TUESDAY DECEMBER 3, 2013 VOLUME 120 ISSUE 66 Serving The University of Alabama since 1894
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Home for the holidays? Winter break leaves some international students stranded By Phoebe Rees | Contributing Writer For many students at The University of Alabama, winter break provides a much-needed opportunity to catch up with family, relax and celebrate holiday traditions. For the 1,537 international students at the University, the holidays can be complicated. Charter Morris, director of Capstone International Services said most international students use the long winter break to travel. The few international students who remain in Tuscaloosa are faced with the prospect of spending winter break alone. Haroon Sheikh, a graduate student studying mechanical engineering, has lived in Tuscaloosa for the past five years and often spends the holidays alone on campus when he can’t return home to India. He said the break gives him an opportunity to discover Tuscaloosa and catch up on schoolwork. “I like seeing the decorations and lights around town,” Sheikh said. “Being Muslim, Christmas is not a big celebration for me, but I can enjoy the atmosphere and the break from classes.” Karam Albasha, a freshman majoring in chemical engineering, grew up in Ireland and has
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lived in Saudi Arabia for the past five years before moving to Alabama for college. Albasha’s parents are from Syria; he said it is not safe to go home, so he finds alternative ways to get in the holiday spirit. “I love the shopping and the sales and also the food,” he said. “Occasionally we will get invited to a friend’s house for dinner.” For students who live on campus, staying in Tuscaloosa over the winter break isn’t an option as many dorms close, requiring residents to vacate their rooms. Burke East and West, Parham, the Highlands and Bryce Lawn are the only on-campus dorms open during the break. “Those who are on campus in the halls which close during the break will not be able to have temporary housing on campus this year,” Morris said. “They will need to make plans to stay somewhere temporarily in the city or travel for the holidays.” Although studying abroad in the U.S. provides many travel opportunities, many international students are incapacitated by the lack of and unreliability of public transportation in the South. “Public transport here sucks,” Sheikh said, adding that the Tuscaloosa Trolley is particularly unreliable. For those looking to travel farther away, New York, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle are popular destinations, SEE BREAK PAGE 9
NEWS | SCOTTSBORO BOYS
UA faculty, students fought to make pardons possible By Samuel Yang | Staff Reporter
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City planners and developers are actively trying to fill the gaps in Tuscaloosa’s current retail market that are causing the city to lose millions of tax dollars every year to communities with stronger retail developments. With proposed retail developments planned for all over the city, the Chamber of Commerce has hired Retail Specialists, a Birmingham-based company specializing in retail recruitment that will help the city determine the likelihood of success for these projects as part of a plan to keep citizens’ tax dollars in the community. Robert Jolly, president of Retail Specialists, said while his company is responsible for evaluating incentive requests like the $18 million tax rebate request from the
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and Cultural Center. Then, she set to work clearing the name of the last three Scottsboro Boys who had not had their charges dropped or pardoned. “They became my brothers, and I had to get justice done for them. It wasn’t fair that the others were free and these three were left undone,” Washington said. “It was long overdue, but we got it done.” The three posthumous, full and unconditional pardons for the Scottsboro Boys, granted on Nov. 21, were the result of campaigning, legislating and researching on multiple fronts – one of which was the work of UA faculty and students.
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In the moments right after Sheila Washington, founder and director of the Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center, found out that her quest to pardon the last three Scottsboro Boys was successful, she said she was sad at first. “I looked around in the room, and I thought ‘Wow, no family here for the Scottsboro family,’” she said. “I got teary-eyed and sad and thought, ‘Maybe we did wait too long.’” Then, she said, a thought came to her
mind that made her feel alright. “You are the family of the Scottsboro Boys,” she said she thought to herself. Washington was 17 when she first read a book about the 1930s case in which nine black teenagers were falsely accused of raping a white woman. “My heart really hurt, and I thought one day, ‘I’m going to do something for the Scottsboro Boys’ – get a place, put my book on the table, burn a candle,” she said. “As I got older, it got bigger.” On Dec. 5, 2009, Washington got the keys to a chapel that traces its roots back to a church built by former slaves more than 130 years ago. Later, on Feb. 1, 2010, she opened the Scottsboro Boys Museum
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Al’s Pals accepting applications Al’s Pals, a student-run mentorship program at The University of Alabama, is currently accepting applications for spring 2014. Al’s Pals provides one-on-one mentoring with at-risk youths at McKenzie Court Community Center, Northington Elementary School and Oakdale Elementary School. In fall 2012, more than 300 students visited area schools once a week to help their mentees with homework, work on math and reading skills and participate in recreation activities. For more information, or to apply to the program, go to volunteer.ua.edu/SpecialProjects.cfm.
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UA offers tips for saving on utilities Greg McKelvey, director of HVAC and energy management for UA-Facilities, recently provided a number of ways for students to save money on their water heating bill. McKelvey said water heating can account for up to 20 percent of a typical utilities bill. To save money and water, students can install low-flow, aerating shower head faucets. Draining a gallon of water from a hot water heater every six months can remove sediment that impedes heat transfer. A timer that turns hot water off at night and back on in the morning can also save money over time. There are also insulating blankets specifically designed to be used with water heaters. Always check labels on both the water heater and blanket before installation.
