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SPORTS | DRAKE ARREST

NEWS | LIBRARIES

Saturday morning’s arrest marks the second time Drake has faced disciplinary action while at The University. CW File

UA football player arrested for crime scene obstruction Kenyan Drake faces misdemeanor charges after incident at shooting scene

By Sean Landry | Sports Editor UA running back Kenyan Drake was arrested at the scene of a downtown shooting and was charged with misdemeanor obstruction of government operations, according to the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Department.

At the time, police officers were responding to a shooting on 4th Street in downtown Tuscaloosa after witnessing one man fire a hand gun at another man.

“The officer yelled out to the individual with the gun, and the guy turned with his gun on the officer and the officer fired a shot at the guy,” Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steve Anderson said. “The guy was struck in the arm. He was taken into custody.”

The incident occurred shortly after 1 a.m., Anderson said.

LaKendrick Prewitt shot Jonathan Williams in the stomach after an altercation. The officer then fired upon Prewitt, shooting him in the arm. Both men were transported to the hospital.

According to the department, Drake entered the crime scene to reach his vehicle after being informed he would have to wait until the crime scene had been released by local law enforcement.

Drake was immediately arrested and charged with Obstructing Governmental Operations. Drake was held in Tuscaloosa County Jail, pending a $1,000 bond.

The Code of Alabama states: “A person commits the crime of obstructing governmental operations if, by means of intimidation, physical force or interference or by any other independently unlawful act, he: (1) Intentionally obstructs, impairs or hinders the administration of law or other governmental function; or (2) Intentionally prevents a public servant from performing a governmental function.”

The offense is defined as a Class A misdemeanor.

“I’m aware of the situation with Kenyan and will handle it once I’ve had a chance to review all of the information and talk to the appropriate people,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said in a UA Athletics release.

Drake was suspended from the football team in 2012 for an unspecified violation of team rules.

In 2013, Drake accumulated eight touchdowns and 694 rushing yards while playing as the backup running back behind T.J. Yeldon, but fell out of favor late in the season and was replaced by then-freshman Derrick Henry.

TODAYON CAMPUS

Evolution of the Library

Rodgers Library will soon introduce additional 3-D technology, including a scanner. CW / Pete Pajor

University of Alabama libraries offer variety of resources, including 3-D printer

By Samuel Yang | News Editor Vincent Scalfani, the Science and Engineering librarian, is used to answering questions. But before his interview, he has one of his own.

“Do you want me to fix your Wi-Fi?” A few minutes later, he has done exactly that and is ready to talk about what a library is and who librarians are.

“I think we’re more than spaces. Everyone kind of thinks the library is a space to study,” said Scalfani, who was named a 2014 “Mover and Shaker” by the Library Journal. “I guess I kind of view myself as serving the community with anything they need.”

As the librarian at Rodgers Library, which he calls the most open building on campus for public use, Scalfani works with the 3-D printing lab, which recently grew from one printer to three after an increase in student demand. A 3-D scanner, soon to be opened, sits in the corner of his office.

He said students often take the workshop in 3-D printing out of a desire to learn about it, without having any concrete

plans or need for its applications.

“I find it really intriguing and interesting that there’s this need to learn about this technology,” he said. “The activity, the interest has been all across campus. I always thought we’d have [just] the mechanical engineering people lining up, but that’s not the case.”

While students from fields as disparate as English and biology have used the lab, many students are still unaware of what the libraries on campus have to offer, Scalfani said.

“I think most students don’t know of most of our services,” he said. “Most students, if we don’t have the book, they’ll just give up. That’s what we don’t want.”

The 50 or so librarians on campus, he said, enjoy sitting down with students to meet their needs, a reflection of a library system that is moving toward engagement and personal attention.

“I didn’t know my librarian or any of the librarians. I didn’t even really seek their help because I didn’t even know they were there, to be honest with you,” Scalfani said. “Librarians are becoming more involved. They were always there to help you, but I do feel like we’re much more closely connected to the curriculum and the different students’ projects than we SEE LIBRARY PAGE 7

NEWS | POLITICS

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Parker Griffith, Democratic candidate for governor of Alabama, has a plea for votingage students: Don’t take America for granted.

“Your age group, your students are growing up in one of the most polarized, cynical environments that I have seen,” he said.

Griffith, who attended the Blue River Democrats meeting Monday night at Chuck’s Fish in Tuscaloosa, said he remembers the 1960s, when division led to violence.

“We’ve had these kinds of times, and we’ll have them again if we don’t get involved,” he said. “I would plead with the young people, I would beg them that America and our ideals are not guaranteed.”

He said ignoring politics and choosing to be uninformed is an act of denial and leads to a lack of accountability.

“It is very disappointing for me to look at voter turnout, and the only thing that I can think of is that I have not done my job as a leader to convince a student or a young person that politics are important,” he said.

Griffith said he wants students to recognize Alabama’s role as a crucible in American history. Thanks to the internet, he said, students will have everything they need to recognize him at the ballot box.

“They’re going to like me, or don’t like me,” he said. “What I don’t want them to do is label me, turn me off as ‘Old White Man, I’m sick of him.’”

Voters may also notice that Griffith, who ran for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican in 2010 and 2012, has rejoined Parker Griffith.

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Offensive lineman tweets release Redshirt freshman Brandon Hill may have a college career as a starting offensive lineman, but according to a tweet sent by the Tennessee native, it will not be at The University of Alabama.

The 385-pound offensive lineman tweeted Thursday afternoon that he’d been released from his scholarship at the University of Alabama, thanking the UA coaching staff for their support.

“When God closes one door he opens up another one! With that being said I have been released from the University of Alabama! I want to thank the coaches for all they support! #RollTide,” Hill said in a pair of tweets.

The former Ole Miss commit spent spring practices working out with what appeared to be the third-string unit.

UA Athletics has not commented on the situation.

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Women’s long jumper places 2nd University of Alabama track and field freshman Quanesha Burks earned a berth in the United States’ national team for the World Junior Championships by placing second in the women’s long jump at the United States Junior National Championships on Sunday.

The World Junior Championships will be held July 22 to 27 in Eugene, Oregon.

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Sophomore Davis Ramsey takes his dog on a walk inbetween classes. CW / Pete Pajor

Football tickets make national list

THURSDAY

Secondary ticket marketplace Vivid Seats placed Alabama football tickets as the third most expensive ticket in the nation by median price, according to a report released Tuesday.

Alabama at LSU on November 8 is the second most expensive matchup at $494 per ticket.

The Iron Bowl on November 29 is third on the list at $488 a seat.

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Grad named Student of the Year The Birmingham chapter of the American Advertising Foundation named Brenna Horrocks, a 2014 UA advertising graduate, its 2014 Student of the Year.

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Israel beefs up forces, army reservists after rocket attacks from Gaza Strip MCT Campus JERUSALEM - Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel on Monday evening, officials said, as the Israeli military sent more forces to the border and called up army reservists in the escalating crisis.

The rocket barrage came as Israeli police and intelligence authorities questioned six Jewish suspects in last week’s killing of a Palestinian teenager in Jerusalem that sparked violent protests.

