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Patterson Gymnastics coach Sarah Patterson announced her retirement Tuesday after 36 years with the University By Sean Landry | Sports Editor For the first time in nearly four decades, Sarah Patterson is not the coach of the University of Alabama gymnastics team. Facing dual knee replacement surgeries, the 36-year coach stepped down Tuesday, July 15 after 1,006 wins, 43 postseason championships, eight SEC team championships and six NCAA National Championships. “After much thought and prayer, and after much consultation with Athletics Director Bill Battle and our President, Dr. Judy Bonner, I have decided to step down from the only job I have ever known since graduating from college,” Patterson said in a UA release. “This is something I have tried to postpone, but through ongoing consultation with my physicians, it has become evident that surgery to replace both knees is necessary. My physician shared with me that it will be a year or more before I am back to a normal lifestyle.” Patterson retires with NCAA records of 29 regional championships, 27 national top-4 finishes, 22 top-3 finishes and 20 Super Six appearances. Under her guidance, 73 athletes were named scholastic All-Americans, eight were given the Honda Award for top women’s gymnast in the nation and most recently, Kim Jacob was awarded the Honda Cup for top female collegiate student-athlete. “Sarah Patterson is an extraordinary member of our University, not only as a coach, but as a mentor of young women and a champion for those in need in Alabama and beyond,” Alabama President Judy Bonner said. “As this chapter of her spectacular career comes to a close, I, for one, am very much looking forward to the next chapter, which I know will be equally amazing. Alabama Director of Athletics Bill Battle added his praise for Patterson. “I could talk for two days about all the accomplishments that she’s done with David, with her staff, with the great gymnasts that have been here over the years,” Battle said. “But to me the greatest thing I could say about Sarah and Photos Courtesy of CW FIle, The Corolla, and UA Athletics
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Rogers recognized as highly cited Robin Rogers, Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry, was one of over 3,000 researchers named in the Highly Cited Researchers 2014 list released by Thomson Reuters. The list recognizes those who write the most number of reports designated as Highly Cited Papers by Essential Science Indicators and recognizes Rogers as being in the worldwide top 1 percent of most cited researchers in his field. Compiled by Samuel Yang
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Science Day Camp starts Monday The Alabama Museum Natural History’s summer science camp for 5th – 8th grade students will take place from July 21 to July 25. Students will learn about topics including fossils, reptiles, ecology and water quality. The camp lasts from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and provides equipment. Lunch is not included. The camp is $125 for the week. For more information, call 205-348-7550 or email museum.programs@bama.ua.edu. Compiled by Samuel Yang
Dead Fingers to play at Druid City The Birmingham, Alabama-based husband and wife duo includes Taylor Hollingsworth and Kate Taylor. The band released its self-titled debut album in 2012 and its newest album, titled “Big Black Dog,” on July 15. Dead Fingers will perform inside Druid City Brewing Company at 8 p.m. on Saturday. The brewery’s address is 607 14th Street, and it is located in the Parkview Center.
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Rock icons come to Amphitheater Peter Frampton, a British rock musician, is known for songs like “Baby I Love Your Way,” “Do You Feel Like We Do” and “Show Me the Way,” among others. The Doobie Brothers’ catalogue includes hit songs “Listen to the Music,” “China Grove,” “What a Fool Believes,” and more. The Tuscaloosa Amphitheater gates open at 7 p.m. and the concert starts at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $20 to $75, not including fees. A limited amount of tickets are now available as a 4-pack for $99 total. Compiled by Francie Johnson
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WASHINGTON - Three senior House Democrats on Tuesday asked the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog to investigate allegations, raised in a McClatchy series, that Motorola’s contracting tactics have led state and local governments to squander millions of dollars on the company’s pricey two-way emergency radio systems. “If the allegations in the McClatchy articles are true, millions of federal tax dollars may have been wasted, and millions more are at risk,” Reps. Henry Waxman and Anna Eshoo of California and Diana DeGette of Colorado wrote Inspector General John Roth. “We therefore ask that you initiate an investigation to determine whether the abuses described in the McClatchy articles occurred and if so, whether (Homeland Security) grants were involved,” they wrote. The three members of the House of Representatives urged Roth to propose changes “to prevent a recurrence of these abuses” if the department’s grants are found to have helped finance any of the contracts in question. Waxman is the ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, while Eshoo and DeGette are the ranking minority members on the committee’s communications and technology subcommittee and the oversight and investigations subcommittee, respectively. Motorola’s public safety arm, known as Motorola Solutions Inc. since the Illinois-based company split in two in 2011, has for years controlled an estimated 80 percent or more of the market for emergency communications equipment. In seven stories published in March, McClatchy described how the company has used close relationships with state and local contracting officials, police and fire chiefs and county sheriffs, as well as an array of marketing strategies, to effectively lock in business in all but a smattering of public safety agencies in the nation’s 20 biggest cities. For many years, Motorola froze out rivals by embedding proprietary software in its equipment so it wouldn’t interact with other brands. Motorola Solutions said in a statement that it “complied with applicable laws and regulations, and competes fairly for our customers’ business by offering them superior products and solutions.” “We offer solutions and products that achieve cost savings for the taxpayer, improve safety for communities and enable quick implementation for local agencies,” the company said. Motorola said it has served public safety around the globe for more than 85 years, that it sells products that “enable seamless communications,” and it is the company’s state-of-the-art technology
Motorola Office Building. MCT Campus “that has allowed us to maintain our customers’ loyalty.” In their three-page letter, Waxman, Eshoo and DeGette recited McClatchy’s findings that state and local officials have handed Motorola noncompetitive contracts, used amendments to years-old contracts to acquire entirely new systems, or crafted bid specifications to Motorola’s advantage. For example, the trio pointed to the Kansas Department of Transportation’s award to Motorola of $50 million to build a new statewide emergency radio network via an amendment to a 1991 contract with the firm. State officials exercised an exception to skirt a state law requiring competitive bidding. The House members expressed concern about McClatchy’s report that jurisdictions have paid as much as $7,500 for Motorola radios, even when some of its competitors offered radios meeting the same specifications for a fraction of the price. In addition, McClatchy reported that Alameda County, California, bought a Motorola master controller, or network switch, that contained proprietary features, effectively pre-empting competitors from bidding to build a new two-county network with neighboring Contra Costa County because their equipment couldn’t connect to the switch. Waxman, Eshoo and DeGette asked Roth for an assessment of whether the Alameda-Contra Costa network has used Homeland Security grant money while insisting that all participating agencies buy Motorola equipment.
