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AMENDMENT 1: Would reauthorize the Forever Wild Land Trust for 20 years. The trust was created in 1992 and has acquired over 227,000 acres of land for conservation and recreation purposes. The program is funded by 10 percent of interest generated from the Alabama Trust Fund. AMENDMENT 2: Would allow the state to refinance economic development bonds and issue more than $125 million in new bonds for economic development projects.
OBAMA 303 ROMNEY 203 DEMOCRATs “I’m ecstatic. I think this is a great thing. It’s a great opportunity to continue four more years of progress. I think President Barack Obama has shown his leadership abilities, and the American people have shown that they trust him to continue leading our country.” - Robert Christl, College Democrats President
REPUBLICANs “[I am] upset but not surprised. I had a feeling it wasn’t looking good towards the end, but I’m incredibly optimistic about the future…to Republicans out there, here is what I have to say: Keep your head up strong — 2016 will be a different election. We have some of the strongest Republican candidates with some weaker Democratic candidates. In 2016, the Republicans will win the Senate and win back the presidency.” - Regan Williams, Chairman of the College Republicans
AMENDMENT 4: Would remove language that requires separate schools for black and white students and language relating to the poll tax. School segregation and poll taxes were outlawed by the federal government during the Civil Rights Movement but remain written in the constitution. AMENDMENT 6: Would prohibit “any person, employer or health care provider from being compelled to participate in any health care system.” This would make the health insurance mandate under President Obama’s health reform law unconstitutional in the state of Alabama but, because federal law trumps the state constitution, won’t effect the implementation of the health law in the state.
CHIEF JUSTICE OF ALABAMA The Democratic nominee is a trial judge from Jefferson County who was put on the general election ballot late due to the fallout from the candidacy of Harry Lyon.
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UAPD and TPD officers converse behind Phi Delta Theta, the site of reports of a gunman.
UA sent out alert 20 mintues after UAPD responded to call By Melissa Brown News Editor
The University of Alabama Police Department were aware of an incident involving an armed gunman on campus for nearly 20 minutes before the University informed students, faculty and staff of the situation Tuesday morning. At 11:09 a.m., UAPD received calls about a gunman firing a shot at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house. According to a Tuscaloosa Police Department press release, UAPD responded to the call within two minutes, but the suspect had already fled the scene. According to the press release, 61-yearold Eugene Kelly of Tuscaloosa became involved in an altercation with two family members, employees at the fraternity house, before firing a shot at one of them. UA students were notified of the situation around 11:30 a.m. via the PA system on campus and UA Alert emergency emails, texts and phone calls.
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After national exposure, Crimson Chaos ready for season Spirit group builds off Blankenship fame By Aldo Amato Staff Reporter Men’s basketball head coach Anthony Grant will rely on the presence of Alabama’s sixth man at Coleman Coliseum to help his team prevail this year. At least one group of students intend to give him that help at
every game. The Crimson Chaos started off as a ragtag group of students when Anthony Grant arrived on campus in 2009. In those three years, the group has engulfed the student section and grown since its inception. Chaos president Daniel Spaulding said the group was started strictly for men’s basketball games but quickly grew.
“It originally started as a men’s basketball support group on campus,” Spaulding said. “As it’s grown over the years, we’ve tried to start to spread out for all of Alabama athletics. It’s definitely been an upward trend, and since Coach Grant has started here, it’s been a culture change on campus. Students are starting to take pride in Tide basketball.” Spaulding said since he has
been president of the organization, he has aimed to get Crimson Chaos on the same level as Duke’s Cameron’s Crazies. “We want to turn Coleman Coliseum into a place where you know you are going to be heckled and be given a hard time,” he said. “We want to create a new culture in the SEC.” The Chaos gained national exposure last year through
some rather unconventional photo-bombing by now-sophomore Chaos officer Jackson Blankenship. Blankenship, the infamous “Face Guy,” held up a large cutout of his own face while opposing teams lined up to shoot free throws. Spaulding said after photos of Blankenship went viral, the popularity of Chaos grew with it. “He struck a gold mine that has been a wave for us to make
Crimson Chaos national,” he said “It’s been kind of a lucky strike, as in an easier way to put our name out there in the national picture.” Chaos vice president and graduate student Phil Grant said Blankenship’s presence has been vital to expanding new ideas through social media, videos and other media.
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Creative Campus to host ‘Tidal Flow’ to celebrate hip-hop culture the Creative Campus team in charge of Tidal Flow. Tidal Flow was originally supposed to be a rap-based event, but as the team came By Deanne Winslett together, they decided to Staff Reporter expand it to encompass all Hip-hop is not dead. And aspects of hip-hop culture. Wednesday night, Creative Art, dance, spoken word and Campus hopes to prove it with other various aspects of the culture will all be present at their new event, Tidal Flow. “This is a showcase that the event. “We think that hip-hop we are doing to seek out new, unseen, unheard talent on comes in a lot of different campus,” Philine Gromotka, forms and styles. We’re just a sophomore majoring in art, trying to reach out and see said. Gromotka is a part of what’s out there on campus,”
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that evening. “It’s an 8-by-24 foot kind of wall that people can come and paint on,” Gromotka said. Immediately following the aerosol art, participants can head over to Maxwell Hall, where Creative Campus is located, for free pizza and refreshments. Afterwards, at 6:30 p.m., a panel will be held at Allen Bales Theatre to discuss hip-hop culture. The panel will last until about 7:30 p.m., and then the talent showcases will begin. Performances from Riptide,
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CHICAGO — Barack Obama wasn’t supposed to win re-election. The hope was gone, critics said, evaporated by endless partisan gridlock in Washington and a jobless rate that hovered above 8 percent for much of his first term. And yet, a relentlessly focused campaign, a flicker of economic good news – witnessed in rebounding consumer confidence – and a prolonged assault on his opponent persuaded voters to give the Democrat who made history in his 2008 election another four years in office. In campaign stops across battleground states, Obama pressed for patience, arguing that he’d prevented an economic collapse and that under his stewardship the economy was beginning to recover. In every speech, he laid siege to his Republican rival, cautioning that Mitt Romney would return the United States to the same failed policies that plunged the economy into a downward spiral. The survey of voters as they left polling places Tuesday showed six in 10 voters say the economy is the top issue facing the nation, with unemployment and rising prices hitting voters hard. But about half of voters say former President George W. Bush is more responsible for the economic downtown challenges than Obama, according to preliminary results of an exit poll conducted for The Associated Press. In the end, the former Massachusetts governor failed to convince enough voters he was on their side – a storyline the Obama campaign pursued with a single-minded focus before Romney had even clinched his party’s nomination. The portrait of Romney that emerged was of an elite executive who led a private equity firm that drove jobs overseas and cut employment in the United States. “One thing they’ve done well is trash Mitt Romney,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican political consultant who co-founded a polling firm. “They’ve done a stellar job running an exceedingly personal campaign against Mitt Romney. It’s been challenging for Romney to overcome.” Obama’s campaign also
