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CW | Austin Bigoney AJ McCarron passes for 334 yards against Texas A&M, finding the endzone with four different receivers to give the Tide the edge in a 49-42 win.
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Alabama’s offense accumulated 568 total yards and seven touchdowns Saturday at Kyle Field, but it was quarterback AJ McCarron’s mistake-free afternoon that ultimately pushed the Crimson Tide to a 49-42 victory over the Texas A&M Aggies. McCarron completed 20 of his 29 passes for 334 yards and 4 touchdowns, finding 10 different receivers in the process. His performance gave Texas A&M defensive coordinator Mark Snyder a headache and will no doubt force him back to the film room with a bottle of aspirin. “I think AJ McCarron played lights out
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The issue of sorority segregation has been gaining national attention since The Crimson White pulished “The Final Barrier” Wednesday, Sept. 11. The CW reported that at least two black potential members who went through this year’s sorority recruitment were dropped from all 16 Panhellenic sorority houses. Members of Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Delta Delta, Chi Omega and Pi Beta Phi described how alumnae, not active members, worked to deny the black students a bid. “You know, I would say there were probably five people in the room that disagreed with everything that was being said,” Melanie Gotz, a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, said. “The entire house wanted this girl to be in Alpha Gam. We were just powerless over the alums.”
their attitude.” Minutes before the Board of Trustees meeting Friday morning, the press was issued a statement from President pro tempore Paul Bryant Jr. The statement did not specifically address the CW’s report. “The Board of Trustees does not support the segregation of any organization at our institutions on account of race,” Bryant said in the statement. “We support the efforts of our administration to effect the change necessary to bring this principle to reality in the entire University of Alabama System.” After the board meeting, UA President Judy Bonner affirmed Bryant’s statement. “As president of The University of Alabama, I firmly support this statement,” Bonner said. “The University of Alabama administration is working with our local chapters and national organizations in order to remove any real or perceived barriers. We are going to help our young people do the right thing.”
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AL.com was the first news outlet to aggregate the story, followed by news outlets such as Buzzfeed, USA Today, the Washington Times, the New York Times and CNN. Following the media attention, administrators, Board of Trustees members and the governor made comments about the ongoing situation. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley was the first to speak out Thursday against sorority segregation at The University of Alabama. “The students are all for that. They are for selecting the best person, and I am too,” Bentley said. “I think it’s absurd that you don’t select the best person and that you would ever discriminate against anyone because of the color of their skin. So I feel the way the students do, and I believe that they should chose people on their qualities. “The way I read it – and I asked my wife about it last night – not students, it’s the alumni. The alumni support the fraternities and sororities – not the students – and she says that’s where it’s coming from. Personally, I think they need to change
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today,” Snyder said. “He has played a lot of football, and he has a lot of weapons out there.” McCarron connected with four different receivers in each of his touchdown throws,
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and three of the scoring plays were longer than 20 yards. But it wasn’t just McCarron’s ability to punish the Aggies through the air that had his coaches and teammates smiling. It was his management of the game at the line of scrimmage that separated him from Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel Saturday. Center Ryan Kelly said McCarron took control of the offense and even chose the pass play to Jalston Fowler with less than three minutes left in the fourth quarter. “All game AJ kept his composure,” Kelly said. “He’s a great leader, obviously, since this is his fifth year, so you wouldn’t think of anything less. He just showed his resiliency as a quarterback and as a team leader.”
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Free flu shots offered During the months of September and October, nurses from the University Medical Center, Student Health Center and Capstone College of Nursing will administer flu shots across several sites on campus. The shots are free, and the effort is sponsored by the College of Community Health Sciences as a campuswide initiative to vaccinate as many students, faculty and staff members as possible against the flu this year. Health insurance forms are not required and the the upcoming dates and locations are as follows: Sept. 18, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., southeast corner of the Quad, across from Gallalee Hall and Little Hall Sept. 19, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., northeast corner of the Quad, across from Lloyd Hall and Smith Hall For additional dates, times and locations, check the College’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook. com/UAflushot and Twitter page at https://twitter.com/ UAFluShot, or contact acsaxby@cchs.ua.edu.
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Men’s golf team wins invitational The reigning national champion Alabama men’s golf team started off its title defense on the right foot, winning the Illini Invitational by 18 strokes. The Crimson Tide shot a 291 Sunday to clinch the win in the 15-team field. Alabama freshman Robby Shelton, making his first appearance as a collegiate golfer, shot 210 over the course of the weekend, including a 66 on Saturday, to finish in a tie for first individually. Senior Trey Mullinax finished in a tie for fourth and senior Bobby Wyatt tied for sixth individually. Compiled by Marc Torrence
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NEWSIN PROGRESS Green turtles resurgent in Southeast MCT Campus When Archie Carr, a pioneering University of Florida ecologist, began documenting the decline of sea turtles in the 1960s, the future looked grim — particularly for the green turtle. The green turtle had long been a Florida seafood menu staple, usually served up in the famous soup. But with the population largely eaten out of existence in state waters, most meat had to be imported. To make matters worse, eggs were routinely poached from beach nests. And hatchlings, attracted to the lights of growing coastal communities, crawled inland rather than out to sea, dying in the hot sun or under car tires. At the low point, Carr, who died in 1987, estimated there were no more than 40 green turtle nests along the entire Florida coast, its primary nursery ground. Now, greens are in the midst of a nesting boom from South Florida to South Carolina. With a month left in nesting season, Florida wildlife managers say preliminary numbers show green turtle nesting has more than doubled statewide. Biologists have already tallied a record 11,500 nests in one 20-mile stretch alone — in the national refuge south of Melbourne Beach that bears Carr’s name — doubling a high set only two years ago. Green turtles, which average 350 pounds when full grown, have even crawled ashore in not-so-inviting areas like rocky oceanside Elliott Key, giving Biscayne National Park its first documented green turtle nest. “It’s just a miracle,” said Llewellyn Ehrhart, a University of Central Florida zoologist who has monitored nesting in the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge for decades. “This is one of the greatest positive stories in the history of wildlife conservation in America, mostly because they were decimated so badly.” Ehrhart and state and federal wildlife managers credit a host of save-the-sea-turtle measures enacted over the past few decades for the resurgence of nesting in the southeastern
United States. Two other species that most commonly nest in Florida, the loggerhead and leatherback, also have been on a general upward trend, but not one nearly as dramatic as the green turtle. “It’s very positive, and 20-plus years of conservation efforts are really starting to pay off,” said Ann Marie Lauritsen, acting national sea turtle coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Those efforts include seasonal lighting ordinances adopted by an increasing number of coastal communities to reduce street and building lights that confuse nesting turtles, as well as development restrictions that have preserved crucial nesting sites like the Carr refuge, which Congress created in 1991. Its beach, which straddles Brevard and Indian River counties, typically produces about half the state’s turtle nests. A ban on gillnets that Florida enacted in 1994 to protect dwindling stocks of redfish, mullet and other shallow water species probably had a healthy ripple effect on green turtles, which are vegetarians often found foraging in the same seagrass meadows. Turtle extruder devices fitted to shrimp trawlers that allow turtles to escape nets and death as “by-catch” may have helped as well — but more for deepwater species such as the loggerhead and leatherback. Ehrhart and Blair Witherington, a scientist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, believe the rebound really began in 1978, when the green turtle was added to the federal list of endangered species. The declaration banned the harvest of eggs, turtle fishing and any sale of sea turtle meat, domestic or imported. All five of the species that nest in Florida remain on the list today, with the green, leatherback, hawksbill and — rarest of all — Kemp’s Ridley all considered at the highest risk. The loggerhead, the most common turtle, is listed as threatened. “When we stopped eating them, that was a pretty big effect,” Witherington said. “Lo and behold, you stop hitting them on the head and killing them, and they come back.”