Baghdad residents turn to paintball, shopping to make life seem normal adjust their definition of the ordinary. Unlike the fierce clashes in northern and BAGHDAD - A sniper crouched next to a western provinces, violence in the capital is pile of sandbags, taking aim at anything that low-intensity for the moment, with moved. Return fire came in bursts, from assassinations and disappearances and behind a palm tree. bombings that haven’t yet spiraled into the “Go! Go! Go!” one fighter yelled. level of bloodshed required to keep war“I’m hit!” shouted another. hardened Baghdadis indoors. Then, abruptly, the combat ended. The Abdullah al-Rawi, 22, works at the mall in fighters yanked off their protective masks an accessories store next to a boutique for and let out exhilarated laughter. Paris Hilton’s designer handbags. He first These college friends had just finished a said Baghdad was stable, insisting that round at Baghdad’s paintball field, and they media outlets exaggerate the tensions. But didn’t mind in the least that the role-play he reconsidered after hearing himself might seem macabre to foreign observers of describe his own family’s displacement, and the real-life war unfolding on the streets how some of his co-workers can no longer Baghdad residents take a break by outside and, further north, in the pitched reach the mall because of dangerous battles between Islamic State extremists playing paintball. MCT Campus checkpoints, and how as a Sunni Muslim he violence – nearly everyone has a story of feels under constant threat from Iraq’s Shiite and militia-backed Iraqi security forces. “The most important thing is that, here, death, displacement or detention – but Muslim-led government. there’s no blood,” said Ahmed Raad, 31, they’ve become resigned to a normal that “It’s here, under the surface,” al-Rawi whose coveralls showed splotches of would strike most anyone else as surreal. finally concluded. “Maybe in a week, a They hold fast to their daily rhythms, knowing month, who knows when, it’ll all come to the yellow paint. So goes life in this capital of a nation on that at any moment the fragile government surface. But we must live our lives. We’ve the verge of collapse. It’s not that Baghdad might fall or the city could explode into full- learned how to keep going under residents are cavalier about the ceaseless blown warfare, forcing them once again to difficult circumstances.” MCT Campus
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NEWSIN BRIEF 8 nutrition camp sessions offered Elementary school students are invited to attend the Institute for Communication and Information Research’s free nutrition camp. The sessions will be from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. every day from July 14 to July 17. They will learn about topics like reading nutrition labels and choosing snacks. Students should be dropped off 10 to 15 minutes before the session at the Walk of Champions. Parents must sign parental consent forms, and participants should be dressed in shorts or exercise pants, a T-shirt and tennis shoes. Compiled by Samuel Yang
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Students receive CMF awards By Samuel Yang | News Editor Matt Leddo, a senior majoring in telecommunication and film and an actor in Campus MovieFest Best Picture winner “Wieder ‘Zam’,” has a message from Campus MovieFest. “When we were out in Hollywood for the finale, we had a CMF employee come up to us after we won to tell us that [the University] wasn’t even supposed to have CMF this year, and that we need to come back to campus and make sure that we let everyone know that the University has to bring back the competition every year,” he said. “Wieder ‘Zam’” marks the second year in a row that UA film students have taken home the top prize in CMF, the world’s largest international student film festival. Directed by Sean Dave and worked on by a team of UA students, the film focused on a World War II veteran whom Leddo portrayed in flashbacks. “I think we all had high hopes for it, but I don’t think any of us knew that it would go on to win the whole competition,” Leddo said. “There were a lot of great films that were accepted into the finale, and it feels awesome to be recognized as the best film since we worked so hard on it.” Leddo said the workshops he attended opened his eyes to how hard breaking into the film industry can be, but he said he hopes the recent wins will open the University’s eyes to the quality of work its students are submitting – and lead to the return of CMF. “I hope that students will be encouraged to continue making great films at Alabama,” he said. Other UA films also took home prizes at CMF, including “Homeless Bones,” directed by William Mason, which won Best Comedy, and “Glimpse,” directed by Alex Beatty, which won Best Drama. Angie Bartelt, a senior majoring in TCF and political science, worked sound for “Glimpse” and “Blank Slate,” directed by Holly Jackson. She also starred in “Hold Us Dear,” directed by Lauren Musgrove. Both “Blank State” and
From left: Matt Leddo, Sean Dave and Carlos Estrada. Photo Courtesy of Matt Leddo “Hold Us Dear” were campus finalists. “You have five days to shoot, edit and prepare this project that, to a lot of us, is what we want to do,” she said. “It’s sort of a little bit of a taste of that time crunch.” Bartelt’s taste of screen-acting also led her to pursue acting gigs. She is signed to an agency and worked this summer on Nicholas Sparks’ new film, “The Longest Ride,” FOX’s “Sleepy Hollow” and CBS’ “Under the Dome.” “I’ve had those three opportunities here in Wilmington and hopefully more to come,” she said. “[Acting in CMF] has set me up so much for the successes I’ve had this summer.” She said CMF, which was her first acting role, helped grow her confidence and experience. “There’s no judgment,” she said.“Anyone can play any role they want to. I had the opportunity to put
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WHAT TO KNOW Campus MovieFest, the world’s largest student film and music festival, challenges students to make a five-minute movie in a week. UA students took home a top award for the second time in two years. myself out there on camera and kind of give it my all and test the waters of screen acting.” She called her experience, which included calling professors to let them know she would be missing class because she had to spend 14 to 16 hours on the various projects she was involved in, amazing from the get-go. “It’s only led to better things,” she said.
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COLUMN | RAIL SYSTEMS
If you want high-speed rail, ride it By Leigh Terry What two things do our nation’s capital and the capital of the European Union – Brussels, Belgium – have in common? The answer is my presence over the last two summers and thriving, multi-faceted public transportation systems. Unfortunately, I’m still waiting for official recognition in honor of my service to both metropolises. However, I can (reluctantly) acknowledge that praise would be better directed to their passenger rail systems. Both systems include underground metro, inter-city, regional and high-speed rail, which, combined, make it easy and affordable to get from point A to point B quickly. While I could spend hours writing about the wonderful adventures these trains have enabled for me, the limited space in this column will be better spent asking more important questions. Why don’t we have that, and why does it cost so much? Unfortunately, the answers to those questions lead us into a vicious economic cycle. Since we Americans have few public transportation options, we can be said to have a low level of supply, which in this case means fewer options that are less convenient and slower. Since low supply in this case means a lower quality product, we are demanding less of it, and companies have to charge more per ticket to cover the cost of operating at less-than-full capacity. However, if we increased the quality and supply of passenger rail, more people would consider it as an alternative to driving or flying and demand tickets. Increased demand would spread the
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costs of travel among more passengers and drive down prices. Thus the dilemma of expanding public transportation is that it runs contrary to the normal economic model for a firm. While some would argue that this is improbable, this is the situation currently unraveling in the Northeast. After fighting for years against critics arguing that high-speed rail would not be profitable in the U.S., Amtrak opened its first Acela high-speed route from Washington D.C. through New York City to Boston. What happened next? The lowest fare tickets sold out for months, and the business class tickets are still cheaper than most flights. The answer to this problem seems simple: Build more trains and create more routes to generate revenue. Unfortunately, this requires a huge
influx in capital that public and private rail companies have difficulty attracting due to the historic losses in their balance sheets. It is nearly impossible to convince American financial institutions to lend millions to companies in the red so that they can take a gamble on offering high-speed services when consumers have so roundly rejected their low-speed counterparts. Imagine how much harder that argument is to make if you are Amtrak and your primary investor is the U.S. Congress. There is only a slight chance that Amtrak may convincingly make that case if the 28 new high-speed trains they have ordered for the Northeastern route turn profits as expected. However, if Congress is unconvinced, we, the consumers and constituents, must make our preferences known. If your home-away-from-Title-Town is in the Northeast, consider using the Acela for your summer travel. If you live in Florida or California, states that are considering investing in high-speed rail, contact your representatives in support. If your home is elsewhere, don’t despair. You still have options available to you. If you want to see a high speed rail line running from Houston through New Orleans to Birmingham and Atlanta, start by riding the current passenger rail. If the keepers of the public and private pocketbooks do not want to invest in supply, then we must demand it. Leigh Terry is a junior majoring in economics. Her column runs biweekly.
Sarah Patterson was named head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide gymnastics team in 1978. She was hired by legendary Alabama football coach and athletic director Paul “Bear” Bryant, who was in the autumn of his career at the time. That same year, and the year after, Bryant won national championships before retiring in 1982. Thirty-six years later, Sarah Patterson’s career has followed a similar trajectory. She won back-to-back championships in 2011 and 2012, tying Bryant’s school record of six national titles. Now, two years later, she too is retiring and is leaving behind an enduring legacy of success and sportsmanship. It would be hard to imagine someone IN SHORT: Sarah more dedicated to The Patterson has left a University of Alabama. lasting legacy at The She took her job here University of Alabama. immediately after graduating from college and never took another position. In her time at the University, she took a young, relatively obscure program and turned it into one of the nation’s best. While creating a perennial powerhouse in gymnastics, Patterson also focused on developing her athletes outside of the sport. Since the debut of the Elite 89 Award in 2009, which honors the student-athlete with the highest GPA at a sport’s national championship site, a member of the Alabama gymnastics team has claimed it every year. Seventy-three student-athletes have earned 189 Scholastic All-American honors. In 2013, the University dedicated the Sarah Patterson Champions Plaza to recognize her success and the success of other UA sports. Patterson has been more than just head coach of UA gymnastics. She has actively supported the University of Alabama community and promoted other sports and campus groups at every opportunity. To The Crimson White, Patterson was always respectful and considerate. In fact, Patterson is, by her own admission, a regular reader of The Crimson White and promises to continue to follow the paper after her retirement. Those who interviewed her once or regularly have stories about how she seemed to care about them outside of a phone call or press conference. Dana Duckworth comes to the head coach position as a former Alabama gymnast and two-time NCAA balance beam champion. She spent nine seasons as a volunteer coach and the past six seasons as an assistant coach. She has experienced national championships on both sides of the spectrum, as an athlete and a leader. Like Patterson, she has deep University of Alabama roots. Dana Duckworth represents the next step and a seamless transition for Alabama gymnastics. Carrying on Sarah Patterson’s legacy, she will lead the gymnastics team forward. Students should continue to support the University of Alabama gymnastics dynasty with record attendance and enthusiasm. The Crimson White wishes to extend our deepest thanks to Sarah Patterson – not for her six national championships or eight SEC Championships, but for the manner in which she has represented this university and conducted herself for nearly four decades. Patterson has worked tirelessly to positively affect the lives of the dozens of young ladies she has coached, everyone she has worked with and the entire Tuscaloosa community. Above all, thanks, Coach, for the memories. Roll Tide. Kelly Ward and Sean Landry, sports editors for The Crimson White, contributed to this Our View. Our View is the consensus of The Crimson White editorial board.
