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Venues inside Rounders to reopen soon
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Rounders Bar, a wellknown bar on the Strip that was torn down for reconstruction in June, is on track to reopen in November. The owners plan to open their back room within a few weeks. When the whole bar reopens in November, it will feature three venues and a rooftop bar. Prior to renovations, Rounders could host 290 people. CW | Shannon Auvil When it fully reopens, its Rounders to reopen in maximum capacity will November, back room to be rise to 870 people. open for second home game. “We are doing a bathMcCabe and White said room renovation upstairs, downstairs we are doing a they wanted to do a downfull remodel and upstairs stairs renovation and add we are adding a rooftop an accessible rooftop for bar,” owner Grant McCabe quite some time now. “We never said. really have McCabe been a fan and co-ownWe expected to have the of the downer Co r ey stairs since whole thing done by about White made we bought the decision this time. We will have the it,” McCabe to remodel in backroom open by the said. April but did second home game. The new not expect 3,000 square the process — Grant McCabe foot rooftop, to still be equipped going on durwith an ing football upscale TV and large season. “We expected to have the couches, will hang over the whole thing done by about sidewalk of the Strip and this time,” McCabe said. will be able to legally hold “We will have the back- 350 people, McCabe said. room open by the second SEE ROUNDERS PAGE 2 home game.”
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knee injury, head coach Nick Saban told reporters Monday. Fowler injured his knee Alabama junior running during Saturday’s game vs. back Jalston Fowler will Western Kentucky and will likely miss the remainder need surgery to repair the of the 2012 season due to a damage. He was carted off
the field in obvious pain and did not return to the game. “I know he feels badly,” Saban said. “We feel badly, too, for him that he can’t be a part and be able to contribute to our team
this year.” Saban did not disclose the exact nature of the injury and did not discount a return to the field late in the season. SEE FOWLER PAGE 2
NEWS | GET ON BOARD DAY
Get on Board Day to host more than 200 organizations Biannual event held in evening for 1st time “ IF YOU GO By April Ivey Contributing Writer This semester’s Get on Board Day will be Tuesday from 5 to 10 p.m. on the Ferguson Plaza. This will be the first time the biannual event has been held in the evening rather than during the afternoon. The later start time is an
Organizational Outreach D.J., Jackson said. “What we determined is that Our goal that we hope will take we wanted to adopt the feel of place this year, is to create a more Plaza Live, but keep the interacengaging GOBD experience for tive element of connecting stuboth students and organizations. dents with involvement opportunities like the Get on Board — D.J. Jackson Days of the past,”Jackson said. “Our goal that we hope will take place this year, is to create effort to merge Get on Board a more engaging GOBD expeDay and Plaza Live into an rience for both students and event that attracts more stu- organizations.” dents, said Source Director of More than 200 student
organizations are expected to promote at the event, in addition to nonprofits, UA departments and local vendors. “The Community Service Center is always striving for the best ways to reach students and help them become involved in some type of meaningful service during their time at the University,” Haley Clemmons, student director of public relations and outreach at the Community Service Center, said. “Get on Board Day allows
us to speak directly with new and returning students to not only inform them about volunteer opportunities, but get them excited, as well.” The revamped event will also feature live entertainment on the Get on Board stage and will integrate technology by allowing students with QR scanners to scan barcodes to connect immediately with an organization that interests them.
• What: Get on Board Day: Dusk Edition • When: Tuesday, Sept. 11, 5 to 10 p.m. • Where: Ferguson Plaza
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NEWS | CAMPUS HOUSING
Paty Hall residents unified despite negative conditions, reputation everything slightly damp. A rickety air conditioning unit keeps his room cool, but it’s loud and the air is so musty that he ties a scentBy Jared Downing ed freshener onto the vent Contributing Writer just to beat back the funk. Ask Jonathan Burkpo But Burkpo hadn’t expected about Paty Hall and he’ll tell much when he moved in last you the entire floor smells month. He knew the 50-year-old like sweat and stale smoke. The air is thick and wet, dorm’s reputation and he like a locker room, making knew that losing the housing
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race against 7000 other freshmen would mean one thing: A long, hard semester in what some call the Paty Projects. “I was like, OK, it’ll be Paty, I’ll deal with it,” he said. “Then the first day I moved in I was like, ‘OK, I gotta move out.’” Burkpo had aimed for one of the new suite-style dorms, the ones that make Paty’s cramped doubles look like
field barracks. Instead of four-bedroom suites, a Paty dorm has painted cinderblock walls and a ceramic sink that makes the place feel oddly like a prison cell. Instead of private bathrooms, Paty has a row of graffitied shower stalls that spray scalding water whenever someone flushes the toilet.
