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Parking search difficult, even with pass 760 spots available for more than 10,000 parking passes By Katie Shepherd | Staff Reporter
Nina Danilyan lives off campus and loves Alabama football. She goes out of her way to attend every home game
she can, but she said the stress of figuring out how to get to campus often overshadows the excitement of the football games. “One of the biggest causes of stress on gamedays, if not the biggest, is parking,” Danilyan, a senior majoring in communications, said. “There are too many cars on campus for the amount of
parking available.” Because Danilyan lives off campus, she said she has to struggle through gameday traffic to get to campus only to then begin searching for parking. She said her search is made more challenging due in part to the massive crowds that make the weekend pilgrimage to Tuscaloosa, adding to the
thousands of students, all attempting to find the best parking available to get to the game. Though many students choose to purchase parking passes through the University, finding parking on gamedays still proves to be difficult. For SEE PARKING PAGE 2
NEWS | LGBTQ
Students, faculty discuss LGBTQ issues Four-person panel focuses on social, political topics By Maddy Ard | Contributing Writer
Students and faculty members gathered at the Ferguson Center for
the first annual State of the (Queer) Union presented by the UA Feminist Caucus. At the event, a four-member panel addressed various deep issues facing the LGBTQ culture and American society at large. Ben Ray, event and programming coordinator for the UA Feminist Caucus,
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facilitated the State of the (Queer) Union. “Our hope is that this event will raise awareness in the LGBTQ communities in the area about issues, both political and social, that are very important to these communities,” he said. SEE PANEL PAGE 11
Samaria Johnson, right, and Jason Garvey were on Wednesday’s panel. CW / Layton Dudley
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By Holley Long | Contributing Writer
One out of 540 people is a match for bone marrow donation. If a person develops a form of bone cancer or other bone disease, he or she must rely heavily on the Be The Match Registry. Be The Match is a nation wide bone marrow registry and it operates through student organizations at multiple colleges. The University of Alabama’s branch of Be The Match held its biannual drive on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tables were set up to receive students who were asked about their health history and family health history. They also provided a cheek swab so Be The Match could have their DNA on file. “The whole process takes 10 minutes,” said Rachel Harris, the community engagement representative for Be The Match for the state of Alabama. “Thirtyfive people registered on Tuesday, and so far 10 have registered today. We are hoping for a lot more.” To register, a person must be between the ages of 18 and 44, though the best ages to donate are between 18 and 24. It is also required that a person be in healthy condition and willing to donate to any patient in need. Besides gaining a great number of registered people, this year’s drive served another purpose.
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“This year, Be The Match at The University of Alabama is competing against Texas A&M,” said Caitlin Roach, a senior majoring in biology and president of Be The Match for The University of Alabama. “It’s a three-fold competition. Whoever registers the most people gets a point, whoever raises the most money at the Chipotle fundraiser gets a point and whoever raises the most money on the
online donation page gets a point.” Roach said this year the prize would be bragging rights and with the University of Alabama vs. Texas A&M game occurring Saturday, the competition is a great way to pump students up for the game. Some students may have misconceptions about donating and Roach said she hopes the drive will curb any uneasiness. “We want to raise awareness that bone marrow donation really is not that scary or painful,” she said. “We have several people in the organization who have already donated who will gladly explain the process to wary individuals.” Several students have already registered, such as Janison Hunter, a sophomore majoring in biology. “I’m registering because it’s a good cause,” he said. Another student who registered was Emily Barnett, a freshman majoring in psychology. “I’m healthy, and it’s for a good cause,” she said. “And I feel that if I have the ability to help someone then I should.” Be the Match will hold an event at the Chipotle in Midtown Village to raise funds for the organization. The event will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday. Half of the sales will be donated to the Be the Match foundation.
Wake up for Chi Omega’s endless pancake breakfast By Alana Norris | Contributing Writer
Chi Omega is asking students to “Wake Up for a Wish” and eat a pancake breakfast this Saturday. Wake Up for a Wish is an annual pancake breakfast put on by Chi Omega to raise money for their national philanthropy Make-A-Wish. This year’s breakfast will be held at the Chi Omega house Saturday, before the Texas A&M game. The $5 allyou-can-eat breakfast is tentatively scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon. “The turn out has been great in the past,” said Adelaide Burrow, a philanthropy assistant in Chi Omega and a sophomore majoring in early childhood education. “It’s a great deal, $5 for all-you-can-eat pancakes while you help a great foundation.” Chi Omega partners with Make-AWish to raise funds and awareness to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. “Make-A-Wish uses the money donated to them to grant wishes of many children,” said Brandyn Dupree, UA Chi Omega philanthropy chair and a senior majoring in nursing. “With the amount of money that our chapter donates each year, we are able to grant multiple wishes for children across our state. Our goal by partnering with them is to provide strength, hope and joy to these children and their families along their journey.”
Chi Omega is hosting a pancake breakfast at the Chi Omega house on Saturday to raise money for Make-A-Wish. Photo Courtesy of Hannah Glenn
Last year, a wish recipient named MaKenzey attended the breakfast with her family. “Last year we were very lucky, and got to meet MaKenzey and her family for the UT game,” Burrow said. “They came for the pancake breakfast, and we were able to get their family tickets to the game.” Even the football team got involved. “The football team all wore bracelets that said ‘Cheering for MaKenzey,’” said Katie Smitherman, a philanthropy assistant in Chi Omega and a sophomore majoring in business management. “So it was really cool to get not only Chi O and
the football team, but also the whole campus involved.” Smitherman said the sorority divided the proceeds between Makensey and the Alabama Make-a-Wish brand. “I believe a rough estimate of about $7,000 went to granting MaKenzey’s wish of sending her and her family to Hawaii, and the rest of the money went to MakeA-Wish Alabama to sponsor things that they’re doing, to sponsor other wishes,” she said. “The remainder of the funds are divided up to grant other wishes and also to help the foundation. We give specifically to the Alabama chapter of the Make-A-Wish foundation.”
