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Run, Run, Remona After a record-breaking year with the Crimson Tide, Remona Burchell looks toward the future By Kayla Montgomery | Staff Reporter For Alabama track and field athlete Remona Burchell, 2014 was a recordbreaking year. The junior sprinter took home a championship title during both the indoor and outdoor seasons, shattered records with her times in the 100-meter sprints and has racked up numerous “Alabama’s first” titles. When asked about her success, the Montego Bay, Jamaica, native smiled and looked away before describing her year as “unexpected,” a mantra she has repeated since her top finish in the 100-meter at the June NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Before she was winning championships, Burchell was competing in her home country’s sport days around age seven or eight. She said she remembers participating in various creative activities and ultimately developing a love for track, but since then, she said, she hasn’t looked back. “We do different stuff [at sports day], we don’t just run the 100 and the 200,” Burchell said. “We have like a spoon with a lemon in it, and we walk with it. If it falls out, we have to pick it up and start over again. We have like oranges lined up, we had to pick up the furthest one and put it in our pan – I got involved in track and field when I was young and never stopped.” Burchell’s love for the sport continued to grow as she eventually competed for Herbert Morrison High School, where she transferred to increase her focus on track. “From there, I got to learn to love the sport more,” she said. “It has brought me to my junior college, and now here. I didn’t expect to be running this fast Remona Burchell caps off a successful first year at the University with a top finish at the NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships. UA Athletics

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Noyce Scholars Program readies future teachers New program seeks to qualify teachers in STEM education By Maria Beddingfield | Chief Copy Editor Students at The University of Alabama have been encouraged to pursue STEM majors and careers through undergraduate research, clubs, societies and programs. Now, the Noyce Scholars Program, in its first year at the University, is joining that push. Dennis Sunal, a UA professor in post-secondary science education and director of the program, said that he has wanted to bring the Noyce Scholars Program to the University for more than 10 years. The two primary goals of the program are increasing and diversifying the number of college students who graduate in the fields of chemistry, math or physics and encouraging those graduates to consider teaching in high-needs secondary schools across Alabama. “For students who are starting out in the

[STEM] programs, we would like them to continue on,” Sunal said. “Provide some support, provide them with some type of career orientation and exploration so they can see, ‘Well, where can I go with my chemistry major?’ or ‘Where can I go with my math major?’ And so, the second part is getting these majors to recognize that one major occupation area in these fields is teaching.” One of the UA participants, LizAnne Espy, a sophomore majoring in math, said even though she is not sure what career she wants to pursue, the internship opened her eyes to the array of possibilities available to her as a math major. “We took a lot of tours of the engineering buildings, and we saw all the technology they use, and we went to Matthews Elementary School and helped with their [Summer Enrichment Workshop] program,” she said. “It was cool to see how broad science is and what all you can do with it and [how you can] use it in different occupations and different ways.”

Marilyn Stephens, a former high school teacher who is pursuing a doctorate in postsecondary science education, is project coordinator for the UA Noyce internship and said the need for chemistry and physics teachers at the high school level is tremendous across the country. “Sixty-one percent of chemistry teachers, nationwide, are teaching without a concentration in chemistry. Sixty six percent of physics teachers are teaching without a concentration in physics,” Stephens said. “Of that 61 and 66 percent, some aren’t even certified to teach either subject.” Participating in the UA Noyce internship is one way to show students all that can be done with a major in chemistry, math or physics. UA participant, AnnaCarrol Jones, a sophomore majoring in chemistry, said the internship was a good introduction to various STEM jobs, but with a focus on teaching. “With [the involvement in S.E.W.], we were just observing teachers, seeing how they did lesson plans. We also had interviews with

Noyce interns work to improve education in the sciences. Photo Courtesy of Marilyn Stephens teachers,” she said. “We had a teacher panel and asked them how their day-by-day went and all that kind of stuff.” In addition to the panel of teachers at Matthews Elementary, they were able to talk to a panel of UA professors who are conducting research, so they were exposed to a SEE NOYCE PAGE 13

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Student solves real world problems Data Science for Social Good solves social issues with stats By Samuel Yang | News Editor There are two kinds of people in two different worlds facing two different problems. On the one hand are students looking to make a social impact but can’t find the right kind of work. On the other hand are organizations trying to make change but can’t find the right talent. The Data Science for Social Good fellowship was established to bridge that gap. According to Rayid Ghani, research director at the Argonne National Laboratory and University of Chicago’s Computation Institute, students with certain skills often apply their skills to corporate work that lacks the social impact that could motivate and excite them. “They have the skills to [make a social impact],” Ghani said. “They just don’t know about the problems.”

Joseph Walsh, doctoral student in political science at The University of Alabama, was a fellow in the Data Science for Social Good program last year. This year, he was invited back as a mentor. As a fellow, he worked on a project as part of a four-member team. For the twelve-week program, of which they are currently in the fourth, he will oversee two teams working on two projects. One project is with the Chicago Public School system, which he said has struggled to accurately allocate its budget every year because of the difficulty in predicting enrollment. “Last year, there were two schools where they were off by more than a million dollars,” he said. For more than a dozen schools, the margin was over $500,000, an error that results in the firing of teachers. “And it’s all at the last second,” he said. “We’re trying to come up with a better

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UA grads deemed “impressive” Abbey Crain and Matt Ford, authors of The Crimson White’s “The Final Barrier: 50 Years Later, Segregation Still Exists,” were featured in Business Insider’s “12 Incredibly Impressive Students Who Graduated College This Year.” The story, which garnered national attention, led to Continuous Open Bidding. According to Business Insider, Ford and Crain plan to pursue journalism careers in New York City.

Makeover begins Wednesday A summer wellness program focused on exercise and diet will be kick off with a pool party from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Open to UA faculty, staff and their families, the party marks the beginning of the Summer Family Makeover, a five-week challenge. Prizes will be drawn throughout. Register at wellness@ua.edu.

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Camp heads to Perry County The public camp week of Expedition 36 ends Saturday. Held by the Alabama Museum of Natural History, the camp focused on archaeology this year. Participants will travel to Perry County to search for evidence of an ancestral home for a family that settled Alabama pre-statehood. A camp for middle school students was held the week of June 9, and a camp for high school students was held the week of June 16. The public camp week began June 23. Compiled by Samuel Yang

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Southwest border to deal with this crisis.” While open to suggestions, Johnson said he isn’t currently considering sending the National Guard to assist with border security. The White House declined Tuesday to say how many children Customs and Border Protection had caught and released thus far. “I think we can all stipulate that that number is too high,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said in the daily briefing. “And that’s why you have seen an investment – a surge, in fact – of resources by this administration to try to address what is a large and growing problem along our southern border.” Customs and Border Protection Deputy Chief Ronald Vi t i e l l o told lawmakers that his agents have the necessary resources to handle the children.

The nation’s top homeland security offi cial on Tuesday defended his department’s handling of unaccompanied children crossing the U.S. border from Mexico, turning aside Republican demands for a National Guard presence there even as officials predict the surge will continue into next year. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson outlined to the House Homeland Security Committee a series of measures he said would address the issue, from working to dismantle smuggling operations to launching a public relations campaign in Central America urging parents not to send their children north. “I believe we will stem this tide,” Johnson testified. More than 47,000 unaccompanied children – mostly from Guatemala, El

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Salvador and Honduras – have crossed the U.S. border this year, with a high concentration landing in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. Customs and Border Protection agents apprehend about 250 children a day, and CBP offi cials estimate that 150,000 children might cross the border next year. Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, lambasted President Barack O b a m a ’s immigration policies and blamed the administration for what both parties describe as a humanitarian crisis. “I personally believe this administration’s policies have contributed to this problem, and have encouraged more people to come,” McCaul said. Reading earlier from a prepared statement, he said “the president needs to immediately send the National Guard to the

