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SPORTS | GOLF
Taking a Shot Former Alabama golfer Bobby Wyatt attempts to earn a spot on the PGA Tour By Sean Landry | Sports Editor The golf course at The Country Club of Mobile, designed in 1928 by perhaps the most prolific golf architect of them all – Donald Ross, of Pinehurst No. 2 fame – has seen its share of world-class golf in its 86-year history, according to the Club’s website. The course, enduring multiple category four and five hurricanes and eight decades in the rainiest city in the continental United States, hosts dozens of tournaments annually, and many notable golfers have played those greens. For former Alabama golfer Bobby Wyatt, the oldest course in his hometown of Mobile, Alabama, holds a special significance. It’s under the pines of this course where the two-time national champion, three-time SEC champion and reigning individual SEC champion got his start in the sport. Members of the golf establishment might point to the first round of the 2010 Alabama Boys State Junior Former Alabama golfer Bobby Wyatt is currently competing for PGA Tour membership. UA Athletics
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CULTURE | BIKING
Alum bikes cross country for PedalHome Biker will pedal from Canada to Alabama for Habitat Tuscaloosa By Kathryn Taylor | Contributing Writer Bicycling a 1,900-mile journey is almost impossible for most, but for Dwight Lammon, it is only the beginning. With the hopes of raising $100,000 for Habitat for Humanity Tuscaloosa’s PedalHome, Lammon is beginning a bike ride from the Canadian border near Big Muddy Creek, Montana, to Capital Park in Tuscaloosa, traveling 1,968 miles. Lammon
Dwight Lammon hopes to raise $100,000 during his ride. Photo Courtesy of Dwight Lammon
TODAYON CAMPUS Classes end WHAT: Classes End WHEN: All Day WHERE: The University of Alabama
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Pottery class WHAT: Beginner Pottery Throwing with Fred Mitchell WHEN: 4:30-6:30 p.m. WHERE: Kentuck Art Center
started the PedalHome partnership with Habitat this year to raise the money for homes still being rebuilt after the tornado in April 2011. “This is my first time organizing a cause,” Lammon said. “Habitat for Humanity Tuscaloosa adopted the idea, and now they’re partners in the cause.” Since Lammon’s teenage years, he said biking seemed like a breeze. He began biking with his brother and found a love for cross country. “I’m retired, and this journey from Canada to Alabama will be longest in my life,” he said. “My longest bike ride was 129 miles in 1995. I’m in better shape now than I was.”
Lammon said his passions are in support of the cause. He and his wife built their own house in 1995 with their bare hands, and he has continued to feel strongly about fostering a community through building houses and creating neighborhoods. “Building your own home is investing in your own home,” he said. “You take better care of your home when you build it yourself. These Habitat homes are being built on the same street, and that builds community.” Daniel Lammon, Dwight Lammon’s son, said SEE BIKING PAGE 8
NEWS | WVUA
WVUA to begin launch rebrand in fall After two years of planning, WVUA 23 will have new look By Samuel Yang | News Editor When Amy Martin found out WVUA-TV would be moving into the Digital Media Center in Bryant-Denny Stadium, she knew it was time for a change. “I knew we needed to upgrade our look as a whole, as a station,” she said. Martin, who became WVUA’s creative services director in June 2012, said students will soon notice the rebranding of WVUA-TV, beginning with a name change to WVUA 23. “They’ll notice obviously a different look on the news,” she said. “You’ll slowly start seeing the logo changes. We’ll do what’s called a soft launch, which is like you just trickle a few things out here and there [in November], and then we do a hard launch
in February.” Updating WVUA stemmed from its growth in Reese Phifer Hall. “The number of students we were getting involved in this program was increasing,” Associate Director of News and Sports Steve Diorio said. “There was nothing wrong with Reese Phifer. It was an area that was used a great deal. It was just one of those things.” Since then, WVUA has been updating its equipment, which Diorio said benefits the program, its viewership, and the students working behind the scenes. “It’s basically allowing us to stay up with the times,” he said. The move was accompanied by rebranding, which has been guided by a committee, including students, staff, community members and faculty. “It was just a very diverse group of SEE STATION PAGE 8
The Digital Media Center opened in March of 2014. Photo Courtesy of Jeff Hanson/UA Photography
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Commencement scheduled The UA summer commencement ceremony will start at 9 a.m. Saturday in Coleman Coliseum. The 1,708 degree candidates come from undergraduate and graduate programs in all schools and colleges. Economics professor James P. Cover will be commencement marshal. The ceremony can be viewed live online and will be archived for 30 days at ua.edu/commencement.
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APR earns radio awards Alabama Public Radio, housed in the Digital Media Center in Bryant-Denny Stadium, was named the radio category’s “Most Oustanding News Operation” by the Alabama Associated Press Managing Editors for the third year in a row. APR also received an award for best regularly scheduled newscast, three first-place awards for reporting, best news spot coverage, best hard news feature and best documentary.
AMNH hosts canoeing trips Thursday, the Alabama Museum of Natural History will host a canoeing trip for swimmers age 10 and up on North River, with a picnic lunch at Treasure Island in Lake Tuscaloosa. Friday, there will be a trip to the Coosa River for experienced canoeists age 12 and up. Saturday, anyone age 8 and up can participate in a Sharks Tooth Creek Trip to search for fossils in the Black Belt. Children under 12 must have an accompanying adult for the canoe trips. Contact the museum at museum.programs@ua.edu or call (205) 348-7550.
Tanner Rouguette walks past the recently constructed Ferguson Center on his way to the SUPe Store. CW / Pete Pajor
THURSDAY WHAT: Homegrown Alabama Farmers’ Market WHEN: 3-6 p.m. WHERE: Canterbury Episcopal Chapel
Sorority sets philanthropic record With $204,414.79 raised, the University’s Delta Mu chapter of the Tri Delta sorority has become the first chapter in history to donate more than $200,000 in a year for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the sorority’s national philanthropic partner. A UA flag signed by sorority members will be on display in St. Jude’s to honor the achievement.
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FRIDAY WHAT: “Frozen” Event WHEN: 6-10 p.m. WHERE: Barnes & Noble, Midtown Village WHAT: Coosa River Canoeing WHEN: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. WHERE: Smith Hall
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Much of Gaza without electricity as Israel targets areas only power plant coastal strip where 1.8 million Palestinians live. On Tuesday Israel knocked out the only “The power plant is finished,” said its power plant in the Gaza Strip, flattened director, Mohammed Al Sharif. Fathi the house of the top Hamas leader in the Sheik Khalil, an official of the Gaza coastal enclave and killed more than 100 Energy Authority, said it would take at Palestinians, said health officials, as it least a year to repair fire damage to intensified bombardments after losing 10 turbines, fuel tanks and the control room. soldiers in militant attacks. It was the third time since 2006 that The fierce barrage from land, sea and Israeli forces have targeted the plant. air marked an escalation in Israel’s Even before the shutdown, Gaza offense against Hamas and allied militant residents had electricity for only a few factions, as the campaign entered its hours a day because fighting had fourth week with no signs of a damaged power lines from Israel, which breakthrough in international efforts to provides some supplementary power in broker a cease-fire. return for payments. An announcement by the Palestine The loss of electricity also threatened Liberation Organization that Palestinian the water supply in Gaza, because power factions were ready for a 24-hour is needed to operate water pumps. “humanitarian truce” was rejected by Israeli airstrikes targeted symbols of Hamas, reflecting the political divisions Hamas control, reducing to rubble the that have stymied attempts to end vacated home of Ismail Haniyeh, the the fighting. group’s top leader in Gaza, and blasting Towering flames and plumes of smoke the offices of Hamas’ Al Aqsa television rose from the power station after its fuel and radio stations in a media building in depot was shelled, forcing it to shut downtown Gaza City. down and cutting electricity to Gaza City At least two mosques and government and wide areas of the densely populated offices were also hit. MCT Campus
“My house is not more valuable than the house of any other Gazan, and destroying stones will not break our determination and resistance,” Haniyeh said in a statement. “We will resist until freedom.” Palestinian and Hamas flags, along with a framed portrait of Haniyeh, were placed on the debris of his home. The army said it had struck more than 70 targets, including four weapon storage sites hidden in mosques, and the Hamas TV and radio stations, which it said had been used to broadcast messages from the group’s military wing “to incite Palestinians against Israel and transmit orders and messages to Hamas operatives.” The Palestinian death toll climbed beyond 1,100, according to health officials, as fresh strikes were reported on homes, some of which the army asserted had been used as “command and control centers” by Hamas militants. At least seven people were killed in shelling of the Jabalya refugee camp, the largest in the Gaza Strip, and others were feared buried under collapsed homes, according to local reports.
