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CSC explores hunger issues with banquet Random tickets to decide meals today By Angie Bartelt Contributing Writer A random ticket drawn from a hat could get you either a feast or a meager portion at the Community Service Center’s fifth annual Hunger Banquet this Wednesday. At 7:30 p.m. in the Ferguson Center ballroom, the CSC hopes to put state, national and worldwide hunger issues into perspective for students who participate. “Many of the students at The University of Alabama are extremely fortunate to have access to an adequate amount of food, as well as the privilege to choose what we eat, and it is easy to take this for granted,” Lisa Bochey, director of hunger and homelessness at the CSC, said in a press release. “I think the Hunger Banquet is the perfect event for students to gain a new perspective on these issues and hopefully become motivated to do something to help.” At the banquet, students will be given a ticket that divides the attendees into different groups that represent worldwide income levels. The income levels will determine the makeup of the meal students receive, communicating what people
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‘Some Nights’ video gets axed by Athletics When it first premiered about 90 minutes before the Western Kentucky game, a compilation of home videos of Alabama fans
celebrating the Tide’s 2011 BCS national championship win was met with cheers from those already in the stadium – mostly students filling up the student section. As the song “Some Nights” by the band Fun. played in the background, the fans in the video danced, twirled
their shirts over their heads and ran around screaming. “Built by Passion,” overlayed text on the video read. “Built by You. Built by Bama.” Despite its popularity among students, the video disappeared from the stadium’s pre-game lineup after
the Ole Miss game on Sept. 29. Associate Athletics Director Milton Overton said the way production decisions for the lineup of videos are made is based on whether they meet four criteria. SEE SOME NIGHTS PAGE 6
who live in a certain income bracket can afford to eat. The banquet’s purpose is to shed light on hunger issues, like the fact that many people around the world survive on less than $1 a day. “Students will understand during this banquet that hunger and food security are not only a problem worldwide but also in their own communities,” Wahnee Sherman, director of the CSC, said. The banquet will bring something different to the table this year, Sherman said. The CSC will add a section of categories where the students will be divided specifically by Alabama hunger security statistics. This will add a new dynamic to the meals because of statewide food security issues, which includes UA students and thousands of members of the Alabama community who struggle to bring food home and have adequate nutrition intake. Sherman hopes this will bring the issue home for all participants because the global issue is of great concern, but connecting the students to their own friends, and possibly family, may drive them to take their own stand in helping starving people from Alabama to Africa.
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CULTURE | LOCAL MUSIC
Mojo Trio to perform at Woodstock Festival Arts Center Band often headlines Tuscaloosa venues By Mary Kathryn Patterson Contributing Writer Mojo Trio, a popular band among bar venues, is set to perform at the Woodstock Festival Arts Center in Woodstock, Ala., on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 9 p.m. The band is made up of three members, including guitarist Joey Laycock, drummer Ricky Burch and bassist Micah Hill.
Each member in the band sings, in addition to performing his own instrument. Hill said the band has a diverse lineup that gets people moving every time they play. “We play anything from classic rock to modern country,” Hill said. “We like to make sure everyone who comes to see us has a good time.” Sheila Gunter, a representative for the Woodstock Festival Arts Center, said they had heard from several people requesting a show with Mojo Trio.
“It was actually Hwy 5’s front man, Bryan Parks, along with a few customers, who suggested we approach Mojo Trio about performing,” Gunter said. “We are always on the lookout for a good band to perform here, and Mojo graciously accepted.” Hill said when Mojo Trio is in the area, they typically play at Rhythm and Brews downtown, as well as other bars and venues near Birmingham. “We play all over – where anyone will have us,” Hill said. “We love trying out new venues to
get our music out there.” Gunter said she hopes Mojo Trio’s popularity in Tuscaloosa will motivate people to make the 30 to 40 minute trip to Woodstock. “We definitely hope to draw some of the music lovers from Tuscaloosa,” Gunter said. “Eventually, we hope to have bands such as Mojo Trio every weekend and to also help other lesser-known bands develop a following.” SEE TRIO PAGE 2
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Director of ‘Seinfeld’ episodes to teach spring TCF production class UA student with best script will direct pilot By Morgan Reames Contributing Writer The Department of Telecommunication and Film is giving one student the opportunity to write, produce and direct his or her own original script with an Emmy award-winning television director – they just have to impress him first. er • Plea s
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“All submitted scripts will be sent to him over Christmas The students may come in break, and he chooses the one knowing how to shoot a he wants to produce,” Glenda camera, but Mr. Cherones Cantrell-Williams, the chair of will help them to make the the TCF department, said. “He judges the scripts himself and shot better. sometimes brings in industry people or gets advice from — Glenda Cantrell-Williams cohorts.” The winner of the competithe winning script to be used tion will assist Cherones in editin Capstone Video Project 2013, ing, shooting and producing his a production class for TCF or her original work. The prostudents. duction will take place on site
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in Tuscaloosa during the spring semester. Cherones will visit the University in April to instruct students in the class, alongside Tom Assari, the production designer for “Seinfeld.” “They will learn what it’s like to work on a professional-type set from people who have achieved great success,” Cantrell-Williams said. The Capstone class, TCF 442, will take place over the course of four weeks in April.
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They call it “pre-gaming,” and it usually involves chugging cheap alcoholic drinks before heading out to a bar, club or sporting event. While addiction experts estimate that 65 percent to 75 percent of college-age youths engage in such boozy behavior, a Swiss study concludes that such “pre-loaded” evenings are far more likely to end in blackouts, unprotected sex, unplanned drug use or injury. “Pre-drinking is a pernicious drinking pattern,” said coauthor Florian Labhart, a researcher at Addiction Info Switzerland, in Lausanne. “Excessive consumption and adverse consequences are not simply related to the type of people who pre-drink but rather to the practice of predrinking itself.” The study, to be published in an upcoming issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, examined the drinking habits of more than 250 Swiss students. For five weeks, the test subjects were surveyed via Internet and cellphone text messages. Each Thursday,
Friday and Saturday night, the students were questioned hourly about how many drinks they had just consumed. Researchers found that when students drank prior to going to a bar or club, they drank more than they would otherwise. This increased drinking was associated with a greater likelihood of blackouts, hangovers, absences from work or school or alcohol poisoning. Pre-drinkers were also found to engage more often in unintended drug use, unsafe sex, drunken driving or violent behavior. The study found that while students who drank only at a bar or club stood an 18 percent chance of experiencing negative consequences, students who drank beforehand stood a 24 percent chance of seeing their evening end in mishap. Study authors cited several motivations for pre-drinking. “Reasons given for predrinking include saving money, getting in the mood for partying, becoming intoxicated and socializing with friends or facilitating contacts with potential sexual partners,” the authors wrote.
