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NEWS | LOCAL BUSINESSES

Back in Business Schlotzsky’s before (right) and after (left) recovering from the April 27, 2011 tornado. CW / CW File, Hanna Curlette, Photo Il-

For businesses damaged on April 27, 2011, reopening time ranged from days to years By Samuel Yang | News Editor Three years later, businesses are still returning to Tuscaloosa. April 26, 2011, was the last Tuesday that you could drive down the heart of Tuscaloosa and see Alabama Physical Therapy and Occupation Rehab Physical Therapy, Hobby Lobby and Milo’s Hamburgers sharing a street. The next day, an EF4 tornado devastated residential areas and commercial corridors. Today, a ride down the same street turns up familiar storefronts – Taco Casa and Krispy Kreme have set up near their original locations – but the comeback stories of businesses damaged in the tornado follow different patterns and

timelines. Hobby Lobby reopened in Northport and Milo’s has been teasing about their return for months. APTOR, however, took much less time to return than the other two estabishments. The Friday after the tornado touched down, physical therapist John Cormier met with his employees at an empty retail space up the street from where their previous location was destroyed. “I think we can deliver physical therapy,” he said. “Ask [our active patients] how they’re doing. Let’s just connect with them. But if their life was not disrupted to the point where they still want and need physical therapy, our intention is to be delivering it to them next week.” In the world of physical therapy, days and weeks can affect progress and health, so after making sure all of APTOR’s employees were safe, Cormier got to work recovering documents and equipment. He was at UHAUL on Thursday, which was open for business despite a lack of power. He looked at a finished space in Parkview Center early Friday morning and

started moving APTOR in at 1 p.m. The following Tuesday, they were open, a day later than they had originally planned. With the help of its employees and advisors, APTOR reopened less than a week after the tornado. “We had people that were just committed. We worked some unconventional hours,” he said. “The motivation was we want to and need to be here for our patients, and it was only possible because we had a great group of employees that pulled together and made it happen.” While delivering treatment, APTOR continued renovating and remodeling the space to fit their needs. “We were kind of finishing up the space while we were delivering physical therapy out of it. It took us probably about four months to get our physical location completed,” he said. “It was a whirlwind. It was just running on adrenaline for SEE REBUILD PAGE 9

NEWS | TUITION INCREASE

TODAYON CAMPUS City Workshop WHAT: Institute of Reading Development WHEN: Tuesday, June 10, 8 a.m. – Tuesday, September 30, 6 p.m. WHERE: Bryant Conference Center

Summer Camp WHAT: Summer Lego camps at CHOM WHEN: Tuesday – Thursday WHERE: Children’s Hands-on Museum

Board votes to increase tuition Tuition increased by four percent for all UA students By Andy McWhorter | Production Editor After the most recent increase, the cost of tuition at The University of Alabama has more than doubled over the last decade. Tuition for all UA students rose by 4 percent after The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees approved an increase in a recent meeting. The board approved a $188 per semester tuition increase for full-time, in-state undergraduate students, as well as a $500 per semester increase for out-of-state students at The University of Alabama. Tuition at the University will now cost

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+$188 (3.9%)

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$12,475 per sem.

per sem.

$4,913 per semester for in-state students and $12,475 for out-of-state students. Law School students will also see their tuition increase by $275 per semester for in-state students and $580 for out-of-state students. The cost of tuition at the University has more than doubled since 2005, when tuition cost $2,432 per semester for in-state students. However, growth in tuition costs has to slow recent years. Tuition rose by about 2.7 percent last year and 3.9 percent

this year for in-state students. From 2005 to 2012, tuition grew by an average of 9 percent per year. Ray Hayes, executive vice chancellor for finance and operations for The University of Alabama System, said the increased cost of tuition was caused by lowerthan-expected growth in state funding. Hayes said state funding for the system is SEE TUITION PAGE 9

CULTURE | DOCTORS AND LAWYERS

The Doctors and the Lawyers travel to Wakarusa Tuscaloosa band played in Waka Winter Classic to take stage at Arkansas festival By Francie Johnson | Culture Editor Two years ago, in the middle of the wilderness in Ozark, Arkansas, a virtually unknown band stepped onto the smallest stage at Wakarusa Music Festival. That band was The Lumineers, and now, with a platinum single and Grammy nomination for “Best New Artist” under their belts, they are anything but unknown. Earlier this month, another virtually unknown band – this one made up entirely of University of Alabama students – stepped onto that same stage. The Doctors and the Lawyers spent months preparing for their Wakarusa performance,

but as was the case with The Lumineers, lead vocalist Evan Brooks said this won’t be the band’s last adventure. “We definitely can’t take our foot off the gas pedal,” said Brooks, a senior majoring in financial planning. “We’re definitely in kind of a euphoria phase after Wakarusa, but we can’t get complacent.” The Doctors and the Lawyers consist of Brooks on vocals, Chris Wilhelm on guitar, Jordan Kumler on drums, Taylor Atkinson on keys and Hayes Turner on bass. Earlier this year, the band won the Birmingham division of the Waka Winter Classic, earning a spot on the 2014 Wakarusa lineup along with headliners The String Cheese Incident, STS9, The Flaming Lips and more. “I think we had the biggest crowd out of the Waka Winter SEE WAKARUSA PAGE 13

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Boyce to speak on child welfare Twenty Seven high school students in the College Bound Pre-Collegiate Program, which began Sunday, will attend a graduation lunch Friday, where Lucas Boyce will speak. Boyce, the director of business development and legislative affairs for the Orlando Magic basketball team, will speak about his experience in the child welfare system. The program, a partnership between the nsoro Foundation and Alabama REACH. Participants took part in academic talks, observed a class and took a practice ACT exam.

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Parrott wins dissertation award Scott Parrott, assistant professor of journalism, is the Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Award recipient for 2014. Awarded for a mass communication dissertation, the national award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication was given for Parrott’s “An Examination of the Use of Disparagement Humor in Online TV Comedy Clips and the Role of Audience Reaction in its Effects.” Parrott earned his doctorate at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and recently founded the University of Alabama Health Communication Research Lab. Ashley Little hula hoops outside of Bryant-Denny Stadium. CW Hanna Curlette

Shelton State president named The Alabama State Board of Education named Andrea Mayfield the next president of Shelton State Community College. Mayfield, who was recommended by Alabama Community College System Chancellor Mark Heinrich, is the vice president of East Mississippi Community College’s Scooba campus. She will fill a position that has been vacant since 2012. Joan Yvette Davis, one of two interim presidents, has served since 2013.

THURSDAY WHAT: Tuscaloosa EyeCare iLasik Seminar WHEN: 6-7 p.m. WHERE: Northport Tuscaloosa EyeCare

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Girls State governor elected Wynn Woodson of Montgomery was elected governor of Alabama Girls State. An inauguration in the Zone of Bryant-Denny Stadium was held. Alabama Girls State delegates were also addressed by Alabama Gymnastics Coach Sarah Patterson during their convention.

WHAT: Summer Lego Camps WHEN: Tuesday – Thursday 2014 WHERE: CHOM

WHAT: Professional Image Seminar WHEN: Thursday, 8 a.m. Friday, 6 p.m. WHERE: Hampton Inn East

FRIDAY WHAT: Wink Mobile Boutique Open Truck Show WHEN: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m WHERE: Malibu Salon and Spa WHAT: Chick-Fil-A Birthday Party WHEN: 2-5 p.m. WHERE: Chick-Fil-A at Tuscaloosa South

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A small division of InSinkErator in Racine, Wisconsin, is finding new uses for food scraps that go down the drain or to the landfill. The division has developed Grind2Energy, a product coming to market from Wisconsin just as cities and states on the coasts are moving to ban food waste from landfills. The sustainable business effort is linked to a surge in development of renewable energy projects that process organic wastes in a fashion that converts them into electricity and heat. InSinkErator’s first two projects were built in Ohio, but its newest one is in Milwaukee, at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino in the Menomonee Valley. It’s located across the parking lot from the Forest County Potawatomi’s new Scott Bogard gathers waste for Grind2Energy. MCT Campus food waste biodigester, which started up last year and can generate up to two megawatts of electricity. business inside an old company like Emerson. It’s fun The Grind2Energy system is already keeping three tons talking with customers that want to be sustainable and a of organic waste from some of the casino restaurants’ pioneer in a new industry.” kitchens from heading to the landfill, executive chef Peter Instead of charging for its product, the Grind2Energy Gebauer said. InSinkErator launched the business in business model will charge each customer a monthly fee, October. The two facilities in Ohio are at Ohio State Krems said. The business unit has 10 of InSinkErator’s University and FirstEnergy Stadium, home of the 1,000 employees in Racine. Cleveland Browns. Moves to ban food waste from landfills – including Each system consists of a grinding station and a regulations already in place in January and recently holding tank. Instead of tossing the food scraps, meat adopted in Massachusetts – will prompt more demand for bones and fruit rinds, you name it, along with the garbage, these types of systems. cooks are dumping organic matter into bins that make “Landfill bans of food waste are going to become a their way to the grinding station. major trend, and new facilities are going to have to open The grinder converts it to a slurry that is fed through up so that the food waste is diverted,” Krems said. pipes to a 2,000-gallon tank. Based on the early results, a In Massachusetts, the supermarket chain Stop and bigger system may be needed if the casino expands the Shop won state approval for a waste-to-energy project at food-recovery system to more of its restaurant and one of its distribution centers. That plan calls for food employee kitchens. waste from each store to be shipped to the distribution “This is a tremendous opportunity for InSinkErator, and center, where it will be processed and converted our parent company Emerson is very excited about it. into energy. They helped fund a new group. We’re inside InSinkErator, That’s one example of what is expected to be a growing but we’re kind of walled off from the rest of the business market that will help reduce the 35 million tons of food because this is a completely different business model,” waste that are sent to landfills or burned in incinerators said David Krems, business development manager each year. for Grind2Energy. In operation since January, the Potawatomi The Racine company is best known for the food-waste Grind2Energy system is on track to divert more than 180 disposals that are in kitchen sinks around the world. tons of scraps. These are mass-produced products, not the custom “Right now, it goes out from our biggest kitchens, the designs used by Grind2Energy. production kitchen and the buffet,” said Gebauer. “So “It’s very challenging starting up an entrepreneurial new there is room for growth.”

