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Triplets Study Together
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Growing up, triplets Blake, Garrett and Taylor Hurst shared a last name, a birthday and even their genes. Now, they share one more thing: The three Dothan, Alabama, natives all study engineering at The University of Alabama.
Condensing years of academic study into three minutes sounds like a daunting task, but that’s exactly what UA graduate students did at Tuesday’s Three Minute Thesis competition.
The Crimson Tide took Monday practice off after knocking off then-No. 1 Mississippi State. The team took to the field again Tuesday to prepare for the final stretch of the regular season.
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SISTER Tri Delta raises money for member struck by vehicle By Lauren Lane | Contributing Writer
Megan Allen, a sophomore at the University and a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, was involved in a serious accident in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after the Alabama football game Saturday, Nov. 8, while walking home with her boyfriend. She was hit by a Cadillac Escalade going about 40 mph. Friends say that if it wasn’t for her boyfriend, RJ McGraw, she would have most likely died. Allen was rushed to the nearest hospital for internal bleeding in the spleen, but doctors soon discovered her injuries were much more extensive. She accumulated a number of injuries, including ones to her spleen, kidneys, liver and femur. With all the damage to her body, she was in critical condition and even with the surgeries, the chances of Allen’s survival were not high. Now, after three surgeries, Allen is on the road to recovery. She must finish out her semester at home to allow for care and rest, but she was discharged from physical therapy Monday. Delta Delta Delta, or Tri Delta, earned recognition earlier this year for being the chapter that raised the most money for its philanthropy, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Now, they SEE FUNDRAISER PAGE 6 Savannah Martin has started a fundraiser for Megan Allen after Allen was hit by a vehicle in Baton Rouge two weeks ago. CW / Pete Pajor
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In the fourth week of the College Football Playoff rankings, Alabama took the No. 1 spot after knocking off then-No. 1 Mississippi State Saturday. The top four includes Oregon, Florida State and Mississippi State at
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The Capstone International Center is hosting a Spot Light Session on The Evolution and Future of the Autonomous Vehicle Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in 205 Gorgas. Dr. Bharat Balasubramanian, executive director for the Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies will be speaking on the topic. The event will focus on international efforts and
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Rebecca Webb Wilson to discuss newest book Rebecca Webb Wilson will be discussing her latest book, “Well-Seasoned: Savoring Life’s Lessons,” Wednesday night at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center. The University of Alabama chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is taking part in the event, and $5 from every book sold at the event will go
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3 Winter interim course uses game simulation By Heather Buchanan | Staff Reporter
Playing a video game for a grade is probably a dream of many students, and the University’s political science department is offering a winter interim course that could fill that want. Diplomatic Situations is a political science special topic course for this winter’s interim term (PSC 321, section 901). The course uses Statecraft 2.0, a simulation software created by James Madison University political science professor Jonathan Keller 14 years ago in an attempt to bring potentially boring subject matter to life. “I wanted to take abstract concepts and theories that my students often had difficulty grasping, and make these vivid and clearly understandable,” Keller said. “I wanted students to personally experience the challenges and complexities of world politics – to get off the sidelines and become players. The University’s political science course is completely online. The 45 students enrolled in the course are divided into teams, or countries, and each participant gets a role as a leader of their country. Karl DeRouen, a political science professor, teaches Diplomatic Simulations and uses Statecraft to supplement other semester-long courses. He met a co-owner of the company at a conference, where he was introduced to Statecraft. “It seemed like a good way to engage the students, because I teach a lot of theory and use, and the students sometimes aren’t engaged,” DeRouen said. “Some of the subject matter can be dry.” Dylan Hamm, a junior majoring in political science, was the president of his team in the course last summer. “I encourage people to take it, because I don’t want to say I learned more doing that [online simulation], but you kinda do,” Hamm said. “If there were more courses like it, I would probably take those too.” DeRouen began using Statecraft in his classes in the spring of 2013. Since then, he has used Statecraft on and off in various courses. As the instructor, DeRouen has
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Uses Statecraft 2.0 software/simulation software used in over 120 colleges in 39 states and the District of Columbia software used in 15 international schools developed by Dr. Jonahan Keller, an associate professor of politcal science at James Madison University *information courtesey of Statecraft website
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the power to throw in “surprises,” including things like terrorists, weather events and other crises students must react to. There are roughly eight turns in a simulation, and for each turn students have to write a policy brief about their long-term goal as a team and how they are accomplishing their goals from the point of view of their role (president, defense secretary, secretary of state, for example). The turns are not all the same length, and students only know how long the current turn will be. Hamm said time management plays a big role in
determining success in the course. “I’d say I definitely spend a good amount of time on [the course],” Hamm said. “As the president [of the group] you have to, and I spent more time on it than I originally thought, but it was fun, and I enjoyed it.” Michael Lasonczyk, a University alumnus currently in his first year of law school in Cincinnati, took the course during last winter’s interim period. He said reading the manual and deciding goals early was the best way to ensure success. “I would tell students to go read the manual to the simulation all the way through and determine what type of goals they want to achieve right off the bat,” Lasonczyk said. “It is hard to be successful if you stumble the first few turns of the simulation.” To decide the team goals and to coordinate actions for each turn, students have to be in nearly constant communication. DeRouen said the way students approach this obstacle has been fascinating to watch. “That’s another interesting aspect of this course – that the students can be quite innovative when it comes to communicating,” DeRouen said. “In the real world, diplomacy has modernized over time, and it’s not just ambassadors taking horse and buggy across Europe. Now it’s emails and Dropboxes and all sorts of electronic communication.” Lasonczyk was the president of his country, and he said his team used both Google Chat and a group iMessage to communicate frequently. He also used text messages and phone calls to communicate with the leaders of other countries to make deals. Students who wish to sign up for the course are required to have a reliable internet connection on a daily basis, in addition to a $30 Statecraft account. DeRouen said the tech support team for the software is reliable and easy to reach in case of a glitch or error. Students receive points for accomplishing goals and being the best country in a variety of categories. These points, in addition to policy briefs for each turn and a final exam, translate into the final course grade.