FCC’s dull plans for Internet get viral, angry response over net neutrality towards these websites that are paying for their attention.” An explosion of public comments at the FCC is usually tied This summer the dull-sounding technology term “network to media outrage. Singer Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction neutrality” prompted street protests and viral web campaigns, at the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show drew more than 1.4 crashing the Federal Communications Commission’s website million complaints. Until now, this level of indignation was with a record-breaking flood of over a million comments from unheard of for a policy issue that is essentially dry the public. regulatory law-making. Growing alarm about big companies controlling online Surrounded by telecommunications lobbyists in the content has led to an unprecedented amount of public Washington bubble, the FCC had no idea there would be such participation in a phase of the FCC’s regulatory process usually blow-back to the proposal, says Marvin Ammori, a First reserved for lawyers and policy wonks. Amendment lawyer and Internet policy expert at Stanford Law The firestorm was sparked by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s School’s Center for Internet and Society. proposal to allow Internet service providers like AT&T and “Things really changed two years ago when SOPA showed Verizon to charge companies to move their content through a the public that the Internet wasn’t created by God, that the speedier lane. government can screw up the web that we all use,” he said, Opponents say this “pay for play” model kills net neutrality, referring to the efforts against the Stop Online Piracy Act which means the equal treatment of all web content legislation in 2012 that opponents said would stifle free speech. without interference. Bringing a technology concept like net neutrality to the “It’s effectively censorship and it’s an unacceptable mode of public’s attention is no small task, and debate remained mainly oppression, whether governments do it or corporations,” said among experts and web blogs until this summer. A Pew April Glaser, a staff activist with the digital rights group Research Center study shows that between January and May Electronic Frontier Foundation. of this year, coverage about net neutrality in national television Under Wheeler’s proposal, companies like Google, Netflix news was “all but absent” and “sparse in most and Skype would be able to use their deep pockets to pay extra major newspapers.” for a faster pipe that ensures smoother, speedier streaming for This summer’s public backlash created a snowball effect their users. Public interest groups argue that this gives the big between the viral Internet and public figures from comedians to companies an unfair advantage, discriminating against other politicians taking a stand. First came technology advocacy content as well as against innovative new companies that can’t groups, asking everyday web users to consider the start-ups, afford to pay the toll. nonprofits and community sites that cannot afford these “For example, a mainstream story on CNN’s site would be pay-for-priority tolls. much faster than the website to an alternative media outlet with The Electronic Frontier Foundation site DearFCC.org had an a piece on gun violence in an underrepresented neighborhood,” easy form that over 117,000 people used to submit a comment Glaser said. with a few keystrokes. Others started millennial-friendly social President Barack Obama was greeted by pro-network media campaigns, like advocacy group Common Cause’s neutrality protesters during his visit to California’s Silicon Valley #SaveTheSelfie, to raise awareness about what they called the on July 23. attack on the “21st century public square.” One demonstration drew 150 people, ranging from college From there it gained steam. Comedian John Oliver devoted students to retirees, urging the president: “Don’t kill the a segment of his popular HBO show to the topic, encouraging Internet,” according to Glaser. viewers to speak out against Internet service providers charging “People have really begun to understand that Internet service web services for priority access. His rant went viral, and the providers are essentially trying to be gatekeepers of the resulting flood of comments crashed the FCC website – for the Internet,” she said. “And they don’t want to be channeled first time ever. MCT Campus
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NEWSIN BRIEF Three AAGSA students win prizes Three UA students from the African American Graduate Student Association won awards at the National Black Graduate Student Association conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Vice President Joseph Waters took home second place in the Oral Presentation Award. Waters is currently a doctoral student in the material science program. Valencia Tamper received first place in the Oral Presentation Award. Tamper is currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Modern Languages and Classics. Secretary Phylisicia Carter won third place in The Poster Presentation Award. Carter is currently a first-year doctoral student.
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Startup extracts uranium from sea By Samuel Yang | News Editor Uranium, a key player in the growing world of nuclear energy, is projected to be in short supply and high demand in 2017 and beyond. But if 525 Solutions, a UA-based startup, has anything to do with it, the 4.5 billion tons of uranium in the oceans will be able to help close that gap. “The goal is to design a technology that will allow the extraction of uranium from seawater and adding the ocean as an additional uranium resource,” said Julie Shamshina, chief technology officer at 525 Solutions, which recently received nearly $1.5 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. Oceanic uranium extraction currently relies on plastics, which are costly and potentially harmful to the environment. 525 Solutions, building on research from UA Center for Green Manufacturing Director Robin Rogers, has focused on working with chitin to extract uranium. To do so, they had to create chitin, a material found in crab and lobster shells, in a new way. “Chitin is a marine biopolymer. It came from the ocean, and nature knows how to deal with it,” Rogers said. “The process we have developed allows for the isolation of purified chitin with high molecular weight directly from crustacean shells, with no need for extensive and harsh conditions that are currently used elsewhere.” Rogers founded 525 Solutions in 2004 with Daniel Daly and Larry Canada, with intentions to investigate newly developed laboratory technologies. It has since taken a turn toward green chemistry. In 2012, they were awarded a National Science Foundation grant for work on chitin-based wound care technology. “525 nanometers is a wavelength of green light,” CEO and chemist Gabriela Gurau said. “The name reflects both ‘green technologies’ and ‘green manufacturing.’” Gurau, Rogers and Shamshina are all authors on patents associated with the project, which received Phase II
Julie Shamshina and Gabriela Gurau of 525 Solutions recently received $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. Photo Courtesy of Julia Shamshina funding from the federal Small Business Innovation Research program after demonstrating the technology was valid, working and feasible. “As usual, most money will go toward research needs. We will need larger equipment, chemicals and supplies,” Gurau said. “Some money will go toward consulting fees. We are chemists, and will need a help of an engineer and an economist. Some will go to our own salary.” The technology developed by 525 Solutions uses ionic liquids to extract chitin from waste, like shrimp and crab shells. Rogers had previously researched the effect of ionic liquids on cellulose and wood. “The results have been promising, and the work has continued with other biomass on other biopolymers,” she said. “Chitin is the second most abundant biopolymer on earth after cellulose, and ionic liquids are also useful for dissolving and processing chitin.” The product they obtained avoids the harsh conditions often needed for oceanic uranium extraction and has long chains, so is strong enough to be applied where traditionally obtained material cannot. In their application for
the grant, the team emphasized that chitin could be a cheap and biodegradable absorbent material. Shamshina said universities often have the best equipment and infrastructure for conducting research and focus on fundamental problems with the intention of producing a journal article, not commercialization. “We are actually lucky,” Gurau said. “525 is located in UA’s Alabama Innovation and Mentoring of Entrepreneurs Building, which is designed for companies like ours. It is a research center for budding entrepreneurs.” Developing commercially viable products motivated the team to rent space at AIME. “Having a company essentially located in the middle of the University setting helps a lot,” Gurau said. Gurau and Shamshina both earned their doctorates at the University, went through postdoctoral training and work as scientists at the Capstone. “For myself, I can say that whatever I know now, and my education and development as a scientist, happened at and because of [the University],” Shamshina said.
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COLUMN | STUDY ABROAD
Study abroad forces us to learn, grow as people and students By Mark Hammontree
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COLUMN | ALABAMA
Nation’s leaders should not look to Alabama By Matthew Bailey This past week, Governor Robert Bentley said national leaders should look towards Alabama as a model on how to run a government, especially in getting jobs. This is nothing sort of delusional. If Governor Bentley hasn’t noticed, the unemployment rate for Alabama has increased under him and the Republican-controlled Alabama Legislature. This is not the case for the national government. Looking towards Alabama as a model to run a government is a terrible idea in almost every way. Montgomery has never been known as a city that’s free from corruption, but neither is Washington, D.C. However, Washington does not currently have representatives taking pleas on corruption charges and others being investigated for corruption. Rep. Greg Wren, R-Montgomery, pled guilty to using his office for personal gain and has to pay $24,000 in restitution. That plea is part of a corruption investigation that has charged Rep. Barry Moore, R-Enterprise, as well. Additionally, Attorney General Luther Strange has also come under attack for likely illegal PAC-to-PAC contributions to his reelection campaign, which he returned. That corruption only adds to the problems that our state already has in regards to the Alabama Constitution and the budget requirements. Unlike the federal government, any increase in taxes or real attempt to fix problems
Looking towards Alabama as a model to run a government is a terrible idea in almost every way. — Matthew Bailey Matthew Bailey
in this state have to be approved by an amendment to the constitution that is put before the entire state. If the federal government had that requirement, it’d be even more useless than it already is. There’d be a whole new meaning to a do-nothing congress. Additionally, the federal government is not required to have a balanced budget. Alabama is a perfect example of why there’s a good reason for that. Alabama’s budget requirements in practice mean that corporations get money for “economic incentives” while education and prison budgets are cut further. The tax system is set up perfectly to put more of the burden on the poor while the wealthy in the state can hold large amounts of land without doing anything with them or paying taxes on them. Even our judiciary has its problems. We have a system with elected judges where strange factors including contributions and electoral demands can influence the judge. For instance, we are the only state in practice where the judge can override the jury’s
suggestion in a capital murder case. If all jurors come back that the accused should receive life without parole, the judge can overrule that and sentence the accused to death regardless of their decision. That judge’s decision will inevitably be influenced by electoral campaign factors. There are issues in all parts of the Alabama government that shouldn’t be copied by anyone. Even regarding jobs, this governor and legislature has seen the unemployment rate increase rather than drop. We should at least expect our representatives’ statements to be aware of reality, but this was clearly an example of when it wasn’t. Even by Alabama standards. Matthew Bailey is a third year law student. He also filed an ethics complaint against Attorney General Luther Strange for illegal PAC-to-PAC contributions.
