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Woods Hall, Kilgore House suspected paranormal areas
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As Halloween quickly approaches, students at The University of Alabama begin the popular annual pilgrimage to the state-owned “Old Bryce” facility in Northport, Ala., hoping to experience the rumored hauntings for themselves. The unofficial term “Old Bryce” refers to a pair of abandoned buildings in a rural area of Northport that served as early establishments in the history of mental health in the state of Alabama. The S.D. Allen Intermediate Care Facility was open from 1977 to 2003 to serve patients older than 65 years old, said Jeff Shackelford, the public information officer for the Department of Mental Health.
Tuscaloosa is rich with history in the way that many Southern towns are. Named after a Native American killed by European settlers, Tuscaloosa is freckled with plantation homes that once oversaw massive slaves operations before seeing action during the Civil War in the Battle of Tuscaloosa. With this rich history come darker, eerier stories that explain why present day Tuscaloosa is filled with haunted houses, cemeteries and buildings. Ian Crawford, the director of the Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion, said you don’t have to look very hard to find a haunted building in Tuscaloosa. On the UA campus, Woods Hall has the creepiest true history, Crawford said. “There was a duel that took place in
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The buildings that once housed a mental health facility are now covered in graffitti.
the 1870s on the balcony of Woods Hall between two students,” Crawford said. “One of the gentlemen made a snide remark about his friend’s cousin, and so her honor being tainted, he challenged the insulter to a duel. Two shots rang out and one man fell. We don’t know if the gun shot killed him or if it was the fall from the balcony, so there are stories around about how you can hear the gun shots on Woods Quad. Some people say that, late at night, you can see the young man pacing about on the Woods balcony.” According to “Haunted Tuscaloosa,” a book on the haunted history of Tuscaloosa, there are nine buildings and areas on campus said to be haunted, including Woods Quad. David Higdon and Brett J. Talley, the authors of the book, also listed the Kilgore House, the Little Round House, the Quad, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, Smith Hall and the Allen-Bales Theatre. SEE HAUNTED PAGE 11
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Moon Taxi returns to Tuscaloosa for Halloween Green, Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 9 p.m. Moon Taxi, an americana indie-rock band, will be stopping at the Bama Theatre as By Lauren Ferguson one of their first performances Culture Editor while on tour. The band first got its start The Bama Theatre will host a Halloween show of live after Birmingham natives music, costumes and enter- Trevor Terndrup and Tommy tainment by featured perform- Putnam graduated from high ers Moon Taxi and Tea Leaf school and moved to Nashville,
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Tenn. As the band grew, they added on more bandmates, including guitarist Spencer Thomson, drummer Tyler Ritter and keyboardist Wes Bailey. “We started playing in high school and then moved up to Nashville to perform professionally,” Terndrup said. “We developed solidity in 2007, mostly in the Southeast.
Technically, we live in Nashville, which is a great central locality and professionally is a great place to make music.” Terndrup said the band plays a mixture of progressive indie rock they coined as ‘americanica.’ Their debut album “Melodica” was released in 2007 featuring popular tracks such as “Gimme a Light” and
“Here to Stay.” Since then, the band has released two additional albums, “Live Ride” in August 2008 and their most recent “Cabaret” in April 2012. A band known by many college students, particularly those from Birmingham, Ala., Moon Taxi is excited to be back in Tuscaloosa for a Halloween show. “[Our music] appeals to
college students if you are a music fan,” Terndrup said. “We are proficient with our instruments and put on a good show.” Keyboardist Wes Bailey said they are able to keep up with the younger crowds thanks to their previous performance experience.
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Member of ’92 championship team back to finish degree University of Alabama to finish his degree in January, 18 years after his days playing for the Crimson Tide came to an end. By Zac Al-Khateeb Royal was working toward Staff Reporter a degree in criminal justice Former Alabama lineback- in 1994 when he decided to er Andre Royal, who was a take his talents to the NFL sophomore on Alabama’s rather than finish his degree. Royal was signed on as a 1992 national championship team, is returning to The free agent for the Cleveland
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Browns but after being cut was signed by the Carolina Panthers in their inaugural season in 1995. He had a little more than a year left to complete his degree. “I decided to focus more on football rather than school work,” Royal said. Royal said he thought at the time he probably wouldn’t return to school to
finish his degree but liked the idea of finally returning. “In my mind, I would say the majority would say no,” he said. “But deep, deep back in my mind, I knew I would come back, because I like completing what I started.”
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WASHINGTON — Sandy, the massive, multi-state storm that flooded tunnels in New York City, brought snow to the mountains of West Virginia, snarled early voting for the upcoming election and caused more than 8 million power outages, moved into Pennsylvania and western New York on Tuesday and put the entire Northeast on heightened flooding alert. The storm has had significant impact in at least 10 states and the District of Columbia, and its effects were felt as far west as Chicago, where local emergency officials warned people to stay away from the Lake Michigan lakefront, which was expecting waves of 20 feet or higher. The storm brought 26 inches of snow to Redhouse, Md., and storm surges 12.5 feet above normal in Kings Point, N.Y., according to AccuWeather.com. Early estimates of its economic impact show Sandy could cause between $5 billion and $10 billion in insured damage, although that’s only a fraction of the broader economic losses, which could range from $20 billion to $50 billion or even higher. The storm was responsible for at least 40 deaths in the U.S., according to the Associated Press. At one time on Tuesday, the National Oceanic and At m o sp h e r i c Administration’s warning map was coded in a dizzying array of colors: red for blizzards in West Virginia, purple for gale and storm warnings along the coast from Georgia to Maine, green for possible flooding in a dozen states as far west as Ohio, orange for high winds as far north as Michigan. President Barack Obama issued major disaster declarations in some New York, New Jersey and Connecticut counties. Such declarations, used just once in this administration, when American Samoa was hit with a tsunami in 2009, open the door to additional federal aid. “Generally we do more thorough assessments and oftentimes these take longer,” FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said in a Tuesday conference call. “But because of the extent of the damages, it was evident to the president after
the conversations with the governors that he would do this as a verbal declaration.” FEMA had pre-deployed generators to support states where they need help getting key facilities, such as hospitals, back up and running. The storm made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone with gusts to hurricaneforce winds, according to Jennifer Collins, an associate professor in the department of geography, environment and planning at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Its path was dictated by other weather systems to the west and the east, and Sandy continued to bring heavy rain, high winds and surge to the midAtlantic region. Collins said it was rare for a hurricane originating in the Caribbean to travel the path that Sandy did, moving along a west-northwest track toward the end of its life and hooking toward the northeastern U.S. coastline. “Having a hurricane travel towards the Northeast states and interact with another storm system is pretty unusual,” Collins said. Among the most shocking images of the storm were from New York City, where the New York Stock Exchange was closed for a second day and water rushed into subway stations and tunnels. “I am astounded at what I have seen in my own congressional district: flooding throughout Coney Island, Battery Park City, and other areas; widespread power outages; felled trees everywhere you look; and some very tragic fatalities,” said U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a Democrat whose district includes parts of heavily impacted Brooklyn and Manhattan. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an independent, warned in a press conference that recovery – particularly restoring power and mass transit – would require “a lot of patience.” As of Tuesday morning, about three-quarters of a million New Yorkers were without power, he said. “Make no mistake about it: This was a devastating storm, maybe the worst that we have ever experienced,”
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Royal plans to finish criminal justice major
thing that inspired me, her going off to school and being a freshman. She’s going to a school in Daytona Beach, Embry-Riddle, an aviation and engineering school.” Even after he made the decision to return to school, however, the process of actually re-enrolling took some time for Royal, who’s been talking with advisors to help him through the process. Royal said the process of completing “all the little things” to get enrolled has been difficult for him, including whether he would continue working for his degree in criminal justice or try to earn another degree. Royal has decided to stay on the same track, adding sociology as a minor, and plans to earn both in a year. Royal said he doesn’t plan to do anything with his degree once he attains it, and it isn’t the means to achieve something else, but merely the ends. “I don’t really have a plan for that,” Royal said. “That wasn’t the goal. The goal is just to get my degree. Getting my degree wasn’t a step toward a final goal.”