COLUMN | RIVERS
From Alabama to Great Britain, even a new river seems familiar By Mark Hammontree There’s something special about rivers. I don’t know what it is exactly. It may be the sounds: quiet when the water flows wide and slow, or loud when it tightens up to crash over the rocks it meets in it’s path. Of course you also feel it just standing by a river and watching it flowing around a corner to places you’ve never known to wonder about and thinking long and hard if you should jump in to go along. It very well could be the trees that hang over the banks like children unsure about whether it’s too cold to jump in, or maybe searching for crawfish. Maybe it’s the old piece of rope that someone tied to a limb that looked a little suspicious but didn’t make you think twice about grabbing hold to see what it felt like to fly for even a second. I bet it’s probably the feeling right after you toss a rock so flat and smooth you
almost wish you could hold onto it, but then it skips what must have been nine or 10 times so you don’t feel so bad about losing it. Maybe it’s the snails and minnows you find in the small pools on the banks, or maybe it’s the bullfrogs croaking somewhere, everywhere. I sit by Oxford’s calm Thames as it bends outside the city, but I am just as soon transported back to the Black Warrior or the Tennessee, the Alabama, the Cahaba. Each shares that specialness. Each shares that “it.” Little difference exists between old world Willows dipping into a British stream or moss-leaned Oaks drooping in sleep on a Mississippi bayou. Nor exists much difference between those, like me, who find themselves drawn by mysterious feelings of familiarity and comfort, of life and rebirth. You’ve heard already that you can’t step in the same river twice (it’s Pocahontas’s favorite thing). But in many ways, rivers
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are the same wherever you find them. It could be then that sense of familiar newness, that feeling that memories are tied to water that has long since emptied into the ocean or been caught up in some lake, but that they are tied there all the same and can
be found at any point along the waterway. Rivers are permanence in motion, always there to greet you but never in the same way. We build our cities and homes next to them to greet the new opportunities and history that flow in, with history and struggles, mistakes and triumphs exchanged to be carried downstream. I daresay if any of you have ever really spent time by a river, as opposed to simply being next to a river, you know what I’m struggling to say. You know that few metaphors can move in you like those of rivers, be they called Change, Life, Death, Time, Love, Loss. You’ve probably come across a stream, whether in your backyard or thousands of miles from home, and have been content to stop and sit. Happy to wait a while by the river and watch with excitement as time flows endlessly in front of you. Mark Hammontree is a junior majoring in secondary education.
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REAL expands to Selma By Alana Norris | Contributing Writer
network building between the school and community. It is an excellent environment for youth to see firsthand Culverhouse College of Commerce and the Center the relationship between small business and economic for Community-Based Partnerships are exporting their development while also focusing on college and careers.” REAL Alabama program to Selma, Alabama. The Real Powell believes the youth will thrive on the knowledge Teachers attended workshop in 2008 Entrepreneurship through Active Learning program they receive through REAL. instructs teenagers on how to become business savvy. “I hope to see this program continue here in Selma/ FAYETTE “The Culverhouse REAL program offers students ‘real’ life Dallas County,” Powell said. “I also look forward to business and entrepreneurial skills that can and will lead to the wonderful and exciting businesses created by the JEFFERSON successful transitions in becoming college and career ready,” students of the REAL program. I can imagine myself said William Powell, a Chamber of Commerce board member, investing in a few of the mock business plans under business owner, school guidance counselor and volunteer. development by the students of the REAL program.” TUSCALOOSA CLAY “The Culverhouse REAL program offers students the Powell said he sees the REAL program as skills needed to build working relationships, networking and beneficial, not only to the youth, but to the REAL programs implemented since the ‘90s the skills needed to see their entrepreneurentire community. BIBB ial dreams come true.” “I envision this program offered Sent students to REAL-based entrepreneurship The REAL Alabama program has left in all of the schools in Selma/Dallas HALE camp at the University of Alabama the Tuscaloosa campus before with differCounty area,” Powell said. “I believe It I is an excellent ent entrepreneurial initiatives around the the REAL program has the ability Students attended entrepreneurship camp environment for youth to to offer program participants busistate, but this is the first time they have see firsthand the set up camp-style weekly meetings for four ness skills and opportunities that DALLAS consecutive weeks. go beyond the typical classroom relationship between CHOCTAW “Our REAL program has partnered with environment. In addition, the small business and LOWNDES more than 40 school programs during the REAL program can seamlessly economic last several years. The Selma project is the link the business community and WILCOX development while also educators together to prepare first time we have provided an off-campus, Students attended workshop in 2008 camp-type program,” Tommie Syx, REAL focusing on college and program participants to compete coordinator, said. “That is a new model in a local and global economy. The careers. which we are very excited about. It was REAL Program, the Dallas County Selma’s idea, and they were the first to Chamber of Commerce, busiapproach us about this type of event.” ness leaders, plus schools equal — Tommie Syx Sheryl Smedley, director of the Selmasuccess for our students the city Dallas County Chamber of Commerce, said and county.” she heard there were no programs available Syx said he looks forward to the to the youth in the afternoon during summer growth of the REAL program in and saw that as an opportunity. Syx and Smedley worked Selma and elsewhere. CW / Belle Newby together to bring the program to Selma, a process that took “We would like to see the Selma program as an two years to appropriate funding and to finalize logistics. annual event and work with another community “It was an opportunity for us to create this program and to establish a similar event,” Syx said. “For REAL have it available in our community to the youth in the after- overall, we have linked with internal and external noon and make them aware of what actually takes place in programs to promote entrepreneurship education “The activity is fun and mentally challenging, but the business world today as it has to do with owning your as a central focus or an added value to other prothen after the activity is done think about what just own business and getting started in the business world,” grams. I hope to continue building on this foundahappened,” she said. Smedley said. tion of outreach and community engagement.” Thompson said other programs that started in Clay The program will encourage students to make goals and Ann Thompson, director of career technical education of County schools have made a profit, like monograming in family and conprovide them tools to achieve those goals. Central High School of Clay County, participated in teacher sumer science classes, tractor repair, classic culture gardening and video “They will actually create and put together a business training from REAL in the 1990s and said the program has recording and editing, in part because of the training she received from plan, and it’s not only a plan for business, but it’s a concept been integral for Clay County, a dry county with no four-lane the REAL program. they can use for a career path and their personal goals as highways or a Walmart. Thompson worked with 47 churches to prepare a cookbook containing well,” Smedley said. “The concept behind REAL is doing an activity and then southern recipes along with a historical account of Clay County. Former Smedley anticipates the possibility of the students having causing the students to think about what they just did,” students have gone on to establish dance studios and florist shops. a positive experience and sharing their ideas with friends at Thompson said. Thompson attributes these successes to project-based learning that is school. She hopes the program will double in size so they can She learned to set up activities with paper planes or pea- taught by REAL Alabama. offer two terms next year. nut butter and crackers to use in class which taught students “The experiential learning cycle is really the scientific method. You “REAL has been utilized in schools and has been demon- what it is like to be an employer, a worker, a buyer and a seller. state what the problem is, and you reflect on it, and you come up with difstrated in dozens of classroom and workshop presentations Students had to evaluate quality control, decide whether to ferent solutions,” she said. “Reflect on what just happened and how you in various formats,” Syx said. “I believe that other commu- lay off employees, assess how assembly lines could be more can relate that to something else, how you can use that to solve problems nity groups would see this as a benefit to their youth and to efficient and countless other entrepreneurial skills. and then evaluate how you can improve on it.”