What happens when we arrive at a new place? What happens each time we meet a stranger in their environment rather than our own? What do we gain, and how do we change whenever familiar scenery is exchanged for foreign backdrops to strange events? Traveling upsets the status quo of everyday life and forces us to think and behave differently. It forces us to learn. Living for a time in an unfamiliar country with unfamiliar customs forces us into a rare vulnerability that can frighten us, but even more so fill us with a sense of understanding, of ourselves and of others. We come to understand that differences between two places, two people, two cultures, are more telling of what is shared than what is separate. Traveling then is an avenue for learning, for study, and it is the aspect of travel that makes a study abroad program so enriching. If your main concern with a study abroad program is taking interesting-sounding courses, you miss the point. The place and time you find yourself in is as important to the study abroad experience as the classes themselves. That being said, if you are seeking nothing more from a study abroad program than an excuse to vacation to foreign countries and to check off locations and tours from your bucket list, you may find yourself returning home with nothing more than a Facebook album of photos and a suitcase of souvenirs. The proMark Hammontree gram is and should be first and foremost educational. You waste your time and you cheat yourself if you do not step off the plane ready and willing to learn and grow from both the teachers and the other students and locals that you interact with. Study abroad programs offer invaluable opportunities to be exposed to the things you’re passionate about in environments UA classrooms could never replicate. How can I fully relay the value of studying Shakespeare in Oxford or the gift of watching his works performed in his hometown of Stratford or at the Globe in London? Those experiences make a notoriously dense subject come alive and open up in ways a fall or spring semester course at the Capstone would be hard-pressed to do. My courses and experiences this summer will no doubt yield fruit for years to come in my life and in future classrooms of my own whether I am teaching Shakespeare or not. Because while the subjects you study have value in themselves, it is the act of learning, whether in a classroom in Oxford, in a pub in London or in a dorm kitchen, that holds the real value. Learning changes us, and it changes our view of what’s around us, and it does so only ever for the better. To appropriate for my own purposes from Hamlet’s best known soliloquy, we study to learn, to learn perchance to grow. Ay, there’s the rub. The end goal of any form of study should be that we are changed when we come out the other side, that our capacity of understanding of ourselves and our world has grown a bit bigger. Studying abroad should result in no less a change; rather, a more dramatic change is to be expected. Find a program that excites you, then, whether it is for a month of your summer or for an entire semester. Whether it takes you to Oxford, Paris, China or Cuba. The destination is secondary to the journey, as it is the journey that will change you for the better. Mark Hammontree is a junior majoring in secondary education.
COLUMN | ENTITLEMENT
Entitlement is an asset for millennials, not a curse By Leigh Terry There is rarely an article written about the millennial generation that fails to mention that we have a strong sense of entitlement. It has become conventional wisdom that every member of our generation has been raised to believe that they are a special, unique and extraordinary human being. Through my experiences this summer, my eyes have been opened to the origins of this belief, the unheralded benefits of a healthy sense of entitlement and why my underdeveloped sense of entitlement is putting me at a disadvantage. In the course of my summer in Washington, D.C., I have gotten to know a number of people my age whose educational background is vastly different from mine. My schooling has always been in the Alabama public education system, and the majority of that time was spent in a ruralsuburban town. Most of my high school graduating class will never obtain a fouryear degree. I had never before known
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someone who attended boarding school and went on to attend an Ivy League university. Now I know several and while they are similar to me in many ways, their selfconfidence and sense of entitlement stands in stark contrast to mine. Most of our elders have decried these entitled young adults as lazy with an extremely inflated regard for their own abilities and accomplishments. I have seen a grain of truth in that, both in the highly educated students I am around currently
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and in the steady stream of complaining Facebook posts from acquaintances back home. I have also noted a number of advantages that this personality trait confers upon my new friends. They are not only highly qualified for the internships, scholarships and other opportunities they apply for, but they also are fully aware of their qualifications. This transfers to a lack of reservations about asserting themselves to professors, potential employers and important contacts. They have no problem calling a distinguished alumnus of their alma mater and asking for advice, employment or favors. For example, when one of my Ivy League friends had a question about her career prospects in diplomacy, she simply called a U.S. ambassador to ask. I can safely say I do not have the gumption to even contact a distinguished UA alumnus like E.O. Wilson or Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, let alone to ask for favors. However, my new friend’s confidence in her ability to do so is certainly a great
advantage over my networking shyness. While my parents place high expectations on me like my Ivy League friends’ parents place on them, I was always taught to achieve through the principle of fairness and of the need to go through established processes to reach my goals. I was never taught this creative drive to achieve through whatever means or connections necessary. I was never taught, as one of these friends put it, “how to get what I want from people.” These lessons reveal major obstacles to achieving my career goals. It will be an uphill battle for me to mold my mind into a more accurate opinion of my qualifications, transform my shyness into friendly assertiveness and to teach myself that I am equally entitled to high offices as these Ivy League students. I urge my peers at The University of Alabama to do likewise. Otherwise, we’re all going to be left behind. Leigh Terry is a junior majoring in economics. Her column runs biweekly.
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Powell, Ratliff take new positions at UA co-op By Alana Morris | Contributing Writer The UA Cooperative Education and Professional Practice Program has seen several staff changes since the retirement of director Roy Gregg. Naomi Powell, the program’s new director, said she hopes to further office’s success with Amy Ratliff as new associate director. “My first position in the co-op office was that of receptionist,” Powell said. “Since that time I have held every position in the co-op office. This has given me invaluable insight into how our program has evolved into one of the most respected co-op programs in the Southeast.” Powell started her career working at the University of Alabama’s Career Center and later transferred to the co-op office. After working in the human resources department for MercedesBenz U.S. International, she came back to the program, working her way up to director. Gregg said Powell will provide continuity for the office. “Knowing the companies that we work with on a first name basis and having people at the top who aren’t totally new to your program is a significant advantage,” he said. “Naomi brings something that a lot of co-op programs don’t have; she worked at Mercedes and coordinated the Mercedes co-op program. She has industry experience and has worked on the other side, and now she has administrative experience to work on the University side.” Powell said Gregg had a natural talent for working with both employers and students. “The program grew exponentially during his tenure because he believed in adapting quickly and responding to the needs of the student population,” she said. “He never boxed the program in, by
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looking to the future for potential growth opportunities.” The co-op program at The University of Alabama has grown steadily throughout the years. “The program started out very small with approximately 100 students,” Powell said. “Now we have grown to approximately 800 students a year, and our co-op program is one of the largest in the Southeast.” The co-op program has existed for 51 years, and Powell said each day brings new opportunities. “There is an incredible need for a successful co-op program to bridge the gap for students between the classroom and their career goals. As the student population continues to increase,
we will work to identify new employer partnerships to accommodate this growth,” she said. “We must remain flexible to the ever-changing employer and student needs while maintaining the integrity of our program.” Powell said the program will move forward with new initiatives, building on its strong foundation. “[I want to] identify opportunities to further involve faculty with the development of new employer partnerships and student relationships, and reach outside of the Southeast to develop new employer partnerships all across the United States,” she said. “This is necessary to meet the demands of the growing out-ofstate student population.” Stepping into Powell’s former position of associate director is Amy Ratliff, a Tuscaloosa-native who received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University. After 16 years of working in the Division of Student Affairs office, she transferred to the co-op five years ago. “I love working with the students. I love working with employers. I love that we can kind of bridge the gap between the two and provide opportunities for the students to grow and excel and have those opportunities when they graduate,” Ratliff said. “A lot of our students get full-time offers when they graduate, so there’s incredible benefit to participating in the program.” Honored to receive the promotion, Ratliff said getting to witness student growth during their college experience is rewarding. “Once you see a student enter the program, you see them as a freshman or sophomore and sometimes even in later classes; they grow so much, just immensely in their program,” she said. “They mature, their GPA’s rise, they get the skills and the experience on the job, they have the opportunity to professionally develop through networking and management opportunities.”
