Tide refocuses for second half of season
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
The Dixie welcomes Randy Rogers Band
SPORTS
8
6
LIFESTYLES
Serving the University of Alabama since 1894
Vol. 117, Issue 52
Republicans sweep state elections By Ethan Summers and Katherine Martin The Crimson White
Alabama’s race for the next governor ended in The Zone at Bryant-Denny Stadium Tuesday night. Republican candidate Robert Bentley won when Democrat Ron Sparks conceded just after 10 p.m. with more than 1,100,000 votes tallied. The margin was 56 percent to 44 percent in Bentley’s favor, reflecting a difference of more than 130,000 votes. Bentley gave a 15-minute speech in his election night headquarters at The Zone, the three-level lounge at the north end of Bryant-Denny Stadium. He thanked God, his wife, his staff and the people of Alabama and mentioned that his commitment would start work immediately. Bentley also mentioned Nick Saban’s famous 24-hour rule, where any loss or victory can be mourned or celebrated for no more than 24 hours before moving on to the next challenge. Twenty-four hours is twice as much time as Bentley said he would take. “The Robert Bentley rule is we’ve got 12 hours, because I’m going to work in the morning at 8 o’clock.” Karis Lamb, a violinist with the Lamb family of performers and a UA alumna, played throughout the night and came to support Bentley. Lamb said the experience, though no longer novel, is still good. “We played for Governor Riley’s inauguration, too, so it’s
See BENTLEY, page 3
ELECTION WINNERS Lieutenant Governor: Kay Ivy (R) def. Jim Folsom, Jr. (D)
U.S. House, District 7: Terri Sewell (D) def. Don Chamberlain (R)
U.S. Senate: Richard Shelby (R) def. William Barnes (D)
Attorney General: Luther Strange (R) def. James Anderson (D)
Treasurer: Young
CW | Drew Hoover Robert Bentley speaks to the crowd at his election celebration in The Zone on Tuesday night after his win over Ron Sparks was announced.
Boozer (R) def. Charley Grimsley (D)
Foster brings famed guests Rice to speak By Brittney Knox Staff Reporter bsknox@crimson.ua.edu Foster Auditorium, a historical landmark on campus, is now home to the Autherine Lucy clock tower and the MaloneHood Plaza. Prominent figures will grace the Capstone today to remember the building’s storied history. The morning will begin with a moderated panel discussion. The panel will include prominent figures from the University’s integration – Autherine Lucy, the first black UA student, and James Hood, whose enrollment, along with Vivian Malone Jones’, led to George Wallace’s infamous stand at Foster Auditorium.
about new book at Ferg
See inside for more information about the newly-renovated Foster Auditorium and its history.
Jones’ siblings Sharon Malone Holder and Elvin Malone will also be at the discussion. E. Culpepper Clark, former dean of the College
By Ethan Summers Staff Reporter summers.ethan@gmail.com
of Communication and Ballroom at 9 a.m. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime Information Sciences, will return to moderate the discus- opportunity for students to sion, which will take place in the Ferguson Student Center See FOSTER, page 3
Tide cruises to win against Talladega By Zac Al-Khateeb Sports Reporter zialkhateeb@crimson.ua.edu
The second year of the Anthony Grant era started with a bang Tuesday as the University of Alabama men’s basketball team defeated the Talladega College Tornadoes 96-60 at home in the Crimson Tide’s first exhibition game of the year. It took all of three seconds for the Tide to get going, as sophomore Tony Mitchell le this
p
ec
r
• er
Please
P.O. Box 870170 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Newsroom: 348-6144 | Fax: 348-4116 | Advertising: 348-7845 | Classifieds: 348-7355 Letters, op-eds: letters@cw.ua.edu Press releases, announcements: news@cw.ua.edu
See RICE, page 3
IF YOU GO ... • What: “Extraordinary,
• Where: Ferguson
Ordinay People: A Memoir of Family”
Center
• When: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
INSIDE today’s paper
er •
Plea s
yc rec
CW | Jerrod Seaton
See TIDE, page 8
ap
e
Senario Hillman runs the ball back down the court, while teammate Chris Hines follows behind. In the Tide’s exhibition opener, the team beat Talladega 96-60.
scored a quick two points to set the tone for the rest of the night. From then on, it was all Tide, as Alabama rolled to a convincing victory over the Tornadoes. “I thought it was a very good contest for us, having the opportunity to play Talladega,” head coach Grant said. “I think it’s good for our team. I thought [coach William Brown’s] team came out with great
The Blackburn Institute is bringing Condoleezza Rice to Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama. Rice, former secretary of state for President George W. Bush and a professor of political science at Stanford University, will visit campus Thursday. She will speak from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Ferguson Theater and sign copies of her book, “Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family,” in the Foster Auditorium Lobby from 1 to 2:30 p.m. To have a book signed by Rice, the book must be purchased on site at Foster for $27. Rice’s visit began when her publicist contacted the University and the Blackburn Institute, said Jimmy Young, coordinator of the Blackburn
Institute. “[Rice] has a unique relations h i p with the Blackburn Institute,” Young said. “Her father worked with Blackburn and she was very close to Blackburn. I’ve been told Blackburn is mentioned seven times in her book,” he said. Tuscaloosa, Stillman College and the University of Alabama are integral to Rice’s identity, said Colby Cooper, a spokesman for Rice. “We chose the University of Alabama because it is very much a part of her life story, to the degree that her family moved to Tuscaloosa when she was a young girl and her father worked at Stillman College,” Cooper said. “In a
Briefs ........................2
Puzzles......................7
Opinions ...................4
Classifieds .................7
Lifestyles....................5
Sports .......................8
WEATHER today Rainshowers Thursday
63º/49º
Partly cloudy
63º/36º
ycle
this pa
p
ON THE GO Page 2• Wednesday, November 3, 2010
EDITORIAL • Victor Luckerson, editor-in-chief, editor@cw.ua.edu • Jonathan Reed, managing editor, jonathanreedcw@gmail.com • Brandee Easter, print production editor • Marcus Tortorici, multimedia editor • Will Tucker, news editor, newsdesk@cw.ua.edu • Kelsey Stein, lifestyles editor • Jason Galloway, sports editor • Tray Smith, opinions editor • Adam Greene, chief copy editor • Emily Johnson, design editor • Brian Pohuski, graphics editor • Jerrod Seaton, photo editor • Brian Connell, web editor • Marion Steinberg, community manager
ADVERTISING • Dana Andrzejewski, Advertising Manager, 348-8995, cwadmanager@gmail.com • Drew Gunn, Advertising Coordinator, 348-8044 • Hallett Ogburn, Territory Manager, 348-2598 • Emily Frost, National Advertising/Classifieds, 348-8042 • Jessica West, Zone 3, 348-8735 • Brittany Key, Zone 4, 348-8054 • Robert Clark, Zone 5, 348-2670 • Emily Richards, Zone 6, 3486876 • Amy Ramsey, Zone 7, 348-8742 • Elizabeth Howell, Zone 8, 3486153 • Caleb Hall, Creative Services Manager, 348-8042 The Crimson White is the community newspaper of The University of Alabama. The Crimson White is an editorially free newspaper produced by students. The University of Alabama cannot influence editorial decisions and editorial opinions are those of the editorial board and do not represent the official opinions of the University. Advertising offices of The Crimson White are on the first floor, Student Publications Building, 923 University Blvd. The advertising mailing address is P.O. Box 2389, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403-2389. The Crimson White (USPS 138020) is published four times weekly when classes are in session during Fall and Spring Semester except for the Monday after Spring Break and the Monday after Thanksgiving, and once a week when school is in session for the summer. Marked calendar provided. The Crimson White is provided for free up to three issues. Any other papers are $1.00. The subscription rate for The Crimson White is $125 per year. Checks should be made payable to The University of Alabama and sent to: The Crimson White Subscription Department, P.O. Box 2389, Tuscaloosa, AL 354032389. The Crimson White is entered as periodical postage at Tuscaloosa, AL 35401. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Crimson White, P.O. Box 2389, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403-2389. All material contained herein, except advertising or where indicated otherwise, is Copyright © 2010 by The Crimson White and protected under the “Work Made for Hire” and “Periodical Publication” categories of the U.S. copyright laws. Material herein may not be reprinted without the expressed, written permission of The Crimson White.
ON THE MENU
ON THE CALENDAR
LAKESIDE
THURSDAY
TODAY
Lunch Caribbean Pasta Country Fried Chicken Scalloped potatoes Mixed Vegetables Vegan Crispy Tofu
What: Sponge and Roll Tide: Ten Years of Alabama Printmaking
Where: Sella-Granata Art
Dinner Roast Beef Baked Potato Steamed Broccoli Spears Sautéed Mushrooms and Red Onions Vegan Crispy Tofu
Gallery, Woods Hall
When: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
BURKE
What: Under the Covers Literary Reading - meet with Rheta Grimsley Jonhson, about her recent publication, Enchanted Evening Barbie and The Second Coming: A Memoir
Where: Bryant Conference
Ensemble
When: 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Where: Moody Music
Opera Goes to the Movies - Tickets are $5 for students, $10 for General Admission
What: Alabama Jazz Band and Combo
Where: Choral Opera What: Poise - Jason
Hall
Doblin, graduate student in ceramics, presents work for his MFA Thesis Exhibition
When: 7:30 p.m. FRESH FOOD Pasta Lover’s Trio California Wrap Kidney Beans Beef Bottom Round Greek Spinach Pie
When: 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
What: REAL to REEL:
Building
Where: Moody Concert
Game Room
Where: 301 Morgan Hall When: 5 - 6:30 p.m.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Buttermilk Fried Chicken Spaghetti and Meatball Baked Beans Mashed Potatoes Vegetable Lo Mein
Where: Ferguson Center
What: Alabama Wind
son Center
BRYANT
prizes and free food
When: Noon - 1:30 p.m.
shop featuring Dada Vedaprajinananda
Where: Room 300, Fergu-
What: Pool Tournament -
What: Professor Laura J. Rosenthal: “All Roads Lead to Rhodes: Theater and Cosmopolitanism in the Restoration.”
Center
What: Meditation Work-
Beef Tips with Noodles Red Beans Collard Greens Baked Ziti with Roasted Vegetables Russet Baked Potatoes
FRIDAY
Where: Ferguson Center Art Gallery
When: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Room of the Moody Music Building
When: 7:30 p.m. Submit your events to calendar@cw.ua.edu
ON CAMPUS
Ferguson Center accepting applications for art expo for graduating seniors The Ferguson Center will showcase the art of graduating UA seniors in a show from Dec. 1 to 15 at the Ferguson Center Art Gallery. The show, titled Capstone Expo: A Senior Art and Design Show, will present the work of 15 students majoring in any form of art or design.
Artwork can be from a class assignment or created specifically for the showcase. Applications for the expo are available by emailing fergartgallery@sa.ua.edu. Applications are due Friday, Nov. 5 at 5 p.m. For more information, visit ferguson.ua.edu. By Jennie Kushner Senior Staff Reporter jfkushner@bama.ua.edu
NEWS in brief Monday power outage affects more than 1,000 customers
About 1,500 Alabama Power customers lost power around 3:58 p.m. on Monday, said Joseph Brown, Alabama Power manager of external affairs. The outage occurred in what Alabama Power calls the
Preliminaries to be held for Quidditch on the Quad The University of Alabama’s Creative Campus will host a World Cup Quidditch tournament from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, on the Quad. A preliminary round will be at 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, on the University Recreation fields.
Castle Hill area, which is located off of University Blvd. near Helen Keller Blvd. Those that lost power included the area near the medical school all the way to Baumhower’s, Brown said. Brown said about 500 customers regained power within 30 minutes of the initial loss. About 1,020 customers were
Health Center to give out flu shots Students can receive flu shots without visiting the Student Health Center. The SHC will host events at Mary Burke Hall on Nov. 3 from noon to 4 p.m., at Rose Towers on Nov. 10 from noon to 4 p.m., and at Tutwiler Hall on Nov. 17 from noon to 4 p.m. Each flu shot costs $20, and will be charged to the student’s University account. The SHC regularly offers flu shots Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Fridays, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
out of power until 11:05 p.m., when power was restored. Alabama Power had to change a light pole, which prolonged the process, Brown said. The city of Tuscaloosa was called to the site so they could locate any water lines to avoid hitting one, Brown said. AT&T was also called to the site
because their hyperoptic lines would not be hit. Both the city and AT&T being called out to the site contributed to the delay, Brown said. Brown said some streetlights might have been out between 3:58 p.m. and 4:20 p.m. Brown said when streetlights go out, they blink.
Students vote on campus at Rec Center By Brittney Knox Staff Reporter bsknox@crimson.ua.edu Tuesday, the Student Recreation Center was not only used for cardio, or to grab a quick smoothie after a long workout. It was also a place where thousands of students cast their vote in the state election. People were waiting for the polls to open minutes before 7 a.m., said Jim Patrie, supervisor of the polls. “The flow of voters has been very constant, which is fairly unusual for this precinct,” he said. “In a small election during the summer, we don’t have as large of turnout because the students are not here, but
during the academic year the students make up 90 to 95 percent of the voting population,” he said. Patrie said there were not any major problems with voting. “We had some small, minor problems with mostly the freshmen voters who registered and their information did not make it to the board of registrar’s office,” he said. “Despite that, everything went smoothly.” Students who voted in the election pointed out the significance in voting in a large election. “This is a big election, since we are voting for our next state governor, and it is important to vote because every vote counts,” said Amy Galloway, a sophomore majoring in nursing.
“We get to see the impacts first hand since these candidates represent our state,” she said. Josh Gray, a junior majoring in political science and international studies, said he voted because he feels this is a time where people really need to come out and vote to support the change President Barack Obama is making in politics. “It is obvious the candidates have support on our campus and therefore have some kind of motive to be effective in our state government,” he said. P.J. Talley, a senior majoring in accounting, said he voted because he just wanted to be a CW|Sara Beth Colburn part of the decision making pro- Students vote Tuesday at the Student Recreation Center. cess. “I feel it is going to be a tight race, and that the candidates are really focused on listening has as an American citizen. “After the election in 2008, votto voters,” he said. Jonothan Whatley, a senior ing didn’t stop there,” he said. majoring in telecommunica- “We have to continue to come tions and film, said he is choos- out and realize the importance ing to vote because voting is one it is to make sure our voice is of the most powerful tools one heard.”
