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Professional profile pages Linkedin Linkedin offers users a place to create an online resume. Their website provides in-depth descriptions of the aspects of their profile, some of which are provided below.
Bonner taps Joe Benson as provost Vice provost of 3 years named interim, will retire this summer
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“Your snapshot features an overview of your name, location, current title, past positions, education, recommendations, and links to your websites.”
Newly-appointed University of Alabama President Judy Bonner selected long-serving faculty and administration member Joe Benson as interim provost on Monday, Nov. 12. Benson has served as the vice president for research and vice provost at the University since 2009, after a two-year stint as an interim for the position. Benson joined the University faculty as an assisua.edu tant professor of Joe Benson geology in 1978 and worked his way up to chair of the department of geological sciences in 1990. He also served as president of the Faculty Senate from 1993-1995 and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1998-2001. “I asked the UA Council of Deans and the UA Faculty Senate Steering Committee for nominations for consideration for the position of interim provost. After carefully considering each nomination, I have asked Dr. Joe Benson to serve in that role,” Bonner said in a press release announcing the selection. “Dr. Benson is a respected member of the faculty and an academic leader. He plans to retire in the summer after 35 years of service at The University of Alabama.” Benson said he was surprised by the appointment, but honored.
Photo “Your professional photo allows the people you’ve met and previously worked with to quickly identify you. Many people find it far easier to remember a face than a name.”
Summary “Summarizing your professional experience and goals allows other users to quickly learn about your background and interests. This is your chance to provide an engaging 30-second description that highlights who you are and what you do.”
Experience “Sorted in chronological order, your professional experience is displayed along with any recommendations you have received. Your position descriptions should briefly explain what the company does, and what your main responsibilities and accomplishments were.”
Education “Sorted in chronological order, your educational background is displayed along with associated activities and honors.” Source: Linkedin Learning Center
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Linkedin provides space for online resumes, connects students with possible employers By Alexandra Ellsworth Staff Reporter
work to beat one man’s unemployment. “I worked with a gentleIn spring 2010, Gayle Howell man who found himself laid began believing in Linkedin. off from work,” Howell said. Howell, the manager for the “He was 50 years old and had Career Center Satellite of the two daughters who were stuCollege of Engineering, said dents on campus, for whom that was when she saw the he was paying tuition and he professional social network lost his job. He came to me
because we serve our alumni here at the career center. He was pretty afraid of what was going to happen to his family.” Howell said they worked together to update his resume and polish it up. The man had just started using Linkedin. “He said he thought Linkedin has potential for a job seeker,” Howell said. “He worked his job search very hard, very strategically, eight
hours a day. At the end of two months, he had nine offers, and he gave all the credit to Linkedin. And then kept getting offers after he accepted a job. That was the turning point for me.” At the beginning of this year, Howell was approached by a student with a Linkedin success story, shoring up her love for the network.
Rivalry affects Thanksgiving traveling days Iron Bowl tradition forces tough choices for out-of-state students
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The VMA office, located in the basement of B.B. Comer Hall, offers a variety of programs and resources for its students. It boasts multiple study rooms and its own computer lab. The University office also offers three transition assistance programs to ensure academic success at the University. The Freshman Learning Community is a semester-long class for veterans who have just returned from duty and are entering their first year at the University.
One annual challenge many out-of-state students face during Thanksgiving break is whether or not to attend the Iron Bowl game. Per tradition, the Iron Bowl is played during Thanksgiving weekend. For some, this tradition is the most exciting game of the season, while for others it’s just another chance to sell their student tickets and stay home with their families. Since this year’s Iron Bowl is taking place two days after Thanksgiving, some out-of-state students feel they aren’t given enough time to spend with friends and family if they want to be back in time for the game. Lauren Anderson, a sophomore majoring in international studies, said last year she had to catch glimpses of the Iron Bowl at the airport and buy Internet access to stream the game on the plane traveling from Danville, Calif., to Tuscaloosa. Anderson said she’ll actually watch the game at home this year because, with no Monday classes, she’ll have an additional day to spend in California.
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Military affairs office provides home for veterans VMA offers programs to help veterans, active duty members and dependents adjust to college By Alan Alexander Contributing Writer The Office of Veteran and Military Affairs has only been on campus for a year, but The University of Alabama is already ranked in the top 15 percent of military-friendly universities. Whether they are active-duty members, veterans or dependents, VMA helps students with military affiliations make an easier transition into college life. er • Plea s
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Jasmine Scott, a student worker for VMA and daughter of a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, has received extra support from the VMA as a dependent while her dad is overseas. “Being a dependent, we don’t actually serve, but our parents do,” Scott said. “We are able to meet and connect with other students here whose parents are also active duty, and it really brings us together.” The idea for the office came
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from veterans on campus who noticed the lack of a social structure among the veterans who returned from duty. To combat the growing rate at which veterans dropped out of the University, the Campus Veterans Association was created in 2009 and began lobbying for more support on campus. The University listened. “They finally decided that the University needed to put a greater support system in place for their returning veterans,” said Laura Hurter, a U.S. Air Force veteran studying anthropology. She has completed tours in Japan, Germany and Kuwait.
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Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Voting Rights Act From MCT Campus The Supreme Court said Friday that it would consider a challenge from several Southern states to the Voting Rights Act, setting up another landmark clash over federal power and the legacy of discrimination. In the politically sensitive case, to be heard next year, Southern states and others once more seek to lift or revise long-standing requirements that the Justice Department preapprove changes in voting procedures. The challengers say the federal oversight is onerous and no longer needed. “Things have changed in the South,” attorney Bert W. Rein declared in a legal brief for Shelby County, Ala. South Carolina and Texas agree, citing in their own legal
Students begin to rely on Linkedin for jobs LINKEDIN FROM PAGE 1 “He said he wanted to tell me what happened to him,” she said. “He updated his Linkedin file with the skills that he acquired with his summer internship and within two days of doing that, he got a call from Apple Computers. They asked him if he wanted to fly out to California for a job interview.” Linkedin is the world’s largest professional network on the Internet, with more than 187 million members in more than 200 countries. It’s free to create an account and what is basically an online resume. “I am seeing more and more employers using Linkedin,” Howell said. “In fact, I participated in a webinar and one of the corporate recruiters said she doesn’t even post job openings anymore. She just uses Linkedin, the free part of Linkedin, to find people with the skill sets she is looking for and filling positions for her company.”