Brandon Chicotsky wins 1st in Three Minute Thesis By Mary Catherine Connors | Contributing Writer
Imagine squeezing years of academia and study into a three-minute time slot. That’s what 15 graduate students did Tuesday evening as they competed in the second annual Three Minute Thesis final competition. In the event, each finalist had 180 seconds to give a description of their research to a panel of judges. “The Three Minute Thesis was something that was developed at the University of Queensland a few years ago, and about two years ago, it was suggested that there be an Alabama competition,” said Andrew Goodliffe, assistant dean of the University’s graduate school. Goodliffe, along with associate dean David A. Francko and Cori Perdue, director of graduate programs, said he was excited to bring this aspect of competition to the University. “We put together a whole professional development series leading up to this competition.” Goodliffe said. “So the students go to presentations by people who are experts at talking.” At the end of the event, it was Brandon Chicotsky who took home the prize for first place, which included $1,500 in cash and scholarships and an invitation to compete in the regional Three Minute Thesis competition next March in New Orleans, Louisiana. Chicotsky’s thesis was focused on his website, baldlogo.com. “When I was losing my hair, I decided to donate a
bunch of money to kids with Alopecia Areata, and I didn’t know exactly how to get it to them – that was one component of why I built baldlogo.com,” Chicotsky said. “The baldlogo.com is a part of a larger strategy for research, which is to develop a constructive principle or a method to amplify brands or to build a brand louder and bigger. So it’s not only a utility for the market, it also pushes the bounds for discovery.” The audience voted for which crowd favorite would be given The People’s Choice Award. Jessica Pincham King was awarded the honor for her research in the School of Social Work, titled “Parental Involvement in Special Education.” “It did take some preparation, but it was well worth it,” King said. “My dissertation chair encouraged me to participate.” Second place was awarded to Stephanie Parker for her thesis, “The Democratization of Narrative.” Third place was given to Joseph Meany for “Molecular Circuitry: The Little Things that Matter.” Fourth place was taken by Jennifer Sherwood with “Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: The Safer MRI Contrast Agent.” The panel of judges was comprised of various noted professionals from the state of Alabama. They included John H. England Jr., Sen. Gerald Allen, Catherine Randall, Joe Benson, Carl Pinkert, Samory Pruitt, Kim Severt and Will Guin, last year’s Three Minute Thesis competition winner.
3 MINUTE THESISWINNERS st PLACE: Brandon Chicotsky nd PLACE: Stephanie Parker rd PLACE: Joseph Meany th PLACE: Jennifer Sherwood PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: Jessica Pincham King
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COLUMN | SMOKING BAN
Campus needs better sanctions
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COLUMN | SOCIAL MEDIA
Enjoy your life, don’t post it on social media ERYNN
Williams Staff Columnist
In one of my classes this week, we discussed the role of social media in our lives. The discussion began with the topic of anonymity and led into a larger conversation of how the use of social media and the Internet can affect the likelihood of getting a job. Students raised concerns of how their personal profiles may lead a future employer to judge them based on images from parties or nights-out from their pasts. Many complained that our parents did not have to be as cautious in terms of their conduct when they were in our situations because employers had less access. It was said that it is not fair that employers are now able to look into our personal lives via our social media. While I can understand the concerns of my classmates, I couldn’t help but wonder why this is such a big issue in the first place. What appeared to be most concerning to everyone is how what they do on social media will affect their chances of success in the
future. But the incredible thing can be making these memories and about it is that we are in control creating stories to tell your future of how we present ourselves to children about your college days. the public. This is why our parents didn’t I could talk about the various pri- have to worry about employers seevacy settings of difing them in negative ferent social media light from partying sites and how that and engaging in acts Stop trying to document that may not be suitcan prevent people from seeing too able for employers. everything in life and much, but there’s They didn’t docua much deeper and ment it all and post simply enjoy the perhaps easier way it to public profiles moment. to alleviate some of for the world to see. the anxiety of tryInstead, they lived ing to keep certain the moments, made things private. Stop trying to docu- memories and kept whatever eviment everything in life and simply dence of these moments private enjoy the moment. for their personal enjoyment or for I’m not at all saying don’t take sharing at their discretion. Social another picture. It’s great to have media is a wonderful way to keep in photos to help reminisce later touch and connect with new people on, but it is even greater to really around the world, but we cannot be in that moment. Make memo- let the use of these technological ries of these moments that you advances take control of our lives. share with your friends and savor Moderation is key in this regard; we those memories. should definitely use social media Don’t worry so much about how for the glorious means of commumany Facebook, Instagram, and nication and entertainment that Vine “likes” you’ll get or how many it is, but we should give it a break times your picture will be retweet- when we’re out enjoying ourselves. ed or taking the perfect Snapchat Here’s to enjoying our time in colpictures and videos. The time that lege and making memories to last you’re wasting with taking the per- a lifetime. fect selfie, finding the filter that’s just right, and the caption to tie it Erynn Williams is a junior all together, including all the appro- majoring in interdisciplinary priate emojis, is the time that you studies. Her column runs biweekly.
