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Fall has finally made its way to Alabama, and along with it the advent of a crop of comfy, cozy sweaters of all shapes, sizes and patterns. It’s time to pack up those summer clothes and don the perfect complement to any chilly day.

Finding a job after college doesn’t have to be an exercise in futility. Make use of campus services like the Career Center and a host of websites geared for networking and resume building.

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CULTURE | TENNIS

Electronic Concert to demo genre

Baron aims for Rio Paralympics UA wheelchair tennis program draw for player

By Laura Testino | Staff Reporter

Nontraditional concert features no performers

Over the past 20 years, Shelby Baron’s passport and tennis racket have accompanied her to tournaments around the world. Although Baron said she can’t name all of the locations from memory, the voyages from her hometown in Hawaii to Australia, Korea and France produced memorable experiences. But it was the visit to Hilton Head, South Carolina, in September of 2013 that initiated her more permanent trip from Hawaii to Tuscaloosa.

Baron, a junior majoring in communicative disorders, accepted a scholarship to play wheelchair tennis at the University, and transferred from the University of Hawaii this past August. Baron began playing sports in elementary school, but few people were participating in adapted athletics programs in Hawaii, she said.

Soon after she started to play wheelchair tennis, the program dissolved.

By Henry Barnes | Contributing Writer

Tuesday night, for the entire performance, not a single living being will be on stage at the Electronic Concert.

“I guess you could say the speakers are the performers,” said Amir Zaheri, an instructor of composition and theory at the University and a composer for the concert.

The Electronic Concert is held once every semester in Moody Music Building’s 1000-plus seat concert hall. Arranged

by Craig First, a composition professor at the University, the There is a long concert conand rich history of sists of eight different pieces music produced of electronic with electronic music, all cominstruments ... posed by UA students, alumni and faculty — Craig First — members.

“All of the music is computer generated using different technology: Csound, sampling and other techniques,” First said.

“There is a long and rich history of music produced with electronic instruments, analog and now digital technology.”

Most of the music was made in Moody Music Building’s electronic SEE CONCERT PAGE 6

Shelby Baron accepted a scholarship to play wheelchair tennis at The University of Alabama. CW / Lindsey Leonard

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Mike Hubbard, speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives, was indicted Monday by a Lee County grand jury and charged with 23 felony counts, including using his office for personal gains, Mike Cason of AL.com reported.

Hubbard faces a maximum penalty of two to 20 years in prison and up to $30,000 in fines for each count, Cason wrote.

As chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, Hubbard helped lead a Republican takeover of every statewide elected office in 2010 and gave Republicans a majority in both houses of the Alabama legislature for the first time in more than a century.

According to a copy of the indictment posted on AL.com, the 23 class B felony charges against Hubbard include the following: Four counts of using his position of chairman of the Alabama Republican Party for personal gain; one count of voting for a piece of legislation with a conflict of interest; 11 counts of soliciting or receiving a thing of value from a lobbyist of principal; two counts of using his position as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives for personal gain; four counts of lobbying an executive department or agency for a fee and one count of using state property, time or other resources for personal gain.

According to the indictment, Hubbard solicited investments for his company, Craftmaster Printers, along with other goods and services

from several prominent or wealthy Alabamians including former Alabama Governor Bob Riley, Business Council of Alabama President and CEO Billy Canary, Hoar Construction President Robert Burton, Great Southern Wood President Jimmy Rane, former Sterne Agee CEO James Holbrook, Harbert Management Corp. Vice President Will Brooke and Lobbyist Dax Swatek.

American Pharmacy Cooperative Inc., a group-purchasing organization; the Southeast Alabama Gas District, a utility owned by 14 cities in the southeast portion of the state; and the Auburn Network, which was founded

by Hubbard, were all mentioned by name in the indictment.

Hubbard called the indictment “nothing but a political witch hunt” in a video posted Monday afternoon. He said the timing of the indictment – two weeks before statewide elections – shows the case is politically motivated.

“I’m sleeping well tonight because I know that the people of Lee County and this district are going to know that this is politics at its worst,” he said.

Monday’s indictment does not remove Hubbard from office or his position as speaker.

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Football coaches name players of the week The Alabama coaches named their players of the week after Saturday’s 59-0 win over Texas A&M. Arie Kouandjio and T.J. Yeldon led the offense, while Ryan Anderson and Reggie Ragland were honored on defense.

Reuben Foster and Dillon Lee represented special teams.

Yeldon ran for 114 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries in just one half of action, passing the century mark for the 14th time in his career. Yeldon scored two touchdowns, tying Eddie Lacy for sixth place all-time in Alabama history with 30 rushing touchdowns.

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Ryan Anderson had six tackles, one for a loss, leading all defenders. Anderson and the Alabama defensive front held Texas A&M to 31 rushing yards and recorded six sacks.

Ragland added to his totals with five tackles and a shutout-saving interception.

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Library shows Hall collection

By Elizabeth Elkin | Contributing Writer

An exhibition called “From Wade Hall’s Library: The Poetry of History” is on display at The University of Alabama this fall.

Wade Hall, who received his master’s degree at the University, collected books, manuscripts, music photos, quilts and other media. His donations to the University are the largest amount of materials donated to The University of Alabama’s Division of Special Collections.

Hall’s collection ranges from works right after the start of the revolution to the late 1900s.

“Wade Hall’s collection gives a more unbiased view of what print culture actually looked like,” said Amy Chen, curator of the exhibition.

The collection includes items the everyday, lower and middle-class man read and is a representation of the history of print culture.

“To Wade, the state of the item was less important than the item itself,” said Mary Bess Paluzzi, associate dean for special collections.

Students can visit the library in Mary Harmon Bryant Hall.

“The library is likely to have something to help you

Service stands out when applying for graduate school.

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An exhibition called “From Wade Hall’s Library: The Poetry of History” features works ranging from after the start of the revolution to the late 1900s. CW / Layton Dudley

bring your research to the next level,” Chen said.

“Wade was a man about town in cultural circles,” Paluzzi said. “By the time I met Wade, his health had begun to decline, and I missed getting to know the personality that I had heard so much about. He was brilliant.”

The exhibition is on display in the Pearce Foyer of the Gorgas Library.

Career Center aids in job search

By Sirui Shao | Contributing Writer

Some graduating students may struggle with finding a job in this labor market, but they can always look to the Career Center for help.

The UA Career Center tries its best to help students find jobs, present them professionally and connect them with possible employers. Meanwhile, it suggests students take advantage of career fairs and online networking.

“I do suggest they begin that search before they leave campus,” said Mary Loyd Lowrey, director of career education and development. “We encourage them to have an organized game plan and certainly go to the Career Center. We want to help them out because we know the different industries, career fairs and fields. There are different approaches to each one in terms of getting a job.”

Anna Velleggia is a career advisor at the Culverhouse Career Center.