Benson has served as vice provost since 2009 BENSON FROM PAGE 1 “I was contacted by Dr. Bonner last week, I’d say. She asked if I would be interested in the position, but she did not immediately offer the position,” Benson said. “I spent a few days considering it, but I eventually decided it was something I could do — and do it well. Eventually, I accepted it. We talked about generalities of the duties, but I’m already aware of the duties of
brief the “significant and unjustified burdens that the law continues to impose” on states covered by the law’s “pre-clearance” requirements. The state of Alaska has claimed the same in a separate brief, complaining of the law’s “extraordinary burdens.” The current version of the Voting Rights Act enjoys the strong support of groups such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, as well as many members of Congress, which overwhelmingly reauthorized the law in 2006. Four Alaska Natives and four tribal governments have asked to join the federal government’s defense of the act. “Despite considerable progress,” Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. wrote on behalf of the Obama administration,
“discrimination against minority voters continues to be a serious problem.” The law covers all of seven Southern states, as well as Alaska and Arizona, and portions of six states, including California, Florida and North Carolina. Citing what they called “the blight of racial discrimination,” lawmakers in 1965 first imposed the requirement that the Justice Department review and approve any voting “standard, practice or procedure” in the covered states and localities. This federal authority covers a wide range of state and local activity, spanning some 12,000 political jurisdictions nationwide. Alabama, for instance, needed federal approval for new voting machines. Arizona needed prior approval to close several Motor
Vehicle Division offices because they’re used for voter registration. California needed approval last year for legislative redistricting in several counties, including Merced, Kings and Yuba. “The Voting Rights Act is an essential part of American democracy,” League of Women Voters President Elisabeth MacNamara declared Friday. “The thought that the Supreme Court might overrule Congress and take away voting rights should send a chill down the spine of every American.” Jurisdictions may apply to the Justice Department to “bail out” from the pre-clearance requirements, as California’s Merced County did this year. Shelby County in Alabama didn’t seek to bail out, but instead filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality
of the law. Critics don’t dispute the necessity of having the Justice Department watch out for discriminatory voting practices. They do, however, contend that the 2006 reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act for the next 25 years swept in too many states and localities based on antiquated data. Critics also note that some states are treated differently from others, despite the significant civil rights progress that’s been made. “I don’t want to see the act gutted,” Republican Sen. John Cornyn, Texas, asserted during a 2006 Senate debate, while adding that “today, no one can claim that the kind of systemic, invidious practices that plagued our election systems 40 years ago still exist in America.”
Howell said according to the National Association of Colleges and Employees, 80 percent of all jobs are filled through networking. Students can join now and begin networking while they are still in school. Within Linkedin, there are groups a person can join. One can join up to 50 at a time. “I belong to Capstone Engineering Societies group, and that is the alumni chapter for this college, so there are a lot of alumni who have membership in that group,” Howell said. “When I learn of a job that is for an alum, I post it in that group and only members of that group can see it.” Howell said students can join the CES group for the alumni now if it is clear in their profile that he or she is a student at The University of Alabama. There is also a group for the Alabama International relations club on campus and other i nterest groups. Even if Linkedin doesn’t land a person an interview, it can still be an asset as employers research potential employees.
Josh Andrews, a lawyer and owner of his own firm in the Birmingham area, The Outsourced Associate, said he used Linkedin to make hiring choices more in the past than he does now. Recently, he said, he uses it more as a networking tool and as a way to get to know potential employees. “I check it every once and a while as a way to meet people, and it is something I look for in potential employees,” he said. “I can see what [potential employees] are doing and if they are trying to make a name for themselves.” Andrews said it was also good to go on Linkedin and learn about someone from the business standpoint before meeting them. “You know I don’t want to see your Facebook page and what you did on the weekend, but Linkedin is a good way to get to know other people and businesses,” he said. “I can see what you are doing to put yourself out there and network and also see who you are networking with,” he said. “As a lawyer, I have to be able to see that you can bring
business in.” Lauren Lassiter, a senior majoring in marketing and Spanish, said she got a Linkedin account because some of her friends started getting them. “I didn’t really get it at first, but my sorority, Pi Phi, did a couple of workshops on it, and that helped a lot,” she said. “It is basically Facebook for the professional world.” Lassiter said she could see Linkedin becoming useful to her during job interviews, because it allows her to follow companies and current news in her potential job market. “I follow Children’s Miracle Network and other hospitals because I am doing healthcare,” she said. “It will probably be useful when going to interviews because they sometimes ask you about current events and Linkedin helps me keep up with that kind of stuff. It’s all in one place, which is nice.” For Linkedin to be effective, Lassiter believes one has to know how to use it properly. “One thing that helped me was looking at people’s profiles,” she said.
Lassiter would look at people on Linkedin who she knew already had a job and see what kinds of things they put in their profile to help model hers. Howell recommends picking a professional photo. Linkedin only allows one photo, so it should be a professional one, and preferably a headshot. “It’s not used for letting the world know what you are doing,” she said. “It’s all very professional. I advise everyone to really read the rules. If you don’t follow the rules, they will send you an email and freeze your account.” When working with students in a job search, Howell welcomes students to connect with her to help them network. Anyone who connects with her can then connect with anyone she is connected to. “If a person takes the time to build their profile, and I call it a rich profile, you know you put a lot of skill sets in there, I feel they can be successful,” Howell said. “Don’t exaggerate. You have to be truthful just like on a resume, and that is what it is, an online resume.”
the provost, so we didn’t talk in detail of the specifics. I was not expecting it.” The appointment came less than two weeks after Bonner was hastily chosen as president of the University after the resignation of former President Guy Bailey. Bailey, citing his wife’s health concerns, announced his resignation on the afternoon of Wednesday, Oct. 31, and the Board of Trustees then chose Bonner for the position on the early afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 1. Cathy Andreen, director of media relations at the
University, pointed toward a difference in office roles as to the time discrepancy between the appointment of UA president and the interim provost. “The appointments were two separate things,” Andreen said. “The search for president was handled through the [University of Alabama] System Office. Dr. Bonner is in charge of the appointment of interim provost.” In the press release, Bonner said she plans to announce the search committees for provost and vice president for the Office of Research in the coming weeks. Andreen
said the search would more than likely be internal as well as external. Although Benson is now serving as interim provost, he will be ineligible for the formal position. At the Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 1, Bonner said interims are not allowed to be candidates for the position, according to a new policy of the UA system that was not in place as Bonner served as interim president of the University before Bailey’s appointment. Mark Nelson, vice president for student affairs and the University’s other vice
provost, would then still be eligible for the position. Benson said he is unaware if Nelson would be interested in the position or if he would apply. However, Benson is prepared to leave his successor with a stable office and university. “I think the University has a great opportunity to build on the momentum built up over the last eight to 10 years,” Benson said. “Dr. Bonner is working very hard to build upon this, and I would hope to be able to build up and hand off the University in as good or better shape than it is now.”