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The oil refinery in the town of Baiji supplies at least 40 percent of Iraq’s gasoline production, making it one of the most crucial facilities in a country that, despite its oil wealth, must import gasoline to feed the foreignmade automobiles that have flooded Iraq since U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003. But on Tuesday, the Iraqi government shut down the refinery after insurgents allied with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, who’ve controlled access to it since last week, fired mortars at the remaining security forces in the area. The shutdown of the country’s largest refinery – one of just three – reinforced the now-widespread belief that the Shiite Muslim-led government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has been unable to muster a response to the advance of ISIS and its Sunni Muslim allies, who include supporters of the late

dictator Saddam Hussein. Government officials have offered a series of public pronouncements that suggested the Iraqi army had been joined by Shiite militias and was now moving aggressively to block ISIS’ approach to Baghdad. Still, there were credible and detailed reports of ISIS hanging on to gains amid heavy fighting in Taji, just 20 miles from central Baghdad, and advancing in several neighborhoods of Baqouba, the capital of Diyala province, which is 40 miles from the capital – less than an hour’s drive. The shutdown of the refinery may be worse news. While Baiji is farther away from the capital – it’s about 140 miles north – the refinery’s importance had made most knowledgeable analysts of Iraq’s oil infrastructure think that neither side would take actions that would endanger it.With only three refineries, including a small one in Baghdad and one in Basra in the country’s south, Iraq must import as

much as 25 percent of its daily gasoline needs. The Baiji facility is so crucial that oil industry analysts think that even if it’s lost to ISIS, the government probably would allow it to go back online. That’s how key many think its output of 400,000 barrels of gasoline a day – nearly 21 million gallons – is to the country. “You can’t leave it offline for very long and can’t risk it getting damaged or destroyed,” said one expert who asked not to be named because of his dealings with the Baghdad government. “Even if ISIS controls it, the government will likely eventually have to allow it to go back online, because they need the gasoline for the economy despite ISIS making money off the output.” The government wouldn’t have to deal directly with the rebels, the expert said, because “once the gas is in trucks and sent to a middleman, it’s impossible to determine where it came from and, frankly, nobody cares anymore.”

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Nelson named dean of communications By Samuel Yang | News Editor

Teacher Greg Swann puts a clay pot into an oven during the ASM Materials Camp. CW / Hanna Curlette

Teachers go back to school By Samuel Yang | News Editor Teachers ask students to say a lot of things, but the ASM Materials Camp teaches teachers how to get their students to express wonder. “The philosophy of the camps is to give students a ‘Wow!’ or ‘What the heck’ moment to get their attention,” said Martin Bakker, associate professor of chemistry. The five-day camp concluded last week and covered about 50 different affordable, hands-on activities. “The purpose of the camp is to give middle and high school science and math teachers hands on experiments/ demonstrations that their students can do,” he said. “These experiments are interesting for the students, and so they are motivated to learn the science that underpins the experiment,” he said. The 23 middle and high school teachers who participated received continuing education credit for the camp. “All teachers love to learn something new that they can take back to their classroom,” Bakker said. “They also leave with samples of the materials so that they can do it in their own classes.” One activity included constructing clay pots, which were then heated to 1200 degrees in an oven, until they glowed orange. “Many schools have a kiln for making ceramics so it can be used in many high schools,” he said. “The actual activity demonstrates the reactivity of carbon compared with

metals. The Raku pottery produced has a metallic sheen because the metal ions in the glaze react with the carbon to give carbon dioxide and metal. This process is very, very similar to the chemistry that goes on in making steel and so provides a starting point to discussing this as well.” Other topics covered include metals, glass, composites and plastics. Bakker said the program fulfills the University’s service mission, builds ties with local schools and improves science education in the state. "[As a result], our incoming Alabama students are better prepared to succeed at college,” he said. Lizanne Espy, a sophomore majoring in math, graduated from high school in Tuscaloosa and is currently a Noyce Scholar. As part of the program, which prepares math, physics and chemistry majors for careers in education, Espy worked with the teachers during the camp. “We got to work with teachers and they gave us a lot of insight,” she said. “We did a lot of neat things and I learned about the STEM careers. It was a good way to meet people.” Espy said they also discussed technology, the ways it changes, and different ways teachers can employ it. The labs, she said, were educational for multiple reasons. “It was educational for science purposes [and] seeing everything in action. [But we also] got to see what teachers do and what we might possibly do in the future,” she said. “The labs were really cool. They’re very hands-on, something that captured attention.”

The appointment of a new dean often involves bringing in someone new to the college, someone that Jennifer Greer, interim dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences, says can “shake it up.” Mark Nelson, who has been vice president of student affairs since 2008, begins his appointment as dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences next month, and Greer said his absence from the college makes him an external candidate in some ways. “He kind of gives us the best of both,” she said. “He knows the campus really well, but he’s going to look at it with fresh eyes.” Greer said Nelson brings his understanding of the University’s inner workings, and his experience in student services. “He can help us rethink and maybe centralize some of those support services that we offer students,” she said. “He’s going to give us a perspective that most deans wouldn’t bring in.” She also said Nelson also carries good external relations that will bring in donors for funding and scholarships. “He’s a pretty dynamic personality,” she said. Greer pointed to the Digital Media Center, which will formally host three classes in the fall, as an exciting opportunity for the college and its new dean. Nelson said the college is positioned as a national leader in its field. “President Bonner and Provost Benson have been generous in their support of the new Digital Media Center, which I believe will be a magnet for our college and our university in terms of generating exciting and new collaborative projects, research opportunities and grants and

recruiting the nation’s top students to the field,” he said. He said his new role as dean aligns well with his strengths, and his academic Mark Nelson. training. UA News “The outstanding faculty, professionals, staff, students and alumni, combined with state of the art resources and a prominent national reputation, make the Dean’s position very appealing,” he said. Nelson leaves behind a Division of Student Affairs that he said is in great shape. “The educators who work in the division are having a tremendous impact on student learning and retention, and I know they will continue to impact students in positive ways for years to come,” he said. “The Division of Student Affairs will continue to serve our students and our campus in a way that encourages student development in the areas of global citizenship and cultural understanding, ethical leadership and civic engagement. I am confident that the next VPSA will embrace these goals and work with our staff to ensure the continued success of the division.” Nelson plans to meet with C&IS’s academic leadership on his first day to start planning for the future. Greer said he will be working with a college of people who really care. Her advice to the new dean: “Use the assets he already has.” “Everybody in our college is really committed,” she said. “Don’t be afraid to ask people to do stuff.”