Golfers to support Child Abuse Prevention Services By Chandler Ryberg | Contributing Writer Golfers can now register and support the Child Abuse Prevention Services of Tuscaloosa at their August 22 tournament. The 21st Annual Night Light Golf Tournament will be at the Ol’ Colony Golf Complex. “This event is our most lucrative fundraiser,” Shaunee Lynch, executive director of CAPS, said. Some of the main programs include a nurturing parenting program for court-referred parents or at-risk families within the county school system, a therapeutic children’s program and a “Shaken Baby” program that teaches parents and high school students the effects of shaken baby syndrome. They also have a Second Step program: a school-based behavioral management and life-skill training class. “The funds raised support us in delivering
CAPS provides support for local children. Photo Courtesy of Shaunee Lynch
free programs in efforts to reduce child abuse incidents in our community,” Lynch said. As a non-profit agency, everything done is supported by fundraisers, donations from the community and grants. Proceeds from the tournament will be used in the educational area of the agency. The majority of the funds will go toward rewarding students for academic and behavioral success. “Without participation, we will not raise the funds necessary to continue paying attention to the little details that put our program over the
edge and show love and support to over 1,500 clients we serve annually,” Samantha Bush, director of service delivery, said. Bush said the most rewarding part of her job is when she realizes she has made a difference in the lives of a parent and child within the community. She said her favorite part of the event is seeing the community come together for a good cause and creating a unified front against abuse. “Our children are our future, and educating them and their parents helps prevents the cyclical effects of child abuse and neglect in our area,” she said. The golf tournament is a four-person scramble, and registration is $125 for an individual, or $500 for a team. The tournament will begin at 4:30 p.m. with teams of four playing the first nine. CAPS will provide a dinner following the first half of play.
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CAF advanced in equipment, training By Samuel Yang | News Editor There aren’t many places where researchers can find an IMAGO Local Electrode Atom Probe. At the University of Alabama, however, researchers from across the country come to the Southeast just to use it. The LEAP, which allows researchers to find atom positions in a specimen, is one of seven instruments at the Central Analytical Facility in the Tom Bevill Energy, Mineral and Material Science Research Building available to both student and faculty researchers. “We have major research instruments that are too big and expensive for any one faculty person, or for that matter department, to have in their labs,” CAF Director David Nikles said. “It’s just too expensive to maintain them. That makes these instruments available for anybody on campus who wants to be trained in how to use it.” Carl Pinkert, vice president for research, said major research instrumentation was acquired as far back as the early ‘90s, with a focus on mineralogical studies. “Over the years, additional instrumentation needs were identified and acquired through NSF proposals with UA support,” he said. “It also became obvious that it would be advantageous to house like technologies and instrumentation in one central facility.” The CAF was established in 2000. Service contracts for the instruments are maintained with support from the Office of the Vice President for Research, allowing fixed cost usage of the equipment. “Service contracts are integral to keeping instruments running and operational. Service contracts also provide dedicated field service engineers and factory certified parts for repairs,” Pinkert said. “The CAF staff is essential to maintaining day-to-day operation of the instrumentation.” CAF Manager Rich Martens and Instrumentation Specialists Johnny Goodwin and Rob Holler serve as first responders for the equipment, and field service engineers are available for advanced repairs. “I came to do some collaborative work with Greg Thompson in 2005 to use one of the instruments while I was working at IMAGO,” Martens said. “But I was very impressed at the facility, at the complement of instruments, at the capabilities.” Martens was brought on as expertise for
Joel Cassidy loads a specimen into the Kratos AXIS 165 X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer. Photo Courtesy of Richard Martens
the LEAP, which the University then invested in and upgraded through a National Science Foundation grant. The staff at the CAF maintains and troubleshoots the instruments, which also includes three types of electron microscopes, a focused ion beam, X-ray diffraction and auger analysis. “The whole package of instruments is enabling,” Nikles said. “We call it multiscale. In other words, you can go from the macroscopic scale, that means things you can touch, down to the nanoscale, which is almost the atomic scale.” This wide spectrum is valuable to faculty members, who can do research at their own campus, instead of traveling to national laboratories. “Faculty have to go out and get external grant funding to support a lot of the research, if not all of the research. Whenever you write proposals, you have to explain what facilities we have because you have to convince the agency, ‘Can we do that research?’” Nikles said. “Agencies will come to us and offer us research grants. That’s happening, recently.” Nikles said the CAF’s mission encompasses the University’s mission of teaching, research and service. Students, both undergraduate and graduate, are able to train on
the CAF’s instruments. “They’re all doing research, but in this case, we’re educating the next generation of scientists and allowing them to get hands on the instrument and become adept at using the instrument,” he said. “That’s very valuable for their career.” Martens said giving students hands-on experience at the CAF helps provide them a more personal connection to their research. “It is a very big deal. The CAF prides itself on being a hands-on user facility,” he said. “A lot of other facilities don’t let the general student population have access to the instruments. We try to train everybody and give everybody equal access.” Joseph Waters, a doctoral student in material sciences, has worked with the CAF in his past four years at the University. His research semiconductors is efficient, tangible and hands-on because it can be conducted at a small scale through the CAF. “It makes you feel extremely privileged to be able to take part of research that can only be conducted in so many places in the world,” he said. He said the staff is welcoming, and their influence on his research will be carried into the industrial sector. Since his work in graduate school is exactly like what he
will be doing in the industrial field, Waters said experience with the equipment he can access at the CAF is essential. “If you want to get into a job market that’s extremely exclusive, you have to know how to be an expert on that machine by the time you graduate from grad school,” he said. “It’s more than just an invaluable experience. It’s sort of your stepping stool to your career in life.” Amy Grano, senior chemist at Inventure Renewables, used the CAF for her graduate studies at the University and has returned to use it for her job. “As I travelled to conferences to present work done at UA and in the CAF, I learned that at many other universities, the students don’t actually get the chance to get training on the instrumentation. They just hand off their sample to a technician to analyze and get back data,” she said. “Here at the CAF, the students actually get trained on the operation of the instruments, and have the opportunity to interact with the CAF staff to help all the way from training to data analysis.” Tyler Kaub, a graduate student who did his undergraduate studies at the University of Florida, said his entire graduate research will be based on data collected from CAF instruments. “The CAF is one of the most valuable facilities at UA because it provides worldclass materials characterization capabilities for the University. It services the entire school, so researchers from many different departments can used shared facilities,” he said. “It is the reason why I chose UA for graduate school, and I know it is the reason why other students choose to study here as well.” Florian Vogel, currently a postdoctoral scholar in Germany, is at the University and CAF for a four-week scientific visit. “For me, the CAF is interesting because of its state-of-the-art instruments. You really can do almost everything here,” Vogel said. “Particularly, I was interested in using the LEAP. It’s a pretty sophisticated instrument, and there exist only a few worldwide.” Vogel’s visit ends next week, but he said he would like to use the CAF again in the future. “We will see what the future brings,” he said. “Maybe I’ll come here for a post-doc, since the possibility to utilize something like the CAF is really unique and inviting.”
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MINT summer programs unite local students By Alessandra Delrose | Contributing Writer As August approaches, the summer programs at the Center for Materials for Information Technology are coming to an end. “The MINT scholar program encompasses a student internship program which is basically made up of international graduate students, undergraduate students and high school students,” Su Gupta, associate professor of metallurgical and materials engineering, said. “We have students from all over, including Germany and China.” Besides the undergraduate and graduate students involved in the program, high school students from around the country are involved as well, Gupta said. “This year, there are about 12 high school students involved,” she said. “They have to fill out an application showing their interest in the program, and they are chosen based on their grade point averages and interests in research.” The program is a way to kickstart high school students’ interest in science and engineering while giving them a chance to see their field of study, she said. “The program really benefits UA by giving us a chance to see and find the brightest and best students from all around the country,” Gupta said. “We have been working on various projects this summer, and one of the things we did was move the Microfabrication Facility from its old home in the Bevill Building to its new
building in the NERC.” During the summer, the MINT program also travels and allows the students to explore science in a more hands-on way. “They have gone on many different field trips during this summer program including a trip to NASA in Huntsville, Alabama, and a trip to Toyota in Mississippi,” Gupta said. Gupta, one of 11 advisors, is working with a group of five graduate students, one postdoctoral student, six undergraduate students and one high school student this summer. One of the senior graduate students in Gupta’s group, Ben Clark, has been working in the MINT program since 2011. Clark said what he really likes about the program is all the research experience opportunities he had as an undergraduate student, but being a graduate student in the program has its perks. “When I was an undergraduate student, mainly what I did was run the equipment. I would operate different tools and just try to learn what I could,” Clark said. “Now, as a graduate student though, besides doing all of that, I now have the chance to get to know all the details behind it all.” Iyana Gray, a senior at Hillcrest High School, was involved in the program this summer. “I was more curious about the program. I had never done research before, and I thought doing this program would allow me to get an edge on college and things like that,” Gray said. Gray said this summer she was able to research thermal electric
Moriah Smoot, Lydia Yang and Sam Schwarm work in the clean room as part of the MINT program. Photo Courtesy of Su Gupta material and all their applications. “It’s really interesting to see the things that we use in our everyday lives are actually pretty complex, and this is something I never really knew before this program,” Gray said. Overall, the MINT program not only unites different kinds of students, but also gives experience for a future in science and technology, Clark said. “Even if I was to win the lottery and never have to work again, I would still do this,” Clark said.