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David is that they have been living examples of our mission for the last 36 years. They have recruited and developed their student-athletes to compete on the highest levels in gymnastics on an amazing streak. They have educated and prepared those student-athletes to compete at the highest levels in life after graduation, and they’ve done both with honor and integrity.” Patterson expressed sorrow that her health had forced her to retire from the only job she has held since college, but said the decision had become unavoidable. “I would like to thank Coach Battle, President Bonner and, of course, Marie Robbins, a member of our first national championship team in 1988 and now Alabama’s senior woman administrator, for their unconditional support during this time,” Patterson said. “This is certainly not a joyous time for David and I, but I know it is this right decision for us personally, as well as it being the best decision for the long-term success of the gymnastics program.” Former Alabama gymnast and two-time balance beam national champion Dana Duckworth will succeed Sarah Patterson as head coach. “This is such an amazing opportunity,” Duckworth said. “It is the best job in all of gymnastics, and I’m extremely proud to be able to continue to be a part of this incredible tradition.” Patterson was offered a year’s medical leave by Alabama athletic director Bill Battle, but turned down the opportunity. “I would like to thank Coach Battle and President Bonner for offering me the opportunity to take a complete year of medical leave and then return to coaching, but in this climate of early recruiting commitments, having a staff that changes at least twice in the next two years is not in the best interests of the continued success of Alabama gymnastics,” Patterson said. “I know that Dana, along with Bryan Raschilla, will do an amazing job carrying on the championship — Sarah tradition they have been a part of for so many years.” Former Alabama athletic director and football coach Paul W. Bryant hired Patterson as a 22-year-old graduate of Slippery Rock College in Pennsylvania. Under her guidance and that of her husband and volunteer assistant coach David Patterson, the Alabama gymnastics program grew to one of the most dominant programs in the nation. David Patterson will also step down from his position as volunteer coach, a post he took in 2008 after retiring as associate head coach due to chronic back pain. “After having been through brief periods in the past where both of us were out of the gym at different points for health reasons, Sarah and I have always said that neither of us ever wanted to coach without the other,” David Patterson said. “The timing is not what any of us wants, but the necessity of surgery at this point, and preserving Sarah’s health, has set the timetable.” Both Pattersons have coached through the others’ health issues in the past and agreed that, when the situation became untenable, both would step away from coaching simultaneously. “We both said we would never do this without the other one,” Sarah Patterson said. “The reality of it is that I didn’t think it would be my health issues that would take us to this path. I thought that at some point, David’s back wouldn’t take it so we’d both step down together. That’s what I thought would happen, so if you’re asking me if I’m shocked, yes. I never would have guessed that.” Patterson said she delayed her retirement and subsequent surgeries at least partially for family concerns. Sarah and David Patterson’s youngest daughter, Jordan, just finished her own championship softball career at Alabama. Choking back tears and quoting famed football coach
Vince Lombardi, they reflected on her and her husband’s careers Tuesday. “We have pursued excellence. We have pursued championships,” Patterson said. “But more than anything, I think we have pursued making the world a better place by sending these women out as better representatives and making a difference in the world. We’ve tried to lead by example and to show them what it is important to do.” When Patterson took over as Alabama gymnastics coach, the team competed in Foster Auditorium to crowds composed of only a few members of the gymnasts’ families and had never had a winning season, she said. "[Former Tennessee women’s basketball coach] Pat Summit once told me that, if you coach a women’s sport, if you aren’t willing to market and promote as much as you are to coach and recruit, then you compete in front of nobody,” Patterson said. “And I remember pushing a lot of [the media] to cover us. I remember going to Ray Melick of the Birmingham Post-Herald, and I asked him how we get more newspaper coverage. He said ‘Put people in the seats and we’ll cover you,’ and I said, ‘Okay, that’s what I’m gonna do.’” “I’ll never forget in 1997, we had our first sell-out. It was against University of Georgia, and there were people scalping tickets.” By the end of her term, the team was regularly selling out Coleman Coliseum, setting a number of NCAA and SEC attendance records. The team has been undefeated in that arena since the 2009 season. “We started out in Foster Auditorium. We probably had 50 people in the stands,” Patterson said. “I took what Pat Summit said to heart. I was very fortunate to have gotten to know her ... I learned a lot and I used it. We still do it. Your car may be out here, you’ve got a flyer on it. We’re standing out at the men’s basketball game, giving out stickers saying ‘Come to this meet.’ If you don’t work on it, then you’re going to compete in front of nobody. I think that’s one of the things that we’ve had success with that I’m most proud of.” Patterson has a long and illustrious resume, but said her proudest moments came from moments that aren’t documented on a judge’s scoresheet. Patterson said she is especially proud of whatever role she might Patterson have played in the promotion of women’s sports. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive praised Patterson’s advocacy of women’s sports at SEC Media Days. “Sarah is not just a great coach but a great pioneer and a fabulous advocate for gymnastics and women’s athletics in the Southeastern Conference,” Slive said. “We have legendary coaches, and I think we talked about Pat Summitt, and we can also talk about Sarah Patterson in the same breath. She is that kind of pioneer, that kind of great coach along with others who have elevated her sport to a place where we are preeminent.” Patterson shies away from that comparison, however. “If someone will consider me as a small part of the rise of women’s programs and 12,000 people coming to a sporting event for women? I’m very proud of that,” Patterson said. “But I don’t consider myself an equal to that.” Patterson also spoke highly of the Power of Pink program, an annual event benefitting breast cancer treatment for disadvantaged women. “I think one of the proudest things of our career is the initiative of the Power of Pink that we started 11 years ago and the raising of $1.35 million for disadvantaged women in the west-Alabama community,” Patterson said. One thing, however, made Patterson the most proud, she said: the impact she and her husband had on the dozens of women who crossed their paths. “I think what I’m most proud of, of the overall success of our program, is that David and I have helped a lot of women, in 36 years, have great careers. We tried to be a role model for them as both parents and as a husband and wife team. I think the success of our athletes is pretty special. I had to quit looking at my emails and text messages today because it was so overwhelming, the things that they said to us about how we’ve impacted their lives. “That means the most to me.”
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Clutch Prep targets UA in tutoring expansion By Samuel Yang | News Editor When a group of Florida International University students decided to take their successful tutoring business to the next level, they had to figure out how to preserve their key to success: relevance. “We had these group tutoring sessions that were professorspecific. We were giving students supplemental reviews based on what the professor was covering in class,” Clutch Prep CEO Marcio Souza said. “The key thing that worked well in Miami was that it was highly relevant. We had to maintain that high level of relevancy for students.” Clutch Prep, a video-based tutoring system, now offers textbookspecific material for five classes at The University of Alabama, one of fifteen schools selected for their first wave of expansion. “We started seeing that some schools were having more students [using Clutch Prep] than others. That’s the criteria we started using to pick our first wave of schools,” Souza said. “[The University] was one of them.” Souza, who is also Clutch Prep’s physics tutor, said their model is based on providing content, examples and practice problems. “A lot of it is just personal experience with being frustrated in class. A lot of our professors will spend most class time sort of talking about theory,” he said. “What we’ve seen is that in problem-solving classes, students learn by seeing examples and by practicing on their own.” Souza said Clutch Prep’s video equivalent of lecture is actually kept as short as possible. “The most important part actually is being able to do it on your own,” he said. “We spend most of our time giving examples and practice problems because that’s where the real learning happens.” Souza is one of Clutch Prep’s six core team members. After student demand at FIU led them to an office and then a website, Clutch Prep landed in Techstars, a startup accelerator in Chicago. “The initial feedback from our FIU students when we did this locally – we still do this locally – is overwhelmingly positive,” Souza said. “People love this stuff.” Their online activity has gotten similar reviews, he said. Students point to their organization and depth as assets. Currently, Clutch Prep has UA-specific material for Chemistry I and II, Organic Chemistry I, Physics I, Calculus I and Statistics I. Clutch Prep is currently looking to hire a UA student as a student brand manager. The part-time, commission-based position will involve building connections with students and professors. Souza said the plan is to continue adding material for more math, science, engineering and business courses. “Basically, anything that’s problem solving, we want to get to it eventually,” he said. Clutch Prep’s website also allows students to input their requests for course coverage. “You can tell us. We’re tallying that information,” Souza said. “We know already that the two classes that have the most demand are Organic Chemistry II and Biology I.” Rocky Elmore, a senior majoring in physics and secondary education, received a mass email from a student in his organic chemistry encouraging him to check out Clutch Prep. “It is a really good resource. I really like it. It’s very simple. It’s user-friendly,” he said. “The way that Johnny, [the Chief Academic Officer and tutor], creates the videos and the study guides, it’s very
Clutch Prep began at Florida International University and is currently based in Chicago. Photo Courtesy of Patrick O’Keefe. easy to use the material.” Elmore, who has personally communicated with the tutors, said Clutch Prep allowed him to study and practice while learning, which helped with the fast pace of his in-person class time. “I could tell it was helping, because I could start to understand the logic of some of the things that were happening in class,” he said. “Watching some of the videos, he kind of showed [how] everything was related to each other.” Another feature of Clutch Prep he used was its interactive nature. “With each video, for each chapter, Johnny has it to where if you have a question about that particular video, you can ask it, and usually within a few days, or within a few hours, he can answer that
specific question,” he said. “It’s almost like having a professor, and you’re emailing him.” Jesus Rodriguez, a sophomore majoring in chemical engineering, also used Clutch Prep for his Organic Chemistry class. “It knew exactly how the book was laid out,” he said. “It gave exactly what I needed for the section I was in.” He said the material did a good job connecting past content to current content while providing an overview alongside in-depth coverage. The only request he has is for mobile access to Clutch Prep, he said. “They give you exactly what you need every time,” he said. “It’s a really great resource.”