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By Chandler Wright Contributing Writer A former ambassador told students Monday their major would not be a deciding factor in pursuing a career in foreign service with the State Department at a colloquium on Cuba, the Central Intelligence Agency and Cuba’s Relations with the United States. “They don’t look at what you studied, they look at what you can do from now on,” former Ambassador Lino Gutierrez said. “You just have to look in the mirror and figure out what you really care about.” Gutierrez, who represented the United States in Argentina and Nicaragua, met with students before the event, alongside Cuban analyst and author Brian
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The 6-foot-1, 242-pound bruiser primarily played backup running back during his Crimson Tide career, but had seen time at H-back and fullback this season, a new wrinkle in new offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier’s system. Fowler’s size also
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ROUNDERS FROM PAGE 1 “It sounds kind of ridiculous, but I think it will work,” White said. McCabe described the newly remolded Rounders as three venues in one where students
Latell and Robert Blau, the State Department Advisor to Maxwell Air Force Base. “I’ve always been interested in the CIA, and I’ve always heard things about it and heard stories about other people and their families,” Yostina Banuob, a New College student, said. “I just thought it would be really cool to work for them somehow.” Students asked questions about getting involved with the State Department, taking the Foreign Service Officer Test and dealing with the hardest parts of the job. Everything hinges on the Foreign Service exam, Gutierrez said. “It’s a meritorious organization,” Gutierrez said. “The person who passes the Foreign
Service exam is essentially the person who reads Time magazine from cover to cover.” Latell shed light on some of the hostility that is faced by foreign service and intelligence officers while discussing his new book, “Castro’s Secrets: The CIA and Cuba’s Intelligence Machine.” “[Cuba’s intelligence agency] is the best, or among the two or three best, referring to its ability to recruit and run double agents, its ability in counterintelligence, and its ability to plant moles and spies and penetration agents right in the heart of its enemy,” Latell said. Blau served in the U.S. interest section in Havana, Cuba. He explained that an interest section is like an embassy but provides a second level of
representation for the U.S. without an ambassador. Blau talked about a verbal disagreement he had with a member of the Cuban government. In response to this disagreement, Blau said that Cuban officials broke into his house and poisoned his family dog. This was not the only conflict facing foreign officers discussed Monday afternoon. Students asked the speakers about the challenges of following orders and maintaining personal values. “What you find out is that, by and large, the foreign policy of the United States on any specific country or any specific issue you can think of doesn’t really change that much from Republicans to Democrats,” Blau said.
Gutierrez said he never felt like he needed to resign or compromise his morals throughout his foreign service career. “You support democracy; you support human rights,” Gutierrez said. “The people I saw resign in my 29 years, some were seeking publicity. Others may have had good reasons, but I never felt that I was being asked to do something that was against my principles.” Banuob said that she wants to work for the CIA or the State department someday. “I’ve always wanted to study international relations, and I’ve always wanted to go into law and all that stuff,” Banuob said. “I always research so many different things that you could do with it.”
made him the go-to back in short-yardage and goal line situations. “Jalston’s been a great player in the program,” Saban said. “A great special teams guy, a great backup player for us and a really good attitude guy and has lots of character. A really good competitor.” The loss of Fowler leaves the Tide with only three fully-healthy options at running back, all of which are freshmen. Starter Eddie Lacy has
been limited by an ankle injury and missed all of spring practice with a toe injury. True freshman T.J. Yeldon opened eyes with his seasonopening performance against Michigan, rushing for over 100 yards for the first time in Crimson Tide history as a debuting freshman. Redshirt freshman Dee Hart is a smaller back at 5-foot-9, 190 lbs. and true freshman Kenyan Drake scored on a 32-yard run late in Saturday’s game
against Western Kentucky. “We have backups at every one of the positions and roles that he filled. There may not be one particular guy,” Saban said. “At running back, Dee Hart, Kenyan Drake will have a little more opportunity. Kelly [Johnson] was his backup at fullback, which is where he plays anyway. … It’s going to take a number of people to replace him in various roles that he played on our team.” If Fowler does not return
to the field in 2012, he would be eligible for a medical redshirt, which would allow him to return in 2013 as a junior and not lose a year of eligibility. “We’re all going to pray for Jalston that hopefully he’ll get back out there soon,” wide receiver Kevin Norwood said. “But the only thing we really can do is move on and make sure everybody is focused and preparing right for [Arkansas].”
