THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 VOLUME 121 | ISSUE 23
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Junior Maya Jansen won a national championship last season, but she isn’t resting on her laurels. Jansen and her teammates will try to repeat last year’s success starting with two tournaments this coming weekend.
RecycleBama is trying to make September more sustainable with a month of eco-friendly events. The group will cap off its first week of events with a cleanup of Marr’s Spring Creek this Friday.
The Cask & Drum music festival is returning to Birmingham for a second year, along with a bigger and better lineup. Start planning your trip now to see acts like Girl Talk and Drive-By Truckers live.
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Million dollar gameday Band members endure heat for halftime show By Hannah Hammitte | Assistant News Editor
Food court space scarce despite seating increase
It’s gameday in Tuscaloosa, and as the sweat seeps through their 10-pound crimson and white uniforms, the 400 members of the Million Dollar Band enter Bryant-Denny Stadium, raise their recently shined instruments, adjust the shakos on their heads and wait in anticipation for those chilling words to fill the packed stadium: “Please welcome the Million Dollar Band.” Gameday is much more than watching the football pass up and down the freshly cut field for the Million Dollar Band. Gameday is what the band practices up to two hours each day for. “A lot of people are surprised to hear we practice for two hours every day,” said Haley Carnes, trumpet player for the Million Dollar Band and a senior majoring in theatre. “Sunday is our only day off.” The band does not have an indoor facility for practice, and rehearsal has to be called off for thunder or lightning. The Alabama
By Katie Shepherd | Staff Reporter
During lunch hours, many students are discovering that it is difficult to locate somewhere to sit in the newly-renovated Ferguson Center. Rachel Barwick Gnemi, marketing coordinator for Bama Dining, said approximately We increased 4,920 patrons dine at the seating by 200 Ferguson resseats, so we’re taurants from 10:45 a.m. to currently at 2 p.m. These patrons have 1,000. 300 tables to choose from. – Rachel Barwick Gnemi – To returning students, the Ferguson Center dining area may seem more crowded. However, Gnemi said there is actually an increase in seating from previous years. Last year, the Ferguson Center dining area had 800 seats. “We increased seating by 200 seats, so we’re currently at 1,000,” she said. Despite this increase from last year, Gnemi said there are still plans to add more seating when funds are available. This is in addition to the seating that is located outside. “We’ve added open-air and SEE SEATING PAGE 8
Haley Carnes, a trumpet player in the Million Dollar Band, practices outdoors in the week leading up to gameday. CW / Pete Pajor
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The University of Alabama department of art and art history’s first annual “Alabama National” art exhibit will only be available to the public for one more week. The “Alabama National” exhibition is in the SellaGranata Art Gallery, 109 Woods Hall and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The exhibit closes its doors on Friday, Sept. 19. The exhibit is a fine art, juried competition, open
to all artists 18 years or older. The juror is Alabama native Robert Sherer, who is a professor of art at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta. For more information, contact Matt Mitros at mtmitros@ua.edu or 205-348-5967. Compiled by Hannah Hammitte
Crimson Couch 5K progam kicks off for semester Crimson Couch to 5K kicked off its fifth annual nine-week exercise training program Wednesday. The program meets Thursday at the University Medical Center from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. or on the third floor of Ferguson Student Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and is free to all UA faculty members and staff. Trainees can participate individually or in groups of up to five. The program trains participants how to safely
and efficiently walk or run in a 5K/10K event (3.1/6.2 miles). The program concludes with the 5K/10K event on Sunday, Nov. 16. The registration deadline is Sept. 20. For more information, contact the Office of Health Promotion and Wellness at wellness@ua.edu or 348-0077. Compiled by Hannah Hammitte
Druid City Garden Party returns on Sunday For those with an interest in locally grown food and drinks, the Druid City Garden Project’s third annual Garden Party will be held Sunday at the Tuscaloosa River Market and will sample the dishes of local restaurants and farmers along with beer from local breweries. Eleven local farmers and 11 local restaurants are participating alongside three local breweries and 19 local businesses, who are sponsoring the event. Guests can expect to taste dishes from places like Chuck’s Fish and Mary’s Cakes & Pastries. Beer will be provided by the Black Warrior Brewing Company, Trim Tab Brewing Company and Druid City Brewing Company. Jessica Tuggle, owner of Weaving Alabama in downtown Northport, will be there Sunday and said she is looking forward to the flavors of squash, tomato and eggplant featured in the dishes this year. She said she is also eager to taste the different beers. “Last year’s watermelon beer was really amazing,” Tuggle said. The Druid City Garden Project is a non-profit organization that strives to build up the community by increasing access to fresh, locally grown produce. “By buying locally, consumers are putting money
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Editor | Rachel Brown Newsdesk@cw.ua.edu Thursday, September 11, 2014
MENTAL HEALTHMONOLOGUES
MENTAL The theme of this year’s performance are stories of recovery and coping with mental illness on a daily basis. HEALTH SUBMIT: Anonymous essay
The legislation that will be voted on Nov. 4 will require 2/3 of the school board members to approve education funding increases of $50,000.