University of Alabama names new associate provosts By Brett Dunn and Mary Catherine Connors The three new associate provosts of academic affairs and administration are arriving from different departments and backgrounds within the University. Kevin Whitaker and Patricia Sobecky were appointed as associate provosts for academic affairs, while Jennifer Greer was appointed as associate provost for administration. Whitaker came to the University in 1987 and was the associate dean for academic programs in the College of Engineering. Whitaker said he is essentially replacing Mark Nelson, who recently became dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences and was formerly vice provost and vice president for student affairs. Whitaker said he was initially interested in the position of associate provost because of his passion for the education process, and his duties will include overseeing the core curriculum and the coordination of new majors, minors, tracks and concentrations. “While in the College of Engineering, I greatly enjoyed working with colleagues from all across
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campus and representing the University to prospective students and parents,” Whitaker said. “The position of associate provost would allow me to continue following my passion and those valued working relationships.” Whitaker said his ultimate goal is to continue increasing the momentum and excitement that currently exists on campus. “I want The University of Alabama to be known for its curricular innovation and academic prowess,” he said.
Sobecky came to the University from Georgia Tech in 2009 to be the chair of the department of biological sciences. Sobecky said she was drawn to the position because she wants to help bolster the exciting changes taking place across campus. “To have an opportunity to contribute in some way to these academic activities at the institutional level, to build on the many successes already happening across campus and to be able to work with the outstanding leadership
team in the Office of Academic Affairs was what drew me to apply to the position,” Sobecky said. Sobecky said her overarching goal is to continue enhancing the University’s strong academic reputation. Her duties will include serving as the liaison for programs such as First Generation Scholars, Alabama Reach, Center for Academic Success, the Advisors Council and Faculty Awards. Dot Martin, who was the previous associate provost, retired after more than forty years at the University, and Greer will take over the position after chairing the journalism department and serving as interim dean for the College of Communication and Information Sciences. “Having been in C&IS for seven years and stepping down as interim dean, I felt it was time for a new challenge. I’ve always wanted to learn more about the larger University operations, and then I saw this job open up,” Greer said. “So the timing was good. I really saw this as a job where I could contribute to UA’s mission but also learn a lot in the process.” “The jobs are very different, and that’s really what excites me,” she said. “It’s a new challenge, and I just want to do the best job possible.”
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people who had a strong interest in WVUA and wanted to help and reposition ourselves within the community,” Martin said. “We did a lot of research.” The research led to initiatives like new graphics, programming, engagement plans and a set. “It’s not only rebranding the news,” she said. “It’s rebranding the station as a whole.” It includes new programming as early as September, as well as riffing on the new tagline: “Get connected.” The station’s new logo, soon to be unveiled, was designed by a UA student in an art class that collaborated with the station to generate possible designs. Regina Lewis, visiting professor of advertising and public relations, worked with more than 800 participants to choose the best logo. Logos were rated on qualities like professionalism, ability to grab attention and uniqueness. “We also asked them the extent to which the given logo said to
This is a big, weighty rebranding effort. I think that the committee is the right committee. — Regina Lewis them that WVUA is of high quality, is forward-thinking; keeps up with the times. So we had all these different ways in which we asked people to gauge what the logo said to them and what it said to them about WVUA,” she said. “Of course, we all then showed people the logos they had responded around and asked them to pick a favorite.” Lewis, who has worked on campaigns for Dunkin’ Donuts, Holiday Inn and Amazon, said all of the logos performed quite well, but there was one clear winner. “I think one of the things that these comments [about WVUA] can tell you is just how much work and thinking is going into this. This is a big, weighty rebranding
Lammon to raise funds for Habitat Tuscaloosa with ride
“I have the joy of riding cross country,” Dwight Lammon said. “I get the joy of helping other people. The network of friends that I’ve already established is rewarding. BIKING FROM PAGE 1 It helps build a stronger relationship with Habitat for Humanity.” he has been humbled by the experience Dwight Lammon’s biggest goal is not only of watching his parents work toward to raise money during his journey, but also this cause. to publicize the cause. Dwight Lammon said “Dad’s going to need all the positive he hopes his audiences will visit the website energy he can get, so I’d encourage every- and donate while continuing to keep track of one to follow him on Facebook and send his locations. him positive messages from time to time,” “I really want people to contribute and Daniel Lammon said. “Doing that everyday send money to Habitat Tuscaloosa,” Dwight for a month will be a huge Lammon said. “The impormental challenge.” tant part is raising money Daniel Lammon said his for Habitat Tuscaloosa. They father has continued to serve make a big difference in his community in more ways people’s lives.” The iimportant part is raising Th than one. Dwight Lammon said his money for Habitat Tuscaloosa. “He served his country in biggest fear during the crossThey make a big difference in country journey will be autothe Army, had a career as a nurse, put those skills to use mobiles and physical fatigue. people’s lives. on mission trips to Honduras, “I’ll be wearing reflecsacrificed his pleasures so tors and a special vest that — Dwight Lammon his kids never went withhas the PedalHome logo on out and donated his time the front and back,” said to countless community Dwight Lammon. projects,” Daniel Lammon said. With his wife by his side and nothDwight Lammon will stop every 25 miles ing but persistence, Dwight Lammon will to pass out fliers and cards and spread the ride toward his goal of $100,000 dollars word about his cause. He said he hopes and “pedal home.” For more information people will donate as he travels farther and to track Lammon on his journey, go down South. to pedalhome.org.
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Fall music festivals worth the drive By McCall Scofield | Contributing Writer
It’s not everyday that college students get to hear the phrase, “sit back, relax and enjoy the show,” particularly because of relentless homework, cramming for exams or the exhaustion of daily life in Tuscaloosa. Incidentally, there are four music festivals coming to the Southeast within the next few months. These festivals center around a significant number of headlining bands. Therefore, students can finally sit back, relax and enjoy the show. Here is current information for four different music festivals within driving distance from Tuscaloosa. Live on the Green 2014
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LOCATION: Public Square Park in Nashville, Tennessee. DATE: August 14, 21 and 28; September 4, 5 and 6. PRICES: Free Live on the Green Music Festival celebrates Nashville’s devotion to music and has a mission statement that supports the opportunity to expose live music free of charge. Essentially, it is devoted to being Nashville’s premier environmentallyfriendly music festival. Live on the Green’s lineup includes Cage the Elephant, The Head and the Heart, Ingrid Michaelson, Capital Cities, City and Colour and Jake Bugg. Public Square Park sits on a twoacre grass field in the heart of downtown Nashville. The festival took off in 2009 and has retained more than 200,000 fans worldwide. The approximate drive time from Tuscaloosa to Public Square Park is three and a half hours.
LOCATION: New Orleans City Park in New Orleans, Louisiana. DATE: October 31– November 2 PRICES: Three-day general admission is $150; three-day VIP is $400; three-day Right of Passage “Super VIP” is $2,500 for a two-person package; Camp Voodoo is $3,500 for a two-person package The Voodoo Experience 2014 is booked and staged under Live Nation Entertainment, one of the largest producers and promoters of live entertainment. The festival will feature Foo Fighters, Outkast, Skrillex, Arctic Monkeys, Zedd, Flux Pavilion, Pretty Lights and many more. The Voodoo Experience has four stages, and the day-to-day schedule will be released in September. The approximate drive time from Tuscaloosa to New Orleans City Park is around four hours. MCT Campus
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LOCATION: Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia. DATE: September 19-20 PRICES: Two-Day general admission is $125; two-Day VIP package is $500; two-day Super VIP package is $1,000
LOCATION: The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. DATE: October 31– November 2 PRICES: Limited numbers of general admission tickets are $209; once these sell out, prices rise to $239; tickets at the gate are $269; camping tickets are $165; single-day tickets are $90 and will be available at the gate
Music Midtown began in 1994 but took a six-year break in 2004 and re-established in 2011. Eminem and Jack White will headline this year’s festival. Other acts include Zac Brown Band, John Mayer, Lana Del Ray, Lorde, Iggy Azalea, Bastille and NEEDTOBREATHE. Since its journey began, Music Midtown has manifested as Atlanta’s premier music festival. The approximate drive time from Tuscaloosa to Piedmont Park is three hours.
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The second annual Suwannee Hulaween Festival is presented by Silver Wrapper and Purple Hat Productions. The lineup includes The String Cheese Incident, Thievery Corporation, Big Gigantic, Beats Antique and more. The festival is resting on 800 acres of land that sit right along the Suwannee River. There are no overlapping sets during the festival, so guests have plenty of opportunities to see the interactive theme camps. The approximate drive time from Tuscaloosa is seven hours.
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Two contemporary Americana musicians release new albums By Jordan Cissell
guitar plucks as Lewis passes down the chorus’s titular worldweary advice with vim and vinegar.
Jenny Lewis and Tom Petty, both fixtures of the superhyphenated alt-country, alt-rock, country-rock scene that constitutes contemporary Americana, both release new albums last week and both sets of new music are worth checking out.
