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MCT Campus At Texas Tech, Kristy Curry talks to one of her players March 9 at the Memorial Auditorium during the Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship in Kansas City, Mo.
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Kristy Curry begins new era at Alabama, supported by husband, children, other coaches By Kelly Ward | Staff Reporter
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itting in women’s basketball head coach Kristy Curry’s office, the walls give visitors a revealing glimpse into her career before the topic of conversation can even turn to her. There’s a poster that has graced media guides with a few high points from her resume: nine NCAA Tournament appearances, one NCAA Final Four, two
NCAA Elite Eights, four NCAA Sweet 16’s, three NIT appearances, two Big Ten regular season titles and nine 20-win seasons. On the other side of her desk rest three basketballs, each commemorating 100 victories. The first is from Purdue, the other two from Texas Tech. When the conversation does turn to her, she doesn’t talk too much about the past; it’s the future she’s concerned
with – the future of her family. Her husband and assistant coach, Kelly Curry, and her two daughters came with her from Lubbock, Texas, to take the helm of a women’s basketball program that has been in the bottom half of the SEC for much of the 21st century. “Family is very important here,” Kristy Curry said. “Family values, we love that about the community, and it’s just a great place to raise a family. The
culture around the University – the things that they’re exposed to even beyond athletics is just phenomenal, so it’s a fun place to live.” Kelly Curry isn’t just tagging along; he’s been coaching since the 1998 season at Louisiana Tech. He’s coached alongside his wife for 15 years, so the move wasn’t a difficult choice for him, he said. SEE CURRY PAGE 13
CW | Ashley Montgomery Head coach Kristy Curry motivates the team in a huddle during the 73-31 victory over West Alabama in an exhibition game Nov. 4 at Foster Auditorium.
NEWS | GRADUATES
NEWS | LGTBQ
Students hold vigil honoring Big-name companies drawn to recruit at UA transgender violence victims Top employers begin building interest early in college career By Rachel Brown | Staff Reporter Employers want talent. Travis Railsback, executive director of The University of Alabama Career Center, said employers want a talent pool they can continue to pull from to grow a successful company. The University has that talent, and it continues to draw big-name companies in the Southeast like Ernst and Young, Schlumberger and Boeing back to campus every year to hire recent UA graduates. “Initially, companies might engage us because, maybe an alumni connection, but
Organizations come together to commemorate 238 lost lives
ultimately companies will continue to hire our students only if they have success hiring our students,” Railsback said. The Career Center gathers data through a six-month survey after each graduation. They use the survey to determine where students are working, what states they are working in and what their average starting salaries are. Current data only exists for Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration and the College of Engineering, but existing statistics show high placement for UA graduates. The top employers of Culverhouse College graduates were Ernst and Young, Regions, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sellers
By William Barshop | Contributing Writer Roughly 40 people gathered in front of Denny Chimes Wednesday night as part of Transgender Day of Remembrance. The crowd held candles in a circle as representatives from Spectrum, The University of Alabama’s LGBTQ student organization and the UA Safe Zone read a list of 238 transgender people who have died because of their gender identity in the past year. “It’s one of the more solemn events Spectrum holds at the Capstone,” said
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CW | Austin Bigoney Attendees remember those affected, reported or not, to transgender persecution.
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UA PR firm director wins award Jacquie McMahon, firm director of Capstone Agency and a junior from South Carolina, was recently awarded the Betsy Plank Award and scholarship at the Public Relations Student Society of America National Conference for her leadership and dedication to public relations. McMahon joined Capstone Agency during her freshman year. In her sophomore year, she served as assistant director of the Capstone Agency while also serving as secretary on the executive board of PRSSA. McMahon was elected the firm’s director in April 2013. The Capstone Agency is a student-run communications firm that enables students to gain real-world public relations experience. One of their campaigns, LessThanUThink, recently went international when it was implemented on a college campus in Argentina. The Capstone Agency is currently accepting applications for next semester. For more information or to apply to the agency, visit their website at capstoneagency.org.
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Tide to face Southern Miss in 2014 Alabama will face Southern Miss at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Sept. 13, 2014 to fill the last slot of its 2014-15 schedule, the team announced Wednesday. The finalized schedule shapes up much like this year’s, opening in Atlanta, Ga., in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game, followed by seven games at home and four on the road.
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Kouandjio named semifinalist Alabama left tackle Cyrus Kouandjio was one of six offensive linemen to be named as semifinalists for the Outland Trophy. The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best interior lineman in college football each year. Kouandjio could be the fourth Crimson Tide player to win the award, following Chris Samuels in 1999, Andre Smith in 2008 and Barrett Jones in 2011. Compiled by Lewis DeHope
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But the family extends further than her husband and two daughters. Most of her coaching staff has been with her since Purdue in one form or another. “I even was with her at Purdue, before Texas Tech,” Grant Fausset, director of operations, said. “So it wasn’t a matter of leaving Lubbock and coming to Alabama. It was a matter of the person you’ve worked for for so long and you respect and you care and is like family, that we’re going to all go together and start over and go that route.” He’s been around both Kristy and Kelly Curry for 13 years. Assistant coach Shereka Wright and video coordinator Lindsey Hicks played for the Currys at Purdue, and Wright started coaching with the Currys at Texas Tech. “It was an easy decision, I think,” Kelly Curry said. “We just felt like coming to Alabama as opposed to leaving Texas Tech; it was just a great opportunity. All of the sports have excelled here, and there’s no reason that women’s basketball can’t do the same thing.” Other Alabama sports have also embraced the new women’s basketball coaching staff. “It’s been unbelievable, whether it’s a text message wishing us luck before Nebraska from [women’s tennis coach] Jenny Mainz or [gymnastics coach] Sarah Patterson texted me the other night after West Alabama, [softball coach] Patrick Murphy, [volleyball coach] Ed [Allen],” Kristy Curry said. “All these guys are an inspiration to us.” Kelly Curry said their relationship with some women’s sports, like volleyball, with whom they share a facility, is more significant than others, but it isn’t just the women’s sports that have embraced the staff. He credited all the coaches in the program for creating the spirited atmosphere at the University. “It is different here,” Kelly Curry said. “Again, I just think when – he doesn’t need me tooting his horn – but I think
it’s a trickle-down effect from coach Saban. [If] he wants, he could sit and just be the king of the hill, but I think he wants everybody to win, and it’s kind of like on a team when your best player is unselfish, then your whole team’s going to be unselfish, and I think it’s a trickle-down effect from him, coach Patterson and you see coach Murphy, and those guys won national championships. They’re going out of their way to help you and welcome you; then who are you to be petty about stuff, and I just think everybody gets caught up in that atmosphere.” Fans have started to compare the Currys to the Pattersons. Both Sarah Patterson and Kristy Curry coach with their husbands. Both have two daughters. Athletic Director Bill Battle said professionally, both are good recruiters as well as coaches and are involved in the community. “The athletic department is made up of great people,” Battle said. “And we all, I guess, operate under the philosophy that a rising tide lifts all boats, and the better each sport does, the better we all do, and so Sarah Patterson was very gracious in reaching out to [Kristy Curry] and I think had some influence.” With six national championships to the Pattersons’ names, they’re a dominant force in the athletic world, and with the parallels between the Pattersons and the Currys already made, it’s only a matter of time before people ask if the Currys are the next “coach Pattersons.” “I don’t know if I can ever do what she’s done, but I certainly just want to be me and hope that’s going to be good enough and want to look forward to learning and growing,” Kristy Curry said. “I think you can learn a lot from someone like that, and everything from how she handles the community to how she handles her players daily to how she handles her family, it’s certainly someone that I can look up to and admire and respect and learn from, and I just feel like I’m blessed to be at the same place every day to learn from folks like that.” It’s more than just the success that people see now. Kelly Curry said people are seeing the fruits of their labor