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CW | Austin Bigoney The Student Recreation Center houses many programs for a variety of interests and needs including a physical therapy program for sports related injuries.
Champion Sports Medicine treats students, club athletes By Rachel Brown | Contributing Writer In a room located directly to the right of the main entrance of the Student Recreation Center, hundreds of students and members of the community are seen each week to be treated for sports related injuries and receive physical therapy to reach their optimal health. Housed within the Rec Center is Champion Sports Medicine, a team of physical therapists and athletic trainers working to ensure the health and safety of all residents of the Tuscaloosa community. Sam Chen, a staff physical therapist and athletic trainer, said the clinic mostly deals with club sport athletes suffering from sports
For a young, active population here, [physical therapy] really gets them back to their activity levels a lot faster than if they sustain an injury and try rehab themselves.
— Sam Chen related injuries. “Usually we [work] more with the wheelchair basketball team,” Chen said. “The student athletes that play here are all treated by
their own athletic training staff and so rarely will they make it over here unless they are in really, really big trouble.” Champion Sports Medicine clinic, which has been around for about eight years, works independently of the Rec Center, Chen said, even though it is housed within the building. The facility provides benefits to all students, from those who participate in intramurals to recreational runners and bikers. “For a young, active population here, [physical therapy] really gets them back to their activity levels a lot faster than if they sustain an injury and try rehab themselves,” Chen said. The clinic is a physical therapy provider of choice for several UA groups, includ-
ing the Million Dollar Band and intramural sports, as well as high schools and other colleges throughout the Tuscaloosa community, according to the facility’s website. Ryan Sunshine, a patient of Champion Sports Medicine, said he was able to see results of the physical therapy within two visits after being injured. “I was able to get back to lifting a lot faster,” Sunshine said. The facility is open 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Students who wish to be treated by the physical therapist must receive a doctor’s prescription prior to treatment, Chen said. Prescriptions can be obtained from general health clinics in Tuscaloosa or the Student Health Center.
NEWSIN BRIEF Forming new greek organizations involved, lengthy process for potential colonies By Collin Jones | Contributing Writer If a greek organization is interested in becoming both established and successful at The University of Alabama, it must meet qualifications established by Greek Affairs. According to the Greek Affairs website, any greek organization will be considered a colony when “it has filed its constitution and proposed by-laws with Office of Dean of Students.” Also, the colony is required to present
evidence of satisfactory scholastic standards as well as other important details that can be found on the Greek Affairs website. The process of forming a new greek organization at the University can be lengthy and strenuous. Not only is it necessary to get approval from the University, but also it is essential to gain the approval of the student body. Gaining the support of students around campus can be a challenge, but it is something that makes a greek
organization successful. “It’s just one of those conversations who you have that doesn’t really go anywhere,” Brandon Delavar, president of Beta Upsilon Chi, said when asked about the formation of a new greek system. Delavar said the amount of people interested in the organization can often be the most stressful in the beginning, but fundraising is also a factor. Josh Freda, an expansion consultant for Phi Kappa Tau, visited
various sororities last week advertising and asking for recommendations of unaffiliated men that would be interested in joining. Freda said establishing the manpower and initial members, called Founding Fathers, is very important as having members that share the same vision increases the potential accomplishment of their common goals. For example, the purpose statement of Phi Kappa Tau is “to champion a
lifelong commitment to brotherhood, learning, ethical leadership and exemplary character.” With more than 50 greek organizations at the University, there have been many students and alumni over the years that have had visions for what they wanted their respective systems to be known for. Freda said the most important thing right now is about recruitment, and just getting to know one another within the group.
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The time is now History has a strange way of repeating itself. In a year of nationally covered racial embarrassments within The University of Alabama greek system, including the use of blackface for swaps, the UA unveiled a plan called “greek accreditation.” University administrators reported to The Crimson White that one of the program’s major goals was greek system integration, which required greek organizations to achieve a “chapter environment where students of different races, ethnic origins and religions are welcomed and included.” Another UA official said it was time for greek organizations to “pay their social dues,”
while then-UA President Roger Sayers wrote in a letter later that academic year stating that the University “can no longer in good conscience support an organization on campus that fosters, promotes or encourages segregation.” These events occurred in 1991 and 1992. The goal of integration was not achieved. In 2011, then-President Robert Witt took the complete opposite approach of Sayers and said, “As independent social organizations, it is appropriate that all our sororities and fraternities – traditionally AfricanAmerican, traditionally white and multicultural – determine their membership.”
