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hey lead discussions in smaller class sections, teach laboratory courses and grade exams. They hold office hours every week and evaluate students’ participation in their classes, all while pursuing a degree of their own.

Behind every graduate teaching assistant is months of planning by teams of people culminating in an immersive two-day workshop designed to prepare the newest crop of GTAs for the classroom.

The University of Alabama Graduate School is hosting its 29th annual Graduate Teaching Assistant Workshop on Aug. 13 and 14. The workshop will take place in the Bryant Conference Center for roughly 300 new graduate teaching assistants.

“The aim of the workshop is really a total immersion sort of thing, to give them a lot of tools that they can work with as they start off their careers now as GTAs,” said Cathy Pagani, associate dean of the Graduate School. “It’s an important assignment for them so we want to prepare them and make them successful in the classroom.”

New GTAs in attendance will each receive a binder filled with printouts of every presentation given at the workshop, including discussions on legal issues, effective communication and syllabus creation, among other things. In addition, the new GTAs are broken down into smaller groups led by a GTA Fellow in which the new GTAs give three minute practice lessons to their peers.

“It does not have to be in their discipline, so if you’re a biology GTA you do not have to do a teaching demo on something in biology—you can talk about rewiring a lamp if you want to,” Pagani said. “But they’re recorded, and it’s done in peer groups and then the teaching is critiqued by a lead, experienced GTA Fellow.”

GTA Fellows are “experienced GTAs recognized for superior teaching in their respective colleges,” according to the graduate catalog. This year’s workshop will have 10 Fellows to allow for smaller peer groups on the second day of the workshop.

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The Tuscaloosa Police Department and the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Department arrested two suspects Monday. They were wanted in connection to a murder in Bibb County, according to a statement released by the Tuscaloosa Police Department.

Around 10:48 p.m., a Tuscaloosa police officer attempted to pull over a 2008 GMC Yukon for not yielding to a fire truck that had its emergency lights on. When the officer activated his lights and siren, a pursuit with the vehicle began at Loop Road and Cherokee Hills.

The pursuit eventually ended after going to the dead end at the Woodlands apartment complex.

After the driver and passenger fled the vehicle, officers caught the passenger after a foot chase. TPD officers and TCSO deputies then set up a perimeter around the Woodlands complex.

TCSO deputies deployed a K9 unit and found the driver hiding in a creek that runs through the Woodlands.

Officers recovered a handgun located near the suspects’ vehicle.

Upon learning that the suspects were wanted in connection to a murder in Bibb County, the officers contacted the State Bureau of Investigation who then responded to the scene, taking over the investigation and custody of the two suspects.

Sergeant Blankley of the TPD confirmed that all Woodlands tenants are safe.

Names of the suspects are not being released by the TPD.

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3 Tuscaloosa begins collecting, recycling glass Editor | Heather Buchanan newsdesk@cw.ua.edu Wednesday, July 29, 2015

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Environmentalists of Tuscaloosa rejoice – you can now drop off your glass recyclables at the Richard A. Curry recycling plant.

Thanks to a grant from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management in the vicinity of $200,000, Tuscaloosa was able to purchase a glass pulverizer to “tumble and crush recyclable glass containers into glass mulch or sand that can be used in a number of industrial and decorative applications,” according to a recent press release.

The cost of these pulverizers have been prohibitively expensive for other counties.

“Currently, Tuscaloosa is the only community in Alabama to offer glass recycling,” said Ashley Chambers, City of Tuscaloosa Environmental Educator.

The only other facilities that accept glass are Target stores which, since the start of its recycling program in 2010, have accepted household glass items.

According to data collected by the Glass Packaging Institute, household food-and-beverage glass is 100 percent recyclable. Compounded with the fact that recycled materials can be substituted for up to 95

WHAT TO KNOW • Bring glass to Richard A. Curry Recycling Plant located at 3440 Kauloosa Ave. • Open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. for free tours • Donations must be sorted by color, relatively clean and caps, corks and labels may be left on PLAN TO GO • WHAT: ESD Recycling Plant tours • WHEN: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. (must schedule in advance) • WHERE: 3440 Kauloosa Ave.

Tuscaloosa residents are now able to recycle glass, due to a grant from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. Photo courtesy of the City of Tuscaloosa

percent of raw materials, glass recycling programs have a huge potential to cut down household waste.

This also means that every ton of recycled glass saves nearly a ton in other raw materials that might not be recyclable.

“For every bottle that’s recycled,

that’s one bottle that doesn’t go into the landfill,” said Deidre Stalnaker, communications director for the City of Tuscaloosa.

The city has high hopes for its new program, which is already showing promise.

“We’ve already gotten a really

good showing,” Stalnaker said. “I know that when I went out there on the first day, they had to put in a new bin because the other one was full.”

In the near future, the city may install more glass collection locations. At the present, patrons can go to the aforementioned facility located at 3440 Kauloosa Ave. to drop off their glass recyclables. Items must be sorted by color and relatively clean, although caps, corks and labels can be left on.

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COLUMN | PLANNED PARENTHOOD

Planned Parenthood videos raise questions JOE

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COLUMN | MAGIC CITY

Sloss Fest restores Magic City vibe ERIC

Roddy Staff Columnist

Quietly looming over the outskirts of Birmingham rests Sloss Furnace. An artifact from the 1800s that was once known for its production of award winning steel is now retired. It holds a front-row seat to a more modern Birmingham. Lonely, it is the only structure of its kind for miles.

Aside from a few weeks out of the year, it goes largely unnoticed, receiving only the quick glances of those driving to the airport.

Two weeks ago Sloss was given new life. Tired of being miscast as a haunted house, Sloss became a sanctuary for improved crowd weaving abilities, expanded concert experience repertoires and shattered expectations for how much a person could actually sweat. Despite consistent 90-degree temperatures, intermittent lightning bolts and sporadic rain, festivalgoers, as they typically do, wholeheartedly embraced the festival, both leaving purpose to Sloss Furnace and

taking a piece of Birmingham along with them.

To this Alabama resident, it seems that particularly in the last five years there has been a revival of musical and artistic culture within our state. Not that Alabama has been lying dormant, but now it seems that when a new band tops the charts or wins a Grammy, each corner of the state proudly competes to claim a hometown origin.

