southeast in the form of “The Golden Age of Exploration,” a solo exhibition consisting of 14 works hand-picked by the staff of the University’s Sarah Moody Gallery of Art. “A lot of people would look at [Bradford’s] style and think she didn’t know what she was doing,” Vicki Rial, exhibition coordinator for the gallery, said. “But to create your own style, sometimes you have to depart completely from
CULTUREIN BRIEF Tee Time to showcase student designers Fashion Inc.’s annual Tee Time show has been rescheduled for Wednesday. The event, which allows student fashion designers to showcase their clothes made of recycled or repurposed materials, was originally scheduled for Tuesday but was moved as a result of cold weather conditions. Since models will be wearing most of the designs, Hanna Roberts, a senior majoring in fashion retail and president of Fashion Inc., said she did not want the models freezing on the lawn of Doster Hall, the location for the event. This year’s event will feature a large variety of fashion pieces. “We have a repurposed formal gown, and we have a couple other things that are made from recycled materials,” Roberts said. “They can range from bubble wrap to CDs; the possibilities are endless. In the past couple of years, I have seen designers come up with tons of new and inventive ways to reinvent clothing.” Fashion Inc. is a club funded by the College of Human Environmental Sciences, and its members put on shows and events throughout the year. Roberts said she enjoys Tee Time because it’s more of a laid-back event. “My favorite part of Tee Time has been being able to plan it. It’s just such a fun, laid-back event, and it’s outside, which is really nice,” Roberts said. “Also, this year we have a lot of door prizes, and planning and working with local vendors was really fun. We’ll have things from Private Gallery, European Wax Center, Walmart Vision Center, the Left Hand Soap Company and The Maker’s Market.” Tee Time will now be held on the Doster Hall lawn Wednesday at 6 p.m., and admission is $5. Compiled by Hannah Widener
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what you know. … Some of the [art students] that have been through have a hard time wrapping their minds around her style of painting as opposed to what they’ve learned in school.” Bradford said she draws her inspiration from a variety of artists. “I favor a direct, nonacademic approach to painting, a style used by a diverse group of artists from Henri Matisse, Paul Klee and Philip Guston to Louise Bourgeois, Thorton Dial and Jean Michel Basquiet,” Bradford said. Rial said she, along with the rest of the gallery staff, enjoys seeing the paintings every day. “I wouldn’t think necessarily of using boats in my work, or Superman for that matter, and she uses both of them very well. One is a very traditional subject, and the other is a very contemporary subject, if you will, – Superman – but she uses them in a way that is playful,
lighthearted,” Rial said. Rial said the gallery staff likes to bring in popular artists from the art world and display the pieces at the University to let students see what’s going on and who’s “hitting it big” in New York, bringing more culture to Tuscaloosa. Bradford said she thinks the exhibition serves another purpose. “The draw of this exhibition is the chance to see paintings up close, to examine how they are made and to pay attention to what choices the artist arrived at for her colors and her subjects,” Bradford said. “The Golden Age of Exploration” will be on display until May 9 at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, located in 103 Garland Hall. Admission is free, and the gallery is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Thursdays evenings, 5 to 8 p.m.
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SUMMER INTERNSHIP | CHICAGO
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Chicago internships good opportunity to explore local attractions By Drew Pendleton | Contributing Writer
It may be most famous for its pizza, shopping and towering skyscrapers, but for students spending their summer interning in Chicago, plenty of cultural and historic attractions are ripe for the picking. From exploring museums to spending a night on the shores of Lake Michigan, Chicago has something for everyone.
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A longtime staple of professional sports, Chicago offers sports aficionados their own fix. Take in a baseball game from the outfield bleachers of either the Cubs’ Wrigley Field on the North Side or the White Sox’s U.S. Cellular Field on the South Side, or even head over to Soldier Field, home of the NFL’s Chicago Bears, for a public tour. If you want to spend some quality time outside, head to Millennium Park and the famous “bean” sculpture, or the seahorseadorned, Versailles-inspired Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park. For a night on the lakefront, head to Navy Pier, Chicago’s top attraction – complete with Ferris wheels, water taxis and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater troupe.