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Requests from band, fans land trio festival TRIO FROM PAGE 1 The arts center was started about a year and a half ago by Richard Hinson, who saw potential in a large warehouse behind his other business in Woodstock called Cabins and Covers, Gunter said. “He envisioned the warehouse as a perfect structure for a multi-faceted venue and restaurant,” Gunter said. Since then, the arts center has attracted lots of supporters from around the area. The arts center has hosted several arts
Williams said. “He really works with the students on pacing. When you work in such a short time frame, it really pushes their limits.” During the four weeks, students will finish an entire production from start to finish. “At the end, there will be a wrap party, and there may be some polishing that’s done, but it’s a finished product,” Cantrell-Williams said. The finished production
will be used beyond the classroom and submitted to various film festivals, Cox said. Although the spring class is for TCF students only, any student can submit a script to the competition and audition to play a role in the final production. “The class is restricted to production students,” Cantrell-Williams said. “But anyone can audition to play a part in the film to be an extra… to be a star.”
and crafts shows and a bike ride for charity. It also has regular karaoke, open mic and comedy nights. Additionally, there is a restaurant in the venue called Junction Café, which serves as a “meat and three” place for lunch, and for dinner, it turns into a sports bar and grill atmosphere. Gunter said there are still many plans for the arts center. “The Woodstock Cultural Art Foundation, our nonprofit organization, will help local children receive art, music and writing classes not offered in public school,” Gunter said. “We also hope to sponsor a ‘Back to Woodstock’ festival in August to coin-
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WASHINGTON — The burgeoning sex scandal that has swept up retired Army Gen. David Petraeus, his biographer, Paula Broadwell, and now Petraeus’ successor as the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Marine Gen. John Allen, is alarming the small cadre of women advisers who enjoy extraordinary access to top generals based on their expertise and scholarship. Often coming from non-military backgrounds, these women’s work has informed U.S. policy in Iraq and Afghanistan for more than a decade, offering fresh ideas on topics such as local governance, human rights, rule of law and counterinsurgency, with an ability to challenge the commanders from a position of independence. Now they fear that leaders who have learned to rely on their advice might restrict women from their inner circles to avoid the appearance of impropriety. It was a measure of their concern that none of the women interviewed for this story was willing to attach her name to her remarks. “One of the things I worry about is that they, in their concern either to protect themselves from this kind of event or from
the appearance of something wrong, might think twice about putting a female in that kind of environment again,” said one former adviser to Petraeus and other officers. “And therefore, they’d fall back and be enclosed by the system again.” For Petraeus, such women included Kimberly Kagan, a military historian who heads the Institute for the Study of War, and Emma Sky, a British cross-cultural specialist and current fellow at Yale who also advised Gen. Ray Odierno when he was commander of U.S. forces in Iraq. Other senior commanders also bought into the idea of including outsiders – “free radicals,” as one woman put it – in their brain trusts. Former Time magazine journalist Sally Donnelly was a special assistant to Adm. Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Marine Gen. James Mattis, currently the head of Central Command, the Tampa, Fla.-based military group that Petraeus and Allen also commanded. Sarah Chayes, an Afghanistan specialist and former journalist, also served as a special assistant to Mullen. Catherine Dale, a national security reform expert with the Congressional Research Service,
advised Gen. David Rodriguez, former commander of forces in Afghanistan. Others are involved in the current planning for potential operations in Africa. The phenomenon – complete with names – was remarkable enough to be noted in an academic journal, Review of International Studies, last year under the headline, “Gendered practices of counterinsurgency.” “Less commented upon has been the increasingly visible presence of women – white, middle-class, educated women – in the U.S. Department of Defense and in security-related think tanks,” wrote the author, Laleh Khalili. “This rise of a particular category of women, espousing a particular species of feminism, is itself indicative of a kind of femininity which is comfortable with, and in fact positively values, breaking through security spaces coded as masculine.” Whether or not they agreed with the academic’s take on their small movement, the women conceded that it wasn’t easy to gain acceptance, even after it became de rigueur to have a civilian adviser on a general’s staff. “You’re female, you’re civilian and you’ve never served,” one former special adviser to senior officers said. “That’s the troika
that could raise suspicions about what value you could possibly add.” In most cases, several women said, they served as “bridges,” connecting top commanders with issues concerning the civilian populations in their areas of operations, whether Baghdad, Kabul or Washington. Some said they carried themselves modestly by nature and didn’t think twice about their mostly male environment; others said they took pains to “overcompensate” for their femininity in the battle theater by avoiding a flirtatious tone of voice, dressing unobtrusively and not making too much eye contact. Among this panel of serious women academics and analysts, there is a special bitterness about Broadwell, whom many accused of relying on sex appeal rather than expertise for entry into the exclusive generals’ club. They’re also disappointed in Petraeus for giving so much access to a young woman whom others in his circle spotted immediately as ill-equipped to write the definitive biography of a man considered a national hero. “The crime of it was to give her the inferred expertise of an insider when everyone else had to earn that status,” said one longtime
Petraeus adviser. “They weren’t just resentful that she wore tight tops – they were resentful that she was given a status she didn’t deserve.” The stories abound – Broadwell wore a halter top to meet a senior commander at the Pentagon, she was given research tasks and job interviews for which she wasn’t qualified, she presented herself as a journalist while serving on a panel at the prestigious Aspen Ideas Festival, a gathering of top thinkers from around the globe. To other women, some of whom tried to mentor her, Broadwell turned on the charm to hide the fact that she was way out of her league. Before the identity of the Florida socialite who’s also embroiled in the scandal was revealed, at least one longtime Petraeus adviser was embarrassed to get emails from colleagues asking whether she was “the other woman” who reportedly received threatening messages from Broadwell. That, she said, is the risk to other women in the field when one woman squanders her coveted entry into the world of the security establishment’s mightiest decision-makers. Access and trust are key, she said, to making such relationships work.
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Freed activist to discuss life after death row By Mazie Bryant Assistant News Editor In a lecture to The University of Alabama community on Wednesday, Nov. 14, activist Gary Drinkard will convey his personal experience with a place most people hope to never even think about – death row. The University will host exonerated state death row survivor Drinkard in a lecture titled “The
Death Penalty from a Social Justice Perspective” on campus in ten Hoor Hall, Room 111, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Drinkard was sentenced to be executed in 1995 for the murder and robbery of a Decatur, Ala., automotive junk dealer. He was a member of Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty while incarcerated at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala. During his lecture, he will
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be accompanied by Joanne Terrell, a death penalty mitigator and School of Social Work faculty member, to speak to the UA community about his case, life on death row, life after death row and the effects of the death penalty. The event will be sponsored by the School of Social Work and the UA Arise Citizens’ Policy Project. Alabama Arise is a nonprofit organization that works to create and change policies of the Alabama Legislature for the benefit of vulnerable populations of Alabama, Kimberly Burrow, vice president of the campus chapter
of the institution, said. Previously, the UA chapter of the organization hosted worldrenowned scholar Katherine Newman in a lecture about the evolution of taxation in the United States. However, the group decided on the death penalty as the focus of their November event. “We worked to bring this event to campus because the death penalty is a priority issue of our parent organization in Montgomery,” Burrow said. “We support the repeal of it, because not only is it inhumane, it disproportionately affects poor people and people of color.”
Burrow said the event is important in connecting students to the community around them. “It is important for students to attend this event to raise their awareness of the inherent problems in the death penalty,” Burrow said. “It’s relevant because students should be involved in the social issues that affect their community.” Megan Knauss, president of the UA chapter of Alabama Arise, said she hopes the speaker will evoke change from his listeners. “I think it’s incredibly important for UA students to be informed of important issues –
such as the death penalty – that affect both our country and our state, in particular,” Knauss said. “The speech offers students an opportunity to learn about the death penalty from multiple perspectives. We hope that the event will inspire students to learn more about this social issue, which has a significant impact at every level of our society, as well as actions they can take to move our state closer to achieving a moratorium on the death penalty.” A reception catered by Full Moon Bar-B-Que will follow the lecture.