ROYAL FROM PAGE 1 Regardless of his intent to finish his studies, Royal said he didn’t have a timeline to come back to finish. This became more apparent after his retirement from the NFL in 2000, when every year he considered finishing his degree bad timing kept him from doing so. “Life’s funny,” Royal said. “I never knew time-wise, but I was always considering, at the first of the year, would that be one thing I tried to do? And it was always put on the back burner.” Now, 12 years after retiring from the NFL, the timing is finally right. Royal said one of the main reasons for his return to classes was moving back to Tuscaloosa. Instead of having to complete his degree online, he’d be able to work for it on campus. He said he had another reason, too, and one that hit much closer to home. “My daughter, (Tierra),” Royal said. “…That’s another
“The level of devastation at the Jersey shore is unthinkable,” he said. “It is beyond anything I thought I’d ever see. Terrible.” Well after landfall, other parts of the Northeast were suffering Sandy’s impact. In West Virginia, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said in a statement that much of his state on Tuesday was experiencing severe weather, including high winds, flooding and blizzard-like conditions; power and water outages continued to plague many areas. Volunteer fire and rescue organizations mobilized through the East Coast, reinforcing professional staff in urban areas, while departments established special incident command systems designed to cope with widespread emergencies. In northern Virginia, Arlington County Fire Department officials, still weary from managing the 30,000 runners of the annual Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday, met Monday to deal with the storm. The call volume was heavy and crews responded to many reports of downed trees and power lines, but by midnight the county had quieted down considerably. Emergency response teams and task forces converged on the East Coast from throughout the country. More than 1,500 FEMA workers are positioned along the East Coast to support
response operations, including search and rescue, communications and logistical support. They include seven federal urban search and rescue task forces and 14 incident management assistance teams, which identify and coordinate the federal help needed. FEMA is coordinating with several government agencies and other organizations to handle Sandy’s aftermath, including the American Red Cross, the Defense Department’s U.S. Northern Command, the National Guard, the Coast Guard, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Departments of Health and Human Services and Housing and Urban Development. About 60 paramedics and EMTs from California’s American Medical Response, for instance, were mobilized by Federal Emergency Management Agency as the Northern California Strike Team and transported to New York City on Saturday. The task force members, half of whom work in California’s northern San Joaquin Valley, undertook missions that included helping evacuate several hundred patients from a New York hospital. “They’ve been putting in some long hours,” Barry Elzig, general manager for American Medical Response’s San Joaquin County operations, said in a telephone interview Tuesday afternoon.
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Honors College students get priority registration By Sarah Elizabeth Tooker Staff Reporter Students in the Honors College have a leg up on others as they are able to register for classes early. Under the current system, students with priority registration register ahead of other students, given that Honors College students have 18 hours of additional coursework to complete, Jim Bailey, assistant director of student services at the Honors College, said. With registration in full swing at the University, two campus representatives
explained the justification for a tier-based system when registering for classes. “The registration system is predicated on the assumption that students with more constraints in scheduling classes need to register prior to students with fewer constraints,” Bailey said. Bailey went on to explain that because Honors College students have requirements in addition to their undergraduate curriculum, priority registration provides those students an opportunity to complete all of their responsibilities. While some students
not enrolled in the Honors College complain this practice gives other students an unfair advantage, this hierarchical-based registration system is used on several other campuses. “Priority registration is a standard practice in Honors Colleges across the country, including multiple SEC schools, to assist Honors students in completing their Honors coursework,” Bailey said. University Registrar Michael George confirmed that priority registration has been in place for a number of years and is managed by the Office of
UA counseling professor wins award for mental health research By Rich Robinson Assistant News Editor Despite University of Alabama counseling professor Lisa M. Hooper’s immense success, she claims it has not been an individual effort. Hooper recently received the Dr. Linda Seligman Award from the American Mental Health Counselor Association. Hooper has won many awards during her eight years at the Capstone. She received both the Emerging Leader Award from the American Association of Multicultural Counseling and Development, and the Outstanding Research Poster Presentation Award from the American Mental Health Counseling Association in 2010. Hooper has also authored or co-authored more than 47 publications, including articles and books. “No great scientist gets their
research done by themselves,” Hooper said. “It takes a village to do good work, and she was part of that village,” he said of Lauren Huffman, a senior majoring in psychology. “I’m just a little person. She’s the star.” Huffman assists Hooper on a pilot study called, “The Assessment of Culturally Tailored Mental Health Treatment and Services,” which looks at how culture and other factors affect the delivery of both physical and mental health care. “I’ve been extremely lucky to be able to assist with the study, from the planning stages to data collection, analysis and dissemination of results,” Huffman said. “Undergraduate researchers don’t often have the opportunity to be involved with a research project from A to Z.” Huffman recently received the Randall Undergraduate Research Award for her work with Hooper on
the study. “I presented our research, and won my division, in the Undergraduate Research Conference last year,” Huffman said. “Dr. Hooper is a great mentor in the fact that she pushes her students to excel.” Hooper said Huffman was very intimidated and nervous when they began working together, but she has become a research scientist. “I’m really proud,” Hooper said. “Seeing her get all of these awards means more to me than me getting awards. Through her mentoring and leadership, we have other students coming up in the lab who are replicating her great work.” Huffman said she never imagined that she would leave the University with such solid research experience. “Her guidance has given me the skills I need to perform well in graduate school and in my future career as a researcher,” Huffman said.
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Academic Affairs. Registration time slots are allotted on the basis of earned hours only, George said. Other factors like grade point average or specific course work do not affect a student’s registration availability. Registration for Spring 2013 classes started Oct. 22 for graduate students, and the last time slot opens Nov. 9 for students with no earned hours. George also explained that once a student’s registration window becomes available, it is not limited to just one day or time. “The window openings are spread out over a three-week
period,” he said. “Once a registration window opens, it remains open until the last day to add.” Beth Terry, a senior majoring in psychology, urged nonHonors College students to apply for acceptance to utilize this unique advantage in registration. “Being in the Honors College allows me to get into the classes I have to take in order to graduate on time,” Terry said. “This should encourage other students to join the Honors College once they arrive to campus to reap the same benefits I do.”
Another student, Lauren Powell, a junior studying advertising, suggested the University could change the process to impact even more students. “Even though I benefit from the current registration system, I think it would benefit more students if the University based time allotments off seniority through earned UA hours,” Powell said. “Even if Honors College seniors registered a few hours before nonHonors College seniors, that seems more fair than making a senior student wait an entire week to register.”
