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Remembering 9/11 Ten years after the most devastating terrorist attack in U.S. history, four UA students and a professor reflect on their experiences
Jim MacMillan/Philadelphia Daily News/MCT A New York City firefighter looks at the ruins of the World Trade Center at dawn Wednesday, September 12, 2001. Two airplanes were hijacked and flown into both towers of the World Trade Center on Tuesday.
Native New Yorker recalls trauma of attack I was in third grade in 2001, living in Westchester County, about 20 minutes from New York City. I was in school when the planes struck the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, and I can remember our teacher had us all sit in a circle and lightly broke the news to us. We were all too young, most of us around seven or eight years old, to grasp exactly what happened, so our teacher didn’t give us the whole story. But she told us enough so that we understood what was happening nearby. I remember sitting in tons of traffic after my family picked me up from school. When we finally got home, it was all over the news. One of the most vivid memories I have is of my father sitting me down and saying, “The world is going to change now.” And looking back, you know what? He was right. There were a lot of people unaccounted for in my neighborhood in the days following 9/11. I can remember sitting in my house, not knowing whether or not my neighbors were alright. One was a firefighter, and I can remember seeing him come home that day with dust
Sept. 11 shaped military path for Iraq veteran
On Sept. 11, 2001, I was in ninth grade at a boarding school in Georgia. In the middle of my environmental science class, a classmate came running into our room crying and told us what had happened. Our teacher turned on the news and, not long after doing so, we saw the second some two-plus months after. plane hit the south tower. Even now, as I return home for After that tower was struck, breaks and holidays to see my the school canceled class and family, I remember divided us up into that day as I watch the chapel and the the progress of the and allowed FOR MORE gym rebuilding efforts. us to call home to It’s a day I’ll never REFLECTIONS, check in with our forget. SEE PAGE 6 families.I’d always At age seven, you can’t really grasp planned on servwhat’s going on. You ing in the military can’t quite understand the after college, but it was at that idea that there are parts of the point that I knew I was going world that don’t like the U.S. to enlist as soon as I could. My and what we stand for. But as uncle was a Marine officer, my you grow up and talk about it granddad was an Army offiin school, you’re really exposed cer, my great granddad was to a lot. You realize that what an Army officer and my father happened didn’t just happen was enlisted in the Army, so I in New York, Washington D.C. always knew I would serve; I and Pennsylvania; it affected just hadn’t planned on doing it everyone. It’s an event that before graduating. changed everyone’s lives forIn 2006, I enlisted in the ever. Marine Corps, and in February
You realize that what happened didn’t just happen in New York, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania; it affected everyone. It’s an event that changed everyone’s lives forever.
Cynthia Maugeri, freshman and debris all over his suit. The event hit especially close to home for my family because my mother had worked in the World Trade Center for 13 years. She’d stopped working there about three years prior but was still close to many of her former coworkers. She was so worried, because practically everyone she knew worked in that building on the 97th floor. I returned to the city a couple of months after the attacks, and I remember there was still a lot of rubble throughout the city. It was still an overwhelming sight
I’d always planned on serving in the military after college, but it was at that point that I knew I was going to enlist as soon as I could.
Shawn Tatham, senior 2008, I was deployed to Iraq. When I went, I was so young, 19, and I was just trying to find my niche in the Corps. I was in the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, which was one of the most deployed units at the time. So, when I got to Iraq, I was in the turret the first night, and it was freezing cold and raining. I remember shaking when I was pulled down into the vehicle, but I didn’t want to complain. I was there to do a job, and that was it. When I got back from Iraq in August 2008, I was stationed in Hawaii for seven months. When
I left Hawaii, I went home for a month before I was deployed to Afghanistan as a team leader on May 7, 2009. Afghanistan was a lot different from Iraq; it was hell on earth. We were tasked with clearing Route 515, which was the main drug smuggling route of the Taliban that was faced with hundreds of IEDs and blown up 2-3 times a day. On Oct. 29, I returned home. Looking back, I think now you realize what sacrifice really is. As a kid, sacrifice is sharing some of your Halloween candy. I was unable to realize what the firefighters we saw on T.V. were truly doing until I was older. Their actions carry on today and will inspire our lives forever. It is because of the Marines and other fallen heroes that I was able to make it home, and I thank them every day. Semper Fi.
Tuscaloosa plans 9/11 anniversary memorial By Stephen Walker and Chuck Matula The Crimson White The city of Tuscaloosa and the Tuscaloosa Fire Department will be conducting a memorial service this Sunday to honor the first responders who died a decade ago in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and le this
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Students expressed support for the event, saying that those who perished deserve to be remembered. “I think this event is a great way to remember those who perished in the line of duty,” said Jenna Ashley, a sophomore majoring in social work. “I think we should have an event every year to make sure we never forget what our
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police, firefighters, and other ordinary Americans went through on that dreadful day.” As part of the ceremony, a large piece of steel retrieved from the South Tower of the World Trade Center will be on display. Students said they had mixed feelings about a part of
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ON CAMPUS Local Marine Corps League detachment offers new scholarship The Johnny Michael Spann Detachment of the Marine Corps League, located in Tuscaloosa, is offering a new scholarship to full-time students who have served in the Marines or have a family member who has served
in the Marines. The scholarship, which is open to graduates of a West Alabama high school Marine service or a persona family connection to the Marine Corps, is meant to pay tribute to the service of Marine veterans
while also allowing them and their families to stay in college. To get more information about the scholarship or to donate to the fund, contact Kim Gentry at (205) 348-4771 or kgentry@ advance.ua.edu.
Creative Campus Featured in Thomas Friedman’s New Book Creative Campus at The University of Alabama was recently featured in three-time Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Thomas Friedman’s latest book, titled That Used To Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back.” The organization was praised a novel way in
which the organization involves students in the arts around Tuscaloosa. Creative Campus, which was created after a proposal from 13 students in 2005 and is composed of 40 interns, works on the Druid City Arts Festival and other arts-focused programs. For more information about Creative Campus, go to www.uacreativecampus.org.
International yoga event to be held at Rec field Salutation Nation, an international day of yoga led by yoga ambassadors, will be held Saturday, Sept. 10 from 9 to 10 a.m. on the University Recreation Center fields. The
event will be held at the same time at other locations around the world. The event is open to people of all skill level and experiences. A yoga mat or towel is required.
Former UA Athletes Receive Alumni-Athlete Award Former University of Alabama athletes Clark Boler, Tommy Booker and Lt. Col. Howard Pierson, were recently awarded the 2011 Paul W. Bryant Alumni Athlete Award. The award is given each year to athletes based on character, contributions to society, professional achievement and service. Boler, a former football, basketball
and baseball player, taught and coached for 42 years. Booker, a former football player, was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. Lt. Col. Pierson, a former letterman and ROTC participant, served in the Air Force from 1951 to 1979, won 39 Air Medals, a Meritorious Service Medal and an Airman’s Medal for Valor.
ON THE RADAR Threatened lawsuit blocks A&M’s move to SEC FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas A&M’s desired move to the Southeastern Conference is on hold because of a threatened lawsuit by Baylor. In a statement released Wednesday morning, SEC officials confirmed that the league took action Tuesday night and “voted unanimously to accept Texas A&M University as a member upon receiving acceptable reconfirmation” that Big 12 members stood by a Sept. 2 letter assuring there would be no legal action involved with the move. The statement, issued by Florida president Bernie Machen, chairman of the SEC presidents and chancellors, said “at least one Big 12 institution had withdrawn its previous consent and was considering
legal action.” Multiple Big 12 sources have identified that school as Baylor. In correspondence last month between Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe and A&M president R. Bowen Loftin, both parties agreed to mutual waivers of legal claims. That information was relayed to the SEC in the Sept. 2 letter referenced in the statement. But the Big 12’s waiver must be agreed to by all members. A&M had planned a formal announcement of its move Wednesday in College Station, Texas. Big 12 schools were expected to discuss the issue Wednesday. If Baylor chooses not to pursue legal action, the Aggies’ move to the SEC would become official.
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Memorial service to be held for leukemia victim By Alyssa Locklar Senior Staff Reporter arlocklar@crimson.ua.edu For Anna Gordon, the spring of 2009 was supposed to be a time full of celebrations, good times with friends and plans for after graduation. Instead, the 22-yearold was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia just five weeks short of graduation. Even though her whole life had just been turned upside down, Gordon graduated summa cum laude majoring in psychology and Spanish with a minor in Blount studies from the University. She was also awarded the Recognition for Academic Excellence by a Major in Psychology and the Outstanding Senior Award from the Undergraduate Initiative of the College of Arts and Sciences. After two years of fighting, Gordon died on May 9, 2011. A memorial service in front
Anna Gordon of Denny Chimes will be held in her honor at 4 p.m. on Sept. 13. Along with the playing of the chimes, University President Robert Witt will speak on Anna’s behalf. The service will also include a segment from the University Singers. Anna’s
mother, Pam, who has taught in the UA School of Music for 16 years, will also be in attendance. “Anna was unique and very mature for her age as even a child; she was unique in how she dealt with her peers and adults as well,” Pam said. “She maintained that throughout her life. She could fit in with any age group. She was so motivated. I was cleaning out her closet the other day, and she saved every notebook from high school throughout college. She was so focused on school.” In her time at the University, Pam said her daughter strove to achieve excellence, living in accordance to Paul “Bear” Bryant’s famous quote, “I ain’t never been nothin’ but a winner.” “Every time she went to the hospital, that banner with the Paul Bear Bryant quote went with her,” Pam said. “She had it in her office, in her room
and everywhere she went. It summed up her attitude on life, even when she got sick.” After her diagnosis, she did not give up on her education, her mother said. Anna battled through chemotherapy so she could attend the University of Georgia in Athens to pursue a master’s degree. However, she relapsed and had to return to Alabama and undergo a bone morrow transplant in April 2010. After her transplant, Gordon went into remission and took a position at UA as an Admissions Counselor for Alumni and Volunteer Recruitment within the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. “It was never an option for Anna to just not do anything, even as sick as she was,” Pam said. “It mattered to her more than anything to just live. She loved living life everyday. I knew she was going to do something even after the bone morrow transplant.”
