TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 VOLUME 120 ISSUE 21 Serving The University of Alabama since 1894 NEWS | STUDENT LIFE
The tumor that was found in Anna Montgomery’s brain was a 1.2-centimeter pineal cystic tumor resting on her pineal gland, which regulates sleeping patterns. The tumor was benign but was resting on her optic nerve, which caused fatigue, pain and sleeping issues. Montgomery’s doctor engineered the surgery necessary to remove this type of tumor.
Student overcomes brain tumor By Andy McWhorter | Staff Reporter Anna Montgomery was an active student in her freshman year at The University of Alabama before she started to get sick. Montgomery was involved with her sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta, and loved going to class for her major, sports broadcasting. She was even Miss Teen Alabama 2012. But in December, she started to get headaches every day. After that, more symptoms started to appear. “Everything started to add up,” Montgomery said. “I was just wanting to sleep all the time, and that’s not like me, having horrible pain in my nose. I was so confused. It was debilitating.” Montgomery’s big sister in Alpha Gamma Delta, Haley Simpson, had noticed a change in Montgomery’s behavior. “She was always really tired, and she never felt well,” Simpson said. “We’d go to a date party or something, and she’d go but she wasn’t herself.” Montgomery’s doctors initially believed she had a sinus infection brought on by a staph infection. “Doctors were like, ‘Alright you’ve got a sinus infection; we’re going to put you on this medicine,’” Montgomery said. Her symptoms only continued to get worse, and in early June, Anna’s mother, Jill Montgomery, started receiving calls from her daughter.
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Tillery-Bailey remembered fondly Friend, wife and colleague described as kind, dedicated By Samuel Yang | Staff Reporter
WHAT: Defining Place – Dominic Lippillo and Mark Schoon WHEN: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. WHERE: Woods Hall
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Many University of Alabama students knew Jan Tillery-Bailey, who passed away Sept. 1 in a Birmingham hospital after an extended illness, as the wife of former UA President Guy Bailey. For others, TilleryBailey will be remembered as a valuable friend, wife and colleague. Tillery-Bailey, who retired as a linguistics professor in 2008 for health reasons, worked alongside her husband, as well as with colleague Thomas Wikle, in linguistic research at Oklahoma State University. Wikle, assiociate dean of the College
— Thomas Wikle of Arts and Sciences at OSU, served as a geographer alongside the two linguists and remembers Tillery-Bailey as a “very smart,
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Now that Kelly Horwitz has officially filed to contest the results of the Aug. 27 Board of Education elections for District 4, the hearing may not take more than a matter of days, said Bob McCurley, the retired head of the Alabama Law Institute and one of the authors of the Alabama Election Law Handbook. In her statement, filed on Sept. 6, Horwitz’s complaints include that legal votes were rejected for Horwitz, while illegal votes were counted for her opponent, Cason Kirby, and that bribery and voter fraud both influenced the races. After Horwitz lost the election to Kirby by 72 points, reports surfaced the next day showing 10 students registered to vote in a
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how long they have lived there. “Then they may do it one of two ways,” McCurley said. “One, they may ask to depose people, which means they’ll come in, ask them questions, then take their recorded interviews to court. Or, to save time and money, just go to court and ask the people to come in because they could ask each voter, not necessarily how they voted, but when you registered to vote, where you reside, how long have you resided there [and] have you registered to vote other places.” McCurley also said a potentially disqualifying factor for a candidate is buying votes. But the disqualification would be contingent upon proving a connection between the candidates’s campaign expenditures. “One, would be in the event he wrongly influenced somebody by buying votes,”
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single-family home, as well as reports alleging that sorority and fraternity members were offered free drinks at a local bar in exchange for their votes. In a statement emailed to The Crimson White, Kirby’s attorney, Andy Campbell, denied the allegations and called Kirby a “good and honest person.” “While the complaint is purposely vague, we intend to show this was a free and proper election and there are no grounds that the plaintiff may prove to set aside the election,” the statement read. “Many of the allegations made in the aftermath of the vote are simply untrue and truly unfortunate for the University community, which will be shown by the evidence.” McCurley said the burden of proof always falls on the challenger because there is a presumption that all votes are good. He said Horwitz and her attorney will probably research who the voters were, when they registered, where they reside and
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She had a close connection with her Texas roots. She was very much a Southern woman.
intuitive researcher.” “She was a very sharp individual,” Wikle said. “I knew her to be a very good researcher, very thorough and very astute in making observations. Dr. Tillery was an excellent writer.” The Baileys collaborated together often, and Wikle, who described Tillery-Bailey as “an idea person,” joined them to investigate topics like the usage of “y’all,” a project funded by the National Geographic Society. Wikle attributed her interest in linguistics to a reflection of Tillery-Bailey herself. “She had a close connection with her Texas roots,” Wikle said. “She was very much a Southern woman.” Wikle said Tillery-Bailey was very kind
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The Civic Engagement branch of the UA Honors College Assembly will host a volunteer fair Wednesday, Sept. 11, from 8 to 9 p.m. in Gorgas Library room 205. The goal for the evening is to help connect Honors College students with several campus and nonprofit volunteer organizations in the area. Students interested in learning more about the groups presenting at the event should contact the director of civic engagement, Christie Talley, at cmtalley@crimson.ua.edu.
