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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2014 VOLUME 121 | ISSUE 37

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SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SINCE 1894

Alabama Triathletes Club

7 On-Campus Jobs

9 Edelweiss Cafe

Running, swimming and biking back-to-back for miles on end might sound like a task fit only for the most hardened athletes, but students with a range of athletic skill can join the Alabama Triathletes club to do just that on weekends.

Students don’t always have to look off campus to make some extra cash. Read our campus jobs breakdown to find out where students work, what they do and how much they’re paid.

Edelweiss, one of the few non-chain coffee shops left in Tuscaloosa, doesn’t just offer a hot cup of Joe. Owner Ester Scheeff also brings the flavors of Germany, her home country, to the table.

CULTURE | GENDER

‘The Person I was Born to Be’ Facing daily challenges, UA transgender students find support from one another By Francie Johnson and Hannah Widener | CW Staff

Like many young boys growing up, Evan Higginbotham used to watch his father get ready for work in the morning. “I watched him get dressed and put on his tie and shave, and I thought that that was going to happen for me,” Higginbotham, a junior majoring in psychology, said. “I thought that eventually that would happen, and when puberty set in and it didn’t, it was like, ‘This is wrong. This is totally not okay.’” From the age of 3 or 4 years old, Higginbotham knew he was male, but his body was biologically female. Higginbotham is transgender, a term used to describe people whose gender identity does not match their sex at birth. “The way that I think doesn’t line up with my sex,” Higginbotham said. “Gender and sex are two different SEE TRANSGENDER PAGE 8 Evan Higginbotham, a junior majoring in psychology and a transgender man, holds up a Transgender Pride flag in front of Gorgas Library. CW / Pete Pajor

NEWS | OBITUARY

UA student found dead in Theta Chi house Parker Jordan died on campus early Monday By Rachel Brown | News Editor

Parker Alexander Jordan, a University of Alabama student, died Monday morning at the Theta Chi

fraternity house on campus. Jordan, 22, was a junior from Fort Worth, Texas, majoring in accounting. “The University extends its deepest sympathies to Parker’s family and friends,”said Steven Hood, interim vice president for student affairs. “Parker was a valued member of our campus community, and

he will be missed.” Parker was an active member of the Theta Chi chapter at the University. “Theta Chi extends its heartfelt sympathies to Parker’s family, friend, and all those affected by his loss,” said Mike Mayer, executive director of Theta Chi Fraternity

International Headquarters. “Our entire membership mourns his passing and will greatly miss him.” The Alpha Phi Chapter of Theta Chi at Alabama has been in communication with Theta Chi headquarters as well as campus officials to provide support to those mourning Parker’s loss.

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