PLAN TO GO WHAT: Alabama women’s baseketball vs. Wisconsin WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Foster Auditorium RECORDS: Alabama 0-3, Wisconsin 3-0 now but not all the hard work put into the program. “[Sarah Patterson] didn’t take the job and win the national championship two months later. There’s a lot of blood, sweat and tears that went into it,” Kelly Curry said. “I’m sure she put a lot of work, and David did too, into getting every fan that they draw over there, and that’s what happens; you recruit one player at a time and one fan at a time and you just have to build it brick by brick, and especially in this day and age when we want instant gratification, that’s kind of a hard thing, but that’s the neatest part of their story to me. … I think there’s only one ‘coach Pattersons’ at this University.” Kelly Curry and Fausset both said it’s something to strive for. “You believe that you can win a national championship here,” Kelly Curry said. “And whether you’re Patrick Murphy or Sarah Patterson it’s not just football, it’s everybody believes that they can win; that’s what everybody’s trying to achieve.” As for Sarah Patterson, she said she would love to have another championshipwinning husband-wife coaching duo at the University. She even reached out to Kristy Curry before she had accepted the job. “I give credit to coach Battle for reaching out,” Patterson said. “He had to find the people that he was interested in, but from my opinion, when Kristy was the one he wanted to hire, I wanted a strong, successful coach in that program, and I felt like that is my responsibility to the University to help in any way I can to elevate that program just like the other programs here at the University.” Kristy Curry’s plans to elevate the women’s basketball program will show up other places than on the stat sheet. The program currently has the lowest graduation success rate at the University, accord-
ing to the athletic department’s annual report for 201213. “The most important thing to me as a coach – obviously, I’m not in the end ultimately hired and fired because of that – is that players graduate and that there’s life after basketball and life after sport,” Kristy Curry said. She said in her 14 years as a head coach, everyone who finished their eligibility and played four years graduated. She’s very proud of this statistic. “Believe me, if they’re not getting their books done – that’s the first priority with me – they won’t be in practice, and they won’t play,” Kristy Curry said. “I think it’s important that we prepare them to go out and represent The University of Alabama for years to come out in their communities and with their families, and that’s really what it’s about is them graduating and impacting the world in a better way.” She operates in sync with the mission of the UA athletic department, which is “to recruit and develop student athletes to compete at the highest level in their particular sports and to educate and prepare those student athletes to compete in life after graduation at the highest levels and to do both with honor and integrity.” “Kristy lived that mission in her past experience at both Purdue and Texas Tech, that academics and life skills, community service were all a very important part of her makeup, and she’s been great in the community,” Battle said. “She’s really active in getting her student athletes involved in attracting other students and Tuscaloosa people to the games, and she’s just everything you look for in a coach. So yeah she’s the total person, which is what we want in our coaches here at Alabama.”
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NEWSIN BRIEF UA hosts anti-smoking campaign The University of Alabama will participate in the annual Great American Smokeout, a nationwide event to encourage people to stop smoking through various events around campus Information on quitting smoking will be available on the Quad in front of Gorgas Library from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Eta Sigma Gamma will sponsor a flash mob to raise awareness about secondhand smoke. Representing the number of people who die every day from secondhand smoke, approximately 135 students will converge in front of Denny Chimes from 12:15-12:30 p.m.
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The University of Alabama’s Model United Nations team, a part of the Alabama International Relations Club, is heading to Atlanta Thursday to represent the University in the Southern Regional Model United Nations. During the course of the competition, each member of the team is assigned a political figure and is expected to represent that person’s political interest while in committee. The college conferences allow for more flexibility in participants’ actions and give members a better chance to work individually, rather than as a nation, as they would in a high school conference. The Model UN team has been steadily gaining ground in its circuit in the past few years, rounding up four separate awards in the last conference it attended, which was hosted by Duke University. Brandon Hooks, a sophomore majoring in international studies and Spanish, said he believes the Model UN team here needs time to develop into a more established program. “I feel like we’re slowly growing compared to the other schools,” Hooks said. “The issue is that they have a long, set tradition of having a team.” Within the top level of competition, other SEC schools are scarce. Casey Delker, a sophomore majoring in marketing and international relations, currently serves as the
Submitted UA’s Model UN will participate in the Southern Regional Model United Nations Thursday. communications director of AIRC. She and Hooks said The University of Alabama’s presence at the conference helps to break down preconceived notions about the state and university. “They kind of have a bad perception of the South and especially of Alabama,” Delker said. “So we’re definitely trying to change that.” Hooks said they find many often underestimate the University’s capablities. “Thinking of Alabama, you think of a state, especially a university, that is a very closed unit,” Hooks said. “We have a diverse campus, we have a diverse field of education, and that we are interested in international affairs. They underestimate what we can do here.” While the team members wish to represent the University to the best of their abilities, the competition is meant to be fun, not stressful. Brett Spicer, vice president of AIRC and a junior majoring in economics and history, said each trip holds opportunities beyond the conference. “We compete successfully at the top level,” Spicer said. “We are a competitive team, but we like to experience the travel factor and enjoy the city more. It’s a great opportunity for academic advancement but also for personal enrichment.” Hotel and travel expenses are covered by AIRC from funding it gets from sponsors and from the University. AIRC members are provided with the opportunity to
network and make friends with people all over the United States and internationally. In March, the team plans to travel to the World Model United Nations in Brussels, Belgium, where it will tackle problems with students from around the globe. “Going to these conferences allows you to realize that these international problems do exist, and they’re hard to solve, because you firsthand try and solve them,” Spicer said. Robert Hannah, a sophomore majoring in economics, stumbled upon AIRC’s table at Get On Board Day as a freshman and remains an active member of the club. Hannah said being a member has broadened his understanding of conflict and helped him find his place on campus. “It helps with your ability to compromise and work with other people and really make the best of whatever situation you were in,” Hannah said. “The people in AIRC are some of the closest friends that I have.” AIRC is open to members from all different majors, and anyone interested in global affairs is encouraged to join. Along with the Model UN team, AIRC teaches foreign languages to local middle schools and hosts Model UNs at high schools. It also holds internal debates and brings in speakers at its weekly meetings. Students interested in joining AIRC or Model UN can attend a meeting, held every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in Room 15 of Bidgood Hall, or contact Brett Spicer at vp.airc@gmail.com.
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Thursday, November 21 2013
COLUMN | EXPANSION
Town Hall fails to fill conversational void about UA problems By Nathan James | Senior Staff Columnist
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COLUMN | GUEST COLUMN
Hospitable nature hinders progress By Leigh Terry | Guest Columnist I am a Southerner, born and bred, and I love the South. I love other Southerners. I love Southern accents. I love Southern fried chicken and sweet tea. I even love Southern weather at its hottest and most humid. I especially love Southern hospitality. However, this sense of courtesy that holds us together often also holds our communities, state and the South back from making greater strides toward the future. It has been said that Southerners make great neighbors but poor voters. When it comes to individual politicians, we tend to have memories shorter than cotton plants and tolerances stronger than the Crimson Tide defensive line. Our propensity to elect leaders we later indict and imprison likely springs from the same impulse that drives us to hold the door open for
strangers until our arms get sore. We care about relationships and courtesy so much that we just can’t help ourselves. Ta ke Birmingham: Former Mayor Larry Langford took bribes totaling $236,000 over five years while serving as the president of the Jefferson County Commission. At least seven years passed before outside forces investigated his actions and finally removed him from office. Seven years is a long time for no one to notice that a heavily indebted public figure was seen wearing a $12,000 watch. Or is it more likely that others took notice but thought questioning Langford would rock the boat? Next look to Montgomery, where only three years ago four state senators were indicted and acquitted of bribery charges related to a controversial bill that would have allowed for a referendum on the issue of
allowing electronic bingo machines in the state. Since then, two of the four have been re-elected to their original offices and a third has been elected mayor of Attalla, Ala. While their actions may very well have been within the bounds of the law, it boggles the mind as to why the citizenry of a Southern society that puts a particularly strong emphasis on strength of character would re-elect politicians who have had their characters strongly called into question. We are simply too nice to vote “no” to the native son or daughter from down the street who knocks on our door. Finally, we have a campus where students are frequently seen holding their tongues and smiling at what they know to be an offensive comment or questionable action, just because we are too concerned about maintaining our reputation as Southern
ladies and gentlemen to call our peers’ behavior unacceptable. Don’t get me wrong. I love living among the friendliest people on Earth; However, if our desire to maintain happy and peaceful communities keeps us from moving beyond our checkered past and frankly discussing the issues we face – such as systemic poverty, education, tax structure, and racial, gender and socioeconomic divisions – then maybe we should consider whether or not it’s time to get a tad bit mean. Otherwise, the status quo will carry on like kudzu, stifling the promise of progress lurking just underneath the surface. Unlike many outside observers, I don’t b e l i eve Southerners are too dumb to vote correctly, just sometimes too hospitable. Leigh Terry is a sophomore majoring in economics.