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Parking availability, permit prices increase By Collin Burwinkel | Contributing Writer Changes come with the start of each new school year, and parking permits are no exception. “This year, student commuter and faculty and staff permits increased by $20. Perimeter permits for students and faculty and staff increased by $10, and reserve permits increased by $30,” Chris D’Esposito, director of parking services, said. Student residential permits are now $320, student commuter permits are $265, student perimeter permits are $180 and student reserve permits are now $540. There have also been changes made to the amount of parking spots. “The most noticeable change with regards to parking will be the initial construction of the South Campus Parking Deck. This project is located in the Barnwell Hall and Martha Parham area and is scheduled for completion in July 2015,” D’Esposito said. “During construction, a few changes to existing parking were necessary to meet both the needs of the project as well as satisfying parking needs for the academic year.” Kenneth Harris, a sophomore, said parking at the University is “absolutely horrible.” “Frankly, they need more parking for students, or they need to change the freshman car rule, because it’s hard to find a spot no matter where you are on campus,” Harris said. D’Esposito said the University goes to great lengths in assisting students with transportation needs. “Crimson Ride Transit stops are strategically located to maximize availability and increase efficiency,” he said. D’Esposito said convenience depends on personal perception, so great parking for one person could be terrible for another. “Another time-saving service offered by Crimson Ride is TransLoc, a real time mapping system that allows individuals to use their smartphone to see where the next bus is. Students or faculty and staff needing after hours transportation back to their vehicles can call 348-RIDE (7433), an on demand service that will take them back to their vehicle,” he said. While there are visible changes to parking on campus, Harris said parking passes are still too expensive for the available options. “For the amount of flat space we have, it can’t be too hard to build parking
upwards,” he said. If students decide to park illegally or in a zone where they are not allowed to park, they risk receiving a ticket or citation. “Citations range between $25 and $500. Individuals can go to bamaparking.ua.edu to see a list of violations and corresponding fines or stop by Transportation Services to pick up a campus map that also has this information listed,” D’Esposito said. In terms of labor, the Transportation Services workers are on alert every day. “Approximately 50,000 to 55,000 citations are issued to illegally parked vehicles yearly,” D’Esposito said. “On average citation revenue totals between $1.5 million and $2 million annually, all of which goes back into the operating revenue of the department to fund current and future transportation needs and projects.” The price of Auburn University’s parking passes for students ranged from $80 to $180, depending on proximity to campus, with less overall revenue from citations. “From the first day of school to July 15 this year, Auburn University issued 18,264 tickets or citations and the total amount collected was $786,500,” Don Andre, manager of parking services at Auburn University, said. “Although, due to many of the tickets being reviewed or dismissed, our actual revenue total was $554,000.” Auburn University’s transportation services receives state funding and is not responsible for maintenance or upkeep, unlike The University of Alabama. “Transportation Services is a self-supporting department and receives no state funding. We are responsible for construction and maintenance of surface parking lots and parking decks,” D’Esposito said. “We also assist with subsidizing Crimson Ride with the purchasing of new transit buses. We are responsible for our own expenses including employee wages and benefits, equipment, software and so on.” D’Esposito said every year the department pays a debt service of over $1 million on existing parking decks. Another million is set aside for maintenance with another million designated for roadway and surface lot maintenance. Registration for 2014-2015 student parking permits began July 9th. Students can go to bamaparking.ua.edu with other questions or concerns.
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Perspective is said to have the ability to change one’s outlook, and a new digital display featuring the Black Belt will showcase the perspective of high school students in the region. Black Belt 100 Lenses, launched last week, displays over 4,000 photographs. “Originally, the project on which the archive is based was developed on the University of Alabama campus by Dr. Elliot Knight, who was then an undergraduate student,” Heather Pleasants, director of community education at the Center for Community-Based Partnerships, said. From 2007 to 2012, the Black Belt 100 Lenses project selected students from the 12 counties that make up the Black Belt. The students then created photographs representing the cultural livelihood of their communities, which were later shown in exhibitions. Now, the thousands of photographs that were collected during this fiveyear period are available for the world to see online. “I think what the archive shows is that, even with just a little bit of training and education, the students really have the power to create amazing images that have a life beyond the exhibitions that took place during the project,” Pleasants said. “When we involve youth in representing where they’re from, what can that look like?” The University of Alabama’s Division of Community Affairs, the Alabama Digital Humanities Center and the Black Belt Community Foundation collaborated on the archive. A common goal among the organizations is a willingness to reach out across communities and support students and education. “If somebody has an interest in Alabama architecture, then they could look and see all of the ways in which the students over a period of five years captured images of buildings – or whatever their focus might be over that time period – and get a kind of firsthand perspective,” Emma Wilson, postdoctoral fellow at the ADHC, said. “It’s very much a way of representing the Black Belt region of Alabama through the eyes of its youth.” Wilson worked in conjunction with Muzel
FOR MORE INFORMATION The Black Belt 100 Lenses Archive is available online at apps.lib.ua.edu/omeka.
Black Belt 100 Lenses features over 4,000 photographs in a digital display. Submitted Chen, IT specialist at the ADHC, and a metadata team to make the archive searchable in many different ways to increase both efficiency and accessibility for users. Other archive leaders who made the collaboration possible include Mary Alexander, metadata librarian, and Franky Abbott, postdoctoral fellow in history and digital humanities. “It gives a much more intimate connection to the region I think than, say, a satellite image. If you were doing a research project, the two in conjunction with each other could be really illuminating,” Wilson said. Wilson and Pleasants said the archive not only serves as a resource for students but also as a model for future endeavors by other universities, states or even countries. Troy University sophomore Jonathan Jenkins, a two-time participant of the Black Belt 100 Lenses project who now serves on the BBCF board, said he is passionate about the type of community involvement that the project aims to teach. “[The archive] offers a new way to look at things, because you’re looking at it from the inside out – how students see it and how young people view their communities,” Jenkins said.
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Plank Center names mentoring awardees By Alessandra Delrose | Contributing Writer Each year, a national board of 24 people develop a list of possible nominations and candidates for the Plank Center’s Milestones in Mentoring Award. This year, the 5th annual award, recognizing six outstanding professionals from around the country, was given to corporate and education professionals alike. “Research has shown that mentors are incredibly important to professional development and advancement and to the development of leaders and leadership,” Bruce Berger, founding director of the Plank Center, said. “The awards are a way of recognizing that importance and celebrating on a national stage.” Berger said past winners and professional associations are involved in the nomination and selection process. Honorees for the award are selected for one of the six categories: Legacy, Agency, Young Professional, Educator, Corporate and Executive. “The recipients this year are an incredible group of individuals who have contributed a great deal to our profession,” Berger said. “They have touched the lives and careers of literally hundreds of people in rich and meaningful ways.” The Milestone in Mentoring Awards are presented each fall at a dinner held in Chicago, and the six honorees this year included Patrick Ford (Legacy), of PR firm Burson-Marsteller; Aylwin Lewis (Executive), CEO of Potbelly Sandwich Works; Wendi Strong (Corporate), executive vice president of enterprise affairs at the United States Automobile Association; and Andy Polansky (Agency), CEO of PR agency Weber Shandwick Lynne Sallot, University of Georgia professor and recipient of the award in the Educator field, said both being considered and selected for the award came as a surprise to her. “Since I have been at the University of Georgia, I have had the opportunity to work with several doctoral students who have gone on to become educators themselves, and I feel particularly good about the work I was able to do with them,” she said. ”“I am so grateful to have won this Educator award, which is named after Dr. Berger, who is a talented and hardworking individual.” Jose Rivera, lecturer at California State University, San Bernardino, received the
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Jose Rivera. Photo Courtesy of Jose Rivera award in the Young Professional field. “I would like to think [I received this award because of] all of my help with the students, furthering their knowledge in Public Relations, and in general giving them an idea of all of the things they need to do in order to prosper in the field,” he said. Rivera said it meant a lot to be recognized by another university. “It means that they see that I care and that I have a lot of passion for what I am doing,” he said.