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Pam said her daughter wasn’t out of the hospital a week before she was applying for jobs. She said that even though Anna couldn’t be in graduate school, she still wanted to be in that atmosphere. In her time at the admissions office, Anna’s co-workers said she touched their lives irrevocably. “Anna was an outstanding member of our admissions team,” said Mary Spiegel, executive director of enrollment
services. “Many students have fond memories of her work with them. We miss her very much.” After four short months, Anna relapsed again and had to go through yet another transplant in March 2011. The memorial will be one last chance for Anna’s story to get out, Pam said “Anna was proud of being a model student,” her mother said. “She wasn’t born a genius, but her work ethic got her through everything, even leukemia. She never sat in the back and faded into the wall. She was able to have fun and be an excellent student. “Denny Chimes is the heart of the campus, and to have it ring for Anna is the best way we can honor her,” she said. Donations can be made to the Anna E. Gordon Memorial Endowed Scholarship by mail at P.O. Box 870122, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487.
Accounting professor wins national teaching award By Mazie Bryant Contributing Writer On Aug. 8, Culverhouse professor of accounting Edward Schnee accepted the Outstanding Tax Educator Award, bringing prestige to his career and to the University. The annual meeting of the American Taxation Association, held in conjunction with the American Accounting Association, convened in Denver, Colo., to announce Schnee as the recipient of the distinguished award. “I was thrilled and excited to find out that I had won the award,” Schnee said. “The entire nomination and decision process is kept quiet by a special committee, so I was completely surprised when they announced my name.” The Outstanding Tax Educator Award, funded by Ernst & Young, is named after the late Ray M. Sommerfeld of the University of Texas at Austin who was regarded as an expert in the taxation and accounting field and a colleague of Schnee. It is presented to an educator of taxation who demonstrates exceptional teaching, research and service. Schnee, then, was considered the perfect candidate. “I discovered my interest in accounting and taxation as an undergraduate, so I really enjoy teaching students with the same interest,” Schnee said. “However, I only teach high level accounting majors. They have already learned a lot, so they can bring that outside information into my class and contribute to good discussions.”
His long professional résumé, including one-time president of the American Taxation Association and former editor of its journal, gave him an important name in the national ranks. His even longer teaching résumé, including UA professor of accounting for 30 years and director of the UA Master of Tax Accounting program for 26 years, earned him a solid reputation as an effective educator. “The award acknowledges the quality of teaching and research of Dr. Schnee,” said May Stone, director of the Culverhouse School of Accountancy. “It also draws national and international attention to the School of Accounting and the MTA program at the University. It gives us a comparative advantage over other schools and really compels students thinking about going into accounting
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and KPMG. “Dr. Schnee is a unique accounting professor with his Socratic style of teaching that constantly challenges students,” said Frank Cade, one of the students in his MTA program. “His class discussions on relevant and ‘hot topic’ tax issues are much more engaging than a typical accounting lecture. Dr. Schnee has turned
Edward Schnee main source of pride is his Master of Tax Accounting program. Only a few years developed at the time of his arrival at
“Dr. Schnee is a unique accounting professor with his Socratic style of teaching that constantly challenges students.” — Frank Cade
Alabama Master’s of Tax Accounting program to an elite specialty graduate school that is only rivaled by a similar program in Austin, Texas.” With other MTA programs around the country slowly being discontinued due to lack of experienced faculty, costly curriculum and fewer students, Schnee’s award will surely bring a boost of life into the program at UA.
“He has helped me achieve my career goals by giving me a solid foundational understanding of basic tax issues that allowed me to achieve an internship with PricewaterhouseCoopers last spring which resulted in a fulltime offer,” Cade said. “With Dr. Schnee’s prestigious background and resume, the fact that he chooses education as his occupation is a true testament to his desire to teach.”
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UA, the MTA program became a selective, competitive asset to the University. Averaging 16 MBA students a year and currently serving 19, the program offers a more personal approach to the professional world that its students are soon to encounter. It is highly regarded within the accounting and taxation community, and it is on the recruiting cycle of the Big Four Accounting Firms— Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu,
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Student seating must be fair By Ryan Flamerich
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{ YOUR VIEW } WEB COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO “STRIPPED OF CHARACTER” “Get used to it. I travel all the time and am constantly seeking out ʻlocalʼ restaurants and businesses in order to taste a little local flavor. Instead I get chain shops, tourist traps, and junk stores. The hole-inthe-wall mom-andpop places are constantly being replaced by chain stores. I canʼt help but feel a tad bit jealous when traveling abroad and enjoying cultural hotspots.” — Jeb
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T h e Tuscaloosa In short: Walt Forward plan Maddox and ap p r ove d by the City of Tusthe city council caloosa have Tuesday prodone an outvides a good standing job enframework for gaging citizens rebuilding the in the recovery areas devastated plan approved by the April 27 Tuesday night. tornado. The entire city will benefit from the revitalization of impacted neighborhoods, and as residents of this city, our student body has an especially important role to play in the rebuilding effort. The plan includes the creation of village centers that will bring energy and life to pockets of the community that have previously been neglected. This will allow for more pedestrian-friendly, sustainable development. Mixedincome housing developments will surround the village centers, allowing families of different incomes to live in close proximity to one another. No longer will lower-income citizens be relegated to certain neighborhoods or public housing communities. Furthermore, the plan covers every impacted neighborhood, offering the promise of renewed vibrancy in many of the low-income communities that were decimated by the tornado. If executed correctly, these efforts could create more opportunities for more citizens, creating a more prosperous city for all. The plan also promotes connectivity between neighborhoods, allowing people to walk or cycle to their destination rather than rely on automobiles. In an age of rising gas prices and heightened environmental concerns, having a less automobile-dependent infrastructure will position Tuscaloosa well for growth in the future. Finally, residents were engaged in the development of the plan, which was put together based on their input and suggestions. We are very fortunate to live in a city that puts such an emphasis on public input, and as college students, we have a responsibility to make sure our voices are heard throughout the reconstruction process. We live in and depend on Tuscaloosa, too, and the developments that are about to begin will shape the city landscape for generations of students after us. We commend Mayor Walt Maddox and the Tuscaloosa City Council for their vision and for the outstanding outreach effort they have led. While every element of the plan may not ultimately be realized, it provides a great foundation to guide long-term recovery efforts. If the city strives to meet the goals it has set, we are confident Tuscaloosa will emerge much stronger than it was before the tornado hit.
Last spring, SGA president Grant Cochran and I discovered a problem with a major SGA project that affects a lot of students on this campus: student organization seating. As we moved closer to the start of football season, we realized that the traditional method in which the student organization seating committee was formed would not be feasible this year. Instead, we decided that it would be best to create a committee composed of members of the legislative and executive branches. This bi-branch standing committee would work as a unified SGA effort to ensure the process was manageable and equitable. I was optimistic that bringing senators to the table would help make the seating program more transparent and accountable than it has been in previous years. Building on last year’s historic reforms, which opened up student organization seating to 34 organizations, it appeared we were finally on the verge of turning a tool long used for political coercion into an incentive program to reward good student groups. Unfortunately, rather than work together to rectify flaws in the student organization seating program, create policies that could govern the program in the future and allocate seating in the fairest way possible this year, the committee barely functioned, meeting only once to ratify a chart that was crafted without input. The academic calendar and the absence of any rules governing the process converged to create a scenario under which it was almost impossible to reach a consensus over this year’s organization seating
process, much less advance meaningful long-term reforms. The result was a seating chart that actually allocated seating privileges to fewer organizations than last year. What we thought could be another giant step forward wound up being a step back. While some in the SGA and on the committee are responsible for exploiting these circumstances, no one in the SGA or on the committee is responsible for creating them. Email conversations between committee members, including myself, that were published in The Crimson White last week have attracted considerable attention, but those conversations are only one isolated part of a much larger story. Had SGA president Grant Cochran not agreed to allow the legislative branch to participate in the process, and had committee chair Mckenzie Jones not ensured the committee’s proceedings would be open to the public, we would likely still be unaware of the extensive flaws with the student organization seating program. Those flaws are the result of years of mismanagement and corruption far beyond the responsibility of any one individual or SGA administration. However, now that we are aware of the underlying problems with the seating program, it is much easier to begin the conversation about reforming student seating for next year. Going forward, we must work on four key priorities. The first is identifying a new way to conduct student seating at football games that still allows students to sit with their friends without going through the subjective and corruptible process currently in place. The second is creating another
type of incentive program that rewards student organizations for their performance, outside of a seating chart effective for only eight home games. The third is reevaluating our own policies and code of laws as they relate to SGA committees so that we can ensure proper procedures are followed in the future. SGA committees are tasked with great responsibilities, and we must ensure that they operate with integrity and transparency. Finally, and most importantly, we must engage students in this reform effort so that we can collect ideas and opinions from a large part of the student body. Rarely are we given the opportunity to rework long-established programs or institutions. Yet, just last year, we had the opportunity to vote on a new SGA constitution, renewing the organization for a new generation of student leadership. Similarly, we now have a chance to reform student seating to accommodate a growing student body with more and higher achieving student organizations. These reforms are only one part of a much broader fight for equality and ethical leadership on this campus. Our goal must be more than the creation of a fair, accountable student organization seating process. Our goal must be a fundamental rejection of the politics of special interests and secrecy, and we must strive to ensure that our public resources are allocated with the highest degree of integrity. It’s what our student body deserves. Ryan Flamerich is the Speaker of the SGA Senate and a member of the Student Organization Seating Committee.