Stewart: Moore will be kept in check By Colby Leopard Staff Reporter Now that Roy Moore has been re-elected as chief justice of the Alabama State Supreme Court, some people at The University of Alabama are asking, “What comes next?” “[Moore] could alleviate some people’s concerns, depending on how he conducts himself starting in January,” said Bill Stewart, professor emeritus of the political science department. “Maybe he’ll surprise people and keep a low profile. I think it would be refreshing for him to not be the source of news.” Moore built his reputation as a judge on his belief that the Ten Commandments are the foundation of the United States Constitution. Upon his election as chief justice in 2000, Moore placed a 2.5 ton granite monument of the Ten Commandments in the Central Rotunda of the Alabama Supreme Court Building.
Following a lawsuit, federal judge Myron Thompson ordered Moore to remove the monument from the building. Moore refused. Ultimately, the monument was removed from the building, and Moore was removed from office. Stewart, the former chair of the political science department, said he believes Moore’s election is not going to be detrimental to the state because the other eight Supreme Court justices will keep him in check. He also said Moore deserves the opportunity to hold the position of chief justice again because he won the election fairly. “The Conservative, religious environment in Alabama and the fact that [Moore] had the ‘R’ brand, which is so popular in Alabama, helped make quite a few people in Alabama vote for him because he was on the Republican ticket, even though they personally were not that enthusiastic about his religious views,” Stewart said. Andy Branton, a sophomore
from Coxey, Ala., is not as optimistic that Moore will serve his term handing down unbiased judgments. “I like to think that people can change their ways, and I say all the time that people can,” Branton said. “But if I was Roy Moore, I would look at my re-election knowing that the people of Alabama know what I have done in the past, and they support it that’s why I was re-elected. He has no reason to change, other than the fact that I’m sure he doesn’t want to lose his job again.” Branton and Stewart both said Moore’s re-election is in part a product of Alabamians casting straight-party votes for the Republicans. Stewart said the secretary of state’s office will release statistics related to straight-party tickets on Nov. 26, but he anticipates the numbers to be telling. Stewart also said Democratic Party challenger Bob Vance lost the election because of the weakness of the party in Alabama.
“I feel like the Democratic Party is to be faulted,” Stewart said. “The Democratic Party doesn’t function like a political party, and the Republican Party does function like a political party. They come up with viable candidates for office, they frequently fund their campaigns and give the candidates technical advice they need to win.” Daniel Connors, a senior from Enterprise, Ala., said he believes Moore was re-elected because many Alabamians don’t educate themselves on the candidates running for office. “I feel like, just like any other election, voters are uneducated, especially when it comes to options on voting straight ticket,” Connors said. “It gives [Republicans] the advantage, because Alabama has always been a Conservative state, so people will always vote straight Republican, even though they don’t actually know who they are voting for.”
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We should take some time away from our cellphones By Sophia Fazal Staff Columnist Life without a cellphone seems stupid. As a young college girl with more anxiety than even a dinosaur could take on, I just see red flags and danger everywhere, and not having a way to speed dial Daddy, UAPD or my sister is just dangerous. But, realistically, is becoming a Luddite more plausible than we all think? Over the weekend, a close guy friend of mine lost his cellphone. Not surprising, considering last Saturday, but what is surprising is his reluctance to get a new one. The iPhone 5 has just hit the shelves, and it’s unbelievable. Life as we know it is run by that little box of metal and glass we carry in the palm of our hands. Personally, mine syncs data onto my laptop and iPad;
that way, I’ll never miss a thing. So, why not just go get another one? Well, I’ve learned a little something from the aimless frat boy who’s trying to outsmart the newly trendy “old-fashioned” hipsters by becoming a Luddite. Not having a phone is powerful. It makes the rest of the world run on your time, not theirs. Interestingly, Warren Buffet doesn’t carry one, and he’s one of the most successful men in the world. And, according to Bloomberg Businessweek, neither does Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian billionaire and owner of the New Jersey Nets. The idea of not having a cellphone seems simpler than is even imaginable. If you don’t have a phone, you’re not worrying about where it is, who’s going to call or what’s going to
happen next. The best part is that you’re more engaging. I’ve been trying to go phoneless. Actually, I’m lying – what I have been doing is trying to use my phone less. I deleted some useless apps–Angry Birds and Stars Wars–and even broke down times of when I would use my phone and when I wouldn’t. And it worked. I got more done today than I could ever imagine. I wasn’t lost or stressed out or even surprisingly out of touch. I also had a few very meaningful conversations that probably would never have happened with me completely besotted over my email for five minutes. Nomophobia, or nomobile-phobia, is the arbitrary diagnostic term for being afraid of not having your cellphone. Don’t believe me? Google it. And
while you’re at it, look up “cellphones” and “brain cancer” too. And that’s not even the worst part. According to the Huffington Post, 15 percent of people answer their phones during sex. Really? Having a phone to organize your life isn’t always organizing your life. I’ve learned that I was always a little distracted. The glorification of the phone comes from the glorification of being busy, when actually, it’s clearly overrated. Yesterday, I had lunch outside. I took a break from my metal box and ran with my puppy instead. I also wrote this article, two papers and had time for light reading. What did you do? Sophia Fazal is a senior majoring in anthropology. Her column runs biweekly on Wednesdays.
Irregularities in sleep patterns create unsettling feeling By Tarif Haque Staff Columnist I don’t sleep at night. It’s a common annoyance – possibly chronic, sometimes tragic. I want to shut down but can’t. My thoughts will not be still. How do you stop thinking? It’s unclear what I think about exactly – my mind wanders and settles. I pick apart my day, think about a problem I encountered on a test, plan what I’m going to do when I finally get out of this place. Some nights I do sleep, but I don’t realize I’ve slept. I still feel awake. It’s all rather confusing and hard to articulate when I think about it. Usually, my dreams are vivid. Most of the time, I can make decisions in my dreams. In literature, it’s called “lucid dreaming” – I call it not sleeping at all. It’s a bizarre world where
anything goes – and you’re in control of it all. Imagine awaking from a near-death experience you narrowly avoided and going to class an hour later. The worst part of it all is when I become completely aware before awaking. My rational conscious comes alive in a deluded cosmos. My muscles are still weak, and I feel temporarily paralyzed before I physically awake, searching for peace in a demented existence where things sparkle, and you relive the trauma ingrained in your memories. Google tells me it’s called sleep paralysis. My mother used to always tell me not to speak of my dreams. She would tell me to recite Arabic verses from the Qur’an, from the surah An-Nas. The translation is fairly straightforward: “I seek refuge in the lord of mankind … from the evil of the retreating
whisperer – who whispers into the hearts of mankind.” Across cultures, dreams have always been seen from a spiritual perspective to one degree or another. There seems to be no explanation as to why our thoughts manifest in the way they do at night. Many of us retreat to God–if we believe in one– when our subconscious takes advantage of us. Beneath this body lies something beyond my control. There is something in me, an internal conflict I cannot shake. No one knows what goes on in the crevices of my neurons. Sleeping is like death. No one knows what will happen when we pass over to the other side. The idea of not knowing what we will see each night is much the same. Quite often, I’m afraid to go to sleep at night, so I occupy myself with writing. I need to know someone is listening. On paper, I can
plan what will happen. My sleep patterns have been peculiar for several years now. It’s possible I’m going mad, but I don’t dwell on it. Reality has become perpetual, sleepless delirium. I’m always tired, but I can’t do anything about it. Maybe I’m blowing it all out of proportion. On occasion, I will crash after I arrive back at my dorm and slip into a deep dream within moments. I guess I do sleep, just in the wrong way. I suppose this is the way it is. Everyone has their own struggle. Mine is I don’t know how to sleep anymore, that I feel exhausted in my bones every waking moment. It’s a mad world, but we must keep dreaming. After all, we don’t have a choice. Tarif Haque is a sophomore majoring in computer science. His column runs weekly.
