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Students drop legal intervention in trial Some greek houses to be removed from court motion By Katherine Owen | Produ Production Editor

Photo Obtained from bullcitydogs (Flickr.com), Mackenzie Brown; Photo Illustration by Austin Bigoney, Anna Waters While quick to adopt, students might not fully realize the responsibilities associated with the care and maintenance of their new pet. Animals shelters often must manage the ramifications of stray animals.

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Past generations have ridden, driven and flown into the future – but according to Jeff Speck, a city planner and architectural designer, cities that want to matter in 30 years need to focus on walking. Speck, who has been featured on NPR and given a TED talk, will host a lecture titled “Why Walkability” at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center on Monday at 6:30 p.m. The talk is a part of a community event organized in part by PlanFirst, a University course that introduces city planning to students who are not majoring in the field. “I will present evidence that only those cities with truly walkable downtowns are poised to thrive over the next 30 years,” Speck said. “People will be moving from suburbs to cities, particularly people with creative talent and disposable income, but they will only be moving to those cities that offer the walkable lifestyle.”

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Madalyn Vaughn, director of PlanFirst, said the class has been studying Speck’s recent book “Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time” as part of their focus on Tuscaloosa’s own downtown. Vaughn calls walkability a “state of mind” and said Tuscaloosa has made strides in improving downtown walkability, though there is room for growth. She said the lecture is an opportunity for students to understand the forces and factors that shape their home. “It’s important to know what makes the city work,” she said. “I think a lot of students have noticed the change downtown and they like it, but they can’t really pinpoint why they like it.” Speck, who has previously worked on popular communities like Seaside, Fla., and Rosemary Beach, Fla., said the millennial generation was just one of the generations that would increasingly consider walkability. “Millennials are raised to yearn after

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When Sarah Garner, a senior majoring in social work, adopted her dog, Nelson, from the Lee County Humane Society, she picked him out, signed some paperwork and carried the puppy off to his forever home. But now, in addition to a new best friend, Garner has found herself with a new alarm clock, a new workout routine and a new schedule. “My routine has changed to where I cannot just go anywhere on the weekends or just pick up and leave and do anything spontaneous,” Garner said. “I have to make sure Nelson has a babysitter, and I also have to make sure I have the money to pay for a babysitter at the same time. It is kind of like having a child.” Today, 39 percent of Americans own at least one dog, and 34 percent own at least one cat, according

to humanesocietyuniversity.org. In Tuscaloosa, more than half of pet adoptions from the Metro Animal Shelter are to college students, Jennifer Earp, operations manager at the shelter, said. The shelter outlines a certain criteria in their application that any interested adopter must meet. Some of the qualifications the shelter examines specifically for students are whether or not their apartment complex or landlord allows pets, whether the student has paid the pet deposit at their residence and if the student’s parents are willing to allow their student to have a pet of their own, as many students move home during Christmas or summer break. Earp said that most often when the shelter has a returned animal, it is because the student has encountered a health issue with the animal that

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After several University of Alabama greek chap chapters filed with local attorney Robert Prince for legal intervention in the upcoming up election contest between Kel Kelly Horwitz and Cason Kirby, Prince ssaid he will now be amending the mo motion to remove several organizations organizations’ names. Last week, Prince filed the motion on behalf of Pi Kappa Alpha, Zeta Tau Alpha, Kappa Delta Delta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Omic Omicron Pi and UA student Sayre Kearley Kearley. On Monday, the headquarters h for Alpha Omicron Pi ttold al.com that the chapter asked to b be removed from the legal document and a that “chapter members and advisors adviso do not have the authority to hire llegal representation on behalf of a chapter c of Alpha Omicron Pi.” Furthermore, in an emailed statement, Zeta Tau Alpha Alph national president Keeley McDonald McDona Riddle denied the involvement of the sorority in both the lawsuit and the motion to intervene. “Zeta Tau Alpha has not been named as a party in any of these lawsuits, and therefore we have not hired legal representation locally or nationally,” Riddle said. The Crimson White also reached out to the headquarters of Pi Kappa Alpha, Kappa Delta and Sigma Alpha Epsilon, though the organizations did not respond in time for print. According to the court document, the motion to intervene also includes other UA students and registered voters who voted in District 4, who are to be named at a later time. Prince said he was surprised the plaintiff chose to list the names of the students, noting how some “were eighteen and nineteen years old.” “Needless to say, that has had a chilling effect on some of them about

exercising their right to vote,” Prince said in an emailed statement. “They, as all qualified U.S. citizens, have the right to freely cast their vote and do it by secret ballot. Our petition to intervene in behalf of the listed fraternities and sororities is designed to protect that right, while hopefully shielding them from further personal condemnation.” The motion denies all illegal misconduct of said parties, stating “the Intervenors deny that they are guilty of any conduct that would warrant their vote being voided or not counted and Intervenors affirmatively state that they are entitled to a free and full exercise of their rights as U.S. citizens, voters and electors.” The document goes on to delineate the voters’ rights according to the Alabama Code, stating that the Intervenors are “all properly qualified and registered voters in District 4.” The contest comes in response to the Aug. 27 District 4 Board of Education elections, where Kirby beat Horwitz by 87 votes. Following the election, Horwitz alleged widespread voter fraud, largely focused on the UA greek community, including allegations of free drinks for votes and dishonest voter registration. Horwitz is now contesting 397 votes from the election, at least 392 of which were cast by students. Kirby’s attorney, Andy Campbell, has denied any involvement by Kirby in the alleged fraud, saying Horwitz’s argument is “untrue and unsupported by the evidence.” The testimony of the 397 voters will now be evaluated in the form of a 36-question affidavit, which will largely focus on evaluating the residence of the voter. The form gathers information from the respondent such as home city, current residence, graduation plans and other residencies. The affidavits are due to the court Oct. 31, with the final trial date set for Nov. 18.

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Professor to discuss time travel Ned Markosian, a professor in the philosophy department at Western Washington University, will discuss the possibility of time travel in the first lecture in the Philosophy Today Series. The talk, titled “Is Time Travel Possible?,” will be held Tuesday in 205 Smith Hall at 7:30 p.m. Markosian will explain the two leading theories about the nature of time: the Static Theory of Time and the Dynamic Theory of Time, to discuss the possibility of time travel. While on campus, Markosian will also give a departmental talk called “Do You Know That You are Not a Brain in a Vat?” on Oct. 30 at 4:30 p.m. in 352A ten Hoor Hall.

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Program takes service abroad Alabama Action Abroad is a community service-based study abroad experience where students not only learn the needs of various areas in South America, but also hone their leadership and teamwork skills. The group travels to South America for 10 days in the summer to complete several community service projects and learn the local culture. Alabama Action Abroad will hold an informational session today at 7 p.m. in 235 Lloyd Hall. Applications are due Friday. Questions may be directed to the student directors, Burke Smith at bpsmith@crimson.ua.edu and Jessie Ashton at jlashton@crimson.ua.edu. CW | Fiﬁ Wang Tuscaloosa children join in relay races and games as part of the Halloween Extravaganza at the indoor football practice field.