The 16-year-old Palestinian was abducted, beaten and burned in what many believe was a revenge attack after the bodies of three missing Israeli teens were found in a field in the West Bank.

Capping a day of attacks, Palestinian militants fired 40 rockets in one hour late Monday, setting off air raid sirens in communities as far as 50 miles from the Gaza Strip, Israeli military officials said. A dozen rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system and about 30 struck open areas, officials said.

Rocket fire intensified Monday after the overnight deaths of at least six members of the Palestinian organization Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, during Israeli airstrikes, prompting threats of revenge.

“This is a serious escalation and the enemy will pay the price,” Hamas spokesman Sami abu Zuhri said.

Israeli army spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said the six Hamas members were killed while “meddling with pre-planted explosives” in a tunnel.

Israeli security Cabinet ministers convened Monday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to weigh a response to the rocket attacks approved calling up 1,500 army reservists.

He said at this point. “There are no orders to mobilize ground troops” for an invasion of Gaza.

Public gatherings and summer vacation camps in unprotected areas were called off in southern Israeli towns and cities within rocket range, and Tuesday classes at the Ashkelon Academic College were canceled.

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Israel blames Hamas for the abduction and killing of the three Israeli teenagers and continues to search the West Bank for two suspects.

Netanyahu has held a series of meetings with Cabinet ministers widely divided on how to address the rocket threat. Some demand a comprehensive military operation, but others advise caution.

Israel’s reaction in recent weeks has been restrained compared to some previous flare-ups.

Fierce political and public pressure over how to handle the rocket fire and Hamas in Gaza took a toll on Netanyahu’s ruling coalition Monday, as Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced he would dissolve the partnership with Netanyahu that merged their two factions into a super-party for the 2013 elections.

Obama seeks $3.7 billion in emergency funding to ease crisis on border MCT Campus WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama asked Congress on Tuesday for $3.7 billion in emergency funding to help cope with the growing number of unaccompanied children from Central America who are illegally crossing the southern border.

The money would pay for additional Border Patrol agents and judges, more detention facilities, an increase in the prosecution of smuggling networks and a media campaign to discourage parents from sending their children on a potentially dangerous journey to the United States.

Obama announced his request before he will travel to Texas on Wednesday to raise money for Democrats and speak about the economy. He won’t visit the border, despite an outcry from Republicans for him to do so.

“The problem speaks for itself when the president, who would prefer to hang out with campaign donors and other political supporters, would decide not to have any interaction with those that are directly affected by his failed policies – in this case the failed immigration policies that led to a full-blown humanitarian crisis,” said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Obama has been to the border on a couple of previous occasions, as a candidate and as president, and that several Cabinet

leaders of both parties didn’t immediately commit to the proposal.

Administration officials described their approach as an aggressive and cost-effective response spanning the entire federal government to try to prevent border crossings and more quickly process immigrant child cases.

They said they hope to “signifi cantly reduce” the wait time in these types of cases, but they didn’t outline a specific timeline.

The number of unaccompanied children traveling from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, most through the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, has surged despite an increase in deportations. About 52,000 minors MCT Campus. traveling without their parents have been caught at the Southwest border secretaries have visited in since October.

The administration had been recent weeks.

“The president is well aware of expected to ask Congress for exactly what’s happening on the emergency spending of more than $2 border,” he said. “And what we are billion to deal with the crisis, but the focused on right now are not political formal request Tuesday was nearly statements, but rather with specifi c, double that figure.

“There was speculation about a $2 concrete action – steps that can be billion number. That was a number we taken to mitigate this problem.”

Obama and Republican Gov. Rick never validated or confirmed,” said a Perry of Texas, a frequent critic of the White House official with knowledge of president’s immigration policies, will the situation, who wasn’t authorized to meet in the Dallas area with state and speak publicly.

Earnest said he hoped lawmakers local officials about border security. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, would treat the request – part of the R-Ohio, Obama asked lawmakers to 2014 fiscal budget – as an emergency. “comprehensively address this urgent He said the administration didn’t plan to humanitarian situation.” Congressional provide budget cuts to offset the cost.

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NEWSIN BRIEF Program partners with Selma town The Culverhouse College of Commerce’s Real Entrepreneurship through Active Learning program will start a four-week-course in Selma, Alabama, as part of a partnership with the Selma-Dallas County Chamber of Commerce. The program, which has run on the Tuscaloosa campus, will train volunteers in Selma and test the program’s success in other cities. It will take place on Tuesdays for 20 participants. The rising 8th and 9th grade students in Biz 1.0 Youth Entrepreneurship will learn about starting a business and will pitch an idea on the fourth week.

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Businesses launch at The Edge

By Andrew Laningham | Contributing Writer The Edge, a center for entrepreneurship and innovation, has helped Tuscaloosa natives and UA students grow their businesses.

“The University’s role [in getting involved with The Edge] is giving students a unique learning experience by connecting them with businesses and solving real world business problems,”said Mary Patterson, director of the Alabama Entrepreneurial Research Network.

About half of the businesses residing in The Edge are owned and operated by UA students. The Edge caters to businesses that started less than two years ago. They provide business seminars and funding connections, which Patterson said is a main problem for businesses.

“The first thing we would do for a business is have a conference and develop a business plan,” Patterson said. “Then, connect to resources to get research about competition and do a [Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats] analysis to see if it’s a viable business idea.”

The Edge provides incubation space, an affordable office space with available audiovisual equipment and administrative support.

John Oberkor, founder of Forza Financial and UA MBA student, was one of the first tenants in the incubation space.

The Edge has served as the space for many businesses, include Bidsters, a company founded by Ben Bickerstaff. Submitted “[The incubation space] helps you operate your business until it is ready to expand further,” Oberkor said.

Dean of Culverhouse College of Commerce Michael Hardin, who spearheaded The Edge, said he also wanted to broaden its reach beyond that of students.

“I want [The Edge] to not be solely about the students. I want the city of Tuscaloosa and all of West Alabama to be involved as well,” Hardin said.

SUMMER CAMPS | NUTRITION

Youth camp teaches media literacy

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The Health Communication Research Lab’s nutrition camp for elementary school children, which starts July 14, is fun and games on the outside, but results from years of research and a passion for decreasing childhood obesity and improving health literacy and body image in children.

Bissell said the camp’s true mission, if nothing else, is a community service effort to help kids see how to make healthy choices and become more attuned to how powerful a role the media can play in health and wellness.

“If you teach them to be more aware of these decisions – whether it is health, food or exercise – if you teach them now instead of five or six years down the road, it resonates with the kids,” said Kim Bissell, director of the Health Communication Research Lab. “If you can put [learning] in

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the context of games and having fun, it can put a whole different outlook on it.”

The campers will learn how to correctly read nutrition labels, find the true meaning of food advertisements and discuss how these promotions are perceived by children, she said.

A team of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students will lead the camp.

Perrin Lowrey, a junior majoring in psychology, is interested in the physiology of

psychology and will administer a heart rate monitor as an activity for the campers.