We can now add a second festival to our “already pushing the 1” margins of the paper” musical resume. Yet there is something unique about Sloss – an essence not fully captured and displayed by the Hangout Festival. In the heart of the Civil Rights battleground, a crowd temporarily relieved of fixations on the perceived iniquities and shortcomings of Alabama gathered in an industrial heirloom to enjoy the heritage and history that came complimentary with each ticket purchase.

Sloss Fest highlighted all the good that comes from living in a place with character, grit and history. It showed that the Magic City can and should be on every tourist’s to-visit list. The only question is, can we handle the crowds when we bring them here?

Despite its burgeoning renaissance, Birmingham still lacks the infrastructure it needs to efficiently handle large crowds of visitors. Some city blocks, like those around Sloss Furnace, still sit vacant and create eye sores in their surrounding neighborhoods. Our public transportation systems are so lackluster they’re almost non-existent. Some concertgoers waited over an hour for taxis or designated drivers to pick them up because no hotel is within walking distance. If the city’s leadership can’t find the funds or political will to make a major investment in public transportation, it may have no choice but to invite companies like Uber to pick up the slack, even if they only serve the upper class and are difficult for the city to negotiate with.

Will there be another Sloss Fest? Seth Avett seemed to capture the sentiment of the crowd and answer the question for us, “One more? We’d love to.”

With the U.S. women’s national soccer team’s victory tour match right around the corner, we’d love Birmingham to be ready for them when they do.

Eric Roddy is a senior majoring in philosophy. His column runs biweekly.

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Over the past couple of weeks, a series of undercover videos has shown Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, to be allegedly selling the body parts of the fetuses they abort. Much of the conversation following the revelation of this information has been about whether or not it is morally right for Planned Parenthood to be harvesting and selling organs from these tiny bodies, and thankfully, many Americans are now starting to question the ethical standards of Planned Parenthood and why hundreds of millions of public dollars are funneled into Planned Parenthood each year.

The recent videos about Planned Parenthood showed their doctors discussing how necessary it is to be “cognizant of where you put your graspers,” careful not to crush the heart, the lung, or the liver. These videos have shown doctors describing how sometimes they need to use a “less crunchy technique to get more whole specimens.” How the ultrasound helps doctors “know where they’re putting their forceps,” is very important given that “a lot of people want liver.” How sometimes, if you use the right method, “you can evacuate an intact calvarium [skull] at the end.” How sometimes, “if the price [for these body parts] is still low, then we can bump it up.”

Dr. Mary Getter immediately added, jokingly, “I want a Lamborghini.”

Without any euphemisms or deceptive rhetoric to hide behind, these videos exposed Planned Parenthood’s true colors – they are a multimillion-dollar corporation profiting off of women and the destruction of human life. Why are we so concerned with what Planned Parenthood does with the body parts and not concerned with how they get these human body parts?

If a human fetus has no value until it’s born, as the Planned Parenthood propaganda machine tells us, then why is Planned Parenthood so concerned with where they put their “graspers,” making sure they don’t crunch up the “specimen” too much? This type of deception has led many Americans to buy into the idea that “abortion,” in the most detached abstract sense, is a societal good and have thus given abortion and the abortion industry a protective shield from any criticism. These videos shatter that shield and show the reality of the abortion industry.

The conversation has shifted to what actually happens to a human body during an abortion, which is something Planned Parenthood wishes wouldn’t be public. Take a moment to re-read how they extract these body parts, with the words coming from the mouths of their own doctors. Read the full transcripts of these videos. This is happening in America. Yes, it’s disgusting and uncomfortable, but that’s exactly why we need to be so concerned about this issue.

Planned Parenthood is a corporation whose primary product and moneymaker is abortion. This corporation has performed more than one million abortions nationwide over the past three years and continues to receive over $500 million in taxpayer funding each year.

Women deserve better than Planned Parenthood, and taxpayer funds ought to go to organizations that would authentically help them rather than just profit off of them.

Joe Puchner is a junior majoring in mathematics and Spanish. His column runs biweekly.

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OPINIONS Wednesday, July 29, 2015 COLUMN | VOTING RIGHTS

Change in Alabama policies starts with loosening voting restrictions MADELYN

Schorr Staff Columnist

Three weeks ago, the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a D.C.based think tank, released a report entitled “The Health of State Democracies.”

The report took a look at various factors that contribute to how well-functioning a particular state’s democracy is, including access to the ballot, district distortion and open legislation data.

The results, to put it kindly, were less than favorable for the state of Alabama.

To be specific, Alabama scored 51st out of all the democracies studied (which included the District of Columbia).

The Heart of Dixie, it seems, is not the healthiest of hearts.

It’s difficult to narrow down all of the issues that the report found with Alabama’s state government, but the area in which Alabama performed the worst was accessibility of the ballot.

Among the specific policies that CAPAF used as ranking data, Alabama has no early voting, does not allow in-person

absentee voting and has voter ID laws (which have been proven to restrict the voting rights of far more people than they save in voter fraud). It’s no surprise then that we also have one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the country.

Now, in defense of our great state, we do a lot of things right. We do football right, we do cooking right, we even do preschool right (although we’re still working on making sure all kids have access to it). However, lack of access to the ballot is a fundamental issue because voting itself is a fundamental element of any democracy. Voting rights is not an issue that we can afford to take lightly. Addressing our woefully inadequate access to the polls would have a significant effect on many of the other issues that plague our state. When we block people from the polls, we undermine our commitment to government by the people and for the people. We risk skewing the political climate in favor of those who are currently overrepresented (hint: middle-aged, rich, white men). And we discourage people from having any interest in participating in the political process.

I am by no means suggesting that all of our ills will magically be fixed by drastically improving voting access, but I am confident that the path to fixing

them will become substantially easier.

So with that in mind, how can we begin to advocate for better access to the polls without ourselves being public officeholders? Well, for starters, if you are an officeholder, I would urge you to take these policy recommendations seriously as a legislative agenda. But for the majority who are not, there’s plenty of work to do.

We can lobby said officeholders to adopt these policy proposals in their platforms. There is absolutely no reason to not make voting as easy as possible. If you’re concerned about voter fraud, I would encourage you to look up the statistics on it in those states that have the most accessible ballots.