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Monologue project to accept submissions By Emmalee Molay | Contributing Writer
The National Alliance on Mental Illness at The University of Alabama continues to fight the stigma against students with mental health issues on campus. The organization has set up a new alliance group session every Thursday called NAMI connections. The meeting is for students to come and speak about the issues they might be facing. “You can have a mental illness, even a severe mental illness, and still be a student,” said Elise Goubet, president of NAMI-UA and a senior majoring in psychology. Goubet said even though the group has two facilitators, it is led by students so everyone is encouraged to participate and doesn’t feel left out. She said the group is not specialized and is open to everyone with any diagnosis, big or small. “I’m really excited about it,” she said. Vice president and graduate student Ashley Neuhauser said she thinks the group will help the student body significantly. “Alabama is a community, and by allowing students to realize that there are people here who might have a mental illness, we are a part of this community,” she said. “We all have a burden to carry, and that is
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Program hosts brunch to raise education awareness By Emily Williams | Staff Reporter
The Revive Progress Association is a new student group sponsoring a brunch this weekend to raise awareness about state education legislature. The Schoolhouse Votes Initiative Brunch will take place at The Retreat at Lake Tamaha this Sunday at noon and will feature door prizes and a waffle bar. The goal of the initiative is to educate people in the community about a particular piece of legislature coming up for a vote Nov. 4. The legislation will require two thirds of the school board members to approve an education fund increase of $50,000. Revive Progress Association president Trevin Fluker said funding increases currently need votes from five out of eight school board members, but the new law will require six out of eight members to approve. He said this is an important issue because failing schools need proper funding in order to improve. “This whole Schoolhouse Votes Initiative is to help people grasp something that they care about, something they feel they can exercise their opinions on that falls within the realm of political and educational issues,” he said. “Students on campus should be aware because it falls within the lines of something that they can lend a helping hand to.” Samuel Kendrick, a marketing major and member of the Revive Progress Association said he hopes the Initiative will help raise
awareness about the importance of voting. “A lot of people say they don’t care, and I really genuinely feel that the reason they say they don’t care is they don’t know,” he said. “They don’t know the benefit that can come from it and the voice that they have in their community.” The Revive Progress Association was founded this summer as a partnership between UA students and the principal of Central High School. Through mentoring and speaking with high school students, the group hopes to encourage students to value education. “We want to instill a direction in the students at the school so they know that education is not just this uninteresting process,” Fluker said. “It’s something that can give you a better standard of living. We want to make that connection for them.” Fluker said they chose to partner with Central High School because it is currently in the bottom 6 percent of test scores in the state. He hopes to get students interested in college and help the school get out of the “failing” designation. “Speaking with the children at Central and really working to get them off that failing schools list [is important] because I feel there’s no reason why a school that close to the University where the goal of [reaching] the University should be in their minds, should be so far behind academically,” Kendrick said. “We want to get their minds wrapped around education and a brighter future.”
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WHAT TO KNOW • If you wish to submit an essay for Mental Health Monologues or want to get involved with NAMI-UA in any way, you can contact Jett Brousseau at bbrousseau@crimson.ua.edu. just what some people have.” Along with the group, NAMI-UA will hold their annual Mental Health Monologues in the spring. This event gives students the opportunity to anonymously submit essays about their personal stories, and then actors perform them. This will be NAMI-UA’s awareness chairperson and graduate student Jett Brousseau’s second year doing the event. She said she is hoping the event will continue to erase mental health stigmas. “You shouldn’t be upset or ashamed of going to school with a mental illness,” she said. “It’s not your fault.” Brousseau and the NAMI-UA board are currently looking for any and all submissions, actors and an artistic director to pull everything together. NAMI-UA has monthly student body meetings, and Neuhauser said she is eager for students to get involved. “A huge focus for us is building up our membership,” she said.
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Editor | Patrick Crowley Letters@cw.ua.edu Thursday, September 11, 2014
COLUMN | PROFESSORS
Research professor before taking class JACKSON
Poe Staff Columnist
options don’t exist at the University – they certainly do, but in an extremely limited capacity. Burke and Lakeside provide minor, insubstantial alternatives. I’m just disappointed in how the University has chosen to expand student dining. I understand how hard it is to produce food for a student body and do it well, but I wonder if there are any local businesses willing to set up shop and cater on campus to provide a more natural and homemade food option. Could we have a food vendor on this campus that you couldn’t find in any airport or food court mall across the country? Do we really need an Auntie Anne’s Pretzels or a Panda Express (especially when there’s one less than a mile off of campus)? The University should care about this. Our diets are related to our education – what we eat affects how we feel and function and therefore also affects our academic performance. Today I will have to leave campus to have lunch. Tomorrow, hopefully things will be different.
“College is expensive and not going to class is an incredible waste of money.” Everyone has heard that, and students seem to be getting it more and more. This must continue in order for students and the University to continue to progress academically. There is a lot more to school than just attending class. The person teaching the class has just as much to do with your learning as attending class does. There are many ways to find out more about your professors, and you do not have to wait until the class actually starts to do it. One of the easiest and most frequently used ways is looking up the professor on ratemyprofessors.com. Many students do this, but they don’t always do it the right way – it is not all about the overall number rating or the “easiness” rating assigned to a professor. Read and analyze reviews to get a better understanding of your professor’s teaching style. Do not be misled by poor numerical reviews. They can be low for numerous reasons, and not all of those necessarily indicate that they are a bad professor – students relate to professors differently. If you are interested in the class, you might have a very different view of the professor compared to if you were only taking the class to fulfill a requirement. It is important to take these things into consideration and not be misled by a poor numerical rating. The good news is professors are beginning to care more about the reviews on Rate My Professors. Ph.D. students, who function as teaching and graduate assistants, are starting to list their ratings on their resumes. Rate My Professors is a good tool but should not be the only one used when evaluating a professor. Some teachers do not have any information on the website, and many times they are Ph.D. students who are teaching some of their first classes. All professors and Ph.D. students have profiles on the University of Alabama’s website. These provide useful information about professors that can go a long way. Another obvious thing to do to evaluate professors is to talk to your peers, advisors and other professors within your department. Last, you can email the professor before the first day or even before you register for the class. Ask any questions you might have and figure out how the class is going to go. Getting an idea of what the class will be like can be extremely helpful, and the professor will like that you are taking initiative. As you get older and take more classes, you figure out qualities you like and dislike about professors. Use the information out there to pick the professor who will make you most successful.
Chris Beacham is a junior majoring in psychology.
Jackson Poe is a senior majoring in accounting. His column runs bi-weekly on Thursday.
