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Girl Talk performs on the stage of Rounders on Wednesday night for students and Tuscaloosa residents who heard about the concert on Facebook and Twitter.

Board of Trustees members speak out on Machine By Rich Robinson Staff Reporter rarobinson2@crimson.ua.edu Several members of the UA system board of trustees have confirmed their knowledge of—and even association with—the Machine, a secret political coalition of traditionally white fraternities and sororities. In a sit-down interview last month, Paul W. Bryant, Jr., president pro tempore of the Board of Trustees and son of legendary football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, joked about his dalliance into campus politics during his time at the Capstone. “I was elected president of the Business Students, and I was not the Machine candidate, but then again, no one ran against me,” he said. Bryant was a member of Sigma Nu and acknowledged that the Machine was real during his academic career. “When I was in school, the Machine was there,” he said. “I knew who from my fraternity went to whatever the meetings were.” Bryant also said he was

“We’ve got board members who were SGA Presidents and were likely in the Machine back then.” — Paul W. Bryant, Jr. unaware of its existence today. However he said, “We’ve got board members who were SGA Presidents and were likely in the Machine back then.” Board member Vanessa Leonard, a graduate of the class of 1983, also acknowledged that the Machine existed when she was at Alabama. Leonard was active in campus politics and still has concerns with the way the Machine operates, which she said is “evident in the lack of diversity in the SGA.” Finis St. John, a former president pro tempore of the board, current executive committee member and 1978 graduate of the University, also acknowledged the existence of the Machine.

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Girl Talk performs ‘All Day,’ all night After a scrammble for tickets, the mash-up artist perfomed at Rounders By Sophia Jones Contributing Writer He floats over crowds in inflatable life rafts. He wears old-school sweatbands around his head. He recombines, reconstitutes, recreates and rebels. He is the king of the underground music scene. He is a mash-up mastermind. Greg Gillis, who goes by the name of Girl Talk when performing, visited Tuscaloosa this Wednesday night to perform at Rounders, kicking off his second tour. “Extreme,” Gillis said. “If I had to choose one word to describe my music, it would be extreme. I want it to be complicated. I just

don’t want to be midway with anything. I want it all to be extreme – the music, the show, everything.” And extreme it was. With speakers pumping a bass line so intense that it resonated over the crowd like thunder, and strobe lights striking down on the audience like lightning, Gillis’ Tuscaloosa concert was a storm of body heat and pure bliss. “I knew from the start that it would be an uphill battle to make a laptop show into a concert experience. I had to make my performances something that people could watch and be entertained by,” Gillis said.

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CW | Drew Hoover Concert goers groove to the sounds of Girl Talk at Rounders on Wednesday night. Girl Talk announced the concert to residents of Tuscaloosa by using social media outlets.

Professor documents resident’s tornado experience Robert Reed, who lost his home in the tornado and helped his neighbors in the aftermath, is the subject of an upcoming documentary.

By Lis García Contributing Writer

CW | Shannon Auvil Forward Tony Mitchell faces North Florida defenders at the basket on Nov. 11.

Redeﬁning Bama’s basketball program Alabama set to face the legendary basketball program of Georgetown By Brett Hudson Senior Sports Reporter bbhudson@crimson.ua.edu @Brett_Hudson When college football experts are asked to compile a list of the top five programs of all time, Alabama is almost always on the list alongside a revolving door of candidates like Oklahoma, USC, Notre Dame and Michigan, to name a few. Coming up tonight at 8:30 p.m., the Alabama men’s basketball team has

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By Ashley Chaffin Assistant Lifestyles Editor alchaffin@gmail.com According to Noelle Ingram, art is a form of therapy, and at her shop in Northport a day of therapy won’t cost anywhere near what it might for a therapist. “[I love] the creativity,” said Ingram, owner of All Fired Up. “It’s kind of like art class without the teacher.” All Fired Up is a shop in Northport where customers can paint ceramics and create mosaics. CW | Katie Bennett The store opened in 2004 in a All Fired Up allows guests to choose, paint, and mosaic their own small storefront near Winn Dixie. ceramics. About three years ago they moved

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the opportunity to face one of those teams in college basketball: Georgetown. Georgetown is consistently ranked near the top when looking at program history with schools like Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, Duke, UCLA and Maryland. While the mystique around going to a prestigious football school is appealing to some, some students feel the same way about going to basketball schools.

The heroes that emerged from the April 27 tornado in Tuscaloosa included more than just firefighters and police. Dwight Cammeron, a telecommunication and film professor at the University, focused on a hero with a unique story of his own. “I wanted to find someone who had contributed to the overall rescuing [of ] people who actually was not law enforcement,” he said. “That’s how I came across Robert…the ultimate first responder.”

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to their current location next to Northridge Fitness to accommodate their growth. “I had always been crafty, kind of a jack-of-all-trades, but not really an artist,” Ingram said. “I had seen a store like this somewhere else and someone said to me ‘this is you in a store.’ I thought [owning the store] would be a blast, and I thought there was a need here so I tried it.” No appointment or reservation is needed to work at All Fired Up. Customers are encouraged to come “when they have time or are feeling inspired.”

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Lecture Series presents ‘The Rabbit in the Gardin – A Skeptical Theist’s Tale’ by Dr. Hud Hudson

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Did banks illegally foreclose on active-duty troops? From MCTcampus The U.S. Treasury Department is investigating whether Bank of America, Wells Fargo and eight other major banks may have illegally foreclosed on 4,500 activeduty servicemen and women. Bank of America has agreed to review more than 2,400 foreclosures of homeowners who indicated they were eligible for relief under a federal law called the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, according to the Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Wells Fargo has agreed to review 871 foreclosures of homeowners who indicated they were eligible under the act. The law is intended to postpone or suspend certain civil obligations to allow active-duty service members to devote their full attention to their military duty. The other banks being investigated are Aurora Bank, Citibank, EverBank, HSBC, MetLife Bank, OneWest, Sovereign and U.S. Bank. Rep. Brad Miller, D-N.C., called the alleged improper foreclosures a “flagrant disregard for a law that has been on the books continuously since the First World War.” “If you’re wearing the nation’s uniform, if you’re deployed in harm’s way in service of your country, you should be able to focus your entire energy to our nation’s service without worrying what’s happening in a court-

house back home,” Miller said. The review is part of a larger examination that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is conducting on 4 million borrowers who may have been improperly foreclosed on in 2009 and 2010. Bank of America spokesman Rick Simon said it’s unlikely that there will be a large number of improper foreclosures from the broad population of 2,400 loans identified in the initial process. “And if any are found, we will pay compensation, as we are doing in the 157 cases identified in the settlement with [the Department of Justice],” he said. Wells Fargo officials say the investigation doesn’t mean anything improper was done. “These foreclosure actions will be reviewed by our independent consultant to determine if there was financial injury due to service error and, if so, the borrower may be eligible for compensation or other remediation,” said Tom Goyda, a spokesman for Wells Fargo. Bank of America officials said the bank is building up programs to provide more support for military customers that would exceed the requirements imposed by the service members act. “We work hard to ensure our military customers receive high-quality service that caters to their unique needs,” Simon said. “When we find mistakes, we address them.”

