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UA faces dining dollars lawsuit By Jennie Kushner and William Evans The Crimson White
Crimson Cafe continues to accept Dining Dollars during the lawsuit.
When comparing the price of tuition to the cost of Dining Dollars, one may feel inclined to deem the $300 expenditure a slight or even unnoticeable intrusion into one’s wallet. In 2009, undergraduate enrollment at the University was about 23,700. With Dining Dollars costing $300 per semester per student, the fee extracts more than $14 million from students, according to
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one of three lawsuits that were filed on Aug. 11. The three class action lawsuits were filed against the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Auburn University for imposing these mandatory fees upon students. Each lawsuit was filed by a separate group of students who consider the fees to be in violation of state laws. Attorneys Danny Evans and John Whitaker of G. Daniel Evans law firm in Birmingham
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CORRECTION In the August 23 edition of The Crimson White, a story referred to the new University-funded Hillel Jewish Center as a temple. In fact, the new building will be a Jewish Student Activity Center located next to the Temple Emanu-el, which built its facility on land leased from the University. The CW regrets the error and is happy to set the record straight.
filed the class action lawsuits on behalf of these students. Evans said in an e-mailed statement that the Dining Dollars program coerces students into making a payment that constricts students’ free choice but rewards the University. “These fees are not tuition and not related to classroom instruction,” Evans said. “Instead, these food fees are mandated because these state schools have contracted to give
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UA moves up in Night of sights and sounds national ranks By Amanda Sams Senior Staff Reporter alsams1@crimson.ua.edu
value of a University of Alabama education.” The assessment is based on a formula that uses objective measurements to determine academic quality; it considers graduation rates, peer assessment and an academic reputation survey among high school counselors, the report states. College applicants can use the results of this survey in choosing an academic institution that will best suit their individual needs and interests. “The national collective consciousness views [the University of] Alabama as incompatible with the pursuit of knowledge and intellectualism,” Paul Mokrzycki,
U.S. News and World Report‘s annual college rankings placed the University 34th among public universities nationally and 79th among all universities, both public and private, according to a UA news release. “We are pleased with this national recognition that comes as we welcome another outstanding freshman class to The University of Alabama,” UA President Robert E. Witt said in th e release. “Our record applications and growing enrollment indicate that students and their families recognize the quality and
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CW | Drew Hoover Adrian Garcia, a junior majoring in classics, Lauren Breland, a junior majoring in psychology, and Katie Borland, a junior majoring in English and secondary education, create arts and crafts at Creative Campus’ Get Creative Night on Aug. 24. By Stephanie Brumfield Contributing Writer
These were the beginning phrases of the collective storytelling board at Get Creative How does one start a poem? Night hosted by Creative With a question? With a pause? Campus. The board, which
included phrases written by artistic talent from all areas of several different people and campus. Yesterday evening at which continued to grow as the night progressed, typifies the event – a collaboration of See CREATIVE, page 12
SGA holds Meet Your Senator Day By Brittney Knox Staff Reporter bsknox@crimson.ua.edu On Monday, Human and Environmental Sciences senators from the Student Government Association took advantage of the 97-degree heat grabbing students’ attention with popsicles as all senators met with students in front of the colleges they represent for Meet Your Senator Day.
important for students to know that they have access to their senators,” she said. She said the point of the day was for senators to talk to students about their concerns and for students to learn that the — Nicole Bohannon, executive vice president of SGA senators are available. This year was the first time Nicole Bohannon, executive on where to go to contact your there was a day specifically designated for the senators vice president of the SGA, said senator. “These senators were elect- to be out engaging with the the success of the day included passing out hundreds of flyers ed by their colleges to repreto students about information sent the students, and it is very See SENATOR, page 3
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Heisman winner cuts ribbon, welcomes the SOURCE Jennie Kushner Senior Staff Reporter jfkushner@crimson.ua.edu The 2009 Heisman Trophy winner, Mark Ingram, stole the show as the new home to student organizations opened Monday after 10 years of development. le this
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important student organizations are to us.” More than 300 student organizations can now call the space home for collaboration and union. The room offers printing, faxing and copying, computers, meeting space with a flatscreen TV for presentations, bulletin board supplies, event
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welcome to all students, whether they are athletes or involved in other extracurricular activities,” said Stacy Jones, director of student leadership. Ingram was unable to comment or sign autographs as some non-student fans asked. Dressed in black slacks and a white Alabama polo shirt, Ingram stood alongside Mark
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supplies, application pick up/ drop off and other services for registered organizations. Jones said the University funded the project. The goal is to lower costs for student organizations as much as possible, she said. The plans for the space were
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Lunch Buttermilk Fried Chicken Caramelized Onion Mashed Potatoes Broccoli Quiche (Vegetarian) Linguini with Roasted Red Peppers Seasoned Peas
What: “Iron Jawed Angels�
What: Get-On-Board Day Where: Ferguson Plaza When: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Dinner Country Pot Roast Red Roasted Potatoes Seasoned Carrots Sugar Snap Peas
FRIDAY What: Costa U. of Blue Greekfest, featuring Pretty Lights, Slightly Stoopid, and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
movie screening, celebration of women’s winning the right to vote
Where: Covenant Prebyterian Church
Where: Jefferson Ave and Bryant Hall parking lot
When: 7 – 9 p.m.
When: 6:30 p.m.
What: Apple campus store fall celebration - Stop by for free pizza and special deals on select iMac, MacBook and MacBook Pro models while supplies last
BURKE Lunch Country Meatloaf Overstuffed Potato Vegan Scampi Caesar Salad with Buffalo Chicken Peas and Carrots
What: Charity wine tasting to beneďŹ t the Books to Prisons Project
What: Get Involved, Get Active - University Recreation Center will host an evening of recreational activities for UA students
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When: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
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CORRECTION In the August 23 edition of The Crimson White, incorrect times were listed for the meeting times of certain Alpha Kappa Psi events. The information session for the business fraternity on Thursday night is from 6 to 7 p.m. and bowling at Leland lanes is Thursday night from 8 to 10 p.m. The CW regrets the error and is happy to set the record straight.