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GUEST COLUMN | CAMPUS DINING
Few healthy options in new food court By Chris Beacham | Guest Columnist
The new Ferguson Center is beautiful. I was blown away by its spaciousness and how much better architecturally it is now than before. With the University of Alabama’s new buildings and restaurants, the idea was to provide a greater variety of dining options for a growing student population. Bama Dining has expanded to include more options, but they’re all the same. Instead of using the additional space for new options such as healthy or vegetarian food, the additions are strictly fast food venues. Yes, we now have a Wendy’s and a Raising Cane’s, and one of the two Chick-fil-A vendors on campus has expanded to accommodate more students. Although this is exciting, it is an issue of quantity over quality. I’ve spoken with a few students who want healthier options. One student said the Ferguson Center managers told her these fast food vendors provided healthy options. I assume when they say this they are referring to the salads at these venues. According to the nutrition page on Wendy’s official website, some of their salads are close to
Believe it or not, there are students on this campus who are vegan or vegetarian. 1000 calories, which is more than some of the sandwiches they’re serving. As much as these companies like to tell you otherwise, their ingredients aren’t fresh. There is a long list of preservatives that go into these items. Bottom line: a Chick-fil-A, Wendy’s or Subway salad doesn’t count as a healthy option. Believe it or not, there are students on this campus who are vegan or vegetarian. I’ve met them. There are few to no substantial options available to them on campus. The Fresh Foods vegetarian option is basically another underdeveloped salad bar. According to The Crimson White, the organization Peta2 surveyed the dining options at the University last year and gave it a grade of B for vegetarian options. Today, I can’t imagine it getting anything higher than a D. The University is diverse, and its dining should be too. My argument here is not that healthy
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OPINIONS Thursday, September 11, 2014 OPINIONS | ISIS
President Obama should reconsider his approach for attacking ISIS NATHAN
James Staff Columnist
A constant question in the war on terror has been, “Why do they hate us?” Americans don’t understand why al-Qaeda would want to attack our country. We don’t understand why the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria would threaten us and kill our citizens. We wonder what we could have done to provoke this hostility, and then we shrug our shoulders and arm ourselves again. The truth of the matter is the United States has been bombing Iraq for 25 long years. If that number shocks you, it’s because no one remembers Bill Clinton’s bombing campaign, code named “Operation Desert Fox.” These attacks linked the bombing legacies of Presidents Bush Senior and Junior, making Ronald Reagan the last U.S. president who did not bomb Iraq during his term. Reagan, for the record, backed Iraq’s invasion of Iran by
arming Iraq with training and biolog- that we have been largely responsiical weapons that would later be used ble for since the ‘80s. against the Kurds. For this reason, efforts to drive There’s a very real question, how- back ISIS must consist of a united ever, that Obama needs to address. coalition of nations. The world must Can the United States destroy be concerned first and foremost with ISIS using the same weapons that the defense of innocent lives. We created it? can’t continue our policy of killing ISIS would not be sweeping through civilians to get to terrorists, destroyIraq at this moment unless the United ing infrastructure and instilling wideStates hadn’t done spread fear and helptwo things: destalessness to defeat bilize the region by our enemies. toppling its governObama may well Can the United States destroy determine ment and foster terthe future roristic ideologies ISIS using the same weapons of Iraq and its neighby killing Iraqi civilbors. By deviating that created it? ians. These things from the “easy solugave ISIS the opportion” of widespread tunity and impetus airstrikes, he can to conquer. give Iraq a chance to If the United States decides to use finally begin regrowth. air power against ISIS, we will soon This path will be more difficult for find ourselves unable to accomplish us. It will be longer and more costly, our objectives without civilian casu- both in terms of finances and the alties. With every Iraqi noncomba- lives of American soldiers. tant killed in air strikes, we will be But it may finally give us a chance pouring gas on the ideological flame to show that we do care about the that created ISIS in the first place. fate of Iraq. ISIS must be stopped. If it is stopped by American air power, however, we Nathan James is a senior will continue the cycle of terrorism majoring in psychology. His and instability in the Middle East column runs weekly.
WHAT I THINK • The U.S. destabilized the region by toppling its government. • The U.S. fostered terroristic ideologies by killing Iraqi civilians. • The U.S. has been bombing Iraq since George H. W. Bush’s presidency. • If the U.S. decides to use air power against ISIS, there will be civilian casualties, adding fuel to the fire. • ISIS is attacking Iraq due to America’s previous occupation of Iraq. • ISIS must be stopped. • Multiple countries, not just the U.S., have to work together to stop ISIS. • The world must be concerned first and foremost with the defense of innocent lives.
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
Members of the Million Dollar Band practice outdoors in preparation for Saturday’s home game against Southern Miss. CW / Pete Pajor
Outdoor practices depend on weather, Alabama heat BAND FROM PAGE 1
heat is also a common obstacle. However, Carnes said they learn to push through the heat. “The weather is a big challenge,” she said. “If we didn’t practice in the heat, we wouldn’t be prepared for the games.” Practice makes perfect, and gamedays are no exception for rehearsal. On gamedays, the band usually practices the pregame and halftime shows in the morning. One hour before the game, the whole band meets at the steps of Gorgas Library for the Elephant Stomp pep rally. During
the Elephant Stomp, 50 band members march to the president’s mansion to perform before the game, a new tradition starting this year. Following the Elephant Stomp and the performance at the president’s mansion, the band lines up on Colonial Avenue to march into the stadium together. Once the band is in the stadium, the members enter from the four corners of the field for the pregame show. “Pregame is my favorite part of gameday,” Carnes said. “Everyone is on their feet and everyone is cheering. It’s a crazy feeling.” The band returns to the stands until there are eight minutes left in the second quarter. Then it’s time for halftime. “We can finally rest at the end of the game,” Carnes said. “It’s a long day.”
“Because it does take so much time out of your day, it does make you have to have time management skills,” said Johnny Simpson, three year trumpet player for the Million Dollar Band and a senior majoring in German and accounting. “I had to make sure I got work done before band and had time to finish things after band as well.” “We tell the freshmen when they enter the stadium on gameday for the first time, it will be different than anything they have ever experienced before,” Carnes said. “It’s a huge adrenaline rush. Half of the time I finish pregame and I don’t remember doing it.” The band gets as close to the football team as most people can get. “Everything you do, you do for the team,” Carnes said.