“We have two large career fairs per semester,” she said. “This past semester we had 100 employer businesses and 105 at technical engineering. That is a great way to find employers. We also have something called ‘Crimson Careers,’ which is a job database. Students can go on there and find over 700 jobs, internships and full-time positions. It is really a good way to look at different positions we have specifically for UA students.”

When students fail to talk to people in their first career fair, they need to persist, Lowrey said.

Career fairs are events where employers come together. If they have jobs available or if they want to talk to students about the job their companies might have coming in, they attend career fairs to see as many students as possible.

Crimson Careers is a database offered by the Career Center where students can create a profile, research resources online and upload their resume. They can also look at all job postings and on-campus interviews.

Sim Robinson, a junior majoring in management information systems, said he takes advantage of the MIS program workshop, career center and career fairs.

“Our university’s MIS program does an amazing job,” he said. “There are lots of workshops that prepare us with resumes and interviews. I will fly to

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Dallas for an interview this Friday.”

Networking can be another good way to hunt for a job.

“We use LinkedIn to try to connect to the alumni, and if you find out different positions that are open, different companies post on their Twitter accounts,” Velleggia said. “Different things like that show what positions are available. Those are a couple of really quick ways that people can go about looking for different positions.”

She said a professional, up-to-date and clearly organized LinkedIn account is very helpful. A lot of employers are looking on LinkedIn to identify potential candidates.

Lowrey said students need to continue to do research on what work is going on in their field and to connect with contacts.

“Before you build a LinkedIn profile, make sure what you need to put on it,” she said. “I would not suggest creating one and just having one or two things on the profile. Think in advance what experience and skills you can put. You can follow some companies’ LinkedIn [accounts] and keep an eye out for job postings.”

Velleggia said when students get in touch with alumni, students should ask how they can put their foot in the door.

The Career Center works with students after they graduate as well. Students can come by their office, but the center can also talk to students by phone if they are not in the Tuscaloosa area.

Community service helpful after college

By Sirui Shao | Contributing Writer

The University of Alabama’s community service website notes the Center for Sustainable Service and Volunteerism as a sequeway for students to engage in meaningful service and to see measurable change.

Many students have some level of community service experience during their college years. However, some students may not understand how this experience benefits their future.

“It shows employers you took initiative to help a group of people or a cause,” said Tiffany Goodin, the manager of educational programming at the UA Career Center. “It can also reflect leadership or other transferable skills you may have obtained, depending on your level of involvement and how you describe your experience.”

Community service can teach students things they might not learn elsewhere. They can learn critical thinking in the real world, problem solving, complete resolution, tangible skills and creation.

Courtney Chapman Thomas, director of community service, said community service is something that helps people stand out.

“Companies, graduation schools and people around the world are looking for people that look outside themselves [who aren’t] just bottom line people,” Thomas said.

“Companies want to know there is something bigger that people feel connected to their community, that they feel the obligation to other people.”

Thomas said community service is also something graduate schools really look at. As many people apply for grad school everyday, community service will make candidates stand out. The CSSV has a circular transcript, and they value date service hours. They also give students a tool for when they go to apply for school or a job. Students can have the circular transcript to prove the role they played in service, community engagement and leadership.

Goodin said the kind of service that will look best on a resume is the kind students care the most about and the kind from which they have the best experiences to share. She said to try not to focus too much on the name or prestige of the organization, but rather consider which experiences could be discussed with an employer.

“It will always shine through if you’re discussing something you truly care about versus something you did just because you needed some volunteer work,” she said. “If all your experiences are equally meaningful, try to list the most details for those that are relevant to your intended job field and/or the most recent.”

For example, if someone served food one Saturday at a local soup kitchen, they could simply list the name of the organization and the date on their resume. This will alert the reader the applicant helped others on their own time, she said.

However, if someone actually organized the event, recruited volunteers and oversaw logistics, they may choose to highlight more of those details by listing bullet points to describe their role.

Both Thomas and Goodin said international and domestic community service will benefit students’ resumes, but students need to consider the situation and what they are looking for to determine what they should show.

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Editor | Patrick Crowley Letters@cw.ua.edu Tuesday, October 21, 2014

COLUMN | UBER

Uber must have stricter criteria

MATTHEW

Bailey Staff Columnist

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COLUMN | SLEEP

College students should try to find time for sleep JOHN DAVID

Thompson Staff Columnist

With the heavy schedule that most students face today, there is little time left for sleep, especially good sleep. College students should be getting eight to nine hours of sleep per night.

However, most students are only getting six, and sometimes they are lucky just to get those six. Far too often, we tell ourselves that it is better to stay up later and get more work done rather than get enough sleep, making ourselves susceptible to the effects of sleep deprivation: daytime drowsiness, moodiness, an increase in stress, anxiety, and depression, poor academic performance, weight gain and an impaired immune system.

The list goes on and on. As we enter the second half of this academic semester, UA students will find themselves needing to study more, procrastinating more and sleeping less.

During freshman year, it is especially hard to get the right amount of sleep. Dorm life is not always conducive for the best sleep. Late night chats with roommates,

midnight fire alarms, newly found “retention territory.” So, if you are freedoms and the realization that trying to cram everything in the college is indeed harder than high last minute for a big test, rememschool do not help. In this age of ber to go to bed early enough to continual connectivity, we cannot retain all of that information. go to bed without checking emails, It often seems that everything Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. is against us when it comes to getResearch shows that a full night’s ting enough rest. Between studysleep is a key influence in mak- ing and extracurricular activiing good grades. Furthermore, ties, we find little time for sleep. getting a full night of good sleep In order to be happy, healthy and puts students in a better mood, academically successful, we must providing the energy sleep well. There are to make it through several simple meththe day and stimulate ods to getting more creativity. sleep. Establish a In order to be At Deerfield regular sleep pattern happy, healthy, and Ac a d e my in and avoid caffeine Massachusetts, in later in the day. Naps academically 2007, the start time can be good, but don’t successful, we must nap all afternoon and for classes was pushed back 30 minthen stay up all night sleep well. utes, and students writing a research had to be back in p ap e r.

Avo i d i n g their dorms 30 minsocial media an hour utes earlier. The results were fas- before bed is also a good idea cinating: Students started making (The bright lights from screens better grades, more students ate a have been proven to negatively hot breakfast and fewer students affect your body’s melatonin level, visited the health center. an important hormone for sleep).

Moreover, getting the right Finally, just don’t procrastinate. kind of sleep is important. Last Get off Netflix, study, read and go Thursday, Benedict Carey wrote to bed. Your body will thank you in the New York Times, “Sleep is for it. learning, of a very specific kind.”

He also said that the kind of sleep John David Thompson is a students get is important as well. sophomore majoring in piano He explained that the first half of performance. His column runs the night, your deepest sleep, is biweekly.