Tuesday was this year’s final meeting of the Honors College Town Hall, scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. and feature Mayor Walt Maddox and University of Alabama President Judy Bonner. At 6:25 p.m., Bonner was not present. At 6:32 p.m., someone discretely turned her name card face-down, and the meeting began. Maddox began his presentation with a slideshow illustrating the growth of the University and surrounding areas throughout the past century. He then spent some time discussing tornado recovery efforts, an eight-year-old prekindergarten initiative,and the development of downtown infrastructure, before returning to the issue of tornado recovery. Bonner never arrived at the meeting, and her absence was attributed to a family crisis. Supposedly she told this to organizers two hours before the meeting, which begs the question why a place was set for her or why attendees were not told of her absence in advance. The meeting wasn’t terribly informative, but it was interesting in that it unintentionally highlighted many of the University’s Nathan James ongoing struggles. There are two points about this meeting I’d like to discuss because I feel they are especially representative of larger issues on this campus. The first is the persistent lack of discussion from administrators on issues that matter to students, such as the voting fraud scandal, greek desegregation, increasing costs and rampant overcrowding. Admittedly, Maddox probably isn’t in a position to describe all of these issues in depth, but Bonner’s unannounced absence didn’t help either. As a member of the Honors College who cares about the University, I attended this meeting in the hopes that I would learn more about critical, ongoing developments that affect students. Instead, I learned nothing of substance. The second issue is growth without limits. Throughout the meeting, Maddox touted the University’s absurd growth rates, without ever pausing to explain how this is good for students. He also didn’t bother to explain how the University is evolving to accommodate this growth. I would contend that we’ve reached a point where a 5-6 percent annual growth rate is no longer an achievement unto itself. We have reached a point where construction is a constant on campus, and students are fighting for insufficient resources. This is evident in cramped lecture halls, swamped parking lots and full apartment complexes. It’s no longer enough, or even necessarily beneficial, for this campus to expand. Yet expansion comprised the bulk of the discussion Monday evening. At the end of the meeting, I felt reinvigorated in my conviction that students deserve more respect from administrators. It’s true that we’re young, and it’s true that we can be distracted. Sometimes we’re apathetic, and sometimes we’re misguided. But we’re still adults with adult responsibilities, and we still care about the issues that affect us. That’s why things like this meeting exist. Until we have officials who will treat us with the respect we deserve, we need not be content. We need to demand honest, forthright communication from the people who run this institution. We need administrators who will address failures instead of refusing to talk about them. We need to stop listening to people who tell us that the only thing that matters is a bigger campus with more and more and more and more students. That’s what I learned from Monday’s Town Hall meeting. Nathan James is a junior majoring in public relations. His column runs on Thursdays.
COLUMN | JUSTICE SYSTEM
Lack of remorse, self-hatred cause Zimmerman’s recent arrest By Amber Patterson | Staff Columnist As I watched the news this past week, a breaking story interrupted an interview about the tornadoes that ripped through the Midwest. This story was not about a missing child or a phenomenon in the political realm but to inform the public that George Zimmerman has been arrested, again. I am pretty sure we all know who Zimmerman is and the infamous reputation he has, but let’s have a quick review. Zimmerman shot and killed unarmed 17-yearold Trayvon Martin and claimed self-defense. He was arrested six weeks after the actual crime and charged with murder but was acquitted. After this verdict
Amber Patterson that shocked the nation, he made headlines again after his ex-wife publicly said he had threatened her with a shotgun and other domestic violence claims. She also has been quoted saying she doubts his innocence when it comes to the death of Martin.
So now that we are all caught up, the question raised is, “What has Zimmerman got himself into now?” He was recently arrested and charged with aggravated assault of his pregnant girlfriend, which could be upgraded to a felony. Due to my belief in karma, I am honestly not surprised, but as I listened to the news, an analyst tried to help the public understand why Zimmerman’s name is constantly making headlines. When taking a step back and looking at the behavior of Zimmerman after the Martin trial, he seems to think he is invincible. He got away with murder; he has developed the idea that he is invincible. This would bring sense to why he continues to carry a shotgun, when
his history with them has been less than clean. It would explain how he does not just lie low and enjoy the freedom that should have been taken away many months ago. Another reason given was that he has developed this self-hatred that causes him to act out with the hope of being caught. He continues to act so violently so he can finally be held accountable for his actions. To me, this explanation is far-fetched. For Zimmerman to even have this self-hatred, he would have to actually display a sign of remorse. I, like many others, watched the Martin trial and did not see Zimmerman even wince when prosecutors brought up pictures
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of Martin’s lifeless body. There were even reports of him smiling before the trial even concluded, like he had already won. My firm belief is that Zimmerman does not feel any remorse and self-hatred for what he has done. He continues to act violently because he feels he just can. The laws do not apply to him, and although he is in jail, he knows he will get out. He got off once, so he can get off again is the mindset that I observe him to be in, and it is our justice system that has put him there. I just hope this time he is proven wrong. Amber Patterson is a junior majoring in public relations. Her column runs biweekly.
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Doctoral students present theses in 3 minutes By Emily Williams | Contributing Writer While an average graduate thesis is around 80,000 words, 15 University of Alabama doctoral students managed to condense theirs into a three-minute presentation. The contestants gathered in Russell Hall Wednesday night to present their theses as part of the championship round of the inaugural year of the graduate school’s Three Minute Thesis Competition. According to the program, the average thesis would take approximately nine hours to present, so the contest was all about being concise. The competition was based on an event that originated at the University of Queensland, Australia. A panel of seven judges that included professors, a circuit court judge, the superintendent of Tuscaloosa County
It’s a very exciting thing that brings the University community together to see all the exciting work our students are doing. — David Francko Schools and UA Interim Provost Joe Benson judged the students’ presentations based on the effectiveness of their communication, comprehension and audience engagement. The goal was to get students to explain their theses in a way that was accessible to a non-specialized audience without the use of overly technical jargon. Students were allowed to create one slide as a visual aid and could
not exceed three minutes of speaking time. Initially there were 100 competitors representing 26 departments of the graduate school. Forty-seven winners advanced to last week’s semi-finals, from which the competition was narrowed to 15. First place went to Will Guin, a graduate student in civil, construction and environmental engineering. Guin presented his thesis about “poptubes,” which use microwave radiation to create more effective airframe skins for Boeing 787 “Dreamliner” planes, an invention for which he has a patent. The first place prize included $1,500 cash and a trip to San Antonio, Texas, to represent Alabama at the Council of Southern Graduate Schools in February. “I’m pretty surprised; it’s really
unexpected. ... I want to thank the department of environmental, construction and civil engineering, Dr. Ken Fridley and all of the faculty for encouraging us and helping us to this point.” Guin congratulated his fellow competitors and said he is hoping to get his work published in the future. Steven Kelley, a graduate student in the chemistry department, received second place and $1,050 cash for his thesis on the use of nitrogen to deactivate radioactivity and permanently dispose of nuclear waste. Julia Stevens, a graduate student in biology who presented on the common attributes of invasive species, specifically the lionfish, received third place and $700. Fourth place and $250 was awarded to Catherine Winn, a graduate student
in the English department, who spoke about 16th century views of women’s anatomy and their effect on modern reproductive rights policies. The people’s choice award, amounting to $900, went to Alireza G. Kashani, also a civil, construction and environmental engineering student. Kashani’s presentation dealt with using lasers to more effectively assess the structural damage done by tornadoes. “It’s a very exciting thing that brings the University community together to see all the exciting work our students are doing and how research that our students are doing is going to impact our lives. I think anybody here [tonight] was impressed and proud to be a part of our community,” David Francko, dean of the graduate school, said.
