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NEWS | TRANSPORTATION

SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SINCE 1894

Brunch Options

8 Fresh New Spin

Whether you’re trying out a new restaurant, revisiting a old favorite or whipping up dishes at home, brunch is a way to unwind with friends and family. Take a look and find ways to spend much-needed time relaxing after midterms.

Putting a new spin on “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” UA librarians Josh Sahib and Mark Robinson team up to write and publish their own novella.

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Get in the know and raise awareness.

CULTURE | THEATRE

Tuscaloosa still in talks with Uber Maddox discusses driver arrest, regulation issues

By Mary Catherine Connors | Contributing Writer

Uber, the ride-sharing, new-age taxi service that caters to convenience for both its drivers and customers via a mobile app, came to 22 college towns, including Tuscaloosa, on Aug. 28.

In his most recent ‘Mayor’s Minute’ video, Mayor of Tuscaloosa Walt Maddox described the recent controversy with Uber’s service, citing an arrest of one of Uber’s drivers.

“Look at what happened on Sept.

17. We had an Uber driver who was arrested for possession of marijuana, an open beverage, This issue is and above all, had a suspended about safety driver’s license,” Maddox said. and not about The city, an app. according to the video, is attempting to – Walt Maddox – work with the ride-sharing service, although Maddox said the safety of the public is a first priority.

“The city has a statutory responsibility to ensure your safety in a vehicle of hire, such as a taxi or a limousine. This brings me to my next point: This issue is about safety and not about an app,” Maddox said.

Maddox said the city had SEE UBER PAGE 9

Samuel Hardy, a senior majoring in theatre, was double-cast for four consecutive semesters. CW / Photo Illustration by Pete Pajor

Students play multiple roles Double-casting gives some students more stage time

By Francie Johnson | CW Staff

After weeks of strenuous rehearsal for the UA theatre department’s production of “Othello,” Samuel Hardy walked off stage needing rest.

“That was a really intense rehearsal process, and then I wasn’t able to recover because we launched right into ‘Showboat’ immediately,” said Hardy, a senior majoring in theatre. “I never got that period of rest that would have been good for me.”

Hardy had been double-cast, meaning he had received roles in two theatre department productions in the same

semester. Hardy was double-cast for four consecutive semesters, from the fall semester of his sophomore year to the spring semester of his junior year.

By the end of his sophomore year alone, Hardy had participated in more productions than some students do throughout their entire college careers.

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SCENE ON CAMPUS Sarah Silaski, a freshman majoring in public relations from Little Rock, Arkansas, checks out the Academic Honor Council display in Reese Phifer. CW / Layton Dudley

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CAMPUS BRIEFS

Flu shots

Alabama Ducks Unlimited chapter to host fall banquet

WHAT: Free Flu Shots WHEN: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

WHERE: UA Student Health Fair at Ferguson Student Center

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Travel information WHAT: Travel 101 WHEN: 3-4:30 p.m.

WHERE: Suite 3000 South Lawn Office Building

Fossil day WHAT: National Fossil Day WHEN: 4-6 p.m.

WHERE: Smith Hall

The University of Alabama Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will host its fall banquet on Nov. 13 at the Bryant Conference Center. All donations and proceeds benefit Ducks Unlimited, a national nonprofit organization that strives for the conservation of waterfowl and their habitats.

Tickets cost $40 and can be purchased online at ducks.org. A ticket includes unlimited food and

drink, including beer for those of age. Additionally, there will be a live auction, silent auction and a raffle.

Item prizes include a variety of guns and gear, such as coolers.

Several local businesses sponsor the event and provide many of the prizes as donations.

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Marijuana and large amount of cash found in player’s room More than 100 grams of marijuana and approximately $4,600 cash were discovered last week following a search of Crimson Tide sophomore tight end Kurt Freitag’s dorm room, according to Stephen Dethrage of AL.com.

According to the court record posted on AL.com, agents with the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force observed and recorded a drug transaction outside of Bryant Hall involving Freitag on Tuesday, Oct. 7.

The agents made contact with Freitag and read him his Miranda rights in Room 413 of Bryant Hall.

Freitag then gave the agents permission to search the room. They found approximately 112 grams of marijuana and $4,661 in cash.

According to rolltide.com, Freitag was a four-star recruit from Buford High School in Georgia and joined the Crimson Tide’s class of 2012 as its only tight end. In 2013, he caught one

reception for 11 yards against Georgia State and also saw playing time against Arkansas. In August, he was listed as a backup for senior fullback Jalston Fowler, along with Michael Nysewander and Corey McCarron. Freitag has not played in 2014.

In an update Tuesday, Dethrage reported a Tuscaloosa judge ordered the forfeiture of the $4,661 that was confiscated following the search of Freitag’s dorm room.

Judge Brad Almond filed an order Tuesday awarding 75 percent of the cash, $3,495.75, to the Tuscaloosa Police Department. The remaining $1,165.25 went to the office of Tuscaloosa County’s District Attorney Lyn Head.

Court records do not show whether or not Freitag was charged with any crime in relation to the search, according to Dethrage.

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2015 Alabama football schedule announced

Student recital

Alabama’s 2015 football schedule was announced Tuesday night on the SEC Network.

WHAT: Ben Lucy, guitar WHEN: 5:30-7 p.m.

WHERE: 140 Recital Hall Moody Music Building

2015 ALABAMA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

LGBTQ meeting WHAT: State of the (Queer) Union WHEN: 6 p.m.

WHERE: Ferguson Student Center Forum

• 9/5 vs. Wisconsin (AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas)

• 10/17 at Texas A&M*

• 9/12 Middle Tennessee

• 10/31 Bye week

• 9/19 Ole Miss*

• 11/7 LSU*

• 9/26 Louisiana-Monroe

• 11/14 at Mississippi State*

• 10/3 at Georgia*

• 11/21 Charleston Southern

• 10/10 Arkansas*

• 11/28 at Auburn*

• 10/24 Tennessee*

* SEC conference game

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Editor | Rachel Brown Newsdesk@cw.ua.edu Wednesday, October 15, 2014

WHAT IS ACADEMIC DISHONESTY?

AHC promotes integrity

By Elizabeth Elkin | Contributing Writer

1. Cheating: using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, study aids, or computer-related information.

2. Plagiarism: representing the words, data, pictures, figures, works, ideas, computer program or output, or anything not generated in an authorized fashion, as one’s own.

3. Fabrication: presenting as genuine any invented or falsified citation or material.

4. Misrepresentation: falsifying, altering, or misstating the contents of documents or other materials related to academic matters, including schedules, prerequisites and transcripts.

PLAN TO GO

This week is Academic Integrity Week on campus, hosted by the WHAT: Testing Tips Night Academic Honor Council.

WHEN: Wednesday, 8-10 p.m.

The Academic Honor Council is a WHERE: Bruno and Rodgers group of students from each college Libraries committed to promoting honesty and fairness on campus.

Each specific council for every college is organizing events throughout the week. Events include a tent on hosting a Twitter contest for whomthe Ferguson Center Plaza and a cof- ever can create the best Academic fee, doughnuts and testing tips night Integrity Week meme using a photo Wednesday from 8 to 10 p.m. at Bruno of Nick Saban. Prizes will be awardand Rodgers Libraries. ed. The CIS Academic “Academic Integrity Honor Council twitter Week is an important is @CISAHC. It allows each individual aspect of student life “We hope to be a valuhere at Alabama,” said student to reaffirm their pledge able resource for the stuto abide by the rules.

Madison Hooper, chief dents by being equipped justice of the College with information about of Communication and tutoring services and pla— Madison Hooper — Information Sciences’ giarism support on camcouncil. “Alabama is a pus,” said Anna Gagnon, school of fairness, and chief justice of the College Integrity Week promotes that. It of Human Environmental Sciences’ allows each individual student to reaf- council. “The Academic Honor Council firm their pledge to abide by the rules serves as a symbolic body of integrity and regulations of the academic com- for students. munity at the Capstone as well as dem“We have been working hard to onstrate to other students that they put all of our effort into our outreach will not tolerate dishonesty.” events and to connect with as many The CIS Academic Honor Council is students as possible,” Gagnon said.

Peacock to discuss novel

By Alessandra Delrose | Contributing Writer

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UA Professor Margaret Peacock takes readers back in time to the Cold War in her most recent novel, “Innocent Weapons: The Soviet and American Politics of Childhood.”

The book looks at how both the Soviet Union and the United States used the idea of childhood as a way to mobilize American and Soviet populations to go along with their ideas and policies.

Peacock said she had two big inspirations that led her to write the book. Her first inspiration was the Daisy ad displayed on the cover of her book, which was something she found when studying for her doctoral degree in the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Archives at the University of Texas.