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go to keep its Chinese partnerships on track. The alternative is to become an Hollywood studios, salivating over L.A. studio branded by Chinese China’s booming movie market, are business partners as unreliable in the falling over themselves to sew up deals world’s No. 2 movie market. “It was unfortunate that we had this on the mainland. But just days before the global launch misunderstanding,” Moore said at a of “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” news conference inside a massive Paramount Pictures got a crash course ballroom at the hotel. “Pangu has been in just how fraught such tie-ups can be. a great partner for us. We’ve taken The studio was hit with a sudden punch: steps to put this behind us, we’ve Pangu Plaza, a Beijing luxury hotel, worked through all of the issues, and mall and office complex, was livid over we’re excited that Pangu is now excited what it claimed was a product- to support us.” He and the Paramount entourage placement deal gone sour. Pangu announced last week that it was cutting answered questions onstage in front of off cooperation with the film, launching a giant screen reading “Celebration a lawsuit and asking Chinese regulators Before the Premiere.” The local press corps ate canapes, drank wine and to postpone the movie’s release. pocketed $50 Any delay of Friday’s “transportation fees” for opening could potentially attending the event on have cost Paramount four hours’ notice. millions – the first three But the tensions were installments of the still palpable when the “Transformers” franchise 13-minute ceremony have done increasingly ended. In the hotel’s massive box office on driveway, Moore haggled the mainland: 2007’s over the wording of a original grossed $45 joint English and Chinese million, the 2009 sequel — Rob Moore statement that was took in $72 million, and supposed to go out to the third film hauled in $172 million in 2011. So Paramount the media. Several Americans affiliated sprang into action over the weekend. It with Paramount huddled in hotel swiftly moved a giant replica of the hallways making phone calls and saying Bumblebee Transformer to the entry of things like, “This is crazy,” and, “I don’t the dragon-shaped Pangu hotel. understand what’s going on.” A Pangu executive puffed on a Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Moore, director Michael Bay, producer Lorenzo cigarette and yelled at an interpreter Di Bonaventura and star Jack Reynor that he was dissatisfied. The Beijing jetted in to hold a news conference, and event came after Paramount had the a big Beijing premiere was quickly film’s official unveiling in Hong Kong last week, then followed that up with a organized. The whirlwind of activity shows the big showing at the Shanghai Film lengths to which Hollywood is willing to Festival. Lu Tao, chief executive of

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Beijing Pangu Investment Co., even called his own news conference. He told reporters that the company dropped its request to block the movie’s release but still planned on filing lawsuits over the product-placement contract. He said Monday that the investment firm paid $1.6 million in the productplacement deal. In exchange, Pangu was to benefit in five ways: it would appear in the film for at least 20 seconds, host an exhibit of “Transformer” props at the hotel at least eight months, be allowed to license “Transformers” imagery for consumer products and retain all income from their sales, appear in all promotional materials and host a “VIP celebration” with cast, director and Paramount leaders ahead of a premiere.

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NEWSIN BRIEF Commission hosts unity day event The Tuscaloosa Tourism & Sports Commision will host “Unity Day at the Splash Pad” on June 28. They will offer a special discounted rate of $2.00 admission per person from noon - 3 p.m. at Palmore Park’s new Splash Pad, located on Foster’s Ferry Road, which recently underwent a massive renovation. The dedication and grand opening of the Harrison Taylor Splash Pad at Palmore Park will take place on June 25 from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. The Splash Pad will be available for private rentals. Compiled by Maria Beddingfield

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Cybercrime lab coming to UA By Maria Beddingfield | Chief Copy Editor Years ago, checking the Internet history on a criminal’s computer would not have registered as criminal evidence, because years ago, the Internet did not exist, and computers were not commonplace. Today, however, most electronics would be gathered as criminal evidence because of their constant presence. In partnership with the University of Alabama Police Department, Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar, assistant professor in the department of criminal justice, will create the University’s first Cybercrime Lab, funded by a $60,000 grant from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. The lab will serve as a space for University professors, UAPD and other task forces around the state to access, supplement and analyze data involving criminal cases. Dennis McMillian, a UAPD lieutenant and member of their Computer Forensics Task Force, said UAPD has worked on establishing a cybercrime lab for the past several years. Their goal with the University is to combine their resources to analyze forensic digital evidence that will support law investigation of crimes involving digital devices. “Digital technology is continually evolving and is intertwined in almost every facet of modern life,” McMillian said. “Our expectation is that the unit and the personnel assigned therein will have to continually develop new skills to adapt to the ever-changing nature of the devices with which people interact on a day-to-day basis.” Seigfried-Spellar and McMillian said the lab will be used for faculty research projects relating to cybercrime. Julie Hopper, a junior majoring in criminal justice, said though the lab will ultimately serve a region larger than just the University, it will benefit faculty members here previously relied on outside sources. “So rather than sending evidence to a state or federal agency for analysis, the new lab will give them the ability to process evidence and gain quicker results which could help expedite the trial

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Programs at the Cybercrime Lab will be supported with a $60,000 grant from the state of Alabama. CW / Hannah Glenn process,” Hopper said. Criminal incidents involving digital evidence are increasing with greater access to digital technology. Crimes do not have to be perpetrated with an electronic device in order to generate evidence, since circumstantial or supporting evidence can still be gathered from electronics left at crime scenes. The grant from ADECA is enough for the program to take root, but it won’t be enough for the program to grow and develop, Seigfried-Spellar said. “The $60,000 is going to go towards the new computers and the software,” she said. “The College of Arts and Sciences has provided a space for us. It’s going to be temporary space, and then we’re expecting in two years to be able to move into a final space.” In the spring, once the preliminary equipment and space for the lab on campus have been acquired, four internships will be available for both graduate and undergraduate students and open to students of all majors. “The idea is that they’re going to be paired with a law enforcement officer. Now, they won’t be able to work the case as far as actually, hands-on touching it, but they’re going to be able to observe,” Seigfried-Spellar said. “So job shadow, learn the type of software that’s used, learn about evidence intake and process, chain of custody issues.” Accepted students will receive course credit for the semester and learn the basics of cybercrime, such as how they should approach a crime scene where

electronics are present and how they should garner evidence. For example, Seigfried-Spellar said, they could bring in a dummy iPhone, load data onto it and the students would use what they’ve learned from the internship to retrieve it. “We could put cat pictures on it and tell them, ‘Your job is to extract the data and see if you can find cat pictures. And if you can do that, then you would’ve solved the case,’” she said. “It’s showing them how the evidence helps them with these kinds of questions.” Having experience in cybercrime forensics early on can help students decide whether or not it’s a career path they want to pursue. Before she began researching cybercriminal behavior and teaching at the University, Seigfried-Spellar participated in internships and programs similar to what the University will offer. She said they only furthered her interests in criminal justice. Hopper said she looks forward to such an opportunity herself and believes it will give UA graduates a step up after college. “Personally, the lab will give me an opportunity to gain some experience in the area of cybercrime, even if that’s not my intended, specific area of interest for my career,” she said. “For the department as a whole, it will give the University’s CJ department graduates a better chance at more competitive positions as more large police departments and federal agencies look for experience in cybercrime.”

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Tuition increase reveals administrative flaws By Nathan James This year, just as in several past years, the University of Alabama Board Of Trustees voted to raise tuition prices. It was a small increase – only 4 percent – but it highlights a growing problem. The University of Alabama is paid for by Alabamian tax dollars. It purports to educate Alabamians. But at this moment, it’s failing in that department. More and more, the University is becoming a school for the wealthy elite. And more and more, the University is an institution that prioritizes expansion and profit over the needs of Alabama’s students. If you want proof, look at the numbers. Look at the 100 percent increase in tuition prices over the past 10 years. Look at the fact that at a state university, 55 percent of incoming freshmen are out-of-state. Look at the Shelby fountain, which cost $1.8 million and has no purpose other than to attract new recruits. Improving our university is good. But Alabama is a poor state, and the national economy is still flagging. We need affordable education more than we need

Nathan James new fountains or bigger dorms. If minor improvements to the University make it inaccessible to Alabama’s middle class, then it has failed as an institution. With that in mind, why is the University becoming so expensive? Blame the Board of Trustees. They’re the ones who approved the Shelby fountain, forthcoming multi-million dollar renovations to the Quad, raising tuition prices and a host of other decisions. They’re also the ones who gave “retreating” UA executives $1.14 million in the 2012-13 school year and who pay the chancellor and the presidents of each UA campus six-figure bonuses each fall, according

to public wage data. Frankly, our administration doesn’t deserve performance bonuses. They’ve enabled crimes of violence and discrimination for decades. But all of that aside, their worst offense is that they’re sabotaging a vital resource for Alabama. They’re taking our public university and turning it into a money-making venture. They’re becoming rich off performance bonuses, and they’re offering lucrative positions to their friends. They’re plundering an invaluable public institution by making it a corporate enterprise. This state needs a good public university. In-state education for ordinary Alabamians doesn’t just benefit students, it injects skilled workers into our economy. But the University’s administrators jeopardize that by driving costs up. They jeopardize it by shifting the cost onto a growing body of out-of-state students. They jeopardize it with inexcusable fiscal irresponsibility. And Alabama will suffer for it. Nathan James is a senior majoring in public relations.