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BCS Championship ticket information Information about the sale of student football tickets for the BCS National Championship game on Jan. 9, 2012, has been finalized. UA students interested in purchasing BCS National Championship game tickets must be placed on a ticket request list beginning Monday, Dec. 5. Students must go to www.actcard.ua.edu and add themselves to the request list between 8 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 5, and 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 6. On Wednesday, Dec. 7, students will be noti-

fied whether they are eligible to purchase BCS National Championship tickets. Students eligible to purchase tickets will be able to complete their purchase online through the Athletic Ticket Office website starting at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8. The deadline for students to pay for their tickets is Friday, Dec. 9 at 5 p.m. More detailed information will be sent to all students via email later this week.

Expect heavy trafﬁc this Thursday, Friday Pedestrian, bus and automobile traffic will be heavier than usual on University Boulevard and Colonial Drive Thursday, Dec. 1 and Friday, Dec. 2. The University will host the Alabama High School Athletic Association Super 6 State

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St. John confirmed that he was endorsed by the Machine in his run for SGA president in 1978. He was defeated by independent candidate Jerry DeVaney in a run-off, according to Crimson White articles from the time. Though endorsed by the organization, St. John said he was not influenced by the Machine. He said the Machine was more of a loose campus political organization in the late 1970s. “I was a dorm senator and never lived in the fraternity house, so I was not really influenced by them, but it seemed at that time that there were positive and negative aspects

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about it,” he said. St. John said he has a strong belief that all students should have an equal opportunity and voice in campus activities whether they are greek or not. “All reasonable people would agree with that,” he said. When asked about whether the University’s administration should do anything to address the influence of the Machine on campus life, St. John deferred to UA President Robert Witt. “I trust Dr. Witt and his team to deal with those issues,” he said. Board member Marietta Urquhart is a 1975 graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham who also attended the Tuscaloosa campus for a time. A member of Kappa Delta, Urquhart is now a Mobile real-estate agent and a former member of the Wachovia Bank advisory board. She attended the University at a turning point in its student government history. The year after her graduation, Cleo Thomas was elected as the first and only African American SGA president. After his election, sororities were included in the Machine to strengthen its voting bloc. During her time at Alabama, Urquhart did not feel obligated to vote for the Machine-backed candidate, but admits that things may have changed over the years. “There are laws in this nation that support an open political process, and one would hope

that the SGA and student body look to these laws as examples for their own governance,” Urquhart said with regards to today’s problems with the Machine. She acknowledged that there is a problem that needs to be addressed, but does not believe that the board or the administration should get directly involved. “The students have the ability, as constituents, to govern themselves in a just and fair manner by supporting candidates who follow this example,” Urquhart said. “I think that the students should fix this themselves, and I think they can.” Thomas, who served on the board for almost 20 years, said the situation is not hopeless, and the responsibility to address the problem falls to the student body and the candidates working to achieve election without their support. “You just have to get more votes than them,” Thomas said. “You have to show that student government has to be seen as something that matters to people, and it really has to matter to the students. When things matter to you, you commit yourself and you create change.” “To the students of my generation, it mattered, and I was elected,” Thomas said. “If it mattered today, things would change. Apparently it doesn’t matter. Your action is an absolute mirror of your values, and we aren’t seeing those values or actions today.”

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UA Press plans holiday book sale on campus By Ashanka Kumari Staff Reporter akumar317@bellsouth.net The University of Alabama Press is holding a holiday book sale of some of its more popular titles Dec. 2 and 3 in the Ferguson Center near the information desk across from Starbucks, according to a press release. The two-day sale is designed to allow patrons a chance to purchase University of Alabama Press books at discounted prices for holiday gift giving, marketing and sales manager Shana Rivers said. “Students need holiday gift ideas and can purchase great books for family and friends at discounted prices,” Rivers said. For several years, the press held an annual holiday sale at their previous location at the old armory building, Rivers said. “One year it was held at the Million Dollar Band practice field and this year we are housing the sale inside the Ferguson Center,” Rivers said. This past summer, UA Press held an outdoor tent sale in downtown Tuscaloosa, publicist Rebecca Minder said. “[The summer sale] was the

FILM

Continued from page 1 The documentary details the life of Robert Reed before and after the tornado. It draws upon interviews with several people who knew Reed at the time and connects their stories in a format similar to “Crash,” Cammeron said. Cammeron said people need to remember that a character has a life before any defining moment or big life-changer. Reed, the documentary’s focus, struggled to find neighbors’ acceptance after moving into the trailer park with a prison record. His family was also discriminated against based on their race, among other factors, as seen in the documentary. The neighborhood’s view of Reed changed after he performed feats likening him to Superman or an angel, as some neighbors said in the documentary. Reed lifted incredible amounts of weight to save the lives of many as his wife, April, lay injured several yards away. The documentary’s title, “April’s Hero,” is named after her. The two were high school sweethearts and have faced numerous challenges, many of which are detailed in the documentary. Cammeron said despite Reed’s heroism, his struggles have not stopped, and he still faces daily challenges. “Even though the debris has been cleared, there are people who are still trying to put their lives back together,” Cammeron said. The documentary demanded many long hours. Most people fail to understand how much work really goes into the process, he said. However, he did have the help of a few students. Jazzmine Franklin, a senior majoring in telecommunication and film, said she worked with Cammeron, doing whatever he asked. She particularly focused on environmental audio. Cammeron also enlisted Shelby Hadden, a junior majoring in telecommunication and film who was a natural at documentaries,

“Because of the summer sale’s success, UA Press decided to offer another sale Dec. 2-3 to offer great books at low prices for holiday gift-giving. These sales may become an annual event if the community continues to request them.” — Rebecca Minder

The UA Press will hold a holiday book sale in the Ferguson Center Friday. first time since 2002 that the Press had held a sale for the community, and was frequently requested,” Minder said. “Because of the summer sale’s

success, UA Press decided to offer another sale Dec. 2-3 to offer great books at low prices for holiday gift-giving. These sales may become an annual

“Even though the debris has been cleared, there are people that are still trying to put their lives back together.” — Dwight Cammeron, TCF professor at UA Cammeron said. “Ever since I met him and transferred, I always wanted to work with him,” Hadden said. “I’ve learned a lot by doing this.” Hadden transferred to UA from Syracuse University in 2010. Cammeron was one of the first professors she met, who led her through a complete tour of Reese Phifer, Hadden said. “He really sold me on coming here,” she said. She said she worked with Cammeron from the project’s initiation in August. She

was involved in all parts of the project as videographer, interviewer and primary editor. Though Hadden was in Tuscaloosa at the time of the tornado, she said she was pretty much unaffected. Working with Cammeron changed this. Suddenly, the event became more real to her. The documentary runs 25 minutes. It is not yet completed, but Hadden and Cammeron both said it is close to completion. They plan to show the documentary in various film festivals in the near future.

event if the community continues to request them.” Founded in the fall of 1945, the Press has won numerous awards for its publica-

Submitted Photo tions over the years and has published a wide variety of titles, according to the UA Press website. With a staff of 17, the Press is the only aca-

demic publisher for the state of Alabama and has fostered partnerships with such institutions as the Birmingham Museum of Art, Samford University and the Pebble Hill Center for the Humanities at Auburn University. Located in the McMillan Building, UA Press publishes approximately 75 books per year, Minder said. Books range in subject matter including civil rights, photography, archaeology, Alabama history, poetry, military history, outdoor recreation, memoirs and biographies. The Press publishes in a variety of formats, both print and electronic. Sales hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Dec. 2, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Dec. 3. Book prices will range from $1-$25 and include sales tax.