“In the ad there is a little girl who is picking petals from a daisy, she said she’s counting them as she picked each petal, and all of a sudden in the background a voice comes over and starts a countdown and then a nuclear bomb goes off and kills her and everything else all together.”

Her second inspiration for writing the book came to her when she was driving home that same day in 2003.

“I turned on the radio and President George W. Bush was saying that we needed to send our troops to invade Iraq in order to defend America’s children,” she said.

As a Russian historian, Peacock was curious to see if the Soviet Union had done anything similar to the Daisy ad or the radio announcement she had just heard,

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and discovered they had.

“We used to always understand the Cold War as a divide between communism and capitalism, but if you look at the Cold War story from the lens of the child it becomes a fight between those who have the power to manipulate an image for the population and the intended consumers of those images,” she said.

Peacock will be hosting a lecture Wednesday at 4 p.m. in 205 Gorgas Library.

She will be discussing her novel with copies available for purchase and signing afterwards.

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Editor | Patrick Crowley Letters@cw.ua.edu Wednesday, October 15, 2014

GUEST COLUMN | SUICIDE

Suicide needs open discussion

By Elise Goubet | Guest Columnist

CW / Kevin Pabst

COLUMN | SOUTHERN PRIDE

Civil War state pride should focus on sacrifices LEIGH

Terry Staff Columnist

“Don’t blame me, I voted for Jeff Davis,” is a bumper sticker that can occasionally be seen around campus. This and other Confederate States of America memorabilia like the stars and bars flag are controversial flash points that serve as reminders of a history of racism for some and as a symbol of a bygone paradise for others.

I am inclined to agree with those who find these symbols repulsive and representative of the fight for slavery. However, I can understand the desire to memorialize ancestors lost in a brutal war, even if society no longer approves of those ancestors’ cause.

All Alabamians have a duty to learn and accurately remember our history of slavery, secession, the Civil War and its aftermath.

While reconciling our present with our past may be painful, we must do so without nostalgia and without revision if we are to continue to progress socially and economically in this state.

In addition to the corsets and hoop skirts, Alabamians must remember the 490,309 Southern casualties – including 27,000

killed Alabamians – who lost their earning potential and, for many, their lives in the Civil War. The Civil War Trust estimates one in three Southern (non-slave) households lost at least one family member through battle or illness. This sudden loss of working-age men left tens of thousands of families without any capacity to make an income, who likely starved to death.

We must also remember we were indeed fighting for the unjust and inhuman practice of slavery. In his speech following the codification of the Confederate Constitution, Vice President of the Confederacy Alexander Stephens stated the foundations of this new government “are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition.”

While many assert a chief purpose of the Civil War was state’s rights, many of the confederate states’ own declarations of secession make expressly clear within the first few lines they were chiefly fighting for their own state’s right to continue the institution of slavery.

We should not be nostalgic over the extreme economic cost of the war to the South. The cost of the physical destruction of property in the South alone is estimated to be $1.49 billion dollars, before adjustment for inflation.

This state is still crippled by that economic destruction, its presentment of the federal government, mistrust of outsiders and the legacy of racism that scares away businesses and our intelligent and talented natives.

This state is still crippled by that economic destruction, its resentment of the federal government, mistrust of outsiders and the legacy of racism that scares away businesses and our intelligent and talented natives.

Clinging to our past is why Alabama ranks 49th in life expectancy, 41st in unemployment and third in the percentage of its population in prison. Therefore, we should by all means remember the lives lost, but honor their sacrifice by remembering what they really sacrificed for and by building a state we can all be proud of.

Leigh Terry is a junior majoring in economics. Her column runs weekly.

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In one survey, 31 percent of adults said they would not seek treatment for mental health problems because they fear what others think. We do not hesitate to tell people about our trip to the dentist or physician, but most stay silent about their therapy appointment. Many people feel ashamed because our society places illogical taboos on mental health issues and our silence can have deadly consequences.

In the United States, a broken, hurting person commits suicide nearly every 13 minutes. Twice in my life I was almost one of them. Yes, I am outing myself. I am a survivor of suicide. For years, I lived in a place of darkness, shadows and prison walls built with my own hands. I am grateful beyond words for my opportunity at a second (and third) chance. I have scars on my body that will never fully fade, constant proof of the self-hatred I felt towards myself. I spent years seeking and finding ways to escape who I was, to forget myself, to forget the awful person I believed myself to be.

I binged. I purged. I starved. I cut. I drank. I lived behind a wall of self-hatred and loathing, where there was no joy, where I gave myself no chance to succeed.

At the ripe old age of 22, I had to learn to love myself. It has not been easy – far from it. I would not be here today if it were not for my loving family and friends, who stood by me at my worst through the years I put myself and them through hell. I have bipolar I disorder and spent four long years suffering from an eating disorder. With therapy, medication, family, friends and above all else, love, I have been able to emerge from those shadows. I have found a life worth living, a drive and a purpose. My goal is to spend my life doing research on eating disorders, self-injury and suicide. I hope to take those years of darkness and funnel them into something that may make a difference in other people’s lives. I am not ashamed of my past. I spent years being ashamed of myself and who I was.

I have had enough. By speaking openly and candidly about my mental illness, I hope I have begun to chip away at the wall we have put around discussing mental health issues. But I am just one voice. We need more. Let’s talk about suicide. Let’s talk about mental illness. If you have a friend who you think may be suicidal, talk to them. One common myth about suicide is that talking to someone about it will make them want to do it more. This could not be farther from the truth.

If you are feeling suicidal do not be afraid to reach out, call The University of Alabama Counseling Center and set up an appointment. If you actively have a plan, this is the time to call 911 and seek immediate treatment.

Let’s start a dialogue about suicide and mental illness. Support the American Suicide Prevention Foundation and The University of Alabama’s National Alliance on Mental Illness. Help us break the silence.

Elise Goubet is the president of the National Association on Mental Illness. NAMI-Connections Support group meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. in Gordon Palmer 351.

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OPINIONS Wednesday, October 15, 2014 COLUMN | COMMERCE

Commerce rather than an embargo can end communism in Cuba

ANDREW ANDR

Parks Par Staff Columnist Co

There is an old proverb in American politics my fellow pre-reboot Star Trek fans should recognize: “Only Nixon could go to China.”

The saying refers to President Nixon’s 1972 visit to Beijing for a meeting with Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and internationally renowned communist revolutionary.

The visit would be the first of many steps toward normalizing the relationship between the United States and communist China – a country whose government was, at the time, not even officially recognized by the American government and a people with whom we had engaged in a bitter war just 20 years earlier on the Korean peninsula.

Forty-two years later, Nixon’s initial efforts have paid off. A trade bill passed into law and signed by President Clinton in 2000 has fostered the second largest trade partnership the U.S. now

enjoys, superseded only by trade with Canada. The burgeoning, relatively new Chinese middle class sprang forth almost entirely in that time frame, and it now numbers a staggering 300 million Chinese citizens, almost as large as the entire population of the United States. The inception of this middle class in a country once characterized by rampant poverty is widely considered one of the great economic success stories of the modern global economy.

The greater victory for American interests, however, is the democratic movement this economic empowerment has spawned.

In recent weeks, major media outlets have covered riots in Hong Kong, where the national government has chosen to enforce fierce restrictions regarding local elections on the city government. Many articles claim tens of thousands of Hong Kong citizens poured into the streets at the height of the riots to express distrust in China’s strict government and demand a more democratic process than what is being thrust upon them.

This suggests something we already know from an economic standpoint: China wants the American lifestyle.

This is evident from the practices of their developing middle class,

Once a prosperous democracy in itself, Cuba has suffered human rights violations and economic depression.

which has generated record-breaking amounts of retail sales and a rate of car ownership among individual families beginning to rival that of much of the western world. But, as we know, the American encompasses more than its standard of living. It seems the Chinese know this as well.

This also suggests something else: a new strategy for expanding democracy through trade. After all, if it worked with one of the world’s most authoritarian communist regimes and a former arch enemy of the United States, then it could work with anyone, right?

Of course, any time a potential new strategy for advancing American interests presents itself, we need to test it before we can truly know if it will be effective. And what better Petri dish for this exact type of strategy than a country just 90 miles off our Southern shores?

Cuba, one of our nearest neighbors to the south, stands as both the only state of communism on the North American continent and one of the best examples of communism’s destructive power. Once a prosperous democracy in itself, Cuba has suffered human rights violations and economic depression alike since falling under the iron fist of the Castro family’s communist rule in 1959. Shortly thereafter, during the Cuban Missile Crisis of the early ‘60s, the United States enacted a trade embargo with Cuba, which is still in effect today.