Health Hut seeks spring interns Project Health is currently looking for students to serve as interns during the spring semester for the Health Hut. Internship duties would include leading the Health Hut tent, attending conferences, managing the website and social media accounts and potentially starring in YouTube videos. Health Hut interns work two 2-hour shifts each week in the Hut, where they explain to visitors the various health issues and behaviors that directly affect them, while also educating them on how to make healthy decisions. Applications can be found on Project Health’s website, projecthealth.ua.edu and are due Thursday, Nov. 7, by 5 p.m.

Alabama-LSU kickoff time released Alabama’s home game against LSU will kick off at 7 p.m. CDT on Saturday, Nov. 9, and will be televised on CBS, the SEC announced Monday.

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WHAT: Women’s Soccer vs. Auburn WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Alabama Soccer Stadium

WHAT: $2 Pint Night WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Wilhagan’s

WHAT: Dr. Julia Rong, Beethoven Archive WHEN: 4 p.m. WHERE: Moody Music Building

WHAT: CBDB with Tequila Mockingbird WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Jupiter Bar

WHAT: The Bankhead Visiting Writers Series & Sonic Frontiers WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Moody Music Building

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Penn State confirms $59.7 million in out-of-court settlements with 26 men From MCT Campus Penn State has paid $59.7 million in out-of-court settlements to 26 men claiming they were abused by former football coach and convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky, the university reported Monday. Penn State reviewed claims brought by 32 men, and 23 of those have been signed, the university said. There remain three settlements in principle, and the documentation will be finalized over the next few weeks, the university said. The other six claims were rejected because they were found to be “without merit,” the university said. “We hope this is another step forward in the healing process for those hurt by Mr. Sandusky and another step forward for Penn State,” President Rodney Erickson said in a statement. “We cannot undo what has been done, but we can and must do everything possible to learn from this and ensure it never happens again at Penn State.” The announcement on Monday was the first and apparently last official word the university has given about the specific details in the Sandusky settlement process, which was authorized in July during the board of trustees meeting. University officials have said they would only release the amount of the combined settlements once they were finalized, though trustee Ted Brown later said $60 million was the amount approved for all

“We hope this is another step forward in the healing process for those hurt by Mr. Sandusky.” — Rodney Erickson settlements combined. Penn State said liability insurance policies are expected to cover the settlement amounts and the legal defense against the claims brought against the university, employees and trustees. The university said any expenses that are not covered by the insurance will be paid from interest on loans the university made to other units on campus. The terms of the settlements are confidential, and the university said they contain a release of all claims against the university and other parties. It has not been reported how much the individual claimants received. Lawyers for the claimants have said the settlements contain a non-disclosure agreement forbidding them from releasing how much they were paid. The nearly $60 million in

settlements will be reflected in the university’s audited financial statements for 2013-14. The board of trustees audit and risk committee will meet Friday to review 2012-13 audited financial statements, according to a legal notice. Among the men whose claims have been signed and settled is Victim 2, the young man at the center of a 2001 incident in a campus locker room that ultimately cost head coach Joe Paterno his job. Matt Sandusky, an adopted son of Jerry Sandusky who said his adoptive father molested him, also settled, lawyer Andrew Shubin said. One of the claimants, Victim 6 from the grand jury presentment against Sandusky, is suing Penn State in federal court. Penn State asked the judge for a stay until criminal prosecutions against three Penn State administrators have been resolved, but the young man’s lawyers are fighting the university’s attempt to put a hold on the case. A spokeswoman for the legal team representing Victim 6 declined to comment. The $59.7 million spent on settlements combined with the millions Penn State has paid in legal and consultant fees, plus the first $12 million toward the $60 million NCAA fine, pushes the cost of the Sandusky scandal to $110 million. When factoring in the remaining $48 million Penn State has to pay as part of the NCAA fine, the cost balloons to $158 million.

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Finding a niche with every stitch By Mark Hammontree and Collin Jones | CW Staff Sitting in a room in the top floor of Morgan Hall, Katherine Kosich found herself debating with several other students over fonts to use in the book they would soon be stitching together by hand. Kosich is part of the Slash Pine Press internship, an undergraduate initiative in the English department in which students taking the class produce handstitched books of work by writers from across the country. Kosich said she has found her niche with her fellow students who share her love of words and books. “The University of Alabama is such a large school, and here I am sitting with 12 people that I’ve become really close with, checking out fonts and typefaces, and for something that I’m a part of,” Kosich said. The class and internship program was developed after founders Patti White and Joseph Wood produced the first chapbook, which featured the work of Juliet Cook. “The focus was on a handful of things: to design, print and sew two chapbooks a semester, and to put on an event that dealt with poetry – we wanted to do a reading but make it a little less traditional and a little bit more fun,” said Brian Oliu, an instructor of composition, literature and

creative writing, and a partner of Slash Pine Press. Patti White, a director for the Slash Pine Press, said the interns organize several community arts events in addition to publishing the books, including Writers Hikes and the annual Slash Pine Writers Festival. White said the students also attend conferences where they make presentations of their own work, hold book design workshops and collaborate with undergraduates from other universities. “Slash Pine doesn’t directly feed into a specific career path, but it does prepare students for work in community arts and for advanced study in book arts, community arts planning and creative writing,” White said. White and Oliu said Slash Pine alums have gone on to open their own printing presses, join the Peace Corps or Teach for America, and include Fulbright Scholars and Rhodes Scholarship finalists. “Slash Pine has developed a national reputation for innovation in undergraduate education,” White said. “Faculty in several other schools are trying to start programs modeled on Slash Pine, and the books published by the press are known for their innovative and beautiful design.” The books that the student interns produce typically consist of writings

submitted by authors from around the country, that are then narrowed down by the directors and students. The students edit the text, design the book, decide on fonts, then print and hand-stitch the books. “We had a stitching party at Patti White’s house on Sunday. We all just sort of gather there, and we’ve been working on this one book that features a poet from Florida,” Kosich said. “On Sunday, we actually folded it, punched holes into it, and hand-stitched it, and put covers on it and everything.” White said Slash Pine differs from other book arts programs in the way students are responsible for everything the press does, from the hand-production of books to the events that have impact beyond the campus. “[We] want to find new ways of interacting with words: like out on a trail in Sokol Park, with writers spread out along a trail, so that an audience encounters them around a bend, the words already floating in the air,” White said. “Or at the Cahaba River, where a poet might swim out into mid-river to read words back across the water. Or on a mystery tour of Tuscaloosa, with invented histories Submitted about places we thought were familiar Slash Pine prepares students for work in community arts, book but suddenly become strange to us.” arts, community planning and creative writing.

Blood drive draws organizations closer By Jason Frost | Contributing Writer

CW | Lindsey Leonard A blood drive will be held in the Ferguson Center Ballroom from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday for BABH.