will have the option to either listen to live music downstairs or listen to a DJ upstairs. Those seeking to escape the noise will also be able to socialize on the rooftop bar. “Rounders is different; it’s diverse,” Austin Alldredge, a junior at The University of Alabama, said. “It appeals to all crowds: football players,
Paty may outlive new Presidential Village PATY FROM PAGE 1 Paty’s brand of vintage college living may be on the out. The University has added 3,000 new private bedrooms in the last several years and a second Presidential Village will be completed by the time Burkpo starts his sophomore year. The first one came with the demolition of Rose Towers. Could Paty be next on Housing’s hit list? The short answer, according to Housing Administration Director Alicia Browne, is no. “I’ve been here seven years and I’ve heard that rumor every year,” she said. “There’s no truth to it.” In fact Paty, which turned 50 this year, may actually outlive the
Greeks, ragers et cetera.” McCabe said he has always had the intention to bring something different to Alabama. “We take a bunch of trips to Vegas,” McCabe said. “That Vegas atmosphere is what we went for when we did the upstairs, because there really isn’t anything like that to offer here.”
brand new Presidential Village. The building, a slab of steel and cement, was built to last up to 75 years, three times as long as the new, wood-framed dorms. Furthermore, suite-style dorms are still a relatively new trend while traditional residence halls like Paty, Tutwiler and Burke still make up most on-campus housing, and, Browne said, they aren’t going anywhere any time soon. As for the cold floors and shared showers, she said that’s not squalor, it’s just college. “That was the standard until very recently,” Browne said. “A lot of it has to do with the way this college student generation was raised. They’re used to having their own bedroom, their own bathroom. It’s just a different set of expectations.” Burkpo’s neighbor Colby Moller is from California and he
GOBD highlights 200 organizations GOBD FROM PAGE 1 “Organizations can also sign up for a spotlight segment on our GOBD stage, where they can broadcast more information about their organization,” Jackson said.
didn’t know anything about the dorms beforehand. He picked Paty for the lower price. “It’s basic, but that’s pretty much what I expected,” he said. But content or not, even Moller suspects Paty is at the bottom of the housing barrel. In his bathroom, he said usually at least two of the six toilets are clogged and full, and the door to one stall looks like someone tried to melt it with a Bic lighter. Supposedly there is a ping-pong room, but it’s always locked. The media room consists of a handful of mismatched desk chairs around a old, projection TV with a thumb-sized gash down the middle of the screen. “Do you have an opinion about Paty Hall?” Moller asked floormate Stewart Chadler in the hallway. “There’s vomit on the floor
Though the event traditionally targets new students, Jackson said GOBD can be informative for returning students. “One of the privileges of attending such a dynamically growing university is that new organizations are created throughout the year, and many returning students will have an opportunity to see those
over there,” Chadler said. But Moller likes Paty, busted TV and all. The residents band together to make the best of the dorm’s glitches, and while his friends at Ridgecrest hole up in their private rooms, Moller knows most of the people in his hall by name. “The rooms are basic, so you’re always out meeting people,” he said. Browne agreed and said she worried that the increased privacy of private bedrooms may come at the loss of an important part of college life. “We have to learn to compromise in different areas,” she said. “There is a lot to be gained in situations where people have to communicate and cooperate.” Burkpo and Moller live next to Gabe Mcmahan, who ended up in Paty because it was the
at Get on Board Day alongside the first year students,” said Jackson. Students who are interested in learning more about Get on Board Day can visit The Source’s website at thesource. ua.edu. They may also visit the organization’s Facebook page, Source UA, or follow them on Twitter at @theSOURCEua.
only space left. He said he despises the building, but still finds a sense of pride behind Paty’s grimy reputation. He takes the scalding showers and vomit-stained floors as badges of honor, and in fact, the only thing that really bothers him is that guy on the fourth floor who leaves the curtain open when he showers. “This naked man needs to know the tyranny of his ways,” Mcmahan said. Without much else to do, he spends time wandering between rooms, or sitting around with the group that gathers out front to chat and smoke cigarettes until the small hours of the morning. “I go to Presidential every night and people just sit in their dorms,” Mcmahan said. “Paty’s a piece of crap, but damn it, we’re united.”