“I’m interested to see how different sorts of media influence kids’ behavior, I think, especially because they are so impressionable, and a lot of the media exposure that they have is unregulated by various sources,” Lowrey said.

Parrott said media literacy is one of the major topics that will be discussed with the children.

“What we mean by that is getting them to be savvy media consumers – getting them to be critical media consumers,” he said.

Children in grades kindergarten to those who have graduated the fifth grade are encouraged to attend. Parents may register their children for free sessions on July 14th to July 17th from either 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. or 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. To learn more about registration details, contact Kim Bissell at 205-348-8247 or kbissell@ ua.edu.

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COLUMN | VICE PRESIDENT

UA should include more student voices in search for new VP

By Noah Cannon

government inflated the cost of tuition by guaranteeing every student’s ability to pay, however high the cost. And since the federal student loan program offers no incentives for students to pursue profitable degrees in a timely fashion, colleges are happy to allow students to chase their dead-end majors for four years and beyond.

These trends can be reversed if we allow the student loan system to reflect risks and opportunities that exist in the real world. The best way to restore sensibility to the student loan market is to eject the federal government from the business altogether.

When profit-minded institutions determine eligibility and interest rates, greater consideration is given to the each student’s ability to repay. With loans tied to graduation rates and profitability, colleges would have a stake in the financial success of its graduates and would shape their programs accordingly. Likewise, students who demonstrate professional competence, whether through good grades or on-the-job experience, would enjoy lower interest rates. In this way, privatized student loans would empower students to make better decisions in college and would shape higher education to the benefit of our economic future.

One of the many mercies of summertime comes in allowing one’s email inbox to breathe a bit.

Sure, during the academic year it behooves students to keep their Crimson accounts tidy, ideally with zero unread messages at all times.

Noah Cannon But those lazy, hazy, crazy days are here. There are 297 new messages in my inbox, and I feel fantastic. I haven’t read an email in months. Honestly, how important could one unread email (or 297) from Cold Stone Creamery be?

I made an exception, however, to this admittedly unsound blasé attitude to look over a recent email message sent to students from President Bonner detailing the search committee for UA’s next Vice President for Student Affairs. The committee, as listed in the email, is certainly an impressive roster.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with several members of the committee through my involvement with Spectrum and Safe Zone, and I’m sure all involved have intentions of finding the best possible VPSA for our campus community.

But I am disappointed in the lack of representation on the committee from a few key areas. Most confusingly, the search committee for the VP of Student Affairs seems seriously lacking in actual students. Only one undergraduate student was named to sit on the committee, SGA President Hamilton Bloom, and no graduate students are apparent in the list emailed by Dr. Bonner.

In addition to seeming immediately counterintuitive, the lack of student appointees goes against precedent set in recent months by similar committees at UGA, Rutgers, UC San Diego and the University of Louisiana, to name a few, all of which included multiple undergraduate and graduate students. Just a few weeks ago, our friends at University of Alabama in Huntsville launched a search committee for a new VP of Student Affairs that invited not one, but several diverse student voices to be part of the conversation.

As a student at the Capstone, I can’t help but attribute this oversight to a storied trend of UA administration not properly involving students in decisions made at our school. I don’t need to remind anyone that the past year has been a landmark one in the way students, particularly at the undergraduate level, have found a voice and demanded more action and more transparency from university leaders. It’s disheartening to see that voice be effectively dismissed by the absence of students to give first hand experience on this new committee.

Vice President of Student Affairs is a position that holds a great deal of power in shaping the future of the University.

I urge the members of the search committee to make up for the lack of student voices among you by reaching out to students on your own accord in order to form the most complete picture of who should be appointed to that position. I would be overjoyed to give you my thoughts via email just as soon as I decide to start checking mine again.

Cruise Hall is a senior majoring in mechanical engineering.

Noah Cannon is a senior majoring in telecommunication and film.

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COLUMN | LOANS

Federal student loan model broken

By Cruise Hall Last year, student loan debt surpassed $1.2 trillion. This figure alone cannot account for the long-term impact that bad credit and diminished spending capacity will have on the economy. All in all, student debt will limit opportunity for our generation. We can avoid these consequences by reforming the federal student loan program, which accounts for 80 percent of outstanding student debt, in favor of a more responsible system for funding higher education.

Currently, the Department of Education issues loans to students at a flat interest rate that is set by Congress, and students cannot be denied based on their ability to repay the loan. In fact, larger loans are often made available to financially disadvantaged students.

This model is fundamentally broken because it suppresses all of the natural signals that help borrowers and lenders make wise financial decisions.

Whenever these signals are concealed, lenders and borrowers cannot make good decisions, and the results are invariably destructive.

The recent mortgage crisis provides a textbook example. For decades, under the banner of making housing affordable, the federal government pressured banks to approve mortgages for applicants with less-than-fantastic credit scores. In this way, the government skewed the signals that shape the real estate market, and the real estate market was skewed in turn. The easy money climate inflated real estate prices as more Americans were able to buy more

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expensive houses that they otherwise couldn’t afford. Ultimately, when the market bubble burst, the taxpayer was left holding the bag.

Today, the government is playing a similar game, promising to make higher education affordable, and it’s cutting out the middle man.

Instead of pressuring banks to loan money to high risk borrowers, the federal government has taken it upon itself to indiscriminately dispense debt to millions of college students nationwide. The government doesn’t blink an eye when it lends thousands of dollars to a 19-yearold with no career path or a seventhyear-senior double majoring in art history and kinesiology. The phenomenon of the subprime student loan knows no limit.

Furthermore, just as easy mortgages inflated home prices, the federal

This model is fundamentally broken.

COLUMN | AMBITION

Avoid self-ambition, try to make the world a better place to live

By Vel Lewis I do not visit churches outside of my own very often, but when I do, I make sure to keep the church bulletin that was handed out that day. It reminds me of the people I met who opened up their church to me, a complete stranger, while providing gracious hospitality and service. It warms my heart to see that people really care about others. But that feeling is clouded by the amount of self-ambition prevalent in our world. It is upsetting that our culture values these self-ambitious ideals, which do nothing more than prevent us from moving forward.

I myself have struggled with the term “self-ambitious.” What separates selfambition and success?

Self-ambition can be simply defined as putting yourself and your goals before the needs and goals of others. How do we separate selfish ideas and put importance on others? We need to step outside of

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ourselves and work to make a difference in the lives of others.

Don’t do something good because you are being forced to; do it because you truly want to change someone’s life.

We need more people in the world who

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recognize that others are important and who also know that self-ambition won’t get anyone far in life.

It is sad that today, we rarely do good things for others. There have been more than a few times on campus where I have witnessed these traits in people, and it bothers me. Whenever we have success, we shouldn’t indulge in it alone. We should make an effort to advocate for the success of others as well.

When I meet someone who actively tries to make a difference in the world, in the community, it makes me feel thankful that these people exist in a world so suffocated by selfishness. There are good people on our campus and in our world who want to make a difference. We shouldn’t let their efforts be obstructed by the ambitious goals of a selfish few. I challenge you to put yourself in the shoes of others and realize that everything is not and will never be just about you.