This statement, which displayed a shocking resemblance to those offered in defense of Jim Crow in the 1950s, revealed that in the 20 years between 1991 and 2011, the University had fallen back 40 years. What happened? Despite having the support of the SGA, IFC and Panhellenic, the accreditation program was frequently criticized as being “ambiguous.” Mistrust and misinformation began to surround the program and UA greek system alumni, who criticized the program’s lack of clarity, staged a walk-out of a UA meeting in protest. Two months later, the majority of IFC fraternity presidents
signed a letter stating that they could not support the program. It was eventually watered down, and its racial diversity component was destroyed by its own lack of clarity. The University, from its students and faculty, to the administration and alumni, cannot repeat the mistakes of the past. We applaud President Bonner for agreeing to “help our young people do the right thing.” However, simply saying that we must do the right thing isn’t enough. The University’s response now is even more ambiguous than in the past, failing to even announce if it is investigating its employees
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who actively encouraged discriminatory practices. The University must specifically identify what it believes the right thing is for greek organizations and present a plan for achieving it. Without this tangible road map, accountability is impossible and mistrust will spread, just as it did 20 years ago. It was embarrassing in 1991 to have media attention on us for racial issues. It is a moral travesty that these issues still exist now. If the University wants to continue to press its out-of-state appeal and establish itself as a pre-eminent educational institution, it must prove to the world that it is not stuck in the 1950s by
offering more than hollow platitudes. The time for action is now. Students across all cultural boundaries of campus want action, national greek organizations on campus are demanding change, and the eyes of the world are on us. It is up to the administration to provide a plan around which all parties can rally. Without it, we will be facing the same problem, complete with coverage from national newspapers, in 20 years. Our View is the consensus of The Crimson White Editorial Board. Online Editor Mackenzie Brown did not participate in this Our View.
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Look at the larger context of An open letter to our UA’s greek discrimination administration By Matthew Bailey | Staff Columnist A recent NBC/WSJ poll asked Americans whether or not they agreed with the statement that America is a nation where people are judged by their character, not their skin color. Fifty-four percent of Americans felt the statement was true and 52 percent of Americans said race relations are good. However, the most insightful thing to take from the poll was that an astonishing 79 percent of black Americans did not feel that America is a nation where people are judged by their character, not their skin color. Given the recent happenings on The University of Alabama campus over the past few years, it should be obvious to many here that in many aspects of our culture we continue to judge not by character but by skin color. Despite that, many people would attempt to claim this is an isolated incident and it should not be viewed as part of a larger discriminatory part of our society that disadvantages minorities. Many different factors in modern American society show why we should not be so quick to jump to that conclusion. Possibly one of the most famous examples recently is the policy of stop-andrisk in New York City. From 2002-11, black and Latino New Yorkers made up about 90 percent of those stopped by police and about 88 percent of stops were innocent New Yorkers. Despite the large numbers of black and Latinos stopped, white New Yorkers stopped were more likely to be holding drugs or guns. This form of institutionalized discrimination based on skin color should not be surprising to those who pay attention to our justice system, given that minority defendants tend to get harsher sentences than white defendants for the same crimes. Even from an early age, many people of
color are judged unfairly and treated differently than their white peers. Studies have found that minorities are more likely to be placed into lower tracks in their schooling than equally capable white peers, and those lower-tracked students are more likely to have less qualified teachers. Even in regards to punishment in schools, minority students face harsher punishments. A study by the Department of Education led secretary Arne Duncan to say, “The sad fact is that m i n o r ity students a c r o s s America face much harsher discipline than nonminorities, even within the same school.” UA students should take the horrible incidents that have happened on the campus during the past few years and place them within the context of the greater American society. Many actions that we take in our everyday life unconsciously reinforce the negative stereotypes or support the systems that disadvantage people of color in America. Horrible moments like these should move us to examine how we might be perpetuating the stereotypes and systems that cause this disparity and move us to fix them. If we don’t, then we’re doomed to not move forward and a few years from now another similar column will have to come out. Matthew Bailey is a second-year law student. His column runs biweekly on Mondays.
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Inspired by the bravery of the greek women who decided that our status quo is no longer acceptable, we, the concerned students and faculty of UA, demand immediate, sustained and transparent support from our leadership, the administration, including the president, to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. By appealing to conscience and standing on the moral nature of human existence, we see the following steps not as requests but as moral imperatives that our administration, led by President Judy Bonner, must immediately undertake: CW | Austin Bigoney 1. Publicly, transparently, and directly acknowledge that our greek institutions are largely segregated and that this segregation is, by its very nature, racist; 2. Publicly demonstrate that this racism will not be tolerated through the following actions: A. Immediately adjust current Greek Affairs regulations so the women of the greek system who are ready and willing to welcome sisters of diverse races and backgrounds into their homes may do so; B. Actively implement protection for these women who have been bullied, intimidated or otherwise coerced by alumni members into believing that it is unacceptable to welcome women of color into their sisterhood; C. Transparently demonstrate that this intimidation is unacceptable by severing all ties with greek alumni members who perpetuate this continuing segregation, including the dismissal of the director of president’s and chancellor’s
events, Emily Jamison, who serves as the Chi Omega recruitment advisor; D. Actively teach students the importance of the commitment to diversity through investing in required diversity education, developed through continued discussion with the students who already have demonstrated their commitment to this cause; E. Rigorously implement regulations through the Office of Greek Affairs, which will work to create a more inclusive and diverse experience for our students, including, but not limited to, a formalized recruitment process for both sororities and fraternities, which is delayed and limited to the spring semester, thus offering students the opportunity to become involved with activities across campus; F. Require that all greek organizations adopt and implement transparent, non-discriminatory practices in their recruitment processes, otherwise revoke the leases of greek housing, which are held by the University, thus publicly held by the people of the state of Alabama. We expect that from these immediate actions, a long-term, continued commitment to improving the state of racial justice on campus will develop. We believe the student body is eager to learn about, work toward and directly confront the current racial politics of our campus. We are eager to turn our campus into a shining example for not only our state or the South, but the entire nation. You have recruited the best and brightest. Walk with us as we march together holding a torch of equity and justice as a beacon of light for which we can all be proud. With hopes of immediate action, respectfully signed, Concerned Students and Faculty Ross Green represents the group of concerned students and faculty. They can be reached at standintheschoolhousedoor@gmail.com.