OPINIONS

Frontrunner madness stops with Gingrich By Austin Gaddis @austingaddis

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Immigration law a violation of trust

Thursday, December 1, 2011 Editor • Tray Smith letters@cw.ua.edu Page 4

{ YOUR VIEW } (WEB COMMENTS) “I hate to be crass, but the CWʼs love affair with David Wilson is becoming nauseating. We get it: Wilson is running for SGA President, and the CW is laying the groundwork for his campaign. Not a ﬁne example of journalism, but slanted journalism is not exclusive to college newspapers.” – Billy_2011

“Right now youʼre asking for (greeks) to rise up against the (Machine) because they donʼt know where every penny of $850/ yr went. Do you have any idea what the gross annual income of a fraternity or sorority at UA is? That wouldnʼt even buy shirts for one event.” – Danny_Jackson

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By Tray Smith @ralphlsmith Alabama has made plenty of national news over the past two weeks, and not just because the University’s football team has garnered a likely position in the BCS National Championship. Since Nov. 16, the state has received extensive publicity after the Tuscaloosa police arrested a 46-year-old German Mercedes-Benz executive visiting Alabama on business. The cause? The man’s rental car didn’t have a license plate, and he did not have the proper documentation required by Alabama’s new illegal immigration law. “If it were not for the immigration law, a person without a license in their possession wouldn’t be arrested like this,” Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steven Anderson told the Associated Press. Like other states, before the immigration law passed Alabama simply issued a court summons and a ticket to individuals found driving without a license. But now that we have adopted the toughest law against illegal immigration in the country, arrests like this one are sure to become more common. This isn’t the fault of the police. They are just doing their jobs and enforcing the law. This is the fault of the lawmakers who drafted, passed, and signed this bill, imposing a massive new burden on state workers, business owners, visitors and immigrants. The Birmingham News has reported that state agencies are now dealing with cumbersome paperwork as a result of the law, and long waits have formed for residents tending to business at courthouses across Alabama.

These inconveniences transcend racial barriers and citizenship status; we all suffer from longer lines, from more paperwork and from the unintended consequences of turning our business owners and state employees into immigration enforcement officers. A lot of people drive without their license at some point, if only accidentally. Would average citizens be arrested if the police pulled them over and discovered they were driving without a license? That is unlikely, but possible. The law states that law enforcement officers should only make an attempt to verify a suspect’s immigration status “where reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States.” In other words, if the suspect is foreign or looks foreign. That is racial profiling. Then, contradicting itself, the law also says that race, color or national origin shouldn’t be used in determining an individual’s status beyond the extent permitted by the U.S. and Alabama constitutions, whatever that means. But it is hard to see how those issues could be prevented from factoring into the decisions of law enforcement officers. The arrest of the Mercedes-Benz official has made Alabama the brunt of jokes from other states. In an editorial urging Mercedes to abandon its Alabama campus and move to Missouri, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote, “We are the Show-Me State, not the ‘Show me your papers’ state.” While the irony of U.S. police officers asking a German visitor for his papers is certainly embarrassing, the true cost of this episode may not be felt for years.

Alabama has worked hard to build a business-friendly atmosphere and court big companies interested in economic development projects. Incidents like this are a huge blow to the efforts our workers and economic development leaders have put into expanding our manufacturing base and cultivating a reputation for being a good place to do business. Mercedes-Benz, for instance, has just announced an expansion at its plant outside of Tuscaloosa, which will create an additional 1,400 jobs and push the company’s total investment in the state to $4 billion. The automaker’s decision to build cars in the Tuscaloosa area in 1993 was followed by a huge expansion in vehicle manufacturing in Alabama, including new Honda and Hyundai plants. And this is how we treat its visiting leaders? Perhaps more shamefully, this is how we also plan to treat our own citizens and legal immigrants who don’t have proper documentation with them? When they are arrested and inconvenienced in such an unnecessary way, though, they won’t get the national media’s attention. They may not get any attention. Arresting a perfectly lawful corporate executive for such an unnecessary reason was an unfortunate situation, but arresting lawful citizens and immigrants under this law is even more of a violation of the trust our public has placed in its government. We need a secure border and a reformed immigration system, but we do not need Alabama police arresting us for not having proper documentation. Tray Smith is the opinions editor of The Crimson White.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR How to waste America’s time By Steffi Morris What is “Occupy Wall Street”? It’s a collection of unhappy individuals. Understandably you’d want a more specific description, but unfortunately I can’t provide that – and neither can the protestors. Because Occupy Wall Street is less of a protest and more of a destination for people who wish to protest – once they get there, the protestors set up shop and object to whatever they are upset about. Occupy Wall Street is a protest convention, in which people set up booths that have little to do with each other, each with their own fandoms and philosophies. However, one can’t discuss Occupy Wall Street without mentioning the discussion about the “one percent”, that the richest one

percent of Americans have too much financial control over our country, and that this is “unfair.” How is it unfair that rich people are allowed to use their money how they want? How would you feel if, all of a sudden, you were awarded a million dollars then promptly told that you had to use almost all of it to fund the wants of a hundred other people? Or worse, what if you worked for years and diligently saved up all that money, and then people banged down your door telling you it wasn’t “fair” that you had all that money you worked so hard for? This is the truly unfair way of thinking, and it’s un-American to boot. What happened to the right to the pursuit of happiness? What if happiness is working hard and earning money? Note the word “pursuit.” We are

not entitled to happiness. We are not entitled to money if we don’t work for it. This is the mistake that people participating in Occupy Wall Street are making. With all the instant gratification we are used to as citizens, the idea of having to wait to get a job is maddening and causing many to lose sight of how the system is supposed to work. So they got up, “occupied” the symbol of “corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations over the democratic process” (from their website, occupywallst.org), and created an unnecessary media frenzy that has done nothing but annoy hardworking Americans and spawn a few jokes on the Internet. Steffi Morris is a freshman majoring in electrical engineering.

