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Cochrans host charity run for CF Event raised awareness, funds for cystic fibrosis By Kelly Ward | Sports Editor
This year’s inaugural Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah 5k had a simple purpose: to raise awareness and funds for cystic fibrosis research and the Thomas Plott Foundation. Alabama football director of strength and conditioning Scott Cochran could only be at the beginning of the 5k. Once the race started, he returned to his job, because the football team had practice that afternoon. His wife, Cissy Cochran, remained until the end of the race. She came up with the idea for the event name in the spring, taken from her husband’s phrase. Thomas Plott, the son of Blair and Bobby Plott, was diagnosed Scott Cochran with cystic fibroCW / Shelby Akin sis when he was 10 months old. Now he’s 6 years old and spends as much time being a normal boy as he can. He plays football and baseball when he can. He’s also the best friend of Beau Cochran, the son of Scott and Cissy Cochran. “He is your typical 6-year-old, gregarious, towheaded child,” Blair Plott said. “He just has a lot more things
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Sweet Home Food Bar recently opened in downtown Tuscaloosa. The new food establishment offers a break from typical fast food chains by providing its customers a variety of healthy Southern food options.
September offers a collection of new movie releases, as well as the re-release of the Southern favorite “Forrest Gump” in IMAX. Other films will be debuting at upcoming film festivals.
Head coach Jenny Mainz talks to the CW about national titles, rebuilding a struggling program, and what it’s like being the longest-tenured coach on campus at The University of Alabama.
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Students go global Europe most common destination By Laura Testino | Staff Reporter
Instead of packing bags and heading home this past summer, over 700 students from 90 different majors at The University of Alabama collected their most valuable belongings, passports and visas and embarked on study abroad trips across six different continents. According to data provided by Carolina Robinson, director of Capstone International Programs, the most popular study abroad destinations of summer 2014 were in Europe. During the interim and summer courses, students most often studied abroad in Spain, followed closely by Italy, England, France and Austria. Over the 2013-14 school year, nearly 60 percent of students studied in a faculty-led program, as opposed to an exchange or an affiliate program. “We had about 35 programs this summer where a [UA] faculty member was taking the student abroad,” Robinson said. Glenn Tootle, an associate professor, just completed his third summer as the faculty supervisor of the Innsbruck, Austria, study abroad
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Alabama politicians take on ALS ice bucket challenge Standing atop a sign marking Bryant-Denny Stadium and holding large buckets of ice water in 99-degree heat, the UA College Republicans readied themselves to pour water on Alabama’s own Attorney General Luther Strange, U.S. Congressional 6 Republican nominee Gary Palmer and Secretary of State nominee John Merrill. Merrill, Palmer and Strange were happy to take on the ice bucket challenge in order to be a part of raising awareness for ALS. “Well I’ve got a friend whose first cousin has ALS,” Palmer said. “We pray for this young man, and it’s just a terrible disease. We do all we can to find a cure.” According to the ALS Association website, $70.2 million in donations have been received as of Sunday, in comparison to the $2.5 million raised from July to August last year. Much of this amount is credited to the 1.3 million new donors to the ALS Association, says the website. “I agree, it’s a wonderful opportunity to raise money to fight a terrible disease which has afflicted people like Kevin Turner and other prominent people from Alabama and to raise awareness and we thought we would combine the participation of the young Republicans today,” Strange said. “We encourage them to get involved in politics, and this is really a day where they can really do something good and have fun.” Maverick Flowers is the current president
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Scarborough speaks on American politics By Rachel Brown | News Editor
Joe Scarborough said he believes America’s greatest days are still ahead. Scarborough, the current host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and former U.S. Representative, spoke to students, fellows and community members at the 20th Anniversary Blackburn Symposium Friday night. The University of Alabama alumnus said it was “good to be home.” A moderate Republican hailing from Pensacola, Florida, Scarborough spoke about what he believes to be the current state of America. He said Americans are “more united than ever,” but a media culture exists that “rewards division,” and America is suffering the effects of a gerrymandered House of Representatives. Scarborough said it is dangerous to live in a country where people can turn on their TV at any time of day and have all of their pre-existing prejudices confirmed. “At the end of the day, you don’t have people that look at rivals on the other side as wrong,” he said. “They view them as evil. It is not good for our democracy.” Scarborough reminisced on his days in Congress during the early ‘90s when he served under Bill Clinton. Despite having a democratic president who “hated the Republican Congress,” Scarborough pointed out several accomplishments the House and Clinton Administration were able to achieve, including balancing the budget, paying down the debt and creating 22 million new jobs. “We actually had politicians who cared more about their country than they did about their political differences,” Scarborough said. “But politics has now become a blood sport, and people never stop trying to delegitimize and root against the president. Rooting against success of the president is like rooting against the success of the country he or she is running.” Scarborough commented on his own party, which he said need to learn to “look outward.” He argued for politicians
