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Wenesday, April 27, 2011

Devin Adam Bryant, 20, a sophomore majoring in general commerce and business, died April 20 in an automobile accident.

A graduate of Chelsea High School who planned to study meteorology at the University of Oklahoma after completing his degree at the University, Bryant was known by his friends for his affable character.

“He was a very sociable person,” said Ryan Flamerich, a friend of Bryant’s who attended high school with him. “He was always out and about with people having a good time. He was a really exceptional individual.

Anywhere he went he really brightened up the room. This is a terrible loss, not only for UA but also for Chelsea.”

Bryant cherished his enrollment at the University before he stepped foot on campus, Flamerich said.

“When we were in high school, he would talk about how excited he was to go to the University of Alabama,” he said. “He was on top of the world when he graduated, and all he wanted to do was go

to UA.” Fluent in Spanish, Bryant initially chose to major in the language until his fascination with meteorology overtook him.

“He loved weather,” said Neil Bryant, Devin’s father.

“He could have gone to Miami for spring break with his buddies, but he went to Oklahoma instead so he could go there and tour the campus. He wanted to go to graduate school there to get his degree in meteorology.”

An avid football fan, Bryant regularly attended high school football games at Chelsea and became devoted to all things Crimson Tide when he came to the University.

“I’m 54, and I’ve always watched Crimson Tide football, but by the time he was in school he knew more about Alabama football than I did,” his father said. “We just finished packing his apartment stuff, and 99 percent of it had Crimson Tide written on it.”

Bryant and his father had their last experience together in a manner that many students can relate to.

“He was passing me on his way home,” he said. “He was on his way home that Friday

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UA iPhone app debuts on iTunes Store

By Jasmine Wright Contributing Writer The University of Alabama – there’s an app for that.

On Saturday, the University launched the application to the iTunes store after much speculation as to the date of its arrival.

The app features functions including directories, maps, Crimson Ride tracking, videos, campus news, courses and others.

“This app, as it continues to update and progress through time, will revolutionize the way in which we interact with the University,” said David Wilson, vice president for student affairs.

Wilson said developmental work for the app began in July 2010 when all legal agreements and professional services were finalized.

“We have been working on the app for well over a year now,” he said. “It has been a collaboration of the

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Parking zones to be reduced locations when registering,” D’Esposito said.

Priority for student parking June 29 June 30 registration will be based on If you registered If you registered the dates of class registration for classes on for classes on for the Fall 2011 semester, giving priority to upperclassmen, March 29 - 31. April 1 - 4. he said.

After registering, D’Esposito In recent years, students reg- said students can print tempoistered for permits in March rary permits from the Parking when they registered for class- Services website that will be es. However, this created con- valid for 10 business days to fusion because residence hall allow the permits to be delivassignments were not complet- ered.

Ben DeBell, a sophomore ed until later, D’Esposito said.

“Delaying registration until majoring in forest and wildJune 27 will allow students life management, said he was more accurate and defined confused when he didn’t regis-

2011-2012 Parking Pass Schedule June 27

June 28

If you registered If you registered for classes on for classes on March 21 - 23. March 24 - 28.

By Katherine Martin Assistant News Editor klmartin317@gmail.com Student registration for parking permits for the 2011-2012 academic year will begin on June 27, said Chris D’Esposito, assistant director of transportation services.

ter for his classes and parking permit at the same time, but just assumed he would register later.

DeBell said the new process will be helpful because students will not be left wondering where they will be parking, since they will know when they register.

Another change for next year will be the number of parking zones for residential students.

Currently, there are a total of seven zones, and next year there will be four, D’Esposito said.

See PARKING, page 3

By Ashley Chaffin Assistant Lifestyles Editor

Department of Information Technology, SGA, Auxiliary Services and other departments around campus.”

Wilson said they felt a need to make a push for the development of this app because they saw the impact that mobile technology was having on the world and wanted the University of Alabama to be

See APP, page 3

came from a story in the 2009-2010 Corolla by Allyson Angle. The Crimson White regrets the error and is happy to set the record straight.

The Bama Theater was filled tonight as 13 UA students presented their original documentaries.

The fifth-annual Documenting Justice screening featured six films that covered a large range of topics that Alabama deals with today.

“I think it’s cool because of the crowd that usually frequents it.

It’s some of the most cultured people at the University,” said Anna Foley, a senior majoring in English. “I’ve heard it’s a huge project to undergo, hearing them talk about it during the semester and how they have to learn to choose what goes into the film, it’s just very impressive.”

The screening brought people not only from campus, but from all over Tuscaloosa who were either supporting their friends or interested to see what the students had accomplished.

“I think we’re most excited to see what people think of our film,” said Chris Scott, a senior majoring in religious studies

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Chris Scott and Mary Baschab speak before the screening of their Documenting Justice film, The Chief.

Six studentproduced documentaries were shown at the Bama Theatre on Tuesday night.

CW | Caitlin Trotter and a Documenting Justice student. “We’ve been working on it for so long that we can’t really judge it objectively.”

In the speeches each group gave before their video was screened, they all mentioned just how much work goes into making a documentary but were all proud of what they had finished.

Scott and his partner, Mary

Baschab, said that they have spent countless hours working on the film since January, and now that it’s done they feel as though a weight has been lifted off of their shoulders.

“It feels great to be done,” said Sarah Massey, a junior majoring in English and New College who also made a film. “It is kind of sad though, because I enjoyed the whole process of

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making the documentary and telling the story.”

Massey worked on the film “Standardized” with two other students, Drew Hoover and Hallie Paul. The documentary told the story of two girls from different areas of Birmingham preparing for the ACT. Among the others shown was a film

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ON THE CALENDAR

The annual March for Babies, sponsored by the March of Dimes organization, will be held on Sunday at the University of Alabama Rec Center. The goal is to raise money and awareness about premature births. Registration begins at 8 a.m., with the 3.1 mile walk beginning at 9 a.m. To register for the event, visit www.marchforbabies.org.

Session to aid sexual assault, domestic violence victims The Women’s Resource Center is hosting a Harbor Training session today from 2-4 p.m.

The session is designed to allow faculty, staff

and graduate students to further their knowledge about resources available to sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking victims.

Participants will gain insight to the issues of interpersonal violence as well as be made aware of the resources available to those in need.

CollegeFirst Summer Academic Institute credit offered Students staying in Tuscaloosa or going home to the Birmingham or Huntsville areas this summer can earn Honors credit through the CollegeFirst Summer Academic Institute. Registered students will learn how to be pre-advanced placement instructors and tutors in biology, calculus or chemistry.

They will then tutor high school students planning to take AP courses. For more information, contact the UA Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility at cesr@ua.edu or 348-6490.

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Homegrown Alabama market kicks off at UA The Homegrown Alabama Farmers Market will open on Thursday May 5, with a Cinco de Mayo celebration and will continue every Thursday from 3-6 p.m. through Oct. 27 at the Canterbury Episcopal Chapel lawn on Hackberry Lane between Bryant Drive and University Boulevard. For more information on the EBT incentive program and how to donate, call (205) 210-9621, or visit http:// homegrownalabama.org/market. html

Art to Life service-learning course offered by Honors College Students interested in storytelling, art therapy, video production or Alzheimer’s research have an opportunity to contribute to the quality of life for dementia patients and their caregivers. Students will piece together a patient’s life story through interviews, family albums and other materials to produce a DVD that will continue the patient’s therapy. Students receive 3-4 credit hours and may volunteer in Tuscaloosa or Marion, Ala.

UA Toms Drive UA Toms is hosting a shoe drive until the end of the semester. New and gently used shoes can be dropped in collection bins in Alston Hall, Bidgood Hall, Little Hall, the Recreation Center and the SUPe Store. The shoes will be donated to United Way of West Alabama. For those interested in volunteering or want more information, visit slpro. ua.edu.

Human resources to hold teamwork workshop A teamwork-building workshop will be held Thursday from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the Rose Administration building. During the interactive session, participants will go through activities designed to allow them to experience multiple facets of teambuilding. To register, visit hr.ua.edu or contact the Human Resources Department by calling 348-9700 or emailing hrdevelopment@ua.edu.

BRYANT from PAGE 1 morning and said he needed some money for gas. I guess that’s every college student— calling Dad for money.”

Bryant left this life with a smile imprinted upon his past.

“He spent 20 years being happy,” his father said. “So we can live with that.”

Bryant is survived by his parents, Neil and Andrea Bryant, and his grandmother, Marie Bryant, as well as extended family and close friends.

His memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 30 at 1 p.m. at Hepzibah Baptist in McCalla, Ala. The church can be reached at (205) 477-4988. In lieu of flowers, friends and family can make donations to T-Town Paws in Tuscaloosa, a non-profit corporation that promotes animal welfare.

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Kappa Sig’s UA chapter regains charter Elisabeth Garcia Contributing Writer Last Wednesday marked the end of a challenging campaign and the start of a new reputation for the Beta chapter of Kappa Sigma, a fraternity on campus.

In September 2010, the fraternity lost its charter due to Code of Conduct violations. However in December, the board allowed the fraternity to stay on campus as a colony - but not without exception.

Austin Gaddis, president of Kappa Sigma, said the fraternity faced a list of tasks to complete if it wanted to regain its charter.

“I am confident that with the great group of men in our chapter, along with the support of the UA administration and our dedicated alumni, we will be better than ever” — Austin Gaddis

“Instead of looking at our situation in a negative, daunting light, we chose to see the silver lining and use this colonization process as a way to reestablish the Beta chapter as a prominent and innovative branch of our national fraternity,” he said.

Gaddis said the brothers put all their effort into restoring their chapter over the months that followed.

“Among other accomplishments this semester, we have ensured all members are involved on campus and registered to vote, attained the AllMen’s Average GPA, [and] completed at least 25 community service hours per man,” Gaddis said.