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In Response to ‘The Don’t let this moment go to waste Final Barrier’ As a parent of a University of Alabama student, I touch base occasionally with the paper online. Since it was coach Bryant’s birthday, I looked to see if an article appeared. What I found, however, was appalling. The lead article was “The Final Barrier,” covering sorority alumnae blocking the recruiting of a black pledge, a pledge who was considered desirable by most sororities on campus, a pledge who appears to meet all Panhellenic standards. To have grown up in the South and seen the racism that existed, I did my best to teach my daughters to be a better person that I was during that time. It appears painfully obvious from the article that the apparent racism in this situation is being pushed down on the current generation by
alumnae who shamefully are using the same tiresome stonewalling used since the days of Jim Crow. I did not send my daughter to The University of Alabama to witness a continuation of this type of activity. I applaud Melanie Gotz for speaking out, risking her standing with her sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta, for what is inexplicably unfair. I hope that her fellow sisters who are also indignant continue to push back and force this issue into the open. I hope my own daughter, a member of a sorority, joins them. I trust coach Bryant, who fought the color barrier on Southern college football, would be embarrassed. Gary Funderburk is the father of a current student at The University of Alabama.
I, like the majority of the campus, read the article “The Final Barrier” in The Crimson White and initially responded as most of my peers did: with frustration and outrage. It infuriates me that such blatant racism exists. “The Final Barrier” only confirmed that these discriminatory feelings are still very real and it’s sad, but I’m not completely surprised that they exist. Moreover, having this come up right on the heels of the voter fraud debacle only hurt my willingness to give the greeks the benefit of the doubt. I was surprised, however, to hear how many people within the greek community were so adamantly against it. It is unfortunate
to see how much power your alumni have over the active membership. Reading about the general outrage by the students in the system was a breath of fresh air. I was relieved to find out that most of the current students at the University believe that the things that are being done within the greek system are wrong. I am not a member of the greek community. I cannot speak on how things are run. I am an observer. All I can do is speak out on how you are being perceived, and I feel that now, more than ever, the campus as a whole needs to have an open dialogue. I am a member of the Mallet Assembly, an organization of fiercely inde-
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pendent individuals, that has made many impressions, both positive and negative, on the students of the campus. The best way I can describe Mallet is probably the same way many brothers and sisters describe their fraternities and sororities: a family. Ever since our conception during the civil rights era, we have prided ourselves in being an open, intelligent and diverse community. In many ways, we’re succeeding. But I feel that we have failed to meet that standard by allowing a rift to form between ourselves and the greek system. Diversity doesn’t mean “everyone but the greeks.” It doesn’t mean “liberals, women and minorities.” It includes everyone.
The Mallet Assembly is prepared to discuss the current situation with the rest of the campus. Come visit us at Palmer Hall, right across from Paty. Right now, it is more critical for us to set aside our differences for the sake of the University as a whole. We would love to see you here. Just visit the building. Walk into the living room in the middle of the day. Talk to us on the stoop. Plan events with us. Please don’t let this opportunity to bring campus together go to waste. Work with us, because racial segregation is not the only kind of segregation on campus. Greg Pace is a junior majoring in biology.
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CW | Mackenzie Brown On Friday, the Board of Trustees approved a $30 million renovation of Sewell-Thomas Stadium, as well as a number of other construction projects.
Trustees approve more construction projects By Mark Hammontree | Assistant News Editor The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees approved the budget for the 2014 fiscal year and several purchasing and construction projects Friday, including a $30 million renovation and expansion of Sewell-Thomas Stadium, UA’s baseball stadium. The board approved a proposed operating budget for the University of $738.5 million in expenses, a $33 million increase in expenses from the approved 2013 fiscal budget. The approved project for renovating the baseball stadium will be a comprehensive modernization effort that will include new locker rooms, a weight room and an indoor batting facility for the team, according to the project summary that was presented to the board. The project will result in new seating, a revamped concourse, skyboxes and club lounges.
The existing stadium does not meet current standards and training methods and does not have sufficient space to support equipment and other function needs. — Lynda Gilbert “The existing stadium does not meet current standards and training methods and does not have sufficient space to support equipment and other function needs,” Lynda Gilbert, UA vice president of financial affairs, said in a memorandum to UA President Judy Bonner in August 2013. Davis Architects Inc. was approved to design the new stadium, with much of the current stadium being demolished. Also approved during the board meeting was an agreement between the University and the Alabama Department of Mental Health for the UA acquisition of 26.02 acres of Bryce property bordering Campus Drive East, McFarland Boulevard. and Jack Warner Parkway for $1.13 million. The property will be redeveloped to support storm drainage infrastructure as well as provide recreation space for students, according to the plan presented to the board. The property surrounds an old cemetery that
the University will restore and designate with markers and fencing. The board also approved several other construction projects in addition to the baseball stadium, including a plan to construct a free-standing Fresh Foods Co. dining hall that will have room to seat 700. The two-story, $15.6 million project will be located near Rodgers Library. A plan was approved to construct a tornado shelter off 5th Avenue. behind the Child Development Center. The shelter, which will have space and restrooms to hold 725 people, will be able to withstand 250 mile-per-hour winds and will be available to any students, faculty or residents who are near the area in the event of a storm. A proposal to construct a new parking deck near sorority row was also approved by the board. The parking deck will have approximately 750 parking spaces and will be located between Barnwell Hall and Martha Parham Hall, according to the project summary presented to the board. Various other projects including renovations to Russell Hall, the Biology Building and Houser Hall were also approved. An amended project budget and an owner/architect agreement were authorized for the construction of a new sorority house for Phi Mu. The $13.5 million project will be located on Colonial Drive and will have space for 66 beds and a dining capacity of 250, according to the project summary. The board also authorized a plan for Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity to purchase and move into Kappa Alpha fraternity’s existing fraternity house. Kappa Alpha will purchase the equity in Sigma Phi Epsilon’s existing house and will demolish it to construct a new 17,753 square-foot house.