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to try and understand the other side and said, for the country to move forward, “they have to learn to work together.” He said anyone who bets against America “is like betting against the Tide.” In a follow-up question, freshman Jared Hunter asked Scarborough what he would tell a 20-year-old Joe Scarborough. “Go out and give it your all,” Scarborough said. He encouraged students to stop staring at their iPhones, to read books, work hard and never take any day for granted. Members of the audience said they were impressed with Scarborough’s ability to express his own beliefs while acknowledging the beliefs of others. Caitlin Cobb, a freshman majoring in political science and Spanish, said despite holding different political views, she was able to appreciate his message. “Honestly I’m of a completely and totally different political viewpoint than he is, but I really enjoyed it because, like him, I really think our country is divided,” she said.
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“There are things that you do for international travelers when they want to feel The new Embassy Suites hotel is going more at home,” he said. “We are going to bring some big city charm to down- out of our way to make sure we work with town Tuscaloosa, general manager John them. We are having bilingual employees. You will see amenities in the hotel that Chris said. “We’re not going to be your run-of the- appeal to certain nationalities.” While a majority of Tuscaloosa hotels mill corporate hotel,” Chris said. “We’re going to have companies here, but when are on or around McFarland Boulevard, the the city recruited us, they wanted a luxury new Embassy Suites is directly downtown on University Boulevard and Greensboro hotel. So we’re going to be very upscale.” The hotel will open its doors Jan. 31, Avenue. Brandt Garrison of the Tuscaloosa 2015. The hotel was scheduled to open this Tourism and Sports Commission said the fall, but mandatory archeological surveys hotel’s location will have a large economic pushed back construction by four months, impact on the city due to what he calls “the Chris said. Construction is set to finish in walkability of downtown.” “We’re really excited about Embassy late October. The hotel will then be furnished, decorated and cleaned six times coming downtown,” Garrison said. “People love to stay in downtown where they can before opening. just walk around and “The outside is a classic not be pulled out of the Tuscaloosa building, red city. That’s what we’re brick and limestone and the excited about is inside is going to be strictly “The whole city is going most that people can come to New York,” Chris said. “It’s to benefit.” Tuscaloosa, stay downgoing to be very slick and town, walk to our restaumodern and as nice as any rants and bars and some hotel in Manhattan.” — John Chris — of the shops and really The hotel will have 154 kind of get a little snapsuites, which will accomshot of what our town’s modate up to four people. The ballroom will hold up to 600 people for culture is about.” While Garrison acknowledged the hotel receptions and around 300 for conferences was in part built to serve crowds during or meetings. Chris said the spotlight of the Suites will football season, he said he also hopes it will be the restaurant, operated by chef Chris expose tourists to Tuscaloosa’s flourishing Hastings who owns Hot & Hot Fish Club art scene and outdoor recreational opporin Birmingham. Hastings has won a James tunities. He also said the city hopes to Beard Award honoring the top chef in the attract more conferences, which have preSouth and competed on Iron Chef, winning viously been held in cities like Birmingham against Bobby Flay. Hastings’ Embassy and Montgomery. “We think it’s going to help weekends Suites restaurant does not have a name yet, but the facilities will include two pri- when we’re not packed or weekday travel,” Garrison said. “We love that they come vate dining rooms and a bar. Despite the luxurious accommodations, here for football games, but we think that Chris said the most important thing he will this is going to attract folks to come here be focusing on is quality service. Chris’ for some of the other things Tuscaloosa other hotels have been honored by Trip has to offer.” Chris said Embassy Suites offering valet Advisor and the Intercontinental Hotel Group and he recently received the Conrad parking to all of downtown will help alleHilton Award, which he calls “the Heisman viate parking problems and attract more people to local shops and restaurants. Trophy of hotel awards.” “My hotel, on a nightly basis will be One particular aspect of service Chris plans to accentuate is catering to inter- putting 100 to 150 people on University national travelers. He said the Mercedes- [Boulevard] with money in their pockets Benz plant brings a large amount of to spend,” Chris said. “The whole city is German business people to the city, but going to benefit. If that happens, you’re he also sees a lot of French, Australian, going to begin to see downtown grow much more rapidly.” Japanese and Chinese travelers.