I myself have struggled with the term “self-ambitious.”

What separates self-ambition and success?

The people who focus and devote their time and energy on others are the real success stories.

Vel Lewis is a junior double-majoring in public relations and political science.

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Former professor remembered as talented educator

By Andy McWhorter | Production Editor J. B. McMinn was a man of many interests. In the 30 years he taught philosophy at The University of Alabama, McMinn became the chair of the philosophy department, published a book of poetry, took students on trips to Europe and even wrote an alternate version of The University of Alabama’s fight song. McMinn was 91 years old when he passed away on April 24, earlier this year.

McMinn was originally from Port Naches, Texas, and his first pursuit was in Theology. McMinn’s son, Robert McMinn, said his father was working in New Orleans when he decided to pursue a different path.

“He was a theology professor at the Southern Baptist Seminary in New Orleans, and when he left that department, theology, he decided to pursue a philosophical background,” Robert McMinn said. “He got his Ph. D. and accepted his assignment at the University.”

J. B. McMinn came to The University of Alabama in 1960. He taught a variety of courses in the philosophy department, including logic, history of philosophy, ancient philosophy, modern philosophy and introductory philosophy courses.

Scott Hestevold, current chair of the philosophy department, said he remembers McMinn as an

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energetic and enthusiastic educator.

“I met Billy McMinn when I arrived on campus as a young assistant professor in 1978,” Hestevold said. “He had been here a number of years then, and he and I worked together for a decade before he retired.”

Jil Chambless, a 1987 graduate of the University, took an introductory philosophy class with McMinn her freshman year. McMinn was known for taking students on trips to Europe to study different aspects of philosophy.

Chambless, along with about six other students, traveled with McMinn to Germany to study Friedrich Nietzsche, on what ended up being McMinn’s last trip to Europe as a professor. McMinn retired in 1987, but he continued to teach until 1990.

Grad school hosts preview event

By Maria Beddingfield | Chief Copy Editor When it comes to graduate school, many undergraduates do not know where to begin. Which school has the best program for them, where should they apply, what the application entails or whether they even apply at all are but a few questions students face. The Office of Graduate School at The University of Alabama, however, has tools in place to answer these questions and to help students decide which path best fits their needs.

Andrew Goodliffe, assistant dean of the Graduate School and associate professor of geophysics, said the distinction between the undergraduate and graduate applications boils down to the relationship between the student and the department where he or she is interested in applying.

“When you put in a grad application, the package that you submit is actually going to the department and being reviewed by the faculty members,” he said. “So the faculty members are going to read those letters of recommendation, they’re going to read that statement of purpose, they’re going to look at this in detail. So it’s very different than undergrad admissions.”

Students should also be prepared to take an admission test, such as the Graduate Record Examination or the Graduate Management Admission Test, at least one year before they plan to enroll in graduate school. Results from the exam can take three to six weeks to return, and the exam can only be taken every 30 days. They should also check which exam their prospective department or college prefers, because graduate programs do not all follow an identical application process.

Claire Patterson, a graduate student studying speech language pathology, applied for graduate school early in the fall because her program’s application deadline was in December. At the time, she was still deciding between attending graduate school the next fall her senior year and working, but she wanted to apply regardless to gauge what improvements, if any, she would need to make when re-applying if she decided to take time to work.

“For Alabama, since I had done undergrad here and undergrad clinic, I didn’t have to have any references, because basically everyone on the admission board knew who I was,” she said.

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her mornings and early afternoons in clinic placements and her evenings taking two classes, four days a week. The clinical placements are required each semester, with more than half of them taking place outside of the on-campus clinic.

“Placements are what they’re called for where we do our clinical practicums, and we do two placements in-house at the speech and hearing center here, and then we do three placements other places, so schools, hospitals, rehab centers, early intervention, anything like that,” she said.

Even though teaching assistantships are unavailable for Patterson during the summer semesters, it is one of the ways many graduate students are able to afford graduate school.

The earlier students take the exam and then send in their applications, the more likely they are to receive financial aid from their respective programs.

Dr. Blake Bedsole, Director of Graduate Enrollment Management, said scholarships are awarded differently than they are for undergraduate students. While the graduate office awards fellowships, the scholarship support comes from the various departments.

“Scholarships are all given by the department of the program, so a lot of assistantships come from the college,” he said. “So it’s important, again, to build those relationships with your college, build those relationships with your faculty members, because faculty members are going

PLAN TO GO WHAT: Alabama Connection Graduate School Series WHEN: Oct. 6-9 WHERE: Birthright Award Hall, Stillman WHAT: Graduate School Day Preview WHEN: Sept. 18 WHERE: UA Ferguson Center to be making those types of decisions.”

In addition to awarding fellowships, the graduate office also coordinates various events and programs, such as Tide Together, Graduate Parent Support and Women in STEM Experience, to help graduate students stay on course to finishing their degree.

Two events in particular, the Graduate School Day Preview in the Ferguson Center on Sept. 18, and the Alabama Connection Graduate School Fair Series at Stillman College Oct. 6-9, reach out to undergraduate students and familiarize them with applying to graduate school.

Patterson said graduate school is hard, but it is also fun and she has learned a lot.

“It’s like a completely different life phase,” she said. “I’m much closer to a professional than I am a student.”

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For the sixth year, local bars and restaurants donate proceeds to Black Warrior Riverkeeper. Photo Courtesy of Charles Scribner.

Save Our Water campaign returns

By Alessandra Delrose | Contributing Writer Six years ago, the Save Our Water campaign came to Tuscaloosa bar patrons and riverkeepers through four different participants. This year, the annual campaign will include more than 20 restaurants and bars joining together in order to help the Black Warrior River.

SweetWater Brewing Company, based in Atlanta, Georgia, started the Save Our Water program. By teaming up with the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper to protect the cities water source. Over the years, their market grew throughout the South and started moving its partnerships to different cities.

“That’s where we came in, in 2008, is when we started doing this annual twomonth-long program with SweetWater Brewing Company, which is now called Save Our Water,” Charles Scribner, executive director of Black Warrior Riverkeeper, said.

The event began July 4th and will last until Labor Day. At participating restaurants and bars, customers have a chance to donate money toward the cause in return for either writing their name on a paper fish that will be displayed in the establishment, or receiving a T-shirt.

“I am really pleased with how much this program has grown,” Scribner said.

“Last year, Save Our Water raised $4,000 alone throughout the restaurants and bars in Tuscaloosa, and we are hoping to raise even more than that this year.”

All funds go towards the Black Warrior River Patrol Program, Scribner said. He said the program is used to look for pollution problems throughout the Black Warrior River and Lake Tuscaloosa, which is the city of Tuscaloosa’s drinking water supply.

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analyze it, review government files on various polluters and then look to create practical solutions to those problems,” said Scribner.

Throughout the years, this program and the Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s efforts have raised awareness and enthusiasm for protecting the Black Warrior River.