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TODAY’S TOPIC: SOCIAL ISSUES Social issues are highly divisive factors in the upcoming election. While their impact is felt often among pockets of voters, as opposed to broader issues that affect every constituent, social issues carry great weight in the definition of American culture. Many voters feel their presence in the upcoming election is unnecessary and overpowering greater issues, like the economy and foreign relations, but many others feel that the government has a
responsibility to protect social rights that have been otherwise, or previously, denied. With election day looming, both campaigns are attempting to drive up their support among women voters as they look for every possible vote. This has brought women’s issues into important focus. President Obama has positioned himself as a champion of women’s rights, signing equal pay legislation and requiring employers to cover contraceptive
services for their employees. The president is pro-choice. Mitt Romney said the contraception mandate is a government over-reach and opposes abortion with exceptions for rape and incest. The debate over social issues also extends to other topics, like gay and lesbian rights. President Obama repealed the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell,” policy, which prevented gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. Mitt Romney has said
Obama supports women’s choices By SoRelle Wyckoff
On Aug. 26, 1920, American women were granted the right to vote. Ninety-two years later, we are witnessing an election reliant on the support of the “woman vote.” Currently, women hold around 17 percent of the seats in the U.S. Congress, but despite this political discrepancy, we are faced with two male candidates making decisions that pertain strictly to American women. The candidates must show an understanding for not only women-centered issues like contraception and abortion, but also an understanding of how to address these issues in a representative way. In the second presidential debate, a young female voter asked the candidates what they would do to shatter the glass ceiling and pay inequality that American women face throughout the workforce. Governor Romney’s highly “memed” solution involving “a binder full of women,” shows how unaware he is about the needs of women voters. Our next president must do more than statistically equalize women. He must seek a society that treats women as equal to their male counterparts in politics, the workforce and medical decisions. President Obama understands that female equality requires freedom – freedom that is synonymous with choice. Obama’s health care law includes a mandate that requires that contraception be covered by employer insurance. And while many label the contraception mandate as an attack on the freedom of religion, it is quite the opposite. Separation of church and state is vital to the equality our country sits on, and the federal government cannot make exceptions for religious associations. And besides, as Americans, we have the freedom of choice. So, while the choice of contraception is available, it does not mean contraception is by any means forced. Birth control is exceptionally expensive, running around $70 a month, and without the financial support mandated by President Obama, many women would not even have the opportunity of choice regarding contraception. Every woman has the right to decide for herself, and Obama’s mandate protects that freedom. Like contraception, the issue of abortion is not based on a morality argument but rather the option of choice. No woman wants to face the prospect of abortion, as it is undoubtedly a last resort. But ultimately, it is the decision of the individual, not the government. President Obama is pro-choice, and maintains that abortion should be “safe, legal and rare,” but, ultimately, the choice of the woman and her doctor. And a quick biology lesson for you: men can’t get pregnant. So it’s hard to listen to a man determine what women can and cannot do with their bodies. And where President Obama has given women the ability to decide for themselves, Governor Romney would strip females of that right. Romney opposes abortion, with the exception of rape and incest, and wants to overturn Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. He also plans to end funding to Planned Parenthood. Those who benefit most from Planned Parenthood? Lowincome women, who often risk turning to other, far more dangerous alternatives out of desperation. Like contraception, abortion has created a religious enemy. But, in the words of Vice President Joe Biden, while he is a practicing Catholic, as a lawmaker, he could not impose his religious beliefs on others. Another social issue the two parties have stark opinions on is that of same-sex marriage and civil unions. Since being in office, President Obama has signed the Matthew Shephard Act, has repealed “don’t ask, don’t tell,” and has denied support to the Defense of Marriage Act. And, in May 2012, President Obama announced his support for gay marriage, something inconceivable four years ago. President Obama’s decisions reflect his priority to protect the rights of a minority that has historically been brutally discriminated against. And while there are still bounds to be made, policy support is the first step to changing the cultural norms that surround social issues. Sexual-orientation discrimination is archaic, and denying rights like marriage or civil unions to same-sex couples is reflective of an outdated society. The United States lags behind fellow first-world countries, and President Obama is aware of the remnants of American discrimination. President Obama has made strives to move our country MCT Campus forward socially. Electing Mitt Romney risks moving socially backwards, to a period of accepted discrimination and a paternalistic society. President Obama’s decisions do not force a certain choice upon individuals but provides them with the opportunity to make one. Governor Romney and Senator Ryan, on the other hand, seem adamant to make these choices for us. As Americans, we have the privilege to make decisions for ourselves. Being denied these choices is a restriction on our individual freedoms. I refuse to let that be denied to me, and so should you.
he will not re-instate that policy. President Obama also became the first president in history to announce his support for gay marriage this past May. Mitt Romney opposes gay marriage and has supported an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman. He has also pledged to appoint an Attorney General who will defend the Defense of Marriage Act, which the Obama administration has stopped arguing against in
care benefits. • Is pro-life and believes abortion should be safe, legal and rare. • Verbally shown support for same-sex unions and has made efforts to protect LGBTQ rights through various policies.
Scalia is 76 and the Court’s conservative-leaning swing voter, Anthony Kennedy, is also 76. The next president will be responsible for filling those vacancies, and the justices he nominates could serve on the Supreme Court for generations. The outcome of social norms and cultural expectantations decided in this Election Day will be felt far into the future, regardless of which candidate emerges with a win.
Romney hopes to revise social policy By Tray Smith In 2004, Republicans engineered gay marriage initiatives in several states to encourage conservative turnout at the polls on the day of the presidential election. George W. Bush, in a tight race to win a second term, hoped “values voters” motivated by his social conservatism would swing the election. He won. He was also criticized for being divisive and exploiting sensitive social issues for his political advantage. How the times have changed. This year, another incumbent locked in a tight race for re-election is hoping to turn out supporters and swing voters by convincing them that his opponent is an extremist on social issues. This time, though, it is Democrats who are hoping social issues will play to their benefit. President Obama’s campaign has manufactured a “war on women” that his Republican adversaries are supposedly waging, his Justice Department has targeted Republican-backed voter identification laws as somehow constituting a civil rights violation, and he has put out a video of “Girls” creator Lena Dunham talking about voting for Barack Obama for her “first time.” The extent to which Obama and the Democrats have mocked Republicans on social issues reveals just how extreme they are, and they may have overestimated the electorate’s appetite for their social progressivism. This is no longer a party trying to keep the government out of the personal sphere but a party hoping to use government to advance progressive social goals. The Democrats are much more willing to utilize government in advancing their social agenda than Republicans. For instance, the Obama administration has issued a mandate under the new health law that requires employers to cover contraception in their employee health benefits plans. This includes business owners, charities and colleges with religious objections. Catholic business owners have joined to challenge this requirement in federal court, and nonprofit organizations and colleges, including Notre Dame, have filed separate lawsuits. Obama claims the issue is about contraception, but it isn’t. The mandate is an attack on our religious liberty. Mitt Romney wouldn’t do anything to restrict access to contraception, but he would repeal a health law that requires other people to provide it, even if they consciously object. The government shouldn’t prevent people from buying contraception. It shouldn’t force them to buy it, either. The health law also allows individuals to use taxpayerfinanced subsidies to buy health insurance plans that cover abortion. Abortion is indeed a very sensitive issue, but the Democrats undercut themselves when they argue the decision to abort a child is something the government shouldn’t be involved in and then pass laws that use the government’s taxing power to subsidize abortion coverage. Democrats have gone from defending what they have long insisted is a right to actively celebrating a heinous and heartwrenching procedure. In 2004, the Democratic platform called for making abortion “safe, legal and rare.” This year, the Democratic platform said women have the right to make decisions related to their pregnancy, including “a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay.” For those who can’t pay, taxpayers would presumably pick up the costs. Again, even Americans who support abortion rights surely understand the stretch from defending the right to have a procedure to insisting on the right to have someone else pay for it. Mitt Romney has said he opposes abortion but favors exceptions for cases of rape and incest. With Gallup showing that 47 percent of Americans consider themselves pro-choice and 46 percent consider themselves pro-life, that position is not as at odds with public opinion as the Obama campaign seems to think. Romney and Paul Ryan have also said they would not reinstate the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that prevented gays and lesbians from openly serving in uniform. But Romney and Ryan understand the debate over social issues encompasses much more than hot-button topics like abortion and gay marriage. The choice in this election is between two very different visions of the role the state should play in civil society. One candidate wants to use the government to actively MCT Campus impose his political agenda on society. Another will trust in our society to harness virtue and protect us from an overbearing government. Differences over abortion and contraception help illustrate this larger divide, but it is a much broader debate. Defending our religious liberty and allowing the foundations of civil society – churches, synagogues, mosques, community groups, professional associations, etc. – to flourish is a much more compelling vision than subverting those institutions to the will of the government.