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COLUMN | COLLEGE
Don’t be afraid of making mistakes while at university CAROLYN
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COLUMN | FRIENDSHIP
You will be lonely, and that’s OK CHISOLM
Allenlundy Staff Columnist
Freshmen, before you even stepped foot on this campus, you were done a great disservice. There is no need to blame anyone in particular, as this disservice is universal in our higher education system. Regardless, from the minute you began seriously looking into college, in a certain way, you were set up for failure. Now what is this disservice? It is this apparent truism: As soon as you reach campus, you will have many, many friends. A few weeks in, you will have so many choices of people to hang out on the weekends that you won’t know where to turn. By the end of the year, you will have made your “friends for life,” as they say. You will have found true companionship. You’re being told this everywhere you turn. Everyone is eating together in the dining halls. Your roommates
and neighbors are all going out with each other and other strangers you’ve never seen. Every university’s marketing scheme, every college movie and every older high school friend telling tales about his or her freshman year experience assured you that you would never be alone. Now why, you might say, is this a disservice? Because it’s not true. College is not, as it is often conveyed, like the cereal aisle where you have dozens of options to choose from in terms of who you befriend. Really, it is more like one of those claw vending machines where you spend lots of time (and money) going for specific stuffed animals but are never able to get them. There are the exceptions, of course. Individuals who were fortunate enough to find themselves plugged in to numerous organizations, where they were literally forced to make friends. But those individuals are not most of us. Most of us found ourselves, as you likely will, at the end of the first semester returning home and wondering why we were so unlikable. Everyone else had seemingly made lots of friends, close friends, even relationships.
Understand that if you feel lonely, anxious or a little depressed heading home after your first semester of college, you are not alone. They’ll post pictures on Facebook saying a temporary goodbye to some person with a little sentimental quote in the caption and it will make you sick, as it did most of us. The point here is not that you will never make friends – you will. But it will not be as magical and instantaneous as you’ve been led to believe so far. So understand that if you feel lonely, anxious or a little depressed heading home after your first semester of college, you are not alone. It may not look that way, and you may be hard-pressed to believe me, but that is the truth. True friendship will come, but it will take time. Chisolm Allenlundy is a junior majoring in philosophy and economics. His columns runs weekly on Monday.
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Congratulations! If you are reading this you are either a part of The University of Alabama or you are my mom. Both of these are wonderful honors to have. For the freshmen reading this, I commend you on picking up The Crimson White and actually reading your school paper. Not many freshmen do, and keeping up with what goes on at your university and surrounding communities is wise. As you start this tough, transformative and wonderful time in your life, I would like to share with you advice I recommend you heed for this coming year. When you miss someone from home, call them. Don’t forget birthdays of people who are important to you, or people Now is the time to whom you are really invest in who important to. Get some sleep every you are. once in a while. Stop and pet dogs when you see them. Stand up for your beliefs, and understand why you believe them. Don’t “play games” in relationships. You are in college, and it’s time to grow up. On the other hand, don’t forget to embrace your inner child every once in a while. Volunteer doing activities you love. Now is the time to really invest in who you are. Explore different ideas and opinions. Read books on things you don’t understand but are curious about and want to comprehend. Ask difficult questions. Learn more about your own beliefs and research topics that interest you. These next years are the only years where you will be surrounded by people your own age all pursuing the same goal: to aquire more knowledge. Don’t take this for granted. While I hope you find this advice valuable, chances are you most likely won’t realize its value until your own mistakes are made. Go forth and make mistakes. Good mistakes. Not mistakes that get you into real trouble, mistakes that will make you look back on freshman year and laugh as well as grow. Carolyn Duke is a sophomore majoring in secondary English education and Spanish. Her column runs weekly on Monday.
