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Football Notebook
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Trey DePriest is back in practice working on his conditioning after recovering from a knee injury. A starting quarterback has yet to emerge, but coach Nick Saban said he would feel comfortable playing Blake Sims and Jake Coker.
Joe Scarborough, host of ‘Morning Joe’ on MSNBC and a University of Alabama graduate, will be the keynote speaker at the Blackburn Institute’s 20th Anniversary Symposium.
Folk band The Mulligan Brothers will return to Tuscaloosa for a show at the Bama Theatre, while acts like Looksy, Belle Adaire and Shaheed and DJ Supreme will play sets at bars around town.
NEWS | FACILITIES
Cash Cash to headline Greekfest Juicy J, local bands to also perform at festival By Francie Johnson | Community Engagement Manager
Although Saturday marks Costa Greekfest’s sixth consecutive year at The University of Alabama, it will be a day of firsts for the festival. From a new lighting system to a new location to the new Greekfest Foundation, Inc., many things about Greekfest will change this year, but its purpose will not. “At its core, [Greekfest] is an event that is intended to bring students from all reaches of campus together for a night to party, meet new people, kick off the new academic year and contribute to what has become the largest annual fundraiser on campus,” Interfraternity Council President Salim Alameddin said. This Saturday, New Jerseybased electronic dance music group Cash Cash will headline Greekfest, marking the first time since Pretty Lights’ 2010 headlining set that the festival will feature EDM. The lineup also includes Memphisbased rapper Juicy J, as well as local bands Mother Funk and The Doctors and The Lawyers. “As Greekfest has grown over the years, [we’ve been able] to book more cts and appeal to a wider acts udience,” Alameddin, a audience,” SEE GREEKFEST PAGE 7
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As the UA campus continues to grow, the new Student Activity Center has opened near Presidential Village to meet increased demand from the community. PAGE 7 Travis Taylor reaches for a handhold on the new climbing wall at the Student Activity Center. CW / Pete Pajor, Photo Illustration by Sloane Arogeti
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Alabama football players will put themselves on the auction block to receive a hairstyle makeover benefiting the Austin Shepherd Foundation at the Jocks and Locks Fundraiser. Sigma Nu Fraternity and Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority are sponsoring this family-friendly event at the Sigma Nu Fraternity house Sunday at 4 p.m. Admission to this event is $10 and all benefits will go to The Austin Shepherd Foundation, Children’s Hospital of Alabama and The Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation. “I am really excited about this event and everyone to come out, show their support for the Alabama football team and help raise money for Children’s Hospital,” Will Kenan, Sigma Nu’s philanthropy chair, said. “We’re hosting this event in order to raise money and awareness for a great cause. I just think it will be really fun and a great way to kick off the fall semester on a positive note.” Bidders will rally for the chance to confer with a professional men’s hairstylist
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UA Professor wins award for providing prenatal care Denny Chimes rang Tuesday in honor of Daniel Avery’s achievements for receiving the 2014 Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Health Policy Leadership Award. The award is named for Louis Sullivan, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and and founding dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. The American Board of Physician Specialists presents the award to someone who had provided “a truly outstanding contribution ... to improve the health status of individuals, targeted groups, communities or the nation,” according to the ABPS’s website. Avery, professor and chair of the University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences’ department of obstetrics and gynecology, received the award for his enthusiasm and dedication to providing proper prenatal care to women in Tuscaloosa and rural Alabama. Alabama’s infant mortality rate is currently ranked highest in the U.S. and government funding for local OB/GYN clinics and practices continues to be cut. “OB is the first to go. But it’s like the police
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Editor | Rachel Brown Newsdesk@cw.ua.edu Thursday, August 21, 2014
New Rave Guardian app aims to protect students By Emily Williams | Staff Reporter
A new app designed to keep students safe will be available for the beginning of the new school year. The Rave Guardian campus safety system has been updated and will now be available as a smart phone app. Bill Homer, director of public safety services for Rave Mobile Safety, said the site has been configured, and the full transition to the new platform will take place Friday. The previous system allowed students to call and activate a timer when walking to a destination and deactivate it when they arrived, allowing UAPD to monitor their safety. The new app also allows students to set a timer, but has the added benefit of GPS tracking. “The goal is to offer students several ways to contact UAPD, and we hope that this app will provide one more way for them do so when they need assistance,” UAPD Sergeant John Hooks said. The new app, which is available for both iPhones and Android devices, is different in that it allows students to create a network of “guardians” in addition to UAPD. “The app has a feature that allows a
On-Campus Safety: Rave Guardian App Set a timer to get from one location to another.