The dedication and sacrifice paid off, he said. After unanimous approval by the national board of Kappa Sigma, the

venient space you want next to your academic area, your residential area, or your office area, and we realize that. But there are plenty of parking spaces available on campus as it stands right now.”

In addition to these changes, D’Esposito said Parking Services would begin allowing students to register their bicycles. Registration is optional and will help students find their bicycles if they are cut off the racks or have been damaged.

David Sampson, a freshman majoring in computer science, said he rides his bike to class and will ride it even more next year.

Sampson said since registering your bicycle is free, he doesn’t see why anyone wouldn’t register.

“I’m going to lock my bike either way,” Sampson said, “but if it’s going to be more

secure that way and it might get returned to me if it’s stolen, then sure.”

D’Esposito also said there are no plans, and have never been plans, not to allow freshmen to bring their cars to campus. Vanderbilt is the only school in the Southeastern Conference that does not allow freshmen to bring their cars.

“We are a society that relies on our vehicles and that would not be a very good selling point to a student to be told you can’t bring your car here, because most teenagers have their own vehicles,” he said.

Ann Elizabeth Stabler, a freshman majoring in elementary education, said she brought her car to the University this year.

“I would have still gone to Alabama because the campus is so big,” Stabler said. “It’s really easy to just catch a ride with somebody else.”

will not only benefit students and faculty on campus but will also be useful for Alabama fans Continued from page 1 and prospective students.

Ivon Foster, assistant to the able to take advantage of that provost for special projects, technology.

Wilson, one of the few stu- said that not so long ago, mobildents able to test the product ity involved laptops on a wireover winter break, said the tool less network.

“Today we have most of the capabilities of a laptop in a smartphone – in the palm of our hand,” Foster said. “It is important for UA to stay upto-date with technology and provide the University community access to information and resources where they are on

PARKING Continued from page 1

The north residential parking area will all be assigned yellow permits and the south residential parking area will have orange permits, D’Esposito said.

“This will open up more options for students to park closer to their residential community,” he said.

D’Esposito said Parking Services will continue to oversell parking zones, but they are going to reduce the number of permits for the commuter west zone due to congestion in the area this year.

There are no plans to build additional parking lots, D’Esposito said.

“Right now, on any given day, we have thousands of open spaces,” he said. “But chances are it’s not the con-

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chapter regained its charter and resumed full operations on April 20, 2011.

“The University is pleased that Kappa Sigma will be rechartered on campus,” said Gentry McCreary, director of greek affairs. “The Beta chapter has a proud history at Alabama, and they have taken positive steps to ensure their continued success.”

Gaddis said this has been a trying year for everyone in the fraternity.

“I am confident that with the great group of men in our chapter, along with the support of the UA administration and our dedicated alumni, we will be better than ever,” he said.

The fraternity is already taking great strides towards this goal with the institution of a new mentoring program.

Thomas Davis, alumnus advisor for the Beta chapter, said the program pairs undergraduate members with successful Kappa Sigma alumni from the same hometown or intended career.

Among other program expectations, Davis said fraternity leaders suggest the student and his mentor communicate at least once a month throughout the undergraduate term, allowing the student strong support as he reaches for his goals.

Gaddis expressed high expectations for the program

as it pilots its first year.

“It is our hope that through this program, members will be challenged by their mentors to succeed during their college years and beyond by becoming involved, taking on leadership roles, [and] making good grades,” he said.

The idea for the program arose after the Beta chapter recognized a need for greater alumni involvement within the chapter, Gaddis said.

Leaders in the fraternity said that they wanted the program to benefit not only graduates, but also the students who continue at the University; they saw the mentorship as the perfect way to do so.

AIDS Alabama dances for a cause

CW | Katie Bennett The University of Alabamaʼs Celebration Outreach and AIDS Alabama put on a show of musical and dance performances in Morgan Auditorium. the go.”

The app will soon be available for the Blackberry and Android versions, Foster said.

“This is only the beginning,” she said. “We are already planning for future versions with features that are more complex to develop. It was important to

release the app now, and then work toward the more complex features in the future.”

Dabrielle Covington, a sophomore majoring in public relations, said she downloaded the app as soon as it was available, and she said it was very helpful.

“It’s more reliable and faster

than just going to the Internet to look up a bus route or contact for a teacher or advisor,” she said. “I’m sure it’ll be a success, especially when it’s available for Android and Blackberry users.”

To download the app, go to the Apple iTunes app store.

OPINIONS

Strive to make your mark at the University

By Ryan Davis

Thank you, you’re far too kind

Wednesday,

By Wesley Vaughn

April 27, 2011 Editor • Tray Smith letters@cw.ua.edu Page 4

{ YOUR VIEW } WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE SUMMER?

“I am going home to Pennsylvania, taking summer classes, and going to California for a family vacation.”

— Megan McCreary, sophomore majoring in elementary education

Capstonians, in one week and three days, this school year will end. I can say without hesitation that this has been the best one so far for me, personally. My weekly time here on the opinions page never failed to keep me driven, and there are many who deserve my gratitude for each and every column.

First, I would like to thank everyone who read my columns this year. Yes, even the person who turned to the opinions page just to see if someone made a fool of himself or herself. Knowing that we, as columnists, have a steady base of readership forces us to step up our game, and that makes us better.

I especially want to thank those who helped me craft my opinions to write those columns. It may have involved a long, late-night discussion over food at Hooligan’s, a text conversation minutes before

— Matt Fawcett, sophomore majoring in hotel management

EDITORIAL BOARD Victor Luckerson Editor Jonathan Reed Managing Editor Tray Smith Opinions Editor Adam Greene Chief Copy Editor

WE WELCOME YOUR OPINIONS Letters to the editor must be less than 300 words and guest columns less than 800.

Send submissions to letters@ cw.ua.edu. Submissions must include the author’s name, year, major and daytime phone number. Phone numbers are for verification and will not be published.

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that I ran a fake Twitter account for a secret organization.

But I did try to bring up a few good points. I am serious about this university finding its identity.

I think that #UAchat on Twitter will serve as a valuable role for this campus online. I hope that my critiques were not misinterpreted as hateful, but were instead seen as a concerned student trying to help.

Of course, I owe a great deal of thanks to The Crimson White for providing me with a weekly platform to share what is on my mind.

I also had a great time working on the paper’s engagement team this past year. Helping manage the paper’s social media accounts and outreach efforts was easily one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

This year’s staff has been a bunch of outstanding men and women who deserve high praise for their work. In just one year, The Crimson White restored its reputation and should only build upon it.

I want to end by thanking the University of Alabama. Without its litany of problems, I would have nothing to write about. I look forward to writing again next semester and continuing to fight for the culture change that this place so desperately needs.

Wesley Vaughn is a junior majoring in public relations and political science. His column runs on Wednesday.

We’ll still be friends, Crimson White

By Kelsey Stein

“Iʼll be staying in Tuscaloosa to take economics and tennis, and Iʼll be looking for a job.”

my deadline, or someone or some group doing something stupid (or awesome) that I felt called to write about.

Members of the administration, SGA and student organizations helped me tremendously. It means a lot to me to know that I can call them out for their mistakes and they will still talk candidly with me. These people care more about this university than they rationally should, which keeps me from losing all faith myself.

Feedback should never be underestimated. I hope I speak for all columnists when I say that refreshing my column online to check for comments and mentions on Twitter and Facebook is a weekly occurrence. Without some sort of response, we are merely putting ink on paper.

That is why I would like to thank all of those who discussed my views after they were published, whether that was in person or in a letter to the editor. Good or bad, I was able to learn something new about this university and myself.

For example, I have supposedly mastered the art of hair and smiling.

I will admit that I have pulled a few silly stunts on this here page.

I disgraced rap again, criticized just about every student organization on campus, thought that four square could unite this campus, mentioned the NBA as much as possible, and made some believe

ing involved in such an inordinate the newsroom, cried with them (if number of activities that you for- only to be as awkward as humanly get what each one is supposed to possible), suffered through a trip accomplish. In my four years here, to Troy with them, argued with I’ve discovered that the absolute them about things both personal most important thing to do is to and professional, drank with them to reconcile said arguments find your passion.

Stop thinking you have to do and ultimately spent the majority everything on campus in order to of my time around them, both in be successful. Instead, choose one and out of the newsroom.

I’m not going to thank my paror two activities and truly, completely devote yourself to being ents, my dog (what up, Rowdy) or amazing at them. For me, that’s that one really inspiring person what being a part of The Crimson I had a conversation with at The White staff has been this year. Gray Lady last week or anything, There were definitive moments but thanks are definitely in order.

Thanks to Victor and Jon, for when I resented every aspect of I opened my Facebook on Friday my job, and there were certainly being arguably the best prepared with a feeling of foreboding. I had to do the deed quickly – remove I’ve discovered that the absolute most important my job as a lifestyles editor at The Crimson White. It felt like a parthing to do is to find your passion. ticularly gut-wrenching breakup, primarily because my relationship with The CW has probably times when I plotted my revenge people to deal with all of our newsbeen more emotionally nuanced on Victor Luckerson for the seem- room shenanigans. Thanks to all than anything of which your aver- ingly impossible amount of work of the other desk editors for often he would ask of me on a daily sacrificing grades or spending age college guy is capable.

Sure, I’ve complained about basis after casually strolling over time with friends because they cared about their jobs enough to my insanely stressful job to any- to my desk.

Despite those already forgot- create something special. Thanks one who would listen, and many who wouldn’t. It’s basically domi- ten frustrations, this year’s CW to Brandee and Emily for ventnated my life, and I relinquished staff became my family. I’ve had ing with me and for also making the concept of free time long ago. the opportunity to do some awe- sure that the rest of us newsroom I’ve had anything but a relaxing some things – take a private tour noobs survived at this whole senior year, but I’ve loved it all of the new amphitheater and run making-a-paper thing. Thanks to out of the tunnel onto the field anyone who offered to help me out the same.