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The University announced two weeks ago that our campus would be smoke-free starting in 2015. This ban will apply to all indoor or outdoor spaces on university grounds. However, The University of Alabama has not yet laid out its plan for enforcing the ban or the sanctions that will result from violations. Students and faculty must be made aware of the consequences the University intends to impose on those of either group who continue to smoke. Will lighting up at the end of a long day of tests garner a $50 fine like a parking ticket? Will UAPD officers be writing student non-academic misconduct citations and forcing students to disclose and explain their smoking habits to graduate schools four years down the line? Further, how will the University prevent tenured faculty members from smoking where they work? The choice that the UA administration makes in this regard could affect cash-strapped students’ pocketbooks or worse, their job prospects in the future. These new consequences – whatever they may be – are the reason the University should publish a plan to evenly enforce this ban on smokers of all races, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders and ages. I am concerned about this because I have frequently heard the sentiment that all the University would need to do to enforce this ban would be to “stand outside of B.B. Comer Hall.” This allusion to the hub of international student life on campus is an example of the patently false stereotyping that I urge the University to guard against. I am a non-smoker who has seen students and faculty members of all races, genders, nationalities and socioeconomic backgrounds smoke on campus. White and black liberal arts students smoke in the sitting area between ten Hoor Hall and Galloway. Engineers smoke as they stroll across the Shelby Quadrangle, and Greek students smoke behind their fraternity and sorority houses. International students should not be disproportionately penalized simply because they congregate in one of the most heavily trafficked corridors of campus, the Ferguson Promenade. On the contrary, the University should be working overtime to ensure these students, with varying degrees of English proficiency, receive notification of the new policy in the languages, formats and locations that will have the broadest, most effective impact. These concerns are part of why I personally oppose this policy. Many of the organizations that endorsed this policy already know that drafting well-meaning policies is the easy part. Sanctions and enforcement is where the rubber meets the road, and this policy has the potential of running some students smack over. This campus belongs to everyone in the UA community, and our administration has a duty to craft and release plans detailing how this policy will affect all of us. Leigh Terry is a junior majoring in economics. Her column runs weekly. Last Week’s Poll: Should the University have banned tobacco products on campus? (Yes: 63%) (No: 37%) This Week’s Poll: Do you believe feminism is inclusive? cw.ua.edu
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OPINIONS Wednesday, November 19, 2014 COLUMN | POLITICS AND RELIGION
Your political party does not have to align with your religious beliefs VEL
Lewis Staff Columnist
Last week, I was asked how I can be a both a Democrat and a Christian. While the question was not asked in a derogatory manner, I realized certain stereotypes exist about being a Democrat in the Bible Belt. Some Democrats are seen as non-religious, pro-abortion, lax on the right to bear arms and the like, but that is untrue. As with every party, there are a multitude of people who hold varying opinions and values. Unfortunately, because political parties make official stances on issues, a select few become the face of the party, and their views get associated with the party as a whole. This ends up creating stereotypes of the whole party. I have attended church throughout my entire life and grew up attending Baptist churches and services. Today, I am a member of the Christian
sorority on campus, and yes, I am a proud Democrat. So, being asked how I could be both religious and a Democrat took me completely aback. I do not believe that I am the one to involve my religion and its practices into the lives of others, who may not follow or practice the same religion as me. I work to spread Christianity and the love of Jesus. I cannot and will not apologize for people in my party who are non-religious – they have every right to be – because they live in a country where they can make that decision. I could not ever see myself forcing my faith onto someone. I would hope others would not do the same to me. Whatever decisions a person makes is up to them. I can share the gospel and the message, but they are the ones who will ultimately make the decision, and they are the ones who are going to have to live with their decision. We may live in the Bible Belt, but it is time to wake up from the veil we all try to hide behind. It amazes me that church members have so much to say about others and are so invested in what others are doing, that they fail to look at what is going on in their
own lives. This reminds me of the If I believe same-sex couples should verse from Matthew 7:3: “Why do you have the right to get married, then look at the speck of sawdust in your that is my opinion, and I should not brother’s eye and pay no attention to be criticized for believing that and the plank in your own eye? How can being a Christian. you say to your brother, ‘Let me take So yes, you can be a Christian and be the speck out of your eye,’ when all pro-choice. Yes, you can be Democrat the time there is a and advocate for plank in your own pro-life initiaeye? First, take the tives. You can be plank out of your Democrat and hold It does not make you any less own eye, and then tight to your guns. you will see clearYes, you can be of a Democrat, or any less of a ly to remove the Democrat and vote Republican, if you do not strictly for Republicans speck from your brother’s eye.” We vice-versa. adhere to stereotypes that have and need to start pracAnd yes, you can ticing what we be a Democratic become a part of today’s preach. Southern Ch r i st i a n and political system. churches can be have morals and some of the most values. It does judgmental places. not make you Gossip runs ramany less of a pant, you are judged Democrat, or any by what you wear to church and even less of a Republican, if you do by how much you give to the church. not strictly adhere to stereotypes Of course, there are intersec- that have become a part of today’s tions where cultural and social political system. issues conflict with the teachings of Christianity, but I have the right to Vel Lewis is a junior majoring in have my own opinions just as every- political science and public relations. one else has that same right as well. Her column runs biweekly.