Jenny Lewis – “The Voyager” “No matter how hard I try to be just one of the guys / there’s a little something inside that won’t let me,” Jenny Lewis sings on “Just One of the Guys.” That something is pure songwriting talent. Both as a solo artist and as lead singer of indie heroes Rilo Kiley, Lewis has consistently separated herself from the herd with an innate knack for catchy melodies and eclectic instrumentation. “The Voyager” proves no exception. “She’s Not Me,” with it’s spunky snare snaps and warm synth washes, evokes disco-era ABBA slowed down to a gentle mid-tempo clip. The title track’s spaced-out lyrics are met light year for light year by its lush string crescendos and shimmery arpeggios of robotic beep-beep-boops, but a gentle, repetitive acoustic strum keeps the craft’s rudder centered. Album highlight “You Can’t Outrun ‘Em” chugs along like Stevie Nicks-era Fleetwood Mac, samba-tinged drums and burbling bass dancing along underneath punchy acoustic
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Hypnotic Eye” It’s getting really easy to take Tom Petty for granted – the dude’s been at it now for more than 30 years, releasing 15 studio albums at a steady clip since his self-titled debut with the Heartbreakers in 1976 – but his latest, “Hypnotic Eye,” makes 16 reasons now why you shouldn’t. Nor should you call this 63-year-old past his prime. On “U Get Me High,” from the new album, he delivers a batch of lovey-dovey platitudes similar to those on “Here Comes My Girl,” from 1979’s “Damn the Torpedoes,” in a near-perfect replica of the warbling, nasally talk-sing he could deploy back then. On “Forgotten Man,” Petty yanks along and draws out every syllable, his vintage “Refugee,” also from 1979’s “Torpedoes,” in perfectly pissed-off form: “I fEEyul like a fOOOrgotten mayin.” The Heartbreakers’ rollicking instrumentation sounds every bit as vivacious and rebellious here, too. On “Forgotten Man,” guitarist Mike Campbell launches into a frenetic rockabilly solo over Steve Ferrone’s big, loud, George-of-the-Jungle drum fills, and “Fault Lines” features a staccato spray of psychedelic electric guitar. If you don’t listen to any of the other songs, at least check
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out lead single and opening track “American Dream Plan B,” in which Petty’s reverb- and distortion-cloaked voice sounds like it’s clawing its way through seven dense inches of wet spider web, and Campbell’s unhinged, Kinks-esque guitar break jumps over dub-y pillars of fuzz-bass thrust.
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The photographs of Alabama-native William J. Anderson are featured in the exhibit at the Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art. Photo Courtesy of Peggy Rambo
Legendary coach Paul “Bear” Bryant supposedly drank coffee at Waysider. CW / Pete Pajor
Waysider champions breakfast food, classic Alabama tradition By Matthew Lund
dough mountains of goodness that you’ll find in most restaurants around the Southeast, but Waysider takes a slightly more elegant approach to the art of biscuit making. They’re tiny – you could even call them cute. The biscuits look like something you’d see on the cover of your mother’s Southern Living magazine. However, if everyone ate them for breakfast, I think the crime rate would drop. They’re fluffy, flaky, buttery and loaded with honey. They’ll find a special place in your stomach next to summer peach cobbler, county fair food and other such ‘Merican things. So the food is amazing, but the atmosphere at Waysider brings it all home. The restaurant is a little red shack with white trim just off Greensboro past 15th. Flowers are in bloom out front all summer and fall, and there’s a porch to wait on in case the tiny dining room is full. Not unlike most Tuscaloosa restaurants, the walls are covered entirely in old Alabama sports memorabilia, but the idea of the Bear sitting down here adds a little stamp of authenticity to the newspaper clippings. Now there’s plenty to love about Waysider, but like the country ham or red eye gravy, it’s just not for everyone. It can be packed, loud and slow. The waitresses can be crotchety, and they’re always in a hurry. But the cracks in the mold make Waysider perfect. The flaws transform what could be just another short-order diner into an experience in lazy Alabama mornings. The slow service is a lesson in relaxing while you wait. The general din of your neighbors brings to mind the bustle of family holidays. The waitresses possess a beauty and grace you can only get from working hard to serve others. So take a deep breath, smell the flowers, soak in the atmosphere, smile at your waitress, order the ham, try the gravy, tip generously and share your meal with a friend. I have a feeling breakfast at Waysider will be an experience you’ll be itching to live again and again. Enjoy.
Summer is coming to a close. Last-ditch road trip plans are being glued together, fall classes creep ever closer to your door, and the editor who asked me to write this is pressing for the column. Syllabus day’s blessed emptiness will somehow inevitably bore you to death, and once again the streets, the gym and the restaurants will be teeming with more people than the coach class of a Southwest flight. So before you’re using “dining dollars” to excuse the half-hour wait at B-Phil’s, head out to one of Tuscaloosa’s soon-tobe-packed-again staples. Waysider exists simultaneously as an obscure hole-in-the-wall and a local institution. Some folks go four years and breeze out of town without ever hearing of the place. On the other hand, anybody in the know reveres the quaint red shack like a shrine to breakfast food. Legend has it even Paul “Bear” Bryant used to sit down for coffee at Waysider. The menu consists mostly of short order breakfast mainstays. You’ve got your eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, pancakes, French toast, grits, etc., but whether there’s magic in the griddle, the ingredients or both, the flavors whisk you back to Grandma’s kitchen. Country ham might not have ever been your meal of choice, but the center-cut ham from Waysider is a must try at least once. It’s tender, juicy and salty enough to chase away any of last night’s lingering adventures. Served next to a pair of perfectly fried eggs ... just get the ham. It’s that good. Some other standout menu items include the red-eye gravy and the biscuits. Red-eye gravy was traditionally a poor man’s sauce made from bacon drippings and black coffee. Whether you dip your biscuit in it, mix it in your grits or pour it over your aforementioned country ham, there’s no wrong way to eat it. Now, more importantly, let’s get back to the biscuits. You might walk in expecting the commonplace
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Photography exhibit opens window into past By John Hinshaw | Contributing Writer The Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art is providing audiences with a window into the South’s past through the photography of two Alabama natives, William J. Anderson and Prentice H. Polk. The exhibit, titled “Parallel Visions: William J. Anderson and P.H. Polk Photographs from the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art,” portrays a wide array of Southern subject matter, with pictures ranging from the Great Depression to the Civil Rights Movement. While Anderson tries to capture the more rural aspects of Southern life, Polk appears to be more interested in the institutional aspects, with a lot of his material being linked to Tuskegee, where he ran a photography studio. The purpose of the exhibit, or the idea behind it, was to juxtapose the photographs of two similar photographers from two different time periods. Emily Bibb, the collections manager for the Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art, came up with the idea for the exhibit. “While living in New York a few years ago, I visited a fashion exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art titled ‘Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations’ that compared the work of those two designers, who had similar styles but who had never met or spoken,” Bibb said. “Once I arrived at [the University], I learned the photographs by Prentice H. Polk in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama formed one
of the largest collections of Polk photos in the Southeast, if not the country, and I began thinking about ways to spotlight them in an exhibit.” Katie McAllister, director of the Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art, usually acts as curator for exhibits such as this, but she left the majority of the responsibility up to Bibb. “I just handled some of the background logistics of this exhibit, whereas Emily is the main one responsible for it,” McAllister said. “I did things such as transferring art from storage to the gallery, making sure the pieces are in good condition and hanging up lights.” Bibb has been working at the Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art for two years now but has never overseen an exhibit by herself. Usually, she helps McAllister and others by handling “backstage” elements of the show. “With exhibits, I mostly do behind the scenes logistics, helping select the artwork for the show, preparing the artwork for transportation, and sometimes assisting with the installation,” Bibb said. “I am generally in charge of the stewardship of the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art, and also oversee loans from the collection for exhibitions at other venues, such as the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. However, for this exhibit I was the sole curator as well as the one responsible for organizing all the artwork prior to installation.” The exhibit began its run on July 7 and will finish its run on August 15. A reception for the exhibit will be held 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. August 1. The reception is free and open to the public.