If you’ve been to cw.ua.edu over the past week, you may have noticed something different. After months of work and weeks of fine tuning, The Crimson White is proud to announce the launch of our new website. The redesign is the first step in a new direction The Crimson White is taking over the next year. From now on, we will not just be a newspaper. We will be a complete news organization. Our goal isn’t just IN SHORT: Our new to create a newswebsite is the begining of a paper four days a new direction for the week. It’s to provide Crimson White. you, our readers, with the information you need, whenever and wherever you want it. Our new website was designed from the ground up to be easier to use, better organized and more focused. With the new topics tab, you can find the stories that you care about and keep track of how they develop over time. Our new navigation bar makes it easier than ever to search the website and find what interests you. We changed the format of our articles to make them easier to read and more useful for our audience. You can now share articles over social media with a single click and find related articles at the bottom of the page. Our redesign also comes with a mobile platform, so you can keep up with what’s going on in your community, whether you’re on a laptop or smartphone. Under the hood, we’ve streamlined our entire news sharing process so that you’ll know what’s Our new website was de- happening as soon as signed from the ground we do. As we continue to up to be easier to use, make changes to our organization, we will better organized and also continue to make more focused. changes to the website, always with an eye toward creating a better experience for our readers. This is not simply a change in the way our website looks. This is the jumping-off point for a complete shift in our approach. We can now present information online in ways that would be impossible in print. With that in mind, we will begin rolling out online-only content in the fall, both to complement our print edition and to become a true 24/7 news organization. We don’t just want to be a good source for news about Tuscaloosa and The University of Alabama. We want to be the only source you need. We hope you like the new website. We made it for you. Our View is the consensus White editorial board.

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Students working with 3-D printing provide innovative solutions By Cruise Hall When the desktop computer first hit the market, it was a novel technology, but nobody really knew what to make of it. Only after college students put the computer to work in new, useful applications did it become the indispensable gadget that it is today. If the history of the personal computer offers any insight into the future of the 3-D printer, college students are going play a pivotal role defining that future. The 3-D printer, like the personal computer, is not merely an improvement on older technology; it is new technology altogether. Ever since the Industrial Revolution, we’ve been manufacturing products in bulk by refining raw materials into a desired form. Subtractive manufacturing, as it’s called, is very expensive and requires that products be made in large

quantities. The 3-D printer, in contrast, creates products in smaller quantities via additive manufacturing. By methodically adding material to a tray layer by layer, the printer literally builds – or extrudes – a product from the ground up. In this way, the 3-D printer avoids all the costs associated with conventional production techniques and turns the manufacturing paradigm on its head. Let me briefly emphasize that not all conventional wisdom is foolishness. Additive manufacturing has its own problems that need working out, and it can benefit from many ageold manufacturing strategies. It is, however, necessary to acknowledge the fact that the 3-D printer has a unique set of strengths that make it fit to solve problems that conventional manufacturing cannot.

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In this area, students can bring something unique to the table. The 3-D printer needs college students who know nothing about the mass-production paradigm and are free to think outside the parameters of the economy of scale. Low-quantity production calls for an entirely new approach to manufacturing, and anyone who is able to see these new possibilities will be ahead of the curve. Furthermore, the 3-D printer needs students from every discipline to create a culture of cooperative tinkering. As more eyes look at a problem, more solutions inevitably arise. Likewise, students with diverse backgrounds and skill sets can identify unique problems for which the 3-D printer is particularly fit to solve. Ultimately, the 3-D printing industry will gain a little more ground every time a 3-D printer is used to solve a problem. For anyone interested

in contributing in this way, learning about 3-D printers is a great place to start. You can visit a number of websites devoted to showcasing industry trends and 3-D-printed products. If you feel inspired to design a product of your own, you can access a suite of computer-aided design (CAD) programs at several UA libraries. And for those looking for handson experience, the University has multiple 3-D printing initiatives that give students the opportunity to learn about 3-D printing and to solve problems with interdisciplinary teams. The 3-D printer is just another problemsolving tool. It is only as useful as the solutions it affords, and students can lead the way in discovering those solutions. Cruise Hall is a senior majoring in mechanical engineering.

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Ghani said the perfect person for socially impactful data science projects needs skills in computation, statistics, social sciences and communication. Non-profit groups donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know WALSH FROM PAGE 1 how to use typical graduate students, he said. The structure of the program is hybrid, he said, prediction system for them.â&#x20AC;? in that it combines a project focus with interThe other project Walsh is overseeing deals project activities. with the identification of earmarks, which â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea was to create, basically, people are currently found by advocacy groups who are experts in a few of these things but at reading bills. Advances in identification least have exposure to the rest,â&#x20AC;? he said. would be useful not only to political scientists Walsh said data science mostly combines who research earmarks, he said, but also to statistics and computer programming. advocacy groups. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Data science is not a clearly defined term â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a lot of work. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very costly,â&#x20AC;? Walsh at this point. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a sexy term, I guess,â&#x20AC;? said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to figure out this summer he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of statistiif we can identify earmarks cians, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very good with in legislation using computstatistics, but they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have ers. We put in the text and the a lot of programming backcomputer spits out a list of all ground. And then a lot of of the earmarks in there.â&#x20AC;? programmers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a As a mentor, Walsh lot of statistics background. oversees and helps the teams. Usually, data science people Tracy Schifeling, a graduate bring those things together.â&#x20AC;? student in statistics at Duke Walshâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return as a mentor, University, is on the team Ghani said, is an exception for working with Chicago public now, but as DSSG matures, he â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Joe Walsh schools. She said the work at hopes to see more returning DSSG lines up with her future fellows. Walshâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience in career goals. the industry made him a good â&#x20AC;&#x153;You get to apply the kind of methods you candidate. Schifeling said Walsh has been very learn about in school, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real data and helpful in planning the project. you can learn interesting things about it â&#x20AC;&#x153;It parallels very close to what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m from the real world,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a hoping to do, which is data analysis, which I mix of all these different fields applied to real find fascinating,â&#x20AC;? Walsh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just like the problems to get practical solutions.â&#x20AC;? idea that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m able to use numbers to effect Schifeling also said the environment at positive change.â&#x20AC;? DSSG is collaborative, supportive and fun. Walsh said he wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be at DSSG if not for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone is really open. They have learning his time as a doctoral student at the University. lunches,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lots of people come in with He said he hopes more UA students will join in a strong background in one field, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a the future, and he is excited about lot to learn.â&#x20AC;? returning to DSSG in a more senior role.

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my junior year, but I am.â&#x20AC;? Burchell shattered the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100-meter record when she ran a windlegal 11.03 at the NCAA East Preliminary, finishing with a time that ranked second in the world for 2014 at the time and the fastest by a collegian. Her record-breaking time is very different from where the athlete said she expected to be this season. When she came to Alabama, Burchell said she expected to run â&#x20AC;&#x153;maybe 11.2,â&#x20AC;? in the 100-meter. Her extraordinary first year at Alabama didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come without its struggles, however. A nagging injury kept her from competing in the 200-meter as she wanted. She said the most difficult part of her career was the adjustment to competing for and training with the Crimson Tide. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My first practice here, I cried,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the weight room, I cried because I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t strong enough and I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t doing what [Alabama sprints and hurdles] coach [Matt] Kane wanted me to do, and I was getting frustrated. But, it has made me grow a lot in terms of track and field. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been running at my best now.â&#x20AC;? Despite her success, the young athlete has largely flown under the radar on the national scene. Burchell was named on the watch list of The Bowerman Trophy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the top track and field honor in the country, like footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heisman â&#x20AC;&#x201C; back in March. After her championship race, however, she was absent from the trophyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finalists. Burchell said she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let the lack of national attention get her down but takes it in stride and uses it as another motivational tool. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes it feels like I deserve more, but, as I say, I cannot force them to put me on their list,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So next year, I will work for it. I will work harder for it.â&#x20AC;? Kane said he agrees she may have been overlooked this season, but that is a trend which is sure to change in the future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that she wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily a highprofile recruit in high school then went the junior college route and wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily a high-profile recruit there, so people were

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Remona Burchell underestimating her ability,â&#x20AC;? Kane said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shown it now that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely going to be the favorite. I hope nobody underestimates her next year.â&#x20AC;? Although Burchell may consider her success unexpected and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t readily boast of her accolades, Kane said her progress hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gone unnoticed from her opponents, and she has been able to adjust to her role as a champion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the biggest changes sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made is in her maturity level on the track,â&#x20AC;? Kane said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adjusted her awareness of how good she can be, and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adjusted from being the hunter to the hunted. She was able to handle that process and flourished when she knew she had a target on her back.â&#x20AC;? Her hard work hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gone unnoticed by her family, either. Burchell said her mother constantly expresses her support for her daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s track career. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mom, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always motivating me and telling me that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proud of me and that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come a long way, and I just need to be focused and keep doing what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing,â&#x20AC;? she said. Even though Burchell admitted she has a hard time showing her excitement after a big win, she said her family enjoys her wins and always has one prominent question for her when she calls after meets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whenever Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m at a track meet and I call them, the first thing they ask me is did I win, so I know theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy for me,â&#x20AC;? she said. Drawing on the support from her family and coach and her success in only her first year at the Capstone, Burchell said her goals for next season are simple. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The same,â&#x20AC;? she said with a smile. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The same.â&#x20AC;?