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Tuscaloosa has recently become involved in a debate many other cities are dealing with: ridesharing. Uber, a California-based ridesharing company, expanded to Tuscaloosa and was providing its services in the city. However, Uber has several problems: the drivers don’t have business licenses, they are not licensed taxis, there are issues with insurance coverage of the divers and passengers, and Uber drivers do not go through the same background checks that other taxi drivers have to go through.

The city agreed that they would waive or amend several municipal ordinances to get Uber to stay, but they refused to compromise on several other issues. They were not minor issues, either. The city is not unreasonable to expect corporations that provide a taxi substitute to adhere to standard regulations. If you don’t think Uber is a taxi company, go through some of the requirements that taxi companies and drivers have to go through.

The problems with Uber’s services became extremely obvious when the city actually started enforcing their ordinances. The police stopped an Uber driver who had a suspended license, an open bottle of peach vodka and a quarter pound of marijuana. That driver had passed Uber’s background checks. Uber’s supporters claim that it is in the company’s self-interest to make sure that their drivers are fully qualified, but that’s not quite true. The company is hurting for drivers and so they actually have an incentive to let people who wouldn’t pass the background check for a taxi work for them, such as the arrested Tuscaloosa driver.

That one incident here in Tuscaloosa was not an isolated incident either. There was a passenger in San Francisco whose Uber driver attacked him with a hammer, and there is a good possibility that he will lose vision in one of his eyes. The Better Business Bureau also gave Uber a failing grade based upon 90 customer complaints, mostly from their pricing policy.

It really should not be too much to ask that there be assurance that Uber drivers aren’t driving on a suspended license like the driver who was arrested in Tuscaloosa. Taxis provide services to many vulnerable people, such as people getting a ride back to their house from a bar. Additionally, making sure the ride that a person is using would be completely insured in the event of an accident should not be a deal breaker for a company. The convenience of the Uber app does not mean that we should forgo common sense measures such as background checks done by the police and guaranteed insurance coverage.

Matthew Bailey is a third-year law student. His column runs biweekly.

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OPINIONS Tuesday, October 21, 2014 COLUMN | PUBLIC RECORDS

University should be investigated for covering up Pendragon incident RICH

Robinson Staff Columnist

Why is The University of Alabama covering up its response to the socalled “Authur Pendragon” threats?

Your guess is as good as mine, but there is now little doubt the University has made a calculated decision to hide the truth. It is part of a bizarre strategy of silence mixed with doublespeak. This coordinated effort concocted in the Rose Administration building has eroded the public trust and made students feel less safe.

Here are the facts that we know.

On the night of Sept. 21, Tutwiler Hall was put on lockdown for roughly 45 minutes and searched by at least seven squad cars’ worth of police officers. The shutdown of the 13-story dorm was the first event in the “Pendragon” threat saga that began with a comment posted on a Youtube video promising a “day of retribution” for those who “look at minorities in disgust.” Students in

the building were then told that no weapons were found, even though many residents have said that no police officer searched their individual rooms. This flies in the face of basic logic. How could the police guarantee the safety of a building if many of its roughly 450 rooms weren’t searched?

After a few tense days that saw some students flee campus and the arrests of two students on unconnected charges to the original threats, most people began to tune out the story. It’s clear now this is what the University intended – Bill Cosby redux.

The battle for public access to information guaranteed under state law began almost immediately. No police or incident report was ever uploaded to the public kiosk in the UAPD station. When asked why the documents were not there, WVUAFM, where I am news director, was told to talk to UA Media Relations, as the police wouldn’t speak about it on the record. We were then told numerous times that no such documents existed. In the following days, the University and its many spokespeople shepherded a shifting narrative of what happened that night.

First the building was searched

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door-to-door, then only floor-byfloor. Finally by Oct. 2, the obfuscations became too much for the University to handle. In an email exchange with a University spokesman, I pressed for some sort of official police form or document that laid out the details of the operation. They refused. Later on in an email correspondence, the spokesman actually tried to convince me that “Tutwiler was not placed on lockdown” at all even though “residents of Tutwiler were asked to stay in their rooms” during the search of the building. The spin from the statement physically hurt my brain.

Out of options short of a lawsuit, we filed a Freedom of Information Act request to get basic information about the police operation that took place at Tutwiler Hall on the night of Sept. 21. On Oct. 20, Deborah M. Lane, assistant to the president Judy Bonner and chief UA spokesperson, rejected our FOIA request and refused to turn over any documents.

This flagrant betrayal of the First Amendment and slap in the face to public records laws cannot stand. As students and more fundamentally, as Americans, we have a right to know how our University tries to protect us. Instead the school wants you to

WHAT I THINK • The University of Alabama is covering up its response to the “Authur Pendragon” threats.

• Tutwiler residents have reported that their individual rooms were not searched during the lockdown.

• A public record of the Tutwiler search was not made available by UAPD. • UAPD has directed questions about the incident and the lack of documentation to UA Media Relations.

• UA Media Relations has changed its story about the incident several times. shut up and pay out. No discourse, no dissent and no real free flow of information between the institution and its students. It’s not a place of real democracy. Sadly, The University of Alabama is on the wrong side of history, and once again, on the wrong side of the truth. And the real question becomes: what are you willing to do about it?

Rich Robinson is a senior studying telecommunication and film. His column runs weekly.

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TUESDAY October 21, 2014

Student-athlete successful at playing, teaching tennis BARON FROM PAGE 1

“So I was really the only active player on the island,” Baron said. “I played tennis with other people in wheelchairs for the first time in 2010.”

Baron was born with spina bifida, meaning her spinal cord didn’t connect completely. Baron’s case allowed her to walk with crutches and stand until she was introduced to a wheelchair in the third grade, she said. She began using the wheelchair and playing sports simultaneously.

Baron first started by playing basketball, but finding enough players for a game became difficult. With tennis, she could play athletes who weren’t in wheelchairs. Baron’s cousin and older brother also played tennis, so the three would practice together.

“I just really wanted to beat my brother at something,” she said.

When playing wheelchair tennis, the ball may bounce twice before it is hit, but no other rules of the game are changed.

The chair Baron uses for tennis is light Shelby Baron, a junior majoring in communicative disorders, accepted a scholarship to play wheelchair tennis at the University, and transferred from the University of Hawaii and easier to maneuver and pivot into this past August. CW / Lindsey Leonard position than the chair she uses when career, she hasn’t even scratched the Mackenzie Soldan, a senior majoring One of the most noticeable differences not in practice. in advertising, plays on the wheelchair for the two teammates was the athletic Training sessions with Charlie Rivera, surface of her potential, Rivera said.