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student to have friends or family watch over them by allowing people of their choosing to see information that they share or post periodically,” Hooks said. “For example, if a student goes on a date, they can share information from time to time and let the people they have chosen know where they are, who they are with, how it’s going, etc.” Guardians will be prompted to check in on a student if their timer has expired and hasn’t been turned off. Hooks said the app can be used on and off campus and gives students the option
to contact UAPD or 911. For on-campus emergencies, Hooks recommended students contact UAPD. Off campus, he said students should go directly to 911. Once students have downloaded the app from an app store or by using the Guardian link on MyBama, they are prompted to enter personal information, which will be visible to UAPD dispatch. Todd Piett, chief product officer at Rave Mobile Safety, said the new app was developed as a result of working with students and safety officials at some of the over 1,000
campuses they serve. Piett said one of the new features of the app allows students to make precautionary arrangements in case of emergency. “[The app] is tied to Smart911, a service where you can opt to allow participating 9-1-1 centers to see the information you choose to share should you call for help,” Piett said. “For example, if you were travelling to Montgomery and were injured, 9-1-1 would immediately see your emergency contacts and could call your family. The data you choose to share is completely optional and only seen by 9-1-1 in the event you call them.” Another feature of the app is the option to submit anonymous tips about campus safety via text messages or photos. In addition to downloading and using the Rave Mobile Guardian app, Hooks encouraged students to be proactive about safety and not walk alone at night whenever possible. “One simple way that students can be safer is to be more aware of their surroundings,” he said. “Simply paying attention to who and what is around them will make them less vulnerable to a would-be offender.”
Talk show host to speak at Blackburn anniversary symposium By Rachel Brown | News Editor
Joe Scarborough, former U.S. Representative and current host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” will give the keynote lecture at the Blackburn Institute’s 20th Anniversary Symposium. The lecture will be held 6 p.m. Friday, August 22, in Moody Hall. Scarborough, who spoke at the Blackburn Institute Symposium in 1997, was chosen to return this year because he is a UA alumnus and prominent national figure, Landon Nichols, student chairman for the Blackburn Institute, said. “He has a good working relationship with the University and with the institute,” Nichols
said. “He is such a prominent figure in national media now that we thought it would be a great time to bring him back to Alabama and talk about some of the things that have transpired on the national scene in the last 10 years.” Velmatsu Lewis, Blackburn Institute vice chairman, said Blackburn students are very excited to hear from Joe Scarborough. “Having a UA grad of his magnitude return to his alma mater and speak to current students is very inspiring,” Lewis said. The lecture on Friday is the only Blackburn event open to all UA students and the local community. Everyone is encouraged to attend, Nichols said.
“This lecture would definitely open your eyes into the interworkings of the national media, how stories are chosen and reported on, and what effect that reporting has on how the stories play out,” Nichols said. “I think Joe is really going to paint a great picture of how media reports tie into making news, as well as covering it, and how journalism has changed in the past 10 to 20 years.” Scarborough came to The University of Alabama as an outof-state student but has kept ties to the state of Alabama, Mary Lee Caldwell, assistant director of the Blackburn Institute, said. “Going to school here exposed him to what the state has to offer,” Caldwell said.
Founded in 1994, the Blackburn Institute is a leadership organization and accepts 25 new members each year. The Institute was founded in honor of John L. Blackburn, a pioneering Student Affairs professional here on campus. Nichols said Blackburn was instrumental in the peaceful integration of the University in 1963 and his legacy lives on through the Institute. Caldwell said the Institute really wanted to focus on the roots of the organization and make sure the celebration was grounded in the mission of the Blackburn Institute. “In that, the state of Alabama has a great deal of importance to the Institute,” she said.