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certain food vendors control over these student dining dollars in exchange for millions of dollars being paid back to the school. As a result, the food vendor is given guaranteed sales free from competition while the students see their cost rise with no choice about ADVERTISING what or where they can spend • Dana Andrzejewski, Advertising these food fees.� Manager, 348-8995, cwadmaAround 1992, the University nager@gmail.com hired consultants to expand • Drew Gunn, Advertising dining services and proCoordinator, 348-8044 vide greater income to the • Hallett Ogburn, Territory University, according to the Manager, 348-2598 complaint. • Emily Frost, National Advertising/ At that time, only 7 percent Classifieds, 348-8042 of the student population pur• Jessica West, Zone 3, 348-8735 chased food plans through the University, the complaint said, • Brittany Key, Zone 4, 348-8054
Free Yoga Class for Honors College Students University Honors Program student Jess Smith is offering a free yoga class to Honors College students. The class is offered Thursdays from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Sundays from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. starting on Sunday Aug. 22 through Sept. 19. It will be held in the upstairs room in the Riverside Community Center.
but by implementing mandatory food services, the fee was projected to produce revenue in excess of $5 million per year to the University. In 1996, the Board of Trustees and Aramark, a food service company, entered into a contract. The contract said Aramark was essentially given exclusive control over the food and dining services offered on the University campus and control over Dining Dollars, the complaint said. Under that contract, Aramark agreed to pay the University $1.35 million as an investment in the renovation of the Ferguson Center food court facility, pay a guaranteed, minimum dollar amount and pay a 15 percent guaranteed commission on all sales in
It is open, available and seeking all Honors students with an interest in learning more about basic yoga principles, breathing exercises and stretches. No yoga mat is required, although it will probably be preferable because the other option is a towel. Contact Smith at jesmith11@crimson.ua.edu.
excess of $8 million, the complaint said. In exchange, the University agreed to renovate the Ferguson food court and other dining facilities on campus for Aramark’s use, the complaint said. “I would rather have the $300 cash than be limited to only three off-campus restaurants and the overpriced campus dining,� said Emily Reid, a junior majoring in kinesiology. However, Chelsea Morrison, a senior majoring in psychology, likes the ease of Dining Dollars. “I would rather have 300 dining dollars, because this is the only way for me to eat,� she said. “If I had the cash, I would spend it on something like clothes and not have money for food.�
IHP Annual Meeting The IHP holds its annual meeting this year on Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 5:00 in the Ferguson Theater. All freshmen should attend (unless a class or lab schedule conflicts) and upperclassmen are welcome to attend also. Our guest speaker will be John Natter, an IHP graduate and a current U.S. State Department Foreign Currently there are three offcampus locations that accept Dining Dollars: Buffalo Phil’s, Crimson CafĂŠ and Dominos. According to the complaint, merchants were required to bid against others for the opportunity to accept Dining Dollars, which would then allow the merchant some access to student food purchases controlled by Aramark. The vendor also had to purchase a card reader machine, pay a yearly fee and then pay a substantial percentage of their sales ranging from 15 to 26 percent. “In the beginning of the year, most of our sales are done from dining dollars,â€? Crimson CafĂŠ owner, Rhett Madden, said. Craig Williams, Buffalo Phil’s general manager, said
Service Officer. You’ll get a quick overview of the IHP’s requirements and its goals. There are a number of doorprizes. After the meeting, there will be a mini-Get On Board Day with international student organizations of all types represented. E-mail honors@ua.edu if you have questions about the annual meeting. Dress is completely come as you are.
not all their business comes from Dining Dollars. “We have a good mix of customers. We have a lot of cash business,� Williams said. “We have been here for 30 years. A lot of city officials, professors, lawyers and doctors eat here.� Some students said if Buffalo Phil’s didn’t accept Dining Dollars, they wouldn’t eat there. “Their food quality is poor, the wings are small and the food is soggy,� said Taylor Hess, a sophomore majoring in engineering. “The only reason so many people eat there is to use Dining Dollars.� Williams said in the past year or two, other locations of Buffalo Phil’s closed. Bama Dining was contacted Monday but as of Tuesday afternoon, has yet to respond.
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University in the top 6 percent of the 1,400 colleges and universities surveyed by U.S. News, and the public relations department was judged as first in the nation for under-
graduates in March. “I think the ranking from the U.S. News and World Report is a good indication that the University of Alabama is continuing to improve,� said Joseph Phelps, chair of the advertising and public relations department. “Rankings are set up to judge certain criteria, and this serves as a testament that we are moving forward in the aspects judged.�
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students on campus, she said. Jenna Zoghby, a senator in the College of Human and Environmental Sciences, alongside other senators, talked with students about where to go if they have concerns. “I feel as though today was very successful,” she said. “Students were very happy to know that there was a senator, who they were and how to contact them if they have any problems.” She said one way they plan to continue interacting with the students is to go to some of the HES 100 classes. “I think the success of the day was great, because students were able to learn where to go if they have any concerns,” she said. David Simpson, a senator from the College of Arts and Sciences, said the day was a success. “We encountered more traffic in the morning as opposed to the afternoon,” Simpson said. He said they passed out flyers to students with information on them such as who to contact about different issues. “I think it was a very productive day because we were engaged with the students to hear their needs and concerns,” he said. Simpson said he encountered one student that wanted more information about how to get involved. “I told the student that, starting next week, the SGA will be taking applications for senate assistants and other positions,” he said. “We, as members of the Senate, need to make sure we are more inclusive leaders and continue to hear the needs of students.” Senators from all other colleges also were out speaking to students in front of their respective colleges. “It is a little hard to catch a student in between classes, but we gave them a flyer with important information about where to go if they have questions,” Zoghby said. “We should definitely continue this in the future.” To find out who your senator is for your college, visit sga.ua.edu/ senate.
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becoming involved with SOURCE should visit their table at Get On Board Day from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. graduation. “We love to see you come in, but we love to see you go,” he said. Nelson said students who are involved with student organizations learn important life skills like collaboration. For students looking to get involved and use the SOURCE, Fall 2010 Get on Board Day will be Wednesday, Aug. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Crimson Promenade.
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Campus, you drive me crazy MCT Campus By Wesley Vaughn
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 Editor • Tray Smith letters@cw.ua.edu Page 4
{ YOUR VIEW } HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE NEW BUS ROUTES?
“The routes are way too long and it takes forever to get to one place.” — Staci Castro, Senior, Communicative Disorders
“There needs to be more buses coming to perimeter parking because the bus stops are way too crowded.” — Jay Johnson, Senior, Finance
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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. Students should also include their year in school and major. For more information, call 348-6144. The CW reserves the right to edit all submissions.