Farewell columns have always in Bryant-Denny, to name just a when I felt overwhelmed – Will seemed a bit perplexing to me. couple – but by far the best part of Tucker – or made me laugh when They either share a general my job has been the people with I was frustrated – Tray Smith and knowledge about how to suc- whom I’ve had the privilege of Daniel Roth.

Cue the cheesiness: I can honceed at this university, appeal to working for one short year.

Throughout this year, the estly say that this year has been a select audience with a string of inside jokes, or address problems entire CW staff went from being indescribably amazing because unique to student journalists that, strangers to some of the most of you guys. I’m honored to have frankly, few people want to hear, important people in my life. I’ve worked with so many smart, besides other student journalists. shared more with this admittedly talented people. I really can’t But here goes – some advice odd assortment of people than express everything I could possifrom a fellow student (though not with almost anyone else. Let’s just bly want to say here, so thanks for for long) who, I’ll admit, doesn’t say we could have made a pretty putting up with me. I love you all have a post-college plan and real- interesting reality show, a la “The more than you know. ly doesn’t have anything figured Real World” newsroom-style.

I’ve laughed with them more Kelsey Stein was the Lifestyles out either.

So many people think college is times than I can count as we Editor of The Crimson White for about resume building, or becom- deliriously worked late nights in the 2010 – 2011 school year.

When I enrolled at the University, I was warned about the divide between greek and non-greek, the Machine, the elitism, the ever-present but subtle racism, etc. that held a static presence on campus. Did I care? Not at all.

I was a cocky incoming freshman. I was going to make my mark on campus, and the supposedly pretentious nature of the University establishment didn’t matter at all.

Of course, I quickly discovered the reality behind many of these warnings, right around the time that I hit my freshman apathy spell, partied a bit too much, and landed on probation in the Honors College. Instead of solidifying an academic identity, I found myself flirting with the black greek system, wondering why there appeared to be such a distinction between “normal” greeks and black greeks. I was the unknown guy at the parties, watching girls become intoxicated beyond all reason and observing the guys who waited smugly for it to happen.

I was told that I was unusual, for a black guy.

I didn’t act like a lot of “them.” Those who told me this weren’t necessarily racists, either. They just didn’t know what they truly were saying, so I didn’t let myself become offended. I unapologetically and enthusiastically supported Kendra Key during her SGA presidential bid, but I really didn’t do a single thing to aid in her campaign, despite having ample time and not taking classes seriously. I mean, I wrote this rap about it, yet saw no need to actually get involved. She lost. I started a hip-hop band.

None of it mattered.

At some point in time, something inside forced me to come to terms with the fact that I was coasting through college, dragged me into New College (which is another sad story unto itself, as I came to this school for New College, then didn’t do it for a year), and tossed me into a Creative Campus internship. Here, I encountered something about UA which nobody had warned me: numerous students, all from varying backgrounds (including greeks and non-geeks) working in a collaborative environment in order to bring positive events and initiatives to the UA community through the arts.

Diversity–related problems never surfaced.

Instead, gaming and sci-fi conventions, music and arts festivals, national celebrity related speaking engagements, fantasy-novel-based tournaments, and outreach projects sprang from this eclectic mix of inexperienced students. None of the sorority or fraternity affiliated interns were consumed by their house lives, nor were they bound mentally by some specter that forced them into mindless drunkenness or blind candidate support. On the contrary, they thought freely, helped me to turn my apathetic and self-conscious cockiness into a deep confidence and strong belief that I actually could do something that was of value to the UA and Tuscaloosa communities.

And I had thought they were brainwashed.

Shame on me.

The last few years have taught me that a mindset geared towards positive impact and dynamic effectiveness is growing on this campus. Affiliations don’t matter. Collaborations do, and each of us has the power to take hold of the bubbles and pockets of genius scattered all over the university and carve out avenues towards academic success, lasting relationships, and difference making action.

In other words, apathy is a far greater enemy to progress on this campus than is elitism or organizational affiliation. Apathy keeps the student from becoming more involved, from voting, from attending cultural arts events, community forums, and/or meetings that could foster engagement. Apathy perpetuates the awareness of pretentious programming, but does nothing to address the problem.

As a non-Fellow, readmitted Honors Student (took too long to get off probation and was kicked out for a semester), and leader in Honors College Assembly, I am personally seeing stereotypes unravel. Fellows are engaging students across the University in the arts. International students are being given avenues to build relationships with other students and become further acclimated at the University. HCA has partnered with the Black Student Union (whose future president is both the former Director of Diversity and the future Secretary) numerous times throughout the year, both in arts events and in outreach projects. I think that this fact is huge, although it is only a small step in the right direction.

This is not to say that all of the University’s separation- and elitism-related issues have been solved, nor am I implying that every student on our campus thinks freely. These things are far from true. However, I have experienced the opportunity to help implement radical projects and ideas during my time at the University without being absorbed into any fraternity, any honors society, or any of the usual organization suspects.

To be blunt, and maybe a little cheesy, there is a place for you here at the University of Alabama. If I can make the small difference that I have made, you can make a better one. Make your mark.

Ryan Davis is a senior majoring in interdisciplinary studies in art and music.

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Prevention best way to stop abortion

By Marina Roberts As someone who considers herself a feminist and a fan of civil discourse, I’d like to make a few observations about the article in Monday’s CW titled “Reps discuss anti-abortion bills.”

John Merrill’s single justification for sponsoring the bills that would outlaw abortion (for rape victims as well as women whose lives are put at risk by pregnancy) is a fourteen-word-long Old Testament passage. For those of us who don’t care much for what the Old Testament has to say (some members of the LGBTQ community, feminists, atheists, members of other religions, etc.), this source doesn’t do much for his argument, whatever it actually is.

I appreciate the points put forth by Lisa Lindquist-Dorr, particularly regarding the fact that conservatives do a poor job of protecting babies when they cut all the government

funding out from under them as soon as they exit the womb.

Apparently, the rights of the unborn supersede literally everyone else’s rights, even those of babies who make it past the fetal stage.

I would also like to point out that as long as women have been procreating, women have been having abortions.

Women were having abortions in ancient Greece and Egypt, in the Middle Ages and as far back as 5,000 years in China. To further support Lindquist-Dorr’s claims that women without access to safe abortions will seek “unsafe, illegal abortions,” many of the women who sought to end their pregnancies in the past did so using methods that were patently bad for them.

If you lived in China 5,000 years ago, you’d have used mercury to terminate your pregnancy. If you lived in the Orient, you would violently beat your abdomen until you induced a miscarriage. In

some cases women would misuse herbs and kill themselves. I read about methods like these and am immensely grateful that modern medicine provides women with a way to terminate pregnancies without causing themselves bodily harm.

Outlawing abortion will not stop abortion from happening. It will only push women into the dangerous position of having to seek help not from trained professionals, but from illegitimate groups willing to take advantage of desperate women. Funny how the people who fail to recognize that truth are often politicians who never have to suffer the consequences of the laws they make.

I didn’t write this letter with the intention of prompting a huge debate in the opinions section of the CW; I wrote it with the intention of opening up some dialogue about this issue on campus. Think, for example, how beneficial it

Outlawing abortion will not stop abortion from happening. It will only push women into the dangerous position of having to seek help not from trained professionals, but from illegitimate groups willing to take advantage of desperate women. would be for us to get together, talk and maybe realize that nobody, in fact, likes abortions. No matter how militant pro-choicers may be, they don’t like it when abortions happen.

They appreciate that a woman can choose what to do with her body, but they don’t high-five each other when some poor kid in high school makes a mistake and realizes it is too late. In my opinion, it is immoral to celebrate any person finding herself in that situation, as it is immoral to believe that she deserves it.

My sentiment is that we should stop wasting our time talking about what to do with

Before you condemn a young girl for choosing to terminate her pregnancy, examine your culture, examine its religious values, examine the role that we all play in facilitating this ignorance about sex that seems to permeate the South.

Why do we condemn girls who have abortions and turn around and condemn girls who get pregnant in high school or before marriage? There is an inherent contradiction here, one that we as a society desperately need to address.

If you want to end abortion, try a different method, maybe one that prevents unwanted pregnancies. The old method of telling women what to do, aside from being discriminatory, ignorant and futile, has become, like the Hippocratic technique of jumping upand-down to induce abortion, increasingly irrelevant.

the fetus after the fact and help educate women about how to prevent pregnancies that they don’t want. Let’s increase awareness of sexual health and contraceptives rather than wait on ignorance to give us something to go to war over.

I’d like it to be said that I can’t imagine anything worse than a woman being placed in the position of having to choose whether or not to abort her baby. That should not happen, period. There is no excuse for that circumstance, not when we have condoms that Marina Roberts is a freshcost five bucks at convenience stores in practically every man majoring in anthropology. town in the state.

Senior columns, fairytale drivel blur reality

By Evan Ward

It is that time of the year when, after all honors and awards have been handed out and graduation looms, the pages of The Crimson White are graced with senior columns. These sappy and generally inane contributions allow senior students a chance to (publicly) reflect on their college experience, and usually include some vague and halfhearted call to action. This year’s columnists seem to be following this general template but have managed to climb to new levels of meaninglessness and hypocrisy.

In Mr. Fowler’s ode to himself, he treats the reader to various anecdotes involving his fraternity and his calling to enter campus politics, before saying something quite profound. He describes an epiphany he had, when all of a sudden he was struck by an inclination to speak to human beings who were outside of his usual circle of privilege.

“I began to interact with new groups of students,” he reveals, “independents, minority students, international students, LGBTQ students and so many others.” Incredible! What’s more, he was “shocked” to make the earth-shattering discovery that these “new” people were not completely unlike him. The very thought of it! Congratulations, James.

Congratulations for taking 22 years to discover something many of us grasp intuitively as children.