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COLUMN | ENVIRONMENT

America needs to be strong leader in environmental care By Carolyn Duke Did you know that, according to the World Watch Institute, America wastes 96 billion pounds of food every year? Did you know that the U.S. consumes 25 percent of the world’s fossil fuels while holding only 4.4 percent of the world population? Did you know that Facing the Future conducted a study and discovered that the average U.S. citizen uses 300 shopping bags worth of raw materials each week? With the summer months ahead of us, students out of school and vacations coming up, consumption is heavily promoted with sales, new clothing styles, new vacation gear and other products. Rampant consumption is considered an integral part of the typical American lifestyle. The ideal American lifestyle is the shiny new car on a 16th birthday, more than a surplus of toys and goodies under the tree each year at Christmas, and let’s not forget the mentality of “if it’s broken, just replace it.” This lifestyle seems harmless, doesn’t it? I mean, one more broken Tickle Me Elmo in the trash won’t make a real difference. And of course, if you worked hard for your money, you should be able to spend it however you please. But is this American lifestyle truly innocent? If everyone in the world could live the American lifestyle, we would need three planets to keep up with the consumption. This lifestyle is ruining the planet, and gradually destroying the planet’s future. The average person in America leaves an ecological footprint twelve times larger than the average person in India. Our planet’s resources are dwindling from overconsumption. This American way of living is inconsiderate to the rest of the world. We consume to our heart’s desire, not considering how we affect the planet and the future. The future is not completely hopeless. Being “green” and following the three R’s (reduce, reuse, and recycle) are thriving throughout America now more than ever. There are more and more organizations springing up that promote homemade compost, greener transportation methods and recycling resources. Organizations like Green America, the U.S. Green Building Council and the EPA are helping different sectors of America reduce their consumption and become greener by reducing their ecological impact on the earth. If Americans could find a balance of buying or consuming less while becoming less willing to throw out goods, we could dramatically change the destructive fate America has created for itself. The rest of the world watches America through our triumphs and blunders. All eyes are on America to find new discoveries and take the world down new paths of innovation. We as Americans have an obligation to lead the world on the right path to prepare for the future. Let’s not go down in history as the country that destroyed the planet. Let’s not go down as the selfish jerks that were too busy worrying about the release date of the new iPhone 8 to realize the mess we’ve created. Let’s change the earth’s fate from destruction to survival. It’s time to show America its lifestyle needs to change, and it is our moral obligation to be an example for the world.

We as Americans have an obligation to lead the world on the right path to prepare for the future.

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COLUMN | RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION

Nondiscrimination should include sexuality By Leigh Terry Bowdoin College recently made headlines for severing official ties with one of its student organizations, the Bowdoin Christian Fellowship, over its advisors’ unwillingness to sign a campus-wide nondiscrimination policy that would prohibit the group from discriminating against potential members and leaders based on gender, race, sexuality and religion. Two narratives have emerged as to why the BCF was required to either sign this policy or disaffiliate. The first narrative, reported by The Bowdoin Orient, is that the advisors refused to sign the policy because of its reference to sexual orientation and feared the possibility of having LGBTQIA leaders, and the students followed suit and disaffiliated. The Orient reported in February that this group has a history of making LGBTQIA students who otherwise identify with BCF’s religious beliefs feel uncomfortable. If this story is true, I say good riddance to BCF. A campus religious fellowship should be open to learning and interacting with all brothers and sisters in their faith, regardless of sexual orientation. How else would these members fulfill their evangelical obligations and grow spiritually if they would not accept others who seek to worship with them? (Note: Bowdoin’s Muslim, Jewish and Catholic student

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organizations signed the policy without complaint.) The other narrative, reported by The New York Times, is that the leaders of BCF refused to sign because of the possibility of having nonChristian leaders. This story has already played out at colleges across the U.S., including the Cal State system and Vanderbilt University. If this is the case, the right course of action is murkier. On one hand, religious nondiscrimination is an admirable goal for society and a standard in nondiscrimination policies everywhere. On the other hand, what would Baptist Campus Ministries look like with a Catholic Bible study leader? What nonreligious student would want to be a member of the Secular Student Alliance if a Hindu

led it? An even more perplexing question: How would Presbyterian Church of America student groups react to an influx of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – a similar sounding, but ideologically different, branch of the denomination – members attempting to lead it? While these scenarios are unlikely to arise, which is probably why many campus religious groups have signed similar policies, I understand why some groups would not take the risk of either accepting a leader who does not align with their religion or falling into disciplinary and possibly even legal trouble with their university. I, for one, would be scared to lead or advise a religious group if I could be disciplined for violating university policy by voting against a practitioner of a different faith to succeed me. I think within these two extremes is a compromise to be made. Require religious groups to sign nondiscrimination policies that include sexual orientation but do not include religion. Thus, the members of these groups would have to learn tolerance and acceptance of their fellow man, but could continue to choose leaders who align with their beliefs, maintain their raison d’etre and will continue moving them in their desired theological direction. Leigh Terry is a junior majoring in economics. Her column runs biweekly.

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COLUMN | ADMINISTRATION

University administration should be transparent about expenses By Mark Hammontree You may have missed it, but once again the Alabama System board of trustees voted to raise tuition and fees at the system’s universities. After the latest in these regular tuition increases, the two-semester cost to attend The University of Alabama is $9,826 for an Alabama resident and $24,950 for an out-ofstate student. System administrators said the increase was unavoidable and that the regular inadequacy in state funding has resulted in tough decisions about the costs imposed on students. Which is certainly partially true. The state legislature regularly denies the full budget requested by the UA system, even if the appropriations for 2014 did increase according to AL.com. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that the Education Trust Fund for our struggling state can hardly keep up with growth occurring on campus in Tuscaloosa. And there’s really nothing wrong about small tuition increases for an expanding university. What’s wrong is the misallocation of the

money that the UA system does have. What’s wrong is where the Board of Trustees places their priorities. What’s wrong is the sluggish flow of information about where public money and tuition is going. The Crimson White reported that the Executive Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations said that the tuition increase resulted from costs that the administration has no control over. I’m guessing he’s not referring to the $1.8 million fountain that debuted outside Shelby Hall last year. Or the new $9 million football weight room. He’s probably not talking about the millions of dollars paid out in bonuses to administrators past and present, according to AL.com. He’s almost certainly not talking about Nick Saban’s new $6.9 million-a-year salary. And don’t get me wrong, I am fully in favor of paying Saban whatever it takes to keep him here and keep him happy. I understand that the football program brings in more revenue for the school than money expended on it. Just don’t tell me that choosing to pay a foot-

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ball coach more than any other public official in the country is an unavoidable cost. The biggest issue is that the Chancellor Witt and the Board of Trustees want students to just send in their checks and stop asking questions about where the money is being spent.

They don’t think they have a duty to tell us about the millions of dollars spent in trademark lawsuits in recent years. They’re sick of reporters still asking questions about the hiring of President Bonner’s brother for a system position with a $350,000 a year price tag. They don’t feel the need to provide any information about the search, or lack thereof, for a new president when Guy Bailey resigned. It’s the lack of state funding, they tell us as they add a couple hundred more dollars to our bill. It’s that dagblame Affordable Care Act making our healthcare benefits costs increase. It’s the new classrooms we’re building and the excellent faculty we’re hiring. Maybe I’m just paranoid and bitter from my time dealing with the administration as the CW’s news editor last year. But excuse me if I’m not very trusting of a system administration less transparent than the dollar bills they want me to send to them. Mark Hammontree is a junior majoring in secondary education.

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Seal of Approval

Science and Engineering Building Davis Architects was approved to fitout the Science and Engineering building. Davis Architects was the principal design firm for the Science and Engineering Building and will build out remaining shell space in the building for a projected cost of $5.1 million. A memo from Vice President of Financial Affairs Lynda Gilbert said the fit-out will provide teaching, research and biology lab space, and allocated space for the biochemical engineering department.

By Samuel Yang | News Editor

Board of Trustees approves construction projects around campus.

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Rowing Facility

Houser Hall

Ellis Architects designed a rowing facility at the Park at Manderson Landing. The board approved a request to increase that project’s budget to $4.65 million, including an increase to J.T. Harrison’s contract by $220,082. The project has experienced increased costs associated with dock construction and is being funded by Intercollegiate Athletic Quasi-Endowment Funds. CW / Justin Barnett

The board also authorized University officials to execute construction contracts for renovations in Houser Hall, given that bids do not cause the project to exceed its $15.6 million budget. Similar authorization was granted for the $16.9 million dollar construction of a south campus parking deck.

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The new SUPe Store will share bathrooms, utilities, closets and corridors in a new 13,281 square foot facility with a new Starbucks at the current site of Bryant Dance Studio. The space in Tutwiler Hall that currently houses a SUPe Store will be used by Housing and Residential Communities as a multi-purpose community space that can also be used as two to three rooms for classes or meetings. “The existing SUPe Store in Tutwiler Hall does not meet the expectations of customers and campus visitors due to its lack of a prominent and convenient location and its outdated appearance,” the Supplemental Project Information Worksheet reads. “As enrollment increases, the student population is dispersed across campus and the surrounding areas. It is essential to provide consistent customer services and retail offerings throughout the campus community.” The Board of Trustees approved the use of $5.2 million of University funds. The initial full year of occupancy is expected to be the fiscal year 2016-2017.

Fitts Architects has committed to provide architectural services in the demolition and subsequent construction of a new Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house. The projected cost is $6.2 million, $400,000 of which will be funded by UA Funds. The Intercollegiate Athletics Department Funds will provide $1.2 million and the fraternity will receive a 40-year loan for $4.6 million. CW / Hanna Curlette

Bryant-Denny Stadium The board authorized a $2.5 million digital upgrade of BryantDenny Stadium that will include the purchase of televisions and wireless access points. There will also be a point of sale system purchases. The project, which will be funded by the Intercollegiate Athletics Crimson Tide Foundation, is expected to increase advertising opportunities and fan satisfaction.