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OPINIONS Monday, August 25, 2014 COLUMN | FERGUSON
Be an ally, not an obstacle, in equality discussions MARK
Hammontree Staff Columnist
In the wake of the killing of Michael Brown, protests and vigils have spread from the embroiled town of Ferguson, Missouri, to throughout the country. Black people and white people are standing up together around the country to speak out against the injustice perpetuated by a fundamentally racist system of law and order. A system made all the more dangerous by the increasingly militarized nature of local law enforcement. Blacks and whites alike are taking a stand together against the entrenched system and demanding change. This country exists on systems that inherently favor white people, and as long as we allow these structures to benefit us at the expense of our neighbors, we are as guilty as those who created these systems decades ago. If you are white, and you are angry
about Ferguson and want to speak up Race is at the heart of almost every about it, please by all means do so. issue of social inequity facing this Be an ally to people of color, decry country, and we all have to begin the racist systems of entitlement and addressing this reality head on instead inequity that are so pervasive in this of blaming it on education, or economcountry, in this state, and on this cam- ics, or drugs. If you’re thinking that pus. Be a participant in the movement way, you have things bass-ackwards. for progress and change. Just be careSo start caring about things and ful to do it in the right way. throw yourself into the discussion. It’s fine, and correct, to assert that Just don’t make yourself or your beliefs racism hurts society as a whole, that the focus. white people are adversely affected by The last thing society needs right racism too, but let’s not for a second now is an army of white leaders orgaforget that racism first and foremost nizing anti-racist protests, Facebook hurts people of color. The distribu- groups and student organizations. We tion of the effects of institutional- don’t need a white man addressing a ized hate is hardly large group of black equal among whites people. We don’t and blacks. need a white man White people canleading a march on Race is at the heart of not begin to know city hall. That image the righteous anger only reinforce almost every issue of social would that comes from a ingrained social life of having every norms of white elitinequity facing this country. path to equality and ism and black subsuccess obstructed, servience. We need nor can we fully to drop the “white understand the fear man’s burden” and that skin color might be the differ- our savior mentality. ence between the police putting you Black people do not need white peoin handcuffs rather than telling you to ple to lead them out of poverty. They “get home safely.” do not need white people to lead them
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out of crime-ridden neighborhoods. They do not need white people to lead them at all. They need us to either get behind them or get out of the way. So if you’re white, your voice does matter, but don’t let it obstruct the voices of the black leaders who are already making a difference in their cities and communities. Use your voice to amplify the voices of those who are tired of being oppressed. Write to your community leaders, have these discussions, stand among a crowd of faces white and black. Mark Hammontree is a junior majoring in secondary education - language arts. His column runs weekly on Monday.
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COLUMN | FOOD
Swap cheap ramen for Southern staple By Katherine Buckley
When many out-of-state students come to Alabama, they encounter their first dose of southern food, and it’s a beautiful thing. Despite being born in New Orleans, a food capital of the world, and growing up in Birmingham during its culinary renaissance, I resisted all Southern food until I was a teenager. I spat out grits, passed the collard greens without taking a serving and, dare I say it, hated biscuits. While I have no excuse for my younger self, I am happy to report that my palats has developed over time, and I now love and talk incessantly about traditional Southern food. But grits. Grits have saved my life. I eat at least three bowls of
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grits a week. Many are fooled into thinking grits are only a breakfast food, but they are actually an affordable staple for every meal. A fairly large bag of grits costs only a couple of dollars. If a $3 bag
makes at least 15 bowls of grits, that’s only 20 cents per serving. This is the best alternative to ramen that I have found. There’s nothing easier to make or more delicious to eat than a big bowl of grits made with half water, half milk to make them creamier, a generous slab of butter, a handful of shredded cheese and a little kick from the spice cabinet. This alone makes for a warm, comforting bowl of grits, but there’s always room for add-ins. Throw some greens on top, fry up some fish, sauté some shrimp. My favorite is mixing in leftover pulled pork with my grits and then dousing the whole thing in hot sauce. So when the going gets tough and my pantry and wallet look sparse, I still have grits to welcome me home.