Keynesian policies are wrong prescription for this economy by John Anselmo Treating a cold with a walk in the rain. Killing a mean cough with a pack of Camels. Halting heartburn with jalapenos and five-alarm chili. If John Maynard Keynes and his followers held a family medical practice, surely his prescriptions would look similar to the ones stated here. In 2008 and 2009, we were told massive government injections of capital would be the only option to avoid a 21st century Great Depression. We heard time and time again that a neo-Keynesian line of thought would be our way out of the coming economic hell, but after all of the big firms were pumped with fresh money, and most of the “stimulus” money is now going to be absent from state budgets, where is the economic growth? When proponents of the stimulus were active in the battlefield of debate, defending these mammoth spending or “investment” programs, their estimates showed we would be in the middle of a recovery at this time. But what do we see? The worst jobless number of the year this past week, stocks trembling from weak home sales, 401k withdrawals at an all-time high and fear of a double-dip recession abounds. We must look at what new spending really means for the economy: more debt. In May 2009, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner admitted that interest rates were held too low for too long, not just in the United States, but also around the globe. This, of course, inflated the financial bubble, as credit was cheap and easy to obtain during the time before the crash. If the chief cause of the
economic calamity was too much debt, how can more debt be any part of the solution? With this mindset, it would be advisable to continue to charge on credit cards and take out as many mortgages and loans as creditors would allow so spending on consumer goods and homes would rise. This is growth, right? If more spending is going to grow the economy, why have any standards for spending? Why is consumer spending, which a lack of is blamed for crises, the last to fall in a recession if its demise is what causes such? We saw personal consumption numbers at their highest level in three years this March, but the growth and new jobs were not there. As we all know this formula for growth in the 2000s failed immensely. We added over $6 trillion to the national debt during the decade, and this does not include the takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. As stocks boomed, reaching record levels, real estate and financial companies followed suit, all leading to 2007. Then the wrongs of the past came back to haunt us, and the bills came in. All of the phony growth was proved to be just that - phony. This was not a true expansion of the economy; it was a pyramid of debt with a mask of growth. We need production and savings to turn this economic Titanic around. We cannot fall again into the stimulus-spending gimmick that obviously failed us. Historian and NYT bestselling author Thomas Woods did an interesting analysis on the economic downturn of 1920. He found that unemployment rose from 4 percent to 12 percent in 1920 and the Gross Domestic
Product fell 17 percent. Woods states that President Harding ignored so called free-marketer Herbert Hoover’s calls for intervention from the Department of Commerce, and Harding cut the budget in half and slashed tax rates. The national debt decreased. Interestingly enough, the Fed was left out of this recovery, as Woods quoted author Kenneth Weiher on the central bank’s action in his book on monetary and fiscal policy, “Despite the severity of the contraction, the Fed did not move to use its powers to turn the money supply around and fight the contraction.” Woods quoted another economic examiner of the times, economist Benjamin Anderson, who saw that we took a different route from the Japanese planned economic decision and benefitted, “We took our losses, we readjusted our financial structure, and…we started up again.… The rally in business production and employment that started in August 1921 was soundly based on a drastic cleaning up of credit weakness, a drastic reduction in the costs of production, and on the free play of private enterprise. It was not based on governmental policy designed to make business good.” Unemployment fell to only 2.4 percent in 1923. The free market (a real one with no money manipulation and distortion) sounds like sage advice that should have been used just years later, and throughout time since. Let’s go back to the doctor and get the right prescription for our economy and future. John Anselmo is a senior majoring in economics.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dr. Witt: Leading Alabama in academic, social, and spiritual growth The growth of the University of Alabama under the leadership of President Robert E. Witt has been rightfully celebrated. Under his tenure, enrollment has exceeded 28,000 students earlier than expected, the Honors College has expanded, and the University’s academic reputation has flourished. Witt has guided the University to new heights as a place for students to succeed academically and socially, but he has also gone to great lengths to make it a place for students to develop spiritually as well. When I enrolled as a freshman in 2005, Jewish life at Alabama was all but non-existent. Both the Jewish fraternity and sorority were
struggling to attract members, and events at Hillel, the Jewish activity center, then located in an aging building on Wallace Wade Drive, were few and far between. Five years later, thanks largely in part to Dr. Witt’s commitment to developing a Jewish presence on campus, this is no longer the case. Dr. Witt has made extraordinary efforts to recruit Jewish students, speaking in Jewish Community Centers across the Southeast. He has done wonders in assuring Jewish high school students and their parents of the growing opportunities at Alabama not only for a stellar academic experience, but for spiritual growth as well. These efforts, as well as
continued support beyond recruitment, have been instrumental in doubling Zeta Beta Tau’s membership and increasing involvement in Hillel. On Sunday, we were honored to have him speak at the new Hillel facility’s groundbreaking, a milestone for this Jewish community. I am just one student who was fortunate to be part of Dr. Witt’s vision for a thriving Jewish community at Alabama. However, the legacy that has been established will be felt by the University’s growing Jewish population for years to come, and for that we owe Bob Witt our thanks. Daniel Odrezin is a law student and undergraduate alum.
Be crimson on game day, go green until then I was both outraged and appalled when I first heard of the proposed strip mine in Walker County. The last thing Alabama’s economy needs is another way to become dependent on coal. Of all the fossil fuels we use in our every day lives, coal has the notorious reputation of being the most damaging environmentally and economically. Don’t believe me? Try driving through the numerous and impoverished mining towns of
Appalachia. More than anyone in our country, those people can attest to the dangers of coal. Coal takes advantage of needy regions, it pollutes copiously, it is an aesthetic blight to an otherwise immaculate countryside, and it degrades the quality of life of those living in the area. National issues aside, what concerns me most is very much a local problem: it’s right here on campus. Our campus would be the enabler of this coalmine and the
damage it will cause. By leasing the land to a coalmine, we trade our state’s natural beauty, its lush green space, for however much Drummond’s corporation is willing to pay for it. What price have we, the Crimson Tide, put on our pride? I love to see Tuscaloosa coated in crimson on game day, but I’d love to see us go green until then. Mallory Flowers is a sophomore majoring in chemical engineering.