This year they have elevated their goal to $50,000. During the breakfast, the band Koa will play and there will be a pancake eating contest where the winner gets a trophy. “In the past we have had anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 people attend our breakfast,” Dupree said. “This year with a new house, on a big football game day, live music from the band Koa and much more, we hope to reach our goal of raising $50,000 for Make-A-Wish Alabama.” “It starts out a little slow,” Smitherson said. “In the past the breakfast ended at noon, but we still had a line out the door around 1 p.m. So it never really ends on time. It’s great.” The girls have not yet received word on who they’ll be sponsoring this year. “My favorite thing about the breakfast would have to be the actual day of the event,” Dupree said. “So much hard work and effort will have been put in to this breakfast, to see it all come together as one event will be great. But more than that, going throughout the day with hundreds of people coming through our house and supporting our philanthropy is the most rewarding. To see people be excited about a philanthropy event that we care so much about is the most rewarding. Everyone present that day will make a difference in a child’s life, and that is the reason for it all.”
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Editor | Patrick Crowley Letters@cw.ua.edu Thursday, October 16, 2014
COLUMN | LETTER TO THE EDITOR
In response to: “Feminism can make women feel inferior” By Ana Self Schuber
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COLUMN | MENTAL ILLNESS
Discussion on mental illness needed
JOHN DAVID
Thompson Staff Columnist
We all know the girl or boy who does not return to college after freshman year, or even fall break. Maybe they had an anxiety attack, became too depressed or too stressed to handle their coursework and maintain emotional stability. Plenty of times, this student was a high achiever in high school, possibly even the valedictorian. They received a generous scholarship and were off to a bright and promising future. Along the way, something happened: rush ended disastrously, they broke up with their high school sweetheart or they could not manage the responsibility of the freedoms that come with college. College is one of the most stressful times in our lives. Typically, it is the first time we are away from our families for extended periods of time, the first time we have real responsibility and a time of intense mental stress. All of these circumstances combined can lead students to have depression and anxiety.
Anxiety and depression amongst college students is a real, growing problem, and it is not something students should be ashamed of or embarrassed to discuss. According to a June 2013 survey by the American Psychological Association, anxiety and depression are the two mental disorders that affect college students most with 41.6 percent and 36.4 percent, respectively. In our culture, the term “mental illness” carries a negative connotation with it. We are embarrassed by the possibility of even having a mental illness and uncomfortable of admitting it. College students, especially during their freshman year, are trying especially hard to fit in, and in doing so, may try to hide anything that may be wrong or embarrassing about them. In a recent study at No r t hwe st e r n Medicine, researchers found that 25 percent of patients at university health centers with a cold or sore throat have depression. Similar studies also show depression is on the rise with college students. The Mayo Clinic defines depression as an “illness that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest,” and college depression as “depression that begins during college.” Choices ranging from choosing
a major and career path, to choosing whether or not to experiment with drugs or even whether or not to study for a test, can lead to consequences that affect the rest of a student’s life. The weight of all these choices, combined with the weight of all the work required of the 21st century scholar, can lead to depression or anxiety. Often, stress, depression and anxiety can be managed. The University of Alabama offers many resources to help. The Counseling Center offers one-onone counseling sessions as well as support groups. Discussing your problems with trusted friends and family is also a good way to deal with these issues. However, it is important to recognize that usually, your friends do not have the training to help you deal with more serious problems. Mental illness and personality disorders are real illnesses that are treatable. Just as we exercise to avoid obesity, students should engage in physical activities like jogging to avoid depression and deal with stress. Of course, students should not hesitate to talk to a counselor or doctor about their health concern. John David Thompson is a sophomore studying piano performance. His column runs biweekly.
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I would like to suggest that, instead of recalling every single stereotype for a feminist and feminism, that you sign up for Women’s Studies 200. As Eric Hoffer, author of “The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements” states, “there is a tendency to judge a race, nation or any distinct group by its least worthy member.” So you have accomplished his point by using words such as “screaming” to describe feminists. Yes, a few screamed, but there are countless women and men in the feminist movement who “quietly” go about their business making huge differences in the world of men and women. For you see, it is the intent of feminism to bring equality to men as well as women. What job could be more important in the world than to raise the children that create the next generations? It is not feminists that give the title of “homemaker” such demeaning attention. Many feminists are homemakers. It is culture itself that belittles the title. When a woman spends time raising children, including logistics, finances, education, health, emotional and moral issues that are dealt with, it is culture that devalues this very hard work. A woman cannot put “homemaker” on her resume to get a job. It will not be considered. They will ask her what she has been doing for all those years as if homemaking is nothing. There is no monetary value on “homemaker.” Employers will laugh, throw her application in the garbage and look for someone who, as they put it, has had a meaningful job and shows experience. Imagine if you are male and choose to be a homemaker, then decide to look for a job. If you put a monetary value on what homemakers do, we couldn’t afford them. You are right to point out that only a few men are in typically female jobs. That is an inequality that needs to be addressed. As much as feminists want women to be considered equal in positions such as CEO, engineers, construction managers, soldiers. we also want men to feel comfortable to choose to be a homemaker, a nurse, a teacher, a care-giver. Men who choose those professions are not thought of as “real” men or given any sort of support by a culture that deems women’s work to be “less than” men’s work. There are plenty of women who want to hold public office, but it costs lots of money to run for office. If women make less than men, they cannot compete on an equal political field. When women do run for office, it is their clothing or beauty that is challenged, not their intellect. Yes, men and women complement each other in our culture and it is too bad that we can’t equally respect each other’s choices in our culture and support the right to choose one’s place within that culture. I have worked for women’s equality for my entire life. I will continue “quietly” going about my chosen profession and although you annoy me with your uninformed rant, I will also continue to work “quietly” for your equality and your daughter’s and your son’s. Ana Self Schuber is a gender and race studies instructor.