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Soapmaker partners with area businesses “Soapy” Jones reaches out to locals through beer-infused wares, sponsors city’s art community By Deanne Winslett | Assistant Culture Editor
CW | Austin Bigoney Soapy Jones sells custom-made skin products at Canterbury Episcopal Church for the Homegrown Alabama Farmers Market
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he Left Hand Soap Company began as a crafting venture for Christmas gifts but quickly gained momentum as creator, “Soapy” Jones, took her wares to the Tuscaloosa arts community. “An old college friend of mine and I got together and made soap for everyone for Christmas one year when we were broke,” Jones said. The soaps may have been created out of a desperate need for Christmas gifts, but Jones’ friends came back to her afterward and requested she make them more of the soaps. She was all for it, as long as there was a profit to be made. “It grew out of demand and has [continued growing] ever since,” Jones said. As her soaps gathered a following, Jones decided to stick with her nickname “Soapy” because she wanted her name to represent her company and add to its story. Jones said that only a handful of people in the Tuscaloosa community have been trusted with her real name and she refuses to reveal it unless absolutely necessary. Jones’ initial product line contained the basics: soaps, lotions and salves, but since then she has added more variety to the product line. “We tried a lot of different things that were sort of stabs in the dark,” Jones
said. “We did glycerin bars, we did lotions, we did lip salves – that was one of the first things that we did that we originally made that we still have, although we’ve tweaked the recipe a bit as we’ve gone along.” Jones said it is important for the community to be invested in itself. She turned to the Bama Theatre and began to fund events there. She also began to invest in WellThatsCool.com, a local podcast. From there she continued to reach out and tried to invest not only in Tuscaloosa arts but in other local, small businesses as well. “It really seemed like an obvious thing to me. Once you’ve opened the door, you start to see all of the things that can be done with just a little bit of effort,” Jones said. “And it’s where most of our profits go.” Her partnership with WellThatsCool.com inspired Jones to create a soap that represented not only her company but the podcast as well. The podcast was a very social thing, she said, and involved a lot of discussion about beer. From this, she was inspired to reach out to Good People Brewing in Birmingham, Ala. about creating a beer soap product. “At the time, Good People Brewing was the only brewery in Birmingham and had also shown themselves to be
very invested in the community, and we fit in this nice niche together,” Jones said. She said beer soaps are incredibly nutritive, and beer can also be used to make shampoos and other health care products. Jones further explored the concept of beer soaps when Druid City Brewing opened in Tuscaloosa. She reached out to Druid City Brewing co-owner Bo Hicks, who had become a good friend of hers and who helped found the WellThatsCool.com podcast. “I’d had a personal relationship with Soapy from my time at WellThatsCool.com, which was a local podcast and she sponsored us, and the Left Hand is so local-driven and sponsored so many local, cool things that when she asked us if we’d be interested in partnering, we were exceptionally happy to partner with a company that is as cool as Left Hand and that does as much for the city,” Hicks said. Jones got to work creating a Druid City Brewing beer soap. She said each beer soap she designed was made to be representative of each beer company involved. “When Druid City Brewing opened up, it seemed like an obvious fit. It’s great beer,” Jones said. “It’s really wellmade and the people who do it are really invested; they’re really passionate about what they do.”
Jones has created soaps from other local businesses outside of the beer brewing industry. She has partnered with local farms to develop soaps from fresh, locally grown fruits. “The idea is to get as many Alabama breweries on board so that we can help promote their products and use Alabama goods to make Alabama goods,” Jones said.
Hicks said Left Hand Soap Company’s interest in local business stems from the type of person that its founder is. “I think that it is really refreshing to see somebody not just playing a token card of being invested; they are very locally invested and really want to see other small business thrive as well as arts and music,” Hicks said. To learn more about the
Left Hand Soap Company and its investment in the community as well as its growing beer soap line, visit lefthandsoapcompany. com. Its products are also sold in local stores such as Manna Grocery and Grace Aberdean, as well as Kentuck Arts Center and the beer brewing companies with which she’s currently involved.
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COLUMN | FILM
Give Affleck a chance to make role his own By Drew Pendleton It’s official: The world has a new Batman. But many people aren’t happy about who it is. On Aug. 22, Warner Brothers announced that Ben Affleck, known most recently for directing the Best Picture Oscar-winning “Argo,” would replace Christian Bale as the brooding Caped Crusader in the “Man of Steel” sequel, beating out other contenders that, according to The Hollywood Reporter, included Ryan Gosling and “Jonah Hex” star Josh Brolin. This casting set off a blast of anti-Affleck sentiment in the Internet populace, escalating as far as a White House petition to remove the actor from the role. (That post has been taken down, but a similar petition on change.org currently sits at over 90,000 signatures.) This isn’t the first time a casting snafu has taken hold of media coverage or discussion. In fact, several roles in recent history that have made their actors famous could have been entirely different and weren’t necessarily the top choice of fans or studios. However, as is evident, they turned out to be the right one. This isn’t even the first time a character from the Batman universe has caused an uproar, as several media sites have brought up in the defense of Affleck. In 2006, following the success of “Batman Begins,” director Christopher Nolan cast Australian star Heath Ledger as the Joker in “The Dark Knight,” which turned out to be Ledger’s final completed role before his death in January 2008. The Internet went into a fren-
zy, with Ledger hate spreading like wildfire due to his image as a heartthrob from previous films, including “10 Things I Hate About You” and “A Knight’s Tale.” Ledger ended up delivering a performance that won him a posthumous Academy Award and earned his Joker the third spot on Empire magazine’s “100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time” list in 2008. It’s safe to say that Ledger was a surprise, and his casting was actually perfect. The list goes on when it comes to famous roles that could have been someone else’s. Imagine “Forrest Gump” with John Travolta instead of Tom Hanks, or “Pirates of the Caribbean” with Jim Carrey instead of Johnny Depp. Travolta was offered the role as the iconic man from Greenbow, Ala., who let us know how “life’s like a box of chocolates,” but turned it down. Carrey was the first choice for Captain Jack Sparrow in the “Pirates” franchise, but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts with “Bruce Almighty.” Hanks and Depp ended up getting their respective roles, and both actors are credited with making their characters iconic. The list goes on and on, and it provokes the question: How would these films be without the actors that made them icons? What if someone else had been in that role? Would “Les Miserables” have been the same with songstress Taylor Swift as the tragic and brave Eponine rather than the actress ultimately chosen, Samantha Barks? What if Hugh Jackman said yes to James Bond before Daniel Craig took over in “Casino Royale?” What if Julia Roberts had taken
the role in “The Blind Side” that won Sandra Bullock her Oscar? I’d make the case that each of these films would have been different with the actors the studios originally considered, and not just because of the obvious. Their roles would have been different, their personas changed. The movies may not have been as good as they were because the final casting choices worked out. With the laundry list of roles that could have been different and the track record that several of them worked out to be good choices, I don’t understand the outburst over Ben Affleck as Batman. He may not have been the fans’ first choice, but he’s what they’ll get come summer 2015, when “Batman vs. Superman” is released. Obviously, the film’s director, Zack Snyder (who’s slated to return, along with stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams and Diane Lane from “Man of Steel”) had faith in him. Personally, I think he’s an interesting choice, and he might do a good job. No one’s going to know whether or not he’ll be good until the film comes out, but it’s possible that he’ll be better than people seem to think. He deserves a chance.