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Despite hesitation, many think more retail is needed BUSINESS FROM PAGE 1
“The first step in our engagement with the city was to research, and a key component to our research is what we call the gap analysis,” Jolly said. “It’s broken down by the gaps, so it identifies the dollar amount that is leaving mostly for Birmingham for shopping because there isn’t sufficient shops in certain categories. The gaps become the roadmap for recruitment.” His office believes the grocery store business has the largest gap with potentially $248.5 million leaving the community each year. The study also claims the electronics market loses $37 million, family clothing stores lose $17 million, home furnishings loses $8 million, sporting goods loses $6 million and pet supplies loses $3 million. In order to bring these shoppers’ dollars back into the community, Jolly said his team is working to recruit several big-name anchor stores to fill the new and existing retail developments in Tuscaloosa. “We work with the city of Tuscaloosa and we recruit retailers, so when we call on a Fresh Market, we talk exclusively and specifically as the city’s advocate,” Jolly said. “We talk about specific sites that are available in the market, and there are two or three key properties that are kind of ripe for development and redevelopment, so we mention those to the retailer.” Jolly said right now his office is focusing on the opportunities for retail
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expansion specifically in the Legacy Park development and the Encore project, which will redevelop the McFarland Mall. “I mean there will be a point where we will, as the city’s partner, kind of time out and look at saturation, but Tuscaloosa is still, in my opinion, underserved in some categories of retail,” Jolly said. “A lot of that will be addressed by the Legacy Park project, and then there are other categories that could be addressed on the McFarland Mall project.” With both projects reaching out to the same possible tenant list, many citizens have expressed concern on whether the community can sustain the amount of retail both developments will provide. Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox, however, said he believes this competition can be healthy. “Well, I’m sure the major retailers are looking at both locations,” Maddox said. “Tuscaloosa, by most standards and most economic reviews that have been done, has shown that we have gaps. We’re losing commercial retail to Jefferson County, so I would imagine that you need different sites to recruit more successfully.” Maddox said when the council evaluates proposed retail development plans, they determine what the cost benefit would be for the city and proceed from there. “Based off the data generated by the Chamber of Commerce from West Alabama, there is room for significant retailers in the market,” he said. “So I think the inherent answer is yes, we do need these projects.” Patrick Agee, a commercial real estate agent for Advantage Realty, said he believes there are several factors that create a demand for retail that is bigger than
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the population demographic may show. “If you look at our population numbers, which is the common thing that a lot of people do when they look at our market from outside, you have to take into account the student population and the fact that we are a 12-county trade area, which means that we pull people in from conjoining counties,” Agee said. “And being in the real estate business, I know there is a big gap for retail in Tuscaloosa.” Agee said while he thinks both projects could be very successful, he is hesitant because similar projects in the area did not necessarily always boast positive results in the past. “The thing I go back to is Midtown Village, which has never been above the low 80 percent capacity range right now, and they’ve never come to close to being full,” he said. Nevertheless, Stan Pate, the developer in charge of the Encore project, said in November there are still plenty of retail faces the community needs. “As a developer, I see it as a great project, and as a developer that has a competing side, I don’t see it as a threat at all,” he said. “There’s enough interest in Tuscaloosa to fill up three sites.” Despite his reservations for the creation of more retail space, Agee said the re-development of McFarland Mall is a must. “It’s a gateway to our city, and the city is starving for it,” he said. “I think it could get some of the 70,000 cars that drive by everyday off the interstate to spend some money. If they spend their dollar and we get 9 cents, it doesn’t tax our roads, it doesn’t tax anything. It’s just a free 9 cents a dollar. That should be the city’s ultimate goal.”
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University contributes to neutrino research By Alyx Chandler | Contributing Writer After years of self-motivated particle and astrophysical research with IceCube, a neutrino-detecting telescope sealed in the ice of Antartica, researchers recently confirmed evidence of 28 events involving high-energy neutrinos from outside the galaxy. More than 250 researchers from more than 40 universities in countries all over the world, including from The University of Alabama, contributed to the IceCube Collaboration’s report published in Science magazine Nov. 22. The report received attention from newspapers across the country after it revealed the most recent data about high energy neutrinos from outside the galaxy. “We have the first detection of high energy neutrinos from out of the galaxy,” said Dawn Williams, UA IceCube calibrator and associate professor of physics. A neutrino is a neutral, massless subatomic particle that does not react with matter. Though billions of low energy neutrinos originating from the sun and Earth’s atmosphere pass through Earth daily, the sources of the recently-found high energy neutrinos are still unknown. “The ultimate goal is to find where these things are coming from,” Williams said. Since the 1980s, the idea to study high energy neutrinos has been kicked around by particle researchers. After a successful experiment in the 1990s officially proved that they could detect extremely high energy neutrinos, the IceCube Collaboration built the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antartica. Digital optical modules and embedded strings were drilled deep into the ice in spring 2010. The IceCube Collaboration, headquartered in Madison, Wis., seeks to measure the rate of high energy neutrinos and analyze data obtained from the IceCube detector in Antartica. Williams began her IceCube research in 2004. When she was hired at The University of Alabama in 2008, she continued her research and started a small group composed of UA
undergraduates, graduates and professors. “It’s been a lot of running computer programs, making graphs and analyzing data,” said Jacob Morrison, a junior majoring in physics and independent study research intern with IceCube. In spring 2011, some of the IceCube graduate students from the University got to go to the South Pole and check out the neutrino sensors and ensure they were properly working. “It was absolutely very exciting to see the powerful computer farms in the most remote place,” said Donglian Xu, a sixth-year graduate student who has worked with IceCube since 2009. Since ice is transparent and a natural support structure, it was the best reduced cost environment for the research. The South Pole was chosen because the ice there is clean and located above a continent, not an ocean, so it won’t disappear over time. A U.S. research base with living quarters has been occupied there for more than 50 years, so it is a suitable place for IceCube researchers to work. At the University, most of the research involves computing and data analysis. When they went to the South Pole, Xu said their mission involved checking the controls of 5,000 sensors. This ensured the data they were collecting on the high energy neutrinos was correct. Although the source of the neutrinos detected by IceCube has yet to be identified, they could eventually provide a connection to galaxies far away from Earth. “This is basically opening up a new window into outer space,” Xu said. The current study is purely for scientific purposes. Williams said once researchers find more about where neutrinos from outside the galaxy originate from, they could gain further insight on the energy spectrum. They will need more than the current 28 events to determine this, and the UA team plans to keep working with IceCube. “I’m very happy with what we have been able to accomplish at UA with the amount of people we have working on this,” Williams said.