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FAST FACTS • Health care includes a mandate that requires birth control be covered in employer health
federal court. The Supreme Court will continue to play a role in deciding many of these issues, and President Obama has already made two Supreme Court appointments. They both replaced retiring liberal justices, though, so the ideological composition of the court did not swing. The next four years will likely bring more court vacancies, however. Liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 79, conservative justice Antonin
• Would repeal the mandate forcing employee health care coverage of birth control. • Opposes abortion with the exception of rape and incest and plans to cut funding to Planned Parenthood. • Would not reinstate “don’t ask, don’t tell” but does not support federal protection of same-sex marriage
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UA receives National Science Foundation grant Program will provide scholarships for current physics majors interested in teaching in Alabama By Jon Vincent Contributing Writer The National Science Foundation and The University of Alabama are partnering in an $8 million grant for the Alliance for Physics Excellence Program to help better train high school physics teachers in the state of Alabama. Physics education in the state of Alabama has been on a steady decline in recent years. J.W. Harrell, associate professor of physics at the University, said only 75 percent of state high schools offer even one physics class for their students, and only 10 percent of physics teachers teaching these classes
graduated from college with a major or minor in physics. “Nationwide, the need for high school physics teachers exceeds all other disciplines,” Harrell said. “Addressing this need is critically important because physics is fundamental to all science and engineering disciplines.” This grant with allow APEX to better train 88 Alabama high school physics teachers over the next five years. This would account for almost one quarter of all Alabama high school physics teachers. The program will also provide 10 two-year scholarships valued at $16,000 a year to college students currently majoring
in physics and interested in teaching high school physics upon graduation. The University’s role in this program will be to evaluate the it’s effectiveness. Dennis Sunal, a science education professor at the University, will serve as the program’s primary investigator. “Unlike most programs, APEX looks not only at student knowledge but also the knowledge of the teacher,” Sunal said. “Teachers will be equipped with multiple ways to present physics to their students, and we’ll evaluate if the program worked with standardized tests, observations, and interviews of both students
Hunting season signifies family time for students By Adrienne Burch Staff Reporter For some University of Alabama students, the start of hunting season signified the beginning of a family affair throughout their childhood. “It is a family tradition,” Jeremy Payne, a junior majoring in metallurgical engineering, said. “I started hunting when I was just three years old with my dad.” Over 250,000 licensed hunters take to the fields and forests each season across the state of Alabama, according to Outdoor Alabama. The 2012 deer bow hunting season began Oct. 15 for the state of Alabama and the firearms season is set to begin Nov. 19, sending Alabama hunters out in full force. This includes the college students at The University of Alabama who have been raised on hunting and wait for months in anticipation for this time of the year. “Every chance that I get to go home during hunting season, I do, including this weekend for bow hunting,” Sage Smoker, a junior majoring in criminal justice, said. Smoker said he hunts in a small community called Bashi near his hometown of Thomasville, Ala., on private property owned by his family. Often, students like Smoker grow up hunting every year at their family-owned hunting camps or local hometown ranges, but when they come to college they are forced to find new places to hunt or travel back home to hunt with their families. Payne said he still travels back to his family’s hunting grounds in Missouri multiple times a year. This causes him to sometimes miss school, but he said it is well worth it. “Being in college has definitely affected how often I hunt, but it has not stopped me from going,” Payne said. “Now it is more like the best
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“The one thing that has kept us connected is that we have played at a lot of parties,” Bailey said. “Not quite as much as we used to. There’s a mutual energy, and we have stayed young because the fan base is keeping us young.” Natalie Thompson, a junior majoring in history, first heard about Moon Taxi in high school when the band played at her prom. “I went to my first show my junior year in high school and instantly fell in love,” Thompson said. “I’ve probably been to about eight or ten of their shows and have seen them in Birmingham, Auburn and Tuscaloosa.” Thompson said she is ecstatic the band will be making a Halloween
vacation I can possibly take.” Many student hunters travel back home to hunt, but there are more than 1.3 million acres of public hunting land in the state of Alabama, with a couple of sites located near the city of Tuscaloosa. Chris Allen, hunting manager at Woods-N-Water in Tuscaloosa, said he believes students coming to Tuscaloosa for college can still hunt inexpensively in and around the area. “A lot of college students who grow up hunting at home want to continue to hunt in Tuscaloosa, which is definitely possible,” Allen said. Allen recommends two popular locations: the Oakmulgee Wildlife Management Area in Bibb County and Forever Wild for duck hunting near Marion County. Oakmulgee Wi l d l i f e Management Area is a public hunting ground located in Bibb County, 25 miles southeast of Tuscaloosa. It is considered one of the top public-land destinations in the state according to Alabama Outdoor News. In addition to the hunting land, Oakmulgee has a shooting range, South Sandy Shooting Range, which is a popular destination for UA student hunters looking to perfect their shot throughout the school year. William Littlejohn, a junior majoring in chemical engineering, said he enjoys going to the shooting range while he is in Tuscaloosa and is not able to hunt as often. “I get more excited about hunting because it means I have something I can grill when I get back to school,” Littlejohn said. For many student hunters, hunting represents a way to escape the hustle and bustle of university life and get out into nature for a few hours to relax. “It’s so peaceful out in nature,” Payne said. “It helps
appearance this year in Tuscaloosa and plans to be front row. “I went to their show last year, and they always cover a Halloween classic like Thriller,” she said. “It’s a really good time. They dress up and go all out.” Tomorrow’s performance will be the first time Moon Taxi has played at the Bama Theatre, but the band is no stranger to Tuscaloosa stomping grounds. “We have a very rich history in Tuscaloosa,” Terndrup said. “We’ve played at The Booth, Mellow Mushroom, the Jupiter and probably at your house. This is our first time at the Bama Theatre and it’s going to be a great show.” The Bama Theatre will be the first of many stops during Moon Taxi’s southeastern tour, but the band is confident fans will enjoy the performance. “Tuscaloosa is one of the
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me forget about the stress of my school work. It’s hard to think about your test next week when you have beautiful woods and nature all around you.” Hunting is also beneficial for students as it provides them with food to eat. However, one of the main problems student hunters come across while in college is where to store their equipment, as it is illegal to have firearms on University property. Littlejohn said he always has his hunting gear and equipment with him, but he stores his guns at a family member’s house who lives locally. However, for students who have no other option for storing their guns, they are able to store them with the University of Alabama Police Department for free. Students need to bring proper identification, pistol permit (if applicable), the unloaded weapon and ammunition to the UAPD headquarters. This firearm check-in service is available 24 hours a day. first shows on that tour, but we should be warmed up by then,” Terndrup said. Moon Taxi members will be dressed up festively for the occasion as an added element. “We can’t disclose [what we’re wearing]” Terndrup said. “But we will be dressed to kill.” For more information or to purchase tickets online, visit bamatheatre.org.
IF YOU GO... • What: Moon Taxi/Tea Leaf Green Halloween concert • Where: Bama Theatre • When: Wednesday, Oct. 31, 9 p.m.
and instructors.” Another grant was recently awarded to the University that will also help to remedy the physics education situation in the state. The University was one of four institutions from across the nation to be awarded a $300,000 grant from PhysTEC to recruit more people to teach physics at high schools across the state. “For the past few decades, fewer and fewer college graduates from across the state have been going into physics education upon graduation,” Sunal said. PhysTEC is a coalition of more than 250 colleges and
universities in the U.S. who support the goal of improving high school physics teaching. The grant will be used to allow a high school teacher to work in the University’s physics department for a year, serving as a mentor for undergraduates interested in becoming physics teachers after graduating. Also, the PhysTEC grant will provide interested UA undergraduate students the opportunity to serve as “Learning Assistants.” These students will take a one-credit course to introduce them to the principles of teaching high school physics. They will then have the opportunity to apply their teaching by going to area high
schools and assisting teachers with classroom activities. There are currently 12 learning assistants participating in the program, though more students are invited to apply and join this paid experience. The possibilities these grants offer have caused lots of excitement amongst the leaders of the program. “There has been a significant increase in the number and quality of undergraduate physics majors in the past few years,” Harrell said. “With the APEX and PhysTEC grants, the department now has the opportunity to significantly impact the quality of HS physics teaching in Alabama.”