On Monday, the CW ran a column written by Ms. Tori Lee demanding that bike riders abstain from using the sidewalks around campus. As a longtime bike rider myself, I’d like to point out that this isn’t possible. There are several places on campus where bike lanes do not exist (SEC Quad, south end of Engineering Row, parts of University Boulevard, Hackberry Lane between Campus Drive and the biology building, to name a few), and in the places they do exist, they are often occupied by University vehicles and delivery services who decide they’re actually parking spots. (If you do not believe me on this, go out to the Quad on Friday morning during tailgate setup and look where every single vehicle involved is parked.) In many of these situations, it is truly unsafe to use the road – it is not a matter of whether one feels safe or not, but a matter of physics. Bikes are innately incapable of moving at car speeds. Even world record holders working with stateof-the-art equipment are not capable of going much faster than 30 mph in a nonsprint setting, and most of the cyclists on campus decidedly do not fall into this category. Many cars on campus are not driven by people used to working around cyclists and looking out for them, and the truth of the matter is, if a car and a cyclist collide, the cyclist always loses – possibly a limb or a life. While we’re on the subject, let’s talk about some ways pedestrians can help themselves: first, do not walk in a group that takes up the entire sidewalk. This creates a problem for other pedestrians, as well as cyclists, and it should honestly be a fined legal offense, just like driving in a pack of cars that takes up both sides of the road would be. Imagine a dotted line splitting the sidewalk down the middle. (Some sidewalks here have one conveniently printed; perhaps you can practice on these first.) Don’t step to the left of this line unless you need to get around something in your way, and don’t let your drunk friends do it, either. Second, even if you are walking by yourself, stay to the right, much as you would when driving a car on the street. This gives me room to pass you without hurting you, as it does for other motorists when driving a car on a two-lane street. (Crazy how that works, isn’t it?) And some tips for drivers: first, for the love of all that is holy, use your freaking turn signal. If I am trying to cross the road with the light, but can’t tell whether
you intend to go straight and leave me alone or turn and run over me, it can result in frustration for both of us and possibly injury to me. Your job as a motorist is to give the right of way to those using nonmotorized transportation and to give us the information we need to interact with you safely. If you haven’t used the turn signal since passing your driver’s test and have thus forgotten its location, it is generally to the left of the steering wheel, on the steering column. Push up to indicate a right turn, and down for left. Second, do not stop in crosswalks. Ever. If I am having to swing out into oncoming traffic because the nose of your vehicle is occupying my path of travel, there is a problem. You should be stopped at or behind the white line, which is usually several feet behind the crosswalk. If you pull up to check for a turn, you should be ready to commit to that turn and go once you have space to do so. (Don’t pull up if it is obvious that you won’t have adequate space for a while. Use your turn signal – that again! – to indicate that you need to be let in, instead of trying to physically force your way through.) Third, be aware. Most traffic accidents involving a bicycle also involve a driver who didn’t even see the cyclist. This is a college campus; there will be bikers. Watch out for us. (And try not to splash us when it rains.) I do not own a car, and probably will not for at least the remainder of this year. I choose biking over walking for several reasons: There are distances that would require more than 10 minutes walking between many of my classes, I can use my bike to get to places off campus as well, the gears make hills a bit more tolerable, it helps me stay fit, and I can get home and out of the cold, heat or rain faster at the end of the day. I don’t intend to give it up simply because some people on this campus don’t understand how to safely interact with cyclists. Everyone should not suffer from the stupidity of a few. If you follow the simple guidelines I’ve outlined in this letter, you shouldn’t have a problem with me or most of the other cyclists around. As a final note, it isn’t fair to assume that simply because something (walking to class) works for you, it will work just fine for everyone. (I quote: “If you… are too afraid to ride your bike in traffic, join the rest of us in walking to class.”)
Danelle M. Pecht is a junior majoring in chemical engineering and chemistry.
Our society should use changing technology for benefits other than convenience By Hannah Waid Staff Columnist If you are reading this article, congratulations. You are reading one of the few newspapers in Alabama that has not decreased its print publication. The City of Tuscaloosa has remained faithful in its newspaper publication with The Crimson White and The Tuscaloosa News. With newspapers in
Birmingham, Huntsville and Mobile dropping to delivery on only three days a week, The Tuscaloosa News has taken steps to fill the void, including covering more news in the Birmingham area, which allows them to begin delivering to Birmingham locations. We live in a world where technology is thriving, and traditional publishing is declining. People are trading
print for online news. The book publishing industry is on the decline, and major publishers Penguin and Random House have had to merge in order to prosper in today’s competitive publishing world. As we place more emphasis on technology, we begin to create a society dependent upon machines – a generation dependent upon machines. We’ve all heard the horrifying surveys of people choosing to
go a week without brushing their teeth rather than a day without their phone. It is as if we have defined ourselves as the iGeneration. As much as I love my phone, it sometimes takes the place of some necessities in life. Phone calls can replace personal interactions, and texting can replace phone calls. Even further, Twitter and Facebook statuses can eliminate a reason to catch
up with a friend over a cup of coffee. But there are great things about technology, too. During Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath, people were encouraged to save their time and battery power by using social media to update friends and family on their statuses. So, while the romantic in me cringes at a world where text messages replace handwritten letters, and swiping
your finger through an electronic book or newspaper replaces flipping through pages of a hard copy, technology can help us in hard times. What’s important is whether we allow ourselves to be dependent in times of need or times of want. Hannah Waid is a freshman majoring in journalism and English. Her column runs biweekly.