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Editor | Patrick Crowley Letters@cw.ua.edu Thursday, August 21, 2014
IT’S JUST ANOTHER DAY
COLUMN | FRESHMEN
Become the person you want to be NATHAN N
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Degrees don’t get college grads jobs, opportunities do LEIGH LE
TTerry Staff C Columnist
Freshmen, welcome to campus I am one of the many people who will attempt to give you advice during your college career. I hope you receive my message before you stop listening. My counsel is for those who think your degree alone will get you hired. Sorry to break this to you, but it may not be enough by itself to land you that dream position after graduation. According to the Economic Policy Institute, recent graduates have an unemployment rate of 8.5 percent. Additionally, 16.8 percent of recent graduates who have found a job are underemployed, which means that many of those who are finding jobs are not finding ones that
require their degrees. But don’t start singing the blues just yet. While there is more competition than ever before for your chosen career path, there are opportunities you can accept to make yourself a winner. The following are my four suggestions on how to utilize the opportunities available at UA to make your career prospects bright. First, make the grades. C’s may get degrees but they will not get you hired, and you certainly will not be accepted to those all-important graduate programs with a 2.0 GPA. However, if you take advantage of resources such as the Writing Center and the Center for Academic Success during your tenure at the University, you might get on the radar of one of your favorite companies. Second, make friends in higher places. While most of us will never be able to swing a personal recommendation from a dean or President Bonner, we can certainly
strive to make meaningful one or two organizations you and lasting relationships love, or stop by the Career with distinguished profes- Center to find a string of sors, alumni and administra- meaningful internships or tors. My rule of thumb is to part-time jobs that will show make at least one of these off your dedication, leaderconnections each semester ship skills, maturity and and as many as possible with work ethic. professors in your major. Finally, do not be afraid Third, fill to sw i t c h your resume fields. If you with stellar are not pasWhile there is more i nvo lve m e n t . sionate about There will be your major, competition than ever nothing more mployers before for your chosen ewill embarrasssee right ing than walkthrough you career path, there are ing into a job and you will opportunities you can interview with land with the a resume that accept to make yourself 8.5 percent lists your GPA, unemployed. a winner. yo u r Greek E x p l o r e organization, majors with and nothing an open else. I cannot stress enough mind, and do not assume that that your degree will take switching to linguistics will up only two to three lines on leave you destitute, because your resume; the rest of the the CIA could come calling page is up to you to fill with for you. your diverse, extracurricular achievements. Use Get Leigh Terry is a junior majoring on Board Day to find at least in economics.
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When I was 18, I’d never spoken to a group of more than a dozen people. But when I read passages in class, I was told I had a “radio voice.” When I came to The University of Alabama, I applied to work at the student radio station on a whim. I didn’t think it would go anywhere. Now, three years later, I’ve been interviewed by Anderson Cooper, I’ve spoken on a panel about racism with state senators and I was in a live debate with a lobbyist about Alabama’s public education (I lost – lobbyists are good at arguing). Public speaking is now one of my favorite things to do and one of the skills I’m most proud of. Three years ago, I had a problem with rudeness. I was viewed with hostility by a huge number of my peers, because I didn’t know how to make a point with tact. I knew that about myself, and when I came to The University of Alabama, I made a conscious choice to improve. I haven’t eliminated my combative tendencies, but I’ve brought them under greater control. The point is that college is an opportunity to cultivate yourself. In high school, you had an identity that was formed over years of familiarity with your peers. Everyone knew not only who you were, but what you were. You had a reputation. People expected things from you, and didn’t expect others. Now, you’re with 30,000 strangers. You’re surrounded by facilities that cater to any interest imaginable. Think about the person you want to be at the end of college. This is your opportunity to grow that part of you, it’s part of why you’re here. In my opinion, it’s one of the best things about college. Nathan James is a senior majoring in psychology. His columns runs weekly on Thursday.
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OPINIONS Thursday, August 21, 2014 COLUMN | FRESHMAN EXPERIENCE
Being a freshman can be tough, but make the most of your time here RICH
Robinson Staff Columnist
Hey, I’m talking to you, new kid. I know you’ve had a rough couple days; it’s a real tough transition. The culture is different, and not the way it’s supposed to be. Do you really want to be here? Your roommates are jerks, and you just feel uncomfortable. Hard to explain. Like high school again except more aloof, lonelier. When you try to tell someone, it just sounds like complaining; you even question what you’re trying to say. The people seem fake and manufactured, like cardboard cutouts of humanity and projections of intelligence. IQ substitute, Stepford students. Whoa, sport, let’s take a knee. Breathe.
Glad you pulled it together because we need your help. You have come to this campus at a pivotal moment in our history. Today, we stand on the edge of greatness. Some of the most talented young people in the world walk among us from disparate parts of the globe. The University is becoming a global leader and is finally using its impressive track record to grow as a shining educational institution. Our degrees mean more as our name grows in clout. Our engineers, nurses and lawyers are some of the best in the South, while our communications program is making a national splash with a growing rolodex of heavyhitting alumni. But enough of the sales pitch, you already go here and obviously believe that the University is the best place for you to grow. So allow me to go off script for a minute by saying that in order to get the most out of
this experience, you should try to cause some trouble. No, I’m not talking Animal House tactics that have the shelf life of your parents’ patience. Instead, you should try to challenge the status quo and create something of value to yourself and the campus. Don’t be a jerk about it. Be polite but firm, and never be scared to speak up and disagree with what you see. Here’s the hard truth: This campus is everything you think it is. The fakes are real, buddy, and they run deep. But so do we, and now that you are here, that increases our ranks by one. This is not a political or regional thing. It’s also not greek vs. independent, nor is it race or gender-based. It’s something much deeper and more fundamental. I can’t tell you how many smart, intelligent people come to campus and float for a few years, putting their dreams and ambitions on
hold, waiting for their time, thinking there is an endless supply of time. It’s not true. It’s a trap. So many people try to make up four years in four months before they head out the door to an uncertain world. They waited their turn, were too passive in the face of “tradition” and established procedure and precedents. The divide that I speak of is personality-based, those who push the limits and those that live too comfortably in them. It’s the fight against apathy that will define your time here and in the world beyond, as it always has been. But you, dear freshman, you’ve been given a chance, an opportunity to make a difference. Playing it cool doesn’t get you any points in this game; it gets you forgotten. Rich Robinson is a senior majoring in telecommunication and film.