“I couldn’t find a parking spot in the lot behind ten Hoor today.” “Well, that should change once people stop going to class. Don’t you think?” “Yeah, I can’t wait for that to happen.” When I overheard this conversation, it did not strike me at first. I’ll admit that I too have told myself that my traffic and parking woes will be absolved once students start foregoing their college educations. Every fall semester begins with clueless freshmen running amok and students who have yet to abstain from clustering. As an ever-expanding university, though, waiting for and expecting students to cease their class attendance to decongest campus is mere mental duct tape. It might fix the problem subconsciously, but it will not change it in reality and it will not stick forever. When Dr. Robert Witt stepped in as president of the University in 2003, he announced his goal of boosting the student population to 28,000 by 2013. An ambitious and long-term mission at that time has already become actuality: in 2009, there were 28,807 students. Additionally, as evidenced by the UA System Board of Trustees’ approval of a new residential community that should open in 2012, further increases in student enrollment remain on the horizon. This university has undergone the growth that Witt craves, and to some extent, it has the infrastructure in place to support an even larger population. However, problems with traffic and parking are almost palpable. Now that the University of Alabama boasts over 28,000 students, its road system that is tautly woven into campus has been further mired in terms of aesthetics and usability. In all honesty, I’ve never found campus particularly beautiful. Certain buildings and some areas, yes, but overall it reminds me too much of a city. Walking from the Ferguson Center to the north campus dorms takes place on either side of a four-lane street, flanked by a parking deck and lot. Not something I would save as my computer wallpaper. Locked into the past idea and subsequently indelible foundation of a once drivable campus, steps need to be taken to mitigate road rage. For one, avoid pouring any more cement. Adding additional parking or roads will only create more avenues for vehicles to fill. It may sooth the problem, but it will not fix it and it definitely will not prevent it from reoccurring. Secondly, throw bikers a bone. Currently, bikers are just pedestrians on wheels as they ride on sidewalks and streets. No rules govern them, and they have no widespread, useful designated areas. To relieve annoyances among walkers and to facilitate a mode of transportation that can take pressure off the CrimsonRide, the University needs to work on its biking outreach – creating more places to lock up a bicycle will not suffice. Lastly, and most importantly, the CrimsonRide must become a major contributor in cleaning up roadways. When it first started operating in 2007, this bus system was introduced to provide a crosscampus transportation system. Now, though, with its route changes released this fall, I envision much more from it. Buses, in their most basic form, are meant to ease pedestrian travel and take cars off the road. The latter carries the most importance in our case, since a walk to almost anywhere on campus is not too unbearable – weather permitting. The fall bus routes emphasize on-campus traveling less, and in return reach off-campus apartment complexes, including The Retreat, The Bluffs, and University Village. This ideally opens the door for reducing the amount of solo car commuters. To work effectively, students who have lived for the most part in non-mass transit environments would – gasp – have to choose to sacrifice. Another, more heretical way to push students toward riding the bus to campus would include increasing the price of a commuter lot parking pass and lowering the price of perimeter parking passes. Of course, the CrimsonRide would have to prove itself as reliable and hassle-free. Running more shuttles to off-campus complexes at peak hours and attempting to post accurate stop times could help win students over. Also, connecting other nearby complexes such as Campus Way and Campus Quarters to the CrimsonRide would be beneficial as well. According to a recent Pew Research Center poll, 86 percent of Americans think a car is a necessity. I do not doubt that the same mindset pervades our campus. As this university continues to grow, decisions must be made about addressing our roads and parking lots. A campus that fosters mass transit use and cleans up its asphalt landscape: now that is something I can’t wait for.
Wesley Vaughn in a junior majoring in public relations and political science. His column runs on Wednesdays.
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Council talks 2011 budget projections By Katherine Martin Contributing Writer Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox proposed recommendations for the 2011 city budget to the City Council Wednesday. The mayor projected $109,603,130 for the general fund budget, a nearly $1.5 million increase from last year. The budget will not include increases in sales or use taxes, according to a presentation by Maddox. “It’s challenging, but it’s manageable,” Maddox said, “If there was a theme for this year’s budget, it would be ‘cautiously optimistic.’” In a memorandum to members of the city council, Maddox said he and the city’s revenue director met several times to ensure conservative but realistic revenue projections. The mayor said the budget is the city’s blueprint to improve the quality of life for all citizens. A challenge faced by the mayor when determining the 2011 budget was incorporating the Blue Cross Blue Shield’s recommendation of a significant increase in premium rates, which would impact the city’s health insurance fund. However, in the proposed budget, Maddox left the health insurance budgets at the 2010 level. “We will budget an additional $300,000 from the general fund transfer to the health insurance fund,” Maddox said, “but we will leave this money in the general fund unless our claims
experience in 2011 mandates that we ask the council to authorize the transfer.” Another challenge was projecting sales taxes, business licenses and other key revenue sources, Maddox said. “Since January, the average monthly sales tax revenue has been 4.4 percent,” Maddox said in his presentation. Councilman William Tinker said gas prices were also a concern when developing the budget. As of Aug. 19, the average fuel price was $2.10 per gallon for unleaded and $2.20 for diesel. The proposed 2011 budget reflects $2.25 per gallon for unleaded and $2.50 for diesel. “It’s a tight budget,” Tinker said. “A little tighter than it was last year, but over all, we’re doing good.” Before a final budget is decided, the finance committee will hold hearings in September to discuss various items included in the budget such as revenue projections and agency funding, Maddox said. After discussing the mayor’s recommendations for the budget, the council denied an alcohol license to Little Italy Pizza on The Strip. Councilman Lee Garrison, said the denial was based on the applicant’s negligence to list past criminal records on the application for the license. The applicant, one of the three partners who own Little Italy Pizza, had two DUI arrests on his criminal record. His last arrest was in 2002.
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Camry catches fire outside Blount Living Learning Center Firemen hose down a Toyota Camry after the vehicle caught fire outside Blount Living-Learning Center Tuesday afternoon. Greg Thomas, a freshman majoring in psychology, said he was driving his older sister’s Toyota Camry when the engine shut off at the exit of the Paty parking lot. Police arrived on the scene with fire extinguishers as students lined the sidewalks to take pictures and gawk at the flames. CW | Rachel Hill
Campus Crusade hosts Ultimate Frisbee on the Quad
CW | Jerrod Seaton This group of students from Campus Crusade was one of the many to hit the Quad to play ultimate frisbee Thursday, Aug. 19. Campus Crusade is an outreach organization that meets at Capstone Church every Tuesday at 8 p.m.
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Club sports look for new players Compiled by Marilyn Vaughn Contributing Writer
The Alabama Rugby team is one of many club sports that plays in a competitive bracket.
Tennis President/Contact: Ryan White Email: rlwhite2@bama. ua.edu Tryouts: September, TBD
UA Sport Clubs
Men’s Soccer President/Contact: Patrick Harvell
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SPORTS
this weekend FRIDAY • Women’s Volleyball: 7 p.m., Iowa City, Iowa
Email: pmharvell@crimson.ua.edu Tryouts: Thursday, August 19th, 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, August 21-22 from 7-9pm.