Researchers study neutrinos in Antarctica using the IceCube telescope, which has 86 cables that run into a block of ice. The lab itself is roughly the size of a two-story building. When the neutrinos react to one another in the ice, they produce a blue light the digital optical modules sense.
The ice tops have sensors on the surface to detect neutrino activity and collect data.
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The digital optical modules record data and timestamps and send the information back to the lab.
The cables run about 1.5 miles into the ice. Each cable holds 60 digital optical modules that detect neutrino activity.
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NEWSIN BRIEF UA music community donates to high school band Two music fraternities and the Million Dollar Band at The University of Alabama have banded together to raise money to support a local high school band. The Theta Delta chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity and Colony of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity have raised more than $1700 to support the band program at American Christian Academy, a private school in Tuscaloosa. The two music fraternities worked together with the Million Dollar Band to hold a twoweek coin drive to raise money for ACA to get new marching band uniforms. The fundraiser had an initial goal of $500, but the groups raised more than triple that with the support of UA students. “We couldn’t be more thrilled with the outcome,” Kara Silver, Sigma Alpha Iota president, said. “The Million Dollar Band exceeded every goal we had and raised more than we could have ever hoped for.” This summer, American Christian Academy helped the Million Dollar Band when the band’s rehearsal field was flooded due to rain by allowing them to use ACA’s field for rehearsals. Members of the band in SAI and KKPsi music fraternities created the fundraiser for the MDB to show their support for ACA’s generosity. Members of SAI and KKPsi presented the check to Heather Henson, director of bands and choral director at ACA, on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 during the Million Dollar Band’s rehearsal.
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COLUMN | SOCIAL WELFARE
This season let’s show some empathy By Patrick Crowley | Staff Columnist
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COLUMN | HEALTH CARE
Obamacare’s victims illustrate its critical failures By Claire Chretien | Staff Columnist The name Hunter Alford might not mean anything to you, but it should. Hunter is a young child in Texas who was born with a rare type of cancer and lost his health insurance when Obamacare went into effect. The name Whitney Johnson might not mean anything to you, but it should. Whitney is a young mother who suffers from multiple sclerosis and lost her health insurance thanks to Obamacare. Whitney can’t afford to buy the unnecessary, more expensive insurance that complies with the so-called Affordable Care Act. Hunter is hospitalized and needs $50,000 worth of chemotherapy. A woman named Edie Littlefield Sundby recently wrote in the Wall Street Journal, “For almost seven years I have fought and survived stage-4 gallbladder cancer, with a five-year survival rate of less than 2 percent after diagnosis. … My affordable, lifesaving medical insurance policy
Claire Chretien has been canceled effective Dec. 31.” She now faces the choice of getting coverage through the government health exchange and losing access to her cancer doctors, or pay 40-50 percent more to start over with an different insurance company and worse benefits. The Los Angeles Times reported that on average, Californian “middle class consumers face an estimated 30 percent rate increase” in what they pay for health insurance. For a lot of people and families, paying 30 percent more for health
insurance isn’t financially possible. One of the Californians negatively hurt by Obamacare is Jennifer Harris, who is three months pregnant and being forced to replace her $98 per month health insurance, which doesn’t comply with new regulations. The cheapest replacement she’s found comes at $238 per month. Americans have been losing their health insurance plans that they were guaranteed to keep since Obamacare’s disastrous rollout. And millions are being forced to pay huge increases in their monthly premiums. Obamacare advocates spent the past few years trying to convince people that no one would be without health insurance under Obamacare. President Obama assured Americans that if we liked our plans and doctors, we could keep them. Watching Obamacare supporters continue to argue – after admitting that yes, some people have lost their health insurance
and doctors – that we should just try to use healthcare.gov, the faulty health care exchange site that keeps crashing, during “off peak” hours, is really pathetic. It’s even more pathetic to watch Democrats and their cronies claim that opponents of Obamacare are somehow heartless for not wanting the government to decide which doctors we see or whether we can keep the health insurance we need. Perhaps the worst claim Obamacare proponents make is that they care about middle class families, who face higher premiums and roughly 20 new taxes. As people from all walks of life come forward with Obamacare horror stories, this catastrophic new law will continue to be exposed for what it is: government control and bureaucracy at their finest. Claire Chretien is a junior majoring in public relations and American studies. Her column runs biweekly on Tuesdays.