In addition, there are numerous grassroots organizations that work to expand voting access and register voters in the state. Empower Alabama, for instance, has already registered thousands of voters across the Yellowhammer state.

Such organizations typically register voters who are most at-risk for being locked out of the polls, such as those who are older, low-income or people of color. Finally, we can encourage large institutions, such as The University of Alabama, to integrate voter registration efforts into their routine activities. For instance, our annual Bama Bounds for

WHAT I THINK • Empower Alabama has registered thousands of voters • We need to encourage large institutions to intergrate voter regestration efforts into routine activity • Bama Bounds could include a voter registration booth

new students could include a voter registration booth.

If we take seriously our state’s abysmal voter participation rates, we can make massive gains in the numerous other issues that plague Alabama, including our prison system, tax code and unreasonable rates of poverty.

Change starts at the ballot.

Madelyn Schorr is a senior majoring in art and anthropology. Her column runs biweekly.

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2-day workshop to ready GTAs for classroom work GTA FROM PAGE 1

Lunch is provided both days, and informal Q&As with experienced GTAs and graduate school personnel are scheduled for those times to answer any questions new GTAs may have. The workshop also gives them the chance to meet GTAs outside of their department.

Another goal of the workshop is to show the new GTAs all the resources they have and where to go when they have a question, Pagani said.

“There’s this whole group of people right behind them, you know, and they can just turn around and say, ‘What do I do if this issue happens?’ or ‘I have a question about my syllabus— how do I fix this?’ They know they have resources,” Pagani said.

Corrie Harris served as a GTA for five years while completing her Ph.D. in educational psychology. She is graduating in August, thus ending her role as a GTA, but has been asked to return to the workshop as a GTA Fellow.

“I’d advise new GTA’s to take advantage of resources such as the new college teaching certificate program offered through the College of Education,” Harris said. “It’s a way to build on the initial training offered in the GTA workshop and receive direct mentoring for improving one’s skills in the classroom.”

Pagani said a strong team of individuals came together to make this year’s GTA workshop happen.

“It really does take a village. Everyone in the grad school is involved in this,” Pagani said.

At the end of each workshop participants are asked to evaluate their experiences at the workshop, an important step in preparing for the following year.

“As Dr. Pagani said, it’s a village of grad school personnel helping, but every one of those 300 students that goes through it every year helps inform the changes that we make to improve it every year so it’s a collaborative effort between us as staff and the students who take it, and that’s how it moves forward every year,” said David Francko, dean of the Graduate School.

After the workshop, new GTAs will have a small amount of time to tweak their syllabi and lectures before starting classes on Aug. 19.

Graduate teaching assistants are just

one sub-population of supported graduate students. Francko said roughly 40 percent of graduate students serve in a graduate assistant role, including GTAs and graduate research assistants.

GTA selection takes place at the departmental level with approval at the administrative level. Francko said there are some exceptions, but in most cases a department has to have a graduate program in order to have GTAs. Teaching is an important skill for anyone regardless of whether or not they end up an educator, Francko said. The presentations given at the workshop are meant to help the students in the long run as well.

“If they’re in a corporate setting, evidence of good teaching is the same kind of skill that you’d need if you were running a board meeting or you’re having to supervise employees and communicate other information to them,” Francko said.

“That’s a real transferable skill.”

Lisa Gaskill is a Ph.D. student in educational leadership, policy and technology studies who attended the workshop in 2013. She serves as a GTA in the College of Education’s department of curriculum and instruction, teaching courses in the elementary education program.

“As a former K-12 educator, I understand the importance of teacher training and professional development,” Gaskill said.

“Attending the workshop for new graduate teaching assistants in 2013 helped prepare me for my transition into college teaching. The constructive feedback that I received during the breakout sessions was especially beneficial.”

GTAs earn more than valuable, transferable skills in their role.

“It does two things: it provides them with a stipend and they also get, if they’re on a regularly budgeted position, they also get a tuition scholarship,” Francko said.

Francko said many students receive funding through different channels while completing their degree.

“Graduate education needs to help drive the research mission of the University and vice versa, and in a good, well-running system people get training as GTAs in part of their graduate career and then they have external funding for research

The University of Alabama Graduate School is hosting the 29th Annual Graduate Teaching Assistant Workshop in the Bryant Conference Center on August 13 and 14. Photo courtesy of Edward Guy

purposes as another part of their program,” Francko said.

One goal of the Graduate School is to diversify the graduate assistants by spreading out the appointments so that no one student holds the same supported position for too long.

“A typical Ph.D. student in chemistry, for example, might come in as a GTA for their first year or maybe two years and then be on a research grant for a few years. They could even be on a graduate school fellowship or a grant-funded fellowship for their fifth year,” Francko said.

Francko said ideally they’d be able to increase the number of appointments, but with federal money harder to get, the amount of external income isn’t high — Corrie Harris enough to support more students.

Due to recent changes in IRS laws, the University will no longer be able to pay premiums for student health insurance coverage for graduate students.

“UA had originally offered to pay the fall semester 2015 premium payment to United Healthcare Student Resources for single coverage for most graduate assistants, if the student employee opted to have that coverage,” said Chris Bryant, assistant director of media relations, in an emailed statement. “In lieu of that payment, for the fall 2015 semester, the University will provide a one-time increase of $476 for

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the graduate assistants with a half-time assignment.”

UA officials said they would be awaiting “more definitive legal guidance” in the coming months. The stipend is intended to allow graduate assistants and fellows to purchase their own health insurance.

“Until further notice, paid student health insurance will not be included in any future offers made to graduate assistants or graduate fellows,” Bryant said.

As a five-year veteran of the GTA program, Harris said GTAs should lean on and learn from the faculty in their department to get as much out of the appointment as they can.

“Working as a GTA is challenging, but rewarding,” Harris said. “The chance to learn from experienced faculty is a great one; I encourage GTA’s to take advantage of the expertise of faculty members in their home department, and seek feedback in order to benefit from their experiences in the classroom.”

It’s also important for GTAs, old and new, to manage their time well. Rob Cook, a second year Ph.D. student in operations management, said grading is one of the more time-consuming parts of the job.

“The most important thing for a new TA to know is that grading always takes longer than you think,” Cook said. “It is like having a job that doesn’t have strict hours to plan around. So, grade assignments as soon as you can, both so students get the maximum benefit possible, but also so you can have a buffer for unexpected class work for yourself.”