“I just noticed that the amount of not only donations, but also volunteers and corporations that want to get involved with our water has been steadily increasing through the years,” Scribner said. “And so there’s just more people concerned about the conditions of the river, whether it’s for recreations, for wildlife habitat or for public health, such as drinking water.”

This year, 23 locations around Tuscaloosa are involved in the Save Our Water program.

Bill Lloyd, manager at Wilhagan’s Sports Grille, has been involved with this program ever since it started in Tuscaloosa.

“We are big proponents of the Black Warrior River, especially since, here in Tuscaloosa, we are right on it, and [it’s] where we get our drinking water from,” Lloyd said.

Lloyd said this program is a great way to make the Tuscaloosa community aware and to really get involved.

“The waterkeeper alliance in general, along with the Black Warrior Riverkeepers, do a great job of taking care of our river, but it’s time that we the people do our part as well,” Lloyd said. “We need to keep people aware of what’s going on, and I believe this program does a great job of that.”

Brantley Blow, manager at Innisfree Pub, said their restaurant, which already serves SweetWater products, has been involved with this program for three years. Blow said the program benefits the Black Warrior River, and he loves doing his part.

“The money we raise here differs each year,” Blow said. “Normally we raise from $300 to $400, but one year I

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Brandon Wilson, manager at Buffalo Wild Wings, said that his restaurant only recently got involved with this project, but feels like this is too important to not get involved.

“This is important because this is the environment. If no one looks out and protects the environment, then there is nothing that can be done about it,” Wilson said. “We have to take the initiative to preserve and protect our water, and I feel like we need to take any step that we can to do it.”

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Justin Ross Harris, a Tuscaloosa native, UA alumnus and former UA employee, is facing murder and child cruelty charges after the death of Cooper Harris, his 22-monthold son. The infant was left in Harris’ car for seven hours on June 18 and died of hyperthermia, or overheating.

Prosecutors say the act was intentional, with recent attention turning to his wife, Cobb County Sheriff’s Office Leanna Harris, and the existence of $27,000 in life insurance policies. Harris, who resides in Georgia, pled not guilty, claiming the death was an accident and that he forgot to drop his son off at daycare before going to work at Home Depot.

A Change.org petition calling for the charges to be dropped picked up 11,000 signatures but was shut down after the release of new evidence.

Prosecutors presented evidence in a July 3 probable cause hearing that they said points to Cooper’s death being intentional. Harris returned to his car during his lunch break and tossed some lightbulbs he had purchased in through the driver’s seat. Throughout the day, he sent explicit pictures to women, including one who was underage.

In the weeks leading up the the incident, Harris researched hot car deaths, which he and his wife said was one of their worst fears, searched for information on prison survival and visited pages on a child-free life.

Police were first called to the scene at 4:24 p.m., when Harris pulled over at a shopping center, yelling, “Oh my God, what have I done?” Some bystanders reported genuine grief, while others noted that he never called the police – though he made three other phone calls – and cursed at a police officer who asked him to get off the phone.

Detective Phil Stoddard said Harris’ statements to the police were self-centered and focused on losing his job.

Stoddard said Harris’ wife Leanna asked her husband if he said “too much” when being questioned by the police.

New warrants focused on the electronic aspect of the case have been released. The Cobb County Police investigators will look at electronic devices found in Harris’ car,.

Cathy Andreen, director of media relations, said Justin Ross Harris first attended the University in August 2009, graduating from the University in May 2012 with a BS in Commerce and Business Administration with a major in management information systems. Between August 2001 and May 2006, he worked as a parking monitor and later as a mail delivery clerk at the University. He also worked as a police dispatcher for the Tuscaloosa Police Department until 2009.

A $50,000 bond was denied for Harris, and he will remain in Cobb County Jail until his July 15 court appearance.

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One of three 3-D printers in Rodgers Library. CW / Pete Pajor at the University. “The most important function of Special Collections is to educate and illuminate the lives of our students. In Special Collections, a student can access the documents from which LIBRARY FROM PAGE 1 history books are written,� Pauluzzi said. “Events come alive when a student holds the letter written to his parents by an UA were maybe 20 years ago.� alum following his participation in the Normandy Landing.�

It used to be that a library workshop was promoted with a The collections include 20,000 volumes and pamflyer, posted in hopes that people would come. phlets, an assortment of artifacts and newspapers and “But what the focus has really been on has been working 12,000 photographs. one-on-one for faculty and students to design a workshop that’s “Cultural artifacts, such as letters from U.S. Presidents, perfect for their class or perfect for their project so that people allow students and faculty to research specific historical and come because it’s tailored toward their needs,� he said. cultural topics in order to advance the collective understanding Even the layout of Rodgers, which concentrates print mateof the subjects,� she said. rial on the second floor above a computer lab with window-side Working closely with the Alabama Digital Humanities barstools and soft lounge seating, is driven by the realization Center is the Sanford Media Center, which Media Services that students often use libraries as a place to hangout and relax Coordinator Lindley Shedd said provides students with between classes. interdisciplinary learning opportunities in a creative, “I think [libraries will] become more engaging, where stuleading-edge environment. dents are coming to create things and make things,� he said. “[Libraries] are about books and so much more,� Shedd said. “Libraries have really started to take more feedback from what “The SMC is just one example of how a UA library continues to students want, not just necessarily what librarians want.� evolve and offer new services and resources.�

The quest for more seating, and increasing amounts of online The center offers one-on-one assistance with a variresources, will continue to whittle away at the print materials ety of assignments, software, and equipment like in Rodgers, and in other parts of the UA Libraries system, print camcorders and green screens. materials are finding new life online. “Like other library service points, the SMC meets a need Emma Annette Wilson, postdoctoral of our students. In that regard, the fellow at the Alabama Digital Humanities SMC is no different from 3-D printing Center, said the center helps faculty and services offered in Rodgers Library, or students integrate digital techniques into Information Services in Gorgas,� Shedd research and teaching in a variety of ways. said. “By having the media center in “[We help generate everything] from the library, students from all divisions building websites about particular fields of campus have access and support for of study, online archives in specialist their media production needs.� fields, digital galleries or exhibits and As a system, the libraries serve stuinteractive digital narratives, to creating dents, faculty, staff and the general interactive online simulations of historipublic with over 150 academic software cal or current events for students to parpackages on 550 computers. Mildred ticipate in as part of their coursework,�

Jackson, associate dean for research Wilson said. and instruction, said print resources — Vincent Scalfani Digital Humanities helps make the continue to be purchased as the library research conducted by faculty and stucontinues to provide access to more than dents publicly available, welding tradi400 electronic resources and more than a tional structures like galleries and exhibmillion e-books. its to the Internet.