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From canoeing and inner tubing down some of northern Alabama’s creeks and rivers to a hands-on fossil hunting excursion, the Alabama Museum of Natural History’s summer programs provide opportunities to get involved, learn and explore the outdoors. Throughout July and early August, the museum will offer adventurers the chance to explore some of the state’s diverse landscape. “We take them to some of the most interesting and scenic places in our state, some of which are sometimes only accessible through our program,” AMNH Director Randy Mecredy said. The summer trips, part of the museum’s field science programs, are all led by experienced naturalist guides with equipment and transportation provided. Mecredy, who has personally led most of them over the past 13 years, said the trips have a lot to offer. “Through guided experiences, participants are able to discover the enjoyment of visiting some of the hidden wonders of Alabama’s rich natural and cultural heritage,” Mecredy said. “At the same time, our programs inspire scientific curiosity, instill environmental awareness and are a natural pathway to the discovery of Alabama’s unique diversity.” Naturalist Michael Hester said the AMNH has pursued these efforts for quite some time. “The museum as a part of the University has been conducting trips of this type for over 36 years,” Hester said. “We want to make everyone aware of the incredible natural wonder that Alabama possesses.” During the school year, the museum offers field trips that combine in-class curriculum with educational activities. Mecredy said during the summer, the museum continues these opportunities in a less formal, but equally meaningful, setting. “For example, while tubing the Little Cahaba River, nature becomes our classroom,” Mecredy said. “If we cross paths with a snake, then we have an opportunity to explore this creature in its own environment – the same holds true for fish,
FOR MORE INFORMATION For a complete list of programs and dates, visit the website at amnh.ua.edu or call (205) 348-7550. or birds or bugs. We like to call these encounters ‘teachable moments,’ and it gives us the chance to share our knowledge about the natural diversity our state has to offer.” In addition to trips, the museum also hosts a series of day camps and overnight camps. “Our summer kicked off in June with our Art in Nature summer camp, a science and art camp for 3rd through 5th graders, and our Museum Expedition, a field camp in its 36th year,” said Allie Sorlie, the museum’s education outreach coordinator. Mecredy said the expedition was an event that provided the opportunity to do scientific research in areas like archaeology, paleontology and geology. Students were eligible to earn school credit. Sorlie said the museum also has another upcoming camp for 5th through 8th graders called the Science Day Camp. “This week long camp will focus on a different area of science each day and includes hands-on learning with scientists in each field,” Sorlie said. The cost to attend the camp is $125, but Mecredy said those who are interested should sign up soon, because space is limited and reservations are required. “They hunt for fossils with a paleontologist, splash around in the river with ichthyologists, tromp in the woods with forest ecologists and track reptiles and amphibians with vertebrate biologists,” Mecredy said. The day trips, including tubing, canoeing and fossil-hunting, cost $25 per outing. Programs are open to all, including students, adults, families and unaccompanied children at least 10 years of age.
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UA alumnus directs ‘Hairspray’ By Hayley Sanderson | Contributing Writer
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Theatre Tuscaloosa will bring in the beat this summer with its production of the musical, “Hairspray,” presented July 18 to July 27 on Shelton State’s campus in the Bean-Brown Theatre. This production of “Hairspray” is under the direction of University of Alabama alumnus Michael Thomas Walker. “Michael Walker is a wonderful director, and everyone has enjoyed working with him,” said Adam Miller, managing director of Theatre Tuscaloosa. “He brings a fresh, up-beat energy to directing that has reinvigorated all of us and inspired the cast to give 110 percent.” “Hairspray,” set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, follows Tracy Turnblad on her journey to become a dancer on “The Corny Collins Show,” a local television dance program. Tracy eventually becomes a regular dancer on the show and immediately takes action toward integrating the show. “Hairspray” is not only about a teenage girl’s dream to dance on television. It also addresses the struggle with racial inequality during the 1960s.
PLAN TO GO WHAT: Hairspray WHEN: July 18-27 WHERE: The Bean-Brown Theatre “The best part about ‘Hairspray’ is that it is a socially conscious allegory wrapped in a sweet candy coating,” Miller said. “At its heart, ‘Hairspray’ is a story about prejudice, discrimination and the integration of TV.” Theatre Tuscaloosa’s production of “Hairspray” also includes current University of Alabama students Gavin Dover, Craig First, Kaylee MacKnight, Drey Mitchell, Will Travis and Ashlyn Lambert. “I’m playing Seaweed J. Stubbs in ‘Hairspray’, and I’m so excited to walk in his shoes every night,” said Will Travis, a senior majoring in musical theatre. “I wanted to play Seaweed because, despite all of the racial inequality he must have dealt with during that time, he still finds joy in dancing, and he used that to propel his passion in encouraging others to dance along.”
Seaweed is one of the characters with whom Tracy goes to school, and he also dances on “The Corny Collins Show” on “Negro Day,” as it is referred to in the show. Penny Pingleton, played by Kaylee MacKnight, is Tracy’s best friend and ends up falling in love with Seaweed. “One thing that really stood out to me about Penny was that she doesn’t see color,” said MacKnight, a senior majoring in musical theatre. “That’s what really attracted me to her character. She falls in love with Seaweed regardless of color. Penny definitely looks at Seaweed for his heart, not the color of his skin, and that is something I can relate to.” “Hairspray” will run July 18 to July 27 in the Bean-Brown Theatre on the Shelton State Campus. Performances will take place Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays and Wednesdays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for seniors and $14 for students and children. All proceeds from the final dress rehearsal on Thursday, at 7:30 p.m. will go toward the Charlie Dennis Memorial Scholarship Fund.
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Athens rock band comes to Green Bar By McCall Scofield | Contributing Writer
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Sumilan, a progressive ambient rock band from Athens, Georgia, WHAT: Sumilan will play a set at the environmenWHEN: Friday, 9 p.m. tally conscious Green Bar in downWHERE: Green Bar town Tuscaloosa on Friday. Sumilan played at Wakarusa Music Festival in 2012 and has performed with Papadosio, Boombox, Lotus, Zoogma and The Heavy Pets. The band’s genre ranges from rock, sign up. You could bring a whole band if you wanted to.” funk, jazz, electronica and metal. In addition to helping the local “We’ve played at a couple private fraternity parties, but this music scene, Lloyd said the Green is the first time we are playing Bar tries to do its part in helping at a bar in Tuscaloosa, so we are the environment as well. All of the very excited,” said Harris Culley, beer at the bar comes in cans, which are recycled after use, and all draft guitarist and vocalist. Sumilan has one album, titled beers are poured in glass. The nap“Natural Selection,” which has kins, along with the paper in the been available on iTunes since 2012. restrooms, are all unbleached recy“‘Natural Selection’ was based cled paper, and all of the furniture around the science behind how spe- and decorations inside of Green cies evolve and the idea that we are Bar are reused. “We try to use little to no plaswho we are now, and we still have tic at all,” Lloyd a lot of developsaid. “The curtains ment and growing hanging on the wall to do,” guitarist JT are from a theatre Toro said. in Chicago, the Sumilan is now seats came from an working on a sec100-year-old church ond album due in Atlanta – everyfor October. thing in the bar “Most of what is reused.” is on the second Green Bar and album we will be Sumilan each complaying at the Green bine diverse eleBar in Tuscaloosa, ments to create so the audience something their will be hearing own. For Green Bar, new music as well that means recyas music from — Mark Dykes cling furniture and ‘Natural Selection,’” decorations from a Culley said. variety of other locaGreen Bar, fortions. For Sumilan, merly known as that means combinLittle Willy’s, is ing the influences of one of a few bars all of its members to in Tuscaloosa that routinely books original music. create its own sound. “What’s great about our band is The bar welcomes a wide variety of bands to play on its stage, including we each bring our individual influences, or spice, into the band,” many local bands. “We have bands across the said Mark Dykes, bassist and board come here,” owner Bill Lloyd vocalist. “We try to touch base said.“We do an open mic every with everything so we don’t Wednesday night, you just go and corner ourselves.”
What’s great about our band is we each bring our own individual influences, or spice, into the band
Macklemore independently produced his latest album, giving him the Indie label. MCT Campus
Indie music loses original definitions, evolved from independent musicians By Amy Marino There once was a time, not too long ago actually, a person, after being asked what type of music they listened to, would be completely understood if they responded with the genre of “indie.” “Indie,” short for independent, describes musical artists who instead of aiming to sign with a major, well-known label company, opt to make a name for themselves via the smaller label route, or in some cases, completely on their own, both in hopes of maintaining their individuality and expressing themselves more freely and creatively. Indie is known as its own genre completely, a genre stereotypically comprised of “under the radar” and eclectic-sounding rock/alternative artists. As of now, this genre is looking less and less unified. There are countless independent artists who have drastically different sounds, who are nowhere near close to being classified as “under the radar.” For example, some current independently produced artists include Bon Iver, My Morning Jacket, Macklemore and Arcade Fire. Interestingly, major music label artists like Sam Smith, Lorde, Lana Del Rey and Passion Pit are now being classified as indie. The lines have become extremely blurred, and, basically, the term “indie,” when applied to music, has lost the meaning it once had. “So what?” you ask. Well, it says a lot about today’s listening generation. Listeners seem to be more inclined to appreciate the “different.” People are becoming more open and explorative when it comes to music – that once “weird” music your artsy friend
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listened to isn’t sounding so weird after all. Oxymoron or not, the less mainstream is becoming the mainstream. This fact is being proven more and more true lately, one pivotal moment being the 2012 Grammy’s when self-produced Bon Iver beat out Nicki Minaj, J. Cole, Skrillex and the Band Perry for the Best New Artist title, one of the industry’s highest honors. Following close behind Bon Iver, Macklemore, another selfproduced artist, took home the same title in 2014. The genre of “pop” is becoming infused with sounds and artists it has never seen before. With so many outlets for listening and discovering new music, it is getting harder for great artists to truly be “under the radar.” Artists are no longer solely basing their success on record sales. They’re taking into account YouTube, Spotify and Soundcloud, too. Musical artists have reached a time where, if they’ve got a great sound, and they’re actively adding music and videos and promoting themselves on the internet, they can make it. We live in a “like” and “share” music culture.