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CMAP initiative to attract diversity to Culverhouse By Samuel Yang | News Editor Lisa McKinney, head of the Culverhouse Majors Awareness Program, worked with admissions counselors and visited 30 high schools earlier this year to seek out talented minority students. Those students came to campus Sunday and will remain until Friday for CMAP, a college diversity initiative that will introduce them to the Culverhouse College of Commerce. Senior Associate Dean Diane Johnson said that while Culverhouse has had a summer camp for prospective students in the past, CMAP was born of a desire to open the program up to a more diverse group. The 30 seniors will hear presentations from faculty and professionals, as well as participate in scavenger hunts and pool parties. “We want to brag on the college and let high school students get a taste of college life and what to expect,” she said. After the camp, McKinney said, the plan is to provide support, financial and otherwise, for recruited students. “We are hoping to guide them through the college process,” she said. “A long-term goal would be for these students to help with future CMAP summer programs to bring in the next group.” Johnson said Culverhouse wants to attract the broadest, most diverse group possible. “Just as diversity is great for businesses, so is it great for Culverhouse,” she said. “We want the next generation of successful business people to come from the Culverhouse College of Commerce. CMAP is an opportunity for us to showcase our

academic programs, our amazing faculty and staff and the opportunities students have to get a great business degree.” CMAP joins Culverhouse’s existing diversity initiative, the Accounting Career Awareness Program, or ACAP, which will begin Sunday. While CMAP is solely a university initiative, ACAP is done through the National Association of Black Accountants. “We have a student chapter of NABA on campus,” McKinney said. “I’m the faculty advisor, and this is kind of their flagship summer program for high school students. This is our fifth year.” The 50 sophomores, juniors and seniors make the university’s ACAP, which focuses solely on accounting careers, the second largest in the nation. “We have a reunion event where we bring them back to campus in the fall after the program,” she said. “We follow up with them, trying to give them support.” M c K i n n ey said diversity and inclusiveness are built into the school’s mission statement. “This is the first step to improve diversity at The University of Alabama, starting in high school. It is a directive from the very top of the university that we need to do this,” she said. “Everyone is behind it, everyone is supporting it and everyone agrees it’s one of our top goals.” Not only do they believe it’s the thing to do, McKinney said, but employers and businesses are seeking diversity for themselves. “Employers want a more diverse work force and, they’re constantly asking for it,” she said. “So we want to deliver.”

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Galbraith awarded 3rd Fulbright scholarship By Alessandra Delrose | Contributing Writer Do Jews in Poland identify as Polish? That’s the question Marysia Galbraith, professor of anthropology, wants to answer. And to do that, she will travel to Poland in the fall for research and study as a Fulbright scholar. “One big question I have is where there might have been spaces or opportunities for Jews in Poland to be recognized and see themselves also as Poles,” she said. “I tend to wonder this because the common stereotype is that Poles are Catholic and for hundreds of years there were vibrant Jewish populations who have identified themselves as Polish.” This is the third time Galbraith has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship, as well as the third time she will focus on Poland. “I have been working in Poland for over 20 years now and have recently finished this long project I have been doing on Polish identity and European integration,” she said. Not unfamiliar to the long process and multiple interviews to become a Fulbright scholar, Galbraith said it was so exciting to have gotten this opportunity again and expects it to be a very rewarding and knowledgeable experience overall. “First, I had to fill out an application due back in August, and it was a long wait until April. My application had to talk about the project, outline what I do and what I accomplished as a scholar,” she said. “There was an interview in January over Skype with the Polish, then American committees. And finally you find out if your idea has been approved or accepted.” On June 1, Galbraith’s book “Being and Becoming European in Poland: European Integration and Self-Identity,” was published Her current project draws on what she has learned and studied over the past years. “My project is focused on Jewish heritage in Poland and the history of Jews in Poland,” she said. “This project goes along with the ideas I have developed over the years, but now more of a shift of focus towards Polish Jewish relation and Jewish life.” Besides the study, Galbraith said she is also going to take the time to trace back

Galbraith’s book “Being and Becoming European in Poland” was released June 1. Amazon.com

and learn her personal family history in Poland. Dr. Michael Murphy, professor of anthropology, said he believes Dr. Galbraith really stands out among the Fulbright scholars. “The fact that she has received three Fulbrights, which is not that common, shows that they have a lot of confidence in her and all her abilities,” he said. Murphy said he believes that the Fulbright committee has a lot of confidence in Galbraith and that being selected a third time is no coincidence. “She did something t r u ly remarkable in anthropology, and that is over the course of twenty years she returned periodically to study teens and gradually she could document the change in nature of their views,” he said. “And as a consequence of all her hard work, she was given the opportunity again to delve more into a topic that really interests her and builds our knowledge in this field of anthropology.”

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Veteran chosen for Tillman By Maria Beddingfield | Chief Copy Editor From a young age, Michael LaRocca has sought the extraordinary. As a graduate of West Point, the United States Military Academy and Pepperdine University, LaRocca also served as an officer in the U.S. Army for five years and was recently named a Tillman Military Scholar. “While I always strived to seek out the extraordinary, [I did] not necessarily want to be a die-hard soldier,” he said. “When I heard about West Point in high school, I recognized that place as more than just a college.” Even though he majored in German at West Point, LaRocca said he felt he received the full spectrum of an education, ranging from intensive physical training to a rigorous academic curriculum, all the while honing discipline and gaining leadership experience. "[When I first heard about West Point,] I figured the skills you get doing that would generalize very well to just about anything else I might do,” he said. After LaRocca finished his undergraduate degree at West Point in 2002, he began his five years of service for the army. His first assignment was a year later as a lieutenant in South Korea, where he went through basic field training and learned how to lead a platoon. After a year there, he was stationed in Fort Irwin, California, before deploying to Iraq. “It was definitely a very difficult deployment, because there were some who didn’t return in our unit, and I guess one of the other opportunities that I had was that I helped plan and then lead an ... air assault on a suspected insurgence target, and that was a nighttime mission that involved more people than just my company, so that was probably the biggest tactical mission I had while I was there,” he said. “But for most of my time in my year in Iraq, it was a lot of management as the executive officer, so basically I was second in command to the troop commander.” LaRocca is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in clinical psychology with a concentration in geropsychology, a branch of psychology which addresses mental health and age-related issues in older adults. His dissertation research, which is undergoing the institutional review board approval process, will focus on the roles that two variables, leadership and meaning, play

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in the development of psychological symptoms in military veterans. As a veteran himself, and having conducted research with older adults with dementia for his master’s degree at Pepperdine University, LaRocca said his research decision was a natural progression for him. Forrest Scogin, a professor of psychology at The University of Alabama, has known LaRocca since his acceptance to the psychology graduate program in 2011. He will be chairing LaRocca’s dissertation, and said he had impeccable academic credentials when applying to the university. “First off, it’s highly selective to get admitted into our clinical psychology program, so our graduate students in the clinical psychology program are really elite students, and Mike’s no exception,” Scogin said. “So he’s a very, very bright fellow.” Michelle Hilgeman, clinical psychologist in the Research & Development Service at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center, met LaRocca last summer to discuss plans for his dissertation research. “His dissertation work, which will likely begin in the fall, will involve interviewing combat veterans at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical center to learn more about their experiences,” Hilgeman said. “As part of his dissertation through the department of psychology, Mike will then analyze these data and submit them to a scientific journal so that other researchers can learn from his experience in these areas.” Since Scogin has been present throughout LaRocca’s doctoral pursuit, he has seen changes in LaRocca’s approach towards and level of familiarity with his concentration in clinical psychology. “From the time someone enters, to the point where he is ... it’s a world of

FORMER DEPLOYMENTS: Fort Benning, Georgia: July 2002 - April 2003 South Korea: April 2003 - April 2004 Fort Irwin, California: April 2004 - December 2004 Iraq (Deployed from Fort Irwin): January 2005 - January 2006 Fort Irwin, California: January 2006 - April 2007 MAJOR AWARDS: Purple Heart, 2005 Bronze Star Medal, 2005 Combat Infantryman Badge, 2005 Parachutist Badge, 2002 Air Assault Badge, 2000 (while at West Point) difference in terms of their knowledge level, their comfort with really complex psychological research and scholarly issues,” Scogin said. “It’s really quite a transformation to see that happen.” This year, LaRocca received the Tillman Military Scholarship, an award given to military veterans and spouses who show “extraordinary academic and leadership potential” in honor of Pat Tillman, who left the NFL to serve after the attacks of 9/11 and was killed by friendly fire, according to the Pat Tillman Foundation. He said the scholarship will go towards partially covering his tuition for the year. “I feel tremendously honored and privileged. It’s hard to describe just the honor of getting it,” he said. “I will try to represent the Tillman legacy very well, to the best of my ability.” Scogin said that since LaRocca has been at the University, he has shown that he is very capable and very steady in the pursuit of his education, whether that be in developing his research or in teaching a Psychology 101 section on his own. “I think it’s worth noting, his humility I think is really an outstanding feature that he has,” Scogin said. “Mike is very humble ... he’s not all puffed up, and that’s endearing.”