Dean of Libraries Louis A. Pitschmann said increased “We are also working on making classwork more interactive enrollment is adding to demand for space and services at by helping professors and instructors to create online simuGorgas Library, and construction of a new addition has been lations of historical or current events, in which students will postponed to 2017. need to respond to specific scenarios and actively apply their “Even though we can’t expand space at this time, we continknowledge of the subject in question in conjunction with critiue to look for ways to expand services. At the beginning of fall cal thinking skills to come up with solutions or approaches,� semester, we offer a Library Fair in Gorgas 205 where faculty Wilson said. “In this way, Digital Humanities enables a very and students can learn more about services and resources,� he different type of pedagogy allowing for many different types of said. “We also have activities planned for Week of Welcome.� student engagement.�

Also in the system’s newest changes: two renovated rooms A recent exhibit, “Scenes from the Lincoln Normal School, at McClure Library, where presentations can be recorded, and 1909-1926,� lets visitors read through a history of a noted more 3-D printing services at Rodgers Library. Scalfani said the African-American educational institution in Marion, Alabama, kind of resources provided by UA libraries supports research, and see photographs from two albums kept in the A.S. Williams grants and student programs across campus.

III Americana Collection at the University. “If somebody gets just what they need from the library, that’s That collection, along with the W.S. Hoole Special good,� he said. “If they only need to study here, that’s great.

Collections, makes up the University Libraries Division of We’ve provided the walls and the building to do that.�

Special Collections. Mary Bess Paluzzi, associate dean of speBut he encourages students to meet personally with a librarcial collections, said the division is the core of library research ian and discuss the needs and skills they’ll need to succeed in college and beyond.

Librarians provide more than just books with one-on-one guidance for students

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Griffith said politicians whose campaigns essentially run against President Obama are avoiding talking about real issues. “It’s cheap, lazy politics because they do not want to address the issues that affect the kitchen tables of Alabama, that affect the children of Alabama, that affect the health of Alabama,� he said.

President Obama’s term ends in two years, he said, so elections in November cannot rely on who is in the White House. As a state, he said, we cannot rely on the “stagnant backwater� in Congress. “The things that we can do for ourselves, we need to do that,� he said. “We cannot count on our Congresspeople to help us here with our problems.�

One thing the state can do without worrying about Congress, he said, is create a lottery for education. “It’s essential that we emphasize higher education,� he said. “It’s also essential that it’s affordable for our population here in Alabama.�

Lottery tickets can be purchased in Georgia just five miles from the Alabama border, he said. “We are funding education for many, many children that do not live in Alabama,� he said.

Attempts to create a lottery have faltered in the past, but Griffith said rising costs will help make this effort bipartisan and successful. “One of the great things about not being first is you have an opportunity to learn form those who’ve gone before you. Florida has done a good job with its lottery, as has Georgia and Tennessee, so we’ve got people available to us that can give us proper instruction and information. We’ll sit down with our legislature. We’ll craft a bill. We’ll put that out for the people’s approval,� Griffith said. “We have got enough people who understand the importance of education that we can craft that bill. We can make that money sacred.�

Job creation is a top priority for Griffith, and education will feed directly into that. “Education and health care create an atmosphere where jobs can be created,� he said.

In addition, he said creating jobs in the state will prevent a brain drain of students leaving to join workforces in other states. “[Other] places are creating jobs that our children are really preparing themselves for at a university just like Alabama,� he said. “If they’re not available for them, they’re going to leave the state. And we don’t want that.�

On the topic of health care, Griffith called Governor Robert Bentley’s inaction irresponsible, threatening health and jobs for citizens.

Other topics that are important to address, he said, are prison reform and the environment. A mandatory minimum sentence for non-violent crimes has strained the prison system and, in turn, the state that funds it. “Many of them should have gone through drug court, put on probation, required to get their diploma, required that they be drug free for 60 months but not incarcerated. It’s bad for us economically, and it’s bad for them, for their potential,� he said. “It’s a shame we’re not recognizing that.�

In discussing the environment, Griffith drew on the metaphor of an emergency room. If a man came in complaining of chest pains, he said, and a medical exam diagnosed nothing, he would call it an overreaction. “But what if we sent our environment home and said take an aspirin, call us in the morning and 50 years, our environment is brown, the coastal erosion is significant and some of our animals are now endangered,� he said. “Wouldn’t it be better if we acted on the side of caution?�

The medical imagery comes from Griffith’s background as an oncologist. When he came to Alabama from Louisiana, he treated late-stage cervical cancer – a cancer with a 100 percent cure rate in its early stages. “I was the first cancer specialist in North Alabama. That’s why I feel so strongly about the expansion of Medicaid. I saw late stage cancer by the hundreds when I came to North Alabama,� he said. “I don’t want that to happen again. I feel strongly about that.�

Griffith’s older brother is also a doctor, and his younger brother is a veterinarian. His father never finished the eighth grade. Though his family was poor, something he said he did not realize until afterwards, they stressed education. Griffith himself started working at ten or eleven. “I’ve got a great log cabin story, except the real story is I am the American dream as far as my mother and dad were concerned,� he said. “We don’t want it to fade. We’ve got kids out there right now, they’re not sure what the American dream is.�

He told the story of a Starbucks barista who told him she was on “economic sabbatical� from college. “We don’t want her sidelined,� he said. “We’d like for her to get it done.�

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Artist exhibits paintings of faces

By Hannah Widener | Contributing Writer

Brandon Baggett said drawing helps him remail quiet and focused. Photo Courtesy of Brandon Baggett.

It’s said that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Brandon Baggett, an artist exploring that theory, will bring his art exhibit, “Kisser,” to the Canterbury Chapel on Wednesday.

Baggett will display 23 pieces with one piece consisting of 16 smaller paintings – all faces or parts of the face.

“My show is all about the face and people,” Baggett said. ”I’ve included a few dreamscapes, as I do in most of my shows. They are seemingly, but not, nonsensical conglomerates of where my mind has been. I paint them in between ‘show themed’ pieces to clear my head.”

This will be Baggett’s second year in a row exhibiting paintings at Canterbury Chapel. Rachel Dobson, Baggett’s friend and the visual resources curator in the UA art history department, said she can’t wait to see Baggett’s next exhibit.

“The work I saw last year was wonderful – it was colorful, full of movement, and evoked lots of feeling,” Dobson said.

“Those paintings reminded me of artists like Franz Marc, August Macke and some of the German Expressionists, like Kirchner, who also used color, shape

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and compositional movement to express emotion and to develop their subjects.”

Baggett graduated from Auburn in 1993 with a BA in fine arts and painting. In college, Baggett said he would lock himself in his room and draw for hours, which allowed him to be quiet and focused. He said being an introvert in public helped him make keen observations of those around him.

“I love the crowds milling on the Strip on game day, the electricity that’s in the air and the shared excitement of everyone, like we’re all part of something bigger,” Baggett said.

Now working at Bama Backyard’s and Sales, Baggett said he lost his 30s to a job he despised: working as a merchandising manager at a large furniture chain.

“It was quite the growth experience,”

Baggett said. “While I was amazed at what I accomplished, I was spread very thin for modest wages, and quite frankly, learned to loathe the place. I left for my mental and physical health and well-being.”

After quitting his job at the furniture store, Baggett decided to move to Tuscaloosa after meeting his partner of four years, Mark Leggett.

“Yes, Brandon is introverted,” Leggett said. “He recharges during quiet, down times. I plug into social events to get my charge. We somehow find a happy balance. I do believe he finds expressive outlets through his art. He is so creative and has such a huge imagination. He can spend hours painting and feels like I do after a day of seeing clients.”