Several pieces of art made by some of the world’s most iconic artists – including the famous “American Gothic” by Grant Wood and “Water Lilies” by Claude Monet – reside in The Art Institute of Chicago, located just down Michigan Avenue from the famed “magnificent mile.” A taxi ride away from the Art Institute, aquarium fans can get their fix on Lakeshore Drive at the massive Shedd Aquarium, the largest indoor aquarium in the world, with more than 8,000 species. Meanwhile, history buffs can take in mummies, a pyramid and a dinosaur skeleton named Sue at The Field Museum, all with a lakeside view.
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COLUMN | MUSIC
Summer songs essential for finals By Francie Johnson
It’s that time of the semester again: the delicious freedom of summer is so close, yet so far away. It may be just two-and-a-half short weeks until the Red Bull-fueled all-nighters of dead week and finals week are behind us, but it feels more like two-and-a-half years. Before we can relax by the pool, we have to hit the books. Luckily, the right playlist can bring the warm summer sun to even the chilliest of libraries. Here are some songs to get you in the summer mood.
Itunes “ISLAND IN THE SUN” - WEEZER The title says it all: this song is perfect for relaxing and laying out under the summer sun – or at least fantasizing about it during finals week. Weezer released “Island In The Sun” as the second single from their 2001 self-titled album, and it has been on my summer soundtrack for as long as I can remember. Having this song on my iPod is like having a tiny beach in my pocket that I can escape to whenever I want, even if only for a little more than three minutes.
Itunes “DOIN’ TIME” - SUBLIME Did you really think I would make a summer playlist without including a Sublime song? Yeah, not gonna happen. Released on the band’s 1997 self-titled album, “Doin’ Time” made the cut mainly for the recurring “summertime and the livin’s easy” chorus line. But really any Sublime song would be perfect for a summer playlist, so have your pick, close your eyes and breathe in the salty ocean air.
Itunes “LAY ME DOWN” - THE DIRTY HEADS (FEAT. ROME RAMIREZ OF SUBLIME WITH ROME) Released as a bonus track for The Dirty Heads’ 2010 album “Any Port in a Storm,” this song peaked at number one on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart. “Lay Me Down” tells the Bonnie and Clydeesque story of two criminals running from the law who escape to a beach, where they relax and drink tequila all day. Sounds like a pretty good life to me.
Itunes “WAIT FOR ME” - KINGS OF LEON Kings of Leon is one of my favorite bands, so naturally this song made it on to my summer playlist. “Wait For Me,” the second single from their most recent album “Mechanical Bull,” isn’t my favorite song from the album, but for some reason it feels the most summer-y to me. It’s slow, but not too slow. Mellow, but not too mellow. Overall, it’s perfect.
Itunes “WEST COAST” - LANA DEL REY Ever since Lana Del Rey debuted the new single from her upcoming album “Ultraviolence” on Sunday night at Coachella, I haven’t been able to stop listening to it. It’s got the same chilled-out, yet moody vibe that Del Rey is known for but with a bit more of a rock influence than usual. It definitely feels heavier than most of the other songs on my summer playlist, but the variety is more than welcome.
Itunes “IS THIS LOVE” - BOB MARLEY Just like Sublime, any Bob Marley song would fit right in on a summer playlist. This one just happens to be my favorite. Released on his 1978 album “Kaya,” this song has become one of Marley’s most popular songs of all time. Just one listen makes summer feel closer than ever.
Itunes “AMBER” - 311 It’s not summer unless you listen to “Amber” at least once – preferably more than once. “Amber” was a single from the band’s 2001 album “From Chaos,” but the song’s mood is anything but chaotic. Of course no song can actually fast-forward time and transport me to the beach, but if any song could, it would be this one.
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FOOTBALL
Tide sees secondary defense take shape during practice By Sean Landry | Staff Reporter
CW | Austin Bigoney Football practice has been moved inside because of amount of rain lately.