6 Michelle Smart raises funds for secret meals NEWS
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By Kristen Ellis | Contributing Writer
Friday afternoon in a local elementary school, a kindergarten student asked her teacher for an apple. The teacher asked why she needed food so soon after lunch, but the child seemed hesitant to answer. Finally, she replied, “Well, I’ll be hungrier later.” Realizing this student faced a weekend without food, her teacher contacted Secret Meals for Hungry Children, an organization that anonymously delivers three-and-a-half pound food packs to underprivileged students. “We want to keep them protected and help them to understand that someone out there is thinking about them, even though we don’t really know who they are,” said Michelle Smart, the program assistant for Secret Meals. Smart’s job is focused on creating fundraising events to raise money for the Secret Meals program, a partnership between the Alabama Credit Union and the West Alabama Food Bank, that serves 2,500 students statewide. A large portion of those who benefit from the brown paper bags – 1,100 to be exact – live right here in the Tuscaloosa area. Though the credit union provides funding for the program and never deducts from donations to cover operational costs, Smart still must raise $300,000 annually. “It costs $140 to feed a child for an entire school year,” Smart said. “The food bank needs a check, and if for some reason we weren’t able to meet that goal, that would ultimately be a crisis in my eyes because the kids wouldn’t be getting their food packs on Friday.” A native of Grand Bay, Alabama, and graduate of The University of Alabama’s public relations
Sorority uses fundraising website to support Allen FUNDRAISER FROM PAGE 1
are continuing to use their talents, but this time the focus is on Allen, one of their own members. “The chapter of Tri Delta has been unbelievably supportive and is helping me raise money for her family,” said Allen’s best friend, Savannah Martin, a sophomore majoring in advertising and marketing. “We have wanted to help out any way we can, but it has been difficult considering we live five hours away and have been able to have limited contact with Megan since the accident.” The distance made it hard for her sisters to keep in touch with her and keep updated on her recovery, which is why Martin started a Tilt, an online fundraising page, to raise funds for her outof-state tuition and help pay for Allen’s medical expenses. So far, the chapter has raised $1,035 through Tilt. Martin and other members of Tri Delta said they hope students can learn from Allen’s accident. “We urge students to take this accident very seriously and hope that we can all learn something from it,” Martin stresses. “Being safe in a college town is a huge priority when attending football games and other functions on campus.” Skylar Chans, a sophomore majoring in advertising and a member of
program, Smart began working with Secret Meals as a student. She was part of a communications class that challenged her to create a fully branded fundraising project for an outreach program in Tuscaloosa. Smart fell in love with the work of Secret Meals and began interning with the Alabama Credit Union while still in college, eventually being hired by them prior to graduation. “It’s a great program, and as a PR professional I value any organization that places social responsibility so high on their priority list,” she said. “I had options to go elsewhere, I guess. The Secret Meals effort really is what made me decide to make a career out of working at the credit union.” There’s always been a need for a food assistance program in the state, she said. One in five Alabamians go hungry, which is higher than the national average of – one in six. Through Secret Meals, teachers identify those who show signs of malnourishment, such as hoarding food at lunchtime or overeating during the last meal on Friday. Volunteers deliver the food packages to be discreetly slipped into the children’s backpacks during recess. Linda Lightsey, Smart’s colleague at the Alabama Credit Union, said she knows Smart’s dedication to the program well. “You see that children are being fed, but people don’t see all the work that goes on behind the scenes – all the banners, push cards, every event that has to be planned, everything that has to be loaded up every time and taken to that event and then brought back,” Lightsey said. “It’s quite impressive to think that we’re feeding that many children every weekend.” Helping others in the community is nothing new for
Tri Delta, said though she was saddened by Allen’s accident, she is glad her sorority is able to work together to help her recovery. “Megan is such an awesome girl and such an asset to our chapter and my pledge class,” Chans said. “We were all so shocked and upset when we found out about her accident, but we have been working hard to raise funds and awareness to help her family with medical bills.” Chans said the effort has even helped to foster a stronger sense of community within her sorority. “It has brought all of us even closer and has made our chapter stronger, because we are all working hard to help both a sister and a friend,” she said. Natassia Costa, a spokesperson for Tilt, said she is thrilled to see the website go to good use. “It’s amazing to see students using our platform to help other students,” Costa said. “The Tri Delts at The University of Alabama are using Tilt to raise awareness about Megan’s situation and make it easy for friends and the UA community to get involved.” Martin said all are welcome to donate to Allen’s recovery effort through their Tilt page. Allen’s campaign can be found at tilt.com/campaigns/teammegan. Their goal is to raise $2,000. “Anyone can donate any amount they want to the Tilt,” Martin said. “The minimum we are asking someone who would like to donate is $5, which is more than enough if we can get the whole community involved.”
Michelle Smart Photo Courtesy of Michelle Smart
Smart, she said She recently started work on another project called “Jehovah Jireh,” or “God will provide.” This effort raises money for families in the process of adopting children. Smart’s program is already fundraising for five families.
