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Football film goes digital should be done,” Gaddy said. Another unknown variable is the amount of money it would take to convert decades worth of footage. “People always ask how much it is going to cost, but we really don’t By Briana Harris have a good handle on that yet,” Contributing Writer Gaddy said. “But I do know that it In the Paul W. Bryant is going to require a major amount Museum on the University of money and a tremendous amount of Alabama campus, there of time to transfer this stuff into the sits a room with 32 rows of digital age.” Gaddy predicts that switch could shelves that extend to the ceiling, containing athletic take 10 to 20 years. This project will require a commitfootage that dates back to ment from the University to see this the 1920s. Five years ago, the process through to the end, he said. Reginald Reed, a University student at UA, said he decided it believes UA will invest would start the necessary funds exploring I think the University will into the project. ways to coninvest in digitizing the old “I think the vert all of the footage so that it will be University will invest old footage into protected in the case that in digitizing the old a digital format. something happens and footage so that it will The switch be protected in the destroys the film. includes the case that something more than happens and destroys 100,000 photos —Reginald Reed the film,” Reed said. UA athletics has “If all the footage is amassed over the digitized, it could outyears. live the University.” Ken Gaddy, Gaddy and his colleagues at the director of the Bryant Museum, said as technology changes and museum have consulted with peradvances, the museum must do sonnel at NASCAR who have experience with effectively converting, the same. Although the desired outcome is preserving and accessing all of the clear, the way to get there still to be footage. Gaddy said preserving and accessing the footage will be the bigdetermined. “I guess you could say we are gest challenge. in the learning process and figurSEE FILM PAGE 5 ing out what can be done and what
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Sorority rush numbers at record high Over 1,900 women expected to attend By Katie Thurber Contributing Writer For the past two years, the University of Alabama has hosted the largest sorority recruitment in the nation. This year, UA’s reputation for prominent greek life will persevere, with the largest Panhellenic sorority recruitment class in UA history. In fall of 2011, 1,710 women participated in the first round of open house at the beginning of rush week. According to Kat Gillan, director of Greek Affairs, the projected number
of women participating in Fall 2012 rush is over 1,900. Caroline Campbell, Panhellenic director of recruitment, said she’s looking forward to welcoming such a big recruitment class. “It is with great excitement and honor that I have had the opportunity to be such an integral part of the largest recruitment held at the University of Alabama,” she said. “I, along with Panhellenic executive council and Greek Affairs staff, have eagerly watched the increasing numbers of registrants during the summer months.” SEE RUSH PAGE 6
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Twelve hours after the shooting, Nathan Van Wilkins, 44 and a resident of nearby Northport, was charged with 18 counts of attempted murder, having also fired into a By Mazie Bryant house in his hometown. News Editor For many Tuscaloosa residents The recent mass shootings and UA students, the Alabama in downtown Tuscaloosa and state law that allows anyone to Aurora, Colo., have sparked much open carry, or to visibly show, a gun without a debate over the permit became a Founding Fathers’ frightening realbelief in every ization. American’s innate Guns can kill people in an “Guns can right to bear instant...tons of people in an kill people in an arms, 225 years instant. instant...tons after they first of people in an enacted it into — Elizabeth Burns instant, if you law as the 2nd consider how conAmendment to fined of an area the United States the bar was [in Constitution. Early on the morning of Tuscaloosa] and how jam-packed Tuesday, July 17, video cameras the theater was [in Colorado],” caught a man walking toward Elizabeth Burns, a junior majorTemerson Square in downtown ing in accounting, said. “It turns Tuscaloosa with a gun at 12:19 a.m. the carefree and fun spirit of going Minutes later, the man opened out to a bar or to a movie into a fire on Copper Top bar, injuring terrible experience.” 18 people, three of whom were University of Alabama students. SEE SHOOTING PAGE 6
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Single-car accident kills UA student while in Gulf Shores By Katherine Owen Staff Reporter University of Alabama student Jonathan Ray Taylor died Thursday, July 12. Taylor, from Saraland, Ala., was 22 years old. According to a post on al.com, Taylor died in a one-car accident in Gulf Shores early that Thursday morning. Taylor, a construction engineering major, attended Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala., for two years before transferring to the University of Alabama. Taylor’s online obituary on the Dignity Memorial website attributes Taylor as being an “avid sportsman” who loved outdoors sports such as hunting and fishing. The obituary described him as “full of life” and as having “loved to make people smile.” The guestbook for Taylor, kept online for friends and family to post in, was filled with sympathy. Relatives and those who knew Taylor cited his
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Former Alabama defensive lineman Marty Lyons was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame Saturday evening during a dinner held at the Century Center Convention Center in South Bend, Ind., that served as the culmination of the National Football Foundation’s two-day Enshrinement Festival. Lyons, a native of Pinellas Park, Fla., was one of the Crimson Tide’s great defensive linemen who played for Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant from 1976-78. He was a consensus AllAmerican in 1978 and a two-time All-SEC selection in 1977 and 1978. Lyons became the 23rd Alabama player or coach to be selected into the College Football Hall of Fame, joining
UA greats such as Bryant, Cornelius Bennett, John Hannah, Frank Howard, Lee Roy Jordan, Woodrow Lowe, Johnny Musso, Ozzie Newsome and Gene Stallings. Lyons, who was part of “The Goal Line Stand” in the 1979 Sugar Bowl, helped the Crimson Tide turn back Penn State 14-7 to capture the 1978 national championship. He made 59 tackles, with five tackles for loss, in 1977 to earn firstteam All-SEC honors before turning in a dominating senior campaign. Lyons’ 1978 season included consensus All-American and AllSEC honors after recording 119 tackles and 15 tackles for loss. He served as a defensive captain for the 1978 national championship team and was selected to the Tide’s Team of the Century and to the alldecade team of the 1970s.