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OPINIONS Thursday, October 16, 2014 COLUMN | ABORTION
The so-called dangers of abortion lack any real, substantial standing NATHAN
James Staff Columnist
There’s a tactic in the pro-life movement that works like this: abortion opponents argue that abortion is medically unsafe and under-regulated, and they push for the adoption of extreme new safety standards. In some states this tactic has led to the closure of a majority of all abortion clinics, and in Texas it left one million women without an abortion provider within 150 miles. In Alabama, legislation was recently passed forcing minors to receive parental consent before receiving an abortion and providing lawyers to testify against the minor and for the fetus. Many, including UA’s own Joe Puchner, have defended this law as a way to protect minors’ safety. So let’s get some facts about the dangers of abortion. According to the Center for Disease Control, the number of abortion-related deaths in America in 2009 was 12. That’s out of 784,000,
meaning that the rate of abortion- 200 times as high as legal abortions. related death is 0.015 percent. For Since Texas passed extensive aborcomparison, the rate of deaths relat- tion regulations in 2013, the rate of ed to childbirth, or maternal deaths, women who admit to having or show is about 0.03 percent. In other words, signs of having illegal abortions has abortion at any point during preg- skyrocketed. Once again, strict abornancy is twice as safe as childbirth. tion laws have actually increased the Time-specific details add clarity danger abortion poses to women. to this issue. In the first eight weeks So if strict new abortion regulaof pregnancy, when most abortions tions don’t actually protect women – occur, the rate of aborand are, in fact, harmful tion-related death drops on many levels ,why are to 0.0001 percent. It’s 20 so many being passed? times more dangerous Well, direct legal Pro-life advocates to give birth in Belarus, attacks on abortion have which has the lowest failed, and it are showing that they repeatedly maternal death rate in seems unlikely that this the world, than to have will change soon. So will literally sacrifice an abortion in the US abortion advocates have women to save during those first eight turned to nonsensical weeks. So when strict claims about “women’s fetuses. regulations lengthen health” as a pretext to the process of having an wall off abortion access abortion, they actually for as many Americans increase the chance that as possible. women will be harmed Essentially, pro-life in a late-term abortion. advocates are showing that they But that’s not all. In order to fully will literally sacrifice women to save understand the safety implications fetuses, while simultaneously proof abortion laws, we have to look at claiming their newfound concern for the issue of illegal abortions. The women’s issues. World Health Organization estiTo pro-life advocates who would mates that the rate of death from still argue this point, I will say this: illegal abortions is 0.35 percent, over No one is fooled by you. Everyone
knows that your sudden concern with women is a sham to get around Roe v. Wade. There is not a single American who thinks that you are sincere when you claim to suddenly care about women’s health. This is why people aren’t fooled: If the religious right really cared about women, they wouldn’t back Hobby Lobby’s decision to deny women medical care on religious grounds. They wouldn’t fight bills for equal pay across gender lines. They wouldn’t have fought the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act in the House. They would express concern over the fact that the U.S. is the only developed country that doesn’t guarantee maternity leave. They would be supporting affirmative consent laws, which have been championed by Democratic governors like Andrew Cuomo, Jerry Brown, Jim Beach and Rahm Emmanuel – but no Republican governors. So next time you want to block access to a constitutionally protected right, show some respect for your audience’s intelligence. Pick a better excuse. Nathan James is a senior majoring in psychology. His column runs weekly.
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Relay for Life hosts first Oktoberfest at KA By Katie Shepherd | Staff Reporter
Relay for Life raises hundreds of thousands of dollars nationwide each year for the American Cancer Society through their main relay event, which usually occurs in April. However, the University’s Relay for Life organization has made it their mission to continue to spread awareness and raise funds. Relay for Life will host their first Oktoberfest fundraising event at the Kappa Alpha house. The event will feature games and competitions, as well as grilled hamburgers for attendees. Christin Spencer, the president of Relay for Life and a junior majoring in management and public relations, said the goal of Thursday’s event is not only to raise money for Relay for Life, but also to increase awareness. “We are trying to increase participation through these events throughout the year,” she said. Spencer said the University’s Relay for Life organization was able to raise $70,000 last year for the cause. “Through our events this year we are hoping to bump it up to
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$100,000,” she said. Spencer said the Oktoberfest event will feature games such as a pie eating contest, a potato sack race, a three-legged race, a wheelbarrow race, and contests. Will Kenan, a junior majoring in biology and a member of Relay for Life, said the event is important because it raises awareness for an issue that affects vast amounts of people across the country. “Everybody is affected by cancer,” he said. “Everyone knows someone who has been affected by it.” Oktoberfest will take place Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Kappa Alpha fraternity house on University Boulevard. Tickets will cost $5 at the door and all proceeds will be donated to Relay for Life.
Peacock discusses Cold War By Alessandra Delrose | Contributing Writer
Wednesday afternoon, UA professor Margaret Peacock spoke about her recent book, “Innocent Weapons: The Soviet and American Politics of Childhood in the Cold War,” and invited students and professors to follow her back to the years of the Cold War. As Peacock spoke about the amount of propaganda from both sides of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, both students and professors attending the lecture said they found themselves surprised with their new knowledge. Andrew Drozd, professor of modern languages and classics, said he learned a lot from Peacock’s lecture. “I thought the lecture was very, very interesting. I haven’t read the book yet, but the lecture made me curious and I am definitely going to read it now,” Drozd said. Drozd, like Peacock, is a Russian specialist, and said a lot of the material, including Russian propaganda, was familiar to him, but the true surprise was what he learned about the United States. “The stuff on the American side was news to me and I definitely learned a lot from this experience,” he said. Drozd recalled a time where he had gone to visit the Soviet Union while it was still in existence, and said he realized he was a victim of propaganda. “I was over there expecting just horribly miserable people, and you walk down the street and people are smiling and eating ice cream and just are overall friendly,” Drozd said. “It was at that moment where I realized I was a true victim of propaganda.” Samuel Gerard, a senior majoring in history, said
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Margaret Peacock speaks at a lecture on her book, ‘Innocent Weapons.’ CW / Alessandra Delrose
he thought the whole lecture was well thought-out. “I’m glad that there’s a different approach to how we are actually approaching Soviet history because for a long time we have looked at it in the sheer antagonism sort of way,” Gerard said. “Now we are beginning to see different dimensions and angles when it comes to the history of the Soviet Union.” Gerard said he was really intrigued when it came to the similarities between U.S. and Soviet Union propaganda. “I really learned a lot today about a topic I thought I knew all about, and I definitely am going to check out her book,” he said. Jonathan Thompson, a UA graduate student, said the topic was something that most people would never think of when they think of the Cold War. “Dr. Peacock’s lecture opened my eyes and gave a different, more human look at what it really was like on both sides of the Cold War,” Thompson said.