COLUMN | POPE FRANCIS
Pope Francis should be respected for his efforts By Will Gonzalez | Staff Columnist As a non-Catholic, I can honestly say that I never understood people’s fascination with the Papacy. However, when Pope Benedict XVI resigned, I quickly tuned in – largely due to the scandal of it – following the process up until the selection of Pope Francis. After Francis was selected my interest quickly waned and I moved on to the new flavor of the month; the debt ceiling debate. Meanwhile, Francis began one of the most progressive Papal reigns in the history of the Catholic Church. He took to the streets and started to actively combat poverty, taking in the weak and destitute along the way. Pope Francis isn’t simply being a good Christian, he is being a good person, and that is something that we all should aspire to be. Pope Francis’ commitment to serving the poor has helped produce one of the most beautiful moments of the 21st
Will Gonzalez century. When Pope Francis embraced Vinicio Riva – the man with Recklinghausen’s disease – he sent a powerful message to the world that Mr. Riva is just as human as the rest of us, despite his tumor-laden face. We all could learn much from the example set by Pope Francis; everyone is so caught up looking at things like race, nationality, socioeconomic status and physical appearances that we often overlook people’s humanity. Instead of focusing on our differences we should be looking to our similarities. If we embraced this simple principle,
so many of the world’s numerous problems would be much easier to fix. Americans have always had a complicated relationship with welfare programs; as a Republican I often find myself personally conflicted on this very issue. Essentially our commitment to helping the poor generally breaks down differently down party lines, “blue states” have more generous government programs to combat poverty, while “red states” tend to donate more of their discretionary income to charitable organizations. Regardless of which approach you favor, helping the weakest members of society is the moral obligation of all mankind, something we often tend to forget. Once again, Pope Francis is taking a leading role in combating poverty by re-focusing his church on the ancient rite of helping the needy. He has been known to send high ranking church officials and even his Swiss Guard into the streets
of Rome to combat poverty, suffering and sickness. He is taking some of the most powerful men on the planet and putting them to work washing the feet of the homeless. This provides amazing prospective for our lives because no matter how successful, rich or powerful you get, you never become above serving your fellow man. More than anything I want this world to be a better place. I believe that every generation has an obligation to leave this place better then when we inherited it. Pope Francis has fully embraced his role in trying to fix our shattered world and regardless of your religious affiliation, it is something to be respected and emulated. The world is a better place because Pope Francis exists, and that is truly something we should all strive for. Will Gonzalez is a sophomore majoring in secondary education. His column runs biweekly on Tuesdays.
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In the spirit of the seasonal holidays, maybe we need to have a conversation about empathy for fellow humans. As students pursuing higher education degrees, we will soon constitute the 30 percent of American adults holding such degrees. Because of Patrick Crowley our intelligence and our education we have earned and received, the way in which we act will have significant impact in lives beyond our own – it is both a privilege and a burden. We can choose to use our power to imagine better and help those who need us. Or, we can choose not to empathize with those around us and live solipsistic and blissfully ignorant of the troubles of those around us and the world. A simple dichotomization, but the point is that by not exercising our human power of empathy we are numbing ourselves and reducing our own meaning of life. Of course, social Darwinists would argue that some people in poverty suffer in part because of their irresponsible behaviors. Why should I, as someone who is responsible and earned what I have, give to someone who flunked school, abuses narcotics, or is a criminal? Let’s begin by noting that many of today’s poor are small children who have done nothing wrong. For example, did you know that 45 percent of food stamps recipients are children? So, let’s starve kids if they have criminal parents, deny a little girl’s education because the mom works two jobs and can’t afford pre-K, and not treat a kid’s health condition because his parents are unemployed. We are so quick to see ourselves in a simple narrative of success – we study hard, obey the law and will get a decent job upon graduation – we completely forget that others are not born with the same opportunities as us. The strongest determinant of ending up poor is being poor. Truly, our life outcomes depend on the “ovarian lottery.” It is extremely callous to be born on third base and denounce the poor for failing to hit and get on base. Much of our success is determined not just by our level of virtues, but also by an inextricable blend of luck, biography and genetics. Privilege ultimately begets privilege. Research also indicates that our brains react to images of the poor and homeless by seeing them as things and not people. Our natural reaction to poverty is one of revulsion, not sympathy, which depressingly reinforces our lack of empathy for those with less. Yet, do not think all is lost and there is nothing you can do. Meeting those with less, especially youth, will make you become less judgmental and more empathetic. Those who encounter the needy the most are more likely to donate to charity. The poorest 20 percent of Americans, who see the needy the most in their daily lives, donate more to charity, as a percentage of their incomes, than the richest 20 percent. We are part of a generation that is the most educated generation and the most likely to live lives based on meaning. Generally, people with meaningful lives feel connected to others, work, a life purpose and the world itself. Developing these connections requires empathy and compassion beyond the normal amount. In these times of seasonal spirit let’s give to those with less and embrace the magical power that is empathy. After all, no one wants coal on Christmas.
Privlege ultimately begets privilege.
Patrick Crowley is a junior majoring in mathematics, economics and finance. His column runs biweekly.