Women’s Soccer
Rugby President/Contact: Matthew Buford
Contact: Caitlyn Cofer Email: cdcofer@crimson. Email: zeblalock@crimua.edu son.ua.edu Practice: Monday and Tryouts: None Thursday, 7-9 p.m. Practice: Monday, TBD
Women’s Rugby President/Contact: Meagan Vaughan Email: mavaughan@ crimson.ua.edu Tryouts: None Practice: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 7-9 p.m.
Crew President/Contact: Jason Grenier
SUNDAY • Swimming vs Tennessee: 12 p.m.
Women’s Wheelchair Basketball
Archery President/Contact: Patrick Croce
President/Contact: Kimberly Champion
Email: pmcroce@crimson.ua.edu
Email: ads.ua.edu or kachampion@crimson. ua.edu
*Trying to get started up, contact if interested
*Recruitment required
Table Tennis
Kayaking President/Contact: Mary Beth England
President/Contact: James Reinecke jmreinecke@crimson. ua.edu
Email: bwbuckley@crim- Email: tland@bama. son.ua.edu ua.edu Tryouts: None Tryouts: None
Practice: Friday and Sunday afternoons
Practice: Monday-Friday Practice: TBD 5:30 a.m. (Varsity) Monday-Friday TBD (Novice) *Recruitment heavily sought as the team is trying to build the roster
Men’s Lacrosse
Men’s Wheelchair Basketball President/Contact: Ryan Hynes Email: rahynes@crimson.ua.edu Tryouts: None; recruitment required Practice: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 6-7:35 a.m., Tuesday 6:307:45 a.m., 12:30-3 p.m.
Ultimate Frisbee President/Contact: Will Drumright Email: wcdrumright@ crimson.ua.edu Tryouts: None
Contact: Stewart Moore Email: semoore1@crimson.ua.edu Practice: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 7-9 p.m.
Women’s Lacrosse
Practice: Tuesday, Thurs- President/Contact: day 5-7 p.m. on the Quad Madison Cook Email: mccook1@crimson.ua.edu ts None Tryouts: Practice: 55-6:30 p.m.
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SPORTS
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OTHER CLUB SPORTS INCLUDE:
Climbing
Wrestling
Contact: Michael Rosato
Contact: Michael Sapp
Email: marosato@crimson.ua.edu
Email: masapp@crimson.ua.edu
Cricket
Bowling
Contact: Hareesh Gottipati
Contact: Nathan Foshee
Email: hareesh.gottipati@gmail.com
Cycling Contact: Daniel Burton Email: dlburton@crimson.ua.edu
Email: nafoshee@crimson.ua.edu
Skeet Shooting Contact: Will Maccabe Email: wsmaccabe@ crimson.ua.edu
Disc Golf Contact: Jim Bailey Email: jtbailey@crimson.ua.edu
Women’s Volleyball Contact: Courtney Kronenberger
Fishing Contact: Ben Weldon
Email: cakronenberger@gmail.com
The Alabama women's lacrosse team takes on Georgia in a game last year. Submitted by the club sports office
Email: bfweldon@crimson.ua.edu
Hockey Contact: Ryan Barletta
Men’s Volleyball Contact: Stephen Jones
Email: rjbarletta@crimson.ua.edu
Email: coppellss@yahoo. com
Racquetball
Golf
Contact: Sharon Jackson
Contact: Taylor Klein
Email: amcrockett@ crimson.ua.edu
Email: taklein@crimson. ua.edu
Triathletes
Water-ski
Contact: Marion Steinberg
Contact: Haley Runion
Email: jbruhn3@aol.com
Email: hsrunion@crimson.ua.edu
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO START A CLUB, CALL SETH THOMAS, MANAGER OF CLUB SPORTS, AT 205348-5129.
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MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Cross country coach discusses recruitment By Tony Tsoukalas Senior Sports Reporter ajtsoukalas@crimson.ua.edu
CW:
After winning the Southeastern Conference title for the second straight year last season, the Alabama men’s cross country team has become the class of the conference. A third-place finish at nationals, the Crimson Tide’s highest finish in school history, boots Alabama’s image on the national level. With the upcoming season still a couple weeks away, The Crimson White sat down with head coach Joe Walker to discuss the program’s newfound exposure.
JW:
The Crimson White: What is the next step? Now that the Alabama cross-country team has reached success at the national level, where does the team go from there?
Joe Walker: Well, you know, we are where we wanted to be. Now, obviously, once you get there you want to stay on top. I think every year you have to renew that same sense of preparation and focus otherwise you start to slide back. We just got to be really fit and ready when it counts, that’s our focus right now.
Joe Walker
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Much of the program’s success has been due largely to the success of the Kenyan athletes such as Tyson David and Emmanuel Bor. How does this success influence recruiting and the way, Kenyan athletes especially, see the University of Alabama?
I think it is starting to expand. Basically, the Kenyan athletes see what an opportunity it is to train and study abroad in the United States. There are still not that many people educating the younger Kenyan community that there is a chance to go abroad. Once that news filters down, there are a lot of capable kids. The name Alabama is big now, everyone you run into over there interested in school, they know about Alabama.
You spend a lot of time in Africa recruiting, what has that experience been like for you?
It is relaxing. I get a feel over there like all my worries are gone, it is all perspective. To me, everything is just a bit more casual.
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Any plans to branch out to different countries as well?
We want to always expand and look for the most talented student athletes in the world. Obviously, that is what Alabama hopes to draw. I spent a couple days over in England trying to expand a little over that way. There are a lot of British students coming to the U.S. for athletics. We just continually work and look for little niches that we can get into.
The SEC always seems to be stacked with talent, what are some teams that could challenge Alabama for the conference championship? I think Arkansas is going to be really good again. I think when you look at them on paper, they could be the team to beat. Florida is really coming on strong. They have added a really good kid to their program. It is going to be a very competitive group.
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How is the team going to deal with losing two All-American runners from last year?
We have got a pretty veteran group here now. We have got guys that have been in the system. It is a group that has been there and has done the job in the past and I fully expect them to do it again.
When the team does its long distance training, which athlete would you say is the most prone to get himself lost from the pack by making the wrong turn?
I’m just going to go off of a recent experience in the last day and say Julius Bor. I had to go out in the van and find him. It had been about two hours and ten minutes and it was supposed to be a twohour run, we hopped in the van and found him a mile and a half from where he needed to be.