Students build app for children with autism By Emily Williams | Contributing Writer Three University of Alabama undergraduate students have developed an app that aids in teaching autistic children to recognize facial emotions and are receiving national recognition for their work by publishing a book chapter about their research. Lauren Lambert, a junior majoring in psychology, Cassidy Lamm, a junior majoring in computer science, and Joshua Wolfe, a sophomore majoring in computer science, developed the app Learning Emotions with Autism. Working with them are Jeff Gray, associate professor of computer science, and Angela Barber, assistant professor in the department of communicative disorders. They first began research in fall 2011 when they were paired up with Gray through the Emerging Scholars freshman research program. For Lambert and Lamm, who had no experience working in computer science when they began, one of the most difficult parts of creating the app
was the actual programming. They worked with a special program from MIT called the App Inventor. “It’s kind of like putting a puzzle together. Instead of having to type in programming language, you just put blocks together,” Lambert said. The app is composed of three segments: a learning portion, a quiz portion and a portion where students can play Charades with their peers to demonstrate that they can recognize facial emotions. “One of our biggest hurdles was figuring out what kind of pictures to use and what kind of interface to use to make sure that it didn’t demand too much from the child,” Wolfe said. “When you’re working with children, what better way to engage them other than charades?” Lamm said much of the design process depends on the reaction they receive once the app has been tested. “The most difficult part of development was figuring out what we wanted it to be and
look like,” Lamm said. “That’s still something we have to think about. Will the children respond better if the pictures are of real people instead of cartoons? Will they be able to read the buttons?” Barber, who specializes in identification and early intervention of children with autism, described how the app is different from similar apps. “There are two things that I think make this app particularly relevant,” Barber said. “One is that it is developed to be used in a social situation, rather than just the child with the device. Secondly, we wanted to make something that we could measure, because, yes, there are a few thousand apps that are designed to be used with children with autism, but we don’t know yet if those are effective.” The chapter, co-authored with Gary Edwards from the United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Birmingham, will provide a detailed tutorial explaining how to develop an app using App Inventor, and Wolfe said they hope this encourages other researchers
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APPFORAUTISM autism* (n): general term for a group of complex disorders characterized by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors.
how it helps: 1. learning emotions
Users are shown images portraying emotions.
2. application
Users can play charades with friends to quiz what they’ve learned.
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to do similar work. “We want to expose to the Autism Research community that you can also do what we did too,” Wolfe said. “We made an app for children with autism; if you see a need that you can corner, you can also make an app for that. You don’t have to have extensive programming knowledge; you don’t have to have a master’s in computer science to do something like this.”
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Program gives local students glimpse of UA By Alyx Chandler | Contributing Writer
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National employers continue to hire from UA graduate pool EMPLOYERS FROM PAGE 1
Richardson Holman & West LLC and BBVA Compass, all which are either headquartered or have an office in Birmingham. The list also includes Hewlett-Packard, which is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. According to First Destination Reports from the Career Center, Culverhouse graduates from spring 2012 had an 81 percent placement rate and an average starting salary of $54,117. The top employers of College of Engineering graduates were Boeing, which has an office in Huntsville; Georgia Pacific, which is headquartered in Atlanta, Ga.; International Paper, which is headquartered in Memphis, Tenn.; Schlumberger, which is headquarted in Houston, Tex.; Alabama Power; Exxon Mobil, which is headquarted in Irving, Texas; and Mercedes-Benz, which has a plant outside of Tuscaloosa. First Destination Reports from the Career Center indicated that College of Engineering graduates had an 83 percent placement rate and an average starting salary of $62,898. The question “Where am I going to work?” is asked by students as early as freshman year. Because of high
competition in their fields, recruiters from large companies have started forming their company brand on campus when students are still freshmen and sophomores, Railsback said. “A recruiter’s best friend is really a past student who’s gone to work, had success at a company and talks to other students about it,” Railsback said. According to the recent survey, most graduates are accepting jobs in the Southeast. The top states employing UA graduates are Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Tennessee and Mississippi, states which also tend to send the most students to the University. “Traditionally, students are going to go back to their home regions if employment opportunities exist there,” Railsback said. “So when given an option, students will often choose to go back to home regions.” Recruiters reach students through career fairs, on-campus information sessions and by serving as guest speakers. Their ultimate goal is to form concrete relationships with the students and for the students to form relationships with them. Andrea Olson, a UA alumna who graduated last year, now works for Ernst and Young in Nashville, Tenn. Olson majored in management information systems and said she was offered a job in August of her senior year after interning with the company.
Ernst and Young, with offices in Birmingham and Nashville, is one of the top employers for students coming out of the business school. With recruiters on campus each year, the company is able to form the essential relationships needed to continue hiring UA graduates. Olson began working in August after graduating last May. “The biggest thing about getting a job: Just prepare for a really big transition,” Olson said. “I know a lot of my friends, no matter where they are working, whether its retailing or a consulting firm or a smaller startup company, all of them have a difficult time transitioning from being a student to working a typical nine-to-five and having a lot more responsibilities than they did in college.” Willie Grace, another May 2013 graduate and Montgomery native, said he was able to find employment after graduation easily. He was offered his current position with International Paper in Memphis during November of his senior year. Grace, who majored in management information systems, said he was never worried about finding employment and places high value in his UA degree. “After talking to a lot of other people who graduated with a lot of other majors, I would say after graduating from the University of Alabama, you are prepared,” Grace said. “The reputation speaks for itself.”
When the Capstone Men and Women guide a group of students on a tour around The University of Alabama Thursday, the hopeful faces of potential students will be slightly younger than the typical high school senior. The students will be touring with the Kickstart Program, which is hosting the 8th graders of Tuscaloosa’s Westlawn Middle School from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The opportunity allows the students to check out the campus and opportunities that the University has to offer. “We called it Kickstart because we want to kickstart kids into prosperous futures,” said Undres Phillips, a junior majoring in secondary education and founder of the program. The Carl A. Elliot Society partners with the Kickstart program to offer at-risk students the information and inspiration necessary to propel them into college in the future. On the tour, the Capstone Men and Women will guide the middle schoolers through a day of individualized and group learning about UA organizations as well as the nuances of college life. During a Lakeside lunch, students will have the chance to mingle with UA students. The students will also receive information packets and free prizes. Kickstart will offer detailed information on how to get scholarships, and at the end of the day, a mock graduation ceremony will be held where all participating students receive a graduation diploma. Phillips developed the Kickstart Program as a civic engagement project while participating in the First Year Experience program. Sarah Saint, Jackson Willis and McKinley Carder also helped initiate the Kickstart program. “I personally want to give back to the community to help kids with a low socioeconomic status,” Phillips said. Although Westlawn Middle is located only a few miles from campus, most of the students there have never been to the University before. More than 40 organizations have been invited to meet the Westlawn students and share insights into college life. Alexis Long-Daniels, a junior majoring in journalism and psychology and PR chair for the Carl A. Elliott Society, said the experience is intended to be a well-rounded look at University life. “The focus is definitely to show different organizations, but it’s also to show them college as a whole,” Long-Daniels said.