Mortar Board, UA Away will host fundraiser at Zoe’s Kitchen By Angie Bartelt Contributing Writer The Mortar Board Hypatia Chapter, a senior honor society at The University of Alabama, will be hosting a fundraiser to subsidize study abroad tips for students on Thursday, Nov. 1. Mortar Board and the UA Away program will be teaming up in an effort to help the campus community with a fundraiser for the scholarships. Between 4 and 9 p.m., Zoe’s Kitchen will donate 15 percent of their profits to the Mortar Board, which will in turn give it to UA Away. Both locations in Tuscaloosa will be participating. Mortar Board seniors will be working with UA Away, a division of Student Affairs that helps undergraduate students participate in new experiences to enhance their time in college. UA Away also encourages students to serve others, whether within new cultures, job training or studying a special interest. The ultimate goal of the program is to raise a $1 million endowment, which will be based around program-specific scholarships meant for students who are participating members of UA Away. The Mortar Board began
in 1929 at the University as a female-only organization and began to allow men in 1976. “My experience with Mortar Board this year has been amazing. It’s a strong organization of leaders from all across campus, all with the ability to make a big impact,” Mallory Flowers, the UA Mortar Board president, said. “We all hope to see a great group of juniors apply for membership this year.” A.J. Collins, president of the Coordinating Council for Honor Societies, said honor societies are beneficial in terms of networking for leaders on campus. “Their primary focus is to honor those seniors who have dedicated their undergraduate tenure to this university, and also have service, philanthropic, and social facets, which enrich and support the mission of each organization,” Collins said. Susan Caples, the National President of Mortar Board and the UA chapter’s advisor, said the group has slowly increased over the past few years. “We have increased our membership; we were at 50 for years but as the population has
increased, we have decided we wanted to honor more students because we have so many who are qualified,” Caples said. “We’re one of the biggest chapters in the country.” Caples said the GPA requirement for joining Mortar Board is a 3.5 and that the current class picks the next class. There were more than 300 applicants last year to fill the 69 spots. Charlie Bice, the Treasurer of the UA Mortar Board, encouraged juniors to apply in the spring. “As long as you have the grades and the leadership roles that we desire in a member, we’d love to have you,” he said.
IF YOU GO... • What: Mortar Board Hypatia Chapter and UA Away scholarship fundraiser. • Where: Zoe’s Kitchen • When: Thursday, Nov. 1, 4 - 9 p.m.
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Philosopher speaks about his change in theory World-renowned professor lectures on physicalism vs. dualism as part of The Philosophy Today series By Camille Corbett Contributing Writer Princeton University professor and world-renowned Australian philosopher Frank Jackson spoke to The University of Alabama on Oct. 30 about the theory of physicalism as a part of the Philosophy Today lecture series. The Philosophy Today series is a five-year program created by the philosophy department that invites four modern philosophers to lecture to people within and outside the field of philosophy. Jackson’s lecture titled “The Problem of Consciousness” explores the idea of
physicalism through the experience of color. Physicalism is the idea that an object is nothing besides its physical properties. During his lecture, Jackson described physicalism using the examples of the “No Freedom Room” and the “No Color Room.” Torin Alter, a philosophy professor, introduced the speaker, describing Jackson as his “philosophical hero” and saying his own work “is just footnotes to Frank Jackson’s work.” “[Jackson is] one of the foremost professors in the philosophy of the mind today,” Joshua Quick, a graduate student studying applied statistics, said.
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Most philosophers are headstrong, but changing of opinions do happen, some people do go back on themselves. —Josh Gravlee
Although Jackson promotes physicalism now, it wasn’t always that way. Jackson once created the “Mary’s Room” theory that went against physicalism and argued that non-physical knowledge can be obtained
through consciousness. He believed that if a scientist understood the scientific concepts behind the color red but was only ever exposed to black and white, she would still learn when finally exposed to red. “Jackson’s theory appeased some arguments for dualists, so it became their go-to argument,” Josh Gravlee, a senior majoring in philosophy, said. After changing his philosophical ideals from dualism to physicalism, Jackson crumbled the main argument of dualists. “Most philosophers are headstrong, but changing of opinions do happen,” Gravlee said. “Some people do go back on themselves.”
Students debate election at Rock the Vote in Alston Hall College Republicans, Democrats argue on major issues facing voters deciding between Obama, Romney By Angie Bartelt Contributing Writer The University of Alabama Student G ov e r n m e n t Association came together with the UA chapter of the NAACP, the Black Student Union and Rock The Vote Tuesday night to take one final opportunity to host a mock debate for students. Along with the College Democrats and Republicans, the debate involved a moderator to keep time and an audience who was able to submit questions to both sides of the debate. Each party had a panel of representatives to speak on their behalf. “No matter what happens a week from today, tonight is exciting for the College Democrats and the College
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No matter what happens a week from today, tonight is exciting for the College Democrats and the College Republicans because we get to debate as students. — Jeff Elrod
Republicans because we get to debate as students,” Jeff Elrod, a senior and political science major, said before the debate. Elrod argued on behalf of the College Republicans, which he has been a part of since his freshman year at the University and is currently a chapter leader. The debate
began with the introduction of the moderator, Jarrett Tyus, a graduate of the University’s law school and an attorney at law in Tuscaloosa. The College Republicans started with their opening presentation, which focused on Romney’s five point plan. Regan Williams broke down Romney’s plan, from dependence on foreign oil to middle class and small business taxes. The Republicans also spoke on Romney’s plans to place a large importance on lowering the costs of higher education for every American in order to broaden the job market for all. The College Democrats defended the president’s Affordable Care Act and promoted the job growth in America under Obama.
The Democrats then refuted the Republicans’ stance on the importance of education in America based on Obama’s plan for opportunities and brought up the need for available contraception for all women. The Democrats stood up for Obama’s clear message in support of gay marriage and its importance to the current generation. The debate part of the presentation, which was structured with time limits for both sides to argue and refute the other’s points, began with a question on jobs and the unemployment rate, specifically in the state of Alabama. The Republicans answered first with an emphasis on Romney’s five point plan, specifically the provision lower-
ing taxes for small businesses. This lead the Democrats to describe Obama’s support for health care employees through programs like Medicaid. Education and military involvement overseas were topics that followed. “We can justify military spending as one of the few responsibilities of the federal government, which is outlined in the Constitution,” Elrod argued. “Our service men and women need to be able to order the resources they need.” The Democrats were quick to refute that point. “We need to cut military spending to reinvest in education, services for those in need, and we need to create social empowerment and build up our country at home,” Robert
Christl, the president of the College Democrats, said. Strengthening the middle class was a topic question for both parties, but the conversation quickly turned into a debate on Obama’s stimulus package. “We are moving from an industrial economy to an information economy,” Crystl said. “The way to build the middle class is to continue investing in education.” The organizers then read Twitter questions that had been asked by the audience during the event. The debate ended with hand shakes and smiles between both sides representatives, and an enthusiastic audience left with a little more information on the ideas of both presidential candidates.
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Art museums across Alabama worth visiting With the changing season bringing in cooler weather, students may find themselves looking for indoor activities to replace throwing a football on the Quad or strolling down to Manderson Landing. Art museums provide a great way to spend an afternoon and stay warm. Great for dates or just spending time with friends, galleries are not only culturally educating but fun too. Alabama offers a variety of galleries, from traditional to contemporary and everything in between, across the state.
Huntsville
Florence
Huntsville Museum of Art U What’s cool about it? The museum has a permanent collection of 2,522
The Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts U What’s cool about it? The center features annual and rotating exhibits by
pieces and also houses many famous traveling exhibits throughout the year. Currently, the museum is showing “Encounters: John Donovan.” The exhibit is a showcase for outstanding regional contemporary art and focuses on works by John Donovan, a Tennessee artist who creates playful sculptural works in clay.
artists from the Southeast along with workshops, concerts and lectures for all ages. U Ticket prices: Free admission
U Hours: Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. U Location: 217 East Tuscaloosa St., Florence, Ala.