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Class applies philosophy principles to community service By Ellen Coogan | Staff Reporter While philosophy is typically thought of as abstract thinking, students in The University of Alabama’s department of philosophy can get involved in a class which seeks to bring the principles explored back to reality. Students may enroll in a onecredit service-learning class, Social Justice in Practice, which is offered concurrently with the class Political Philosophy. Students participate in a weekly discussion, as well as volunteering for at least 20 hours in the semester. Rekha Nath, a philosophy professor, envisioned the class and taught its first section last spring. “It was some of the best students from Political Philosophy, so it was really nice to have this small, intimate discussion each week where we talked about their experiences with their community work and also talked about the theories of justice we were studying in Political Philosophy,” Nath said.
It was great to apply some of the principles we were about and have a concrete application of the philosophy we’re learning. — Becky Kerley
In creating the course, Nath met with different community partners to facilitate the service aspect of the class. Nath chose several organizations whose work related to some of the principles explored in Political Philosophy but left open the opportunity for students to choose their own organizations to work with as well. “The class was a lot smaller than we intended – it was only three people – but it was a lot of fun,” Nath said. “It was kind of like what you want classes to be like.” Becky Kerley, a sophomore majoring in philosophy and economics, worked with Tuscaloosa’s One Place, helping elemen-
tary school students with their homework. “Dr. Nath is really an incredible professor, and everyone should take it,” Kerley said. “It was great to apply some of the principles we were about and have a concrete application of the philosophy we’re learning.” Through this course, Alex Harris, a sophomore majoring in philosophy, worked with the Druid City Garden Project which works to promote sustainable farming and healthy eating in kids. “So basically my project was working towards preventative education for healthy eating,” Harris said. “It’s controversial whether this should play a role in
government or not. So my main goal was really to decide whether this should be something we should be requiring of people, that their kids be involved or whether it should be something that’s just sort of a charitable thing, and whether such projects should be getting government funding.” These kinds of evaluations were important to the overall goals of the class. “Another big part of my interest is looking at it critically, and asking ourselves whether these are the best ways to address these social issues,” Nath said. “I think a really big part in general about college is besides learning about these social and political theories is getting exposure to people from all different sorts of walks of life who might be totally different from people you might interact with in a college classroom. I think it’s great to sit down with someone who never learned how to read and have conversations with them and be involved in doing something with
another person in what’s hopefully a really mutually enriching relationship.” Harris also said she enjoyed working with the kids and that she would recommend the class to anyone interested in social justice who can afford to put in the time required. “I think a lot of the people who have talked to me about their interest in this class are people who have taken political or social philosophy classes and when they learn about theories of social justice and get an understanding of the great levels of disparity and disadvantage that we have in our community, they’re really interested in practical efforts in either how they can get involved personally or what’s being done to combat all of these, what look like, great injustices,” Nath said. “So I designed this course to kind of give people more of a handson experience while they’re actually learning about this, and saying look, here are a lot of the practical efforts that you can get involved in.”
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Dickens Downtown brings holiday spirit to Northport By Maragaret Wilbourne | Contributing Writer
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For the eighth year in a row, Mary Cesar, owner of Northport’s Mary’s Cakes and WHAT: Dickens Downtown Pastries, is taking twenty pans of bread WHEN: Tuesday 5-8 p.m. pudding out of her ovens and serving 4,000 WHERE: Northport people. Cesar and her staff are preparing for the annual Dickens Downtown, a community said. “I appreciate seeing the streets filled event which, in its 23rd year, has become a with people, and being a Yankee, I apprecipart of local tradition as much as City Café. ate seeing the snow. It provides a cultur“It’s an opportunity for Northport to al opportunity to get out and look at art show off what Northport is – a collection and appreciate music and history while of small shops and businesses,” Cesar said. providing support for Tuscaloosa and “It gets everyone in the Northport.” [Christmas] mood. Unless Peterson said the someone’s an absolute event is more of a humbug, it really just gives celebration of Christmas you a good feeling.” than another excuse for Like other Northport holiday shopping. businesses, Mary’s Cakes “It’s really important to and Pastries takes an have the holiday season active part in the celebrato be about community tion, handing out portions and humanity, not about of warm bread pudding. shopping and consumAnother local business erism,” Peterson said. that has a hand in creat— Mary Cesar “When you turn off the ing Dickens Downtown is TV and the Internet and the Southern Letterpress, have to talk to people, owned by Jessica Peterson, that’s a really good thing. which will host an open Those things are the essence of Christmas house for the event. The Southern season.” Letterpress will be doing print demonstraFor the event, many participants choose tions from 6-8 p.m. to dress in classic Victorian costumes. The art demos, which include black- Cesar has a long green skirt, cap and a smithing, bagpipers, live bands and arti- cape set aside for the occasion. Cesar ficial snow, contribute to the Christmas said she encourages everyone planning to tradition the event has built up over the attend to arrive ahead of time, even with years. the upcoming threat of rain. “[Dickens Downtown] is definitely a “Get an umbrella and come out good kickoff to the rest of the season – it’s early, rain or shine. Every single shop a great way to get warmed up,” Peterson in Northport is open,” Cesar said.
Unless someone’s an absolute humbug, it really just gives you a good feeling.
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Local holiday festivities By Matthew Wilson | Contributing Writer
The holiday season is almost upon us. It is time to start hanging lights and decorations and start listening to those Christmas carols that have been sitting dusty all year. Whether you’re a jolly ole St. Nick or a grumpy Grinch, Tuscaloosa offers a variety of holiday events for students and the community to feel merry and bright.