“I just really enjoy tennis,” Baron basketball team and the wheelchair ten- culture in Tuscaloosa. Their hometowns head coach of wheelchair tennis, consist of hitting the ball on the court and said. “It gives me something to do. I nis team with Baron. Soldan said she in Canada and Hawaii didn’t have anydissecting the techniques behind each guess I could read or watch TV. But anticipates great growth for the wheel- thing similar to football tailgates on the stroke. Recently, Baron has been work- tennis gets me out there, and creates chair tennis program and has enjoyed Quad, they said. something that I can be having Baron as part of the team.

“Sports here, I just really like it,” ing on the mechanics of her competitive in.” “[Baron] is a great player, and I believe Jacques said. “It’s really family.” backhand, focusing on addHardin, the director she’s a big up-and-comer in the internaJacques said she sees the same type ing more topspin and power, I guess I could read of Brent Adapted Athletics, initiat- tional tennis scene,” Soldan said. “She’s of camaraderie in her sports teams as Rivera said. ed Baron’s move to Alabama definitely one to watch out for, and she’s she does in other athletic teams at the “[Baron] is improving a or watch TV. But after he saw her play in the also a great person who is dedicated to University. She said she has enjoyed lot. I’ve been to three tourtennis gets me out tournament in Hilton Head, the sport.” being Baron’s teammate, and looks fornaments so far, and she Baron’s previous performance in tour- ward to seeing the tennis team become has a really good game. there, and creates South Carolina. When looking at potential players, naments has placed her in the rankings more official.

She has a very amazing something that I can Hardin said he looks for compiled by the International Tennis “I know that [Baron] probably wants game,” Rivera said. “We’re students who would be a Federation.

According to the current ITF to go to Rio, and I just wish her the best just working on getting her be competitive in. good fit for the University, Wheelchair Tennis Rankings, Baron is really, and I hope that she does get betmore strength.” can succeed academically within the top 100 players. ter by being here,” she said. “I’m really Rivera started play— Shelby Baron — and can be competitive in Maude Jacques, a senior majoring happy to be her teammate. I think ing tennis at age 10, the rankings, among other in criminal justice, has played doubles she’s awesome.” began teaching the sport factors. with Baron in a tournament, and said Baron said she does have hopes to see five years later and has Wheelchair tennis has recently made she recalled a few times that Baron was her training take her to the Paralympic spent more than eight years teaching the move to be one of three high per- able to save the ball at the last second. Games, if not in Rio in 2016, then in Tokyo wheelchair tennis. “[The girls on the wheelchair tennis formance sports within the Alabama Jacques traveled to the University from in 2020. She said she would also like to team] are having to learn what I call a Adapted Athletics program, meaning the Canada to play wheelchair basketball return to Hawaii and help grow the wheel‘seventh sense,’” he said. “The anticipa- expectations for the team are increasing, and has recently picked up wheelchair chair tennis program. Academically, Baron has the goal of becoming a tion of where they hit the ball in a certain coaches have been hired and scholar- tennis as well. ships are available, Hardin said. He felt Jacques and Baron have been room- speech pathologist, an interest sparked way, and how that ball may come back.”

In addition to practicing for one or two that Baron was a great fit for the emerg- mates for tournaments, and their by frequent hospital visits when she chemistry on the court has coincided was younger. hours four or five times each week, Baron ing program, he said. “[Baron] is a great person and is with a friendship off the court, Jacques “I’m really thankful for all they have attends a strengthening program to gain power in her arms and core. Although someone we would want to represent the said. The two bond over their new done for me,” Baron said. “So I just want experiences with the South, she said. to give back in my own way.”

Baron has seen successes in her athletic University,” he said.

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music facility, which was updated this semester to bring it up to date with modern electronic music technology.

Zaheri has provided two pieces for the concert. “Soundtrack for Brad’s eHarmony Profile,” a song with both nationwide and international acclaim, began as a prank Zaheri played on a friend

of his. His other piece, “Five Selections from Interstellar Responses,” is a preview of a collaboration with UA dance faculty member Rebecca Salzer.

Both First and Zaheri said they believe the concert is important for exposing the particular music genre to younger generations.

“It is important that new and established repertoire in this medium be presented at the School of Music,” First said. “This genre is an important component of Western art music, and our music students need to be exposed to

this important musical literature.”

The Electronic Concert will be held at Moody Music Building Tuesday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Admission is free, and tickets are not required.

“I think what’s really important with this kind of concert for the audience is that it exposes them to musical languages that they likely don’t even know exist,” Zaheri said. “It gives them the opportunity to experience music like they’ve never heard. And it serves as a reminder that there is always something new to learn.”

PLAN TO GO WHAT: Electronic concert WHEN: 7:30-9:30 p.m.

WHERE: Moody Music Building

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COLUMN | FASHION

End of summer heralds return of sweater weather

By Mary-Catherine Hodges

As the leaves begin to change and the breeze brings a chill, stores and boutiques become vibrant with shoppers seeking out the latest trends for fall.

I don’t think I’m the only one who’s caught sweater fever. Designers have begun to experiment with longer lengths, abstract patterns and different fabrics. As sweater designs become increasingly more daring, there are plenty of styles to choose from.

As we welcome cold weather, store inventory has a surplus of sweaters. I know how overwhelming it can be when you’re sitting in bed switching tabs between Netflix and your favorite online shop (let’s be honest – you’re in college, you’re probably guilty of this) so here is what to look for when buying sweaters this fall.

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Round neck sweaters are multipurpose – there are so many styles to choose from and ways to wear them, some more common than others. These sweaters go wonderfully with jeans and leggings, and they leave you a lot of leeway to get creative with your shoes, whether you choose combat boots for channeling your inner hipster or flats for a more sophisticated look. For an uncommon pairing try an oversized round neck over a plain, sleeveless dress; top it off with a necklace and voilà.

You can never have too many basic cardigans, but a statement sweater catches the eye and is bound to get a plethora of compliments. Statement sweaters are in good supply this season: You can go with graphics, fringe and metallic anything. So when you’re in the dressing room choosing between a statement sweater and a solid cardigan, think twice before you say, “I’ll have nothing to wear this with.” Statement sweaters can be worn with any kind of leggings or solid color pants.

Using any collared shirt of your choice, pair an unbuttoned flannel or jean shirt with a dress or skirt. It may seem like an unlikely combination, but it’s casual and perfect for the transition into fall weather. Old flannels stolen from your dad’s closet make for perfect fall grunge looks, and they’re warm against October breezes. They also are easy to take on and off between classes.

COLUMN | FOOD

Tuscaloosa Burger & Seafood Company offers classic Cajun dishes

By Matt Lund

Situated in the middle of town near Tutwiler Hall, Tuscaloosa Burger & Seafood Company, the restaurant formerly known as T-burger, boasts a small but dedicated following. Some of the main draws include quality food, a huge beer selection and multiple dining room amenities.

As suggested by the restaurant’s name, it is a central Alabama twist on the famed New Orleans Burger & Seafood Company. Digging into his Cajun roots, owner Daniel Robinson has recreated his menu to include some of the best bayoubased edibles in town.