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Hood named interim vice president of student affairs By Rachel Brown | News Editor
President Judy Bonner named Steven Hood interim vice president of student affairs on July 1. Nearly 50 days since his appointment, Hood said he is excited for the start of the new school year and the opportunities for the department of student affairs. Hood graduated with a degree in business administration from The University of West Alabama. He said he originally thought he wanted to work his way up the corporate ladder. “I realized pretty quickly that was not going to be the case for me,” he said. After a corporate job in Pensacola, Florida, Hood said he started really thinking about what he wanted to do. He went back to school at Troy University, where he received a masters degree in public policy and human resource management. Thinking back to his college years, Hood said his years of student involvement shaped his career path. While pursuing
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his undergraduate degree, Hood was an ambassador for the university, a resident advisor and an officer in his fraternity. “I really enjoyed all of the involvement that I had, so I began looking into higher education [for work],” Hood said. Hood worked for Samford University in
Birmingham as an area coordinator, where he said he learned a great deal about the housing profession. He later moved to Tennessee, where he worked as the director of housing for nine years before coming to The University of Alabama as the student housing director in 2011. Alicia Brown, director of developments, has worked with Hood since his arrival at the University. “[Hood] is a real consensus builder,” Brown said. “He listens to his colleagues, he brings people together, and he respects those who work with him and for him. For me, that is why it has been such a pleasure to work with him.” As the interim vice president of student affairs, Hood oversees the department responsible for the “out of classroom” experience for all UA students. He said he wanted to highlight the new facilities available to students, including the new and renovated Ferguson Center, the Student Activities Centers and the additions to Presidential Village. Hood said he cannot imagine himself
doing anything else. “It’s something I enjoy,” he said. “We get to do different things everyday, we get to impact people and we don’t even always know.” President Judy Bonner said she was certain Hood would be a valuable asset to the student affairs department. “As we prepare to begin another academic year, I am confident that Dr. Hood, the Executive Council and the entire staff in the Student Affairs division will work collaboratively to ensure that the Alabama experience continues to be extraordinary for the students who are investing their collegiate years in UA,” she said. Hood said he and the department of student affairs want to focus on connecting students. “We want to help students connect, connect to one another, connect to The University of Alabama, but also connect to our community,” he said. “Learning that there is something bigger than themselves and the University, learning there is a bigger world out there.”
Former Community Service Center changes name, motto By Emmalee Molay | Contributing Writer
The University of Alabama has resources of all varieties available for the thousands of students who attend. Whether they need help with classes or just want to get more involved, several organizations exist to help students find what they need. One of those resources is the Center for Sustainable Service and Volunteerism, formerly known as the Community Service Center. The Center for Sustainable Service and Volunteerism, or CSSV, officially changed their name on June 23, but that’s not the only thing that’s new. Courtney Chapman Thomas, director of the CSSV, said she is passionate about the new image the center is trying to convey. “We’ve been really looking over the past year of refining the theoretical basis of which we lie on, as well as the intrinsic reasons that we believe about service,” Thomas said. “We truly rest on the platform that service is transformational.” Phillip Burns, a graduate assistant for the CSSV, said he completely supports the vision that prompted the new image, though he is relatively new to the center. “There is more and more research coming out that people are starting to associate community service with punitive damages,” Burns said. “The idea was we wanted to be building a culture with sustainable service.” “We looked how we could make a more broad statement to the community about what we are trying to do,” Thomas said. “We kept going back to what is now our new motto, ‘Meaningful Service, Measurable Change.’” Along with changing their name,
the CSSV has relocated from the third floor of the Ferguson Center to a new downstairs office next to the University Supply Store. “One of the reasons we moved here was for something like the multipurpose classroom,” Burns said. “Our hope is that professors can bring classes down here, or that we can team teach, or have sessions for other projects we have going on.” “I’m really excited to come out with our new space in the Ferguson Center,” Thomas said. “We really plan on being involved in a lot of different opportunities on campus to put us out there, but also let you know that there’s a lot that already goes on on campus.” Those who work in the center said they are very excited about the projects they are planning for the year, some continuations of old initiatives and some entirely new programs. Elliot Spillers, a junior majoring in business management and a team leader with the CSSV, leads the Bama Works Community Action team, whose main responsibility is to host three different community service events. These service days will take place on the anniversary of 9/11, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Hands on Tuscaloosa, the group’s largest service day, in the spring. This will be Spillers’ second year leading the team. Last year he and his partners won a service and leadership award for Hands on Tuscaloosa. He said about ten different community service sites come from around the city during the event, and hundreds of students come to participate in a variety of service projects. “I’m excited to have a bigger impact on campus,” Spillers said. “We are going to try to get the same
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Over the summer the Community Service Center became The Center for Sustainable Service and Volunteerism. Because many associate community service with criminal punishment, the center wanted to instead reflect and build a culture of sustainable service to the community with the motto “Meaningful Service, Measurable change.”