The Nutcracker
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Located at the Bama Theatre
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The Tuscaloosa community can support the arts while celebrating the holidays by attending Tuscaloosa Community Dancer’s The Nutcracker. TCD, in collaboration with The University of Alabama Dance Department, will perform the Christmas classic at the Bama Theatre Dec. 5-8. Tickets can be purchased by calling 205-752-4220.
the Tuscaloosa community will take part in its 38th Annual Christmas Parade. The parade is a tradition of Tuscaloosa and a celebration of the holiday season, and will be held after the tree lighting ceremony on the courtyard steps. Music will be provided by local bands and marching groups..Dec. 9 at 6:30 p.m.,
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For those looking to get into the festive mood, look no further than the Riverwalk’s Tinsel Trail. More than 100 Christmas trees along the trail will wave the banner of the coming holiday. Each of the trees is sponsored and decorated by either a local organization or individual. There is no cost to walk the trail, making it an ideal place for large groups to gather in the holiday spirit. The Tinsel Trail is up from Nov. 24 to Jan. 5.
The second annual Holidays on the River ice rink and winter village opened Nov. 23 and will stay open to Jan. 5. After its successful first year in 2012, the ice skating rink welcomes a new addition – a 14-foot-tall ice slide. The ice rink offers a place for those looking for a day of fun or adding a bit of ice to Tuscaloosa’s snow-less winter. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com.
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COLUMN | FILM
‘Catching Fire’ surpasses ‘The Hunger Games’ in every aspect By Drew Pendleton There’s a scene in the early minutes of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” the newly released adaptation of the sequel to Suzanne Collins’ novel and 2012 film “The Hunger Games,” in which the heroine, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), walks into her new home in the mining-centered District 12 and is greeted by the cold, calculating president of the dystopia of Panem, Coriolanus Snow (Donald Sutherland). In this short and tense exchange, Snow threatens everything Katniss has left if she does not convince him that her motivations for the defiant act that resulted in both Katniss and her fellow competitor Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) surviving the last Hunger Games are real. As Snow leaves, the camera leaves the audience with a close-up of Katniss’s face, rigid in defiance yet punctured by fear. She’s scared, and so are we. Scenes like these are abundant through “Catching Fire,” which sees director Francis Lawrence (“I Am Legend”) take over the reins from Gary Ross, who helmed the first film, and take the series into intense and tantalizing new territory. Never ceasing to provide a thrill, chill, or even an occasional dose of dark humor, “Catching Fire” outdoes “The Hunger Games” in nearly every department. After winning the 74th annual Hunger Games – a competition in which “tributes” are rounded up and pitted against each other in fierce combat – a year before, Katniss and Peeta Amazon embark on a victory tour, in which they Catching Fire provides viewers thrill, chill and the occasional dose travel to the districts of Panem ruled over by Snow in the affluent Capitol. of dark humor that outdoes its predecessor. It turns out that their victory in the
previous Games has sparked the first echoes of rebellion across the nation, echoes which Snow wants Katniss to silence. Guided along by boozy mentor Haymitch (Woody Harrelson) and prim-and-proper handler Effie (Elizabeth Banks), Katniss and Peeta are paraded around Panem, feigning happiness, when in reality they’re fighting the urge to join in the rebellion. Not satisfied, Snow and his new head Hunger Games strategist Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman) devise a new plan: a 75th Hunger Games featuring previous winners. Thrown back into the arena that still torments them, Katniss and Peeta must face new dangers in battle while trying to deal with the dangers that loom outside in their nation. There is no moment in “Catching Fire” where director Francis Lawrence, the screenplay by Simon Beaufoy (“Slumdog Millionaire”) and Michael deBruyn (a pseudonym for Michael Arndt, who wrote “Little Miss Sunshine”), or the actors let you go. From the opening sequence, they grab on tight and keep you involved and invested. The visuals play no small role either. Beautifully shot by Jo Willems (“Limitless”) and accented by both a haunting, pounding score from James Newton Howard (“The Dark Knight”) and award-worthy costume and production design (by “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” costume designer Trish Summerville and “The Hunger Games” production designer Philip Messina), “Catching Fire” leaps over the first film in the technical departments. The actors, however, bring it all home. The cast is led by Jennifer Lawrence,
who delivers another powerhouse performance as Katniss. Confident yet embattled, strong yet vulnerable, Lawrence – fresh off her first Oscar win for “Silver Linings Playbook” – gives Katniss heart, humanity and soul. She brings the audience along with her the whole time. Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth return as Katniss’ partner Peeta and her best friend Gale Hawthorne, respectively, and deliver solid turns. Banks and Harrelson both outdo their performances from the first film, with Banks especially exploring new depths of her character, a Capitoltrained chaperone who begins to realize what the culture she embodies is really all about. Hoffman is good as the ethically questionable Heavensbee, and Sutherland is frosty and calculating as President Snow. In the arena, Sam Claflin (“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”) and Jena Malone (“Sucker Punch”) are standouts as the suave, cunning Finnick Odair and the dangerous, fierce Johanna Mason, respectively. What “Catching Fire” becomes in the end is an exhilarating and surprisingly emotional cinematic experience. Through the eyes of Katniss, an unwilling heroine helpless and powerless against the brutality of the world that surrounds her, the audience is sucked in and feels everything. This is a film that firmly grips its audience and doesn’t let it go throughout, even after the credits begin to roll. It leaves you stunned and ready for more. If “Catching Fire” is any indication, then when the first part of the series’ twofilm conclusion “Mockingjay” hits theaters November 2014 (which Francis Lawrence will return to direct), the odds are definitely in its favor.