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WRC seeks student mentors The University of Alabama’s Women’s Resource Center is looking for dedicated students on campus to help mentor 5th grade girls and boys at Skyland Elementary School. Students selected will join either the Young Women’s Leadership Program or the Young Men’s Leadership Program as mentors that will spend 20 hours a week training in the fall semester. Upon training completion, the UA students will then be paired with elementary school children for the spring semester. Students interested in applying can do so through wrc.ua.edu under the “Get Involved” tab. Applications are due Sept. 11 at midnight for both groups, and interviews will be conducted soon after. Training sessions for the Young Women’s Leadership Program begin Tuesday, Sept. 17, from 2 to 4 p.m., and sessions for Young Men’s Leadership Program start Thursday, Sept. 19, from 2 to 4 p.m.
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Arts council holds competition The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa will hold the eleventh annual Double Exposure Juried Photography Exhibition Jan. 21 through Feb. 14 at the Bama Theatre. The competition is open to Alabama photographers, and the deadline for entries is Nov. 27. A fee of $35 will be charged for adults, those 18 and older, to enter three images. Two more images can be submitted for $5 per piece. Contestants in the junior division, ages 12 to 17, will be charged $25 to enter three images and can submit two more for $5 per piece. Awards for the adult division include a $500 Purchase Award for Best of Show in addition to four $250 cash awards. The Purchase Award winner will also be invited to present in an Arts Council gallery later in the year. Application forms can be found on the Art Council’s website at tuscarts.org/competition-doubleexposure.
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and had a wonderful sense of humor. “As far as working with her, I always found her to be really generous with her time,” he said. “Just a really solid person to work with.” Wikle, whose family maintained a personal friendship with the Baileys, described the couple as one that found a way to work together and be a real research team. “But as husband and wife, they were a wonderful couple to spend time with,” Wikle said. “I just remember them as being very much in love, very devoted to each other.” After replacing Robert Witt as UA President on Sept. 3, 2012, Bailey’s devotion to his
according to the law, if a person votes twice or votes outside of their district, it is a felony, but he said most cases of voter fraud would count as a class C misdemeanor, the lowest level misdemeanor. Actions such as giving a false and misleading statement about where you live could count as a misdemeanor, McCurley said. “Most of the time the
person would get a fine, and they would not get jail time,” he said. “But even with that, it would be up to the city prosecutor to determine if they wanted to prosecute or not.” McCurley said the court has several options if any of the contested factors were found to be true, from voiding the election and calling for a new one to only counting eligible votes.
“I think the big story with this is why people voted anyways,” McCurley said. “Did they go vote because a candidate asked? Did they have a compassion for better education? Did they do it because their peer group or fraternity or sorority encouraged them to go do it and they were just following what somebody asked them to go do? What’s the motivation behind it?”
wife and her health was cited as the reason for his leaving office Oct. 31, 2012. He served 57 days as president. “I think it’s a very courageous thing that he did,” Wikle said. “He loved Alabama. He was a student at Alabama and loves Alabama. I think under different circumstances he would still be president. But he put his love for his wife ahead of his professional work … He was very devoted to her.” Jan Kruse served as Bailey’s executive assistant when he was provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where TilleryBailey also taught. Kruse said Bailey’s resignation was indicative of the bond he and his wife shared. Kruse said Tillery-Bailey was a wonderful teacher and friend who was a great supporter of the social activities at
the schools where she and her husband worked. “She loved teaching, she loved her students and the students who took her class also had the very highest regard for her,” Kruse said. “As a team, they were both student advocates, and they wrote several articles together. Where you saw one, you saw the other one, because they were a team.” Tillery-Bailey’s parents, both teachers, passed on their love of education, as well as a love for Texas Tech football. Her father’s involvement with the football program led Tillery-Bailey to be an outspoken fan, Kruse said. “If the referees made the wrong call, she would let them know that from the stands. She was an upbeat, happy, jovial, positive person,” Kruse said. “And she loved students. She changed their lives but will
always live in their hearts, and we know she is always with us in spirit.” In an emailed statement released shortly after TilleryBailey’s passing, UA President Judy Bonner said the thoughts and prayers of the entire UA family were with the Baileys. “The University of Alabama is deeply saddened over the passing of Dr. Jan TilleryBailey and wishes to extend our heartfelt sympathies to Guy and their entire family,” Bonner said. “Everyone who got to know Jan was inspired by her courage, her spirit and her determination.” A service for Tillery-Bailey was held Monday, Sept. 9, at the Kent R. Hance Chapel at Texas Tech University, where she was an alumna. Contributions to the Tillery Family Athletic Scholarship Endowment will be accepted in lieu of flowers. Tillery-Bailey was 63.
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Submitted With members involved in organizations from greek life to Avanti Orientation Leaders, the Yell Crew incoporates students from various backgrounds with a common passion: raising spirits.
Yell Crew strives for engaging student section By Tori Linville | Contributing Writer Looking in the stands at an Alabama football game might be different this year, as the newly established Yell Crew will lead in the upper deck, showing the freshman class what it means to Roll Tide. The Yell Crew, a group of students ranging from sophomores to seniors who share a passion for Alabama football, was established by First Year Experience in order to make the student section one of the most exciting sections, according to the Yell Crew application website. Mary Alice Porter, coordinator of the First Year Experience and Parent Programs, said the goal of the Yell Crew is to create an engaging game day experience for the students in the upper deck.