Th e S tu d e n t G ove r n m e n t Association, in cooperation with Beat Auburn Beat Hunger and the Red Cross, will hold a blood drive in the Ferguson Center Ballroom on Tuesday and Wednesday between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Parker Graham, SGA vice president of external affairs, has been coordinating the event since the beginning of the school year. Unlike previous blood drives, this one also allows BABH a chance to collect for the West Alabama Food Bank. “Both the Red Cross and BABH have a common goal in mind: to simply help people,” Graham said. “By partnering,

they are able to effectively raise more non-perishable food items by gathering blood donations. The Sam’s Club of Tuscaloosa donates one food item for every donation of blood given during the blood drive.” This drive’s goal is to collect 270 pints of blood, 43 more than their record-setting August drive, which collected 30 percent more than last fall’s drive. “This is the second drive we have hosted with the American Red Cross this semester,” SGA director of media relations Leela Foley said. “Donors must wait 56 days between blood donations, so that limits the number of drives we can host a semester, but there are usually at least two a semester.”

According to the American Red Cross, someone needs blood every two seconds, and one standard blood donation is able to save three lives. Approximately 41,000 donations are required each day to fulfill the demand. Each donation usually yields a single pint of blood, plus a few test tubes for research purposes. Graham hopes the partnership between the SGA and BABH will become an annual event. “The Red Cross is an organization that I have always been in support of, so I am passionate about working with them,” Graham said. “The most important thing to me is that there is strong attendance [Tuesday] and Wednesday.”

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COLUMN | INTERNSHIPS

Internships favor students with wealthy backgrounds By Beth Lindly | Staff Columnist

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COLUMN | DRUG POLICIES

Legalizing marijuana would be simple, helpful By Rich Robinson | Staff Columnist One of the biggest moral and political issues that face us is the challenge of our broken criminal justice system. It is a bloated, messy, unsophisticated monster that has failed our children and communities. We need to make some big changes if we want to reposition the United States to be the global leader of the 21st century. If we don’t reform our jails, we will be at a tremendous disadvantage in the global community. While the entire system needs a major multi-faceted overhaul, we can do something relatively simple that can change the game forever. Legalize marijuana. Last year, the FBI reported that 12,196,959 people were arrested in America. Of those, 1,552,432 were arrested for drug offenses. Nearly half of drug arrests were marijuana related. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, there were 8.2 million marijuana arrests between 2001 and 2010, and 88 percent of those were for simply having marijuana. Instead of going after murderers, rapists, hard drug dealers, pimps or child molesters, our cops have to spend a large part of their days trying to crack down on a guy whose biggest crime is getting the munchies and watching SpongeBob. If this wasn’t bad enough, there is always the fact that it’s

Rich Robinson totally racist. Despite data that shows that blacks and whites use marijuana at roughly equal rates, blacks are 3.73 times more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana, according to the ACLU. This column does not offer me the space needed to speculate as to why that number exists, but one thing is self-evident: Legalizing marijuana can be one of the most direct and easiest ways to help empower the black community. I understand the urge by many to fight against legalizing any new substances that were previously illegal. Members of my family have ruined their lives with drugs, and marijuana has the stigma of residing in the same area as cocaine and meth. But we know that’s not true and that marijuana is not nearly as bad as those drugs. We have somehow allowed ourselves to normalize alcohol, a drug that is far more dangerous and

d a m ag i n g to our society while demonizing marijuana. The teetotalers and prohibitionists may have been morally right, but their dreams were creating a hellish nightmare ruled by mobsters who ran the streets. The same is true today. While the “War on Drugs” may be a valiant societal aim, it has also been a failure. Let’s take the power out of the hands of thugs and into the hands of well-regulated small business owners. We can create a booming sector in a hurting economy, put Americans to work and enforce tough health and safety standards on the product. We can create laws banning the smoking of marijuana in public places and create a system to go after those who smoke and drive. It will not be an easy process, and there will be missteps and lessons that need to be learned. But the potential problems of tomorrow are far better than the reality of today. We would be a better society if we were sober. I have never done drugs and won’t use marijuana if it were legalized. But I also don’t drink even though I’m 21. It’s made all the difference in my life, but I would never impose my views on others. It’s time for our laws to do the same. Rich Robinson is a junior majoring in telecommunication and film. His column runs weekly on Tuesdays.

Alright, sophomores and juniors – it’s that time of the year again. No, not Halloween, not fall break, not even just autumn. It’s time to start looking and applying for internBeth Lindly ships. You thought you were done with that nerve-wracking application process until you graduated and had to enter the big bad real world? Think again. The real world is catering to college students, and it’s in the form of mostly unpaid internships piled on top of highly competitive fields. Internship Culture in Modern-Day America: a play in three acts. The scene: A UA student applies for and gets into a great internship program in her field in New York City. She is qualified, competent, smart and a hard worker. Her family is also poor, and the internship doesn’t cover airfare, meals, housing, or other “extraneous” expenses. Whatever can our heroine do? Well, she could take out loans only to have them catch up to her once she graduates. She could try and save all her money and maybe scrape by in the Big Apple. Or she could not go and stay at home while her equally qualified but richer friends travel to London, Boston, L.A., or any other number of big cities with higher costs of living. The curtains close on our star weeping all alone, woeful for what might have been had she just been born into high society. Was the above a dramatization? Yes. But only a little bit, and that’s the sad part. I don’t know how or when it happened, but internships stopped being solely a competition for the most qualified and started tacking on variables of wealth and whom you know. There are scholarships out there for lowerincome students, yes, but it’s almost depressing how poorly advertised and put out there they are. If I’m the best journalism student the University has ever seen but I’m poor and don’t know any means of financial aid, it doesn’t seem to matter. Internships have got to stop being a way for certain companies to get free, unpaid lab rats to fetch coffee and make copies. I know someone whose internship literally consisted entirely of her making coffee and occasionally working with her supervisor. Now, working a coffeemaker should be something every adult knows how to do, but you shouldn’t have to report 30 hours a week to learn it. There is raw skill out there in every field, and likewise, there are those who simply cannot afford to travel to showcase it. Universities and companies alike should be going out of their way to accommodate these students and make sure they get the work experience they deserve, and are qualified for, before they’re ejected out into the workforce. Otherwise college students are all just running around with our heads chopped off for nothing, and you really, really don’t want to be around when we realize that fact. Beth Lindly is a junior majoring in journalism. Her column runs biweekly on Tuesdays.

COLUMN | SEXUAL CULTURE

Discussions needed to change judgmental attitudes toward sex By Samaria Johnson | Staff Columnist Every other Thursday evening, the Alabama Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Justice meets to talk about sex. Called Dirty Thursday, these meetings are part of a discussion series on sexuality to discuss topics typically misaligned, misrepresented or ignored in the mainstream. The discussions run the gamut from “Sex Ed 101” to porn. Nothing’s off-limits. One moment, it’s about different brands of condoms and the next, how race affects sexual and gender expression. There are only three rules: no shaming, no judging and respect each other’s privacy. Despite the risqué content, Dirty Thursday is the most posi-

tive space some of us have ever encountered, not only in college but in general. For a couple of hours, we can freely share stories about awkward sexual encounters and argue who’s the better candidate for friends-withbenefits, the close friend or the casual acquaintance. Even more importantly, we talk about how to navigate consent, what that might look like in any particular situation, how respectability politics affects the sexual opportunities for women of color, and about whether hook-up culture is a myth. Regardless of how highbrow or low-key the conversation may be, every bit of it is important. We live in a society that shames sexuality. We’re taught that it’s innately corrupt, that it’s a