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Campus dining service programs Bama Cash and Dining Dollars are widely used across campus for meals and latenight study snacks, but they can also be a source of confusion for freshman and upperclassmen alike. Some students may confuse the programs or the venues that accept each, but understanding how these two programs work is important so that students can learn how to best use them for their benefit. Undergraduate students enrolled in nine or more hours are part of the Dining Dollars program. A fee of $300 is automatically charged to their student account for their fall and spring semesters. This equates to $17.65 per week or $2.52 per day available for students to use. “Dining Dollars are intended to support on-campus dining needs,” said Kristin HoptonJones, director of university dining services. “And [they] provide a variety of options conveniently located around campus to promote community.” Dining Dollars can be used at all Bama Dining locations on campus. This includes restaurants in the Ferguson Center and Lloyd Hall, vending machines and dining halls. Buffalo Phil’s on the Strip and Dominos also accept Dining Dollars. Businesses that are part of the Dining Dollars programs are contracted through ARAMARK food services, not UA, Hopton-Jones said. “I like the system overall because my freshman year there were late nights that I would stay up studying, and it was easy for me to call Dominos,” Chassidy Cook, a sophomore majoring in atheletic training, said. “I could use Dining Dollars instead of having to pay out of my pocket.” In order to be considered
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exempt from the Dining Dollars program a student must be married or head of their household, Hopton-Jones said. Head of household is defined as an individual who supports and maintains one or more individuals in a household. The exemption form can be found on the Bama Dining website and support documentation must be provided with the form. Unused Dining Dollars roll over to Bama Cash at the end of each semester. However, if students do not want their dining dollars to roll over to the Bama Cash system, they may request a refund of their dining dollars at the end of the spring semester. The funds will be credited to their student account under student receivables, said Hopton-Jones. Cook said she wishes she had known about this refund system earlier in her career at UA. She said she may have been more conscientious when spending her Dining Dollars. The request form can be found on the Bama Dining website and must be taken to the Bama Dining Office in Lakeside dining after April 15 in the spring. Bama Cash is the UA dining currency program that functions similar to a debit card. Unlike the Dining Dollars program, students are able to add funds to their Bama Cash account. Then they are able to use them at over 75 off-campus locations across Tuscaloosa. “Bama Cash was created because community business owners wished to participate in a UA debit program,” Cathy Andreen, UA spokeswoman, said. Andreen said businesses have to apply to become Bama Cash vendors. Bama Cash is also the currency system used for copies and printing as well as for laundry services across campus.
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First Gameday at Bryant-Denny develops concept of pride By Lucy Cheseldine Staff Columnist As I sat in the concrete theme park, staring into the disappointment of cheese sauce, I thought I had slipped from this reality into a television show. I found myself day-dreaming of the years I’d given over to American films which were now being played out in front of me, the processed hot dogs and pretty faces. I envisaged all the crimson couples sneaking off to drive-ins, breaking into the darkened stadium when the sun had gone down, when it is vulnerable and naked, not knowing what to do without players or fans, to sit together and quietly caress. These couples would end up in a chain restaurant where the lights never turn off and then they would get married and have children and inhabit the suburbs, silently submissing to a life of lawns and school plays. I was numb with imagination, thinking of all the testosterone and beer, all the chants and rituals and saw it all tailing off into the night like a distant dream. The
American dream. The crimson dream. This is not simply a sport, but a way to live, a religion and very unique. I have never been to a sporting event at which the match itself bows to the demand of television, stopping for commercial breaks as if we have momentarily suspended the life we knew before and given ourselves up to the world of billboards and discount furniture. I’ll give it to you, you know how to entertain. For a girl who doesn’t like football, I never once felt bored. In fact I didn’t know where to look -- the band, the cheerleaders, the spectators or the game itself. Alabama has put on a performance, timed to perfection. How many hours of practice this takes I cannot begin to understand, but in this culture of dedication to the game, I can believe it. As the drunk guy behind me shouts, “Football, we live it! Everyday of every year! Three hundred and sixty-five” I think, yes, that’s how many days are in a year and yes, I do wonder at times how you can gain an education
untouched by this game in a town that runs on Saturday tailgates and the anticipation of the next match. Football fuel. A real life crimson tide had drowned the town. And, as my still slightly drunk self stumbled through the quad on Saturday morning to find a T-shirt for the game, I almost felt swept away. It had the atmosphere of a circus. I was wearing black and I had to get a crimson T-shirt. People were everywhere and, in my usual efficient fashion, I chose the first mildly unobtrusive and subtle shirt I could find. With the T-shirt down, I picked a solitary shaker up off the floor, and I was half way to looking like I belonged there. I’m not normally one to get caught up in things but it’s nearly inevitable in a town that silences all other voices except those singing the fight song. Even the political and religious junkies played their part as I saw homemade, felt-tip pen enthused republican banners backing one of the tailgates, professing “Romney,” “Ryan,” “Roll Tide,” a tent of polo
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shirts and golf memberships. Every aspect of life in this town is filtered through the lens of this sport. It’s as if I’m wearing crimson-tinted glasses, a world high on football pride. I appreciate that pride can be a beautiful thing, but near fear hit me as I felt that I would never see the world in real-time color again. One woman I met was frantically reeling off statistics about last season. She had clearly been paying close attention to the team’s every move and wanted to make sure I was up to scratch. “You know,” she said, “some people here in Tuscaloosa have never been to a game before, so you should appreciate this opportunity.” And I did, with every part of my body and mind. I indulged. I flirted with the game and, for a while, I felt like we might be getting somewhere, but after walking away from the field and seeing the blue sky again, I felt a small relief that it hadn’t turned crimson and questioned how much longer this romance could last.