WASHINGTON — Sally Ride, the first U.S. woman to travel to space, died Monday at age 61, her company and NASA said. She had suffered pancreatic cancer for 17 months, her company said in a statement. Ride’s 1983 flight aboard the shuttle Challenger on a sixday mission that deployed two satellites made her the first American woman in space. “The memories to me are as if it was yesterday,” Ride said in a NASA video marking the 25th anniversary of her flight. She described the first glimpse of Earth from space as “just a spectacular view, and a chance to see our planet as a planet, which very few people have the opportunity to do.” A year later, Ride flew on a second eight-day shuttle mission that launched the first satellite to study the effect of greenhouse gases on the Earth’s atmosphere. That was the first flight to include two women and, with five astronauts, was at the time the largest crew to have flown in a shuttle. “Sally Ride broke barriers with grace and professionalism – and literally changed the face of America’s space program,” NASA administrator Charles Bolden said. “The nation has lost one of its finest leaders, teachers and explorers.” Ride joined NASA in 1978 in the first astronaut training class to include women. She was preceded into
space by two Soviet women – the first woman to travel to space, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, had made the trip in 1963. President Barack Obama called Ride “a national hero and a powerful role model.” “She inspired generations of young girls to reach for the stars and later fought tirelessly to help them get there by advocating for a greater focus on science and math in our schools,” he said. After leaving NASA in 1989, she became a professor at the University of California at San Diego and sought to encourage girls to pursue careers in science through her company, Sally Ride Science. She also wrote children’s books on space and science. Ride was to have flown a third time on a shuttle flight that was canceled after the 1986 Challenger explosion. Instead, she served on the investigation boards that looked into the disaster and later did the same after the 2003 Columbia shuttle accident. In 2009, she helped set the course for NASA’ s space program in a review of human spaceflight plans that led Obama to scrap a planned return to the moon and instead shift some flights to commercial operators in order to allow NASA to focus on farther destinations, such as an asteroid and, ultimately, Mars. Ride was born in 1951 in Los Angeles and earned four academic degrees, including a doctorate in physics from Stanford University.
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UA grad competes in top 20 of ‘SYTYCD’ on FOX By Katherine Owen Staff Reporter Having made it to the top 20 in FOX’s hit show “So You Think You Can Dance,” Janelle Issis may think she can dance, but her advisors and peers say they know she can. Issis, a University of Alabama graduate, competes weekly in the ninth season of the show and has currently made it through the first round of eliminations in the top 20. Isis has performed twice as part of the top 20, first performing an African jazz choreographed piece, and in the next episode, a hip-hop dance, according to FOX’s website. “I think her strength is being able to adapt,” Cornelius Carter, director of the dance program at UA, said. “That’s the hardest thing that comes along with this field – when you have to be able to do ballet, modern, jazz, ballroom – and not everybody is able to adapt.” Carter worked with Issis for the four years she was at UA and said she was dedicated to the curriculum. “She came in with very little training,” Carter said. “She’s a perfect example of someone who came in and really took advantage of the dance curriculum that was offered to her. It was really challenging, but she stuck with it.” Carter said he knows what he asks of the students is quite demanding, but he wants the dance majors to be able to leave and be “on top of their game.” He said Issis did just that. “She was really willing to fight for her position,” he said. “She earned her space.” Carter said it is Issis’ drive that has gotten her this far. “What I look for in students, it’s not about who’s the best at
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dedicating herself to the story of her dances. She is extremely inspiring.” Holly Gray, a senior dance major, met Issis during her freshman year at the University. “She definitely took on a mentor role, and she pushed me to my personal limits,” Gray said. “I’ve never met someone to push me the way she did.” Issis also introduced Gray to belly dancing. “She opened me up to the world of belly dancing, which gave me an appreciation for a completely different style,” Gray said. “She showed me what drive was all about and having such dedication to your passion. She showed me that with that, you can achieve whatever you want.” Carter agreed. “The sky really is the limit for Janelle at this moment,” he said. “After you get that national recognition, God knows where she can end up.”
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Students help analyze faculty discoveries for potential profits By Ashley Tripp Contributing Writer University of Alabama students are getting first access to certain faculty discoveries and inventions as a way for the Office for Technology Transfer to evaluate the new patents’ potential applications and marketing. “A positive outcome of the OTT is that University investment in developing faculty member research provides faculty members the opportunity to benefit both the University and their students,
as well as to personally augment their income, all within the University setting,” Clark Midkiff, one of the faculty representatives for OTT, said. These students are divided into groups of four to five called “triage teams,” which include an undergraduate Honors student, an MBA marketing student, a law student and a graduate student from the chemistry or engineering programs. Once the teams sign non-disclosure agreements, the groups are given three to four weeks to evaluate a given discovery
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The mass shooting that took place in Aurora, Colo., during the midnight premiere of the newest “Batman” installment has conjured up many emotions throughout the nation. The first, most natural and most important emotion felt is intense grief. The victims and families affected by the unexplainable violence are the ultimate priority. There is little to reconcile their losses, but prayers, donations and comforting words have been offered in attempts from those all over the country. In a continuing attempt to comfort, many then look for answers. The “how?” and “why?” behind the massacre are scrutinized, resulting in theories, debates and more questions. James Holmes was arrested on the scene, leading to more pinpointed questions about his motive. His race, intellectual experience and lack of criminal history are circumscribed with speculations, and his
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with intense scenes of guninduced deaths. The violence in these films and others, as well as TV shows and video games, has reached a state of normalcy for many of us, even classified as “entertainment.” I myself enjoy the “Bourne” series, and I’m planning on seeing “The Dark Knight Rises” this coming weekend. But when the violence we see on the screen breaks the fourth wall and turns into reality, there is a stark difference, void of any entertainment. Before we start to blame the guns (rather than the people behind them) and the free choice to own them (which is in the Constitution), we should consider what images of guns are most common to Americans. Most will probably revert to the images on the screen in front of us, rather than the ranch or skeet range miles away. The correlation between the violence on the screen and the violence of James Holmes does not justify his actions. The victims were innocent and unarmed, and the suspect’s actions were beyond horrendous. My prayers continue to reside with the community of Aurora. Yet Americans must realize we are becoming an increasingly violent country. Consistently surrounding ourselves with images of death and destruction threatens to desensitize us even further. Unfortunately, it’s only until instances like that of Aurora, and Tuscaloosa earlier last week, that make us realize what a gunshot actually means.
recent appearance in court has seemed to create even more confusion to onlookers. The logistics behind the attack, involving assault rifles and toxic gases, then sparked a new debate as to how he attained these. And the gun control debate has been reenergized just in time for the upcoming election. But the argument has more than likely reached a standstill because, while access to weapons like guns is seemingly easy in America, the right to bear arms is an amendment – a sticky situation both parties will purposefully skirt around. Yet amidst the horror of innocent deaths, crazy killers and gun violence, many still sidled into the movie theaters to watch the Hollywood flick, one that coincidently was filled with innocent deaths, crazy killers and guns, bombs and violence. And “Batman” is not alone. A new “Bourne Identity” movie is on its way, along with action flicks like “The Expendables” and SoRelle Wyckoff is the Opinions “Assassins Bullet,” all filled Editor of The Crimson White.