The new menu offers everything from classic po’boys filled with shrimp or crawfish tails to deep-fried alligator bites. Along with the seafood options, the restaurant still offers the same great burgers as always.

The spicy peanut burger offers an unfamiliar, but delicious twist on the

The Tuscaloosa Burger & Seafood Company offers everything from classic po’boys filled with shrimp to crawfish tails to deep-fried alligator bites to quality burgers. Tribune News Service

classic Americana entrée. Cajun chicken sandwiches are a tender white-meat option for those in the mood for something else. Don’t forget to enjoy your sandwich with a heaping pile of piping hot curly fries.

Another draw is the massive craft

beer selection. The wall behind the restaurant’s bar is filled end-to-end with craft brews hailing from every corner of the United States, along with more than a few from across international waters. Local draft beers rotate based on the week and availability, so if you like

something in particular, be sure to drink up while you can. A more recent addition to the adult portion of this ride is a nifty service option aptly titled “Beerventures.”

Tuscaloosa Burger & Seafood Company’s final, and possibly biggest, amenity is their top-class dining areas.

Dazzling high-definition televisions fill every square inch of wall not already occupied by sports memorabilia. Out back is an even more impressive outdoor eating area. A basketball shooting cage and cornhole boards provide active entertainment, and high-definition televisions cover every viewing angle outdoors as well. A full-service bar is built into the back wall for busy days, which makes the restaurant a wonderful venue for fundraisers, parties, socials or just large groups.

So whether you’re hungry, thirsty or just looking for a great place to watch the game, take a drive down Paul Bryant and head to Tuscaloosa Burger & Seafood Company.

8 Seniors perform solo recitals for class credit CULTURE

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

By Laura Testino | Staff Reporter

Over the past semester, nursing homes in Tuscaloosa have listened to the ebb and flow of musical notes from Ben Lucy’s guitar.

The community performances were all part of the preparation process for Lucy’s solo concert, presented last Wednesday in the Recital Hall of the Moody Music Building.

Lucy, a senior majoring in music performance and philosophy, studies classical guitar and performed the concert to fulfill one of the final requirements of his music major. Lucy said being onstage with the sole accompaniment of an acoustic instrument presented its own set of challenges, different than those of previous performances.

“My theory is, you can only get better at performance by practicing performance,” Lucy said. “You can only get better at playing live by playing live.”

Students majoring in music therapy and music education perform a solo student recital during their senior year, and music performance students perform recitals their junior and senior years. The recitals are part of a graded course in the music programs, and music students are required to attend recitals for class credit and to support the students within their specific studio.

Although it seems intimidating, Lucy said he feels producing a convincing and stylistic concert is necessary to receive a degree. “[Solos are] the closest thing to a reallife performance experience,” he said. “It’s showing that you really can do this.”

Jeremy Crawford, instructor of tuba and euphonium, assists some students in preparing for their senior recital, a practice that is common and characteristic of most collegiate music programs. Students have the

Russ Ballenger, a third-year doctoral student in trombone performance, plays at a student recital.

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opportunity to perform in studio concerts each semester, dressing in formal attire and simulating the atmosphere they can expect from their senior recital. These stage opportunities may help reduce nervousness, but not eliminate it completely, Crawford said.

“I think everybody has some nerves for most performances, not just a senior recital, but for any,” he said. “I think it’s a good thing for students to, in some capacity, have some nerves. Something that you’re nervous about, you’re more worried about – it shows that it’s important to you.”

The work showcased at a senior recital is meant to be reflective of the student’s

strengths, and videos of the performance can then be used to audition for graduate school or other employers. Crawford said while no set process exists for selecting a student’s repertoire for the recital, music professors generally try to offer guidance to students so they may reach their greatest potential for success.

“Part of being a professional in music is having the ability and the experience to share that talent with others. That’s why the senior recital is a very important thing,” he said. “No matter what you do, whether you’re a teacher or a therapist or a performer, you have to be in front of people making music.”

Victoria Marts, a senior majoring in music education, performed her senior recital Sunday. Marts has been playing the flute for more than 10 years, and spent the last six months of her training practicing the pieces for the concert. Her repertoire included four different pieces, each 10 to 12 minutes in length.

Students performing senior recitals must also visit music services to select a time and receive information on how to complete the program distributed at the concert. Student musicians are required to dress in formal attire and select a pianist to work with for specific pieces of music that require accompaniment. Marts said the preparation has been a great learning experience.

“I’m going to go back to school eventually, and I doubt that I’ll do performance, but I will be in front of people, either teaching or conducting,” Marts said. “So it’s always good experience to get up in front of people and do something that is out of your comfort zone.”

Russ Ballenger, a third year doctoral student in trombone performance, also gave a student recital Sunday. The recital was the third of five student recitals Ballenger

WHAT TO KNOW • Students majoring in music therapy and music education perform a solo recital during their senior year.

• Recitals are part of a graded course in the music programs, and music students are required to attend recitals for class credit and to support the students within their specific studio.

• Student and faculty concerts are open to the public and free.

must perform before receiving his degree.

He will prepare and perform five solo recitals instead of three recitals and writing a dissertation.

Ballenger’s music background, including experience with solo recitals, helped him receive a professor position at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, where he currently assists other students in preparing solo works. The process gets easier the more it is done, he said.

Ballenger said while preparing for concerts, he encourages students to consider all choices of music, even if it wasn’t written for their particular instrument.

“You should choose [music] that speaks to you, and that you’ll enjoy practicing and performing,” he said.

Student and faculty concerts are open to the public, and are free of charge. The schedule can be found online by visiting events.ua.edu, and selecting the “School of Music” category.

Omar Pérez to perform poetry reading downtown

By Drew Pendleton | Contributing Writer

While the United States works to improve relations within Cuba, the University has built connections here, one of which will be on display Tuesday when Omar Pérez, a Cuban poet and musician, will give a poetry reading and musical exploration at the Jemison Mansion in downtown Tuscaloosa.

Born in Havana, Pérez has authored several books of poetry and essays and has also translated works of famed authors such as William Shakespeare and Dylan Thomas. Hank Lazer, professor of English at the University, got to know Pérez during his various trips to Cuba, thanks to translations of Pérez’s poetry into English done by Kristin Dykstra.

“It was Kristin who put me in touch with Omar,” Lazer said. “I emailed him, and during my four trips to Cuba, I have gotten the opportunity to get to know him and his poetry.”

Pérez said his work is based on his real life experiences growing up in Cuba and describes his work

PLAN TO GO WHAT: Omar Pérez poetry reading WHEN: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Jemison Mansion

as interactive.

“My life is the fundamental part of my work,” Pérez said. “I see living and conforming one’s ideal space as the ultimate poetic work. Sounds and colors and rhythms and the subversion of common meanings are the basic line of my work now.”