Meanwhile, self-proclaimed “indie” listeners are getting discouraged watching an artist, whom they consider their own, blow up. This “secret,” “underrated” genre they once knew is morphing and dissolving, and instead of embracing it, fans are turning their backs. Once a band reaches a certain level of success, they’ve become – gulp – “mainstream.” Witnessing one of your favorite band’s fan-base shift from people who are listening out of appreciation to people who are listening because it’s a fad may be frustrating, but at least you can be encouraged about the direction music is headed, and you can be happy for these people who are finally being exposed to music that doesn’t sound like everything else. For example, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, a Birmingham soul band, almost overnight, has become nationally acclaimed. The fact they are doing so well is tremendously encouraging. To be a band that isn’t signed with a major record label, formed two years ago, impulsively almost, sounds like it just stepped out of the 1950s, and is where they are now, would be unheard of 10 years ago. And I think they deserve to have their original fans behind them the whole way, no matter how “mainstream” they become. So before you say you’re an “indie” music fan, you may want to try rephrasing that. It may be better just to describe the artist’s sound. Unless you’re using “indie” to explain how the artist is independently produced, indie has ceased to be a genre. Embrace the direction this music generation is headed, and continue to support your favorite smaller bands, even if they end up being not so small after all.
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A new exhibit in Birmingham features art from UA faculty. Photos Courtesy of Bill Dooley
PaperWorkers Local features art from UA By John Hinshaw | Contributing Writer It may be located in Birmingham, but PaperWorkers Local’s “Drawing on Clairmont Avenue” exhibit is Tuscaloosa born and raised. The art exhibit features the work of current UA faculty member Bill Dooley, and PaperWorkers Local was founded by two UA alumni. Roger Jones, along with fellow UA alumni Michael Merry, founded PaperWorkers Local, a non-profit organization interested in expanding the art community in Birmingham, eventually wishing to reach Tuscaloosa. “We wanted to help bring together the artistic community, and Birmingham seemed like a good place to start,” Jones said. For the exhibit, Merry and Jones wanted to bring in someone they had previous experience with as students at the University. William Dooley is the director of the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art at the University and an associate professor of art. His work is the central focus of the exhibit “Drawing on Clairmont Avenue.” “Me and Michael both had the good fortune of taking courses with Bill,” Jones said. “We’ve always enjoyed looking at his work and were more than happy to put it on display. The community’s reception of it has been spectacular.” Dooley has been working with the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art since his arrival in 1989 from Charlotte, North Carolina, where he worked with the Contemporary Arts Program in Spirit Square. “In some ways, I’ve modeled Moody after what we did in Charlotte,” Dooley said. “The
PLAN TO GO WHAT: “Drawing on Clairmont Avenue” Exhibit WHEN: Now - August 8, Monday 6-8 p.m., Wednesday 1-5 p.m., Thursday 5-8 p.m., Friday noon-5p.m. WHERE: PaperWorkers Local, 3815 Clairmont Ave., Birmingham difference is that working with the school, it is mainly students, whereas in Charlotte it was a lot more local, public.” Dooley has been making paintings for most of his life, but the artwork on display at PaperWorkers Local is focused more on drawings and sketches. Aside from doing exhibits, PaperWorkers Local also focuses on printmaking with a full workshop. “Printmaking refers to artwork made on or out of paper. Michael Merry came up with the idea for it,” Jones said . “The building we work in is made up of three different parts, all associated with different aspects of our organization. There is a gallery for exhibit space, a full printmaking workshop and a studio space which is open to local artists for rental.” The organization features artists yearround and tries its best to keep the focus on local talent. As they continue to grow, Jones said they would like to incorporate more work from artists outside of Birmingham into their exhibits.
Jacksonville musician Walter Parks returns to Tuscaloosa on Friday. Photo Courtesy of Walter Parks
Walter Parks returns to play set at Bama Theatre By Kathryn Taylor | Contributing Writer Walter Parks, songwriter and guitar player, will combine guitar playing and a sense of southern humor on Friday night when he headlines the Bama Theatre’s next acoustic night. “It’s a historical venue. I’ve always loved Tuscaloosa, and audiences have always been good to me,” Parks said. “I always feel like I’m at home when I play there, and I’m honored to be coming back to Tuscaloosa.” Parks, a Jacksonville native, said he enjoys his swamp guitar style and prefers playing jazz, blues and a dash of country. He said traveling in the Southeast is important considering the musical style and its origins. “My style involved guitar, of course,” Parks said. “I thought I needed to move to New York City to [show off] my ‘southernness,’ but then I quickly realized it’s natural for me to be southern, so decided to mostly play in the Southeast.” David Allgood, Bama Theatre Manager, said this kind of music attracts fans in Tuscaloosa. Acoustic night is one of the Bama’s events to help musicians like Parks express their musical talents and give hidden musicians a chance
PLAN TO GO WHAT: Acoustic Night WHEN: Friday, 7 p.m. WHERE: Bama Theatre in the spotlight. “Acoustic night is set up for a cover charge at the door, and all the profits go straight to the musicians,” he said. “It’s a chance for these musicians to get out and show their musical talents and songwriting abilities.” Allgood has held acoustic night for the past six years, and he discovered Parks when Parks brought his band, Swamp Cabbage, for the 40th anniversary of Woodstock in 2009. Acoustic night at the Bama Theatre doesn’t book cover bands, which allows talents such as Parks to perform original music. Allgood said acoustic night is meant for listening and not conversations, allowing for the audience to enjoy the performance without interruption. “I love playing at the Bama Theatre,” Parks said. “The audiences support me, and they let me take chances. I’m happy to be coming back.”
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SEC Media Days: Coaches discuss expectations By Sean Landry | Sports Editor The first day of SEC Media Days was led by defending SEC Champion Auburn, with much of the talk concerning consecutive titles. “Last year we weren’t on anybody’s radar,” Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said. “We snuck up on a lot of people. This year we know we’re going to be circled. We talked about that with our players. But at the same time, I feel like that’s good pressure. We’ve got our program back to where it should be, where people, you know, have us circled.”
Coaches and Players Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall was scheduled to meet with the media at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Hoover but was replaced by senior tight end C.J. Uzomah after Marshall was cited for possession of marijuana last week. “It is a privilege and a reward to represent Auburn here at the SEC Media Days,” Malzahn said. “Last Friday, Nick lost that privilege. We have high expectations for our players, but specifically our quarterback, being the face of our program.” Malzahn also spoke about the death of former tight end Phillip Lutzenkirchen, who died after an early-morning car accident June 29. “I think anytime you hear something like that, you’re in shock,” Malzahn said. “Obviously an extremely tough situation. Just feel for the family. The impact he made, he was just a phenomenal person, like I said before. It was extremely tough.”
SEC New Vanderbilt Head Coach Derek Mason spoke to the media Monday afternoon and said he was excited for his opportunity at Vanderbilt. “I’m a fresh new face, only new head coach on the block,” Mason said. “Great thing is I’m undefeated, so I’m feeling real good about where we’re at. As I look at my path, it’s been a fun one. The opportunity to be out at Stanford with David Shaw, it was outstanding. But now with this opportunity, it’s a great one.” Mason did not shy away from the stiff competition he will face, despite Vanderbilt’s 4th place finish in the SEC East last season. “Our team is a team of probably no-name young men who have a chance to do something great,” Mason said. “It’s talented across the board. I think our opportunity to compete for an SEC East title is now” Many SEC coaches and players praised Alabama on Monday. Malzahn particularly commended Alabama’s defense when asked. “Well I think the big thing that stands out, they do a great job. You usually have to earn what you get,” Malzahn said. “They make you earn it. They’ve got very good players at each position.”
Will Muschamp Florida coach Will Muschamp addressed rumors about his job security during his opening statement. The Gators finished 4-8 last season. “There will be a lot of chatter about hot seat business,” Muschamp said. “That’s part of it. The way you combat that is having a winning football team and winning football games, which is what we’re going to do. I’ve got a lot of confidence in this team and staff.”