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Music from movie soundtracks can be life-changing experiences By Hannah Widener Can a song really change your life? In the movie “Garden State,” the character Sam, played by Natalie Portman, asks Andrew, played by Zach Braff, in the doctor’s office if he’ll listen to her music. She says, “You gotta hear this one song, it’ll change your life I swear.” In that moment, The Shins’ “New Slang” begins to play, and an indie film classic is born. Sitting in my room, I would listen to my sister’s “Garden State” soundtrack over and over again and imagine what the movie was about and where each song went. In 2004 I was 11 years old and was not allowed to watch “Garden State,” so the next best thing was staring at the album art and listening to “New Slang” on repeat for the next few years. By the time I was old enough to watch it, none of the songs in the movie were where I imagined they would be. The songs I had listened to lying on my tattered green carpet now had all these scenes filled with emotions and feelings attached to them. In Braff’s new movie “Wish I Was
Here,” the soundtrack fueled by The Shins is just as poetic as the music featured in “Garden State.” Each song serves a purpose, and each lyric holds a truth waiting to be discovered on film. “Wish I Was Here” differs from recent indie films because it is a movie funded by the fans. Kickstarter helped Zach Braff and his brother Adam J. Braff bring their script to life. The movie features such stars as Kate Hudson, Mandy Patinkin, Josh Gad, Ashley Green, Jim Parsons and “Scrubs” co-star Donald Faison. Fulfilling his promise to the Kickstarter community who helped the movie become a reality, Braff has been traveling all over the country showing special screenings of the movie to backers. The movie opened in theaters last Friday, and now fans all across the country can enjoy “Wish I Was Here” and see Braff’s vision come to fruition. In the mean time, I will have to enjoy the beautiful melancholy of The Shins’ new song “So Now What,” which was written specifically for the movie. Critics have been saying that this is Hudson’s best performance since “Almost
Famous.” Both movies feature a multitude of artists that define the movie and a generation. Cameron Crowe, the director of “Almost Famous,” used more than 50 songs in the movie. Maybe one song can’t change your life, but what would the bus ride scene home after Russell goes off the deep end be without “Tiny Dancer” by Elton John? What kind of free spirit would Penny Lane be without “The Wind” by Cat Steven’s playing in the background while she dances in an empty gym? Who would Adam be had he not heard “New Slang” by The Shins? Perhaps it’s not one song in particular that can change your life, but rather a soundtrack. The “Garden State” soundtrack is merely part of the biggest playlist of all – my life. “Wish I Was Here” has already begun to seep into my life and has even caused me to share its music with friends. So play “So Now What” by the Shins before you do anything, before you go out into the world, before you let even the smallest thought enter your head in the morning. I promise it’ll change your life, or in this case, maybe just your playlist.
From left, Pierce Gagnon as Tucker, Kate Hudson as Sarah and Zach Braff as Aiden in Braff’s new comedy, “Wish I Was Here,” the follow-up to his indie breakout hit “Garden State.” MCT Campus
Video streaming site offers exclusive Alabama channel By Francie Johnson | Culture Editor University of Alabama students can now watch UA sports clips, hype videos and a variety of other Crimson Tide-themed content on streaming service WatzOn.TV. WatzOn.TV is a free video streaming platform available on Apple, Android, Google Chromecast and online. The site partners with existing video services like YouTube, Vimeo, Hulu and Dailymotion to create a one-stop site for video streaming. WatzOn. TV pulls content from its partner sites to create customizable channels, revolving around topics like food, music and movies. “I like to say, think of ‘Pandora meets Spotify for Internet TV,’” said Andrew Hartford, who serves on the board of directors for WatzOn.TV. “Individuals can have content brought to them based on the preferences they share with us and their behavior displayed through time on the platform.” WatzOn.TV has more than 15,000 channels available, and users can create their own custom channels as well.
“I’m a big Louis CK fan,” said Jake Ellenburg, a junior majoring in public relations. “I typed in Louis CK, and it makes a whole channel, and every time you search for something else, it adds that to your channel. Over time you develop a channel that’s just for you that plays only things that you’re interested in.” Ellenburg works for yOptimize , the social media marketing company that handles WatzOn.TV’s social media platforms. Ellenburg runs the WatzOn.TV’s Twitter and Instagram pages. “As of right now Netflix has taken over, but it kind of has its limits,” Ellenburg said. “Netflix only has what it has on Netflix. WatzOn.TV pulls from multiple websites all over the web. So it’s definitely an interesting concept.” The University of Alabama was one of the first colleges to get its own channel on the platform. “I personally thought an Alabama channel would be a cool, smart market to test since I find your community to have a very
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loyal following,” Hartford said. The University’s WatzOn.TV channel will primarily feature sports-related content, including highlight reels, hype videos and contemporary news about the UA community. “I think it will benefit [students] in a way to where they don’t have to scour the internet to watch cool Alabama stuff whenever you want to,” Ellenburg said. “It’s just all there together in one convenient site,
one channel.” WatzOn.TV was founded in 2013, and the site officially launched in mid-July 2014. Ellenburg said being a new site comes with its difficulties. “It’s relatively new, so they do have a lot of bugs and technical difficulties every now and then,” Ellenburg said. “But the owners are totally hands on. Every time someone’s Tweeted a problem at them, they usually get to it within just a couple minutes.” Hartford said he hopes to provide a platform that students will visit time and time again. “My goal is to make sure that the content is as relevant and enjoyable as possible, while also actively reformulating the [user experience] so as to make the platform itself user-friendly, simple and fun,” Hartford said. “It is quite easy to get people to a platform one time, but getting them to come back regularly is an entirely different matter.” For more information on WatzOn.TV, visit watzontv.com or Tweet to @WatzOnTVcom.
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TRACK AND FIELD
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SEC Network to air hours of games, sports content By Sean Landry | Sports Editor
Hayden Reed was named the men’s outdoor field events NCAA Division I Scholar-Athlete of the Year. UA Athletics
Reed wins annual US Scholar-Athlete award By Sean Landry | Sports Editor
athletic pursuits. “Obviously, we are very proud University of Alabama track and field of Hayden Reed for what he has athlete Hayden Reed may have two more accomplished in competition and in the years of NCAA eligibility, but the redshirt classroom,” Waters said in a UA release. sophomore has already accomplished “Hayden is an excellent example of the more than most. level of performance and commitment After winning the discus championship that we want all of our student-athletes to in the NCAA Outdoor Championship and achieve. He’s also a great example of the the USA Track and Field Championship in mission of our athletic department – to June, Reed was named compete at the highthe men’s outdoor field est level athletically events NCAA Division and in life after graduI Scholar-Athlete of the ation. Hayden is well Year by the U.S. Track & on his way to fulfilling Field and Cross Country that mission.” Coaches Association Reed agreed with this week. his coach, saying According to UA every accomplishAthletics, Reed is the ment to put on his first male athlete from resume helps. Alabama to win the “We put in a lot of award, which is selected work to get where annually from athletes we need to be with who earn All-Academic our grades,” Reed honors and place in said. “I’m trying to individual events at the get into grad school NCAA Championships. after I graduate, so “It was a real honor,” it’s absolutely icing Reed said of the award on the cake, just get— Dan Waters in a UA Athletics interting that little bit of view. “We put in a lot of extra credit for what hard work on the track you’ve been doing.” as well as in the classAlabama athletics room. As coach says, offers academic assiswe’re student-athletes, tance to all of its athstudent being first, so letes, centralized at it’s always good to put a lot of work in the the Bill Battle Center for Athletic Student class before you actually get to the track. Services. Reed said any help an athlete It’s good to know all that work actually could need is available there. does pay off. People do care about what “You can go in anytime, get help with you do in the classroom, not just out in anything you need,” Reed said. “They the field or on the track.” have tutors for everything. You need to UA track and field coach Dan Waters print out papers, you can print out anysaid Reed’s accomplishments under- thing you need, as much as you need. Any score the overall mission of the program, sort of help that you could possibly need which encourages success far beyond is right there when you need it.”
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On-air talent will also include longtime ESPN commentator Brent Musberger and noted Alabama radio host Paul Finebaum. “We have the best company flag football team in America,” Connolly said. “Our analysts alone have compiled two Super Bowl rings, two Heisman Trophy winners, four National Championships, five NFL first-round picks, six first-team All-American awards, six SEC Football Championships and eight All-SEC first team honors.” While football is the marquee sport for the Southeastern Conference, the SEC Network will air matchups from every SEC sport, including a digital platform that will air more than 550 sporting events annually. “Thanks to the SEC Network, across TV and digital, fans will be able to see every men’s and women’s college basketball game from the SEC, every baseball and softball conference game and every conference gymnastics meet,” he said. “It’s incredible.” Along with the televised sports, the SEC Network will also air hours of original content. Along with news, recaps and preview programs, the network will also air 10 longform documentaries under the “SEC Storied” franchise every year and will weekly bring a coach onto “SEC Film Room” to analyze various plays from across the league. “This is a sports fan’s paradise and the most fan-friendly approach in a digital environment,” he said. “We’ve consistently noted that storytelling would be a point of differentiation for us. Features of all lengths and subject matter will texture the network.” All providers of the SEC Network are listed at getsecnetwork.com. The Crimson Tide will make its first appearance on September 6 against Florida Atlantic.