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UA accounting program ranked 18th in country By Katherine Langner Contributing Writer The University of Alabama’s undergraduate accounting program is ranked 18th in the country, according to Public Accounting Report’s 2012 Annual Professors Survey. The program jumped two spots from the 2011 survey. Peter Johnson, an assistant professor in the Culverhouse School of Accountancy, said he expects the University to continue to move up the list. “The School of Accountancy has been consistently ranked in the top 25, and, I believe, over the next 3 to 5 years, we will see our program reach the top 10,” Johnson said. Johnson credits the success of the program to multiple attributes, such as the students in the program. “Our students are motivated and excited to learn about the business community and the field of accountancy,” Johnson said. “We have students from across the U.S., and they are able to work together to achieve success. Our diversity fosters an inclusive learning environment, which prepares our students to deal with global issues and the ability to flourish in an ever-changing business climate.” Accounting students are privy to leadership organizations like the National Association of Black Accountants and business fraternity Beta Alpha Psi, which has earned the Superior Chapter honor for several years. The University of Alabama’s chapter of NABA is the third largest in the country, and Beta Alpha Psi regularly arranges career fairs to provide opportunities for students to work with professionals in the industry. “We have some of the top business professionals visit our campus every semester, and these professionals interact with our students on a
personal level,” Johnson said. “This interaction gives our students a strong sense of the challenges and opportunities they will face upon graduation and what key characteristics to develop to meet those challenges.” Johnson said Culverhouse’s professors greatly contribute to the program’s success; many hold years of professional experience in addition to academic qualifications. “The most important attribute of our faculty is their love for the students and sincere desire for their success,” Johnson said. “We want our students to not only excel in the classroom, but be ready to enter the workforce on day one with their unique skill set and preparation for leadership.” One accounting student about to enter the workforce is senior Lauren Whitten, who is excited about the program’s recent accolades. “I am so grateful and so excited to be a student of an accounting program that is ranked within the top 20 programs nationally,” Whitten said. “I am so proud to be a part of a program that has prepared me for success.” Michelle Claiborne, a junior majoring in accounting, also spoke highly of the accounting program. “It is a very challenging, yet rewarding program,” Claiborne said. “For that reason, I think it is incredibly worthy of its increase in ranking. All of the accounting professors and advisors really take care of [their] students.” Claiborne said the increase in ranking means a lot to her because it draws more attention to the University’s accounting program and will be an asset to graduating students. “This will attract more accounting professionals here looking for potential upper level accounting majors for internships and as possible employees,” Claiborne said. “It gives me an even greater chance of graduating with a job lined up.”
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Sergeant David Scott answers questions about his reinlistment following a ceremony Monday morning. The ceremony is one of several events celebrating Veteran’s Day this week.
DiET to host diabetes awareness event By Kelsey Zokan Contributing Writer Fall on the campus of The University of Alabama means that attention is solidly fixed on the Crimson Tide football team, but another team of students, the Diabetes Education Team, will vie for attention and awareness today with several on-campus events held to observe World Diabetes Day. “[The] Diabetes Education Team’s mission is to raise awareness about diabetes prevention in underserved areas,” Koushik Kasanagottu, the president of UA’s Diabetes Education Team, or DiET, said. “We are very involved in Tuscaloosa County, as well as the campus, in promoting a healthy and active lifestyle.” Kasanagottu’s team is working to raise awareness today with an event on the Quad from noon to
4 p.m. Rebecca Kelly, director of Health Promotion and Wellness, said reducing the risk of diabetes is critical for the health and wellbeing of many. “The day unfolds with the introduction of the first ever UA Blue Man, the students’ own signature character that will make appearances throughout the day on campus,” Kelly said. “Students and employees will recognize the event at a large tent that will be placed in front of Gorgas Library. The day will culminate with the formation of a blue circle at 3:30 p.m. on the Quad by the participants in the day’s event.” Kelly said DiET hopes the event will allow the UA campus to become fully informed about the key tenets that lead to this lifechanging – but often preventable – disease. “The event will include campus and community partners and allow
individuals to learn more about what diabetes is, how to prevent and manage it, share resources linked to healthy eating and exercise, provide risk assessments and meet others engaged in learning more or sharing more information about diabetes care, prevention and a cure,” Kelly said. Healthy eating, exercise and stress management are three key tenets that decrease the chances of diabetes. “One in nine Alabamians have diabetes. This completely surprised me when I first heard this fact,” Kasanagottu said. “Making small changes, like not drinking sugary drinks or eating grilled instead of fried meat, makes a huge difference.” Kelly said approximately 400 UA students are diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and 400 or more faculty and staff suffer as well, mainly
from Type 2 diabetes. “Type 2 is more preventable, and adults can reduce their risk by 58 percent if they will lose up to 10 percent of their weight and exercise five days, 30 or more minutes each day,” Kelly said. “Recreation and healthy eating are such valuable lifestyle behaviors, and through the inclusion of these, individuals can prevent or delay the onset of diabetes, specifically Type 2 diabetes.”
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St. Jude organization to host awareness week Up ‘til Dawn celebrates 6th year of shedding light on childhood cancer with events on, around campus By Katie Davis Contributing Writer Up ‘til Dawn, a studentrun organization at The University of Alabama that raises money for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., will raise awareness for its cause through many fundraisers throughout the week. Up ‘til Dawn began on campus in 2006 to raise awareness and funds for the pediatric hospital that searches for cures for childhood cancer and other catastrophic diseases. The organization has raised $113,303.86 in the six years since it has been established on campus. Reid Zelinka, a freshman from Memphis majoring in nursing, said there is a point of pride in having St. Jude as part of her hometown.
“St. Jude has, of course, Additionally, Up ‘til Dawn always been very close to my will host several fundraisers heart. And I know that it’s a throughout the week. big deal in our community On Wednesday from 5 back home, but it is really to 8 p.m., customers of the great to know that it reaches Northport Chick-fil-A can further than donate 10 perthat,” Zelinka cent of their said. “The fact purchase to St. Jude has, of course, always that St. Jude the organihas inspired zation upon been very close to my heart. people and presentation And I know that it’s a big deal organizations of a flyer that in our community back home, all over to will be disbut it is really great to know want to help tributed at that it reaches further than is just beyond the Ferguson that. fantastic.” Center table The orgaon Wednesday. — Reid Zelinka nization will Up ‘til Dawn be at the will also host Ferguson a fundraiser at Center every Zoe’s Kitchen day this week from 11 a.m. to in Bryant-Denny Stadium from 1 p.m., providing information 4 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, receivabout St. Jude and hosting a ing 15 percent of the sales. raffle for a football signed by Friday, from 8 to 10 a.m., Crimson Tide quarterback members of the group will AJ McCarron. distribute hot chocolate and
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information about St. Jude Hospital in front of Reese Phifer Hall. “Throughout the year, we raise funds and awareness for St. Jude in various ways, but the biggest aspect of Up ‘til Dawn is the letter writing campaign that we hold in the spring,” Lindsey Green, a junior majoring in public relations and the executive director for Up ‘til Dawn, said. “Teams of students – usually sponsored by student organizations – compete by addressing pre-written letters to friends, family and neighbors. The grand finale is an event that, this year, will be in the Zone in Bryant-Denny Stadium on March 7 from 7 to 10 p.m. There will be food, music, activities and prizes for students.” To get involved with Up ‘til Dawn, email uauptildawn2012@gmail.com.
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Actors will perform submitted experiences, promote support for issues surrounding mental health By Taylor Veazey Contributing Writer The University of Alabama chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness is collecting student essay submissions until Nov. 30 for its third annual Mental Health Monologues event. Mental Health Monologues is a project that gives students a chance to share their personal experiences with mental illness by submitting anonymous essays. Student actors then perform the essays as monologues in a theatrical setting.