Sweet Home Food Bar, located in downtown Tuscaloosa, serves everything from brunch to take-out dinner. Photo courtesy of Debra Rubino
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Gorgas brings WWI to life
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World War I is coming to The University of Alabama – minus the actual fighting and soldiers. Gorgas Library is housing a new art exhibit, Glimpses of the Great War, in honor of the war’s 100th anniversary. The exhibit is located in the Pearce Foyer on the second floor of the library, just inside the Quad entrance. “There are over 70 items and nine books featured in the cases,” said Martha Bace, processing archivist of the Hoole Special Collection Library. “Items featured in the exhibit include two uniform tunics, pants, boots, campaign hat, helmet, trench coat, mess kit and canteen, bayonet, letters and photographs.” Bace co-curated the exhibit with Patrick Adcock. “It was upon receiving two donations of military uniforms and artifacts that we decided to curate an exhibit to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I,” Bace said. “We pulled materials – uniforms, paraphernalia, letters, photographs, maps, sheet music and books – from approximately 30 collections before narrowing it down to about 20 collections.” Many of the pieces in the exhibit have long histories that relate
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The last time New York was notably represented in Alabama, a certain cousin named Vinny was mixing things up in a southern courtroom. Today, the Big Apple is finding a whole new way to represent itself in Alabama with the opening of Sweet Home Food Bar on University Boulevard. Rubino opened the restaurant with her business partner George Harsch last month after taking a 15 year break from the restaurant business. She said she couldn’t resist the football scene and Alabama scenery and wanted to bring a different flavor to the string of existing Tuscaloosa chain restaurants. “We saw a need in the community for places that served different foods other than something fried,” Rubino said. “We also noticed that unless it was Waffle House, there weren’t a lot of breakfast places.” Makayla Huemmer, a senior majoring in elementary education, has visited the new eatery twice. “I had the crab cakes for brunch and they were amazing,” Huemmer said. “You don’t normally find that in a college town. “The second time I went I had French toast, and it was
The exhibit features over 70 items. Photo courtesy of Donna B. Adcock
to each other, including a United States Service Flag and a War Department telegram. “The flag hanging in a window told passersby that a member of that family was serving in the armed forces. If the soldier was killed or died, the blue star was changed to a gold star,” Bace said. “In that same case is the War Department telegram. It was sent on Nov. 18, 1918 – seven days after the Armistice was signed, stating that Lieutenant George Waring Huston was killed in action on Oct. 16.” Donna Adcock, the director of public relations for Gorgas Library, said the exhibit seeks to make the world wars more tangible and real to its visitors. “The exhibit helps to bring the war alive with images of the
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Festival season brings intriguing releases By Drew Pendleton | Contributing Writer
For movie fans, September can be a strange month. The blockbusters of summer start to vanish from theaters in preparation for their impending DVD/Blu-ray releases, but the prestigious flicks that the awards circuit fawns over haven’t yet reached their wide release dates. With two of the prime film festivals – in Telluride, Colorado, and Venice, Italy – gearing up to start later this week, and the Toronto and New York festivals starting in September, this month boasts an intriguing array of new releases covering action, drama and comedy.
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Sept. 5: “Forrest Gump” IMAX re-release Arguably no movie from the past 20 years exudes more classic American charm than “Forrest Gump,” the Best Picture-winning epic about an Alabama everyman (Tom Hanks, whose performance won him his second Oscar), who finds himself caught up in some of the most important events of the 20th century. It takes a special type of movie to get an IMAX one-week re-release (past examples include “Top Gun” and “The Wizard of Oz”). Undoubtedly, some of the war scenes and running sequences will look stunning.