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Bomar looks ahead as new UA Museums director By Samuel Yang | News Editor

William Bomar plans to increase national standing of UA Museums. UA News

William Bomar spent 16 years as the director of Moundville Archaeological Park, which he calls one of the nation’s most significant archaeological sites. But Bomar, recently named as The University of Alabama Museums Executive Director after serving as Interim Director since 2013, is now thinking 10 years into the future. “Broadly speaking, I want UA Museums to gain national notoriety among university museums and triple our educational impact in 10 years,” he said. The hiring of a curator in 1831 to produce exhibits in the Rotunda that once stood where Gorgas Library is today makes the University museum the oldest university museum in the country, he said. “The University of Alabama should be a national leader in teaching, research and public service through its museum system,” he said. Bomar leaves behind a Moundville Archaeological Park that has seen visitation increases after a $5 million renovation and is currently undergoing a $3 million riverbank project. He said he hopes the new director will continue projects like adding smart phone web content to

their cell phone audio tour. “[I also] hope that we will eventually be able to raise funds for the implementation of additional projects in the Moundville master plan beyond the museum, such as the construction of a modern conference/retreat center with lodging and a new orientation center with changing exhibit gallery,” he said. Betsy Irwin, education outreach coordinator at Moundville, said Bomar is a proven fundraiser, a quality she called vitally important. She said she expects Bomar to achieve accreditation with the American Alliance of Museums. “Moundville Archaeological Park and the Alabama Museum of Natural History have been working towards accreditation for a few years, and we need to continue moving forward in this process,” she said. She said she hopes Bomar, who has taught a museum studies course for six years, will institute a museum studies program. “Such a program would benefit Alabama students who want to go into the museum field,” she said. “UA Museums personnel have a unique perspective that I believe would enhance UA’s trifold mission of teaching, research and service.”

In his new position, Bomar will work with not only Moundville, but also other University museums sites like the Gorgas House and the Arboretum. “Over the last 26 years, I have worked in every type of museum represented by UA Museums, including museums of history and natural history, several outdoor heritage sites and a historic house museum,” he said. “I have also worked in museum education, collections and administration.” Bomar said his first priority was to bring together his staff and board to develop a strategic growth plan. He said he hopes to expand museum studies course offerings and better prepare students for museum careers. Bomar said the diverse collections held by the University, from fossils to textiles, have been valuable resources for research on a national scale. “I want to expand our role as facilitators of research and do far more to bring the fruits of that knowledge to the general public through state-of-the-art exhibits and the expansion of our quality educational programs,” he said. “That’s what museums do best. We are community centers for lifelong learning and critical thinking.”

Water center collaborates to make efﬁcient weather forecasts By Alana Norris | Contributing Writer The National Water Center on The University of Alabama campus is unlike any other in the country, and legislation that will fund its development is currently making its way towards final approval. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hydrology Laboratory Chief Don Cline said the 65,000 square foot green building, which was completed in December, will have two major components. “One is what we call operations, which is running models, bringing in data from across the country and using the data and the models to evaluate water resources, water availability and hazards like floods and droughts,” he said. “The other main function is research and development. It supports operations.” Senator Richard Shelby announced that the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science passed an appropriations bill alloting $4 million to the center for the 2015 fiscal year. The legislation has passed the Senate and must go through the House and the President’s budget, with an official decision available

Oct. 1. Cline is optimistic about the chances that it will be approved and said the $4 million would be used on centralized water forecasting demonstration, which has three parts. “One of the parts of this demonstration project is to bring all of that data from all 13 river forecast centers into one place and make it available as a data service. The second major part of the demonstration project is to evaluate the skill of our river forecast from those 13 centers and to evaluate the skill of new models so that we can make decisions about how to improve modeling and improve forecasting,” he said. “The third piece of that demonstration project is to actually centralize forecasting. Those three activities will take a few years to develop, but the $4 million dollars is to support that development.” The University has partnered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Army Corps of Engineers. FEMA and Fish and Wildlife have also had a hand in working with the center. Shelby Legislative Correspondent Jennifer Deci said NOAA’s National Weather Service will be the facility’s primary user.

National Water Center gathers data to predict floods and weather events. CW / Hanna Curlette “The goal is to coordinate activities such as flood warnings, drought predictions, longterm monitoring and research,” she said. “The National Water Center will push the envelope of innovative research through computer modeling and development of new technologies in order to advance our nation’s ability to better forecast, better warn and better prepare for weather events.”

The center will also be collaborating with the University to do research. Interim Provost Joe Benson said the center will allow faculty and students to work with federal scientists in addressing “issues of mutual interest.” “From the standpoint of the community, the center, when fully staffed, will bring up to 200 professionals to Tuscaloosa, which will have a positive impact on the local economy,” he said.

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After the April 27, 2011 tornadoes, Tuscaloosa businesses have started to return to the area. CW/ CW File (left) Hanna Curlette (right)

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weeks and months. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like starting a practice over while youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still trying to run one.â&#x20AC;? Small businesses that were decisive and quick, Cormier said, were more successful in their attempts to reopen. He said it ultimately took six to eight months to rebuild patient volume and a year to sort out insurance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seemed like the whole community really kind of went into a holding pattern,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until the University started back in the fall ... that people kind of got back into a little bit of a normal routine. The summer, I think, was very odd. It was just slow. I think a lot of the community as a whole got into a little bit of a funk. It took a little while for that to kind of work itself out.â&#x20AC;?

Public Outreach Coordinator for Recovery Operations Megan Brantley said many businesses could not build back immediately because of updated building codes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whether you are dealing with new construction or a repair, you are working through insurance and updated building standards/development codes,â&#x20AC;? city of Tuscaloosa Director of Economic Development Brendan Moore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each of those situations would be unique and likely occur on different timelines.â&#x20AC;? In March, Mayor Walt Maddox tweeted that Miloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hamburgers had been shown locations. In May, the official Miloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hamburgers twitter account confirmed plans to return. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Miloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is analyzing our market for the best fit, and we are optimistic about their future in Tuscaloosa,â&#x20AC;? Moore said. He said another area of interest and growth is East Tuscaloosa, which is rebuilding its fire station and police precinct. Also returning to East Tuscaloosa is New China

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projected to grow by about two percent over the next few years, falling short of some expenses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a lot of expenses, particularly health benefits and those expenses that are growing in excess of 7 percent,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are just some things that we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t control.â&#x20AC;? The allocation for The University of Alabama System in the Education Trust Fund grew by one percent this year, from about $450 million to just over $455 million. According to a report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a non-profit think tank, Alabama has cut nearly 38 percent from spending on higher education since 2008. This translates to a $4,413 decrease in spending per student in the state as a whole. Hayes said the increased tuition will go towards maintaining the standards of quality students at The University of Alabama expect.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are new classrooms planned and additional faculty support, additional support to the students,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s balancing trying to be as efficient and effective as possible and keep our tuition as low as possible, but trying to provide the quality of education students here expect. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a balancing act.â&#x20AC;? Tuition costs also rose at The University of Alabama at Birmingham by $188 per semester for in-state students and $413 for out-of-state students. Tuition costs at The University of Alabama at Huntsville were decreased because of restructuring in their tuition payment plan. Hayes said The University of Alabama has already made similar changes to their payment plan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What UAH is doing is what UA already has,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you take 12 hours then that extra hour, [it] is at the same level as the 12 hours, called block tuition. University of Alabama at Huntsville was not doing that. In other words, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at 12 hours and if you take a 13th hour itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an additional payment. So theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re restructuring to be more like The University of Alabama.â&#x20AC;?

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Faculty and graduate students have traditionally conducted research on university campuses, but within the past few decades, there has been a shift to focus attention on undergraduate research as well. The University of Alabama Computer-Based Honors Program is one of the programs that began to encourage undergraduate research. The Randall Award recognizes undergraduates involved in research activity and was awarded this year to 15 students. After nominations by faculty and staff research directors, winners are selected by a panel composed of research faculty and past Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award winners. Josh Moon, recipient of the Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, has published two papers with this faculty advisor and said he began undergraduate research as a way to supplement what he learned in class. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It provides a unique opportunity for students to have valuable learning experiences that go beyond just the basic knowledge you learn by taking classes, as well as a certain degree of professional development from interacting with a faculty advisor,â&#x20AC;? he said. Shuwen Yue, also a recipient, said research makes students think beyond coursework and should be considered by every undergraduate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think research is critically important no matter what field you are in,â&#x20AC;? she said. Moon said these numerous research opportunities helped him choose to attend the University, and he said he is glad that the University seems to push so strongly for undergraduate research.