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organizations as well as new ones, and one thing we really try to promote with that event is diversity here at UA and bringing students together.” Spillers said he was looking forward to working with the CSSV for another year. “We just have a great energy here,” Spillers said. Addie Bunn, a senior majoring in chemical engineering and math, is participating in her fourth year overall and second year as team leader for Beat Auburn Beat Hunger, one of the center’s biggest events. The food drive will occur this year from Oct. 13 to Nov. 21. Bunn said they collected almost 300,000 pounds of food last year, so their goal this year is to top that number. “This year one of our goals is to
be more prominent [within social media] and have some bigger events,” Bunn said. She said she is excited to be back to getting involved with local businesses and working with other groups, like the local food bank. “I think the name change is great for the CSSV, it goes along with what we are trying to do with ‘Meaningful Service and Measurable Change,’” Bunn said. Thomas said she is very pleased with how the year is looking already. “We have an incredible student staff,” she said. “They are some of the most passionate and gifted and wellrounded students I’ve ever had the privilege to work with and I’m excited about this year and I think we’ll do great things.”
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THURSDAY August 21, 2014
The new Student Activity Center is now open and houses rock climbing walls, workout equipment and sports practice facilities. CW / Pete Pajor By Alessandra Delrose | Contibuting Writer
The new Student Activity Center, located near Presidential Village, is now open for use. The new facility was built in an effort to meet high demand for a place for students and community members to stay active. “With the current recreation center getting as much use as it did, it was decided that a new recreation center was going to be made,” Outdoor Recreation Coordinator Stephen Middleton said. The SAC offers basketball courts, workout equipment and weights, a permanent indoor soccer rink surrounded by glass and a rock climbing wall. “The view from the SAC is gorgeous. As you workout on the treadmills, you
Greekfest to feature local bands alongside headliners GREEKFEST FROM PAGE 1
senior majoring in political science and history, said. “In order to draw a larger crowd, and thus raise more money for charity, we have made an effort to provide a variety of genres that we hope students will enjoy.” Costa Greekfest is a live music event organized by the IFC and sponsored by Costa Sunglasses, Inc. Last year, attendance reached an estimated 9,000 people, and the event raised $80,000, all of which was donated to charity. This year, all proceeds will be split between the Billfish Foundation and the recently founded Greekfest Foundation, Inc., which will then divide its portion of the profits between four separate philanthropy projects, with each donation expected to reach $12,000-15,000.
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have the opportunity to look out at the beautiful Black Warrior River,” Middleton said. Tre’ Sharper, a junior University Recreation employee, said he loves the new facility. “One of my favorite spots here would be our weight room, which is really nice and has all brand new equipment,” Sharper said. Besides the location and equipment, the SAC also features a tornado shelter for weather emergencies. “The most important factor to me is that this new rec center also has a tornado shelter built in the bottom just in case of an emergency,” Cyrus Alavi, an Outdoor Recreation employee, said. “The SAC may be smaller than the original rec center, but it still has a lot to offer.” For Middleton and Alavi, it’s the
new rock climbing wall that makes a real difference between the two recreation centers on campus. “Right when you walk into the doors, you see a 40-foot-tall rock climbing wall that will hopefully will take your breath away,” Middleton said. Along with the 40-foot climbing wall, rock walls surround the tower and fill an area below the staircase. Ethan Jackson, a junior who climbed the rock wall in the new facility, said his experience on the wall
was amazing. “I had been on the wall in the old Rec one or two times, but when I saw this huge rock-climbing wall here, I had to try it,”Jackson said. “The rockclimbing wall had so much to offer and it was a lot of fun.” Middleton says he has high hopes for the climbing wall program in general at the University. “Specifically with the climbing wall, I would like to see our climbing program increase now especially with this new wall being as high as it is, we could have some really good educational programs, and hopefully it can increase the overall participation with students here at the University,” Middleton said. A grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at the SAC Friday, Sept. 5.