“We want to get positive messages about how people deal with mental illnesses from day to day and what that’s like,” Becca Kastner, a third-year graduate student studying clinical psychology, said. NAMI’s main goals are to promote education, support and advocacy for mental health issues. “We do a variety of activities every year to reach those three goals and to reach out to the community,” Kastner said. The Mental Health Monologues event is the
biggest event that NAMI- graduate theatre student who UA does on campus. This serves as artistic director for year’s theme the event, is “Erase feels the the Stigma,” actors have a We focus on the daily and Kastner greater sense struggle of mental illness. We hopes the of responsihope to give people a hope event will probility because for finding a way to live with mote discusof the real sion of mental stories they that struggle and make peace illness among are telling. with it. students. “We focus “We hope on the daily — Tom Whackenburg to turn the struggle of monologues mental illinto dialogues ness,” she and make it OK to talk about said. “We hope to give people these issues,” she said. a hope for finding a way to Abby Jones, a third-year live with that struggle and
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make peace with it.” Jones said they try to match each actor with the right essay for them, but not all actors are from the theatre department. “Everyone that’s doing it is passionate about it, and that’s what’s coming off,” Jones said. Wyley Shreves, a thirdyear doctorate student studying clinical psychology, has been an actor for Mental Health Monologues for the past two years. He said the event is a powerful experience for him. “It’s easy to read about
these illnesses in a book, but to hear it in real life is very different,” Shreves said. “There are people all around you living with these issues.” Shreves said he hopes to bring the humanity to mental illness as he performs. “Once you know what they go through, you start to see the realism of it,” he said. “I hope to portray that to the audience.” For more information or to submit an essay, go to www.surveymonkey.com/s/8NJWS2D or contact rmkastner@crimson. ua.edu.
Former Crimson Tide linebacker to speak in stadium about faith Faith-based student organization The Huddle will host Jerry Leachman, who played for Bear Bryant By Sarah Elizabeth Tooker Staff Reporter
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“Students can get involved and use the information that they have learned and put that into action to help the hungry,” Sherman said. The banquet, based on Oxfam America’s hunger relief campaign, is open to any student who signs up online for the event. Two hundred students are currently signed up to participate in the event, which Lane McLelland, assistant director of New College, will facilitate. For more information, visit the Community Service Center at 346 Ferguson Center or online.
IF YOU GO... • What: Hunger Banquet • When: Wednesday, Nov.14, 7:30pm • Where: Ferguson Center ballroom
Overton said the pre-game elements must be “helping our teams win by creating a home field advantage [by making the venue a] loud, intimidating environment for opponents, making sure fans have a great gameday experience, making sure we overdeliver on sponsor obligations and representing the University of Alabama with class.” Overton said taking the video out of the pregame lineup was not a production decision targeted at the specific video. He said many of the videos played in the stadium are not consistently kept in the lineup. “A variety of production elements are added each year to every sports venue and adjusted throughout the year in an effort to keep content fresh and updated,” Overton said. “Very few production elements remain consistent and [are] considered tradition, like ‘Sweet Home Alabama.’” However, the athletic department does do its best to cater to students and meet their wants and needs when it comes to supporting Alabama’s athletic teams, Overton said.
Jerry Leachman, a former UA linebacker under famed Coach “Bear” Bryant, and his wife Holly will speak to students, faculty and staff this Wednesday evening at the Zone in Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Leachmans will be hosted by The Huddle, a faith-based student organization. The Huddle brings in different Christian speakers once a semester to share their stories with college
students, Lissa Handley Tyson, a student founder of the group, said. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley came and spoke to the group in March. “The goal is to have no stereotype or certain kind of ministry but a collection of students who want to learn more about what it looks like to surrender their life to follow Christ from wellknown people in our state and country,” Tyson said. Jerry Leachman, who has spoken all over the country to various prayer groups
“We survey our fans to collect their fan experience feedback and make adjustments accordingly in an effort to continue to improve their experience cheering on the Crimson Tide,” he said. Many students don’t have a clue why the video was removed from the big screen; they just wish it wasn’t. “I am all about tradition, and I don’t think they should have started something if they were going to take it away mid-season,” Caitlin Baggett, a freshman majoring in kinesiology, said. Will Powell, a freshman majoring in business, agreed with Baggett. “I really liked that song. I think it got the whole crowd excited, and I feel like a lot of people looked forward to it,” Powell said. “A big reason I would go into the game early was to see that video.” Powell also said he thought the video brought more to the table than just firing up the fans. “The video showed the many different people who pull for the Tide, and how it’s about community in a college town like Tuscaloosa, and how Tide fans all over the world can be a part of that community,” Powell said. “I honestly have no idea why they would have taken it away. Maybe they got tired of it, or maybe it
was a liability. Whatever it was, I wish the video would come back.” Baggett has similar feelings toward the removal of the video and wishes her family could have seen it this past weekend at the Texas A&M game. “I was kind of upset to find out that they had taken the video away. I was looking forward to my grandparents seeing it when they came to the game,” Baggett said. Not all students disagree with the athletic department’s decision. Abby White, a freshman majoring in engineering, likes the videos that are consistent and traditional better than the “Some Nights” video. “I don’t remember it that much. I don’t even remember when they stopped playing it, and I get just as pumped up for games as I did before,” White said. Michael Moore, a freshman majoring in biology and psychology, said although he enjoyed the video and what it stood for, he didn’t even realize the video was missing until someone mentioned it to him. “I’ll be honest, I didn’t notice it was really gone until someone mentioned it,” Moore said. “I saw it in the stadium a few games back, so I’m just confused as to why they took it away.”
and was also the NFL chaplain for the Washington Redskins for 15 years, will share his story at 7:30 p.m. in the Zone. In addition to working as an NFL chaplain, Leachman established and directed a children’s mission relief effort in Moscow. Holly Leachman, who has been mentioned in both Hillary Clinton’s and Laura Bush’s books for her influence in their lives, will hold a girl’s time at the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house at 9 p.m.
She will talk about timeless treasures to strengthen your heart, Tyson said, discussing lessons gleaned from Scripture that students can apply to their lives today. “Students make a lot of life-changing decisions while on campus that can impact their lives for the better or worse,” Holly Leachman said. “We want to be an encouragement and inspiration to students while we’re there, and we’re looking forward to visiting our old campus once again.”
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Artists express personalities in new showcase By Margaret Wilbourne Contributing Writer For the next month, the master of arts thesis work of two UA graduate students will be showcased in the University’s SellaGranata Art Gallery in a new exhibition called “Face Value.” The two students, James Davis and Andy Pruett, said the name of the exhibit came from the work within, as well as from the pair of artists. “We arrived at the title based on our general personalities– what you see is what you get,” Davis, a second year master’s
student studying ceramics said. The show approaches art in a formalist manner, which emphasizes a piece’s overall appearance rather than other aspects, such as content. “’Face Value’ is a great vehicle to present glimpses of the real world with few clues as to where they exist as geographical locations but evoke the viewer to build up these spaces that maybe they thought they may have witnessed somewhere with their own specific details,” Pruett, a second year graduate student studying photography, said.