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Obamacare provides freedom in the realm of health, life By Tarif Haque Staff Columnist My visits to doctors’ offices date back to childhood. Life and illness progressed parallel to one another. In my adolescent years, as the entrapped patient, I looked upon the world of medicine with cynicism, after a chronic disease diagnosis at 12. My father and mother worked at The University of Alabama, and consequently, I received top notch health coverage. But in the clinic, I’d look away when doctors sent patients to the second floor of UAB Hospital’s Kirklin Clinic, where the patient billing department stood solemnly, awaiting those who couldn’t afford the costs of health maintenance that ranged from clinic visits to regular tests. When my doctors deemed transplantation the final, cureall treatment for my deteriorating health, I disregarded the costs of the procedure. I thought treatment was my right. My textbooks taught me America was based in equality of opportunity. Treatment was my only option to move on, to go to college, to live. But when all was said and done, I came out of UAB Hospital with a hospital bill exceeding a million dollars, after a stay of nearly five months. Transplantation wouldn’t
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have been a feasible option my senior year of high school if it weren’t for my extensive coverage. But even with such a fine premium, my family and I stood at a crossroads, for I’d already taxed my insurance for years with the costs of expensive medication I’d used prior to the transplant. I was approaching what’s commonly known as an insurance cap, an undisclosed limit when an insurance agency will stop providing coverage for an individual. As I recovered from transplant, parts of President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act materialized. An insurance company could no longer place lifetime dollar limits on policies. Before its passage, not only could my coverage be capped off without notice, but if I were to leave my parent’s policy, every insurance company would be reluctant to take me on. In a purely capitalist insurance market, I’d be a cost risk. Now, the law eliminates insurance companies’ ability to deny coverage for pre-existing conditions.
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What many people don’t realize is that the pre-existing condition clause is closely tied to the individual mandate, the more notorious clause of PPACA, which penalizes those who do not purchase any type of coverage. If the individual mandate and pre-existing clause weren’t in place concurrently when people became ill, they would immediately purchase insurance – and insurance agencies couldn’t deny them coverage because of the pre-existing clause. These reforms are necessary because for those with insurance, bankruptcy from medical costs becomes less reality and more worst-case-scenario. How could I foresee being born into this body, to this family, at this time? I never asked for a heart that failed or lungs that choked. It could happen to anyone. What about my freedom from disease? Paul Starr, a Pulitzer-Prize winning Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton, puts it best: “Health itself is a matter of personal freedom. To be ill
and debilitated is to be less free. To be made destitute by sickness, and therefore dependent on others, is also to be less free.” Many argue the purchase of health insurance should be a choice. To them, it is a matter of freedom. I understand this concern, but it’s naive to think anyone has the foresight to predict disease. Because of this, the mandate requires everyone purchase some form of health insurance by 2014. This will prevent Americans from sinking into insurance funds only when they get sick. Insurance is a safety net, not something you buy when you get ill. I have a hard time digesting the traditional argument against the individual mandate – that it limits freedom – because of personal struggles. I am usually a proponent of the free market, but I think healthcare requires an approach that is less mercantile. Patients aren’t commercial products that compete in the free market based on the cost of their risk. It’s a heartless system that begs for reform, and what we call Obamacare has done that, substantially reorganizing healthcare to make it more accessible and affordable for those who need it most. Tarif Haque is a sophomore majoring in computer science. His column runs on Tuesday.