Patrick attack on rush invalid By Merrit Cowden In response to Tuesday’s column by Michael Patrick, expert and pundit on all things UA, I sincerely appreciate his sage commentary on the sorority rush process at Alabama. Who better than a male non-greek to offer his opinion on how sorority recruitment can be improved? But before we implement your ingenious reforms, I would like to make one comment. Joining a sorority is not about the way someone looks. It is about their confidence in themselves, grades from high school, involvement in extracurriculars and reputation throughout a community. The

sorority GPA at the Capstone has been higher than the overall GPA for women every semester since 1927. We pride ourselves on encouraging our members to be involved in every aspect on campus, including honor societies, intramural and club sports, theatre and anything else offered at UA. My sisters are the most encouraging friends I could ask for, and we all look out for each other and build each other up, not “tear them down.” Finally, in response to your comment on sorority dues being purposefully high to exclude lowincome UA women from participating, please stick to something you know. Dues directly pay for the 15

meals a week served at the house, food available to all members at night and on weekends, socials hosted by the sorority and a host of other expenses that you couldn’t possibly have imagined since you are not, in fact, a member of any sorority. Any member that is not able to pay works out a plan with our chapter because we care about our members and realize that not everyone is in the “acceptable tax bracket” that you speak of. So next time, before you blindly judge a group of people numbering more than 3,000, take the time to get to know the facts. Merrit Cowden is a senior majoring in environmental science.

In recent months, Americans have seen numerous Republican presidential candidates rise in the polls, be lauded by pundits as “the one that will challenge Mitt Romney,” and then falter amid a bored base or sketchy scandal. When Michelle Bachmann entered the race, she was polling well and even won the highly coveted Iowa Straw Poll. But as politics would have it, Bachmann caved to media scrutiny and some of her statements and missteps to the press led to her being trampled by the party’s leading candidates. Bachmann now stands as a fringe candidate, struggling through debates and attempting to portray her ultra-conservative mentality as mainstream Republican thought. Her campaign seems over. As hard-line conservatives were scrambling to find a candidate who could challenge the Romney campaign, they found everything they were looking for in Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Perry’s record was hard to overlook. Since taking office after George W. Bush moved into the White House, the Texas economy has consistently created jobs. In fact, Texas – the world’s 15th largest economy – has been responsible for approximately 40 percent of the nation’s job growth since June 2009. With an impressive state executive resume, many begged for Perry to consider a run for president and donors were lining up for Perry in droves. But, like Bachmann, Perry was not fully prepared for the national spotlight. After several flops and several detrimental debate performances, Perry’s campaign seems unsalvageable.

The spring-loaded frontrunner position will stop with Gingrich, who is a seasoned politician, and a series of presidential debates between him and Obama would be like Christmas to political hacks like me.

In the beginning of the Republican race, many voters and pundits saw Herman Cain as a joke candidate with many tongue-in-cheek references to his career as the chief executive of Godfather’s Pizza. But surprisingly, Cain began to surge with his simple plans for the economy and was able to capitalize on being a Washington outsider. During the height of his rise to the ranks of Mitt Romney for frontrunner status, Cain was slammed with allegations of sexual harassment. His peculiar flip-flop on the specifics of the allegations made Cain seem as though he had something to hide. Recently, another woman has come forward alleging a thirteen-year affair with Cain. His campaign is now reevaluating its next step, but many voters – including this one – now believe Cain should leave the race. This odd trend seems to have been played over and over again across newspaper and cable news headlines with Romney effortlessly, it seems, holding strong in his position as frontrunner – until recently. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has now emerged as the arguable party frontrunner, and his ideas and vision seem to resonate well with voters who are skeptical of Romney. Gingrich has the political intuition and ability to work across the aisle in the pursuit of true compromise – a quality now lost in Washington. During his tenure as speaker, he was known for his tough principles but also for his friendship with his adversary in the White House, Bill Clinton. The Gingrich campaign has already seen its fair share of obstacles. During the summer, Gingrich had most all of his campaign staff abruptly quit amid questions of his dedication to running for the presidency. At the time, pundits declared the campaign over and said Newt should drop out of the race. However, Gingrich pressed forward, saying that he believed that he was the candidate to turn the country around. Gingrich proved everyone wrong, and according to a Rasmussen poll released this week, he polled higher than Obama among likely voters. Gingrich’s personal life will likely be mentioned in arguments against his candidacy, but voters should steer away from that mindset. We don’t elect presidents because they are perfect; we elect them to lead America toward a better future. The Romney campaign should be terrified of Gingrich’s surge in the polls, but seems to be still hiding under the imaginary guise of the frontrunner status. The spring-loaded frontrunner position will stop with Gingrich, who is a seasoned politician, and a series of presidential debates between him and Obama would be like Christmas to political hacks like me. The Romney camp should go on the offensive, before the Gingrich train puts the nomination out of reach.

Austin Gaddis is a junior majoring in public relations and communication studies. His column runs on Thursdays.

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Flag honoring tornado victims will take place of Grand Marshal in parade this year By Sydney Newman Contributing Writer

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The Tuscaloosa County Parks and Recreation Authority will host the 36th Annual West Alabama Christmas Parade on Monday, Dec. 5. With the events of April 27th still looming, this year’s theme is “A Christmas of Hope.” For the past 35 years, there has been a Grand Marshal of the parade, but this year a flag will take the place of the person who usually holds that honor. Many people were nominated to serve as Grand Marshal, but the selection committee, composed of representatives from organizations in the community, chose to have a flag in order to honor everyone in the community. The flag was designed by Anthony Bratina of the Tuscaloosa News and sponsored by Walter Energy. According to Becky Booker, parade chairwoman, the flag features the number 52 to honor those who were lost as a result of the tornado, a ribbon to represent those who

• What: West Alabama Christmas Parade

• Where: University Boulevard

• When: Monday, Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m.

• Cost: Free were affected and a red rose to honor those who responded, came to aid or volunteered to help. By displaying the flag, the committee felt everyone involved would be honored. The display is also a reminder that the community is confident that it will recover. According to the Tuscaloosa Community Parks and Recreation Authority’s website, the parade is the largest of its kind in the area. More than 200 floats, decorated vehicles, marching bands, horses and Santa will be featured that evening, and before

the parade, a tree lighting ceremony will take place on the steps of the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse. In the past, the Grand Marshal has been the one to flip the switch to light the tree, but this year PARA Executive Director Gary Minor will perform that duty. Last year’s Grand Marshals for the 35th Annual parade were Alvin P. DuPont, mayor of the City of Tuscaloosa for 24 years, and Theophilus Danzy, who brought back the Stillman College football program after it was nonexistent for 50 years. The parade participants are also judged on their entry. Last year’s overall winner was the Tuscaloosa Department of Transportation and the first place band represented Northside High School. The parade starts at 6:30 p.m. and will begin at the corner of 11th Street and Greensboro Avenue. The Christmas tree lighting ceremony will begin at 5:15 p.m. outside the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse. For more information, visit tcpara.org.