If, however, the Chinese example is indicative of a broader strategic concept, then this was actually one of the worst things the United States could do in the name of containing communism.

In fact, it may have done nothing but entrench it. If we truly want to bring it to an end, then trade with Cuba, not an embargo, may be the best way to do so, albeit via a long and arduous road.

Indeed, we may see the death knell of communism in Cuba, and perhaps abroad, when we have a Walmart and a McDonald’s in Havana.

Andrew Parks is a senior studying political science. His column runs biweekly.

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NEWS

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Alabama voter registration to end next week

By Fabrizio Pozzobon | Contributing Writer

With General Elections coming up on Nov. 4, every eligible Alabama resident who wishes to have a voice in civic matters can register to vote.

Eligibility comes to American citizens residing in Alabama who are at least 18 years old and have not been disqualified by a felony or mental incapacity. Registration can be done in person at the Department of Motor Vehicles, Tuscaloosa Board of Registrars and other government agencies. It is also possible to register by mailing the Board of Registrars. The registration period for the upcoming elections ends Oct. 20.

To ease the registration process, several organizations handle voter registration drives.

The Alabama Voter Education and Registration Association is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which focuses on getting more Alabamians involved in the

Hopefully we can lead more Alabamians to have their own political ideas which they support.

— Trevin Fluker — electoral process. Trevin Fluker, a political science major and coordinator of AVERA in Tuscaloosa, talked about the importance of suffrage.

“Voting is the only real way we can have a voice in civil decisions, such as the placing of new amendments or political persons,” Fluker said. “At AVERA we strive to help people not only register but learn about the importance of voting in each election. Hopefully we can lead more Alabamians to have their own political ideas which they support.”

“Registering to vote is an important issue,” said Erin Minor, a

freshman majoring in anthropology. “I believe that’s why many on-campus groups make it a major agenda during the lead-up to elections.”

Even though several on-campus organizations help the voter registration cause, the University does specifically hold a formal voter registration event.

“They don’t do anything to register people, all they did was send out one email,” said Johnathan Wilbert, a junior majoring in electrical engineering and a member of AVERA. UA students from states other than Alabama can still register in Tuscaloosa to vote or cast an absentee ballot for their home state’s elections. Tuscaloosa County is sixth in the state for amount of registered voters with approximately 115,000.

Out of state students can find more information at longdistancevoter. org. For more general voting information go to alabamavotes.gov or call 334-242-7210.

REGISTER TO VOTE To register to you must: - Be an American citizen residing in Alabama - Be at least 18 years old - Not be disqualified by a felony or mental incapacity Registration can be done in person at the Department of Motor Vehicles, Tuscaloosa Board of Registrars and other government agencies.

It is also possible to register by mailing the Board of Registrars. The registration period for the upcoming elections ends October 20.

CW / Belle Newby

UnlockED Event brings students, groups together

By Alana Norris | Contributing Writer

The Tuscaloosa City Council approved the demolition of a condemned house Tuesday night. CW / Ben Jackson

Council passes demolition order

By Ben Jackson | Contributing Writer

Tuesday night’s city council meeting saw the public hearing concerning a routine demolition order turn into a heated battle as Pamela Richardson, lessee of the property at 2818 17th St., argued to prevent the home from being demolished.

“I would like the property to be demolished,” said Iris Tidmore, the property owner, addressing the council first.

“Due to the property being tied up in legal matters, I’ve been unable to take action myself.”

The city inspectors presented the council with images of the condemned structure, revealing a charred building littered with debris. The building was condemned several months ago and has been the cause of many complaints by neighbors.

“This neighborhood used to be filled with hard working people raising families, and now it’s been turned into this,” said Carter. He gestured towards images of the condemned structure, and said Richardson seemed unwilling to take action to improve the situation, and the structure was both a nuisance to the neighborhood and a danger.

“For the past two and a half years, the

property at 2818 17th St. has been the site of numerous complaints and arrests,” said Police Chief Steven Anderson.

Sergeant Joey Turner went on to explain that the property has taken on a “party atmosphere,” and many of the arrests have involved the illegal consumption and sale of alcohol and drugs, as well as public urination.

This kind of behavior is unacceptable, said nearby resident Carter and upon Carter’s attempting to discuss the matter with Richardson she allegedly exited the structure with a pistol in her hand.

Richardson addressed the council, arguing she had made improvements to the home and the pictures dated Oct. 9 depicting a charred bathroom were inaccurate.

“I have children and I want to have this home as a place where my children can go,” said Richardson to the councilmen. Richardson was unable to give a time frame on repairs for the home when prompted by Councilman Burrell Odom.

Richardson raised her hand throughout the remainder of the hearing, though she was not given another opportunity to address the council.

The demolition order was passed unanimously. One member abstained.

Displayed on UnlockED’s pamphlet is a quote by author John Steinbeck, stating, “I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.”

Tuesday night, the UnlockED Career Fair, “ExplorED,” gave UA students who hope to have an impact on education an opportunity to get to know more about some regional schools and organizatons.

Kate Moss, a senior majoring in Spanish and anthropology, is the president of UnlockED. It is a new campus organization founded on the belief that every child deserves a high-quality education regardless of zip code, race or socioeconomic status. The organization uses a two-pronged approach of policy and practice, where they talk about issues and provide opportunities to learn more and actively get involved.

“There is often this tension between these more alternative programs and traditional programs,” Moss said.

“One of UnlockED’s major goals is to explore those nuances and diffuse the tension a little bit and bring both sides of the table together. At the end of the day, everyone really just wants a high quality education for kids.”

Several charter schools reached out to UnlockED, looking for a way to reach UA students. UnlockED decided having a career fair would be a great way to connect.

UnlockED hosted a career fair Tuesday night.

CW / Alana Norris

“I think that in a panel setting little things come out that set an organizations apart and kind of make you realize ‘This will actually make a really good fit for me and I didn’t realize it,’” Moss said. “Even if you think you have a really good idea, it takes it a step further than an Internet site.”

Teach for America, Memphis Teacher Residency, Valor Collegiate Academies, RePublic Charter Schools, YES Prep and the UA Graduate School were all represented on Tuesday’s panel.

Most of the schools that were present use a random lottery to choose their students. They also mostly work with low-income families. All of the organizations had similar pay ranges.

UnlockED has a meeting on charter schools scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, in 120 Lloyd.

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Editor | Reed O’Mara Culture@cw.ua.edu Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Feminist Caucus to discuss LGBTQ concerns

By Hannah Widener | Contributing Writer

The Feminist Caucus will hold a meeting for students from all walks of life within the LGBTQ community Wednesday at 6 p.m.

State of the (Queer) Union will address state and national policy issues directly and indirectly affecting the LGBTQ community.

Some of the issues are the stigmas associated with HIV/AIDS, sexual and reproductive justice issues and immigration reform.

“This event came about from a sincere need on campus to have a queer positive space for all members of the LGBTQ community to come and discuss the issues that they face,” said Ben Ray, a senior majoring in English and event and programming coordinator for the Feminist Caucus. “This is a celebratory event in which the discussion will be intense but supportive. We hope that everyone that is queer

PLAN TO GO WHAT: State of the (Queer) Union WHEN: Wednesday, 6 p.m.

WHERE: Ferguson Center Forum or queer-minded will make sure to come and participate.”

With the recent amendment of The University of Alabama’s nondiscrimination policy, which now includes gender identity and gender expression, the issues affecting transgender students at the University will also be discussed.

Cassidy Ellis, a first-year graduate student in gender and race studies and president of the Feminist Caucus, said the group strives for inclusion and will be discussing transgender issues on campus and within Alabama and the South.

While the gay rights movement and the LGBTQ community have

made progress in their endeavors, Ray said the University still has issues to address.

“In the South particularly, there is an incredible lack of support for LGBTQ communities, in general,” Ray said. “The amount of resources, especially in rural areas, are too far and few between. On campus, we are fortunate enough to have the safe zone program, though my hope is that even it continues to grow and serve the needs of more people. Some schools, however, do have a lot more resources than our school does for LGBTQ communities. I think that this event will help bring some awareness to this.”

The panel of speakers attending the State of the Queer Union will be Jennifer Purvis of gender and race studies, Jason Garvey from the education college, Julie Gafnea with OUTlaw and Samaria Johnson of Alabama Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Justice.

GAY RIGHTS TIMELINE 1969 First gay pride parades take place in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

Start of the gay rights movement.

1970

1981

AIDS crisis.

1993

“Don't ask, don't tell” policy.

1996 Ellen Degeneres famously comes out in headline "Yep, I'm gay."

Congress bars federal recognition of same-sex marriage (DOMA).