U Ticket prices: Students $7, Adults $8 U Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Thursday 11 a.m. - 8 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. U Location: 300 Church St. SW, Huntsville, Ala.
Frank Lloyd Wright-Rosenbaum House U What’s cool about it? The Rosenbaum House is the only
Wright-designed structure in Alabama. The house holds its original Wrightdesigned furniture and is open to the city as a museum.
Burritt On The Mountain U What’s cool about it? The museum sits on top of Monte Sano
U Ticket prices: Students and Seniors $5, Adults $8 U Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. U Location: 601 Riverview Dr., Florence, Ala.
Mountain and overlooks the city of Huntsville. It offers nature trails, and Dr. Burritt’s unique mansion is used for exhibits and available for tour. The Historic Park allows for the interpretation of rural farm life between 1800 and 1900, complete with log cabins, a barnyard and barn animals. The mansion offers rotating exhibits. The current exhibit is “Tally Ho! A Journey into Monte Sano’s Past.”
Tuscaloosa
U Ticket prices: Adults $8 U Hours: Winter hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.,
Tuscaloosa Museum of Art U What’s cool about it? The Tuscaloosa Museum of Art is home to the
Westervelt Collection, one of the world’s finest collections of paintings, sculptures, furniture and decorative arts.
U Ticket prices: Children under 10 free, Students $7, Adults $8, Seniors 65+ $9
U Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. U Location: 1400 Jack Warner Pkwy. NE, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Sunday 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
U Location: 3101 Burritt Dr. SE, Huntsville, Ala.
Mobile Mobile Museum of Art U What’s cool about it? Expanded in 2002,
Kentuck Art Gallery. The Kentuck Museum of Art displays monthly exhibits of nationally known and established artists. It is a great way to support Tuscaloosa’s own art community.
the Mobile Museum of Art is the largest art museum along the Gulf Coast from New Orleans to Tampa. The 95,000 square foot facility is the setting for a permanent collection of over 9,000 works of art spanning two centuries of culture, as well as world renowned traveling exhibitions and regional art exhibits.
U Ticket prices: Free admission U Hours: Tuesday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday
U Ticket prices: Students $6, Adults $10 U Hours: Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Kentuck Art Center U What’s cool about it? Local artists can display their work in the
10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. U Location: 503 Main Ave., Northport, Ala.
Sunday 1 p.m.-5 p.m. U Location: 4850 Museum Drive, Mobile, Ala. CW | Whitney Hendrix
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Birmingham Birmingham Museum of Art U What’s cool about it? The museum offers over
24,000 works of art that span 4,000 years and represent cultures from around the globe. The first Thursday of every month the museum offers an after hours experience. Starting at 5 p.m., you can sip cocktails in the sculpture garden, eat tapas at the café and wander the galleries.
U Ticket prices: Free admission U Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.,
Sunday noon - 5 p.m. Closed on major holidays
U Location: 2000 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd.,
Birmingham, Ala.
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Apps in academia: professors, students go digital Box scores and bar specials: 7 tools to make life easy at the Capstone
Teacher uses seating chart app to tackle classroom on tablet
By Lauren Carlton Contributing Writer
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These days it seems like there is an app for everything, except maybe folding laundry. Apps change as often as the Apple and Android devices that offer access to them and popularity can be fleeting. With apps for businesses, TV networks, nightlife, social media and more it can be daunting and difficult to know what app to go to get the most bang out of your buck. In talking to University of Alabama students, this countdown of apps shares some of the most popular apps students use Sports fans, this is for you. along with a few that aren’t as ESPN ScoreCenter offers well known yet. The best part? scores, standings and news All of these apps are free. from all over the world. With the myTeams feature users can follow their own personal favorites. It’s the perEpic Workout Planner: fect app for when you can’t watch the game. University of Alabama Mobile:
Taylor Swift, who Instagram has listed as some of the “most followed” profiles. Party Tutor: This app is relatively new and it just launched at the University. It shows users nightly drink and food specials at local bars and restaurants including Five Bar, The Bear Trap, The Red Shed, Rounders and more. Party Tutor even has a calendar of events local bars host. Starbucks: With the launch of the University’s new Ferguson Center Starbucks, it’s only appropriate to include the Starbucks app in the countdown. With the Starbucks app users can pay with and check their Starbucks Card balance, explore the Starbucks menu, find a nearby store and more. HeyTell by Voxilate:
The University of Alabama’s mobile app is fairly new, but it’s mighty. Included in this free app is the UA Calendar, live Crimson Ride bus routes, athletics news, courses and that’s only naming a few. This app is a must-have for students who are constantly on the go. Instagram:
This app is an intensive calendar for all things active. It allows users to keep track of their workouts, performance history, calorie tracking and more in one neat place.
Instagram is a free app that allows users to snap photos and dress them up with a myriad of different filters. Users can then share their pictures to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Users can tag other users and use hashtags, just like on Twitter. This app has become popular among celebrities like Zooey Deschanel, Snoop Dogg, Kourtney Kardashian and
This voice app allows users to leave voice messages like a spoken e-mail between HeyTell users. HeyTell sends texts to users to alert them of their messages. The messages themselves are relatively low data usage.
Lonnie Strickland teaches a large, discussion-based business class at Alabama where participation is a major part of the grade. In the past, he would lead discussions at his podium and make notes on a large paper seating chart. But he couldn’t engage his students by simply standing at the podium and recording participation at the same time. “I needed something that I could literally walk around in the classroom and acknowledge when someone said something brilliant,” said Strickland, who teaches strategic management. “Or acknowledge when someone said something less than brilliant.” His idea was iParticipate, an iPad app that allows Strickland to easily track participation and attendance using a digital seating chart. Strickland can carry the iPad through the classroom and tap on a student’s name when he or she contributes to the discussion. “I was sort of chained to the podium. I had to go back to the podium to take a pencil and check when someone said something,” he said. “This constant walking back and forth and updating the seating chart was disrupting to the flow of the conversation, which can go pretty fast.” Strickland is testing the app, which emails him attendance and participation grades at the
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You will be able to attend a class, and then after the class is over, walking down the hall, you’ll be able to look at your smart device and see your attendance record over the whole semester and in that particular day. — Lonnie Strickland
end of every class. He plans to eventually have the app integrated with Blackboard Learn so that students can easily access their grades immediately after the class ends. “You will be able to attend a class, and then after the class is over, walking down the hall, you’ll be able to look at your smart device and see your attendance record over the whole semester and in that particular day,” he said, adding students will also be able to see “how much you participated in the class you just walked out of.” The app is being developed by Ben Sigmon, a junior majoring in electrical engineering. It was originally a project through the ComputerBased Honors Program, but Sigmon has continued to work independently with Strickland on the project. He is working on adding new features to the app as well as increasing its efficiency. For example, Strickland’s iPad has a separate app for each class. The plan is to make one app that
contains data for all of his classes. Sigmon is also working on adding students’ pictures to the seating chart, which are already provided to professors from the University. This will make taking attendance much easier than using a paper roster. “Instead of calling roll, they can look at the seating chart and just look at which seats are empty – which seats are supposed to have people in them, but don’t,” Sigmon said. So far, Strickland hasn’t run into any major problems while testing the app. He said it’s just a matter of becoming familiar with the technology. “It’s more just getting used to the system of walking around with an iPad,” Strickland said. “In the past I had very large seating charts that I had to remember who said what. And this way, I don’t have those anymore. It’s just a matter of holding it in your hand and moving the screen around so you can see who’s talking.” Taylor Konkel, a junior majoring in management information systems, worked on the app with Sigmon in the spring through CBHP. She said it will give students more incentive to speak up in class. “For students, it increases accountability,” she said. “Going to class regularly has been proven to have a positive correlation to good grades, and this app can be the extra push they need to get there.”