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Students must accept new normal in Tuscaloosa By Xavier Burgin I walked toward a man standing over a used Toyota wrenched in two. He kneeled over the car as the stench of something dead wafted from the confines of the backseat. Snap! Mike and Ed’s BBQ sign was so bent, the edges of its border touched the yellow line dashed across the street. Snap! As I walked toward the top of 15th Street before it dipped into the main devastation, I saw an infinite amount of space. I could clearly define the symmetrical lines entailing DCH in contrast to the flattened houses dotting 15th. Snap! I steadied my camera. I wanted to highlight the contrast between negative space and the wreckage flowing across the
landscape. Snap! Backing away from the viewfinder, I felt as if I was simultaneously writing and experiencing verses etched in a peculiar story. I watched from the confines of my dorm as the tornado pulsed toward BryantDenny Stadium. A few minutes earlier, I assured my residents the storm would be a routine pass and go. From the fourth floor, I saw a tunnel entrenched upon the land barreling towards the campus. When I should’ve been contemplating the merits of a silent prayer, all I could think about was how adeptly I assured my residents everything would be alright. At this point, I just considered myself a liar. To think the tornado would make such a drastic turn is a memory intertwined in
guilty relief. Nature has a strict policy of inconsiderate gambles. It secures victims in the same manner humans indulge in Russian roulette. When everything ends, our lives may be like a movie fading to black, but many residents of Tuscaloosa were given a few extra moments from the throngs of a disaster that could’ve been far worse. As students slowly poured back into Tuscaloosa, they were greeted by suspended animation, the new normal. They happened upon a 15th Street with a skyline reaching towards downtown. The citizens of Tuscaloosa live in a broken residence. A house with all the characteristics of an abode yet stripped of proper humanity. Students found themselves in the grasp
of our city’s reality with a broken innocence. It was the same feeling I retained as I stood with my camera, photographing the carnage a day after the tornado. It was the same feeling I accepted as I began to shoot footage documenting the storm three weeks later. It’s the same genuine discomfort we all fight with when we remember where we were during the tornado. Welcome to the new normal. The new beginning that never ended. Tuscaloosa survived, but would anyone argue pieces of our soul still rest within April 27th?
Xavier Burgin is a junior majoring in interdisciplinary studies and film production. His column runs biweekly on Thursdays.
Governing bodies for higher education need reform by Tray Smith Auburn alumni erupted into an outcry over the summer when a committee Governor Bentley serves on recommended Bobby Lowder for another term on the school’s board of trustees. Lowder, the controversial former CEO of the failed Colonial Bank, has been involved in multiple scandals at Auburn, including a 2001 decision to fire university president William Muse and the attempted ouster of former football coach Tommy Tuberville in 2003. The backlash against the recommendation prompted Lowder to withdraw his name from consideration, and the committee is now working to formulate a new list of nominees to submit to the state senate. The drama on the Plains provided a nice contrast to our own board of trustees, which rarely draws attention to itself and conducts its regular business without a hitch. Still, the ordeal offers an
opportunity to reevaluate higher education governance throughout the state of Alabama, including at the Capstone. Other states like Mississippi and Florida have one board responsible for governing all public colleges. Alabama has 14 public four-year colleges, 11 of which have their own boards. The University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville are all part of the University of Alabama System and are governed by its board of trustees. The University of South Alabama, the University of West Alabama, and the University of North Alabama are not part of the system and are governed autonomously. There is little reason for maintaining such a disjointed governance structure. Why should UA, UAB, and UAH share a central coordinating bureaucracy, but UNA, UWA, and USA shouldn’t? Why do some schools need an overarching chancellor and support staff, but others don’t?
For the Capstone and other members of the UA system, board members are appointed to represent the state’s congressional districts. For a state school educating in-state students, that structure is fine. However, for a university that is increasingly catering to out-of-state students and that boasts a rising number of impressive out-of-state alumni, limiting our board of trustees to residents of the state’s congressional districts doesn’t really make sense. Impressive Alabama graduates such as MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, and Kathryn Stockett, author of the New York Times Bestselling book “The Help,” are ineligible for service. But they represent the type of visionary, progressive leaders who could propel our university forward. Unfortunately, all of this is determined by the Alabama Constitution, an anachronistic document that has far outlived
its usefulness. It’s not that the members of our board of trustees aren’t well-intentioned people who have given a lot to the University of Alabama; they are. However, the structure of the board makes it inadequate for the modern era. Alabama needs to decide if it wants a higher education system in which its colleges are operated jointly or if it wants each institution to operate autonomously. Alabama needs to decide how it wants to allow out-of-state alumni to play a role in the governance of its colleges and universities. Alabama needs to identify how students, who pay the tuition that allows our colleges to operate, can have a greater voice in the decision-making process. Alabama needs to decide what it wants from its higher education system and then create a system that can deliver it.
Tray Smith is the opinions editor of The Crimson White. His column runs on Thursdays.
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Daughter proud of father ‘fighting the fight’
Indian student faced discrimination after 9/11
I was a fifth grader on Sept. 11, 2001 when my grandma called my mom to turn on the TV. We were living in Colorado Springs, so we were on Mountain Time, and my mom explained that she was driving my sisters and me to school. My grandma insisted she turn on the radio, and we heard that a plane had hit the Twin Towers. We had just moved to Colorado Springs in July, where my dad was stationed with the Air Force, and I didn’t know many people. I was attending a small Catholic school, and I remember it was my day to read out the prayer intentions for my class in front of the whole school. I asked my teacher if I needed to change mine in light of what happened, and she said yes, to pray for the people in New York. I was so nervous because I had to ad-lib everything. After prayers, we went down to a sixth grade class-
I remember having just turned ten years old a few days before the attacks. I was in school when they happened. We had TVs on rollers and the teacher turned [the news] on briefly, and then we kind of continued going on with class. I know for a fact that the teachers were talking amongst themselves, and that was really frightening. I was completely oblivious to what had actually happened. It would take several months before I actually realized the extent of the attacks. [I remember] smoke billowing from the buildings, hearing about firefighters dying. I remember seeing a couple of images of people jumping out of buildings. Just constant sad news. I didn’t understand that these were real people. To me, in my little niche in Norman, Okla., New York City was a completely different world. I had a little bit of understanding of what a terrorist attack was, but I couldn’t imagine it being worse than the Oklahoma City bombings, which killed about 140 people. That was definitely the turning point in how I was looked at. Before [9/11], I was defi-
“Even though there is evil in the world, good will always triumph”
Becca Benning, Junior room to watch the news to see what was happening. When we went outside to the playground, I huddled together with a group of other kids whose dads were in the military. One girl’s mom was a firefighter in New York. We were really worried about what the attacks would mean and where our parents would have to go. There was a lot of uncertainty, and it was really hard for us to understand as
fifth-graders. Within a few days of 9/11, my dad was sent to Langley, Virginia on a 90-day temporary deployment coordinating intelligence operations. He explained that he wasn’t going overseas, but he had to go help out and do his part. I’ve always been extremely proud of my dad and the military. I think things like this do hit closer to home for military children because we know it’s our fathers and mothers that will be fighting the fight. Basically, I saw this as a child, but I see it even more now: Even though there is evil in the world, good will always triumph. America is stronger because of 9/11, and I know we will persevere no matter what attacks may come.
The One World Trade Center towers, when finished in 2013, will stand just next to the former site of the original World Trade Center buildings that collased on Sept. 11.
“Being a minority was difficult, but it’s something I wouldn’t change for the world”
Saahil Agrawal, Sophomore nitely equal, and there might have been some underlying stereotyping, but nothing that ever affected me. It wasn’t until probably middle school that I realized I was really different and that I was looked at differently. I feel like I actually realized it once I came into the deep south of Tuscaloosa [in 2005]. It was less noticeable by far in Oklahoma. I was swimming one time at the Rec pool [in 8th grade] and some guy asked me, “Is your dad Saddam Hussein?” I kind of took it as ignorance. [9/11] is an event that I’ve grown with. It completely
changed the American mindset. I would say it set us back philosophically. When it came to how we treated our neighbor, I feel like we now have a little bit of skepticism and cynicism, whereas before we were always really happy with our neighbor. Only after [9/11] did we start second-guessing relationships. Not only our literal neighbors, but international neighbors. Being a minority was difficult, but it’s something I wouldn’t change for the world. It taught me to really accept who I am and not try to be different. I really grasped onto my culture and my heritage, which is India. Although I don’t have Middle Eastern heritage, I feel like through the things I faced from other people stereotyping me, I’ve really grasped onto what my culture really is. It’s something that I don’t want to ever let go of.