Davis’ ceramics and drawings will be featured alongside Pruett’s photography, each on a separate wall of the gallery. “James and I discussed a collaborative piece,” Pruett said. “It just didn’t fit in a way that would exemplify the very best of our intent.” Although the work will be displayed separately, Davis and Pruett share a similar approach to art: both concentrate on composition. This will be their first show together but not necessarily their first group effort. “We do collaborate on some extravagant bar napkin
drawings on the regular,” Pruett said. “That’s an entire body of work on its own.” The self-described Southern gentlemen met in the spring semester of their graduate studies in 2011 and have been good friends since. They share interests in the same topics, especially the South, which Davis said constantly keeps him laughing. “Something Alabama has offered me is the spectacle of football,” he said. “It seems like a religion, and most people are okay with that comparison. It baffles me.” While some may think of foot-
ball as a religion, others consider it an art, a focus Davis and Pruitt said they share. Prior to his graduate studies, Davis made and fired ceramics in a Japanese-style wooden kiln, a process which takes a minimum of seven days and a crew of people to keep the kiln going. “It was kind of like a weeklong camping trip that had a fire that was 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit and a log splitter that never stopped.” Davis has since left the Japanese methods behind for an electric kiln but continues to fire functional ceramics.
Pruett is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he received a bachelor’s of fine arts in photography. He said his career began when he received his first camera from his father. “There is something about a camera and the document that it makes with each release of the shutter that is just magical,” Pruett said. “The power of a photograph is mesmerizing to me.” For students interested in meeting the artists, there will be an artist-hosted reception from 6 - 8 pm on Thursday, Nov. 15.
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Callooh! Callay! releases new, compelling album
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Here’s the neat thing about local act Callooh! Callay!’s new album “TALK:” it’s equally compelling at a speaker-rattling blast as it is in low-volume ambience. If that strikes you as dubious, think about it for a second – chances are, you haven’t relegated Deep Purple to a whisper or cranked America up around 11 anytime lately. “TALK” is of “Dark Side of the Moon”-caliber volume versatility. Really, versatility sums up the nature of the entire album. These songs almost beg to be listened to over and over again – not only at different volumes but also through different modes of conveyance, in different frames of mind, with different areas of focus through each listen. There’s too much going on not to. The record is dense with layers of inescapable sound. Here’s what Adam Morrow, the band’s lead singer and
guitarist, has to say about the new music: “I think we just lucked out with bits in the music that, to me, really create a space, somewhere I feel I could stay for a while. But that’s just me.” Get ready to scooch on over, Mr. Morrow, and make some room for more. “TALK” presents listeners with so much to explore that they’re going to want to stay awhile – and then come back to discover even more. David Burkhalter’s alien calibration of oscillating synth that introduces “Talker,” the album’s first track, fades away as the song steadily builds into a “Joshua Tree”-era-U2 crescendo of Morrow’s pointed guitar and Bowen Robertson’s powerful drums. Perhaps the most instantly likeable song on the record is the up-tempo “Ladyfingers.” This tune rides along on its fuzzed-out riff, “occasionally kind of lifted out of the muck,”
as Morrow puts it, by his My Morning Jacket’s Jim Jamesdoes-Radiohead’s Thom Yorke falsetto howl in the chorus. It’s a fitting song title, seeing as a lady’s fingers contribute so thoroughly to the record’s sea of straticulated sound. Natalie Jensen’s bass lines can’t be placated. See “Stereoface,” where Jensen’s bass jumps and moves, spiriting song and listener along an Underground Groove-road, while organ floats overhead, and drums crash alongside. At select points, Jensen’s looping bass line and Robertson’s concise drumming team with spooky, ethereal echoes to make “Throwing Stones” read like the younger, rowdier Tuscaloosan cousin of some stuff on Radiohead’s “King of Limbs.” Until the last minute of the song, that is, when the band launches into full-throttle – we’re talkin’ Neil Young & Crazy Horse full-throttle – pedal- and effect-based sonic savagery. Callooh! Callay!
sure knows how to keep a body guessing. But one thing’s for sure: “TALK”’s 10 tracks, with all their diverse layers, sound like they belong together somehow, if only loosely. “I think the only unified theme is the space between things that we think, how we portray them and how they are received,” Morrow said. “There’s at least a little of that in every song. There’s wishing for communication. There’s being daunted by it.” The band is not afraid to find a direction and explore it. “TALK” sounds darker and heavier than 2010 debut “Sasprilluh Champagne.” One gets the impression, listening to the new record, that these guys aren’t experimenting just for the heck of it. They’re moving; they’re searching. “Take it back/if I could,” Morrow laments on “Stereoface.” Don’t stop now, man. It sounds like you’re on the right track.
For my entire life, Halloween and Thanksgiving have never been the reason why the months of October and November are special. For me, these months signify a time to reflect on the previous year and welcome the next one. This sounds like New Year’s, and in some ways, it is, but what I’m talking about is Diwali. Perhaps the best known of all Indian festivals, Diwali is the festival of lights. It is called this because the common practice is to light candles or small oil lamps, called diyas, and place them around the home. The festival is a five-day celebration that occurs on the fifteenth day of the Hindu month of Kartika, which occurs during October or November and varies from year to year. Diwali means something different to people across the world. For those from North India, like my parents, Diwali celebrates the Prince Rama and his wife Sita’s return to their palace in Ayodhya
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Loss to Texas A&M Aggies may have been best for Crimson Tide in long run By Aldo Amato It finally happened on Saturday. Our run as the undefeated kings of the SEC West came to a screeching halt at the hands of Johnny Football & Co. and the Crimson Tide faithful had to come to the sudden realization that our national title hopes were all but gone. And you know what? That’s just fine – because not all was lost on Saturday, starting with the opponent the Tide faced. Before the season, Texas A&M was supposed to be the rookie punching bag of the SEC West in their first year. Obviously, they had different plans, only narrowly losing to Florida and LSU, while putting up a generous
number of points against the rest of the West, something many of the teams in the division have struggled to do this season. The Aggies have established a fearless group led by pint-sized quarterback Johnny Manziel, comparable to Tim Tebow with a dash of Michael Vick speed. Manziel stifled a Crimson Tide team, making them look like a group of lost puppies whenever he bounced outside of the pocket. He has brought the art of the mobile quarterback back to the SEC and has established himself as a true threat, something the Tide seemed to have underestimated. In a league chock–full of power-running games and bland offenses, the Aggies
stand alone with their uptempo system, an approach not seen since Urban Meyer left Florida in 2010. The quick screens and read options posed problems for the Tide defense, who thought they had seen the worst of it after crushing Ole Miss’s up-tempo style. But what the Tide’s new SEC West rival has brought to the table is the no-huddle, in-motion style offense that Oregon has used to crush teams in the Pac-12 and beyond. Much of the Tide’s stout defensive line had not seen an offense that fastpaced in a while, if ever, which is why losing to Texas A&M might have been the best thing that could have happened to the Tide this year.
Not only will they have to earlier. But, after a few key face the up-tempo pace year in adjustments, Alabama was and year out from now on, the able to prepare for it and preTide will also have an advan- vailed. tage over the rest of the counTexas A&M now gives the try if Oregon or Tide a formiKansas State dable opponent continueto be to prepare for sucessful in the each year if they next few years. ever plan to get One thing is out of the West One thing is sure about sure about Nick unscathed. Nick Saban-coached teams: Saban-coached While LSU they’re fast learners. teams: they’re prepares their fast learners. offense well, Just look at it is quite onethe result of dimensional the 2009 SEC c o m p a r e d Championship to what the after the Tide Aggies run, fell short to Tim Tebow in especially with a quarter2008. Florida was still running back like Manziel guiding the their spread-option attack no-huddle. that killed the Tide a year The spread offense is the
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offense of the future, despite those who still swear by the running game. A&M figured that out before the season and was not afraid to bring it to the defensive haven known as the SEC, and look what has happened: success. The only way the Tide will be able to get better is by preparing for different schemes and different sets each week. The Aggies are just the type of rival to help the Tide get back to the national championship and stifle the finesse spread offenses that seem to appear there each year. So, don’t be discouraged by the loss; be happy the Tide spotted the Aggies a win. Because, after this year, it won’t be as easy to be Johnny Football.