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Governor Bentley addresses local veterans Monday By Chandler Wright Staff Reporter Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley addressed a group of veterans Monday morning in honor of Veterans Day at an event hosted by the Veterans Memorial Park Association, in spite of cold rain. “As I’m sitting here about to freeze, I thought of all the difficulties that all of our men and women go through when they’re in combat and all the difficulties that they go through as they serve our country and how easy it is for us,” Bentley said. “They’re uncomfortable most of the time.” State representative John Merrill referenced Bentley’s time in the U.S. Air Force in the
governer’s introduction. “I think that when the final chapter is written about Robert Bentley’s public civil service, the thing that he will be most proud of is the service he spent from 1969 to 1975 as a member of the U.S. Air Force,” Merrill said. “Of the time that he spent there, serving our veterans and our wounded from Vietnam, I know it touched him in a very, very special way, and I’ve heard him tell so many stories about the lives that influenced and impacted him because of that time that he had.” Bentley discussed the important role veterans have across generations in fighting for the many freedoms of U.S. citizens. “I always say Americans would not be free if it were not
for our veterans; everything that we enjoy as Americans and Alabamians, we need to thank our veterans,” Bentley said. “We would not be able to do that if it were not for the men and women that sacrifice so much and are willing to serve this country. I’m proud to have served this great country of ours.” Sgt. Jordan Carpenter, a senior majoring in environmental science, is president of the Campus Veterans Association at The University of Alabama and also spoke at the event. Carpenter is currently in the U.S. Army Reserves and served two deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq. “My family name has never been signed on any documents
of great importance, and I’m definitely not in line for any sum of money in any of my relatives’ path,” Carpenter said. “I’m just one in a long line of patriots who have become active stakeholders in the uniquely American enterprise of defending liberty here and around the world. My family has determined to go to battle, so that the American way of life might be preserved for future generations. It’s one of the proudest traditions I hold dear to my heart.” Carpenter also reminded the audience to remember the sacrifices made by military families and friends as he talked about his deployments. “My father’s chest swelled with pride when his two sons deployed at the same time, but
my poor mother had to endure that as well – I’m just glad she has hair left,” Carpenter said. “My sister, 19 years old at the time, was on the other end of the phone when I called to tell them that my brother had been shot. ‘Keep praying,’ I said. ‘I think he’s going to be okay,’ even though I didn’t know. My story isn’t rare and my family is not an outlier, this is all too common, now and in generations’ past.” Although his military obligation will end in two months, Carpenter said his service to his military comrades will not conclude. “In two months, Lord willing, my military service obligation will end,” Carpenter said. “I will leave the ranks of the U.S.
army and gladly claim the title of civilian and veteran. My service, however, cannot end, not while my brothers and sisters at arms are returning from overseas with life changing injuries, both seen and unseen.” Bentley said U.S. citizens should always honor and thank all veterans every day, regardless of when or where they served. “The contributions made by the veterans of our nation and our state and this city are immeasurable and we’re thankful for their service,” Bentley said. “Honoring veterans shouldn’t be limited to Veterans Day. We should thank veterans every day. Today we honor you, and we share in our gratitude for you.”
New book catalogues UA student contribution in World War II By Taylor Veazy Contributing Writer
alumni magazine articles, along with more than 100 personal interviews. “This collects into one volume what we found in pieces,” Reed said. The book features stories from former Tuscaloosa mayor Al DuPont, Medal of Honor recipient Charles Davis, and 11 students who served as generals during the war. It also includes pictures and names of the 350 students who lost their lives during wartime. More than 8,000 former
UA students served in World War II, while a few thousand more were able to attend the University on the GI Bill after serving in the war. Many of them went on to accomplish great things, Reed said. “Not only did they exceed during wartime, but they came back and were very successful in life,” he said. Ken Gaddy, director of the Paul W. Bryant Museum, which published the book, said they are honored to be sharing the stories.
“We want to preserve these folks’ memories and records and distribute them,” Gaddy said. “We want to publish the book so current students can read it. These people were that age.” The book release was the first of many events during the University’s Veterans Week, put on by the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs. A luncheon was held to honor 35 of the book’s featured veterans and their families. David Blair, director of
veteran and military affairs, said he was honored to have the veterans be a part of this week and to hear their stories. “The history behind World War II veterans speaks for itself,” Blair said. “The fact that it’s [UA] veterans brings everything to light, especially during Veterans Week.” Reed, a UA graduate and former military historian, said the project was perfect for his qualifications. “Doing this work has been a fulfillment of what I studied to
do and love to do,” he said. This is Reed’s fourth book, and a follow up to his latest, “When Winning Was Everything,” a collection of stories from former Alabama football players in World War II. Reed said the main goal of the book was to create a place where all the personal stories of the veterans could be found. “They have given so much to the country and shared their stories,” he said. “It’s our way of honoring them.”
collaboration with the Career Center that allows veterans close to graduation to develop resumes that will highlight their military service. VETERANS FROM PAGE 1 The Family Assistance The Career Assistance Program assists veterans with Transition Program is a family needs, such as local
housing and daycare. VMA works closely with local businesses, realtors and complex managers to make sure the veterans are included in campus life. Although the VMA emphasizes the academic side of college
life, it also aims to re-establish the sense of community for its veterans. The new office includes a lounge area, complete with two mounted flat-screen TVs and multiple gaming systems. “We don’t want to just sit around and tell war stories
constantly,” said Shane Thomas, a junior who completed a sevenmonth tour in Iraq last year. “If someone has something going on in their life that they’re having problems with and need some more insight, we’re here for them.”
As a part of Veterans Week, VMA will be hosting events throughout the week, ending with the grand opening of the new office located in B.B. Comer Hall on Friday at 2 p.m. For more information about any of these events, visit vets.ua.edu.