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Editor | Reed O’Mara Culture@cw.ua.edu Thursday, October 16, 2014
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Urban Virtue exhibit displays abstract paintings
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The abstract paintings of American artists Susanne Doremus and Cora Cohen will be featured in the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art located in Garand Hall through Friday, Nov. 7. “These painters are part of a larger group of painters working with abstraction,” William Dooley, director at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, said. “I saw some relationships in their painting and tried to select their work based on how it related to each other and our space in the University.” Cohen is a New York-based painter whose main work is composed of abstract paintings, drawings,
PLAN TO GO WHAT: Cohen and Doremus Lecture WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 7p.m. WHERE: 205 Smith Hall photographs and altered X-rays. She is known for creating artwork inspired by contemporary, urban and philosophical sources. Some of Cohen’s work is permanently exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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Three years after his deft adaptation of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” director David Fincher is back to continue his quest to turn all of your favorite pulpy beach reads into prestige cinema, this time focusing on Gillian Flynn’s novel “Gone Girl.” “Gone Girl” tells the story of Amy and Nick Dunne, an attractive couple in a seemingly idyllic marriage, the dark underbelly of which comes to light when Amy is discovered to be missing one morning. To describe “Gone Girl” in any more detail would be doing a disservice to the film and Flynn’s brilliant script that manages to be ferociously tense, comically cynical and truly surprising. The precision in Flynn’s writing makes a superb companion for Fincher’s keen filmmaking style. As Nick, Ben Affleck does a fine job inviting the audience to empathize with the husband of a missing woman, while subtly suggesting he may have dirty laundry to be aired. The supporting players are cast impeccably. Particularly impressive are Carrie Coon as Nick’s quick-witted twin sister and Tyler Perry (yes, Tyler Perry) as a slick lawyer who gets involved in the serpentine investigation. But “Gone Girl” belongs to Rosamund Pike in the role of Amy. Pike has been doing consistently good, if under-the-radar, work
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Student talks about American culture By Ray Allen | Contributing Writer
Hailah Saaed is originally from Yemen, a country located 7,990 miles away from the United States on the Red Sea, just south of Saudi Arabia. Saaed is a second-year graduate student getting her masters in political science and public administration. Going on her fifth year in the United States, Saaed is still learning new things about American culture, and more specifically, Southern culture. Why did you come to America and choose the University?
My dad worked in Michigan for 30 or 40 years and then my mother brought us here so we could get an adequate education. That was one of the main reasons. Education and personal security. What do you like about campus?
Yeah, it was very hard. I came to this country knowing little English. And I did not know much about the culture, because it was very different. It took me about three years to start eating American food. And when I went to school, I would just wait until I got home to eat. And that was the case for my siblings, too. It was difficult being a minority. The way I dress, according to my culture, just kind of stands out. What’s the weirdest thing Americans do?
It’s pretty. I went to different states at research conferences and when I come back, I have a new appreciation for campus. It’s very green. It’s very organized. It just looks nice and relaxing. What do you not campus?
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In terms of customs, when someone gives you a gift, in American you open it up in front of that person. In our culture, you wait until that person leaves, then you open it. Just so you don’t put them on the spot. How do you feel about football?
So, I have been here for too long. Five years at Alabama. I was convinced last year to go to a game. I was there five minutes, and then I left. It’s nice, I guess, the spirit. I think here it is almost a religion, you know. If you had to pick between Christianity and football, I think football would win.
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Mexican-American Pulitzer Prize-winner comes to campus
Public reading to feature group of 5 local writers
By Luisa Sanchez | Contributing Writer By Drew Pendleton | Contributing Writer
Award-winning photojournalist José Galvez visited campus Monday to promote his photography exhibit “Al Norte, al Sur: Latino Life in the South.” Galvez is an Arizona native and began his career at the Arizona Daily Star as a staff photographer following his graduation from the University of Arizona. “José’s exhibition portrays the presence of Latinos in daily life and brings awareness of their key role in the community,” said Karina Vazquez, a Spanish instructor at the University. Vazquez said it is important to recognize Hispanic members in the community as they have played a key role in the economic wealth of American society, even though they are still seen as second class citizens in many cases.
Award-winning photojournalist José Galvez’S Exhibit “Al Norte, al Sur: Latino Life in the South” portrays Latinos in daily life. CW / Luisa Sanchez
“They have been essential in the building up of the country’s economy, industrial and rural progress, education and community development, as well as in the arts and social justice,” Vazquez said.
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A group of five Tuscaloosa writers will hold a public reading of their work to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Fiction Collective Two, a national organization that promotes, publishes and showcases authors of experimental fiction. The event will take place Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Bama Theatre on Greensboro Avenue. The reading and its following reception are open to the public. A reincarnation of the original Fiction Collective, which began in 1974 at Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York, FC2’s Tuscaloosa reading will include UA English professors Michael Martone and Kellie Wells and three former UA creative writing graduate students Sarah Blackman, Michael Mejia and Jessica Richardson. Martone’s experience with Fiction Collective began in the late 1990s when he submitted the manuscript to his book, “The Blue Guide to Indiana,” for publication, making him a part of the editorial board. “You help publish each other and build a community of sorts,” Martone said. Richardson, said she has had a longstanding admiration for the organization. “They have published some of my favorite writers that exist and have long been a home for mold-breaking, playmaking,
Michael Martone, one of the Fiction Collective Two readers, gives a reading in Portland, Oregon. Photo Courtesy of Fiction Collective Two
PLAN TO GO WHAT: Fiction Collection reading and following reception WHEN: Thursday at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: The Bama Theatre on Greensboro Avenue unconventional tricksters of serious fiction,” Richardson said. While it includes writers from all across the country, FC2’s current physical press is in Tuscaloosa, at the UA Press. Martone said the organization acts as a community, where writers edit, publicize, publish and distribute each other’s work.