UA student forms group to help American soldiers By Melissa Brown Staff Writer mbrown104@crimson.ua.edu

When University of Alabama junior Chelsea Pickett watched her younger brother graduate from boot camp at Parris Island earlier this fall, she was moved as she reflected on the generations of military service represented in her family. A daughter of a sergeant major, a granddaughter of a Vietnam veteran and a cousin to several servicemen in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pickett wanted to do her part to support U.S. troops. She decided to start a group to help other students give back, too. “I realized how much these people give up for us - the least we could do was to send a few care packages or sell some yellow ribbons,” Pickett said. A few weeks later, Students Helping Heroes was an official University of Alabama organization. SHH works to raise awareness about veterans, reservists and soldiers in the Tuscaloosa area while also supporting troops through care packages and letters. “SHH is a group of students trying to make a difference by recognizing and supporting those on campus and in the area who have given us the freedoms that we enjoy,” said Pickett, the SHH president. Stephen Groff, an Army veteran and professor of psychology at the University, agreed to be the group’s faculty adviser because SHH’s purpose hit so close to home. Groff, who enlisted in the

Army right out of high school and went on to serve as an officer and psychologist, was deployed to Iraq in 2006 and 2007. “Having been that guy overseas, I know what it feels like to get a package or mail from the States,” Groff said. SHH adopted a Marine platoon and will be working on sending care packages this month, compiling blankets, snacks and toiletry items as well as letters. Groff believes the care packages will help develop personal connections between UA students and service members. “When I used to get something from anyone in the U.S. I would always try to send a letter back,” Groff said. “I got things from a church group with 5-year-old kids, and it meant so much to me that I wanted to personally thank them. They’re going to have an opportunity to get some really interpersonal relationship from this endeavor, and it’s really a win-win for both sides.” Holli Huval Frey, a junior human development and family studies major, said she joined the group to help give back. “Our troops are risking their lives in order to provide us with the lifestyle we are so accustomed to and enjoy so much,” Frey said. “The least we could do is show our support and provide them with things they need and desire.” While there are other military oriented groups on cam-

pus like the Campus Veterans Association, Pickett said SHH wants to recruit members who perhaps have no military associations at all. “We are trying to set ourselves apart by getting students of all backgrounds involved,” she said. “Whether you know anyone in the military or not, there is a place for you to show your support.” Pickett said SHH hopes to work with groups like CVA in the future and work to make the University more studentveteran friendly. In addition, SHH is looking into setting up a volunteering network between the local VA hospital and UA. “We want to show that we appreciate all of our heroes, past and present,” Pickett said. Though just over a month old, SHH is currently made up of around 30 students. Pickett said she would like to see at least 60 members by next summer, one for each Marine in their adoptive platoon. She encourages any and all students to join. “This is a group for all students,” she said. “You don’t have to have any connection to the military other than a desire to show your support. This isn’t a club that’s going to be a hassle. The meetings won’t waste your time. There won’t be hours of pomping. This group is about coming together and helping our heroes.” More information about Students Helping Heroes can be found on their Facebook page.

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Students to aid elderly on Caring Days By April Ivey Contributing Writer Caring Days, a day care center for adults who have memory disorders, is looking for compassionate students to volunteer with their program. The day care is designed to provide a level of assistance to clients between independent living and full-time care. The clients participate in a variety of activities that allow them to use cognitive, language, social and motor skills. “The clients participate in music therapy, art therapy, exercise, storytelling, reminiscing, games, crafts, puzzles and more,” said Liz Marston, director of the Caring Days program. Students can make a real positive impact on the lives of the clients by being able to work directly with them, she said. “The clients love the interaction with the students,” Marston said. However, it’s not just the cli-

“It’s important for students to remember to go out and volunteer in any area, because making someone smile is the greatest reward.” — Alexander Taylor, Caring Days volunteer ents who are positively affected. The students who volunteer also benefit. “Working at Caring Days has been so exciting,” said Alexander Taylor, a UA student. “I absolutely love communicating with and helping the elderly.” The program began in March of 1997 and has since been an exemplary program, winning the LOTUS award from the Women’s Committee of the Spain Rehabilitation center. It is awarded in recognition of making outstanding contributions to improving the lives of those with disabilities. The program

won the award after only one year of operation. Caring Days is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and is located in the Easter Seals building on Edward Hilliard Drive. The Community Service Center currently has a program that helps Caring Days clients with crafts from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Mondays. Interested students can contact Taylor at aktaylor2@crimson.ua.edu. If students are unavailable at that time, they may contact Caring Days directly at 256-752-6840 to find out about other opportunities to volunteer. The goal of Caring Days is to make sure the clients laugh and smile every day. Students can be a part of bringing that joy both to themselves and to the clients. “It’s important for students to remember to go out and volunteer in any area, because making someone smile is the greatest reward,” Taylor said.

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Tuscaloosa Forward focuses on Rosedale, 10th Avenue By Elizabeth Manning Contributing Writer Tuscaloosa residents and city officials met yesterday at Central High School to discuss the rebuilding of the Rosedale and 10th Avenue areas and voice their opinions on the matter. David Griffin, a member of the infrastructure taskforce for Tuscaloosa Forward, stressed that the public should remember that all of the plans at the meetings are conceptual and are designed for public input. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a vision, but we are here tonight to get specific ideas,â&#x20AC;? Griffin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rosedale is more of a residential section as far as citizen needs and concerns.â&#x20AC;? Tuscaloosa Forwardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s officials mixed with experts from Almon and Associates, an engineering firm, and BNIM, in charge of planning. Two sets of three maps were set up, showing the plans for the areas, including the focus of the night: Rosedale and 10th Avenue. Included in the plans detailed on the maps was a greenway that ran the length of the areas

hit by the tornado. Many of the public present at the meeting had concerns about the greenway. This greenway would serve as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;path of remembranceâ&#x20AC;? for the April 27 storm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people have the misconception that the greenway will go through their backyard,â&#x20AC;? said Meredith Lynch, public relations coordinator for Tuscaloosa Forward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is not the case at all. We want to work with citizens and get their opinions about its placement.â&#x20AC;? Lynch said the turnout of Tuscaloosa residents has been great, with quite a bit of input. She said that while the University takes up a lot of the city, the purpose of the meetings is to get negative and positive opinions from permanent residents because their input is important. Darryl Matthews, a citizen who has friends in the Rosedale area, attended the meeting to get a better idea of what the city is planning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plans seem to be at a standstill right now, but I think it is important to work on 10th Avenue because of

its heavy traffic,â&#x20AC;? Matthews said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beautifying that section would be great.â&#x20AC;? Other plans discussed for the Rosedale area include a village center surrounding a portion of 10th Avenue and a model neighborhood with planned separate housing. Residents at the meeting were handed a questionnaire upon entrance that they were asked to fill out. Questions included ideas for how to memorialize the tornado victims, plans for recreational structures and troublesome traffic zones in the area. Tuscaloosa Forward plans tentatively for another set of meetings during the week of Jan. 23, 2012. One more meeting is planned for today at Forest Lake United Methodist Church at 4 p.m. Students are urged to call Almon Associates, Incorporated at 205-349-2100 for more information about the community meetings. Students may find more information about Tuscaloosa Forward and its various projects at tuscaloosaforward.com.