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NEWSIN BRIEF Health clinics host HIV testing

Rivals unite for rural health care By Alessandra Delrose | Contributing Writer

National HIV Testing Day will be hosted by the Maude Whatley Health Center from June 26-27 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at their West End and Cottondale locations, as well as Walgreens on Highway 69 South. According to the Center for Disease Control, one in six of the 1.1 million people living with HIV in the United States do not know they are infected. Shakina Wheeler-Cox, Alabama Department of Public Health research worker, said that as of March 31, there are 18,492 reported cases of HIV and AIDS combined in Alabama. “Adolescents and young adults ages 15 to 29 in Alabama are some of the newest and most affected groups of individuals contracting HIV,” Wheeler-Cox said. Alabama Department of Public Health states that as of March 2014, there are 589 cumulative cases of HIV in Tuscaloosa alone. This rate puts Tuscaloosa County as the third most infected area in Alabama. The testing day will include games, prizes, testing sites, food and more. In response to the increasing number of cases, the CDC along with the National Association of People with AIDS founded the event in 1994. June 27 marks the 20th anniversary of NHTD. To ensure success, a partnership was established with Walgreens stores worldwide to not only accommodate more testers, but also guarantee more prizes. Though the event will include entertainment, its sole purpose is to educate the community about HIV and its affects. “National HIV Testing Day benefits the community by enlisting organizations to partner together to promote this important national day and also to offer HIV testing at untraditional locations free and confidentially to reduce stigma,” Wheeler-Cox said. Free testing is available for anyone 12 years and older. That is by state law, with a written consent, at locations such as Tuscaloosa County Health Department, West Alabama AIDS Outreach, Whatley Health Services Inc., and other surrounding rural health departments.

University of Alabama fans and Auburn University fans don’t always get along. But UA Associate Professor of Management Information Systems Uzma Raja and Rafay Ishfaq, assistant professor of Auburn University’s Department of Aviation and Supply Chain Management, don’t just work at rival schools. They work together. Raja approached Ishfaq, a 2010 UA graduate, about conducting an academic research piece around an idea she had about helping out people in certain areas who don’t have certain access to services, like those that doctors provide. “We were discussing how there is a supply change management area to delivery of health care,” Ishfaq said. “The way I frame that is that if you talk about people who live in rural communities, they face a logistical barrier to getting access to health care.” The barrier, he said, comes from the distance to regional hospitals. The idea, Raja said, was that using telemedicine facilities can help rural patients avoid long commutes and get the access to expert health care that they normally cannot access. “The general goal of the project was to create a model that would allow for the identification of suitable locations for setting up telemedicine locations in the rural Black Belt region,” she said Ishfaq said they developed a strategic action plan and a strategic business plan. “What we wanted to do is provide a road map for health care professionals and health care service administrators that they can use in setting up a health care delivery mechanism which is both efficient to providing access to health care while remaining an

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UA and Auburn work to bridge the health care gap in Black Belt. CW / Hannah Glenn economically sustainable delivery mechanism,” Ishfaq said. Besides looking at specific demographics, Raja said, their paper, “Bridging the Healthcare Access Divide: A Strategic Planning Model for Rural Telemedicine Network,” also looked at policy decisions such as travel across state lines and variations into the maximum distance traveled to a healthcare facility. “We did our research using both the archival data from the Census and the NHS,” Raja said. “The estimates found consider disease prevalence estimates computed based on the population demographics (census data) and the disease patterns based on

the health survey data.” Michael Hardin, dean of Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration, said it’s a great example of new things that can come up in the practice of medicine. “The technology can make the delivery of health care, especially in certain areas which maybe are underserved with health care, more accessible,” he said. “It can provide a better avenue and better health care especially in rural areas.” After being submitted for review, the work was accepted for publication in the “Decision Sciences Journal,” an academic journal, which Hardin said was a very prestigious honor. Ishfaq said he particularly enjoyed working on this project due to the human interest aspect. “As University professors, we work on a number of research projects. This one is special because it connects with fellow Alabamians. It was a human and subject matter, which is close to home. We were working on a project that would address the human side, which is different than the usual which made this project more exciting,” Ishfaq said. “We can help.”

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Eight UA students were selected as recipients of the Fulbright Award which allows students to travel, teach and study abroad. CW / Hannah Glenn UA mentors work with high school students to prepare them for AP level classes. Submitted

Mentors work with high schoolers for AP classes By Alana Norris | Contributing Writer College students often come into The University of Alabama with advanced placement credit, but some students are going back to work with high school students who are hoping to gain some AP credit of their own. Impact Alabama, A+ College Ready and the University are partnering to create CollegeFirst, an initiative that lets high school students use a collegiate facility to advance their education. CollegeFirst is currently taking place at The University of Alabama. Katie Beaver and Amanda Rushdi work as CollegeFirst coordinators in the AP Chemistry class. “It helps them with the foundation of material so they can feel more confident going into those AP courses,” Rushdi said. CollegeFirst works with high school students who are looking to get ahead by taking AP classes during the summer in preparation for the school year. The program gives students an overview of what AP classes will be like their next year in high school. These students meet on campus daily for three weeks during the month of June. Classes are offered in AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Calculus and AP English. Students receive hands-on experience and individual help with their work. University of Alabama students are participating as mentors for the high school students. There are six mentors in the AP Chemistry class. “It’s a lot more one-on-one. There’s a lot of mentors that are going around, and there’s obviously going to be a lecture portion where they learn the material, but it’s very hands on,” Beaver said. “They are able to do labs during the second half, and I think really get to know mentors and ask about

college and admissions.” Many of these university students are enrolled in UH 300 and receive course credit for their mentoring. “In addition to serving as a mentor, classroom discussions and writing assignments focus on educational disparities and creative education reform initiatives,” said Heather Christensen, research project coordinator for the UA Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility. “CollegeFirst combines meaningful service, thoughtful reflection and classroom discussions to give students a more complete understanding of educational disparities and education reform.” Patrick Mitchell, a junior majoring in operations management, is one of the mentors taking the UH 300 class. He said he likes showing the high school students that they are capable of doing collegiatelevel chemistry. “Our number one job isn’t so much that they have to master this now because it is a pre-AP class. They will get this again in the fall. But [our goal is] that they understand that it’s possible for them to achieve success and motivate them to go to college,” Mitchell said. “Yesterday, for example, we pulled some thermo questions out of the Chemistry 101 textbook we use here at UA. We told them at the end, when they had done it completely, that they just did collegiate-level questions, and they were shocked they could do it.” Jacob Fitch, a junior at Northridge High School, said he likes the in-depth learning he receives at CollegeFirst. “It gives me a taste of what’s to come as far as college-level courses,” Fitch said. “I’m going to have to prioritize myself more when I get to college, because I see that it’s going to take a lot of hard work and dedication to be able to make good grades.”

Fulbright Award scholars travel abroad to teach, research, study By Brett Dunn | Contributing Writer Haglaeeh Contreras, Rachel Hunkler and Lauren Marsh are University of Alabama students, but at the moment they are spending time in China, Spain and Malaysia, respectively. Contreras, Hunkler and Marsh are three of eight UA students who were selected as Fulbright Award recipients for the 2014-15 academic year. The U.S. State Department directs and funds the Fulbright program to provide grants and scholarships for students to travel, teach and study abroad. For Hunkler, the Fulbright Program provided a perfect way for her to combine her personal interests and hobbies with her career in Spanish education. “I knew that after college I wanted an extended experience living and working abroad, and teaching English abroad is one of the easiest ways to do that,” she said. “I also wanted the opportunity to live in a Spanish-speaking country to practice my Spanish while also getting professional experience in the field of education in a different cultural setting.” Hunkler, who had her Fulbright Award for teaching in Spain renewed for the 201415 year, teaches English grammar and literature to students ages 12 to 17. Hunkler said overcoming and adjusting to the cultural differences between the education systems in Spain and the United States was challenging. “It is a generally more rowdy classroom atmosphere than in the states, and there is less organization and planning ahead,” Hunkler said. Hunkler keeps a blog that allows her to describe and keep track of her daily experiences in Spain. Haglaeeh Contreras, recipient of an English Teaching Award for Malaysia, said her extensive background in teaching English helped her receive a Fulbright Award.