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THURSDAY October 16, 2014 Event addresses apathy toward LGBTQ movement PANEL FROM PAGE 1
Some issues addressed by the group included genuine representation of the LGBTQ population in state and federal positions, student apathy regarding LGBTQ issues, goals of the LGBTQ community and ways that individuals can develop a personal platform for change. One of the larger issues discussed during this event revolved around those
who identify as queer. This may not be a term familiar to many. This term, seen by some as offensive for its earlier usage, is now used as a positive, gender-neutral term for individuals who do not identify as heterosexual. The LGBTQ is facing an issue when it comes to the acceptance of only “traditional” non-normative couples (i.e. gay, lesbian, and bisexual relationships) as “real” couples. In some instances, queer relationships, such as polyamorous or inter-generational relationships, have not been given the legitimacy that LGB couples are now gaining.
Jason Garvey of the College of Education encouraged students to “celebrate the full spectrum of human relationship.” Garvey and many other members of the discussion said one should not limit non-normative sexuality to being lesbian, gay or bisexual. Acceptance of all the various types of human relationships is a goal of many in this effort for social reform. The forum also addressed the apathy of the general student body regarding various aspects of the LGBTQ movement. Samaria Johnson, panelist and
president of the Alabama Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Justice, stressed to students that they can make an impact. “Students don’t realize the power they have,” said Johnson. She went on to encourage students to speak out when faced with injustice, and especially to address administration in the effort to make a direct impact on a campus like that of the University. Members of the discussion listed social media and involvement with groups like Southerners On New Ground as ways to resist apathy on campus and off.
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Tide to face tough Aggies offense By Nolan Imsande | Staff Reporter
Alabama will face another tough test this weekend when Texas A&M comes to Tuscaloosa. The Aggies possess a high-powered, spread offense that ranks third in passing yards per game with an average of 396. “The most difficult thing about playing a team like A&M is their pace of play and the quality of players that they have,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said. “Being spread out all the time makes it really difficult to stop the run and the pass. They do an excellent job of executing what they do extremely well.” The Aggies offense is led by quarterback Kenny Hill. Hill, in his first year as Johnny Manziel’s replacement, has already passed for over 2,500 yards this year with 23 touchdowns. They also have five receivers who have over 20 catches and 300 receiving yards this season. Linebacker Trey DePriest answered that A&M was unchanged when asked about the difference between the two quarterbacks. “It is still the same A&M,” DePriest said. “They are going to spread it out and go fast. I mean they are still the same, they like to go fast.” Saban addressed injuries during Wednesday’s press conference. He said freshman safety Ronnie Clark, who worked with the running backs the last
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WHAT TO KNOW • The team practiced outside in full pads. • Center Ryan Kelly returned to the practice field for the first time since hurting his knee against Ole Miss. Kelly was limited and did not practice during the media viewing period.
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• Dillon Lee worked with the inside linebackers. • Scouts from the Jacksonville Jaguars and Atlanta Falcons were in attendance for practice. two weeks, but suffered an injury during yesterday’s practice, tore his Achilles tendon and will be out for the rest of the season. Saban also said center Ryan Kelly, who suffered an ankle injury against Ole Miss, is doubtful for this weekend’s game but “is about ready to start practicing again” and will probably play in the team’s next game, which is against Tennessee.
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The volleyball team will wear pink jerseys in Sunday’s match against Ole Miss. UA Athletics
The Power of Pink is personal for members of the Alabama volleyball team. Following last season, the team saw redshirt sophomore Krystal Rivers battle through cancer. While she had Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and not breast cancer, the cause behind the Power of Pink, cancer still hits close to home for the team. “Cancer is such a widespread affliction, it’s hard to find someone who hasn’t dealt with it in some way or another, whether it be supporting a sick friend or a close relative,� team captain Sierra Wilson said. “My
teammate, Krystal Rivers, battled with cancer recently and won. So it is gratifying, in a way, to be able to raise awareness for something that is so pervasive. It’s personal.� Rested after extra off days and no travel for the first time since the beginning of October, the Alabama volleyball team faces Ole Miss Sunday at 3 p.m. in Foster Auditorium, sporting pink jerseys. Coach Ed Allen said he expects the team to rise to the occasion that is the Power of Pink match, and to compete against the talent Ole Miss brings to the table. “We’re supposed to be honoring those
people, so we’d like to think our efforts will be indicative of that not only mentally but physically,� he said. With the first league matches under their belts, Allen said the team is certainly progressing and continuing to improve each week, despite the grueling nature of the beginning of league play this season. “We’ve kind of hit a road block over the course of last week or so because the difficulty and the amount of travel we’ve had in league play,� he said. “I think they’re moving along at what I would consider a reasonable pace and I’m excited to see where they’re going to be in six or eight weeks.�
Soccer prepares for split home, away SEC weekend By Terrin Waack | Contributing Writer
Coming off an intense win over LSU on Thursday, the University of Alabama soccer team has two games this upcoming weekend. For the first time this season, the team has both a home and an away game with only a one day break in between. While it may not be an ideal situation, coach Todd Bramble said he is happy with how the schedule is laid out. First, the team will host Arkansas on Friday night before it travels to Missouri Sunday for another game that afternoon.
“Every game is a single game and we have to win it,� senior defender Maruschka Waldus said. “If it’s away or if it’s home, it doesn’t matter. It’s a game and you can get three points, so it’s just three points there or three points here – we have to get them.� With the Arkansas game first on Friday, Bramble said he would like to see the team come out and have a good performance at home. “For some reason, we’ve kind of had it backwards this year where we’ve been a better team away from home than we have at home,� he said.
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After Arkansas, the team will head to Missouri for what Bramble said should be an interesting challenge. “They’ve been undefeated at home and we’ve been really good away from home,� he said. “I’m really confident in how this team has handled tough road environments so far this year, so I have a lot of optimism going up to Columbia on Sunday.� The Arkansas game will kick off Friday at 7 p.m. at The University of Alabama Soccer Complex. The match at Missouri will begin Sunday at 1 p.m. Both matches will air on SECNetwork+.
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NBA capitalizing on growing worldwide popularity through Global Games By Ben Boynton
Most people would agree that football is the signature sport of the U.S. While it may be incredibly popular in America, to the rest of the world, football is what we call soccer. Basketball, on the other hand, is one of the only sports that both the U.S. and the rest of the world have a great passion for, and the National Basketball Association is capitalizing on that passion.