This social pioneer then has the audacity to challenge the reader, asking us “When was the last time you talked to someone of another race?”

This is a normal occurrence for many of us, but in any case I am glad you finally realized this and am even happier that you shared your weighty insights with us.

And though you are “thankful” for the Pasadena-gate episode, forgive us, the students whose resources were wasted, if we do not share your sentiments.

Ms. McCrummen’s column takes a different turn as she compares her time at th University to “King Arthur’s Camelot—one brief shining moment when wrongs were righted, when legendary personalities led with brilliant insight. In the last few years, leaders that I am honored to

grow tired, and when we realize that no one is paying attention to our lanterns. Please excuse us if we set them down.

These lame calls for “sacrificial service” ring hollow when formed by the mouths of those directly implicated in last year’s SGA scandal. It takes a near schizophrenic mind to have participated in such corruption and then to turn around and issue a call for “service, honor and integrity.”

Accept our apologies, Ms. McCrummen, but for most

will surely appear over the next week and a half in this paper. Feel no pressure to pursue some false sense of community—for there is no such thing as a community that encompasses the entirety of the student body. We students represent a group of divergent and often competing interests,

so pursue your own interests and passions. Do not fall prey to loving some abstraction known as The University of Alabama. How would one even do this? How does one love a university? Love your friends, love your professors, love your studies, but not some illusory concept of UA. Don’t love it,

because an institution cannot love you back. View this place as a means, not an end. Use the University to get where you need to go. Use it as unashamedly as it uses you. Survive and leave it behind.

Evan Ward is a junior majoring in history.

Feel no pressure to pursue some false sense of community—for there is no such thing as a community that encompasses the entirety of the student body. call friends have acted in their own circles of influence with wisdom and courage.” This pathetic attempt to impose a grand narrative onto one’s own experiences, to derive some higher meaning and purpose where one does not exist, reveals an unbounded narcissism, one that prevents the writer from seeing herself and her friends as anything less than legends.

This inability to conceive of a world outside of oneself is central to my point. How are we less legendary folk to react to such a column? We should respond by saying, essentially: Easy for you to say. It is easy for you to hold out your “ideals like lanterns.” You too, Mr. Fowler and Ms. McCrummen, who have been at or near the center of attention since you arrived as freshmen; it must be easy to hold out your metaphorical lantern knowing that people are listening and that people care. For those of us who don’t have a Fellows mentor, Greek brothers and sisters, access to University officials, or a position within SGA, our arms

of us, college is not about chasing “the very image of what we dream the world to be;” it is about survival. Ours is not a fairytale like yours. It is working a job or two, going into debt and ultimate anonymity.

This is not a defense of student apathy, but an attempt to dispel the illusion of a continuing story of progress, in which Mr. Fowler and Ms. McCrummen fancy themselves as major characters. While it is true that an independent now fills the third highest position in the SGA, which is operating under a new constitution, this pales in comparison to certain facts which I myself find more relevant: the glorification in bronze of football icons while real achievement goes unnoticed, a campus infrastructure that can no longer support the growing student body, rising tuition costs, students being fleeced by the University’s parking racket and an administration that is unsure how to respond to a mounting number of student suicides.

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Free the Hops pushes for gourmet beer

By William Evans Senior Staff Reporter wjevans@crimson.ua.edu Anheuser-Busch, producer of Budweiser and Bud Light beers, has had a statewide boycott declared against all of its products from craft beer advocates in the state of Alabama.

Free the Hops, a non-profit advocacy group for craft beer, which is beer brewed without adjuncts such as rice or corn, issued the boycott because the group claims AnheuserBusch is throwing its corporate weight against two bills that would ease the legal restrictions placed on breweries and brewpubs and the sale of craft beers.

Alabama currently requires brewpubs, which brew and sell beer on the premises, to house their businesses in historic buildings that have a history of selling alcohol since before Prohibition.

Also, brewpubs are not permitted to bottle and cap their specialty beers for off-premise consumption.

Free the Hops sees these restrictions as unnecessary and burdensome, so the nonprofit group is supporting legislation called the Brewery Modernization Act that lifts these restrictions.

“BMA will make it easier for existing breweries to be profitable and expand while also making it easier to open up a brand new brewpub,” said

Gabe Harris, president of Free the Hops, in an emailed statement.

Easing the legal restrictions on breweries and brewpubs will bring an added economic benefit to the state, according to a prepared statement from Free the Hops.

“The Brewery Modernization Act will help create jobs and revive dying neighborhoods in local communities,” according to the statement. “In addition, this bill allows brewpubs to provide tours and free samples. These free samples would be subject to the state and county taxes which could increase receipts from such taxes accordingly, taxes that go straight into Alabama’s education fund.”

BMA has passed in the Senate and will need approval from the House.

The sale of craft beers also suffers from restrictions on the size of the alcoholic containers that can be sold.

Because many craft beers exceed the state of Alabama’s container limit of 16 ounces, citizens are deprived of varieties of beer that other states allow.

“Alabama is the only state that restricts beer to 16 oz packages and below,” Harris said.

“Many out-of-state craft breweries package much of their beer in 22 oz or 750 ml bottles.

If they cannot bring all of their product to a state, then they are less likely to come.”

To lift the restriction on the container limit, Free the Hops

is supporting the passage of the Gourmet Bottle Bill, which seeks to raise the maximum container size for beer sold in state.

The Alabama Brewer’s Guild, which promotes the interests of craft brewers, has joined Free the Hops in calling for a loosening of the legal restrictions imposed on breweries and brewpubs.

“Small, independent breweries in our state have a steep, uphill battle from their moment of inception,” according to a prepared statement from the Guild. “We do not enjoy the same privileges in Alabama that breweries in other states enjoy. Many breweries thrive in states such as California, Georgia, Colorado and

Tennessee because they exist in a legal environment that is friendlier to craft brewers.”

Brian Anderson, a graduate student in community journalism, said the boycott doesn’t make sense if the group cares about quality beer.

Anderson also said there is a smaller market for microbrews, which are for beer connoisseurs.

“I think it’s terrible that a big beer company could put out a lot of smaller businesses,” Anderson said, “but at the same time, Anheuser-Busch puts out a lot of good mid-market beers.”

Anheuser-Busch was not able to reply to questions concerning the boycott within the time constraints of this article’s publication.

UA offers several storm warning options

By Stephen Nathaniel Dethrage Staff Reporter sndethrage@crimson.ua.edu In light of the recent storms in and around Tuscaloosa and those predicted for the future, tornadoes have been on the minds of UA students.

The University assures students they are its first priority when severe weather occurs, said Christ Bryant, assistant director of media relations.

“The guiding principle at

The University of Alabama is to promote the personal safety of our students, faculty and staff during severe weather events,” Bryant said. “In the case of a tornado warning, all university activities are automatically suspended, including all classes and laboratories.”

Bryant said the University makes use of several media to alert students and faculty when potentially dangerous weather enters the area.

“The Office of University

Relations will notify the campus community in the event of an emergency,” Bryant said. “To keep you informed if severe weather and/or an emergency occurs on campus, the University uses UA Alerts to simultaneously send voice calls and text messages to your cellphone and emails to your myBama and Crimson email accounts.”

Bryant said the alert system is only one method the University and the Tuscaloosa community uses to communicate in the event of severe weather. He stressed the importance of students listing updated and accurate contact information on their myBama account.

He also said that, depending on the nature of the incident, some or all of the following methods are used: UA Alerts via telephone, email and text messaging; announcement on local television and radio stations and campus PA system; internal UA emergency alert systems deployed in most academic buildings, libraries, and several residence halls; Tuscaloosa’s tornado sirens; and outlets of transportation like CrimsonRide buses, which display all severe weather watch and warning information on their marquees.

Bryant also addressed other student concerns, such as whether or not University parking rules stand in the event of dangerous weather, when danger necessitates parking outside of permitted zones.

“Parking tickets will not be issued while the campus is under a tornado warning,” Bryant said. “Students who

AP Photo/TimesDaily, Jim Hannon Karl Rhodes looks at the damage to a house in Florence, Ala., after storms caused a large tree to fall on it Tuesday. The tree crushed a corner bedroom at Beth Scottʼs home where Rhodes does the groundskeeping. temporarily park out of zone to seek shelter during tornado warnings should move their vehicles when it is safe to do so.”

Gov. Robert Bentley requested a federal declaration of a state of major disaster in Alabama after April’s major storms wreaked havoc.

However, that request was recently denied by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

“I am very disappointed in FEMA’s decision to deny federal disaster assistance to Alabama and to the victims of the deadly storms that ripped through our state last week,” Congresswoman Terri A.

Sewell (D-AL) said in a press release.

“While I greatly appreciate the efforts of FEMA officials currently working in Alabama and assessing the extent of the damage, I had strongly hoped that the federal government would offer assistance to our state and local governments and to the storm’s victims as they grapple with their losses,” Sewell said. “This decision places additional burdens and worries upon already hurting families, and ignores the enormous costs to our state and local governments that are already struggling.”

The University, which has so far evaded major damages

with the tornadoes touching down across Alabama, asks that during a tornado warning, occupants of buildings on campus move immediately to the building’s lowest level and toward its center, away from windows, and remain there until the warning has expired.

Miles Crabbe, a freshman who lives in Lakeside West, said resident advisors and students living on campus handle severe weather well and without panic.

“What sounds fill the hallways of dormitories while they’re under a tornado warning?” Crabbe asked. “Screams, laughter, moans of terror?

Nope, Toy Story 2.”

This funnel cloud was submitted to CBS Denverʼs BestYouReport Photos, where people can submit their pictures of events (such as natural disasters) for publication.

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Seniors reflect on time at Capstone

By Stephen Walker Staff Reporter scwalker1@crimson.ua.edu Looking back over the past four years, senior Ryan Sprinkle recalls lots of good memories that he made while at the University of Alabama.