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SELFIESANDSTRANGERS
Students’ Instagram selfie shots earn them campus fame CW | Austin Bigoney
thecrimsonwhite Hey, I love this. This is such a great idea. You made my day.
We just enjoy seeing the people’s reactions, making them smile and stuff. — Grant Benton
CW | Catherine Buchanan By Mark Hammontree | News Editor Modern smartphones and social media have completely revolutionized the way people take pictures and share them with others, leading to a trend so popular that the term was recently named the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year: selfie. Selfies have become an ingrained part of our culture, both celebrated and satirized, and perfecting the art of the selfie has been the subject of societal conversations for the younger generations. Two University of Alabama students are taking selfies to another level with their Instagram account, @selfiesandstrangers. Nick Simpson, a sophomore majoring in telecommunication and film, and Grant Benton, a freshman majoring in photography, were out with some friends at Wal-Mart when they were dared to take a picture with a complete stranger. “So we did, and then this guy gave us this crazy reaction, except it was funny because he was like, ‘Don’t turn us in,’ and we said, ‘Wait,
what are you talking about?’” Simpson said. “And then we went up to this other girl, and she loved it, like she threw up the peace signs and everything.” Simpson then posted the pictures to his own Instagram account, where they quickly racked up more than 100 likes. After the positive reactions, Simpson and Benton decided to launch a new account devoted to snapping pictures with regular people. The @selfiesandstrangers Instagram account posted its first picture four weeks ago, and in the first week alone, the account gained 1,000 followers and is currently up to nearly 1,300. “It’s more than either of us have on our personal accounts. It’s just something you’ve got to live with,” Simpson said. In the month since the pair made the account, Simpson and Benton have taken selfies at venues such as the Quad and Waffle House. Their favorite, though, was taken with two employees at K-Mart. “This lady was sitting on the floor restocking the toothpaste, and we were like, ‘Hey excuse
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me, can we take a picture with you?’” Simpson said. “So we get on the floor, and we’re holding the phone up, and this other lady come and slides in behind us. We were like, ‘Okay, you can get in too if you want!’” Simpson said they have been surprised with the level of the reaction they’ve received from followers. “People comment all the time saying, ‘Hey, I love this. This is such a great idea. You made my day,’” Simpson said. “When we don’t post a picture people are like, ‘Where y’all been? We’re waiting for a picture.’” Benton said they have only been turned down four times, and the pair has been stopped multiple times by people who recognize them from their Instagram posts. “We were in Starbucks a couple weeks ago, and this girl stood up and yelled out, ‘Are y’all Selfies and Strangers?’ And we were like, ‘Yeah, we are.’” Simpson said. Simpson said taking the pictures is still a spurof-the-moment occurence with random people. However, even after more than 20 posts, the pair
still gets a little nervous before approaching their selfie targets. “I’m like, ‘Grant, it’s your turn. I’m not feeling it. If you want to take it, you have to ask,’” Simpson said. Sometimes, the strangers need a little convincing too, Benton said. “We usually say, ‘Hey, can we take a picture with you? We’ve got an Instagram account,’ and if they’re hesitant, we’re like, ‘It’s for school,’” Benton said. “‘It’s just a college project,’ and then they do it.” Robin Clarke, a freshman majoring in civil engineering, was approached by the pair as she sat studying on the steps of Gorgas Library and is soon to be the next stranger in their collection of selfies. “I had no idea what they were doing,” Clarke said. “But then I was definitely cool with it. That was definitely a new experience.” For Simpson and Benton, their satisfaction is found in the joy the selfies bring to others. “We just enjoy seeing the people’s reactions, making them smile and stuff,” Benton said.
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Campus offers research resources From ancient maps to modern technology, UA libraries have it all By Jason Frost | Contributing Writer
ANGELO BRUNO BUSINESS LIBRARY
MCLURE EDUCATION LIBRARY
The Angelo Bruno Business Library contains a large electronic database with articles on everything from law to psychology to newspapers. Like most of the other libraries, students who may need to check out laptops are welcome to do so with a valid ACT card. They may enjoy them in one of six study rooms or at one of the larger tables in the open floor. Photocopiers are also free to use. Though the computer lab is restricted to business students, anyone may check out statistics data, business reports or other Wikimedia Commons documents.
Trying to finish up some research? McLure services students and faculty from the College of Education, offering a large collection of K-12 books and supplementary materials, such as CDs, DVDs, video games and extra reference guides. Collected en masse, students may check out tool kits or hands-on exhibits for use in the classroom, including a full-size human skeleton model. The library also has a microfilm/ microfiche reader/writer on MCT Campus hand.
W.S. HOOLE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY
GORGAS LIBRARY
Home to the Hall and Swem American Quilts collections, Hoole offers students noncirculating rare books and references, from historical manuscripts to drug abuse studies to ancient maps. If it is more than a few decades old and cannot be found in a bookstore, then it will be found here. Unlike other libraries, materials in the Hoole special collections, the W.S. Hoole Library and the A.S. Williams III Americana Collection, cannot be checked out.
The University of Alabama’s flagship library, this building houses everything from resources for the humanities to centuries-old articles on literature. Students who need help developing writing skills are encouraged to use the writing center, and tutoring for most subjects is available in the Center for Academic Success. In addition, the Gorgas Library is home to the studentonly Samford Media Center, which offers digital media production services. MCT Campus
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ERIC AND SARAH RODGERS LIBRARY FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Students who pick any of its 61 computer stations may be in for a surprise. Rodgers has a great deal of specialized material tailored to the needs of science and engineering students, including all the latest programming and design programs, allowing students to do everything from Photoshop to designing a 3-D prototype of a project on the open-access 3-D printer, free of charge. “The [printer] we have here at Rodgers prints melted plastic layer by layer until you get a finished product. It is open access for students, faculty and staff, but there is a two-part training process,” science and engineering librarian Vincent Scalfani said. “I love this stuff. I use it to make molecules that I can pass around to students, and they’re so much better than a diagram.” Staff are on hand to help with software, and students may use the sizable computer lab or study rooms for most hours of the day. Online databases are also available. CW File
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Thursday, November 21, 2013
CULTUREIN BRIEF Local charity hosts benefit concert By Katherine Dudley | Contributing Writer When Reggie Kennedy first started coaching Little League, one thing in particular stood out to him. It wasn’t the people involved he really noticed. Rather, it was the people who weren’t. “A lot of kids can’t afford to play sports or be involved in other extracurricular activities,” Kennedy said. This, in part, was what inspired Kennedy to found the Community Network, a charity organization, in 1997. The Community Network, which focuses on helping children in need, does various charity events yearround. Right now, it is gearing up for the Toys for Christmas toy drive. “In the wintertime we give toys for Christmas and before school starts we do a school supply drive,” Kennedy said. “We’ve also provided school supplies for over 400 kids.” Kennedy had the idea to start holding an annual blues concert to raise money for the toy drive. He was in charge of booking the talent for the event. The show, headlined by artist T.K. Soul, will feature performances from blues artists Jeff Floyd and Wilson Meadows, with all proceeds going toward the purchase of toys. Floyd and Meadows both performed at the Bad Boys of Blues charity concert in 2011. “I bring Jeff [Floyd] a lot because he cares about what I do,” Kennedy said. “We’re 9(the Community Network) very active, and will continue to be.” While Kennedy’s main goal is to have a successful toy drive, the concert will be an event that people of all ages can enjoy, he said. “Blues is something that everybody loves,” Kennedy said. “We want something that appeals to everyone, old, young, it doesn’t matter. Everyone will be welcome; everyone will enjoy themselves.” The Bad Boys of Blues concert fundraiser will be held at the Bama Theatre Friday, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $21 in advance and $26 at the door. All of the event’s proceeds will go toward the purchase of toys.