1997 2000

U.S. Supreme Court strikes down DOMA, allows same-sex marriage to resume in California.

Vermont first state to allow gay marriage.

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COLUMN | FOOD

Brunch multi-faceted experience

By Katharine Buckley

With its origins at the turn of the 20th century, brunch is certainly not a new concept.

However, it has recently hit the mainstream and become a weekend staple for many people across the country. The combination of breakfast and lunch holds a special place in people’s hearts – and stomachs. For those who are looking to get into the brunch habit or try the meal in a new way, here are some tips for how to step up your game.

Make it a group activity An opera theater volunteer, Elizabeth Aversa, has spent a lot of time raising support for opera and the opera theater. Photo Courtesy of Paul Houghtailing

Opera guild open to all majors

By Marcus Flewellen | Contributing Writer

In the University of Alabama Opera Program, students and faculty members put together 18th, 19th and 20th century operettas.

Elizabeth Aversa, professor emerita, is an opera theater volunteer and a founding member of the Opera Guild, a group whose purpose is to support and raise awareness for opera and the opera theater program.

She said the University’s opera program is open to students of all majors.

“I know that there have been singers who majored in other fields such as communications and marketing, to name just a few,” Aversa said. “And of course we welcome volunteers from all disciplines.”

The opera program’s most recent production was W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s 1881 operetta, “Patience.”

Nicholas Szoeke, a first-year masters student studying vocal performance, played the lead role, Reginald Bunthorne. Szoeke is not a member of the UA opera program.

He said he learned about the program when he met Paul Houghtaling, associate professor of voice and and director of opera theatre at the University at a National Opera Association convention.

“I decided to attend the Druid City

Opera Workshop held at the University in spring 2013,” he said. “I really enjoyed the program and loved working with Dr. Houghtaling, so I decided to audition for graduate school here, and then ultimately decided to make the UA Opera Theatre my home. Being in the opera program is a truly rewarding experience. Every day I am surrounded by talented, passionate and hardworking musicians.”

Szoeke said the rehearsal process behind “Patience” was exhaustive but rewarding.

The semester began with a read through of the full score, and the next three weeks followed with musical rehearsals and coaching and the group being split into two separate casts. Each consecutive week followed the learning of each new act in the piece.

Though opera is seen to be an antiquated art form, both Szoeke and Aversa said it’s as timely as any other medium.

“Opera tells a story in ways that most other art forms can’t,” Szoeke said. “Opera can be such a dramatic and intense experience but yet so relatable to everyday life.”

The next UA Opera performance will be Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Performances will be March 6 and 8 in spring 2015. To join the Opera Guild, contact Aversa for an application, or see the group’s website at uaoperaguild.org.

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Host brunch at a house or an apartment and save some cash by asking everyone to bring a dish or pitch in a few dollars. Serve up the dishes family style, then sit back and relax in the comfort of your own home. The cooking can also be a group activity with a DIY omelette bar where guests are supplied with eggs and can choose their own toppings to mix in as they please. This is a great option because everyone can stay comfortable in their pajamas, and there is no limit to the menu.

Try a new restaurant

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For those curious about trying out a new place to eat, brunch can be a great time to give it a go. Many places have special prices for their brunch service. It’s also a great time to try their breakfast and lunch options. FIVE has a jazz brunch that is wildly popular. Southern Ale House in Northport cooks up a classic Southern brunch menu complete with chicken and waffles. The new downtown restaurant Sweet Home Food Bar specializes in breakfast and brunch by balancing sweet and savory options.

Boozy Brunch

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It is a well-known fact that brunch is famous for mimosas and Bloody Marys, which are easily justified by the “hair of the dog that bit you” theory that more alcohol will cure a hangover. Many restaurants have drink specials during brunch or, even more dangerous, a bottomless option for endless drinks during the meal. There has also been a rise in less typical brunch cocktails like Bellinis (think a mimosa, but peach puree instead of orange juice) and Irish coffee (coffee with a generous splash of whiskey).

8 Librarians collaborate to write, publish novel CULTURE

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

By Cokie Thompson | Contributing Writer

Josh Sahib graduated from The University of Alabama with a degree in management information systems. Mark Robison wanted to go to law school. They both ended up in graduate school for library science.

The two men shared an office space in Amelia Gorgas Library until this past August, and they got to know each other well during their time as desk neighbors.

Sahib said he would frequently tell Robison about his work on the weekends as a DJ and in video production.

“I referred to all these things as my ‘side hustles,’” Sahib said.

After a while, the pair decided they wanted to work on a “side hustle” together.

The format of the project they decided on fit within the parameters of their work as librarians.

“We were just having margaritas on a day, and we were like ‘Hey, we should write a book,’” Sahib said.

“We’re both librarians. It’d be cool to publish something.”

Sahib said as first-time authors, they weren’t setting out to write the next “Harry Potter” or “Game of Thrones” series. Instead, they started with an existing idea and made it their own.

“We tossed around some ideas of classic, out-of-copyright stories that we could re-imagine, and we ultimately settled on ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde’ because it was familiar but not too terribly overdone in our culture,” Robison said.

Sahib said working from a classic story also allows readers to have a frame of reference for the story before they read the first page and is accessible, even if readers haven’t read Robert Louis Stevenson’s original text.

In “Jack L. in HIding,” Josh Sahib and Mark Robinson reimagine “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” for a college audience. Photos Courtesy of Josh Sahib

“A lot of students now might not be familiar with the original story, and that’s okay too,” Sahib said. “I think the story stands alone in this.”

The story follows two high school friends, Joseph Upton and Jack Lucas, as they begin their freshman year of college. Jack spends time away from Joe, and Joe struggles to understand what changed in their relationship.

“This story draws mostly on my own experiences as an undergraduate student, although I cannot relate directly to many of the things that happen to Joseph and Jack,” Robison said.

The process of writing and publishing the book was different than if a single writer worked on the story. Sahib said he took charge of the business and publishing end, while Robison was the lead

writer of the two. Robison said working this way helped them stay on track throughout the entire process.

Both Sahib and Robison said working with another person helped alleviate any writer’s block or similar problems that might have come up, along with holding each other accountable for one another’s progress.

“Having each other as co-authors allowed us to bounce ideas off one another, to talk through difficult aspects of the plot and potential plot holes, and to rephrase wording that didn’t sound quite right,” Robison said. “This is especially important in a book that contains as much dialog as ours does.”

The book is available on Amazon and iTunes, in addition to some print copies. Sahib said it was important to both

him and Robison the book be available in libraries, given their careers.

Sahib said they wanted to self-publish from the beginning.

“We don’t have to worry about trying to impress some literary agent or have a publishing company take a huge percentage of it,” Sahib said. “For books of that more novella length, you’re gonna have a hard time getting traditional publishers to pick you up anyway.”

Sahib said he encourages people to go out and publish the content they may have been keeping in a desk drawer for a while because of how easy it is to do now.

“We’re in a very fortunate time in our history to be able to go out and release that,” Sahib said. “And people all over the world can get access to it.”

COLUMN | THEATRE

New Broadway season promises dazzling casts, known and unknown

By Luke Haynes

Matthew Broderick Tribune News Service

While musicals will probably always be king on Broadway, two plays that are taking New York by storm for the 2014-15 season are “It’s Only A Play” and “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” These plays are expected to be theatrical treasures with brilliant writing and clever direction, but both of them are depending on their casting choices to draw in audiences by the busload.

Both of these casts seem to be patron magnets, but they could not be more different from each other.

“It’s Only A Play,” a brilliantly dark comedy written by Terrance McNally in 1982, took the “Ocean’s Eleven” approach and congregated as many big names as they could fit on one stage. From movie stars (Matthew Broderick and Rupert Grint) to television stars (Megan Mullally and F. Murray Abraham) to stars of the stage (Nathan Lane and Stockard Channing), “It’s Only A Play” is

bursting with blinding star power.

It’s no wonder tickets are already selling out. Not only do audiences jump at the opportunity to sit in front of the personalities that have filled their televisions, magazines and YouTube channels, but they also get the promise of some utterly fantastic performances. After all, these performers didn’t get to be famous by being mediocre. With so many respected artists agreeing to work on one project, there is an overwhelming feeling the work itself must have some great artistic value.

On the flip side, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime,” an inventive and visually stunning adaptation of Mark Haddon’s 2003 book, stars a company made up mostly of unknowns, like Alexander Sharp. The Juilliard graduate is making his professional theater debut with the leading role in a play that tied the all-time record of most Olivier Awards won in its London production.