succeeded in determining early which states would make up the election map, strategists said. Those included the battleground states of Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Colorado and Nevada. Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said the president succeeded in rebuilding a similar coalition to the one he had in 2008 after focusing on several key states across the nation. “We wanted to chart multiple paths to victory, a Southern route, a Midwestern route, a Western route. I think it will bear out that it was a smart strategy to take those multiple routes to victory because you’re seeing these states tonight – many are very tight,” he said. Democratic strategist Tad Devine said Romney made a “huge mistake” in letting Obama define the map and in waiting until the last minute to campaign in Pennsylvania and Minnesota. “Some of the places (Romney) wandered into in the final days, he should have been in at the front end,” he said. And Democrats say Obama was able, despite the sluggish economy, to point to achievements. He trumpeted success at preventing the economy from hitting bottom with a stimulus plan that plowed government dollars into hiring. He achieved long-sought health care legislation, enacted a firewall to prevent a relapse of the Wall Street fiasco, backed a federal bailout to save auto industry jobs, ended the war in Iraq and oversaw the raid that ended in the death of Osama bin Laden. “Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive,” Vice President Joe Biden suggested as an Obama campaign bumper sticker. “That about sums it up, man.” At the close of the election, Obama was boosted by a crisis beyond any candidate’s control. As the massive storm Sandy barreled up the East Coast, Obama suspended his campaign appearances to tend to the emergency response, projecting an air of confidence and compassion and avoiding the criticism that plagued former President George W. Bush in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. And as Obama toured the hard-hit New Jersey coast with the state’s Republican governor, Chris Christie, he
drew effusive praise from Christie, a rising Republican star and sharp-tongued Obama critic who was a key surrogate for Romney, just a week earlier assailing Obama’s leadership skills. To Fox News, Christie said, “He’s done, as far as I’m concerned, a great job for New Jersey.” Obama earned similar high marks among voters for his handling of foreign policy. Romney sought to raise questions about Obama’s handling of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, but that early criticism boomeranged when he assailed the administration’s response before it was known that the U.S. ambassador had been killed. Obama came into office in 2009 with little foreign policy experience but developed considerable bragging rights, hitting the campaign trail as a commander in chief who could claim he kept his campaign promise: ending an unpopular war in Iraq and winding down the conflict in Afghanistan. He also boosted his popularity and drew rare bipartisan praise for hunting down leaders of al Qaida, including overseeing the risky operation that captured and killed Osama bin Laden in May 2011. Obama’s campaign also was largely a numbers game, and the nation’s rapidly changing demographics played a major role in his victory. Population increases in key battleground states were largely among Democratic constituencies, including African-Americans, Asians and Hispanics – a key part of Obama’s base and a focus of his campaign. In just the past four years, AfricanAmerican and Hispanic voter registration nearly doubled in the swing states of Nevada, Colorado, Iowa, Virginia and Florida. That coalition, though sometimes disenchanted by his presidency, retained pride with the historic nature of electing the country’s first African-American president. With polls over the summer suggesting white voters were leaning Republican by a sizable margin, Obama’s campaign dispatched surrogates like the vice president to stem the loss by courting the white, working-class voters Obama had a harder time reaching. The campaign also relied
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so that people who are artists have a place they can go to and perform.” Tidal Flow is a free event open to students as well as any other members of the community interested in seeing hip-hop talent celebrated throughout the night. Regardless of whether you are a fan of hip-hop culture or not, Gromotka said, the event is a great opportunity to learn more about the culture on campus. “We want them to realize that hip-hop is not dead. We want them to see that that kind of talent is here,” Gromotka said. “We want them to be inspired by it and just enjoy it.”
HIP-HOP FROM PAGE 1 It is uncertain whether this will become a yearly event, but Gromotka said it is definitely a possibility. Thompson, too, said that she believes this event could be repeated so long as there is a need for it. “This event is a chance to see and hear from the audience about what they want to see on campus,” Gromotka said. “We want to do this for the students, so that people who are interested in it have somewhere to go to and then
About 500 students make up the Chaos “Jackson is a very creative person,” Grant said. “He has helped us develop new ideas. We’re going to a new level now as far as marketing. We’re now aiming to bring more out of state students in.” Membership in the Chaos brings perks that few universities in the SEC can offer, like court side seats and inside information on opposing teams at each game. “You can’t beat free courtside seats,” Grant said. Membership in the Crimson Chaos is not exclusive, and any Alabama student can join by going to their myBama page, clicking on the “Campus Life” tab and clicking on the Chaos logo.
“It’s really easy, and it’s only $10 for the whole year,” Spaulding said. “Once you join, you get a Chaos T-shirt that can be picked up at the Ferg on Mondays this semester from noon to 1 p.m.” Since its inception three years ago, both Grant and Spaulding said they are proud to have seen such growth and support for Alabama Athletics. Right now the total membership for the Chaos is about 500 members, and it is something Spaulding said he hopes to see doubled in the next couple of years. “You know we hope to surpass 1,000 members,” he said. “I just want to see it to be a priority and hype for Alabama basketball and to create an atmosphere where there are people who take pride and ownership of all our different venues throughout the nation.”
heavily on former President Bill Clinton to reach that voting bloc. Obama gave Clinton a starring role at his convention and dubbed him the “Secretary of Explaining Things” after Clinton delivered a dazzlingly powerful endorsement for a second Obama term. In addition, Obama benefitted from the fact he’d done it before: He won in 2008 in part because he built the most comprehensive political organization that some states had ever seen – opening scores of offices, even in Republican-leaning or sparsely populated regions, dispatching paid staffers and recruiting thousands of volunteers. And after that election, the campaign never left. Through Organizing for America, an arm of the Democratic National Committee, Obama maintained ties in swing states, continuing to hold events and build support.
By contrast, Romney clinched his party’s nomination this past spring after a long primary battle, leaving him far less time to build up an organization. And although powerful outside groups backing Romney raised more money, Obama’s campaign held its own, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Obama’s campaign still managed to raised $630 million as of mid-October, significantly more than Romney’s $390 million. Obama returned late Monday night to Iowa, the battleground state he credits with starting it all: His voice hoarse, his eyes wet from emotion or the cold, he asked the crowd to keep the faith, acknowledging “sometimes it’s been hard. Sometimes it’s been frustrating.” But, he added, “I’m not ready to give up on the fight. I’ve got a lot more fight left in me.”