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Women’s cross country coach talks new season Hasenbank discusses growth of program, goals for season
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By Jordan Bannister Sports Reporter jmbannister@crimson.ua.edu Last season, the women’s cross country team had its best finish since 2000, coming in seventh place at the NCAA South Regionals held in Tuscaloosa. But with the finish, they were still a few places off from qualifying for NCAA Championships. With more runners coming back, the Tide heads into its 2010 schedule with experience and confidence. Because the season opens in a week with a road trip to Nashville, Tenn., The Crimson White sat down with women’s cross country coach Randy Hasenbank to get his outlook on the season.
The Crimson White: Do you have a battle plan for this coming season?
Randy Hasenbank: As far as our accomplishments this year, our final goal is to continue to make progress towards an SEC Championship. We moved up to fifth last year, and we really just want to improve upon that.
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Do you have a team slogan or a key point you make to the team during each practice, to pick up the pace?
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Our mantra is, “Train like a champion. Compete like a warrior.” Train like a champion simply meaning, don’t take days off, always be consistent, always be ready to perform. Then, when it comes to the opportunity to compete, compete like a warrior. Give it that aggressive mindset it takes to be a champion.
Do you ask your team to follow a strict diet plan during the course of the season? It’s their responsibility to fuel their bodies. I just ask that they stay hydrated. Most of them have been in the sport long enough to know what their body can and can’t handle.
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Is there enough healthy competition within the squad to keep the Tide at the top of its game?
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[Competition] breeds excellence. Having a deep roster assures me that all of our top runners are working hard to keep their spots. If you can have some depth, in any sport, it makes the athletes work harder to stay where they’re at. Do you feel there is a sense of unity on your team, a sense of family? We spend an awful lot of time together because we travel year round, as opposed to some other sports that only spend a few months together in a season… It’s basically their sorority. These women are together not only as a running group but as a group of friends. They know each other better than anyone else, and they know how to take care of each other. They look forward to being together and training each year. They are their best support group.
Are the athletes as confident in victory this season as you are?
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I have very high expectations. I want us to win an SEC championship. And there may be a point in the beginning where they’ll look at that and think “Wow, that’s a lot,” but if you structure properly if you motivate properly, their expectations will match mine. In fact, exceed mine when they see how good they can be.
Are you confident in the skill level of the runners this season? We’ve got more veterans on our squad this year than we’ve had in the past. So it’s a more seasoned lineup. They understand what the goal is and what it takes to get there.
Are you happy with the overall size of your team this year? I’m coming up on my fifth season at Alabama and coming from very slim numbers, around seven or eight. Now we’re up to eighteen girls… That gives us some leeway if we have to red-shirt or if we get an injury, we’ll have someone to move into the spot.
Do you put any positive pressure on your athletes to make the grade? Out of over two hundred fifty women’s DI [Division I] teams, we were ranked number one academically, with the highest team GPA in the country. It is a priority. At the end of the day, they’re supposed to walk out of here with a degree and contribute to society.
Is it mandatory for your athletes to work out and keep fit over the summer and during the off-season? These ladies run year round. They’ve got an NCAA DI cross country season in the fall, then these ladies will join the indoor team for the distance championships, then they head back outdoors as the distance runners for the track team in the spring… So at the end of May, I send the girls home with a training routine to get better. It’s a continuous training process.
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Players continue moving positions By Britton Lynn Senior Sports Reporter
toughest to me to be able to do that—offensive line and defensive back—we’re fortunate to With the first game only 10 have guys that have developed days away, the coaching staff of nicely.” the Alabama Crimson Tide is New College Football Hall still moving players around the field to see the best combina- of Fame inductee Former Alabama football tions and fits. At Tuesday’s practice, there coach Gene Stallings will were a few more moves in be honored with a National the offensive line. Sophomore Football Foundation Hall of offensive lineman Barrett Fame On-Campus Salute Oct. Jones played first team right 2 when Alabama hosts Florida. guard, while junior offensive The University of Alabama lineman Alfred McCullough announced today in Dallas that also got his turn at that posi- it will be honoring Stallings as its newest inductee into the tion. “It’s important to be able College Football Hall of Fame. “From his years as a young to get your best five guys out there in the offensive line,” assistant coach under Coach head coach Nick Saban said. Bryant through his head coach“Most of the time you don’t ing days here at Alabama, have 10 guys to every position Coach Stallings produced a that are really quality play- career that is richly deserving ers… We do have a little bit of this recognition,” University more depth in the offensive line of Alabama Director of than we’ve had in the past. We Athletics Mal Moore said. “Coach Stallings was more are still experimenting with our first five. It’s just how we do than just a head coach at Alabama - his manner of doing things.” Saban also recognized junior things, his leadership and his defensive back Mark Barron as passion took our entire prothe perfect example of a player gram to another level.” Stallings will return to who can play in any position in Tuscaloosa for his On-Campus the secondary. “He’s played star, he’s played Salute, a special on-field safety, he’s played money,” event where a commemoraSaban said. “So now he can tive plaque is presented to the play any of those positions, so University for permanent dishe’s the one guy that if we try play. Stallings, who coached to get the best guys on the field the Tide to its 12th National in the secondary, he can play Championship back in 1992 and multiple spots. He’s had a lot a 28-game winning streak, will of experience, and he’s played be among one of two coaches in the College Football Hall of multiple different roles… “Those two areas are the Fame class of 2010.
“The very bottom line is that I hope every player that ever played for me feels like they had a little something to do with me getting in there,” Stallings said at the time of the May announcement.
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Injury Report Freshman defensive back DeMarcus Milliner continues to wear a black jersey during practice from his sprained right ankle injury. Although he’s still not cleared for contact, during practice he was running laps and working on pass skeleton drills with the team. Blake Sims, who played at running back in practice, ran but did limited practice. Senior tight end Preston Dial is also out with an injury and has been limited during practice. Saban said he expects to have both Dial and Sims back by the end of the week. Saban also commented on freshman wide receiver Kendall Kelly, who has been out since training camp with a heat related illness. “He still has some health issues and the medical staff is doing the best they can to try to get him back, but until they clear him he’s not going to be available, and I really don’t know when that’s going to be,” Saban said. “With all the practices he’s missed right now, it would probably take him two or three weeks to get back to where he needs to be to be able to contribute.”
Top: The offensive line practices under the coach’s watchful eye. Bottom left: Saban works with the defensive backs while practicing pass skeletons. Bottom right: DeMarcus Milliner walks around the practice field in his black jersey, signailing his inability to practice with the rest of the team due to his injury.