The University of Alabama commemorated Veterans Day on Nov. 7 with a release of a book outlining the University’s contributions during World War II. The book, “All of Us Fought the War: The University of Alabama and its Men and Women in World War II,” by Delbert Reed, is the product of old Crimson White articles, Corolla pages and
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By Lucy Cheseldine Staff Columnist Sitting in the library café was Ray Mundo, a fellow international student from Bavaria, Germany. His large frame towered over my notebook. “Rowers do more before 8 a.m. than most people do all day,” he told me. Being part of the Alabama crew, Ray gets up every morning at 4:30 a.m., to be out soaking up the morning mist on the Black Warrior River by 5 a.m. This is a physical and mental commitment, a little more than what your average sport asks of you. But, Ray tells me, it’s worth the commitment. If you can imagine, then, being an exchange student with such a commitment to the sport, this semester has felt as much like an intense few months of rowing camp as a college experience. Rowing is more than just a sport, Ray tells me, but a sort of culture. It has allowed him to travel the United States, heading out to regattas and races across the country and to meet like-minded people. This has played a major part in the experience. Meeting these people has not just benefited Ray as an outsider, but it has benefitted the team. From his club in Germany, Ray has had the experience of rowing for the Alabama crew. Rowing for a college team is like being part of a community and has enabled a pooling of skills. The crew has been able to push
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The University of Alabama Crew takes to the water in the early morning. each other harder to improve the continent. home crew. The exchange their performance, helped by Being a part of this team has works both ways. a member from outside the eased the difficulties of culturSo as we finish up, I ask Ray United States. al exchange, Ray tells me. The for a word of advice for anyRay explains to me his feel- rowing team is always open one looking to join the rowing of honor at being picked as to new additions. Despite the ing team. He tells me “real the stroke for the crew. This slight difference in relation- athletes row, others just play means he literally sets the ships between the sexes and games.” He shook my hand pace in the water. In exchange the team, which Ray told me and told me, “Row tide.” I for this new skill level he were much more formal in had to ask him to repeat it to brought to the team, he was American row teams than in make sure of what he just said. proud to wear Alabama’s uni- Germany; he has fit the mold Witty for a man who wakes up form and be accepted as part of the American rower per- before dawn. of a team. Such an intense fectly and plans on continuand demanding sport only ing relations with the team. Lucy Cheseldine is an English helps to build closer relation- He has even invited them to international student studyships between the teammates, visit him in his hometown of ing English literature. Her coleven if this is from across Wuerzburg to train with his umn runs on Tuesdays.
By Mary Sellers Shaw Staff Columnist
What we forget sometimes, though, is that these soldiers are right here beside us at the University. They are sitting next to us in class, walking across the quad, one table over in the Ferg.
and great-grandparents had World War I. Each of us has dealt with U.S. conflict overseas in one way or another. Last Sunday was Veteran’s Day, a time to celebrate our nation’s history and those who have protected it and its citizens. No matter what your political affiliation is, you should each take some time to think about the great sacrifices that have been made for our safety. Thousands of soldiers have been wounded or killed over the years to protect us and our right to freedom. What we forget sometimes, though, is that these soldiers
are right here beside us at the University. They are sitting next to us in class, walking across the Quad, one table over in the Ferg. They are normal people who have committed themselves to some extraordinary things. The men and women who have bravely defended our country are just normal college students, and there are many others here too who are planning to join this service once they graduate. All too often we forget the existence of our veterans on campus. But from the Veterans Affairs Office to Campus Veterans
Association and the ROTC, there are members of our armed forces here, trying to get a college education just like the rest of us. Take a step back and thank them. Ask to listen to their stories and let them know how proud we are. Let’s show our veterans how much we appreciate them and what they do. In a time where many of us are divided on issues, respect for our armed forces should be a unifier. It shouldn’t matter whether or not you’re in favor of war. Supporting those who fight for us surpasses all political boundaries – when it comes to the end of the day, aren’t we all Americans? Mary Sellers Shaw is a junior majoring in communications and civic engagement. Her column runs biweekly on Tuesdays.
Democratic wins confirm inevitable shift toward progressivism By Cheyenne Paiva Staff Columnist Forget the man and examine the record – suddenly, President Obama is a leftleaning Republican, relative, of course, to his party’s panderers. Now, forget the record, and examine the man, for lo and behold, Mitt Romney is what the extreme right made him to be and no longer the Massachusetts moderate he once proudly was. Don’t let party names fool you, and don’t let context escape you. After all, the South was solid blue for 80 straight years before becoming the red fortress it is today. What changed? The color, the ideology or the scale by which the previous two measure themselves? I believe in the latter, and I point to today as evidence strongly supporting my answer. America’s two standardbearers reflect the political scale in which they reside,
A Yankee’s point of view: some southern traditions are not worth holding on to By Henry Downes Staff Columnist
Celebrate current and future veterans on UA’s campus “ When I was in elementary school, each year we would put on a Veteran’s Day program, complete with red, white and blue outfits and patriotic songs we had spent months memorizing. But the purple mountain majesties and twilight’s last gleaming didn’t mean much in second grade. As each of us get older, we increase our knowledge of our country’s history and, with that, our love for it. We’ve grown up in an important time in American history. Sept. 11 will be marked forever in our memories as well as the wars since then. But we are not the only ones who have had their childhood marked by war. Our parents had Vietnam, grandparents had World War II,
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a scale heavily tilted by an unwilling Congress that left the people’s president dangling in the air. Then-Senator Obama touted a progressive agenda in 2008, the closest American ideals had ever come to matching those of the most peaceful countries on earth, and Obama subsequently won both the popular and electoral vote by the largest margin in 12 years. With both chambers behind his back, the 111th Congress became one of the most productive and progressive in modern history. Equal pay for equal work, student loan reform, health care reform, an end to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and the war in Iraq and the federal stimulus, among others – all accomplishments of this Congress, all actions the current Congress can’t pretend to match, and all steps in the forward direction as defined by the free world. Two years later, when raging conservatives beat ignited liberals for the House, this
next Congress earned history’s lowest approval rating. As of today, our current Congress is known more for the bills they didn’t pass rather than the few they did. The 2008 election proved a clear majority existed in this country. It was a call for a new future, and the progressive state of politics over the next two years became the new norm, one that sat comfortably with the nation considering the still-reeling economy from the previous president’s term. America had adjusted as much as they could given the nation’s predetermined circumstances, but impatience dealt its hand anyway when the House realigned. The president desired the same progressivism the electorate advocated for in the first place, and the Senate helped smooth a path for that natural journey forward. This year, the American people spoke again by excitedly electing unapologetic liberals like
Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Baldwin, two of the five women elected to the new Senate in which a historical 20 percent of its politicians are women. It is the immovable House who fails to embrace the change America and the free world have already decided upon. What we once knew as progressivism has become the new moderate, and what we currently call moderate will become the new conservatism. All that awaits is for the modern Republican party to accept this inevitability, and hopefully, Mitt Romney’s loss will overcome that obstacle and push a shift toward yesterday’s center. Progressive Democrats won’t accomplish anything without progressive Republicans, and the nation won’t move forward without either. Cheyenne Paiva is a junior majoring in biology. Her column runs biweekly on Mondays.