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New myBama tab to assist with technical issues By Morgan Taylor Contributing Writer The new tech tab on The University of Alabama’s MyBama sites allows any student, faculty or staff member to access information concerning technology issues or updates on campus. The tab features an announcement section, which includes updates about the Office of Information Technology, along
with other technology resources across campus and updates on network or wireless upgrades. The new service desk option in the tech tab offers technical support or services to those who submit a “ticket.” For example, if any member of the University is having issues with Blackboard Learning, he or she can log onto MyBama, and submit a ticket to the service desk, Patty Benton, executive director of IT
Professor to talk Andrew Jackson By Sarah Robinson Contributing Writer A University of Alabama professor will speak Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. about his new book on the Jacksonian era. The speech will take place on the second floor of Hoole Library. Joshua Rothman, a UA associate professor of history and the director of Summersell Center for the Study of the South, will be discussing his book “Flush Times and Fever Dreams: A Story of Capitalism and Slavery in the Age of Jackson” in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall Wednesday night. The book, which was published by the University of Georgia Press, includes a series of stories about a slave insurrection scare in Mississippi, information on a series of riots against professional gamblers and a story about a man who desperately wants to make a name for himself but constantly runs into
failure. Rothman hopes the lecture and Q & A will generate an interest to read more about the elements of the story. “I’d want them to come away having an understanding that the world and values of slavery and the cotton South were not so distant and different from the world and values of market capitalism in the United States before the Civil War,” he said. Jessica Lacher-Feldman, the curator of rare books and special collections at the Hoole Library, said the event is meant to celebrate the work of the teaching faculty at the University. “I think it is especially important for students to see their professors in a different light,” Lacher-Feldman said. “Dr. Rothman’s work in antebellum Southern history is widely recognized and appreciated, and I think it is good for students to see his other side and also to be engaged in intellectual and creative endeavors outside the classroom.”
operations, said. The tech tab will also feature links for any department that uses an E-Tech area, the computer program that provides support for computers in classrooms and labs for class. Any department that does use E-Tech will have a link to their E-Tech area on the tech tab. Students, faculty and staff members can now find help setting up their wireless
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devices through the tech tab, along with links to the more useful areas of the OIT, such as how to change a myBama account password. Benton said the point of the tech tab is for any member of the University to access information about technical issues or technology without having to leave the site. There are links offered on the tech tab that connect to other websites, but it consolidates the
the suspect into custody. After the suspect was in custody UAPD notified TPD about an incident that occurred on campus involving the suspect.” Kelly and the victim were both taken to DCH with non-life-threatening injuries. Two members of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity said the shooter was the husband of the house’s main cook with a history of familial altercations. “She’s the main cook and he comes to help her sometimes,” said Brett Machen, who was in the house at the time of the incident. “They were supposedly getting a divorce. They’ve had some problems, and he got laid off two weeks ago.” Blaine Salem, another Phi Delta Theta, said what Machen told the media about the couple was true, and that the wife of the alleged shooter had threatened to call the police after altercations with him before. “They were getting divorced, they argued all the time,” Salem said, “They were in there yelling at each other every day.” Machen said he thought one or two shots were fired, but didn’t hear them upstairs. Even so, he said he felt safe because of the quick response of police forces. “I walked down and as soon as I got out of the elevator there were like 10 cops pointing guns and they told me to go outside,” Machen said. “I felt pretty secure with all the cops here.”
UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen would not confirm or deny that any University buildings were placed on lockdown before the all clear was issued around noon. When asked why it isn’t procedure to lock down campus after any shots are fired, Andreen said each situation is unique. “Emergency communications are provided based on information determined by first responders,” Andreen said. “In this situation, UAPD determined that the incident was specific to one location and the UA community was provided appropriate information through a UA Alert.” At 11:14 a.m. – five minutes after UAPD received the call – TPD, unaware that the incident to which they were responding was related to an incident on campus, responded to a stabbing call in the 1100 block of E. 22nd Ave., where 61-year-old Kelly is believed to have stabbed a 28-yearold female victim. Kelly again fled the scene before wrecking his vehicle on University Boulevard over Kicker Road. “According to witnesses, the suspect got out of the vehicle and attempted to jump off the bridge but bystanders held him down,” TPD spokesman Brent Blankley said. “TPD Stephen N. Dethrage and Ashley officers arrived on scene and placed Chaffin contributed to this report.
information. “To me, it’s a one-stop shopping place,” Benton said. The idea for the tab was pitched over the summer by the OIT, hoping to make it easier to find necessary information about technical services, Benton said. She said the new initiative began operating last month and will be completed by the end of November, with constant changes for simplicity and efficiency.
“It’s just another avenue to get information, so hopefully it will provide some value. If not, I would like to know,” Benton said. The OIT is requesting feedback from any student, faculty or staff member. If you have any input on how to better support members of the University with technology services, contact the IT Service Desk at (205) 348-5555 or through email at ITSD@ua.edu.
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UA should reevaluate ‘last resort’ defense advice By Elizabeth Lowder In response to yesterday’s situation at Phi Delta Theta, students and faculty received an email from UANEWS, citing multiple tips on campus safety, specifically in the event of an armed individual. I found the majority of the information to be quite helpful, though logical, such as remaining calm, evacuating the area and providing phone numbers for UAPD, etc. However, the last bit of the email seemed to completely contradict everything stated above. Despite prefacing the information with “AS A LAST RESORT,” the list provided ways to take action against the shooter. After attending an all-female high school, I have been instructed to learn many methods of self-defense. When an armed individual is within shooting range of myself and others, I would hope I would never have to
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When a man or woman has a gun, I am not going to act as aggressive as possible or throw items at them – after all, they’re the one with the gun.
consider “acting aggressively as possible against him/her, throwing items and improvising weapons, or yelling,” as stated in the email, in order to escape to safety. This is completely irrational behavior that seems as if it would attract more attention to yourself from the armed individual(s). I can’t fathom why the University would even consider advocating a position, albeit a last resort situation, that could possibly put a student in any sort of danger. I am not asking for the University to tackle an extra responsibility or burden by wanting to protect its stu-
dents, but shouldn’t that be a prominent concern? I like to think I am fully capable or protecting myself, but that includes making smart decisions for myself. When a man or woman has a gun, I am not going to act as aggressive as possible or throw items at them – after all, they’re the one with the gun. That isn’t to say I’m going to sit quietly in the corner and cry until the police come to help, but I must have a better frame of judgment than whoever crafted this email, encouraging students and faculty to blatantly put themselves in the face of danger. I have been a student at The University of Alabama since 2007, and I have seen my fair share of Emergency Alert emails and safety tips, but I have never seen a single phrase or sentence in any piece of literature promoting such irrational actions and behavior. In cases of
shootings on campus, severe weather, whatever it may be, the safety of the students, faculty and staff seemed to have taken a bigger priority in breaking news, but it did not seem to be the case at all yesterday afternoon. UANEWS could have left that last paragraph of information out of the email, and it would have been perfectly fine and enlightening. I hope that in the future, the University would have the media relations skills and wisdom not to release such ridiculous information. These situations are already stressful enough for those involved. We don’t need people running around and throwing things acting like lunatics. That could in turn place more people in danger, all because of some silly suggestions at the bottom of a campuswide email. Elizabeth Lowder is the assistant community manager of The Crimson White.