Photo Courtsey of MCT Campus, Photo Illustration by Catherine Buchanan Ben Affleck attends the 85th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif., on February 4.
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By Reed O’Mara | Contributing Writer People can blog for an infinite array of reasons, but for some students at The University of Alabama, blogging can provide focus, personal clarity and a way to improve one’s writing. More specifically, to students in the College of Communication & Information Sciences, blogs can transform into letter grades. Glenn Griffin, a professor who teaches a course that requires students to post weekly on an “Idea Blog,” attests to the value of this Internet forum. “Blogs come in many different categories,” Griffin said. “I think for creative people, a lot of them use blogs to not only show their work, but to trace its development, its inspiration, its origins. I think it makes for a really interesting opportunity to see the journey that a creative person takes in the creation of their work, rather than just the snapshots of their finished product.” In addition, blogs provide artists and writers with a large focus group for their work, and they can gauge and present their work to a broader audience, not limited to their terrestrial surroundings. In Griffin’s course, students are provided with prompts for blog posts, though they are allowed to submit one of their own. These prompts and blogs serve to improve students’ creativity because, as Griffin puts it, “The value to the individual [is] the self-examination that [blogging] affords because without being asked to write about how you came up with an idea or something that you’re inspired by – when would you have asked yourself that question without prompt?” The concepts behind blogs vary, but the purpose can be the same. “To be a writer, you just have to make people relate to you,” Erin Shelton, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering and author of the blog Fashioneered, said. “So, I may not be the best at writing, but as long as I can portray what I’m trying to say or feel to other people and they
understand it, they may consider that I’m a good writer.” Shelton documents her personal style by photographing her daily ensembles and writing about her favorite designers. “Blogging is a good release, too, if you don’t keep a journal or a diary and you want to tell someone what happened one day, then you can blog about it,” Shelton said. Justin Holle, a junior majoring in international relations and Arabic, who is the author of the travel blog justinholle.org/ Jordan, details his study abroad excursions for various reasons. “I blog because it’s a great way to journal and reflect on my experiences, as well as keep my family [and] friends in touch,” said Holle, who is spending this entire academic year studying at the Jordanian Institute of Diplomacy. Blogging can be a unifier of interests as well. Shelton said she hopes her experience with her fashion blog will let her keep her sideline in fashion alive. “I’m an engineering major, so my first commitment right now is engineering, but eventually I would love to stay in the fashion industry part-time – any way I can do that.” In the six months Shelton has blogged, she has been featured on various websites and even earned an internship as a Style Guru for CollegeFashionista.com. Griffin said having a blog has more weight when applying for a job. “One of the things I tell my students in terms of the value of a blog is that employers these days put so little value, for the most part, in a resume or that piece of paper that says something about us,” Griffin said. “[Blogging] is a way to communicate who you are as a human being without telling someone your life story in a job interview, when that wouldn’t really be appropriate.” To anyone who still is apprehensive about beginning a blog, Shelton has advice: “Do it. If you love it, even if you’re not the best at it, you learn a lot. Do it. Try it.”
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FOOTBALL
Clinton-Dix almost ejected for targeting
CW | Austin Bigoney, Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Davis In Alabama’s game against Texas A&M on Saturday, safety HaHa Clinton-Dix was penalized for targeting with a temporary ejection that was reversed upon review. By Marc Torrence | Sports Editor Kenny Bell couldn’t have scripted it any better. A little less than two weeks after he that he was leaving the team, then returned after taking a personal day off from practice, Bell took a screen pass 51 yards for a touchdown that gave Alabama a lead it wouldn’t relinquish for the rest of the game. “Coach [Nick Saban] gave me the day off,” Bell said. “I had some personal business when it comes down to my kid. And I’m very truly thankful for that day.” Bell sent a series of tweets Sept. 3 that made it appear that he was quitting the team. When Saban addressed the media later later that same day, he said Bell had only taken a personal day and would return to practice Wednesday, Sept. 4. CBSSports.com reported that Bell was upset with his playing time. “I feel like I’m good to go,” Bell said. “I got my family straight. I feel like I’m ready to take my game to the next level.” He made the most of his playing time Saturday. Bell only had one
reception on the day, but it was a big one. After Texas A&M jumped out to a 14-0 lead, Alabama answered with 35 straight points. Bell’s touchdown gave Alabama its first lead of the game that would hold up the rest of the way. “I got to give a whole bunch of credit to Christion Jones. He gave me a good block, and I just used my speed to get past the safety,” Bell said. “When I saw all that green, I just couldn’t be happier to get into the end zone.”