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Mobile native won two NCAA Championships at Alabama WYATT FROM PAGE 1
Wyatt leaves Alabama with three conference titles, two national championships and the 2014 SEC individual championship. UA Athletics
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Championship, when Wyatt carded a 57 on the par 71 course while recording 12 birdies, as the moment things began. For Wyatt, however, his history on that course began much earlier: as a child riding in his father’s golf cart. “Golf was always a family affair for my family,” Wyatt said. “My dad is a big golfer. He loved it, his favorite thing to do. I’d just load up in the cart with him when I was a little kid, and he’d take me out there and I’d watch him play. As soon as I was old enough to swing a golf club, he had one in my hand. I fell in love with it then, and it was always something I enjoyed doing because my dad and my older brother Ford really enjoyed playing as well so we got to spend some quality time when I was growing up.” Wyatt said he knew by a young age that he wanted to pursue professional golf. “I really decided by eighth or ninth grade that golf was something I wanted to do,” he said. “I wanted to chase it competitively and at least play at the college level and see where it took me.” That determination, along with familial ties, led Wyatt to The University of Alabama, where he would go on to establish himself as one of the top collegiate golfers in the nation. “I have Alabama bloodlines,” Wyatt said. “Both of my parents attended Alabama, and my older brother went there before me, so it was certainly a place I grew up going to every now and then in the fall for football games. I always loved Alabama and was a big Alabama football fan. Taking my visits, I really had it down to Alabama and Georgia. I knew I wanted to stay in the Southeast. I just loved Tuscaloosa – everything about it.” Wyatt came to Alabama surrounded by high expectations. He had won four state championships at UMS-Wright Preparatory School in Mobile and came to campus as a highly touted recruit. Wyatt, however, said nobody’s expectations were higher than his own. “It never really bothered me because I always demanded a lot of myself,” Wyatt said. “I expected to play well and knew I worked hard enough to play well. The expectations I had for myself were higher than anybody. I don’t think outside expectation ever phased me. I had wonderful people around me in [UA golf coach Jay] Seawell and whoever my assistant coach was throughout my career. I had awesome teammates, we had each others’ back no matter what. We worked hard every day together, so we knew whenever tournament time came around we were more prepared than anyone.” Wyatt said Seawell’s help throughout his
college career helped him deal with the pressure of collegiate golf and making the jump to the PGA Tour. “You really can’t put a value on what coach Seawell does for his players,” Wyatt said. “That’s why he’s had so much success, people are drawn to him and realize he’s a great guy to play for. He always has his players number one in his priorities in his mind. He wants what’s best for us no matter the situation.” Wyatt said one of the most important aspects the program helped him develop was consistency in his game. The ability to hit the same shots day-in and day-out is vital to performance on the professional level. “You have to learn how to scrape out good scores,” Wyatt said. “If you can continue to scrape out good rounds when you’re not playing your best, eventually it’s going to come around, and you’re going to be playing some good golf. Coach Seawell does a great job of that – more than anything, just helping us mature and stay patient.” Wyatt’s journey to the professional ranks has been unusual for recent college graduates. Most players will join the Web.com Tour, the PGA’s developmental tour that allows its top-25 finishers to earn PGA Tour cards. Wyatt, however, has gone straight to the PGA Tour, playing under sponsor’s exemptions, which allow sponsors of tournaments to select golfers to play in PGA events despite not earning a PGA Tour card. “It’s kind of a toss-up I feel like,” Wyatt said. “I felt like I had some good opportunities to have some starts on Tour. I felt like my game was more suited for tougher course. Sometimes the Web.com can be a lot of birdies to compete. I felt like that was my better chance to play on the PGA Tour.” Wyatt played his first PGA Tour event at the Traveler’s Championship in Connecticut last month, where he missed the cut by one stroke. Despite the early finish, Wyatt said the chance to play on the Tour was a long awaited experience. “It was awesome,” Wyatt said. “It’s cliché, but it really was a dream come true. I’ve wanted to play on the PGA Tour forever – since I was in middle school. To have that dream come true was really neat for me. Certainly, I was a little nervous, as expected. It was a really cool moment.” Wyatt will need to win a Tour event or string together enough high finishes to end the season in the top 125 of the FedExCup rankings to earn his Tour card. Wyatt made his first cut in his third tournament, the John Deere Classic. Without an official Tour card, however, Wyatt has no way to know which tournament’s he’ll be able to play in for the rest of the summer. Next, he’ll play in Reno, Nevada, at the Barracuda Championships this weekend. “Time’s definitely running away from me,” Wyatt said. “But one good week can change your life out here. That’s what’s really exciting about it.”
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Blair repeats world championship By Hannah Widener | Contributing Writer Not many students can say they have taken part in the Olympic Games, let alone won a silver medal, but for Jannik Blair, winning a silver medal isn’t good enough. After winning a silver medal in the London 2012 Paralympics Games, Blair wanted redemption. During the school year, Blair is a junior majoring in management with a specialization in global business at The University of Alabama. After winning the national championship his freshman year playing for the men’s wheelchair basketball team, Blair went back home to Australia for the summer to get back to work with his team, the Aussie Rollers. Blair’s work finally paid off. Last week in a close game for the World Championships in Incheon, South Korea, Australia defeated the USA 63-57, making the Rollers backto-back world champions, defending their gold medal and being the only team to do so since the USA in 2002. “Our preparation was very similar leading into worlds to that of London,” Blair said. “However, I think the memory of losing the final in London provided that extra motivation to get the job done.” Returning to campus with two gold medals added to his resume, Blair finds it a bit strange going from playing basketball all over the world to playing basketball in Alabama. “Yeah it’s definitely a bit of a change of pace coming back to Alabama after winning worlds, but I love the competitive nature of the college division,” Blair said. “Winning another ring is my primary focus for the next nine months.” Due to his travel with the Aussie Rollers during the school year, Blair will have to stay an extra semester in college, which he said can be hard at times. In November, Blair will travel with the Aussie Rollers to Japan. In the meantime, he can expect two of his Rollers teammates to join him at UA in the fall. Jordan Bartley and Ryan Morich, who played with Blair for the first world championship title, are hoping to bring some of the same intensity Blair has brought to the team. However, just like Blair, they have suffered setbacks in their education and hope to finish their degrees at the University. “Mainly I wanted to go to UA because
SPORTSIN BRIEF Track team wins academic honor The University of Alabama men’s track and field team was named the 2014 Indoor Scholar Team of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association this week, according to UA Athletics. The team was the highest-placing team at the NCAA Indoor Championships to earn All-Academic status by recording a 3.0 team GPA. “This is an amazing honor, one that speaks highly of the hard work our team puts in on the track and in the classroom,” coach Dan Waters said. “We are dedicated to putting forth a championship effort in everything we do, and this latest honor is a testament to how far we’ve progressed in a short period of time. I am very proud of our men’s and women’s team for fulfilling the athletic department’s mission of competing at the highest level athletically and academically.”
Football team announces Fan Day The Alabama football team’s annual open practice will take place Sunday at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The stadium gates will open at 1:30 p.m., with practice scheduled to run from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Players and coaches will be available for autographs and photos at approximately 4:45 p.m. Compiled by Sean Landry
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As a member of the Australian national wheelchair basketball team, UA student Jannick Blair has won back-to-back gold medals in the World Championships. Photo Courtesy of Jannick Blair
I want to study and finish a degree, while being able to play full-time basketball. Alabama will provide more game time experience with the college season having more games than Australia’s national league,” Morich said. “I’m hoping to bring some of the Aussie intensity that Jannik already has on court, and the intensity required to be in the world number one team.” With Coach Miles Thompson’s recent departure from the team, there is a worry that the Crimson Tide may not be the national champion-caliber team they used to be, but Sean Burns, a junior majoring in business, does not believe that. After
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Jeter shouldn’t be first unanimous election to Hall of Fame By Sean Landry
Tom Glavine fights back his emotions as he takes the podium for his speech during the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. MCT Campus
The issue is not Jeter’s resume. The issue is that Jeter shouldn’t have to be the first unanimously elected Hall of Famer. The only reason that ridiculous plaudit even exists anymore is because of the stubbornness of baseball writers who won’t elect anyone unanimously because Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig or whoever was not. Probably a dozen players – maybe more – deserve to have been elected unanimously, but the Baseball Writers Association of America has a hidebound insistence on sending every player in with only two digits in front of the decimal. Take the aforementioned pitchers, Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine. Maddux was an eight-time All-Star, four-time Cy Young winner, 18-time Gold Glove winner and retired with a 1.98 ERA. He is the only pitcher to win 15 games in 17 consecutive seasons, one of only 10 to win 300 games and throw 3,000 strikeouts and the only to do so with under 1,000 career walks. His 355 wins rank eighth all-time and second since the start of the “live-ball” era in the 1920s. His number has been retired by two of the most historic franchises in North American
This weekend, during all the pomp and circumstance of inducting two of the greatest pitchers of all time into the Baseball Hall of Fame, former New York Mets Pitcher and Hall-of-Famer Tom Seaver unleashed a controversial opinion on the pages on the New York Daily News: Derek Jeter, outgoing captain and shortstop of the New York Yankees, should be the first player ever unanimously elected to the Hall of Fame. Taken at face value, the take isn’t actually all that contentious. Derek Jeter has had a remarkable career as the face of baseball for two decades, including 14 All-Star selections, five World Series Championships, five Silver Sluggers, five Gold Gloves, 2000 World Series MVP and 1996 American League Rookie of the Year. He’s been clear of off-field scandal and has conducted himself with decorum. At the time of writing, he has a career batting average of .311 and just passed Carl Yastrzemski for seventh on the all-time hits list with 3,420. Derek Jeter certainly deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, and every single voter should agree.
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