“As an undergraduate, I traveled to Dominican Republic and Guatemala and worked with middle school students learning English as a second language,” Contreras said. “In the U.S., I also mentored elementary and middle school students learning English as their second language for about three years.” Contreras said mentoring English as a Second Language students in the U.S. and teaching English abroad helped her learn about other countries and cultures in a way that she otherwise could not have experienced. Marsh, who will be conducting research on the nutrition literacy of infant caregivers in China, emphasized the importance of strong support from professors when applying. “I developed an affiliation with a Chinese professor who will be supporting me and mentoring me throughout the year. A supportive affiliation will often lead to a successful project,” Marsh said. “I was fortunate enough to have a really great professor agree to work with me, and she demonstrated to Fulbright that my project would be a great fit with her own research goals.” Marsh will be able to work with Chinese students while conducting her independent research project. The State Department describes the program as one that “facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee to gain an appreciation of others’ viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do things and the way they think.” The recipients of the award are given a grant that allows them to stay one year abroad. Recipients can renew their award to continue their studies. In addition to Contreras, Hunkler and Marsh, Cori Eden Fain, Sam Guggenheimer, Abigail Jones, Jilisa Milton and Gabrielle Taylor received Fulbright Awards.

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Brandon Hill works to combine biology and engineering for cancer research. UA News

UA student to attend Nobel laureate meeting By Samuel Yang | News Editor Brandon Hill has always been interested in diseases. The Mississippi native went to Jackson State University to study the effect of certain leaf extracts on cancer cells and, after completing a bachelor’s and master’s degree, became a doctoral student in biology at The University of Alabama. “I wanted to continue [studying cancer and diseases] here, but I kind of wanted to take a different approach outside of the plant mechanistic approach and more towards virology and nanotechnology,” he said. “I wanted to continue to focus on understanding how to overcome biomedical problems associated with cancer but taking a more multidisciplinary approach [biology/engineering] using iron oxide nanoparticles and Herpes simplex virus type-1.” Hill will travel to Lindau, Germany, on June 29 to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. He said there are three main components to the meeting: attending talks by the

37 attending Nobel laureates, participating in master classes held by the laureates and joining in panels with fellow attendees. Gero von der Stein of the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings said thousands applied. “Brandon Hill got selected due to his convincing research profile,” von der Stein said. “Though he has only a few important publications yet, he received some very interesting awards.” During the week, von der Stein said, research and academics will mix with an international get-together featuring Australian cuisine and Bavarian entertainment, respectively, occasionally framed by the Alps. “The most esteemed scientists of our times and promising young talents will share their enthusiasm for science, discuss the latest research findings and help expand a community across generations, cultures and disciplines,” von der Stein said. “The purpose of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings is

bringing together young scientists and Nobel Laureates to share their knowledge, establish new contacts and discuss relevant topics.” Hill said he was most excited about meeting Nobel laureates doing both similar research and those in other fields. “I’m also excited about exchanging ideas with some of the younger scientists, particularly the students, as far as how we can continue to empower the scientific community and enhance creativity through innovation and discovery,” he said. Hill’s research builds on advances made in using the Herpes simplex virus as an engineered tool in cancer therapy. He works in the lab of Carol Duffy, associate professor of biological sciences, who said Hill is working on using the virus as a diagnostic tool as well. To do so, he spent three years developing the necessary technology. “The next step is to use that technology,” Duffy said. “It’s kind of a fun collaboration between engineering and biology.” When Patricia Sobecky, biological

sciences department chair, nominated Hill to attend the meeting, Duffy provided a letter of recommendation. She said Hill was responsible and an absolute joy to have in the lab. “He’s wonderful. He’s absolutely wonderful. He’s very steady. He’s like a perfect scientist,” she said. “He’s calm. He’s got an incredible work ethic. Things don’t rattle him. When experiments don’t work, he hunkers down.” She said his response to obstacles demonstrates independence beyond the average graduate student. “He’s the one that has a potential solution [when there’s a problem],” she said. “He’s kind of like the dream student.” Duffy said Nobel laureates are often regarded with awe, but they were often ostracized for their forward thinking. She said Hill will get a chance to hear their personal stories of perseverance, as well as open opportunities and connections for the future. Hill will have something in common with them, she said. "[It’s] always fun to meet your heroes,” she said. “He’s meant to be a scientist.”

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Summer break provides obstacles for couples By Hannah Widener | Contributing Writer For many young couples, summer means dates on the beach, romantic cuddles by the campfire and watching the sun go down together. But for the average college couple, this three-month period often consists of texts, phone calls and Skype dates. According to statisticbrain.com, in the year 2014, an average of 4 to 4.5 million college couples are in a long-distance, non-marital relationship, which constitutes around 32 percent of all college relationships. These long-distance relationships become even more prevalent during summer break, when students often leave their college to travel, pursue internships, study abroad or return to their hometowns. Applications like Skype, FaceTime and S n ap c h at help bridge the g ap between couples, but some s ay they cannot replace physical intimacy with phone calls and webcam chats. Krissy Chun, a sophomore majoring in metallurgical engineering, met her boyfriend at a fraternity party. Chun is from Suwanee, Georgia, and her boyfriend Sean Gordon, a junior majoring in criminal justice, is from Huntsville, Alabama. “We text from when we wake up till when we go to bed,” Chun said. “We occasionally talk on the phone, and we FaceTime just about every night. The hardest part is not being able to be with each other physically. Like just the idea of having him in the room with me and just watching TV is a lot better than just watching TV without him there.” According to West Virginia University’s Students’ Center for Health, communication is a must for surviving long distance relationships. While technology makes long-distance communication easier than ever before, interacting from behind a screen can’t replace face-toface conversations. “It’s harder for us to resolve arguments,” Gordon said. “I’m not sure how, but when you’re in person with each other, it’s easier to ‘fix’ situations rather than over a text message or a phone call.” In-person interactions allow both parties to read each other’s facial expressions and body language, two key elements that aid in understanding how one’s partner is feeling. An article by selfgrowth.com called “The Importance of Body Language,” states that, “when we connect with a person, we also have to make it clear to each other how the content of a spoken message needs to be interpreted. Without the nuances of facial expression and body language, words can lack context and may be misunderstood. For Nathan Johnson, a senior majoring marketing, and Abby Peterson, a sophomore double majoring in

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Nathan Johnson and Abby Peterson are spending the summer an ocean apart. CW / Hannah Glenn operations management and restaurant and hospitality management, distance has proven to be a challenge. Peterson is in Germany for the summer because her family is stationed there with the army, while Johnson is in Tuscaloosa. The seven-hour time difference makes it difficult for the couple to make time for one another. “We make an effort to try to Skype every day,” Peterson said. “Things come up, and that’s not always possible, but we usually do a pretty good job of Snapchatting each other every day. Snapchat makes it a little easier than texting because we have the chance to see each other’s faces.” Johnson and Peterson have been dating for a couple of months, which Peterson said makes the long-distance relationship easier. “I think it’s harder for couples that have been together longer and haven’t been apart much,” Peterson said. “My first attempt at a long-distance relationship was about two years ago. We had been dating over a year, but because we didn’t know what it was like to be away from each other, it was very difficult. I’m not saying it’s not difficult now with it being so early in our relationship, but I think this distance can only make our relationship stronger.” Johnson believes the opposite, saying long-distance relationships are easier for couples who have been together longer. “It’s the first true test,” Johnson said. “At least it’s

that way for me and Abby. Couples who have been together longer have generally been through some struggles and know how to deal with them better. Being apart gets frustrating at times, and learning how to make the best of it is key.” Johnson said the hardest part about being apart is the physical aspect. “I can’t hold her or kiss her through Skype,” Johnson said. “The time difference has been a little tough, but not too bad. I’m able to Skype call her after my morning class and before she goes to bed.” For many long-distance couples, the prospect of reuniting provides comfort during the months spent apart. Chun has visited Gordon for his birthday already this summer, and Gordon said he plans to visit her for her birthday. Although Chun said she is looking f o r wa r d to seeing Gordon, she said l e av i n g after her l a st visit proved to be extremely difficult. “I cried when I had to leave,” Chun said. “It was definitely a lot harder than I thought it would be.” As challenging as it may be, Chun said there is one advantage to embarking on a long-distance relationship. “I think absence does make the heart grow fonder in a way,” Chun said. “After not seeing him after a month, I was super excited to hang out with him for a week, and I definitely realized I liked him a lot more.”