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Students enjoy a whitewater rafting trip. This trip is more affordable through the Outdoor Recreation.
By Ashley Chaffin Contributing Writer While many students bond over the mutual hatred of a dreaded core class, this year others will build those lasting friendships as together they barrel through Class III rapids on an inflatable raft. The Outdoor Recreation Center is starting off the school year by hosting a whitewater rafting trip down the Ocoee River in Tennessee. The trip will be held all day Saturday, Aug. 28, and is for students only. At very little cost, students can spend a day outside and meet new people before classes begin to consume their dayto-day lives, said Linda Taylor, one of the trip coordinators. This trip marks the first of many planned trips for the Fall 2010 semester and will be the only one spent whitewater rafting. “It’s great because everyone can go and pretty much everyone will have fun,” Taylor said. “It’s hard not to have fun unless you really hate being outside.” The actual trip down the river will take about two hours and the rapids range from level 3 to level 5. No previous rafting experience is needed to go, and the staff at the Outdoor Rec hopes everyone interested will attend, no matter their skill level or experience. “This is a really good trip if you want to start getting involved because you don’t need any expertise and it’s not very psychically challenging,” Taylor said. She said if anyone comes on the trip without knowing anyone they would have no trouble fitting in right away. All the coordinators are open and ready to talk to anyone. The Outdoor Rec is offering a special rate of $45 for freshmen to try to get them more incorporated into the program. All other students will
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be required to pay $75. These costs include transportation to and from Tennessee, lunch and the trip down the river. Everyone attending the trip is asked to bring an extra $10 for a quick dinner on the way home. The other trip coordinator, Katerina Puzinauskas, said trips down the Ocoee can cost up to $150 regularly. “It’s so cheap, and that’s what people don’t realize,” she said There are 18 spots in all for this trip, with about eight spots already taken, so those interested in attending should sign up as soon as possible at the Outdoor Rec Office. The office is located on the second floor of the Student Recreation Center past the two aerobics rooms. The last day to sign up will be Friday, Aug. 27, by 5 p.m.
Puzinauskas said she hopes these new people can be introduced to the Outdoor Rec program through this trip as a channel to become more involved in future events. “Everyone sort of knows that it’s there, but no one really knows how to utilize it,” she said about the program. The Outdoor Rec offers not only trips throughout each semester but a rental center, rock wall and bike shop. These services allow students to create their own experience with the Outdoor Rec, as well as participate in the planned events. “We encourage people who are beginners to come in and learn with us,” Puzinauskas said. “We are professionals and that’s what we are there for. We don’t expect you to come to the rock wall with experience. We are there to
IF YOU GO ... • What: Whitewater rafting trip • Where: Down the Ocoee River in Tennessee • When: Saturday Aug. 28 • How much: $45 for freshmen, $75 for other students
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coach you, and we are going to have fun regardless.” Even if whitewater rafting isn’t what you are looking for, the staff at the Outdoor Rec hopes everyone who is interested will drop by the office to see what the program and the
people involved are all about. “There is no one at the Outdoor Rec that isn’t cool,” Taylor said. “We are all really easy going and if you want to join we make it easy for you. We really want people to come to more of our stuff.”
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Maxwell Hall, Creative Campus held their second annual Get Creative Night. With approximately 70 pieces of art and more than 20 live performances, Get Creative showcased the talent of students majoring in everything from telecommunication and film and advertising to American studies, classics, New College and studio art. “I thought there would be a lot of art majors showcased, but there’s a lot of art here by students majoring in other things, too,” said Evan Cottrell, a junior majoring in marketing. Although Cottrell didn’t come to last year’s Get Creative, he said he came this year because he loves art and because he follows photographer and student Rae
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who played the bass, and new friend and guitarist Jonathan Harms. “It’s a cool environment because there’s physical art and live performances in the same place,” said Battito, who performed by himself at last year’s Get Creative. “Also, people come to Get Creative Night for different reasons, but regardless of their reasons, they hear you. You’re on showcase no matter what.” Facing the stage but on the opposite side of Maxwell Hall’s front lawn sat the Get Creative craft table. Using the art supplies placed on the table by the interns, attendees could take part in origami, painting and other crafts while listening to the performances. S e c o n d - ye a r Cr e at ive Campus intern Seema Kumar, a junior majoring in biology and Spanish, said she was very pleased with the event
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because so many people attended. “We are extremely pleased with the turnout,” she said. “More people might have attended if we hadn’t hosted the event so early in the school year, but since Get Creative is about getting people involved, we wanted it to be a part of Student Involvement Week. There’s a good mix of people here from all areas of campus, which was our goal. Making the arts more accessible to students and getting them more involved – if we do that, we’ve achieved what we set out to achieve.” The Creative Campus interns invite all students to keep checking their website, uacreativecampus.org, for information about upcoming arts events.
CW | Drew Hoover Top: Angelica Virquez, an senior majoring in economics, and Maria Fernanda Cortes draw on the chalkboard in Maxwell Hall as a part of Creative Campus's Get Creative Night on Aug. 24. Virquez and Cortes are both from Colombia and have come to the University to study English. Above: Kadesh and the Perfect Strangers perform at Creative Campus’s Get Creative Night on Aug. 24.
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Marshall, who had several photographs on display at the event. In addition to the photographs, paintings, and ceramics on display inside of Maxwell Hall, several musical and written works were performed on Get Creative’s small outdoor stage. Morgan Bruffy, a junior majoring in telecommunication and film, recited her short story “Up and Away.” This was the first time Bruffy had performed her work. “I love this organization, and it’s important on this art sharing night to showcase all of the art that’s created on this campus,” she said. Michael Battito, a junior majoring in jazz studies, played the guitar alongside his roommate Adrian Marmolejo,
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CW | Thomas Lewallen Top left: Students enjoy music and other performances by their peers at Get Creative Night Tuesday at Maxwell Hall. Top right: Erin Smelley, an advertising major, John Michael Murray, an English major, and Amanda Barnes, a studio art major, paint a picture at Get Creative Night. Above: Students listen to a musical performance at Get Creative Night on Tuesday.