Idea of legacy can lead to oversights By Henry Downes In our society, sports coaches and university administrators are in positions of incredible power. They are charged with the shaping of young minds and are called to mold impressionable students into men and women of character – it is essentially their job to form the next generation of leaders in the community. With such power comes great responsibility because, as history proves, the power to build is often concurrent with the power to destroy. In college sports, as in other areas of life, such awesome power is derived from money. In this pseudo-amateur world where the pursuit of profit rules, football is undoubtedly king. Football-related revenues allow most athletic programs to remain financially solvent (and potentially wildly profitable) and usually serve to subsidize athletic opportunities in other sports, the majority of which hemorrhage monetary losses annually. Big time football programs rake in an embarrassment of riches – from the gaudy television contracts to the 100-thousand seat sellout stadiums to the jerseys and T-shirts and foam fingers – and this gives them unparalleled power. Real positive dividends often result from the big business of football, since much of the generated revenues don’t just stay in athletic department coffers. A significant amount of this money is used to give back to universities by funding scholarships and academic programs for non-athletes. Also, large programs tend to attract higher caliber students and more generous alumni contributions for their university over time. There is an unmistakable correlation between winning football and the quality and quantity of applicants – it certainly is no accident that Alabama’s football rejuvenation under Nick Saban has coincided with unprecedented growth at the University. These facts generally dominate the ways in which college football fans like to think about their programs – they are fun to watch, sure, but they are also
benefactors to the public good and the community. All too often, however, shocking overreaches of power by our beloved coaches and administrators shatter this ideal. Sometimes, these individuals become so delusional they go to unimaginably horrible
profitability. Sandusky is in jail for life, Paterno is dead and the replacement wave of Penn State higher-ups are doing all they can to distance themselves from this tragic era. Still, the JoePa apologists maintain unflinchingly that “he was a good man
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lengths to preserve their athletic empire. Penn State is the poster child for the abuses that inevitably result when unchecked power runs amok. Everyone on the coaching staff and many University higher-ups were aware for years of the crimes of Jerry Sandusky, but turning a blind eye was seen as the only feasible option at the time. In Happy Valley, where football is religion, Joe Paterno was a god; to question him was to question the powerful moneymaking machine that was Penn State football, and to follow through in prosecuting Sandusky’s terrible misdeeds would have endangered the cash cow that was the Penn State brand. So, nothing was done. The unfathomable gall Sandusky displayed by sexually abusing children within the same facility where he kept an office as “Professor Emeritus” is matched only by the tragic brazenness Paterno and others exhibited for 14 years in their elaborate cover-up scheme. These men thought they were untouchable, and, for over a decade, they were. Paterno was protecting his legacy, and school administrators were protecting their profits. As long as word never got out, the University had nothing to lose. The young victims, of course, lost so much. On Monday, the NCAA’s hammer came down on Penn State football, levying harsh penalties which will cripple the program for years to come and will certainly do significant damage to the Athletic Department’s
who just made a mistake.” While this may or may not be true, it is saddening that there has been a larger outpouring of sympathy for Paterno and his family in the wake of the scandal than for the innocent victims. As the Paterno statue came down on Sunday, a chant of “We Are Penn State!” erupted from the crowd, followed by a man crying, “We love you, Joe!” In their minds, the fans are still protecting the image and the legacy of Penn State – they are fighting against an ever-growing onslaught of criminal investigations, media damnation and public disgust. However, I hope they haven’t forgotten, like many of us apparently have, what this whole thing is really about: the repeated sexual abuse of innocent children by a man in power, and a university’s unanimous choice to turn look the other way. The Penn State saga ought to be remembered as a cautionary tale for us as we return to our normal lives as college football fans this fall – a testament to the dangers of the sport’s runaway power culture. No one man can be bigger than a program or bigger than a university. Good men – corrupted by unchecked power, blinded by the profit motive, and hypnotized by dreams of a “legacy” – become monsters. History has shown that if power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. For the victims’ sake, we can no longer accept looking the other way. Henry Downes is a columnist for The Crimson White and sophomore majoring in economics.
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Chick-fil-A alienating customers with stance on same-sex marriage By Austin Gaddis
I don’t have to start this column by telling you about the delicious perfection of a Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich. You already know that. Divine inspiration is truly the only logical explanation for the revolutionary idea of marinating chicken in pickle juice. I’ve always admired the chain’s consistent expectation for employees to treat customers with the highest respect. There really is no other place today where you receive a smiling “my pleasure” after every single thank you. With Chick-fil-A, it’s always been the little things that make the experience worthwhile. But Dan Cathy, company president, sat down with the Baptist Press last week and was asked about the franchise’s strong support of the “traditional family” – the company donated over $2 million to anti-gay groups in 2010 – to which Cathy shot back a quick, “guilty as charged.” He elaborated further by saying, “We are very much supportive of the family – the Biblical definition of the family unit.” While I don’t dispute that He made additional comments on marriage and corporations, like individufamily during a later radio als, certainly have a right to interview, saying, “I think freely support any ideology we are inviting God’s judgor issue, it seems to be a bad ment on our nation when business model to willingly we shake our fist at Him alienate a large faction of and say, ‘We know better consumers. than you as to what constitutes a marriage,’ and I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about.” Cathy’s comments quickly prompted an outpouring of both support and outrage, many calling his comments callous, insensitive and unnecessary. Since the comments, The Jim Henson Company became the first major company to permanently sever ties with Chick-fil-A for the franchise’s opposition to same-sex marriage. In addition, the company’s CEO instructed that all money received by Chick-fil-A would be donated to GLAAD, a pro-gay rights group. Many other groups have called for a boycott of the fast-food chain, while others, like Mike Huckabee, have declared a Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day to combat recent “vicious hate speech and intolerant bigotry” aimed at the company. It seems everyone has an opinion on the makers of the chicken sandwich. Strangely enough, it seems Cathy’s vision for Chickfil-A’s stark and very public opposition to same-sex marriage has only come along recently. When Cathy was asked about his company’s antigay stance late last year, he appropriately diffused the charge by saying, “We’re not anti-anybody. Our mission is to create raving fans.” It’s apparent that in such a short time, Cathy has forgotten that mission. Corporate advocacy is not a new concept. Many companies attempt to influence and support legislation that falls in line with company values and interests. And in some cases, the legislation that the companies support may not necessarily be reflective of the values held by a broad range of consumers. But with a great deal of attention being placed on social issues this election year, many companies are taking a clear stance on diversity and acceptance in their corporate atmosphere. Google recently launched a new worldwide campaign to legalize and recognize same-sex marriage called “Legalize Love.” Google joins JC Penney, Kraft Foods and Starbucks for having all recently faced criticism and threats of boycotts from far-right groups for their support of equality and acceptance inside and outside the workplace. But with numerous polls showing Americans becoming significantly more supportive of marriage equality, these boycott attempts and calls for a recant of support gain almost no traction and look increasingly foolish. While I don’t dispute that corporations, like individuals, certainly have a right to freely support any ideology or issue, it seems to be a bad business model to willingly alienate a large faction of consumers. Chick-fil-A’s job should be to make delicious chicken sandwiches, not serve as a surrogate for one of the nation’s most divisive issues. In a day where it seems everything is politicized, I’d like to think that my Spicy Deluxe combo and lemonade could offer a shred of normalcy – not a channel for intolerance. Cathy’s comments haven’t stopped me from ever eating at Chick-fil-A again, but I have lost confidence and respect in an organization that claims to be based on following and emulating a loving and accepting God. Chick-fil-A executives should display the same amount of respect for customers that they expect out of their employees, easily creating raving fans of all backgrounds.