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Bama to host southern rock night By John Hinshaw | Contributing Writer Five Alabama-based musical acts will come together for one night of rock and roll during the Southern Rock & Roll Blues Show at the Bama Theatre. “Putting together this much talent in one night has to be the highlight of my career thus far,” said Mike Brannon, originator, coordinator and promoter of the show. “This should be one of the best shows we’ve ever produced.” Brannon, CEO of the Tuskaloosa Music Mafia and Executive Entertainers, has been working in the music industry for about 35 years and has shared the stage with Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride, Alan Jackson, Charlie Daniels, Marty Stewart and more. In addition to working behind the scenes, Brannon will take the stage Saturday with his band, Michael B Reddy and The Blues Crew. “There is no one band I’m looking forward to hearing,” Brannon said. “It’s all of them. These groups are some tremendous talent.”

PLAN TO GO WHAT: The Southern Rock & Roll Blues Show WHEN: Saturday, 6:45 p.m. WHERE: The Bama Theatre Saturday’s lineup also includes Kenny Smitherman, Shawna P, Chris Simmons and his Royal Blue Band and The Toney Boys. Glenn Toney of The Toney Boys said he looks forward to playing at the Bama Theatre and enjoying the hospitality of the Bama’s staff. “The Bama is a special place, and it’s even extra special for someone who lives in Tuscaloosa,” Toney said. “It’s a historic site, it’s a great venue. A lot of great bands and performers have plated there, and if you’ve ever walked out on the stage and seen the view from the Bama, it’s special.” Toney, originally from Nashville, Tennessee, resides in

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Tuscaloosa, where he works by day and plays with the Toney Boys by night. “It’s easier for us to play in Nashville because we’re not a cover band,” Toney said. “What Mike [Brannon] is trying to do is put a focus on Alabama musicians, and more specifically, Tuscaloosa and Northport musicians. If you go out to the Strip or downtown, you won’t hear a lot of original music being played. That’s how Nashville differs from Tuscaloosa.” Like Brannon, Toney said he appreciates the Southern Rock & Roll Blues Show’s lineup of Alabama musicians. “We really look forward to hearing the acts that will be playing on this bill,” Toney said. “It’s gonna be a lot of fun. When you see the Toney Boys play, it’s a party.” The Southern Rock & Roll Blues Show will take place at the Bama Theatre on Saturday. The show starts at 6:45 p.m. and will be preceded by a pre-event party, including a crawfish boil provided by Steamers. Druid City Brewing will also be in attendance, serving drinks and introducing new brews. Tickets are $20. To purchase tickets, visit tuskaloosamusicmafia.com.

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The Blues Crew, formed in 2012, consists of drummer John Kliner, guitarist Michael “Razor” Sharp, bassist Dave Ivie, pianist and keyboardist Don Dendy, fiddler “Ragin Cajun” Thomas Jenkins, harmonica player Jameson “Dynamite” Hubbard, guitarist Gary Edmonds, percussionist J K Terrell and Mike Brannon as Michael B Reddy. Michael B Reddy & the The Blues Crew, who describe their sound as Southern rock and roll blues, will release their new album “It’s Time For Crewzin” at the show Saturday night.

Shawna P, a funk and soul singer from Alabama, competed on the 2013 season of NBC’s “The Voice,” enjoying compliments from famous musicians such as Adam Levine and Shakira. She has been writing and performing her own songs for years and has secured a publishing deal while performing with the Muzik Mafia in Nashville. Her current projects include an autobiography as well as an upcoming album, which has yet to be titled.

This Tuscaloosa native has been performing his style of oldies, classic rock, country and modern music for audiences for more than 40 years. He played an instrumental role in forming local bands like Chevy 6 and Hitmen, and he has toured with musical legends Percy Sledge and Johnny Tollitison.

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Chris Simmons and His Royal Blue Band

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Originally from the small town of Boaz, Alabama, Chris Simmons joined his first band when he was 15 years old. At age 20, he loaded all his musical gear in his van and drove off to play all around the Southeast at bars and house parties. In 1997, he joined Atlanta southern rockers, “Cadillac Voodoo Choir,” and while on tour with them, he became infatuated with the musical mecca of Austin, Texas. He has also performed in one of Leon Russell’s bands and lists him as a huge influence, alongside Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, and B.B. King. He currently resides just south of Hunstville, Alabama, in rural Lacey Springs.

Brothers O. G. and C. W. Toney, founding members of southern rock, funk and blues band The Toney Boys, are originally from Nashville and now reside in Tuscaloosa. They began writing songs in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. A fire in the early ‘90s burned down their recording studio, leaving them with only one copy of a rehearsal tape, which led to the dispersion of the band. It wasn’t until 2012, at the urge of friends, that the band took its only rehearsal tape to Nashville, which lead to the creation of a 10-song project. The Toney Boys’ new EPs “THEN” and “NOW” will be released to the public for the first time at the Southern Rock & Roll Blues show.

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Sturgill Simpson proves it ain’t just about beer, breakups, trucks By Jordan Cissell Sturgill Simpson stuffed his first record, last year’s “High Top Mountain,” full of brief, jaunty tunes sounding exactly like what you think of when you think of country music: greasy slide guitar, one-two bass strut and lyrics delivered in a nasally growl. But despite the traditional instrumentation, he displayed a refreshing aversion to the testosterone-fueled bravado of contemporary Nashville convention, proudly relating in “Life Ain’t Fair and the World is Mean” how he had recently “swapped the truck out for a van” in which he might more safely and efficiently tote around his young family and their dog. Simpson approaches his new release “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music” from the same Joe the Singer perspective, but this time there’s a vibe of enhanced ambition – a willingness to try things for the hell of it. The songs comprising this album run longer than its predecessors’, and in several cases Simpson takes advantage of the relative sprawl to trade twangy riffage for symphonic texture (mostly featuring a Mellotron, a tape replay interface perhaps most notably

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used by the Beatles to replicate an orchestra’s canoodling in the warped coda of “Strawberry Fields Forever”). The songs on “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music” sound exactly like what Sturgill Simpson thinks of when he thinks of anything, and I do mean anything. On album-opener, “Turtles All the Way Down,” Simpson describes “reptile aliens

made of light [that] cut you open and pull out all your pain” over the soothing plod of an acoustic guitar’s gentle downward chord progression and the Mellotron’s expansive swirl. In the same song, Simpson ponders roadweary rendezvous with Buddha, God, the Devil, psychedelic drugs and turtles before ultimately concluding, his Kentucky drawl drenched in echo effects, that, “Every time I take a look / inside that old fabled book / I’m blinded and reminded by the pain caused by some old man in the sky,” and that “love’s the only thing that ever saved my life.” “The Promise” is a near-unrecognizable cover of the 1988 original by New Wave one-hit wonders, When in Rome. Simpson’s vocals and gently plucked guitar start the track at a whisper, but the song gradually crescendos into a wash of lush Mellotron orchestration as Simpson’s octave leaps transform dolorous oath into yelping plea. Simpson’s unrestrained coyote howls provide the perfect punctuation to the slowburning first half of “It Ain’t All Flowers,” a swampy magma of fuzzed-out guitar and burbling bass. Then, at around the fourminute mark, the song plays through again in its entirety, but this time backwards

and sped up in a dizzyingly bizarre outro (reminiscent once again of “Strawberry Fields”) that shimmies through the track’s warp and weft and contorts it like microwaved Play-Doh. Even on “Long White Line,” a take on well-established country staple “The Road Song,” Simpson decides to take a fork or two. The track kicks off in a swarm of trebly, Chet Atkins-“Yakety Axe” electric guitar that later reappears in a brilliant doubletracked solo. And good luck resisting the temptation to imitate the swooping, nasally baritone Simpson employs in the chorus. It’s a voice Shooter Jennings has (and critics along with him have) deemed a precise replica for that of his daddy Waylon. Simpson has repeatedly denied the comparison, but his congested inflection and mellifluous delivery make the juxtaposition tempting. Listen and decide for yourself. What’s really important, and what he has irrefutably proven with each and every effort and experiment on “Metamodern Sounds,” is that Sturgill Simpson sounds exactly like Sturgill Simpson. And that’s a quality deserving of some appreciation and respect, especially when sounding like Sturgill Simpson sounds so good.