“My time at the Capstone has been a time of personal growth,” Sprinkle said. “And I have found that the experiences of the past four years that I regret have provided me with wisdom that will forever shape my life.”

Sprinkle served as the Student G ove r n m e n t Association’s attorney general, which afforded him an instrumental role in writing the new SGA Constitution.

“I want to publicly thank former SGA President James Fowler for providing me with the opportunity to serve as Attorney General,” he said.

Along with countless good memories over the past four

years, Sprinkle said he remembers some of the difficulties he had to endure as well.

“My mother was diagnosed with leukemia and passed away during spring break of my junior year,” he said. “That was an incredibly hard time in my life, and I am thankful to all of my UA friends for their support and to the professors who were so understanding.”

In addition to the friendship and support Sprinkle received at the Capstone, he said he was excited to participate in the biggest Alabama tradition: The Iron Bowl.

“Without a doubt, my best memory at UA was the 36-0 victory over Auburn in BryantDenny Stadium,” he said. “Like so many other thrilling home football games, the win experienced at the end of the game united our student body.”

Other seniors said that they will never forget the exhilarating wins and sorrowful losses that the Crimson Tide has

“I want to publicly thank former SGA President James Fowler for providing me with the opportunity to serve as attorney general.”

— Ryan Sprinkle endured over the past four years.

Joshua Rusin said his best and worst memories at UA took place on the same night.

“Best and worst was the overtime loss to Georgia my freshman year,” Rusin said. “It was the most exciting comeback I’ve ever witnessed, followed by a heartbreaking loss.”

After graduation, Rusin said he will miss football season the most, while missing fraternity boys the least.

Jacquelyn Kersh said that although she will miss many things after graduation, she will miss the Quad the most.

“Whenever I walk on the Quad, I purposely take a minute to just stop for a second and look around. The Quad is one

of the first things I saw at the University when I was visiting, and I fell in love with how beautiful it was instantly,” Kersh said.

Baillie Schantz said she will always remember her time at the university.

“I don’t have a worst memory,” she said. “I have had nothing but wonderful experiences here with professors, friends and classes. This has been the best time of my life. I have learned and grown more than I ever expected.”

Joy Mims said she will also miss many things about the university after graduation next Saturday.

“I will miss sitting in the lounge [at the sorority house] with my friends when classes are out,” she said. “I will miss being able to see the Quad every day and the beauty of our campus. I will miss game day and the sea of crimson walking to the stadium to support the Tide.”

Mims said that in spite of everything that has happened over the past four years, she doesn’t regret any part of it.

“I have no regrets,” she said. “I think each thing I went through made me who I am. Some things I am a little more proud of than others, but each of them got me where I am today and for that I am thankful.”

“Something I wish I would have known as a freshman is that these four years fly by so fast,” Kersh said. “Embrace it all, don’t take anything for

granted and enjoy every single second. Live up every moment, take advantage of every opportunity you get, participate in outlets through the school and never forget to just stop and enjoy time with your friends.”

Mims also offered some words of advice for incoming freshmen.

“Come to college with a clean slate and feel comfortable to make new friendships,” she said. “Those who come here should know that Nike Tempo shorts are practically a must at this college. Also, remember to pay attention to your grades.”

Rusin said she also wishes he had realized when he was a freshman how fast the college years would fly by.

“I would have realized that it really is over in the blink of an eye, and you have to make the most of everyday you have here,” he said.

Alum shines in design

By Caroline Murray and Jasmine Wright The University of Alabama interior design program has provided students like Kathryn Daly, who graduated in May 2009, the real world experience needed to succeed in today’s job market.

Daly, third place winner in the 2008 American Society of Interior Designers Statewide Student Restaurant design competition, started work on Monday at Tuscaloosa’s Toulmin Cabinetry as a kitchen and bathroom designer.

The firm sees the client through the entire renovation process, from design to installation. Young said that for his business, he needs employees with more than a degree.

“I’m looking for someone that has a creative design flair,” he said. “You’ve got to know what

you’re doing and be aware of the industry standards.”

Michelle Lee, instructor of interior design in the College of Human and Environmental Sciences, agreed that creativity is key to success in the field of interior design.

“The interior design department requires students to have a natural, creative ability and clear demonstration,” Lee said.

“You have to work hard and be eager to learn. This is an important element as a student and when trying to get first-time job placement.”

Beverly Kissinger, assistant professor of interior design, said Daly displayed the needed traits.

“Kathryn was an excellent student, very well-rounded with amazing personality,” Kissinger said.

Daly said the UA interior design department prepared

her for the various facets of the interior design business.

Daly said the real world experience and recognition she gained in the American Society of Interior Designers competition was the most rewarding experience she had as an undergrad.

“I placed third in the state, so I knew I was in the right field and doing the right thing,” Daly said.

Young said hands-on experience is important for current interior design students.

“Get some practical handson experience,” she said. “Get out in the field. Pay attention to design trends.”

Daly advised current interior design students to stick with the labor-intensive interior design curriculum.

“Don’t give up,” she said. “It’s a lot of work, but it pays off in the end. You have to be dedicated.”

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Miracle League organizes baseball for the disabled

By Melissa Brown and Chris Amalfitano

On Saturday mornings this spring, you might find Lee Drago, a freshman majoring in geology, at Munny Sokol Park sporting a ‘Coach’ jersey and working on his team’s batting lineup.

At first, the scene might resemble any other youth baseball league, but the Miracle League of Tuscaloosa is different.

The Miracle League provides children and adults with mental or physical disabilities with the chance to take part in organized athletics. Drago said it is a league where everyone succeeds.

“Everybody wins,” Drago said. “Every player bats each inning, and they all hit a home run. It is the only game I’ve seen that the parents cheer for

FAST FACTS • Miracle League provides people with physical or mental disabilities a chance to take part in athletics. both teams. It isn’t just the parents that cheer for the opposition either; it’s the buddies, coaches and even players.”

“The league offers people with disabilities an opportunity they would not have otherwise,” says Miracle League Vice President Jeff Walker.

“These kids know their baseball,” Walker said. “They are involved in the sport, they becomes friends with each other, and they get to participate in something that other-

wise couldn’t.”

According to Walker, Tuscaloosa’s league began four years ago, after current President John Miller wanted a place for his son, who suffers from spina bifida, to play ball.

Today, Munny Sokol Park has a smooth, rubberized field that is wheelchair accessible.

The Miracle League has no paid employees and relies completely on donations and fundraisers. Volunteer opportunities range from coaching positions to facility workers, and each player is assigned a volunteer who encourages and assists in anything they need help with.

“Each player has a buddy that will help them around the bases,” Walker said. “Whether it is just [someone] like my grandson, who is autistic, and sometimes doesn’t remember which way to go, or pushing

“They are involved in the sport, they becomes friends with each other, and they get to participate in something that otherwise they couldn’t.”

— Jeff Walker

kids in a wheelchair.”

Drago initially became involved with the Miracle League as a buddy in his hometown and is now an assistant coach.

“I’ve played baseball my whole life, and the fact that I can potentially inspire other young kids to play makes it all worth while,” he said. “I instantly get a smile out of every player, and they have the same effect on me. This attitude is contagious, because it’s just a good environment.”

Justin Lumpkin, a freshman

and Miracle League buddy, said the league differs from other youth baseball teams emotionally as well as logistically.

“It really makes the kids happy, especially when they are going around the bases and they can hear people cheering for them,” he said. “Some little league kids are sometimes forced to play and may not enjoy playing baseball, but the Miracle League kids all have a good time and want to be out there playing.”

Danielle Drago, a junior

majoring in finance and economics, also volunteers as a buddy and encourages other students to do the same.

“They gain so much joy from the smallest things, and for that I am truly thankful every time to see,” she said. “I would wholeheartedly recommend volunteering. It is a great opportunity to get involved and see these wonderful and inspirational children and parents.”

Lumpkin echoed Danielle Drago’s sentiments.

“I would encourage [volunteering] because it is one of those things that make you thankful for what you have, and it is just a moving experience to see these less fortunate kids having a great time,” she said.

Learn more about the Miracle League at miracleleagueoftuscaloosa.com

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Professor offers advice in Last Lecture Bebe Barefoot speaks Monday at Lloyd Hall at the Last Lecture series, “Stepping Outside SelfEvident Limitedness or How To Get Over Yourself and Join the Circus.”

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In the series, the Student Selection Committee chooses a professor to give a speech as if it were the last time he or The theme of going beyond she would ever give a lecture any self-limitations was to University of Alabama stuprevalent throughout Bebe dents.

Barefoot’s lecture, titled Barefoot’s lecture delivered in Lloyd Hall on Monday night. “Stepping Outside SelfBarefoot, a New College pro- Evident Limitedness or How fessor, was the chosen win- to Get Over Yourself And Join ner of the Last Lecture series. The Circus,” addressed the

importance of moving outside the self-imposed boundaries humans naturally create for themselves.

“Sometimes we step outside the parrotry of ourselves and its limitedness because we want to see what’s on the other side,” Barefoot said.

“And sometimes we do it not because we want to see what’s on the other side, but because

our limitedness can no longer contain us.”

Barefoot went on to say that while humans may think that they’ve gone beyond their limitedness, they’ve actually created another box. At that point, Barefoot said, a wake-up call abruptly “hits us on the head,” causing us to reevaluate our lives.

“Sometimes [the wakeup call] is a polite little tap,” Barefoot said, “and sometimes it’s a sledgehammer.”

Barefoot’s own wake-up call erred on the side of the latter eight years ago.

“I was driving back from visiting my family, chucking along Highway 231 in my little yellow Beetle, listening to Jerry Lee Lewis, and ‘BAM,’” Barefoot said. “I was struck by lightning.

“I thought I was dying, and all I could think of was my dissertation.”