Every student pays the same amount In short: Changes of money for footto block seating ball tickets, so it’s don’t address not unreasonable to its biggest expect every student issues. to follow the same rules when it comes to football seating. Unfortunately, that is not the case at The University of Alabama, where some student groups are given blocks of seats in the south end zone of Bryant-Denny Stadium. Those seats are reserved until 45 minutes before kick-off. The blocks are so big they give benefiting organizations 70 percent more seats than they need to accommodate their members, mostly so men in fraternities can bring guests and dates. Students privileged enough to have access to block seating don’t only have seats reserved for themselves, but they also have seats saved for others they invite. This system is grossly unfair to women and minorities. Sororities, for instance, regularly lead the greek community in grade point averages and community service and could expect prime placement if they applied for block seating. This year, though, only one sorority applied for and got block seating, while 28 all-male organizations received blocks. For most greek women, and most women on campus, access to block seating is determined entirely by who invites them to a game. Block seating is also discriminatory, as the greek organizations that fill most of the section are racially segregated. This year, there were some improvements in the way block seating applications were scored. Instead of a student-led committee divvying up blocks, applications were graded by an automated system developed by a third-party company. Some organizations saw their seats moved further back as a result, while other organizations benefited from a system that fairly evaluated their academic and service performance. Most of the credit for these improvements goes to SGA President Matt Calderone, who showed leadership in implementing a system that removed the subjective “human element” from the application scoring process. The SGA also reduced the number of student seats reserved for block seating, reversing an unwise decision by UA administrators to expand block seating last season. For most students, though, simply rearranging organizations on a chart does nothing to address the inherent unfairness of giving select students preferential treatment while others line-up hours ahead of kick-off hoping for a good seat. Gamedays are our one opportunity, as a student body, to present a unified face cheering the Crimson Tide to victory. Once in the stadium, we shouldn’t be separated based on our race, our gender or the organizations we’ve joined. We all buy the same tickets, and we are all cheering for the same team. We should all sit together, in one student section with uniform rules for every ticketholder. While this year’s block seating process was a huge improvement over years past, the only way to eliminate the divisiveness and discrimination block seating perpetuates is to get rid of it. Our View is the consensus of The Crimson White editorial board.
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Student band works to produce their own sound By Francie Johnson Contributing Writer It’s 9 p.m. on a Wednesday night, and while campus has become quiet, the sound of Steppenwolf’s “Magic Carpet Ride” blares from the basement of the Sigma Nu fraternity house. The Doctors and the Lawyers, a UA student band, are warming up for a night of practice. The Doctors and the Lawyers, formed in September 2011, is the product of random roommate assignments, mutual friends and a “Lead Guitarist Wanted” flyer. The band members had never met prior to attending the University, but lead vocalist Evan Brooks, a junior majoring in marketing and management,
said they share an unspoken connection when it comes to music. “I’ll come with lyrics [and] have no idea what the song is going to sound like at all, and they’ll just jam and it’ll fit,” Brooks said. Brooks is the band’s lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist, and Zach Pline plays the bass. Taylor Atkinson mans the piano and sings backup vocals with Chris Wilhelm, another lead guitarist. On the drums is Jordan Kumler. With influences ranging from the Avett Brothers to The Black Keys to Stevie Wonder, the Doctors and the Lawyers strive to have claim to a sound that’s their own. “I’ve probably seen every live
band that plays in Tuscaloosa, and I’ve never heard one that plays the same stuff as we do,” Brooks said. “I feel like it’s pretty easy to just go out there and play your ‘Wagon Wheel’s and your ‘Can’t You See’s and ‘Sweet Home Alabama’s – not to discredit those songs, but you wanna hear something else now and then.” Wilhelm, a junior majoring in chemical engineering, said the band members’ diverse musical backgrounds play a crucial role in developing their distinctive sound. “We all have our own visions, our own style, so we’ll get together and we’ll try to play a song, and it will just kind of meld everything together and just
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New app, Food on the Table, provides better way to plan grocery shopping By Kendal Beahm With football season in full swing, now is the time to save up money for those long game day weekends and away game trips, and one of the best ways to save time and cash is by making grocery lists and planning your meals ahead of time. For students looking to better their cooking at home, the new app “Food on the Table” is designed to facilitate making grocery lists and planning meals. The app is available for free in the iTunes App store and Android Marketplace, requiring only an email address or Facebook login to sign up. The app takes you through steps to help better organize your grocery shopping. Users can select which stores they use
for shopping, what food they usually purchase and choose options for gluten-free, vegetarian and low carb. The program also compares prices of stores you select by location. For example, I chose to compare Target on 13th Avenue East and Publix on University Boulevard. At Publix I can buy one, get one for free on chicken breast. Target does not have a sale on chicken breast this week. After seeing sale items at the store, users can look up recipes to cook for the week. The user can then see exactly what needs to be purchased, facilitating the shopping process and freeing up time. Many news outlets such as Oprah, Forbes and CBS 42 Birmingham have praised this
app for helping them cook great meals without slaving for hours. Personally, I have very limited time to plan meals each week and make a grocery list. I will inevitably forget an ingredient I need and have to make an additional trip back to the store; however, this app could save the headache and the extra effort. “Join over one million families and save up to $40 a month at more than 16,000 grocery stores using this top-rated, healthy, meal planning and organized grocery list app,” reads the description from the iTunes App Store which has also received four out of five stars in ratings. For students looking to save time and money, but not sacrifice good food and taste, “Food on the Table” can make mealtimes more of a possibility.