Republicans couldn’t take the time to do a minimal amount of research on state I was born and raised in and local races, a certifiable New England, and you can lunatic is now Chief Justice probably tell. of the Alabama Supreme But despite my admit- Court. ted Yankee tendencies, I Honestly, if you go into have loved my time here the election booth with the in Tuscaloosa. My college preconceived conviction experience has confirmed that you will vote “straight most of the positive things ticket” for either party withI already thought to be out educating yourself on true about the South: the the issues, you should probpeople are indeed more ably do yourself and your polite, the pace of life seems fellow citizens a favor and more relaxed, the weather just stay home. is nicer, the women are I don’t believe Roy Moore prettier, and the football was elected intentionally, is better. In these areas, or even that the majority of my friends’ experiences at Alabamians support his radNorthern universities just ical beliefs; Roy Moore was can’t compare. elected because Alabamians It’s not all sunshine were too apathetic to do and magnolias, however. their homework and make There are an informed still some decision. That t h i n g s is the greatthat hapest tragedy pen down of the Nov. 6 On a campus where de facto here that I elections: A segregation in sororities and just can’t demagogue is fraternities is rationalized by wrap my now in power “tradition,” I am often left wonNorthern because of dering what “tradition” really b r a i n indifference means. In the state of Alabama, around. and willing it certainly means “Bear” Bryant For examignorance. ple, I will Now the and “Rammer Jammer” and likely never whole state – dressing up for Gamedays; but it understand Republicans also means George Wallace and why some a n d Selma marches and letters from organizaDemocrats, Birmingham jails. tions on well-informed c a m p u s voters and think that m i s i n fo r m e d true brothvoters, blacks erhood is and whites – founded fundamentally on will suffer equally from this the ability to make fresh- man’s judicial irrationality. men, who are all too eager I get it; Southerners to please and fit in, suffer consider themselves rebphysical and verbal abuse els. I imagine that is why for weeks on end. And, until Alabamians voted to keep last month, I couldn’t under- outdated and racist lanstand why the administra- guage in the state constition of such a prominent tution, and I assume that modern university refused is also why they irrelto take a stand against these evantly decided to nullify rampant and blatantly obvi- Obamacare mandates – fedous hazing violations. eral government be damned. Though the administraBut while some of our tion did eventually act - Northern neighbors capitalafter being prodded by this ized on the elections to make newspaper - you’re kidding strides toward meaningful yourself if you think abuses social progress, the South of this nature won’t contin- remains stagnated decades ue in the future – but they behind the rest of the counwill only continue because try in so many unfortunate campus culture allows them ways. Both on and off camto continue. pus, I find myself continuWorse still, I can’t under- ally reminded of our accepstand why men and women tance of social mediocrity. at the University choose to It doesn’t have to be this socially segregate them- way. Southerners today selves based on skin color. have two paths before them: On a campus where de On one hand, they can facto segregation in sorori- accept modern segregation ties and fraternities is ratio- and continued social backnalized by “tradition,” I am wardness, label it “tradioften left wondering what tion,” and comfortably turn “tradition” really means. away, or they can instead In the state of Alabama, channel that distinctive it certainly means “Bear” rebellious streak and fight Bryant and “Rammer for the real progress that Jammer” and dressing up is so desperately needed in for Gamedays; but it also this region. means George Wallace and I acknowledge that I am Selma marches and letters an outsider here, and my from Birmingham jails. Yankee opinions could very This obsession with “tra- well fall on deaf ears. But, dition” seems to be the as someone who loves this final and most stubborn University and loves the impediment to overcom- people of this state, I truly ing the South’s reputation hope that’s not the case; I for racism and injustice, a hope things can change. I legacy that still rings too believe things can change. true today. When it comes But change must start with to matters of racial equality, us – the young students, the the last thing this university educated, the privileged. and this state need is more It is our responsibility – of the same “tradition.” and the stakes are far too Finally, I can’t understand high to shy away now. We why voters in this state – can do better, Alabama. We who are undoubtedly intelli- must do better. gent and hard-working individuals – failed to sufficient- Henry Downes is a sopholy educate themselves in more majoring in econompreparation for last week’s ics. His column runs on elections. Because so many Tuesdays.
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Tuscaloosa’s 1st Jewish temple set to be demolished By Colby Leopard Staff Reporter The first dedicated Jewish Temple in Tuscaloosa has been slated for destruction by the City Council . The original Temple Emanu-El sustained damages to its roof, floor and walls during the April 27, 2011, tornado. Anna J. Singer, co-president of Temple EmanuEl, said the synagogue became the first dedicated space for the Jewish community in Tuscaloosa to gather more than 100 years ago. As the Jewish population grew in the early 1900s, it became apparent the congregation would have to relocate to accommodate a larger number of people.
In 1953 the original Temple Emanu-El building was sold by the congregation to PE LaMoreaux and Associates, an environmental engineering firm. The building has been used as a conference room and library since then. “It was our first synagogue, so we have an emotional attachment to it, but we haven’t owned it since 1953,” Singer said. At the Oct. 9 City Council meeting, the council voted to demolish the building, citing it as a public nuisance. According to Singer, it is the owner’s responsibility to repair the damages to the building, and he should have dealt with the damages right after the storm. “We hope that the owner, that is to say
PE LaMoreaux and Associates, will do what it should have done 18 months ago and rehab it,” Singer said. “It hasn’t been our responsibility to take care of the building since 1953.” Since moving out of the building in 1953, the Temple Emanu-El congregation has been housed in three different buildings. In 2007, University of Alabama President Robert Witt invited Temple Emanu-El to campus. The administration built a synagogue and Jewish community center on the “God Quad” for Temple Emanu-El. Singer said because the Jewish community hasn’t worshipped in the original Temple Emanu-El for so long, the congregation
only has a “historical fondness” for the building, but that it is no longer the congregation’s responsibility. Emma Fick, a senior majoring in English from Covington, La., teaches Sunday school at Temple Emanu-El. Fick said she and many other members of the Jewish community are unaware of the old temple’s fate. “I did not know that one of the older Temple Emanu-El buildings was slated for demolition, and upon finding out, I must admit I did not feel much affected,” Fick said. “I feel like the Jewish community is moving forward—we were so excited to move into our new, permanent home near campus, and having the temple and the Bloom Hillel
Student Center next door to one another is ideal. Preserving our heritage is important, but personally I don’t think we need the physical building to remain for that preservation to occur. We can remember it through stories, photographs, archives.” Ron Hood, second vice president of Temple Emanu-El, said the congregation would save the old building if they could, but don’t have the funding to do so. “We just don’t have the extra money to [repair the building],” Hood said. “If we had a few million extra dollars to do whatever we needed to, we could afford to spend $60,000 or whatever to fix the building, but it’s just not practical.”
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High academic standards pay off for UA Nursing students By Adrienne Burch Staff Reporter Beads of sweat roll down each student’s neck as alarms ring to let them know that their patients— or in this case, hightech computer-based mannequins— are unstable and need immediate attention. Pressure is heavy in the room as professors observe every move from behind a glass wall. This is a typical day for a University of Alabama upperdivision nursing student, one of the most rigorous undergraduate programs at the Capstone. “Nursing is difficult,” said Kelsey Williamson, a senior and forth-semester nursing student. “There are days when I leave the hospital extremely tired from working all day only to come home to study for a test the next day. One has to give it their all knowing one day they
applicants were accepted. In the fall, 96 were taken from a group of 188. Brooke Hail, a junior firstsemester nursing student, found out she was accepted to nursing school July 18, just a few weeks prior to the start of class. “It’s very stressful knowing from day one that you’re competing against many other outstanding academic students to try to be accepted,” Hail said. Applicants are judged on their overall GPA as well as their GPA in science courses CW | Jessie Hocutt for their first two years in colThe University’s College of Nursing boasts the latest techonology and lege. The average overall GPA realistic training exercises. for nursing students accepted will be able to make a differ- strenuous application process into the program for summer ence in someone’s life.” before starting upper-division was a 3.9, with a 3.8 average in science courses, and in the fall The process of getting courses their junior year. into the Capstone College of The Capstone College of it was a 3.7 overall, with a 3.5 in Nursing is difficult in itself. Nursing takes applications science courses. First-semester nursing stuUnlike most other majors at the each summer and fall, acceptUniversity, prospective nursing ing 96 students each term. This dent Danielle Drews said it is students must go through a summer, 96 out of 199 eligible easier to get in during the fall
because the GPA averages are typically lower. Once accepted, nursing students spend their first semester in the classroom learning the basics of nursing. Second semester, they begin simulations and clinicals where they get hands-on nursing practice in a doctor’s office or hospital. Alice March, an associate professor of nursing, said the curriculum is made to be difficult because when students graduate, they are going to be taking people’s lives into their hands. “When I look up from the emergency room bed, I want to know that nurse went through a rigorous program,” March said. Hail said she definitely feels the pressure of being responsible for another human being and is aware if she does not know what she is doing, it could result in someone’s death.
“At UA that is something they stress constantly to us - to learn the information, retain it and comprehend not for you but for your patients so you can be the best nurse possible,” Hail said. Paige Johnson, associate professor of nursing, said all the hard work students put in is worth it when they are able to graduate and easily find a job doing what they enjoy. “Healthcare is one of the best fields to go into,” Johnson said. “Our graduates will get a job. They may not get to pick and choose, but they will have a job.” Johnson said between 98 to 100 percent of Capstone nursing graduates pass the National Council Licensure Examination to become a registered nurse upon graduation. “All of the hard work is worth it in the end,” Drews said, “or at least it better be.”
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Spanish Club to host inaugural Scrabble championship By Marcus Flewellen Contributing Writer Wednesday night, a group of University of Alabama students will be competing in the University’s first Spanish Scrabble Championship. The Spanish Club, run by faculty advisor Karina Vázquez and two UA graduate students, Jessica Hubickey and Toloo Riazi, will host the competition. “The Spanish Club is an organization created to promote and enhance the Spanish language and culture among University of Alabama students,” Hubickey said. “We felt that a Spanish Scrabble Night would be a great opportunity to allow students to unite, relax and show off their Spanish vocabulary skills while playing a fun game practicing and engaging with the language.” All UA students can compete in the championship. Those not majoring in Spanish or without any experience with the
IF YOU GO... • What: Spanish Scrabble Night • When: Wednesday at 6:30 • Where: Lobby of the Spanish House language can compete using a bilingual dictionary. “I’ve done this in the past, and I’ve found that students get very excited while playing Spanish Scrabble,” Vázquez said. “It gives students the chance to play and search for words, have fun and learn something too. And this is the first time, at least as far as I know, that we are going to do this.” The championship will start at 6:30 p.m. in the lobby of the Spanish House, a LivingLearning Community located
on campus in the Bryce Lawn apartments. Competitors will form teams of two and play against three other teams on a Scrabble board. Vázquez predicts there will be four or five different Spanish Scrabble boards with four teams playing at each board. The game is played like regular Scrabble with all of the letter tiles and words in Spanish. The regular Scrabble rules apply: teams collect points by placing Spanish words on the game board. Each letter has a different point value; the more complex the word, the more points the team earns. Each team will be given a SpanishEnglish dictionary, which they can use to search for a word that they can make out of the letters they have. The championship will end when all of the teams have finished their games (when all the boards have run out of letters). Prizes will be awarded to the first, second and third highest-
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Posadas or El Dia de los Muertos, film series, food demonstrations,” Vázquez said. “Spanish Scrabble would become another regular event that we would have every semester.” Vázquez encourages all competitors, regardless of their Spanish proficiency, to just relax and have fun.
“When I did it in the past, it was always very successful,” she said. “Very, very successful. The students were surprised that they remembered and knew more words than they thought they knew. That’s the most interesting thing. We know more than we think we know.”
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Tropical Smoothie Café in Midtown Village serves up more than just smoothies By Sophia Jones Tuscaloosa will be in for a treat with the new Tropical Smoothie Café coming soon to Midtown Village. Their motto is “Eat Better. Feel Better,” and the café prides itself in providing healthy, fresh food. Tropical Smoothie Café will be opening next to Kinnucan’s at 1800 McFarland Blvd. East, Suite 306. The restaurant is set to open by the end of November. Apart from its wide array of smoothies, the new
establishment will offer wraps, sandwiches and salads. Their breakfast menu is served all day and offers a variety of options, ranging from traditional to tropical meals. Those interested can go to tropicalsmoothie.com, look over the menu, and plug your choice into their Nutritional Calculator to get your order’s calorie count, transfat, saturated fat, sodium and vitamin information. The website also lets you order online so your order will be ready to go when
you arrive. From the breakfast menu, I usually go with the Early Bird Wrap with eggs, chicken, pepper jack cheese, tomatoes, and chipotle mayonnaise on a toasted flour tortilla. If you’re looking to go for more of a traditional breakfast, the Classic Ciabatta is always toasted to perfection on Ciabatta bread with egg, cheddar cheese, American cheese, and your choice of bacon, ham or sausage. For lunch, the Baja Chicken