“As leaders of the section, the Yell Crew models what it means to be an Alabama fan while also sharing athletic history and traditions with the freshman class,” Porter said. “These leaders are incredibly passionate about Alabama football, and their knowledge about our colorful history allows them to educate and unite our freshman class as a cohort through football games.” Yell Crew members must attend every home game and viewing parties for away games, as well as training sessions in August and September. With these requirements come benefits such as a $500 stipend, a free drink card for home games and Yell Crew shirts and polos, according to the website. The Yell Crew will provide role models for freshman students and
demonstrate what it means to be a good member of the student section. They will help out on game traditions such as when to hold up four fingers, when to yell “Roll Tide” and other cheers Butch Hallmark, a graduate assistant for First Year Experience, said. “The Yell Crew is just a bunch of super fans who know exactly what the freshman students are going through when it comes to attending their first game,” Hallmark said. “The Yell Crew has so much passion for the Crimson Tide and are already leaders on campus. They want to make the upper deck the loudest section of Bryant-Denny, so in four years of doing this, the entire student section will have developed those good habits and stay for all four quarters.”
Made up of greek members, a former student athlete, honors students, Avanti Orientation Leaders, Parent Ambassadors, Spectrum members and students who are part of the Blount Undergraduate Initiative, the Yell Crew is able to relate to everyone one way or another, Hallmark said. Chase Padgett, a sophomore majoring in metallurgical engineering, became a Yell Crew member to make home games worth sitting through. “I was thrilled to hear that we were creating an organization on campus that would lead the student section in cheers and chants at the home football games,” Padgett said. “During my freshman year I enjoyed going to the football games, but I always felt that too many students
would become complacent during the games. I want to make our football games exciting for the students and encourage them to participate in the game by cheering along with our cheerleaders and sing along with the Million Dollar Band.” While the Yell Crew hasn’t had a home game yet, the members have been reading over Crimson Tide history in order to prepare for their debut. From the 1925 championship to the history in the making today, the Yell Crew is eager to pass the traditions down, Padgett said. The Yell Crew will hold a viewing party for the Texas A&M game on Sept. 14 in the Ferguson Center Ballroom, with doors opening at 1:30 p.m. Food, games and giveaways will be provided along with a WVUA 90.7 live broadcast.
ECo brings local, community-based food to dining halls By Samuel Yang | Staff Reporter In a world where food is measured in calories, it can be easy to forget there are other ways to measure the quality of a meal. The University of Alabama Environmental Council, or ECo, is partnering with the Real Food Challenge, a nationwide campaign, to bring real food to campus dining halls. In this measurement, real means local, community-based, ecologically sound, fair and humane. Olivia Bensinger, a senior in New College also majoring in Spanish, serves as the Real Food Challenge coordinator, as well as chair of ECo’s Sustainable Food Committee. There are two aspects to the campaign, Bensinger said. The first will be using Real Food Challenge’s Real Food Calculator to determine the current condition of the University’s dining options. “It’s a huge research project. Basically, we end up with a percentage,” she said. “We’ll actually be starting that process in October.” Bensinger said the Real Food Calculator has become the baseline for calculating how real certain foods are, a process that will involve using invoices from Lakeside Dining Hall during the months of September and February. “The second part of the campaign, which we have not started yet, is the campus commitment, which basically involves
going to the campus president and getting her to sign to commit to 20 percent real food by 2020,” she said. “We’ll probably be launching the campaign to get the commitment probably in the spring, if not sooner.” During the Real Food Challenge, ECo will also be organizing the 100 Mile Dinner, which will take place on Food Day, Oct. 24. “Food Day is a national celebration of healthy, affordable, sustainable food. On campuses, it’s usually run by the Real Food Challenge,” Bensinger said. The 100 Mile Dinner will feature foods prepared with ingredients produced within 100 miles. Student tickets will be $15, and non-student tickets will be $25. Ultimately, Bensinger said, it all will connect back to real food. The Real Food Wheel, produced by Real Food Challenge and reproduced by ECo in painting, demonstrates how many different facets of life influence and are influenced by real food. “It goes back to the wheel and how you personally connect to it. I got to food through climate activism … It made sense to lessen my carbon footprint, to eat locally, to eat humanely,” she said. “You have to find a place … and find how it fits into the bigger picture and go from there.” Johanna Obenda, a sophomore majoring in history who is on the Sustainable Food Committee, said she connected to the wheel through the com-
munity aspect, specifically through her work at a local farmer’s market. “It was nice just seeing people come in,” she said. “It was really awesome to see people get real food and get connected that way, and I guess I got connected that way.” Julie Whitten, a sophomore studying environmental science who attended the Real Food Challenge conference in January with Bensinger and Obenda, said they were determined to get the ball rolling with bringing real food to campus. “This is important because everyone is connected to the food system. Food is essential for life and the food we choose to consume has an impact far greater than we could even imagine,” Whitten wrote in an email. “[We] hope to bring light to the complexities of the food system, but mostly show students, faculty, staff, and the community the importance of knowing where our food comes from, what it’s made of, and how we can take steps towards treating our bodies, our fellow human beings, and our earth with respect.” She also explained how the definition of “real” food covered food’s many spheres of influence. “The ecologically sound part focuses more on the earth aspect … It’s good for the Earth and it’s good for you,” she said. “Fair goes into the labor market … humane is animal welfare.”
Submitted Members of the University of Alabama Environmental Council demonstrate characteristics of what they call “Real Food”. She pointed out that the University currently has several initiatives that are moving in the right direction. “All of our eggs are cagefree. Our milk is relatively local (within 250 miles, which is the benchmark). All of our coffee is fair trade,” she said. “We do have a rule where we have to buy local first. We just don’t have a lot of local farmers that source to Sysco (the University’s food provider).” She said part of the
campaign will be pushing to eliminate automatic disqualifiers such as artificial high fructose corn syrup and certain food dyes. “We’re not going to take away anybody’s grill line. [We’re just] making it better quality,” she said. “We’re not trying to force people to eat healthy. We’re just giving them the option.” That could involve simple shifts in purchasing – organic ketchup, for instance
– and could lead to more seasonal menus. Those simple shifts start in October, when they start to crunch the numbers on the Real Food Calculator. “We’ll be able to see how far we have to go,” Bensinger said. “We can always push for more and create new commitments after 2020.” ECo meets Thursdays at 7 p.m. in Lloyd, with Real Food Challenge meetings following at 8 p.m.