Students must soon find that thing called ambition By Tarif Haque
You reflect on the time you’ve spent in college with cynicism. When the first cold night of fall settled on campus, you walked the streets in a hoodie, unseen in the dark, fading away. You thought about running, in the way you do when you’re about to crack. It’s better to disappear than to burn. It’s a frequent thought, but you never act on it. It was one of those nights you felt depressed for seemingly no reason, stuck in that place between apathy and confusion. You told yourself you were tired of school, that you wanted to go home, that you no longer believed in education – all that delusional talk. There was a time when life made sense, when you didn’t have to fake it to make it. You don’t know what to do with your life – the supposed dilemma of every college student – yet, the decisions have been made. It’s a one way road now. You’ve majored in something “safe” to satiate your parents’ demands. You do
well, but don’t enjoy what you’re doing. Sometimes, you tell people you’re “blessed,” and they praise your maturity, say you’ve got a good head on your shoulders. You appreciate the words but know it’s not true. You wonder how your friends have such an easy time being happy when the situation is this fragile. It’s as if they were born knowing their life’s purpose. In these four years, we will prove ourselves, question our selfworth and establish our role in society. We’ve socially deconstructed our existence. Overnight, we’ve become adults. In some way, you felt lied to growing up. There always seemed to be a poster plastered in some teacher’s class or another telling you to “reach for the stars” and “pursue your dreams.” The glamorous careers on television did not reflect reality. The nights you spent in high school watching “Grey’s Anatomy” no longer served as motivation. You’re no doctor. The business school reminded you of high school,
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The world will always expect something from you. It’s time to disconnect. First, you owe yourself the right to love what you do.
People always seem to be expecting great things from you, but your definition of “great” never aligns with everyone else’s. You’re afraid to settle for less. You don’t want to find a job that just pays, doing something only tangentially related to your interests. After college, you come home to a lone apartment, five nights a week, asking yourself if dreams still exist. You vaguely remember wanting to do so many things: teach at your old high school, work at Google, travel to exotic countries, write a novel. As an undergraduate, these are your greatest fears – to wake up one morning and realize you’ve not lived your life. You want to tell the world you were here. The world will always expect something from you. It’s time to disconnect. First, you owe yourself the right to love what you do. In the end, you guess it’s time to find that thing called ambition.
a social parade of people who were cooler than you. You feel pretentious in a suit and can’t be smooth even if you tried. All the engineers you knew either had a superiority complex or downplayed all the other disciplines. You didn’t want to turn into that person. Around you, the world kept moving. Your friends were admitted to graduate schools, found research positions, aced their GREs and MCATs, interned in D.C., spent the summer in Italy as you struggled with a passionless existence. You experiment with your interests, but the things you love most are useless. “Where are you going to find a job doing that?” your parents ask in the condescend- Tarif Haque is a sophoing tone you’re all too famil- more majoring in computer science. iar with.
I am a public relations major double minoring in biology and psychology, on the pre-physician’s assistant track. I am that student, the one who bounced around from major to major trying to decide which path to pursue in life. However, my end goal has remained constant even in the midst of my other inconsistencies. At this point, I plan to use my major as a back-up and instead become a physician’s assistant. How, then, would my tuition rate be decided under the plan to be proposed by the Florida task force? According to the plan, tuition rates will be based on the demand of jobs that could result from certain majors and that those majors with a higher job demand will not be hit with a tuition increase. This is supposed to serve as a way of drawing students to those majors. Has it been considered that some students, like myself, do not plan to have a career resulting from their major but rather branch off into something different? This Florida task force says my declared major should be the sole factor in setting my tuition rate rather than what I plan to do as a career. I feel this is an indirect, and possibly unintended, avenue of punishing students who
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Students donate meals from their plans to needy 70 Oakdale Elementary students and their mentors will be served Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 26 By Judah Martin Contributing Writer The University of Alabama Student G ove r n m e n t Association, Bama Dining and UA Transportation Services have teamed up to provide Thanksgiving meals to needy children in Tuscaloosa. The campaign, Meaningful Meals, will reach out to students in Oakdale Elementary School’s after-school tutoring program. The SGA will transport 70 children and their mentors to campus on Nov. 26 for dinner and an interactive learning project. “We feel that the event will be a successful and happy experience for many underprivileged
children in the Tuscaloosa area,” SGA Press Secretary Meagan Bryant said. “We are lucky to have such cooperative and beneficial resources on our campus, and we are more than happy to share them with the Tuscaloosa community.” The event was made possible by the donation of meals from UA students’ own meal plans. Students can still donate on the myBama home page by clicking the “Meaningful Meals” link. “I hope to help show that there are other ways to help kids in our local community than having to stretch your budget thin by buying toys,” said Keith Edwards, director of communications for Meaningful
Meals. “We can have just as much of an impact on a child by just donating a meal – something we take for granted but overlook the importance of to those in need. I also hope that programs such as Meaningful Meals will show the Tuscaloosa community that the students of this university, not just the administration, care about this town and its residents.” Brielle Ap p e l b a u m , executive secretary for the SGA, came up with the idea for Meaningful Meals after volunteering for a toy drive with Al’s Pals. She regretted being unable to give back as much as other mentors and developed Meaningful Meals as an alternative. Appelbaum said she
plans to bring Big Al and a few and kindness.” football players to the event to Dawit Solomom, director of encourage students to continue veteran and military affairs for their educathe SGA, said tion. he is origi“In my nally from family, we Ethiopia, and Hunger is not only a problem in celebrate the project our community, it is everywhere. each holihas a special Hopefully with this program, we day around meaning for can show our community, our city, the dinner him. our state that giving back is the table, and I “We hope greatest gift anyone can give. wanted to to raise more one day give awareness — Dawit Solomom the same gift about undermy parents privileged gave me to children, a child in fa m i l i e s Tuscaloosa,” Appelbaum said. and students in our com“My favorite part about work- munity that are going huning with children is their genu- gry,” Solomon said. “Hunger ine responses to generosity is not only a problem in our
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community. It is everywhere. Hopefully with this program, we can show our community, our city, our state that giving back is the greatest gift anyone can give.” Solomon said if the results of the initial Thanksgiving event are promising, the SGA hopes to expand Meaningful Meals to students, veterans and families in Tuscaloosa at a Christmas event. “In the future, I hope to expand the program to children in a wide array of areas across Tuscaloosa and their families,” Appelbaum said. “This is a sustainable project I hope the Student Government Association will continue for years to come.”
Side by side, ‘Red Cup’ creators expand their app empire Former UA students build on experience with drink specials app, offer three more mobile applications By Meredith Davis Contributing Writer Paying a cover, especially an overpriced cover, can deter some college students from wanting to go out and can prompt a feeling of guilt the next day. Red Cup, a mobile app developed by local company Subvert Apps, has taken off among students and Tuscaloosa natives looking to find the best local deals and avoid high prices when going out. The founders of Subvert Apps, Ben Gordon and Nick Neveu, offer more than Red Cup and are excited about promoting their app business. Gordon and Neveu, who met in college when they
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lived across the hall from one another in Rose Towers, came up with the idea for Red Cup when they faced a dilemma shared by many students. “One of the nights we wanted to go out and spend our non-existing money on covers and expensive drinks,” Neveu said. “That’s when we decided to make an app to show the specials. With my engineering background, I wanted a mathematical approach to sort the
drink prices, so I came up with an algorithm to find the most alcohol for your dollar.” Neveu graduated from the University in May 2011 with a degree in electrical engineering, and is now pursuing his master’s in electrical engineering at the University. “A lot of people think we are ‘the Red Cup Guys’, but it’s so much more than that,” Gordon said, who is pursuing his master’s in science at the University.