turn into something good,” he said. The band had an opportunity this summer to record some of their music in a renowned studio in New York City. Gabe Menendez, the band’s manager, showed the demo CD to his friend at KMA Studios in New York City. The Doctors and the Lawyers were invited to record at the studio, adding their names to a long list of the studio’s artists including Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Jay-Z and Paul Simon. Songs don’t always translate well in the studio, though. “I remember when we first recorded our original songs, we tried to go down to the studio and do ‘All Along the Watchtower’ and spent three hours on it and
just couldn’t get it right,” Pline, a junior majoring in economics, said. The band members agree that when they’re playing live shows, their true passion for music shines through. “We always try and top ourselves,” Wilhelm said. “Whatever song we have – we’ll go do something really awesome and be like, “That was awesome. I wonder if we can do better than that.”’ As rewarding as being in a band can be, the members find it challenging to balance the band with school and other activities. “For me, the only time I have to myself, I use to practice,” Atkinson said. “I mean, I love doing it, but I don’t have any time other than that.”
Despite the sacrifices it takes to be musicians, the band members agreed they are in it for the long haul, despite pressure from family and friends to find regular work in a tough economy. For these five individuals, music is more than a hobby; they hope to someday turn it into a career. “Our band name is the Doctors and the Lawyers…but the thing is, our goal is to not turn out as doctors and lawyers,” Wilhelm said. The Doctors and the Lawyers hope to release their first album in mid-October. For more information visit their Facebook page www.facebook.com/ TheDoctorsAndTheLawyers, or their Twitter @Doctors_Lawyers.
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Barre fitness classes come to the Rec Center By Megan Miller Contributing Writer The University of Alabama Recreation Center has made a new addition to their fall class schedule, adding two Barre Fitness classes on Mondays and Thursdays from 3:30 to 4:20 p.m. Barre Fitness, an increasingly popular workout among young women, is a progressive workout based on ballet barre exercises, starting with smaller movements and progressing to larger and more involved movements throughout the class period. Jenna Reynolds, a sophomore majoring in Spanish and philosophy, said she enjoys how the class is a full-body workout. “The Barre Fitness class was a really fun twist on traditional elements of the barre combined with upbeat music,” Reynolds said. “It was definitely a serious
workout.” Whitney Spota, coordinator of group exercise at the Recreation Center said the barre fitness trend was an element the Recreation Center had yet to explore in the schedule until this year. “In the fitness world, you have to constantly keep up with the trends, and my job is to see that we do that,” Spota said. Although there are currently only two classes being offered, the Rec Center is considering the possibility of adding more to the schedule for spring semester. “We want to see how well it does before we add more [classes],” Spota said. “We always do a little test to see how participants respond, and so far we have had a great response.” Mallory Haney, a graduate student studying counselor
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Pure Barre classes are held at the University Recreation Center every Monday and Thursday. education and instructor of both Barre Fitness classes, said the Recreation Center has been busy since school started back, and barre class attendance is picking up as well. “People are starting to hear about the class and they are
wanting to try it out,” Haney said. She also said the day when the Recreation Center’s general attendance was lowest since the start of the fall semester was the day that the Barre Fitness class had its highest attendance since
the class has started, and she is also beginning to recognize the faces of those attending the class on a regular basis. The requests for a barre based class came flowing in after Tuscaloosa got its own Pure Barre studio on McFarland
Boulevard in August. Pure Barre studio offers similar type classes with a variety of membership packages and other services available. For some students, like Reynolds, they are willing to try a class at Pure Barre but are more inclined to attend to classes at the Recreation Center for variety, convenience and cost. “I prefer to try the Rec classes because there is such a variety of choice,” Reynolds said. Pure Barre’s presence aside, many think attendance to the Recreation Center’s classes will continue to rise. “You can’t beat a free class,” Spota said. “I think a lot of our participants will stick to our classes, but you can’t blame them for being curious and wanting to try something else. You have to find a class that works for you.”