While “Curious Incident” can’t light

up a city with the stars on its marquee, it does promise something tantalizingly exciting by presenting a show of such promise with relatively unknown actors. Audiences are drawn to these types of performances because there’s always hope that instead of seeing the stars of yesterday revive an old classic, they’ll be able to see a star born in an exciting new work.

From Denzel Washington to Whoopi Goldberg to Carly Rae Jepson, shows have been using star power for years to draw audiences into the theater. On the other hand, we’ve seen unknowns such as Sutton Foster, Idina Menzel and Julie Andrews rocket to stardom because of their fantastic theatrical performances. Thus it’s nearly impossible to choose between a star-studded “It’s Only A Play” or a wistfully promising “Curious Incident.” Whether you’re seeing the first gleam of a star’s light or its final blaze of glory before it fades into the darkness, there is nothing more entertaining than theatrical star-gazing.

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CULTURE Wednesday, October 15, 2014 Uber failing to meet city protocols, Maddox says UBER FROM PAGE 1

even compromised for Uber in Tuscaloosa.

“The city has negotiated in good faith,” Maddox said. “For the last several weeks, we’ve had meetings, countless emails and a lot of discussions with the people from Uber about bringing their service here to Tuscaloosa. In fact, on seven of the 11 major points in our vehicle for hire policy, we have been willing to compromise or even abolish to bring Uber to Tuscaloosa.”

Maddox said that, although the city is willing to negotiate in good faith while maintaining public safety as the primary concern, Uber is not willing to comply with local municipal ordinances regarding vehicles for hire or compromises set forth by the city.

The Taxicab, Limousine and Paratransit Association’s public safety spokesperson, Dave Sutton, released a statement regarding Uber’s improper licensing and the arrest of the Uber driver in Tuscaloosa.

“If Tuscaloosa begins arresting Uber drivers, then Uber should not encourage its drivers to operate illegally anyhow,” Sutton said.

“Uber has routinely encouraged its drivers to ignore public safety laws by using investor capital to pay driver fines. Uber should spend its money on public safety and compliance, not paying driver fines for operating unsafely.”

Uber, in an email sent Oct. 1 to Uber users in the Tuscaloosa area, said the organization has been “trying to work with Mayor Maddox and city officials to showcase the value we bring residents and visitors.” Uber said they’ve met in person, spoken on the phone and have “provided access to how our industry leading standards hold public safety paramount.”

The email continues, stating the company has been met with an unwillingness to embrace new transportation options.

“Instead of talking about new

WHAT TO KNOW

COLUMN | GAMING

• Seven of the 11 major points in Tuscaloosa’s vehicle for hire policy have been compromised or abolished to bring Uber to Tuscaloosa.

• Dave Sutton, the Taxicab, Limousine and Paratransit Association safety spokesperson said Uber has routinely encouraged its drivers to ignore public safety laws by using investor capital to pay driver fines.

• Uber has defended their practices, stating in an email that they use industry-leading background checks, $1 million commercial liability insurance and hold themselves to a high level of transparency and accoutability.

• TPD said Uber does not own a business license, and arrests could be made if drivers are found who do not comply with the city’s regulations.

Systems like Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus let players step inside the game. Tribune News Service

Virtual reality next step in gaming approaches to new technologies, the city wants to force outdated regulations onto modern ridesharing [sic] models. Additionally, the city is using valuable city resources to target Uber drivers with excessive and unjust citations, and confiscating their cellphones in order to protect the status quo and limit how you travel around the city,” the email reads.

Uber also defended their practices, stating in the email that they use industry-leading background checks, $1 million commercial liability insurance (over 3 times what taxis in Tuscaloosa provide) and an unprecedented level of transparency and accountability.

Uber asked users to email Maddox to keep Uber in Tuscaloosa.

Officials from uscaloosa Police Department said they are working with the city on the matter. TPD said Uber does not own a business license, and arrests could be made if drivers are found who do not comply with the city’s regulations.

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10 Tide heads to Massachusetts

SPORTS

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

By Evan Reier | Contributing Writer

Last weekend’s regatta in Chattanooga, Tennessee, couldn’t have started any better for the Alabama rowing team, sweeping the medals in the first event, a coxed eights race.

The Crimson Tide competed against schools across the South in the first regatta of the season. It was a tough weekend for competition in Chattanooga, considering the poor conditions due to rain and wind.

Coach Larry Davis said he was pleased with the effort the team put forth in the events.

“We won three medals in the opening race, which is great,” Davis said.

“Everyone performed well, even with the poor conditions.”

The overall winner for the event was Georgia Tech, but the Crimson Tide was successful in several finishes. The team claimed six medals in total, with victories in two 8+ events and second- and third-place finishes in a 2x race Davis and the team said last week they would like to do their best,

The Crimson Tide rowing team competed in rain and wind with schools across the South. UA Athletics

and to see how it matched up with the competition, but Davis said the results showed there was still work to be done.

“There are some things we need to work on,” Davis said. “We’re going to get more competitive.”

Jennifer Parker and Maureen Purcell both had strong showings, with the two of them being part of the collegiate 8+ team and Parker winning the Championship 2x race. While they said they are satisfied with the results, they are looking ahead to this weekend at the Head of the Charles race in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

“It was great to sweep the eight

again,” Parker said. “But we are going up against some really good crews this weekend. We want to show that we can compete.”

Purcell said she believes the team is in competitive form and is ready for the weekend.

“We were prepared to get down to business coming into the season, and now we are really meshing together,” Purcell said. “This weekend is huge.

It’s a national race at the center of rowing, and it is historic because it is the 50th running of the race.”

The Head of the Charles Regatta will be held this weekend on Oct. 18 and 19.

Alabama offense looking for identity

By Nolan Imsande | Staff Reporter

After putting up at least 500 total yards in its first four games, the Alabama offense totaled only 227 total yards with just 66 on the ground in its 14-13 win against Arkansas.

“I still don’t think we have an identity yet,” offensive lineman Austin Shepherd said. “We started off the season pretty good, had a little fault in Florida, but I still thought that we played good. These past two games we haven’t really done anything. I feel like we are still searching for it, and the coaches think we are too.”

Alabama struggled to move the ball against the Razorbacks. The offense totaled 10 first downs for the game and was beat in time of possession by nearly 10 minutes. Freshman JK Scott had to punt the ball eight times in the game. He had only punted 11 times all season coming into the game.

“The first three or four games of the year, we really had a lot of easy, fast quick throws,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said. “People now take those things away, regardless of who is there. They basically challenge you to run the ball, which we have to do better. I think it is more important for us to go back to the basics of what we need to do to execute and make better choices of how we distribute the ball, and I think we will be just fine.”

The Crimson Tide will likely need to score a lot of points if it wants to keep up with Texas A&M this weekend. The Aggies rank sixth in the country, scoring almost 44 points per game and have averaged 565 total yards per game.

The Crimson Tide has been practicing all week after being held to only 227 yards of offense against Arkansas last weekend. CW / Shelby Akin

WHAT TO KNOW • Wide receiver Amari Cooper was no longer limited or wearing a brace on his right knee. Cooper had a knee brace on Monday and was limited during drills.

• D.J. Pettway was not limited, but his left ankle was heavily taped.

• Running back Tyren Jones was wearing a regular white jersey for the first time since the team’s bye week.

• Freshman safety Ronnie Clark, who has been working with the running backs in practice, sustained a left leg injury during a non-contact drill.

• Scouts from the Atlanta Falcons, Indianapolis Colts, Chicago Bears and St. Louis Rams were in attendance.

Stuart Kenyon and the rest of the tennis team will travel to Auburn and compete against teams from across the South. UA Athletics

Men’s tennis team to play in Auburn

By Kayla Montgomery | Staff Reporter

For junior Stuart Kenyon, the transition from player to captain of the Alabama men’s tennis team hasn’t been easy, but it’s been worth it.

“It’s a lot to put on ones’ shoulders, because I’m not only team captain but a senior in college, so it’s a little difficult to handle everything,” Kenyon said. “It’s definitely difficult, but I like to think that I know what I’m doing and I’m doing a good job. It’s a lot on my shoulders but I’m enjoying the position.”

For their third tournament of the fall, Kenyon and the rest of the team will travel to Auburn, where they will compete against all teams from Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, including SEC foes Auburn, Mississippi State, Ole Miss and LSU in the USTA/ITA Southern Regional Championships.

The team will take the court following a twoweekend break from tournaments, after winning 26 matches in its most recent tournament, the Crimson Tide Four-In-The-Fall and taking home 11 wins in its first tournament, the Harvard Chowdah Fest in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

“It will be great to compete again,” coach George Husack said. “We’ve had a break the last two weekends from competition, which has allowed our bodies to rest.