The Red Cup app has grown among college-aged students and is close to breaking the 10,000 downloads mark. With the app’s success, Subvert Apps has produced four more apps: Rabbit Hole, a random image generator; Hail Yeah, which helps users hail a taxi; Tip Accordingly, helping users figure out the appropriate tip amount; and Black Belt Bamboost, an app for a bamboo park in Northport. “My favorite app right now is Rabbit Hole,” Neveu said. “It is dangerously random, which makes it ridiculously funny.” Gordon said Subvert Apps was created “on a whim,” and he and Neveu are constantly testing, develop-
ing and brainstorming ideas for mobile applications. “None of us had ever made an app or a business – let alone try to change the whole world through software,” Gordon said. As for the future, both Gordon and Neveu have their sights set high and enjoy working as a team. “We work right next to each other on two 27-inch Macs, and wouldn’t have it any other way,” Neveu said. Subvert Apps has generated opportunities for both Gordon and Neveu, and the duo plans to expand Red Cup across the United States. “Keeping an open mind is the most crucial attribute,” Neveu said. “Instead of shooting down an idea or blowing it off by saying
‘It’s already been done,’ we develop these ideas into full grown, world dominating forces in our heads before we even start programming.” Gordon said Subvert’s success changed their career paths exponentially, and both are happy about the business’s expansion. “Together, Nick and I have the highest of aspirations; I’ve always dreamed of going to the moon, and now we actually have a space shuttle,” Gordon said. Rabbit Hole, Hail Yeah, Tip Accordingly and Red Cup are all available in the Apple App Store. Red Cup is also available for Android devices. For more information, visit subvertapps.com.
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Polling officials: Recreation Center hosts largest turnout of University of Alabama student voters
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Fed says Alabama economy one of the worst By Colby Leopard Staff Reporter Alabama has the worst economy in the Southeast, according to research conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. For two years, Alabama has had the worst economy in the region, based on the state’s total number of jobs, unemployment rate, total wages and the total number of hours worked in manufacturing. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia calls these combined statistics “the state coincidence index.” The coincidence index indicates the economic standing of each state. The study also suggests Alabama has the fourth worst economy in the United States, only ahead of Alaska, Hawaii and Michigan. David Bailey, a senior majoring in finance, believes Alabama’s
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Is the economy in the United States bad? Yes. Is it worse in Alabama? Sure. But do I think that it’s much worse here than it is in other states? No, I don’t think that. — David Bailey
economy is at a low point but questions the validity of the Federal Reserve Banks’s study. “The Federal Reserve is really not that great at measuring statistics,” Bailey said. “They like to act like they are because they’re the Federal Reserve and all, but they don’t. They miss stuff all the time.” Bailey also said the surveying process the Federal Reserve Bank uses to gather its information produces inaccurate results. According to Bailey, the data collection is done via surveys, and
the Federal Reserve only receives replies from a small percentage of the companies they send the surveys to. “It is a biased process because it’s not like it is a truly random sample. It’s only a sample of those that respond back,” Bailey said. In addition to only collecting a small, non-random sample of data from surveys, Bailey said the Federal Reserve can only report legal data obtained from legal businesses. “Businesses that function in the gray market, small businesses that don’t want to pay money to the government in taxes or, specific to Alabama, any businesses run by illegal immigrants are going to be businesses that they can’t record or measure,” Bailey said. Ahmad Ijaz, an economist with the Center for Business and Economic Research, agrees the study does not accurately portray the economy in Alabama.
“This survey really does not give you the whole picture of the state’s economy. There has been an enormous change in the structure of the state’s economy from 1992 to present,” Ijaz said. “We have had one of the fastest growing automotive industry in the nation beginning in 1993. We now have the capacity to manufacture almost 800,000 to 900,000 vehicles a year.” Ijaz also believes the Federal Reserve’s unemployment numbers for Alabama are inaccurate, and the state has made strides following the recession in 2008. “Since the beginning of the recession in early 2008, Alabama has faced challenges similar to other states, i.e. lack of income growth and sluggish job growth, but if you look at our unemployment rate compared to the rest of the nation, it is nowhere near the bottom,” Ijaz said. Graham Byrd, a sophomore majoring in electrical
engineering from Mobile, Ala., worked with the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama in the spring and summer, compiling and creating industry profiles for the EDPA database. He attributes Alabama’s economic hardships to the education system in the state. “I would have to say the absence of available jobs and the lack of substantial skilled labor stemming from poor educational performance has the state caught in a rut,” Byrd said. “In comparison to the rest of the nation, Alabama’s traditionally underfunded and poor performing educational system remains just that. This adversely affects labor force, which in turn discourages industry, business and other economic opportunity from developing in Alabama.” Bailey believes there are three steps Alabama can take now that will provide a growth spurt for the economy.
“We, without a doubt, need to get rid of the anti-immigration bills that we passed,” Bailey said. “They’re totally absurd, and any person that understands economics also understands that this protectionist economic policy is flawed. It would also recommend an exemption for regulation on businesses that make less than $100,000 per year. The last one, and this is just a no-brainer in my opinion, is to remove the certification requirements that must be issued by the state for certain industries.” Although Bailey believes the economy in Alabama is doing poorly, he maintains that the state is not doing as poorly as the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia suggests. “Is the economy in the United States bad? Yes. Is it worse in Alabama? Sure,” Bailey said. “But do I think that it’s much worse here than it is in other states? No, I don’t think that.”
AAA to host 4th annual Out-of-state UA students deal ‘Ask an Atheist’ session with Hurricane Sandy issues By Sarah Robinson Contributing Writer The Alabama Atheists and Agnostics organization, a student-led social group for freethinking and non-religious University of Alabama students, is hosting its fourth annual Ask an Atheist event in the Ferguson Center Nov. 7-9, from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. AAA members will be equipped to answer any questions students may have about their beliefs and opinions. Former AAA president Gordon Maples said the definitions of atheist and agnostic varies based on an individual’s perception. Generally, he said, atheists do not believe in God, and agnostics don’t claim knowledge on the existence of gods. Lin Wang, the current AAA president, said it’s important to have the Ask an Atheist event, because it increases the visibility of atheists within the community. “There are also some stereotypes and misconceptions about atheists, which the Ask an Atheist table seeks to address,” Wang said. “It also provides a great chance to talk about religion in a casual environment and explain our own ideas about particular topics, such as the afterlife and the idea of a higher power.”
Over the years, the table has attracted various types of people. Some approach the table to get a clear definition of the members’ beliefs, some attend to discuss their own beliefs and a few are more aggressive, Wang said. “Occasionally, we get the people that want to damn us to hell, and we laugh it off,” said Michael Grierson, the vice president of AAA. “We are not eating babies or doing other stigmas associated with us. We are not godless killing machines.” Elaine Song, a junior majoring in management information systems, visited the Ask an Atheist table Tuesday, curious about the reasons behind the beliefs of members of AAA. She said she doesn’t force her beliefs on others, but her belief in God gives her a positive outlook on life. “When I am eating a nice peach, it’s a nice day outside or I am just enjoying a good book, I like to believe it didn’t just happen,” Song said. “Someone out there wants us to be happy, and He placed this for me. It kind of makes me sad that people don’t see that, and God doesn’t get any great credit for all the great things that happen to people.” Lang, who considers herself an atheist and humanist, said she gradually formed her
belief over time. Her curiosity and unexplained questions led her to reject religious beliefs and develop her morality more from her surroundings. Like Wang and Grierson, Song thinks the Ask and Atheist event can help change perception within the University. She said the chalking on campus, especially those centered around abortion, has given both nonreligious and religious UA students a bad reputation, and discussion can lead to a better understanding. “All the chalkings seem so hostile on both sides,” Song said. “If more people came to ask non-religious people questions, they would see that they are not hostile, just normal people that think a little differently. The more you learn, the better.”