7 UA SITE camp hosts 150 high school students NEWS Wednesday, July 29, 2015

By Christian Elliott | Contributing Writer

The University of Alabama’s engineering department held the 25th annual SITE camp, or Student Introductory to Engineering Camp, from July 12-31. The camp has three one-week segments in which 150 high school students, who are rising juniors and seniors from all across the country, travel to Tuscaloosa to take part in the introductory engineering camp.

The SITE camp is not like a typical summer camp for high school students. They do not sleep in tents and conduct daily outdoor excursions; instead the students are engaged within an academic environment where they are exposed to daily routines consisting of mathematics, engineering, science and technology.

Greg Singleton, director of Engineering Services as well as the Multicultural Engineering Program, directs the camp.

He has been involved with the camp since its beginning more than 25 years ago. The camp is run by six counselors who are engineering majors, each coming from a particular engineering department.

“The purpose is to give students an idea of what engineering is all about,” Singleton said. “They take three academic courses: an English course, a pre-calculus course, and a computer science course. They also do a type of engineering project, in which they create some sort of catapult-type launchers out of house hold materials.”

WHAT TO KNOW • Camp runs in 3 one-week sections from July 12-31 • 150 high school juniors and seniors from across the country attend • The SITE camp has happened for at least 25 years The University of Alabama hosted the 25th annual SITE camp for rising high school juniors and seniors interested in mathematics, engineering, science and technology. CW / Danielle Parker

Throughout the week, the students are able to visit the Mercedes-Benz plant to get a better understanding of what engineers do within their profession. The students go on tours throughout all the fields of engineering that are found within The University of Alabama and have a workshop within each field (aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering and computer science). The department head within each field of study gives the students an overview, and then they get a tour of the labs and the research project of what each department does. The students also visit the admissions office and take a tour of the University while attending the camp.

Each day they are placed in groups to design a catapult. At the end of the week,

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There is also another award given out to the top boy and girl at the camp. This award is determined by the student’s participation within the camp, how active they are, their leadership skills and how each student copes with others while at the camp.

“The students get to find real application for the math that they learn in school,” said Marcus Ashford, associate professor of engineering. “The math you get in school, you might be presented a problem and analyze something that is already set up.

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STUDY ABROAD | SOUTH AFRICA

University of Alabama student explores South African wildlife, culture Editor’s note: In each issue this summer, The Crimson White will publish a column written by a student who is studying abroad in order to share their experiences in a foreign country.

By Courtney O’Connor

South Africa is known for its towering mountains, beautiful beaches and thriving wildlife, and during my six weeks here this summer I have been able to experience all of these things plus so much more.

Admittedly, one of the main reasons I chose to study abroad in Cape Town is because of the opportunities for outdoor adventure and exploring, and I have been far from disappointed.

I have climbed through caves and up waterfalls, canoed down a river and hiked up mountains that rewarded me with the most beautiful views I’ve ever seen. Exploring South Africa’s beautiful beaches, some remote and others tourist spots for surfing, has been another one of my favorite things to do here.

My comfort zone has been breached and my adrenaline sparked by things like skydiving and cage diving with great white sharks, and I can’t forget my close encounters with much of the native wildlife, including petting a cheetah, riding an elephant and watching a

Courtney O'Connor is studying in Cape Town, South Africa. Photo courtesy of Courtney O’Connor

lion walk past my vehicle in the famous Kruger National Park.

All of these things are incredible, but I have found that there is a whole other side to South Africa I was not expecting, one that is not as widely advertised as the exhilarating adventure and beautiful views. Interacting with the culture and people of this country has been the greatest adventure of all.

South Africa is a country of many cultures, and both my explorations of the

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city and my fieldwork as a student have allowed me to interact with the diverse people of Cape Town. Perhaps my biggest learning experiences have occurred through my encounters with the culture of poverty, which is very widespread here. Although some parts of South Africa boast modern infrastructures, it is still a developing nation that has been free from oppression and segregation of a system called Apartheid for only 21 years, and it currently has the biggest gap between the rich and the poor of any country in the world.

As a healthcare student at the University of Cape Town, I have conducted many service-learning hours at hospitals in areas riddled by tuberculosis, diabetes and HIV, allowing me to witness the equity gap firsthand. In the same day I experience the culture of student privilege of the downtown area and the culture of extreme poverty in some of the most destitute areas of the world. The wide access I have been granted into the personal lives of these people has allowed me to see things that are shocking and sometimes a lot to handle. Many patients, who are experiencing great pain, walk miles to see a doctor only to wait all day and never receive attention or receive inadequate care due to lack of resources. I have witnessed everything from stab wounds

that are a result of the ever-present gang violence, to a 14-year-old being diagnosed with HIV, all representative of the impoverished conditions that govern everyday life. Talking to patients who have graciously shared their stories with me has given me insight into lives so different from my own and opened my eyes to the need for reform.

In our efforts to contribute, we conducted health surveys and recorded medical information for people who hadn’t seen a doctor in years. The healthcare system and the country as a whole is progressing but has a long way to go, and I am grateful to have been able to witness and be involved in the process in a small way during my short time here.

South Africa is a beautiful and unique country, attributed both to its people and its landscape. All of my expectations for this summer were far exceeded: I got my fill of open-air adventure, made awesome new friends and received impactful, historical and cultural encounters that I would have never anticipated. I have seen more, done more and learned more in the past six weeks that I ever thought possible, and I can’t wait to come back again.

Courtney O’Connor is a senior majoring in biology.

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Secret Stages, a festival that celebrates music genres from hip-hop to country, also introduces lesser-known bands to the music scene. The two-day music festival is in Birmingham from July 31-Aug. 1, and is celebrating its fifth anniversary.

Many of the bands showcased in the festival come from different cities for the festival. All of the Secret Stages acts are within a two-block radius, so people can come to the city center while still being in walking distance of a variety of restaurants.

Travis Morgan, the head music curator for Secret Stages, said the festival’s distinction comes from showcasing bands that are more under the radar. “[Secret Stages] is different than your average music festival,” Morgan said. “We are all in one area of Birmingham and we use more outdoor stages and venues and people can check out many different genres of music.”