For Pérez, translating was a large part of his education and remains an influence on his poetry today.

“You can see the impact in the framing of a bilingual or multilingual poetry and writing, and also in an interdisciplinary stance to poetry and the rest of the arts,” he said.

The event involves Pérez’s recent work being read as Pérez accompanies

Cuban poet and musician Omar Pérez, pictured in Havana, Cuba, will give a poetry reading and musical exploration at the Jemison Mansion in downtown Tuscaloosa. Photo Courtesy of Kristin Dykstra

on the cajón, a handmade wooden drum.

Lazer, who has followed Pérez’s work over the years, had the opportunity to perform with Pérez and fellow UA professor and soprano saxophonist Andrew Raffo Dewar in a jazz-poetry concert.

Over the years, Pérez has met with the Honors College Fellows and book arts students on their trips to Cuba.

Lazer said the event is an opportunity for the community to learn about the Cuban culture.

“First and foremost, it is an opportunity to hear a great poet perform his work,” Lazer said. “I also think that the perspectives of a Cuban artist help us to re-examine our own culture.”

Pérez also brings an opportunity for students in book arts to work with him on a book project. For the many people on and off campus who speak or study Spanish, interacting with Pérez will be a new experience in the realms of music and poetry.

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CULTURE Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Art exhibit influenced by pop culture

By Andrew Laningham | Contributing Writer

Darius Hill, the chair of the visual arts department for the Alabama School of Fine Arts, has sculptures on display at Sella-Granata Art Gallery where his latest exhibit “Roots, Routes, Reverence: A Black Experience” will be on display until Nov. 16.

Photo Courtesy of Rachel Dobson

When walking through the SellaGranata Art Gallery, Darius Hill’s large gothic sculptures might catch one’s eye. The sculptures are a part of Hill’s latest exhibit “Roots, Routes, Reverence: A Black Experience,” on display in the gallery until Nov. 16.

Hill, a Birmingham resident, has served as the chair of the visual arts department for the Alabama School of Fine Arts for more than 12 years.

He received a degree in printmaking from the Atlanta School of Art and is an exhibiting artist, showing his work in places like The New Vision Gallery in Atlanta, The Crossroads Initiative in New Orleans and The Samford Art Gallery in Birmingham.

Hill was also chosen as one of 13 printmakers to work in The University of

Montevallo’s Big Print Project.

His newest exhibit is influenced by 1970s and 1980s African American pop culture, as well as abstract expressionist, minimalist and pop art paintings created by artists Kenneth Noland, Jasper Johns and Robert Indiana.

“His art is very modern,” said Angie Bartelt, a senior majoring in political science. “By using dark grey tones, Hill’s art has a very metallic feel to it.”

One of the recurring themes of Hill’s art is the afro comb. It started out as an early print, then transformed into an icon in many of his paintings.

Bartelt said Hill’s work is also characterized by sharp contrasts.

“His use of angle and sharp edges puts an industrialization feel as a theme to his work,” she said. “I think that a theme could also possibly be the idea

of malleableness, because although he uses sharp angles, he also has a roundness and softness to his art.”

Brandon Benton, a freshman majoring in mechanical engineering, said the theme of equality comes out in Hill’s work through hip-hop influences that often operate as an important social outlet for black Americans to speak on inequality and race relations. Aesthetically, he said he enjoyed the innovative design of Hill’s work.

“Geometry and radial symmetry are prominent in some of his works, and the frequent use of wood as a medium makes for intriguing patterns and compositions,” Benton said.

“Overall I would describe Hill’s art as strikingly dark ordered chaos.”

The public is invited to a reception for Hill’s exhibit Thursday, Nov. 6 from 5 to 7 p.m.

COLUMN | FILM

Twenty years later, ‘Pulp Fiction’ holds up as modern pop culture icon

By Drew Pendleton

October 14 marked the 20th anniversary of the film that launched the career of one of American cinema’s most prevalent auteurs: Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction.” The first showcase of Tarantino’s distinctive style to catch on with critics and audiences, “Pulp Fiction” was met with acclaim and controversy upon its release in October 1994 and remains a pop culture icon today.

Written by Tarantino and Roger Avary and directed by Tarantino, the film is a hybrid of crime drama and black comedy that follows a chronological storyline told in a non-chronological way. It’s almost hard to follow at first, but the film follows four different storylines, all of which intertwine throughout the streets of Los Angeles. In one storyline, a prizewinning boxer (Bruce Willis) goes on the lam after double-crossing a mob boss (Ving Rhames). In another, the mob boss’s two hitmen (John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson) go to retrieve a mysterious briefcase from an informant. Travolta’s character, Vincent Vega, spends another

storyline taking the boss’s wife (Uma Thurman) out to dinner when the boss is away. Finally, in the film’s bookending segments, a pair of wannabe robbers (Tim Roth & Amanda Plummer) hold up a diner.

Packed into a two-and-a-half-hour running time, not every storyline holds the same weight. Some get more screen time than others, and some have more vitality. While Tarantino does go overboard in his now-trademark elements of graphic violence, profanity and an abundance of cultural references, the dialogue in “Pulp Fiction” pulses with a mesmerizing energy. The humor is at times vicious and uncomfortable, but it’s delivered excellently, and the script gives us several lines that have become pop culture phenomena, like an exchange between Jackson and a target (Frank Whaley) that begins with hamburgers and ends at divine intervention.

Tarantino also sets up his reputation as a director who gets truly great performances out of his actors. In the midst of a career slump, John Travolta is outstanding as Vincent, a hitman trying to adjust back to American customs after time abroad. Thurman, who would go on to

lead Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” films (the first of which may be his greatest masterpiece), is great as the mob boss’s wife Mia. Ving Rhames as mob boss Marsellus Wallace and Bruce Willis as boxer Butch Coolidge are both stellar as well.

Christopher Walken shows up for one uncomfortably funny flashback, and various actors – including Eric Stoltz, Harvey Keitel and Rosanna Arquette – come and go. The best performance in the film is without a doubt delivered by Samuel L. Jackson, who crafts a character deserving his own movie. As Jules Winfield, Vincent Vega’s partner-in-crime and a veteran hit man in an existential crisis as he nears retirement, Jackson is a force of nature.

Whether he’s reciting a chilling Bible verse during an interrogation or trying to clean up after a standoff gone wrong, Jackson is commanding on-screen, at once terrifying and wickedly funny as Jules seeks redemption. It’s the best performance of his career, and his Oscar loss that year is a snub for the ages.

“Pulp Fiction” may be violent, profane and hard to follow at times, but it remains a must-see.

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COLUMN | THEATRE

Popular musical ‘Wicked’ should retire from Broadway

By Luke Haynes

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Over a decade ago “Wicked” flew in, stunned audiences, won all kinds of awards and propelled many of its actors into stardom. Since then, more than 8 million people in New York have seen the musical, and thanks to the touring productions, at least five times that have seen the musical worldwide.