The NBA Global Games is an initiative to spread the NBA to other parts of the world, and it has really expanded in the last few years. The NBA has had at least one Global Game annually since 1988, but its presence in foreign countries has increased due to both more games scheduled outside the U.S. and the ability for foreign fans to watch NBA games online. This season, the NBA has five preseason games and two regular season games scheduled on foreign soil.
Events like the FIBA World Cup and the basketball portion of the Olympics show basketball truly is a global game. The NBA, by scheduling games in these other countries, has nothing to lose. With a new, rich TV deal that could triple its revenue, the NBA is in a good financial position. It is worth it to try out various ways to spread its fame throughout the world, and the Global Games are an excellent way to do just that.
The National Basketball Association is capitalizing on people’s passion for basketball. Tribune News Service
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No. 7 Alabama vs. No. 21 Texas A&M
No. 14 Kansas State at No. 11 Oklahoma
No. 10 Georgia at Arkansas
No. 15 Oklahoma State at No. 12 TCU
No. 5 Notre No. 23 Stanford Dame at at No. 17 Arizona State No. 2 Florida State
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COACHES POLL 1. Mississippi State (26) 2. Florida State (31) 3. Ole Miss (5) 4. Baylor 5. Notre Dame 6. Michigan State 7. Alabama 8. Auburn 9. Oregon 10. Georgia 11. Oklahoma 12. TCU 13. Ohio State 14. Kansas State 15. Oklahoma State 16. East Carolina 17. Arizona 18. Arizona State 19. Nebraska 20. Stanford 21. Texas A&M 22. Clemson 23. Utah 24. Marshall 25. USC
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A PLAY-BY-PLAY OF IMPORTANT GAMES ACROSS THE NATION By Sean Landry | Assistant Sports Editor
NO. 14 KANSAS STATE AT NO. 11 OKLAHOMA
NO. 10 GEORGIA AT ARKANSAS
11 a.m. CT on ESPN
3 p.m. CT on SEC Network
Expect a high-scoring clash with a close finish when these Big 12 contenders meet for an early kickoff Saturday. Oklahoma boasts the 17th best scoring offense in the nation. Kansas State’s offense is ranked 16th. Only 0.3 points per game separates the two. The defenses are similarly closely matched. Oklahoma’s defense concedes 21 points per game, while Kansas State gives up 21.5.
Georgia is reeling from the suspension of its best player, running back Todd Gurley. Arkansas is resurgent, far from the program it was last year and looking for its first conference win. Arkansas averages 278.7 yards on the ground per game, resulting in the 20th best offense in the nation. Without Gurley, Georgia will be forced to turn to a passing game that ranks 112th nationally.
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NO. 15 OKLAHOMA STATE AT NO. 12 TCU 3 p.m. CT on FOXSports1 With the new College Football Playoff, nearly any one-loss team can be a contender if only it can stay on track for the rest of the season. After this game, one playoff contender will likely be eliminated. Both teams have a shot at the Big 12 title, but thus far, TCU looks like the better team, with the 3rd ranked offense in the nation and conceding only 23 points per game. Oklahoma State is not far behind, but the Cowboys will have to play their best to come away with a win.
NO. 23 STANFORD AT NO. 17 ARIZONA STATE 9:30 p.m. CT on ESPN If not for its inefficient offense, Stanford would likely be ranked much higher. The Cardinal has the best defense in the nation, averaging 10 points against per game. Arizona State, for its part, has a fairly bad defense – 92nd in the nation at 31.4 points per game. The Sun Devils do have one of the most fearsome aerial attacks in the game, racking up 340.4 yards per game en route to the 14th best offense in the nation.
NO. 5 NOTRE DAME AT NO. 2 FLORIDA STATE
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A battle between two of the few remaining undefeated teams in the nation, defending national champion Florida State will face its sternest test so far when it hosts the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame boasts the eighth ranked defense in the nation, and Florida State’s offense, while great, hasn’t functioned at the same levels as last season, when Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston lead them to the final BCS Championship.
With problems at quarterback and inexperience in most of its key positions, LSU has had a relatively off year, with two losses on the season so far. Kentucky, for its part, has emerged as a surprise contender for the SEC East title. Kentucky’s stern defense will be put to the test when it tries to slow down freshman running back Leonard Fournette, while the Wildcats will try to move the ball against the 17th best defense in the nation.
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Alabama defense inconsistent at best By Sean Landry At the midway point of the 2014 season, Alabama football is in a strange place. While the Crimson Tide has found itself on the outside of championship contention looking in before, its title hopes haven’t been this tenuous since 2010, when Alabama finished 10-3, good for 4th in the standings in a similarly dominant SEC West. The good news for the Crimson Tide faithful is that the early loss means the team largely controls its own fate: win and you’re in, probably. The bad news is Alabama’s season was millimeters and a half-step from being effectively over. Safety Landon Collins’ last minute, game-saving interception almost never was. Arkansas running back Jonathan Williams originally presented as a blocking back on the play, while quarterback Brandon Allen scrambled to his right. With Alabama’s defense in man-to-man coverage, Collins prepared to blitz the quarterback. Yet when Williams shed his blocker and ran downfield, the junior defensive back recovered, sprinting after his man. Collins made up the distance and hauled in the catch, saving a probable game-winning touchdown and Alabama’s season in
the process. If not for Collins’ athleticism – he ran a 4.39 second 40-yard dash as a recruit – and phenomenal decision making, Alabama’s season would be in a dramatically different place today. The Crimson Tide’s performance against Arkansas highlights the current state of Alabama football: a top-10, one-loss team that at times is brilliant in execution, at others, disorganized and sloppy. Alabama’s defense is one of the top in the nation. It ranks 6th in scoring defense, conceding only 15.3 points per game. Its rush defense is third best, allowing only 68.8 yards per game and 2.52 yards per rush. It’s pass defense, on the other hand, is ranked an illustrious 33rd, below such defensive stalwarts as Tennessee and The University of South Alabama. And that’s only the traditional statistics, which are maybe too kind. S&P+ is a statistic formulated by Football Outsiders that measures team’s performance by evaluating its efficiency, field position and tendency to make dramatic mistakes, then adjusting for strength of schedule. For defenses, it essentially describes a team’s ability to prevent an opposing offense from being successful on each particular play. By this statistic, Alabama’s defense is ranked fourth. Its rush defense is the best Continued on page 8
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in the nation, but its passing defense S&P+ is 12th, after adjusting generously for SEC opponents. Alabama’s secondary problems have been fairly apparent and persistent this season, particularly its propensity to allow “big” plays. IsoPPP is one of the statistics that makes up S&P+, and measures such a tendency. Basically, it should show how likely a team is to give up explosive plays during a game. Headed into Alabama’s game against Arkansas, it was ranked 48th nationally. The Crimson Tide failed its first test of the season against Ole Miss. Its midterm comes Saturday against Texas A&M, when it will have its first real chance to bounce back and prove itself. The Aggies have the third best passing offense in the nation, averaging 396 yards per game. All is not doom and gloom for the Crimson Tide. It is still very much in the playoff race, ranked seventh in both polls. But without a major change in its secondary’s performance, Alabama won’t stay in the race.