Chee Ammen, partner at event pro“Obviously for any music festival to duction company True Productions, be super successful, you have to have has helped the IFC organize Greekfest some headliners,” said Chris Wilhelm, every year since the festival began. an MBA student and lead guitarist for Ammen said planning for the festival The Doctors and The Lawyers. “But begins as early as March or April. I just think that the bands like us – “Whoever is the new head of the you know, we’re good friends with the IFC will send us a list of the artists guys from Mother Funk, and we’re that they’re wanting and the guys that are here we just start shopping in town 365 days out of for it,” Ammen said. the year playing at the ... We have made an “We give them recombars locally, and [playing mendations. ‘Oh, you effort to provide a variety Greekfest] just really, don’t want this band’ or helps us.” of genres that we hope really ‘They’re kinda on the During their Greekfest downside.’ We try to set, The Doctors and the students will enjoy. research everything.” Lawyers will perform In 2013, Greekfest supseveral new songs from — Salim Alameddin — ported local talent by their upcoming selffeaturing Tuscaloosaproduced debut album. based band Mother Funk “We get a great expoas an opening act. This year, the IFC sure to the most important fan base continues the trend. In addition to we have, the fan base in our homeMother Funk returning for a second town here in Tuscaloosa,” Wilhelm performance, Tuscaloosa staple The said. “To actually be able to put on a Doctors and The Lawyers will make big production here in Tuscaloosa is their Greekfest debut. something that’s pretty cool that we
actually haven’t gotten to do yet.” Following the two local opening acts, Juicy J and Cash Cash will each take the stage. Alameddin said widespread praise of Nelly’s 2012 Greekfest performance and Wiz Khalifa’s 2013 Greekfest performance influenced the IFC’s decision to book Greekfest’s third consecutive hip hop act. Community feedback also played a role in the IFC booking an EDM band, he said. “We received suggestions that we should look into booking an act to perform at night, with lots of lights, and a more electronic sound,” Alameddin said. “After much deliberation, we decided Cash Cash fit the mould.” Costa Greekfest will take place Saturday on the Perimeter side of the NE Commuter Lot. Gates open at 5 p.m., and the show starts at 6 p.m. Tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at the gate and can be purchased at studentorg.tix.com. For more information, follow the Twitter handle @CostaGreekfest.
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Folk band to play at Bama By Kinsey Hanes | Contributing Writer
In south Alabama, numerous genres of music blend, accentuating the area’s diverse culture. The Mulligan Brothers will play Thursday at the Bama Theatre’s annual acoustic night. This will be the band’s second time playing in Tuscaloosa. The band’s 2013 self-titled album mixed Americana, rock and folk. The album was among the best selling at 2014’s Jazz Fest in New Orleans. Seven-time Grammy winning producer, Steve Berlin, known from Los Lobos, will oversee the band’s upcoming album in Portland, Oregon. Greg DeLuca, the band’s drummer, said their goal at a show is to leave with more fans than they started with.
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The Mulligan Brothers will play Thursday night at the Bama Theatre. Photo Courtesy of The Mulligan Brothers.
DeLuca and Rea both said they love the brotherhood that has formed within the group while traveling on tour and working together on music. “It’s really great to be able to share a passion with three other guys and experience new places and meet so many new people while doing what we love,” said Rea.
Outdoor Action is program that allows honors college freshmen to participate in a service-learning program. Photo Courtesy of Cokie Thompson By Katherine Metcalf and Tara Massouleh | CW Staff
When first-year students arrive on campus, one piece of advice given to them is to get involved on campus early. For 90 freshmen, getting involved starts even before classes begin. Through the Honors College program Outdoor Action, incoming honors freshmen participate in a service-learning program benefitting the Tuscaloosa area while earning Honors credit. During the week, freshmen are led by upperclassmen in a series of outdoor service projects in Tuscaloosa. This year, the group participated in park maintenance at Deer Lake Park, a canoeing trip on the Sipsey River, clearing out debris from Hurricane Creek and a cleanup of Lake Nichol. Although Outdoor Action finishes at the end of the workweek before classes start,
many students find their experience lasts much longer. Dylan McCaghren, a senior majoring in marketing and Spanish, has participated in Outdoor Action for all four years of his undergraduate study, and said he has enjoyed seeing the program grow from a group of 40 to 90 freshmen. “I do it every year because I can see the changes we made,” he said. “When we started my freshman year, it was a lot of work having to do with the tornado, and now it’s less about the tornado, and we can now focus on other things.” The connections made through the program have made the group more like a family than a group of unrelated students, participants said. Savannah Chandler, a sophomore majoring in economics, participated in the program her freshman year after her brother was a leader, and went on to become a leader this year. “A lot of my closest friends came from Outdoor Action,” she said. “It’s a great way to meet people who like the outdoors and want to go camping.” For incoming freshmen, Outdoor Action serves as an opportunity to become acquainted with life at the University through upperclass mentors. They also get a headstart meeting other freshmen. “I got connected to my first good friend here on campus, and also a few upperclassmen, which is valuable to me as a freshman,” said Joey Vranicar, a freshman studying business.