With the team now midway through the fall season, Husack said he has seen constant improvement and expects improvement to continue throughout the weekend as they compete.

“We have consistently improved in practice from week to week. We’ve focused a lot on being resilient and incredible competitors in our workouts and our practices, and it’s very clear to the team that players have seen their games jump a level or two,” he said. “Now the key is to put that to use in tournament play. We had better results from Harvard to our home event, and I expect to see more improvement this weekend.”

Throughout the fall, the team has focused on the message of unity and the importance of a bond both on and off the court. Kenyon said he feels that aspect of the game has improved greatly as well.

“Everyone is really adapted to each other and really coming together very well, probably the best in my four years of being here,” he said. “Really, it’s an extra boost to know that everyone on the team has your back and trusts you, and you trust them. It enables you to take the team over the edge.”

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COLUMN | SOCCER

MLS fails to see big picture by altering jersey numbers

By Terrin Waack

Starting in August 2015, Major League Soccer has decided to alter player jerseys in an unusual way. Season ticket holders have the opportunity to send in images of themselves for the chance of their face showing up within the numbers on the back of their favorite team’s jerseys.

Although the club believes this will help

bring fans into the game, it is restricting the opportunity to only season ticket holders.

These fans are already loyal to their favorite team with season tickets – they aren’t a part of the crowd that needs to be persuaded to attend games.

Who the club should be trying to attract are the people that only go every now and then, or the ones who enjoy watching games from home. If any random fan is given the

opportunity to have their face plastered on a jersey that will be giving that fan a reason to attend the game. So while it is an interesting idea, the club is failing to see the big picture.

While it may be cool to see one’s own face on the back of their favorite player, realistically, it will probably not make a difference in regards to who attends games. Fans are fans, even without their faces printed on a jersey.

Some fans can submit photos to have their faces appear inside the numbers on the back of jerseys. Tribune News Service

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Breast Cancer Awareness

By McCall Scofield | Contributing Writer

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The month of October is not only a time for buying Halloween costumes, but also a time to spread awareness for breast cancer. There are many opportunities, locally and nationally, to support organizations in raising money for Breast Cancer Awareness. Here are a few to try out in the coming month.

Share a photo of yourself on Instagram wearing pink B 101.7 is hosting a Breast Cancer Awareness event challenging people to wear pink and show support by posting photos on Instagram. This is a simple and easy way to show support this October.

Post the photo to Instagram using the hashtag #whyiwearpink Then share your story: Are you supporting a friend or remembering a loved one who suffered from breast cancer? Write it down on a sign and include it in your photo, or share your story in the caption of your photo.

The Pop Radio Station will feature photos in the gallery on their website. Also, by submitting the photo, you could be randomly selected to win a prize.

Participate in the Women Resource Center’s Breast Cancer Awareness activities The WRC places honor and remembrance trees in various locations around campus to recognize women who have been affected by breast cancer. To participate:customize and decorate a pink ribbon ornament and place it on a tree in honor of a breast cancer survivor or in remembrance of someone who has passed away from the disease. The trees are located at the Student Health Center, the Rec Center, the Ferguson Center and Capstone Retirement Village.

Go buy a large pizza from Hungry Howie’s Every year Hungry Howie’s delivers each large pizza in a pink box with the National Breast Cancer Foundation logo on it. For every story shared on Facebook, every new Facebook fan, every picture with the hashtag #LOVEHOPEPIZZA and every purchase of a large pizza, Hungry Howie’s will donate to the NBCF. Anyone who is willing to support may also by a $1 Love, Hope & Pizza wristband, with all proceeds going to the NBCF. Take part in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Tuscaloosa Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is an opportunity to celebrate survivorship and express hope and shared determination to make this breast cancer’s last century.

This 5K event is nationwide and only lasts a few hours. Sign up at the Making Strides website to participate in this event. The walk is Nov. 1 at Government Park.

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Power of Pink legacy continues to grow

By Sean Landry | Assisstant Sports Editor

When former Alabama gymnastics coach Sarah Patterson retired earlier this summer, she left an extensive legacy of athletic success, but said she is most proud of the Power of Pink initiative, which has raised over $1.45 million to date.

POWER OF PINK TIMELINE 2004

Former gymnastics coach Sarah Patterson establishes the DCH Breast Cancer fund for women struggling to pay for mammograms and screenings.

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Alabama gymnastics holds its first Power of Pink meet against Auburn.

FALL 2005 The Women's Basketball Coaches Association begins its own pink initiative for its programs.

SPRING 2009 Power of Pink becomes an athletic department-wide initiative, with Pink events put on by every women's team at Alabama.

Patterson, Tuscaloosa Toyata and WVUA team up to put on the first Nite on the Green golf tournament to raise money for the DCH Breast Cancer Fund.

2007 Alabama gymnastics introduces breast cancer survivors with gymnasts before Power of Pink meets.

FALL 2009 CW / Belle Newby

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WEDNESDAY October 15, 2014 About 1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime.

By Reed O’Mara & Tara Massouleh | CW Staff

breasts, stand in front of a mirror with your shoulders apart and hands on About one in eight women in the your hips. Take note of any dimpling, United States will be diagnosed with puckering or bulging of the skin, in breast cancer during her lifetime. While addition to redness, soreness, rashes or swelling. most breast cancers Step 2: Secondly, are found in women raise your arms and who are older than look for the afore50, breast cancer mentioned changes. also affects younger All adult women are Step 3: During women. About 11 encouraged by the National steps one and two, percent of all new check for any fluid cases of breast canBreast Cancer Organization to coming out of one or cer in the United conduct self-check breast both nipples.

States are found Step 4: Next feel in women younger exams on a monthly basis. your breasts while than 45 years of age. lying down, using All adult women your left hand to are encouraged by feel your right the National Breast Cancer Organization to conduct self- breast and vice versa. Keep your fincheck breast exams on a monthly basis. gers flat and together while moving In recognition of National Breast Cancer them in a firm, smooth circular motion Awareness Month, here are the five across your entire breast. Check for all steps to conduct your own exam and abnormalities listed in step one.

Step 5: Finally, repeat step four while what to look for when checking.

Step 1: Looking for even shaping, sitting or standing, making sure to cover normal coloring and no swelling of the the entire breast.

While most breast cancers are found in women who are older than

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Local support raises awareness

By Ben Jackson | Contributing Writer

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, businesses around Tuscaloosa are showing their support in a variety of ways. Both Ulta Beauty and Hungry Howie’s are offering special promotions to raise money to fight one of the most common types of cancer.

“We are trying to make a difference,” said Al Othman, the manager of Hungry Howie’s on the strip. Throughout the month, all of Hungry Howie’s locations will be selling pizzas in bright pink boxes to help raise awareness. More than 30 percent of sales will be donated to Breast Cancer Research, Othman said.

Hungry Howie’s is also selling T-shirts for $10 per shirt, which began Oct. 7. All of the T-shirt profits will also be donated to research.

“We’re getting really positive feedback from the community,” Othman said. “And we just hope that the money we raise helps people.”

Ulta Beauty, located in Midtown Village on McFarland Boulevard, is another area store focused on giving back to cancer patients.

Throughout the month, Ulta customers can donate $1 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation for a chance to win a $600 Beauty Bag, filled with premium hair and cosmetic products. For a $5 donation, customers can receive a bracelet or a compact mirror, and for $10 they can receive a pink jewelry box.

“Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a

Hungry Howie’s uses pink boxes to raise awareness for breast cancer. Photo Courtesy of Hungry Howie’s

great opportunity to be a part of an organization that gives back and helps fight a disease that has impacted our community so significantly,” said Cecilia Cabeza, Ulta’s General Manager.

Cabeza and her colleagues at Ulta are holding events, like their Cut-a-thon last week where customers could receive a discounted haircut, with proceeds being donated directly to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Customers showed their support by sporting pink hair extensions.

Ulta will also be selling select items throughout the month with proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Research Fund, such as Smashbox Lip Gloss and Bedhead and Philosophy Hair Products.

“The month is a very important time for a lot of people,” Cabeza said. “And I think it’s beneficial for businesses of all types to get involved and help fight back.”

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The Alabama volleyball team wears pink jerseys in its Power of Pink match each year to raise breast cancer awareness. UA Athletics

Match motivates team

By Kayla Montgomery | Staff Reporter

In celebration of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, campus is overcome with a sea of pink, as opposed to its normal tide of crimson. The Alabama volleyball team will partake in the movement with its annual Power of Pink match Sunday, where players will don pink jerseys in celebration.

The program will be giving away pink T-shirts and shakers to fans to spread awareness of the disease.