CW | Mitchell Hughes The Tuscaloosa Forward meetings at Central High School allow residents to discuss their ideas and concerns for reconstruction with city planners.

Obama looks to reduce student loans as nation grapples with growing debt By Jared Downing Staff Reporter wdowning@crimson.ua.edu College studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mountain of student debt just got a little smaller. Last month, President Barack Obama announced a plan to make paying off federal student loans cheaper and easier, cutting monthly interest rates by a third and forgiving all leftover debt after 20 years, five years sooner than the previous law. Speaking at the University of Colorado in Denver, Obama said the new policy aims to address the large amount of student debt in the US â&#x20AC;&#x201C; more than $1 trillion, reported the Huffington

Post â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in the face of rising tuition rates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to put [the plan] into effect next year, because our economy needs it right now, and you could use a boost right now,â&#x20AC;? Obama said to students. Congress enacted an incomebased repayment plan in 2010 that capped monthly payments for federal student loans at 15 percent of the borrowerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discretionary income, to take effect in 2014. Under the new â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pay as You Earnâ&#x20AC;? plan, the cap will drop to 10 percent and some borrowers will receive the benefit as early as next year. Most of those affected will be current students or recent borrowers whose income is suffi-

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ciently low enough upon entering the workforce that monthly payments are a significant financial burden, according to CBSnews.com The plan will not affect private student loans, but according to a White House fact sheet, the changes could benefit 1.6 million students, lowering payments for some by hundreds of dollars a month. Additionally, the payment process would be simplified, consolidating multiple payments into one bill. Third-year law student Hunter Addams owes $60,000. He said crushing loans often force his classmates into desperate career choices when they graduate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When they finish, they have the skills to do wonderful things for the United States, but you force those people to take other jobs because they have to pay their loans back,â&#x20AC;? Addams said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[The plan] might give new graduates an opportunity to use their skills in a way thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better for the economy and the United States in general.â&#x20AC;? But as appealing as it is for young people, professor of economics Bob Brooks said the plan just may be too good to be true. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Although it seems nice and feasible for certain constituencies, those constituencies should be smart enough to know one day theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be on the other side of this,â&#x20AC;? Brooks said. Brooks argued that rather than reduce collective student debt, more safety nets for indebted students would only make it easier for reckless borrowing, a mentality that helped lead to the problem in the first place. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the past, if you entered into an obligation, you really felt a moral responsibility to pay it back,â&#x20AC;? Brooks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now students think, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Well, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just borrow money and get a college degree in something Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m interested in, and if it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work out, someone else will have to pay for it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; That â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is you and me.â&#x20AC;?

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What is Tuscapalooza? It’s a live on-air music festival from WVUA-FM 90.7 The Capstone, featuring the best of local bands and musicians this Sunday. It includes eight hours of non-stop performances beginning at 1 p.m. “We’re excited to host this amazing event supporting local musicians,” WVUA-FM Station Manager Chris Dodson said. “Tuscapalooza is our way of showing the community that here locally there is a lot of talent that comprises a variety of sounds and genres.”

1:00 • The Letter 3 2:00 • Sumerlin Brandon 2:30 • Callooh! Callay! 3:30 • Ham Bagby 4:00 • Jonathan Stephens

5:00 • Swim Team 5:30 • Voodoo Saints 6:30 • Nettie Quill 7:00 • CBDB 8:00 • Sparrow and the Ghost

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1 p.m. The Letter 3

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5 p.m. Swim Team Simply put, Swim Team plays love songs, accented with feeling and expression. They are an up-and-coming local band. Members include: William Mason, guitar, lead vocals, synth; John Baber: Guitar, banjo, backing vocals; Tyler Bass, piano, keyboard; and Becca Hassell, vocals.

3:30 p.m. Ham Bagby

The Letter 3 is a Tuscaloosa funk/rock group formed when guitarist Jonny Milling and bassist Jordan Abbett began collaborating in the winter of 2008. They were later joined by guitarist David Moore, percussionist Ryan Mayfield and vocalist Joshua Mickler. The band began heavily focusing on original songs in 2009, and by March 2010 recorded a nine-song original demo produced by “cousin” Alan Blazick. The band is now looking to expand their horizons and make a bigger splash in a larger scene. They include: Jordan Abbett, bass; Jonny Milling, guitar; Joshua Mickler, vocals; David Moore, guitar; and Ryan Mayfield, drums.

Ham Bagby has been a staple when it comes to the local music scene. He has played in Tuscaloosa in some capacity for about 13 years. As reviewed in a Crimson White article on Nov. 2, Bagby brings a different, more experienced type attitude to the college-age music scene. He hopes to have an album out soon. Playing with Bagby this Sunday will be Tom Risher Jr., drums and percussion; and Chris Johnson, bass guitar and backing vocals.

2 p.m. Sumerlin Brandon

Brandon has been playing music since she was a child, first learning Beatles music on the piano at the age of 6. She uses a wide range of instruments in her performances, including guitar, piano, and ukulele. You can hear her live on 90.7-FM at 2 p.m. Sunday.

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2:30 p.m. Callooh! Callay!

Some people wonder how the band Callooh! Callay! got its name. According to the band, it’s an expression of joy. It also has no real meaning, but the band defines the phrase using their music. However, you never really know what that meaning will be until you listen to them. Callooh! Callay! always seems to bring something fresh to each performance. Currently, they have one full length album out called “Sassprilluh Champagne.” The band includes Adam Morrow, guitar and vocals; Natalie Jensen-Bass, keyboard and vocals; and Bowen Robertson, drums.

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If you are looking for that Dixieland type sound, The Voodoo Saints are among the best in town. Using a sax, guitar and some vocals, they bring that nice sound you can tap your feet to. Their usual stake out place is Chloe’s Cup on Tuesday nights. They hope to release an album by January. The band includes: Adrian Marmolejo, bass; John Holaway, guitar and vocals; Nathan Holaway, reeds and vocals.

5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.

6:30 p.m. Nettie Quill

Nettie Quill’s five members, all with backgrounds in different styles of music, converge on a tight, funky rock style that is full of raw energy. During live shows the band mixes originals with covers ranging from Clapton to Widespread Panic and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The band includes: Max Fazeli, guitar and vocals; Ben Lucy, first violin; West Warner, drums; Caleb Lovelady, keyboards, vocals; and Blaine Price, bass.