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I was 53 in 2001. I had been here for just a little over a year, and I was at home when I saw it. I turned on the television and saw just the building burning – I didn’t see the actual crash. At the time, they were reporting it was just a small airplane that had crashed into the World Trade Center, very much like a small plane that had crashed into the Empire State Building years ago. I flipped around on all the major TV stations to see what they were saying, and it didn’t seem like a terrorist event, although I thought it possibly was. Clearly, when the second plane hit, it was obvious that it was a terrorist attack. I do work on terrorism. I’ve been working on terrorism for about 20 years. I’ve written possibly 30 papers on terrorism, I’ve written a book on terrorism, I teach an undergraduate course, Econ 444, on terrorism. I’ve worked with Interpol and Homeland Security. The thought that 9/11 was a terrorist attack came to my
“I really didn’t think I’d be working on terrorism here, but then 9/11 happened”
mind pretty quickly. Before 9/11, I was pretty much going to wind down my research on terrorism. I’d been at Iowa State for about 25 years and had written 20 papers at that time. I came here and thought, well, that’s the end of that. I really didn’t think I’d be working on terrorism here, but then 9/11 happened, and suddenly there was a huge demand for terrorism research. One of the papers my
coworkers and I published in one of the best political science journals was about treating terrorists as rational actors. Back then, everybody thought that terrorists were just crazies. The Washington Post had a piece that was, in a sense, making fun of my coworkers and me – they asked why tax money was being spent to fund these crazy professors’ research. We were, in a sense, those crazy professors. People thought it was insane to treat terrorists with standard economic principles. Since then, people get the idea. So, 9/11 changed my life – not because I knew a lot of people badly hurt in the attack. I hate to say that I’m one of the people that it made better off, but it probably did.
in business. “It just seems a little morbid to bring a part of that building all the way Continued from page 1 here.” Others supported displaythe World Trade Center being ing part of the World Trade brought to Tuscaloosa. “I’m not sure that I’m cool Center at the ceremony. “I think it’s a great idea for with a part of the World Trade Center being brought the residents of Tuscaloosa to Tuscaloosa,” said Chris and students of the University Smith, a freshman majoring to see part of the destruc-
tion left behind by the Sept. 11 attacks,” Ashley said. “It reminds us of the horror that our fellow Americans faced that day.” The event is free to attend. The Tenth Anniversary Memorial of 9/11 at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater will take place on Sunday at 6 p.m.
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College of Engineering names ambassadors By Heather Lightsey Contributing Writer The University of Alabama has recently chosen 18 students to represent the college as 2011-2012 Ambassadors of the College of Engineering. The ACEs, a program that was established in 1996, is a student ambassador program that works to promote student recruitment and alumni affairs within the College of Engineering. The group consists of 18 members that are selected each year through a competitive interview and application process. Tyler Mathews, a senior majoring in civil engineering and president of the ACEs, said the ambassadors provide tours of the College of Engineering to prospective students and their families. “The tours help to show the daily life of an engineering student, as well as any other student on campus,” Mathews said. “It also helps show that engineering as a profession is very normal and reachable.” The ACEs are also responsible for helping with events on campus such as Engineering Day, in which 1,000 high school juniors and seniors come to tour the College of Engineering. They also help with career fairs at various high schools. Will Guin, a junior majoring
Ambassadors of the College of Engineering Kaylee Frances Bearden
Grace Kathryn Hoover
Shelby Cochran
Elizabeth Ann Junkin
Kelsey Nicole Dunn
Tyler James Mathews
Jordan Elizabeth Easter
James Eamonn O’Dwyer
Patricia Leigh Gilmore
Charles Mardis Phillips II
Ashton Danielle Greer
Logan Timothy Ream
William Edward Guin
Bentley Rodrigue(z)?
Matthew Robert Hardman
Claire Maria Schaffer
Mac Bragg Hendrix
Emma Katherine Whitaker
in civil engineering, said he is excited to begin his first semester as an ambassador. “I have went on a few tours with older ambassadors as a learning opportunity,” Guin said. “It’s been great so far.” ACEs also assist with varying alumni events, such as helping with pre-game tents and golf tournaments that serve as fundraisers for the College of Engineering. Kevin Whitaker, associate dean for academic programs, said ACE is a great organization and college leadership board. “They’re young professionals,” Whitaker said. “That’s who we look for. We want folks who can represent the College
[of Engineering] well.” Mac Hendrix, a sophomore majoring in chemical engineering, said he is excited about his first semester as an Ambassador and showing the future plans for the College of Engineering. “We’re all excited about the direction the College is going,” Hendrix said. “With the addition of the new wing, we hope to bring in a lot more students.” Mathews shares Hendrix’s excitement. “The construction by the [Ferguson Center] is all for the College of Engineering. In our college, we’re growing and getting new everything,” Mathews said. “It’s an exciting time for us.”
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FIVE makes dining decisions easy By SoRelle Wyckoff Staff Reporter scwyckoff@crimson.ua.edu
I studied in college, I ended up finding myself in the business. My partner, Charles Morgan, owns Harbor Docks in Destin, The owners of Chuck’s Fish Fla. I managed Harbor Docks brought a new, simplified din- for about five years, and then ing experience to downtown he and I started opening resTuscaloosa in January in the taurants together. form of FIVE. Near the Bama Theatre, FIVE restaurant and CW: What inspired you to be a bar offers a simple menu: each part of Chuck’s and FIVE? night there are five dishes, five CE: I’m partner at Chuck’s, appetizers and five drink spe- which was created by Charles Morgan. “Chuck” is his father. cials. Cris Eddings, Charles Charles owns a seafood market Morgan and a silent partner and charter boats in Destin. from New York opened the What we do is have the boats restaurant with hopes of pro- catch all of our own fish, and viding a sophisticated yet sim- then we also buy fish from ple dining experience for the Charles’ seafood market. So Tuscaloosa community. Nine between the seafood, great months later, FIVE has become steaks, and then a sushi bar a favorite of many students, and with sushi provided from my special twists like the Sunday family in Tokyo, it created a Jazz Brunch keep FIVE one- partnership that led to Chuck’s. For FIVE, we always kind of of-a-kind. Cris Eddings shares his experience as a co-owner of envisioned a sophisticated yet FIVE, his history with the food simple restaurant. We were industry and his plans for the really inspired by several diffuture with the Crimson White: ferent New York restaurants. One in particular, called “The The Crimson White: How did Spotted Pig,” a tavern with you get into the food industry? really good food. Cris Eddings: I initially came from a family of restaurants in CW: What was the goal you Tokyo. My family in Japan owns had in mind for the atmosphere sushi restaurants throughout of FIVE? Tokyo, so I was kind of born CE: It was actually pretty spointo it. And though it’s not what radic. We kind of had the vision
of, like I said, a sophisticated but very casual place. And the whole basis behind FIVE is that we feel like the world today (and not only restaurants, but also things like picking out a car, deciding which TV shows to watch or which magazines to read), there are too many choices, and in a world filled with complicated choices, we wanted to provide a place for people to experience a small but phenomenal menu to choose from. And instead of having a menu with thirty choices that probably doesn’t have five stellar choices on it, we wanted to create a menu that had five stellar choices on it. CW: What are some unique aspects of Chuck’s or FIVE you would like students to know about? CE: Our Jazz Brunch on Sundays is a lot of fun, but we also have “Wine-down Wednesdays,” with half-priced bottles of wine. On Thursdays we also have a “ladies night” with specials for ladies. And we have live music Thursday, Friday and Saturdays. We call it “Live at FIVE,” and we have some really incredible bands from 9:30 p.m.-close. We stop serving dinner at 1 a.m., and our bar closes at 2 a.m.
CW: Why did you decide to open in downtown Tuscaloosa? CE: We love Tuscaloosa, but we really love the downtown area. Everything from the Bama Theatre being here to the hundred-year-old brick buildings; it’s an incredible fit for what we were trying to go for with the FIVE concept. FIVE to us has a very vintage, retro feel to it, and it wasn’t particularly difficult to come into the style of building we’re in and make it fit. Our bar is from 1880s Cheyenne, Wyo., and every one of our 50 chandeliers are French or Italian antiques. It has a very throwback feel. CW: What is your favorite movie, book or artist? CE: My favorite movie is “The Shawshank Redemption.” My favorite book is “The People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn. Is that strange? And my favorite musician is harder to choose, but I like everything from Marvin Gaye to Mayor Hawthorne. Old to new. Black to white. CW: Your prediction for the Alabama football season? CE: Undefeated. National Champs. No question.
CW Staff| Mitchell Hughes Cris Eddings is a co-owner of FIVE, a downtown restaurant that offers a retro ambiance and a select menu.
COLUMN | TRAVEL
Isbell, G-side Travel like you expect to get robbed to play Bama By Jared Downing
By Alexandra Ellsworth Staff Reporter amellsworth@crimson.ua.edu
A series of four concerts celebrating The Year of Alabama Music’s campaign and Oxford American’s 12th annual Southern Music Issue will come to a close this Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Bama Theatre. The concert series, which highlights Alabama’s rich musical heritage, is called ABALABIP! after a 1950s song by Eddie Cole, brother of Nat King Cole. Josh Rothman, director of UA’s Summersell Center for the Study of the South, one of the groups organizing the event, said it was no surprise that the state tourism bureau saw fit to proclaim 2011 “The Year of Alabama Music.” “Alabama has a long history and rich tradition of producing enormously popular music in a variety of genres,” Rothman said. “We have some real musical treasures here in Alabama, both wellknown and under-the-radar. They all deserve to be heard.” The bands that will play this Saturday are all Alabama natives from a variety of genres. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit will headline the event. Cleave Eaton & The Alabama All Stars, The Bear and G-side will also perform. “Most, if not all of the bands performing at the show should appeal strongly to a student demographic,” Rothman said.