COLUMN | FOOD
Lakeside Dining steps up appeal with addition of Tender Tuesday By Tara Massouleh The thing about dining halls is you have to do them right. You can’t just walk into a dining hall on any given day and expect to be served something you actually like. It takes planning. It takes patience. It takes a certain amount of devotion to figuring out where you will get the best food for your precious meal swipe (or $9 equivalent). We all know Alabama’s four main dining halls and have our own opinions on them. We’ve all heard Lakeside is the worst, and Bryant is the best. At least, that’s what I heard as a freshman. Now, I would throw in a few modifiers. While some
E er Tuesday, Lakeside Every redeems itself by serving up some of the best chicken fingers you can find basically anywhere. people turn their noses up at the thought of eating in a campus dining hall or anywhere that isn’t represented by a giant, illiterate cow, there are a number of good reasons to stop into your local dining hall before standing in line at Subway.
My favorite reason to eat at a dining hall is a little something Lakeside Dining has dubbed Tender Tuesday. Every Tuesday, Lakeside redeems itself by serving up some of the best chicken fingers you can find basically anywhere. They’re so good they might even make up for all the nights of mystery meat I was served my freshman year when it was too cold to walk to Burke, and Lakeside was entirely too convenient. Outside of the fried chicken tenders, Lakeside offers baked tenders, which I’ve never tried, because who would choose baked over fried? And this year, upon suggestion from a student, Lakeside has started serv-
ing its signature “Bama sauce,” which is their take on Zaxby’s Zax sauce. Although the sauce doesn’t quite achieve the same tangy taste as Zax sauce, it’s a valiant attempt, and I still eat it every time I attend Tender Tuesday. Recently, Lakeside has also significantly stepped up its mac-andcheese game and started putting out some pretty respectable desserts as well. Last week they had some pretty delicious Oreo blondies, lemon cheesecake bars and peanut butter Rice Krispies treats. The other thing I love about Tender Tuesday is it seems to be one of the only times I can go to a dining hall and see people who are
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not students. Every time I have visited Lakeside for Tender Tuesday, I have seen professors and other guests galore, all chowing down on plate after plate of fried chicken tenders. I’ve even seen groups of construction workers join the inevitable wrap-around line. Although many students do not view Lakeside as a go-to place for lunch because it’s not located around most classes like Bryant or Fresh Foods, its definitely worth the extra walk and the couple extra minutes in line. My only regret is that I spent the first half of my freshman year completely unaware of the brilliance that is Lakeside Dining’s Tender Tuesday.
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Travel expenses keep some students local
UA assists pardon of Scottsboro Boys
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John Miller, assistant director of New College, helped spearhead the preparation of the petition that was submitted to the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. He also helped collect affidavits from Scottsboro experts. He said the work was a reminder that the work of academic institutions is not impractical or insulated. “As a public university, I think that we have an obligation to the state in which we operate to lend our skill sets to communities in ways that better the state, and I think that this is an example of that,� Miller said. Miller and other faculty also contributed to two pieces of important legislation along the way – one making the pardons possible, the other exonerating the Scottsboro Boys. Both passed the Alabama legislature unanimously. “The idea is to sort of create a legislative monument, for lack of a better term, to call attention to situations like theirs,� Miller said. “People will say that this is merely
symbolic and all it is is posturing. I disagree with that. I think a posthumous pardon is an important signal to be sent on the behalf of a justice system. What it says is that judicial systems are not perfect but that they will take actions to address wrongs. It shouldn’t take 80 years for justice systems to do that, but the fact that we have law now in Alabama for a justice system to try and do the right thing after the fact shows getting it right is more important than merely finishing it.� The partnership between the University and the SBMACC, which began with students performing general research and public relations work for the center, eventually sent students across northern Alabama in pursuit of relevant information. Tom Reidy, a graduate history student, wrote an article for Alabama Heritage highlighting the efforts. Other students went to sites and archives to pull together information that will result in two exhibits about the case. Ellen Spears, a New College professor, said she tells her students they are making history in two ways. “One is they’re digging up research and helping to write
the history. But they also were able to make history in helping facilitate this legal change – the real, practical public policy effect of clearing these men’s names in the legal record,� Spears said. “And so they’re making history in that way as well.� This is not the first time the opportunity to make that history has been present – in the 1930s, shortly after the original convictions, pardons were nearly granted to the still-living defendants. “The political will simply wasn’t there,� Miller said. Since 1931, the world lost track of the Scottsboro Boys. All were tried, convicted and imprisoned – but over time, charges were overturned, dropped or thrown out. It is generally assumed that they took new names and quietly moved elsewhere: one to seminary in the Midwest, some away from and then back to the South. One, Clarence Norris (by then, “Willie�), moved to Brooklyn, where he resurfaced in the 1970s seeking a pardon, which was granted by Gov. George Wallace. “Which leaves three,� Miller said. Almost immediately, the campaign to have those