Wet weather forced Alabama back inside the indoor practice facility for the next to last practice of the spring period. The secondary defense continues to take shape, with Landon Collins and Geno Smith playing left and right safety, respectively. Bradley Sylve and Cyrus Jones were the cornerbacks in that set, while Trey DePriest and Reggie Ragland took reps at linebacker. Jarrick Williams played the star position, a role he says he’s growing into well. “I feel natural at star,” Williams said. “I like star more than safety, but it don’t matter. I’ll play anywhere.” Early-enrollee freshman Tony Brown continued to practice with the apparent second unit, running at cornerback. “Tony’s gonna be great,” Williams said. “There’s just a lot of stuff he can
improve on and stuff he’s got to learn. He’s going to be great when he gets it all.” Sophomore wide receiver Chris Black also said Brown is full of potential. “Tony’s really good,” Black said. “He’s got good speed.” Williams said Brown is one of many young players working hard after Eddie Jackson went down for the spring with a torn ACL. “There’s a lot of guys stepping up, asking questions, trying to learn and everybody’s just trying to be on the same page so we can be a great group as one,” Williams said. The offense is also beginning to gel, Black said. “We’ve built a lot of chemistry,” Black said. “To me it looks good. We’ve still got a lot to improve on, but as far as right now, I think we’ve done a pretty good job this spring.” Key in that growth has been the
improvement of quarterback Blake Sims. “Blake has made a big step up from last year to now, especially taking on that role as starting quarterback,” Black said. “He’s done a really good job. … He’s pretty accurate.” Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers Coach Greg Schiano was on hand to watch practice. He was let go in December after a 4-12 season. Schiano, who coached defensive backs for Penn State and the Chicago Bears, was defensive coordinator for Miami and head coach of Rutgers University for 11 years, watched defensive drills from the sideline. Jalston Fowler and Corey McCarron both took reps as fullback in the I formation, under Lane Kiffin’s watchful eye. McCarron spent last season at tight end, but has moved to fullback. Brown is still wearing a brace on his left shoulder, from an injury he sustained during track last week.
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Alabama offense explodes late in 8-1 win By Elliott Propes | Contributing Writer The No. 8 Alabama baseball team played a tight game against the Jackson State Tigers on Tuesday night, until the Crimson Tide’s offense exploded to break a 1-1 tie in the seventh inning. Alabama scored seven runs that inning and won the game 8-1. “We got going in the seventh inning, obviously a huge grand slam by Ben Moore,” said coach Mitch Gaspard. “We are normally always pretty good after the fifth or sixth in the back of the game, but we need to have more quality at-bats in the front part of the game.” Jackson State began the game much better than Alabama and scored the first run of the ballgame with a home run in the second by senior Nick Marigny. On the pitching side, Jackson State starter Vincent Anthonia shut out the Crimson Tide for five innings
with five punchouts. He was taken out after the fifth, and the bullpen did not do as well. “Offensively I thought it was a struggle tonight,” coach Gaspard said. “We got to do a better job in the middle of the week when we got to take advantage of some opportunities, we got to execute better to take stress off the early innings.” Alabama finally put up a run on the board in the sixth. Juniors Ben Moore and Wade Wass led off the inning with back-to-back singles. Then later with one out, freshman Casey Hughston hit a line drive over the right fielder’s glove for a double. That tied the game up 1-1. Alabama blew the game open when Moore hit a shot over the center field fence for a grand slam in the bottom of the 7th to make the score 5-1. It was the first grand slam of his career. After that, the offense kept going. The team
batted around in the inning and scored three more runs to make the score 8-1. The Crimson Tide finished with 14 hits. Five players had more than one hit. “We got the bases loaded there and then Ben [Moore] provides the big blow,” Gaspard said. “It was like that kind of started getting us going, and then we started to get good swings on pitches.” It was Hubbard’s first ever start. Hubbard was on a pitch count after coming off an injury from last year and only pitched two innings, throwing a total of 24 pitches. After Hubbard left the game, senior Tucker Hawley came in to relieve him. “[Hubbard] had been shutdown with a little shoulder problem, we wanted to give him an opportunity with as little stress as possible, and then they told me to take hold of it and close it out.” Hawley said. “Any time you add another arm to the bullpen is great.”