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program, in which students of any major can attend the interim and complete the natural science course, Water Resources and Climate in the European Alps. Students may also stay through Summer I and study Glaciology, a second course in natural science. Tootle said he focuses on scheduling equal numbers of lectures and field trips throughout the course to provide a more hands-on learning experience. “The last thing I want to do is a teach a course in Innsbruck, Austria, that I can teach in Tuscaloosa, Alabama,” he said. The differences in climate and culture create the opportunity for a distinct learning experience, but Tootle also said he enjoys taking the trip to Austria – the fifth most popular destination for studying abroad in the summer – because Innsbruck is a safe and affordable city to visit. “I call Innsbruck the ‘Tuscaloosa of the Alps,’” Tootle said. To enroll in Tootle’s course, students pay one course fee that includes room and board, tuition and other related expenses, as is true for other summer faculty-led programs. This policy makes traveling abroad fairly affordable and helped Talia Ulrich, a sophomore majoring in international studies, make the decision to attend the University. “I wanted to make sure that I could study pretty much anywhere that I wanted to, and that if [the college] didn’t offer the program, they knew of some way for
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Sept. 12: “The Drop”
Sept. 19: “This is Where I Leave You”
Sept. 26: “The Equalizer”
Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival shortly before its theatrical release, “The Drop” is the adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s short story “Animal Rescue.” Following a lonely bartender (Tom Hardy) whose rescue of a kidnapped pit bull puppy drags him into the Brooklyn crime underworld, this thriller’s trailer is both tantalizingly mysterious and entirely intriguing. The film also features Noomi Rapace (“Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows”) and the final feature film performance of the late James Gandolfini (“The Sopranos”).
Adapted from the novel by Jonathan Tropper (who also wrote the screenplay) and directed by Shawn Levy (“Night at the Museum”), “This is Where I Leave You” focuses on the Foxman family, who reunites for a week to fulfill their late patriarch’s last wish. While the plot may sound familiar, the cast – led by Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver (“Girls,” “Inside Llewyn Davis”) and Corey Stoll (“House of Cards,” “Midnight in Paris”) – is sure to set this Toronto Film Festival premiere above the rest. The trailer echoes those of “The Family Stone” and “Crazy, Stupid, Love,” which is also a sign of confidence in its quality.
Denzel Washington’s reunion with director Antoine Fuqua (who directed Washington to a Best Actor Oscar in “Training Day”) remakes a 1980s TV series. Washington plays McCall, an enigmatic ex-military man who devotes himself to fighting injustice. When he befriends a young girl (Chloë Grace Moretz), whom he saves from Russian mobsters, he goes on a one-man vigilante spree. While its trailer hints at the usual vigilante-on-the-run movie, the duo of Washington and Fuqua, plus a prestigious gala screening slot at the Toronto International Film Festival, makes “The Equalizer” an intriguing ending to September.
me to still study abroad,” Ohio-native five other students on a faculty-led proUlrich said. gram to Greece, and though they didn’t Ulrich found the University’s program know one another before the trip began, met her criteria, and she just returned from Trabucco said they bonded over their a faculty-led summer trip to Tanzania. desire to travel. Ninety percent of the students studying “I think it’s really important to go and abroad in the 2013-14 academic year did so be uncomfortable. And I was finding for credit programs, while the other 10 per- myself really, really comfortable here,” cent engaged in internships and service Trabucco said. learning. Capstone International’s website Although Trabucco decided to take the includes a search engine that compiles a trip over six months in advance, Brock list of available programs and can be tai- Mayhak, a sophomore majoring in aerolored to a student’s major, country and space engineering, decided late in the semester of interest. semester that he wanted to study abroad. Since returning in late June, Ulrich has Robinson recommends beginning the met with Robinson and process a year in advance applied to study abroad to ensure all necessary in Spain next semester to paperwork is completed. enhance her knowledge of Mayhak said he decided I think it’s really Spanish and Arabic lanto study abroad to get travimportant to go and be el experience before applyguages and cultures. “The experiences that ing for jobs after college. uncomfortable. I got, you wouldn’t learn “I’ve met so many peothem on campus,” Ulrich ple from so many different — Maggie Trabucco — said of her summer experischools that I’ll hopefully ence in Tanzania. keep in touch with over For Robinson, studying the years. I think [studying abroad is about providing abroad] definitely opens students with the opportunity to enhance up connections for the future,” he said. their learning. Chemical and biological engineering Robinson has been the director at the majors sent the most students abroad the University since June, and she previ- past academic year, followed by biology ously worked at the University of Georgia and the public relations. To better assist in coordinating study abroad trips in students in selecting a program, Capstone the agricultural and environmental International has assigned advisors to sciences department. specific colleges: one in arts and sci“My goal for students, the only thing, ences, one for business and one for other really, is for them to learn how to be com- majors. Students are encouraged to visit fortable in an uncomfortable situation,” the Capstone International Center in B.B. she said. Comer with any inquiries. Maggie Trabucco, a junior majoring in A study abroad fair will take place outpublic relations and theatre, traveled with side the B.B. Comer building on Sept. 16.