Spectrum to hold trans vigil By Heather Buchanan | Staff Reporter
This Thursday at 7 p.m., Spectrum will host a vigil in honor of Trans Day of Remembrance, an international holiday to remember all of the transidentified people killed last year. “Vigil is the Latin word for ‘awake,’ and we hope that this event has that effect on attendees – we need to see and realize the threats that our trans students, faculty and staff face in their daily lives and work our hardest to support them and prevent violence,” said Meredith Bagley, a faculty advisor for Spectrum. The vigil will be held in 2101 Ferguson Center art gallery where Spectrum is also displaying art through Friday afternoon. Gaby Wilson, a senior majoring in telecommunications and film, coordinated the event. “Each year, in observance of Trans Day of Remembrance, Spectrum, along with support from other queer campus organizations, has hosted a candlelight vigil on the Quad,” Wilson said. “This year, it was decided that a more lasting and visible way of honoring the lives of trans people that were lost was to have a visual display representing each person.” The group wanted to do more than just a vigil to raise awareness of the violence against trans-identified people. They had originally planned to place one trans flag for each person
The Trans Day of Remembrance art installment will be on display in the Ferg until Nov. 20. CW / Layton Dudley
lost on the quad in front of Gorgas Library but had to change their plans due to homecoming events. Mat Wimberly, a senior majoring in marketing and management and vice president of Spectrum, said remembrance and awareness are two goals of Trans Day of Remembrance. “Trans Day of Remembrance is significant because it gives people an opportunity to mourn those who we have lost in the past year,” Wimberly said. “It is also a time for transgender people and their allies to take action and bring attention to this community by educating the public and advancing advocacy around the issues that transgender people face.”
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Show choir to put on performance By Hannah Widener | Contributing Writer
Resonance Show Choir is revamping their show this year with new dresses and power-packed ballads. The group’s latest show will be split into two sets, the first consisting of three songs and the second consisting of thematically-driven material. “The concept is ‘Encaged,’ and it’s about being in bondage and breaking out and finding what sets you free in life,” said Gavin Dover, a senior majoring in choral music education and director of Resonance. It is Dover’s first year directing the show choir, and he said the hardest part of directing is leading a group of peers. The show will feature a variety of music, from Broadway to classic rock and even music from “A Goofy Movie.” Although Dover held in a leadership position the year prior, this year he said he is pushing the group to its limits. “Leading people your own age is always going to be difficult, and there’s no way getting around that,” Dover said. “This group especially has made it really easy for me to lead them because they’ve been very curious. They
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PLAN TO GO WHAT: Resonance Show Choir WHEN: Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Bama Theatre
Chandler Sims shows off the Resonance Show Choir’s new dresses. CW / Hannah Widener
always want to learn something new, and they always want to be challenged. That’s why this is the hardest show that we have ever put on because the group wanted it, and they asked for it.” Steven Vuong, a junior majoring in nursing, said he thinks finding a dynamic within in the group can be hard, but this year Resonance became close quickly. Vuong has been a member of Resonance since his freshman year and said he is excited the group is featuring a diverse range of music this year. Two of the songs Vuong spoke about are “Break Free” by Without Tomorrow and
“Watch Me Soar” by Scott Alan, which will take the audience from a rock and roll song to a soft ballad. “Sometimes I’ll catch myself doing choreography when I’m listening to the songs when I’m in class,” Vuong said. “I’ll realize it and think ‘Oh did I just do a shampoo move over my head in front of the whole class?’” For most of the students in Resonance, they began show choir in middle school or high school. For Emily Odom, a junior majoring in choral education, Resonance was more than just a show choir – it was a family affair. “My sister was in
Resonance when I was in tenth grade,” she said. “The creator of Resonance was my teacher in high school, so he told us all about it.” This is the first year Odom has had time to do show choir. She said after watching her sister perform she was excited to put on the traditional crimson dress the girls wear for performances. This year Resonance modernized the dresses. “I liked the concept of the original costume, but I think it could have been made better,” Odom said. “We’ve had the original dresses since 2007 when Resonance first began. I do love the dresses now though, they’re very pretty and flowy and flatter everyone.” Resonance will perform at the Bama Theatre Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. The doors open at 7 p.m., and tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults.
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Jobs biopic looks promising despite casting issues By Drew Pendleton
One of the hottest prospects being touted for 2015 is a new biopic of technology pioneer Steve Jobs. While the Apple founder’s life has already been tackled on the big screen in the 2013 film “Jobs” with Ashton Kutcher in the title role, this upcoming project comes with extra pedigrees that make it one of the most anticipated films of next year, despite initial casting problems. The film is based on the authorized biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, which is being adapted by one of America’s most polarizing and fascinating scriptwriters, Aaron Sorkin. Best known for his work on TV with “The West Wing,” “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” “Sports Night” and “The Newsroom” (currently in its final season on HBO), Sorkin has also made a name for himself on the big screen as the writer of “A Few Good Men,” “Moneyball” and “The Social Network.” Early word says the film takes place during three major events in the Apple founder’s life, with long scenes that give the movie’s actors a chance to shine. The mix of Sorkin’s trademark sharp humor and electric dialogue, when joined with director Danny Boyle
Aaron Sorkin has been announced as the screenwriter for a film adaption of Steve Jobs’ biography. Tribune News Service
(“Slumdog Millionaire,” “127 Hours”) and stellar source material makes this film, on filmmaker pedigree alone, an intriguing one to watch out for next year. The only problem is Boyle & Sorkin
need to find their Steve Jobs first. When David Fincher – who directed Sorkin’s “The Social Network” script to critical acclaim – was on board as director, Christian Bale was in talks to take on the role. However, when Fincher left over creative differences, Bale bailed out as well. The director’s chair then went to Boyle, and rumors shifted to Leonardo DiCaprio taking on the role. These rumors proved to be untrue, and now – after Bale entered and left negotiations for a second time – Michael Fassbender (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”) is in discussions to take on Jobs. It’s an interesting choice that’s difficult to envision, but his talent could make it pay off and be brilliant. The same goes for the only confirmed actor in the film to this point: Seth Rogen, of “Knocked Up” fame, who will play Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak. While it’s an eclectic duo, it could turn out to be a stroke of genius. While the film is still in the casting process, it’s due out sometime next year. Regardless of who’s in the title role and who else fills out the remainder of the cast, a new Sorkin film is always one to look forward to, and one that will probably be among 2015’s most anticipated films.