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By Kayla Montgomery A machine can be described in many ways, but is defined by the MerriamWebster dictionary as “a piece of equipment with moving parts that does work when it is given power,” also “a person or group that does something efficiently, quickly, or repeatedly.” For years, the Alabama football team has fallen neatly into this second definition of a machine, a well-oiled one at that, with its methodical, unrelenting team that repeatedly dominated its opponents in all aspects of the game. Like any machine, it had its misfires – Rocky block, anyone? – but it was nothing a small bit of fine tuning couldn’t fix before it returned to work. After watching the team flounder against Arkansas, squeaking by the Razorbacks in a game that, quite frankly, the Crimson Tide should have
lost, it became apparent that this year, no amount of fine-tuning seems to be able to get the cogs in line and to get the gears turning in sync, possibly the greatest difference between this year’s team and those in years prior. While the Crimson Tide defense seems to be improving on a game-bygame basis, finally finding its chemistry and talented leaders it seemed to be previously lacking, the offense has taken a turn in the opposite direction, erasing the high praise it earned earlier this year in its routing of Florida. The Crimson Tide defense stepped up when it needed to, answering lingering questions about its ability to compete. Its gears were turning in sync, and despite a few mistakes, seemed to function well overall. The offense bounded backwards, gaining only 227 yards against Arkansas, hot off the heels of a stinging loss to Ole Miss in which the offense was also less than efficient. Special teams performance in the game
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warrants a column in itself. After the game had ended and the rain cleared, coach Nick Saban had many critiques to make of his team, but cited its ability to overcome adversity. The game does, in fact, say a lot about this team, in that it was able to defeat Arkansas despite its best efforts to beat itself. It was able to get an ugly win to salvage hopes and possibly the season in general. It says more, though, that for the second week in a row, the Crimson Tide is making the same mistakes it did in the week prior, something that was rare in years past. While there certainly were trends in past seasons, the machine that was Alabama football was still able to ďŹ ne-tune their approach and eliminate their opponents, their repeated action. At this pivotal point in the season, where the team sits at one conference loss, it will take more than simple ďŹ ne-tuning to restore the machine to the caliber it once was.
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labama was stuck on its own 31-yard line, tied 10-10 in the second quarter against West Virginia. The Crimson Tide was forced to punt, and no one outside of the team knew what would come out of freshman punter JK Scott’s foot. The most anyone had heard about him was in the preseason when most jobs were up for grabs. Scott’s was not one of those. “Have you seen him punt?” Alabama coach Nick Saban said in August. At the time, Scott was Alabama’s best kept secret. On that drive in August, he debuted with a 62-yard punt. Eighteen punts later, it isn’t his career long. That was a 64-yard punt against Ole Miss. He averages 46.7 yards per punt, good for fifth in the nation and best in the conference. The rest of Alabama’s special teams hasn’t provided the same security. The return team, both kickoff and punt, has turned the ball over four times this season. Against Arkansas, special teams had four
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fumbles, two of which were lost. On the first punt return of the game, Christion Jones dove after the ball surrounded by Razorbacks. It hit him, and Arkansas recovered the ball. A forced fumble in the end zone saved the Crimson Tide from falling into an early deficit. The next punt, Alabama lost the ball after it hit an Alabama player after he was called off the ball. On the Razorbacks’ first punt of the second half, junior Cyrus Jones signaled a fair catch. After Arkansas took at 13-7 lead in the third quarter, junior Landon Collins fumbled on the kickoff return. For the first time all season, Alabama recovered its own fumble. In the fourth quarter, Cyrus Jones fumbled on a punt return and Trey DePriest recovered it. “I think we just have to make a better point of emphasis with our players because the problems are judgment and decision making,” Saban said. “That’s something that’s hard to create. So when we practice punt return, we obviously have to
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practice some bad punts.” Scott hasn’t punted the ball for fewer than 30 yards on the season. It came against Florida. Since then, his shortest was 33-yards against Ole Miss to pin the Rebels inside the 20-yard line. The punter simply doesn’t do short punts regularly. Of his 19 punts, eight have been for more than 50 yards. Practicing bad punts is easier said than done. “Maybe that’s something that we haven’t done enough of because when our punter punts, he doesn’t punt the ball 25 yards,” Saban said. “So we need to get somebody to punt the ball 25 yards so it’s rolling around so we give the signal for everybody to get away from it and guys respond to that better.” In the past two games, which have also been when Alabama special teams had three of its four lost fumbles, Scott has punted 14 times and averages 47.5 yards per punt. His performance earned him the coaching staff’s players-of-the-week honors three times this season. He was named the SEC’s Special Teams Player of the Week following the Arkansas game. He was also named the Ray Guy Award National Punter of the Week.