The prestige that comes with being a member of the Million Dollar Band comes with standards to be upheld, even when they aren’t sporting the crimson and white uniforms. “We are expected to hold ourselves to a higher standard, especially while in uniform,” Carnes said. “It’s a lot of responsibility sometimes to be aware of yourself on a constant basis, but it is also a great feeling.” Proper time management is a requirement for band members. Being around fellow band members for over 15 hours every week creates a family bond among the talented group. “It becomes a family,” Simpson said. “Band has definitely helped me communicate more with others and learn to work under pressure.”
Nashville native chairs philosophy department By Alana Norris | Contributing Writer
Scott Hestevold has been on The University of Alabama’s faculty since 1978 and is currently the philosophy department chair. Hestevold grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. He later received his doctorate from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. While working on his doctorate, he made money at night doing magic tricks at bars and wrote his thesis during the day. He said he never thought he’d want to come back to the South at all, much less the deep South of Tuscaloosa. He was pleasantly surprised by the supportive community of scholars in the philosophy department at The University of Alabama. At one point he looked around at different job opportunities, but nothing compared to what he already had here at the University. He has enjoyed it so much, he is still around after 36 years. He said the town has grown culturally and the University has grown intellectually over the years. He plans on staying at The University of Alabama as long as he is physically and cognitively healthy and finds his writing and teaching rewarding. After finishing his third year of graduate school, he taught ethics to prisoners, some of whom never grasped the concept of right and wrong. He also taught logic to judges for an intense five day seminar. He found a lot of similarities between judges and philosophers and understood why a judge’s occupation would be rewarding and stimulating. Judges affect people’s lives, and he said he has great respect for that.
He said he was lucky to study identity of objects and persons with Roderick Chisholm, one of the leading metaphysicians of the time. Hestevold found the problem’s complexity and relevance engaging. Since he has been at the University, he has educated himself on how problems of identity relate to problems of the nature of time. His research and interests primarily stem from analytic metaphysics and moral psychology, but he said those are independent problems. “Stimulating conversations with Norvin Richards led to my interest in problems involving moral psychology – the nature of mercy, the nature of pity and the nature of compassion – and so I began working in that area briefly,” Hestevold said. “I keep returning to metaphysics. I think that’s my first love.” Hestevold said he is currently most interested in studying the nature of space. The responsibilities of being the chair of the department have taken away time from writing papers on the subject. Julie Wilson, administrative secretary to the philosophy department, said they are on course for full time tenure track faculty to increase by about 30 to 35 percent by fall 2015. Hestevold has also worked with other faculty to greatly increase the size of the pool of majors. “We laugh a lot,” Wilson said. “Having a chair like that sets the tone for the department. It’s a department who has a great deal of respect for each other. We are fortunate enough to have four full time temporary instructors. They are treated with as much respect and courtesy as
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the tenure track faculty are. It’s a very egalitarian department.” Hestevold stressed the importance that Dean Robert Olin has had on the philosophy department. “Having a supportive dean has made my life as chair much easier and far less frustrating than it might have been,” Hestevold said. “Dean Robert Olin thoroughly understands what philosophers do, and he has consistently encouraged both our research and classroom efforts.” Hestevold said he enjoys working with his colleagues. “We now have a vibrant department of young philosophers,” Hestevold said. “[We have] a collegial, supportive community of scholars. Each and every one here, eight of us tenure track core instructors, everybody takes their teaching and research both quite seriously. It’s a uniformly strong
department. It’s a wonderful place to work. I consider it an honor to serve as chair for these people.” Norvin Richards, the former philosophy department chair, said Hestevold has taught Ethics, Intro to Philosophy, Logic, Medical Ethics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion and History of Philosophy. “He likes to teach people who are very advanced, and he also likes to teach people who are just beginning,” Richards said. “In the course of his career, he has taught just about everything the department teaches.” He has worked with Patrick LeClair, associate professor of physics, to team– teach a class called Physics, Metaphysics, and Other Nonsense. “He knows our subject more broadly and more deeply than philosophers usually do,” Richards said. In his teaching, Hestevold said he wants his students to be able to think critically and analyze information. He said he isn’t concerned with students memorizing, for example, different arguments for and against free will; he’s concentrating on enhancing students’ skills in reasoning and thinking in all aspects of their lives. “What I do care about is that they leave my class with advanced critical thinking skills, such that a year from now they are able to read a newspaper editorial and evaluate the reasoning, to evaluate a politician’s speech, to evaluate an insurance salesperson’s pitch,” Hestevold said. “I want them to be better thinkers than they were when they walked into my classroom. If they leave my class with enhanced analytic skills, then I’ve done my job. I want them to live a reasoned life.”
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Groups support recycling initiatives for September By Laura Testino | Staff Reporter The Young Professionals of Tuscaloosa put on a fundraiser to raise money for the fight against hunger with Kansas City Barbeque Society’s Meals Mission. Photo Courtsey of Hannah Lansdon
Event aims to address hunger By Angela Thomas | Contributing Writer
The participants in the second annual Bama Brew & Que will be able to take home more than bragging rights and monetary awards this weekend. Held this Friday and Saturday at the Ray C. Jenkins Multipurpose Arena in Munny Sokol Park, the event is coordinated by the Young Professionals of Tuscaloosa and aids in the fight against hunger with Kansas City Barbeque Society’s Meals Mission. This is a national effort to distribute over 100,000 meals to those in need within the next year by partnering with Caring Days Adult Day Care and Temporary Emergency Services to give out donated cooked and canned goods. The Bama Brew & Que currently has 35 teams participating in the event from Alabama and Mississippi, 25 of which are professional while 10 are coming from their backyards.
PLAN TO GO WHAT: Bama Brew & Que WHEN: Saturday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. WHERE: Ray C. Jenkins Multipurpose Arena in Munny Sokol
“We’ve got 47 [Kansas City BBQ Society] certified judges coming from Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and Tennessee,” said Hannah Lansdon, co-director of the Young Professionals of Tuscaloosa. Admission is free, but patrons are asked to bring canned goods to donate. Teams can set up at 7 a.m. Friday, and the event will be open to the public starting at 10 a.m. Saturday. Judging will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, and the awards ceremony will begin at 4 p.m.