Mr. Chen’s features an authentic Asian food market on one side and a delicious Chinese restaurant on the other. CW File
Mr. Chen’s wins for best local Chinese cuisine By Matt Lund
Simultaneously a best-kept secret and a well-known establishment of Tuscaloosa, Mr. Chen’s specializes in all the traditional Chinese dishes you’ve grown up on, as well as a few more you probably haven’t. The business is half cozy restaurant, half authentic Asian market. Everything from discount ramen to a wide variety of odd Asian candies line the aisles. Half the fun is trying to figure out how everything tastes based off the cartoon character packaging. Mongolian beef or chicken, General Tsao’s The flavors are chicken, and sesame chicken robust and fit cover most of the exactly what restaurant’s more familiar Chinese you crave out of food orders. Chinese food. Meanwhile, spicy shredded pork with garlic, stir fry pork with squid, hot sizzling clay pots, and daily specials provide new and interesting options for more adventurous diners. The flavors are robust and fit exactly what you crave out of Chinese food. The fried pot stickers are both filling and tasty, exactly what a group is looking for out of an appetizer. Entrees other than fried rice and lo mein are served with white or fried rice to help fill hungry bellies. This is the best Chinese food in town. Whether you’re out to eat, or just grabbing take-out for a quiet night in, Mr. Chen’s is an obvious choice for a delicious meal.
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Numero Group releases two dozen tracks, many never before heard By Jordan Cissell
The following 24 songs have quite literally never seen the light of day. Back in the late 1960s, a fellow named Jerry Riegle stuck a recording studio underground in an active limestone mine near Kansas City, Missouri, and called it Cavern Sound. James Brown recorded a few cuts there throughout 1972, as did Brewer & Shipley. But for the most part the subterranean studio served as a creative lair for longforgotten folk and rock hopefuls, high school garage heroes with amps, aspirations and just enough scroungedup lunch money to pay for a daylong session or two. On “Local Customs: Cavern Sound,” the fourth issue in the label’s Local Customs series, Numero Group has gathered up two dozen tracks recorded at Cavern Sound between 1967 and 1973, the majority of which have never before been released. And if that conjures visions of purging that old, steel filing cabinet in the office basement or digging up a soilencrusted time capsule from the backyard, then so be it. Much like a seemingly bottomless document repository or a nostalgic box of knick-knacks, the
record’s got a little bit of everything. Album-opener “Mustache in Your Face” by Pretty sounds like BachmanTurner Overdrive forgot to look over its shoulder before changing lanes and side-swiped the 13th Floor Elevators. Fuzz-to-the-max guitar slides around over the top of a big, propulsive drum cadence and the track’s elastic groove is sporadically intruded upon by bursts of chirpy organ and primal screaming. The low-fidelity, multi-tracked harmonies on Fraight’s “One Girl” evoke the Beatles crowded around one microphone in a subway station bathroom. “Lovin’ You’s Blues” by Jaded, is one of the record’s most arresting cuts. The song’s effect is at once meditative and creepy, with half-mumbled vocals delivering low-key poetry like incantations muttered through an opiate haze. Muted tribal rhythms also filter through the mist, as the occasional explosive flute freakout whirls to the front of the mix before dissolving into reverberating shimmer. Larry Sands and the Sound Affair’s “You’ll Know the Words” comes across as a mellow, Doors-y lullaby, but listen a bit more closely and the
lyrics hurl venom at a previously domineering love interest upon whom the tables have now been turned. The song, along with the album’s other Larry Sands tune, “If I Didn’t Want to See You Anymore,” also represents some of the first recorded output of Sneaky Pete Kleinow, who went on to play pedal steel guitar with the Flying Burrito Brothers, Joni Mitchell, the Rolling Stones and Fleetwood Mac. The singer on Tide’s “I Wish It Hadn’t Ended That Way” muses with elegiac nostalgia on a time “long ago when the deer ran wild, starlit nights were sweet and mild” and a “winding river ran fresh and clean” over a loose rumble of bass and acoustic guitar that crescendos to the electric, staccato attack of the titular chorus. Morningstar predicts Bikini Kill’s reckless, no-holds-barred attack on “Little by Little,” a three-minute vector of nervous energy, rudimentary riffing and explosive soloing. The collection’s final track is perhaps its best. In “Smoke My Pipe (The Sign Ain’t Right),” A.J. Rowe methodically spews a series of rambling vignettes in an instantly endearing, gravelly croak of a talk-sing, while subtle, trebly
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guitar jabs punctuate a circular rockabilly drumbeat and pulsing bass guitar run. As the song progresses, the cumulative effective of intermittent guitar stutters and vocal hiccups threaten to catapult the singer and his stories to the brink of collapse. Here is someone doing exactly what he wants to, exactly how he wants to do it, and the result is five weird and stimulating minutes of unfiltered idiosyncrasy.