Saban not happy with Yeldon’s celebration After T.J. Yeldon’s 4-yard touchdown run, the sophomore running back was caught on camera doing the “money” sign in celebration followed by a throat slash. Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel had made the money celebration famous in week one after he returned from a half-game suspension for allegedly selling autographs. Yeldon was penalized 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct. “That’s not us, that’s not our program, that’s not what we do.” Saban said after the game. “We’ve never ever tolerated it. I don’t
SPORTSIN BRIEF Tide near-unanimous No. 1 after big win Alabama received 59 of 60 first-place votes in the latest Associated Press poll released Sunday to strengthen its position at No. 1. Last week Alabama received only 57 first-place votes.
Texas A&M falls from No. 6 to No. 10 The Crimson Tide also received all but one first-place vote in the USA Today Coaches Poll released Sunday. Like in the AP poll, Oregon was the other team to receive the sole vote.
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Clinton-Dix nearly ejected In the second quarter, safety HaHa Clinton-Dix delivered a hit on Texas A&M wide receiver Derel Walker and jarred the ball from his hands. Clinton-Dix was penalized for targeting and was initially ejected from the game under the SEC’s new targeting rule. The play was reviewed, the ejection was reversed but a 15-yard penalty was still called. “I thought [Clinton-Dix] was playing the ball. He put his hands out,” Saban said. “The guy was unprotected. If he hit him in the head, it’s a penalty. If he was playing the ball, it wasn’t targeting. So he shouldn’t have gotten ejected. So I think it was handled the right way.”
Belue sits out second half Cornerback Deion Belue watched the second half in street clothes and a walking boot after being injured in the first half. Saban said Belue sustained a turf toe injury but didn’t have any further update.
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T.J. Yeldon rushes for an ankle-breaking 149 yards and 1 touchdown.
BY THENUMBERS By Marc Torrence | Sports Editor
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Number of Alabama players who scored the Crimson Tide’s seven touchdowns Saturday.
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Offensive yards racked up by Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M – the most allowed in the 119-year history of Alabama football.
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Points given up by Alabama, the most in a win in more than 50 years.
Interceptions returned for a touchdown by Vinnie Sunseri in two games. Antonio Langham holds the UA record for consecutive games with a non-offensive touchdown with three.
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POSITIONGRADES By Charlie Potter | Assistant Sports Editor
Quarterbacks
A This week: Alabama vs. Colorado State
AJ McCarron threw for more than 300 yards and four touchdowns, but it was his management at the line of scrimmage that allowed Alabama to sneak out of College Station with the win.
Wide Recievers
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Ten different Alabama players caught a pass from McCarron, and four different recipients scored a touchdown. However, Amari Cooper had several drops that kept the receiving corp from having a monster day.
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On stands Friday, September 20 Defensive Line
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The defensive front applied pressure to Manziel all night and was able to bring the scrambling quarterback down behind the line several times. But it doesn’t receive an A because of Manziel’s 98 rushing yards.
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Alabama did not have a cornerback on the field that could handle Texas A&M receiver Mike Evans, who accounted for 279 receiving yards and a touchdown. Saturday was a day the Crimson Tide secondary hopes to soon forget.
T.J. Yeldon, Kenyan Drake and Jalston Fowler combined for more than 200 yards on the ground, but a costly Yeldon fumble in the fourth quarter opened the door for Johnny Manziel and the Aggies to stay in the game.
After a 206-yard disappointment against Virginia Tech, the Crimson Tide offensive line needed a big-time performance to make up for Week 1. Leading the way for 568 yards of total, offense proved to all the skeptics that this offensive line has a ton of ability.
Linebackers
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Other than C.J. Mosley’s 12 tackles, the linebackers were relatively quiet Saturday. An average day at best.
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Christion Jones did not have a direct path to the end zone at Kyle Field, and Alabama has still not attempted a field goal this season. Aside from another solid outing for punter Cody Mandell, the special teams units did not turn any heads against the Aggies.
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UA Athletics The University of Alabama volleyball team’s performance in the Hampton Inn Bama Bash may have won them the tournament but did not live up to head coach Ed Allen’s expectations.
Volleyball team 4-0 in tournament The Alabama volleyball team’s performance in the Hampton Inn Bama Bash was not what head coach Ed Allen was looking for. Winning the team’s second tournament was great, he said, but the team didn’t play to its potential. The Crimson Tide only dropped one of the 13 sets it played, but it fell behind too often for Allen’s liking. “We’re more than a little concerned about the consistency in which we play from point one to point 25 right now,” he said. Alabama improved to 8-2 and went 4-0 in the tournament. The Crimson Tide outscored its opponents 326-224 with the help of some timely kills. Early in the final set of the tournament, the Crimson Tide overcame a five-point deficit to beat UT-Martin in three straight sets. “That was encouraging, but we tend to play better behind than we do ahead,” Allen said. “We watch leads evaporate on a fairly regular basis, which is a little bit discouraging right now with where we’re at. That’s something that we’ll work towards as we move through the season.” Despite the inconsistencies, three Alabama players made the All-
We watch leads evaporate on a fairly regular basis,which is a little bit discouraging right now with where we’re at. — Ed Allen Tournament Team: Krystal Rivers, Katherine White and Kryssi Daniels. Rivers received her second MVP award of the year. She hit .527 throughout the entire tournament and averaged 3.46 kills per set in the four matches (45 total on the tournament). White hit .467 over the weekend, and Daniels had an average 3.15 digs per set in the four matches. “Krystal’s been very solid for us offensively all year long,” Allen said. “I think she hits on the season pretty close to .500. We’re getting offensively the consistency, and she’s getting better defensively. We’ve challenged her to become as strong a blocker as she is an attacker, and when she does that, she’s going to help our defense tremendously.” She wasn’t the only member of
the Crimson Tide to contribute kills. Sophomore Laura Steiner added 46 from the tournament to her already impressive repertoire. She has a total of 122 kills, two more than Rivers. Freshman Brittany Thomas had 26 digs and 42 kills, including a career-high 16 against UT-Martin. “Brittany’s a player that’s up and down in terms of her production offensively,” Allen said. “She had a great match here in this one [against UT Martin] but has been all over the map as you would expect most freshmen to be especially given some of the circumstances that we put her in.” Even with his dissatisfaction in the team’s performance, Allen said that it is improving. He pointed to setter Sierra Wilson’s performance as the team’s catalyst. She had 159 assists and 22 digs in the four matches while playing with an ankle sprain. “This is the healthiest she’s been for a month … and we’ve seen her turn the corner this weekend,” he said. “We’ve seen the team turn the corner consequently. I think our best match was against Arkansas State in the 7 o’clock match yesterday. We’re looking to build on that and really have the same type of consistency that we demonstrated throughout that match.”