RecycleBama, an SGA-led initiative, is encouraging the University to take more responsibility for its impact on the environment by implementing Sustainable September. The three-week series of events supporting a greener campus kicked off this week with a Week of Action and will continue next week for a Week of Appreciation, followed by a Week of Awareness. Alicia Ollis, a senior majoring in communicative disorders and member of RecycleBama, said she hopes the Sustainable September project will inspire students to form environmentally friendly habits that outlast the month-long event. “We’re aiming to celebrate the environment and raise awareness for opportunities that students and faculty have to move toward a greener and more responsible campus,” she said. The Week of Action began on Monday and will conclude on Friday with a cleanup of Marr’s Spring Creek led by UAEco. Anyone interested in participating can meet at the Ridgecrest South courtyard 3 p.m. Friday. “I hope that students will realize how much we rely on the environment for everything that happens in our daily lives,”
RecycleBama is encouraging the University to take more responsibility for its impact. CW / Hanna Curlette
Maddy Lewis, president of UAEco, said. The Week of Appreciation, Sept. 15 to 19, will include tables set up on the Quad from each organization involved with Sustainable September as well as a photo contest with prizes. The last week of Sustainable September, Sept. 22 to 26, will be the Week of Awareness. Week of Awareness will include free screenings of environmentally friendly films in the Ferguson Center as well as a campus scavenger hunt. “This is our year of action – that’s our quote for the year,” Ollis said. “RecycleBama hopes that this will be the start of not only a greener campus but a more responsible campus in terms of recycling.”
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THURSDAY September 11, 2014 Center, some students are still discovering it is difficult to find somewhere to sit and enjoy their meal. Connor Kirkland, a sophomore majoring in geology, said he tries to avoid the Ferguson Center during peak lunch hours so he can more easily find a seat. “Whenever I come, there’s usually a table, but I normally come later,” he said. “It’s still crowded at 1 p.m., so I can only imagine how crowded it would
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outdoor seating for 550 [people], more than doubling the offered seating of the preexisting Fresh Foods location, as well as adding soft seating and high top tables to Raising Cane’s,” Gnemi said. Even though seating has increased in the Ferguson
be at noon.” Though he is usually able to find a table after a little bit of searching, Kirkland said it does feel more crowded than last year. “I do feel like there’s fewer seats,” he said. Alex Stapp, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, said he couldn’t tell whether there was more seating or not. “It’s hard to say,” he said. “It feels like less, but I think there’s more.”
Seating seems hard to find around lunchtime at the newly renovated Ferguson Center. CW / Lindsey Leonard
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By Cokie Thompson | Contributing Writer
The College of Engineering has a secret. It’s not a car that runs on passionate performances of “Yea, Alabama” or a way to keep Bryant-Denny cool in sweltering Tuscaloosa heat. It’s a theater troupe. The College of Engineering Does Amateur Radical Theater began a few years ago when a few engineering students expressed interest in theatre. Jackson Morris, a junior majoring in aerospace engineering, has been involved in the troupe since his freshman year and currently serves as the group’s president. He heard about the group on a campus tour and decided to join after having been involved in theatre in high school. He said the group has a unique flair because of the members’ interests. “Being mostly engineers, I think we have a little bit of our own off-brand humor,” Morris said. Luke Haynes, a sophomore majoring in electrical engineering and theatre, said he was excited about the group before he even set foot on campus, which he said does more than just perform. “While the majority of our time and resources do go to the group productions, we also have bi-monthly meetings where we play theatre games and hone skills, like how to cold read, how to dissect characters and how to prepare for an audition,” he said.
PLAN TO GO WHAT: Amateur Radical Theatre WHEN: Wednesday and Friday, 8 p.m. WHERE: Ferguson Theater
The students in the College of Engineering express their creative side through theater performances. CW / Hanna Curlette
The upcoming performance, “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind,” is modeled after a group of neo-futurists from Chicago. The group’s 12 actors will write, direct and perform 30 plays in 60 minutes in the order of the audience’s choosing. “It’s fast-paced, it’s hilarious and it’s got something for everyone to enjoy,” Morris said. “We really all have a great time performing it and so does the audience.” In the upcoming performance, Haynes works as an actor and writer in addition to helping backstage and with directing.
“With this group, especially in this show, it really is a true collaboration, so you get to wear as many ‘hats’ as you like,” he said. Ashley Brown, a sophomore majoring in finance, said she did not come to the University with much theater experience. This past spring, she played Cassie in the group’s production of “Rumours.” Brown said her involvement in the group has helped her grow as a person and as a performer. “I really enjoyed playing this character and learning my strengths and
weaknesses as an actress,” Brown said. “This group allowed me to break out of my comfort zone. Some of our members are actually rather shy, but if you saw them at a meeting or rehearsal you would have never known.” CDA put on a different version of the performance “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind” in the spring and Haynes said he has enjoyed the unusual experience of the shows. “It was a great way to bond with people who were like me and liked the same things I did,” he said. “Even though I had just met these guys, the plays had me dancing, falling in love and playing freeze tag with them in minutes and they don’t make ice breakers better than that.” Haynes said he feels nothing but support from his fellow cast members, both in the classroom and on the stage. “I genuinely feel like we’re all on the same team,” Haynes said. “There’s no cliques, there’s no rivalry or competition for roles; it’s just everybody working together to make the best show we can.”