“Jason Isbell used to perform with the Drive-By Truckers, for example, and G-Side are rising stars in the world of hip-hop.” Rothman said the goal was to appeal to as wide an audience as possible, and they hoped there would be something for everyone. “Students are unlikely to find a better deal for music this good anytime this year,” Rothman said. The concert is $10 for general admission, but student tickets, which can be purchased at the office of the History Department in ten Hoor Hall, are $5. Tickets will also be available at a table in the Ferguson Center on Friday and in the New College lounge, room 216 in Lloyd Hall on Friday at 3 p.m. during G-Side’s interview with NPR critic Ann Powers. The proceeds from the concert will go to the Governor’s Emergency Relief Fund and the American Red Cross, so attending the concert helps provide some relief for those still suffering from the storms that occurred this past spring. “We’re happy to be involved in the event,” said Louisa Murray, member of the band The Bear, “especially since the proceeds will help the rebuilding efforts in Tuscaloosa.” To purchase general admission tickets, visit oxfordamerican.org or call (501) 320-5730.
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In Calcutta, on my way out of India, I met a New Zealander on a budget. He was fresh from the beaches of Thailand, where backpackers buy beer by the gallon bucket. In the height of merrymaking, he went off to the bathroom, leaving his beer all alone on the beach, and when he started to drink again, he felt dizzy. The sand heaved and churned beneath his feet, the neon palm lanterns spun in circles, his legs gave way, and the next thing he knew, a Thai transvestite was riffling through his fanny pack for the $400 inside. After that, he had to get through six weeks in India on $10 a day, which is doable, but barely. When I started traveling, stories like this scared the bejesus out of me. I walked through crowded marketplaces with my wallet in a death grip, and on bus rides hugged my backpack like an only son. Every taxi driver was a kidnapper, every passerby a pickpocket. I finally eased up when I realized that there wasn’t a whole lot I could do. Don’t get me wrong, real danger isn’t hard to avoid. Our New Zealander would have been fine if he had kept his wits about him, and busing across Egypt is just as dangerous as driving around Tuscaloosa. But theft happens to the best of us. Crooks really are everywhere, from Addis Ababa to the Washington Monument, behind every market stall and bus seat, waiting to rip you off in ways you haven’t even thought of. Worse yet, too much
preparation can add to the problem. People shell out hundreds of dollars on specialized travel gear riddled with secret pockets and complicated security buckles. But nothing says “expensive stuff in here” like a padlock the size of a lemon dangling from a backpack. If you walk around looking like Inspector Gadget, you’re just asking for it. Of course, there are good safety measures, and they probably will keep your stuff safe. I always wear a money-belt under my clothes for my passport, bankcards and most of my cash. There are other tricks people do, but even if you wear your backpack in the front, stuff your pockets with dummy wallets and fake cash, and would rather be caught in an orange shirt on A-Day than on the street at night, sometimes it just happens. A friend from Denver was ambushed by a group of men on a street in Peru. He lost $1200, his camera and thousands of pictures. His stealth money-belt didn’t help. Fortunately, if you do things right, even the worst-case scenario isn’t that bad. My friend might not have been able to avoid the ambush, but he could have made it easier on himself. ATMs are available in most places, and you rarely need more than $100 in spare cash. Wire transfer services are usually at arm’s length, and you can get a passport at the embassy for around $100. Upload your pictures to Facebook. Travel as if you expect to get robbed, so that if it happens, you’re only out enough money for a half a tank of gas and maybe a few
gadgets. But theft is still a drag. When I lost everything in Guatemala, I went to a remote Caribbean enclave and did nothing but practice juggling for six days. It was a tantrum. But it happens; get over it. Dust yourself off and get on with the trip. You’ll have a good story for when you get back, and your friends will think you’re a badass. On the road, problems happen. I lost my stuff in
Guatemala because a Swedish girl with green eyes distracted me. I caught malaria in Africa because I didn’t do enough research on preventative medication. I bought a ticket out of San Jose, California, when I was trying to leave San Jose, Costa Rica. I’ve made mistakes that make Mr. Bean look like James Bond, but I don’t regret a single one. It’s all part of the adventure, and if not for that, why go anywhere at all?
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Tide set to compete in Rocket Classic tourney By Morgan Upton Contributing Writer The Alabama volleyball team will travel to Toledo, Ohio, this weekend to compete in the Rocket Classic for their final nonconference games of the season. The Crimson Tide will compete against three teams, including No. 25 Ohio State. Head coach Ed Allen said facing such a tough team would be a good way to end nonconference play. “We haven’t been tested like this,” Allen said. “This will be a good way to gauge our growth as a team.” The weekend will be a grueling one for the Tide. Alabama faces off against Toledo on Friday night, followed by two matchups Saturday – Ohio State at 11 a.m. and Pennsylvania at 4
p.m. The schedule doesn’t play in Alabama’s favor, and the disadvantage leaves some concern for Allen. “We don’t quite have the depth to survive that many hard hits with such a quick turnaround,” Allen said. “If we play at the level we’re capable of, we’ll have a good shot.” With such a quick turnaround required this weekend, senior Stephanie Riley said being ready to play isn’t just about practice at the gym. “Aggressive practices are important, but we’ve also got to stay in shape to get the job done,” Riley said. “We’ve got to take care of our bodies and make sure we’re getting plenty of sleep and eating right all week long.” After dropping two out of three in last weekend’s tournament, Riley said the team
is focused and hungry for a win. “It really plays more to our advantage,” Riley said. “Coach Allen helped us see how to learn from the experience, and everyone’s really bought into that. We’ve approached practice well and have worked in new things to this week’s practices.” Sophomore Andrea McQuaid echoed Riley’s sentiments. “We’re going in with a winner’s mentality,” McQuaid said. “We need the go-and-get-it attitude and not play to not lose, but play to win.” After the Rocket Classic, Alabama begins SEC play against LSU in Tuscaloosa. Allen said the team is not where he wants it to be at this point in the schedule. “We need to be hungry to continue to improve,” Allen said. “We’ve got to be prepared to practice to get better.
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CW| Amelia J. Brackin Execute. Stay hungry. Execute and do their job. At this point, we should be getting better every week.” Allen’s words aren’t falling on deaf ears; Riley agreed getting the fundamentals down was important to the team. “We’ve got to get our consis-
McQuaid said consistency was the most important thing. “He keeps hammering it into us that we’ve got to get consistency,” McQuaid said. “That’s the golden nugget of wisdom. It comes with practice and putting time in at the gym. When we get that down, we’ve got it.”
tency down,” Riley said. “We all need to work on consistency with our own skills. We need to get better at trusting each other, the person beside you on the court and become one unit. With that, it will really help us take the next step. You can’t go anywhere until that’s fixed.”
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Tide’s Williams brings thunder from down under By Laura Owens and Zac Al-Khateeb The Crimson White Defensive lineman Jesse Williams’ family was among the 101,000 fans in the stadium last Saturday watching him play in his first football game at Alabama. In order to do this, his family made possibly the longest trip any family member has had to make. Hailing from Brisbane, Australia, his parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles all got to experience an Alabama football game Saturday for the first time. “If you hear any crazy accents around Tuscaloosa, it’s probably my family,” Williams said. The 16 family members who made the trip are leaving today, having stayed for a week. Williams said they were blown away by everything here. In Australia, maybe 50 people will come to watch football, and though he tried to warn them, there was no way to completely prepare them. “They haven’t seen me play in person, because they never saw me play in JUCO since about 2007, so this is the first time they really saw me play, and in front of 100,000 people doesn’t really hurt,” he said. His family will also go back to Australia clad in crimson and white. “I’m pretty sure I’ve taken them to every store in
Tuscaloosa that sells anything to do with the University of Alabama, and they bought everything,” Williams said.
Running behind Richardson Sophomore running back Jalston Fowler got his second career touchdown on Saturday as he ran one in for 49 yards. His first touchdown came against Georgia State last November. Switching positions from linebacker, he said he likes being a running back more. “The defense is complicated,” Fowler said. “If one person moves, everything changes, so it was pretty hard.” Despite being behind running backs Trent Richardson and Eddie Lacy, Fowler said he doesn’t feel like he’s under the radar. He said he’s got good hands to catch the ball and recounted a story from when he was about 10 or 11. “I’ve had great hands since I was young,” he said. “I used to play pickup games and practice all the time with friends. One day, I dove into a porch and still caught the ball. I was alright.” Sophomore running back Eddie Lacy, who ran for 58 yards and one touchdown Saturday, said he thought the running backs played all right for their first game. “Now, we just have to get better by paying attention to the little things we go over in our team meetings and things of that nature,” Lacy said. “You never do good in football, you always can do better, so that’s what we live by.”
Quarterbacks continue developing Quarterbacks AJ McCarron and Phillip Sims continued working on timing with the receivers this week in preparation for the Penn State game. Saban said while they have both have made progress through practice, there is still room for improvement for both quarterbacks. They should receive help from Duron Carter, who Saban said will most likely see playing time this week. “I think we got a new guy this week in Duron Carter,” Saban said. “We’re gonna get a new guy next week in [Darius] Hanks… so the continuity in that is really important. And experience is really important.” Indeed, senior wide receiver Brandon Gibson said he’s seeing improved timing from both the wide receivers and quarterbacks. “It’s going well,” Gibson said. “We’ve got to come in and work outside of practice; we’ve got to get that timing down. We’ve got a lot of receivers that are working hard, getting a lot of reps, so we should be prepared. “With the quarterbacks, they come to work everyday, so… we should be fine.”