NEWSIN BRIEF Tide Talks gives 4 students opportunity to share views on education, technology, modern-day slavery By Heather Combs | Contributing Writer The third installment of Tide Talks took place in the packed Ferguson Center Theater Monday night. Tide Talks gave four students the opportunity to take the stage to talk about experiences and passions they have for drastically different causes. With the live Twitter hashtag #TideTalks streaming during the performances, audience members were able to communicate with all four speakers and answer questions based on their performances. Gabrielle Smith opened the show by sharing her passion of being a mentor and starting her own mentoring program
at The University of Alabama. Breaking her family’s “twoyear curse,” she graduated from Spelman College and is now in the graduate program here at the University. Matthew Hussong followed Smith, saying, “we’re not ready for the future.” Hussong spoke of his desire for society to understand the future progression and why technology makes us who we are, noting the future’s ability to change who we are as a society and exemplifying how the digital age is already upon us. “We can’t avoid this, and society is not focusing enough attention on it,” audience member Alex Norman said. Next, Josh Sigler took to the stage to share his passion
of abolishing modern-day slavery. Sigler works with the International Justice Mission to fight for the end of slavery and encourages students to get involved with the program. “No matter what your passion or talent is, there’s a place for that in the modern-day slavery abolishment,” Sigler said. Lizzie Ernstberger closed the show with the support of her sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta, in the audience. Reminiscing on her summer experience of making a small town’s garden into a huge food supply center, she encouraged the crowd to make a big impact and turn their weaknesses into their biggest strengths.
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Organizations foster civic leadership By Claire Chretien | Staff Columnist I’m writing in response to John Speer’s “Organizations foster chaos, not potential” with student leaders. Mr. Speer wrote, “Uninformed groups such as the Bama Students for Life, who create high-profile disasters for an entire campus, should be monitored” and that we are “embarrassingly ignorant.” Bama Students for Life attends the annual Students for Life of America conference every year, where members learn about abortion, pro-life apologetics and campus activism. This training is one of the reasons why our members were so comfortable debating abortion for two days in front of the Genocide Awareness Project, which, contrary to what Mr. Speer wrote, was not a “high-profile disaster.” We showed thousands of people the reality of abortion – that its result is a tiny, developing human being in bloody pieces. Mr. Speer wrote that groups like Bama Students for Life “require advisors
Claire Chretien who can teach them judicious principles and a voice of reason that can craft savvy, and not horridly offensive, goals.” Thankfully, Bama Students for Life has both a phenomenal faculty advisor and a team of full-time activists at our national chapter, Students for Life of America, to teach us judicious principles and help us craft savvy, not horridly offensive, goals. I agree with Mr. Speer that photos of abortion are “horridly offensive.” This is why we show them. If abortion is so repulsive to look at, then perhaps this violence isn’t something we should tolerate as a civilized society. Our mentors helped us plan
and execute the Genocide Awareness Project, which sparked weeks of campus debate and inspired close to 1,000 pro-life students to join our mailing list. Our team of advisors and supporters has also helped us craft programs like our Pregnant on Campus Initiative, which provides resources and support to pregnant and parenting students so no mother is forced to choose between her child and her education. Mr. Speer wrote, “Students should become learners who pursue their goals and knowledge with selfdetermination.” Members of Bama Students for Life are educated about abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty and other issues related to human life. Last semester, we pursued our goal of showing campus the reality of the modern genocide of abortion, which has ended the lives of 55 million pre-born children since Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. This semester, we are pursuing our goal of equipping student parents with the resources they need
to continue their education. Mr. Speer wrote, “Good intentions cannot cure stupidity; the only remedy for such a problem is strong guidance.” Mr. Speer certainly could use some strong guidance in his attempts to lambaste Bama Students for Life. After all, he was only able to criticize us personally and claim that we’re ignorant – he couldn’t criticize our pro-life position at all. If Mr. Speer had done his research, he would have realized that organizations like Bama Students for Life foster direction, student leadership and civic engagement. Furthermore, we encourage diversity in thought on a campus infested with liberal professors and columnists whose best argument against pro-life students is that we need to be “monitored” because we’re “ignorant.” Claire Chretien is a junior majoring in public relations and American studies and is the president of Bama Students for Life. Her column runs biweekly on Tuesdays.