commodity, that sexual agency is the sole domain of white, cisgender, heterosexual men. We demonize it through abstinenceonly “education.” We defund Planned Parenthood clinics, which provide much-needed privacy and affordable sexual health care to minors and young adults. We throw around slurs, fat-shame and talk about how miniskirts are “asking for it.” And in the next breath, we take away the little agency people have by objectifying women in every medium possible, blaming them if they aren’t completely sexually available to men at all times in all ways and blaming them again if they say no. When those attitudes and value systems are in place, sexuality, by default, becomes something to be ashamed of. When we make

sexuality out to be dangerous, it becomes dangerous. If no one knows how to safely express their sexuality, then sexuality won’t be safely expressed. When female sexuality is either the Madonna or the whore, there’s no space for a woman to make her own sexual decisions.When we denigrate the sexualities of people of color, we perpetuate a system that has historically exploited them. When queer sexuality is criticized, we not only unjustly privilege heteronormative sexualities, but also create a strict boundary around that which prevents non-queer persons from exploring their own sexual identities. When we decide sex belongs only within a monogamous, heterosexual marriage in the image of white upper-class

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Westerners, we cause undue stress on those who find themselves outside of those bounds either by choice or circumstance. So normalize sex. Question everything we’ve been told is good about sex and everything that’s supposedly bad about it. Blush and stammer your way through discussions about it, but for the love of everything, discuss it. When we stop treating sex as something to be afraid of and as the ultimate measure of someone’s worth, it really does become a beautiful thing. Samaria Johnson is a junior majoring in history and the president of the Alabama Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Justice. Her column runs biweekly .

Last Week’s Poll: Do you believe the list of contested votes in the Tuscaloosa city school board election disenfranchises students? (Yes: 36%) (No: 64%) This Week’s Poll: Do you think organizations should be suspended from block seating if they regularly leave football games early? cw.ua.edu/poll

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Shelters warn of future commitment PETS FROM PAGE 1

Shepherd Bend future undecided According to a release from the Black Warrior Riverkeeper, the Alabama Surface Mining Commission refused to designate more than 40,000 acres of land on the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River as unsuitable for coal mining. The decision came Monday afternoon as a response to a petition the riverkeeper filed on Sept. 10, 2012. Designating an area as unsuitable for coal mining is allowed under a provision of the Alabama Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. According to the riverkeeper, the designation is required when surface mining could result in substantial loss or reduction in the long-range productivity of the water supply. This area of land includes the site of the proposed Shepherd Bend coal mine. The University of Alabama System owns much of the land and mineral rights for the proposed coal mine, and a number of environmental advocacy groups across the state, including the Alabama Environmental Council, the UA Student Government Association and the riverkeeper, have called on the system to refuse to sell the land in question. “This stretch of river deserves full protection as a vital source of water and as a recreation resource for the general public,” riverkeeper Nelson Brooke said in the release. “The state should not be allowing companies to discharge water pollution from coal mines into the daily source of water for 200,000 greater Birmingham-area drinking water consumers.” Waste from the proposed Shepherd Bend mine would flow into Mulberry Fork within sight of an intake facility for Birmingham Water Works. The Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River supplies drinking water for 200,000 residents of the greater Birmingham Area, according to the riverkeeper. In addition to the Shepherd Bend mine, the designation would also have prevented the creation of Reed Minerals No. 5 mine, which is located two miles upstream of the water intake facility. “It is a shame that state regulatory agencies are not doing more to ensure that the citizens of Birmingham have a safe, dependable and affordable supply of drinking water, both now and in the future,” riverkeeper attorney Eva Dillard said. During the review process, the Birmingham Water Works Board submitted water quality analysis to the commission and expressed concerns that the coal mine could potentially raise treatment costs or even make the water untreatable under certain circumstances. The Black Warrior Riverkeeper promised to continue to oppose any attempts to create a coal mine on the banks of Birmingham’s biggest water source.

Event joins Halloween with art Creative Campus will host “An All Hallows Happening” on Tuesday. “Happenings” is an ongoing project from Creative Campus that seeks to bring art and life together in performance art typically through pop-up events that rely on audience engagement for part of the performance. “An All Hallows Happening” will take place from 7-9 p.m. at the Transportation Museum on Jack Warner Parkway. For more information, go online to creativecampus.ua.edu.

encountered a health issue with the animal that they were unprepared to handle. “Make sure you spay and neuter your pet,” Earp said. “While it might seem like a cost up front, it will save you money in the long run. It will save a lot of time and money because it won’t add to the animal population and cost someone else money in the long run.” More than half of the 6-8 million dogs and cats that enter shelters each year are euthanized, according to humanesociety.org. Low adoption rates are a driving factor behind this high number, as is the large number of animals rescued from the streets due to overpopulation. For example, in Tuscaloosa, the downtown area sees a spike at the end of the spring semester in the number of feral cats, said Betty Freeman, Tuscaloosa Humane Society board member and volunteer.

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the urban environments that they grew up watching on Seinfeld, Friends and, eventually, Sex and the City,” he said. “Boomers, the ones who are thinking about it, want to downsize to a place where they will still be viable citizens after they lose the capacity to drive.” The centrality of walkability, Vaughn said, increases as residents relocate downtown. “You have to think of what they’re going to need in their general vicinity,” she said. “Thinking about walkability, I think, is a great way to start that conversation.” Students in particular might be interested to hear how the principles of the “New Urbanism” movement,

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She said lack of spaying and neutering is a contributing factor. “There is a jump in the number of feral cats when students leave for the summer,” Freeman said. “They think that they can just let the cat go and it can fend for itself, but it can’t.” Metro Animal Shelter also talks extensively with the students about finances and the amount of time they are able to commit, so they can counsel the student on whether a dog or cat would be better suited for their lifestyle. “We spend a lot more time with younger people counseling them on what to do and what not to do when adopting a pet,” Earp said. “More so than a family who’s owned a pet or two before.” Earp said the largest obstacle students face in pet adoption is their inability to examine their future commitment to the pet. “So many young individuals can’t see the long term effects or responsibility,” Earp said. “Without judging we try to explain the

The walkability of a city has major influences on the lifestyles of its people no matter the type of city. — Hayden Gunter of which Speck is an advocate, might apply to The University of Alabama. Marlan Golden, a senior majoring in history and Spanish, is currently enrolled in PlanFirst. Golden said city planning exerts influence over many parts of a student’s daily routine. “Walkability affects how you choose to get to class, where you eat, how you get downtown at night and any number of other seemingly basic personal decisions that we all make subconsciously every day,” Golden said. “Speck’s book includes key

CW File Although rewarding, animal shelters warn students wanting to adobt pets of long term commitment. big picture. You must look at the next several years of your life and examine where you’ll be because you’ll have the animal for that long.” Freeman said time is the most important factor to examine when a student is selecting a specific type of pet. “Based on your time, you need to decide if you’re better suited for a dog or for a cat,” Freeman said. “For example, if you have a high-energy dog you need to see whether you have time to take it on walks and train it.”