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More students choosing to buy music on vinyl By Becky Robinson Staff Reporter In a digital age when music can be downloaded from your smartphone, some students are choosing the opposite and turning to vinyl records for their music fix. Andrew Moody, the assistant manager of Oz Music in Tuscaloosa, said students have been purchasing more copies in vinyl over the last few years. Most bands now include free digital downloads with their vinyl copies, and turntables have been fitted with USB ports so listeners can transport their vinyl favorites to their computers. “[Students] like something they’re able to hold, and they like the artwork,” Moody said.
“They also like the free down- Birmingham, Ala., said their loads big groups put out for the store’s close proximity to same price.” The University of AlabamaRecord Store Day, an event Birmingham brings students in held by Oz Music in April, daily. brings in stu“People buy dents by offerevery style from ing promotional the new releases posters and colto the classics,” [Students] like something ored vinyl by Griffin said. they’re able to hold and they production com“Records open like the artwork. panies. Oz Music up people’s ears also expanded to listen to types — Andrew Moody its used record of music they section recently. haven’t explored “A lot of kids before.” want what their R a c h e l parents listen to,” Moody said, Childers, a sophomore major“That’s what gets them started. ing in psychology, said she preThen they see the newer bands fers vinyl records to digitally have records, and they keep downloaded music for the sencoming back.” timental value. Ji m my G r i ff i n at “My parents passed down Charlemagne Records in their vinyl records to me, and
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this led me to beginning my own collection,” Childers said. “The covers of the records make the music collectible and in some cases more valuable.” Childers said she finds most of her vinyl at Oz Music and 2nd & Charles in Birmingham, Ala. Moody said most students have a very specific idea of what kind of music they want when entering his shop. He said many come in search of classic rock and blues. When looking for the newer artists, CW | Austin Bigoney he said indie music is popular. Vinyl music can now be transferred to digital files via new conversion As more contemporary technologies. bands release versions of their music digitally and on vinyl, it comes with a free download,” on the band, the record and the condition. Oz Music also is speculated record sales will Childers said. Most new vinyl sells for sells turntables so music lovers increase. “I am always more willing to around $20, but older vinyl can can start building their record buy a vinyl of a new album if it be more expensive depending collections.
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Starbucks offers variety of seasonal favorites, including a few new options By Sophia Jones As October ends and winter’s chill lurks around the corner, Starbucks season is in full swing. Starbucks season is my personal name for this time of fall when the weather cools down and the drink orders heat up. Fall is a time for colorful leaves, cozy sweaters and the delicious seasonal drinks only offered by Starbucks at this time of year. So even when you’re trekking to class on an icy fall morning, the harsh wind is whipping at your face, your nose is running, and your ears are numb – know that there is still hope. A warm latte from Starbucks is waiting. You can wrap your fingers around your steamy seasonal beverage of your choice, sip and enjoy. The
flavors are festive, the coffee is rich and the options are endless. Get them while you can. Nothing warms my heart more than those three magic words: Pumpkin Spice Latte. You can’t go wrong with espresso, pumpkin-flavored syrup, milk and pumpkin pie spices. I usually dash mine off with some cinnamon. Sweet or bold? People are often torn between which way to go with their drink order. Starbucks’ newest addition, the Salted Caramel Mocha, offers the perfect solution for this dilemma. This innovative mix packs a punch of sweet and salty with espresso and steamed milk, blended with mocha sauce and toffee nut flavored syrup. It’s topped with whipped cream, caramel sauce and a mixture of
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turbinado sugar and sea salt. blended with steamed milk. For all you dessert-lovers Starbucks also offers a rich, out there, the Apple Crumble sophisticated hot chocoLatte will satisfy your sweet late that is smoother than a tooth with steamed milk, Hershey’s Kiss. espresso and caramel apple Even though Starbucks spice syrup keeps their topped with s e a s o n a l crumbled“red cup” style pieces. Christmas bevI usually erages secret add some until t h ey If you are a caffeine addict like vanilla spice are officially myself then you can add a shot to the top of launched in of espresso. Although the added mine. The early to midshot costs a little bit more, it’s Toffee Nut Nove m b e r, worth the extra pep in your step. Latte with there are sevcrunchy toferal drinks fee sprinkles t h at h ave and toffee been pronut syrup duced during is a more Christmas for obscure treasure and one of the last 13 years. Here are my full-bodied favorites. some delicious classics that If you are not into cof- you can expect to make fee, try the Tazo Chai Tea your holidays extra jolly Latte with spiced black tea this year.
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The Eggnog Latte has real eggnog, mixed with a bit of milk, espresso and topped off with nutmeg. Or you could forgo the cookie, and get a Gingerbread Latte that has shots of gingerbread syrup, whipped cream and nutmeg. My favorite holiday drink is the Peppermint Mocha (and not just because it has red sprinkles.) The Peppermint Mocha is the perfect blend of magic and mint. For an extra rich taste, order the Peppermint Hot Chocolate. Here are some tips I’ve learned from my many years spent ordering Starbucks’ seasonal drinks. If you are a caffeine addict like myself then you can add a shot of espresso. Although the added shot costs a little bit more, it’s worth the extra
pep in your step. Baristas usually add five pumps of flavored syrup to each drink. If you do not enjoy sweet drinks and find the syrupy flavors too overpowering, then ask for two or three pumps instead of five. Ask for skim milk and sugar free syrup if you want to take some calories off your drink. The new Starbucks in the Ferguson Student Center is convenient with comfortable seating, a cozy atmosphere and good music. The lines can get long, so make sure you have at least half an hour. Starbucks is open from 7 a.m. to midnight on week days and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the weekend. They take Dining Dollars and Bama Cash. There is also a smaller Starbucks located on the first floor of Alston Hall.
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Tide tries not to let hype affect preparation By Alexis Paine Staff Reporter The No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide is prepared and excited to face the LSU Tigers Saturday night in Death Valley. Despite the atmosphere surrounding the game, the team is not looking at their opponents much differently than they have other teams this season. “It’s a really, really exciting game, but we’ve got to play within ourselves,” safety Vinnie Sunseri said. “I guess that’s what [head coach Nick Saban] is trying to stress this week is to play within ourselves and play our game.
Don’t get out of the game plan that we go into a game with, and don’t try to do too much. Just do what we’ve done all season.” The Tide team is prepared for a physical match up against the Tigers. Center Barrett Jones said he believes this game will be the most physical game the Tide will play all year. The senior said the team has been motivated during practice this week, but not much has changed in preparation for the Tigers. “We haven’t really needed any dramatic speeches or anything,” Jones said. “It’s not been really that different I guess. There
might be a little tempo difference, The Tiger offense has slacked but you know how coach is. We this season in pass protection, don’t really do anything special which could aid the Tide defense in necessarily.” rushing the quarterback. Sunseri said the Tide defense has been able Defense preparing for a to push through the line in previous strong offense games, forcing the quarterback to slide in the pocket. The Tiger’s The Tide defense is inefficiency in this area will working hard to be ready for the give the Tide a little leeway, the dual-threat Tiger offense, which is sophomore said. capable of making plays both runDefensive end Damion Square ning and passing the football. said the defense is looking for a “They do a good job of getting physical game without anything guys open and creating separation fancy. The senior said he believes from the DBs, and we gotta do a the defenses of both teams will good job of getting on their wide decide the outcome of the game. receivers and force [quarterback “You want to be the best D on Zach Mettenberger] to throw the field that night,” Square said. the ball into tight situations,” “You want to leave Baton Rouge Sunseri said. and say we were the best D on the
field that night. And I feel, in this quarterback’s mind. game, whoever the best D is is the “I think more importantly than team who is going to win.” the interception streak, ‘cause he’ll be the first one to tell you there’s AJ McCarron unconcerned been a few balls he’s thrown that with passing streak could have been picked off this year, but kind of an overall effecQuarterback AJ McCarron did tiveness in taking care of the ball,” not throw an interception during Jones said. “From time to time, the Mississippi State University you’re going to have one, and one game, keeping his passing streak will pop out. If the interception without a turnover alive, but Jones streak ends, we’re not going to call said McCarron’s streak is not the game and quit. It’s not that big the most important thing on the of a deal to us or to him really.”