7 p.m. CBDB Self-proclaimed as the “Purveyors of Joyfunk,” CBDB has played in various venues across Tuscaloosa and drawn crowds that appreciate the band’s diverse mix of genres. When you listen to this band, you can’t help but dance and move to the beat of their music. The members include Cy Simonton, guitar, vox; Kris Gottlieb, lead guitar; Josh Rutherford, bass; Tom Risher Jr., drumkit; Glenn Dillard, saxophone; and Donald DeLoach, percussion.

8 p.m. Sparrow & the Ghost Stuart Bond and Rachael Roberts make up Sparrow & the Ghost, and they both bring a history of successful musicianship to the group. Bond and Roberts met while playing with local favorites, The Still Guns. Bond was previously front man for the now-defunct local group, The National Trust. A shared love of traditional music brought the two together, and now they put their own unique spin on the classic sounds of folk, country and the blues. Performing Sunday are: Evangeline Roberts (Sparrow); Earl ‘Alabama Slim’ Bond (The Ghost); and Thomas R. Watson (The Law).

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Film explores origins of SEC Championship By Tony Tsoukalas

ESPNU’s documentary “The Play that Changed College Football,” which premieres tonight at 10 p.m. on ESPNU, takes fans through the creation of the first SEC Championship game in 1992 between Florida and Alabama and gives viewers an in-depth look at the game as well as everything that was riding on it. The film goes through the controversial decision for the SEC to add another game to determine a conference championship, talking to many coaches and experts with first-hand experience of the game. The filmmakers interview Steve Spurrier, former Florida and present-day South Carolina

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“It’s not nearly as exciting as going to a football school,” said Kevin Joseph, writer for The Voice, a weekly student news magazine at Georgetown. “Every football game is going to be a huge deal, especially because [Alabama] is one of the best teams in the country. In basketball, there are more games, so you see the ups and downs more.” Differences will be present when comparing sports as different as football and basketball, but there are still common points. Just like Alabama students pack Bryant-Denny Stadium for big home games, the Hoyas do the same for the Verizon Center. “That mentality only comes

Left: Alabama head coach Gene Stallings celebrates with the Tide after their victory over Florida. Right: Tide defensive back Antonio Langham runs back and interception for a touchdown.

coach; former Alabama coach Gene Stallings, former SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer, Keith Jackson and ESPN The Magazine writer Ryan McGee. Perhaps the coolest part of the film captures former Alabama and Florida players reunited at Legion Field to recreate the play in the film’s title – when Crimson Tide defensive back Antonio Langham intercepted a Shane Matthews pass with a little more than three minutes left in the game and returned it for a touchdown, breaking a tie and giving the Tide a decisive 28-21 edge. The movie could not come out at a better time, as many fans are questioning the importance of the SEC Championship

this year. As an Alabama fan, watching this made me a little bummed that the Tide won’t play in the SEC title game this year.

The film definitely takes viewers back to a truly influential moment in college football and provides an even deeper meaning to one of the SEC’s proudest

traditions. “The Play That Changed College Football” is definitely worth a watch, and I encourage any Alabama fan, or any fan of

college football in general, to tune into ESPNU at 10 p.m. and discover the story behind an event that truly influenced the college football landscape.

out for the big games,” Joseph said. “If Duke comes to town, when Syracuse comes to town, you’ll see people camping out the night before. Then it’s a good environment.” Alabama football and Georgetown basketball share another common link: tradition. “Tradition has a huge presence at Georgetown,” Joseph said. “It goes way back to the John Hopkins, Jr. days, culminating with a title in 1984. The program was on the map before then. Now, going to the NIT is not ok.” With the recent success of the Alabama basketball program under head coach Anthony Grant, the Crimson Tide has been seeing an increase in popularity. When asked if basketball will ever rival Alabama football, Joseph was skeptical. “Football is such a beast that

I don’t think it’s a realistic aspiration to have,” he said. “If you look at schools that have both big football and big basketball programs, football is way more popular. Florida is just now getting to be consistent, and it’s always football there. It’s the same at Ohio State. So few can do both at the same time. Look at Kansas and Kentucky.” However, Joseph did give the Crimson Tide basketball program hope, if the program is able to rally behind Grant. “It’s always in a great coach,” Joseph said. “Billy Donovan at Florida and John Thompson III [at Georgetown].” Joseph added, “I would say [Alabama] has done it the correct way. The only thing [Alabama] needs to do is sustain success. [Alabama] has to get good recruiting classes and cannot drop out of the top 25 when

[JaMychal] Green leaves.” Looking at the upcoming matchup of the dominant power against the rising program, the Tide will have to stop one of the nation’s oldest and most effective offenses: the Princeton offense, which relies on almost nonstop off-ball screens and cuts to the basket in order to get

easy lay-up chances. The Princeton offense also revolves around having four players on the court that can do it all, ranging from making three point attempts consistently to driving the lane effectively, to the point where the differences between the point guard, shooting guard, small forward

and power forward positions are almost unnoticeable. “We’re going to do what we do,” Grant said. “Obviously they are a very dangerous offensive team. They have a lot of different weapons from the perimeter and in the post, and they have great size at every position.”

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CW | Drew Hoover Girl Talk performs at Rounders with students and local residents after announcing the concert to their fans on Facebook and Twitter. Fans chased down an AXE Body Spray truck to receive free tickets to the event.

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“Playing here in a college town like Tuscaloosa is very different from playing in a Southern city where there isn’t a college.”

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Gillis’ performance also included toilet paper, a downpour of multi-colored balloons, heavy fog and a leaf blower that was blown on the audience throughout the performance. A sea of bodies jumped through the fog. However, no one jumped as high as Gillis. “When I go out there I feel like it’s a battle between me and everyone else,” Gillis said. “I want to be sweating the most. I don’t want anyone to be going harder than me. I’m going to bring it, and where are you guys going to go? I want to keep pushing everyone further. That’s what makes my performances such a different experience.” When going to interview Gillis in his gigantic, glimmering tour bus covered in red and orange flames, I expected to find a flashy rock star inside just as intense as his bus and his music. However, what

— Greg Gillis I found was a welcoming guy with a gentle handshake in a faded gray sweatshirt, jeans and worn-in sneakers Gillis’ trusty laptop, his only instrument, rested at his side at all times. “I don’t feel like Girl Talk is a character,” Gillis said. “It’s not like I’m playing a role. It’s just a part of me. In real life, I don’t behave the way that I do on stage. It’s the same with any other performer.” Gillis and his team picked Tuscaloosa to begin Girl Talk’s tour because Gillis loves performing in intimate places. “We wanted to pick a city that was unique to start off the tour. Playing here in a college town like Tuscaloosa is very different from playing in a Southern city where there isn’t a college. I’ve played for

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many universities in the South, and you know there is a specific feeling. The college crowd is always ready to party,” Gillis said. Gillis, who stretches half an hour before each performance, found all of the hype surrounding his surprise Tuscaloosa performance flattering. “I’ve never done anything like this before – doing a surprise performance and handing out tickets randomly. I’m pretty lowkey, so I wasn’t sure what the excitement level would be,” Gillis said. “I was flattered about how it all turned out here. I loved hearing about it from people on Twitter and Facebook.” Gillis uses the audience’s reaction to his debuted music to decide whether or not he will include the music in an album. Shows are also therapeutic for Gillis. “When I make the music it’s all in my house, and it’s me all alone at a computer, laboring over details for hours,” Gillis said. “It’s very meticulous. Shows are a chance for me to lose my mind with the music.”