“So many peoples’ lives have been touched by this unfortunate disease. Anytime that we can draw more attention, raise funds and contribute to such a worthy cause, it’s great to do our part,” coach Ed Allen said.

Freshman Leah Lawrence said she’s looking forward to her first collegiate Power of Pink match, in which the Crimson Tide will take on Ole Miss in Foster Auditorium at 1 p.m.

“It’s so exciting,” Lawrence said.

“Even in club volleyball we would do fundraisers to help support breast cancer, and now getting to play for Alabama and help support breast cancer is really exciting.”

Lawrence said the match brings an extra sense of motivation from the cause it represents.

“It definitely fires us up even more because we have all these people

PLAN TO GO WHAT: Volleyball vs. Ole Miss WHEN: Sunday, 1 p.m.

WHERE: Foster Auditorium

who are supporting us and all these people we’re playing for, even more than normal,” she said.

In last year’s contest, the first for sophomore Brittany Thomas, the Crimson Tide swept conference foe Texas A&M. “It’s my personal favorite game of the season, and I know for the other girls it is too,” Thomas said. “Last year we were able to get a ton of people to the game, and it was a crazy environment. We ended up beating A&M. I hope that the crowd and everyone is super pumped up this year, and I know we’ll be able to do it again.”

Thomas and Allen said the experiences of the team also place an added emphasis on the importance of Sunday’s match, as redshirt sophomore Krystal Rivers faced her own battle with Stage 3 Hodgkin’s lymphoma earlier this year.

“Having Krystal battle through cancer, I lost a mother to cancer – it’s touched so many of our lives, so having the opportunity to be involved in that is huge for us,”Allen said.

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WEDNESDAY October 15, 2014

Cancer survivors raise awareness

By Reed O’Mara and Tara Massouleh | CW Staff

Fact: 1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lives, according to breastcancer.org. It’s no surprise, then, that society’s biggest names are not immune to the statistic. Endowed with fame and all it entails, some of the following celebrities have been crucial to supporting breast cancer awareness, whether through philanthropy or serving as advocates for the cause.

Angelina Jolie In 2013, Jolie opted to undergo a double mastectomy after testing positive for the mutated BRCA1 gene, meaning Jolie had an 87 percent chance of getting breast cancer. Since her decision in May 2013, researchers have spoken about the “Jolie effect,” which has led to a significant increase in genetic testing for this mutated gene. A double mastectomy can reduce the chance for breast cancer by 90 percent in people at high risk for the disease.

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Christina Applegate Applegate, well known for her roles in the “Anchorman” films as Veronica Corningstone, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 at the age of 36. Applegate underwent a double mastectomy, and has been open about her fight against breast cancer since the procedure. She is the founder of Right Action for Women, a charitable organization which provides high risk women with insurance or other financial aid for breast cancer treatment.

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Sheryl Crowe Nine-time Grammy-winning country music singer Sheryl Crowe was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006 and underwent a minimally invasive surgery and radiation treatment to beat breast cancer. Crowe was on the cover of AARP The Magazine’s October/November issue this year alongside fellow musician Melissa Etheridge, where she spoke openly about her battle with the cancer.

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Dame Maggie Smith Known for her role as the beloved Professor McGonagall in the “Harry Potter” series, 73-year-old Smith was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 during the filming of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” She underwent chemotherapy and radiation treatments while filming for the movie.

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Robin Roberts “Good Morning America” anchor and former ESPN reporter Robin Roberts was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007. During her illness, Roberts was open with “Good Morning America” viewers about her treatment process, which brought awareness for the disease to thousands of people. Roberts recently published her memoir “Everybody’s Got Something,” which details her struggle with cancer.

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Betsey Johnson Already known for her signature pink clothing, fashion designer Johnson started advocating pink for a different reason when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Since her diagnosis and successful recovery from the disease, Johnson has advocated breast cancer awareness by sharing her story and designing clothing and accessories for cancer-related charities.

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Giuliana Rancic E! News personality and red carpet television host Guiliana Rancic began her fight with breast cancer in 2011 and underwent a double mastectomy after her diagnosis. Rancic is the creator of the FAB-U-WISH charity, which helps women feel their best while coping with breast cancer treatment. The charity is in partnership with The Pink Agenda, a program improving the lives of those suffering from breast cancer.

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Therapist Colette Peters shares survival story

By Katie Shepherd | Staff Reporter

Colette Peters, a staff therapist at UA’s Counseling Center, is a proud breast cancer survivor. After a double-mastectomy followed by a second diagnosis two years later, it has now been two and a half years since she received her last chemotherapy treatment. She shared her story to raise help awareness for others.

Did you have surgery?

I had a double-mastectomy, which was the suggestion I had for the doctors because of my age being so young. They said that it had not spread and there was a one percent chance that I would ever have to worry about it again.

After your double-mastectomy, how did you know the cancer had returned?

Colette Peters Photo Courtesy of Colette Peters

How did you first know you had breast cancer?

I’ve had it twice. I was 33 when I was diagnosed the first time.

They call it DCIS, which stands for Ductal Carcinoma in Situ. It hadn’t spread yet, which is the stage you want to catch it.

About two and a half years later I found a lump under my left arm, which is where the cancer was, that turned out to be invasive breast cancer. It had spread, but it was so small that they had missed it. My doctor told me that on the tip of a pin could hold a million cancer cells, so they had just missed one. It was that less than one percent chance. It was stage two, so I did have to have

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The most important thing is going to do your yearly checkups. I know people are going to be lax about doing their monthly breast exams. I was, I didn’t do them. But my gynecologist found out at a routine yearly thing, so I highly recommend making sure you get that done every year, because the earlier you catch it, the better your chance of surviving. You have to pay attention to what you put in your bodies. Look into GMOs, look into artificial sweeteners, do research. Find out what you’re eating.

Now that it has been two and a half years since your last chemotherapy treatment, what has changed your life the most?

I’ve changed a lot of my diet and eating habits. I used to be pretty bad about junk food. The more research I did, I found out that, you know, McDonald’s food can cause cancer just as much as smoking. So I’m trying to eat all organic, as much as I can.

Also, teaching my kids this has really helped. It’s opened their eyes that they have to be careful about what they put into their bodies.

What can you tell me about your support system?

This is something that you can’t go through without some type of support system. I don’t know how anyone would survive it without that.

What is your best piece of advice to help women protect themselves from breast cancer?

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Soccer team takes part in Power of Pink Crimson Tide to face Razorbacks Friday

By Caroline Gazzara | Staff Reporter

PLAN TO GO

It all started with Sarah Patterson.

Back in 2004, the then-gymnastics coach had a vision to support and bring awareWHAT: Soccer vs. Arkansas ness to those fighting breast cancer.

WHEN: Friday, 7 p.m Ten years later, Patterson’s dream WHERE: Alabama Soccer Stadium has become a long-time tradition at The University of Alabama. The Power of Pink event is one of the most popular events for many sports at Alabama. But it also means much more to those who the team. A player, who wished to get to put on the pink jersey.

Alabama soccer is one of the many remain anonymous, is closely dealprograms honored to wear the pink ing with the fight. Her mother is jersey. This year’s Power of Pink match currently battling breast cancer, so will be held Friday against Arkansas. the team has been moved by this year’s event.

Despite knowing it The soccer team has to go out and will be wearing compete for a win, all pink uniforms coach Todd Bramble Friday night, not said the team is more only for the player excited to wear the and her family but uniform and reprefor the rest of the sent the cause. community pre“I think all of us venting and batcan really call on — Todd Bramble — tling breast cancer. someone in our Bramble said there minds that has been is a different atmoaffected by breast sphere in the stacancer,” Bramble said. “Whether that’s a family mem- dium every time the team suits up ber or a family member of somebody in its pink uniforms and plays for on our team, so it’s an opportunity to the fans.

“It’s a game our players always wear pink uniforms to draw attention to that, which can help raise aware- look forward to,” Bramble said. “It’s ness and raise money. It’s something something unique. It has a different we’re always excited about doing on an feel to it. The coaches are pink, the pre-game warm-up shirts are pink, annual basis.”

Patterson’s dedication to the cause and you get to put on a uniform that has helped bring in donations and sup- you only wear once a year. It just port to those with breast cancer. The brings a special feeling to the game. original gymnastics-only event became Everyone is excited about it.”

Patterson’s dream will continue an athletic department cause four years ago. Though she resigned over the sum- to live on throughout the rest of mer due to medical reasons, her belief is the year, as many other sports will host similar events. The Power still going strong.

Bramble said this year’s Power of of Pink soccer match against Pink event was very important to Arkansas kicks off Friday at 7 p.m.

It’s a game our players always look forward to.