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Austin Gaddis is a senior columnist majoring in communication studies and public relations.
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A University of Alabama program will receive a $75,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to provide more resources to entrepreneurs in West Alabama, Gov. Robert Bentley announced last week. The Alabama Entrepreneurial Research Network is a UA program that provides assistance to entrepreneurs by opening AERN Centers in local communities, Mary Patterson, outreach coordinator for AERN, said. These centers allow entrepreneurs access to computers, business planning software and business resource books. AERN Centers also conduct business workshops, provide business owners with access to services at Bruno Business Library on the UA campus and train chamber directors and economic development directors on how to assist business owners. Patterson said it has been a rewarding experience to know she and her team are helping entrepreneurs make sound business decisions. “I am excited to be a part of helping small
Film digitalization could take 20 years FILM FROM PAGE 1 “We have to go from old formats to modern formats but still preserve it and still be able to deliver it to those who request the footage,” Gaddy said. “Preservation and access are the two major components, and they are always competing with each other. Sometimes when you access it, you’re not really preserving it because of wear and tear and those sorts of things.” David Mize, audiovisual specialist at Bryant Museum, said the plan is to save the footage in standard definition, and if someone wants footage in high definition, they would have to do that using their own resources. “The whole HD world would
businesses succeed in rural Alabama,” she said. Bentley serves as the co-chairman of The Appalachian Regional Commission, which is a federal-state supplemental grant program that aims to raise the standard of living, improve the quality of life and promote economic development in the Appalachian mountain region, a press release stated. In the press release, Bentley said he praises AERN for their efforts to help entrepreneurs grow their business. “I commend the University for partnering with local governments and chambers of commerce in West Alabama to help residents turn ideas into viable businesses,” he said. “Expanding business opportunities in low-income rural areas of Alabama is essential for creating jobs and improving the quality of life.” In addition to the money awarded by the Appalachian Regional Commission, AERN’s partner agencies, as well as the University, will award funds to AERN. The Alabama Entrepreneurial Research Network will receive a total of more than $109,000 in grant money to facilitate new centers in Lamar and Hale counties, as well as to provide support to seven existing centers for one year, Patterson said.
“All expenditures are precisely planned and documented according to the grant guidelines to achieve the desired outcomes of creating and expanding businesses, retaining jobs and producing leveraged private investments,” she said. It is important that entrepreneurs have access to the latest resources and information in order to compete in today’s global economy, Patterson added. Michael Hardin, dean of the Culverhouse College of Commerce, said AERN deserves tremendous credit for the work being done in their centers. “The Appalachian Regional Commission could not have found a better investment for that money, and the people in these communities really respect UA and the program,” Hardin said. Patterson said she is thankful Judy Bonner supports the program, and Hardin has the vision to expand AERN to reach more aspiring entrepreneurs. “We are achieving results that greatly improve people’s lives, and we are constantly seeking feedback from entrepreneurs as to how we can provide more assistance,” Patterson said. For assistance from AERN, visit their website, www.aern.cba.ua.edu.
“ We want to be the leader in digital format. We want to do it the right way the first time. — David Mize
just complicate things even further,” Mize said. Gaddy and Mize also acknowledged database management as being a key issue, as well. It would require a lot of hard drive space in order to house so much footage. “We don’t even have enough hard drive to cover 15 percent of the most important stuff,” Mize said.
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this goal. “We want to be the leader in digital format,” he said. “We want to do it the right way the first time.”
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the largest regatta in the country, the Head of the Hooch, and placed second in a regional comJohn Canada has certainly petition. To be as good as they wasted no time in his college are, team members practice as career. In his two years at the early as possible, usually startUniversity of Alabama, he has ing at 4:30 a.m. They’re usually done more than many seniors done by 7:30 a.m., and Canada as far as research and involve- said he makes it just in time for ment go, and he has no plans to stop. “So far, I have put in a lot of Nothing is worse than the work at Bama,” he said. “I’ve enjoyed every minute of my feeling of not living up to time at the University, and I’ll do your goals because you were it again in a heartbeat.” too tired to do your work or The rising junior is a member you had more interesting of a chemistry research team things to do. led by Professor Robin Rogers, a world-renowned researcher in — John Canada ionic liquids and green chemistry. Through his involvement with the team, Canada has been able to present his research at his 8 a.m. classes. two international conferenc“On good days, I was getting es, one of which was the 17th three hours of sleep per night,” United Nations Conference of Canada said. “I’d wake up at 4:30 Parties on climate change in to go to practice, get back at 7:30 Durban, South Africa. Canada to shower, eat and go to classes was one of five undergraduates from 8 to 1, then go to the lab nationwide to represent the and do one last workout at the American Chemical Society. Rec. I’d get back at night do Canada was also part of the my homework, take a nap and technology transfer team in an repeat.” international youth organizaCanada said that, despite an tion to try to petition the UN incredible amount of hard work, for the transfers of certain pat- he doesn’t regret any of it. ented technologies to develop“Sometimes, I admit, it was ing countries. During this con- hard to stay motivated, espeference, he created a workshop cially when my friends were to help Chinese and American able to go partying, and I obviyouth delegates work together ously wasn’t,” he said. “But you for this cause. However, his just have to keep your eye on the world peace plans had to be put prize and keep going. Nothing on hold for the details of college is worse than the feeling of not life. living up to your goals because “Unfortunately, I couldn’t you were too tired to do your stay for the workshop I set up work or you had more interestbecause I had to come back to ing things to do.” Bama for exam week,” he said. Canada eventually plans to Canada is also an officer of the become a patent lawyer and UA Crew men’s rowing team, continue to change the world, which recently placed third in one stroke at a time.