DIRECTV SPECIAL OFFER! 99
is seeking stories from former patients treated during the years 1930-1990. Stories can be submitted in writing at the website www.childofchildrens.org or by letter to: Garland Stansell 1600 7th Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35233
mo.
Hip Implant Recall
Packages Start at
29
$
The Children’s Hospital of Alabama
800-971-9041 DIRECTSTARTV An Authorized DIRECTV Dealer
With 24-month agreement. Offer ends 2/9/11. Credit card required (except in MA & PA). New approved customers only (lease required). Other conditions apply. Call for details.
Anyone who received a Dupuy Implant may be entitled to a money recovery.
DAVIS & TALIAFERRO, LLC.
1-334-832-9080 gldavis@knology.net No representation is made that the quality of legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services provided by other lawyers
The Crimson White
NEWS
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
3
Hunger Banquet raises awareness By Amanda Sams Senior Staff Reporter alsams1@crimson.ua.edu
Many onlookers sat eating a small portion of rice with their hands while a select 15, graced by providence or luck of the draw, dined on a multi-course meal at a table. The stage was set, as the World Hunger Banquet commenced Monday evening at Burke Dining Hall to demonstrate worldwide suffering based solely on socio-economic status. “Most of us do not get to choose the circumstances we are born into,” said moderator Frannie James of the University’s International Honors Program. The room is divided into classes of income, and each person’s dinner depends on the card he or she draws when entering the room. “It was very eye-opening to see that I had a portion of rice that I had to eat with my hands in the low-income section while my friends were feasting on tomatoes, basil and mozzarella cheese,” said Layson Rapoza, a freshman majoring in aerospace engineering. James pointed out that 85 percent of approximately 100
RICE
Continued from page 1
very poetic nature, there is no more perfect start as a part of her life story, than to do it in Tuscaloosa.” Rice’s book is a memoir about her life, her parents and growing up in the South, Cooper said. “This is one of two books, and this is a book on her parents and her upbringing and the extraordinary community that was around her and the other children growing up in segregation,” he said. “This principal point of why [a personal memoir] went first is, as she tells people, one of the most common questions she gets is ‘How did you become who you were?’ She says you have to know John and Angelena, her
BENTLEY
Continued from page 1
been a privilege to be part of the political scene.” Lamb said Bentley’s strong defense of his Christian faith sold her. “Having a Christian in politics isn’t cool these days,” Lamb said. “He never waivered from that.” Blake Bell, a Birmingham native who attends college in Mississippi, came out to support Bentley. “We thought he was a great candidate because he won’t be paid until all Alabamians have a job.” Bentley’s campaign ran the promise he wouldn’t take a salary until Alabama reached full employment, an economic term meaning that all or almost all of people in an area seeking employment can find employment. Full employment accepts that 3 to 4 percent of the working population will be unemployed due to transitions among industries and in personal lives. Bell said Bentley’s lack of political experience, a topic that drew some criticism during the campaign, is actually a positive point. “He’s not your typical career politician,” Bell said. “He’s a new face.” Sam Watts also attended the celebration and supported Bentley during the campaigning. He said Bentley’s election represents a larger issue in the nation. “To me, this is a reflection of rejection of the Democrats’ policies in Washington,” Watts said. “He’s a doctor [and] he’s also a businessman and that gives him great experience,” he said. “Who better than a doctor to know what to do about this health care business?” Neal Gentry, a Phenix City, Ala., native and businessman, agreed with Watts. “There’s no merit to that at all,” Gentry said of the idea that Bentley’s profession made him unsuited for politics. “He’s a small business owner and not a professional politician. There’s far too many people in office who have never worked
TO HELP UA’s FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER: • Text “BAMA” to 27722 to donate to Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger. • Bring canned food to any of the number of red barrels around campus. • Donate online at volunteer.ua.edu/babh/. participants were not seated at the high-income table, complete with glass goblets and dessert. “I got lucky, but it made me feel really bad, because I know we eat like this in reality every day,” said Amelia Warriner, a freshman majoring in nursing. “A girl gave salt to somebody in the lower class, and offered them a roll, but they didn’t take it.” Warriner said she believed sharing food to be against the rules of this exercise. However, sharing your blessings is an important concept to master, said Katie Doughty, director of Jesus Way Shelter. “I want students on the UA campus to realize that homelessness doesn’t look like a bag lady or your average hobo,” Doughty said. “It looks just like you and me.”
A lady stood up wearing gray slacks, a white, ruffled blouse, black sandals, and a long strand of pearls. “I have been homeless for almost a year,” Connie Block said. “I suffered pretty severe abuse in the 15 years of my marriage. My husband was very terrifying.” Block managed to escape, but she was forced to leave behind everything she had. She eventually made her way to Jesus Way in Tuscaloosa. “I could never, ever imagine being where I am now, and it all happened so quickly,” Block said. “A friend told me finding Jesus Way was kind of like my resurrection. And in a way, I am bringing myself back up out of the ground.” Doughty says she thinks
parents,” he said. In 2012, a book is planned for release that will focus on her role as secretary of state. Young said Rice’s book signing would be the perfect opportunity for anyone interested to see the newly renovated Foster Auditorium and meet Rice. The signing location is not without significance. The auditorium is being rededicated today following extensive renovations. It is also the site of Gov. George Wallace’s infamous Stand at the Schoolhouse Door. In the summer of 1963, Wallace barred two black students from registering for classes. An order passed down from President Kennedy through the Alabama National Guard eventually forced Wallace to move and allow the students access. “With the reopening of
[Foster] and the dedication of it, we didn’t feel like there was a better place to host her, especially when her book is talking about growing up in the segregated South and sort of being able to break through that,” Young said. “She talks about overcoming those types of obstacles that people had to overcome to integrate.” Cooper said the University chose Foster as the venue for her signing but that the arrangement is acceptable for Rice. “As it relates to her, we find no greater significance to highlight where we have come and how far we have come to have her signing the books about her personal story on the steps where Gov. Wallace blocked those black students back in 1963,” he said.
students to hear accounts from people that experienced the desegregation of UA firsthand,” said Kelli Knox-Hall, senior assistant director for the Ferguson Student Center. She said it is great to have Clark come back and facilitate that discussion. “I feel that the panel discussion is a great way to start the day and get ready for the clock tower dedication that afternoon,” she said. Knox-Hall said the Ferguson Student Center has tried to reach out to as many students as possible to let them know about the historical significance of these figures and the events that will
in a business.” Heather Hannah was Bentley’s scheduler throughout his campaign. His staff has already been gearing up for running the state, she said. “We’ll start all the transition stuff tomorrow,” she said. “We’ve come a long way from the 2 to 3 percent name recognition we had in September.” Bentley’s closing statements invited all Alabamians to come meet him and see him at work in Montgomery. “My door will always be open to you in Montgomery,” Bentley said. “Just don’t all come at the same time.” Chip Harrison, a member of the University’s College Democrats, said overall, for Democrats in Alabama, the Republican win is a disappointment.
“It was expected,” Harrison said. “I was hopeful that Sparks could pull it off, but it was pretty clear that Bentley was the predicted favorite.” John DuBois, vice president of College Democrats, agreed that it was not really surprising that Bentley was elected. “Throughout the whole season, Bentley was leading in the polls,” DuBois said. DuBois said even though he was defeated, Sparks did an admirable job. “I commend Sparks,” DuBois said. “He did a good job. It was exciting to see Sparks do as well as he did.” Harrison said by electing another Republican as governor, it portrays the state as being standoffish toward Democrats’ reforms. DuBois said many
Alabamians probably voted for Bentley based on the tradition of Alabama being a conservative, Republican state. “I voted for Sparks because he had a better plan,” DuBois said. “Sparks had a plan that was written out and I felt like Bentley was like, ‘Hey, we’re going to create jobs but I’m not sure how we’ll do it.’” DuBois said he hopes Bentley will stay true to his campaign. “He’s been harping on creating jobs,” DuBois said, “which is something we need. Hopefully the legislature and Bentley can get along well and work together.” Harrison said since Bentley is from Tuscaloosa, it may be a positive thing for the city. “Hopefully he will act in the best interest for the state,” Harrison said.
CW | Jerrod Seaton Frannie James of the Universityʼs Honor Program speaks at Burke Dining Hall Monday. students can make a difference in hunger and homelessness both locally and worldwide. “There’s more to this quarter of a mile we’re living on than football and ‘Roll Tide,’” Doughty said. “There are people out there who don’t have the luxury of eating in the University cafeteria. And when you can help someone from your heart, it means more than anything.” Helping from the heart is just what people like Jim and Jennifer Woods, members of
FOSTER
Continued from page 1
Cutter & Buck V-Neck Windjacket $75
Sizes S- 3XL Available in Crimson and Black Available in “Script A” logo or our officially licensed elephant logo. www.theshirtshop.biz 205-752-6931 525 Greensboro Ave. Tuscaloosa, AL
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, do on a regular basis. “There is a fallacy that if people work hard enough, everybody can sit at the high-income table, and that’s absolutely untrue,” Jennifer Woods said. “There are all kinds of circumstances out there that lead to the homelessness.” St. Marks caters to more than 500 each year, but Jim Woods is concerned that there are so many more folks out there who need help, who are forced to
bathe at the public library or live in the woods behind Walmart. “You could be sitting at that table today with your back turned to everyone else, and tonight or tomorrow you could become homeless,” said Michelle Cobb, a current resident of Jesus Way. “You never know when you’ll be in that situation. If there’s any way possible for you to help the people who need it, then help. And God will bless you for helping other people.”
take place today. “We wanted students to know the history,” she said. “Many teachers have partnered with us and gave us the support we needed to provide students with a sense of understanding about the events.” Following the panel discussion, the dedication ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. in the Malone-Hood Plaza, with SGA President James Fowler and Black Student Union President Coresa Hogan co-hosting the event. Fowler said he is very pleased to be a part of the event that will live forever in history as a time to recognize the courage of those who stood up for equality and unity. “I am humbled and honored to participate in such an impor-
tant moment in history,” he said. After the dedication ceremony, there will be a community celebration at 2 p.m. on the Malone-Hood Plaza that will be hosted by the UA Black Faculty and Staff Association with the Alabama Brass Quintet and Afro-American Gospel Choir. “We are glad to be hosting the panel discussion and helping coordinate these historical events,” Knox-Hall said. “The Ferguson Center is the central location for students, and we are honored to host the event.” Those who attend the panel can enjoy a Chick-fil-A breakfast that will be provided after the discussion. Tickets are required and can be found for free at crimsonartstickets. com.
OPINIONS
Practice safe news watching By Wesley Vaughn
MCT Campus
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 Editor • Tray Smith letters@cw.ua.edu Page 4
{ YOUR VIEW } HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT RICE’S VISIT?
“I just canʼt get into politics, but I think it is really awesome that she is coming to our campus.” — Victoria Henry, junior, event planning
Guide to Opinions page fame By John Davis It was unavoidable. You’ve been at the University of Alabama for almost three months now and it’s clear that not only is the student newspaper totally inept, but for some reason everyone around you is completely ignorant to the atrocities surrounding them on a daily basis. What’s a student to do? Sure, you could write a scathing — yet enlightening — piece on your tumblr, but between your mom, your neighbor’s kid sister and someone called “Lunifox,” it really wouldn’t reach the intended audience. No, you need a mass-produced publication that goes right into the hands of thousands of your peers every day. Congratulations, you’ve decided to write your first op-ed column! I’m here to guide you through the long, arduous process of writing an editorial, because it’s not as easy as it seems. The first thing you need is a topic; something provocative but not so offensive people miss the point. Politics is a popular subject, but nobody really pays attention to those columns. Religion certainly grabs the reader’s attention, but it’s tricky because people are easily offended by such matters. And believe me, you’d be surprised at how many Zoroastrians can crawl out of the woodwork on a college campus, so don’t think you can avoid controversy just by picking an obscure religion. Once you find an injustice to expose, you need a proper place to write your piece. Starbucks is popular, if not a little clichéd. You could sit outside a library, but then you’d be outside (gross). Your dorm room is quiet and peaceful, though the seclusion means no one will see you writing. I’ve found that the perfect place is
{
I’m here to guide you through the long, arduous process of writing an editorial, because it’s not as easy as it seems.
in class — it’s quiet, because everyone is either listening to the professor or asleep- but still public enough for people to see you penning your magnum opus. If you catch anyone reading over your shoulder, shoot a condescending glare while muttering something about how your piece will crush their moral foundation. If you really want to suffer for your work, buy a moleskine notebook (unlined paper, obviously). Transcribing the piece onto your MacBook Pro is an extra step, sure, but it’ll totally be worth it when you look up from writing and make eye contact with that cute girl in your Baltic Literature course. You know, the one wearing that beanie-hairsack thing that looks like it was knitted by your grandmother in her dying hours. Bonus points if she has a matching unlined moleskin notebook. As to the matter of actual content, you need the opening lines to really hook the audience. Something that is vague, yet intriguing. A question, perhaps, with an answer nobody has taken the time to come up with. Don’t answer the question until the end, though, so the reader will be forced to power through the entire article just to satisfy his or her curiosity. Never forget to add your year and major, or the piece will not get published. Also, be sure to use lots of one-line paragraphs for emphasis. Like this. Now that your piece has been submitted and printed in the paper, you’re done, right? Wrong! The day your name is in print is
}
perhaps the most important day of your life. For a brief flicker in time, you’re a minor (or major, depending on how earth-shattering your musings are) celebrity on campus. You’ve got to handle yourself appropriately. While you definitely want people to know what you’ve done, you can’t just walk around asking if they’ve read your column. Wait for someone to approach you; otherwise, you’ll come off as arrogant and boastful, which is totally not cool. When someone inevitably bows at your altar, act like it’s no big deal, like you weren’t expecting any recognition. (Though we both know you were — why else would you write the article?) Not done yet — there’s this whole Internet business to deal with. Believe it or not, The Crimson White has a website, and people comment on the stories every day. Whatever you do, DO NOT respond to any comments on your column, regardless of whether the person agrees with you. All that work you were doing to appear blasé? If you respond to an online comment, it’s all destroyed. The commenter may very well be wrong, and if you don’t say anything he or she will continue to be wrong, but do yourself a favor and resist the urge. I hope this has been helpful — you’re now a member of an elite fraternity of people with opinions, and nobody can take that away from you. John Davis is a junior majoring in muckraking.