After this incident, Barefoot said she did things that she had always sworn to herself she’d never do. She started to read mythology again, bought a convertible, started reading

works by southern writers, bought a sewing machine and got married.

“When Zeus reaches down and gives you a twirl, you pretty much stop caring what other people think,” Barefoot said.

Barefoot created a course called “Witches and B*i&#!s,” which focuses on women’s empowerment. Two of her students from the course were present at the Last Lecture: Kaylan Gee, a junior majoring in microbiology and Spanish, and Lucie Enns, a junior majoring in political science.

“It was nice to see how much that course was a part of her self-evident limitedness,” Gee said.

“I want to join her circus,” said Enns.

However, Barefoot not only delivered the Last Lecture on Monday; she also named the two women who she would most want to give the Last Lecture. These women were Elizabeth Meese and Ute Winston. Both women worked as University of Alabama professors, were responsible

for establishing the women’s studies program at the University, and, to Barefoot, gave a profound “last lecture” before they died.

Barefoot names a disco ball as Meese’s “last lecture” to her because Meese had been trying to sell her one at their last meeting.

“A disco ball is a chandelier who stepped outside its selfevident limitedness, got over itself, and joined the circus,” said Barefoot.

Barefoot also recalls the “last lecture” Winston gave to her at their last meeting together.

“She couldn’t have possibly known that I could still see her,” Barefoot said. “But she just stood there and kept waving and smiling.

“That was my last image of her; that was her last lecture to me.”

At the end of her own lecture, Barefoot stood in the middle and said, “And now I’m going to leave you with Ute’s gift.”

And Barefoot smiled and waved.

Student ad campaign wins national award

By Jasmine Cannon Senior Staff Reporter jmcannon@crimson.ua.edu

It is not every day that college students have the chance to compete against professionals in their respective areas of study.

The students that worked with the LessThanUThink campaign, a finalist for the Silver Anvil PR Award and a National ADDY Award for advertising, are getting that opportunity.

LessThanUThink is an advertising campaign that focuses on reducing binge drinking.

“You have students that are doing such great work now that they’re not competing against other students anymore,” said Joseph Phelps, head of the department of advertising and public relations. “They’re competing against professionals and they’re competing successfully. That says a lot about their skills and says a lot about the program that helped to hone those skills.

“This is especially reflective of their great work because they’re not competing against just other students,” he said.

“To be considered at a national

level for an award where you’re going against people already working in the business, it is a fantastic reflection on the skills that these students have developed.”

Teri Henley, advisor of LTUT, said the competition is exciting.

“What’s most exciting is that this isn’t a student competition, this is against professionals,” Henley said. “So, what we’re basically saying is that our student work goes head-to-head with some of the top professionals in the country, which is very cool.”

The official website states that the Silver Anvil Award is “the public relations profession’s most prestigious honor and acknowledges the very highest level of achievement, and is the established icon of the best of the best public relations practices.”

Amanda Coppock, media relations coordinator for LTUT, said she hopes the program will win a Silver Anvil in New York City in June.

“I know that we can all honestly say we put our all into this campaign, and the potential it has is amazing,” she said. “Ms. Henley will be attending the

awards ceremony for us, and I hope I get a call that night hearing that we won. As a graduating PR senior, it would be amazing to be able to say I have already worked on a campaign that won a Silver Anvil.”

The American Advertising Federation issues the National ADDY Awards each year.

According to their official site, the ADDY Awards are the world’s largest advertising competition. The national awards show and gala will take place on June 4 in San Diego.

It is no surprise to those in the PR department that the LTUT campaign is receiving this recognition.

Allison Cook, student coordinator, said the goal of any PR campaign is to create buzz around a product or an idea and to change the audiences’ attitudes about the product or idea.

“We not only created buzz but also created a new conversation about binge drinking on college campuses,” Cook said.

“Our campaign is receiving this national recognition because a group of students brought a new conversation to an old message.”

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“I’m going to a summer training program at Dollywood with the Navigators, a college ministry, in June and July. In addition to working as a trash man at the park, I’ll get to climb the Great Smoky Mountains and learn about God.” -Grahm Hoffart, junior majoring in finance “I’m going home to the Bahamas in June and I’m really looking forward to that. I’m also taking summer school here in Tuscaloosa.”

-Caroline Dunn, sophomore majoring in public relations “This summer, I’ll be researching with a faculty member on robots with the computer science department. I’m looking forward to working with robots.”

-Andrew Reeves, junior majoring in computer science and computer engineering “Well first I’m studying abroad in Italy for a month. I am really excited to meet people, especially staying with a host family. I’ll also get to visit my sister for two weeks in Alaska, so that will be really nice to escape the heat from Alabama.”

-Elizabeth Abernathy, freshman majoring in international studies “I’ll be getting a job, and probably another job. My first job will be with Premier Gymnastics in Vestavia Hills, and I’ll work with little kids. I’m looking forward to not having to be in class this summer!”

-Ashley Hays, freshman majoring in public relations

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Continued from page 1 telling the story of Roy Moore, former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice; the story of the U.S. catfish industry; and the story of how the Latino community is dealing with recent anti-immigration laws.

In the question-and-answer section following the screening of the films, Andrew Grace, director of Documenting Justice, said one of the best things about documentary films is they really allow the filmmaker to get to the heart of the subject.

“I think it’s a really unique art form in that it requires you to think critically on an issue,” he said. “Documentaries allow you to take a very artful approach to these true stories.”

The artful approach on the stories is something that Grace and some of the filmmakers thought other media, such as newspapers, have a hard time doing. With documentaries, there is no voice in the video other than the subjects of the story, so it can

take any twist it wants to.

Many of the filmmakers also agreed that while the final product wasn’t what they had originally planned, they were all happy with the direction in which their films went.

“It is always very insightful,” said Christy Boardman, a junior majoring in economics.

“I particularly like it because there are things that I don’t get exposed to often. It’s something you don’t get in a newspaper; it’s very personal.”

Going into the screening, some of the people who had come to view the film were expecting films that were moving and eye opening, based on what they had heard from previous years.

After all of the films had been shown, Massey said she thought the audience had received all of the films really well, and she was happy with the number of people who came to support their work.

“The success of this class and of these films is predicated upon their being a lot of people here every year,” Grace said. “It means a lot to me personally, but more than that it means a lot to my students to see this kind of turn out.”

“I should probably get a job, but no one wants to hire someone who has three beach trips already planned.”

-Lee Yarbrough, freshman currently undecided in major “I’ll be visiting my boyfriend for 10 days at Oklahoma State University, going home to Miami to do an internship, and working at a horse ranch with my best friend for two weeks. Also, I’ll be attending a Pi Beta Phi convention, taking a history summer course, and when I am not doing any of that I will be going to the beach!”

-Elle Becerra, sophomore majoring in communication studies “I will be working in Atlanta at an engineering firm. I am definitely looking forward to the fourth of July, being at the lake, grilling out, and drinking beer.”

-Charles Cochran, senior majoring in civil engineering “I will be interning with a branch of the Montgomery YMCA and will plan youth programs.”

-Casey Johnson, junior majoring in secondary education

CW|Caitlin Trotter Walker Donaldson and Chris Izor speak before the screening of their Documenting Justice film, Day to Day.

“This summer I am working at a summer camp called Student Life. We travel to different college campuses and work with multiple youth groups. I am the Mission Director, so I coordinate 10 different mission projects in each city. I am excited about traveling to Colorado and Florida.”

-Tucker Burke, sophomore majoring in management information systems

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Hackberry Records makes move to Florence

By Ashley Chaffin Assistant Lifestyles Editor alchaffin@crimson.ua.edu After five years in Tuscaloosa, Hackberry Records is moving their offices to Florence, Ala. “Florence offers us a community of creative people that we simply fit with,” said Reed Watson, owner of Hackberry Records. “It’s a smaller town but it puts us in a good proximity to a lot of bigger places.”

Watson and Hackberry Record’s co-owner, Stuart Bond, agree that Florence is the best place for the label to move to, because they believe it is on the brink of going through a revival that will bring it back to being a southern cultural center.

“The Muscle Shoals area has an excellent music tradition and excellent music studios.

They are world-renowned for

what they have done in that,” Watson said. “I think there is something to be said about taking a music label to a town that understands what a record label is actually trying to do.”

He said he felt that during the label’s five years in Tuscaloosa, the community did not seem to take very much interest in what he was trying to do with the company. He said the biggest problems they faced in Tuscaloosa were “barriers for any artistic endeavors.”

“I don’t think, for the most part, our city cares, and I don’t believe that I am the one to make them care,” he said.

“It’s really bittersweet though because I really wanted to be that person.”

He said he wants the move to be more focused on what Florence has and less about what Tuscaloosa lacks. The goals of the company have been the same since day one:

to put their artists in a position to become musicians and have the careers that they want.

Adam Morrow, lead singer of the band Callooh! Callay!, agrees that Florence is a good city for Hackberry Records to help the band further their career.

Lukas Ligeti, an Austrian composer and percussionist specializing in unconventional and often improvisational methods of music-making, will perform a free concert at Alabama Art Kitchen May 3 at 7 p.m. Ligeti’s recent drum tour is in honor of his new album, PATTERN TIME, released April 26.

Drawing upon radical sounds and African-inspired rhythms, Ligeti has combined various music styles such as jazz, electronic and contemporary classical music to create a sound reverberating with all

around Tuscaloosa.

“Most of our artists are here, but we are expanding up there to find more talent,” he said.

“A lot of our younger talent is here, and I want to be here for when they are in college or able to play more.”

Mainly, Bond said the

“The Muscle Shoals area has an excellent music tradition and excellent music studios.

They are world-renowned for what they have done in that,” Reed said. “I think there is something to be said about taking a music label to a town that understands what a record label is actually trying to do.”

- Reed Watson “Something can actually happen there because it’s happened before,” he said. “It’s not just pipe dreams. It is a real and viable career option.”