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Numbers force rush week to be extended RUSH FROM PAGE 1 However, having such a large number of participants means some changes to the structure of recruitment. To accommodate the increased number for this year, some rush requirements, such as a recommended grade point average, were amended. Individual chapters of sororities usually have their own specific GPA requirements for their incoming class, but according to Gillan, all women planning on participating in this fall’s recruitment are encouraged to have at least a 3.0 high school or college GPA. Because of limited space, women with GPAs lower than a 3.0 will likely have fewer options. Also, because of record-breaking numbers, modifications were made to the formal recruitment
schedule. Originally scheduled philanthropic efforts. for the week of Aug. 11 through However, the growth of greek Aug. 18, rush week will now organizations ultimately means begin Friday, Aug. 10, with early the growth of their resources. move-in available for Thursday, The newest Panhellenic organiAug. 9, making the typically zation, the UA chapter of Delta weeklong event Gamma sorority, well over that. will soon have a Changes also place to call their It is evident that our greek may have to be own. The Beta Psi community is continuing to made to each chapter of Delta grow in size and strength, chapter’s quota, Gamma was and I cannot think of a more or number of recolonized in fall exciting time to join a greek women it can of 2011, but until accept into its now did not have organization here at the pledge class. Last a specific house. Capstone. fall, the freshTheir new house man quota was will be finished — Olivia Hunnicutt 73. According to the week of Aug. Greek Affairs, 1 and will be used this fall’s quota is speculated to in the formal recruiting process. be 100. Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma This fall, chapters will not Delta and Delta Delta Delta also have a craft activity as part have housing facilities under of their Philanthropy Day, construction, but they will not which is a change from years be finished in time for this year’s past. Instead, they will show recruitment. videos or give presentations Olivia Hunnicutt, president of about their local and national the Panhellenic council, is excit-
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a packed movie theater in Aurora, Colo., turned to mass chaos when an armed man burst through an emergency exit, opening fire on the crowd SHOOTING FROM PAGE 1 of viewers at the midnight Just after midnight on the premiere of “The Dark Knight morning of Friday, July 20, Rises.�
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Minutes later, police arrested James Holmes, a 24-yearold neuroscience graduate student at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. Twelve people were killed, and 58 were wounded in the massacre. Similar to the law in Alabama, Colorado law states that a person must have a permit to carry a concealed weapon. In the wake of the shootings, Alabama Open Carry, an organization dedicated to the preservation of the 2nd Amendment and the Constitution in general, held a statewide event in Tuscaloosa to educate members about gun laws and rights in the state. The event, which had already been planned prior to the shootings, took place on Saturday, July 21, at the Northport Civic Center. “We want the same thing that everybody else in the United States and Alabama want, and that’s to live in peace,� said Eddie Fulmer, regional coordinator for Alabama Open Carry and
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organizer of the Alabama Gun Rights Tuscaloosa Meet Up event. “The only way we can live in peace is to be strong enough to be able to deter any criminal element or act that comes before us.� Fulmer, who has open carried his gun for two-and-a-half years, believes that if citizens had had guns on them in the Colorado movie theater or near Copper Top, many lives would have been saved. “We don’t want people to go on emotions because there’s a lot of emotions going on after a shooting spree like that happens, but we should go on facts. Those are very few and far between. And, realistically speaking, an armed citizen deters a lot of crime,� he said. Phillip Harding, who has been carrying a gun for two years, is the state director of Alabama Students for Concealed Carry, and his goal is for students to be able to obtain a permit in order to protect themselves against “violent crime that runs rampant in gun-free zones across the state.� “In a defense scenario, an
openly carried firearm can be drawn and fired far more quickly and accurately than one which is concealed,� Harding said. “However, to my knowledge, both establishments had no-carry rules in place that affected the patrons’ ability to carry a firearm legally. “The Copper Top bar in Tuscaloosa is an establishment that serves alcohol, which is a type of establishment that the rules go fuzzy on. It is also my understanding that the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora is owned and operated by Cinemark, who has a no-weapons policy in effect at all of its locations. I have heard that many gun owners have been ejected from their theaters because they were carrying a legal firearm and that a few organizations have called them out on their policy, citing that it creates a haven for the criminally-minded to target.� Auburn University has the only school-recognized chapter of Students for Concealed Carry in the state. Harding is still looking to create stable
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chapters at his school, the University of South Alabama, as well as the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Huntsville. Although proponents of gun rights say carrying a weapon is a defensive measure and a deterrent to crime, many still believe anyone carrying a gun could cause a crime. “I almost feel like guns should be illegal outside of one’s home,� Burns said. “I can understand having one at home for safety, but carrying one around is scary. You never know what people are going to do with one. “I feel like guns are something that only experts should operate, and I don’t trust gun licenses. Personally, I think police should protect us, instead of relying on someone we don’t know or someone who may actually turn out to be a criminal.� Fulmer disagreed. “We want people to take responsibility for themselves; we don’t want to depend on law enforcement,� he said. “Law enforcement’s not there at the time you need them.�
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By Matt Ford The final film in Christopher Nolan’s iconic Batman trilogy premiered last weekend, with much acclaim and profit. It was a box office hit, with its opening weekend earning over $160 million, and it broke the record for a 2D/IMAX midnight premiere by grossing $30.6 million. The film has done well domestically, as well as internationally, despite the nation’s sorrow surrounding the shootings during the film’s midnight premiere in Aurora, Colo. “The Dark Knight Rises” was a highly anticipated film even before preproduction began, in part due to the monumental success of its predecessor, “The Dark Knight.” Having now seen the film, I must say Nolan does an excellent job of finishing up the trilogy in his own mind-blowing cinematic style for which he has become renowned. I won’t spoil any
details for anyone who has yet to see the movie, but I will say I found the ending to be an appropriate and realistic finale for the series. Going into the film, I wasn’t too sure about some of the cast, particularly Anne Hathaway, since I have usually seen her play happier or goofier roles. However, I was pleasantly surprised to see all of the actors in the movie truly deliver with their characters, especially the female roles. Marion Cotillard, who is well known from Nolan’s “Inception,” and Hathaway give strong performances that are believable and captivating. Christian Bale is just as powerful in this portrayal of Bruce Wayne as in the past and seems more humanized and emotional near the end. My only qualm with the acting was the antagonist, Bane. While I enjoyed Tom Hardy’s depiction of the criminal, I found it difficult to understand
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much of his dialogue because his mask muffled the character’s speech. I only understood roughly half of everything Bane said. There were some continuity issues with his plan, as well. I won’t go into detail for the sake of those who have yet to see it, but Bane’s plan ultimately didn’t make much sense to stop Batman and destroy Gotham. He took multiple unnecessary
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risks, and in many ways, came across as a cliché villain. In my opinion, “The Dark Knight Rises” was overhyped prior to its release. Audiences were largely expecting a movie that would be as good as or excel above “The Dark Knight,” which the final film does not do. While it is a wildly entertaining and accomplished cinematic feat, it does little to top its predecessor as a truly iconic film. It has several plot ties with the first film, “Batman Begins,” that seem to connect the two
on the same playing field. Both are great films, and I highly recommend them. But they do not surpass the cinematic quality of “The Dark Knight” – it stands alone in its own category. If you’re wondering whether or not to spend the money, I recommend going to see “The Dark Knight Rises,” especially if you’re already a fan of Nolan’s Batman trilogy. It is a fitting ending to a magnificent story and accomplishes the basic goal of any film the audience pays money to see. It entertains.