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Tide splits opening weekend By Caroline Gazzara | Staff Reporter
The Alabama soccer team split its opening weekend against Kennesaw State and Memphis. Alabama (1-1) had a breakout opening game against Kennesaw State Friday night, winning 5-1. However, the Crimson Tide was unable to continue Friday night’s momentum and fell to Memphis 2-1 Sunday. “We had a much tougher opponent that we had to face,” coach Todd Bramble said. “Memphis is a
really good team, a veteran team. So it was a big challenge. I was just curious to see how we would respond to that. It was our first weekend where we would have to play on Friday and turn around and be ready to play on Sunday. It mimics our conference play that we have coming up.” The Tide started strong in Sunday night’s game. Senior Merel van Dongen scored the lone goal in the 16th minute with a penalty kick. “I think it was just good
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pressure from the ladies,” van Dongen said. Alabama maintained its pressure on Memphis throughout the rest of the first half but lost power in the second. Memphis scored its two goals in the 49th and 71st minutes. Last season, Alabama also lost to Memphis 2-1. “I think this team has the right approach, even though Memphis is a great team,” Bramble said. Alabama will head to Tennessee this weekend to play Austin Peay State and Middle Tennessee.
Junior safety Landon Collins and junior wide receiver Amari Cooper were named to ESPN.com’s Preseason All-America Team. Collins has recorded 87 career tackles, including four tackles for loss, two interceptions and a blocked punt.
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Freshman goalkeeper Kat Stratton made 6 saves Sunday night. UA Athletics
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McIlroy can surpass Tiger despite constant media hype By Elliot Propes
At the beginning of August, Rory McIlroy won his first back-toback majors of his career. McIlroy held off Phil Mickelson and company to claim his fourth major at the age of 25 to win the 2014 PGA Championship. Meanwhile, Tiger Woods and Mickelson seem to be fading. Both players are becoming the old men on tour, and McIlroy’s
play during this stretch has made him the new super star of golf. McIlroy is having a superb start to his career, winning his first major when he was only 22. McIlroy set a record for the lowest score in an U.S. Open ever with a 268 (-16), winning the tournament by eight strokes. Since then, McIlroy has won two PGA championships and an Open Championship to make his major total four.
Woods still seems to be the talk of the media though. Woods, of course, has had a stellar career so far. In comparison to McIlroy, Woods won six majors before he turned 26. Now 38, Woods has a total of 14 majors. Every time a tournament comes to a Saturday or Sunday, Tiger seems to choke. Without Tiger winning, a new superstar had to rise. McIlroy
looks like Tiger in his prime. McIlroy is anticipated to have around six more majors by the time he is 32, which will put him around ten majors, and then will have his chance to pass Tiger. McIlroy will most likely not have to battle any off-the-field issues, and as a result will only become better. Golf enthusiasts are anxious to see what the future has in store for Rory McIlroy.