As to whether the eyes are the window to the soul, Baggett says he likes to look at the whole picture.

“Communication begins with the face and ends with the word,” Baggett said.

Brandon Baggett’s exhibit, “Kisser,” will be on display from July 9 to July 31 in the gallery at the Canterbury Chapel.

A reception will be held on Wednesday, July 9, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with light food as well as wine and beer.

Hip-hop group 17th Floor to return to Tuscaloosa location

By Kathryn Taylor | Contributing Writer While students are away for summer break and the college nightlife is calmer than usual, members of hip-hop group 17th Floor will strut their stuff this weekend in Tuscaloosa.

“We can’t wait to come out,” said Aaron Thompson, cofounder of the band. “Even though it’s summer and all the students are in summer school, we want them to come out and have a good time. It’s going to be a good time in T-town this weekend.”

Chicago-based 17th Floor will bring its old-school R&B and hip-hop flair to The Jupiter on Saturday. The band has played at several Tuscaloosa venues, and Thompson said he has always enjoyed the experience.

“We played at The Jupiter for the LSU weekend this past fall, and it was crazy wild and crazy fun,” Thompson said. “It’s always crazy during football season, so we really enjoy coming and playing there.”

Jeremiah Jones, owner of The Jupiter, has been booking 17th Floor since 2005 and said he has become friends with the band over the past nine years.

PLAN TO GO WHAT: 17th Floor WHEN: 9 p.m., July 12 WHERE: The Jupiter “They have never presented me with a negative experience,” Jones said. “It is always a good turnout when they come and play.”

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“The best thing about 17th Floor, to me, is the fact that they have a live band play with them,” Jones said. “When you can see rappers and they have a live band behind them, that’s a really unique thing to see.”

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17th Floor has opened for acts such as Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Ludacris and more. Photo Courtesy of Aaron Thompson.

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Children’s literature showcased in library

By John Hinshaw | Contributing Writer Before J.K. Rowling dreamed up “Harry Potter” and Suzanne Collins wrote “The Hunger Games,” the imaginative worlds of “Alice in Wonderland” and “Pinocchio” were paving the way for children and young-adult literature.

“Princesses and Paupers: The Golden Age of Children’s Literature,” an exhibit on display in Gorgas Library, focuses on children’s literature written during the mid-19th century and early 20th century, which includes works written by Mark Twain, Lewis Carroll and many others.

Donna Adcock, director of public relations at Gorgas Library, said the idea for this exhibit was inspired by the rich collection of children’s literature in the Division of Special Collections housed in the W.S. Hoole Library.

“Many of the books are part of a collection of decorative book bindings from the 19th and early 20th centuries and appear in Publishers’ Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books,” Adcock said. “This exhibit gave us a chance to showcase a few of the books.”

The importance and appeal of each book ranges from the content itself to the way in which the content is presented. Books such as “Tom Sawyer” boast the actual storytelling and writing prowess of the author, whereas other books may be focused more on the aesthetic appeal. One book interested more in aesthetic appeal is “The Sleeping Beauty: A Peepshow Book,” which Adcock said is her personal favorite.

“This book is part of a series of peep-show books depicting children’s fairy tales,” Adcock said. “When opened, the book displays six panels in the round.”

The exhibit’s setup and organization was handled by Ellie Campbell, the curator at the W.S. Hoole Library. Campbell, a UA graduate, said this was her first time curating an exhibit at Gorgas Library.

“I have been at the University for four years – I graduated with my J.D. last May and will graduate from the MLIS program in August,” Campbell said. “I had assisted with a few smaller exhibits at Hoole, but this was the first one where I was the sole curator.”

Originally, the Hoole Library wanted to do an exhibit on children’s literature in general, but Campbell decided to narrow it down to the major authors of the Golden Age of Children’s

George Archibald Sr. opened the original Archibald’s Bar-B-Q in 1961. CW / Pete Pajor

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Children’s literature from the mid-19th and early 20th century is on display in Gorgas Library. Photo Courtesy of Donna Adcock

PLAN TO GO WHAT: “Princesses and Paupers” WHEN: Now - July 22 WHERE: J. Wray and Joan Billingsley Pearce Grand Foyer Literature. As the curator of the exhibit, she handled all aspects of it aside from writing the books herself.

“As curator, I first searched through all of the library’s holdings related to children’s literature,” Campbell said. “I researched the topic and wrote the text for the exhibit, and then hauled all of the items from Hoole over to Gorgas and set up the display.”

Exhibits held in the summer tend to get less attention due to the decrease in student population on campus, but Campbell said this exhibit has garnered nothing but positive response.

“As far as I know, the reception has been great,” Campbell said. “We’ve received a lot of compliments, and I’m happy people are enjoying it.”

Every day at 7 a.m., George Archibald Jr. is treated to the smell of hickory-fired smoke when he fires up his open seasoned pit for another day at Archibald’s Drive Inn. Archibald said his father, George Archibald Sr., opened Archibald’s Bar-B-Q in 1961.

Archibald Sr. also operated a small general store along with the restaurant.

Archibald grew up in the house next to the restaurant, and he inherited the restaurant from his father. The house he grew up in still stands.

“It’s good working with family,” Archibald said.

While barbecue restaurants like Dreamland or Jim N’ Nicks spend thousands of dollars on marketing every year, Archibald’s Drive Inn doesn’t have the business resources of these larger, franchised restaurants. Despite lacking the wide footprint of his competitors, Archibald has a simple explanation for his success.

“My father always said, ‘If it ain’t broke don’t fix it,’” Archibald said. “Never change.”

In the city of Tuscaloosa, Archibald’s remains an icon. In the time that Archibald started working in his father’s restaurant, Bear Bryant won his first national championship, George Wallace gave his famous “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door” speech, The University of Alabama was integrated, an EF4 tornado ravaged Tuscaloosa and Nick Saban won three national championships.

Throughout the years, George Archibald

remains a constant.

“I’m under the grandpa clause – they can’t make me change,” Archibald said.

The “grandpa clause” includes Archibald’s meat – he doesn’t spice or season it.

Instead of seasoning, Archibald lets the smoldering hickory wood cook his ribs and pork shoulder to perfection. To properly season a pit takes about three months, and the current pit is the restaurant’s third. Archibald said there’s no other pit like it in the state.

Archibald’s Drive Inn can be difficult to find on the first visit.

The restaurant, a simple white cinder block building, located on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Northport, has nothing but a wooden sign to distinguish it from its surroundings.

Daniel Sellers, a 2014 UA graduate who majored in economics and finance, said its design is what makes Archibald’s special.

“It’s just so old timey and old South, and it’s nostalgic in my opinion,” Sellers said. “It’s reminiscent of a better time. I don’t like the excessive commercialism in today’s restaurant industry.

I prefer going and eating at locally or privately owned mom and pop eating establishments.”

It is uncertain how many more years George Archibald will continue to work at Archibald’s Drive Inn. However, it is certain that the restaurant will stay in the family.