As it’s been almost two years since “Wicked” has allowed the Gershwin Theater to drop to under 85 percent capacity, no producer in his right mind

will close “Wicked” anytime soon. While the musical has been selling out nine simultaneous productions on five different continents, a musical adaptation of “Tuck Everlasting” announced it would not be able to continue with its announced Broadway production because a theater was not available. Which is why “Wicked” should be retired on Broadway. There are plenty of long-running shows out there that need to step down off the marquee to allow some new talent to shine.

Shows such as “Rock of Ages,” “Jersey Boys” and “Mamma Mia” (each of which

dipped below 85 percent just last week) have had very good runs, but have outstayed their welcome. Each of these shows have international and touring productions in place and will by no means die if they’re taken off Broadway.

A Broadway run could give a young production like “Tuck Everlasting” the life it needs.

These shows have had their chance at “Defying Gravity” and now they’re plenty “Popular,” so would you listen to “A Sentimental Man” and allow a new show to have “One Short Day” on “Broadway?”

10 Tide gears up for Tennessee trip

By Nolan Imsande | Staff Reporter

After beating Texas A&M 59-0 on Saturday, Alabama coach Nick Saban expressed his happiness with his team’s performance, but said he does not want to dwell on the victory.

“The comfort in this last game, the toughness that we played with, the physical nature of the way we manned the ball game and tackled, all those things are real positive energy type things that we want to build on,” Saban said. “It is really time to turn the page on this last game and turn our attention to Tennessee.”

The Crimson Tide will travel to Knoxville this weekend for a matchup with Tennessee. The Butch Jones-led Volunteers are 3-4 this season and

The Crimson Tide practiced outside in shorts, shoulder pads and helmets in preparation for Saturday’s game against Tennessee. CW / Layton Dudley

still winless in the SEC but have come close to beating both Georgia and Florida, losing by three points and one point, respectively.

“Tennessee, I think, has a much improved team in a lot of ways,” Saban

said. “In a lot of ways they could be 5-2 very easily. It starts with the fact they have very good skill players and a very good quarterback. Defensively they are much improved, almost 100 less per game than a year ago.”

The game will also mark Lane Kiffin’s return to Knoxville, where he coached for one year before taking the head coaching job at USC. Kiffin is in his first year as the offensive coordinator at Alabama.

“I think it is only a distraction if you allow it to be a distraction,” Saban said. “If we can stay focused on what we need to do to do what is best for our team then I think that is the way you manage it and that is the way you handle it and that is the way you need to look at it.”

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WHAT TO KNOW • The team practiced outside in shorts, shoulder pads and helmets.

• Center Ryan Kelly returned to practice for the first time since sustaining a knee injury against Ole Miss. Kelly practiced with the first team offense.

• Right guard Austin Shepherd was limited at Monday’s practice.

Shepherd sustained an injury to his right leg during the game against Texas A&M. • Reuben Foster was limited during practice. He had a brace on his right shoulder. Foster was injured making a tackle during the game against Texas A&M. • Dillon Lee practiced with the inside linebackers.

COLUMN | FOOTBALL

Will Muschamp, who is in his fourth season at Florida, has finished in the top 25 just once and his team is already off to a disappointing 3-3 start.Tribune News Service

The University of Alabama’s women’s Ultimate team, Ramma Jamma Ultimate, poses for a picture after winning sectionals last year in Tupelo, Miss. Photo Courtesy of Tara Massouleh

UF needs to fire coach Muschamp Ultimate goes to Georgia

By Nolan Imsande

The time has come for the Florida Gators to part ways with head coach Will Muschamp.

The fiery coach, who is in his fourth season at Florida, has finished in the top 25 just once, and his team is already off to a disappointing 3-3 start. The wins have come against Eastern Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee, while the losses have been to Alabama, LSU and Missouri. Florida’s most recent game, a 42-13 loss to Missouri, was so embarrassing that only two players remained on the field after the loss to sing the school’s alma mater.

Florida has struggled on offense this season, ranking 119th in total yards, but that has been a theme since Muschamp started. Since he was hired in 2011, the Gators have ranked 98th, 97th and 114th nationally in total offense.

Florida’s starting quarterback Jeff Driskel, whom many thought would be one of the better returning QBs in the SEC, has been disappointing for most of the season. In his last four games, Driskel has thrown for 385 yards and two touchdowns while throwing nine interceptions.

The Gators even hired Kurt Roper

as a new offensive coordinator this year. Roper held the same position at Duke for six seasons, leading an offense that broke many of the school’s records. The problem for the Gators seems to be in the coaching, because the school has had top-10 recruiting classes since Muschamp was hired, but they can’t put it together to create a winning team. Muschamp just seems like a coach that is in over his head.

Don’t get me wrong, Muschamp is a great defensive mind and has been since his days as defensive coordinator at Texas, but he is no longer the man for the job. A program like Florida has the money and power to find whoever they want to coach their football team. There are plenty of candidates for the position if (more realistically, when) Muschamp is fired.

They could go for Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen, who used to be the offensive coordinator at Florida, or they could go for Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables, whose name seems to come up whenever there is a head coaching vacancy. They make their move, whoever they get will do a better job than the one Muschamp has done in his time with the program.

By Terrin Waack | Contributing Writer

Founded in 2009, The University of Alabama’s women’s Ultimate team, Ramma Jamma Ultimate, is still a fairly new club. Playing a sport described by the team president Hayley Djuric as a mix between soccer and football, the team practices and competes in tournaments year-round with different schools across the country.

With 22 girls on this year’s team, Ramma Jamma Ultimate takes in more and more girls who are interested in the sport especially freshmen.

“It’s definitely a slow process bringing them up to speed,” senior Ahsha McQuain said. “I enjoy teaching them because most of them have not played ever, or know how to throw or do anything.”

What’s different about Ramma Jamma

Ultimate is that there is no coach. The team has two captains, Machen Picard and Caroline Marsh, who run practices and put plays together.

“In some ways it probably would be easier to have a coach, it would be another set of eyes to watch us while we’re playing,” Picard said. “But at the same time, we really like the freedom it gives us and that we get the final say as a team with what we want to do.”

The captains run the practices, and Djuric handles all the scheduling while also being an active player on the team.

“I just love the people,” Djuric said.

“We’re all friends on the team, and there’s not really any cliques.”

With its first tournament this Saturday, Ramma Jamma Ultimate will be in Athens, Georgia, in the Classic City Classic.

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HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (10/21/14). Your creativity cup runs over this year. Changes in a partnership lead to a boost in income (especially after the 10/23 eclipse). There’s more coming in (and more expenses) through 12/23. Take advantage, and stash funds. A breakthrough at work over springtime leads to a rise in personal power. Family and friends are your greatest strength and joy. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Turn down a costly invitation. Everybody’s more willing to compromise for the next few days.