Every semester I have the immense pleasure of reading another column about how advising is terrible and insufficient for the complex needs of students. Ostensibly, the tremendous growth of The University of Patrick Crowley Alabama has formed a deficit of advisors ,ill-equipped to advise so many students. Through an aggregation of assumptions, the advisor somehow cripples the student’s chances of success at the University and in the future. Thus, the student is doomed to suffer without a job or hope for the future because of an advisor from freshman year. Really? Even though I took a few liberties in that tragic tale, the University is a place of higher education for adults, not kids. Sure, we students act like kids that are often so self-absorbed as to think that what happens to us is someone else’s fault. That failing the test is the professor’s fault; that the hard courses one’s taking is the advisor’s fault; that the division of students on campus is the administration’s fault. Let’s be honest with ourselves and answer the necessary question: To whom does the fault actually belong? The fault lies not on those who try to support students, but on the students who fail to accept responsibility for their very own education. The onus is on students to acquire the education they desire. The greatest perk of attending college is the freedom of academic choice. The powerful ability to choose from a vast array of majors, minors and specializations, and within these selected routes of education to choose the professors and classes that best suit a student’s interests and learning style. The unwillingness to put forth effort into discovering what majors are interesting to a student, who the best professors are, and which advisors provide the best counsel will yield a distrust and dislike of advising and professors. It doesn’t have to be like this though: students do not have to feel betrayed and hurt by advisors and professors. Contrary to popular belief, advisors and professors are here to best serve students in their educational journey. However, for them to best serve a student, the student has to bring something to the table. We need to meet them halfway to get what we want out of our short four years here; we need to do a little preparation before we meet with them and decide on a plan. A little initiative and hard work will yield tremendous benefits when the meeting with an advisor or professor occurs. Plus, on a side note, relationships with professors can often help produce future opportunities. We lucky few students are in the process of acquiring an education, and subsequently a bachelor’s degree, that will greatly increase our lifetime income, production and happiness. Advising and your education at the University are fundamentally dependent on preparation, hard work and perseverance – similar to almost everything in life. I encourage you, then, to prepare and work accordingly. An education for the future is worth the effort in the present. Patrick Crowley is a junior majoring in mathematics and finance. His column runs biweekly.
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University response to voting allegations lacks moral responsibility By Will Gonzalez | Staff Columnist It is a long-held truism in American politics that at their root, all politics are local. However, if the recent School Board District 4 election taught us anything, it’s that the politics may not be local, but the addresses sure are. While the allegations point toward terrible misdeeds committed by entities in the state and in the University, more shocking (and disgusting) is the University’s official response to the allegations against some of the student body. Sunday, the administration sent an official email to students detailing the University’s official response to this travesty. Essentially, the University has chosen to punt on the issue and pretend as if nothing has happened, citing the lack of authority to investigate the outcome of elections. This is perhaps
Will Gonzalez the worst stance the University could have taken and makes me sick to be a student here at The University of Alabama. I am not asking for the University to start a witch hunt for voting records or attempt to usurp the authority of the state government to investigate the results of an election, but the University does have a moral obligation to shape the hearts and minds of the students here in
attendance. The Preamble to the Code of Student Conduct states: “The University has a vital interest in the character of its students, and therefore regards behavior at any location (on- campus or off-campus) as a reflection of a student’s character and fitness to be a member of the student body… thus creates an expectation of behavior that the University deems acceptable and is not detrimental to the University.” I guess that “offcampus locations” refers to everywhere that isn’t the voting booth (or the bar after). Meddling in a municipal election isn’t funny; it is not cute. It is just plain and simply wrong. Working men,
women and families are the people who are mostly affected by local government in Tuscaloosa. That goes one hundred fold when it comes to the School Board. Students have no real vested interest in the school system in Tuscaloosa, which goes to show the sheer hubris it took to attempt to interfere with an election that doesn’t affect you for apparently no other reason than to see if you could. When President G. H. Denny coined The University of Alabama “The Capstone” he envisioned a center for not just learning, but the molding of young minds for the betterment of the state. Later the Capstone Creed was created to help guide that
Meddling in a municipal election isn’t funny; it is not cute. It is just plain and simply wrong.
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molding in an attempt to create scholars that embody “kindness, honesty, and respect” and to “foster individual and civic responsibility.” The events that transpired around the District 4 race not only set the image of the University back another 20 years, but also drag Denny’s dream (and the Capstone creed) through the mud. The election fraud has officially brought to light what we already knew – The University of Alabama is a University as a whole that has been ruined by a group of self-entitled brats. If there is any light to come out of this situation it is that all these allegations came to light because of a few good people with consciences. It is those people who give me hope for this University. Will Gonzalez is a sophomore majoring in education. His column runs biweekly on Tuesdays.
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Disorders dismantle student lives CW | Pete Pajor Men and women on campus and across the nation struggle with eating disorders such as anorexia. By Alexandra Ellsworth | Staff Reporter Looking at her now, you would not know Emily Sanders almost died two years ago struggling with an eating disorder and alcoholism. She was told by her nutritionist she shouldn’t be alive today. Sanders had received a new meal plan from her nutritionist, and fearful of meeting the requirements of the plan, started drinking instead of eating. Stumbling up the stairs to her room, she blacked out and fell, busting her head open. She woke up in a hospital a few hours later, lucky to be alive. “I had to hit rock bottom, literally, before I decided I was going to do something,” Sanders said. Casey Ellis spent the first part of her freshman year sleeping half of the day and missing class because she was so weak. “My body was slowly shutting down,” Ellis said. Ellis went home right before Christmas break to receive treatment for an eating disorder and did not return to school until the next fall. Both Sanders, a graduate student in finance, and Ellis, a junior majoring in international studies, struggled with anorexia nervosa since they were
young, and they are not alone. In the United States, 20 million women and 10 million men suffer from a clinically significant eating disorder at some time in their life, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. Only one in 10 of those men and women suffering from an eating disorder actually receive treatment, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD). According to ANAD, an eating disorder is an unhealthy relationship with food and weight that interferes with many areas of a person’s life. One’s thoughts become preoccupied with food, weight or exercise. Often a person with an eating disorder can be critical about his or her body image, and his or her eating habits may disrupt normal body functions. Eating disorders are not necessarily just about weight. People can use food as a coping mechanism for uncomfortable or painful emotions and to help give a sense of control when feelings or situations begin to feel overwhelming, according to ANAD. Eating disorders can be caused by multiple factors including genetics, metabolism, psychological issues and social issues. These disorders can include anorexia
nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating or an eating disorder not otherwise specified. For Sanders and Ellis, often hearing their peers talk about weight and appearances made it easy to return to anorexia, and the ability to separate themselves from other people on campus made it that much harder to get help. “It was easy to isolate myself in my dorm room,” Sanders said. “My parents weren’t there to watch over me either.” Dieting and exercise is a common concern on campus, especially among women. Ninety-one percent of women surveyed on a college campus had attempted to control their weight through dieting. Twenty-two percent dieted “often” or “always,” according to ANAD. Lee Keyes, executive director for the Counseling Center at The University of Alabama, said those who have eating or body image concerns outnumber those who are formally diagnosed with an eating disorder, which is consistent with what can be seen on campus, but even preoccupation with body size can be potentially dangerous. “It’s a general rule that the for-
mal diagnosis of eating disorders is relatively low,” Keyes said. “If we talk about eating disorder behavior though, that number is much greater. Students engaging in restriction fall below anorexia nervosa, but we still recommend that they come [into the center] before they develop a serious disorder.” Keyes said the best thing a student who is struggling with an eating disorder, or even symptoms of an eating disorder, can do is to talk to someone and seek help. “When students perceive they may have issues in this area, just like many of their peers, they should not waste time, and access the range of services which are available here at UA, in both individual and group formats,” Keyes said. Accountability from peers made a difference for Ellis in fighting her eating disorder. When returning to Alabama in the fall of her sophomore year, Ellis found the struggle against anorexia to be significantly difficult. “It really wasn’t good at first, but I joined a life group at Calvary and that was huge,” she said. “Having that accountability and not having to do it alone made all the difference. I have people rooting for me and
reminding me that I don’t need to result to restricting my eating to be happy.” Sanders said having a community of people to help hold her accountable and to talk to was important for her too. When she was in rehab and living in Birmingham, she was part of support groups, but had not found one in Tuscaloosa. “When you are in recovery from an eating disorder it is important to be with other people,” she said. Sanders and another graduate student, Amanda Taylor, started Eating Disorders Anonymous, an open 12-step meeting for those interested in recovery from an eating disorder. The meetings take place every Friday evening from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Collegiate Recovery Community building located on Paul Bryant Dr. Sanders said the group is open to anyone, even people who are just interested in knowing more about eating disorders, or friends of people suffering from an eating disorder. “It’s important to speak up and use your voice,” Ellis said. “Let someone know what is going on and use the resources offered on this campus through the Counseling Center and through EDA.”
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Casino Royale to benefit charity Heather Combs | Contributing Writer There is no longer a need to travel to Atlantic City or Las Vegas to experience the excitement and thrills of a casino. For one night, it can be found at The University of Alabama, courtesy of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity as they host their first annual Casino Royale to raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Alabama. Judson Russell, philanthropy chair for the UA Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter, served as a catalyst in the fraternity’s acceptance of Big Brothers Big Sisters as their national philanthropy. Sigma Phi Epsilon has partnered with BBBS to get as many children as possible off the waiting list and connected with mentors. Serving more than a quarter million children across the country, BBBS helps children reach their full potential through one-on-one mentoring. “I hope to raise as much money as possible to get two, three, four … as many children as we
can off the list and put them with a mentor to steer them in the right direction as they grow up,” Russell said. Danielle McInerney, CEO of BBBS of West Alabama, said she has noticed a significant change since the backing from the University. Ninety percent of the “bigs” at this organization come from the University. This year, Big Brothers Big Sisters shrank the waiting list from 96 to 42 children. “The money raised by this event will continue to get children off our waiting list,” McInerney said. The Casino Royale benefit event includes blackjack, roullete and craps, as well as a raffle with prizes from Gander Mountain and Solo boutique. The Casino Royale will be held at Hotel Capstone from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday. Tickets can be pre-ordered via any of the Sigma Phi Epsilon brothers or at the door for $10.
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CW | Hannah Widener Northport’s family-owned City Cafe has been a local favorite for decades, attracting generations of loyal customers and new fans alike.
City Cafe passes test of time By Hannah Widener | Contributing Writer It’s 5 a.m., and while most businesses are sound asleep with the lights turned down low in Northport, there remains one with its light on, shining like a welcoming beacon to all who come in. City Cafe has been in the Tuscaloosa area since 1931, and although the times have changed and the people have come and gone, it still remains a classic among Tuscaloosa residents. City Cafe has become somewhat of a family affair. The owner, Joe Barger, worked at the cafe in high school and in 1974 bought the cafe with his wife Mary Anne Barger. Customers are greeted by the friendly face of Joe’s brother Robbie Barger as soon as 4 a.m. rolls around. Joe Barger’s daughters Gin Barger and Jodi Barger can be heard bantering back and forth in the kitchen. Regulars Scott Mitchum and Phillip Mitchum have been frequenting City Cafe for almost 30 years. “We know everyone here, Joe; we watched the whole family grow up here,” Scott Mitchum said. “There’s good food and great people, and it’s as simple as that.” Gin Barger didn’t have a typical
childhood with her family at the cafe. “She was actually raised in the back of a van.” Robbie Barger said. “We actually were,” Gin Barger said. “That’s no joke because with my mom we had to come into work so early. We always got up to go in, and in the summer we had the van which had a little extension cord for the fan, and in the winter we had a little plug-in heater. It used to be in the city of Northport that since everybody would have to go through the back to get into the café, they would knock on the van and we’d wake up to go to school.” Passing the test of time is no easy feat, but the cafe keeps the customers coming back with their sunny disposition and team effort. The wait staff agrees it’s the people who they see every day that make each day better than the last. “I think it’s getting to see everybody every day,” Gin Barger said. “You know a lot of the customers we grew up with and you get to know everybody, and even if you don’t know their names you know their faces and their personality.” The pictures on the walls tell the story of the Barger family and the story of Alabama football, with a portrait of Gin Barger’s son and a picture
of Bear Bryant watching over the cafe. Not much has changed in the 82 years of operation at City Cafe - the counters are worn and the photos the same. “The menu hasn’t really changed except the prices, but Joe can’t really do much about that. Our busy season is football season,” Robbie Barger said. For most people in Tuscaloosa it’s not winter, spring or fall that is most anticipated. Instead, there is a season above all the rest that stands on its own – football season. When asked what her favorite time of year is at the cafe, Gin Barger said “Vacation. No, it’s football games because everybody gets so excited and so do we. Sometimes we get the opposite team that comes in as well and there’s that rivalry, but it’s always fun. We do countdown to those vacations though. We have so many hormones in here with all these women, you know? Those breaks, we need them. Imagine working with your family,” Gin Barger said. Annoyances aside, the Barger family has formed a camaraderie based on years and years of working together. The “good food, great people” mantra has candid this cafe in the hearts of Tuscaloosa residents and students alike.