The Burning Peppermints will play at Secret Stages, and guitarist Jake Wittig said the band was excited to be chosen to perform. When listening to the band’s music, Wittig said people should expect powerful, thought-provoking sounds. “[The band] wants people to have fun, but also be a little reflective on what is happening,” Wittig said. “The music should

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Holy Youth started playing at Secret Stages a couple of years ago and will return for the festival’s fifth anniversary.

Singer and guitarist Chris McCauley said he wants people to appreciate the energy their music brings to the crowd. “[We play] dreamy-energetic rock music,” McCauley said. “I hope that people enjoy the music [while watching] a group of guys who like writing songs together.”

Secret Stages allows people to volunteer and gives music lovers exclusive looks inside the music business, Morgan said.

Volunteering provides an opportunity for people looking to work in music to meet different labels, recording engineers, music journalists and booking agents.

Secret Stages is for people who enjoy new sounds and a different kind of musical experience, Morgan said.

“People who live their lives through music will enjoy Secret Stages,” he said.

Secret Stages provides both VIP ($75) and Weekend ($35) passes. The VIP passes allow festival-goers access to every show at the event and an additional three secret sets in the VIP lounge each day.

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Exhibit by UA alumna to appear at Bama Theatre

By Sam West | Contributing Writer

The Bama Theatre is known for independent film, drama, dance and live music. But through its Junior League Gallery, the venue is also a space for the visual arts, such as the exhibit by painter and University of Alabama alumna Janet Megos, titled “Valleys Peak, Faces Reach.”

Opening on July 31, the collection of watercolor and acrylic paintings examines race, nature and the human face.

“Valleys Peak, Faces Reach” is a body of work that features the skills Mego has honed over a lifetime of making art.

Some people struggle to find what they want to do with their life, but Mego has been passionate about art since a young age. The artist has been creating paintings, drawings and sculptures since the age of six.

“I had a mother who was very into the arts and who encouraged me from a very early age when she saw that

there was some imagination there,” she said. “Really, it was wonderful to have that kind of encouragement from a parent.”

At age seven, while in the second grade, Mego won first place in a juried art show in Baltimore. She remembers the achievement hazily, she said, recalling the competition was held around the holidays, and that her drawing involved angels.

Mego’s new exhibit deals in part with race and ethnicity. The collection features four portraits of figures with different skin tones, — Janet Mego and explores the way people convey their feelings through facial expressions. Mego illustrates that humans show emotion in the same way, no matter the color of their skin.

“I think race is an ongoing issue in this country, and ethnicity, but it seems to have come out even more recently as a hot topic, and a somewhat volatile one,” Mego said. “I think I am coming to terms with some things through

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I think I am coming to terms with some things through my paintings.

A painting by Janet Mego on display as part of the exhibit titled “Valleys Peak, Faces Reach.” Photo courtesy of Kevin Ledgewood

my paintings. I do feel like we need to work on social justice in this country.”

The artist also sought to explore how a person’s background and heritage, the legacy that they embody, is often an important part of their personal identity. Mego said she also wanted to use her paintings to highlight the

shallowness of terms such as “black” and “white.”

“We each have our own separate color wheel, so to speak,” she said.

“Valleys Peak, Faces Reach” also features landscapes that come from the artist’s involvement with nature. The works are studies of how light reflects and changes on various natural surfaces. Likewise, in her portraiture, Mego wanted to analyze the geography of the face—its peaks, depths and plains, making “Valleys Peak, Faces Reach,” a series of landscapes of both nature and man.

Pam Parker and her family have commissioned several portraits from Mego and been amazed by the likenesses she can create.

Describing the process of seeing Mego develop as an artist, Parker said, “It’s been fun. I’ve enjoyed watching her work.”

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CULTURE Wednesday, July 29, 2015 COLUMN | FILM

Toronto International Film Festival to feature wide variety of new films

By Drew Pendleton

With the end of summer, the film year enters into the early stages of prestige season, where many of the year’s awards contenders begin to trickle into theaters. Many films will launch at a major film festival, in places such as New York, Venice, Telluride or Toronto. While many lineups have yet to be fully revealed, the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-20) announced its first wave of screenings on July 28. Packed with films from all over the world and bound to draw star power, Toronto’s lineup is incredibly diverse. While some of the higher-profile films, such as Matt Damon’s space thriller “The Martian,” will take up the majority of the spotlight, several smaller-profile films debuting at Toronto offer different options to look forward to later in 2015.

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A year after winning the Best Actor Oscar for “The Theory of Everything,” Eddie Redmayne will likely be back in the Oscar conversation for this period drama. Reuniting with his “Les Misérables” director Tom Hooper, Redmayne plays Lili Elbe, a transgender woman who was one of the first documented recipients of sex reassignment surgery in 1920s Denmark. The film co-stars Alicia Vikander (“Ex Machina”), Amber Heard and Matthias Schoenaerts, and is due for wide release later this year.

Like Redmayne, last year’s Best Actress winner Julianne Moore will likely find herself back in the Oscar hunt for this romantic drama, in which she stars as Laurel Hester, a terminally ill New Jersey police lieutenant fighting to secure her pension benefits for her domestic partner (Ellen Page). In its recently released trailer, Moore and Page look on top of their game, as do supporting players Michael Shannon and Steve Carell. If it lands to critical praise, expect to hear a lot more about this film, which opens in limited release on Oct. 2, by year’s end.

After finding success with true-life stories with “The Queen” and “Philomena,” British filmmaker Stephen Frears returns with this film about the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. Starring Ben Foster (“3:10 to Yuma”) as Armstrong and Chris O’Dowd (“Bridesmaids”) as the Irish reporter who investigates him, this drama looks like an actor’s showcase, with Foster in particular looking to be in top form. With Frears at the helm, however, there’s a good chance Foster at least will be in the hunt for a Best Actor nod later in the year.

From Brie Larson’s supporting roles in “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” to “The Spectacular Now” — and recently as Amy Schumer’s sister in “Trainwreck” — to her criminally snubbed powerhouse performance in “Short Term 12” two years ago, Larson has become a star to watch. With “Room,” her first Oscar nomination may come soon. She stars as a young woman raising her son locked in a room by the man who kidnapped her years earlier. This sounds like a role Larson could really sink her teeth into, and if she can repeat or surpass previous roles, watch out.