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Golf looks for strong start O. P. Galt IV Sports Reporter @OPGaltIV
The Alabama men’s golf team starts the 2011-2012 season this Friday, teeing off in the Carpet Capital Collegiate at The Farms in Rocky Face, Ga. The Crimson Tide begins the season ranked third in the Golf World/Nike Division-I Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Head coach Jay Seawell talked about the possible championship expectations for the team going into the season. “I think we’ve built the program in a position where you’re thinking about championships every year,” he said. “I think we have the players in play. I think anything less than looking for SEC and NCAA Championships – we wouldn’t be doing our job. I think that’s our expectation. It’s a long year, and we got a lot of work to do, but that’s what we go to work for everyday.” Even though they are the third-ranked team in the nation, high expectations are nothing new to the Alabama golfers. “I think all these guys on our team – they were ranked in the top five all last year. We got a couple new guys that are stepping into the lineup. I think they have dealt with this all their lives, with expectations and all,” Seawell said. “So, I think we are pretty comfortable in it, and I think we are looking forward to it, and we think it is better to embrace it than hide from it. So, we are embracing the situation and look forward to seeing what the year has for us.” The team returns senior captain Hunter Hamrick, who has a 72.75 career scoring average, to go with nine topten finishes and three career victories. Coach Seawell talked about how he is looking forward to seeing Hamrick’s leadership this season. “That guy is our captain – we named him captain at the first meeting. He is everything that you want in a captain. He has proved on the golf course. He has done some things from a leadership point, on and off the golf course,” Seawell said. “So, I think the guys have his respect. Coaches are coaches, but players do a lot better job with each other, and so I am looking forward to see how he handles the leadership this year.” Along with Hamrick, the Tide returns standout sophomores Bobby Wyatt and reigning SEC Freshman of the Year Cory Whitsett. As freshmen last season, Wyatt
UA Athletics Bobby Wyatt drives off the tee during the 2010 season. Wyatt was named to the All-Southeastern Confernce Freshman team. “They look really good. We got some good competition at home. I truly believe that Bobby and Cory – if they continue to progress and stay hungry and really just embrace the year, they have a chance to • Ranked #3 pre-season be first-team All-Americans, Player of the Year-type candidates,” Seawell said. • Hunter Hamrick has a The Tide has two new faces on this 72.75 career scoring averyear’s team – talented freshmen Justin age Thomas and Tom Lovelady. Seawell said the two of them have been impressive • Cory Whitsett was named leading up to the start of the season. “Both of them have really just stepped SEC Freshman of the Year right in, and they are both going this week to the Farm for our first tournament, The Carpet Classic,” Seawell said. was named to the All-SEC Freshman “So, both of them have just jumped right team, and Whitsett was named as a sec- in, played well and worked hard, and I’m ond team All-American. Coach Seawell looking forward to seeing how they hantalked about how he is pleased with how dle their college experiences.” they are performing.
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More than a game: Hunter Hamrick By Miranda Murphy Sports Reporter Senior Hunter Hamrick is starting his fourth season as captain of the men’s golf team. Hamrick, who graduated from high school early, loves challenging himself. Competitiveness is just part of Hamrick’s nature, and he is looking forward to adding a fourth career win this season. Golf is his passion, and he’s been playing since he was a kid. Hamrick grew up in Alabama and enjoys getting outdoors and relaxing. The Crimson White: Being from Montgomery, were you always an Alabama fan? Hunter Hamrick: I would say so. My dad went to school here, and my parents were always Alabama fans. I enjoy watching all of the sports here at the University. CW: How was your experience at the U.S. Amateur this year? HH: It was fun. It was my fourth time being at the U.S. Amateur. I took a better attitude going into it this time. I played really well, but the golf course didn’t really fit my game, so it was really hard for me to compete. Golf is always courses for courses, but it was enjoyable. CW: Besides golf, what is your favorite sport? HH: I really like to watch all college sports. I like football and basketball, but I think that I like basketball more than football. I’ll watch college basketball and the NBA. CW: What do you like to do in your spare time? HH: I’m weird. I really like to play golf. When I’m not playing tournaments, I’m playing games on golf courses at home or around town. In the wintertime, I’ll go to the beach, fish or hunt. I go bear hunting in the winter. I really enjoy that. CW: Where’s your favorite place that you’ve hunted? HH: I love going duck hunting in Arkansas. I’ve been down to Louisiana, and that’s really fun too. I would say my favorite place is probably Louisiana. CW: What would be your dream vacation? HH: I would love to go somewhere down in the Caribbean. I would like to fish, lay in the pool and eat popsicles all day. CW: So since you like popsicles, what’s your favorite flavor? HH: I like any of them. My favorites would be either banana or chocolate fudge, but I like all of them. CW: What would you say that most people don’t know about you and would find
UA Athletics Ahsley Willis dribbles against Kennesaw State at the Alabama Soccer Stadium. Willis and the Tide are focusing on winning at home this season.
Soccer looks to win at home By Miranda Murphy Sports Reporter The University of Alabama’s soccer team rebounded Sunday with a win against San Diego State after a loss on Friday to San Diego. On Friday, the Tide struggled against San Diego, losing 2-0. San Diego outshot the Tide 13-3. “We got a little too excited,” junior Lindsey Sillers said. “We lost focus on the things that we are good at. We were never able to get control of the game Friday night.” The Crimson Tide came away with a win against No. 22 San Diego State on Sunday. The win moved the Tide’s record to 3-2-1. Goalkeeper Justine Bernier earned her second shutout of the season with a 1-0 win. “Our determination to play better than we did Friday night helped our team, because Friday was a rough time for our team,” Sillers said. “We were determined to play like the team that we are.” Sophomore Kendall Khanna scored her second goal of the season and the game’s only goal after a counterattack from the team 13 minutes into the game. Head coach Todd Bramble said freshman Laura Lee Smith won the race to the ball and passed it to Khanna for the goal. “Smith and Khanna are two players that have a lot of speed,” Bramble said. “It was a big goal for us. It was a crucial moment in the game and in our season for us.” The team said they will use San Diego as a learning expe-
rience for the rest of the season. “The team has reminded ourselves that we are a good team,” Bramble said. “They know that they can win big games and overcome adversity. If we can continue to focus on ourselves and keep our confidence, then we’re going to be okay.” The Tide will take on the UAB Blazers this weekend at home. The Blazers lost 4-0 to Florida on Sunday. The Tide said they are going into the game against UAB on Friday prepared. “I think that after beating San Diego last weekend, we have a lot of confidence,” Khanna said. “We just need to make sure that we don’t get overconfident.” UAB’s head coach Harold Warren’s first season with the team has resulted in a record of 2-3-0 so far this season. “I’ve got a lot of respect for their program,” Bramble said. “They’re playing with a new sense of purpose this season with their coach’s first year on board. They’ve gotten some good results already.” First responders will be honored during Friday’s game, and the first 200 first responders will receive a free hotdog and drink. A free movie showing will happen after the game for kids. The Tide will play UAB at home Friday at 7 p.m. at the Alabama Soccer Stadium. “They’re definitely a good team,” Khanna said. “Some people might underestimate them just because it’s a smaller school, but we have to go in with the attitude that they’re going to be a good team and someone we have to respect.”
UA Athletics Hunter Hamrick lines up his putt during the 2010 season. Hamrick competed in the U.S. Amateur Championship for the fourth time earlier this summer. interesting? HH: I enjoy painting and art. I don’t get to do it as much as I want to, but I really like it. In high school, I took a lot of art classes because I thought they were fun. I’m not good at it, but I like to paint. CW: What your favorite type of painting?
HH: I’ll paint anything. I’ll paint using watercolors and acrylic. You can show me something, tell me to paint it and I will. I love it all. CW: Since it’s your senior year, do you plan on being a pro golfer one day? HH: Yes. I plan on turning pro after the end of this season.
UA Athletics Kate Woolbright makes a move for the ball against the University of New Mexico earlier this season.