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COLUMN | MUSIC
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Because of the great success seen last year, Birmingham’s Cask & Drum music festival is due to be back this year bigger and better in October. The event will take place in the Lakeview district of Birmingham across from Electric Supply Company in a field seemingly made for an outdoor music festival. The event will be presented by WBRC FOX 6 and benefit Magic Moments, an organization that fulfills the nonmedical wishes of chronically ill children. Last year, more than 2,000 people attended, ensuring a
strong foundational base of attendees this year. If word of mouth hasn’t caught the attention of new festival goers, this year’s lineup surely has. Openers include Girl Talk and Drive-By Truckers, with other featured artists like Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors, Lucero, Houndmouth, Wild Cub, The Apache Relay, Jamestown Revival and Lee Bains and the Glory Fires. With a hype-like Youtube video release of the festival lineup on July 8, many people have had their calendars marked for months. Tickets went on sale July 11. Three types of tickets are being sold: general
admission for $35, which gives access to the Wing Fest, Reg’s Coffee House Live and the main stage; “Cask Pass� for $100, allowing holders to have access to Wing Fest, Reg’s Coffee House Live and main stage with the addition to take part in the wine and beer tastings; and VIP for $200/$250, which gives ticket buyers access to all GA and “Cask Pask� commodities, along with free drinks, yummy treats and a special viewing area during the shows. Cask & Drum was dreamt up a year ago by a group of six musicians and festival professionals to strongly appeal to a
thriving community of music, beer and wine lovers. Although seemingly small because it’s a one-day, twostage festival, Cask & Drum has teamed up with Magic Moments to create a collaborative effort that supports both the festival and the non profit organization by incorporating the infamous Magic Moments’ Kick’n Chick’n Wing Fest into the festival. The Southern-eclectic rock/ Americana music festival vision for last year’s Cask & Drum was a success with artists like Dwight Yoakam, Kopecky Family Band and Shovels and Rope, but this year the lineup
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Sister Hazel returns to play for new audience By Kinsey Haynes | Contributing Writer
Sister Hazel is returning to Tuscaloosa Thursday for an evening of bluesy college nostalgia at The Jupiter. Formed in 1993, Sister Hazel rose to fame with their hit single “All For You.” The song peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997 and has remained a popular tune ever since. “Every time we come to Tuscaloosa, the crowds are just crazy,” Drew Copeland, guitarist for the band, said. “We see a lot of the same faces, and they always bring friends.” Brooks Carter, a senior majoring in communication studies, said he has listened to Sister Hazel since he was a freshman in high school. Carter has seen the band before in his home state of Georgia. “They put on a phenomenal show [at LaGrange College],” Carter said. “Based on that experience, I am just really excited to see them live again.” In the last few years, the band has been touring and putting on their annual cruise “The Rock Boat.” Now in its 15th year, “The Rock Boat” features bands within the same realm of style as Sister Hazel. “Being out on the water playing music,
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Women’s tennis team starts play By Kayla Montgomery | Staff Reporter
For junior Maya Jansen and the rest of the UA women’s tennis team, this weekend marks a new season, a fresh start and a clean slate. “We had a great year last year, but we always talk about at the start of the season that last year was last year,” she said. “It’s 0-0 and it’s a new team. Our main focus is to keep improving and be the best that this team can be this year, not so much focusing on last year.” This last year, however, is one that will never be forgotten. Jansen and her doubles partner Erin Routliffe teamed up to claim the title of NCAA doubles national champions, dominating their University of Georgia opponents in straight sets, allowing the Bulldogs only a single game while winning the first
national championship for the Alabama women’s tennis program. Though Jansen said it’s important to focus on this upcoming year, she said the feeling of winning a national championship is one that she won’t forget, and one she hopes her teammates will be able to experience as well. “We now know what it takes, so we’re really going to try to implement that in our team,” Jansen said. “We know the feeling of it and we know how great it felt, so it would be even better for our team to win it. That’s what we’re going to try to do – have a team winning environment.” Members of the Crimson Tide will split up Friday to compete in two tournaments to kick off the fall, the Baylor HEB Kickoff in Waco, Texas, and the Duke Fab Four Invite in Cary, North Carolina. Both tournaments will span
the weekend. Baylor will play host to the 2015 NCAA Tournament this season. A big reason coach Jenny Mainz chose to participate in the tournament, she said, is to get a preview of the facilities and possibly “an omen of things to come.” She reiterated Jansen’s mantra – it’s a new season and a clean start. “We’re not really concerned with what we did last year or yesterday. We’ve got to keep getting better,” Mainz said. “We’ve got to build in the fall and get our team chemistry together, get our games fine-tuned and get our doubles combinations and we’ve got to go to work. That’s the bottom line. If we put one good day on top of another good day, on top of another good day, that will all take care of itself.”
Maya Jansen recently won a national championship, but said she is focused on the upcoming year. CW File
Volleyball team looking for consistency in tournament By Kayla Montgomery | Staff Reporter
The Alabama volleyball team will travel to Montgomery to compete in the ISTAP Collegiate Cup 2. CW File
In its final away trip before taking the court in Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama volleyball team will travel to Montgomery to compete in the ISTAP Collegiate Cup 2. The Crimson Tide will face Southern Mississippi Friday at 1 p.m. before serving up against Alabama State and Townson on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., respectively. Alabama will enter this tournament after a mixed performance in the Cavalier Classic in Charlottesville, Virginia, where the team defeated Navy in their opening match but then fell to LIU Brooklyn 3-2 and ended the tournament with a 3-1 loss to Virginia. Outside hitter Brittany Thomas, who recorded 14 digs in the loss to LIU Brooklyn, said she
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expects the Tide to put together a complete set, a goal the team struggled to achieve during last weekend’s tournament. “I’m expecting us to finally play to our potential from start to finish and be able to finish a game,” she said. “This past weekend, we would get to point 20 and kind of coast a little bit. We need to really push once we get from point 20 to point 25 and finish the set strong.” Thomas, a sophomore from Chandler, Arizona, was one of three Alabama team members to receive All-American honors last year. Thomas said she is often asked if her goal is to repeat this performance, but she replies that the honor is only in the back of her mind. Her focus is simply to work hard and play hard and continue to invest in the UA program. “When I came in, I bought into
Coach [Ed] Allen and his goals for the program,” she said. “It goes to show what can be achieved with that.” As the team continues to work toward its goal of winning every match, Allen said a prime area of focus for this weekend’s tournament will be serving and passing, aspects he said cost the Crimson Tide in the Cavalier Classic. He said the team must work on the ability to score points and generate points through serves, be it by service aces or pressuring the opponent’s offense. “We won every statistical category expect for those two areas,” Allen said. “The good news is, we’re off to a good start, and we’re going to get a lot better as the next two months unfold. We’re excited to get back out and to compete and get better this weekend.”