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Women’s tennis team looks to start season strong By Alexis Paine Staff Reporter
The University of Alabama women’s tennis team is preparing to begin its fall campaign with confidence from the team’s success last year. The Crimson Tide saw its strongest season in school history in 2012 under head coach Jenny Mainz. The coach saw her ninth national championship appearance with the Tide last year and hopes her team will use the momentum and confidence from last year’s success to propel it into this season. The team made it to the SEC semifinals before Georgia
overtook the Tide, winning 4-3. The women then competed as the No. 8 seed in the NCAA Championship. The Tide also sent three players to the NCAA singles and doubles championship. Mainz said a key aspect of her team’s success last year was the dynamic between the players. While the team has not played in a match together this year, Mainz is confident the players will mesh as well as they have in previous years. “What we’ve done through time is build a strong, sound program where, regardless of who’s coming in, they fit into the dynamic of team player,” she said. “Very enthusiastic, good
energy, they compete hard, their best tennis is still in front of them.” This dynamic led senior Alexa Guarachi and junior Mary Anne Mcfarlane to compete in singles at the NCAA Championship last year. Gaurachi entered last year’s national championship seeded No. 7 for singles and has returned this year for her senior season. Her experience and enthusiasm has prepared her for a great senior campaign, Mainz said. Mcfarlane returns this year as an All-American and a UA Athletics leader. Mainz said the junior Antonia Foehse and head coach Jenny Mainz are ready for this year. has held this position each year she has played for the competitive conferences in the “Our biggest goal is to really Tide in what is one of the most country. bond with each other and learn
about each other,” Gaurachi said. “[It’s important] because we’re a whole new team with different strengths and weaknesses than last year.” The Tide tennis team also added freshmen Maya Jansen and Natalie Maynetto in the offseason. Mainz said both players were on the courts every day and excelled in the weight room over the summer. She believes both have a passion for the game and an eagerness to add to the team. “Maynetto is little, but she’s fiery,” Mainz said. “She’s tenacious. She has a little bit of South American flair to her. Maya is a real athlete. She’s raw. Her best tennis is in front of her.”
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Crimson Tide faces Samford in final non-conference game By Rebekah Dye Contributing Writer The Alabama volleyball team is off to its best start in six years after a 4-0 tournament this weekend. The Tide holds a record of 10-1 heading into Tuesday’s game against the Samford Bulldogs. “This is the most wins we’ve had in a preseason since I’ve been here,” senior Kayla Fitterer said. “Our confidence is up, which is really good to go into SECs. Samford will be a really tough game on Tuesday leading up to it.” Fitterer has been nursing a foot injury but played two of the four games from the tournament. She is now cleared to play every game from here on out, which is good news for this
Crimson Tide team. This season, Fitterer has posted 76 kills, a .221 hitting percentage, and is someone that the team looks to heading into the upcoming weeks. “The main thing for us is we want her healthy as we begin SEC play,” head coach Ed Allen said. With Fitterer being out and the new freshmen on the team, the Tide hasn’t been able to field a steady lineup. Even so, Alabama has made progress as a team and has seen potential form in its new members. “Considering how many new people we have, we’re doing pretty well,” freshman outside hitter Laura Steiner said. “We’ve been trying a lot of things with the lineup, especially with Kayla being injured, and we’ve done pretty well with what we’ve got.
We know things are about to get amped up over the next week with SEC actually starting.” The Bulldogs had their best season last year, clinching the SEC for the first time in school history with a 29-5 record. This season, Samford returns every starter from the championship team and added one new freshman middle blocker. The Bulldogs are 1-16 against Alabama all-time, with the only win coming just last year, and are on a four-game winning streak. “Samford’s a solid team that will challenge for the So-Con title as they did last year as well,” Allen said. “Just being more consistent out of servereceive and the momentum of being 10-1 will be important for us.”