Arnold generalizes the faithful By Jessica Bailey
“I am very excited, itʼs a great opportunity to meet a renowned politician.” — Lauren Smith, junior, political science
EDITORIAL BOARD Victor Luckerson Editor Jonathan Reed Managing Editor Tray Smith Opinions Editor Adam Greene Chief Copy Editor
WE WELCOME YOUR OPINIONS Letters to the editor must be less than 300 words and guest columns less than 800. Send submissions to letters@ cw.ua.edu. Submissions must include the author’s name, year, major and daytime phone number. Phone numbers are for verification and will not be published. Students should also include their year in school and major. For more information, call 348-6144. The CW reserves the right to edit all submissions.
Ah, stereotypes. Everyone uses them; they shape our first impressions, social behavior research projects, marketing, movie genres, you name it. Stereotypes can be useful, since they exist because they are or have once been based on truth by majority. However, stereotypes are often misused as fuel for judgment and unfair criticism on a general group, taking one negative stigma and applying it to the usually innocent majority. Sam Arnold’s Wednesday column in the Crimson White about how religious beliefs are fodder for fools and Jesus-freaks is not only generalizing religion as a whole (and not only that, but focuses almost exclusively on Christianity without explicitly stating so), he’s unfairly imposing his negative stigma of what religion is and what believers are like on the majority of religious people and their institutions. Now, I’m not from the South. I come from California, and after two years of being here, it really is like living in another country, especially when talking about faith. The University may lie in the Bible Belt, but for Arnold to take out his trauma of having to deal with Biblethrowing evangelists on the idea of any God as a whole is wrong, closeminded and rude. If he expects people to read his column with an open mind, it’s not unreasonable to expect that maybe he can admit that not everyone religious totes around sermons of “zombie demigods and hellfire.”
I don’t know what denomination preaches about zombies, and the idea that he thinks there is one is appalling and, frankly, hilarious. Zombies? Really? And don’t even get me started on the “death cults, suicide bombers and holy wars” call. My Mormon friend might not drink caffeine, but he went on a two-year mission to Germany to study his faith and simultaneously get involved in underprivileged neighborhoods. Man, that sure was wrong of him. Such a horrible crusade, I’m sure he did a lot of pillaging. Arnold paints the majority of devotees to faith as so illiterate and inbred that they haven’t read a book that “isn’t written by a theologian.” You can feel his seething prejudice in the line “I didn’t come from no monkey” that he so convincingly writes in a Southern drawl. A little tip: you might be writing an opinion column, but try to conceal your festering disgust for the opposing side of your piece. Contempt isn’t flattering on anyone. Religion is useful in a modern world, solely for the purpose that if any individual finds need for it personally, spiritually, mentally, then it is useful. Peace of mind as you suffer a difficult diagnosis? Science books don’t offer that. Optimism after being dumped? Sure, you have girlfriends for that, but the idea of a never-ending love also helps. It might not solve the economic crisis or create jobs, but it makes people happy. Isn’t that useful enough?
Arnold might have been exposed to only hate-based sign-toting WBC-type religions, but the majority of religions are based on love, hope, safety, and gratitude. Not convinced? The CW runs pieces examining different religions on campus, and their fundamental beliefs. Read them; they’re interesting and encourage diversity. Not everyone is like those crazy people that shout at you about damnation and insist that Obama is Lucifer incarnate here to bring the apocalypse. In fact, most with a religious association despise those people. They obviously give us all a bad name. Arnold is entitled to his opinion. He is writing on the Opinions page after all, and the point is to be a little biased. But his opinion is based on bigotry. The sneer with which he writes is offensive, attacking and exposes the way he’s begging to be responded to by letters of hate mail from the same people who pour water on the Atheist and Agnostic chalkings (which is wrong, by the way). But I’m not giving that to him. Instead, I’ll respond with a polite but disagreeing article. Just because I live in California doesn’t mean I live by a movie star and surf all day. Just because I have faith doesn’t mean I blindly follow rules and condemn everyone who doesn’t to go to hell. Don’t generalize me, and don’t generalize my faith. Jessica Bailey is a junior majoring in studio art.
If you can find me a normal person on a reality television show, I’ll find you some beachfront property in Kansas. Contestants or participants on these shows were selected because they fill their particular show’s need, namely individuals who are quick to fight and cry and can stretch out their 15 minutes of fame. Shows such as “Big Brother” and “Real World” want stereotypical members of demographics to pit against each other. “Deal or No Deal” and “Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?” want eccentric and dramatic contestants. No one should watch one of these shows and walk away thinking less of society, though. These contestants do not represent the majority of society; they were picked with ratings in mind, not to create a microcosm of America. Why then would someone watch cable news and fear the death of rationality? These media have almost become reality television shows themselves. The same ratings machine drives their hiring and news coverage process.
{
Simplicity is the policy of cable news, but reality is not that simple.
}
The recent shrinking of newsrooms has only exacerbated this ruination. Paired with the need to supply content 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the stultified state of cable news is not a surprise. Reality shows have spread like kudzu because of their low production cost and simplicity; television news has followed out of need, with cable news at the forefront due to its success. According to a September poll taken from Politico and George Washington University, most people received their news about yesterday’s election from cable television over any other source. The big three cable news channels – Fox News, CNN, MSNBC – all use the same tired format for their shows: one pundit, regular guests, stretched discussions, diluted stories and no middle ground. This structure creates public figures such as Christine O’Donnell, even though she has never led in an election poll. It breathes air into the fiery New York City mosque story for weeks, while other more important stories remain uncovered. Do not even remind me about balloon boy. Judging society on the premise of this vast and venomous visual vacuity lends itself to George Gerber’s cultivation theory. One major tenet of the theory is the mean world syndrome, which posits that too much television watching will sway the viewer into believing the outside world is more violent than it actually is because of violence on television. Gerber should also investigate the crazy world syndrome. With a slim minority of society clowning around on national television, the majority of society has seemingly begun to believe that this minority is normal and that rationality can no longer be expected. That is not even remotely true. Not every conservative is House Republican Leader John Boehner, and not every liberal is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Not every individual with a political opinion is Bill O’Reilly or Keith Olbermann. Simplicity is the policy of cable news, but reality is not that simple. Consumers should realize that too. I would not blame Hostess for the fattening of America; I would blame the people who purchase their devilishly delicious products. Those who decide to watch cable news should watch responsibly. When corporations profit from reporting the news, consumers must critically analyze what they see and hear on television. Or, is that too hard? That’s why they make it so simple. Vilifying the media for furthering our country’s irrational perception issues is too easy. They would have no influence if their audience refused to accept everything they said. “Keeping up with the Kardashians” does not accurately portray life in America and neither do the programs on cable news. If we can accept the first fact, we should be able to accept the second. Our country is not (too) politically crazy, it only plays one on television.
Wesley Vaughn is a junior majoring in public relations and political science. His column runs on Wednesdays.
By Lauren Cuervo Contributing Writer
CW File DePalmasʼs Italian cafe has called downtown Tuscaloosa home since 1995. The restaurant pairs fresh infredients and a relaxed atmosphere to give customers a unique dining experience. beef-stuffed mushrooms, an appetizer-sized pizza, and their own breadsticks, along with your choice of either meatball or spinach. For the main meal, calzones, fresh pasta dishes, pizza and specialty dishes are available and made to order. Sweet Italian treats are on the menu for dessert and include tiramisu as well as cannolis straight from a bakery in New York’s Little Italy. “What sets us apart from
other restaurants is being consistent in the food that we serve and in the service that we provide,” King said. “We make our pizza dough every morning and use fresh pasta, not dried or frozen, and prices on the menu range from $2 to $26, so we fit any budget.” “I found the food to be delicious,” Dan Rozick, a senior majoring in philosophy said, “It was very becoming of an authentic Italian restaurant, and the service was some of
the best in town.” The café look of the restaurant makes it a distinctive eatery in Tuscaloosa. As they eat, diners can also watch the crew toss pizza dough and fire up the oven through the open kitchen. “As an interior design major, I thought the atmosphere was very enjoyable,” Feeney said. “The dimmed lighting made my experience elegant, yet casual.” The restaurant does not
take reservations and its popularity can mean there will be a wait for a weekend dinner, but the bar is open for seating and is available to customers while they wait. DePalma’s offers a take-out menu Monday through Saturday and is available for catering special events. The restaurant is closed on Sundays. “I can say if you have never been here, give DePalma’s a try,” King said. “I know you will be back.”
Project captures queer youth experience By Karissa Bursch Senior Staff Reporter kabursch@crimson.ua.edu
Two girls are traveling across the United States in search of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, and queer youth and their stories. They are traveling through New York, Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama. During the leg of their trip at the University this past weekend, they found another story to add. Laurel Golio and Diana Scholl co-founded the upstart photographic journalism project, called We Are the Youth. The project consists of photographs and interviews with LGBTQ youth across the nation and aims to “capture the incredible diversity and uniqueness among LGBTQ youth,” according to wearetheyouth.org. “We wanted to start documenting queer youth,” Golio said. “We have always been passionate about queer rights. It is a unique, special population.” Scholl said, as members of the LGBTQ community themselves, it is very important to herself and Golio. They want members of the community to know they are not alone. “Being queer women at 25, we like seeing others’ experiences,” Scholl said. “It’s an interesting time in your life. It’s important that kids, especially those in rural areas, can see these stories and know that they’re not alone.” Golio said the project originally started as a blog where they would post news items, but Scholl said as the issue of teen suicide tragedies surfaced, they wanted to provide a resource to the LGBTQ community. After that they started to design an actual website. “With everything with the teen suicide tragedies we want to make sure to be a part of the community,” Scholl said. “We are listed as a resource on It Gets Better. Although we are photo journalists, we consider ourselves activists.” Golio and Scholl said they were able to find youth in Alabama through a network of organizations. “Diana worked at some AIDS organizations so she had contacts in the South,” Golio said. “We contacted AIDS Alabama and they put us in touch with Equality Alabama. A lot of gay organizations know each other.”
Golio, who is originally from Brooklyn, along with Scholl, said there was a big change coming from New York City to Alabama. “There is a lot more of a focus on religion here,” Golio said. “I noticed this in Auburn especially. There was a boy we interviewed who came from a very evangelical household. He is out and is still very religious. It’s been really interesting.” Golio and School interviewed Anna Turkett, a freshman in New College who will be featured on wearetheyouth. org. “Anna has an awesome story,” Scholl said. “It’s cool to see somebody that is so comfortable in their own skin.” “My strength is more in that I have an accepting family,” Turkett said. “A lot of people would be good activists, but it’s hard because they can’t tell their family. A lot of people are out because they are away from home.” Turkett said she hopes her message helps other LGBTQ youth.
“I hope, they can see that being in Bama doesn’t mean you have to be a secret queer,” Turkett said. Golio said she found that being able to read the stories of similar youth can really help those who are struggling. “That’s why the Internet is such a magical place,” Scholl said. “You can find anything and find other people like you.” Turkett, Scholl and Golio encouraged students to not be afraid to be who they are, no matter where they come from or where they are currently living. “UA is a surprisingly accepting place,” Turkett said. “You shouldn’t be afraid to come out here. Spectrum is a great resource on campus. Somebody has to be out for other people to look to. People used to recommend me to friends. It makes you the gay voice of the community.” Both Scholl and Golio agreed with these remarks, saying once you come out things get better. “It really does get better, and
you’re not alone,” Golio said. Golio and Scholl said Turkett’s profile will be available on the website sometime in mid-November. Meanwhile,
students are invited to look at other profiles and blog entries at wearetheyouth.org. Donations are also accepted on the website.
Page 5 • Wednesday, November 3, 2010 Editor • Kelsey Stein kmstein@crimson.ua.edu
LIFESTYLES this weekend WEDNESDAY • “Cabaret For Cans” audtitions: Rowand-Johnson Hall, Room 141, 6 p.m.
THURSDAY • Baak Gwai: Mellow Mushroom
USIVE L C X E LLECTION O C Wrinkle Free Shirts! $69.50
Wednesday The Randy Rogers Band $12 at the Door
Collection Available with Alabama “A” and Our Licensed Elephant Logo
Order Online at www.theshirtshop.biz
Thursday- Southbound Friday- Nettie Quill Saturday- DJ Pete *Please Drink Responsibly
1307 University Blvd. 205-248-6611
VISIT OUR LANDMARK STORE IN DOWNTOWN TUSCALOOSA
Monday - Friday 7-6pm Saturday 9-5pm
OPEN SUNDAY 11-3
NS04069494
DePalma’s Italian Café brings the heart of the Mediterranean right into downtown Tuscaloosa. The cozy restaurant, with antique signs and furniture, is the perfect spot for a delicious meal. Nestled on the corner of University Boulevard and 23rd Avenue, DePalma’s serves its authentic cuisine from the freshest ingredients daily, and the effort is paying off. “The food really tasted freshly prepared and had a good amount of flavor,” Kara Feeney, a junior majoring in interior design said, “The restaurant just adds so much to Tuscaloosa.” After success near the University of Georgia campus in Athens, DePalma’s decided to make Tuscaloosa its next location in July 1994. “The reason we came here is that, at the time, it was rated in the top 10 places to open a restaurant in the U.S.A.,” owner Greg King said. “It was also a college town and had many things in common with Athens.” The restaurant officially opened in September 1995 in one of downtown’s most historic buildings, which was designed with some Italian architectural influences. Built in 1892 by the First National Bank in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, it was also a coupon center for World War II rations and a department store. The menu at DePalma’s provides the complete Italian dining experience, from appetizer to dessert. Some of the appetizers include pesto- and
LIFESTYLES
The taste of Italy in downtown
6
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
LIFESTYLES
The Crimson White
Students to discover ‘who-he’ is By Alex Cohen Staff Reporter accohen@bama.ua.edu The average person has blind spots that are products of the prejudices and popular ideas during their lives. Some try to catch a glimpse of what lies beneath the surface, but few succeed. William Bradford Huie, an Alabama alumnus, was a rare exception, who didn’t allow himself to be blinded by popular opinions. He worked to be in the “truth business” – the truth that so many others either could not, or would not, see. This month marks Huie’s 100th birthday, and tonight at 7 the Bama Theatre will present “William Bradford (Who-He?) Huie, Voice of the Voiceless,” a play honoring Huie’s life and work. “Its an honor for us to have this play here for [Huie’s] 100th,” said David Allgood, manager of the Bama Theatre. “He was a great writer who accomplished so much in the world.” William Bradford Huie was born in Hartselle in 1910, then attended the University, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and graduated in 1930. Immediately after his graduation, he went to work for The Birmingham News. Huie’s body of work includes a wide span of topics from the last century. He covered many things, including Alabama football’s tradition of winning at any cost, the D-Day invasion, and the Civil Rights Movement, which was perhaps his most controversial coverage. “He was a very important person in journalism during the Civil Rights Movement,” said Billy Field, writer and director of “Voice of the Voiceless” and professor at the University. Huie reported on the murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi. Till, a black boy, was murdered
IF YOU GO ... • What: “William Bradford (Who-He?) Huie: Voice of the Voiceless” performance
• Where: Bama Theatre • When: Tonight at 7, doors open at 6:30
• Cost: Free at the age of 14 after allegedly whistling at or saying something “sassy” to a white woman. A biased jury acquitted Till’s murderers, claiming they could not identify Till’s body, which had been brutally mutilated, after only 67 minutes of deliberation. A year following the verdict, Look magazine assigned Huie to investigate. After being offered money and protection by double jeopardy, the killers confessed to Till’s murder, describing the incidents to Huie. During this process, not only did Huie uncover the truth, but he also invented “checkbook journalism,” where reporters pay sources for their accounts. “[Following the acquittal] people had called the trail a farce, and it had been a farce,” said Field. “[Huie] got them to confess. It was a huge breakthrough heard all over the world.”