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In the three years that Cyrus Jones has been at Alabama, he has made the transition from a young, inexperienced wide receiver to a reliable, veteran cornerback. By Nolan Imsande | Staff Reporter
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n the three years that Cyrus Jones has been at Alabama, he has made the transition from a young, inexperienced wide receiver to a reliable, veteran cornerback. The Maryland native came to Tuscaloosa as a highly rated receiver but made the switch to corner after his freshman year. He is now one of the constants in an ever-changing secondary. “Cyrus has been our most consistent corner, in my opinion,” coach Nick Saban said. “He’s a lot more confident. He knows what to do. He’s got a lot better discipline in terms of eye control and because of the experience he got playing last year.” The transition to back to cornerback, a position Jones played in high school, did not come easy. Like the rest of the Alabama secondary, Jones struggled at times last year particularly in the second game of the season against Texas A&M, when former Aggie and current Tampa Bay Buccaneer Mike Evans, had 279 yards and a touchdown. That was only Jones’ second game as a college cornerback and he has come a long way from that game. “I think I matured a lot as a player [since last season],” Jones said. “I go about my preparation a lot more vigorously. I’m just more comfortable with the playbook. Anytime you are comfortable with the playbook it helps you play faster on the field because you aren’t really thinking as much. The fact I don’t have to think about it as much is definitely helping me.” Jones, who is now in his second year as a cornerback, is tied for second on the team with four passes broken up. He has also registered 14 tackles while forcing two fumbles. During Alabama’s 23-17 loss to Ole Miss, Jones made a vital play in the second quarter, forcing Rebels running back I’Tavius Mathers to fumble, scooping it up and returning it 13 yards for a touchdown. “Their receivers were split tight, so that gave me the chance to read where the receiver was going,” Jones said of the play. “I just tried to come up in run support and tried to make a play. I saw he was swinging the ball a little bit and took a swing at it. I just happened to get it.” Jones has also been the only cornerback to start all six games for the Crimson Tide this season. The team has gone through Bradley Sylve, Eddie Jackson, Tony Brown and back to Jackson so far this season. No matter how far Jones has come, he still thinks there is room to improve. “I think I played OK,” he said after their loss to Ole Miss. “I definitely need to get better in a lot of ways. But it’s not really about individual performance. If you don’t come out and win it doesn’t mean anything.”
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Friday Parking for Home Games 1. Parking and driving will be restricted on Colonial Drive, Wallace Wade and Bryant Drive on the day before and the day of the home football game before and until 3 hours after the end of home games. 2. Students with an Orange Residential Parking Permit who normally park in one of the Gameday restricted areas (Colonial, Tutwiler) are asked to either park in an alternate Orange Residential parking area or the Ferguson Parking Deck beginning at 12:00 p.m. on home football game Fridays. As a reminder, other Orange parking areas can be located by using the parking map on the rear of your parking permit.
These parking changes are for the day prior to and on game day only. Regular parking restrictions are in effect for other times. See bamaparking.ua.edu for regulations. • As in previous seasons, the lots marked in black in this area are reserved for Athletics and must be cleared of all vehicles at 5 p.m. on the day before home football games.
3. Students who have orange hangtags can drive from Bryant Drive to Magnolia Drive.
• Vehicles left in any of these areas after 5 p.m. the day before a home game may be towed at the owner’s expense ($100).
4. Students will be able to take Crimson Ride from parking lots to their residence halls during normal operating hours (7 a.m. to 10 p.m.) and can call 348-RIDE (7433) after hours.
• Alternative parking is available as shown in the gray areas on this map. You may also park your car at the Ferguson Deck.
5. Students with commuter hangtags will park as usual on the day before a home football game. On the day of the home football game, they can park free of charge with their permit in the Upper Rec Center lot off 5th Ave. East and the SW corner of Campus Drive and Bryce Lawn Drive as space allows. 6. If you are an orange residential parking permit holder and normally park in Tutwiler, NE Stadium or Colonial Drive, please be sure to take advantage of your temporary free parking deck access to the Ferguson Parking Deck made available each Friday at noon until midnight for each home game. Simply swipe your Action Card in the “A-Slot� in one of these respective parking decks for free access. DO NOT swipe in the “B-Slot� or $5 will be deducted from your Bama Cash account. Remember, your Action Card will be activated each home game Friday for this parking deck access. Your vehicles must be back in the Orange Residential zone by Monday morning at 7 a.m.
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3. The student section will include seating in the upper and lower bowls. Your ticket bowl assignment will be designated in MyTickets. 4. Lines will be very long, so expect delays. Give yourself 60 to 90 minutes to get into the stadium, whether or not you participate in student organization seating. Student organization seating is in effect until 45 minutes before kickoff. 5. Bringing prohibited items will increase the amount of time it takes to get into the stadium. (See list above.) UA is not responsible for items left at the entrance to the student gates. Prohibited items that are left at the gates will be discarded by security personnel. 6. If you donate your ticket after 5 p.m. Wednesday, you’ll receive a half-point (.5) penalty. 7. Tickets can be available on game day. Don’t forget to check MyTickets for available tickets.
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The student section will open 2 ½ hours before the game. Lines will be long so give yourself plenty of time to get into the game. Use your ticket! Students who do not use tickets assigned to them will receive 2 penalty points for each game their ticket goes unused. Students who receive 3.5 or more penalty points will not be able to purchase postseason tickets for this year and regular season and postseason tickets for fall 2015. You can take your name off the waiting list by logging into MyTickets and following the instructions to take your name off the waiting list for the ticket bank. You must track your own penalty total. The following penalty points apply: - You don’t attend the game yourself: 2 penalty points - You don’t transfer your ticket to another UA student or Ticket OfďŹ ce - 348-2262 donate it to the ticket bank: 2 penalty points rolltide.com - You upgrade your ticket to general admission: 1 penalty point per upgrade Action Card - 348-2288 - You make a donation after 5 p.m. on Wednesday: .5 penalty point Game Day Info - 262-2811 actcard.ua.edu If your Action Card is lost on Game Day, replacement Action Cards are available at uagameday.com Room 170 Campus Parking Deck (bus hub) starting 3 hours prior to kick-off through the Parking & Transportation MyTickets - mybama.ua.edu or beginning of halftime. Replacement cost is $35 and is billed to your student account. bamaparking.ua.edu UA mobile app - m.ua.edu/app Temporary Action Cards are not accepted for Game Day entrance at student gates.
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