The award winners pose with University of Alabama president Judy Bonner. UA News â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d strongly recommend other undergraduates to consider research, even if their long-term goals donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily involve research,â&#x20AC;? Moon said. The recipients and their faculty advisors will be honored at a luncheon during Honors Week. Meredith Rickard was awarded the Henry Pettus Randall Jr. Endowed Scholarship. The Randall Award was given to Moon, Yue, Lindsay Cobb, Molly Cook, Elizabeth Haley, Ronneshia Jackson, Nicole Kernahan, Tom Ludwig, Joshua Moon, Michael Raddatz, Robert Rosati, Abigail Shelton, Samantha Tilson, Morgan Whitaker and Leighton Wilson.

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UA grad’s documentary airs on Alabama Public TV By Haylie Sanderson | Contributing Writer To many people, the name of folk artist Lois Wilson might not mean much, but to Alexandra Branyon, University of Alabama graduate and director of the documentary “Treasures from the Rubble,” it brings inspiration. “College students are intrigued that Lois Wilson studied architecture at Auburn University, studied art in Boston and New York City and was exposed to art in Europe,” Branyon said. “Yet everything she had been taught about art, she removed from her memory in order to get back to where a 6-year-old child would be, where a folk artist would be. She wanted to be self-taught.” The documentary, set to air Sunday on Alabama Public Television, tells the story of Wilson’s life, her art and the founding of the Fayette Art Museum. Wilson, born in 1905 in Fayette, Alabama, abandoned what she learned in years of traditional art training in favor of an entirely different approach – creating art from found objects. The Fayette Art Museum was born out of Wilson’s desire for her work to be saved and appreciated. Wilson corresponded with Fayette journalist Jack Black, and in 1969, she sent him 2,600 pieces of art, created by herself and other artists, which would become the museum’s backbone. Branyon, also from Fayette, Alabama, looked to Black as a mentor when she was in high school. A conversation with him on the University of Alabama campus in February 2000 led to the creation of “Treasures from the Rubble.” “[Black] began talking about Lois Wilson and the absorbing letters she wrote to him,” Branyon said. “My wheels started spinning. I asked him if anyone had done a documentary on this. He said ‘No.’ I replied, ‘Then I will.’” “Treasures from the Rubble” premiered in May 2012 at the Tupelo Film Festival. Since then, it has been featured at the Female Eye Festival, and the Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival.

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Not only did Branyon direct the film, she also wrote the script and provided the voiceover of Lois Wilson. Most of the film’s storyline came directly from Wilson’s letters, but Branyon found inspiration from several other sources, including the poetry of Shakespeare and Milton, as well as her own subconscious. “I tell my students to leave space in your life for solitude, to see what comes to you when you have cleared your mind of all thoughts,” Branyon said. “What came to my mind was the Spirit of Lois Wilson, the little Charlie Chaplin figure who drifts through the film without the sound of footsteps.” For the film’s music, Branyon enlisted the help of longtime friend and musical collaborator, Margaret Kitchings. Kitchings composed the film’s music, sang the vocals and played the role of the Spirit of Lois Wilson. “The difficult part was coming up with different musical themes for each character and each mood,” she said. “It was very challenging, but Alexandra made it much easier because she had a very intent, clear focus about what she wanted to do with it.” Before starting to work on the music, Kitchings traveled to Fayette with Branyon and the film’s crew. “I just got the feeling of the place and the people,” Kitchings said. “There was an old piano upstairs in the museum itself, and I was so glad to see it there because ideas just came to my head. I started to understand the different artists, their backgrounds and their work.”

“Treasures from the Rubble” examines Lois Wilson’s folk art. Photo Courtesy of Alabama Public Television

Kitchings said she hopes the film conveys that same understanding and appreciation to its audience. “I certainly hope the audience gets a feeling of love for the artists and their work,” Kitchings said. “I wanted the music to be able to put that forth.”

COLUMN | MUSIC

Shazam provides convenience for mobile music fans By Amy Marino

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Living in Nashville for the summer and being exposed to new, incredible music on a daily basis, I could not more willfully shower the app, Shazam, with compliments. Available on the iTunes app store for free, Shazam takes a 10 second acoustic fingerprint of a song playing, whether from radio, cinema or television, and sends it to a database made up of more than 11 million songs and quickly finds a match. Songs are rarely unidentifiable, but most of the

time this is a result of me talking during the recording or trying to record the tail end of a song. Even more conveniently, Shazam keeps a record of your recently “tagged” songs, which allows the user to go back and browse through them or buy them and have them directly added to their music library. For me, it has been the most valuable tool for quickly identifying and keeping track of new music. Instead of frantically texting myself bits of lyrics that I remember (which are usually wrong) from a catchy song I hear in passing, I can just whip out my handy dandy iPhone, click on my Shazam

Daniel Barnes celebrates his internship outside of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Photo Courtesy of Daniel Barnes.

UA student interns through Emmys By Hannah Widener | Contributing Writer Not many people get to work at their dream jobs immediately after college, but in between going to “Chelsea Lately” show tapings and book signings with Kendall and Kylie Jenner, Daniel Barnes is doing just that. This summer, Barnes will complete an internship with the Emmys in Los Angeles, California. He’s one of 12 University of Alabama Telecommunication and Film students who have been placed around the Los Angeles area for a once-in-a-lifetime internship program for the next two months. “In order to be in the program, you have to be a currently enrolled student, so what I did was delay my graduation till August,” Barnes said. “I still did the walk and everything with my class in May, but now when I graduate in August, hopefully I will be able to stay out here. I’m going to be networking the entire summer, so I’m hoping it will land me a job once I finish my internship with the Emmys.” Barnes received the opportunity to apply for the internship through his TCF 444 “TCF in Los Angeles” class, taught by Rachel Raimist. He is only the second University of Alabama TCF major to be selected for the Emmys internship. Out of a pool of more than 2,000 applicants, only 30 are selected nationwide. The Emmys places its interns at a variety of host companies in the L.A. area. Barnes works in children’s programming ad development at a new network called the Hub, who are partnered with the Hasbro toy company and the Discovery network. “I’ll be doing a lot of script coverage, and I’ll be in a lot of production meetings about how to get the word out about the Hub network,” Barnes said. Although the internship only lasts two months, Barnes said he has met people who he will work with throughout his career. “Networking is everything out here,” Barnes said. “It’s all about asking someone to coffee or taking them to

dinner. The Emmys really stresses that all of your peers that you’re interning with will eventually be your coworkers in the industry for the rest of your life.” The internship’s setup resembles a study abroad program where students pay one set price that covers both the class and living expenses. “The apartments are fully furnished with pots and pans and bedding,” Barnes said. “It’s more like an extended stay hotel. A lot of child actors live here. In the convenience store, there are head shots of all these child actors who used to live here, such as Raven Symoné and Kyle Massey.” Last year, Barnes didn’t make it past the first round when he applied to the program. This year, Raimist pushed Barnes to apply again and really go for it, which he did. Unlike his previous cover letter, which Barnes said he treated like a bank statement, this year’s needed to stand out. Barnes said he wrote his cover letter as a narrative about his life and why he loved film. Raimist helped Daniel throughout the application process, meeting him five to six times in person and also via Google Hangout for several hours at a time. “I think seeing that most of the interns come from USC, NYU and other top film schools in the country motivated him to really spend a lot of time preparing his materials,” Raimist said. “I think he was open to suggestions and feedback.” In addition to helping Barnes, Raimist hosted an “LA boot camp” orientation in November of 2013, where she went over resume formats and cover letters. Then, she met with each student many times in the Spring to go over application drafts. “When a student’s life, dreams and career are impacted by an experience I can provide, it is amazing,” Raimist said. “If a lesson I teach on writing the opening paragraph of a cover letter can help get one of my students the top internship in our field, it feels worth all the time and energy I spend ‘producing’ this course.”

app and have the name and artist in a matter of seconds. This application is actually one of the major reasons I wanted a smartphone in the first place. Yes, I know that maybe it’s old news that such an app exists, but as I was driving down the road this morning on the way to work, bobbing my head to some unknown song on the radio, immediately Shazam-ing it to soon find out it was actually called “Trash Can” by Delta Spirit, I could not help but be thankful for the convenience of modern music technology.

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COLUMN | FILM

Marvel superhero movies provide fun escape, Stan Lee’s voice By Hannah Widener I’m in hiding. Not from the government or the police, but from a much larger problem: my graduating class. Due to the small confines of my town’s borders, everyone I’ve ever known since birth is all back for the summer and smushed into one place. Everywhere I go, I am a moving target, and I can only hide myself so well in broad daylight. The one place that used to be my saving grace is now my worst nightmare come to life: the movie theater. I don’t make it there that often, but when I do let’s just say it is for a very specific reason. Has anyone ever heard of the man named Stan Lee? If you haven’t, then I’m not sure if we can be friends. He is a genius, the creator of all things Marvel comics. The first time I heard his majestic voice was while playing the very first Spider-Man PC game. As a kid I had to know about the man behind that velvety voice. I grew to love Stan Lee because he believed so strongly in the heroes he had created. Poring over my dad’s Spider-Man encyclopedia (yes, it does exist, and I now also own the Marvel Universe encyclopedia) I would get lost in bios and comic strip bits for hours.