submitted photo “Voice of the Voiceless,” a play honoring William Bradford Huie, will take place tonight at 7 at the Bama Theatre. Mitchell, a junior majoring in theater and the actor portraying Morris. “Hunter and Huie share the main conflict. Hunter is after the story; Bill is trying to hide it.” While the play seeks to edu— David Allgood, manager of the Bama Theatre cate people about Huie’s influential work, its main goal is to Historian David Halberstam some believe that the killers, raise awareness of Huie, evisaid Huie’s Look article, along and perhaps Huie, sugarcoated denced by Field’s inclusion of with Till’s open-casket funer- their stories – portraying their “Who-He?” in the title. “I bet you 90 percent of the al, sparked the Civil Rights crime as a gallant effort to uphold white supremacy and people in Alabama don’t know Movement. “Voice of the Voiceless” uses preserve of the Southern way who he is,” Field said. “He’s a fictional journalist, Hunter of life, rather than as an act of sold 28 million books – that’s amazing. Six of his books were Morris, to challenge Huie in vengeful brutality. “Hunter sees this as a once- turned into Hollywood movthe search for the real truth, not the “killer’s” truth. While in-a-lifetime opportunity to ies. [“The Americanization of no one disputes their guilt, challenge Huie,” said Ben Emily,” with Julie Andrews and
{
“[Following the acquittal] people had called the trail a farce, and it had been a farce. [Huie] got them to confess. It was a huge breakthrough heard all over the world.”
}
James Garner was probably the most famous.] Hemingway only had seven.” Field also hopes students learn from Huie’s experience at the University. “Huie came to [the University] to be a lawyer,” Field said. “Here, he got involved with some outsidethe-box thinkers who urged him to keep writing. Huie’s college experience mattered, not only in the classroom but also in his associations. Huie maximized his college experience. That is my wish for the students of today.” Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and admittance is free.
Randy Rogers Band to play at the Dixie Country music group the Randy Rogers Band will play at the Dixie tonight at 11.
FRIDAY
within walking distance of the LSU Campus
Alabama v. LSU
Pregame Tent Party with Ryan Kinder Band Live
Free Drinks from 8-10pm
SATURDAY
submitted photo
Open at Noon Watch the game on our HD projection screen
$4 Triple Wells $3 Jager Bombs $2.75 Coors Lights $3 Imports
Free Gameday T-Shirts! 1176 Bob Pettit Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA 70820 (225) 757-9555
By Cameron Kiszla Staff Reporter wckiszla@crimson.ua.edu Acclaimed country music group The Randy Rogers Band will perform at the Dixie tonight at 11. The group’s most recent album, “Burning the Day,” released on Aug. 24, was on the top 10 albums list on iTunes in its first week. “Any time you put out a record, it seems like you get a little pop, and you move up a few notches on the old music ladder,” lead vocalist Randy Rogers said. “The album has been very well received, and I think that is definitely helping us out, touring-wise.” “Those that have heard of [The Randy Rogers Band] love him,” said Jeremiah Jones, owner of the Dixie. “They’re really into his music. The band’s music is really honest and genuine music. “It’s not national country. It’s not pop-radio country like you hear on most stations,” Jones said. The Randy Rogers Band has been releasing albums for 10 years, but first gained
popularity in 2006, when their album “Just a Matter of Time” hit No. 8 on the Billboard Country Music chart. The band’s single “Kiss Me in the Dark” also made its way onto the Hot Country Songs chart. More recently, the group’s single “Too Late for Goodbye” made an appearance on the Hot Country Songs chart this year, peaking at No. 47. “It’s country music. It’s a little rough around the edges,” Rogers said. “It’s maybe not as polished as some mainstream, Top-40 country music. But it’s honest music. I’m a songwriter, so 90 percent of the stuff you hear on the stage is stuff I wrote. Our guitar player and bass player also write, so some of it’s their stuff. We’re just trying to be a real band. We play our own records. We write our own songs. We’re just trying to do it the old fashioned way.” The Randy Rogers Band has played in Tuscaloosa at the Jupiter Bar and Grill, the precursor to the Dixie. The exposure and the shows have led to the group developing a following at the University. “I like him because it’s a good example of a group of guys that
got together and were discovered based on talent, not through like a booking agent,” said Cole Mattox, a sophomore majoring in business. “It’s just good, heartfelt country music.” “We’re blessed that we did have that fan base,” Rogers said. “We’ve played 200 shows a year for probably the last five years. We’ve stayed out on the road and we’ve catered to a growing audience. I think that audience is the reason, obviously, that we sold that many records. We’ve been generating a buzz. We’ve been trying to get out to Alabama and the SEC. We’ve been trying to expand for years. I hope that we can continue to do that.” The show will begin at 11 p.m. at the Dixie, located on The Strip. The doors open at 9 p.m., and tickets are $12 at the door and $10 in advance. The group has performed about 1,500 shows together, striving to make each night better than the last, Rogers said. “The same guys on stage have been together for a long time,” he said. “If you want a live music experience, the bang for your buck is the Randy Rogers Band.”
is hiring for Sales & Design positions apply at Office of Student Media or call 348-8995 House For Rent NEED TO ADVERTISE statewide? ALA-SCAN can place your 25-word ad in 127 newspapers across Alabama for only $210 (additional words $7.50). Make one call to this newspaper (a participating ALA-SCAN PHPEHU WR ¿QG RXW KRZ easy it is to advertise statewide! (R) 54 ACRES - Cleveland, Alabama. 2400’ grass airstrip, 150x300 tincovered arena, 60x100 horse barn, 75x150 metal building, 75x125 fab shop. $1,149,000.00. Must sell! 1-205-2740294 or 1-205-3536748. ALABAMA RIVERFRONT LAND- Developer liquidation 11/20/2010! $19,900. Perfect for RV or cabin. Boat launch, beautiful views, sandy beach. Easy terms. Limited availability. By appointment: 1-888-415-7744.
1, 2, & 3
Bedrooms
0LQXWHV IURP &DPSXV DQG WKH 0DOOV 0RQLWRUHG 6HFXULW\ 6\VWHP 3URYLGHG *DV /RJ )LUHSODFHV *DV )XUQLVKHG 3RROV )LWQHVV 5RRP 7DQQLQJ %HGV palisadesapthomes.com 3201 Hargrove Road East Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 205-554-1977
IKRA EJ PK@=U : 3 % : :
205-342-3339
FREE Private Shuttle Service to UA Fall 2010!!
VISIT US AT: www.LindseyManagement.com Standard Text “greentusc� to 47464 for more info! Rates Apply
Professionally Managed by Lindsey Mgmt.Co.,Inc.
Apartment For Rent CAMPUS- Behind the University Strip. Small (IÂżFLHQF\ $SDUWPHQWV $300-350/ mo. Utilities included. Lease and deposit required. No pets. Call 752-1277. MORRISON APARTMENTS 1 BDRM $495/ month and Studio $360/ month half-way downtown and UA. . Call 7580674 WILLOW WYCK 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath, perfect IRU URRPPDWHV ÂżYH minutes from Campus. Move-In Special. Preleasing Available. 3919690 CAMPUS- EFFICIENCY APARTMENTS CamSXV (IÂżFLHQF\ $SDUWments next door to Publix Supermarket. $350/ month. Water included. Cobblestone Court Apartments. Lease & Deposit required, no pets. 205-752-1277
Condos RIVERBEND COMMONS 1BR 1BA great location, washer, dryer, PLFURZDYH JURXQG ÀRRU Available now. $495 month. 205-799-0544
Help Wanted !BARTENDING! $300/ DAY potential, no experience necessary. Training provided. (800)9656520 Ext214. ASAP! NEW pay increase! 34-40 cpm. ExFHOOHQW EHQHÂżWV 1HHG CDL-A & 3 months recent OTR. 1-877-2588782 www.meltontruck. com. ATTENTION! DRIVER Trainees needed now! $800 - $1,000 a week, SOXV EHQHÂżWV +RPH weekly! 15 day CDL training A.T.D.T. 1-866918-2838. (R) BILLY BARNES ENTERPRISES, Inc is hirLQJ H[SHULHQFHG Ă€DWEHG drivers. Requirements include: must be 23 years of age, class “Aâ€? &'/ \HDU YHULÂżDEOH WUDFWRU WUDLORU Ă€DWEHG experience, clean driving record. For more information call Mary @ 1-800-844-6458 Ext.130 or complete driver questionnaire online @ www. billybarnes.net. (R) CDL-A DRIVERS: Drive in style! New 2011 Freightliner Cascadias plus the best miles, pay & performance bonus. $500 sign-on for Ă€DWEHG &'/ $ PR OTR. Western Express. 1-888-801-5295. DO YOU EARN $800 in a day? Your own local candy route! 25 machines and candy all for $9995. 1-877-915-8222. All major credit cards accepted. DRIVER - CDL/A top home time! Solos & WHDPV +LJKHVW WHDP pay. CDL/A with 1 yr. recent OTR req’d. 1-800942-2104 ext. 238 or 243 www.totalms.com. DRIVERGREAT MILES! No touch freight! No forced NE/NYC! 6 months OTR experience. No felony/DUI last 5 years. Solos wanted.
New team pay packages! 1-877-740-6262. www.ptl-inc.com. (R) DRIVERS CDL/A $2,000 sign-on bonus. Start up to $0.42 CPM. Good home time and EHQH¿WV 275 H[SHULence required. No felonies. Lease purchase available. 1-800-4414271 x AL-100. (R) DRIVERS - COMPANY $1000 sign on bonus. FFE seeks Class A CDL & 1 yr. experience for OTR. Also hiring O/O’s. Students welcome. Call 1-800-569-9232 or recruit@ffex.net. (R) DRIVERS EARN UP WR PL +RPH weekends. 1 year OTR ÀDWEHG H[S &DOO 572-5489 Susan ext. 227. Sunbelt Transport, LLC. DRIVERS- REGIONAL VAN drivers. 35-37 cpm based on experience. %&%6 EHQH¿WV SDFNDJH +RPH HYHU\ ZHHN &'/ A with 1 year experience required. Call 1-888362-8608, or apply at www.averittcareers.com. Equal Opportunity Employer. EARN $1000-$3200 A month to drive our brand new cars with ads placed on them. www. AdCarDriver.com FLATBED/VANS/CONTAINERSCLARK Freight Lines Inc., is hirLQJ 22œV IRU YDQV ÀDWbeds, containers. Drivers must have 3 years experience, clean MVR, and valid Class-A CDL. +D]PDW DQG 7:,& SUHferred. For more information call Tina 1-866801-8981 or Sandra 1-800-948-3979 or visit www.clarkfreight.com/ clark_careers/. MARKETING/ADVERTISING $12/ hr. Putting RXW À\HUV DIWHUQRRQV and nights. Please apply in person Buffalo Phil’s Pub & Cafe on University Strip.
BIBLE STUDY Free Bible study by mail. Eight graded lessons. Certificate is awarded after completion of eighth lesson. Call or E-mail us your name, home address, and phone number. Phone: 205-3729903 E-mail: msop1126@aol. com Eutaw Church of Christ 108 Vera Vista Avenue Eutaw, AL 35462
READY FOR A change? Immediate openings experienced auto techs. 2XWVWDQGLQJ EHQHÂżWV package. 55 year-old dealership. Call for interview 1-888-560-4407 ask for Mike Reagan. STUDENTPAYOUTS. COM Paid Survey Takers needed in Tuscaloosa. 100% FREE to join! Click on Surveys.
Auctions ABSOLUTE AUCTION SATURDAY, November 6th, 10:00 AM. 31.18 DFUHV +LJKZD\ Scottsboro, Alabama. Just east of Walmart Supercenter. 1-877-914SOLD. www.garnerauctionsinc.com. Garner Aucions, Inc. Ken Garner ALSL 1002. ACCEPTING ITEMS FOR open consignment auction to be Saturday, November 6, 2010, DP 0DQ\ GLYHUVLÂżHG items and online bidding for certain items. Fowler Auction, Toney, AL. Mickey Fowler ALSL466, 1-866-293-0157. www. fowlerauction.com. AUCTION - ORDERED U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Monday November 8th, 2010 10:00 a.m. 2004 Mercedes E500, Mercedes ML320, CAT backhoe, appliances and much more. Asset Liquidators, Inc. 1-205-6124221. AL # 1275. www. DVVHWOLTXLGDWRUV EL] AUCTION SATURDAY NOVEMBER 20th 10AM Athens, Alabama 166 acres +/- in 35 tracts, combinations and as whole. Beutiful property - wooded and open Garner Auctions, Inc. 1-877-914-SOLD. www. garnerauctionsinc.com. Ken Garner ALSL 1002.