After last year’s “The Cobbler” premiered at Toronto to lukewarm reception, indie filmmaker and occasional actor Thomas McCarthy is returning with this fact-based journalism drama, which focuses on the Boston Globe’s investigation into a church sex abuse scandal. Boasting an ensemble cast led by Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber and Stanley Tucci, “Spotlight” will open in November. If it’s as good as it sounds, this could be a sleeper contender in the awards race, and may finally get McAdams her first Oscar nomination.

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By Matthew Wilson | Staff Reporter

PLAN TO GO Jim Harrison III was traveling with his wife through Berlin in 2006 when he came upon a remnant of the Berlin Wall, a section covered in graffiti and artwork. In a spur of the moment decision, he broke out his Nikon camera and spent the next 40 minutes going up and down the wall capturing it. In 42 frames, Harrison questions where the line between vandalism and art blurs, preserving a patchwork of anonymous work through his lens.

Harrison’s exhibit, “The Berlin Wall Series,” will be displayed in the Arts Council Gallery at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center this August, beginning with a reception on Aug. 7. Kevin Ledgewood, publicist for the Arts Council of Tuscaloosa, said the reception will honor Harrison and give a chance to address local patrons interested in his work.

“I was interested in how the texture and line and color played against each other,” Harrison said. “I was less concerned with whether the image looked like something. Most of what you get is abstract in how it appears. A lot of people when they see it for the first time think they’re paintings. The idea was to totally remove any visual frame of reference from the image so you focused on the abstract juxtaposition of color, line and texture.”

Ledgewood said the Arts Council was familiar with Harrison’s work and thought it would be a great addition to their lineup of exhibits.

“The Arts Council is extremely pleased to host Mr. Harrison’s photography exhibit,” he said. “Not only has he captured the extraordinary, emotional output of artists during a time of struggle, he has also given their work a voice through his documentation.”

Harrison, a Tuscaloosa native, is the owner and director of Harrison Galleries in downtown Tuscaloosa.

His gallery stands in the same building as the drugstore his grandfather started working in 1920, the first store in the family’s drugstore chain, Harco Drug Company. The family sold

WHAT: “The Berlin Wall Series” by Jim Harrison III WHEN: Aug. 7-28, with a reception on Aug. 7 from 5-8 p.m.

WHERE: Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center

Jim Harrison III photographed artwork and graffiti on the Berlin Wall in 2006, and the photos will be on display at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in August. Photo courtesy of Jim Harrison III

All these artists are unknown and anonymous, but their work to some extent has lived beyond their existence.

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the company to Rite Aid in 1997, and Harrison spent four years as a professional photographer in the western United States before returning home.

Harrison said the beginnings for his art gallery first started when he would accompany his wife, who was in the antique business, to shops. He said he bought paintings primarily for their home, but ended up with more than they could display. Harrison decided to buy back his family’s old building and turn it into a gallery. The gallery does 30 or 40 events a year, ranging from showcasing University of

Alabama students’ works to hosting live jazz bands as part of First Friday, a local community arts event.

Almost 10 years since he first took the photos, Harrison said, unless the city of Berlin has done something to preserve the site, it will have deteriorated quite a bit. Unlike the section he photographed, he said there is a section of the wall left in Berlin known as the East Side Gallery, where artists are encouraged to take a section and do their own graffiti. It changes throughout the year.

“It is a marker of some historical significance, and quite frankly I think, it won’t be long before people won’t remember what that was all about,” he said. “I remember seeing the [television] newscast of people standing on the wall and pounding at it with sledge hammers. It was pretty momentous occasion. People in Germany were kind of ashamed of it. It was a tangible symbol of Cold War oppression. If you grew up in that time, you knew about the Berlin Wall.”

Harrison said he had been in Tuscaloosa in 1989 when he saw the Berlin Wall fall. He said it was an

interesting event, watching the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries collapse because it was essentially a revolution. The taking down of the wall was a symbol of a new world age in Europe and Germany.

Ledgewood said host galleries have primarily been involved in scheduling and publicity, and the majority of the responsibility falls upon the artists to perform tasks such as developing a price list and identification labels.

“Few people outside of the visual art community realize how much supplies and framing cost the artist, not to mention the responsibility of following through with the commitment once the exhibit is scheduled,” he said.

Harrison said the graffiti was beautiful work but wasn’t meant to be beautiful work. It was meant to be graffiti. He said the art work speaks to the nature of not only freedom but also expression. He said there was a stark contrast between the blank grey on the oppressed side and the expressions on the free side. Among the graffiti is a heart with the words, “I love you Star Girl,” inside.

“Well, you wonder who is Star Girl?” he said. “Obviously they didn’t care about the wall and what it represented, but it was a place where somebody expressed feelings for someone else.

Now, they’re gone, and you don’t know who they are. All these artists are unknown and anonymous, but their work to some extent has lived beyond their existence.”

Harrison hopes to return to Berlin in the next few years and capture how the wall has changed over the past decade.

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COLUMN | MUSIC

Rare Replay includes classic games

Award ceremonies inspire artist feuds

By Aaron Bonner

By Noah Huguley

The announcement trailer for Rare Replay, a collection of 30 classic games from developer Rare, invokes nostalgia for many video gamers. “You never forget your first game. The more of them you play, the more of them you love,” it says.

Rare, the creators of Banjo-Kazooie, Viva Piñata and Battletoads, among others, is a game developer with a history reaching back as early as the Nintendo Entertainment System. Games such as Battletoads and R.C. Pro-Am rocketed onto the scene to wild success and to this day stand out as popular retro titles when discussing the NES library. Rare also created gems on the Nintendo 64.

Rare was at the top of its game (no pun intended) producing acclaimed hits. As years passed, key members of the team moved elsewhere, leaving Rare to produce more generic titles for Microsoft, such as Kinect Sports Rivals. While Microsoft still owns Rare, at Electronic Entertainment Expo “E3” 2015, Microsoft intended to change the image of the once-prolific company by announcing Rare Replay.

Rare Replay contains classic games, as well as some lesser-known titles.

They will be upscaled to modern television resolutions and contain slightly improved textures, while maintaining the integrity of those games players loved so long ago. While there are a ton

The MTV Video Music Awards are a month away and the event is already making headlines. Some are talking about Miley Cyrus’ return to the VMAs after her appearance and performance with Robin Thicke in 2013, and last year with her guest who raised awareness of homeless youth. More prevalent, however, has been the conflict (and resolution) between two nominees for Video of the Year. Here, we’ll look at this feud and other noteworthy moments in award snubs of years past.