A study at Ohio State University found that the top reason for college students to own pets was to help them cope with adversity or to feel less lonely. The study surveyed 350 people ages 18-50, and 18 percent of the college students surveyed said their pet contributed to their happiness. “They say dogs are the most natural anti-depressants you can find. I have also heard that many people who own dogs live longer and happier lives, and since I got Nelson, I have been much happier,” Garner said.

points that are relevant to the planning of all spaces, not just a city’s downtown. Anyone who has witnessed the growth of our University can attest to the importance of smart planning to accompany that growth.” Speck will also be hosting a workshop on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 9:30 a.m. that is specifically tailored to Tuscaloosa. Hayden Gunter, a senior majoring in civil engineering and a PlanFirst student, said the principles outlined in “Walkable City” are applicable at a neighborhood, community and national scale. “The walkability of a city has major influences on the lifestyles of its people no matter the type of city,” Gunter said. “Whether it’s New York, Chicago or Tuscaloosa, Ala., Mr. Speck outlines in ‘Walkable City’ the importance of walkability and its impact on a city’s economy, culture and quality of life. Planning can influence that

decision and many others by creating viable options of transportation and lifestyles so everyone isn’t competing for the same two parking spots in front of Chuck’s or DePalma’s.” Vaughn said the course is a city-university partnership, so the event will be open to the community. For his part, Speck said it can be hard to judge a city’s walkability and functionality from a distance. Still, he noted a cycling network that is “inadequate and dangerous,” as well as the presence of large parking lots – a walkability red flag. “It is hard for me to judge from the air, but the proof is in the pudding,” Speck said. “How many students own cars? If it’s a significant percentage, then there has been either a design error, a policy error or both. There is absolutely no reason a college student should have to own a car.”

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

COLUMN | TELEVISION

Fairytale shows bring imagination back to TV By Hannah Widener

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Rotten Tomatoes Shows like “Once Upon a Time” bring creative storytelling and admirable heros back to TV.

And they lived happily ever after … but what happens after “happily ever after?” When you’re a kid you never wonder about where the seven dwarfs went to live after Snow White ditched them. Did she have them continue to work in the mine, whistling while they did it, despite their decision to let her live in their house rent free? Perhaps the wicked queen wasn’t so wicked after all; maybe she was just suffering from a broken heart or came from a bad home. Fairytales were written hundreds of years ago but still remain relevant to this day. ABC’s show “Once Upon A Time” brings the classics of the past to the present and gives them a new twist. Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) is not the sweet, docile princess from the Disney movie. She has taken on the modern standard that women can be their own heroines and save themselves. No more is the knight in shining armor necessary as a woman is capable of saving a kingdom. The romance is not dead, however. Snow still has her prince, although in the first season, she has no recollection of who he is. The residents of Storybrooke are under the spell of the evil queen, Regina, until Snow and

... networks are starting to realize the common thread – people want to be taken away to another world when they watch TV.

Prince Charming’s (Josh Dallas) daughter, Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison), can break the curse. It seems that every fairytale you’ve ever watched as a child, sitting in front of your TV, singing along, has come to Storybrooke. Flashbacks to past lives of each character display how all magical fairytale creatures are actually intertwined. In the second season, the curse has been broken, and magic is on its way. If you thought the evil queen Regina (Lana Parilla) wasn’t treacherous enough, just wait until you get a load of her mother Cora (Barbra Hershey), who also plays the Queen of Hearts in an

alternate reality similar to Storybrooke. The popularity of “Once Upon A Time” has spawned this alternate reality, the spin-off “Once Upon A Time in Wonderland,” which follows Alice and the search to find her lost love. Bringing fairytales to the small screen has been done before. NBC premiered the show “Grimm” on October 28, 2011, only five days after “Once Upon A Time.” “Grimm” only brought in 6.56 million viewers, while “Once Upon a Time” brought in 12.93 million viewers. With millions of people tuning in, networks are starting to realize the common thread – people want to be taken away to another world when they watch TV. Reality TV has taken over, and while Honey Boo Boo and Duck Dynasty clearly show the amount of time and effort put in by the people in the writers’ room (note the hint of sarcasm), it’s time to bring back television shows that aren’t about glorifying bad behavior and no talent “stars.” It’s time to show kids there is more to the imagination than just becoming the new reject on “16 and pregnant.” Isn’t it time to show kids, little girls especially, that you can be your own hero of the story? I believe we all deserve a little magic in our lives, even if it is only on TV.

University students, faculty team up to produce zombie comedy By Matthew Wilson | Contributing Writer As Halloween approaches, the season of the zombie is in full swing, spreading throughout popular culture like an outbreak. The University of Alabama’s telecommunication and film department will soon join the list of infected as it gears up for its upcoming television pilot, Zom-Com. ZomCom is a 22-minute comedy TV pilot produced by TCF professor Adam Schwartz’s television production class in conjunction with TCF professor Matthew Payne’s Zombies in Culture class. Payne, who wrote the script with Schwartz, compares the central characters to real-life storm chasers. “The basic premises focus on a ragtag group of zombie hunters, so imagine storm chasers only instead of chasing tornadoes, they’re chasing the undead,” Payne said. “They’re trying to document them, get more information about the outbreak and bring that information back to the central government in order to get closer to the cure.” Schwartz described the characters of the pilot as being part of an ensemble. Lead characters Champ and Jessica, both former scientists in their late thirties, act as older mentors to the younger Carlos, a mechanical expert, and Freddie, a technical expert. Jessica acts as the de facto leader of the group and as the main protagonist of the pilot. “[Jessica] is what I like to describe as a cross between Lara Croft from ‘Tomb Raider’ and Mal Reynolds from ‘Firefly,’” Schwartz said. “She has this tough exterior but can also be charming.” Schwartz’s television production class is in charge of the production and actual filming of the pilot, while Payne’s class is helping out more with the preproduction and promotion. “Dr. Payne’s class has really stepped up and they are doing a wonderful job providing props and assisting the producers in finding catering and other sources for fundraising,” Leigh Rusevlyan, one of the producers for the pilot, said. Zom-Com will be filmed in the Birmingham-Tuscaloosa area over the next few months. The production team hired

“For the horror aspect, it has to be a realizable danger. It has to be something people buy into in terms that this is a real threat. The comedy comes from the characters that you put into this world.” — Adam Schwartz Screen Actors Guild actors from different parts of the nation as well as local performers to flesh out Zom-Com’s world. “One of the goals of the project is to really try to elevate the production value,” Payne said. Daniel Ryan, a production designer for the pilot and a junior majoring in telecommunication and film, said the zombies that populate the world of Zom-Com will be a hybrid of George Romero’s slow shuffling zombies and the faster-paced zombies of “28 Days Later.” “The zombies might be slow or might be fast, depending on the situation and the dramatic tension that we want to create during our characters’ interactions with them,” Ryan said. For Payne and Schwartz, finding the right mixture of horror and comedy was an interesting challenge when writing the script. “For the horror aspect, it has to be a realizable danger. It has to be something people buy into in terms that this is a real threat,” Schwartz said. “The comedy comes from the characters that you put into this world.” The zombie chasers of Zom-Com have a humanitarian way of dealing with conflict with other groups, such as a gang of mercenaries that take joy in killing the zombies. Schwartz said they believe the zombies can be cured of their disease. “They want to study them, and if they kill them, they’re not studying their behavior,” Schwartz said. “They also believe that the zombies were once people — they’re just sick people — and perhaps there is a cure.” Payne and Schwartz were inspired by many sources in their formation of the pilot, from George Romero and “Shaun of The Dead” to TV shows like “Lost.” Payne said despite its genre, Zom-Com is very much character-driven.