For Sale Misc. CASH NOW! Get cash for your structured settlement or annuity payPHQWV +LJK SD\RXWV Call J.G. Wentworth. 1-866-SETTLEMENT (1-866-738-8536). Rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau. (R) CATTLE FEED: CPM Super-P is a baled, complete feed. Guaranteed nutrition and weight. 14% minimum protein. Call 1-478-374-4667 or visit: www.agdanielcompany.com. AG Daniel Company. (R) FREE HD FOR life! Only on Dish Network! Lowest price in America! $24.99/mo for over 120 channels! $500 bonus! 1-866-484-0056. (R)
Notices IF YOU USED type 2 Diabetes drug Avandia between 1999 - present and suffered a stroke, heart attack, or congestive heart failure, you may be entitled to compensation. Attorney Charles Johnson 1-800535-5727.
Services PRIVATE PILOT LESSONS Earn your private SLORW FHUWLÂżFDWH at the Tuscaloosa Airport. 205-272-2231 or HPDLO MRVKQZDNHÂżHOG# gmail.com
$tudent $pecial: Move your own home in now and receive up to $1,000 moving assistance Rv Lots for Rent Homes for Sale WoodVillage 205-758-9553 woodvillagemhp.com
Follow us on Twitter! @ CWnewsline
Today’s birthday (11/3/10). Accept responsibility this year for helping an associate dig out of a mess and restore balance. Appreciate harmony in your own life and consider how significant changes may be for your partner. Peace comes from your philosophical path. Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- A partner or friend shows you how to research a topic quickly and easily. You gather facts and at the same time understand the theory. Get practical later. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Connect with an older coworker, as you gather necessary information. You need a strong visual message to convince distant people. Challenge yourself. Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Your internal sense of balance indicates the need for change today. You don’t have to revolutionize the universe. A shift in direction pleases two people. Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- An older family member feels out of balance today. Your energy shifts everything in a positive direction. Make time to take care of this person today. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 6 -Challenge yourself to use materials already at hand, instead of buying new. This has many advantages: it cleans the workspace, stimulates imagination and recycles.
=HPGMBF>
Crimson White Advertising
CAMPUS-DOWNTOWN 4 blocks from strip. 1 BR Apts. $375/ mo. Lease and deposit required. No pets. Broadstreet Apartments. Call 752-1277 NEW 1&2BR APTS Gated Community! Now Signing Leases for January 2011! Starting at $399/ mo! Affordable Student Living At Its Best! 205-469-9339
™ô*Âą*™ô* M Ă´Â™Ă˝ÂŒ U†w C”xx‹—uÂ?”Â? ZÂ?tw
9<N9F;= LA;C=LK GF K9D=2 L`] Kgmf\ g^ Emka[ Kaf_ % 9dgf_ =n]fl$ L`] E=L Gh]jY K]ja]k$ 9 HjYaja] @ge] ;gehYfagf$ M>; )*)2 D]kfYj nk& N]dYkim]r$ Ja^^LjYp Dan]2 @gmk] gf @Ymfl]\ @add$:gf Bgna2L`] ;aj[d] Lgmj$ JY[] 9[jgkk L`] Kcq *()( HYjYfgjeYd 9[lanalq * J! )*2+( *2(( +2(( ,2+( -2+( /2(( 02(( 12*- )(2+( @]j]Y^l]j H?%)+! )2(- ,2(( /2)( )(2)( K][j]lYjaYl H?! )*2+- +2,- .2,- 12-( Eq Kgmd lg LYc] % +< J! )*2(( *2+- -2)( /2-( )(2*( Da^] 9k O] Cfgo Al H?%)+! )2+( ,2*( /2*- )(2)Qgm Oadd E]]l 9 KljYf_]j H?! )*2)( *2,- -2*( /2-- )(2*( L`] Kg[aYd F]logjc H?%)+! )2,( ,2,( /2,( )(2*BY[c9kk % +< J! )*2(( *2*( ,2,- /2)- 12,(
BY[c9kk J! )*2-- +2)- -2,- 02)- )(2,( "=Ykq 9 H?%)+! )*2-( +2*( -2-( 02*- )(2-( J=< H?%)+! )*2,- *2)( +2-- ,2-- .2-( /2,- 12+- )(2+L`] Lgof J! )*2*( +2+( .2,( 12,F K][mj] J! )*2(- *2-( -2*- 02(- )(2,K9O % +< J! )*2)( )2)- *2,( +2,( -2(- /2+- )(2(( K9O J! )2)- +2,( .2(- 02+- ))2(( "L`mjk\Yq$ ))%,2 %JY[] 9[jgkk l`] Kcq Yl /2+(he %<jgh -2-( 02*- k`goaf_ g^ =Ykq 9
6WXGHQW 'LVFRXQWV ZLWK 9DOLG ,' Advance Tickets available at 7,&.(76 6+2:7,0(6 75$,/(56 FREEWKHDWHUV FRP
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Prepare yourself to spend money on creative projects for home. You may be surprised at how little you spend, espeP^]g^l]Zr cially if you do some of the work. Gho^f[^k , Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 5 -You may want to be nice today, but you need to take a stand, even if not everyone likes it. Speak from the heart, and Mh ieZ\^ rhnk Z]3 keep one eye on personal values. ,-1&0,.. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 5 -- Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll want to look your best for a \p\eZllf`k public appearance. Listen to a partner concerning what to wear. Boost your 9`fZbe'\hf confidence by repeating, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can do this.â&#x20AC;? Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- An older person challenges ppp'\p'nZ'^]n your concept of personal power. You discover that age doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily diminish intellectual strength. Learn Lmn]^gm kZm^3 from a master. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is ',.(i^k phk]( a 7 -- Your desire to be in the spotlight i^k ]Zr bumps up against practical problems. Prepare your acts carefully, as well as !Fbg' */ phk]l% - kngl" your costume. Practice makes perfect. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Energy shifts from dramatic to *The Crimson more harmonious interaction. As the White places balance shifts, take charge and perthese ads in suade others to move forward. More good faith. possibilities emerge. We are not Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a responsible for 6 -- What seems like a challenge today fraudulent is actually a golden opportunity. Your advertising.* work with a female develops into a potential long-term partnership.
We Sell Moving Boxes We Buyback Textbooks THE UPS STORE 1130 University Blvd.
248-0290
SPORTS
FOOTBALL
Page 8 • Wednesday, November 3, 2010 Editor • Jason Galloway crimsonwhitesports@ gmail.com
SPORTS
this weekend
Tide still holds high hopes By Britton Lynn Senior Sports Reporter bmlynn@crimson.ua.edu Alabama’s chance at another national title has been a continuous topic of conversation since its loss to South Carolina three weeks ago. The Crimson Tide is currently ranked No. 6 in the BCS standings with just Utah, Boise State, TCU, Auburn and Oregon above them. “This team has a great opportunity in the last onethird of the season, starting with the game we have right now with LSU,” said head coach Nick Saban. “What we control is how we play the teams we play. We’re going to play some of the best teams, and we need to be playing our best football of the year if we’re going to be able to accomplish what we have an opportunity to accomplish.” Alabama remains the highest-ranked one-loss team in the country. Missouri and Michigan State’s losses this weekend gave Alabama another chance to move up in the BCS standings. “I can assure you I was rooting for Nebraska and Iowa on Saturday, that’s for sure,”
senior quarterback Greg McElroy said. “It was great for us. We understand that it all starts with our game against LSU. In order to get where we need to go, we need to take care of business here on out.” The Alabama players’ message to the media was consistent. They each reiterated that the future success of their season was in their own hands. “We control our own destiny,” said junior running back Mark Ingram. “I feel like if we just keep doing what we do and we just keep winning games then everything will take care of itself. I just tried to enjoy the off weekend and relax and get ready for the second half [of the season].” The added pressure of a must-win LSU game brings more importance to the SEC game. “This game has some significance,” said junior defensive back Phelon Jones. “We have to win this game in order to achieve our goals of going to the national championship.”
Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La., is not easy. LSU is known as one of the toughest places to play away games because of its passionate fans. “The crowd really gets into the game, so it’s a loud stadium,” junior wide receiver Julio Jones said. “As players, we can’t allow the crowd to get into the game and mess us up. It’s just wild there. I like playing there and just being a competitor. It is always an intense game.” While the LSU fans might be known around the conference as some of the craziest fans, the Alabama players realize that is part of the challenge in playing in the SEC. “It is a loud and crazy environment,” said junior defensive lineman Josh Chapman. “But it is still about what happens on the field. Playing against LSU is always a tough battle. It is about who can hit the other in the mouth first. We have to come out early and hit them in the mouth fast.” Alabama’s one loss of the season came against another SEC opponent, South Carolina. LSU’s atmosphere And the Tide also struggled early on in the Arkansas game Relaxing before a game with in Fayetteville. Alabama did an atmosphere as chaotic as blow out Tennessee two weeks
Alabama Football National Championship checklist: Eliminate undefeateds LSU and a Auburn. Win the rest of the regular season. Win the SEC Championship game. Convince voters that the Tide is is more deserving than an undefeated mid-major (Boise State, TCU, etc.). A loss is required from all but one of the following teams: Nebraska, Ohio St., Nebraska St Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., St. Oregon, Michigan St. St and Missouri Biggest threats for loss-required teams Oklahoma
Michigan St.
Oklahoma St.
Missouri
Oregon
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Oklahoma
(15)Arizona
Kansas St.
Nebraska
Oregon State
Texas
Kansas St.
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
ago, but LSU looks to be a much bigger challenge. “I think that you need to have some calm in the midst of chaos sometimes when you play on the road because there are a lot of other distractions,” Saban said. “We handled it a little bit better at Tennessee.
There are a lot of difficult places to play in this league, and it takes a lot of maturity to be able to stay focused. Hopefully our team will continue to mature and be able to play better and better as we play on the road. I think it’s going to be critical in this game for sure.”
over 11 minutes remaining and continued to widen its lead to 40 points. Junior JaMychal Green said his team played well, despite showing inconsistency at times. “I think we did a great job,” Green said. “Started out slow in the first half, but in the second half picked it up. I think we played together. Did a lot of good things even though we messed up a little bit.” Many new faces to the basketball team got playing time as well, with freshman Trevor Releford starting in the game for the Tide. Releford said though he was nervous at the start of the game, he competed well, leading the Tide in scoring with 17 points.
“Yeah, there was some first game jitters at first,” Releford said. “But I kind of got over it. I think it was after the first layup I made, I just stopped kind of getting nervous and played my game.” Despite their performance against the Tornadoes, Grant said his team still has many areas to improve, both offensively and defensively. One thing that stuck out to Grant was three-point shooting. In the game, the team went two for 11 from the three-point line. “It’s either we’re taking bad shots, or we’re not good shooters,” Grant said. “And the players will tell you, ‘Coach, I need to take a better shot because I’m a good shooter.’”
THURSDAY • Women’s tennis in Flushing, N.Y.: All Day
FRIDAY • Women’s volleyball vs Tennessee: 7 p.m. •Women’s golf in Stanford, Calif.: All day •Men’s tennis in Tuscaloosa: All day • Women’s tennis in Flushing, N.Y.: All Day
TIDE
Continued from page 1
purpose and really attacked us.” In the first half alone, Alabama outscored and outrebounded the Tornadoes in the paint, 28-8 and 23-19, respectively. Despite three lead Junior forward JaMychal Green dunks the ball in the season opener win over Talladega. CW | Jerrod Seaton
changes and the Tide being down by six at one point, the Tide used a 15-0 run against the Tornadoes spanning eight minutes to gain momentum. With the play from the Tide, they jumped out to a 46-35 lead at half time. “I didn’t feel like we had control of the game at all in
the first half,” Grant said. “We had runs in the game, which gave us the lead, but I felt like Talladega did a great job of putting themselves in position in the first half.” Alabama carried its momentum into the second half. Indeed, the Tide extended its lead to 23 points with a little
Freshman guard Trevor Releford dribbles down the court against Talladega. Releford led the team in points for the night, accounting for 17 of the Tide’s 96.
SATURDAY • Women’s basketball vs AlabamaHuntsville: 12 p.m. • Football vs LSU: 2:30 p.m. • Women’s rowing in Chattanooga, Tenn.: All day
CW | Jerrod Seaton
•Men’s tennis in Tuscaloosa: All day • Women’s tennis in Flushing, N.Y.: All Day •Women’s golf in Stanford, Calif.: All day
CALL 205-345-6496
24/7
1031 13th Street E.
Behind Big Lots
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
FOSTER SPECIAL SECTION
Foster’s past not forgotten A look at one UA landmark’s past, present and future
Lucy paves path, Family to represent faces oppression UA’s first black grad By Amanda Sams Senior Staff Reporter alsams1@crimson.ua.edu
for classes,” Roberts said. However, the general mindset that Lucy was out of place was glaringly obvious. Autherine Lucy The Board of Trustees did not allow her to have a room in a residence hall or a meal ticket, as is written in the papers of Sarah L. Healy, former UA dean of women. “I told Autherine of the tensions evidenced by various cross burnings which had taken place within the past
Vivian Malone Jones is escorted to Foster Auditorium in 1963. Malone Jones and James Hood were physically banned from registering for classes by then-Gov. George Wallace.
few days after it had been announced that she would be admitted,” Healy wrote. “I told her the University did not believe it was wise or possible at the time for her to be housed on campus.” Tensions were high because the University did not have a single black student, and that’s just the way it was, said Jim W. Oakley Jr., a former member of the University News Bureau and former photographer for The Crimson White. Lucy began her classes on Jan. 3, 1956, and all hell broke loose. “I heard a big crowd of people yelling and screaming outside of the President’s Mansion the
White people only-Keep out. Signs around campus read slogans like this and worse during the passion-and-prejudice filled days of Autherine J. Lucy’s acceptance into the University of Alabama. As the first black student admitted on campus, Lucy was not warmly welcomed by the community at large. Racial prejudices were a dime a dozen in 1956, and Lucy’s three-day tenure as a student worked as an excuse to let the bigotry flow. However, Lucy’s victory was short-lived. After three chaotic days with Lucy on campus the See LUCY, page 2 Board of Trustees succumbed to the wishes of a terrifying mob that would stop at nothing to “Keep ’Bama White.” “I remember that Autherine Lucy came into my office to register for classes because Graves Hall was filled with students, newspaper people and curiosity,” said the former registrar for the college of education, M. L. Roberts. “Ms. Lucy was planning to get a master’s degree in school librarianship.” Roberts recalled spending a good deal of time helping Lucy select her courses that morning, and said she was dressed Photo courtesy of The Birmingham News stylishly in a nice suit. Autherine Lucy became the University’s first black student in 1956. “I felt like she was just like She was expelled three days later because University officials said any other student registering they could not protect her from angry mobs.