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three pardoned hit a snag. In Alabama, the governor does not have pardoning authority, and the Board of Pardons and Paroles, at the time of the original request, could not grant posthumous pardons. Washington, Miller and several senators had to create a legislative mechanism for the pardons to occur. Senator Arthur Orr, a Republican from Decatur, Ala., sponsored the bill that created a mechanism for a posthumous pardon. He said the unanimous passing of the legislation is a signal that Alabama has moved past the political and racial lines that originally marked the case. “I think the press members I talked to and interviewers were interested that the state would take such a step, and [that] it was so non-controversial,� he said. “That sends a message nationally and internationally that we are a different state.� Closer to home, Orr was motivated by the fact that Decatur, Ala. – where several of the trials took place – had nothing to commemorate the case, which he said had significant impact on the civil justice system. A historical marker, he said, will be put up by the site of the original court-
house, reminding and referencing the nine defendants and the Judge James Horton, a local judge who essentially lost his career by setting aside Haywood Patterson’s guilty verdict. Washington, too, is choosing to mark history after making it. She is not planning to bask in her success or end her efforts. Her next project is to track down the graves of each of the Scottsboro Boys and place a historical marker. She’s already made an appointment with the mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn., to discuss marking two known graves there. In January and February of next year, students will have the opportunity to see a traveling exhibit of photographs from the Decatur, Ala., trials at The University of Alabama’s Paul R. Jones Gallery. In the end, Washington said she was overjoyed to see the pardons, and to know what they meant for an 80-year-old case that she said has made history over and over again. “The Scottsboro Boys have found their place in history again as not guilty,� Washington said. “The end of the book will have to be rewritten.�
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Men’s golf recruits new coach to team MCT campus Before Alabama’s men’s golf team named Mike McGraw as the team’s new assistant coach, McGraw coached at OSU, leading the team to the national title in 2006. By Kevin Connell | Staff Reporter There are five head coaches currently employed by The University of Alabama that have led their programs to a national championship, but there is only one non-head coach at Alabama that’s done the same at another school. One year after winning its first national championship in program history, the No. 1 Alabama men’s golf team named Mike McGraw, the head coach of the 2006 national championship-winning Oklahoma State team, as the team’s assistant coach this past offseason. Through the team’s four events of the fall season, the Crimson Tide has won all four events, leading after all nine rounds played. Among the four victories, three of them were won by 12 shots or more. Much of that success can be credited to McGraw. “I think he’s been a big influence and a great addition,” head coach Jay Seawell said. “You know Mike is one of the best coaches in the country. … He was a perfect fit for this team and has brought a great deal to us and helped us in our early success this year.” McGraw, who was born and raised in Oklahoma as a fan of Oklahoma State athletics, spent the last 16 years as a coach at the university, including the past eight as the head men’s golf coach, before being relieved of his duties
as coach in late June. Despite seven NCAA Championship appearances with five top-five finishes, including the national title in 2006, McGraw was gracious after the decision was made. “I always wanted to play there, and didn’t get that opportunity,” McGraw said. “But I got there as a coach one day, so that was always a dream, sort of my New York Yankees job, the job I thought I really wanted, and I did. I had that for a long time. It was a great, great experience. “So leaving that job, that was tough. That wasn’t easy at all. But as I told a lot of people up there, that’s adversity, but not true adversity. It was kind of just a bump in the road.” It wasn’t long after – about 40 minutes after the news hit the golf websites – that Seawell called McGraw to offer him the assistant coach position at Alabama after he had learned earlier in the week that then-assistant, Rob Bradley, would be taking the head coaching job at Purdue. McGraw accepted immediately, only needing the approval from his wife Pam, who, after visiting Tuscaloosa a week later with McGraw, gave her blessing. It also helped that McGraw and Seawell have had a good working relationship for several years now. “We would see each other all the time on the road, especially at competitions and recruiting, and we actually recruited some of the same players,” Seawell said. “We’re also part of
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Marcell Dareus Defensive lineman Buffalo Bills 8 tackles, 4 solo 1 sack 1 pass defended
Safety Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 tackles, 5 solo
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DeMeco Ryans
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Linebacker Philadelphia Eagles 9 tackles, 8 solo 1 sack 1 pass defended ESPN.com
an organization called College Golf Fellowship, and so our friendship is outside of just golf also. … Through the years and the run-intos, and the things that bring our journey together, we just created a great friendship.” One of those same players that both coaches recruited was senior Cory Whitsett, who knew what McGraw was all about as a coach. “He obviously has a ton of experience with where he’s been before,” Whitsett said. “He’s watched a lot of good players get through college and progress, and improve the way they need to, so they can be successful at a professional level.” His expertise has helped senior Trey Mullinax, a player he has walked with for nearly every shot he’s taken in tournaments this fall. Mullinax leads the team with a 69.17-stroke average this fall and has four top-10 finishes, including three top-five finishes and one individual win. He has also emerged as the No. 1 men’s collegiate player this fall, according to Golfweek. “Trey is the No. 1-ranked player in the country, and so if you want an indicator of what Coach McGraw has meant to the program that, would be it right there,” Seawell said. So far, McGraw’s adjustment with Alabama has gone as well as the team’s season. “I couldn’t have imagined a transition being much more enjoyable or easier,” McGraw said. “I’ve just had a great time.”
Cornerback Cinicinnati Bengals 1 interception First career interception ESPN.com
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Rivers named to All-SEC Alabama volleyball player Krystal Rivers was named to the 2013 All-SEC Volleyball Team, the SEC announced Monday. The redshirt freshman middle blocker led the Crimson Tide with 421 kills and is currently fifth in the conference with 3.57 kills per set. In addition to being named to the All-SEC team, Rivers was also selected to the SEC All-Freshman Team. Compiled by Kayla Howard