Don’t give up, even if the action slows. Vivid feelings and expression of love occupy you (and someone else). Nurture them.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -Passion flairs. Deadlines may loom and work could seem overwhelming. Don’t get anxious.

The excellent work you’ve been doing reflects well on you. Prioritize how to spend time, and handle one thing at a time. Shut out distractions.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -Love’s a comfort when money’s tight. Delve into fun passion projects. Enter a generally happy and cuddly two-day phase. Loving words may get farther than effort and action.

Still, don’t just talk about exercise... get a

physical workout.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -Make time over the next two days for family rest and recreation. Don’t buy toys, especially to impress peers. Share some fun at home.

Slow down and listen. The emotional energy shifts dramatically. Be generous with your love.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Advise a loved one not to stir things up... not yet, anyway. Get into an intensive learning phase today and tomorrow. You’re extra brilliant, with keen powers of concentration. Plan your moves and craft the message.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- The next two days you can make extra cash. Some may come from work done previously, and some actions today pay off later. Don’t spend recklessly. Focus on the big picture. Direct traffic, and avoid roadblocks.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -Focus on transforming your space. Create surroundings that reflect who you want to be.

Finish chores quickly. You’re strong and very creative today and tomorrow. Inspire, rather than demanding. Your emotions cannot remain hidden.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -Think twice before taking action. Stay objective

in a tense situation. You’re under pressure to complete old tasks the next few days. Take time to think over consequences, ramifications and picky details. Choose for peace.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Work smarter and for a bit longer. You can make changes now. An uncomfortable situation spurs you into action. Your team comes to your rescue. Take care, to avoid injury. Give thanks and reward kindnesses.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -Career opportunities show up for the next two days, so grab on. Some actions could backfire.

Disagreements could slow things. Abandon preconceived notions. Take clear aim for a rise in status.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Make time for an outing over the next few days. Travel and romance both look good.

Get sidetracked with an interesting diversion.

Secrets get revealed. Postpone expansion.

Don’t be impertinent. Entertain suggestions from a free spirit.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Plan a business trip for fun along the way.

Schedule out to visit distant loved ones. Budget to manage it. Haste makes waste today and tomorrow, favoring words and thought over action. Easy does it.

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CW / Pete Pajor Offensive linemen block in the secondary for Derrick Henry.

CW / Pete Pajor Howard blocks in the backfield for Henry.

CW / Pete Pajor Henry outruns the Aggies’ last defensive back for the score.

Breakdown of Derrick Henry’s 41-yard score

By Sean Landry | Assistant Sports Editor

The Alabama offense found itself in the end zone many times on Saturday, each time in a new way. Saturday’s performance showcased the creativity of new offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin, perhaps exhibited by no play as well as running back Derrick Henry’s receiving touchdown at the end of the first half.

Alabama lines up in a shotgun formation, with O.J. Howard lined up at tight end on the left side. Blake Sims is in the backfield with Henry. Henry starts on the weak side of the formation and will work back to the strong side. Amari Cooper is lined up at the

numbers, while DeAndrew White is lined up at the hashmarks. Christion Jones is on the line of scrimmage, close to the offensive line. Texas A&M shows its standard 4-3 defense and brings five pass rushers.

Most of Alabama’s offensive line initiates blocks before releasing, running into the Texas A&M secondary to block downfield. Henry does the same, while Blake Sims’ speed and footwork carry him into the backfield, away from the on-rushing Texas A&M defenders long enough to pass off to Henry.

Right guard Leon Brown and center Bradley Bozeman establish blocks in the secondary, clearing the way for Henry’s run. The receivers who

initially appeared to be in a pass formation actually function as downfield blockers after the pass is thrown.

Before the play, they served to draw defensive backs off of the line of scrimmage, creating space for Henry to work in. After Henry gets the ball, Cooper, White and Jones all hold blocks, with Jones creating a vital hole for Henry to run through.

As Henry makes his way into the secondary, he still has to evade three Texas A&M defensive backs close enough to stop him on the way to the end zone. Howard sprints into the backfield after the ball is snapped, becoming Henry’s lead blocker.

At the most important moment,

Howard clears out one of Texas A&M’s top defensive backs, Deshazor Everett. Now, it’s Henry against one defensive back.

Henry’s speed carries him out of the reach of defensive back Howard Matthews, and the running back strolls into the end zone untouched, putting Alabama up 45-0.

Kiffin’s play design presents several possibilities to the Texas A&M defense, and by the time the Aggies know what’s happening, it’s too late.

Once Sims evades the sack to execute the screen pass, the downfield blocking is accounted for, and one of the best running backs in the SEC goes to work.

COLUMN | NCAA

Another star is suspended for NCAA rule violations

By Marquis Munson

Todd Gurley Tribune News Service

University of Georgia running back Todd Gurley has been suspended indefinitely as the NCAA investigates if the Bulldogs star received money for autographs last spring.

The NCAA has strict rules when it comes to student-athletes taking benefits outside of what they are offered by the university. The NCAA can make money off a player’s fame and talent on the field, but the players can’t profit from their talents off the field.

Players don’t receive any profit from the use of their likeness. If you’re wearing a No. 22 Alabama jersey from 2009, everyone knows that’s former Alabama running back and Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram’s jersey number. The reason for buying the jersey wasn’t because of your love for the number 22, but because of the person who was wearing it. But even as a professional, Mark Ingram will never receive any profits from Alabama merchandise and jerseys sold.

Players and schools can receive

punishments for taking improper benefits. An example of a punishment was former University of Southern California running back Reggie Bush.

Throughout his career at USC, Bush and his family received gifts from sports agent Lloyd Lake. This was an ongoing case until Bush entered the NFL. Not only was USC sanctioned, but Bush was forced to forfeit his 2005 Heisman Trophy.

Receiving an improper benefit isn’t like using a performance-enhancing drug to increase play on the field.

Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers tested positive for a performanceenhancing drug the same year he won his National League MVP. He was suspended for 50 games, yet wasn’t forced to forfeit his award.

The NCAA and the schools make billions of dollars in merchandise and TV revenue. The coaches are getting paid millions a year to coach these schools. Schools offer athletes a scholarship and education, but the average student has the same offers.

The only difference is we are allowed

WHAT TO KNOW • Todd Gurley has been suspended while the NCAA investigates if he received money for autographs.

• Student-athletes cannot profit off the use of their likenesses.

• NCAA should not focus on players receiving money for autographs over other issues. to take outside money or get jobs, yet we still struggle with those sources of income. Players aren’t allowed access to outside money, and their sport is their job.

So if the players happens to take $50 for an autograph or picture, they can be punished. Jameis Winston is playing despite a rape allegation. Florida quarterback Treon Harris was reinstated a week after a sexual battery complaint was dropped. Taking benefits off the field should be the least of the NCAA worries.