Photo courtesy of The Birmingham News By Taylor Holland Senior Staff Reporter tlholland@crimson.ua.edu Today marks a day of celebration for all those involved with the desegregation of schools and the antisegregation process of the 1960s, 47 years after George Wallace’s famed Stand in the Schoolhouse Door. Vivian Malone Jones, one of the first two black students to enroll at the University, was blocked by Wallace on June 11, 1963 along with James Hood and then-Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. Later that day, she and Hood paid their fees and were successfully enrolled in the University. Jones, who passed away in
October 2005 after suffering a stroke, will be represented at today’s event by her sister, Sharon, and six of her other siblings. Hood will be present at the events. Sharon Malone said she was excited to be returning to Tuscaloosa for the dedication as she and her husband, current U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, were here a month ago. “I just saw a mock-up of the plaza,” she said. “We didn’t see it when we were last in Tuscaloosa, so I am very excited to see everything in person.” Sharon Malone said she was 4 years old when Vivian was admitted to The University of Alabama, so she doesn’t remember much from that
historic June day. She does, however, remember her older sister’s graduation ceremony. “It was a celebration all around,” she said. “Particularly with Vivian being the first black graduate from the University, and living in the times that we did, it was a really big deal. Vivian managed to open the door for a lot of people.” After graduating in 1965, Jones worked in the civil rights division of the U.S. Justice Department and at the Environmental Protection Agency, where she was director of civil rights and urban affairs and director of environmental justice. In 1996, former governor
See JONES, page 4
2
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
FOSTER SPECIAL SECTION
The Crimson White
Author discusses significance of stand By Ethan Summers Staff Reporter summers.ethan@gmail.com
Today marks Foster Auditorium’s rededication following years of disuse. Foster Auditorium, constructed in 1939, has historically been a venue for large events on campus, ranging from basketball games to student registration before the years of Internet registration. Plans for renovation began in 2009 and they were completed this fall. Autherine Lucy and James Hood, two of the pioneers of the desegregation struggle at the University, will discuss the challenges they faced tomorrow at the Ferguson Center Ballroom. Lucy was the first black student to attend the University. She enrolled in 1956 as a graduate student. Though admitted, student protests led to her suspension for her own safety. The suspension was appealed, but Lucy was eventually expelled. The expulsion was overturned in 1980, 24 years after the initial
decision. Lucy and Hood will be joined by the family of Vivian Malone Jones, who, with Hood, helped integrate the University in 1963. E. Culpepper Clark, known by many as “Cully,” will moderate the discussion. Clark is the former dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences and author of “The Schoolhouse Door: Segregation’s Last Stand at the University of Alabama,” a history and explanation of George Wallace’s famous protest at Foster Auditorium. In June 1963, then-Gov. George Wallace blocked the doors of Foster Auditorium to stop Hood and Jones from entering, though the Supreme Court ruled the segregation of public institutions unconstitutional. However, Wallace cited states’ rights and protested the decision. President John F. Kennedy organized the National Guard and a general commanded Wallace to move aside. Clark said even in 2010, the auditorium’s historical and sym-
bolic significance for the Civil Rights Movement is still present. “There’s not a historical moment, such as [Wallace’s stand], that doesn’t have a lasting legacy because of the change that it represented,” Clark said. “It would be like saying, ‘Well, we couldn’t memorialize Gettysburg.’” Clark said growing up in the racially-charged Southeast inspired him to research the Civil Rights Movement and desegregation, particularly at the University. “When I was growing up in South Georgia with my buddies in the seventh grade, we were chanting ‘2-4-6-8 we ain’t gonna integrate,’” Clark said. He also mentioned a derogatory chant targeting Autherine Lucy. “That little bit of childhood shame caused me, when I came to Alabama in 1971, to find out who Autherine Lucy was,” Clark said. Clark’s search led him to Malone and Hood, the black students whose plans of registration provoked Wallace’s famous
This aerial shot shows the confrontatin between Gov. George Wallace and the National Guard on JUne 11, 1963. Photo courtesy of W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, UA actions. Both were admitted that same day. The significance of the event, Clark said, is clearly seen by its depiction in the 1994 film Forrest Gump. In the film, the titular character is present throughout many important events in 20th century American history, including Wallace’s stand. “When the movie Forrest Gump was done, they included that scene in the movie, but it’s not in the book,” Clark said.
Wallace Jr. says controversial father fought for blacks, whites By Katherine Martin Staff Reporter klmartin@crimson.ua.edu
CW Staff Reporter Katherine Martin interviewed George Wallace, Jr., the son of former Alabama governor George Wallace. Wallace Sr. gained national prominence with his stand in the schoolhouse door at the University of Alabama during his first term as governor. Wallace then served two more terms as Alabama’s governor. Wallace Jr. discussed his father’s reasoning for the stand and lifelong attempts to make amends for his actions in a phone interview Monday.
Crimson White: What do you think is the legacy your father left on the University and the country as a whole? George Wallace Jr.: I think there are several dimensions to my father’s legacy. His life was a journey, as all of our lives are a journey, and I hope that when your journey is over you are not judged on an
instant in your life, that it is to raise constitutional quesjudged in totality. tions about who should run this University, should it be CW: What do you think on the state of Alabama’s was your father’s reasoning timetable for integration or the federal government’s. behind the Stand? Before he went to the GW: In the late 50s and early 60s, integration was the issue University of Alabama, Little on the social agenda of the Rock, Arkansas and Ole Miss country. We were in a time had already been integrated of cultural change. My father and my father went on telegrew up in a household in the vision night after night after South where they accepted night before he went to the segregation as they accepted University telling people to stay away, and there was other norms in their lives. My father was taught that not an instant of violence segregation was in the best at all at the University. He interest of both races. Now, maintained peace and raised that sounds so archaic today. these issues and moved on. So, without any kind of wisdom at all, it was a fact of life. CW: What was it like growMy father was a pragmatic ing up with George Wallace political man. And he said as your father during this later, ‘I talked about rules and time of culture change? economic development and GW: Any time in the 60s, when quality of life issues and peo- he became so controversial, ple just sat there, the issue of when there was an event like segregation is what they want- that or something, our family ed to hear about.’ He wanted went to our lake house. The to be elected governor and he state troopers were there and made a commitment that he kind of sequestered us away. would stand in the doorway It was volatile time in our culture and he was a lightening rod in many ways. I, at 11 years old, hadn’t given much thought about segregation or integration. When I was growing up in Clayton, we had games in my yard and we had many black children who lived not far from us come play with us. But, then I went swimming in the summer and I asked why they weren’t allowed to go swimming with us. To me, as a child, it made no sense whatsoever. I didn’t understand [segregation]; they were my friends. CW: Do you think your father regretted what he had done? GW: As time passed, my father realized what he had done. He went to Dr. Martin Luther King’s church a couple of years after he had been shot, unannounced, and asked if he could speak to the congregation. He became very emotional and upset, and he asked for their forgiveness. He told them that he had been raised to believe that it [segregation] was in the best interest of both races. But, he said his
‘time has passed, and as I suffered from my assassination attempt, I have some sense of your suffering, and if I have done anything to cause some of that suffering through deeds or words,’ he said. ‘I ask that you forgive me, and I was wrong. My wisdom with the passing of years, my conscience tells me I was wrong.’ And he was wrong, and he admitted he was wrong. One of the phrases very seldom said in the South was ‘I was wrong,’ and he said he was wrong. He worked throughout the rest of his life to make amends for that. He was younger, he was brash, he was pretty defiant, and that all made up part of it. Most of the people you talk to about this, unless they’re older, wouldn’t know this – they just have this one image of my dad. My father saw the people of Alabama suffering, blacks and whites, because of the Great Depression and he wanted to help all people. In many ways he made a bargain on the issue of segregation that really went against how he really felt inside. Because he was a politician, see, he wanted to get elected so he made a bargain. He worked long and hard throughout his life to try to make amends and help all people. He reached out publically and privately to black citizens of Alabama and they were very warm and receiving in realizing that part of his socialization had been that acceptance of that social institution. CW: What do you think your father would think about having the plaza dedicated to Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood? GW: I think he would be proud of that. I know he was proud when he presented Mrs. Malone the award Lurleen B. Wallace Courage Award and he and Mr. Hood became close friends and corresponded several times before he passed away. I think he would be very proud of it, absolutely.
“Hollywood knew how important [and] how significant that scene was in understanding the history of the South, race relations, the history of Alabama and the University of Alabama. “That gives you a sense of how strongly etched that is in the public mind, of how powerful that symbol is in the public mind,” he said. Wallace’s stand served as the last big push for segregation in public systems, Clark said.
“The vestiges of segregation continue to this day, but in terms of segregation in the legal system, that was the last effort to maintain segregation,” he said. “We certainly have the Selma March in ‘65 and there were other instances and evidence, but the sense that we could actually maintain segregation was gone. “The fact that Wallace had to step down that day was significant.”
LUCY
of damage to Ms. Healy’s car, though she did manage to get Lucy to what is now McLure Education Library facing University Boulevard,” Roberts said. “The mob was everywhere on campus. Dean [Louis] Corston asked me to escort some of the policemen to where Ms. Lucy was through an underground passageway.” Healy suggested Lucy stay in the education building until the police said it was safe to leave. “I went over to the Education Library and stayed with Mrs. Healy and Ms. Lucy in a small conference room on the second floor,” Roberts said. “We stayed there until mid-afternoon, when the mob finally cleared out enough so the state troopers could get Ms. Lucy out the back door of the building and into a car to go back to Birmingham.” Roberts recalled talking to Lucy during that time in the conference room, and he said she did not give any outward appearance of being frightened. “She was concerned about a man who had driven her from Birmingham to the campus that morning,” Roberts recalled. “He had gone to meet a friend downtown, and she was worried, as we all were, that this man might come back to campus to pick her up at noon-time and the mob would do damage to his Cadillac.” Roberts said Lucy told him she did not believe it was the students who were behaving so violently. She told him many of them had welcomed her on campus. Regardless of who was actually responsible for the bedlam, the Board of Trustees voted for the indefinite suspension of Lucy on the grounds that the University administration could not keep her safe. However, the first black president of the Student Government Association, Cleo Thomas, said he is not quite sure if this was a valid reason for kicking her off campus. “If she had the courage to come, I can’t imagine they didn’t have the resources to protect her,” Thomas said. “Therein lies the tragedy. What have we ever done to challenge the mindset that would make it unsafe for a young girl to go to college?” Thomas said he sees Lucy as a historic opening, in that she was the first black student to come to the Capstone. “It was a bold first step that was ultimately rebuffed,” Thomas said. “Autherine Lucy was first. Autherine Lucy was heroic.”
Continued from page 1
first night after she had attended classes,” Oakley said. “It all started with the burning of a cross in front of Denny Chimes after a basketball game.” Healy writes that she saw people at the basketball game in Foster Auditorium waving Confederate flags and saying, “We will meet at Denny Chimes.” Healy wrote that she didn’t believe that group was comprised primarily of students. “All of the outsiders made it scary,” Oakley said. “It elevated to mob take-over with people wielding axes, throwing rocks at cars and trying to turn over a bus. These people were serious about not wanting Autherine Lucy in this college.” Oakley remembered photographing a Ku Klux Klan meeting on the steps of Reese Phifer Hall, which was then known as the Union Building. He also attended a Klan cross burning at a local Episcopal church, and he said he experienced one dangerous encounter with the group. “I was walking around in the crowd when one of them called me by name and told me I’d better get out of there,” Oakley said. “He pulled up his robe a little and showed me a gun. I got out of there pretty fast after that.” Oakley described the Klan leader as wearing the most beautiful, shiny, crimson robe he has ever seen. The rest of the members were dressed in white, and they all wore pointed head coverings. He managed to obtain several photographs, but the FBI later confiscated most of the film. “It was wild,” Oakley said. “There were news reporters here from all over the world— places like the Netherlands, France and Africa. I remember it being very exciting for me, to meet all of these prominent news people that I had only seen on TV.” A group of approximately 200 people, dressed in workmen’s clothes, surrounded Smith Hall and hurled rotten eggs at Lucy on Feb. 6, 1956. This was the last day Lucy would be able to attend classes. Healy wrote that she had to sneak Lucy out the back door to drive her to Graves Hall for her next class. She recalled that eggs, rocks and mud were hurled at the car, and people were yelling, “get the n----r.” “It was an unfortunate thing that the mob did a great deal
From the photos on page 1 Top: Today a dedication ceremony will be held for Foster Auditorium, the Malone-Hood Plaza and the Autherine Lucy Clock Tower (CW | Elise Gold) Left: Foster Auditorium was constructed
in 1939. (Corolla File) Middle: George Wallace stands against Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach in his “stand in the schoolhouse door.” The spectacle gained national at-
tention. (Photo courtesy U.S. News and World Report) Right: This fall Foster Auditorium will begin hosting womenʼs basketball games for the first time in decades. (CW File)
The Crimson White
FOSTER SPECIAL SECTION
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
3
Foster Auditorium through the Years 1939
By Jordan Staggs Senior Staff Reporter jlstaggs1@crimson.ua.edu From concerts and lectures to record-making sports events, Foster Auditorium has been a point of history in the making at the University of Alabama since it was built. This timeline helps tell the tale of a building that was once the hub of the University, soon reopening with hopes of fostering new glory days.
Corolla File
Foster Auditorium was built in 1939 and had a seating capacity of 5,400. It was named for University of Alabama President Richard Clarke Foster. Foster initially housed a variety of events including class registration, graduation exercises, concerts, lectures and indoor athletics, such as men’s basketball games. President Foster died in office in 1941.