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SPORTS Thursday, September 11, 2014 COLUMN | BIG TEN
Playoff chances for Big Ten slim By Elliott Propes
This season marks the inaugural year of the College Football Playoff. Conferences are already competing for the top four spots and a shot at the national championship. After week two of the season, however, the Big Ten might have already played itself out of playoff contention. Saturday was one of the worst days in Big Ten football history. Formerly ranked No. 7 Michigan State and No. 8 Ohio State both lost. Traditionally great Michigan also lost 31-0 to Notre Dame – the last time Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State all lost on the same day was in 1988. The conference lost all four games against opponents ranked in the top of the Football Power Index. The top win from week two was Minnesota’s win over Middle Tennessee, ranked 73rd in FPI. Week one was not great for the conference either, with No. 17 Wisconsin losing to LSU. The only other team that was ranked before week two was Nebraska, who beat FCS opponent McNeese State by a touchdown. The week three AP poll came out, and no Big Ten school was left in the top ten. Even Nebraska dropped out of the standings. This does not help the fact that the Big Ten has been considered one of the weakest major conferences over
Notre Dame shut out Michigan. MCT Campus
the last few years. It has been 12 years since the Big Ten has won a national championship. According to the ESPN Stats and Information Conference Power Rankings, the Big Ten is ranked No. 5. It’s very likely that each of the four conferences above the Big Ten will have a representative in the playoff. Michigan State and Ohio State were the only two Big Ten teams that made BCS Bowl games last year, and both have already lost games this season. If the four conferences have an undefeated or one-loss team at the end of the year, the likelihood of them leapfrogging a one-loss Michigan State or Ohio State is high. Count out the Big Ten. It looks like its streak of no national championships will continue for a 13th season.
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Lacey Clarida scored the first goal in Alabama’s 2-0 win over Jacksonville State. UA Athletics
Lacey Clarida introduces new skills to soccer team By Caroline Gazzara | Staff Reporter
When Lacey Clarida was in high school, she graduated early – not because she didn’t enjoy high school, but because she wanted to get started on her collegiate career. “There were no doubts at all. It was the best decision I ever made,” she said. Clarida enrolled in the spring of 2014 and didn’t see much playing time during the spring soccer season. She tore her lateral meniscus in Nov. 2013, which resulted in surgery and rehab. Clarida said she appreciated learning from the sidelines. “There was a lot of learning from just standing on the sideline and observing everything, how to play and where to go, and how other girls work with each other,” Clarida said. “And when I got thrown into the mix, it was a lot easier to adapt to it.” Watching in the spring has paid off for Clarida. She has posted two goals this season, the second most for the team, and has three assists. So far she’s had 23 shots, with 13 on goal. She has a .087 shooting average. The freshman grew up playing soccer with her older sister in Homer Glen, Illinois. Her parents put her into as many sports as possible, and as she got older she realized that soccer was her calling. She led her high school team to the 2013 conference
PLAN TO GO WHAT: Alabama vs. UAB WHEN: Friday, 7 p.m. WHERE: Alabama Soccer Stadium
championship. Clarida also took part in the Chicago International club team. All of these accomplishments have helped her become a stronger player. Coach Todd Bramble first noticed Clarida during a summer soccer camp. Bramble said she stood out as the best player at camp. “She’s got a nice combination or balance between athleticism and good soccer skill,” Bramble said. “She can score with both feet, with her right foot or her left foot. She’s good in the air, she can score with her head. She’s athletic enough to run past people, so she’s multi-faceted in what she brings to the field.” So far this season, the freshman has started in every game. Clarida said she was happy to see some action, but her main goal was to help her team win. “I hope to score a lot of goals, that’s a given,” Clarida said. “I also hope to help the team have the best season in Alabama history. I hope we can achieve that and get to the [SEC] tournament.”
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Cooper playing vital role in new offense By Nolan Imsande | Staff Reporter
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Early in the season, the game plan for the Crimson Tide has been to get the ball to Amari Cooper. Through The University of Alabama’s first two games of the season the wide receiver leads the nation in receptions, yards and yards per game. “His attention to detail,” wide receiver Chris Black said of what makes Cooper so good. “He is a guy who uses technique every single play. He is a guy who can win one-on-one match-ups each and every time he steps out there.” Cooper has already registered 25 catches, 319 yards and a touchdown at this point in the season. He is already more than halfway to his reception total of last season. “Coop has always been a really good player,” Alabama head coach Nick Saban said on Monday. “I think a couple of things have happened. He had a great offseason. He has always had a great work ethic, but his maturity as a player sort of allows him to play through things that maybe used to affect him.”
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• The team practiced outdoors in helmets and full pads. • Linebacker Dillon Lee worked with the first-team nickel package. • The offensive line saw Austin Shepherd, Dominick Jackson and Alphonse Taylor take turns at the right guard spot. • DeAndrew White (shoulder) practiced without a brace for the first time this week. Saban announced White would probably not play against Southern Miss. • Christion Jones (ankle) showed no signs of being limited during practice. • Scouts from the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos were in attendance for practice.