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But McCarron wanted none of the praise being thrown his way. He was adamant about exalting the rest of the team for the crucial win over Texas A&M. “All of the credit goes to my teammates,” he said. “The offensive line played great against the pass rush. The receivers did an unbelievable job of getting open, making big-time catches, yards after the catch. They deserve all the credit. They make my job easy. I’ve just got to throw it to them.” After an impressive performance against a quality SEC opponent, McCarron found himself back in the Heisman Trophy discussion. However, he said he is more focused on winning football games than getting caught up in postseason award talk. “I don’t worry about that. My job’s to come out here and play football,” McCarron said. “That’s all I want to do. That’s all I’ve worked on since I was 4 years old. I don’t care about awards or notoriety. I don’t care about that. This was a team win.” If McCarron ends up in New York for the Heisman Trophy presentation, the highlights of a successful senior season will begin with this game. After starting out sluggishly in Alabama’s first game against Virginia Tech, McCarron seems to have gotten things worked out with his offensive line and receivers. Wide receiver Kenny Bell said McCarron is dangerous now that he has made sure everyone’s heads are on straight. “He played like AJ McCarron usually does. He got in his groove,” Bell said. “The sky’s the limit.”
In “The Final Barrier,” a member of Chi Omega, who asked to remain anonymous, said her chapter dropped the black recruit because of its rush advisor, Emily Jamison, who is listed in the UA directory as director of UA president’s and chancellor’s events. When asked if the University would investigate these allegations, a University spokesperson said it was not the University’s responsibility, according to AL.com. “Ms. Jamison’s role as chapter advisor is voluntary and is not related to her responsibilities as a UA employee,” a University spokesperson told AL.com Friday. John England, Jr., circuit judge for the 6th Judicial Circuit and one of three black members on the UA Board of Trustees, confirmed that his step-granddaughter was one of the potential new members dropped from the sorority houses. “I view it, perhaps it means a little bit more to me than some of the others because it’s my granddaughter, and so I appreciate the board making this statement,” England said. “I particularly appreciate President pro tem Bryant coming out affirmatively where everybody gets a clear message that we don’t do that at The University of Alabama.” England said he was
encouraged to hear the reports of active sorority members speaking out on the issues. “You know the most important thing about this whole episode, it is that much of what’s happening – much of the action that is being taken to address segregation among fraternities and sororities – it comes from the students. And see, that’s what makes me have hope – that it’s the students who initiated it.” While in Birmingham, Ala., for the 50th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing Sept. 15, 1963, the Rev. Jesse Jackson visited Tuscaloosa to congratulate the staff of the CW. Jackson mirrored England’s comments. “All of the new America that we now celebrate came because students came alive,” Jackson said. “We must urge students to join that tradition, not lay back and engage in social behavior that’s irrelevant, but they engage in change. That’s what makes America great is the right to fight for the right.” CNN came to Tuscaloosa Thursday to cover the story. That evening, the CW received reports that swaps had been cancelled. Tim Hebson, dean of students, confirmed the next day that pledgeship had been suspended. The statement described the suspension as a tool to clarify the pledgeship process. “This temporary suspension, which is not unusual, gives us an opportunity for additional communication and education with
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HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (09/16/13). Expand your circle of influence this year. Deepen old and new connections in family, business and your community for broader reach and satisfaction. Financial fluctuations ease with persistent monitoring and saving in times of plenty. Share skills and resources. Drink in the romance. Love makes the world go ‘round. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Consider practical measures to advance. Proceed with caution. Maintain an even keel. Hold judgment in case of confusion. You’re gaining respect. Make some changes to your work schedule. Work smarter, not harder. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- In a disagreement about priorities, it’s okay to ask questions. Share ideas; don’t hoard them. Tempers could flare. Face a challenge squarely. Schedule carefully once the route’s determined. Keep practicing, and you’ll get through.
Photo Courtesy of Josh Berry The Rev. Jesse Jackson visited Tuscaloosa on Saturday to address The Crimson White. fraternity leadership to ensure that there is no misunderstanding of the rules and goals of pledgeship,” Hebson said. “We have always and will continue to take ‘time outs’ from the new member period as needed.” On Sunday, Interfraternity Council president Drew Carmichael said pledgeship was still planned to resume Monday. “We’re all on the same page,” Carmichael said. The CW obtained an email Saturday from director of Greek Affairs Kathleen Gillan to an undisclosed list of recipients. The email announced a meeting called by President Bonner with advisors from each Panhellenic sorority. “A MANDATORY [sic] meeting has been called by Dr. Judy Bonner for Sunday, September 15, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. in the President’s Conference Room,” the email stated. “Every chapter is required to have one advisor present at this meeting.”
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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- A teacher offers perspective. Research your next move. Venture farther out. Don’t throw you money away. What feels good isn’t always the best choice. New information impels a change in plans. Inspire success with straight questions.
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Ten minutes before the meeting was scheduled to begin, representatives from UA Media Relations in the lobby of Rose Administration told reporters from the CW and AL.com that the meeting was not open to the media. Director of Media Relations Cathy Andreen provided the CW with a prepared statement from Bonner. “As we have said, the University is working with our local chapters and national headquarters to remove barriers that prevent young women from making the choices they want to make,” the statement read. “Our meeting this evening with chapter advisors is another step forward in that process. We are unified in our goals and objectives to ensure access and choice to all students and to doing the right thing the right way.” The purpose of the meeting and the outcome has yet to be confirmed by press time.
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