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Rec Center offers outdoor travels By Francie Johnson | Culture Editor

For some college students, spending time in the great outdoors means simply lying out by the pool – but it doesn’t have to. The UA Outdoor Rec Center hosts many day-long and weekend-long outdoor adventures, allowing students to travel and explore the wilderness in Alabama and neighboring states. The majority of trips are beginner-friendly and require nothing more than a sack lunch, a change of clothes and a good pair of shoes. The trips center around a variety of outdoor activities, including hiking, rafting, rock climbing and more.

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Ocoee Rafting

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Rock Climbing

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The Ocoee River, located in Tennessee, boasts a famous whitewater rafting background. The river hosted the whitewater slalom events of the 1996 summer olympics, but one need not possess olympiclevel rafting skills – or any prior rafting experience whatsoever – to participate in this trip. This rafting experience will take place on the five-mile long middle section of the river, which consists almost entirely of Class III rapids (rapids are ranked from Class I-VI). Including travel time, the trip will last anywhere from 9-12 hours, with 3-4 hours spent rafting. Participants should bring a sack lunch and wear clothes that can get wet.

Sand Rock, Alabama, located northwest of Gadsden, Alabama, sits atop Lookout Mountain overlooking Weiss Lake. The area houses a variety of climbing options for all experience levels, from beginner to expert. The Outdoor Rec Center’s beginner-level trip, led by experienced climbers, will feature top rope climbing, a technique in which the rope is placed in anchors at the top of the wall and climbers are belayed from the bottom. Palisades Park is located in Blount County, Alabama, and has been referred to as “Blount Count’s Best Kept Secret.” Nestled in the foothills of the Southern Appalachians, the park offers visitors the opportunity to climb Ebell Mountain. Like the Sand Rock Climbing trip, no prior climbing experience is required to participate, and climbers will use the top rope climbing method.

Tumbling Rock Cave in Jackson County, Alabama, hosts a variety of attractions, including a saltpeter mine from the Civil War, many flow formations and a totem gallery full of hundreds of stalagmites, stalactites and columns. Tumbling Rock Cave is also home to a 396-foot-tall chamber called Topless Dome and Kings Shower waterfall, one of the tallest underground waterfalls in the United States. The cave is a total of six miles long from beginning to end, and participants of this Outdoor Rec trip will explore three to four miles of that, spending five or six hours in the cave. The trip requires no technical skills, and anyone can participate. Trip organizers will provide headlamps, knee pads and gloves, but students should bring a change of clothes, a water bottle and sturdy shoes.

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El Rincon hosts fans of FIFA World Cup By Matt Moore | Contributing Writer While the United States competed against Portugal in their second World Cup match on Sunday, Thersea and Jesus Avianeda ate dinner at a bar-side table in their restaurant, El Rincon Latino Bar and Grill. The couple hosted several guests throughout the evening, and many of the patrons came to eat and watch the soccer competition. Thersea and Jesus Avianeda have achieved several accomplishments throughout the past nine World Cups, going back 32 years. The couple moved to the United States from Buena Vista, Mexico, in 1991 and opened the El Rincon Latino Bar and Grill on the Strip in 2004. “We opened the restaurant because we wanted to share our culture,” Thersea said. After moving to America, Jesus worked as a grill cook in a Mexican restaurant while Thersea stayed home and raised a family. During his career as a grill cook, Jesus learned how to craft the mexican staples he and his wife serve, including fajitas, enchiladas and margaritas. According to Brian Steinberg, senior television editor for Variety, more than seven million Americans tuned in to ESPN and Univision during the first few days of the World Cup, only slightly less than the typical audience of a new Modern Family episode. In addition to television sets, soccer has permeated college culture, and Theresa said business at the

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restaurant has increased slightly during the World Cup. At El Rincon, several groups of UA students gathered to watch the United States take on Portugal on Sunday night. “We don’t watch much Major League Soccer, but we have been watching the World Cup,” Cade Ingram, a junior majoring in marketing, said. Ingram said he has followed the World Cup through social media, the use of which could be a reason for soccer’s increasing fandom in the America. While an expanding Latino population, heightened social media presence and recent U.S. success in soccer have all propelled the sport’s popularity in recent years, the appeal remains simpler for others. “There’s been a sense of patriotism,” said Laken Sisk, a sophomore majoring in business administration. “I saw a truck yesterday with a giant American flag, and I was like, ‘Yeah! Go America!’” While the World Cup doesn’t enjoy the same level of fervor that other sports have in America, the sport is growing. The United States tied Portugal on Sunday and faces Germany this Thursday.

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Showtime drama sheds light on unresolved issues in the church By Hannah Widener He’s brooding, dark, mysterious and a little bit on the edge of losing it. No, I’m not talking about Edward Cullen, Christian Grey or some other fictional heartthrob of the moment. I’m talking about “Ray Donovan,” the show breaking barriers as well as a few jaws. Ray (Liev Schrieber) is a Hollywood “fixer” from Boston who doesn’t take crap from anyone, especially his father Mickey Donovan (Jon Voight), who has just returned from prison. In season one, Mickey kills a priest whom he had thought had molested his son Bunchyn Donovan (Dash Mihok), but he mistakenly shoots the wrong priest. Although Ray doesn’t want his father anywhere near his family, Mickey manages to weasel his way into their new Beverly Hills life. Throughout the season, the viewer sees the psychological damage Bunchy suffers from and the toll it takes on the rest of the family. While the show has its dark turns and heartbreaking scenes, there are points when hope shines through. One character, Terry Donovan (Eddie Marsan), has Parkinson’s disease and owns the family boxing gym. Terry is the rock of the family and is so hardened that sometimes it’s hard to tell what he is feeling. When he meets a nurse, Frances (Brooke Smith), he tries his hardest to show her his sweet side, cooking dinners and taking her out, only to find out she’s married to an abusive husband. There is something so sad about Terry that it almost shatters your heart, but when he smiles, somehow it’s all better. The show has not only given a platform for the dysfunctional family, but also showcases a subject which is rarely unearthed on TV: sexual abuse by the church. According to a 2008 study done in O, the Oprah Magazine, one in six American men have been sexually abused as children. So if the number is so large, why aren’t more men speaking out about it? The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate recorded a total of 10 accusations

PLAN TO WATCH WHAT: “Ray Donovan” WHEN: July 13 WHERE: Showtime

involving a minor in 2013 that were deemed credible. However, just like Bunchy’s case, there is no telling how many other accusations of molestation by the Catholic Church go unreported. In return, the victim suffers in silence and can experience symptoms such as PTSD, public outbursts and an inability to be sexually active due to trauma. In 2010, Tyler Perry became a voice for the men who had lost their own when he related his experiences with sexual abuse. Perry was just five years old when he was sexually abused by multiple perpetrators. The shame men feel causes the inability to speak up about what happened to them. In some cases reported by men who are in their mid-40s and are just now coming forward, they did tell an adult, but the adult either did not believe them or chose to look past it. Cases of sexual abuse by the Catholic Church first started being reported in the 1950s, and 64 years later people are just now looking at the damage done. “Ray Donovan” isn’t just a show about how Ray gets Hollywood actors out of major screw-ups – it’s a show that has given a face to thousands of sexually abused children. The pain, physiological damage and shame are now being exposed and will hopefully help men who have been abused to come forward and start seeking help. “Ray Donovan” returns to Showtime on July 13, and if you haven’t seen the show, I highly recommend it to anyone who is willing to take a peek into the secret lives of the Donovan family.

According to a 2008 study done in O, the Oprah Magazine, one in six American men have been sexually abused as children.