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Local musician Ham Bagby releases album MOVIES After putting many years of his Southern rock, countryR&B flavor into bars across Tuscaloosa, Ham Bagby has recently released his third record, “‘Sh!t’s Crucial’ is Track 7.” Bagby began like many musicians: in the garage with his friends. Now a husband and father, Bagby continues to play professionally for the love of performing. “You start out playing with your friends, then you start meeting people, and you end up playing with complete strangers,” Bagby said. “It kind of becomes a profession, and it becomes totally different, but I really want to hold on to the feeling of hanging out with my friends 20 years
ago. I still love playing guitar as much as I did back then.” Bagby’s seven-song record can be listened to for free and purchased at bandcamp.com. His crowd favorite, “Sh!t’s Crucial,” was recorded live in front of an audience. His love of performing and his funny song lyrics keep the crowds coming at nearly every bar in town. “I just love performing and playing in front of a crowd, and sometimes they don’t know you, and they don’t know what to expect,” Bagby said. “I like the applause and people saying they enjoyed it after the show. I don’t know where it’s going to go, but we have a pretty good record, and I like it.”
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Campus, students continue to focus on health By Mary Patterson Contributing Writer The University of Alabama has seen an even stronger shift toward healthy choices on campus since its high ranking in Men’s Health magazine. In the November 2011 issue of Men’s Health, UA was ranked 10th in the Top 25 Most Fit Campuses. Since then, there has been an even stronger demand by students for more healthy food choices on campus, as well as more space in the University Recreation Center. Dave Crutchfield, marketing coordinator for the Rec, said
the amount of students coming through the Rec every day hit record numbers in the spring. “We’re probably getting close to 5,000 people a day coming through here,” Crutchfield said. “We have over 100 fitness classes offered per semester, and a lot of those are nearing capacity.” Jason Casey, coordinator of fitness services for the Rec, said there has been a significant increase in the demand for personal training, particularly with the group training offered so that students are able to train with friends. “We’ve doubled the size of our personal training staff – we
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said. “I think with more people enrolled in the University, more people are being exposed to the Rec, and more people are talking about it.” Crutchfield also mentioned the 60,000-square foot facility being built close to the new dorm as being a testament for the need for growth. “We have nowhere to go but up,” Crutchfield said. Another on-campus outlet students look to for aid in their quest to live healthier is Bama Dining. Kelsey Faust, marketing manager for Bama Dining, said a survey called Dining Styles is conducted each semester to gain feedback from students and customers. “One of the categories of the survey is the ‘Availability of Healthy Options,’ and that score has improved tremendously year over year,” Faust said. Faust said part of the sur-
vey asks for specific requests, dining hall, and we have expandand many students’ responses ed our fruit options to include have resulted in changes to different seasonal fruit such as kiwi and strawberries.” Katie Summers, a junior majoring in accounting, agreed I think UA offers enough to Bama Dining was taking steps be considered healthy, but in the right direction but thinks it could do more. It would more could be done as far as offering fresh and not frozen be awesome if Bama Dining food. could serve fresh, locally “I think UA offers enough to grown food. be considered healthy, but it could do more,” Summers said. — Katie Summers “It would be awesome if Bama Dining could serve fresh, locally Bama Dining. grown food.” “In the past, students have Summers said the addition of asked for more healthy options, a larger Rec could also make it such as grilled chicken, which more plausible for students to we serve at Burke on the grill maintain healthy habits. and offer at the other dining “Food is only part of it,” halls as a healthy option,” Faust Summers said. “Exercise is also said. “There were also requests important, and adding another for a larger variety of fresh fruit Rec Center would make exercisand vegetables, so we now offer ing easier since it is so crowded fresh sautéed vegetables at each now.”
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show,” Lockhart said. “Green Bar had actually turned down my original idea but said that I could come try my stuff during their music open mic. So, I just saw that as a reason to change their minds about the idea.” Lockhart brought four other comedians with him to his first open mic performance. After that performance, he was invited back to perform again by
musician Ham Bagby. The event has evolved from Tuscaloosa and Birmingham to also include Huntsville, Ala., Columbus, Miss. and Oxford, Miss. Lockhart also has plans for a comedy workshop in Atlanta. Lockhart said aspiring performers should watch an event before participating to learn how to read a crowd. They should also have a prepared set before their time on stage, especially if they are joking about possible controversial matters. “You never know how much you care about people’s opinions until you throw a joke out to a full crowd and get nothing back,” he said. Regarding his own style of comedy, Lockhart said he enjoys making fun of what most people consider “normal.” “Comedians are wired a different way – our antennas are always up and active,” Lockhart said. “My dream is to become
the guy who makes you say, ‘You know, I’ve never thought of it that way.’” Lockhart performs regularly at Green Bar, as well as The Rare Martini in Birmingham and The Stardome Comedy Club in Hoover. In August, he will make his Atlanta debut at The Laughing Skull Comedy Club on Aug. 14. “The whole thing has been a blast for me, as I am glad to be able to contribute to my community,” Lockhart said. “Most importantly, giving people here in Tuscaloosa something to look forward to, and something positive, at that. “I think Tuscaloosa has the potential to be known for standup comedy as much as it’s known for Crimson Tide football.” Green Bar is located at 2209 4th St. in downtown Tuscaloosa. For more information, call 205-7522060 or email Richard Lockhart at blaiseols@yahoo.com.