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As flu season draws closer, UA students hope the Student Health Center can accommodate the medical needs and services for both undergraduate and graduate students. However, memories of unpleasant experiences at the center remind students to stay prepared. The Student Health Center provides health care to all students at the University, but according to their website, they accept insurance from Blue Cross Blue Shield from all states, VIVA Health, Cigna, United Health Care, Aetna, TRICARE, Humana, Health Spring, PSI Student Insurance and the TPA network of Beech Street and PHCS insurance companies. If a student’s insurance is not accepted, bills will be sent to their student account. Michael Schmidt, a graduate student studying accounting, said he remembers his negative view of the SHC started his freshman year of undergraduate school, because the facility did not take his health insurance. “I started off going to Black Warrior Medical Center as a freshman and didn’t have my first experience with the
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After experiencing all my roommates’ and sister’s swine flu my freshman year, the SHC was a relief to have for easy access. However, it was a long wait with other sick students, so I felt like I came out with another cold. — Amy Dumas
Student Health Center until senior year,” Schmidt said. “I feel that going to BWMC was more reputable and had more tools to fully understand my symptoms and possible illnesses.” With his insurance now covered by the SHC, Schmidt said he does feel it is a quick place for a check-up. However, he believes the center could better serve students with improved communication. “The biggest change I would make for the SHC is that they be clearer to students without a medical insurance background on what they offer to grad students so that we are clearer on the options presented to us,” Schmidt said. Amy Dumas, a law student, said she remembers how accessible the center was
Some out-of-state students have been personally affected by the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, which hit the northeastern part of the United States on Oct. 29. CNN reports that at least 88 people were killed in the so– called “superstorm” that caused at least $50 billion in economic losses according to Eqecat. Samantha Vogelsang, a junior majoring in advertising, said her family in New Jersey lost power for four days after the storm. They then bought a portable generator. “It was hard because people were buying them faster than the stores could get them,
then reselling them for $1300,” Vogelsang said. Annie Jacob is a sophomore majoring in elementary education, whose family lives in Virginia. While that state missed the brunt of the storm, over 200,000 people lost power for an extended period. “My family was affected all the way down in Virginia,” Jacob said. “Their power went out for four days, and the area was completely flooded.” However, some students’ families were a bit luckier, including Shannon Robinson, a junior majoring in biology. Robinson said that her family lives in New York, a state that had nearly $18 billion in damage. “They have been using a generator for a week or so,
and the house doesn’t have any damage. Its just inconvenient going around town without any power,” Robinson said. Hurricane Sandy also caused numerous flight cancellations and travel alerts throughout the East Coast. “I went home for my mother’s surgery, and I was supposed to leave on a Sunday, but I was trapped for a week; I didn’t leave until the following Saturday,” Vogelsang said. “I missed a week of school.” Vogelsang also described how hard it was to travel anywhere in general, due to the scarcity of gas. “Because most gas stations didn’t have power, we spent nine hours in total for gas; we would literally wait in lines that were miles long,” Vogelsang said.
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for her during her freshman year as an undergrad at the University. “After experiencing all my roommates’ and sister’s swine flu my freshman year, the SHC was a relief to have for easy access,” Dumas said. “However, it was a long wait with other sick students, so I felt like I came out with another cold.” Judy Davis, quality improvement coordinator for the Student Health Center, said the facility’s wait times are seasonal, such as flu season or when freshman have to get their immunization requirements. She said the SHC staff work straight through lunch breaks to get students in and out the door. “The students are our main concern, and our administration is very passionate about their needs,” Davis said. “We may close at 8 p.m., but if we still have students, the doctors will stay to see the patients until 9 or 10 p.m.. They’re there until the job gets done.” However, Davis said there is a 70 to 80 percent retainment among all students at the University. “We care about all of our students and treat them with the same service,” Davis said.
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Artist, Black Belt Bamboost to open new park By Megan Miller Contributing Writer Artist and UA graduate student Claire Lewis Evans is partnering with Black Belt Bamboost to open a bamboo park called “Signs of Life,” adjacent to Kentuck Park in Northport. The opening celebration is set for Sunday, Nov. 11 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. “Working with my hands is central to my work as an artist,” Lewis Evans said. “Although I am fully a denizen of the digital age, the physical integrity of uniquely handmade things gives solidity and delight to an increasingly disembodied way of life.” Lewis Evans said “Signs of Life” emerged after an extended period of drawing without reserve or judgment that began shortly after mounting a solo exhibit of cast metal and paper sculptures in the Kentuck Gallery in Northport. The beginnings of this
project came about when Lewis Evans began paying attention to doodles that she makes on various scraps of paper, and she said this helped her explore her artistic impulses and led to her deciding she needed to begin making art with her hands again. After finishing a show with Kentuck in January, Lewis Evans said she began to think about what was next and was eventually approached by Black Belt Bamboost to contribute a sculpture to the garden, which she said snowballed into much more than just one sculpture. Lewis Evans said working with bamboo had never occurred to her until Black Belt Bamboost encouraged her to play with it, although this was initially not her intended material choice. She had started converting some of her three-dimensional drawings and doodles into sculptures using what Lewis Evans labels as “linear materials,” and this
often involved basket-weaving materials or welding. “Bamboo turned out to be the perfect medium to achieve the types of marks that have been developing in my work over the past year,” Evans said. “The project began to really take off when I learned to work with the bamboo.” Jamie Cicatiello, a public relations representative for Black Belt Bamboost, met Lewis Evans at Kentuck Art Night, which eventually led to Cicatiello asking Evans to create a sculpture for the bamboo park. “The group has always seen the sculptures as Claire’s project. and we trusted her artistic vision for her project, so we were just there to provide moral support and whatever she needed in supplies and help,” Cicatiello said. “It’s a great feeling to help an artist show their unique work in a unique setting that hasn’t been seen before.”
The goal of the park is to allow individuals in the community the opportunity to learn about and explore all of the varied aspects of bamboo through a diverse array of artistic, cultural, educational and recreational opportunities throughout the year. Black Belt Bamboost aims to show the community the diversity of bamboo and how it can be a catalyst for a new type of agricultural development in Alabama, specifically the Black Belt Region of the state. The garden is also intended to bring public attention to the possibilities of developing a bamboo industry in Alabama, CW | Caitlin Trotter showcase the full value cycle Local artist and MFA student Claire Lewis Evans has bamboo sculpof bamboo and the possibilities tures on display at Kentuck Park in Northport. for creating downstream industries and provide an opportunity to explore an alternative Northport, and will host 15 dif- hunch,” Lewis Evans said. “The ferent species of bamboo. challenge, now that the field is energy source. “[What] Black Belt Bamboost ready and awaits, is to go out The park consists of 200 acres that was given to Black Belt gave me was both field and a and make art to bring this magBamboost by their parent orga- material with the quality need- ical space and the bamboo park nization, Friends of Historic ed to define it according to my into creation.”