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Adron, Battito
American Aquarium
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Good Love
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Photo Courtesy of Adrienne McCann Adrienne McCann, the voice behind Adron, will be performing at Green Bar Thursday.
Adron brings bird sounds to Green Bar By Francie Johnson | Staff Reporter If you pull up Adron’s music on your computer and hit “shuffle,” there’s a good chance you’ll hear birds chirping. What you might not realize, though, is that those aren’t real birds. “[Making bird noises] is a goofy talent I have,” said Adrienne McCann, the voice behind Adron. “I like putting them in the music sometimes because it’s always nice to cue the listener into a visual setting for a song. It puts you in nature, in the forest or on an island, which is always nice when you’re actually stuck in traffic or hunched over a laptop in a coffee shop with your headphones on.” McCann, bird sounds and all, is set to perform Thursday at Green Bar. McCann’s introduction to music came when she started taking piano lessons at just 4 years old, but she’s always known that a career in classical music wasn’t for her. “When I was really young all I knew was I wanted to be whatever the Beatles were,” McCann said. “The objective was always to be a performer and songwriter, and it’s just been a journey since early adolescence going through different phases and tastes, putting ideas together to eventually get to the kind of music I write now.” Critics often note that McCann’s music has influences of Tropicália, a late 1960s Brazilian artistic movement merging elements of traditional Brazilian music with rock ‘n’ roll. While she wouldn’t personal-
ly consider herself a Tropicália musician, McCann said she appreciates the genre’s vivacity. “That era of music changed my life,” McCann said. “Tropicália, even if you don’t understand the language, has so much youthfulness, humor, color and vibrancy in it. It’s more alive than just about anything I’ve heard coming out of the northern hemisphere in the last 20 years.” Although English is her first language, McCann sometimes writes songs in French and Portuguese to capture a different type of personality within her music. “Some songs are just begging to be in certain languages,” McCann said. “There are some songs that, as they come together, just demand a certain feel to the lyrics.” “Organismo,” McCann’s sophomore album, dropped in November 2011 following her 2007 self-titled debut and her 2009 EP “Burdwurld.” McCann said the songs of “Organismo” reveal a snapshot of the world through her own eyes. “‘Pyramids’ is about how I always cheer up when I think about the fact that pyramids are a thing that actually exists on this planet, and that while I’m sitting here feeling sorry for myself, pyramids are off somewhere existing,” McCann said. David Allen, Green Bar’s talent booker, learned of McCann’s music through their mutual friends in Atlanta’s underground music scene, where Adron is based. “[Adron] is fresh and totally non-commerical,” Allen said. “She’s working within a style that isn’t really made anywhere
in the U.S. There’s no precedents suggesting that what she does has any breakthrough potential; she does it because she loves it.” McCann’s music creates the perfect mix of wonder and excitement, Allen said. “With Adron, people don’t know whether to dance or stand gaping,” Allen said. “Her songs can be very danceable, but her vocal delivery is enrapturing. Sometimes you want to dance, sometimes you just take it all in.” McCann’s live shows differ in their sound and overall feel depending on that particular night’s line-up; however, she said she always tries to stay true to her original recordings. “I do tend to play the songs the same way every time, and to me that’s a good thing,” McCann said. “I write the song to communicate a certain thing, and I want it to communicate that every time. I don’t improvise much. Music is a very deliberate thing for me.” Thursday will be McCann’s second Tuscaloosa performance, her first being a show at Green Bar back in August. So far, Tuscaloosa has welcomed her with open arms, she said. “It was the night most of the college kids were just moving back in town for the school year,” McCann said. “But there was a great crowd and they were so appreciative. It blew my mind actually. [There were] some incredibly nice folks at that show. I can’t wait to come back.” Adron will headline at Green Bar at 10 p.m. The show is 21+ with no cover.
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Thursday, November 21, 2013
By Cokie Thompson | Contributing Writer From the first day of freshman year to graduation and beyond, students in The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance strive for excellence. Dance Collection, a performance sponsored by the freshman honor society Alpha Lambda Delta, provides dancers at the beginning of that journey with an opportunity to shine. “That’s what I really love about Dance Collection, because I really get to watch freshmen and sophomores come into their own,” Cornelius Carter, director of the dance program, said. The one-night-only show features freshman and sophomore dancers performing works choreographed by upperclassmen and faculty members in addition to guest choreographer Bryant Henderson, who graduated from the University in 2006 with degrees in dance and public relations. When the program started, it was a chance for seniors to participate in one last performance before graduation. Over the years, it has changed into a way to showcase new students and give them stage experience. Students audition in the fall for the opportunity to perform, and student and faculty choreographers select the dancers they want to work with for their pieces. Some of the student-choreographed works were shown Nov. 6 in the Dance Alabama! concert. Others will premiere Friday. Many of the students in the dance program have backgrounds in conventions and competitions, rather than stage performance. Dance Collection, along with other productions like Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre and Dance Alabama!, provides an opportunity to learn more about other techniques. “I honor where they come from, but my job is to give them a totally different experience,” Carter said. Although the two sectors of the dance world are different, students who came from the competition side enjoy theatrical performance as well. Erika Davis, a sophomore majoring in dance and chemical engineering, said she particularly enjoys the opportunity to work with someone new on a regular basis. “You’re always growing, always learning, always exposed to new ideas,” Davis said. Dance Collection allows younger students to get a glimpse of what is in store for them through the department, as well as hone their craft under the guidance of faculty members, Carter said. “Let people follow their passion because their passion is going to take them who knows where,” Carter said.
CW | Fifi Wang Dance Collection provides younger students with a night to perform routines choreographed by upperclassmen.
CW | Lindsey Leonard The switch to synthetic parts removes the realistic dissection experience but allows students to study more human anatomy.
Human bones replaced by synthetics By Dylan Walker | Contributing Writer Gretchen Anderson came to The University of Alabama to work with animals and pursue veterinary studies, but she ended up with human bones on her hands. As the lead graduate teaching assistant for Anatomy and Physiology 215, Anderson uses human specimens and synthetic models to teach her students. “In the lab we’re just trying to give them a little bit more hands on, and it’s a lot more anatomy than physiology in the lab,” Anderson said. “We show them models or individual specimens that they can look at and touch to go through the skeletal system, muscular system, special senses, nervous system, stuff like that.” Anderson said she believes that while synthetic bone models are increasingly accurate, it is important for students to see real life examples of diversity between specimens. She said the use of synthetic models is becoming more prominent than human specimens now. “We use mostly synthetic. The only animal parts we use are sheep brains and cow eyes. We used to dissect cats in the class to do muscles, but this year we’ve switched over to using synthetic muscle models, which is good and bad,” Anderson said. “It’s bad because they’re missing out on the dissection experience. It’s good because instead of learning cat muscles, they’re learning human muscles, which is much more relevant for them.” Brook Fluker, an assistant professor in biological sciences, said human bones provide students with details that models may not include. This opportunity is particularly beneficial to students interested in health care. “For our bone labs most of what we’re doing is, number one, what do these bones look like without skin and muscle on top. We have a femur sectioned in half where students can see where the bone marrow is created,” Fluker said. “They get a void view to
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see those types of structures in the bones. This may be the only anatomy class they have, so we have to try to teach as much as possible.” Anderson also said real examples better translate anomalies in bone structure. The human bones at the University include long bones, pelvises and a few skulls. “You can look at a bone model all you want, but when you actually see a real bone you realize that it’s called spongy bone because it’s actually porous,” Anderson said. With improving technology, lab materials are becoming increasingly synthetic. Students now interact with mostly plastic structures while learning the body. These plastic models include a full skeleton that has even been named by the department. “We do have a full fake skeleton,” Fluker said. “His name is Bob. We also have a disarticulated set, a Bob-in-a-box.” Anderson said times are shifting away from dissection and human specimens. She has not had any student controversy about using the specimens, though, even as they become less popular. “The bones that we use have all been in the lab for a very long time. They’re old and they’re from a previous time where they didn’t really have these synthetic models as much,” Anderson said. “When you tell them that’s a real bone, people are like ‘Ew, really? I want to touch it.’ I’ve never really had anyone that has said that it’s not right.” Fluker said any human bones would not have been taken without consent. People can choose to donate their bodies to scientific companies that allow schools to purchase them for research and teaching. “Really what they’re looking at, though, is just a shell of what it was. It’s just the minerals. A living bone is very much alive, but these are just the shells. And, to the best of my knowledge, most of the real bones provided by scientific companies are the product of someone donating their body to science,” Fluker said.