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Justin Bieber is one artist known for misogynistic lyrics. Photo Courtesy of MCT Campus By Francie Johnson
New York Magazine’s Jody Rosen coined the term “bro country” to describe the corner of country music devoted to tailgates, trucks and dirt roads. Bro country has been the genre music critics love to hate, mostly because of its objectification of women. The infamous bro country woman is depicted as a bimbo climbing into a man’s truck, handing him a beer. Finally, some female country artists have responded. Budding country duo Maddie & Tae released their single,
“Girl in a Country Song” last month, satirically attacking common bro country stereotypes. Maddie & Tae’s witty lyrics directly reference some of bro country’s most popular hits, including Billy Currington’s “Hey Girl” and Tyler Farr’s “Redneck Crazy.” Bro country isn’t the first, or the only, genre of music to contain sexist lyrics. Sexism transcends all genre descriptions, rap music being the most notable offender. Luckily, no reasonable adult is going to listen to an Eminem song and suddenly decide to hate women. But it’s not always reasonable adults listening to these songs. Easilyimpressionable preteens often take their favorite artists’ lyrics to heart. When Justin Bieber sings “Ooh you know females/And how they like to run their mouth,” young girls hear, “Girls should be seen, not heard.” That’s why “Girl in a Country Song” is so important. Its simple melody and playful lyrics, easily lend themselves to be the next preteen girl anthem. Though it can’t erase sexism from the music industry, it does add another voice to the conversation.
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Southern Ale House serves local food, beer By Anslee Wilson | Contributing Writer
For the first time this year, Alabama Restaurant Week will feature Tuscaloosa restaurant Southern Ale House, which focuses on locally produced food and beers. This year there are 15 Tuscaloosa participants in ARW, which lasts until Sunday. Participating restaurants offer a two-course lunch and a three-course dinner of their choice. Southern Ale House opened March 2 and has served local food and drinks from its inception. Along with the local southern pub fare, the restaurant offers 18 southern craft beer selections, including Tuscaloosa’s own Black Warrior Brewing Company and Druid City Brewing Company. “We use as much local food as we can get,” said Justin Holt, owner of Southern Ale House. Southern Ale House is offering a $15 lunch that comes with hand breaded chicken breast topped with homemade white gravy and served over mashed potatoes with a choice of one side item, followed by homemade buttermilk pie. For dinner they are offering a $30 threecourse meal including a BLT bite appetizer followed by a 12 oz. Ale House Ribeye with homemade steak sauce. It is served with two side items, and again, followed by pie. Holt is a graduate of The University of Alabama and has worked in the restaurant business for over 15 years. In October 2013, Holt decided to start something from scratch. He partnered with long-time friend and co-worker Bradley Morris, who is now general manager at Southern Ale House. Holt also partnered with
his parents. Together, they brought Southern Ale House to Tuscaloosa. Southern Ale House’s signature menu items are the made-fromscratch biscuit sandwiches. The MeMe, named after Holt’s grandmother, is a large biscuit sandwich with fried chicken and apple wood smoked bacon, topped with white gravy. The Corbell is a thinly sliced prime rib biscuit, topped with a horseradish cream sauce. Menu items also include Southern favorites like the pickle burger, shrimp and grits, pimento cheese and bacon stuffed potato skins and pork skins. Each entrée comes with a choice of a side such as hashbrown casserole, chipotle collard greens, sweet potato tots and ranch slaw. Holt’s inspiration for the menu comes from what he says is a nationwide love for southern food. Bar manager Jeff Henthorn created a drink menu featuring classic drinks with a Southern twist. “I tried to think of catchy names that people would remember and spark people’s interest.” Henthorn said. Fan favorites have been the Pineapple Express and Peaches ‘n Beam, both of which are infused fruit drinks, he said. The team at Southern Ale House said they are proud of what they have accomplished already with Alabama Restaurant Week, and they hope to remain for years to come a place for southern favorites in the Tuscaloosa area. “It’s important for us because it gives the community awareness of local restaurants,” Holt said. “It allows people to appreciate local, family-owned restaurants.”