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Mike Slive crucial to conference success SLIVES FROM PAGE 1 “This is bucking a national trend,” Slive said. “I am very grateful that the hiring of minority coaches in the Southeastern Conference is no longer a story; it is simply part of who we are.” The SEC led the charge for the new playoff system in college football that will begin in 2014. Slive has been a proponent of a playoff dating back to 2004, when an undefeated
SPORTS SEC champion Auburn was best regular season in sports, left out of the national cham- but enhances it.” pionship. In the classroom, 42 SEC “I’m often asked whether student-athletes were named the new foracademic Allmat is good for Americans this the SEC – and past season – I’m often asked whether the answer is more than any the new format is good for unequivocally other football the SEC – and the answer yes – and it’s bowl subdivigood for colsion conferis unequivocally yes. lege football, at ence. the same time,” Now, the — Mike Slive Slive said. “We SEC is entering are now able its 80th season to provide stuas a conferdent-athletes and fans with a ence and looks stronger than championship playoff format ever. The conference offithat not only protects the cially added Texas A&M and
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at Alabama after bouncing champions in the new playoff around for much of his career? format?
Nick Saban stole the show at SEC Media Days, entertaining the largest audience of media members outside of SEC Commissioner Mike Slive and using his entire allotted 40 minutes to discuss a wide range of topics. The Crimson White talked to Ivan Maisel, ESPN senior college football writer, to get his thoughts on Alabama’s head coach, as well as Alabama’s chances in 2012.
IM: Absolutely. He and [his wife] Terry both are very happy in Tuscaloosa. He has said time and again this is his last stop. He signed a longterm contract, and you have to take him at his word. He has now been in Tuscaloosa longer than any of his dozen plus jobs in his career. So, I think he’s there for the long haul, and Alabama and he are fortunate to have each other.
IM: Well, he’s right. Clearly, the conference champion issue did not come up until Alabama won [the national championship]. A lot of people believe that that was a kick-start that got us to a playoff. The issue of conference champions was only discussed – the commissioners agreed that that should not be the case. I think that was the right decision. Everybody moves on.
CW: What do you think Saban The Crimson White: What means, not just to Alabama, CW: What do you think were your general impres- but college football in gen- Alabama’s chances are for a sions from Nick Saban at eral? repeat? Media Days? IM: He’s certainly the most IM: I think they’re very good. Ivan Maisel: Sometimes successful head coach in the The two issues they have he comes out in a defensive game right now. The record [are], LSU has more incentive crouch, and [at Media Days] is clear on that. He’s taken because they got that close he did not. Every year he’s at Alabama and turned it into and then played poorly. So, if Alabama and the more he has what Alabama people think you think of Alabama in ‘08 settled in there and the more it ought to be. He’s done it and how they played against success he has had there, the without the NCAA being on Florida and Utah and how more relaxed he’s been in his butt. He’s represented the that goaded them to perform a media setting. And that’s University well. I think he is better in ‘09, LSU’s in that always good because when at peace with where he is. boat. Plus, that game is in he’s relaxed and gives you Baton Rouge. Aside from that, his honest thoughts and opin- CW: He took a jab at Big Ten he’s got a lot of experienced ions on issues in the game, I Commissioner Jim Delaney, players. Lost some good ones, always learn something. He’s saying, “If you’re taking a but he’s got a lot of experience a smart guy. shot at conference cham- coming back and players that pions, you’re taking a shot know how to win. I think it’s CW: Do you think Saban at the SEC.” What are your going to be a very good year has found a landing point thoughts on conference again.
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Missouri as only the third and fourth new members of the conference. The SEC has also partnered with the Big 12 to form the Champions Bowl, with the inaugural game set to be played in primetime on Jan. 1, 2015. The game will be owned by the conferences and will be placed in a bowl yet to be determined. The SEC is also in the works of creating an SEC television network, an initiative Slive called “Project SEC.” “Our objective long-term is to work with our television partner to provide fans with greater access to favored teams, more opportunities to watch rivals, and more insight into who we are: a conference of 14 great universities,” Slive said. If Slive’s first decade as commissioner is any indication, the SEC is sure to reach greater heights during Slive’s CW | Austin Bigoney remaining time as leader of Mike Slive, SEC commissioner, has brought success to the conference. the conference.
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SEC coaches sound off on Penn State scandal By Marc Torrence Assistant Sports Editor
“No one person, no matter how popscholarship players and the loss of 10 scholarships per year for the next four ular, no matter how successful, can be allowed to derail the soul of an instituyears. On Monday, the NCAA announced Some SEC coaches fielded ques- tion.” significant penalties levied against tions about the Penn State situation the Penn State football program in at SEC Media Days after the Freeh South Carolina head coach response to a report released by for- report was released. Here’s what they Steve Spurrier: mer FBI director Louis Freeh. The had to say: report found that members of Penn “Well, obviously it’s a terrible mess, State’s leadership, including former SEC Commissioner Mike Slive: terrible mess. I don’t have the answers football coach Joe Paterno, aided in for this, that and the other. “Last week’s headlines remind us “The only thing I would say about the cover-up of a child abuse scandal performed by former defensive coor- that we must be ever vigilant on all Coach Paterno, when he coached colissues of integrity and that our prima- lege football, he did everything right. dinator Jerry Sandusky. The report concluded that “the most ry mission is to educate and protect As a college football coach, he was a powerful men at Penn State failed young people. We must maintain an guy, I mean, he did things right. His to take any steps for 14 years to pro- honest and open dialogue across all teams played fair, fundamentally tect the children who [former defen- levels of University administration. sound. He was always revered for sive coordinator Jerry] Sandusky There must be an effective system doing the right things. of checks and balances within the victimized.” “I don’t want to get into the other The NCAA hit Penn state with a administrative structure to protect all side of a terrible, terrible situation. But $60 million fine, a four-year ban from who come in contact with it, especially as a college football coach, I remember postseason play, a roster limit of 65 those who cannot protect themselves. him that way, also.”