UA Athletics Alabama pulled themselves together to beat Jacksonville State Tuesday. Hawley allowed no more hits in the game and finished with seven innings pitched. His ERA has now dropped to 0.68, and he has not allowed an earned run in 25.1 innings. “I thought it was good to get Jake Hubbard back on the mound. I thought he did a nice job in the two innings he pitched, and then Tucker came in and I thought did a nice job to finish out the
game,” Gaspard said. Senior first baseman Austen Smith sat out Tuesday’s game with a wrist injury and should be back for the Tennessee series this weekend. Next up for the Crimson Tide is a rematch with the UAB Blazers at the new Regions Field in downtown Birmingham at 6:30 p.m. Alabama lost to them 2-1 on April 9.
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MEN’S TENNIS
SOCCER
CW | Austin Bigoney The UA soccer team went 5-1 this spring, including a win over the U-17 Ghana National Team.
Alabama soccer team looks to build off spring season games By Caroline Gazzara | Staff Reporter After losing 1-0 to Auburn to end the last fall season, the Alabama women’s soccer team went into the winter off-season with a plan. Although the team didn’t expect to undergo as many staff and roster changes as it did, coach Todd Bramble said he was impressed by what he saw. “At times I think we managed to own the games we played pretty well,� Bramble said. “There was only one game where I felt like we sort [of] under-performed but [over] the course of the spring with the focus we go into those games; we don’t rest the team going into those games. We train through these games in the spring for the most part, so the substitution patterns are going to be different, who wants to start, and it’s all about giving people the chance in a lot of different situations. From the performance and what we learned from the games, I am happy with what we got out of the spring.� The under-performance Bramble mentioned was the loss to Clemson, which was the only loss of the spring season. “With the focus of what we were working on this spring, or where our focus was with technical ability and our fitness and our athleticism, neither of those areas were an issue in the game,� Bramble said. “I think the problem with us that day was how we responded to adversity, which is more of a mental issue than a team concept or a chemistry concept. Technically, we didn’t have any issues that day.�
Losing only four seniors, the Crimson Tide had two early enrollees join the team in January. The team also hired a new strength and conditioning coach, Erwin van Bennekom. Junior Theresa Diederich said the changes were different, but the team has improved. “I would say it was a different transition because we have a new strength and conditioning coach so it was kind of like adapting to his new ways and things that he does differently than we are used to,� Diederich said. “Having so many new freshmen come in gives the girls on our team something to become more familiar with and how they play and growing our mental aspect of the game, which we struggled with last year.� Over the course of the spring season, Alabama played teams it usually never faces. One of the more notable games was against the U-17 Ghana team in March. Ghana, who was en route to the U-17 World Cup, stopped by Tuscaloosa to play the Crimson Tide before heading to the World Cup. Though Alabama won the game 1-0, Ghana coach Abrahams Allotey said he wished his team could have competed against Alabama more than once. Besides playing Ghana, the Crimson Tide played a total of six games in the spring season. Now that Alabama is headed into the off-season, Bramble said the team will continue to work hard throughout the summer and push itself to have more success in the fall.
UA Athletics The Tide begins play in the SEC Tournament Thursday in hopes of making the NCAA Tournament.