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Tumor sparked pain, fatigue, vision issues SURGERY FROM PAGE 1
“She just started calling and telling us that she was having black out episodes, vision difficulty, things that hadn’t been there before,” Jill Montgomery said. “Finally they were like, things aren’t getting better, we need to do an MRI,” Montgomery said. “They were scanning me for a brain tumor and I was like, ‘Whoa you’ve got the wrong person, that’s not me.’” On June 28, Montgomery found out that she had a 1.2 centimeter pineal cystic tumor sitting on her pineal gland, which regulates sleeping patterns. Though it was benign, the tumor was also resting on Montgomery’s optic nerve, causing visual disturbances along with the fatigue, pain and sleeping issues. When Simpson found out, she was shocked.“I freaked out,” Simpson said. “I immediately texted her and was like what was going on. I was really scared.” But Montgomery, far from being scared, was just glad to finally know what was happening to her. “First of all, I was relieved,” Montgomery said. “At least they found something, at least it’s not like, ‘we don’t know what’s going on with you.’ So I was thankful and I
was frustrated.” Montgomery, her doctors and her family decided that getting surgery for the tumor as quickly as possible was their best option. “My dad and my mom looked all over the place for the best place to have it,” Montgomery said. “To our surprise, nobody in the Southeast was doing the surgery.” After looking at three facilities around the country, they eventually settled on Dr. Hrayr Shahinian out of Los Angeles, a pioneer in the type of surgery Montgomery needed. “He pioneered the endoscopic craniotomy,” Jill Montgomery said. “He’s the one who created the procedure that the other two facilities picked up on down the road.” “When you think brain surgery or brain tumor, I was like ‘I don’t know what it would entail,’” Montgomery said. “I was scared, I was happy, I was thankful. I was scared of the surgery, I was scared of leaving the life that I know.” With her surgery scheduled for July 18, three weeks after she found out she had a tumor, Montgomery and her family flew out to Los Angeles a couple of days ahead of time. “The night before, I slept pretty good,” Montgomery said. “I was not really all that nervous. My friends were sending me hundreds of texts. I’m thousands of miles
from home and they were lifting me with their spirits and prayers.” The next day, Montgomery went to the hospital and met with Shahinian before the surgery. “He came in there and said, ‘Are you ready?’ and I said, ‘Let’s do it.’” Montgomery was under anesthesia for her surgery, but Shahinian explained the process for her ahead of time. “They make and incision in the back and take part of the skull out,” Montgomery said. “There’s a little passageway between the upper and lower brain, he puts a little instrument in and takes what he can out.” Montgomery turns her head and lifts her ponytail to show the scar, a short vertical line where her neck meets the base of her skull. “When I woke up I was in ICU, with four IVs, everything hooked up to me,” Anna said. “I was in a tremendous amount of pain. I wish the doctor would have told me that.” Anna’s mother and father were also surprised by the scope of the surgery. “She was on a ventilator, she was on oxygen, she was incoherent, she couldn’t talk,” Jill Montgomery said. “For three to four days, she could not speak.” Though she had to work hard to perform activities as simple as walking in the days after the surgery, today Montgomery is lively and
as active as her continuing recovery permits. “It’s really about now just pushing myself,” Montgomery said. “I can sit around and lay around and be like, ‘this will get better eventually.’ Yeah, it’ll get better eventually but I’ve got to walk, I’ve got to eat right, I’ve got to do my therapy exercises. There’s just stuff I have to do to get better.” Some things, like the schoolwork for her online classes, have become harder for Anna since the surgery. “School is a lot harder now,” Simpson said. “Being able to read things and comprehend them is a little bit harder. But she can do anything she puts her mind to.” Though the work might be a little harder than it used to be, both Montgomery and her mother said the University of Alabama had gone above and beyond what was necessary to aid in Montgomery’s recovery and return to normal life. “I had to walk outside of the ICU because the University of Alabama was calling to check up on her,” Jill Montgomery said. “They took care of her whole schedule, any arrangement that needed to be made for her to be back on campus and resume her student life, they took care of it for us. They didn’t have to do everything they did for us. I just cannot thank the University of Alabama enough.” Montgomery hopes that her experience can serve as an
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inspiration to others to take a more active role in their health. “I feel like God’s placed it on my heart now to be a voice for other people,” Montgomery said. “So many of us put off our health. I did that to myself. I’m having these headaches every day, stopping me from living my life, and finally the only reason I went to the doctor was because it was the summer and I wasn’t taking classes.” With her symptoms gone and life slowly returning to normal, Montgomery, now a sophomore, is looking forward to coming back to Tuscaloosa within the next week. “She’ll be back for good on Thursday,” Simpson said. “I’m looking forward to seeing her
again, eating lunch with her at the house.” But Montgomery already knows what she wants to do first when she comes back. “Oh my gosh, go eat at City Cafe, I’m so excited!”