Student writer elevates personal hobby to career path By Courtney Stinson Staff Reporter
Alexandra Franklin, a junior majoring in English, can hardly remember a time when writing was not a part of her life, but now she has transformed writing from hobby to compulsion to a career path that’s won several prestigious awards and internships. As a high school student, Franklin won several awards from the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, including their American Voices award and the Gold Portfolio award, the highest honor offered by the Alliance, for her portfolio of essays, poetry and short fiction. Franklin has also been awarded several prestigious internships in her field. She served as
editor of Scholastic’s “Best Teen Writing Anthology,” in which she has also been published, and worked as an intern at New York publishing houses Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency and Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents during summer 2012. Winning these awards has not been the end of Franklin’s journey as a writer and aspiring publisher but rather the beginning, affording Franklin opportunity to forge relationships which she says are invaluable in her field. They have provided her with further opportunities, such as having her essay, “Revelations of a Feminist,” published in the New York Times. Franklin’s awards have also furthered her desire to seek a career in a literary field. “[The awards] provide
further validation that this typewriter before refining her is not a phase or a whim. It’s ideas as she transfers them to a legitimate path that I hap- her laptop. pen to have a knack for, and In her writing, Franklin is I really enjoy. I don’t think I’ll interested in exploring failed ever make any money doing interactions between charit, really, but it’s nice to know acters more than plot-driven that my work is narratives. reaching people “I think and that they’re there’s more I’ve never been able to compelled by significance in imagine spending my life it,” Franklin negative space, on anything but books. It said. “That’s all in what people wasn’t really a decision I had I ever wanted.” don’t say than When it in what they to make. comes to writexpress openly. ing, inspiraSilence and — Alexandra Franklin tion can appear avoidance are everywhere very rich parts for Franklin, of conversawho is always prepared with tion - there’s a subtlety and a notebook and pen. Once sad beauty to conversations inspiration has struck and that never quite get around to Franklin works out her ideas, resolving themselves. When she typically hand writes or people don’t say what they types her ideas out on her obviously want to say, they
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end up expressing quite a lot. I think that’s a very challenging and emotionally charged thing to write about.” Franklin, who currently serves as an intern for the UA English department’s Slash Pine Press, hopes to pursue a career in publishing but says this path is not so much a choice but an inevitable path in pursuing her love of literature. “I’ve never been able to imagine spending my life on anything but books. It wasn’t really a decision I had to make,” she said. “It’s not as if I were being pulled in several different directions. I’ve always been fairly obsessed with literature, and nothing else has been able to capture my attention in the same way.” Though for many students the prospect of finding a
career is daunting, Franklin is excited about facing the challenges of her dream career and internships. “I was so excited to go to work every day this summer that I was constantly waking up hours too early. It was hard work, but it’s something I love so much that even the most tedious intern responsibilities felt like a privilege,” Franklin said. “I honestly feel so lucky. I don’t know anyone who is as excited about their jobs as I am, and I can’t imagine I’ll ever be bored with it.” Franklin’s simple yet powerful advice to aspiring writers is to follow what moves and inspires them. “[Writing] has to be something that you want to do for yourself and not for anyone else,” she said. “So write about what you love.”
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Gary Clark Jr.’s 1st major label release mixes genres into cohesive album By Francie Johnson In 2012, he played more major North American music festivals than any other artist in existence. He’s performed on stage with legends such as Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Mick Jagger. He’s written a film score, released two self-produced albums and even has his own holiday in his hometown of Austin, Texas.
With a laundry-list of accomplishments such as the ones above, you’d expect Gary Clark Jr.’s first major label release, “Blak and Blu,” to be nothing short of incredible. And you’d be right. “Blak and Blu,” released on Oct. 22, seamlessly ties together elements of blues, garage rock, soul, funk, R&B and even hiphop to create an eclectic concoction of sounds and rhythms that
just begs to be blasted at full volume. Clark taught himself to play guitar at age 12, and spent much of his teenage years playing gigs around Austin. Eventually he crossed paths with Clifford Antone, club promoter of Antone’s, the Austin music club responsible for the rise of rock icons Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Clark spent several years performing at Antone’s, until he eventually caught the attention of Eric Clapton. Clapton invited him to perform at the 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival, which eventually lead to a record deal with Warner Bros. Records. I’d say Clark is bringing back the blues-rock genre, but the
truth is, blues-rock never left. Thanks to groups such as The White Stripes, The Black Keys, The Cold War Kids and the Alabama Shakes, blues-rock is alive and well, and it has been for years. However, Clark breathes a new life into the genre. I’m an avid listener of all four of the bands I just named, but I’ve never heard anything quite like him. The moment I first heard “Ain’t Messin ‘Round,” the album’s opening track, it was as if Jimi Hendrix’s ghost had somehow materialized inside my laptop speakers. An intense three-minute jam session at the end of the next track on the album, “When My Train Pulls In,” only reiterated the comparison.
Despite their similarities, Clark is not just some Hendrix wannabe. In fact, his dynamic range of influences stretches far beyond the realm of classic rock. In songs such as “Blak and Blu,” “Things Are Changin” and “Please Come Home,” Clark delves into the world of R&B, seducing the listener with his smooth, sultry voice. Yet another genre makes an appearance in this diverse melting pot of an album with the hip-hop inspired song, “The Life.” Clark’s ability to weave all of these completely different musical genres together into one cohesive album is nothing short of impressive. No two songs sound the same, but they all flow together with perfect ease.
With so many different musical styles in one album, many artists would be unable to unify the collection and would instead be left with jagged fragments of ideas that don’t quite fit together. In “Blak and Blu,” however, this is far from the case. Clark’s suave voice, energized guitar playing and effortlessly cool demeanor serve as the backbone for the album, tying together all of the loose ends and creating a sense of unity and completion. “Blak and Blu’s” vibrant energy, rhythmic personality and representation of numerous musical genres all combine to create a listening experience unlike that of any other album. This may be Clark’s first major label release, but here’s hoping that it won’t be his last.