Men’s tennis team enters SEC Tournament as 10-seed By Kayla Montgomery | Contributing Writer After a busy final home weekend, the Alabama men’s tennis team (14-14, 4-8 SEC) will enter the SEC Tournament as the No. 10 seed Thursday at noon in Nashville. The Crimson Tide will open play against seventh seeded South Carolina. The two teams previously met March 21, when Alabama was outlasted by the Gamecocks and fell 4-3. Coach George Husack said while having played South Carolina in such a close match earlier this season will be helpful, it is more important that the team focus on competing in the match at hand and its own game rather than on its opponent. “We’re going to be right there with them,� Husack said. “But, really, it’s not about them. We know what we have to do, and the tournament brings a lot of excitement. We have to keep competing. It will help having faced them, but in the end it’s us competing.� The close match with South Carolina was representative of a larger theme of the season for the young team. The Crimson Tide often found itself in close matches, but struggled in edging its opponents. Husack said going into the tournament it is
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WOMEN’S TENNIS
Women’s tennis team reaches program firsts By Elliott Propes | Contributing Writer All the right factors needed to fall into place over the weekend: Vanderbilt had to lose, and Alabama had to win out. Both happened, and the No. 3 Alabama women’s tennis team clinched sole possession of its first SEC regular season title Sunday. The No. 3 ranking now is the highest ranking in program history. “Roll Tide. It’s been a long time in the works. I’m proud of this team,” coach Jenny Mainz said. “They’ve worked diligently and worked together. We really haven’t had one hero of the year. We’ve had stand out performances, but I think every one of them, all eight of them, have contributed.” The Crimson Tide played a tough match against No. 6 Georgia. Both were competing for the SEC regular season top spot. Alabama was down 3-2 when juniors Emily Zabor and Luicelena Perez came back
in their matches to win 4-3. Vanderbilt, who was also in contention, lost Friday to Florida. That meant Alabama had to take care of business against rival Tennessee. It did just that and clinched the regular season title with a 4-0 win. “It was just an awesome weekend overall,” Zabor said. “It’s a complete team effort, and we celebrated that day. But we were talking today at practice, we just have to get hungry again for another SEC title.” Alabama will play in the SEC Tournament this weekend. The team holds the No. 1 seed and will not have to play until the Friday of quarterfinals. The bye will give the team rest and more time to prepare. “I think, obviously, the fresher you are the better you will play, and not having to play until Friday, already being in the quarterfinals, is such a motivation of where we were in the season until where
we were then,” Zabor said. “Getting a good draw puts you in a better position, but you still have to work hard, obviously, in the first round before you can think about a championship.” The team will play the winner of the South Carolina versus Ole Miss match Friday at 2 p.m. Zabor said hard work is what gave the team this opportunity. “This year we worked harder than any other year I’ve been here. It’s been tough, and there’s been some uncomfortable times, but they have made us stronger every time,” Zabor said. “The way we’ve improved this season mentally, physically and emotionally has been so exciting.” If Alabama continues its success, there is a good chance the team will host regionals after the SEC Tournament. “Getting a good seed at NCAAs is very important to us. We want to host regionals, and we want to do well, and we want to win a NCAA Championship,” Zabor said.
UA Athletics Luicelena Perez celebrates after a win against Georgia.
TRACK AND FIELD
UA track and field team climbs ranks Kayla Howard | Contributing Writer
UA Athletics UA track’s season continues as the team prepares to travel to California to race this weekend.
The Alabama track and field team looks to continue its success as it travels to the Golden State to contend in the Mt. SAC Relays this weekend. This week, the men’s team jumped two spots in the USTFCCCA rankings to No. 7, a program best. The Crimson Tide has found an extra burst of confidence after picking up 14 event wins and breaking over a dozen personal best records Friday at the Border Clash. Coach Dan Waters said he believes confidence is a crucial component for an athlete to reach his full potential and is sure the team is where it needs to be at this point in the season. “I do feel like we are a confident team right now, and we should be,” Waters said. “We’ve
improved as each week has passed, which is what we aim to do at this phase of the season.” Senior Diondre Batson matched his best set time on the 100-meter Friday with the second fastest time in school history. “I’m already confident in myself,” Batson said. “But I can’t wait to be first, obviously.” Batson, a California native, said he is eager to race in his home state, knowing family and friends will be there to support him and the Crimson Tide. The senior could not think of words to describe how excited he was. Batson is not the only Crimson Tide track and field star who is enthusiastic about competing in California. Sophomore Kimberley Ficenec said she can hardly contain her excitement about having her father there to see her race for the first time in several years. Ficenec finished second in the 1,500-meter
run at the Border Clash, beating her personal record by six seconds. “I think we’re all pretty confident. I mean, our mindsets are right,” Ficenec said. “Everyone’s trying to compete their hardest ‘cause we’re getting ready for the end of the season and SECs coming up soon, so I think we’re heading in strong.” Alabama is looking to further its winning feats in midseason into the championship portion of the season. “It is another chance for us to prove ourselves against good competition and set ourselves up for even better performances when we hit the SEC meet, the NCAA regional meet and the NCAA Outdoor Championships,” Waters said. The Crimson Tide will begin races Thursday in the annual Mt. SAC Relays at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif.