11.13.14 The Crimson White by The Crimson White

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2014 VOLUME 121 | ISSUE 58 Serving The University of Alabama since 1894

3 Caring for Camo UA student group Caring for Camo is raising money to send care packages to soldiers in the United States armed forces this December. They will host a powder fight fundraiser this Friday.

7 Band Breakdown “Hardcore soul” might sound oxymoronic, but that doesn’t faze Knympho Knife, whose influences range from hard rock to James Brown. They will play at Green Bar Friday with Ham Bagby.

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SCENE ON CAMPUS Kenyata Robertson, an interdisciplinary studies major, and Kasha Robertson, a criminal justice major, look over material at the housing fair in the Ferguson Center. CW / Billy Causey

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WHAT: World Kindness Day WHEN: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. WHERE: Ferguson Center

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Civil rights seminar WHAT: Tradition in Change: The Ongoing Mission for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: 205 Gorgas Library

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T.R. Reid presentation WHAT: Better Healthcare, Lower Costs: One Man’s Global Quest to Fix a Bum Shoulder WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Tuscaloosa River Market

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Ebola discussion WHAT: The Ebola Virus WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Room 312 Ferguson Center

Vocal concert WHAT: University Singers WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: 125 Concert Hall, Moody Music Building

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T.R. Reid will be giving a free talk titled “Better Health, Lower Costs: One Man’s Global Quest to Fix a Bum Shoulder” today at 6:30 p.m. at the Tuscaloosa River Market off Jack Warner Parkway. The Washington Post journalist will be discussing healthcare, a subject he recently wrote about in his book, “The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper and Fairer Health Care.” This talk is hosted by the College of Community Health Sciences, as well as

the College of Communication and Information Sciences and the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration. Everyone is invited to attend the lecture, which will be followed by a book signing. Reid will be making other various appearances on campus and in the community throughout the remainder of the week. Compiled by Heather Buchanan

Asbestos danger signs set up in Reese Phifer Hall Upon entering Reese Phifer Hall Wednesday, many students found their entry to various rooms, such as a TCF lab, barred by caution tape and signs reading “Danger Asbestos cancer and lung disease hazard. Authorized personnel only. Respirators and protective clothing are required in this area” in all capital letters. An email was sent to all students in the department of advertsing and public relations from office administrator Lisa Myrick. The email contained information about the first floor to The Mezz in Reese Phifer being blocked. Students were advised to

enter through the annex stairwell between the first and second floors of the building. Cathy Andreen, director of media relations for the University, said the asbestos in Reese Phifer was not due to a contamination incident. “This is ongoing asbestos abatement as part of a renovation project,” Andreen said. “The work is being done by a licensed abatement company and as part of protocol they have to put signs up about the work.” Compiled by Reed O’ Mara

Green Bar to host Breakout Artist Competition The Green Bar is holding its second annual Breakout Artist Competition Sunday at 2 p.m. Each competing band will play a set for 30 minutes, and of the 13 participants this year, five will be selected to move on in the competition. Attendees will have a chance to vote to choose the final three bands. The Green Bar’s management will select the winner. The winner of the competition is dubbed the Breakout Artist of the Year and

is awarded a spot as headliner for the 2015 Breakout Artist Tour, which provides the band with a music video shoot along with a photo shoot, an EP and professional representation. Local bands such as Mother Funk and The Doctors and The Lawyers will be competing. Tickets for the event are for sale at the door for $12. Compiled by Reed O’Mara

NCAA to honor John Servati with 2015 Award of Valor John Servati, a former swimmer at The University of Alabama, will be recognized as the 2015 Award of Valor recipient at the NCAA Convention Honors celebration, the NCAA announced Wednesday. In April 2014, Servati died after shielding another UA student from a collapsing retaining wall in his Tuscaloosa home during an EF-3 tornado. According to a UA Athletics press release, The NCAA Award of Valor is given to a coach or administrator currently associated with intercollegiate

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Group sends care packages to soldiers By Nick Privitera | Contributing Writer

Today, there are more than 1,388,028 men and women serving as active duty members of the armed forces according to the Department of Defense 2012 report on military demographics. These men and women comprising the armed forces serve in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard. To support active duty service members, the student organization Caring for Camo will host their Color Me Camo powder war Friday at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house

from 2 to 5 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door and all proceeds will go towards the organization’s December care package event for those serving in the military. “We’re aiming for around 100 care packages this year,” Holly Atkinson, a senior majoring in psychology, said. Students will be able to write letters to soldiers to be included in the care package. Guy Harvey and Vineyard Vines will also have tents giving away and raffling off merchandise. “They’re going to be giving away tons of free stuff: coozies,” said Baillie Hooten, a junior majoring in

nursing and the founder and president of Caring for Camo. Alpha Tau Omega member Pierce Goodbread will perform for the event under his stage name, DJ Wonderbread. The color war will be from 4 to 5 p.m. in the courtyard of the Alpha Tau Omega house. According to Cleveland, 200 pounds of red and blue powder will be used for the color fight. “It’s making care packages for people in the military,” Cleveland said. “How can you not love that? Anyone is welcome to come. It will be a lot of fun. We really hope everyone comes.”

Caring for Camo will host a color war at Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house Friday. Wikimedia Commons

SOURCE offers grants for collaborative student group partnerships By Sirui Shao | Contributing Writer

Funding in the amount of $500, $1,000 and $2,000 grants will be available to organizations that team up with each other to put on an event that educates their members and benefits the University community. These grants will be available through the Collaborative Grant Program, now entering its second year of operation. “The Financial Affairs Committee has some funds they want to disperse through collaboration,” said Zachary Adams, chair of the collaborative grant committee. “We would love to have different organizations coming together and do cool events. We can help sponsor that.” Leigh Terry, director of partnership and development

at The SOURCE, which operates the grant program, said the benefits of the program are long-reaching present connections and stimulate dialogue. “The organizations who apply for grants benefit themselves by the opportunity they receive to showcase their values, connect with other campus leaders and engage their members in transformational activities and conversations,” she said. The program encourages all students to consider how to integrate collaboration into their everyday lives, she said. “Overall, I’d say the student organizations I interact with are very service-minded.” she said. “This year, we’ve had ideas geared toward benefiting military service people and veterans, arts education and

Collaborative Grant Funding The Collaborative Grant Program gives out grants to organizations on campus that fill out an application. WHERE: The SOURCE WHEN: Deadline is Nov. 15, 2014 CW / Claire Whorton

women’s empowerment.” Application forms can be found on The SOURCE office official website and the application deadline is Nov. 15.

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COLUMN | ELECTIONS

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COLUMN | WELFARE

Welfare cannot end cycle of poverty in US CRUISE

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For decades, America has been content to manage the effects of poverty-driven destruction. Year after year, the government puts food in hungry mouths and builds roofs over shivering bodies. But no amount of government spending can waken the energy that lies dormant in the crushed spirit of the forgotten man. The cycle of poverty is reversed only when the destitute discover genuine hope to become productive members of society. For half a century, though, the American anti-poverty formula has considered only the needs of the poor and neglected the possibility that the needy could actually become assets to society. Every relief program aims to make poverty as comfortable as possible, because the welfare state generally accepts the permanence of poverty. In fact, any effort to limit the duration of any particular program is considered a threat to the well-being of the poor, as if that program is their sole hope for sustenance in life. The success of the welfare state is evalu-

ated based on the breadth and continuity of government provisions. The more a man can rely on the public treasury for his livelihood, the better. The supposed success of the welfare state is, in reality, it’s greatest failure: an American citizen can live his entire life without realizing his full capacity for excellence. As a government attempts to meet every physical need of its people, it replaces the natural, productive exchange of labor and ideas with an artificial system of resource distribution. This system creates a bleak environment in which hope gradually gravitates away from the individual’s inherent ability to help himself and towards the external sources of help. People have little reason to work for things they can get for free, so an endless supply of free things will perpetually prevent people from realizing their ability to improve their lives through the work of their own hands. This universal tendency of human nature demonstrates that the true cost of poverty is not a line item on the federal budget. Rather, the true cost of poverty is a measure of the untapped human energy, talent and creativity that gives way to the phony hope of a life on public assistance. This brand of poverty is an unaffordable, incalculable burden every American

pays for in one way or another. Society as a whole is robbed of the accomplishments that are never accomplished by the men and women who accept the fatalistic notion of absolute destitution. And, sadly, American society as a whole is generally inclined to accept this preposterous thought as well. It doesn’t have to be like this, though. If dependency is the triumph of the welfare state, then opportunity will be its demise. The poor can help themselves and many are merely waiting for the chance to do so. Reducing labor regulations, decentralizing education and yielding control of poverty alleviation to local institutions would be great ways to allow opportunity to multiply in struggling communities. While details of particular solutions can always be debated, the goal of any new poverty-fighting strategy should be to empower the poor to help the poor. As open-ended as it sounds, this maxim will at least avoid the dead-end policies that have cheated generations of Americans out of realizing their full potential. Cruise Hall is a senior majoring in mechanical engineering. His column runs biweekly.

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Elections lacking level discussions By Elliot Bell | Guest Columnist

Our political system is toxic. Like an armadillo baking on the hot asphalt in the summer sun, the system has been hit and run over, and its heart is decaying in front of our eyes. And much like the cars drifting past without a second glance, we are ignoring it, loathing even the sight of another piece of road kill we now know as an election. We treat the first Tuesday in November every two years like a group therapy session. Individuals (and not very many at that) travel to their local polling places and cast angry votes, not so much for a particular candidate as they are against another. Voters pull the proverbial lever and with a cathartic sigh say, “Boy that felt good. He/she sure stands for my issues.” And they slink back to their jobs and their homes and their families, waiting for the next election’s attack ads, sound bites and preToday’s elections are chewed political nourdevoid of substantive ishment sure to keep them fed right through discussion. to the next Election Day. Issues? What issues? Today’s elections are devoid of substantive discussion. For example, Alabama is barreling toward an inevitable budget crisis in the amount of an estimated $200 million, but that issue was nowhere to be found in the most recent election. Instead, campaigns turned up the anger and distrust in voters’ minds, and those who turned out overwhelmingly voted not for a particular candidate as much as they did against the forces fueling their red faces, clenched fists and gnashing teeth. If we continue down this angry path where we look not at ways to improve our communities but instead at ways to tear down the other side, our political system will most surely continue to rot in the hot sun. It will bloat with misguided fury. It will grow darker with mudslinging and personal attacks. It will wither like a worm-ravaged apple on a gnarled branch. It’s time for all of us to set aside our anger or at the very least to find other outlets of release. Go play with your kids. Go walk along your city streets. Go find a piece of Alabama you love. Remember why you moved here. Remember why you live here. And like all resourceful Alabamians should, pull your car over to the side of the road, scoop that armadillo up, and turn it into a delicious stew. It’s time to wake up and transform our political system from its toxic state into a delicious discussion of the issues we will inevitably face. We owe it to ourselves. We owe it to each other. We owe it to the state we all love. Elliot Bell is a second-year law student. Last Week’s Poll: Are you going to or did you vote in Tuesday’s elections? (Yes: 62%) (No: 38%) This Week’s Poll: Should the University have banned tobacco products on campus? cw.ua.edu

OPINIONS Thursday, November 13, 2014 COLUMN | NCAA

Athletic scholarships should include financial aid in certain situations JACKSON

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The NCAA paying athletes debate is growing stronger than ever. There are currently two lawsuits being worked out in courts on the matter, and every year there are numerous allegations and investigations into NCAA compliance matters. On one side of the argument, the very center of the NCAA model is amateurism. NCAA players receive an education valued at thousands of dollars, and there are clear cut rules that promote education over athletics. There is no reason for athletes to break the rules and receive more money, and those that do so should be punished. But, on the other hand, the NCAA makes thousands of dollars off players, and there are many trivial NCAA rules that can sometimes deprive athletes of basic needs such as food. This is a very complex issue with many sides to it, but the main argument seems to stem from the fact

that full ride scholarships do not to accept even more money. Giving wholly cover the full cost of atten- this type of athlete more money on dance, some students having greater top of a full scholarship is not necesfinancial need than others. The full sary, and most people would agree. cost of attendance accounts for misThe reasoning behind the athlete cellaneous cost of living and travel taking the money is the key. An athexpenses. The issue is brought up lete taking the money out of finaneven more when a story breaks that cial need is very different than an an athlete is being deprived of some- athlete taking money simply because thing like food. For example, during he or she can. One possible solution last year’s NCAA basto address this would ketball tournament, be to tie in financial a story broke about need with NCAA a UConn basketball scholarship rules. The issue is brought up player who “goes to That seems like a bed starving” because drastic and hard to even more when a story of NCAA rules implement change, breaks that an athlete is regarding the meals but it really is not. a school is allowed to Athletes with fambeing deprived of offer athletes. ily financial support something like food. At the other still would receive extreme, there are full scholarships, but athletes like Johnny athletes with extra Manziel. He came financial need could from a family that has plenty of get it without risk of breaking NCAA money, but was still investigated for rules. The concept could work simitaking money for autographs. Yes, larly to how federal student loans the NCAA and University were prof- already work and be based on an iting off his name, but there is no rea- athlete’s financial need. son for an athlete that has plenty of The biggest thing it would do family financial support, already on a is keep the NCAA model of amafull scholarship, and who is about to teurism while attacking the bigmake millions of dollars in the NFL gest complaint about the current

WHAT I THINK • The issue of the NCAA paying athletes is complex. • The reasoning behind the athlete taking the money is the key. • The NCAA should provide funds for athletes with financial need. scholarship rules. This keeps recruiting from being about how much money a school can offer. The idea would simply give athletes with an extra financial need the ability to get it and use it for extra food, travel and family expenses. This would mean athletes breaking the rules and accepting money would not be doing so out of financial need and would get a lot less sympathy. This way the NCAA can really stand behind their rules knowing they are not depriving any athlete of a necessity or attendance expense they would have given family financial support. Jackson Poe is a senior studying accounting. His column runs biweekly.

6 Gameday brings inﬂux of temporary workers NEWS

Thursday, November 13, 2014

By Collin Burwinkel | Contributing Writer

Autumn Saturdays in the South are filled with football, food and memories. Bryant-Denny Stadium is packed to its capacity with more than 100,000 people in attendance. Students and fans alike are excited for another home Alabama football game, but some people are just ready to go to work. This year, The University of Alabama has seven home football games. These games have staff ranging from security to pedestrian control to Boy Scouts. “Event staff and ushers are recruited and managed in house through a local temp agency. Event Operations Group provides the [stadium] gate security staff,” said Cathy Andreen, director of media relations. “We also use the Event Operations Group and local Boy Scout troops outside the stadium for parking lot security, credential checkpoints, public parking and pedestrian control.” These one-day contracted employees have many different jobs and vary in number, Andreen said. “Event staff (about 350 in number) serve as ticket takers, gate attendants, stadium staff (elevator operators, cart drivers, etc.),” she said.

Gameday Staff Breakdown average number of ushers on staff each week average number of bag checkers each week average number of Event Operations Group workers and volunteer Boy Scouts

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“Usher staff (about 175 in number) serve strictly in usher role. EOG staff (about 275 in number) serve as bag checkers and other various roles related to stadium security and ushering. EOG and Scouts in duties outside the stadium number around 500.” The company the University uses for a majority of its gameday event staff, which is based out of Pelham, Alabama, serves a variety of events and corporate clients.

According to Event Operations Groups website, “EOG operates from two separate divisions. The security division includes event security, uniformed security and executive protection. The event management division includes event staff, ushers, ticket takers, guest services, transportation and parking attendants.” The University utilizes both of EOG’s recourses to help control not only the amount of fans at a home game, but the safety of the fans as

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well. UAPD works closely with EOG and neighboring police forces to help prevent accidents as well. According to the UAPD website, “During home football weekends, the University of Alabama Campus can easily become a community of over 100,000 people. Patrol officers take on several different responsibilities during these events including crowd control, lost children/parents, traffic control and any number of enforcement situations.” Once in Bryant-Denny Stadium, the gameday staff participates in additional roles. A contracted company called Centerplate manages concessions and the University does not utilize volunteers in areas inside the stadium, Andreen said. Maria Keener, a junior majoring in mathematics, works in the stadium club area for another food service called Southern Foodservice during gamedays. “I am assigned the nacho/salad table, where basically I make sure that the food items on the table remain full and stay clean. I work in the Stadium Club Area with about 10 to 15 other people,” Keener said. “I started training about a week before the first home game of this season, and I enjoy it very much.”

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Soul band to play Green Bar By Andrew Laningham | Contributing Writer

The hardcore soul Tuscaloosa-based band Knympho Knife will play at Green Bar Thursday. The band, composed of guitarist and singer Brandon Varner, bassist Walter Nolen-Schmidt and drummer Aaron Sudasna, said its influences range from heavy rock bands to classic R&B acts. “I think we have a pretty even mixture of influences,” Varner said. “We take things from super aggressive sludgy guitar bands as well as people like James Brown and Luther Vandross. We fill in the blanks with with funk bands like Parliament Funkadelic.” Knympho Knife has played in many venues in and around Tuscaloosa, but the band has a true passion for playing at house shows. “We love the people at Green Bar,” Varner said. “We really like the way they treat bands. Egan’s is really fun too, but I truly enjoy house shows the most. I really wish they would start coming back.”

Knympho Knife, a local hardcore soul band, will play at Green Bar Thursday. Photo Courtesy of Brandon Varner

Will MacGavin, a sophomore majoring in civil engineering, saw Knympho Knife at a house show. “The audience was really tired,” MacGavin said. “But Knympho Knife brought the energy up with Brandon’s very high-pitched vocals and Walter’s eclectic musicality. The contrast in the vocals definitely adds to the band’s sound.” Knympho Knife has made a habit of playing shirtless at every show. Varner said he has been playing shirtless ever since he started playing in a band. His bandmates followed suit.

The works on display include 3-D printed and laser-cut sculptures. CW / Layton Dudley

Exhibit displays tech art pieces By Yun Yu | Contributing Writer

Students have combined science with art to make an exhibit combining technical aspects with artistic features. [ENTER]Connect, an exhibition hosted by UA Makerspace, is being held at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center. It kicked off on Nov. 7 and will conclude on Nov. 26. All the works in the exhibition are made by UA students from a diverse range of disciplines. The students worked with 3-D printers and other advanced technology. The new Idea Lab in Hardaway Hall allows students to explore technology and new instruments and facilitates a variety of projects. “The works presented in the exhibit will range from 3-D-printed and lasercut sculptures to computer-generated animation and sound installations,” said Kevin Ledgewood, the public relations coordinator for Dinah Washington

Cultural Arts Center. UA Makerspace is a new interdisciplinary student group that establishes artistic projects with the use of advanced technology. “Art and science are not juxtaposed but inextricably linked,” said Jamey Grimes, an adviser for UA Makerspace. Hao Wang, a junior majoring in electrical engineering, is taking a class this semester that has led him to work in the Idea Lab, and has a piece in [ENTER]Connect. “I feel so excited to have a chance to show my production in front of so many people,” Wang said. Wang’s photosensitive vase is the only electrical production in the exhibition. The vase can automatically change its direction according to the orientation of the strongest light. An additional evening of short talks given by students to demonstrate the process behind creating their works will be featured Friday at 5 p.m.

8 Mexico native studies in Germany, Alabama CULTURE

Thursday, November 13, 2014

By Ellisa Bray | Contributing Writer

Often when people think of international students studying abroad, they only consider them coming to the United States to get a taste of another culture. Breaking the mold is Alejandra Guillot-Ontañon, a senior majoring in anthropology and German, who is originally from Mexico City but studied abroad in Germany as well as at The University of Alabama. Why did you decide to come to The University of Alabama? When I was a senior in high school, I moved to Birmingham with my parents. I lived there for a year and it was time to go to college, so I visited a few places and [the University] was the best fit. What do you like about campus? What do you not like?

Was it hard to adjust?

I wanted to adjust, but I knew I was only going to be there for a year, so it was hard. Once I went to college, everything changed because there are a lot more people from different backgrounds, whereas at the high school I went to my brother and I were the only international students. What is your favorite thing Americans do?

The campus itself is really nice. It’s really pretty. In Mexico City the universities are usually in the city and not on a separate campus, so I think ours is really beautiful. I can’t think of anything I don’t like. I love it. What is most different here than in Mexico?

Well since I was in Germany for a year, I love that the stores and everything are open on Sundays because in Europe they’re not, and on Sunday, you just don’t know what to do. In Mexico, not all the stores are open on Sundays, not like here. How do you feel about football?

The culture, definitely. For example, in Mexico we’re used to everyone being the same religion. We learn about Catholics and Protestants, but we’re never told that there are so many different Protestants, and not everyone here is openly religious so you have to be careful in a way.

I’m starting to like it more, because that’s a must here. At first I wasn’t too into it, but since I live in Alabama I have to, and now I really like it. Alejandra Guillot-Ontañon CW / Ellisa Bray

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Clinic partners with students to offer walking club By Annslee Wilson | Contributing Writer

A group of UA nutrition students has teamed up with Tuscaloosa’s Good Samaritan Clinic to begin the first studentled weight loss clinic. The Good Samaritan Clinic is a nonprofit Christian ministry that provides free primary health care to those who cannot afford health insurance. All of Good Samaritan’s employees, including doctors and nurses, are volunteers. Katherine Boles, a UA graduate student and registered dietitian, said the group will offer two programs to allow patients to work with a team of registered dietitians

as well as with other patients. Patients will meet with dietitians for guidance and counseling regarding diet and healthy lifestyle choices. Additionally, the patients will be encouraged to participate in the walking club. This will allow them to compete against the opposing teams to see who can walk the most each week. The participants will be equipped with pedometers, water bottles, tennis shoes and funds for healthy meals. “We are trying to promote a healthy lifestyle for those who cannot afford it and do not have access to these resources,” Boles said. Julie Sittason, executive director of

the clinic, said she is excited about the new opportunities students bring to the clinic. “We have been working with the nutrition students for a few years now,” she said. “They have developed several initiatives, such as the Women’s Empowerment Day. We love our students.” The student organization will host two fundraising events this month. From 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Zoe’s Kitchen in the stadium will donate proceeds to the organization. Participants can tell the cashier they are eating in support of the Good Samaritan Clinic in order to be entered in a raffle for a $50 gas card.

The weight loss and walking club will offer nutrition education to patients who do not have financial means for health care. Photo Courtesy of Kathryn Mills

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Crimson Kindness hosts National Kindness Day By Mary-Catherine Hodges | Contributing Writer

From the encouraging sticky notes spotted around campus, to the students handing out snacks during finals week, the culprit is most likely the students of Crimson Kindness, a student-run organization on campus dedicated to the creation and dispersal of random acts of kindness. Crimson Kindness was created a year and a half ago and is led by president Audrey Gunn, a senior majoring in psychology. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We live in a world that is filled with negativity and that

mixed with the additional stress of being in college can be extremely overwhelming,â&#x20AC;? Gunn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here to be that uplifting reminder in the middle of someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day.â&#x20AC;? Crimson Kindness is dedicated to promoting the notion of unfiltered kindness â&#x20AC;&#x201C; spreading and showing kindness despite circumstances. Thursday, Nov. 13, is National Kindness Day and members of Crimson Kindness will be on the second floor of the Ferguson Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. handing out candy, hot chocolate packets with notes and Big Al will be present to give hugs.

Crimson Kindness will recognize National Kindness Day on Thursday. Photo Courtesy of Audrey Dunn

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CULTURE Thursday, November 13, 2014

Show features senior designs By Stephanie Gaytan | Contributing Writer

For students involved in apparel design, the annual Fashion for Life show is one of the year’s biggest events. Fashion for Life is a fashion show that showcases the work of 29 senior apparel design students. Brian Taylor, a professor in clothing, textiles and interior design, said the show is part of the senior Advanced Apparel Design course. For the class, students are required to create a senior collection of five garments but they can show up to eight looks on the runway. Students have been working on their individual collections for the show all year. “Students began researching their collection over the summer,” Taylor said. “Their research entailed their inspirations, colors, fabrics and trends.” Sara Amador, a senior majoring in apparel design, bought her fabric and began constructing her first designs during the first week of school. “A lot of time is put into the show,” she said. “Students have to juggle school, jobs, a social life and finishing up their looks in time for the show.” Amador has designed eight pieces total, which will translate into six looks on the runway. “I was inspired by wildflowers and the fact that clothes are a way to communicate who we are,” she said. Taylor organized the show and said

The annual Fashion for Life show is one of the year’s biggest events for UA fashion majors. CW / Lindsey Leonard

he loves seeing each collection. “Each student has their own sense of style, so it’s interesting to see the variety of design philosophies in one setting,” he said. “The best part is the day of the show when the students get to see the models in their designs with hair and makeup, ready to walk the runway. You can see the pride in their faces after several months of hard work.” The runway show will take place at 5 p.m. Sunday in the Ferguson Center ballroom. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and tickets are available at the door or in 307 Doster Hall for $5. All proceeds go to Arts ‘N Autism.

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Groups celebrate diversity By Ellisa Bray | Contributing Writer

Some 60 students, graduates and faculty gathered Tuesday to tackle the issue of diversity. “Black Girls Rise,” a forum co-hosted by the UA Feminist Caucus and the National Council of Negro Women, featured a panel of five who shared their experiences as women of color in a predominately white institution. The panel included Jennifer Jones, assistant professor in the department of gender and race studies and American studies; Khortlan Patterson of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; Shambria Davis, Miss Stillman 2014-2015; Cassander Smith, assistant professor in the English department; and Bria Harper, a graduate student in the department of gender and race studies. The forum highlighted issues black women face in their daily lives that may not always be brought to light.

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THURSDAY November 13, 2014

FOOTBALL

After road stint, Alabama returns home By Kelly Ward | Sports Editor

Mississippi State has a good football team. Alabama coach Nick Saban isn’t the first person to say it, and he won’t be the last. Alabama’s six-game winning streak over the Bulldogs doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter that last year after a gritty win over LSU in Bryant-Denny Stadium, Alabama went to Starkville and pounded out a 20-7 win over the Bulldogs. “Like I’ve talked about before, what’s happened in the past doesn’t matter,” Saban said. “Nothing matters. What matters is that they have a very good team and they play very well, they have a very significant amount of things that they’ve been able to accomplish this year so far in going 9-0 and beating some good teams on the road.” On the road, a then-unranked Mississippi State silenced a crowd in Baton Rouge. On the road, No. 1 Mississippi State smothered any hope Kentucky had of challenging the SEC East. The Bulldogs’ home resumé includes stifling a then-No. 6 Texas A&M offense on a weekend that catapulted the state of Mississippi into the spotlight after both SEC universities beat top-10 opponents (Ole Miss took a 23-17 win over

Alabama). The next weekend Mississippi Polls don’t matter, but No. 1 isn’t nothing Mississippi State has enjoyed a No. State cruised to a 38-23 win over 1 ranking since beating Auburn. The then-No. 2 Auburn. Mississippi State quarterback Dak Bulldogs own the top spot in all three Prescott has helped the team to a perfect major rankings. The latest College Football Playoff start and put himself in Heisman contention. He has 2,231 yards passing, 18 touch- ranking came out Tuesday with downs in the air and an SEC-leading 9.3 Mississippi State holding steady at No. 1 and Alabama on the outyards per attempt so far. side looking in at No. 5 for He’s racked up another 870 the second straight week. yards and 11 touchdowns Ask Saban if the rankon the ground. If you don’t have success ings matter, and the “He’s a mobile quarterback,” Alabama safein the games that you response doesn’t change. “I didn’t even really ty Landon Collins said. play, the poll’s not going know what we were in the “He’s big. He can break poll, and it really doesn’t arm tackles more than to matter. matter at all to me or any quarterback we’ve our team or our players played so far. He gets — Nick Saban — because it’s about the game the ball in his receiver’s that we play,” Saban said in hands really quick and the SEC conference call on does a great job at what Wednesday. “If you don’t they do.” The Alabama secondary has to put have success in the games that you play, together a delicate balance of covering the poll’s not going to matter.” Alabama’s remaining schedule includes the pass and accounting for the quarterthe No. 1 team in the country and the No. back run. “Just knowing your keys,” Collins 9 team in the country. If the Crimson said. “Having faith in your line of scrim- Tide wins both games, it earns a ticket mage and that they’re going to do their to Atlanta. “The emphasis is if you have success jobs and them having faith in us knowing we’re going to do our jobs. Just be against the teams you have to play, all those things are going to take care of on the same page.”

themselves,” Saban said. “The emphasis has to be on how we play, how we execute, preparing the right way for this particular game, this particular team, and give ourselves the best chance to be successful in this game. So none of that really matters.” Saban’s point of view isn’t lost on his players. Junior cornerback Cyrus Jones said he didn’t look at the College Football Playoff ranking release which saw Oregon jump Florida State for the No. 2 slot following a 51-27 win at then-No. 17 Utah and TCU jump Alabama for No. 4 after a 41-20 win over then-No. 7 Kansas State at home. “We really don’t pay too much attention to the rankings because that only means something at the end of the season when you don’t have any more games to play, so we just try to look forward to the next challenge,” Jones said. The next challenge is the No. 1 Mississippi State Bulldogs coming in for a round at Bryant-Denny. “We understand it’s definitely a big game and it’s going to take a valiant effort for us to come out with the win, and so will they,” Jones said. “It’s going to be a tough SEC-type game, but rankings really don’t matter once you step on the field. It’s all about who comes and plays best that day.” SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 13

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No pain, no gain When Alabama took the field in Tiger Stadium on Saturday, true freshman left tackle Cam Robinson was two weeks removed from a high ankle sprain. He started. “I think it’s really amazing to me that Cam has played as well as he’s played this entire year as a freshman, and the improvement he was making prior to his injury was really pretty astonishing,” Saban said. “He was playing as well as any offensive lineman we have. I think that he’s recovered from his injury and he was probably close to 100 percent in the game.” Robinson wasn’t the only one coming off an injury. Running back T.J. Yeldon was battling an ankle injury before and didn’t play after he fumbled in the fourth quarter and injured his foot. Linebacker Reggie Ragland has a broken bone in his left hand, but he didn’t let that stop him against LSU. “He wasn’t letting no hand stop him from what he was doing or let anyone push him around,” Collins said. “That’s what he said to me and that’s what he did.” Ragland recorded 13 tackles in the game, including a tackle for a 3-yard loss.

It’s good to be home The last time Alabama played at home, it was 75 degrees in mid-October. The Crimson Tide will face highs in the mid50s when Mississippi State comes to town.

“Football is football, but when it’s cold, I’m like ‘I wish it was hot,’” tight end O.J. Howard said. “When it’s hot, it’s like ‘I wish it was cold.’ So it doesn’t really matter for real to me.” What does matter to the team is returning to a home crowd in Bryant-Denny Stadium. “There’s nothing like playing in front of our fans,” Howard said. The mid-October game had 101,821 in paid attendance for a 59-0 blowout of Texas A&M. Three weeks later, Alabama scraped out a 20-13 overtime win in front of a raucous crowd at LSU. “It’s kind of fun,” Jones said. “It adds flair to the game a little bit. Just knowing everyone in the crowd – mostly everyone – is against you. It motivates you and brings everyone together. Pretty much, we are all we got. We have to go out, especially in a visitor’s stadium, to go out and get the win.” But Bryant-Denny Stadium is home. “Nobody is going to be booing us,” Jones said. “We’ll be back in our comfort zone.” Alabama has responded to the atmosphere at home especially against Florida and Texas A&M, Saban said. “It seems like a long time ago since we only had one home game in seven weeks,” Saban said. “But I know our players are certainly looking forward to coming home, and I know our fans will do everything they can do to create the kind of atmosphere that’s going to help our players respond emotionally the way they need to be able to play well in this game.”

The last time the Crimson Tide played in Bryant-Denny, it blanked the Texas A&M Aggies 59-0. CW / Pete Pajor

14 Volleyball sweeps Mississippi State at home Editor | Kelly Ward Sports@cw.ua.edu Thursday, November 13, 2014

By Kayla Montgomery | Staff Reporter

It may not have been its sharpest match of the season, but the Alabama volleyball team secured its eighth sweep of the season after defeating Mississippi State 3-0 at home last night, advancing to a 21-6 season record. “We really felt like we could have played better both offensively and defensively,” Alabama coach Ed Allen said. “I thought it was at best a ‘C’ effort. I thought we served the ball much better than what we did on Sunday against South Carolina, which was huge, but I felt like we could have eliminated some of the hitting errors and been smarter attackers than what we were.” The Crimson Tide opened the first set with a dominant win over the visiting team, notching a .351 hitting percentage compared to the Bulldogs’ .172, with Leah Lawrence knocking in a set-high 6 kills. Although Mississippi State attempted to close the gap to five after trailing 11-19, the Crimson Tide took the set 25-18. Though Alabama led 15-11 midway through the second set, the

The UA volleyball team defeated Mississippi State 3-0 at home last night, advancing to a 21-6 season record. CW / Lindsey Leonard

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Bulldogs tied the score late, forcing the Crimson Tide to keep fighting. A kill by Lawrence ultimately gave Alabama set point, and a block by Lawrence and Krystal Rivers sealed the set 25-22. Alabama opened set three with a six-point scoring run and surged to an 11-4 lead before Mississippi took its first timeout of the set. The Crimson Tide kept a decisive lead throughout the set, with a kill by Kat Hutson wrapping the set 25-16 and the match. Although the team came up with the sweep, Lawrence also saw room for improvement in the night’s match. “I think we could have committed fewer errors than we did,” Lawrence said. “Coach was in the locker room talking about how our play could have been more crisp and we could have won with less errors and just been more organized on the court.” The team will return to action this weekend, facing off against Georgia on Sunday at 1 p.m. in Foster Auditorium in the second meeting between the two teams this season. The Crimson Tide previously defeated the Bulldogs 3-1 on the road.

“They’re a team that has balance offensively,” Allen said. “They’re going to have four or five kids who are going to get close to equal swings. We’re going to have to be able to defend antenna to antenna.” Following the Georgia matchup, the team will have only two home matches remaining this season, facing in-state rival Auburn on Nov. 21 followed by its final home match against Tennessee on Nov. 29. “It’s crazy, the season flies by and I’m always surprised by it every year,” junior Laura Steiner said. “It gives us more of a drive to get done the things we need to do. We know that there’s the potential to get so much better, and we want to prove it. We know how good we are, and we all know that there’s another level we need to come to.” With only five matches remaining this season, the Crimson Tide needs only three wins to tie the school record for wins on the season at 24, which it earned last year, and four wins to pass the record mark. The team’s 21 current wins mark the second consecutive 20-win season, the first time the team has had back-to-back 20-win seasons since 2004-05.

SPORTS Thursday, November 13, 2014

Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball to tip off season Friday By Sean Landry | Assistant Sports Editor

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The 2013-2014 season was a disappointing one for the Alabama menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team and coach Anthony Grant. The Crimson Tide finished 13-19, including a 5-10 skid to end the season and a 5-13 record in 10-point games. Now, the Crimson Tide has to rebuild without one of the top players in the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. Point guard Trevor Releford was a bright spot in Alabamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult season last year, finishing his career as the fourth leading scorer in program history. This season, Releford is playing professionally in Poland while Alabama will rely on true freshman Justin Coleman and transfer Ricky Tarrant to replace him. With Tarrant opening the season battling an injury, Coleman played 31 minutes in Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibition against Montevallo, mostly at point guard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Coleman] went against some seniors, some veterans on the other side,â&#x20AC;? Grant said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we try to do is talk about every single day trying to get a little better, and I thought Montevallo did a good job of putting him in some situations both offensively and defensively that he can learn from.â&#x20AC;? When Tarrant is available, possibly as soon as this Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opener against

WHAT: Alabama vs. Towson WHEN: Friday, 8 p.m. WHERE: Coleman Coliseum Towson, the Crimson Tide will likely look to him to run the offense. Before transferring to Alabama, Tarrant was second team All-Conference USA at Tulane, scoring 1,013 points over two seasons for the Green Wave. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anytime you can add some veterans to your team I think that makes a big difference,â&#x20AC;? Grant said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ricky, being point guard, got to go against Trevor Releford everyday in practice. Just that experience of going against an all-conference guard in the SEC helped him. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a hard worker. I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proven in what he brings to the table.â&#x20AC;? In fact, this Alabama team bears little resemblance to the Crimson Tide of last season. Four starters will return, but Alabama will use two transfers - Tarrant and forward Mike Kessens from Longwood - and four highly-rated freshmen: Coleman, forward Riley Norris, forward Jeff Garrett and guard Devin Mitchell. With junior

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guard Retin Obasohan and Kessens battling injuries to start the season, the Crimson Tide could be looking at wildly different lineups right at the start. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those four guys, the thing Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been most impressed with is from day one, when they walked on campus, they came in with the attitude that they wanted to be sponges,â&#x20AC;? Grant said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They wanted to learn, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been willing to be lead by our veteran guys, willing to be coached by our coaching staff. At the same time, they come in with a confidence and competitiveness that has added another dimension to our team, because those guys come in with a high skill level and I think they bring an edge, so to speak.â&#x20AC;? Alabama will also look to shooting guard Levi Randolph to carry much of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scoring workload and to lead the team on and off the court The team elected Randolph as captain unanimously, the first time Alabama has had a captain since the 2008-09 season, when guard Alonzo Gee was elected by his teammates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the offseason, our biggest thing was the mental side of the game,â&#x20AC;? Randolph said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just trying to overcome adversity and being able to play through different situations. When adversity hits, you have to be strong. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about the talent or anything else, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s between your ears.

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Women’s basketball tips off Football to start home stretch By Nolan Imsande | Staff Reporter

By Elliott Propes | Staff Reporter

Coleman Colliseum will host both Alabama basketball teams for the first time since 2011 Friday. Both teams will play their season-opening matchups in a double-header in the 15,000-person venue. “I’m super-duper excited,” senior Briana Hutchen said. “You want to play in that kind of venue, you want to play in front of all your fans and being able to play in front of the boys will help bring some fans to us.” Hutchen said she hopes the game in Coleman will bring some fans over to Foster Auditorium. The team will have its first game in Foster on Sunday against the No. 7 Duke Blue Devils on SEC Network at 7 p.m. “I think the kind of mindset we have to bring is, not to worry about whose name is on front of the jersey. I think if we play Alabama basketball and play the way we need to play every game and attack every game as if they are a top team in the nation, then playing against Duke won’t be a big deal,” Hutchen said. Hutchen and the frontcourt positions played a large part in last Sunday’s exhibition victory against UNA. Hutchen, along with Ashley Williams, Oceana Hamilton, Diamante Martinez and Nikki Hegstetter, combined for 36 rebounds and 58 out of the 80 points scored. Alabama coach Kristy Curry said a big part of the game plan is to fight for offensive rebounds,

On Friday, Coleman Colliseum will host both Alabama basketball teams for the first time since 2011. UA Athletics

which lead to easy baskets. “Boards are just about everything. When you get a board it gives you another opportunity to score. So that is one of our goals to be the hardest working post in the country,” Hegstetter said. At the guard position, Alabama will have two more players dressing out, Curry said. “Hopefully knock-on-wood something doesn’t happen in the next two days to keep that from happening,” Curry said. The men’s and women’s double header will begin with the women’s team playing Florida A&M at 5:30 p.m.

Through the first nine games of the season, there have been two different Crimson Tide offenses. When the team plays at home in the friendly confines of Bryant-Denny Stadium, it averages 48.5 points per game. When the team goes on the road, that number drops down to just 23.6 points per game. “You know, every time we play a road game we try to figure out what it is that we need to do so that we can duplicate that kind of execution and consistency,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said. “I don’t know, at Tennessee we played pretty well for the first quarter and a half of the game. Other than that, the times that we have been on the road this year we have been sort of up and down and inconsistent.” The team’s best offensive performance away from home was in a 34-20 victory at Tennessee. When the offense plays at home, it averages 200 more yards per game than when it plays on the road. “We can’t really put our finger on exactly why that is,” Saban said. “We just hope that the formula continues to work, whatever it is that has helped us play well at home.” Like the rest of the team, quarterback Blake Sims has played much better at home. Sims averages 50 more passing yards at home, and his QB rating is about

Alabama preps for Saturday’s matchup against the No. 1 Mississippi State Bulldogs. CW / Shelby Akin

WHAT TO KNOW • The team practiced outside in full pads and helmets. • Running back T.J. Yeldon did drills with the rest of the linebackers on Wednesday. Yeldon was limited on Monday and Tuesday. • Left tackle Cam Robinson (ankle) practiced and did not seem limited. 80 points higher in home games. “There is nothing like playing front of our fans,” Alabama tight end O.J. Howard said. “It’s going to be fun. It’s going to be a good game.”

18 Cross country prepares for NCAA regionals SPORTS

Thursday, November 13, 2014

By Sami Harb | Contributing Writer

After sixth and third place finishes at the SEC Championships, the Alabama men’s and women’s cross country teams will travel to Tallahassee, Florida, to compete in the NCAA South Regional Saturday. In the South region, the men’s and women’s teams will compete against various schools from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee. Coach Dan Waters said the men’s and women’s programs are at different phases of rebuilding, so they have different goals for the regional meet. “Our women’s team has a realistic shot at making the NCAA meet if they do well at regionals,” Waters said. “It will be tough, but it is a possibility, and that is the goal they’ve set for themselves

for this year.” Junior runner Katelyn Greenleaf said her goals are similar to those of her coach. “We really want to qualify for nationals,” she said. “We need everyone to have a good solid race for us to do so.” In order to qualify for the national championship in Terre Haute, Indiana, the women’s team, currently ranked third behind Florida State and Vanderbilt, must make second at regionals. At last year’s regionals, the women narrowly missed second, coming in third behind the Seminoles and Commodores. If the women are able to break through and win the region in an upset, it would mark the first regional title since the 1978 season and the fourth win for the University. The men’s team wants to show

continued improvement on past seasons. After 14th and 13th place finishes in 2012 and 2013, the men are aiming higher. “For our men’s team, our goals are to get a top-10 regional finish to show progress ahead of what we’ve done the last two years,” Waters said. “Our men’s team has been a bit inconsistent this year.” After earning victories in the first two meets of the season, the men stumbled to end the regular season. The team placed 16th in the Paul Short Invitational and landed ninth place at the Crimson Classic. A key reason for the men’s inconsistency has been the intermittency among their top five runners, which account for a team’s score in a cross country race. The men’s team has featured a different top five in each meet it has run this season. Despite the inconsistency

Alabama cross country will compete in the NCAA South Regional Saturday. UA Athletics

of the men’s team this year, senior Matt Airola has a positive outlook headed into the regional meet. “We’ve yet to have a meet where we’ve all clicked and run the way we should,” he said. “I feel really confident in our ability do that at this meet.”

While Waters said he hopes to see his teams reach their goals, he only has one expectation. “Run your race, run it to the best of your ability, keep your focus and leave everything you have out there,” he said. “If we do that, the results will take care of themselves.”

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These parking changes are for the day prior to and on game day only. Regular parking restrictions are in effect for other times. See bamaparking.ua.edu for regulations. â&#x20AC;˘ As in previous seasons, the lots marked in black in this area are reserved for Athletics and must be cleared of all vehicles at 5 p.m. on the day before home football games.

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5. Students with commuter hangtags will park as usual on the day before a home football game. On the day of the home football game, they can park free of charge with their permit in the Upper Rec Center lot off 5th Ave. East and the SW corner of Campus Drive and Bryce Lawn Drive as space allows. 6. If you are an orange residential parking permit holder and normally park in Tutwiler, NE Stadium or Colonial Drive, please be sure to take advantage of your temporary free parking deck access to the Ferguson Parking Deck made available each Friday at noon until midnight for each home game. Simply swipe your Action Card in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;A-Slotâ&#x20AC;? in one of these respective parking decks for free access. DO NOT swipe in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;B-Slotâ&#x20AC;? or $5 will be deducted from your Bama Cash account. Remember, your Action Card will be activated each home game Friday for this parking deck access. Your vehicles must be back in the Orange Residential zone by Monday morning at 7 a.m.

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3. The student section will include seating in the upper and lower bowls. Your ticket bowl assignment will be designated in MyTickets. 4. Lines will be very long, so expect delays. Give yourself 60 to 90 minutes to get into the stadium, whether or not you participate in student organization seating. Student organization seating is in effect until 45 minutes before kickoff. 5. Bringing prohibited items will increase the amount of time it takes to get into the stadium. (See list above.) UA is not responsible for items left at the entrance to the student gates. Prohibited items that are left at the gates will be discarded by security personnel. 6. If you donate your ticket after 5 p.m. Wednesday, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll receive a half-point (.5) penalty. 7. Tickets can be available on game day. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to check MyTickets for available tickets.

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No. 1 Mississippi State at No. 5 Alabama

No. 19 Clemson at No. 22 Georgia Tech

No. 16 Nebraska at No. 20 Wisconsin

No. 9 Auburn at No. 15 Georgia

No. 3 Florida State at Miami

Missouri at No. 24 Texas A&M

Texas State at South Alabama

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PLAYOFF RANKINGS 1. Mississippi State 2. Oregon 3. Florida State 4.TCU 5. Alabama 6. Arizona State 7. Baylor 8. Ohio State 9. Auburn 10. Ole Miss 11. UCLA 12. Michigan State 13. Kansas State 14. Arizona 15. Georgia 16. Nebraska 17. LSU 18. Notre Dame 19. Clemson 20. Wisconsin 21. Duke 22. Georgia Tech 23. Utah 24. Texas A&M 25. Minnesota

COACHES POLL 1. Mississippi State (41) 2. Florida State (20) 3. Alabama 4. Oregon (1) 5. TCU 6. Baylor 7. Ohio State 8. Arizona State 9. Auburn 10. Ole Miss 11. Nebraska 12. Michigan State 13. Kansas State 14. Georgia 15. UCLA 16. Notre Dame 17. Clemson 18. Arizona 19. Duke 20. LSU 21. Marshall 22. Wisconsin 23. Georgia Tech 24. Oklahoma 25. Colorado State

AP POLL 1. Mississippi State (48) 2. Florida State (12) 3. Oregon 4. Alabama 5. TCU 6. Baylor 7. Arizona State 8. Ohio State 9. Auburn 10. Ole Miss 11. Nebraska 12. Michigan State 13. Kansas State 14. UCLA 15. Notre Dame 16. Georgia 17. Arizona 18. Clemson 19. Duke 20. LSU 21. Marshall 22. Wisconsin 23. Colorado State 24. Georgia Tech 25. Utah

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A PLAY-BY-PLAY OF IMPORTANT GAMES ACROSS THE NATION By Sean Landry | Assistant Sports Editor

NO. 3 FLORIDA STATE AT MIAMI

MISSOURI AT NO. 24 TEXAS A&M 6:15 p.m. CT on ESPN

7 p.m. CT on ABC Miami hasn’t been able to defend its home turf since 2004, and this season doesn’t look like the time to break that trend. Miami will be well-rested, coming off a bye week, and its defense has blossomed in recent weeks, but Jameis Winston is always difﬁcult to stop, leading a passing attack that averages 315 yards per game. If the Hurricanes want to put an end to the Seminoles’ bid for a repeat championship, they’ll need to force turnovers and contain one of the most dynamic players in college football.

This isn’t a traditional rivalry, but it is a clash of the two new kids of the SEC. Both schools had down seasons after starting their SEC careers. Texas A&M has struggled to recreate the success of the Manziel era, but is coming off an upset victory in Auburn last weekend. Missouri made it to the SEC Championship last season and has remained a top defense but has struggled to score, racking up only 29 points per game.

NO. 19 CLEMSON AT NO. 22 GEORGIA TECH

NO. 16 NEBRASKA AT NO. 20 WISCONSIN 2:30 p.m. CT on ABC

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The Big Ten is a conference of tradition, full of historically prestigious programs and storied rivalries. Wisconsin and Minnesota play annually for Paul Bunyan’s Axe, and Nebraska recently agreed to resurrect its annual altercation with Oklahoma. Nebraska - Wisconsin is not one of these storied tilts. The two schools have met eight times in 113 seasons, splitting the series 4-4, decided by an average margin of victory of 20.25 points. All the same, the two will play for a brand new trophy this season: the Freedom Trophy, designed to honor the nation’s veterans. Nebraska has an elite running offense but will have its work cut out against Wisconsin’s stingy defense, ranked 3rd nationally.

On the national stage, the ACC is a one team conference, with Florida State carrying the banner for the Atlantic Coast. Within the conference, however, plenty of schools are contenders for bragging rights and a shot at the ACC title. Clemson-Georgia Tech is an annual tilt that has taken on extra meaning in recent years as Clemson seeks to regain some standing in a rivalry historically dominated by Georgia Tech. This season, Clemson features the top defense in the ACC, allowing only 18.4 points against per game, while Georgia Tech’s offense continues to function at high speed, passing even FSU for 39 points per game.

NO. 9 AUBURN AT NO. 15 GEORGIA 7 p.m. CT on ABC The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry commenced one year and two days before the Iron Bowl and has been played continuously since 1898, barring interruptions during the World Wars. This season, the rivalry could go a long way in determining which school represents the respective SEC divisions in Atlanta, with both schools carrying two losses but very much in the divisional race. Running back Todd Gurley returns to the Georgia backﬁeld after an NCAA suspension and will be the key for the Bulldogs in their upset bid.

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Alabama needs emotion to avoid post-LSU hangover By Kayla Montgomery

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Anticipation, disappointment, frustration and desperation matched with cautious optimism, hopefulness, excitement and relief – the range of emotions experienced during a rivalry game on a college football Saturday is allencompassing, and last weekend’s matchup against LSU in the storied Death Valley brought out all of these emotions and then some. Those emotions gave way to a sense of jubilation after the grand finale of Alabama’s 20-13 comeback victory in overtime spread energy like wildfire across Tuscaloosa, the team, coaches and blocks of crimson-wearing fans who made the trip to the bayou country. The real test comes, though, in the ability of the team and Alabama community to replicate this energy heading into Saturday’s matchup when No. 1 Mississippi State and ESPN’s College GameDay travel to Tuscaloosa. Historically, the Saturday after the LSU game has been a flat performance, which is somewhat expected after leaving everything on the field in Baton Rouge. While the Crimson Tide has often been able

to get away with this Louisiana hangover, this year’s Mississippi State team certainly won’t be as forgiving as in years past, coming into Tuscaloosa looking more like the 2012 Texas A&M team that topped Alabama in Bryant-Denny rather than the typical Mississippi team that was mildly threatening at best. Energy has been a concern with this year’s team throughout the season, as coach Nick Saban has frequently said the team’s methodical approach to the game has at times turned robotic. He himself was trying to restore some life into the sidelines during last Saturday’s game. Not only does last weekend’s four-quarter-plus brawl raise some concerns about energy, but the competition also exposed serious weaknesses as the Tide prepares to take on its ﬁnal stretch of top talent. The offensive play-calling that night seemed suspect at best, and the group could never seem to hit its stride or ﬁnd its footing. What was impressive, though, was that the team found a way to win in the trenches of the treacherous Death Valley. Under pressure, Blake Sims led a drive reminiscent of the 2012 comeback in

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Baton Rouge, Adam Griffith finally netted a field goal when it mattered most and the offense ignited when the prospect of a loss seemed all too real. The defense played lights-out football and seems to be progressing with each and every week. When Alabama linebacker Reuben Foster flattened LSU’s Leonard Fournette in the final play of regulation, the sideline erupted, and Saban said it was that energy, that momentum, that carried the team to victory. Although I appreciate a crazy Foster tackle, it will take more than that to create and sustain enough energy to play for a solid 60 minutes against Mississippi State, a necessity if Alabama wants to keep its postseason goals alive.

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By Kelly Ward | Sports Editor being so tired. When you’re in the air and you look back on the plane labama had flatlined. and everybody’s tired, you feel good, because you know everybody gave The offense couldn’t get anything going. LSU had taken a 13-10 lead with 50 seconds left after Alabama it their all.” Tired wasn’t how offensive lineman Austin Shepherd described drained its three timeouts. The Crimson Tide needed a miracle after its second half performance. playing LSU. “Like you were hit by a Mack truck,” Shepherd said on Monday. “Sore What it got was as close to miraculous as Death Valley allows. LSU’s Trent Domingue had two kickoffs out of bounds. The first was in everywhere. I’ve been here doing treatment and getting my legs flushed, a 63-7 blowout of New Mexico State in late September. The second was so I’m ready to go this week because it’s another war.” That war is with No. 1 Mississippi State, fresh off a 45-16 win over FCS on Saturday with 50 seconds left opponent University of Tennessee at on the clock. Martin last Saturday. The Bulldogs The ball went out on the 11are a perfect 9-0 on the season and yard line, but it hadn’t touched first in the SEC West with a 5-0 start. anyone. Alabama then got the Following Saturday’s win over LSU ball on its own 35-yard line with and Auburn’s loss to Texas A&M, Ala50 seconds on the clock. bama sits in second, its only loss to a LSU head coach Les Miles then-undefeated and now two-loss Ole watched the kick bounce out of Miss. —Blake Sims bounds with his hands on his The team isn’t going to let fatigue knees and mouth agape. get in the way of preparation for MisNine plays later, Alabama tied the game on a 27-yard field goal. In overtime, the Crimson Tide came sissippi State. Not even linebacker Reggie Ragland’s broken left hand will get in the way. He didn’t let it get in the way of racking up 13 tackles out on top 20-13. “You all can look and see the number of ways we could have won this at Death Valley. “Ain’t really feel it too much,” Ragland said Monday. “It was a real football game,” Miles said on Saturday. “There are things that we can control, things that we have to improve on and things that are youthful good football game. My hand’s fine. I’m anxious to get to this week and Mississippi State.” mistakes that we will certainly fix and work on.” The Bulldogs have the No. 16 rushing offense in the country, averagAfter the win, the team began to feel the effects of the game with ing 254.9 yards per game. They have the No. 22 rushing defense allowing the Tigers. “I felt good as a quarterback, I knew my team had my back, but that 126.7 yards per game, due in part to a large front seven. “Massive,” Shepherd said. “I still remember playing them last year just shows other people why I think the way I think,” Blake Sims said on Monday. “They played their hearts out. When they got on the plane, on and I walked out on the field and went, ‘Wow.’ They’re all 6’5”, 6’6” big the way back to Tuscaloosa last night, everybody was knocked out from physical guys. We’ve just got to be ready to play.”

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By Sean Landry Historically speaking, Alabama-LSU isn’t much of a rivalry. Alabama leads the all-time series 49-25-5, including an 11-game undefeated streak by Alabama from 1971 to 1981. For the most part, the two teams haven’t been good at the same time and have been too separated for a natural rivalry to develop – until recently, anyway. Since Nick Saban has taken over at Alabama, the series has been split 6-3 with an average margin of victory of nine points and three trips to overtime. While both schools have been the top two contenders for the SEC West titles, Alabama has edged Nick Saban’s former school in a number of historic games over the years – but at what cost? The Saban Bowl began in 2007 with the No. 17 Crimson Tide hosting the No. 3 LSU Tigers. Alabama looked likely to get the upset, with the ball in a tie game with 1:26 to go, until quarterback John Parker Wilson fumbled the ball on his own 4-yard line – sound familiar? The Tigers scored two plays later and Alabama fell in an emotional bout. The next week, Alabama, 6-3 at the time, lost to Mississippi State 17-12 the next week in one of its worst offensive performances of the season. The Crimson Tide would lose out, finishing 7-6 after an Independence Bowl victory. The next season, with the Saban era in full-swing, the then-No. 1 Crimson Tide had its revenge, beating the No. 15 Tigers on a Wilson overtime dive. The next weekend, Alabama dominated Mississippi State at home, starting slow on offense but eventually finishing with 364 yards, 10 yards over its season average. The offense took a while to get rolling, but once it did, the slump didn’t seem to apply. In 2009, No. 3 Alabama clinched its second consecutive SEC West Championship by beating the No. 9 Tigers in Tuscaloosa behind a 144-yard performance by running back Mark Ingram. The next weekend in Starkville, the Crimson Tide once again failed to get on the board in the first quarter but cruised to a 31-3 victory, dwarfing its season averages on both sides of the ball. Alabama would go on to finish the season undefeated and win the national championship.

2010 was a down year for the Crimson Tide, finishing 10-3 on the season, including a loss to LSU in Baton Rouge. Plagued by turnovers, No. 6 Alabama lost to No. 12 LSU 24-21. Against the Bulldogs the next week, Alabama put up 452 yards of offense and conceded 299 – a season average performance. The 2011 “Game of the Century” is one Alabama fans would like to forget, so let’s skim over it. Alabama lost because of missed field goals and a blown catch on the goal line. After one of the most heartbreaking losses in Alabama history, one would expect to see the historic LSU hangover. Instead, Alabama went to Mississippi State and won 24-7, falling below average on offense but putting in a dominant defensive performance. Alabama got its revenge in the BCS Championship Game over LSU that season. The next season, 2012, is the one most will point to as the prime example of the supposed LSU slump. “The Rally in Death Valley” was certainly one of the most emotional wins in the series’ history, with T.J. Yeldon carrying a 28-yard screen pass to the house for the game-winning touchdown with only seconds remaining. The next week, against Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M, Alabama’s defense conceded 418 yards to a team that averaged 558 yards per game – a bad defensive performance by a team that conceded only 250 yards per game, but it was against a phenomenal offensive team. It’s possible this is indicative of the slump, but more likely Texas A&M was an offensive juggernaut for which Alabama was unprepared. Finally, 2013: Alabama dominated LSU in a victory so emotional Saban leapt into quarterback AJ McCarron’s arms after the game. Against Mississippi State the next weekend – if the slump hypothesis is true – we would expect to see a dramatic dip in performance. On offense, Alabama was again slow-going but accumulated 383 yards of offense, 72 yards below its season average. On defense, however, Alabama allowed only 197 yards, 89 yards better than its average. Popular opinion holds that Alabama fans should be wary of the first game after LSU every season, but evidence shows Alabama fans shouldn’t put much stock in that theory. Worry about the No. 1 team in the country coming to play, not an emotional drop off.

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By Nolan Imsande | Staff Reporter Alabama linebacker Reggie Ragland has finally gotten the chance to prove himself this year. The junior from Madison, Alabama, who was buried on the depth chart by Nico Johnson and C.J. Mosley, has made the most of the opportunity that he has been given this year. Ragland said the key to his success was being able to just get on the field. “Finally getting onto the field, because I had All-Americans in front of me,” he said. “I know one thing, I can run. That’s one thing I always told myself since I was young, that I can run. That and effort will get me noticed.” The junior was a four-star recruit and rated as the No. 1 inside linebacker by Rivals.com when he graduated from Bob Jones High School in 2012. He committed to Alabama over Florida and Auburn. Coming out of high school he ran a 4.6-second 40-yard dash and had a 34.5-inch vertical leap in high school. Ragland was a multi-sport star at Bob Jones, playing football and basketball. He was part of the 2009-10 Alabama State Championship basketball team during his sophomore year of high school. One of his teammates on his high school basketball team is current Alabama basketball standout Levi Randolph. Ragland has become one of the key players on the Crimson Tide defense this year. He currently leads the team in tackles with a total of 67 and has 7.5 tackles for loss.

“Reggie has gotten better and better with every game,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said. “I think he’s another one of those guys that didn’t have a whole lot of experience before, so as you play and as you gain experience, you realize what it takes to play well.” One of the more memorable plays of the year was his interception against Texas A&M. Ragland was in the midst of rushing Aggies’ quarterback Kenny Hill when he lept up to grab the ball out of the air as it left Hill’s hand. “I thought I made a good play for the team, and it got us off the field,” Ragland said. “They were driving down the field and you could tell everybody in the secondary was a little winded. Somebody had to make a play and luckily I made it.” Ragland was a standout on special teams before beating out Reuben Foster for the inside linebacker job opposite of Trey DePriest. He had one of his best games on Saturday in Baton Rouge. He made 13 tackles while playing the game with a broken hand. Ragland revealed the injury after the game saying that he broke a bone in his hand in practice the week before the game. The linebacker was also recently named a semifinalist for the Butkus Award, which is awarded annually to the best linebacker in college football and was won by teammate C.J. Mosley last year. “Reggie has been doing great,” Alabama safety Landon Collins said. “It’s really starting to slow down for him. He’s flying around, making plays. It’s like it was for him in high school.”

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As Alabama prepares to face top-ranked Mississippi State in Bryant-Denny Stadium this weekend, Blake Morgan, the sports editor of Mississippi Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Reflector, shared a few words on his thoughts about their season overall as they drive into Tuscaloosa this weekend.

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What do you think the win against Arkansas said about the team this year? It said that this team can be resilient and win games. Up until that point, the team really hadn’t been in a tight, close game at the very end, or at least in a game that you didn’t really know you were going to win throughout the whole game. LSU came on strong at the end and was very competitive, but throughout that whole game Mississippi State was really in control of it. Arkansas was the ﬁrst game the team had to dig down deep for four quarters and come up with a win, and that was the biggest thing that we needed from it.

What do you think the game plan will be coming into Tuscaloosa? It’s going to be to put the game on Dak Prescott’s shoulders, along with Josh Robinson – they’ve been a really dynamic duo for Mississippi State’s offense this year. That’s what it will have to be. Also, trying to pound a physical Alabama defense, kind of wear them out and get some deep balls down the ﬁeld. It’s been a really good game plan so far this year, so I would imagine there will be something like that.

What kind of impact does a running back like Robinson bring to the offense? Robinson adds so much to State’s offense. He is so hard to tackle and gains an extra yard or two every single carry. Over the course of the game, that will add up. Also, it’s just mentally taxing on defenses to try and tackle him for four quarters. CONTINUED ON PAGE 18

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How do you think the team will respond to a receiver like Amari Cooper? That’s a really good question, and Mississippi State has been torched a number of times this year by not-so-great wide receivers. UAB put up just huge passing numbers, Kentucky put up really big passing numbers. It’s going to be cornerback by committee – Jamerson Love, Will Redmond and Taveze Calhoun, and I think between those three guys, you’ll see a rotating door of all of them trying to guard Cooper, and they’re deﬁnitely going to be some help over the top with the safeties. You just have to try to hope you can contain what Amari can do.

After the Arkansas game, Dan Mullen talked about how important small improvements have been. How do you think the team has progressed from the beginning of the season to now? The offense has definitely progressed. At first it was a whole lot of Dak using his legs, letting Robinson pound the ball, and it definitely turned into a full balanced effort now, using Dak through the air. Also, Jameon Lewis, who is the senior leader of the wide receiver core, has been out the last few games, and true freshman Ian Miles has stepped up. Everyone has come together and the wide receiver corps. has definitely stepped up even without having Jameon Lewis in the lineup. I would definitely say the wide receiver corps has been the biggest part of the team that has stepped up.

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