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Although double-casting had been practiced before in the theatre department, Hardy said he noticed a spike during the 2013-2014 season.

“It was a small handful of people who, after a while, it became sort of expected that they’re going to be doing more than one thing in a semester,” Hardy said. “Patterns began to emerge, and it became harder for underclassmen to break in, especially because these upperclassmen were dominating the scene.”

The University’s theatre department casts departmental productions every semester through a single audition process. Students audition for all four fall productions during the first week of classes and for all four spring productions during the week after Thanksgiving break.

The process involves two days of general auditions followed by two days of callbacks, in which directors narrow the applicant pool down to their top few choices for each role.

After callbacks, directors meet to discuss which students should play which roles.

“In years past, what would happen is those auditions would happen and then the callback auditions would occur, and every so often a few people would get selected to be in more than one show per semester,” Hardy said.

For Hardy, committing to roles in two different productions meant attending rehearsal six days a week throughout the majority of each semester, sometimes without even a day to recover between the final performance of one show and the beginning of rehearsals for another.

“There were a few times where it would affect my health,” Hardy said.

“I’d start to get sick trying to balance the schedule. I’ve always been pretty good about keeping up with classes, but the exhaustion and the burnout was definitely a thing.”

Tara Lynn Steele, a senior majoring in musical theatre and dance, said the strain on student health was a large factor in the department’s collective decision to move away from doublecasting this year.

“Currently they’re trying to restructure the program so that there’s more opportunity for people to perform in general,” Steele said. “They’re also trying to make sure the performers who have been double-cast aren’t getting sick and they’re actually taking care of themselves.”

Steele was double-cast during the spring semester of her sophomore year, and she is one of this year’s two undergraduate representatives in a policy committee that was established last spring to update the department’s handbook and address any miscommunication between students and faculty members. She said the issue of double-casting was one of the main contributing factors that led to foundation of the committee.

“It’s to discuss what the professors want and what the students want and

WEDNESDAY October 15, 2014 physical appearance, or “type,” the director’s subjective interpretation of the role and potential scheduling conflicts.

“This business of acting and casting is a real fickle sort of thing,” Tangeman said. “It’s nothing personal against any specific person, but if the director has something very specific in mind for what they want to see in that role, and that actor doesn’t fit that, it’s not gonna happen.”

Developing relationships with directors and maintaining a good reputation within the department can sometimes increase a performer’s chance of being cast. Hardy said his performances in past shows helped form a snowball effect that led to him being sought after by more directors.

“There’s a history of directors going to people and saying, ‘I would like to consider you for such and such a role in my upcoming show, take a look at the script, look at that role, and sort of tailor your audition to that,’” Hardy said. “I was told that by a few people.

There was definitely something of a course that I was on that things were a little bit easier because people were coming to me knowing what they wanted from me ahead of time.”

Some directors feel more comfortable casting actors they have worked with before, rather than taking a chance on someone new, Gandy said.

“It’s a lot easier to be like ‘This part will be played perfectly by person A’ than ‘I could give person B a chance, and they could be fantastic, or they Samuel Hardy said the strain of being cast in multiple roles started to affect his health. CW / Pete Pajor could bring the whole show down,’” she said. to try and meet as many needs as years] is sad and it’s kind of sucky, Gandy said part of the departpossible,” she said. “[The committee but it does happen,” Gandy, a junior ment’s job is to prepare students for is] clarifying and making sure that majoring in theatre, said. “[It’s] not as the rejection they will face in their everyone knows what is expected of often as people probably make it out acting careers after graduation. them as a professor, as a student and to be. Usually you can get at least one “I get where the argument comes as a partnership and a cast.” thing here or there.” in for ‘It’s an educational theatre, In addition to addressing concerns Jeffrey Tangeman, head of direct- we should cast different people,’ but about student health, Steele said ing for the theatre department, esti- we are selling tickets,” Gandy said. the department’s decision to avoid mated about 75 to 80 percent of all “There’s still a business aspect of it double-casting stems from a desire students who regularly and a creative aspect, to re-emphasize the academic com- audition will get at least and it’s the real world. ponent of the program and encour- one role during their four It’s how this works.” age students to take full advantage of years with the program.

For students who Every so often a few their time in the classroom. Another “I would imagine there don’t get cast in departpeople would get motive, she said, was to spread the are people who come mental productions, a wealth of roles amongst a wider here to major in theatre selected to be in more variety of other options variety of students. that maybe audition exist to gain acting than one show per “It hasn’t happened to me personal- every semester while experience. Alpha Psi ly, but I do know a couple people that they’re here and don’t Omega, the theatre semester. it’s happened to, where someone was get cast,” he said. “I’m honor society, puts on double-cast in a role and there were sure it has [happened]. a show each semester — Samuel Hardy — other people that would have been I would bet money, actuthat prioritizes casting good for the part,” she said. “And so ally, that it probably students who were not that’s something that they’re trying to has occurred, but I think cast in the departmental avoid now.” those situations are probably few and shows. Also, students can participate While some students have held far between.” in guerrilla theatre nights or sign multiple roles in the same semester, Tangeman said when casting, he up to appear in scenes directed by others will spend four years in the tries to find an even balance between graduate students. department without ever receiving his role as a director and his role as Time spent off the stage can be an a role. Stage manager Abby Gandy an educator. important part of the educational said the department offered 30 to “As a director, I have an obligation process as well, Hardy said.

45 roles across all four productions to serve the play, but as an educator, “There’s a selfish part of me that’s this semester. In comparison, she I have an obligation to provide oppor- like ‘No, they should keep double estimated 120 students auditioned. tunities to my students so they can casting so I can continue to work Gandy estimated around 25 to 30 learn and grow, because that’s why constantly,’” he said. “But I think it’s percent of students who audition each they’re here,” he said. an important part of our training as semester will end up with a role – Sometimes casting a role can actors here that we also learn what although this number varies semester depend on more than just an actor’s to do with ourselves when there’s to semester based on the the number talent, Tangeman said. A variety of not a show going on, because that’s of roles available and the number of factors go into choosing a cast, many the reality of a lot of peoples’ career students auditioning. of which are beyond the actor’s con- once they get out of an academic “[Never getting a role over four trol. These can include the actor’s environment.”

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WEDNESDAY October 15, 2014 COLUMN | BREAST CANCER AWARENESS

Support should continue throughout the year

By Reed O’Mara

When October rolls around, leaves start falling, and people begin pulling out their pink gear for Breast Cancer Awa r e n e s s Month. Magenta, bubble gum, rose – all shades permeate the season.

Adve r t i s e m e n t s , sports, shops, individuals and multi-million-dollar philanthropies alike show their support for finding a cure for a devastating disease, bringing to life a feeling of solidarity unmatched.

If only the feeling could last forever.

During the summer, people were amazed with the popularity of the “Ice Bucket Challenge.” The fundraising campaign for ALS, also named Lou Gehrig’s disease, a neurological disorder, challenged people to either donate for the cure and treatment or to dump a bucket of ice on

their head, simulating the feeling of ALS. Facebook, Instagram and other social media outlets exploded with the Ice Bucket Challenge by August and even got the attention of celebrities and national figures.

In total, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge raised over $100 million for the campaign, helping thousands get much needed aid and probably putting the reality of a cure into a possible future.

The Ice Bucket Challenge did well in its campaign and probably achieved its goal; however, the challenge has long since been over, and no one is doing the Ice Bucket Challenge anymore.

When it comes to October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month has perfected the art of fundraising and campaigning for the cure. By becoming an annual series of events, breast cancer awareness groups have a steady flow of donations and cognizance in the media at least once a year. The campaign has diffused through the month of October – Power of Pink stretches itself to even reach high school athletes’ shoelaces and pizza boxes even turn pink (Hungry Howie’s, anyone?).

Breast Cancer Awareness Month did not happen overnight. Forged

by survivors, philanthropists, men, women, friends and family of victims, celebrities, doctors and pretty much anyone else from any other walk of life, Breast Cancer Awareness Month is stunning in its reach. Ten years ago, would high school-aged girls know to do self-check breast exams? Would women without hair be gawked at in public with questioning looks? Would boys wear pink so proudly?

There are many people to thank for the awareness campaign that is October. But there’s no better way to thank them than to support them in October and well past the fall – does breast cancer not retain relevance in January? It does, and it should be just as readily spoken about.

Until the day there is a cure, until the day people don’t have to worry their relatives and friends will fall victim to cancer, awareness campaigns retain extreme relevance. It doesn’t have to be a big commitment or volunteerism – it just needs to be support. Wearing pink, attending a Power of Pink event, buying a small ribbon – all these things contribute to the bigger picture: the world without breast cancer.