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Former Alabama athlete Brooke Pancake joins RGIII on this year’s NCAA ‘Today’s Top 10,’ 1st UA female golfer to make the list CW Staff
Former Alabama women’s golfer Brooke Pancake was recently selected for the NCAA Today’s Top 10 Award, which recognizes studentathletes who completed their athletics eligibility during the 2011-12 academic year and succeeded in their sport, in the classroom and in the community. “What a tremendous honor for Brooke,” UA head coach Mic Potter said. “She accomplished so much while she was at Alabama and was critical to our success both last season and throughout her career. She was a great ambassador for our program and exactly what you want in a student-athlete, both on and off the course.” Pancake’s honors during her four years at Alabama
include graduating with a 4.0 also named the Capital One GPA with a major in market- Academic All-American of ing, as well as being select- the Year in the at-large divied to represent the United sion. States on the 2012 Curtis Cup During her senior year, the team. Chattanooga, Tenn., native She wa s led the Crimson a two-time Tide with a first-team All72.52 scoring American and average, a score What a tremendous honor for was honored ranked sixth Brooke. She accomplished so as the top womnationally. She much while she was at Alabama en’s collegiate finished her and was critical to our success golfer with the career with a both last season and throughout 2012 Honda 73.08 scoring her career. Sports Award. average – the P a n c a k e best among — Mic Potter received the all Tide golfRoy F. Kramer ers who have Award as the finished their top female careers. student-athlete in the Pancake is the 11th Southeastern Conference Alabama athlete to receive her senior year while lead- this honor and the first since ing the Crimson Tide to Kayla Hoffman (gymnastics) the program’s first NCAA last year. Championship. She was Brooke Pancake is joined
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by nine other athletes in 2012, including Nick Amuchastegui (Stanford/wrestling), Miles Batty (BYU/cross country), Ashley Brignac (Louisiana Lafayette/softball), Micah Davis (Delta State/football), Robert Griffin III (Baylor/ football), Stacey Hagensen (Pacific Lutheran/softball), Lindsay Lettow (Central Missouri/track and field), Liz Phillips (Washington University St. Louis/cross country) and Wendy Trott (Georgia/swimming and diving). Award recipients will be recognized in January at the NCAA Convention in Grapevine, Texas. Alabama’s previous NCAA Top VIII (now Top 10) recipients include: Randy Hall (football/1975), Steadman Shealy (football/1980), Meredith Willard (gymnastics/1997), Andreé Pickens
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Brooke Pancake, a two-time first team All-American golfer for UA. (gymnastics/2002), Kristin Sterner (gymnastics/2003), DeMeco Ryans (football/2006), Beth Mallory (track and
field/2007), Brittany Rogers (softball/2009), Greg McElroy (football/2011) and Kayla Hoffman (gymnastics/2012).
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Tide looks to keep streak alive against Gamecocks By Manal Yousif Contributing Writer The Alabama volleyball team will host South Carolina on Friday, Nov. 16. The Crimson Tide has bounced back, resulting in a two-match win streak. Coach Ed Allen said he was impressed with his squad’s week-to-week improvement. Going into Alabama’s final games, easier battles approach. “The schedule certainly stacks up and is friendlier towards the end of the season, so we clearly have every opportunity to be favorable if we play to our potential. That itself creates momentum and, obviously, winning.� Allen said. Allen also spoke on freshman Laura Steiner and her development this season. “She is the most consistent freshman that we have,�
Allen said. “She is versatile, pushing for. and we can play her on both “We have two weeks left, sides.� and we are trying to get the Steiner was recently home stretch by taking care named SEC Freshman of the of our last four games and Week. [will] hopefully continue the “I was really surprised, but streak of wins,� Steiner said. it is awesome “The main to be recogthings are nized in that knowing and way,� Steiner believing you said. can win.� The main things are knowing She is 12th As she and believing you can win. in the SEC, faces South with 3.12 kills Carolina this — Laura Steiner per set and weekend for a .206 hitting the second percentage. time this seaThis is the son, she will second time have momenshe has received this honor tum on her side. Steiner led in her first collegiate year. the way in the last matchup, Last Friday, Steiner recorded with 14 kills for the Tide. a career-high of 20 kills, demSouth Carolina is 15-12 and onstrating her outstanding 3-12 in the SEC. The Tide leadership and poise against defeated the Gamecocks on the Wildcats. With the sea- the road in their last meetson winding down, making ing, 3-1. For Alabama to it count is all the Tide is keep the drive alive, they
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At practice on Tuesday, Crimson Tide looked to hone fundamentals such as tackling in the open field and eliminating mental errors.
Tide goes back to basics in practice after loss to A&M By Alexis Paine Staff Reporter Missed tackles plagued Alabama’s defense during Saturday’s game against the Texas A&M Aggies. Safety Robert Lester said he cannot remember a game when the Tide missed as many as they did this past weekend. Lester said the Tide needs to return to its fundamentals in preparation for future opponents this season. The Tide watches film after each game in order to learn from their mistakes. This game
will be no different, the senior said. “We come in, and we try to execute and fix those mistakes,” Lester said. “There are a lot of mistakes we can learn from this game, and there’s a lot of mistakes we can learn from the next game.” In order to bounce back, the team will need to achieve their goals, the safety said, including eliminating missed tackles and mental errors. Lester said the Tide defense, who led college football in third down defense before the
game against the Louisiana State University Tigers, must be able to get off the field on third down. “It falls back to executing and doing what we need to do, especially on third down, to get off the field,” Lester said. “These past two weeks have been intense. They’ve been fighting for those third downs, and they got them.” Lester said in order to improve execution, the team will be watching more film and better preparing for their opponents. The players are taking it upon
themselves to do these things as well as what the coaches are asking of them. The results of this increased preparation will be visible on the field, the senior said.
control and that’s the next, what? Three, four games we have on the schedule. See what happens, and then go from there.” Neither McCarron nor Lester is looking at other Tide using last year as team’s games. They are only motivation focusing on what the Tide Both Lester and quarter- can accomplish. Lester said back AJ McCarron said the the team is concentrated position the Tide was in last on achieving their goals for year has no effect on the the season and winning the team this year. games left on this year’s “Last year was last year – schedule. whole new year,” McCarron “We want to stay excited said. “Like I said, all we can because the season’s not over do is control, what we can yet,” Lester said. “We still
have a lot to fight for, a lot to play for, and there’s a lot to accomplish out there, no matter what happens the rest of the season.” McCarron said the mood of the team has remained positive despite the loss to the Aggies. “That’s one good thing about this team. You can’t worry about things happening in the past. You can’t control that. So, we have to move on. We have to win out, take care of business and just control what we can control.”