Collins, Cooper, senior linebacker Trey DePriest, sophomore tight end O.J. Howard, senior wide receiver Christion Jones, senior offensive lineman Arie Kouandjio and sophomore A’Shawn Robinson were named to the coaches preseason All-SEC first team, released Thursday by the conference office. Junior running back T.J. Yeldon was named to the second team. Offensive linemen Ryan Kelly and Austin Shepherd were named to the third team.
Indoor practice Alabama football pulled out full pads for Saturday’s practice. The team practiced inside the Hank Crisp Indoor Facility. It was the second practice in three days in the indoor facility. Compiled by Kelly Ward and Sean Landry
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“When she started, everybody said, ‘A race in August? Yeah, you’re only going to have 50 people,’ and she goes, ‘Okay, we’ll see,’” Scott Cochran said. Nearly 600 people were out at Government Plaza on Saturday. “It’s just nice to have a platform to help people out,” Cissy Cochran said. “Scott does a lot of obviously helping out football players and athletes, and obviously with Nick’s Kids behind us as well, with ‘Miss’ Terry [Saban] out here this morning, which was
fantastic, it’s fun to be able to do something for somebody.” Terry Saban said she felt the race spread positivity. “I mentioned to Blair and Bobby [Plott] when they were raving about what great support it was, I said, ‘You know, every runner in here is probably receiving just as much as Thomas is receiving in feeling good about doing something positive for someone,” Terry said. “It’s kind of like karma, good karma: Nearly 600 people filled Government Plaza in downtown Tuscaloosa for the Yeah It spreads.” Yeah Yeah Yeah 5k race Saturday. CW / Shelby Akin
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12 Women’s tennis team reaching new heights Editor | Kelly Ward Sports@cw.ua.edu Monday, August 25, 2014
By Sean Landry | Staff Reporter
Women’s tennis coach Jenny Mainz is the longest tenured coach at The University of Alabama. In 2014, the team won its first regular season SEC title. It also reached the SEC tournament championship for the first time in program history. In April, Mainz recorded her 200th win at Alabama. The Crimson White caught up with Mainz at the fall sports media luncheon. How nice is it to see your players have success in tournaments over the summer? I think a lot of the hard work is done over the off periods, holiday periods and the summer. The fact that they were committed to going and playing a lot this summer is really going to pay dividends down the road this season. Maya Jansen and Erin Routliffe won the NCAA Doubles Title this year. You must be proud of them.
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I am. It was incredible. They finished it, you know? What’s kind of neat about them is that they continued to get better through the course of the season. As a matter of fact, at the beginning of the spring I wasn’t even playing them together, and through the course of the spring I put them back together. We were trying to find three solid teams that could win for Alabama and it ended up kind of unfolding where they played together, but a
lot of times you’re not just finding one or two good teams, you’re finding three good teams. It all came together. I think Maya Jansen did an excellent job with her leadership on the court. The team won its first SEC Regular Season title and made its first appearance in the SEC Tournament final. What did it mean to you personally to have built the program into a conference and national contender? It was extremely rewarding. When I got here, we were 0-21. We were kind of the laughingstock of the SEC for many years, not just one or two years. It took us three years to win an SEC match. A lot of people maybe don’t remember that or don’t realize that. I think it’s just been really rewarding to see the years of growth and advancement of the program and the commitment of the student-athletes. I’m pleased that we’re where we are, but it’s a new season, it’s a new slate, it’s 0-0. We have a lot to work to do and we’ve got to do it all over
again … We’re going to have to keep getting better in every area. [Former UA Gymnastics coach] Sarah Patterson’s retirement makes you the “Dean of Coaches,” the longest-tenured coach on campus. Does that achievement mean something to you? It’s a privilege and an honor. Whatever we can do, whatever I can do but also whatever our program can do to help lead, to help support, to just kind of be there for each other. The team environment that I’m talking about is not just with the women’s tennis program. It’s with the University of Alabama athletic department and the University. It’s Alabama. It’s not one player’s name, one coach’s name – we’re The University of Alabama, the Capstone. To have been here 18 years, just to have the opportunity, it’s a blessing, it’s a privilege and I feel very blessed. I’m fortunate to have the chance to impact young people’s lives and to work with champions.