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The Tide’s secondary including Landons Collins (left) will be tested with a strong passing attack. Players work to eliminate errors in what will be their toughest test to date.
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Students who visit Old Bryce property say they are too scared to return to local haunt BRYCE FROM PAGE 1 Shackelford said the second building, known as the Jemison building, served as a dormitory for highfunctioning patients of the Partlow Developmental Center in Tuscaloosa. The last patients of the facility were served in the 1970s, he said. “It is well-documented that the conditions at the Jemison building were not good at the time,� Shackelford said, referring to the landmark Wyatt v. Stickney lawsuit that stretched from 1971 to 2003. The case brought the atrocities of the mental health system of the state to light. Eventually, it was decided that patients had the right to appropriate care and led to the switch from state institutions to community-based care. Shackelford referred to a description of the Jemison building from journalist Paul Davis in The Tuscaloosa News in 1970. Davis wrote, “Human feces were caked on the toilets and walls; urine saturated the aging oak floors; many beds lacked linen; some patients slept on floors. Archaic shower
stalls had cracked and spewing shower heads. One tiny shower closet served 131 male patients; the 75 women patients also had but one shower. Most of the patients at Jemison were highly tranquilized and had not been bathed in days. All appeared to lack any semblance of treatment. The stench was almost unbearable.� Today, the Jemison building is dilapidated and painted with graffiti. Rumors circle among Tuscaloosa citizens that the buildings that comprise “Old Bryce� are now haunted. “I had a distant relative in it, and I know some of the ways they treated the patients were horrific,� said Katie Fogg, a junior majoring in electrical engineering who has explored the area twice. “Rumor has it, it’s haunted.� However, the haunting only propels student activity. “I love doing adventurous stuff, like going out and exploring scary stuff,� said Allison Roberts, a junior majoring in chemical engineering who has traveled to “Old Bryce� three times.
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“It’s on every college kid’s bucket list.� The Department of Mental Health owns the two vacant buildings and the land on which they sit, Shackelford said. He said in exchange for security from the Tuscaloosa Police Department, the Tuscaloosa S.W.A.T. team is allowed to use the land for training purposes. It is illegal for students to trespass on the property. “We parked behind an abandoned church and then walked a quarter mile in the woods,� said Roberts, who, on her third trip, explored the basement and third floor of the Jemison building. “Police are out there a lot on weekends and around Halloween.� “It was a combination of knowing what went on there combined with the thought of getting caught that made it so scary,� Fogg said. Fogg’s first attempt to explore the area was stopped prematurely by police patrolling the area. On her second trip, unknown people with flashlights chased her and her friends. They hid in bushes and ditches for nearly an hour. “It was scarier than any haunted attraction because it was real,� she said. “I would not go back. I was scared to death.�
Tuscaloosa, UA campus have plenty of paranormal fun to offer to thrill seekers HAUNTED FROM PAGE 1 “Over the 180 years of its history, The University of Alabama has seen much in the way of change and development,â€? Higdon wrote. “From a frontier college, to a Civil War military school‌ to a national institute for learning, many souls have passed through its doors. If some stories are to be believed, not all of these souls have left.â€? Most, if not all, of the haunted stories surrounding The University of Alabama campus are difficult to prove, Crawford said. “Another place on campus with an interesting and haunted history is the Little Round House. There are lots of stories about what may or may not have happened there, but we have no way of knowing,â€? Crawford said. “The fun story says that UA cadets wanted to extract some justice on the invaders occupying their city. In disguise, [the cadets] would lure Yankees to the Little Round House promising them whiskey and a good time, but once they got there and got inside the Little Round House the other cadet would kill them.â€? Outside of the UA campus,
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Tuscaloosa’s oldest plantation homes are popular destinations for ghost hunters and thrill seekers to visit, Crawford said. Crawford has hosted a number of paranormal research groups at the Jemison-Van de Graaf Mansion on Greensboro Avenue. “We’ve had several different groups come here to investigate some sort of paranormal activity, and, honestly, this place is perfect for it, because it looks so much like a haunted house,� Crawford said. “What they’ve experienced most often are batteries draining quickly on cameras. There was one time when they were trying to get a picture of one of the portraits in the house and they couldn’t get
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the picture taken until they asked Priscilla Jemison permission to take her picture. The film would mess up each time.â€? Although Crawford said he did not believe the paranormal research groups found anything that couldn’t be explained during their investigation, he has experienced some bizarre activity at the mansion himself. “I’ve heard the crash a couple of times, and the crash is very unsettling because it sounds like a bookcase is falling over,â€? Crawford said. “You can hear the glass and timber splintering, but you can’t feel it like you would if something had actually fallen down.â€? John Oberkor, a sophomore from Montgomery, Ala., has studied the history of Tuscaloosa and the University and said the Drish Mansion is the most interesting and haunted place in Tuscaloosa. “The Drish Mansion is the only place in Tuscaloosa that has documented, certified creepy stuff going on,â€? Oberkor said. “Dr. John Drish, the plantation owner, was crazy. He locked his daughter in her room for over a month to keep her from seeing her fiancwĂŠ. He died an alcoholic, and some people say he still haunts the Drish Mansion to this day.â€?
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Saban-Les Miles rivalry tied at 3-3 going into this week’s showdown in ‘Death Valley’ By Zac Al-Khateeb Staff Reporter It’s finally that time of year. No explanation necessary. Any Alabama football fan – indeed, any fan of college football at all – knows this is LSU week, the one week circled for Nick Saban and Les Miles since the beginning of the season. So far this season, Alabama has completely manhandled its opponents, teams that thought they stacked up to Alabama, but eventually, inevitably, fell by the wayside. This game, however, will mark the first – and perhaps only – time all season Alabama will face a team of similar caliber. Of course, this isn’t the only year Alabama has had a tough opponent in the Bayou Bengals. Ever since Saban’s return to college football by way of Tuscaloosa in 2007, the annual Alabama-LSU rivalry has been one of the nation’s best. Take a look at these statistics. Since 2007, LSU’s average rank when Alabama played it was 7th in the nation – no time has LSU ever been ranked lower than 15th. This year, they rank 5th. The series split between these two teams since 2007? Tied, at 3-3. How about the average margin of victory? Outside the national championship rematch in 2011, it’s just under six points. With the rematch, a little over eight. Let’s not forget about where the game is taking place, either. Baton Rouge, La., is a tough place to play by anyone’s standards. And when you play there at night, it’s downright intimidating. Miles made a comment
earlier this season about Death Valley as “truly a place where opponents’ dreams go to die.” Aside from the theatrics, that’s not a bad way to sum up LSU’s home advantage. Since Miles’ arrival at LSU in 2005, the Tigers have gone 48-6 at home and 36-1 at home night games. Since ’07, Saban and Alabama have made the trip to Baton Rouge twice and have come away 1-1. This rivalry is so much more than just a well-fought series between two SEC West schools, however. This is a game with national title implications, year in and year out, and this year offers the same intrigue. These two teams have simply been that good. This series has featured “The Game of the Century,” “The Game of the Century Part II” and was a catalyst for the removal of the BCS system. It’s not enough to say that this is simply a heated rivalry – this is a game that demands the attention of the college football world and has been instrumental in the change of its landscape in recent years. Of course, none of this matters to either Saban or Miles. It’s been said over and over again. The only game that matters for either team is the one being played at the moment. While that’s all fine and good, fans have been clamoring to know what each team thinks of the other, some of the difficulties they expect and the advantages they could come away with beforehand. Basically, anything and everything about the other team who’s been such a thorn in their own team’s side. Well fans, the wait is over. There’s nothing left to say. It’s finally that time of year.