The University’s first and only co-ed a capella group, No Strings Attached, has a performance Wednesday night. Photo Courtesy of Allyson Azar
A capella group to have concert By Stephanie Gaytan | Contributing Writer
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The University’s co-ed a capella group, No Strings Attached, is set to put on the first performance of the year Wednesday. The group will sample current hits and old favorites in their upcoming performance. Allyson Azar, a senior majoring in music and No Strings Attached president, said the group has been hard at work in rehearsals since September working on new songs to sing. “We are performing all kinds of different music at the show, from ‘Radioactive’ to ‘Chandelier,’” she said. The group formed three years ago and has been growing ever since. Connor Dugan, a junior majoring in biology and the group’s musical director, runs rehearsals twice a week. He said the show is worth seeing and provides a study break during the end-of-the-semester crunch. “It’s a chance for people to get out of their rooms and experience something different during those monotonous last weeks of the semester,” he said. “It will definitely be something to keep everyone excited and having fun.”
PLAN TO GO WHAT: No Strings Attached fall concert WHEN: Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Choral Opera Room, Moody Music Building
No Strings Attached has open auditions at the beginning of the fall semester following tabling at Get on Board Day. Dugan said the group often also holds auditions in the spring. Time and dates for auditions are posted on the group’s Facebook page. Axar said the group is ready to show off the pieces they have been working on. “We have some very cool stuff this year along with a couple of arrangements we did ourselves and encourage everyone to come see what we’re all about,” she said. There is no charge for admission to the concert, but the group is accepting donations with a portion of proceeds benefiting the Children’s Miracle Network through UA Dance Marathon.
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University of Alabama students Taylor, Garrett and Blake Hurst are not just triplets – they also share the same major. CW / Hannah Widener
Hurst triplets share major, college experience By Hannah Widener | Contributing Writer
Born July 27, 1990, the Hurst triplets were brought into a family full of Alabama fans. Blake, Garrett and Taylor Hurst grew up in Dothan, Alabama, spending their summers on the lake and helping on their grandparents’ farm. They attended the same school from first grade through high school and graduated in a class of about 50 students. “Our teachers used to mix us up at first if they didn’t know us,” Garrett Hurst said. “For those first few years, we used to wear belt buckles that had our names on them so they wouldn’t get confused.” What sets the Hurst triplets apart from most siblings who go to The University of Alabama is that they are not only identical, but all share the same major. Taylor and Blake Hurst are majoring in mechanical engineering, and Garrett Hurst will be graduating in December with his masters in
civil engineering. During their time at the University, the brothers had to co-op, alternating work with school every semester. Before coming to the University, the Hurst triplets attended junior college for two years and then made their decision between Auburn University and The University of Alabama. Blake Hurst said as soon as they were born, they were told they were going to be Crimson Tide fans. “We grew up on our grandparents’ farm, and they had a bunch of cars, vehicles and tractors,” Blake Hurst said. “We knew opportunity for employment for engineers was pretty high, and it was a stable career. In reality though, I decided to do engineering, and [my siblings] just followed.” Alternating work and school was hard at first, Taylor Hurst said, but they talked to each other once a week and visited when they could. Growing up, each of the
brothers had their own room but shared a bathroom until they were 15 years old. Now Blake and Garrett Hurst share a room, and Blake Hurst says his brother keeps him focused. “My favorite thing about Garrett – well, it’s got to be the good looks,” Blake Hurst said. “I’m just kidding. My favorite thing about Garrett is that he pushes me to be a better person. His motivation and determination – and he’s always been very good in school – and his competitiveness pushes me to do better.” After they graduate, the brothers will move to different parts of Alabama to work for different companies, but before that they plan to spend their last night in Tuscaloosa together. “We’ve always been together, and growing up we’ve always had similar interests,” Blake Hurst said. “We will definitely be together the night before I graduate. I have other friends, but these guys are my best friends.”
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Taylor Swift’s new album, video strays from previous fan expectations By Noah Cannon
It’s good to be Taylor Swift right now. The pop star’s latest album “1989” sold over 1.2 million copies in its first week of release, becoming her third consecutive platinum-selling debut. Factor in a recently-announced world stadium tour, an inescapable promotional blitz and glowing reviews from critics, 2014 looks like a landmark year for Swift. Perhaps the most integral piece of Swift’s dynasty is consistency. Her knack for quality control has long set her apart from other top recording artists. Every song, every video, every promotional appearance by
Swift plays right into the established formula for success she’s implemented for almost a decade now. Even her album release cycle – a new record in the third week of October every two years – hasn’t changed since her eponymous debut. It’s this consistency that makes Swift’s new single “Blank Space” and its accompanying music video so out of the ordinary for die-hard “Swifties.” The video, inadvertently leaked by Yahoo earlier this week, is gorgeously shot in widescreen by Joseph Kahn and features the impossibly goodlooking Sean O’Pry as Swift’s co-star. In what is surely her most sarcastic song to date, Swift spins a jaded, sardonic
tale of the fictitious Taylor crafted by tabloids. The accompanying visual for “Blank Space” features Swift as a sort of murderous Jay Gatsby in a merry-go-round of ill-fated boyfriends and smashed car windows. The end result is closer to a horror movie than a love song, with Swift emerging triumphant as the credits roll. Swift’s refusal to be trampled by her own public image in “Blank Space” results in a glorious “screw you” song for the ages. She takes a joke she has so often been the butt of and instead chooses to laugh last and loudest. “Blank Space” is about the most irritating ex-lover she’s dealt with so far: the media.