1945
1949 Foster had a crowd of 5,000 students, faculty and fans on Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. as the Alabama men’s basketball team took on the Kentucky Wildcats in a highly anticipated game. The Wildcats were defending SEC, NCAA and Olympic champions that year, already 14-1 that season and heavy favorites to win. The Crimson Tide hopefuls under Coach Floyd Burdette fought hard but lost to the Cats with a final score of 56-40. The game was broadcasted live from Foster on both of Tuscaloosa’s local radio stations. Kentucky went on to win the SEC and NCAA titles again that year with a final record of 32-2. CW File
World War II raged overseas, but the “Khaki Kavalkade,” a huge musical event featuring 100 Army performers, brought a little hope and entertainment to Tuscaloosa. 3,000 tickets were sold for the May 25 show at 8 p.m. in Foster Auditorium. The Tuscaloosa News called it “one of the entertainment highlights of the season.” The show was presented by Northington General Hospital and the Tuscaloosa County War Finance Committee, with tickets available only to those who bought series “E” war bonds that were used to finance WWII. It featured performers such as the Army Dance Orchestra and the Northington Swingsters. Photo Courtesy The Tuscaloosa News
1954 The annual Fireman’s Ball was held in Foster from 8 p.m. to until midnight on Thursday, May 6. This event was open for the public to attend and featured visiting guest firefighters attending the State Training School for Firemen that occurred at Northington General Hospital the following Monday. Proceeds from the dance tickets went towards purchasing equipment for Tuscaloosa’s fire prevention program.
1955 1963
Governor George Wallace brought Foster Auditorium into the national spotlight with his infamous Stand in the Schoolhouse Door, physically preventing two black students from entering the building for class registration. This prompted President John F. Kennedy to deploy the National Guard to maintain order on the University campus and force Wallace to step away. CW File
1971 On Feb. 17, Foster welcomed the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to perform at the University as part of the University Concert Series. The program was directed by Swedish conductor Sixten Ehrling. According to Time magazine, Ehrling brought “a dashing and vigorous image to the Detroit podium.” Performers on the roster included Richard Strauss, Rachmaninoff, Rubenstein and Stravinsky.
Basketball history was made on Jan. 4 when UA center George “Bama” Linn from Ohio hit the longest 3-point field shot ever at the time. The field goal was 84 feet, 11 inches against North Carolina. The shot was featured in Sports Illustrated and is commemorated at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. A brass marker was placed in the gym floor to indicate the location of the shot. Linn and seven of his teammates went on to make up the UA “Rocket Eight” team in the 1956 season, which finished 14-0 in the SEC and 21-3 overall. The field goal record has since been broken many times, and currently holds at 89 feet, made by Hornets point guard Baron Davis in 2001.
CW File
1968 New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy spoke to around 4,000 students in Foster on March 18 during his visit to the University as part of the Emphasis program, in which he urged Alabamians to set aside their differences and “join the nation as partners in a common future.” Kennedy stayed as a guest that night in Bryant Hall, home of student athletes, as a guest of Paul “Bear” Bryant before traveling to speak in Birmingham. Just three months later, Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles.
Phoot courtesy of the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, UA
1976 Tuscaloosa native and professional boxer Edgar Ross returned home to defend his Southern Junior Middleweight Champion title against Juan Jose Hernandez on March 26 in Foster Auditorium. “Mad Dog” Ross had a record of 28-1-1 professionally and was quoted as saying “I have always wanted to fight in front of my friends. Now the opportunity has presented itself.” Ross won the fight and went on to continue to defend his title.
Corolla File
1984 Foster saw a boost of culture, especially in the way of music, as folk-rock group R.E.M. played on Sept. 22 in the auditorium. The very next week, Foster hosted the rock band The Go-Go’s for the ’84 Homecoming concert. In October, the Neville Brothers took the stage. Large concerts such as these were moved into Corolla File Foster due to vibrations that caused asbestos to shake loose in Memorial Coliseum. “Once we reconciled to pursuing small shows, we made an effort to get bands that would have a strong appeal to students,” said Robert Hoelscher, former director of student life for Union Programs at UA.
PHOTO COURTESY THE TUSCALOOSA NEWS Foster continued to house UA volleyball until 1996, when the team moved into “The CAVE” at Coleman Coliseum, where men’s and women’s basketball now play. In 2009, it was announced that the University would begin renovations on Foster, which are now complete. Beginning this upcoming season, women’s basketball will move back into its old home in Foster along with volleyball. The historic building may still hold infamy for Wallace’s stand in 1963, but the University can now look forward to many new traditions being built inside those historic walls.
We Now Accept
BAMA CASH! 1301 McFarland Blvd. East 205-750-0005 www.steakout.com The Indian Association of Tuscaloosa Presents
FOSTER in pop culture Did you know…? Foster Auditorium is featured in the Academy Award-winning movie “Forrest Gump,” based on the novel by Winston Groom. Tom Hanks, as Forrest Gump, is superimposed on actual video footage of Governor George Wallace’s famous Stand in the Schoolhouse Door, where Wallace stands in the doorway of Foster to prevent two black students from registering for classes at the
University. One of the black students, Vivian Malone Jones, drops her book as she makes her way to the entrance of Foster. Forrest, oblivious to the largely hostile crowd, picks up the book for her and says, “Ma’am, you dropped your book,” showing everyday courtesy to a woman whom he saw as no different than himself.
Join us in the celebration of the
“Festival of Lights” Soul-Soothing Carnatic Music Dazzling Traditional Dances Exotic Indian Cuisine and Much More Sunday, November 7th at the Ferguson Theater, 3:30pm For Tickets Call: Nischit: 5618668579 Nikitha: 3042824217
Tickets: Student - $10 Kids (12 & under) - $6 Adult - $12
The Crimson White
FOSTER SPECIAL SECTION
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
4
Auditorium keeps historic image By Jennie Kushner Senior Staff Reporter jfkushner@bama.ua.edu
The one-year renovation of Foster Auditorium cost $15 million, said Tim Leopard, the University’s assistant vice president for construction. Leopard said the University and the Athletics Department both funded the project. “The building needed work, and it was old and the mechanics and electrics were
in bad shape and needed to be replaced,” he said. Leopard said it was much more cost efficient to renovate the building than to try to repair the current problems. The concrete frame and external visage are unchanged, Leopard said. The renovation included new widows, a new roof, a 12,000-square-foot addition, new mechanics, new flooring, new scoreboards and updated offices.
COLUMN
Needed: More Students, Less Pickets James Hood, who became the first black man enrolled at The University of Alabama in 1963, wrote this guest editorial in the Crimson White on June 27, 1963, 16 days after George Wallace’s Stand in the Schoolhouse Door. The editorial in The Birmingham News ran on the same day. The current editorial staff of The Crimson White made no changes for this publication. By James Hood
As a result of a recent experience in my life, I have taken a careful look at race relations, and have concluded that the protest movements have resulted in, literally, a big unnecessary mess. With our nation on the brink of racial violence there is a firm need for a solution which will not only meet the demands of the Negro, but also will make him meet the demands of society. In order for one to be accepted in a society he must meet certain standards and possess certain values in accordance with that society in which he is seeking a position. He must not only seek to get into that society, but also he must have something to offer it. He must upgrade the status of that society by becoming part of it. I am a Negro. I was born in the “Old South” as it is sometimes called. I was educated in the schools of the South, and have begun to pursue higher education in the South. Therefore I feel that I am in a position to discuss this problem and what I see as its ultimate solution. Because of today’s protest movements I feel compelled to take a position and support that position by logical argumentation. I have made a careful study of three major organizations which are primary stimuli in racial protest. I would like to hold up three points of interest which I feel will illustrate what I am about to propose. First, the leadership of these organizations is composed of learned men, who have achieved fame outside civil rights. Second, the bulk of the people involved in the organizations are students and uneducated people. Third, these organizations thrive on conflict, and thus, will continue to exist as long as they are able to instigate conflict. My point is this: basically, I think the whole idea of protest has gotten off course. I think it has become a matter of excitement rather than conviction for most Negroes. Why doesn’t the Negro race
wake up and go about this thing in a more intelligent way? (The answer to that comes with these questions: Who benefits from conflict—the Negro masses or the Negro leaders? Who would lose prestige and money if another way were chosen?) There must be some more positive way of achieving first class citizenship, a way without violence and protest. I think there is. It is the same method employed to increase the standards of a community; the same system which assures one of the implantation of ideas. By now you have guessed the answer— Education. The protest movements should be centered around educational objectives, rather than immediate social and economic objectives such as sit-ins, lie-ins, swim-ins, etc. It is my firm belief that through the process of education the sitins and swim-ins will be unnecessary. There must be more time spent in the classroom and less time wasted on picket lines. My solution to the problem is a long range one, but I am confident it will resolve the individual differences of both races, and stabilize relationships between the opposing forces. Inasmuch as I propose a solution frowned upon by the majority of my race, I feel that many people will consider my idea weird. However, everyone has a right to his opinions and does not have to fear being harmed for standing firmly by them. My position will make me unpopular with the masses of my people, but that has no relevance in what I believe and how I feel about the situation. I honestly believe the big “unnecessary mess” in which the protest movements have resulted can be solved in the classroom. But, education itself will not and cannot occur overnight. It demands the tough of the toughest and the concern of the concerned. It is not a oneway affair, but a two-way street on which both parties must travel at the same rate of speed, and in pursuit of the same destination, if there is to be harmony at the traffic light. (C.)
LOVES THE TIDE! & Wishes the UA Women’s Basketball Team Good Luck on their 2010 Season! Strip Location Coming Soon!
The addition includes a new training room, public restrooms and visitor locker rooms. Foster Auditorium will be the new home of women’s basketball and volleyball games. “The biggest challenge of the whole thing was the schedule,” Leopard said. “We had to coordinate with the men’s renovations that were taking place at Coleman Coliseum and that schedule dictated when this building would be
complete,” he said. Cathy Andreen, UA spokeswoman, said Foster is a historic building. “We were able to renovate Foster without changing the way it looks,” she said. Students said they are happy about the renovation, but even happier the visage of the building hasn’t changed. “This building has been significantly important throughout our history in the South, and our history here on
campus,” said Harris Major, a freshman majoring in history. “I think it’s great the University can update the building without changing its meaning.” Major said he doesn’t believe in changing history through construction. “If the University did change the physical outside of the building, they would be changing history,” he said. ‘”I think it’s great that we can still walk by Foster and have the same
respect for what happened on its steps.” Sarah Howell, a sophomore majoring in public relations, said she is glad the University is spending money on women’s athletics. “I am so glad to see the University spending a significant amount of money on updating women’s facilities,” she said. “ I am even happier to see that the University isn’t destroying Foster, but embracing the importance of the historical site.”
Tower honors integration hero The Autherine Lucy Clock Tower stands at the entrance to Foster Auditorium. The tower was erected to honor the University’s first black student, who was forced to leave after only three days following violent protests.
By William Evans Senior Staff Reporter wjevans@crimson.ua.edu After Autherine Lucy enrolled in the University of Alabama in 1956, she was met with intense opposition that led to her expulsion after three days as a student. When the University renovated Foster Auditorium – the site of former Alabama Gov. George Wallace’s Stand in the Schoolhouse Door – planners at the Capstone sought to construct a clock tower in honor of Lucy. The Autherine Lucy Clock Tower now stands at the center of the plaza leading to the entrance of Foster. University Planner Dan Wolfe said the plaza and auditorium deserved improvements. “When we first got the project to renovate Foster, we looked at the site around Foster and decided that it wasn’t really good,” he said. “The plaza wasn’t large enough … and we needed to eliminate the parking in the front.” The University sought citizens’ opinions through open forums and e-mails, Wolfe said, and the prevailing opinion of the community was that the University should honor Foster as a building that has been deeply involved in the history and growth of the Capstone. “People said, ‘There needs to be a major landmark,’” he said. The clock tower, with its lofty stone base, open midsection, four phosphorescent clocks and inscription of “Malone-Hood Plaza” on all four sides, was the result. The designer of the clock tower, Neil Davis, who works with Davis Architects, said he borrowed elements from the façade of the renovated Foster Auditorium to make the landmark compatible
JONES
Continued from page 1
Wallace presented Vivian Malone Jones with the Lurleen B. Wallace Award for Courage, named after his wife. Sharon Malone, her brother Elvin, and James Hood will participate in a panel discussion in the Ferguson
CW | Elise Gold
with the surrounding architecture. He said the clock tower serves as a landmark to designate the historical and cultural value of Foster but not to compete with other historical items on campus. “There is a very famous tower on campus,” he said. “We couldn’t be in an arms race with Denny Chimes…The performance [of the clock tower] is sealed for the type of place that it’s in, and we were making it to fit with Foster as well as the back side of Farrah Hall.”
Christian Gilliam, a sophomore majoring in telecommunication and film, said she believes the structure of the clock tower meshes with the architecture of the plaza and the renovated auditorium. “The architecture is gorgeous and the lighting [of the clocks] can work for both day and night for photography,” she said. “I’ve seen it while passing by when I go to my geography lab in Farrah, and I see it when I drive by at night.” Trevor Gant, a sophomore majoring in philosophy and
economics, said he has neither seen the clock tower nor knows of the history of the auditorium. “I don’t really know the history surrounding Foster Auditorium or the clock tower,” he said. “I do think the clock tower is appropriate, though. I think it gets the point across … The clock’s not bad, but maybe something more explicitly related to the Civil Rights Movement would be better… such as plaques or statues of the students [who the plaza commemorates].”
Center Ballroom at 9 a.m. before heading to the new Foster plaza for its dedication at 1 p.m. Sharon Malone said one of her fondest memories of her older sister, who raised her after their mother’s death, was how she spoke about the University after she graduated. “Looking back on it as an adult now, I think the most remarkable thing was that
she never spoke about the University negatively,” she said. “I thought she must have been scared or worried. Never. She grew to love UA and came back to the University all the time. I think that really speaks volumes about the continued support she received from UA ever after she graduated.” Sharon Malone said one thing that makes her very proud is that the University
and those around it understand the role that Vivian played during the integration process. “Unfortunately, Vivian is the only one who is no longer with us,” she said, “but it really makes me happy to see that her legacy will continue for generations to come. She didn’t get to see the wonderful things that have happened the last five years, but she’ll be there [today]. She’ll be there.”
Condoleezza Rice Book Signing Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family and Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of my Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me
Thursday, November 4th 1:00pm-2:30pm Foster Auditorium Open to the public. See supestore.ua.edu for author signing details.