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COLUMNS: FOOTBALL
The Legacy of Penn State’s Paterno and Bear Bryant By Ryan Loy Football Editor, The Daily Collegian Penn State University Just recently, I was in the bathroom of a popular restaurant in the heart of downtown State College, just a crosswalk away from campus. Hanging on the walls of the room were photographs of Penn State football greats such as LaVar Arrington and Nittany Lions head coach Joe Paterno. But along with the photos of Penn State icons hung a picture of a man from another traditionrich program – probably the only person whose image wouldn’t seem out of place hanging in the heart of Happy Valley. Paul “Bear� Bryant. When staring at the photo, it’s
hard not to think about the connections between Bryant and Paterno, as well as the two programs. If it weren’t for Bryant, Penn State’s 29-27 comeback win against Ohio State in 2001 would have been just another tally under Paterno’s win column. But it was No. 324 – one more win than Bryant amassed in his coaching career – so Paterno was carried off in a great celebration. Surpassing Bryant’s win total only told half the story. Moving in front of the most iconic coach in college football history truly made the day special. Though he passed Bryant nearly 10 years ago, Paterno is still fighting off tough-luck injuries, which would typically sideline an 84-year-old for months, so
he can get back to normal coaching routine. All he wants to do is coach, and there’s a very good possibility Bryant has something to do with that. After all, seeing the Alabama legend pass away just weeks after his retirement had to affect the Brooklyn native, whose focus has been coaching football at Penn State since he arrived as an assistant in 1950. Whenever the topic of retirement comes up, Paterno has often been asked what he’d do if he walked away from coaching. He hasn’t found an answer yet. As Alabama fans prepare to watch Paterno’s squad take on the Crimson Tide this Saturday, they should realize this may be the final time the Penn State coach leads his team against
Surpassing Bryant’s win total only told half the story. Moving in front of the most iconic coach in college football history truly made the day special. Alabama – whether it’s from the field or from the coach’s booth. Take a moment to realize how Paterno links these two teams to the classic matchups of the past. He’s one of just a few coaches who have gone head-to-head with Bryant, who always had the upper hand against Paterno – helping Alabama to a 4-0 record in matchups between the two legendary coaches. A few weeks ago, Paterno looked back at a 13-6 loss to Alabama in the 1975 Sugar Bowl and said it was the only time he thought he’d had enough and
couldn’t coach anymore. But it’s matchups like Saturday’s against the Crimson Tide that Paterno sticks around for – always looking to see how the Lions handle adversity when facing a tough opponent. And with all the recent allegations and scandals surrounding some major programs, Alabama is a team that represents the kind of squad Paterno would be proud of (though he’d probably consider the numbers on the helmets a little too flashy). While he may respect what Alabama represents, there’s
no doubt Paterno would like to improve on his 4-9 lifetime record against the Crimson Tide – a team that’s continued Bryant’s success against the Penn State coach. And while a win this Saturday wouldn’t make up for his four losses to Bryant, Paterno would no doubt enjoy walking away victorious against a traditional power on top of its game. So, why not have a picture of Bryant hanging in that State College bathroom? Without him, there wouldn’t be that one iconic figure to compare Paterno’s work to. And without Alabama, there wouldn’t be that one opponent that’s had the Penn State coach’s number through the years – keeping him hungry to find new answers, even at the age of 84.
What they’re saying in Penn State: Northern hospitality By Dan McCool
I was in Tuscaloosa last year for the Penn State game. I’m fortunate enough to have an awesome cousin, an Alabama alumna, Krissy Murphy, ’08 graduate, who brought me along. Being from Boston, it was my natural instinct to go there and try to start a fight. I was obnoxious. I wore all blue, lest white get confused somehow with crimson and white. I’m not stupid; I wasn’t going to overtly taunt 101,000 Alabama fans, but I definitely wanted to poke the elephant. So you can be sure that I wanted to leave no doubt in the minds of those around me as to which side I was on. All those tied-in-the-wool Alabamians must have kept thinking, “Who does this kid think he is?� When I was 14, I wore a Red Sox shirt to Yankee Stadium. It wasn’t even a Red Sox game; I just wanted to stir the pot. After the game, three very large, drunk New Yorkers gave me more than a piece of their minds. Mission accomplished.
Not in Alabama. I’ll never forget how nice everyone was to me there. Everyone. I tailgated all afternoon on the Quad, one of a few clusters of blue treading water in a sea of crimson. Decked out in my blue t-shirt and bandana, I braced myself for incoming finger-pointing and jeers. But everyone invited me to take a seat, offered me a drink, and we started talking as if we’d known each other for years. Going into Bryant-Denny Stadium, I stumbled, trampling over the feet of everyone in my row to get to my seat. No one seemed to mind. It seemed like a treat for them to sit next to an opposing fan. Everyone would talk to me about all aspects of Penn State; they were curious about the school, and they kept telling me how much respect they had for the program and for Joe Paterno. They wanted to know, what was State College like? Was Beaver Stadium really loud with 110,000 strong? How did Tuscaloosa compare? So, after having experienced then and there the real meaning
Photo courtesy of Dan McCool Columnist Dan McCool hides his face during the Penn State vs. Alabama game on Sept. 11, 2010. The ďŹ nal score was 24-3. of Southern hospitality, I abandoned my plans to invite punches from every crimson-clad person I saw. I was embarrassed and ashamed that I’d been so obnoxious before, and between cringes at the scoreboard and our team’s less-than-stellar performance, I traded remarks and conversation with the Tide fans
around me. I caught a little heat for the Nittany Lions getting so thoroughly dominated, but I knew that was deserved, and I’d expected much worse anyway. “All I want is for us to score. I don’t want a shutout,� I told the man sitting next to me. I kept telling them how surprised I was that no one was railing on me
for being a Penn State fan. Their response? “You’re not from the SEC – you’re fine.� But I couldn’t help thinking in the back of my mind what a shame it was that they wouldn’t get the same treatment at Penn State this year. You’ve heard a lot this week about showing respect to the Alabama fans, and it’s hard to take it all to heart when a bunch of people you don’t know preach it at you, and when you see the Crimson Tide fans as the other team, the enemy. So I’ll offer you this: when you see Alabama fans in State College this week, talk to them. You’ll see for yourself how friendly and outgoing they are. I’m not telling you, by any stretch, to make it easy for the team. During the game, in the student section where they can’t make out what you say, you can make enough noise to cause an earthquake or yell at Nick Saban with the foulest language known to man. Show them the craziness that Beaver Stadium is all about. Here’s a tip, though: all
things being equal, a deafening, 110,000-person “We Are� chant will do a lot more damage than a handful chanting “Bama Sucks.� But here’s my main point: at your pregame tailgate or in the bar after the game, don’t yell it to someone who came 750 miles to watch two great, storied teams play football. And if you strike up a conversation with one of them, you’ll see why. But above all, make sure you’re contributing to an environment where everyone has fun. That’s why we’re all going to be there on Saturday, those of us who make the fifteen-minute walk from downtown State College and those who made the fifteen-hour RV trek from Tuscaloosa. Wouldn’t it be great to have the Tide fans talking about us in the way the Penn Staters who made the trip to Alabama last year rave about them? Let’s make it a memorable trip for them – in a good way. Dan McCool is a junior at Penn State.
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The most isolated, hostile landmass on the planet Beaver Stadium will be a whiteout, can the Tide roll through it? By Brett Hudson Senior Sports Reporter bbhudson@crimson.ua.edu @Brett_Hudson It has many imposters - many that try to live up to the hype but ultimately fall short. It is quite the spectacle, even for opposing fans. Among the numerous YouTube videos about it, there is one that claims it is the most isolated landmass on the planet. As the fear-striking music continues, it says there is no horizon and there are no shadows. It also says, “Nature never intended for you to survive here.” The video even advertises itself as having an R rating. What does this place have? To quote the video, “There is only white.” This seemingly impossible landscape is the whiteout at Beaver Stadium, also known as Happy Valley, where the Alabama Crimson Tide will have to find a way to survive one of the most raucous crowds Happy Valley will see all year against Penn State this Saturday. That same video that paints such a bleak picture is being watched by some Alabama football players several times a day. It’s even being played in the weight room. With the hype on full blast, the players know they are in for an experience like no other in Happy Valley this weekend. “I’ve never been to nothing like that before,” running back Eddie Lacy said. “It’s going to be my first time. I just have to stay focused and go for it.” While it will be the first time Alabama experiences the whiteout, the Tide does have experience in environments like this one, with 107,282 fans in all white. Look back to 2008, when Alabama was 4-0 and traveling to Athens to take on the then No. 3 team in the nation, the Georgia Bulldogs, ‘Between the Hedges’ in Sanford Stadium. It was a rare Georgia blackout against one of Georgia’s most talented teams of the decade, with Matthew Stafford, Knowshon Moreno and A.J. Green running the show. Georgia was defeated when donning the black jerseys, once in the 2007 version of the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry against Auburn and again in that year’s Sugar Bowl against Hawaii. The combined score of those two games was 86-30 in favor of the Dawgs. The sea of black in the stands was silenced by halftime as Alabama took a 31-0 lead, thanks to John Parker Wilson leading the Tide to scores on all of its first half possessions. The Tide coasted to a 41-30 victory on its way to an undefeated regular season. Georgia hasn’t worn the black uniforms since. The week of preparation for that game will surely help the Tide now, as well as knowing what worked so well in last year’s 24-3 victory in BryantDenny Stadium, especially for running back Trent Richardson, who had 144 yards and a touchdown.
Photos by Drew Hoover Top: Linebacker Dontʼa Hightower squares up to tackle the Penn State ball carrier. Bottom left- Bottom Right- Trent Richardson carries the ball against Penn State. Bottom Left Penn State receiver Brett Brackett catches a pass against the Alabama secondary. “We’re watching film on that now, and we probably will for the rest of the week,” Lacy said. “By the time we get to Penn State, we’ll know what to do.” Moving forward from last year’s game to this year’s game, there is no doubt that the Alabama coaching staff has been preparing its players for the challenge Happy Valley provides. “We’ve been working on the psychological disposition you need to win on the road,” head coach Nick Saban said. “It’s going to be a real challenge and a test of our maturity. The big thing is getting them to focus and block out the clutter around them.” Wide receiver Brandon
Gibson added, “It’s a process of getting ready. We have the crowd noise going outside [in practice] and it’s something you have to prepare for. They have a lot of people there, and we have to prepare as much as we can. The experience of this Alabama team will certainly help, especially with the silent counts and hand signals needed to win in a loud stadium. “Us seniors are pretty used to it,” Gibson said. As if the crowd noise wasn’t enough, there is also a good chance of rain for Saturday’s game, making the “most isolated landmass” even more impossible. Saban said that the team incorporates wet ball practice
into its individual drills from time to time, including this Monday. While a lot of the pregame talk has been about the whiteout and the environment the Tide is going to have to find a way to win in, it has been overlooked that this year’s Penn State team is much improved from the team that came to Bryant-Denny last season. “From a scheme standpoint, just because they don’t do some of the fancy things you see in some spread offenses these days doesn’t mean that they’re not hard to prepare for,” Saban said. “They are well-coached and a very talented football team, and they’ve improved a lot from when we played them last year.”