sandwich on toasted flatbread is delicious and definitely worth trying. The wrap includes grilled chicken, lowfat mozzarella, green peppers, red peppers, onions, romaine lettuce and light southwest ranch dressing. The Jamaican Jerk Chicken wrap is also a menu favorite with chicken, southwestern rice, corn, black beans, asparagus, onions and Jamaican Jerk Sauce. The restaurant also features a wide variety of fresh salads for those looking to stray away
from sandwiches. Tropical Smoothie Café recently kicked off their “Stoked about Spinach” campaign by adding the Loaded Spinach Salad and the Smokin’ Spinach Turkey Wrap to their menu. Both will only be offered for a limited time. As the name suggests, Tropical Smoothie Café also offers four types of smoothies: Lowfat, Supercharged, Supplement and Indulgent. So whether you are looking to indulge or drink light, the café
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Many students plan to stay home for Iron Bowl
‘Simple’ recipes for students end badly By Hannah Widener Contributing Writer My “kitchenability” skills involve making grilled cheese, baking brownies from the box and, if I do say so myself, making an excellent bowl of cereal. College life has made me appreciate all the foods I have at home that I don’t have here. As such, I found myself turning to “Kitchenability 101: The College Student’s Guide to Easy, Healthy, and Delicious Food” by Nisa Burns, which is a cookbook meant for students who live in both dorms and apartments that offers basic recipes and tips for beginning cooks. Since breakfast is the most important meal of the day, I thought I would start off with a “Creamy, Gooey, Drippy Bagel” (34). All I needed was a bagel, cream
cheese, cinnamon and honey, which were all easy enough to find at Publix. Next came “Avocado Lettuce Wraps” (56). This is where I found mys e l f wa n d e r i n g through the grocery store trying to track these ingredients down. Two avocados, two tomatoes, lime juice, salt and pepper, cilantro and one head of lettuce. Finally came the main course, “Tropical Pineapple Chicken” (78). This required three chicken breasts, but I substituted for two. I kept looking for a package that only came with one chicken breast — you know, the kind meant for single people who are more often than not making dinner for one — but that package did not exist. Reaching the checkout line, I cringed as I watched each item go through the scanner. An
action card swipe at the dining hall hurts a lot less than a credit card swipe at the grocery store. My total came to $52.93, a swift blow from reality and the reason why I have a meal plan. Since we are not allowed to have a toaster in our dorm room, I had to stick the bagel in the oven on a broiler pan so it could toast. Lacking a timer on our archaic oven, I had to keep checking it every few minutes to make sure it had not caught on fire. After I spread the cream cheese and sprinkled the cinnamon, the bagel didn’t look quite as dainty as the one pictured. Mine was scattered with clumps of cinnamon cemented in place by the honey. For the lettuce wraps, what the cookbook failed to mention is that it is nearly impossible to get a leaf fully intact after you have peeled it
off the lettuce head - my lettuce “wraps” looked more like lettuce tacos. While they did taste good, most of what I ate ended up in my lap due to my beginner lettucewrapping techniques. When it came to the “Tropical Pineapple Chicken,” the recipe did not specify how long to cook the chicken. It might as well have said, “If it looks good, then I guess you can eat it.” After I cut through the middle and it appeared fine, I served it to my roommate. A few bites of rubbery chicken later, it was safe to say it was actually not cooked all the way through. Although my roommate now believes that I tried to poison her and my bank account aches, the endeavor proved worthwhile as I discovered something I never knew before. I should stick to microwave meals only.
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Moundville to host beadwork demonstration By Courtney Stinson Staff Reporter Visitors to Moundville Archaeological Park will be able to see the making of Native American beadwork firsthand this Saturday, Nov. 17 at 10 a.m. Beadsmith Cat Sloan will demonstrate techniques such as finger weaving, twining and beading. She will also discuss Native American textiles. Sloan’s demonstration is part of Moundville’s new Saturday in the Park program, which is designed to educate visitors on the lifestyle of Mississippian
IF YOU GO... • What: Beadwork Demonstration • When: Nov. 17 at 10 a.m. • Where: Moundville Archaelogical Park Indians who inhabited Moundville in the past. So far, Saturday in the Park has included a carving demonstration by Daniel Bigay in which he etched traditional Native American designs
into different media, such as gourds and shells. Bigay also discussed the making of a flute with river cane and other wooden materials. In addition to demonstrations, Saturday in the Park features hands-on classes where visitors can make crafts while learning about Native American culture. One upcoming class taught by Moundville education coordinator Betsy Irwin will allow visitors to make holiday ornaments from unconventional materials. Participants will make a corn shuck angel, a dream catcher and a decorated gourd.
Brianne Billingsley, a junior majoring in anthropology with a focus in archaeology, spends much of her class time at Moundville. She said programs like the beadwork demonstration are a great idea for educating the general public about the lives of Native Americans. “[Beadwork] is a type of art that is not normally studied by other people, so it really gives participants background into the lives of Native Americans,” she said. “[Through these programs], we can get closer to learning how [Native Americans] made things themselves and get a better insight into
who they were and why they made these things.” Demonstrations like this Saturday’s are free and open to the public. However, hands-on class sizes are limited and cost between $20 and $30 with a discount for museum members. Programs usually run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participants can register for classes by calling (205) 371-8732 or downloading the registration form on Moundville’s website. For more information on Saturday in the Park and other upcoming programs, visit moundville.ua.edu/programs.
“I go home for such a short time, and I can’t miss class, so I’ll spend my break from Wednesday to Monday,” Anderson said. “Last year, I went from Wednesday to Sunday with two travel days, so I’m really only home for three days, but it’s definitely worth the $500.” Anderson said with such a short break, it’s hard to realize you’re even on a break at all. “I think we should have a full week off for Thanksgiving so more people could go home and enjoy spending more time with their families,” Anderson said. Alex Norton, a junior majoring in elementary education, said she always planned on selling her Iron Bowl ticket because it’s one of the only times she is able to see her family. Norton bought her plane ticket early this year knowing she would be sitting in front of the TV with her dad as the game starts. “The plane tickets to Fairfax, Va., were around $400 to $500, but the money I’m getting from selling my ticket is paying for a portion of that to help my family,” Norton said. Norton said she takes any chance she gets to go home and see her family. “ I really can’t complain since I go to school so far away,” Norton said. “I chose to come here, so I’ll take what I can get.” Sarah Shoemaker, a sophomore majoring in exercise and sports science, said she will be going home to Long Island, N.Y., until Friday night. “I will be back for the big game because I am a part of the UA Student Recruitment Team and we host the football recruits on game day,” Shoemaker said. Shoemaker said if she wasn’t in the organization, she probably would not have come back for the game, at least until her senior year, since the airplane tickets are so expensive during the holiday season. “I am not passing up the chance to spend time with my family, even if it means missing one of UA’s biggest traditions,” Shoemaker said.
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Tide refocusing after struggling in last 2 games By Marquavius Burnett Sports Editor
“He actually finished the game with it. It really swelled up quite a bit and all that.” Alabama only lost one of Saban said Fulton was its last two games, but head the only player who was sigcoach Nick Saban has not been nificantly injured against pleased with the team’s effort. Texas A&M. “No matter how you cut the mustard, whether we won Players of the week both of the last two games or Five Alabama players were lost both of the last two games, recognized by the coachI don’t think we’ve executed ing staff for their outstandas well as a football team,” ing performances following Saban said. Saturday’s game against The biggest lack of execu- Texas A&M. Amari Cooper tion has come from Alabama’s and Eddie Lacy were named defense. The Tide had the players of the week on offense No. 1 ranked defense nation- while John Fulton and C.J. ally, but was exposed by LSU Mosley represented the and Texas A&M. Alabama has defense. On special teams, allowed 46 points in the last Cody Mandell was selected. two games after holding oppoCooper recorded a gamenents to 8.1 points per game high 136 yards on six catches through the first eight. The with one touchdown. Cooper Tide has also allowed 853 yards leads the team with 38 recepof total offense and forced tions, 608 yards and six zero turnovers. touchdowns. Lacy totaled 127 Offensively, Alabama has yards on the day, including committed five turnovers, 92 on the ground on 16 carincluding quarterback AJ ries. Lacy leads Alabama in McCarron’s first two inter- rushing through 10 games ceptions of the season. The with 771 yards and also offense continued its third leads the team with nine quarter struggles. After gain- rushing touchdowns. ing momentum going into Mosley led all players with halftime, Alabama struggled 14 total tackles, including after the break against the nine solo stops and a sack. He Aggies. leads the team with 83 tack“We just have to continue to les on the season and is tied improve and push ourselves for the lead with four sacks. as a team, especially in the Fulton got the start at cornerthird quarter,” running back back and recorded five tackles Eddie Lacy said. “If we work (four solo) and a career-high ourselves harder in practice, four pass breakups. we’ll be able to play the way On special teams, Mandell we need to, especially in the averaged 56.5 yards on four third quarter, and I’m pretty punts. He had two kicks of 60 sure that this week we’ll put a yards and two others of 54 and big emphasis on that.” 52 yards, respectively. Mandell ranks 14th nationally in puntInjury update ing with a season average of Cornerback John Fulton, 44 yards. who saw an increased role in the Crimson Tide secondary Iron Bowl against the Aggies, is dealing The SEC announced with turf toe and is considered Monday that Alabama’s home “very questionable.” game against Auburn on Nov. “Pretty good one,” Saban 24 will kick off at 2:30 p.m. CT said, referring to the injury. and will be televised by CBS.
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Loss to Aggies will show Crimson Tide’s true colors Tide faces Houston By Zac Al-Khateeb Staff Reporter
In 1964, the Texas Longhorns, the No. 1 team in the nation and defending AP college football champions, held a sign in their locker room that read, “They say what goes up must come down – but who says when?” Five weeks later, the A r ka n s a s Razorbacks said when. The 8th-ranked Razorbacks marched into Texas Memorial Stadium and beat the seemingly invincible Longhorns in their house 14-13, proving the mighty Texas team wasn’t quite as
infallible as everyone thought it was. Starting to sound familiar yet? The same story is being told this year, right now. The Alabama Crimson Tide, so long looked on as one of the most untouchable, unapproachable and unbeatable teams in college football, the defending BCS champions and consensus No. 1 team in the land, proved itself to be only human in a loss to the Texas A&M Aggies Saturday. The loss stings for Tide fans, obviously. Of course, everyone knew eventually Alabama would have to lose a game. Everyone just hoped
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it wouldn’t be this year, and especially so close to what would have been an unprecedented string of championships for the Crimson Tide. And, for a team like Alabama, that is certainly saying something. That knowledge only makes losing that much more unbearable. Some fans will try to take something from it, something to dull that unfamiliar pain of a loss, but in the end, it doesn’t do much. Moral victories are fine and good, but for Alabama fans, real victories are preferred to moral ones any day. Even so, this Alabama team
has a lot to play for. This team, although its chances are greatly diminished, still has a slim chance to make the BCS Championship game in Miami. And even if it doesn’t make it, the Tide can win out, earning an 11-win regular season and the SEC Championship – its first since 2009. Alabama head coach Nick Saban has said as much and is now tasked with making sure his team heads into the remainder of its games with the right attitude. Western Carolina doesn’t pose much of a threat, but the following week, a game against “those other guys” across the state will have a serious impact not only on this team’s immediate success, but how this team is looked at in the years to come. Not only will it determine if Alabama makes the SEC championship in Atlanta, but any loss to Auburn marks a profoundly, fundamentally flawed season for Alabama. And I’m sure that’s nothing any fan wants. There you have it. Perfect, this team will not be. But, the owner of 11 wins? State champions? SEC champions? All possible. Maybe even national champs, with a little luck. That’s a lot to play for, regardless of which team you are. However, all that depends on the attitude Alabama takes into the remainder of its games. If it’s caught moping after its loss to the Aggies, this season could take a sour turn. But, if it heads into each of its games with the right mental attitude, as Saban would say, this year could still be remembered as one of the greats.
for 1st time since 2004 By Jasmine Cannon Sports Reporter The University of Alabama women’s basketball team will have its first road test of the season Tuesday as it heads to Houston, Texas to take on the Houston University Cougars. The Tide is coming off of an 80-43 season-opening victory against Jacksonville State University at Foster Au d i t o r i u m . Ju n i o r Shafontaye Myers scored a career-high 19 points in the win that saw each of the 15 Alabama players touch the court. Senior Meghan Perkins had 14 points, five rebounds and four steals, while senior Alicia Mitcham recorded nine rebounds and six points. Now the team is focused on defeating Houston. “What is important right now is to improve as a team and keep getting better and doing the things we practiced,” head coach Wendell Hudson said. “I think if we continue to do this, we will have the opportunities to win, such as we did tonight. One of the things that we need to do is play at a different level, defensively.” This will be the first game between Alabama and Houston since 2004. Houston leads the series 3-1, but it is also coming off of a 3-26 record from last season and welcoming seven new players to its roster. “We mostly focus on us and how we’re going to improve as a basketball team,” Perkins said. “We really don’t focus on the
other team; we focus on us and what we need to do to become the basketball team that we want to be.” Houston opened up the season with a 72-66 loss to Mississippi State in Starkville. Senior guard Porsche Landry led Houston scorers with 16 points. Landry also had three rebounds and four assists. Junior forward Marissa Ashton had 12 points and six rebounds, while freshman guard Jessieka Palmer chipped in 10 points. Alabama will have to be strong on the boards and play tough defense against Houston. The Cougars shot well from the floor against Mississippi State, but the Bulldogs dominated them on the glass. Perkins said the team has to be consistent on both sides of the court in order to come away with a victory in Houston. “There is always room for improvement on the offensive end and the defensive end,” she said. “We just have to work on staying aggressive, and once we have our opponent down we have to keep our intensity level up.” The team must now focus on its intensity heading into a challenging matchup. “I think the biggest improvement that this team has got to make is we’ve got to understand that we’ve got to have the same intensity the entire game,” Hudson said. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m., and the games will be broadcast on The Crimson Tide Sports Network.