He said that although Callooh! Callay! will remain in Tuscaloosa, it is as good of a place to have their name established because of its history. He is glad that he will have some-

Austrian composer Lukas Ligeti to perform free concert at Art Kitchen Jordan Staggs Senior Staff Reporter jlstaggs1@crimson.ua.edu

one in Florence to help make their name well known there and make it a place where they can play in the future.

While the main offices of Hackberry Records will be relocating, an office will remain open in Tuscaloosa to continue to cater to and aid in

es. Ligeti will be performing solo pieces as well as some duets with Andrew Raffo Dewar, Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts in New College and the School of Music at the University.

Alabama Art Kitchen, located downtown on University Blvd., is a center dedicated to providing studio and gallery space for local artists as well as holding classes, workshops and cultural events. The gallery is open Thursday-Saturday from 4-9 p.m. or by appointment. The space is also open to members Wednesday-Thursday from 1-9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10-9 p.m. Visit lukasligeti. of the feelings of downtown com or alabamaartkitchen.

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the growth of local bands. Bond will be staying in Tuscaloosa for the foreseeable future to run these offices.

He said he thinks of opening the offices in a new place as more of an expansion than an actual move, because they will still be working towards furthering new artists’ careers

Tuscaloosa office will deal with younger artists and try to “keep the ship sailing.”

“A lot of people thought we were just going to drop everything and leave town, but that’s not true,” he said. “That’s why I’m staying, to maintain our relationships here.”

But, he said, they also want

to be part of what’s happening in Florence.

“Florence is a launching pad,” Bond said. “It’s been a launching pad for artists since the sixties. It’s like a little tiny Nashville that only a handful of people know about. We just want to be a part of that, and we have a lot of good friends up there.”

During the five years Hackberry Records has spent with their main offices in Tuscaloosa, Morrow said he thinks the label really changed the landscape for the arts, especially music.

“I think we’ve significantly changed things in town,” he said. “But this move is welltimed, well-thought out and the best step forward.”

Read a one-on-one interview with Watson at cw.ua.edu.

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APO ends year with original production

By Alexandra Ellsworth Contributing Writer Alpha Psi Omega’s newest original production “Blackout” asks the audience, “Who else do we have but one another?”

This is one of two studio productions by Alpha Psi Omega this session, each completely organized and executed by members of the cast.

Barrett Guyton, the director for “Blackout,” said he loved being able to create a brand new show.

“This is the first time the show has ever been done,” she said. “My favorite part is seeing the actors take only words and see them make them completely their own.”

Laura Ballard, a sophomore majoring in musical theatre, said her favorite part of working on this play was “inventing a role and not having to follow any preconceived notions the audi-

ence may have.”

The production is completely student run and co-produced by the Residence Hall Association and Creative Campus. David Bolus, the author of “Blackout,” is a senior majoring in theatre.

This is his third play to be produced in the area.

Bolus opens his play with eleven actors on the stage in suspended disbelief with nothing but a script. The actors discuss life, love, loss, audience interaction, Greek choruses, the American musical and Shakespeare. Throughout the action of the play, the cast’s numbers dwindle, as one by one, they are mysteriously dragged off the stage when the lights go out and the stage goes black.

“David Bolus is brilliant, and it is really cool being a part of an all original production,” said Michelle Muntifering, Character 3 and a senior majoring in theatre.

Zachaeus Kimbrell, a senior majoring in musical performance, describes the play as different from anything ever seen or done before. Kimbrell plays Character 6 and said that the eerie set and blackouts make the show seem like a horror movie.

“I love the fact that the characters are so open for [the actor’s] interpretation,” Kimbrell said.

“It’s up to the actors to interpret the basic story, how they got here, why they are here, and where they think are going.”

Kimbrell plays Character 6 but comes back as another character later.

“The two characters are in different mental and spiritual places,” he said. “My character goes through a major change, and I see it as his coming to terms with his sexuality.”

All proceeds from the opening night of “Blackout” will go to two charities. As a part of “Play

Eleven actors answering a casting call begin to read a script that seems to be more than what it appears in the opening scene of Alpha Psi Omegaʼs premier production of “Blackout.”

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for a Purpose,” proceeds will benefit the National Foundation for Cancer Research. Play for a Purpose is a nationwide campaign in which drama clubs and acting troupes designate one or more shows to raising awareness and funds for cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and life saving research.

Alpha Psi Omega is a nationally recognized honor society for students studying theatre.

Members of APO are continuously working to discover innovative methods of performance, understand classic and modern theatre, and support the work of their peers.

Proceeds from “Blackout” will also benefit the official philanthropy of the Gamma Gamma Cast of Alpha Psi Omega, West Alabama AIDs Outreach (WAAO). WAAO is a nonprofit outreach committed to educat-

ing the community about HIV/ AIDS and providing services for those affected by the disease.

The play will be showing today and Thursday in the Allen Bales Theatre at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $5 for general admission and can be purchased at the door.

For more information, contact Reagan Dickey at rdickey@ crimson.ua.edu, or visit bama. ua.edu/~apo.

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Outdoor Recreation will host its annual Gear Swap Friday from 1-5 p.m. The Gear Swap will take place at the Outdoor Recreation offices, located across the street from the varsity tennis complex.

They will sell road bikes, tents, sleeping bags, backpacks and more, and students are

invited to bring their own gear to sell as well.

Throughout the year, Outdoor Recreation leads groups of students, faculty, staff and Tuscaloosa community members on guided trips, and offers outdoor gear for rental.

This spring, Outdoor

Recreation offered trips to Ober Gatlinburg, Tenn., the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Rocktown, Ga., and the Nantahala River, N.C. For more information about upcoming trips or other activities, contact outdoor.recreation@ua.edu or visit urec. sa.ua.edu.

Creative writing club hosts high school reading The University of Alabama’s Creative Writing Club for High School Students is hosting their end-of-the-year reading today at 5 p.m. The reading will be held in Room 205 at Smith Hall and is free for anyone to attend.

Graduate students seeking their Masters of Fine Arts

in Creative Writing run the Creative Writing Club, and it is open to any high school student who has an interest in creative writing and wants to further their skills. High school students who are members of the club will be reading original work that they have put togeth-

er throughout the course of the semester.

This end-of-the-year reading is held every semester after teaching ends. Students also have the opportunity to submit their work to be included in the Creative Writing Club’s anthology of student work.

By Miranda Murphy Sports Reporter mjmurphy2@crimson.ua.edu

CW| UA Athletics Kayla Braud swings at a pitch earlier in the season. Braud is leading the Crimson Tide in batting with a .439 average.

Being a sophomore on the Alabama softball team wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop Kayla Braud from stepping up as the leadoff hitter when her team needs her to. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a true triple threat,â&#x20AC;? head coach Patrick Murphy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She can hit, drop down a bunt and slap it. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fast and left handed. She can do the three things, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we want out of a true leadoff hitter.â&#x20AC;?

Braud is currently leading the team with a .439 batting average and 69 hits. She also currently has an on-base percentage of .522.

Being the leadoff hitter comes with pressure, but Braud said that she welcomes it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I definitely like to play under pressure,â&#x20AC;? Braud said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It brings out the best or worst in a player.

I think I kind of live for those moments. They kind of define a player and I think when you succeed in those moments, it really shows that all of your hard work has paid off.â&#x20AC;?

Braud currently leads the team with 56 runs and 45 stolen bases. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a one of a kind athlete,â&#x20AC;?

Murphy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very fast and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got power with her bat. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s played great outfield defense for us this year and can steal a base anytime you want her to.â&#x20AC;?

Braud said she deals with the pressure of being the leadoff hitter by not focusing on herself but focusing on the team and their goals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think what keeps me

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focused is the overall goal to win the SEC Championship and the national championship,â&#x20AC;?

Braud said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been a dream of mine and my team. I look at my teammates and see them working hard and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what really drives and motivates me. We have a huge goal and I think we can accomplish it.â&#x20AC;?

Murphy said Braud takes coaching very well and leads the team with her example on the field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the beginning of the year, we asked the players what they would bring to the team as individuals,â&#x20AC;? Murphy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She said she was going to be a catalyst in a leadoff role and put pressure on the defense and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been awesome at it all year long.â&#x20AC;?

Braud finished with a .505 batting average last year. She said her scores these two seasons will build her confidence in the future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to get better and improve on some things that she needs to work on,â&#x20AC;?

Murphy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With experience, everyone gets better. Some kids go the opposite way, but I think she works hard enough and really wants to do good.â&#x20AC;?

Braud said she hopes her teammates can learn from her and how she handles the pressure put on her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the best thing I can do for my teammates is show a resilient attitude, hard work and confidence,â&#x20AC;? Braud said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not only can I do anything I want to do, but the rest of my team can do anything they want to. If I could give them any confidence, it would be the best thing in the world.â&#x20AC;?

COLUMN

Show student athletes the money

By Jasmine Cannon It seems as if the topic of whether or not college athletes should be paid arises every year, and rightfully so. As I was traveling to the Google search bar and typed in â&#x20AC;&#x153;college and athletes,â&#x20AC;? the first options that popped up were about college athletes getting paid. Time and time again, we hear of former college athletes speaking of the benefits that some sort of stipend would have brought.

Providing athletes with some sort of compensation for their hard work and dedication is something I see as plausible.

So, why not pay them?

I ran across an article from Imprint Magazine, where the writer feels as if college athletes should not be paid. One of the writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main points was that athletes should not be paid because all of their education is being paid for; he uses J.J. Redick and Duke paying him $31,000 as an example. He later goes on to say that companies like Nike should share a piece of their earnings with athletes for the paraphernalia they make millions of dollars off of.