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Tide practices for homecoming game By Nolan Imsande | Staff Reporter
The Crimson Tide practiced for the first time this week on Tuesday afternoon in preparation for Saturday’s game against the Western Carolina Catamounts. The team practiced inside in full pads, likely to avoid the winter weather, with the temperature in the high 30s. Wide receiver DeAndrew White (hamstring) and running back T.J. Yeldon (ankle) were both limited. White went through a couple of drills but sat out others. Yeldon carried a football around but did not go through any drills during the media viewing period. Alabama coach Nick Saban said they would be limited during the week in an attempt to get them 100 percent healthy. Saban also said kicker
Adam Griffith would be limited this week, but the unstructured practice for specialists made it difficult to tell. Saban did not explain what was bothering the kicker but said that it was not a new injury. Running back Altee Tenpenny practiced with the team. He did not dress for Saturday’s game against Mississippi State. Saban said Tenpenny missed a meeting before Saturday’s game, so the coach did not allow him to dress out. He could see some time in this weekend’s game, given the opponent and the injuries to Yeldon and Kenyan Drake. Linebacker Dillon Lee worked with the inside linebackers during practice. Lee, who was injured during Saturday’s game, was not limited. He has seen time with the inside and outside linebackers
Jozy Altidore scored his 50th goal for the United States Men’s National Team last Friday. Tribune News Service
The Crimson Tide practiced indoors Tuesday in part to avoid temperatures in the 30s outside. CW / Pete Pajor
this season. Linebacker Reggie Ragland had a club on his broken hand. Ragland has played the last two games and didn’t seem affected by the injury. He
currently leads the team with 77 tackles. Scouts from the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals were in attendance for the team’s practice.
Women’s basketball loses heartbreaker to JSU By Elliott Propes | Staff Reporter
Freshman Hannah Cook took the ball and was set up by two screens, coming open at her sweet spot. Cook nailed the threepoint shot and tied up the game against Jacksonville State 62-62 with 18 seconds left. On the ensuing possession, JSU’s Destany McLin played spoiler and made a shot from the free-throw line to give JSU the go-ahead basket 64-62 with 3.1 seconds, which ended up being the deciding basket. “You credit those guys,” coach Kristy Curry said. “I thought they had some older kids that made some really big shots. My hat’s off to those kids and Rick. They did a great job tonight.” JSU was leading in scoring by three players in double figures, including senior transfer from Auburn Courtney Strain, who had 14 points. It was McLin, though, that came up big with the deciding basket. She scored 14 points as well. For Alabama, there was less balance. Sophomore Ashley Williams’ 26 points and Cook’s 18
Nikki Hegstetter goes up for a shot against JSU’s Destany McLin. CW / Layton Dudley
combined for 44 of Alabama’s 62 total points. No other player scored more than four points. “We just got to have more than Hannah and Ashley step up,” Curry
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said. “I’ve been disappointed in our older kids finding ways to score. From Nikki [Hegstetter] to [Briana Hutchen] we have to have more help.” The Crimson Tide fell to a deficit at the
beginning of the half and was trailing by double-digits, losing 32-22 going into the locker room. Missed free throws plagued the team especially in the first half, where Alabama was 3-12 from the line. “Really we just have to come up, step up to the line and knock them down,” Williamson said. “There’s a multiple of us that missed free throws. So that just shows we need to just get in the gym and shoot more free throws.” The bright spots for Alabama in the second half were spectacular performances by Cook and Williams again. Cook had an excellent second half, scoring all 18 of her points and going 4-5 from deep. For Williams, it was her season high at 26 points, and JSU did not have much of an answer. “I knew coming into the game we wouldn’t have an answer for Ashley Williams and we didn’t have an answer for Ashley Williams. She’s a special player,” JSU coach Rick Pietri said. Next up, Alabama is traveling to Kansas for the Hall of Fame Women’s Challenge, and will play Kansas Friday.
USMNT needs to learn how to play for full 90 minutes By Evan Reier
Young talent is always an exciting prospect for a team, but the majority of the time, young talent doesn’t produce immediate results, which has been the case for coach Jurgen Klinsmann and the United States Men’s National Team. In the United States’ friendly in London last Friday, the USMNT suffered another frustrating loss, this time to James Rodriguez and Colombia by a score of 2-1. While not the result the team wanted, there are a few positives to take away from the young squad. First and foremost, the U.S. did a fantastic job on defense, thanks to Jermaine Jones, who played at center back rather than his usual midfield position. Jones was an anchor and leader for the otherwise young defensive core of Gregory Garza, DeAndre Yedlin and John Brooks. The attacking play of the U.S. had some promising advances, but not anything consistent. Jozy Altidore scored his 50th goal for the USMNT off of a penalty 10 minutes in, and then remained somewhat anonymous for the rest of the game. Altidore has had a serious dry spell for his Premier League club Sunderland, and his lack of consistency has shown for the U.S. as well. Eighteen-year-old Rubio Rubin linked up well with Altidore, and almost scored a header at the beginning of the second half, and along with Julian Green and Fabian Johnson, is one of the youngest and possibly brightest future stars the U.S. has. However, all this young talent has to produce some kind of positive result. The USMNT’s last win was against Ghana in its first match of the World Cup this past summer, and losing another lead in a friendly has been frustrating to say the least. A loss was an expected outcome, however, with Colombia being one of the strongest teams at the World Cup, and having two of the best players in Europe in Rodriguez and Juan Cuadrado, but still the U.S. could have easily hung on to a draw, and probably should’ve scored at least another goal. Looking forward, the USMNT must remain patient, but there is still the need for results, especially with the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2015. The team needs more consistent play for 90 minutes and needs to show the ability to finish a game. This will come in time, but the U.S. needs it sooner rather than later.