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Summer play key in tennis By Kayla Montgomery | Staff Reporter
Just over two weeks remain until Alabama’s season opener in Atlanta. CW / Pete Pajor
Trey DePriest healing, Sims showing promise
While many University of Alabama students were sitting at home or working internships during summer vacation, members of the UA varsity tennis teams were hitting the tournament trail. “The players that truly want to get better are out on the tournament trail during the summer time,” women’s coach Jenny Mainz said. “I feel like we had some players this summer really make jumps in their games, namely Natalia Maynetto.” Earlier this month, Maynetto, a junior, defeated top-seeded Frances Altick of Vanderbilt to win the ITA/USTA Summer Singles Championship. With that win, Maynetto earned a wild-card entry into the main draw of the Riviera/ITA AllAmerican Championships, which will be played in late September. “Tennis is such a tough sport to take time off of,” Maynetto said. “You have to keep up with it.” Members of the men’s team also stayed busy this summer, with two Alabama faces making an appearance in the Atlanta BB&T Open held in late July. Freshman Korey Lovett made it to the first round of the qualifying draw after winning the qualifying wild card challenge earlier in the week, and junior Becker O’Shaughnessey made it to the third round. The two also paired up to represent Alabama in the first round of
Members of the Alabama men’s and women’s tennis teams spent the summer training and competing for this year. CW File
the main singles draw of the tournament. “[The tournament] was an unbelievable experience – probably the best I’ve had so far,” Lovett said. “Just knowing that you belong there felt good.” Senior Stuart Kenyon, who played in five summer tournaments, said while summer practice is important, it’s the exposure to aspects of a tournament that is a necessity to improve your game and prepare for the upcoming season. “It’s a major component that really benefits you for the upcoming year,” Kenyon said. “It’s really the matches and the experience, knowing what to do on the court and how to perform in the match – that’s what you really need.”
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Trey Depriest returns to practice Senior linebacker Trey DePriest’s recovery from a sprained knee is almost where it needs to be, but his conditioning might not be on the same level. After injuring his knee on the second day of practice, the Springfield, Ohio, native missed more than a week of practice returning to health. Only recently did he return to practice, where he has been sporting a knee brace. “He played in the scrimmage [on Saturday],” Alabama coach Nick Saban said Tuesday evening. “He’s pretty much full-speed now. He was pretty much fullspeed on Saturday. We’ve been working with him on the conditioning aspect. “He’s going to have to play himself in shape. I told him today, I said, ‘You’re going to have to push yourself in practice like you never have before, because that’s the only way you’re going to get in shape, because you’re not going to have camp to go back to.’ I think he’ll do that.” DePriest, who led the team with seven tackles (one for a loss) in last Saturday’s scrimmage, is Alabama’s most experienced player on defense, having been a starter for the past two seasons. “When he’s out there, he’s a guy that can fill the holes and you’ll know he’s out there, because he’s out there making calls left and right, motions and all that,” defensive back Jarrick Williams said. “So he’s really a loud guy.”
Starting quarterback job still up for grabs Saban hasn’t been keen to answer questions about the quarterback situation
We’re doing the quarterbacks the same way. Somebody has got to take the job. — Nick Saban — as of late, but he did offer up his insight during his Tuesday night press conference. “We’re doing the quarterbacks the same way. Somebody has got to take the job,” Saban said. “One day one guy plays really well and you say, ‘Well, that looks like that might be it.’ And the next day the other guy plays really well.” “I think the good news is we have two guys that I would feel very comfortable playing.” Saban said on ESPN’s SportsCenter recently that Blake Sims and Jacob Coker have been alternating as the starting quarterback for each practice. On Tuesday, Sims led the quarterbacks through the drills. Several teammates have noticed a different Sims at quarterback up to this point in fall camp than in years past. “He’s definitely improved a lot,” wide receiver Chris Black said. “He’s more focused, being way more vocal, really stepping up as a leader, kind of trying to take control of the offense.”
Other Notes: – Saban said Tuesday that freshman JK Scott is the “best punter we have.” – Defensive lineman A’Shawn Robinson (knee), offensive lineman Dominick Jackson (ankle) and linebacker Tim Williams (suspension) all returned to practice Wednesday. It was the first time Williams has practiced with the team this August.
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Soccer team to kick off new season By Caroline Gazzara | Staff Reporter
The Alabama soccer team’s 1-0 loss to Auburn to end last year’s season has kept a hold on the Crimson Tide. However, coach Todd Bramble is confident there is a hunger for more within his team. “When your season ends like it does last year against Auburn and it’s over, there’s such a bitter taste in your
mouth, you’re stuck with that. You’re stuck with that all year,” Bramble said. “You can play the spring games and you can win spring games and that still doesn’t make that feeling go away. You can win an exhibition game against Mississippi State last weekend, and while that feels good, it doesn’t count. This weekend signifies that this is a chance to play for real again.”
Kicking off the fall season, Alabama will host Kennesaw State and Memphis this weekend. “Coming off a win last Friday, I think that it’s really encouraging, and I think that this weekend we’re all really excited to finally get started,” senior midfielder Theresa Diederich said. “We’ve been working really hard, and we’re just ready to see what we can do.”
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