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Long-awaited rematch looms CW | Cora Lindholm The Crimson Tide prepares to talk on Texas A&M on Saturday in College Station, Texas, after a loss to the Aggies last year. By Charlie Potter | Assistant Sports Editor Kickoff between No. 1 Alabama and No. 6 Texas A&M is four days away, and the hype for this monumental rematch is reaching new levels. Crimson Tide Coach Nick Saban – as well as the players and all of college football – is ready to arrive in College Station, Texas, and participate in Alabama’s first SEC game of the season. “Obviously this is an exciting week for our team,” Saban said at his Monday press conference. “I think this is the great thing about college football: two outstanding teams. They obviously had a great year last year and are off to a fantastic start.” Saban had nothing but praise for Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin, whom he
We need to make good decisions in this game so that we put ourselves in the best position to have a chance to be successful against very good players. — Nick Saban will face in Saturday’s highly anticipated rematch. But it was not too long ago that Saban considered hiring Sumlin to his staff. “I think he’s done a fantastic job,” Saban said. “I think he’s a wonderful coach, did a
SPORTSIN BRIEF Home opener to begin at 6 p.m. The Southeastern Conference announced Alabama’s home opener against the Colorado State Rams on Sept. 21 will begin at 6 p.m. CT and be televised by either ESPN2 or ESPNU. The matchup between the Crimson Tide and the Rams will mark Colorado State head coach Jim McElwain’s return to Tuscaloosa. McElwain served as the offensive coordinator under Nick Saban from 2008-2011.
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Dennis Dodd, who covers college football nationally for CBSSports.com, was in Tuscaloosa on Monday writing about Alabama’s showdown with Texas A&M this week. The Crimson White caught up with Dodd to get his thoughts and prediction on the biggest game of the college football season.
What other games in recent college football history have generated this much hype?
You have to understand, these guys have played six 1 vs. 2 games since 2008. So that means that a guy like McCarron has at least been around for five of those. So it’s pretty regular for them. This is 1 vs. 6. And I believe it when they say, “Yeah it’s a big game but we’ve played in these before.” I think going on the road is a big difference. They lost here against LSU in 2011, they lost last year at home against A&M. This is a little more dicey going on the road. And it’s almost like a revenge game for [Texas A&M]. Because they’re playing the defending national champions, and they’ve already beaten them. So they have to back it up and ratify it or something. But these guys are used to playing big games.
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Dalvin Tomlinson out for the season Defensive lineman Dalvin Tomlinson suffered a knee injury Sept. 5 and underwent successful surgery the following day. He will, however, be out for the remainder of the 2013 season. “He was doing a fantastic job for us, played well in the first game rotating in,” Saban said. “I hate to ever see any player get injured. But Dalvin has done everything the right way since he’s been here. It’s just something that is unfortunate that happens in any sport.”
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so that you can do your job. People that get emotional sometimes don’t make the best decisions. We need to make good decisions in this game so that we put ourselves in the best position to have a chance to be successful against very good players.”
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great job at Houston before he was [at Texas A&M]. I’ve known Kevin for a long time. I actually interviewed him once, tried to hire him once at LSU.” But the fans and players remember Sumlin and the Aggies as the team that ruined their perfect season in 2012. The bad blood between the two schools after Texas A&M’s upset over Alabama a season ago could lead to some on-the-field altercations. But Saban said trash talking and taunting will not be tolerated from Crimson Tide players. “It’s never a part of our game,” Saban said. “We tell our players there’s no circumstance where you need to talk to another player, and there’s been very little of that with our team. “I think if you’re focused and disciplined, that’s the way you need to approach the game
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At what point did you know this game would be such a big game?
It was right after the week of the championship game when you start looking at next year and you say, “Whoa, they play in week three.” That’s when it came on the radar for me.
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How much did Johnny Manziel’s offseason play into the hype for this game?
A lot. I still think it would have been big. What it has done is make Alabama the team wearing the white hat Saturday. I’m not saying they’re the dark lords of college football. But they’re dominant, one of the best ever. They’re the good guys going in. They’re trying to smack this kid down. This petulant 20-year-old who’s had this wacky offseason. They’re the good guys. If they win, hey, good for college football. White bread, and apple pie and Alabama football.
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Do you think Nick Saban got caught off guard last year by A&M?
I truly think that the physical and mental toll that LSU took had a lot to do with it. They had gotten over that hump – unbelievable game. One of the few times I can remember ever in this current run that Alabama’s had to come from behind late. So you’re mentally exhausted. You can’t get up 12 weeks in a row. You just can’t. And they played Mississippi State the week before. So here’s a team that can exploit you, and they do, it’s 20-0 after one. And then you have to spend the rest of the game coming back. I think that was the biggest thing.
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Do you have a prediction for the game?
I’ll pick Alabama because they’ll fix the offensive line; Amari Cooper will have a big game. The two weakest points of the game go against each other: offensive line of Alabama and the defensive line of Texas A&M. So that kind of cancels each other out. Alabama will try to do what it does to most teams. They’ll try to hold the ball, make them score on as many possessions as they can, but in a constricted space. And on the road that serves them well. This team plays well on the road in big games.
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