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Personalized Packing: How to travel the world like Frodo Baggins By Jared Downing I met a few German hitchhikers in southern Mexico. They were the talk of the hostel, tramping all the way from New York to Patagonia with nothing but backpacks, some clever couch surfing and their charming accents. On my way out, I met the hotshot of the group â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an early-twenties Eurohipster who had decided to scatter his life across the road. I, on the other hand, had just a measly six-week stint, but when he saw my 15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;pound knapsack, the first thing he said was, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Man, I really haf brought too much stauff!â&#x20AC;? The fact that he had just traversed a continent with what he already had didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter; backpackers always need to out-vagabond one another, and apparently the ideal nomad is

Good packing is about bringing what you need, but not what you need for Cairo or what you need for Paris; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about what you need for you. something akin to Frodo Baggins. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never met anyone else who travels as light as I do. To our German, that means I win. But to normal people, it means I have to wash the same two T-shirts in guesthouse sinks for six weeks. Good packing is about bringing what you need, but not what you need for Cairo or what you need for Paris; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about what you need for you. Personally, I like to be able to carry everything I own and still sprint to catch a bus. But hey, maybe you want to go clubbing in something other

than a ratty T-shirt. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind lugging the extra weight, by all means, lug it. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not doing it wrong. Doing it wrong is what I did last summer. When I got robbed the summer before in Guatemala, I realized I had been bringing the same items for years. Same little red pack, same thin cotton pants that roll up into shorts, even the same Bible â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not because I was sentimental or cheap, but because it was the stuff that, trip after trip, always made it home. It was a system that took years to carve out, filled with personal habits like keeping the pipe tobacco in the side pouch or always bringing rubber bands. But at the time, I just figured I traveled so light because I was Rambo, so last summer, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bother to find replacements for my lost equipment until a few days before I left

for Nicaragua. I had smuggled a live frog into the States from Thailand, I had caught malaria, I had eaten a dog for Peteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sake, but without the right luggage â&#x20AC;&#x201C; MY luggage! â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I was like a sorority girl on a camping trip. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that I brought too little, but that I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recognize exactly what I needed. Of course, figuring out your own system takes practice, and even our grizzled German hitchhikers were bound to shed some items and acquire others. Trouble lurks in things you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t discard, like laptops, sleeping bags and girlfriends (jk). The only terribly valuable essentials are your passport, bank card and maybe a camera or something. Nix the laptop for Internet cafes, and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy expensive travel gear â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that Target backpack will be just fine.

In fact, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generally better to underpack. Unless youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re camping or something, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to find bed sheets, hygiene products, clothes and anything else you need on the fly, usually for less than it would have cost you back home. So when you get to the Indian Desert, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no reason why you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ditch your nomad frock and pretend to be Humphrey Bogart (it cost me $8). Packing isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t about being prepared; some people are so prepared they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even fit through the hostel door. But it also isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t about being rugged; travelers who desire discomfort for its own sake read too much Jack Kerouac. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about being comfortable in whatever youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hitching across Patagonia or studying abroad in Oxford. If you pack right, your only real burden is, well, you.

Music program puts on holiday concert By Gabriel Dickson Contributing Writer As it starts to get cold, and Bing Crosby once again hits the radio, the holiday season hits Tuscaloosa. At the University, the snowfall is accompanied by Hilaritas, the 52-year-old concert tradition. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance, held Friday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and again on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 3 p.m. in the Moody Music Building Concert Hall, features holiday music played by the Alabama Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Chris Kozak, UA director of jazz

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For painting ceramics, All Fired Up offers everything from holiday decorations to plates and cookie jars to picture frames. The price ranges anywhere from small magnets that cost $1 to large plates and mirrors that can cost $50. The studio fee, which is half the cost of your item, takes care of the rest of the costs at the store

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such as paint and materials, and glazing and firing. According to Ingram, the average project costs about $20 to $25. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love seeing other people get creative,â&#x20AC;? Ingram said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love customers who are literally looking for permission to draw anything on a plate and by the end they are getting creative. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a mean art teacher in school made them scared to do anything fun.â&#x20AC;? For customers who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consider themselves artsy, All Fired

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Ticket prices shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t break the Christmas budget, ranging from $8 to $12 for the general public and $4 to $6 for students, seniors and children. The show sold out last year, so people are encouraged to buy tickets early. The music featured will be a mixture of holiday favorites such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;O Come All Ye Faithfulâ&#x20AC;? and secular tunes like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jingle Bellsâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;White Christmasâ&#x20AC;?. The tradition was started in 1969 by UA choral director Fred Prentice and jazz professor Steve Sample. The first show was an all-day event and

included an art show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hilaritasâ&#x20AC;? is a Latin word that, according to the school of music, roughly translates into â&#x20AC;&#x153;live joyfully, and be proud of who you are,â&#x20AC;? and the ensembles worn by the performers themselves personify that. From mosquitoes to tuxedoes and everything in between, a little Christmas creativity brings smiles from the crowd and musicians alike. The concert, which falls on the eve of dead week, will provide a festive study break for students as they prepare for the rigors of final exams.

Up has inspiration coming from all sides of the store. Directions are hand painted onto the walls, finished ceramics are mixed in with the unpainted ones, and customers choose paint colors such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;butter me upâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;rocket red.â&#x20AC;? Besides just offering paint, All Fired Up has the materials and instructions for different patterns such as a bubble pattern and lace patterns. Ingram said collegiate designs, especially Alabama, are some of the most popular themes she sees on ceramics and mosaics done in the store. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[For Alabama themes] youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see simple things like a frame with polka dots, and then weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have people who will do intricate houndstooth designs over a whole item,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing what people will do.â&#x20AC;? The process of creating mosaics is similar to painting ceramics. Customers pick a surface, which range from $10 to $60, and glue tiles on however they want.

It takes mosaics about a day to dry before you come to grout the tiles and pick it up. For ceramics, it takes about a week to be glazed and fired. Besides the daily painting, All Fired Up offers birthday parties, group discounts and summer camps. In the past Ingram has worked with sororities, church groups and schools for private parties. They can come into the shop and use the party room or All Fired Up can bring materials to them. All Fired Up also hosts a no studio fee night, which allows customers to paint for only the cost of the item. Typically no studio fee night is held once a month, but to accommodate the increased traffic toward the holidays the shop has three in December. The first is this Friday, Dec. 2, the second is Friday, Dec. 9 and the last is Friday, Dec. 16. The no studio fees last from 6 to 9 p.m. and guests are limited to one item per person.

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