Auburn coach Gus Malzahn led the first day of SEC Media Days. CW File
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An open letter from Sarah Patterson After much thought and prayer, and after much consultation with Athletics Director Bill Battle and our President, Dr. Judy Bonner, I have decided to step down from the only job I have ever known since graduating from college. Though I haven’t shared my physical problems outside my family and a few close friends, they have degenerated to a point where I will have multiple surgeries over the coming year. While not life threatening, things have progressed to the point where my physicians have mandated that I have both knees replaced, and they have estimated that it will be over a year until I am fully recovered. I will have the first surgery after we receive our 2014 SEC championship rings at the Southern Miss football game and celebrate an amazing season with that team. I will have the second surgery in the spring after recovery from the first surgery. I would like to thank Coach Battle and President Bonner for offering me the opportunity to take a complete year of medical leave and to then return to coaching. But David and I came to the conclusion that having a staff that changes multiple times in a significant way over a two-year span is not in the best interest our gymnasts or the continued success of our program. Coaching is a 24/7 job that requires being at our best on a daily basis. I know myself well and I need to put my health first and foremost for the quality of my life in the future and I do not feel that I can do that and give my best as a coach. I am grateful that for 36 years, David and I were able to implement our coaching philosophy of trying to develop well-rounded young women who are ready to make a difference in the lives of others upon their graduation from this University. I would like to share how blessed David and I have been with the unconditional love and support of our daughters Jessie and Jordan throughout our career and this decision. They – along with our son-in-law Brett – have been our biggest fans, and together we have all shared our love for this University and the amazing experiences that we have had. This is not a joyous time for David and I as we step away from jobs that we have loved every day along the way, but I know it is this right decision for us personally, as well as it being the best decision for the long-term success of the gymnastics program. I want to thank Coach Bryant for taking a chance on a 22-year-old graduate of Slippery Rock State College and hiring me for the best coaching job in the country. I want to express my appreciation and fond remembrances of Mal Moore for his support, and the overall vision he had for this department, and for hiring the coaches that have helped turn that vision into the championship program we enjoy as a department today. Our current Athletic Director, Bill Battle, is one of the best leaders I have ever worked with, and his vision will continue to give our department the opportunity to compete at the highest levels. To Dr. Judy Bonner, one of the highlights of my career, and one of the very few times I was ever late to practice, was standing in the back of the room when you were announced as our president. I felt like at that point, I could go back to our ladies and tell them that at The University of Alabama, you could truly be whatever you wanted, even president. I also need to thank Marie Robbins, a member of our first championship team in 1988 and now an associate athletics director and our senior woman administrator. From your first moments on campus, through this latest decision – your guidance, counsel and unwavering support have meant the world to us. I can’t imagine how we would have managed without you. I would like to give a heartfelt thank you to our staff and coaches, both past and present. Each one of you made a difference for our program, in the earliest days right through to the present moment, words can’t express how grateful we are for everything along the way. And more than anyone, I want to thank our ladies. From our first class, who took a chance on us when we began this journey and then took us to the national championships as seniors, to the freshmen of 2014 … you are all a part of our championship legacy, all a part of the tradition of excellence that this program has highlighted for the last 36 years. You are all in our hearts, and we can’t begin to express what it has meant to us to continue to be a part of your lives. While we close this chapter on our careers, this is not the end of the story. I am very much looking forward to the future and continuing as a part of the Alabama family, the Tuscaloosa community and the sport we love so much as a member of the NCAA Gymnastics Committee. Thanks to everyone for their support over the many years and of course, Roll Tide!
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Dana Duckworth succeeds Patterson as gymnastics coach Duckworth hopes to maintain winning legacy Dana Duckworth speaks at the press conference announcing her promotion. CW / Pete Pajor By Sean Landry | Sports Editor New Alabama gymnastics coach Dana Duckworth doesn’t have a championship ring from the 2011 season, despite serving as the assistant coach during the team’s 5th championship season. Instead of a ring, the former Alabama gymnast and two-time balance beam national champion ordered a pendant, large, silver and jewel-encrusted, just like the 2012 championship ring that she does wear. “I did that by design,” Duckworth said. “So when I was recruiting, I have both on my body.” It’s that recruiting acumen, along with a history of success in the gym and in business, that Duckworth and former gymnastics coach Sarah Patterson hope will help create a seamless transition between the storied coach and her longtime student and assistant. Along with Duckworth’s promotion, former assistant coach Bryan Raschilla will serve as associate head coach. “Bryan was incredible today,” Duckworth said. “The way he handled the news, the way he was honored to recieve the associate head coaching title and everything. To me, his response
is that we will do this together as a team.” Patterson endorsed Duckworth and Raschilla, her longtime assistants, for the head coaching posts. “Dana has always been a great role model for our ladies,” Patterson said. “She enjoyed tremendous success in all aspects of her Alabama career, and her championship experience is an invaluable resource as she and Bryan move this program into the future.” Duckworth came to Alabama in 1989 as a student-athlete on Sarah and David Patterson’s gymnastics team. After graduation, Duckworth coached youth gymnastics parttime in Dallas. After returning to Alabama for her MBA, Duckworth spent several years working in various Alabama businesses, eventually returning to Tuscaloosa with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. During that time, Duckworth worked as a volunteer coach with the Crimson Tide, eventually turning to full-time coach in 2008 at the Pattersons’ request. “The greatest part of that is the sales training that I received for the 12 weeks I had it,” Duckworth said. “To me, recruiting is selling your program. It’s selling The University of Alabama. It was an easy transition to go from selling your product to selling your alma mater.”
Duckworth said she takes the charge to carry on the Pattersons’ legacy seriously. “It’s a lot harder to maintain something than to build something,” Duckworth said. “I think the fact that if we can continue to maintain the standard of excellence in the classroom, on the competition floor and later in life with postgraduate scholarships, we can continue to grow and we can continue to win on the highest level, then I don’t think anyone would look back and say ‘That was a bad turnout.’” Duckworth’s recruiting ability will be put to the test early as she attempts to fill the assistant coaching vacancy left by her promotion. “Our coaching community is tight and it’s small,” Duckworth said. “When I sat down to make a list of potential candidates that are at existing schools, it is even smaller than I thought. I have friendships with a lot of assistant coaches, and it may not be that an assistant coach is the way to go at a current program. It may be to go to a smaller school and look at a head coach that may be willing to come to a caliber program like Alabama. There’s also the option of some amazing club coaches that are great people... We’ll find somebody fantastic.”
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Defensive lineman arrested By Sean Landry | Sports Editor
Jarran Reed. Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Department
Alabama defensive lineman and junior college transfer Jarran Reed was arrested Sunday morning and charged with DUI, according to the Tuscaloosa County Sherriff’s Department. Reed was held in the Tuscaloosa County Jail on $1,000 bond.
He became the second Alabama player to spend the night in prison in eight days, after running back Kenyan Drake was arrested for obstructing governmental operations. Reed transferred to Alabama after spending the previous season at East Mississippi Community College, where he recorded 66 tackles and 3.5 sacks.
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SEC Commissioner Slive calls for NCAA reforms By Sean Landry | Sports Editor In his customary ‘state of the Conference’ address, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive discussed several upcoming changes to the Southeastern Conference and voiced his support for reform to the NCAA. “As I have said before, if we do not achieve a positive outcome under the existing big tent of Division I, we will need to consider the establishment of a venue with similar conferences and institutions where we can enact the desired changes in the best interest of our student-athletes,” Slive said. Slive drew on a number of voices from the past to describe his vision for the future of college football in his opening address to the 2014 SEC Media Days. He quoted figures from Muhammad Ali to Winston Churchill while touching on the conference’s academic and athletic performance, scheduling developments and stance on NCAA reform – all after wishing his wife a happy 46th
“As Muhammad Ali said, ‘It’s not bragging if you can back it up,’” he said. Part of Slive’s honor roll included commendations for Alabama’s national champion men’s golf team and runner-up softball team. The commissioner recognized Alabama gymnast Kim Jacob for winning the Honda Cup, which is given to the top female student-athlete in the nation. Slive described his vision for the SEC in 2014 and beyond. “What we do today, how we handle our successes and meet our challenges will determine the SEC of tomorrow,” he said. Slive opened his enumeration of changes to the conference by addressing rules on scheduling for the regular season and post-season. “In May, we announced we will continue with the current eight-game conference schedule,” Slive said. “To strengthen our non-conference scheduling each team is required to play at least one non-conference team from either the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 or the PAC-12 on an annual basis.”
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Slive also described a new format for bowl game assignments. The Sugar Bowl retains its traditional claim on the top SEC team not contending for a national championship, in some years followed in priority by the Orange Bowl. The Capital One Bowl, played annually in Orlando, Florida, will be the next and final bowl permitted to select its SEC participant annually. The SEC will then assign each of its bowl-eligible teams to one of the Belk Bowl, the Autozone Liberty Bowl, the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, the Outback Bowl, the TaxSlayer Bowl and the AdvoCare Texas Bowl. Slive closed his speech by voicing his support for changes to the NCAA model of collegiate athletics, including scholarships that cover the full cost of attendance, support for athletes beyond their playing years and expanded medical support for student-athletes. “We are not deaf to the din of discontent across collegiate athletics that has dominated the news,” he said.
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