“What Prof. Schwartz and I are trying to do is teach story telling,” Payne said. “We’re focusing on character. We’re focusing on conflict. The central focus is this team of folks.” Though Zom-Com is being created as a teaching tool, Schwartz and Payne, as well as the entire crew behind it, have high hopes for its future. They plan to submit

the pilot to festivals such as the New York Film Festival. “Of course, we would love to produce as many as possible if we gain some popularity,” Rusevlyan said. Payne hopes to host a viewing of ZomCom at the Bama Theatre during the upcoming spring semester. The production team behind Zom-Com wants to allow the Tuscaloosa community to be a part of the project. They will be holding a fundraiser for the pilot at Glory Bound on Nov. 18. “If students can show up and support the project, the TCF department will see how in demand these big projects are,” Rusevlyan said. “If the student body can get behind these projects there will be more and more opportunities in the future for all types of students to get involved.”

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Thursday, October 29, 2013

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Procrastinator’s guide to perfect Halloween costume By Bianca Martin | Contributing Writer

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Halloween is without a doubt one of my favorite holidays. Between watching scary movies, carving pumpkins and eating candy that I will probably regret later, the holiday is simply fun. The best part of Halloween, of course, is dressing up in costume. It is an opportunity to try out crazy makeup, wear fun outfits and become someone else for a night. There are endless possibilities to look sweet, sexy or funny. If you are like me and waited until the last minute to get a costume, the fun of dressing up can quickly turn into stress. With Halloween coming up this week, you can bet that costume stores have already been picked over. Whatever is left can cost from $30-$80. I don’t know about you, but I think that is a little much for a plastic costume that will be worn once. Not to mention, Halloween is almost like prom in the sense that nobody wants to have that frustrating moment of wearing the exact same costume as someone else. But have no fear, my fellow procrastinators; there are still plenty of chances to quickly put together a cheap, easy but still fun costume for Halloween night. All you

need is a clearance rack at a clothing store, a few accessories and YouTube. For a sweet look, transform yourself into the cutest character out there: Minnie Mouse. Look in your closet for any red, black or white dresses or skirts. If you cannot find one, try looking at clothing stores or thrift shops for one. Pair the outfit with a pair of solid black leggings or tights and wear a pair of flats or low heels. Extra points if your shoes are yellow like Minnie’s. Of course, you will also need a pair of Minnie Mouse ears. If you cannot find any, look on YouTube for tutorials on how to make them. If you still cannot get any, just wear a big bow in your hair. If you want a scarier idea for a costume, try

a zombie. This costume is easier because you can actually wear anything in your closet. If you want to do a little extra, take something you do not want anymore and put tears and fake blood stains on it. Look at Wal-Mart, Target or a costume store for a Halloween makeup kit. There are plenty of YouTube tutorials that can help you turn into a scary or pretty zombie, depending on what you want. For your hair, go crazy. Grab a comb and hairspray and tease, tease, tease. Again, depending on how elaborate you want to look, make your hair as big as you can. For a simple, more traditional look, become a witch. Look for a black dress in any style. Add a pair of black patterned tights and black shoes. You should be able to still find a witch’s hat in a costume store. If not, look at stores such as Claire’s or Icing for small ones. These jewelry stores also carry costume jewelry with spiders, cobwebs and other Halloween symbols. For makeup, try an extreme smoky eye and bold lipstick. Give your hair big barrel curls to look more sophisticated. Halloween is supposed to be fun, but having to find last-minute costumes can make it as stressful as Christmas. Whether you received a lastminute invitation to a party or waited until the day of Halloween to decide that you will dress up, there are always possibilities to create the best costume out there.

Warrior Dash combines 5k fun run with obstacles, mud By Alexandra Ellsworth | Staff Reporter Contestants will line up at the starting line of the Warrior Dash, ready to take off toward the first obstacle, the Giant Cliffhanger. Using the rope, contestants will heave themselves over the inclined wall and run to the next obstacle, known as Alcatraz. Before reaching the finish line, contestants will have scuttled under barbed wire, jumped over fire, climbed large mud mounds and struggled to crawl through thick mud. This will not be an ordinary 5K; this is the Warrior Dash. The run is headed to Tuscaloosa Saturday. Munny Sokol Park will be hosting the 3.2-mile race with 12 obstacles spread throughout the course. More than 4,000 people will be running the Warrior Dash. “I’ve always wanted to do an obstacle course race,” Jacob Morrison, a junior majoring in physics, said. Morrison said he is excited to finally

PLAN TO GO WHAT: Warrior Dash WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 2. WHERE: Munny Sokol Park have an opportunity to run an obstacle race and is anticipating the course to be manageable and not too difficult for him. “I’m not really doing much training for it,” he said. “I figured I would just go out and do it because I’m just doing it for fun.” Morrison is running the course with a group of friends. He said there would be about 10 of them doing it together. “It will be good encouragement to have help and push one another through the course,” he said. Mary Lyle, a sophomore majoring in nursing, will run the race with Morrison. Lyle said she is excited to make the Warrior Dash her first 5K. Until last week, the farthest Lyle had run was 1.5 mi., but

now she believes the distance should be manageable. “I think I can do it, but I know there will be some swimming as well, and it will be pretty cold outside,” she said. “I am looking forward to the challenge of the whole thing though. I know I can run the distance now, so it will just be the obstacles that will slow me down.” Lyle is most looking forward to the Leader’s Ledge, one of the 12 obstacles that will be a part of the course. For this obstacle, she will be required to climb along a narrow ledge to cross muddy water. “I am pretty excited about that one,” she said. “Really I’m excited just to see if I can do all the different obstacles.” The Tuscaloosa Tourism and Sports Commission and the Tuscaloosa County Park and Recreation Authority are sponsoring the race. Brandt Garrison, manager of communications for TTSC, said they’ve been seeing Tuscaloosa recently embracing different events, such as the Color Run. He said TTSC felt the Warrior Dash would be a good, fun-spirited,

athletic event for Tuscaloosa as well. “We like to compete and win here,” Garrison said. Registration for the Warrior Dash is still open. Participation in the race will cost $75 until Nov. 2. The race will begin at 9 a.m. and every half hour a new wave of participants will start. Participants are encouraged to wear costumes as there will be a prize for the best costume, in addition to prizes for the top three overall times in each age division for both male and female competitors. As with many races, the event will culminate in a party. For those 21 and older, one free beer will be provided. Other food and drinks will be available for purchase. Run participants will get a T-shirt, custom medal and warrior helmet. Garrison hopes the Warrior Dash will serve as a stepping stone for other events in the future. “We are excited that Tuscaloosa is starting to embrace events like this,” he said. “We are hoping folks from all over the surrounding areas will come out and support this.”