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TONY’S TASTE OF THE TOWN: THE PENN STATE CREAMERY
A not-so-vanilla ice cream experience Gameday Editor Tony Tsoukalas visits an extra-creamy Penn State tradition By Tony Tsoukalas Sports Editor crimsonwhitesports@gmail.com As the Crimson Tide heads into State College, Penn. this weekend, the team is bound to run into the deep tradition that is prevalent in the town. However, fans looking for tastes of tradition need not only focus on the Alabama vs. Penn State football game, as Penn State is home to perhaps Pennsylvania’s sweetest hangout. The Penn State Creamery located at 119 Food Science Building University Park, Penn., has been open for more than 100 years, serving students and residents of State College ice cream and dairy products as rich as Penn State tradition itself. The shop, which specializes in ice cream, has become a Penn State hot spot and a must see for people visiting State College. “It just drips Penn State tradition,” storeowner Tom Palchak said. “It is a student environment. It is a nice place for students to take a break after classes.” Due to the booming dairy industry in Pennsylvania, the creamery boasts some of the freshest ingredients you will find in an ice cream shop. “Our ice cream is unique,” Palchak said. “It is very fresh, the milk and cream. There are some days when the milk and
FAST FACTS • 150 flavors • The Penn State Creamery influenced the makers of Ben and Jerry’s • 100-year-old operation • Ice cream is served at all Penn State dining halls cream come just a few days earlier. We use rich cream, fresh milk, and our flavors are natural. We don’t skimp out on anything, from the pecans to the peaches.” Palchak said that vanilla is by far the most popular flavor, and one of the fan favorites is a flavor called Peachy Paterno. The peach ice cream features a vanilla background with peaches and nectarine puree. However, the secret to the flavor comes from the genuine peach schnapps, which is added to pull out a rich and distinct peach flavor. Walking into the store, fans are greeted with Big Ten flags that drape the windows, as well as a five by eight American flag that is centered in the shop. The courtyard, adorned in blue and white awnings, can hold up to 200 people, something that comes in handy on game days
when the store is packed with hungry fans. “You are not going to be believe it,” Palchak said. “I mean you just have to see it, because you aren’t going to believe it. There are lines that go on for blocks for an ice cream cone. It is just a part of what they do.” Penn State fans of every kind frequent the store whenever they can to get their hands on the tasty tradition. “I grew up an hour outside of State College,” Penn State alum Phil Goldfeder said. “My sister, who was seven years older than me, snuck me into the student section one game, and that was the first time I went there. Ever since then, whenever we would go and visit her at school, we would go and visit The Creamery as well. It was just something we did every time we went through State College. “ The shop is even the inspiration of the famous ice cream company Ben and Jerry’s, as the two founders mastered their craft in The Creamery’s ice cream course. “Ben and Jerry both took the ice cream short course by mail in the 1970’s,” Palchak said. “In 1974, Ben Cohen came to Penn State and took the two week ice cream short course; when he returned, that business really became what it is today.” Palchak said he advises fans visiting the shop before the game to arrive around 1:30 p.m. to avoid missing the game.
Submitted Photo If you are looking for a true The Penn State Creamery makes their ice cream daily with fresh taste of State College on your ingredients from the Penn State School of Agriculture. visit to Penn State, The Penn State Creamery is a spot too Go to gameday.ua.edu to watch Tony’s tour sweet not to stop. of The Penn State Creamery and an in-depth “It is wonderfully delicious,” interview with store owner, Tom Palchak. Goldfeder said. “The whole @ cw.ua.edu experience is extraordinary.”
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The Alabama football team is traveling to Happy Valley this weekend for the first time since 1989. That means Alabama fans are traveling with them, and many are looking forward to the travel experience as much as the game. Whether you’re a football fanatic or someone just looking to tag along with your friends for a great road trip, we have some pit stop suggestions for you.
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Harrisonburg, VA: Get Some Sleep
You’ve got two 15-hour drives and time zone changes ahead of you, which you have to cram into three or four days. While you should explore University Park’s hot spots, also explore the cities you plan on driving through. Here are a few stops to make on your way to State College:
3 hours away - Chattanooga, TN
After three hours in the car, you might be looking for somewhere other than a gas station at a random exit to stretch your legs. Downtown Chattanooga is surrounded by more than 416 miles of hiking trails. For a map and description of Chattanooga’s hiking trails, visit hikingchattanooga.com.
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Knoxville, TN: Have Some Dinner
3 hrs. away
5 hours away - Knoxville, TN
Chattanooga, TN: Take a Hike
When you reach Knoxville, you’ve almost reached the halfway point, and you’re probably going to be hungry. Stop here for dinner if you like going to local restaurants, because Knoxville has several of them just off Interstate 40. If you’re looking for good southern burgers and vegetarian dishes, visit Bisto at the Bijou. For steaks, seafood and finer dining experience, visit Chesapeake’s. Or, if you’re looking for something else, you can get together with your group before you leave and search “Downtown Knoxville Restaurants” on urbanspoon.com.
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Home to James Madison University, Harrisonburg is a great place to spend the night on Friday. If you leave Tuscaloosa early enough, say around 8 a.m. on Friday, you should arrive in Harrisonburg by 8 p.m. that night, which allows you enough time to find a hotel, explore the James Madison campus and hang out with local college students at a restaurant and/or bar. Don’t forget: you’ll have to leave Harrisonburg by 8 a.m. on Saturday to arrive in State College by noon, though you may decide to leave earlier since the game starts at 3:30 p.m. EST.
You have all the time in the world to explore the Penn State campus and surrounding area. Well, almost. Here are few places to visit during your stay:
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The Palmer Art Museum
Otto’s Pub and Brewery
The Arboretum at Penn State
Seven Mountains Wine Cellars
When you’re not watching The Crimson Tide play or tailgating on Penn State’s campus, you might want to check out The Palmer Art Museum on the Penn State campus. The museum, which has free admission, features 11 galleries and will have two exhibitions open this weekend. The first, called Femfolio, features female contemporary artists who matured during the feminist revolutions in the 1970s, and the second features recent work from faculty of the Penn State School of Studio Arts.
For nearly nine years, Otto’s Pub and Brewery has been serving local food and beer to the surrounding Penn State community. Otto’s serves up everything from nachos to burgers to crab cakes, which makes it a great place for groups. If you make it to Penn State by Friday at 5 p.m., stop by for beer served fresh from a firkin’, which is a British-style cask that is conditioned and gravity-poured for the best possible taste. If you don’t make it to Firkin’ Friday, Otto’s beer menu features 10 locally crafted beers.
Penn State’s newly planted, 35-acre arboretum features more than 17,000 plants and is open from dawn until dusk every day. Adjacent to the Penn State campus are the H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens, which are located on the corner of Bigler Road and Park Avenue. For travelers, the arboretum is a great place to stretch the legs before long plane flights or car rides. Featured in the photo above is the Lotus Pool in the Oasis Garden of the H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens. For more information, visit arboretum.psu.edu.
Seven Mountains Wine Cellars offers wine tastings daily and has won gold, silver and bronze medals within the last two years for nine of its 40 wines. Located just one mile off US Route 322 at 324 Decker Valley Rd., the winery makes and sells classics such as Merlots and Chardonnays, as well as a variety of fruit wines including blueberry, blackberry, raspberry and peach. Come Friday at 6 p.m. for the winery’s last Campfire Friday, during which patrons can listen to live music for only $5.
Penn State students host happy hour Meet-and-greet for Alabama fans to be held at the Tavern Friday night By Alex Cohen Senior Staff Reporter cohen.alex.c@gmail.com Sportsmanship is often forgotten during football game weekends, but not when Alabama plays Penn State. This weekend, Tide fans making the haul to Pennsylvania will be greeted by the PRIDE Penn State Sportsmanship Team, who has joined with the Penn State Alumni Association
to host a casual meet-and-greet happy hour for Alabama fans on Friday from 5-7 p.m. The meet-and-greet will be at the Adam’s Apple at the Tavern on East College Avenue, a venue Penn Staters believe will give out-of-towners a feel for the town. “[The Tavern] is the epitome of State College when you think of classic Penn State restaurants,” said Caitlin Rush, public relations director of PRIDE
“[The Tavern] is the epitome of State College when you think of classic Penn State restaurants. — Caitlin Rush, public relations director of PRIDE at Penn State
and a senior at Penn State. “Student leaders and alumni will be there, and we’ll be happy to answer questions and give recommendations about how you should spend your weekend.”
After attending the game in Tuscaloosa last year and being very pleased with her schoolmates’ reception, Rush said she wanted to return the favor of respecting the other team. “From the second we got
into town, fans and alumni were beyond nice,” Rush said. “People invited us to their tailgates, and the hotel even gave us a fruit basket. The stereotype of southern hospitality was very alive. “ Parker Graham, a sophomore at Alabama majoring in chemical engineering, said the combination of two storied football programs helps foster the courteous atmosphere. “Both schools are rich in tra-
dition and have a huge amount of respect for one another,” Graham said. “I wish I was going up there this year.” Rush said PRIDE and all Penn State fans will be working to fulfill a special line of their Alma Mater: “May no act of ours bring shame.” “We love our football,” Rush said. “But we’re hoping that, regardless of what goes on in that 60 minutes of game time, the respect will still be there.”