Follow us at @thecrimsonwhite
The Crimson White
FOSTER SPECIAL SECTION
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
5
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Hudson makes UA history once again By Brett Hudson Contributing Writer Women’s basketball coach Wendell Hudson has been making history since he first came to the Capstone to be Alabama’s first black scholarship athlete in any sport. Forty-one years later, Hudson will lead the Alabama women’s basketball team into a renovated Foster Auditorium, a landmark that once stood as a symbol of racism in the South. The Birmingham native and Parker High School alumnus played for C.M. Newton during his time for the Crimson Tide. “I actually had dinner with Coach Newton the other day,” Hudson said. “He actually found me in high school by accident. He was scouting talent at a nearby high school, and after the game he asked around if there were any other high schools in the area. Someone told him if he wanted real talent to go to Parker High.” Going to Parker ended up being one of the best decisions Newton made in his career. He found a back-to-back Southeastern Conference Most Valuable Player in Hudson, who won the award in 1972 and 1973. Hudson does not hesitate to say great things about his experience at Alabama, but there were minor setbacks before the team began to succeed. “The hardest part was dealing with certain classes,” Hudson said. “Some professors had taught their class the same way and used the same terms for years, and didn’t think anything of it when they continued when I was there. Sometimes I heard certain terms being used and I said, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me?’ But that was only a few. There were classes where the professor wanted me there and it was great. The good outweighed the bad.” Once Hudson stepped on the court and showed the fans his immense talent, he was accepted into the Alabama family. “Once I got out on the court and the team started to succeed, people changed their minds,” Hudson said. “They said, ‘Hey, if you’re a part of that, you’re a part of us.’ People want their sports programs to succeed and accept those that help them do that.” Success for Hudson included leading the SEC in rebounding in 1972 and in scoring in 1973. Hudson was a great scorer throughout his stay at the Capstone, including averaging 19.2 points per game throughout his career and a trademark underhanded free throw shot. “I broke my wrist my sophomore year, and had some serious trouble with free throws afterwards,” Hudson said. “So, I started using the granny shot, and it worked well for me. People would ask me, ‘You don’t really use the granny
CW File Right Top: Head coach Wendell Hudson cheers on the team during the 2008 Alabama State game. Right Bottom: Athletic Director Mal Moore and womenʼs basketball coach Wendell Hudson shake hands during an Alabama football game. Bryant Museum Above: Wendell Hudson defends a Florida player during an Alabama basketball game. Hudson played for the Tide from 1969-1973 and came back to be an assistant coach in 1974 under C.M. Newton. shot, do you?’ and I would tell them, ‘Yes I do.’ It worked, and it helped me score, so it didn’t bother me.” After finishing his career at Alabama and serving as an assistant under Newton for five years, Hudson made coaching stops all across the South, including Baylor, North Alabama and Ole Miss before returning to Alabama as an assistant athletic director and now head women’s basketball coach. Next season, Hudson will lead the women’s basketball team to its new home at the renovated Foster Auditorium, where, on June 11, 1963, thenGov. George Wallace stood in front of the door to try to keep Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood from integrating.
Thank you for voting Private Gallery as Best Boutique in the Student Choice Awards.
Hudson is excited to make history once again. “It’s going to be a great experience,” Hudson said. “I played an awful lot of basketball in Foster, back when it was like a rec center. I’m glad to be a part of Alabama history, but where we’re going is Alabama history, too.” Hudson knows more than anyone else the significance of this event, but he won’t worry his players with it. “I don’t think they know the importance of it,” Hudson said. “They may look back on it and realize what they were a part of, but right now, they’re not thinking about it. Besides, most of the time I mention Foster Auditorium, I have to talk about the scene in ‘Forrest Gump.’”
Clothing, Jewelry & Accessories On the Strip s 1130 University Blvd s 205.366.0888 www.ShopPrivateGallery.com
6
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
FOSTER SPECIAL SECTION
The Crimson White
UA Student Enrollment by Ethnicity Fall Term
Black (%)
American Indian/ Alaskan Native (%)
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987
12.4 11.7 11.31 11.15 11.04 11.58 11.87 12.68 13.10 13.52 13.43 12.85 12.25 11.76 10.84 10.59 10.54 10.02 9.73 9.55 8.90 8.69 8.54 8.83
0.90 0.60 0.56 0.59 0.60 0.64 0.66 0.66 0.62 0.62 0.61 0.57 0.64 0.58 0.46 0.54 0.45 0.38 0.32 0.32 0.28 0.95 0.23 N/A
Asian/ Pacific Islander (%)
Hispanic (%)
Fall Term
Black (%)
1.40 1.30 1.20 1.02 0.90 0.93 1.04 1.03 1.10 1.06 1.00 0.96 1.00 0.82 0.67 0.55 0.53 0.63 0.53 0.40 0.66 2.32 2.22 N/A
2.40 2.10 2.06 1.84 1.82 1.53 1.20 1.09 1.06 1.01 0.90 0.80 0.77 0.77 0.66 0.65 0.53 0.63 0.61 0.59 0.66 2.13 0.72 N/A
1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963
9.05 8.99 8.91 9.37 9.25 10.12 10.79 10.21 9.68 9.37 8.26 7.76 6.28 5.34 3.91 3.16 2.64 2.22 1.56 0.97 0.66 0.28 0.10 0.02
American Indian/ Alaskan Native (%)
Asian/ Pacific Islander (%)
Hispanic (%)
0.23 0.20 0.22 0.22 0.26 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.01 N/A 0.01
1.15 0.74 0.73 0.65 0.81 N/A 0.21 N/A 0.01 N/A N/A N/A
0.45 0.44 0.42 0.39 0.46 N/A 0.80 N/A 0.69 N/A 0.54 N/A
Minority Total Per Year 2010 2005 2000 1995 1990
5,171 3,206 3,079 2,347 2,080
1985 1,615 1980 2,102 1975 1,200 344 1970 31 1965 2 1963 CW | Brian Pohuski
Students value Foster’s historical significance By Bethany Blair Contributing Writer
Renovations such as the Malone-Hood Plaza and the Autherine Lucy Clock Tower Foster Auditorium is one of were erected to commemothe most historically signifi- rate the first black students cant and controversial build- to be accepted and enrolled at ings on campus, and the les- the University, according to a sons learned there on June 11, UA news release. Former Gov. 1963 continue to resonate with George Wallace attempted to physically block James Hood students today. “I think it’s one of the most and Vivian Malone Jones from historic places on campus for entering Foster Auditorium to African American students,” register for classes. Wallace said Brittany Hines, a junior was eventually forced to stand majoring in nutrition sciences. aside and integration at the “Renovating Foster is a good University began. Today, the University will way to help bounce back from formally dedicate the Foster what happened there.”
Auditorium renovations. The University will also honor them with a panel discussion and musical performances throughout the day. DeJarvas Kelly, a senior majoring in operations management, said Foster’s renovations, and the historical value they represent, will serve as a reminder of the University’s progress. “It’s good having a representation of what the college used to be,” Kelly said. “It was a big stand [Wallace] made that day. But the whole thing was good because it opened so many
doors for black students.” Cody Walker, a senior majoring in operations management, said the more awareness the renovations bring, the better. “I think it’s good to commemorate the renovations,” Walker said. “It’s good to know where it happened and what actually did happen. It’s good to see how far we’ve come.” Other students, including Shivonte Burrell, a sophomore majoring in psychology, and Allison Binder, a sophomore majoring in graphic design, said they didn’t know the specifics of the auditorium’s
history but recognized the impact desegregation had on the University. “I know what I saw in ‘Forrest Gump,’ but that’s about it,” Burrell said. “In my opinion, racism is not as big of a deal as it used to be – it’s a lot quieter than before.” Binder said she’d heard about Wallace’s stand at the University. “I think racism goes both ways, though and that there’s still tension,” she said. “People aren’t as outspoken about it as they used to be.” Whether students knew
about Foster’s history, most of them, including Malcolm Griggs, a junior majoring in management information systems, agreed that the Foster Auditorium renovations should serve as a teaching tool for future generations of students. “I think the new Foster renovations could be beneficial to all races,” Griggs said. “Not just to allow for closure, but to remind everyone of the reality that something important happened there. A lot of freshmen don’t know what happened, and maybe this will help them learn about it.”
6WHUOLQJ &ULPVRQ VD\V ´5ROO 7LGH µ :DWFK WKH &ULPVRQ 7LGH EHDW WKH 7LJHUV RQ 6DWXUGD\
6WHUOLQJ &ULPVRQ $SDUWPHQWV DW WK $YH QHDU WK 6WUHHW LQ 7XVFDORRVD
3HW )ULHQGO\ 5HVRUW 6W\OH 3RRO +DOI %DVNHWEDOO &RXUWV 6DQG 9ROOH\EDOO &RXUWV &OXEKRXVH ZLWK &\EHU &DIH DQG /RXQJH +RXU 6WDWH RI WKH $UW )LWQHVV &HQWHU )UHH 7DQQLQJ +RXU 6WXG\ 5RRPV +RXU )XOO\ (TXLSSHG &RPSXWHU /DE 6WDII 2QVLWH µ 79 LQFOXGHG )XOO\ )XUQLVKHG $YDLODEOH .LWFKHQ $SSOLDQFHV SURYLGHG :DVKHU 'U\HU SURYLGHG
12 021(< '2:1 0DLQ /HDVLQJ /LQH )D[ /LQH ZZZ VWHUOLQJFULPVRQ FRP
The Crimson White
FOSTER SPECIAL SECTION
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
7
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Tide finds new home in Foster By Zac Al-Khateeb Sports Reporter zialkhateeb@crimson.ua.edu With the renovation of Foster Auditorium, the University of Alabama women’s basketball team will have a new place to play this season. The Crimson Tide, which has recently been playing in Coleman Coliseum, is moving back to the facility, which housed the women’s athletic programs in the 1970s and 1980s. Head coach Wendell Hudson said he’s excited about the move. “From the time I’ve been back at Alabama and Foster was sitting there, not anything being done to it or in there, I always felt that, ‘Boy, you need to make it what it is,’” Hudson said. “It’s a place you play basketball.” While the Tide hopes moving to Foster will generate excitement, the team also hopes the smaller venue will create a better atmosphere to play in. The 5,400-capacity Foster is a far cry from Coleman Coliseum, which houses well over 15,000 people. The Tide hopes the move will result in a more prominent
home court advantage. “I do believe that when I took over the women’s basketball program a couple years ago, I really felt like we needed a home court advantage, and the Coliseum for us, you know, even good nights, good crowds, we’re not gonna be 15,000,” Hudson said. “And so, from that standpoint, I was really excited about the renovation of Foster. “I think the first game we play at Foster, that’s going to be a real exciting atmosphere That’s the atmosphere you want, where it’s jam packed and people are excited and the noise factor affects the other team and not you because you’re used to playing in front of that type of crowd.” With the move, the team hopes crowd turnout will increase as well. “I think people might be excited or interested to see how it looks inside, so I think that’ll help us out,” said junior Ericka Russell. “If we win games, it’ll bring a fan base also. Hopefully we can get students to come out and support us and help us build this program to make it better, bring it back to the great tradition it always was.”
Another important factor is how the move can affect team recruiting. Hudson said the move to a smaller venue would appeal to prospective players. “I think that definitely will help in recruiting,” Hudson said. “You bring people into a full house, I don’t care what size it is, it’s a whole lot better than bringing them to an empty house. Everybody that we are recruiting and have recruited over the last two years, we’ve told them about the renovation and moving into a smaller venue. ” While the Tide is excited about the move, it’s still concentrating on what matters most: how the team competes. Freshman Celiscia Farmer said Hudson keeps them focused on preparing for the season. “Oh, that’s like the only thing he’s stressing right now,” Farmer said. “He’s already told us we’ll get to Foster when it’s ready. He said that pretty much earlier in the practices, and now we’re just focusing on practicing and what we have to do to be a good team. As of late, no, it hasn’t been a big [distraction]. But everybody’s excited about going to Foster.”
Alabama forward Tierney Jenkins dribbles the ball in front of many empty seats in Coleman Coliseum in February. The move to a smaller Foster Auditorium could benefit the womenʼs basketball team. UA Athletics
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball team comes out of the CAVE By Jordan Bannister Sports Writer In 2011, Foster Auditorium will reopen its doors and welcome the Crimson Tide women’s basketball and volleyball programs onto its newly refurbished court. Foster began its lore on campus as a lecture hall and event center. Women’s athletics were relocated there during the 70s and 80s and were replaced by branches of the department of kinesiology
until 2006. During the Tide’s alumni weekend two weeks ago, the women’s volleyball team took the group of alumni players on a tour of Foster Auditorium. There were a handful of players from the Foster era in attendance, and their reaction was invaluable. “It was awesome to get to experience that with them and see their ‘Oh my gosh!’ reaction to the change,” sophomore Kayla Fitterer said. She said seeing the former
players in awe of the building was a special moment for the current team and only made them more thrilled to play there next year. “I’m excited to get our own facility, and hopefully it will bring in more fans,” freshman Shelbi Goode said. She said she has enjoyed spending her first year in the CAVE, but she and her teammates look forward to forming a new legacy in Foster. The CAVE has been a home to some of the older players
for their entire career, but moving buildings won’t break the Tide’s spirit. “We’re still young,” Fitterer said. “I’m only a sophomore and that means I’ll have half of my seasons in the CAVE and half in Foster. I’m excited.” However, Foster Auditorium is known beyond the reaches of campus and acknowledged far past its sports legacy. It was the site of George C. Wallace’s Stand in the Schoolhouse Door in June of 1963, when the Alabama governor physically
blocked the entry of the first two black students enrolled in the University. Today, the entire complex will be dedicated to those two brave students who marched past the governor’s flagrant oppression more than forty years ago. The compound will be named Malone-Hood Plaza in honor of James Hood and the late Vivian Malone Jones. The tower in the forefront of the complex will be named the Autherine Lucy Clock Tower in honor of the first black
grad student admitted to the University. “I think if anything, it’s an honor to get to play in that building” Goode said. “It’s amazing that they chose to give that building to us.” The attitude of the Tide’s underclassmen shows in their enthusiasm about next year’s big move. Now that the renovations are complete, Tide women’s athletics will reclaim Foster for the first time in two decades.
8
Wedhesday, November 3, 2010
The Crimson White