THURSDAY NOVEMBER 14, 2013 VOLUME 120 ISSUE 58 Serving The University of Alabama since 1894
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Focused on the finish Alabama wants to get back to March Madness By Charlie Potter | Assistant Sports Editor Anthony Grant’s stern expression says it all: Alabama me means business. Grant enters the 2013-14 season in his fifth year at the helms of the men’s basketball team, with a core of returning players and a few new faces. But nothing has changed for the Crimson Tide. The ultim mate goal of this year’s team is to make it back to the NCAA Tou Tournament in March. “For us, our goals remain high. They’ll always be high in terms of what we’re trying to accomplish,” Grant said. The Cr Crimson Tide competed in the National Invitation Tournament last season but fell to Maryland at home in the quarterfinal round. Still, Alab Alabama has made three consecutive postseason appearances for the fi first time since 2004-06. In the 2011-12 season, the Crimson Tide reached th the second round of the NCAA Tournament only to fall to Creighton, 58-57 58-57. But this seaso season, there’s a sense of urgency around Coleman Coliseum. “They need to t be competitive this year,” USA Today college basketball writer Eric Pris Prisbell said. “I think [the SEC] is a four- or five-bid league, and they’re in positio position to compete for one of those bids in the NCAA Tournament.” And Alabam Alabama has been competitive in the last few seasons.
CW File Alabama men’s basketball coach Anthony Grant hopes to go to the NCAA Tournament this season.
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Judge deems evidence of fraud in School Board election insufficient By Katherine Owen | Production Editor
WHAT: Global Cafe Film: ‘The Dialogue,’ Study Abroad in China WHEN: 6:30-8:15 p.m. WHERE: UA Center for Community-Based Partnerships Lobby
Foreign film WHAT: Korean Movie Night: ‘Masquerade’ WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: 260 B.B. Comer Hall
Student concert WHAT: Alabama Wind Ensemble WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Moody Music Building
Sorority elects 1st black president Hannah Patterson elected to serve as Panhellenic leader By Andy McWhorter | Assistant News Editor Hannah Christine Patterson was elected president of Sigma Delta Tau Wednesday, Nov. 6, making her the first black president of a Panhellenic sorority in the history of The University of Alabama. Patterson, originally from Pittsburgh, Penn., said she came to the University to have an adventure. “I wanted the college experience of something different,” Patterson said. “Something adventurous, not like my hometown.” But even before Patterson came to the University, she had already been on a number of adventures. SEE PATTERSON PAGE 2
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CW | Cora Lindholm Hannah Patterson became the first black president of a UA Panhellenic sorority when she was elected Nov. 6.
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contested votes were cast by students who moved from one residency to another within District 4 in August. The court also found that temporarily leaving Tuscaloosa for the summer did not discount students’ residency requirements, as in the case of students who moved residencies or studied abroad. “This temporary absence under Section 17-3-32 of the Code of Alabama does not deprive them of their domicile, nor does the Court find other characteristics contained in the affidavits and/or other evidence to deprive them of that citizenship or their Constitutional right to vote, especially when it is their intent to reside in the district with no fixed intent to return
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Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court Judge James Roberts dismissed the District 4 Board of Education election contest between Kelly Horwitz and Cason Kirby, filing a final order Wednesday afternoon. According to the filing, the court found “insufficient evidence to overturn and nullify the election and that further proceedings are neither mandated nor necessary.” As the contestant, Horwitz needed to present 87 illegal votes in order to overturn the election results. After reviewing almost 400 affidavits Oct. 31 and Nov. 6, the
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court found no more than 70 illegal votes, 17 short of the minimum. The contest came in response to the Aug. 27 District 4 Board of Education elections, where Kirby beat Horwitz by 87 votes. Following the election, Horwitz alleged widespread voter fraud, largely focused on The University of Alabama greek community, including allegations of free drinks for votes and dishonest voter registration. Horwitz contested 397 votes from the election, at least 392 of which were cast by students. The testimony of each of the 397 voters was evaluated in the form of a 36-question affidavit. Much of Horwitz’s case claims students did not reside in District 4 for the requisite 30 days prior to the Aug. 27 election. The court found that many of the
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