Alabama head coach Nick Saban: “I just kind of think of things like this because I think of it with players a lot. You know, we all think that discipline is punishment, how are we going to punish someone. What I always try to think of is, you know, what do we want the outcome to be. If there’s some kind of way that we could create a win-win, and I don’t really know what that is, I just threw out a tax on every ticket at every athletic event and donate all the money to organizations that prevent child abuse, [it] would be more of a win-win than worrying about punishing someone. “Probably not a very good idea, and I probably shouldn’t have said it. I just think that more focus on outcome is always more beneficial, [and] that might create a situation in the future
that would be beneficial to someone.”
Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel, to a small group of reporters before his turn on the podium, according to the Columbia Tribune:
“Joe Paterno’s a friend that I got to know professionally, and you can’t take away the greatness of this man. He was a great man. However you analyze this, you can’t erase all that this guy’s done. You can’t do that. Nobody can do that. “It’s so easy, in hindsight, to go back there and say what it is. That’s the easiest thing to do. The easiest thing to do is to point fingers and [say], ‘You should have done this, you should have done that, you should have done that.’”
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Gymnastics releases 2013 schedule: Face only highly ranked teams By CW Staff The Alabama Gymnastics team released its 2013
schedule on Monday. The Tide, which will be competing for its third straight NCAA Championship, will face the
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Saban, Tide focus on SEC could lower number avoiding 2010 mistakes of nonconference games By Marc Torrence Assistant Sports Editor
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Counting • Men’s trackDown and field vs Auburn: 12 p.m.
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For Alabama head coach Nick Saban, this year’s message to his team is the same as ever: play to a standard, rather than to win. This year, however, Saban’s message has an added wrinkle to it. That wrinkle is to avoid the complacency that comes with winning a national championship. Saban said for his team, which is coming off its second championship in three years, to be successful in 2012, it couldn’t make the same mistakes it did in 2010, when players were focused more on their championship in 2009 than another in 2010. Still, Saban said this year’s team seems to be having less trouble focusing on the present than dwelling on the past. “This team seems to be less affected by the previous year,” Saban said. “They’re not really the 2010 team, they’re not really the 2011 team.” For players like senior Barrett Jones, however, it’s important to remember the lessons learned from the 2010 season in order to avoid repeating them this year. For Jones, the mistake was not buying into Saban’s message of remaining competitive. “The message is the same,” Jones said. “I think the difference was the first time, Coach Saban said ‘no complacency,’ and we talked about it and said [it] to each other, but for some reason, we just didn’t buy into it.” Jones said this team, comprised of players whose careers date back to that 2009 championship season, will be able to overcome relaxing this year. “This year, it’s started with the older guys talking to the
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Head Coach Nick Saban encourages his team to avoid complacency. younger guys,” Jones said. “It’s not going to sneak up on [us] this year. We have a lot of guys from that 2010 season, and we all had a bad feeling from that season, and we don’t want to feel that way again.” Senior defensive end Damion Square shared his teammate’s sentiments. “Some of us older guys have experience with that because of what happened before,” Square said. “We saw what can happen – the things that should’ve been stopped and the good things that happened because there were good things we did that year.” Complacency isn’t the only opponent the Tide will have to fight off this year, though. The Tide is losing seven starters from a defense that led the nation in every major statistical category, and it faces teams like Michigan, Arkansas and
LSU, all away from home. Despite the difficulties the 2012 season will present, Saban said he wouldn’t have it any other way. “We’re obviously looking forward to the challenges of a very probably difficult SEC football season,” Saban said. “A lot of good teams, lots of good players. That’s what makes the league great.” Outside of remaining competitive, Saban said the key to the success of his team would be older players not only playing at a high level, but helping in the development of younger players, as well. Regardless, Saban said only time will tell how his team identifies itself in 2012. “I think this 2012 team will be defined by what they do, not what they’ve done,” Saban said. “We’re looking forward to the challenges of the 2012 season.”
The debate has raged on ever since the SEC announced it was adding Missouri and Texas A&M to complete a 14-team league: how do you re-organize the conference schedule? Do you take away one of the rotational, cross-division games in favor of adding another division game to ensure each division member plays one another? Do you keep the 5-1-2 format and just rotate one division opponent each year that a school wouldn’t play? Or, do you go with the nuclear option of a 6-0-2 format that would mean the end of annual rivalries such as Tennessee against Alabama and Auburn against Georgia? The previous 5-1-2 format was simple and allowed for teams to face every other SEC team at least once in a four-year rotation, while preserving traditional, cross-division rivalries such as those listed above. But adding two more teams to the league has thrown a wrench into the efficient machine that was SEC scheduling. If the conference wanted to keep the same number of games on the schedule while maintaining those traditional rivalries, a sacrifice would have to be made. The league has decided on the 6-1-1 format for now, but according to the Associated Press, it will reconsider in two or three years. The other option on the table is a nine-game schedule that would involve six games against divisional opponents, one permanent, cross-division rival and two rotational, crossdivision rivals. The Pac-12 has a similar format in place. A nine-game schedule, however, would have a significant effect on nonconference scheduling. It’s tough to see games like Alabama vs. Michigan or LSU vs. Oregon taking place when teams are already playing nine games against their conference. That
would only leave room for two “cupcake” games against lowerlevel teams, and there would be less of a chance of making it through your schedule undefeated, something that has become a necessity, even with a four-team playoff. At SEC Media Days, however, Alabama head coach Nick Saban spoke adamantly about the advantages of a nine-game schedule. “My opinion was the number one priority should be that every player at every school have the opportunity to play every SEC school in his career,” he said. “But what scheduling format gives us an opportunity to do that? So we’ve always played two teams on the other side, plus a fixed opponent. You can do that by playing eight. You could do it by playing nine.” Right now, players do not have the opportunity to play every SEC team, but with a nine-game schedule, they would. The 5-1-2 idea that Saban floats is a dangerous one, in which a team would not play one team from its division each year. What if Alabama and LSU had never played in 2011 and both were undefeated? Would the decision on who would play in the SEC Championship Game come down to a BCS ranking? All signs would indicate that when SEC Commissioner Mike Slive sits down to put together a permanent schedule format for a 14-team SEC, the nine-game schedule would be at the top of his list. The league has always been at the forefront of change in college football and ahead of the curve when it comes to innovation, and scheduling is no different. A nine-game schedule solves all of the league’s problems, and while it may diminish the scheduling of tough nonconference games slightly, it only adds what Saban calls another “opportunity to prove that you are a quality team.”