My cousin, her husband, my parents and I now have what we lovingly refer to as “Marvel family movie night.” We all don our uniform t-shirt, whether it is X-Men, Spiderman or Captain America. Not too many people I went to high school with knew how deep my comic book love ran. Now when I see them at the movie theater, it’s even more awkward because followed by the conversations are the questioning looks at my family of Marvel bandits. Marvel Studios’ next release, “Guardians of the Galaxy,” comes out on August 1. Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper and more, “Guardians of the Galaxy” tells the story of Peter Quill (Pratt), an American pilot who teams up with a group of misfits to protect a powerful orb. With movies such as “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” there is no way I can stay away from the movie theater this summer. While I may fear the awkward conversations with people and the questioning glances, I’ve also come to realize something important. I don’t care. Truth be told I’m not the person I once was in high school, because now I’m finally being me. My true colors are showing, only now they happen to be in shades of red and blue in the shape of a Spider-Man symbol on

“X-Men: Days of Future Past” (left) and “Guardians of the Galaxy” (right) provide an escape from the pressures of summer. Rotten Tomatoes my shirt, worn proudly in a dark theater, in the hope of spotting the man behind the voice, Stan Lee, make an appearance on screen.

Tuscaloosa native ‘Drawn to the Light’ in new exhibit By John Hinshaw | Contributing Writer

Evan Wilson’s paintings explore the interaction between light and life. Photos courtesy of Evan Wilson

At the Tuscaloosa Museum of Art, an exhibit called “Drawn to the Light” allows the viewer to see light through the eyes of artist Evan Wilson. Each painting takes advantage of the various ways in which light can be used and seen. “Light wasn’t one of the main focuses of my painting until I saw the paintings of Jon Singer Sargent, Sorolla and the Impressionist painters,” Wilson said. “Aside from light, a main theme or interest in my work is the ephemeral nature of life. It is very fleeting.” Wilson, a Tuscaloosa native, currently resides in Hoosick, New York. His paintings have been featured in museums across the country, in Italy and in the Dominican Republic.

“Drawn to the Light,” displayed from April 25 to July 4, is not Wilson’s first exhibit in Tuscaloosa. His paintings were also displayed in 2000 at the J.R. Leigh Gallery. Although he’s an accomplished artist, Wilson said he still enjoys displaying his work in his hometown. “It was great – a very nice collection of paintings,” he said. “They were very open to my exhibition ideas.” In addition to the “Drawn to the Light” exhibit, Wilson has several other pieces in the Tuscaloosa Museum of Art. “We have 21 pieces done by Mr. Wilson in our permanent collection here at the museum,” said museum coordinator William Hawkins. “Working with Mr. Wilson has been a great experience.”

As museum coordinator, Hawkins handles curatorial duties, education and tour scheduling for the Tuscaloosa Museum of Art. “We have seen an increase in numbers with visitors and in knowledge of the collection as a wh o l e throughout the community,” Hawkins said. After the success of Wilson’s exhibit, Hawkins said the Tuscaloosa Museum of Art plans to feature similar exhibitions in the future. “We plan to host one a year on varying subject matter and artist,” he said. “We did host the City Schools Superintendent show this past year and plan on doing so in the future, but we are also working on a couple of others as well.”

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UA track and ﬁeld wins two titles By Kayla Montgomery | Staff Reporter

Hayden Reed (top) and Remona Burchell win individual titles at championships. UA Athletics

After a pair of individual top titles at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships held June 11 to 14, the Alabama men’s and women’s track and field teams finished the 2014 outdoor season 15th and 18th, respectively. “Our success this year is a testament to the hard work of our athletes and staff, and it’s another step forward for our program,” Alabama coach Dan Waters said in a press release. This marked the second consecutive top-15 finish for the men and the best finish for the Alabama women since 2006. This was the first time that both teams finished in the top 20 since the year 2000. Despite the teams’ positive finishes, redshirt freshman thrower Hayden Reed, one part of Alabama’s championship duo, said the team’s final rankings could have been even higher if not for bumps in the road throughout the year. “The underside, what no one really knows, is we should have done a lot better,” Reed said. “It’s great to finish like we did, but a lot of injuries occurred and things happened that, if they wouldn’t have, we would have been a lot higher. You always have the what-ifs, but even the way

we finished, we’re headed in the right direction and just need to keep heading that way.” Alabama’s two individual championship titles came on Friday, the third day of the championship event in Eugene, Oregon. Junior sprinter Remona Burchell secured the Crimson Tide’s first championship of the meet with her finish in the 100-meter final. Against a strong headwind, Burchell recorded a time of 11.25, and became Alabama’s first female 100-meter champion. Although Burchell, who was the favorite entering the race, enjoyed her championship win, she said her winning time wasn’t quite what she wanted it to be. “I was happy,” Burchell said. “I knew I had it in me to do it, so it was a little bit expected. I was happy, but I wasn’t overly excited.” Burchell also became the first Alabama woman to win an outdoor national championship in any event since 2005, and became the first Alabama sprinter to win indoor and outdoor titles in the same year, as she also won the 60-meters during the indoor season. After a successful season in only her first year at Alabama, the junior college transfer said she has simple goals for the year to come. “[I’ll] train hard and hope I can do the same

thing next year,” Burchell said. Reed secured the second Crimson Tide championship, winning the discus championship on his final throw. He completed a throw of 205 feet and 10 inches, which put him over two feet ahead of two-time NCAA Champion and collegiate-record holder Julian Wruck of UCLA. With the throw, Reed’s second best of the season, he became only the second freshman to win the outdoor discus title in NCAA history, and only the third thrower in Alabama men’s history to win an NCAA championship. “It was really cool to be able to do that, especially for Alabama and to have that ‘A’ on your chest when you do it,” Reed said. Reed also said a large reason for their success has everything to do with the coaches and the main lesson they instill in their athletes. “It’s definitely just how to compete. The coaching we have is unmatched anywhere else. That’s the real reason we have young people doing well, because the coaches know that they’re doing and do it well,” he said. After the Championships, fourteen members of the track and field team earned All-American status, with eight men and six women receiving the honors. Alabama also had five athletes receive honorable mentions.

COLUMN | NBA

NBA Finals game about Spurs, not LeBron James By Sean Landry By now you probably know about the Miami Heat losing – and not just losing, but losing spectacularly – to the San Antonio Spurs, 4-1 in the NBA Finals. Undoubtedly, some of you are using this championship to talk about a 29-year-old man’s legacy, many years before it’s determined. For you, loyal NBA fans, I have but a simple request. Stop talking about LeBron James. Just for now. Just for a little while. Please. This year’s Finals were not about LeBron’s failures. After the Game 1 exit with cramps, LeBron played incredibly well, scoring above 30 points twice, and doing his best to carry his team to victory. And if you say LeBron should have played through the cramps, stop it. You haven’t got a clue what you’re talking about, and that’s putting it nicely. Dwyane Wade was next to useless, a husk of his former self at 32, no longer the player

that won the NBA Finals MVP in 2006. In the NBA, no player can carry his team to a Championship all by himself. Michael Jordan couldn’t do it, and LeBron – who is the best player since Michael Jordan, at least – can’t do it either. But enough about LeBron. This Championship is really about three things, all San Antonio related. The Spurs won because of their system, one of the best bigs ever to play the game in Tim Duncan and one of the most exciting young players in basketball who should be loved and respected by all NBA fans in Kawhi Leonard. In the movie “Hoosiers,” there’s a famous scene in which Gene Hackman orders the team of misfits he’s coaching to pass the ball a minimum of four times before they shoot. The extra pass led the less-athletic Hickory High to the Indiana State Championship, much like the ever-present extra pass led the Spurs to their fifth title. To a basketball fan, the Spurs are an ideal

basketball team. Their offense is perfectly timed, full of back screens for corner threes, perfect floor spacing and, above all, finding the open man. To use the cliché, the San Antonio offense is poetry in motion. What I’m saying is Gregg Popovich is Gene Hackman. Of course, having Tim Duncan doesn’t hurt. Tommy Deas, sports editor for the Tuscaloosa News, once told me Tim Duncan was the most fundamentally sound big man he’d ever seen. Duncan’s not huge, not a replica Shaquille O’Neal or even Hakeem Olajuwon. His arms are long, sure, but there’s a reason people call him the Big Fundamental. His drop step is unstoppable. He’s in position before his defender has any clue what’s happening, and once he moves to the glass, there’s next to no chance of stopping him. Part of what made the 2013 Championship so shocking was the missed short jumper by Duncan in Game 6 – something I

The San Antonio Spurs celebrate their 4-1 win in the NBA finals. MCT Campus never thought I’d see in that situation. In a Finals full of remarkable achievements, none should receive as much praise as Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard. Leonard was a shutdown defender, one of maybe three players in the Association who could effectively defend LeBron James. Leonard’s one of the hardest working, most likable players in basketball today.