CULTUREIN BRIEF Belle Adair set to perform at Green Bar Muscle Shoals, Ala., band Belle Adair, named for a sunken ship in John Steinbeck’s “Winter of Our Discontent,” will perform at The Green Bar on Friday. They will be promoting their first record “The Brave and the Blue.” Much of the content was inspired by front man Matt Green’s move back to Muscle Shoals after his apartment in Birmingham burned down. The performance at The Green Bar follows their southeastern tour, which included New York City, Pittsburgh, Nashville and Florence, Ala. The Green Bar opens at 7 p.m., and Belle Adair will begin at 10 p.m.

William Willis exhibition continues at Garland Hall William Willis’ exhibition “A Span of Painting” will continue in Garland Hall through Nov. 22. His modernist approach contains geometric patterns and skewed images, some collages on linen and wood. Willis has exhibited in the Howard Scott/M-13 Gallery in New York and Hemphill Fine Arts in Washington, D.C. and is in collections like the Corcoran Museum of Art.

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Fall Break adventures that ﬁt the budget By Lauren Carlton | Contributing Writer

Are you looking to get out of Tuscaloosa this fall break without breaking the bank? If so, you’re in luck, thanks to Tuscaloosa’s central location in the state of Alabama. There is a lot to do close-by without splurging for plane tickets or budgeting out a week’s time. Here are some suggestions and tips for making the most of your long weekend. Nashville: 3.5 hours Music City is home to some of the best of southern culture, from honky tonk bars to upscale boutiques. There is truly something for everyone in Nashville. Check out the Parthenon in the middle of Centennial Park, the Grand Ole Opry and the Mall at Green Hills if you feel like perusing luxury brand boutiques like Tory Burch, Louis Vuitton, David Yurman, and Tiffany & Co. Don’t worry though. A trip to Nashville won’t break the bank. It’s home to a couple colleges so there are plenty of things to do on the cheap.

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If you’re craving a taste of the big city without the big travel time, Atlanta is the place to go. Atlanta has become a southern staple for theater, nightlife and food. If you’re willing to wake up early, be sure to stop by Ria’s Bluebird on Memorial Drive SE. Chef Ria Pell’s cooking has become a cult favorite among natives and visitors alike. Come for the culture. Stay for the pancakes.

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Mobile Mobile: 3.5 hours Mobile has a relaxed charm to it after all the beach-going tourists have cleared out. You can really get to know this old city in the fall. If you’re searching for an out-of-the-box place to visit, the U.S.S. Alabama rests in Mobile Bay and offers tours year-round. After your tour, check out downtown Mobile. The city boasts some eclectic coffee shops and bookstores to explore.

Savannah may look like a sweet southern belle, but it’s a city with a dark history. Since fall break takes place over Halloween this year, it seems appropriate to include a city many cite as being one the most haunted in the United States. Savannah is home to a bevy of themed ghost tours that range from guided walks to haunted pub crawls. If you’re feeling especially adventurous, check out the Moon River Brewing Company. This popular bar just so happens to be one of the most frequented places for paranormal investigators.

Living at home an alternative approach to the freshman experience By Cole Booth | Contributing Writer Many freshmen are left to find new ways to meet friends and get involved in student life when living on campus is not an option. At the beginning of this year, Alex Barron, a freshman and Tuscaloosa native, faced a difficult choice. “My parents basically said, ‘You either live with us or we’re not helping you pay for college,’” Barron said. While some might view such a situation as a slight, he doesn’t seem all that resentful. He can see both sides of the living-with-parents coin. “If you have parents who are willing to help you, there’s always that safety net,” Barron said. “They’re just right there instead of halfway across the state or, for some of these guys, even the world. But of course, disadvantages are not as much privacy, and they can still use that ‘you live under our roof’ card so you have to play by their rules.” Barron’s situation isn’t unique among freshmen at the University. As a result of the Housing and Residential Communities Department’s Freshman Residency

Freshman year, it was an adjustment. I know that a lot of people who were in the dorms got to meet people very quickly, and I didn’t. — Summer Atkins Program, which began in 2006, all freshmen are required to live in oncampus housing, but some students are exempt if they wish to live with parents, relatives or other legal guardians within a reasonable commuting distance. Alicia Browne, associate director for information and communication for HRC, said she understands the reasons students have for choosing to live with their families in the Tuscaloosa area. “We grant exemptions for students who are going to live with their parents and commute,” Browne said. “We also see students who are going to live with older siblings, and I would say that that is becoming more and more common. And

sometimes another family member, grandparents, aunts and uncles.” However, Browne said living on campus is statistically beneficial for students in the long run. “[The Freshman Residency Program] came after looking at quite a bit of national research that indicated that freshmen who lived on campus were more likely to persist to their sophomore year,” Brown said. “We are finding that as well. The idea of persistence of students in school, and for students to have support, to become engaged on campus, were all important and were the impetus behind the program.” Morgan Parson, also a Tuscaloosa County native and a freshman majoring in nursing, decided to live at home after being accepted to the University. She cited financial pressures as being the primary motivation for her choice to attend. “If it weren’t for them giving me a scholarship that was so awesome, I don’t know if I would have come here,” she said. Freshmen aren’t the only UA students who can be claimed as a deduction. Summer Atkins, a junior

majoring in education and longtime Tuscaloosa resident, said it was just convenient to live where her family lives. “Some students from here had scholarships that covered housing. I did not. It just seemed more convenient financially to stay at home, than to have my parents fork over so much money to live somewhere five to six miles away from my home,” Atkins said. The Tuscaloosa natives stated no problems with meeting new friends at the University. Parson pledged a Christian sorority, Alpha Delta Chi, in her first months at the Capstone. She also found friends with similar interests in her classes. “My classes are really good for [meeting new people],” Parson said. “I can find other girls who are studious and care about their grades; the type of people who sit in the front of the classroom with me. Yeah, I’m a nerd. And going through the sorority, I made so many good friends,” Parson said. Atkins said it was more difficult to meet friends since she did not have roommates in a dorm setting, but not impossible.

“Freshman year, it was an adjustment. I know that a lot of people who were in the dorms got to meet people very quickly, and I didn’t. I just had to adjust and be more intentional with meeting people,” Atkins said. Barron said he did not have trouble making friends as a freshman, but may have missed out on the typical “college experience.” “I feel like I can’t go out and, what some college students might say, ‘live life,’” Barron said. Parson may have been able to make friends organically in class, but when it comes to late night campus activities, she said she feels slighted. “Whenever I get the Honors College newsletters, and they’re like, ‘Oh yeah, we’re gonna be in the kitchen, cooking this stuff,” I’m jealous. Or, ‘Hey, we’re gonna have this super late-night event, it’s right here at the Ferg,’ and [students on campus] just have to walk 15 minutes from your dorm with half of your friends that came from the same place, that’s really cool. So I feel like I miss out on a lot of that stuff,” Parson said.