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COLUMN | GAMING
Playstation 4 kicks off the next generation of consoles By Matthew Wilson The Playstation 4 was released on Friday, selling one million units in the first day and kicking off the next generation of consoles. Competing against the upcoming Xbox One and the growing mobile and computer market, this is a pivotal time for Sony. Consumers finally have the chance to play the PS4 and decide how it stacks up against not only its competition, but also the PS3. Picking my PS4 up on Saturday, it instantly became apparent that Sony is bringing its flagship console into the modern era of smartphones and connectivity. Gone is the often rigid and out-ofdate interface of the PS3. In its place is a sleek design that allows multitasking, much like a smartphone, as well as better navigation and connectivity. The Playstation Store and its hub of games and movies are just a few seconds away, effectively nullifying tedious loading screens of the past. The PS4 bolsters
connectivity by offering players the ability to create a party chat, a feature that was lacking from the PS3. What the PS4 lacks, at least at launch, is the ability to playback media from CDs and USB drives like the PS3. If consumers want to play music on the console, they have to pay $5 a month for Music Unlimited. Music Unlimited in itself has quite the selection of songs and users can play any song while in-game. Still, lacking media playback is somewhat of a step backward for the system. The PS4 is smaller and more sleek in design than its bigger, bulky older brother was at launch. It takes up less space, and its centralized power system makes it a quieter machine. A small complaint of the design is that those with larger, thicker USB drives will be unable to access the USB port on the front of the system. The Dualshock 4 controller is a vast improvement over the Dualshock 3 controller. It is larger and wider, with concave thumb sticks that better fit your
thumbs. The bottom triggers offer better precision when playing. The most notable change is the touch pad in the center of the controller and the light strip across the back of the controller. None of the launch games hardly used these features; they were more of an afterthought. The lineup of launch titles is not the greatest with several titles such as “Assassin’s Creed 4: Blackflag” and “Battlefield 4” released on both previous and next generation consoles. “Killzone: Shadow Fall” is a fun experience despite its occasional setbacks, while “Knack” leaves a lot to be desired. Having the ability to broadcast live feed of your games is another new feature that adds to the experience. Ultimately, the console-selling games like “Infamous: Second Son” and “Watchdogs” will trickle in at the beginning of the year. Sony has created a system that will allow developers to achieve much more Amazon.com over the next few years. The next few years will also truly be the test of how The PS4 is smaller and more sleek than its predecessors and includes a vastly improved Dualshock 4 controller. the Xbox One and PS4 perform.
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‘Almost Human’ fills void in end of year TV By Hannah Widener As the holidays approach and Christmas television specials are jingling their way into our living rooms, the winter vacation TV slump has finally arrived. Every year after the Christmas episodes have aired, we must wait until our shows return in the new year. This awkward time period, usually filled with Netflix, hot cocoa and the freedom of being able to wear pajama pants all day in the comfort of your own home, is often boring. That was until I came across a new show called “Almost Human.” The show follows Detective John Kennex (Karl Urban), whom you may have seen last playing Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy in “Star Trek Into Darkness.” In the pilot, Kennex wakes up from a year long coma to find he’s lost his leg and friend in a police ambush. He then sets off to find the group responsible. Set 35 years in the future, “Almost MCT Campus Human” is a cross between “I, Robot,” “Almost Human” provides relief for those not quite ready to “RoboCop” and “Total Recall.” Each soak in the holiday season themes.
police officer must be paired with a robot or “synthetic,” as Kennex refers to them, that must go with them on every assignment. As Kennex tries to remember what happened to him before the raid and the accident, he is forced to come back into work. Drawing parallels to “I, Robot,” Detective Kennex also has a synthetic body part that he has not grown accustomed to and resents. The first “synthetic” he is partnered with is quickly dismissed when Kennex pushes him out the door of his moving vehicle. After filing the report as an accident, he is sent to a warehouse where he meets his new “synthetic,” Dorian (Michael Ealy). This “synthetic” is different from the rest; Dorian has been programmed to have feelings, unlike his robotic counter parts. Instead of only using logic, Dorian uses his skills to listen to what Kennex has to say and helps him protect the police agency during an unplanned raid. I did not recognize the woman playing Captain Sandra Maldonado until I realized the last time I had seen her I
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Booklet promotes balance Author encourages students to ‘become well-rounded citizens’ By Matthew Wilson | Contributing Writer
“Teachers here don’t want to hurt students’ GPAs, and Creighton University I’ve found that anyone repgraduate Robert Berry resenting the university was a straight-A student have all been helpful.” in college. But despite his For Hall, balancing class lack of experience with work and extracurricular low grade point averages, activities in college is all Berry decided to write about having the right per“The Slacker’s Guide to spective and putting in the Undergrad” after reflecting effort. on his own undergraduate “In college, people think experience. we have lots of free time, Berry wrote the booklet but I see it as an entrance to help struggling college to the real world,” Hall said. students find the balance “There is always something between class and extracur- that needs to be done. riculars. He said he was not Balancing them is the trick. a slacker while in college, Before I do anything unrebut he decided to write the lated to school, I make sure book to help students who my schoolwork is completfeel like they don’t have ed, then I’ll have more time the time to follow their to enjoy the things I like to passions. do. Students Berry’s bookcan get out let teaches of college incoming colwhatever lege students effort they techniques in put in.” organization, In “The studying and Slacker’s managing Guide to class and Undergrad,” free time. Berry said “I wrote he argues — Graham Hall the booklet that finding for college the balance students to is indeed have time for all sorts of the key to college success. activities,” Berry said. For Berry, life outside the The booklet suggests classroom and inside the students choose their classroom are both equalclasses wisely and recom- ly important in becoming mends using the Rate My a well-rounded citizen. Professor website to find Charles Snead, a professor professors who will help of horn at the University for them in achieving their 26 years, said he believes goals. students can learn any“I’ve personally never where and everywhere. used Rate My Professor, “Obviously, people who but if I need advice on what have spent a lot of time in teachers to take for what classrooms and in college classes, my advisors do [courses] are highly edusuch a great job with that. cated and well informed, The faculty of UA doesn’t but some of the most intelcompare to that of any ligent and astute people I other school in my opin- have met in my life might ion,” Graham Hall,a senior not have college degrees majoring in history, said. – they are just good stu-
CULTUREIN BRIEF Event celebrates Japanese festival University Programs will hold a celebration Friday in recognition of the Japanese fall festival Aki Matsuri. At the event, participants will be introduced to traditional Japanese dancing, calligraphy, taiko drums and Aikido techniques. Attendees will be able to sample Japanese cuisine and partake in a tea ceremony. In addition, University Programs will also host Japanese games and face painting, among other activities. The event will be held in the Ferguson Student Center Ballroom from 6-9 p.m.