Nicki Minaj vs. Taylor Swift Nomination: Video of the Year Ceremony: MTV Video Music Awards Year: 2015 Rare Replay will be available on Xbox One digitally and through retailers on Aug. 4, for $29.99. Amazon

of games to go through in the collection, some key games will be missing, due to licensing complications.

Some of these games will also offer online multiplayer over Xbox Live, and a huge selling point for Rare Replay was the inclusion of achievement points for all games. The game will use the Xbox One’s internal Xbox 360 emulation to play certain games. Emulation of Xbox 360 titles was a key feature of Microsoft’s E3 conference this year, but was previously only available for Xbox Preview Program Members, making Rare Replay a chance for those who weren’t invited to the Preview Program to try the feature.

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Twitter has showcased more drama on the Video of the Year nomination than the VMAs can likely muster. After Nicki Minaj’s assertions that, in spite of her “Anaconda” video’s cultural impact, her race, gender and physique negated her chance — a strong implication on its own, award darling Taylor Swift took it to the next level, assuming that Nicki was throwing shade on her personally. Taylor has had the grace to apologize, showing their fellow Twitter users (and MTV) how to make up for a mistake.

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This ceremony will go down as the year that Macklemore and Ryan Lewis took over the Grammys: With four wins and a performance of their hit “Same Love” accompanying a marriage ceremony, rap’s biggest crossover act of the year dominated the spotlight. But afterward, Macklemore himself contested his wins. He sent a condolence to fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar that claimed that the latter was “robbed” of a win, most notably in the Best Rap Album category. Since then, Kendrick has claimed a spotlight of his own, dropping an acclaimed surprise album in March, starring in Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” and earning a VMA nomination for his “Alright” video.

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14 Kenyan Drake prepared to return after injury Managing Editor | Kelly Ward sports@cw.ua.edu Wednesday, July 29, 2015

By Kelly Ward | Managing Editor

“I think Kenyan Drake has tremendous diversity as a player,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said at SEC Media Days. “He has so many things that he does well. He has great speed. He has very good running skills and running instincts, but he’s a fantastic receiver.

In his position, it’s a little bit easier to almost create mismatches for him to be able to use those skills as a receiver than it would be if we played him at receiver because I think, if we played him at receiver, he would be one of the better receivers on our team.”

In his five games in 2014, Drake had 159 yards receiving and averaged 31.8 per game. He had two receiving touchdowns, one of which was 87 yards against Florida.

— Kenyan Drake Although not considered a starter, he brings experience back to Alabama’s offense which only returns two starters, both on the offensive line.

“I think this is one of the assets that he’s going to possess moving forward that’s going to make him a very, very effective player in the future for us and as well as probably being a really good

HOOVER — The year has been a long one for Alabama running back Kenyan Drake.

After ending his season with a leg injury at Ole Miss early October, Drake spent his offseason working on getting back to playing-form after surgery.

“It’s definitely been a hard road,” Drake said at SEC Media Days. “I’ve never had an injury to that extent before. Once it happened I had to really realize this wouldn’t be a two or three week injury, it’s going to be a four or five month injury. I still kind of have aches and pains a little bit but it’s all about your mindset and I’m ready to get back on the field with my teammates.”

In the spring game he wore a black no-contact jersey. On five carries, he netted 13 yards.

In his career he has 1,087 yards rushing in 28 games. He has 17 rushing touchdowns and two receiving touchdowns.

BY THE NUMBERS Freshman (2012) 42 carries 281 yards rushing 5 rushing touchdowns Sophomore (2013) 92 carries 694 yards rushing 8 rushing touchdowns 12 receptions 135 yards receiving

I’m ready to get back on the field with my teammates.

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Kenyan Drake runs a play during the 2015 A-Day game. CW / Layton Dudley

professional player,” Saban said. “And we need play maker types like him, especially this year when we’ve lost so many players who were play makers for us. He was an outstanding play maker last year, and I think Lane does a good job of featuring players like Kenyan Drake in our offense so that they can be very productive.”

Junior (2014) 22 carries 112 yards rushing 4 rushing touchdowns 5 receptions 159 yards receiving 2 receiving touchdowns

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15 2nd Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah 5K set for August SPORTS Wednesday, July 29, 2015

By Kayla Montgomery | Staff Reporter

When Alabama strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran is in a room, people notice. His signature voice booms from the Bryant-Denny speakers on Saturdays in the fall, his chain of “Yeah yeah yeah,” a symbol that it is time to ramp up the energy. The coach has become a symbol of the Alabama football team. His mantra, a symbol of enthusiasm and motivation, for the second year in a row, will be the title of a 5K race in Tuscaloosa.

This year will mark the second annual Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah 5K, started by his wife Cissy Cochran, to benefit cystic fibrosis and the Thomas Plott Foundation. Cochran started the race last year after her son befriended Thomas Plott, leading Cochran to form a friendship with his mother, Blair. While running together, the two brainstormed an event that could further support the foundation.

“Just from running, we thought a race would be fun, and from there we just hashed it out,” Cochran said.

Cochran spoke with her husband about her idea, and though she had never hosted a race or a similar event before, the pair decided that it would be an opportunity to give back to the community they have called home for so

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The second annual Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah 5k will take place in August. CW / Shelby Akin

many years.

“I said, ‘It’s been fun living here in Tuscaloosa, and we’ve had so many friends, it’s such a good place to live and the community has been great, so it would be fun to give something back,’” she said. “Having him start the race as an honorary starter...he agreed with it, and said it sounded like a great idea.”

Last year’s event saw 490 runners cross the finish line, and 100 additional

people sign up for the race. A contest was held to see which Greek organization could register the most runners for the event, with sororities winning a donation to their philanthropy and fraternities winning a speaking engagement with coach Cochran. Overall, the event raised $25,000 to benefit cystic fibrosis research and the Thomas Plott Foundation.

This year, Cochran expects an even

stronger turnout now that the race is in its second year. Like last year, this year’s title sponsor also shares a football affiliation, as Nick’s Kids has again partnered with the event. Local retailer Expeditions has also partnered with the event for a second year, after hosting a pick-up day for last year’s event.