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

INTRAMURAL | QUIDDITCH

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Intramural quidditch Jameis Winston would be the receives mixed reviews perfect QB to replace McCarron By Charlie Potter By Danielle Walker | Staff Reporter The University of Alabama Recreation Center intramural office hosted its first quidditch tournament last week and looks forward to continuing the Harry Potter-themed event as an intramural sport. The tournament was held Oct. 23, 24 and 27 on the recreation fields. Twelve teams competed in the double-elimination tournament, with team United States winning it all. United States defeated Vatican City to earn the championship title. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was happy with the turnout,â&#x20AC;? Shelby Sims, director of intramural sports, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we were able to give them a good enough tournament in a double-elimination format, so hopefully they enjoyed that and come back for more.â&#x20AC;? While the intramural office hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t received any complaints about last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tournament, some students have expressed concerns about the organization and clarity of the sportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rules. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it was really unorganized,â&#x20AC;? Micky Drake, a sophomore majoring in chemical engineering, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The rules were not well established before the game.â&#x20AC;?

Even though Brian Dokas, a senior majoring in chemical engineering, was similarly disappointed in the execution of the tournament compared to previous years, he said he would still compete in the tournament again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was competitive,â&#x20AC;? Dokas said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a good experience besides losing our games.â&#x20AC;? As most Harry Potter fans know, muggle quidditch is a sport that comes with an extensive rulebook that must be followed in order for the game to work and run smoothly. To prepare their officials for the game, the intramural office held many informational meetings beforehand to ensure all employees understood the rules. But, because it was their first year hosting, the office expected a few inconsistencies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really comment on [the organization] except that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our first year,â&#x20AC;? Sims said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will learn from what we did well, what we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do well and hopefully weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll kind of correct those mistakes for the spring.â&#x20AC;? Quidditch will return to the list of intramural sports in the spring semester. Sims is hoping for more teams to come out to the tournament and have fun while competing.

The question on every Alabama fanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind is who will step up to be the starting quarterback for the Crimson Tide next season, despite the 2013 season still having several games left on the schedule. Fifth-year senior AJ McCarron will be moving on to an NFL career at the seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end, leaving a massive hole in the 2014 lineup. Blake Sims has received all the second-team snaps at quarterback this season, but Saban and the coaching staff seem to like freshman walk-on Luke Del Rio. Alec Morris, Cooper Bateman and Parker McLeod are still on the roster, too. Alabama also has a commitment from Norman, Okla., prospect David Cornwell, who will enroll in the University in January. But can any of those players step in and keep the Crimson Tide offense rolling like it has for the past three seasons with McCarron under center? That question lingers in the back of fansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; minds and is often brought to the forefront on Saturdays or whenever SportsCenter is on. A commotion in Tallahassee, Fla., is making Alabama fans â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and maybe even coaches â&#x20AC;&#x201C; feel a twinge in their stomachs. Redshirt freshman quarterback Jameis Winston is taking the college football world by storm for Florida State, leading the Seminoles to an undefeated record in his first year at the helm of the offense.

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Winston has thrown for 2,177 yards, 23 touchdowns and only four interceptions in seven games. He is second in the country in completion percentage, yards per pass attempt and passing efficiency. He has terrorized the ACC this season and dismantled then-undefeated Clemson with 444 passing yards and three touchdowns. The Hueytown, Ala., native was plucked out of Sabanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s state by Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher and has emerged as a serious Heisman Trophy candidate. But what would have happened if Saban had lured college footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest phenom into the fold in Tuscaloosa? At 6 feet 4 inches, 228 pounds, Winston would have filled in perfectly in McCarronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wake. He would have better targets than he does in Tallahassee with players like Amari Cooper, Christion Jones, DeAndrew White, Chris Black and O.J. Howard, as well as T.J. Yeldon and Kenyan Drake to take the defenseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention off him in the running game. And he would be asked to do a lot less in order for his team to win, if he had committed to Alabama. Saban and the Crimson Tide are known for many things, and phenomenal recruiting classes are near the top of the list. But, Winston wearing a crimson jersey is only a fantasy, a dream â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or nightmare â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that haunts Alabama fans as the one player that got away.

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

ROWING

CW File The UA rowing team practices on the Black Warrior River for the upcoming Head of the Hooch regatta in Chattanooga, Tenn.

UA rowing team prepares for Head of the Hooch By Matthew Wilson | Contributing Writer The University of Alabama rowing team, led by coach Larry Davis, will compete in the Head of The Hooch regatta in Chattanooga, Tenn., Saturday and Sunday. The Crimson Tide will face various opponents, including Tennessee and Oklahoma. Davis and the student athletes have been busy preparing not only by training, but also by creating a plan and organizing the team. “Each week we’re trying to make adaptations in our speed,” Davis said. “Another thing I’d like to do is put our entire racing plan in place. We haven’t gotten to where we selected a first boat and a second boat, and we’ve had two boats about the same

PLAN TO GO WHAT: Alabama rowing, The Head of the Hooch WHEN: Chattanooga, Tenn. WHERE: All day speed. What we’re looking to do at this regatta is to row a true first boat and a true second boat, so we can match up with the NCAA division events that will be coming up.” For Caroline Blackington, a junior majoring in health development and co-captain of the team, a large part of training has been the experience the rowing team has acquired from

past competitions. “We’ve had two boats go up to Boston for the Head of the Charles, so a lot of our preparation for Head of the Hooch has come from competing already this past season,” Blackington said. Under Davis, the rowing team has been competitive on the water and in the classroom. Alabama rowers have earned the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association’s Scholar-Athlete Award 49 times and Academic Honor Roll 121 times during the past six years. “Once you’re done with college, unless your going to row on the Olympic team, you’re not going to be able to get on a pro circuit,” Davis said. “One of the things that

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other collegiate sports in that the team has to be unified and work in a rhythm to win. Unlike other sports, rowing lacks a standout athlete because the entire team depends on one another. “When we give out team awards at the end of the year, we don’t even give out a most valuable player award because the way things operate with rowing is that you have to really be able to work as a unit,” Davis said. Blackington said she values the team mentality at the University. “There is an extreme sense of community. I’m from the Northeast, and there is more Southern value tradition than you would find in the North,” Blackington said.

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we emphasize with our girls is that you’re here to get an education. You obviously need to be able to balance that out and be a competitive athlete, but we emphasize that the girls are taking care of their studies.” Blackington said the programs in place at the University are beneficial in helping her accommodate her studies and athletic career. “I find a balance through the opportunity that the school provides us,” Blackington said. “We have the student athlete resource center, which gives us tutors if we need help. They just do a fantastic job with it. Our coach does a fantastic job in setting a team ideal goal of using our time wisely.” Davis said rowing differs from

Alabama coaching staff names players

Rivers recognized Mosley Butkus for 2nd time in row Award semifinalist

Seven Crimson Tide players were named players of the week by the coaching staff after Alabama’s win over Tennessee. Cyrus Kouandijo, Kevin Norwood and T.J. Yeldon were recognized on offense, while Landon Collins and Trey DePriest was named on defense. Christion Jones and Dillon Lee were recognized on special teams. Landon Collins was also named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week.

Redshirt freshman middle blocker Krystal Rivers was named SEC Co-Freshman of the Week for the second time in a row and for the third time this season. Rivers tallied 14 kills on 18 attempts with no errors for a career-high .778 hitting percentage in a fourset win over Georgia on Friday.

C.J. Mosley has been named a semifinalist for the Butkus Award, an award given annually to the nation’s top linebacker, while Landon Collins was named as a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, an award that honors the best defensive back in college football. Compiled by Leila Beem