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Icon offers alternative bar scene By Karissa Bursch Senior Staff Reporter kabursch@crimson.ua.edu Tuscaloosa has a number of bars where students can go, offering a variety of scenes and choices. However, when would University students and Tuscaloosa residents ever have associated drag queens, dance music, gin and juice and walk-offs with the Tuscaloosa bar scene instead of cover bands, beer, pool, darts and football? Since late April of this year, one bar has filled one of the few niches that Tuscaloosa was lacking for years. “It’s a different experience compared to anywhere you’ll go in Tuscaloosa,” said David Haugen, a junior majoring in public relations. Icon is an alternative dance bar located at 613 Greensboro Ave. where the bar Traditions used to be, next to the restaurant Big Daddy’s. Haugen and Russell Stephens, a junior majoring in musical theatre and journalism, have been going to the bar since its opening in late April. Stephens said the bar targets a wide spectrum of people. “It is very diverse,” Stephens said. “There is no predominant group. A lot of people who aren’t gay go to the bar. Also, along with students, a lot of Tuscaloosa natives come and hang out as well.”
Haugen said the bar is fun for everyone. “It’s different groups of people doing their own thing,” he said. “However you express yourself, you’ll be sure to have a good time.” Icon is open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. and 9 p.m. until 3 a.m. on Friday. The music at Icon is usually top 40 pop hits, sometimes remixed and sometimes not, Haugen said. Icon has designated gay nights, Tuesday and Friday, and there is no specified designation for the rest of the nights. Tuesday night is Gin and Juice night, which used to be featured at the Brickhouse. Every Friday night is the G-spot, which is hosted by Genesis, a drag queen from Birmingham, and features performers from across the country, according to the G-spot Facebook page. There is a drag show every Friday night, and Stephens said drag queens come from Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and Montevallo to perform. “Genesis brings in people she knows. You never know what to expect with Genesis,” Stephens said. “Genesis is the personality of the bar,” Haugen said. Stephens said, for an example of some of the drag queens that perform at G-spot, this past Friday a drag queen wore a Twilight inspired outfit with
CW | Bethany Martin Above: Icon offers drink specials on certain nights of the week and regularly plays top 40 pop hits. The venue also hosts weekly drag shows on Fridays. Left: The alternative dance bar has been open since April on Greensboro Avenue in the site of the old Traditions. fangs painted on her face. “It was awesome,” Stephens said. Stephens and Haugen both said some of their favorite memories of the bar involve dance-offs and walk-offs. “David and his friend clear the dance floor and do choreographed dances when Lady
Gaga comes on,” Stephens said. “We’ve had walk-offs and dancing on the bar,” Haugen said. Luke Harbison, a bartender at Icon, said it can be the perfect place to relax, be yourself, and have a good time. “It has a very good environment,” Harbison said.
“It’s a good thing to have in Tuscaloosa. It’s a place where you can do what you want. It can sometimes get crazy.” “Somebody in a newspaper actually said a gay or alternative bar could never be successful in Tuscaloosa,” Haugen said. “But [Icon] is successful. It was able to survive over the
summer while there weren’t many students in town and it is growing.” “It’s really great,” Stephens said. “It’s just fun. There’s not a lot of different fun stuff to do in Tuscaloosa so Icon is special. You can just go and hang out with your friends and talk to people.”
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Dexateens represent New South, New Values By Morgan Dowdy Robert Christgau says Patterson Hood can’t sing. How would Christgau, most eminent of first-generation rock critics, react to the bending nasal drawl of a Dexateens harmony? He would like it anyway. As vividly as Hood and the Drive-By Truckers rhapsodize “the duality of the southern thing,” the Dexateens simply embody the dichotomy. The iconoclast/traditionalist tugof-war, the friction of reconciling Old South and New South values, the ragged love and hate of a twisted, inextricable heritage—these issues are not broached with decisive art statements like those of the Truckers, but instead come artlessly built in, allowing the Dexateens’ talent for accessible song-craft to flourish unfettered. Even if the songs didn’t mean anything, you would hum their melodies in bed. That they are strikingly meaningful as well as listenable is a powerful double come-on. The mythos of the Dexateens story is heavy with such duality: astute bar-rock revelers, tawdry Southern gentlemen, country punks who toured Europe, local heroes still unknown to many in their hometown. Tuscaloosa is their hometown, and the Dexateens may be the last great Tuscaloosa band for a long time. Now in their twelfth year, they are old
enough that their formative band experiences drew from the scene that surrounded the Chukker, a venerable local venue and subcultural epicenter shuttered in 2003 after nearly fifty years. This healthy proximity surely accounts for some of the Dexateens’ quiet individualism and eccentricity, two much more rare elements in Tuscaloosa music after the loss of the Chukker. In 2004 they made their first record, and have continued to put out one record each year until this one. Their musical maturation has been graceful, progressive, a dud-less sequence of growth. Think of their discography as three distinct phrases plus a couple linking verbs: the first two albums, a transitional EP, the third album, a transitional EP, the fourth album. The first third is the most raucous, the most pseudo-punky, the most desperate and hungry. The second third is blunted, more restrained, with a dose of whimsy and introspection. The first is the under-twominutes-long title track on their most recent album “Singlewide” (“now I realize/I’m singlewide,” whispers an infantilized narrator). Like the John Lennon track “My Mummy’s Dead,” which similarly functions as the succinct crux of its album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, the song “Singlewide” owes much of its potency to an expertly paced track list. Harnessing
dexateens.net The Dexateens, Tuscaloosa natives, have been performing for more than a decade. intercontextual forces as the Dexateens do on “Singlewide” basically hotwires the power of the discrete track. Such nuance manifests throughout the record, abundantly enriching repeat listening. I am partial to 2005’s “Red Dust Rising,” the second album, which catches their most satisfying hybridity. Matt Patton’s bass line on the closing track “Coal Mine Lung” evokes what a heavy-browed glare evokes, and the implementation of electric piano lends deformed radiance to the dour vocals, until the song structure pepperminttwists into an inebriated, ever-
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mix-up is even more serious. John Smith, who, having moved from the area several years ago, left the group to raise his family without the burdens of touring, so I hear. The spirit of the band has always been wrapped up in the songwriting partnership of Elliott McPherson and Smith, who also shared vocal and guitar duties. The loss is certainly a setback and might be a vital one. That leaves McPherson and Patton as the only two core members remaining. A humble exit would be understandable and unsurprising, but there
could still be years to come for all anyone knows. If anything, McPherson and Patton have only developed their powers. And the three non-original members are not lackluster by any stretch, having done a good job assimilating themselves. Visit Dexateens.net to download their 2008 EP “Lost and Found,” available free, “In Rainbows”-style, for as much as you’re willing to give. The records mentioned in this column should be available for purchase at Tuscaloosa’s Oz Music, located at the intersection of 14th Street and Hackberry Lane.
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