Show to feature new media art The [ENTER] Connect Art Show features work from students in the Colleges of Engineering and Arts and Sciences. All art in the exhibit was created using new media technologies, including 3D printing, 3D scanning, projection mapping and microcontrollers. The show is being held Friday at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center beginning at 6 p.m.
In college, people think we have lots of free time, but I see it as an entrance to the real world.
Amazon.com “The Slaker’s Guide to Undergrad” attempts to help struggling college students find the balance between class and extracurriculars. dents of life. Yeah, I think there is something to be learned anywhere and everywhere,” Snead said. During his time in college, Hall said he has faced both negative and positive distractions, but it is up to the person to stay focused. “I wouldn’t say that there is anything that is necessarily a consistent distraction unless it’s abused. There’s lots of
things in life that can be very good things and very bad things,” Snead said. “It is all about moderation. It’s about use and interpretation.” The booklet aims to help college students by trying to break down college into steps, Berry said. “I thought students on Alabama’s campus could free up some of their time, so they can pursue their passions,” Berry said.
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Candlelight vigil remembers recent transgender fatalities VIGIL FROM PAGE 1
Spectrum member Spencer Cornelius, a sophomore majoring in communication studies. “We bring out the often-violent deaths of trans people and tell their stories.� Before volunteers read poems and shared stories about transgender people, Cornelius said it is important to recognize victims of transphobic violence because their stories are often covered up. “Storytelling is of the utmost importance to the way we take charge of our world,� Cornelius said. “The stories themselves are almost done violence to by not being told or being hidden by the families of the victims.� Kaylyn Johnson, Spectrum’s president, read half of the list of transgender deaths and said the list was incomplete because there is no way of knowing how many go unreported. “The police often don’t investigate these incidents as a hate crime,� Johnson said. “They don’t use the name of choice or their gender, and instead use their birth name and identity.� The list included many victims who went unnamed, and a large portion came from Mexico and Central and South America. Chris Brummond, a senior majoring in international relations, said this trend does not come up because of the violence in those areas, but instead because they are
I think the ame represents the work we have to do as a community, [and] what brought us here tonight. — Sarah Young more recognized when violence does occur. “There’s a democracy for trans people ,and they’re recognizing trans issues in Central and South America,â€? Brummond said. “Whereas in other places, there’s very little democracy, and [victims] might not end up on the list.â€? Sarah Young, a Safe Zone graduate assitant, read the other half of the list and closed the event by thanking everyone for supporting awareness of transgender people. She said whenever a candle went out in the circle, the holder’s neighbor would light it again with their own flame. “I think the flame represents the work we have to do as a community, what brought us here tonight,â€? Young said. “Just like the candles being protected, by protecting trans people we can help them have the safety they need and the education they’re paying for.â€?
CW | Austin Bigoney The vigil, held in front of Denny Chimes, was largely a quiet gathering, aside from the reading of the names of victims of transphobic violence that might otherwise be covered up.
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Volleyball team honors seniors at final home game By Kelly Ward | Staff Reporter The Alabama volleyball team will celebrate two of its seniors at the final home match of the season. Kelsey Melito and Andrea McQuaid will put on their white home jerseys for the last time Sunday afternoon in Foster Auditorium. “It hasn’t hit me yet,” Melito said. “I don’t know if it will hit me until I’m walking out for senior night. It’s scary. Life’s hitting me pretty fast. I’m graduating Dec. 14 as well, so everything’s kind of coming to a close abruptly for me, but I don’t know. We have really good chance of making the NCAA tournament if we finish the way I know we’re going to.” Melito has played at Alabama since her freshman year, with162setsinhercareerandrecorded155digsinherroleasa defensive specialist. In her three years with the Crimson Tide, McQuaid has played in 287 sets and notched 567 kills as an outside hitter. “I have mixed emotions,” McQuaid said. “I’m excited and sad as well. It’s just been such a long ride, and it’s just sad. … I’ve grown so much as a person here, and being something like this for me is definitely sad, but [I’m] excited for the future [and for] what is next in my life.”
The team has already recorded 21 wins this season. It’s the seventh 20-win season for Alabama volleyball since 1989 and the first since 2005. It’s Ed Allen’s second winning season since taking over the program in 2011. He said the two seniors are major contributors to rebuilding the team. “Those [two] kids have played a huge role in re establishing the program, I should say building the program,” Allen said. “The roles that they’ve played both physically and emotional are pretty tough to replace in it all. The void they’re going to leave is pretty immense because it isn’t just physically the presence that they have that’s huge, it’s how they’ve helped us change our way of thinking.” Alabama is looking to make it to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2007. Allen said experience and leadership from seniors help the younger players adjust. “They played a huge role, just like I said before, just in their ability, how they think, how they approach things and the leadership they provide in here on a daily basis,,” Allen said. “The reason why they’re here and graduating is because they meet what the expectation is here, and they help hold each other accountable.”
CW | Austin Bigoney After completing their seventh 20-win season, the Tide will celebrate two of its seniors, Andrea McQuaid and Kelsey Melito.
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Players reminisce before season’s end By Charlie Potter | Assistant Sports Editor Alabama will host Chattanooga (8-3, 6-2 Southern) in the final home game of the 2013-14 season Saturday, and Alabama will honor its senior class before kickoff. “I hope our fans certainly have an appreciation for what this senior group has done in terms of what they’ve accomplished as football players, but also what they’ve also done as representatives and ambassadors for the University and the state of Alabama,” coach Nick Saban said. Seniors linebacker C.J. Mosley and wide receiver Kevin Norwood will be among those recognized for their contributions to the football program. Mosley said he wasn’t sure how to react to his final game in Bryant-Denny Stadium. “It still hasn’t sunk in all the way,” Mosley said. “We’re still looking forward to these next couple of games coming up, so hopefully we play the right way and do the right things so we can have a few more Twitter.com/SINow games to go.” Sports Illustrated features the Tide for the third time this year.
Mosley and Norwood will each graduate in December, with Norwood receiving his master’s at the end of the semester. “I’m just glad that I was able to graduate from college,” Norwood said. “Nobody in my family ever graduated from college. That’s one of the key moments in my life.” Both Mosley and Norwood emphasized Saturday’s game against the Mocs is not the end of the road for this senior class. “We’ve got more games after this,” Norwood said. “Can’t show that much emotion.”
McCarron graces cover of Sports Illustrated Senior quarterback AJ McCarron is featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s latest edition. McCarron is sitting in a booth at Rama Jama’s, sporting an Alabama letterman jacket behind the headline “King Crimson: On the brink of a third national title, is it time to think about AJ McCarron as one of the best ever?” But Saban was not aware of his
quarterback’s face being displayed on newsstands across the country. “You think I sit around all day looking at magazines?” Saban said. “I don’t even know what you’re talking about … I’m happy for AJ, and I’m sure he looks great.” It is the 17th time an Alabama player has been on the cover since Saban became the head coach of the Crimson Tide, and the third time this season. Mosley laughed when asked why he wasn’t on the cover and quickly responded. “I’m not a quarterback. I’m a defensive player,” Mosley said. “But it’s all good. He represents our team well. He represents this state well, so we’re happy for him.”
Injury updates Running back T.J. Yeldon and tight end Brian Vogler are still not 100 percent healthy after sustaining injuries in Alabama’s win over Mississippi State, Saban said. Itwillbeagame-timedecisiontoseeifeither player will see the field against Chattanooga.