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Patrick Murphy hosts softball camps for youth By Caroline Gazzara | Staff Reporter For more than 15 years, Alabama softball coach Patrick Murphy has been hosting summer camps for young athletes. In that span of time, he has seen a number of future athletes and stars. He’s seen kids entering middle school come in and learn how to play, and he’s watched high school athletes refine their skills. But in his time as a softball summer camp coach, Murphy said he has enjoyed one thing above all: the opportunity to help budding athletes grow. “It’s just an opportunity for us to showcase the University athletic department and our softball program,” Murphy said. “It’s an opportunity for young ladies to come to Tuscaloosa and experience campus and to see what our softball team is all about.” Already through the first two rounds of camp, Murphy and his team of 46 helpers have taught, practiced with and motivated two different groups of participants. “We originally only had one camp, way

Patrick Murphy hosts summer camps for young athletes. UA Athletics back in the very beginning of the program, and then it expanded into the two,” Murphy said. “And then we divided it into age. One is for older kids, and one is for seventh grade and under.” While hosting both camps last week, Murphy and his crew spent the first half of the week teaching kids in fifth through

eighth grade the fundamentals of softball, and they spent the second half working with high school athletes to hone in on and specialize skills. The official website of the camps, alabamasoftballcamps.com, offers a detailed description of each camp offered, including the distinctions between age groups. The 2014 Patrick Murphy Softball School Summer Camp will cover all defensive positions, including: pitching, catching, first base, second base, third base, shortstop and the outfield, in addition to all aspects of the offensive game, which include hitting, bunting, slapping, base running and sliding, according to the website. Though each camp caters to different ages, the same principles are present. The younger group gains the general knowledge of the sport, but these concepts also transfer to the older crowd while working on specialties. Despite the differences, Murphy said he has only one goal for both groups. “When they leave, I want them to have a

love for the game of softball,” Murphy said. “That’s number one. We don’t want them to be bored because it’s very hot. We’re outside the whole day. We spend a lot of time out on the field. We want them to get the best experience out of it. It’s almost like a 9 [a.m.] to 10 o’clock at night. We want them to feel real good about the game of softball and, of course, their experience with Alabama.” The summer is not over for Murphy and some of his team. Although not an original aspect of the camps, the program offers a twoday team camp option where nine teams do drills, practice, scrimmages and go through a team-building exercise. “Team camp is so much fun,” Murphy said. “You’re kind of like their secondary coach, and their real coach gets to add what he or she wants to add. They get a perspective of what it would be like if Alabama had to practice. And they get to go through all of our practice drills, and their coaches are right there. It’s so much fun. And it’s a team setting, so they get to be together as a team and gel early instead of having to wait.”

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Redskins name change should have happened several years ago By Sean Landry I can’t believe I’m writing this column in June 2014. Two years or more after we started having this conversation, and we’re still talking about the name of the National Football League franchise located in Washington, D.C. Two years on, and I and a thousand other sportswriters are taking to their computers to support the notion that maybe an NFL team, and especially one based in the capital of this nation, shouldn’t use a racial slur for its name. That’s what this conversation comes back to, at its roots. You can talk about history, the First Amendment and oversensitivity, – and you’d be wrong, but we’ll get to that – but in the end, the name of the team is a

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racial slur. Many defenders of the Washington Redskins – a name I am loath to type – point to the team’s eight decades of history

as a word nearly every dictionary describes as “racist,” “dated” or “offensive.” And they’re correct to an extent. The franchise is one of the oldest in the NFL, has achieved much in its time and has been one of the most successful sports businesses in American history. However, the team’s age is precisely one of the many and varied arguments against the perpetuation of its name. The country and the world are not the same as they were in the 1930s when the team adopted its current moniker, nor is the cultural vernacular. The words we once used without a second thought, which were once offensive to none – or at least none who counted – now are unacceptable when viewed through the lens of history and with the

weight of moral problems passed. The franchise and owner, Dan Snyder, were dealt a possibly fatal blow in the quest to preserve the team’s nickname after the U.S Patent and Trademark Office cancelled their trademarks, deeming them, as many do, disparaging and offensive to a significant group. This decision will no doubt be appealed for many years, and the trademarks are enforceable until the decision is finalized. Eventually, the decision may be legally overturned. The debate over the federal agency’s right to make this decree will rage on vociferously, because the points of the argument are nuanced and thus will be hashed out with all of the nuance of a sledgehammer to the skull. In short, the decision is grounded in the Commerce

Clause of the U.S Constitution, which grants the Federal Government the right to regulate interstate commerce. Some will claim a First Amendment violation, which may be the case in the eyes of the Supreme Court. I suspect not, because no one has ruled that Snyder can’t call his team what he likes. They’ve only said he can’t have a trademark on the team’s name. Whatever the final decision in the case, the ruling comes at a time when Snyder’s position is becoming more and more untenable. It’s possible that with this ruling and the current climate, the name will be changed and in a year I’ll be writing a column about the NBA Draft or MLB AllStar game. Just please, anything but this team.

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Alabama duo named to national softball team By Sean Landry | Sports Editor Alabama outfielder Haylie McCleney and former pitcher Jaclyn Traina were named to the USA Softball National Team that will represent the U.S. in several competitions over the summer, according to a UA Athletics release. While the athletes will be competing against the best in the world in competitions like the World Cup of Softball, Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy, who also served as an assistant coach on the national team in 2009, said he has faith in his athletes ability to contend at the international level. “They’re going to do great,” Murphy said. “It’s so cool to have two Alabama kids on team USA. I know everybody in Alabama is going to be pulling for them. I’ve had so many texts and tweets and email messages today. It’s just going to be a lot of fun to follow their progress.” McCleney was given a spot on the roster for the first time after a season in which she batted .444, reached base in 64 of 65 games, scored 70 runs and was named an NFCA All-American. Murphy said the international competition

Jaclyn Traina was named to the national softball team. UA Athletics will be a whole new challenge for one of the country’s top players. “You have to step up a level. It’s like going into the NFL or Major League Baseball. You’re now at the highest level possible. College was great,

but this is another step up. It just depends on if you can make that jump.” Traina returns to the team for the second year after finishing her UA career with 106 wins. Traina was named SEC Pitcher of the Year, first-team All-American and a finalist for USA Softball player of the year in 2014. The stint with the national team might serve as a “last hurrah” for the long-time Alabama ace, who said earlier this month that she would not pursue professional softball. “Well Jackie’s been [there],” Murphy said. “She played in 2012, so this is her second goround. But it’s so rewarding. I’m proud of both of them. Haley got to play in the junior national team a couple years ago, and she played in Canada, I believe, last year. It’s so neat for Alabama to be able to be represented on an international stage.” Murphy said the duo’s achievement speaks to the world-class ability of the two athletes. “When they make a USA team, that means they are two of the best athletes in the sport of softball in the world, not just in the USA,” Murphy said. “To make that USA team, you’ve

PLAN TO GO WHAT: World Cup of Softball WHEN: July 7-13 WHERE: Irvine, California got to be among the best of the best in the states. And then obviously when they go into this tournament, they’re going to compete in a championship, which means that that puts them at the best in the world. Both Traina and McCleney, I’d put them up against anybody actually in the world, and it’ll be fun to see how they do to go over to a different country, the Netherlands. It’s just going to be cool for them to experience that international competition, which is so different than playing in college. You have USA across your chest, and that means a lot.” The team’s first game will be an exhibition in Morgantown, West Virginia, followed by the World Cup of Softball in Irvine, California, July 7 to 13.

COLUMN | WORLD CUP

Defeat in World Cup marks end of Spanish soccer dominance By Sean Landry The phrase “end of an era” is frequently tossed around in the sports world. People used the phrase, probably inaccurately, when the Miami Heat fell to the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals this year. Some people talked about the end of an era when Auburn downed Alabama in the Iron Bowl, which is another questionable assertion. In truth, I can only readily remember three instances of such epoch-expiration in my sportswatching lifetime. First, the retirement of Chipper Jones, which strangely seemed to mark the end of an era in my own life as well. As high school ended, so did the hall-of-fame career of one of my boyhood idols: the baseball player I wanted to be over any other when I was the age when many boys aspired to be

a baseball player. Second, the trade of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce from the Boston Celtics to the Brooklyn Nets. I don’t think I’ll ever forget watching the news of that trade break on the TV. Third, and most recently, the fall and embarrassment of the Spanish National Team at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The Spaniards, thought to be favorites of the tournament, the of verve passion, were destroyed by the Dutch and chastised by the Chileans, sent packing from the World Cup that was to be the indubitable establishment of “La Roja” as the greatest national team in the history of the game. The Spaniards only narrowly edged Australia by their lofty standards, beating the worst team in the tournament 2-0 in a match of no consequence. Everyone is ready to declare the death of “tiki-taka” the patented model of Spanish

football based on short, incisive passes, perpetual possession and beautiful movement. But tiki-taka is more than the Spaniards, more than a system of play and more, even, than a philosophical ideal. Tiki-taka was, and is, the logical succession of the evolution of soccer from the days of the old English game to the modern-day Beautiful Game. Tiki-Taka is the descendent of the “Total Football” system of the great Netherlands teams of the 1970s. “La Roja” has every right to claim to be the greatest national team of all time. Consecutive European Championships interrupted only by the nation’s first ever World Cup cannot be discounted. Above all, the epoch of Spanish soccer must, and will be, remembered fondly as the closest thing to perfect soccer that we ever thought Mauricio Isla (left) and Andres Iniesta struggle in Spain’s 0-2 loss to Chile. MCT Campus we’d see.

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