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Classic winners,” said Turner, a senior majoring in biology. “Especially with that kind of competition, people definitely liked us the most and were talking about us the most. People were recognizing me by name.” The Doctors and the Lawyers played three sets at the four-daylong music festival: one on Thursday afternoon, one on Saturday night and a bonus set on The Music Bus ROCKS!, an Austin, Texasbased bus and traveling music venue that set up camp near festival grounds. “What’s special about the bus is those set lists aren’t announced,” Turner said. “People don’t know who’s playing at the bus on any given night, so the fact that people who didn’t know who we are just came up and liked our music means more than seeing a name and being like ‘Oh, I should probably like those guys, so I’ll go see them.’ They liked just what they heard, instead of any kind of rumors rolling around.” Ryan Tarpey, a senior majoring in consumer science and a friend of the band members, attended Wakarusa and saw all three of the Doctors and the Lawyers’ sets. “There is a high level of potential with a lot of their songs, especially the newer ones,” Tarpey said. “It was nice to see how the songs they have already done evolved to match the festival crowd.

They feel like a band who is starting to find their sound and focus on it.” Performing for live music fans at Wakarusa provided a completely different experience than playing at the bars in Tuscaloosa, Brooks said. “To have people so into your music everywhere you play, every time you play – there’s not really a better feeling,” Brooks said. “I didn’t realize to what extent that was going to be until we got up there. People had already heard of us when we got up there. People were excited to meet us, excited to hear us.” The Doctors and the Lawyers received widespread praise from other bands at Wakarusa for their strong social media presence. In the days immediately following the festival, the band saw a jump in Facebook likes, — Evan Brooks Spotify and YouTube plays, music (downloads and more.) “If you see a good band at the festival, first thing you do is type it into Google,” Brooks said. “We’re just trying to update [social media] with all the stuff we have from Wakarusa so the people from Wakarusa, when they’re Googling us, they can be like, ‘This is definitely the band that I saw.’ People’s attention spans are really small, so you only have a small window to get that up.”

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While The Doctors and the Lawyers might play a few more shows this summer, Brooks said the band’s main focus right now is to save money to buy a van and produce its first full-length album. However, by this time next year, Turner said the band hopes to have a summer chock-full of music festival appearances. “Bands that I feel like we just blew out of the water, they’re playing all over the place and it makes me wonder: how come we’re not?” Turner said. “We should be doing that. It’s just a little extra push. If these guys can do it, we can definitely do it.”

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UA pitcher drafted to Tigers By Sean Landry | Sports Editor

Spencer Turnbull. CW File

Former Alabama A right-handed Spenc Turnbull isn’t typical. pitcher Spencer T The Detroit Tigers draftee, like most a professional athletes, stands out: the Alabam native finished the 2014 21-year-old Alabama Alab season at Alabama with a 2.22 ERA and .192 opposin opposing batting average, numbers in the top ranks of the SEC. Above all, Spencer Turnbull is Th quiet. There isn’t anything wrong with him – quite the opposite, actually. He’s just far from what one exp might expect when one thinks of an elite SEC pitcher-turned-2nd-rounddraft-pick. app “He approaches [baseball] different from a lot of other ballplayers,” Turnbull’s father, Jim Turnbull, “He always thinking, selfsaid. “He’s correcting trying to improve, adjustcorrecting, min but he doesn’t talk to a ing his mind, peop about it. He just thinks lot of people o his own. It’s very interit through on a every so often you see nal of him, and that ‘oomph’ or something that he would reall critical pitch he executed show after a really diffe right. . . .It’s just different, because a lot of guys ‘r in baseball are really ‘rah-rah’ and very outgoing He’ never had that bluster to and very outspoken. He’s actio take care of it.” him. He’s just let his actions From the start, Spencer Turnbull was something of a contradiction: a young standout who didn’t have h plans until he’d already Major League Baseball in his H coaches felt he was so started his college career. His ag that he skipped tee-ball promising at such a young age as a five year old, his father sai said. “He went straight to coach pitch,” Jim Turnbull said. “He hit the ball too hard.” Even with that early sign, the Turnbulls said they weren’t certain of Spencer’s po potential until much further h was going through the down the road. It wasn’t until he Tu recruitment process that the Turnbulls said they began to wa feasible. realize professional baseball was co “We didn’t really know how competitive he could be, and practic where he was trying to then in the fall baseball practices see if he could fit at Alabama at all, [pitching] coach [Dax] jus basically said ‘Your boy’s Norris came out one day and just sa gonna be okay,’” Jim Turnbull said. Spence Turnbull turned into a Norris wasn’t wrong. Spencer fast powerful fastballer, with his fastest pitch topping out a 98 major Spencer Turnbull, howmph, a rarity even in the majors. scho ever, wasn’t on an athletic scholarship at Alabama. The Finalis which earned him a full pitcher is a National Merit Finalist,

academic scholarship. Part of the reason Spencer Turnbull chose Alabama was the strength of its academic programs, his parents said. “I think it was a big chunk of his decision making,” Jim Turnbull said. Spencer Turnbull hasn’t finished his degree and left Alabama after his junior year, but before Major League Baseball came calling, he said academic standing was one of the most important criteria in his college decision. “I think when I started the process, it was number one,” Spencer Turnbull said. “Well, I guess it wasn’t number one. Baseball was number one, but it was pretty much just as important.” Spencer Turnbull’s mother, Missy Turnbull, is an Alabama alumna, and Jim Turnbull grew up as an Alabama football fan in New York. “I didn’t grow up in the South, but I’ve always been an Alabama fan since I was a little boy, so it was awesome seeing him come out in that uniform,” Jim Turnbull said. The Turnbulls are an Alabama family, which Spencer said made playing for the Crimson Tide that much more special. “I grew up in Alabama, so I was always an Alabama fan,” Spencer Turnbull said. “At the end of the day, that’s always where I wanted to go.” Spencer Turnbull said Alabama and the baseball coaching staff led by head coach Mitch Gaspard helped his growth in academic, athletic and personal ways. “One of the biggest parts they helped me with when I got there was just growing up,” he said. “Learning to be more confident in my own ability, especially when I first got there, having a perseverance and a mindset that never gives in.” Gaspard and his staff supplemented the competitive spirit that Spencer Turnbull said he was born with. “I’ve always been super competitive, ever since I was a little kid,” he said. “That’s just kind of like who I am. It doesn’t show outwardly, but that’s just who I am. I’ve never been one to stop competing, especially on the mound.” His time at Alabama has paid off for the Madison Central High School graduate. Spencer Turnbull, drafted in the second round by the Detroit Tigers, 63rd overall, just signed a contract with a $900,600 signing bonus. This is at once a surprise and the end of many years’ preparation. “I didn’t know I was going to get picked that night until I heard my name called out on the TV, so that was really cool,” Spencer Turnbull said. Spencer Turnbull is in Lakeland, Florida, at the Tigers’ training facility, but hopes to be playing for the Connecticut Tigers, Detroit’s single-A short-season affiliate soon. The Demopolis native said he’s grateful for his opportunities at Alabama. “If I had gone somewhere else, I might not have gotten the same opportunities, or gotten drafted, or gotten drafted as high as I did,” he said. “Thanks again for them teaching me how to grow into the man I’m becoming. I might be wearing a Detroit uniform now, but I’m always going to be an Alabama fan.”

Sean Landry | Editor sports@cw.ua.edu

SPORTSIN BRIEF Boathouse on track By Carolina Gazzara | Staff Reporter When Alabama rowing coach Larry Davis drives past the construction on Jack Warner Parkway, he sees the continuous progress of the newest addition to the athletics facilities. Slated to be finished before the fall semester begins, the new state-ofthe-art rowing boathouse and locker rooms are still on track to be completed on time. “Honestly, each time you go by, you see a little more stuff done,” Davis said. “We’ve had a chance to go over there about every two to three weeks and take a look and see how things are. And based on the conversations we’ve had with the construction people, things are proceeding the way we hoped they would. “So we’re still looking to be able to have the construction and everything wrapped up on both areas – one that’s better office and locker room space. And one that’s workout area that’s up in the recreation center that’s being built. And the other part is the boathouse down at the waterfront.” Previously, the team had been using a makeshift complex to store the boats, and equipment to practice, which was across the river. The recent expansion of the program prompted the University to create an area specifically for rowing. The boathouse, which will be located on Manderson Landing, will house all of the team’s equipment and boats. Davis said he had a small role in the design of the building, giving small suggestions to the designers about how to get the boats in the water easily and what would be best for the team. The second half of the new complex will be located in the new recreation center in the Presidential Village complex. It will include Coaches’ offices, locker rooms and a lounge. Though the two areas will be split up by a hill and the road, knowing the new facility is only a short walk away lessens rowers’ concerns about crossing the street, Davis said.

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