Archibald plans to leave the restaurant in the hands of his nephew, Woodrow. Woodrow already owns two restaurants of his own and will carry on the family tradition where it began.

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MEN’S TENNIS

Tennis player to compete in Atlanta

By Kayla Montgomery | Staff Reporter

Becker O’Shaughnessey. UA Athletics

In his sophomore season at Alabama, junior Becker O’Shaughnessey led the Crimson Tide men’s tennis team with 22 singles wins and was recognized with second team AllSEC honors.

Throughout the season, he was ranked as high as No. 51 in singles and No. 7 in doubles. On July 19, O’Shaughnessey, a Macon, Georgia, native, will put all of those accolades and experiences to the test after accepting a qualifying wild card into the 2014 BB&T Atlanta Open in the Atlantic Station neighborhood of Atlanta, part of the Emirates Airlines U.S. Open Series. Four of the 32 players from the qualifying draw will advance to the main draw, featuring top tennis talent from around the globe.

“To be able to play a tournament at this level is incredible,” O’Shaughnessey said.

O’Shaughnessey said the tournament typically gives three qualifying wild cards to top

players from the state of Georgia, allowing him to earn a spot with “a little bit of luck.”

“They wanted to give me a shot to see how I do at that high of a level and basically help out the Georgia players,” O’Shaughnessey said.

O’Shaughnessey said much of this tournament will be a learning experience and a preview of top professional talent, and he expects his game to rise to meet the level of his competitors.

“I’m going to be playing against top guys in the world professionally, so it’s going to be a different level, and it’s a level that I know I can play at,” O’Shaughnessey said. “It’s going to be really fun to compete and see that next level of professional tennis and try to do well and learn.”

Some of the top talent to appear in the main draw includes the defending champion and former University of Georgia player John Isner, last year’s finalist Kevin Anderson, Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils, all of

whom are currently top 20 players.

Tournament Director and Chief Development Officer Eddie Gonzales said in a press statement that this year’s talent is the top in the tournament’s history.

“This is the strongest field in tournament history, especially considering the influx of outstanding European players,” Gonzales said.

In preparation to face this field, O’Shaughnessey said playing tennis for Alabama in the SEC will help his game, as it has made him a stronger player, both physically and mentally.

“The SEC is the hardest conference in the country, so it makes you learn to battle adversity and [be] a tough person and mentally strong,” O’Shaughnessey said.

The first qualifying round will begin July 19, with the main draw to begin July 21. The tournament will conclude July 27, with the BB&T Championship day, where both the singles and doubles champions will be crowned.

COLUMN | USMNT

USMNT won’t disappear after the World Cup

By Sean Landry It’s strange how something so exhilarating, so thrilling and so monumental can also be so heartbreaking.

But that’s the only way I know how to describe the United States’ effort in this World Cup. This was a team that was at a statistical, logistical, historical and infrastructural disadvantage, but one that managed to overachieve and win the hearts of soccer fans the world over in the process.

This team was something American sports fans should be proud of. The American identity – in soccer terms, at least – has always been a hard-working, unrelenting, resolute spirit that translates to stoic defensive performances, set-piece goals and incisive counterattacks.

Tim Howard will be named in the

pantheon of American sports legends for decades – and for good reason. The goalkeeper, who plies his trade for Everton Football Club in England, put in one of the all-time great performances in World Cup history.

Much of the goodwill American soccer garnered from international fans during the World Cup is due not just to the team, but also to the impressive and unwavering support from the American fans, who possibly numbered in excess of 100,000 all told. The now-famous “Teddy Goalsevelt” was just one of many loyal USMNT fans who spent two weeks and thousands of dollars to support their team. Many reports have international media and fans impressed with the knowledge and passion of the American supporters. To many in Europe and the world over, the USMNT’s time as a world soccer minnow might be over.

So where does the U.S. go from here?

I wrote before the Cup that this team gave me hope. Howard and Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey all inspired confidence in me. As I assess the U.S. Soccer scene for the next World Cup cycle, I find more reason to be hopeful.

Julian Green, who scored late against Belgium with one of the most technically proficient finishes in the tournament, will be coming into his own in 2018, likely while playing his club soccer with Bayern Munich.

Accompanying him on the frontline could be Altidore in the autumn of his career or Aron Johannsonn, the most natural forward the U.S. has had in some time, in his prime.

Add Gedion Zelalem, a prospect in Arsenal’s youth ranks and Deandre Yedlin, a revelation in this World Cup, and the USMNT could find its stock rising in time for Russia 2018.

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By Sean Landry | Sports Editor The summer holidays have passed, the weather in the South has turned oppressively hot, the summer doldrums have truly begun and the return of college football seems devastatingly far away.

Fortunately for the football-starved masses, the unofficial start of college football season lurks just around the corner at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham – The Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover: the 2014 SEC Media Days. The Crimson White will once again be reporting from the event, a four-day media frenzy.

The event “kicks off” July 14 with SEC Commissioner and Auburn delegate Mike Slive. Media Days will conclude July 17 when Nick Saban and players from Alabama are scheduled to speak.

Here are some developing stories for Alabama fans to keep an eye on.

Jacob Coker The most important story for Alabama fans is also possibly the most explored story this preseason.

The Mobile, Alabama native and St. Paul’s Episcopal

School graduate will have his work cut out for him as he attempts to fill the gap left by fellow Mobile native and St. Paul’s Episcopal School graduate AJ McCarron. McCarron’s plaudits are well-known: three national championship rings in four years, two SEC Championships and Maxwell Award Winner. Multiple accounts claim Coker is a more physically gifted quarterback than McCarron, but much like McCarron’s own rookie season – until the Florida State transfer plays a competitive down – fans will have many more questions than answers.

commanded a 99-yard game winning drive against Arkansas. Missouri and South Carolina have to replace James Franklin and Connor Shaw, respectively.

Auburn Resurgent Being one of the few SEC schools returning a veteran quarterback, expectations are higher for the Tigers than they have been for a number of years. Talismanic running back, Tre Mason, has left for the NFL, but many have faith in Gus Malzahn’s system. Only the season will tell if Auburn can replicate its 2013 success and assert itself as the top program in the state.

The Other SEC Quarterbacks

Will Muschamp and Florida

Alabama will be far from the only SEC school looking to fill quarterback vacancies. Texas A&M will be looking to replace the polarizing Johnny Manziel with either the pro-style Kyle Allen or the dualthreat Kenny Hill. Aaron Murray left UGA as one of the most decorated quarterbacks in conference history, holding the records for most passing touchdowns and yards in an SEC career. Senior Hutson Mason is expected to replace him. LSU will likely replace Zach Mettenberger with Anthony Jennings, who has already

As surprisingly good as Auburn was last year, Florida was equally disappointing. The Gators started the season 4-1 with dominant wins over Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee. From the fifth game on, however, Florida lost seven straight games, including embarrassing losses to Georgia Southern and Vanderbilt. Florida coach Muschamp will have to show dramatic improvement in both results and team atmosphere to preserve his first head coaching job.

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