Store manager Courtney Kovar said Expeditions enjoys showing support for the community when given the opportunity, especially for a cause such as this.

“We felt a need to support something that’s such a great cause, and definitely to get people active,” Kovar said. “You want, as far as a company, to be involved in the community and for people to see that you care about the community and your customers.”

This year’s race will be held Aug. 22 at Government Plaza, and will begin at 8 a.m. Participants sign up online at plottfoundation.org. Advanced registration costs $30, while registration day-of will cost $40. This year’s event will also include a one-mile fun run for children.

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Construction continues on Sewell-Thomas renovations While students were away for the summer, construction crews were busy around the Capstone working to complete a multitude of projects across campus. Check in on the progress of the $42 million renovation of baseball’s Sewell-Thomas stadium, which is receiving its first renovation since the 1990s.

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$42,000,000 cost of stadium renovations, of which $20,000,000 will be raised by private donors through Crimson Tide Foundation 3 levels in the stadium: field, concourse and luxury 7 sky boxes 3 club lounges 4 new batting cages 4,500 permanent seats 7,000 capacity including right field and standing room 129,000 square feet of the facility

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Changes at quarterback shake up Ohio State’s summer workouts

By Tyler Waldrep

Say what you will about the state of Ohio, but it keeps the offseason interesting.

For most of the country, entertaining and meaningful sports stories can be hard to come by in the summer, but in Ohio, the offseason is arguably the most intriguing time of the year. Johnny Manziel seems to have more headlines written about his activities off the field than on it, and LeBron James’ on-again off-again relationship with the Cleveland Cavaliers is one “decision” away from plunging the entire state into complete disarray.

This year, the state features one of the most exciting quarterback races the college football world has ever seen. In the immediate aftermath of last season, Ohio

State coach Urban Meyer had three proven quarterbacks competing for the starting job. Both Braxton Miller (preseason), who ultimately missed last season due to injury and J. T. Barrett (regular season) received some well-deserved Heisman attention last year, but neither one of those guys were responsible for leading the Buckeyes through the postseason to secure a national title. That honor belongs to one-time third string quarterback Cardale Jones.

A week ago that competition was a muddled mess, but the picture should start to clear up now that Miller has decided to switch over to wide receiver. The general consensus around the program and media at large seems to suggest that the still recovering Miller did in fact make the right decision for both himself and the school,

but it’s hard to imagine anyone in the country (except perhaps USC’s Cody Kessler) being able to beat a healthy Miller in a quarterback competition.

Both Barrett and Jones are talented enough to lead the Buckeyes back to the title game, but it’s hard to believe that the Buckeyes wouldn’t be better off with the two-time Big Ten offensive player of the year under center. Both players lack the experience that Miller had, and last year both were thrust into the starting gig unexpectedly.

This year, opponents will have more time and more film to study. This means that whichever guy wins the starting job this season will likely have to elevate his game if the Buckeyes are going to live up to expectations and return to the playoff.

Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller (5) celebrates his touchdown run in the second quarter against Clemson in the Discover Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., on Friday, Jan. 3, 2014.

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Burke draws complete pitcure in Saban biography

By Peyton Shepard and Kayla Montgomery | CW Staff

For the last eight years, Nick Saban has been the face of Alabama football. His sideline antics and press appearances have earned him a very distinct reputation in the college football world, but Forbes magazine’s Monte Burke paints a different picture of the coach in his book, “Saban: The Making of a Coach.” The Crimson White spoke with Burke to learn more about the making of his book and the making of the man that has become an Alabama icon.

What was it like for you personally to delve into the life of someone who is considered one of the most enigmatic men in college football?

It was funny because you read some articles where he’s presented as sort of a one dimensional person, and I think to a certain degree sometimes, the public persona is a man who just eats, sleeps and breathes football all the time. He’s naturally shy and introverted, so he doesn’t necessarily come across as very warm in public settings, so I was interested to dive beyond that, and obviously what you see on the sidelines –recruiting, when it comes to coaching, when it comes to managing his players and assistant coaches... but here is also a person who is incredibly indecisive when it comes to career shifts. I think he’s a lot more sensitive than people know, and I think he’s also incredibly loyal.

Monte Burke’s new book “Saban: The Making of a Coach” takes an interesting look at Nick Saban.

Courtesy of Mark Mayfield

In the process of researching Saban was there anything that really stood out to you about his life or his personality?

I found it really interesting to find out how shy and introverted he is in public settings...There’s that part, then there’s the part that I witnessed firsthand when I was with him.

Despite his shyness and introversion in public settings, in very small intimate settings, he’s one of the most charismatic people that I’ve ever interviewed. I’ve worked at Forbes for 15 years now, and I’ve interviewed plenty of big shot CEOs and billionaires, but Saban’s charisma is as strong, if not stronger, than most of the people I’ve interviewed, and I think that plays a big part in his recruiting success.

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in there from one of his buddies who says, ‘I thought, seeing the pressure his father put on him, I thought he was either going to be crazy, or a great success.’ It probably could have gone How important was Saban’s either way. father to what Saban has become here?

Terry Saban: Is it correct that she’s much more involved with It’s immeasurable. His father everything he does than what would be proud of him now, I people realize? would think. I would hope anyHer influence is huge. ... She is ways. The reason that the first chapter a wonderful, sweet, but very is called The Diamond is because it’s strong woman. She is a huge an attempt to rip off the pressure on coal. It’s the pressure his father put on driver behind Nick Saban the man, and him that formed him. There’s a quote Nick Saban the success.

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San Antonio Stars guard Becky Hammon (25) tangles with Washington Mystics guard Kara Lawson (20) as she dribbles in the fourth quarter at the Verizon Center in Washington, Sunday, June 29, 2014. The Stars defeated the Mystics, 73-65. Tribune News Service

Back in 2014, former San Antonio Silver Star Becky Hammon became the first hired female assistant coach in the NBA when she landed a job on Gregg Popovich’s San Antonio Spurs coaching staff. One year later, the Arizona Cardinals are making the same history on the football field.

On Monday, the Cardinals announced they will add Jen Welter to their coaching staff as an intern to help coach the inside linebacker core. Welter will become the first woman in NFL history to hold a coaching position.

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