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Over the past 12 years, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that adults who were labeled obese were twice as likely to be told to exercise by a physician than adults of an average weight. With Alabama taking fourth place for obesity in the United States, beginning an exercise regime is crucial in protecting the brain and taking care of the body. Katie Nowell, a senior majoring in nutrition, is physically active five days a week. Nowell claims to notice a difference when she’s physically active and when she’s not, both mentally and physically. “On days I don’t work out I feel unproductive and lazy,” Nowell said. “I feel bad about
myself because I wasn’t active. I am not as focused.” Nowell’s observations are similar to results found by other studies on exercise. Exercise is shown to elevate energy, improve memory and enhance focus. Not to mention it also leads the body to create endorphins, or feel-good hormones. Like other lifestyle habits, exercise affects the body and mind’s ability to function. Christopher Fuerch, a junior majoring in exercise science, exercises every day. Like Nowell, Fuerch notices a difference mentally when he misses a day at the gym. “When I exercise, I feel relieved about myself and less stressed,” Fuerch stated. “I have a lot less energy on days
I don’t work out.” To stay physically and mentally fit, the CDC recommends either spending two and a half hours a week on moderately intense aerobic activity, like speed walking, with two or more days a week on muscle strength; an hour and 15 minutes a week on vigorous-intensity aerobic workouts as well as two days a week spent on muscle strength; or a combination of the two. Any physical activity, whether it be walking the dog, biking to class or playing ultimate Frisbee on the Quad, helps keep the mind strong and able. As Henry David Thoreau once said, “An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
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Alabama beats Stillman 76-68 in exhibition By Billy Whyte Staff Reporter After a sloppy start to a game where the Alabama men’s basketball team found themselves trailing at halftime, the Crimson Tide went on cruise control in the second half to beat Stillman 76-68 in its lone exhibition game of the season.
Highly-touted freshman Devonta Pollard was every bit as good as expected in his Coleman Coliseum debut, leading the way for the Tide with 15 points and seven rebounds. After shooting only 1-of-5 in the first half, Pollard woke up in the second half, scoring 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting. Head coach Anthony Grant was impressed
with the way Pollard performed in the second half after the team’s slow start. “I think as he learns the game, obviously you can see he is very talented and he adds a dimension to our team that is very much needed and he has a chance to really help us,” Grant said. His teammates were equally impressed by the way he stepped it up in the second half. “His ability to perform being a freshman is just incredible,” junior center Moussa Gueye said. Along with Pollard, the Tide
relied heavily on its front-court throughout the game, with Gueye and sophomore Nick Jacobs combining for 30 points. Both players showed major improvement from last season, with Jacobs dominating at times on the offensive end, and Gueye providing much needed dewfensive help in the paint after losing JaMychal Green to graduation. Like most of last season, the Tide struggled to shoot from the perimeter, scoring only one three–pointer throughout the game. Grant attributes Stillman’s defense
to the Tide’s outside shooting woes and why the team kept feeding the ball inside. “They did a very good job of keeping pressure on the basketball and harassing the dribblers and not letting us get ball reversal,” Grant said. “They did a good job of being aggressive, so we had to take what the defense was giving us, and tonight we had the advantage on the interior, it was good to see our guys take advantage of it.” Along with the perimeter shooting, most of the team’s struggles came from its interior defense, allowing Stillman
multiple easy drives to the basket. Overall though, the Tide did what they needed to get the win and get ready for the start of the regular season this weekend. “It’s a learning process, and after tonight it gets real in a hurry. Got South Dakota State coming in. They are an excellent team, and we are going to have to obviously do a lot better in a lot of areas to be ready to go on Friday.” The Tide will open the regular season at home in the 2K Sports Classic against South Dakota State at 8 p.m. on Nov. 9.
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Texas A&M marks final true test for Crimson Tide By Zac Al-Khateeb Unbelievable. Heart-stopping. Improbable. Incredible. Amazing. Any and all of these words provide a pretty clear picture of the type of game Alabama played against LSU Saturday. It was one of those kinds of games that will live on for a long time, and, as it progressed, felt like it should have been the way the original “Game of the Century” ought to have been played. But I don’t have to tell you that – you more than likely saw that for yourself. Regardless, Alabama is sitting pretty as the clear-cut favorite to be the Southeastern Conference West representative in the SEC Championship, and has just passed its biggest test of the season to do it. Except, has it really? This week, Alabama’s last true
test of the season comes in the form of the Texas A&M Aggies. And, much like LSU, A&M has a lot of intangibles going for them in this game the Tide needs to be wary of. For LSU, those intangibles were the fact they were playing a night game at home. They had an extra week off to prepare for the Tide, and they were still sore from Alabama’s drubbing in the national championship last year. On the other side, A&M is facing Alabama a week after its most physical, emotionallycharged game of the season. The Aggies also want to prove they belong in the SEC, and what better way to do that by beating the biggest, toughest bully on the playground? Their offense will also come into the game with confidence, not only from their own performance, in which they put up 38
points on Mississippi State, but because of what LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger did to the Alabama defense: He went 24-35 and 298 yards, an embarrassment for any defense, let alone Alabama’s. Another factor that could play into the game is A&M’s Johnny Manziel, easily the most prolific threat in the SEC, and certainly a more dangerous offensive opponent than the Tide has faced all season. Manziel’s style of play doesn’t really seem to fit in the SEC. He’s run for nearly 1,000 yards and 15 touchdowns but has also thrown for over 2,500 yards and 16 touchdowns to only six interceptions. More than anything, he looks like he needs to be in Eugene, Ore., helping the Ducks with their ridiculously fast-paced offense. I know Mettenberger had an
extra week to prepare for the Tide defense, but after seeing how well he played against the Tide’s vaunted defense, you can only wonder what kind of impact a guy like Manziel could have. Am I saying Alabama should be worried? No. They’re still the most talented team in the nation. That hasn’t changed. But the spot they find themselves in is a precarious one, and they can’t afford to be caught up in their own hype with a dangerous opponent like A&M coming into town. Alabama hasn’t done anything yet so far this season, and nothing’s guaranteed unless they keep winning. That’s the kind of attitude Alabama has to take into Saturday’s game to be successful, or otherwise there might be another unbelievable, heartstopping, improbable, incredible, amazing game to talk about after Saturday.
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Alabama prepping for A&M, looking to improve game By Alexis Paine Staff Reporter After making costly mistakes against the Louisiana State University Tigers, The University of Alabama Crimson Tide defense is looking to correct those errors in the upcoming game against the Texas A&M Aggies. Defensive back Ha’Sean Clinton-Dix said he is looking for the Tide to improve its tackling during Saturday’s game. The team focused on tackling around the perimeter and fixing other mistakes it made during the game against LSU during Monday’s practice, the sophomore said. The defense is working to contain Aggie quarterback Johnny Manziel. Clinton-Dix said
Manziel’s ability to create plays when it seems like there are no options open poses a threat the Tide must step up and handle. “He’s a great runner,� ClintonDix said. “He can run and pass at the same time. So, we just have to contain him and hold him down and get off the field on third down.� Clinton-Dix said the defense is also preparing to cover Ryan Swope, an Aggie wide receiver. Swope has the ability to find openings and plays a physical game the Tide is prepared to match, the defensive back said.
preparations for future opponents. “We’ve learned to come with a better mindset coming to practice,� Fluker said. “We can’t take any team lightly. You never know what could happen. With that type of attitude you will come out and work every single day just to get better.� The junior said this attitude and the time spent with his fellow offensive linemen has allowed the line to improve since September and will be important during this Saturday’s game against the Aggies. “We’re a lot more aware of Tide motivated for Aggies things going on, and we’re comcoming off Tiger victory municating a whole lot more Right tackle D.J. Fluker said on a whole new level basically,� the win against the Tigers last Fluker said. “That’s a great Saturday added more moti- thing.� vation for the team to make This connection between
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