I disagree and agree with some of the things he says. Yes, Redickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education is paid for, but what about the additional

funds one needs to make it on a day to day basis? Not every college athlete comes from an affluent family that can provide him or her money on a regular basis. I recently ran into an excollege athlete who was in obvious distress deriving from his college career. The words that came out of his mouth were something along the lines of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to college unless your parents have money.â&#x20AC;? Here was this 30-year-old man, driving around in a nice SUV, who was still upset about what he went through during and right after college. I take it he felt like he was property more than a person.

Furthermore, these athletes are not recruited based upon their academic prowess; they are first sought out because of their athletic ability and how they can benefit a collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program. It can be determined that student athletes are actually more athlete than student. A college athleteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entire school days revolve around their respective sport.

Yes, big companies like Nike should share a piece of their multi-million dollar pie with the athletes they are making this money from. This was talked about in the recent documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fab Fiveâ&#x20AC;? when

former Michigan basketball players talked about how they felt somewhat exploited. This exploitation was more than likely one of the reasons Chris Webber made the jump to the NBA early, where he probably felt like he was fairly rewarded for his efforts. But, the main benefactors of this plan would more than likely only be the popular players, like a star running back or fancy point guard.

What about the linemen that help make that running back a star; how many jerseys would they sell, honestly?

According to ncaa.org, college athletes are â&#x20AC;&#x153;not University employees paid for their labor.â&#x20AC;? I see this as totally contradicting the purpose of a scholarship. Arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t athletes receiving their scholarships for the work they put in? And they cannot slip up or take it easy, because each year there is no guarantee that the athlete will have the scholarship â&#x20AC;&#x201C; their contracts only last for a year.

The website also states that many athletes receive grantsin-aid; these grants are only for certain instances. I have heard some people say that athletes receive a small stipend each semester; further research allowed me to discover how true this is. Most athletic pro-

grams show up in the red at the end of each fiscal year, but that is not the fault of the athletes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they still do their duties. Maybe these programs need to spend

more wisely.

If everyone else is getting big bucks, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let the athletes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the reasons for the seasons â&#x20AC;&#x201D; get the whammy.

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By Mike Albanese Contributing Writer The No. 25 Alabama men’s track and field squad aims to keep their momentum from the UTEP Invitational and Mt. SAC Relays rolling as the prestigious Drake Relays draw near.

Before the Tide headed to Des Moines, Iowa, they competed in Oxford, Miss., in the Mississippi Open on April 23.

Alabama couldn’t have asked for a more perfect launching pad going into the Drake Relays as they posted some of their fastest times of the season.

The meet was highlighted by sophomore Kirani James.

James, the defending NCAA champion in the 400-meter, making his season debut in the event and continued his record-setting ways as he finished first in the event.

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James ran a 45.12, a new track record, eclipsing 2004 Olympian Kelly White’s record of 45.16. This year, his time was also the fourth fastest 400-meter time in the nation, as well as the fastest time in the Southeastern Conference.

Senior Emmanuel Bor was also impressive with a firstplace finish in the 1,500-meter with a time of 3:48.34. The 4x400 meter-relay squad made up of freshman Dwayne Extol, junior Bobby Onyeukwu, sophomore Joel Lynch, and James finished third in the event, posting a time of 3:08.65.

The Drake Relays will be a time of celebration as head coach Harvey Glance will be inducted into the Drake Relays Hall of Fame. He will be the first inductee to be inducted as both an athlete and coach.

“I’ve always been about making history,” Glance said.

“Anyone that knows me knows that I’ve always been very, very, highly competitive. I’ve never been one to seek publicity. I’ve always felt like that’s something you’ve got to earn, but it’s a great honor.”

Glance has accomplished just about all one can accomplish in the sport of track and field. He is a three-time Olympian, and in 1976 he won a gold medal. However, being inducted as a coach will mean more to him than being inducted as an athlete.

“Honestly, this will mean more than going in an athlete,” Glance said. “It means that I helped facilitate someone else as opposed to individual accomplishments.”

In recent years, one of the Tide’s best assets has been its relay team. With runners such as James, senior Fred Samoei, Emmanuel and Julius Bor, Alabama has been at the top

of most relay events they compete in.

However, this weekend Glance said they will be resting seniors Emmanuel and Julius Bor in preparation for the SEC Championships and Regionals.

Instead, the Tide will rely on their individual events to showcase their skills at the Drake Relays.

For the Tide to come out on top at the Drake Relays, they will need to rely on the consistency they’ve displayed throughout the entire season.

“We really need to show the consistency we’ve showed all year long,” Glance said. “We’ll change absolutely nothing towards preparation, because this is what we do week in and week out, trying to be consistent.”

The Drake Relays will take place on April 28-30 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.

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By Brett Hudson Contributing Writer All baseball teams in today’s competitive world need that one ace pitcher they can count on to keep the best of the best subdued. That starter is the one they turn to in the playoffs; he is the guy who puts together performances of epic proportions right when the team needs it most, and the guy that professional teams are throwing obnoxious amounts of money at to bring to their team.

For the Crimson Tide, that ace is Nathan Kilcrease, senior right-hander a job that he has embraced and done well.

“I take this role as an opportunity to learn something new every week,” Kilcrease said.

“I try to be a leader, lead by example week in and week out, and better myself for the betterment of the team.”

Kilcrease has been using his experience to help his younger teammates with the transition to big-time, Southeastern Conference baseball.

“Younger guys approach me and ask me how I grip certain pitches or how I approach certain situations mentally,” Kilcrease said.

The on-field, technical aspect of baseball isn’t what Kilcrease sees as his biggest impact on the team, though.

“My main goal is to motivate them, keep their spirits up,” Kilcrease said. “I tell them that I know we’re going through a tough stretch, but we’ll get through it. I mean, you have to believe you’re good, or you wouldn’t be here.”

Kilcrease has been a consistent performer for the Tide all season long, including having a 4-1 record and a 1.90 ERA at one point in the season.

His consistency hasn’t affected his big-time performance ability, pitching a com-

Tide preps for Drake Relays

By Jasmine Cannon Contributing Writer

Adam Kilcrease pitches a ball earlier in the season. Despite being listed at 5 feet 6 inches, Kilcrease has led the Crimson Tide as the Friday night starter. plete-game shutout against Kentucky on March 25 while tallying six strikeouts and not walking a single batter.

His stellar play has gotten him noticed by some teams in the MLB. “I talked to a few teams before the season started,” Kilcrease said. “I talked to the Royals, and a few others, too.

The Mariners and the Giants, and a few others.”

Looking into his future, size could be a problem for the Mini-Me of Alabama baseball, measuring at 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds,

according to rolltide.com.

“No one [with the MLB] talked about my size like that,” Kilcrease said. “They said, ‘Yeah, you’re undersized, but you have the ability to do this.’”

Despite the MLB’s vote of confidence, fans continue to break out their amateur standup comedy routines.

“I’ve heard my fair share of short jokes,” Kilcrease said.

“I’ve heard people say, ‘Cut the grass, [Kilcrease] can’t see the plate!’”

That doesn’t stop him from having a great sense of humor about it.

“I remember one time, we were at LSU last year,” Kilcrease said. “Some random guy in the stands stood up and yelled, ‘Now pitching, jockey No. 28…’ I thought that one was pretty funny.”

There are even stories of the players of visiting teams ridiculing Kilcrease’s height, then being blown away by his pitching.

Look for Kilcrease to pitch up to his competition against Mississippi State in Starkville this weekend, with a batting order that averages right at 6 feet tall.

After recording two firstplace finishes and 31 top-10 finishes in Oxford, Miss. at the Mississippi Open last weekend, the women’s track team heads to Des Moines, Iowa to compete in the Drake Relays.

“We had a great meet,” head coach Sandy Fowler said.

“The team is positive, they’re upbeat, and they’re ready to bring it into Drake and SECs. And they know what Drake means.”

Senior Kim Laing said, “This last track meet really gave us some confidence going into Drake. We had a lot of good performances. I think the girls are feeling positive and confident that we can really defend some of the titles that we have at Drake and look to improve going on to SECs.” Alabama is ranked No. 2 behind Nebraska in number of relays won. The Tide wins one every year, but Fowler says that this year they want to win more than one. Runners are set to compete in races including the sprint medley, distance medley, 4x100 and the 4x200.

The Tide will have three throwers—Meghan Austin, Brittany Hines and Bekah Hoppis—competing in the javelin throw. Chloe Hetherton and Kia Wansley will both be in the triple jump competition.

Kelsey Johnson will be competing in the 5000-meter run, and Kim Laing will be running in the 100-meter hurdle, shuttle hurdle relay, and 4x100 relay. Laing looks to reclaim her spot at Drake as the No. 1 hurdler and looks for her and her team members to defend their shuttle relay title.

In Iowa, the team expects to compete against other top tier talents, which will prove to

be a challenge, but it will also give team members a chance to measure themselves.

“This is a chance for them to see some other people—some other people who are possibly on the list for nationals,” Fowler said. “We don’t see some of those schools in the Midwest and West that come into that meet. So, it’s a chance to really get excited and to compete against somebody else.”

Fowler said there were six athletes who had personal bests at the Mississippi Open.

Every Tide player competing in the hammer throw finished in the top 10. Leigh Gilmore led the way in the 1,500-meter run with a personal best time.

Gilmore was also the Tide’s top finisher in the 800 meter run. Laing came in first in the 100-meter hurdles, while the 4x400 relay team made up of Camilla Armstead, Shani Chandler, Talaya Owens and Devon Romero came in first running a seasonal best of 3:42.50.

“We’re looking to running faster times, throwing farther marks and jumping farther,” Johnson said. “We’re looking to improve each week from our past performances and gear up for our SEC championship meet.”

The Drake Relays will be the Tide’s final competition before the Southeastern Conference tournament.

“I would really like to see them get their personal bests because this is it,” Fowler said.

“We have the week off between Drake and SECs, so this is your meet. If you want to know where you stand, you need to lay it out there on the track— lay it out there on the circle, lay it out there on the runway.

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