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No. 3 Alabama vs. Southern Miss
No. 6 Georgia at No. 24 South Carolina
TTennessee at No. 4 Oaklahoma
No. 12 UCLA vs. T Texas
Rice at No. 7 Texas T A&M
Kansas at Duke
Alabama A&M at UAB
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COACHES POLL 1. Florida State (51) 2. Alabama (1) 3. Oklahoma (3) 4. Oregon (6) 5. Auburn 6. Georgia (1) 7. Baylor 8. Texas A&M 9. LSU 10. USC 11. Notre Dame 12. UCLA 13. Michigan State 14. Arizona State 15. Ole Miss 16. Stanford 17. Wisconsin 18. Ohio State 19. Virginia Tech 20. Kansas State 21. Nebraska 22. Missouri 23. South Carolina 24. Clemson 25. North Carolina
AP POLL 1. Florida State (38) 2. Oregon (16) 3. Alabama (1) 4. Oaklahoma (2) 5. Auburn 6. Georgia 7. Texas A&M (2) 8. Baylor 9. USC 10. LSU 11. Notre Dame 12. UCLA 13. Michigan State 14. Ole Miss 15. Stanford 16. Arizona State 17. Virginia Tech 18. Wisconsin 19. Kansas State 20. Misssouri 21. Louisville 22. Ohio State 23. Clemson 24. South Carolina 25. Birmingham Young
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A PLAY-BY-PLAY OF IMPORTANT GAMES ACROSS THE NATION By Sean Landry | Assistant Sports Editor
NO. 6 GEORGIA AT NO. 24 SOUTH CAROLINA
RICE AT NO. 7 TEXAS A&M
2:30 p.m. CT on CBS
8:00 p.m. CT on ESPN2
In the first real clash of SEC foes, Georgia travels to South Carolina for one of the conference’s oldest rivalries. Georgia running back Todd Gurley will be looking to solidify his credentials as a Heisman hopeful. Though early in the season, the contest could be a de facto SEC Eastern Division championship game. With Atlanta on the line, expect Georgia coach Mark Richt and South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier to pull out all the stops.
TENNESSEE AT NO. 4 OKLAHOMA 7:00 p.m. CT on ABC After defeating Alabama in the Sugar Bowl at the end of last season, Oklahoma has entered the conversation as a national title contender. The Sooners will face the first test of their season when they host the Volunteers. Butch Jones has a young team at Tennessee but has brought stability to a program much in need of it.
NO. 12 UCLA VS. TEXAS 7:00 p.m. CT on FOX After entering the season ranked No. 7, UCLA has underperformed, though the Bruins are still undefeated at 2-0. Fortunately for UCLA, the Charlie Strong era at Texas has gotten off to a rocky start. The new Longhorns coach has suspended several players for violations of his reportedly-strict team rules and the team has suffered on-field in their absence. Though the game is nominally a neutral-site game, Texas will most likely have some sort of home-field advantage, with the game being played at AT&T Stadium in Dallas.
Many analysts pegged 2014 as a rebuilding season for the Aggies, but Texas A&M has picked up right where the Johnny Manziel-era left off. After dominating a highly-touted South Carolina in the first week 52-28, Kevin Sumlin’s team kept up the momentum with a 73-3 thrashing of Lamar. Kenny Hill has been a revelation at quarterback, throwing for 744 yards in essentially one and half games, but expect the Aggies to try out their running back corps against a Rice team that is a 32-point underdog.
KANSAS AT DUKE 2:30 p.m. CT on WatchESPN.com Never has a team been so close, yet so far away from a conference championship as the 2013 Duke Blue Devils. After surprising the nation as the clear-cut second-best team in the ACC, the Blue Devils were crushed 45-7 by eventual national champions Florida State in the ACC Championship game last year. Kansas slipped past Southeast Missouri State 34-28 last week and come into this matchup as 15 point underdogs.
MISSISSIPPI STATE AT SOUTH ALABAMA 3:00 p.m. CT on ESPNNews Mississippi State was heralded by some as a sleeper to win the SEC West. After defeating Southern Mississippi in week one 49-0, everything seemed to be on track for Dan Mullen’s team, but the Bulldogs struggled against lowly UAB last week, though they eventually won 47-34. Mississippi State will face a sterner test against a young team that gave Tennessee a scare in 2013. Before a 49-14 loss to Navy, the Jaguars had lost five games by a total of 12 points.
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Prothro immortalized after catch By Sean Landry At Alabama, several coaches and players from a long and illustrious football history are enshrined in various effigies all over campus. The six national championship winning coaches are bronzed for eternity in statues outside of Bryant-Denny Stadium on the Walk of Champions. Players like Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram or NFL Hall of Famer Joe Namath have trophies, images and plaques in the Bryant Museum or the Mal Moore Athletic Facility. Some of the Crimson Tide’s most notable players and moments, however, are preserved only in the memories of fans and the images of highlight reels. Sports fans have a certain, specific culture, complete with its own language - references that, to an outsider, sound like gibberish: “The Immaculate Reception,” or “The Play,” for instance. Like regional dialects, fans of certain teams can take that sociological separation even further. To much of America, “The Catch” refers to a Super Bowl-winning catch by Dwight Clarke on a pass from Joe Montana with less than a minute
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to go in the game and the Cowboys leading 27-21. For others – mostly baseball fans – “The Catch” is hall-of-famer Willie Mays making a run-saving catch off the wall of the Polo Grounds in the 1954 World Series. For Alabama fans however, “The Catch” evokes memories of one of the most extraordinary plays in college football history, and a career that might have been.
The last time Southern Miss and Alabama met, the Crimson Tide was struggling against Golden Eagles team in disarray after Hurricane Katrina displaced it from its home. After taking an early lead, Alabama fell behind 21-10 just before half time. The Crimson Tide’s offense was struggling and the defense couldn’t get off the field. Brodie Croyle had been picked off for a touchdown once, and a botched
punt coverage ended with Southern Miss with the ball on the Alabama 12-yard line. The Golden Eagles would score a play later. Down 11, Croyle hurled a pass long and apparently into coverage. Jasper Faulk was defending Tyrone Prothro as well as could be expected, and the pass was coming in slow. Somehow, Prothro made the catch – “The Catch” – and made it with style. Faulk put his body between Prothro and the ball, which turned out not to bother him at all. Prothro brought the ball in behind Faulk’s head, and tumbled end-over-end into the endzone. The play was called down at the 1-yard line on review, but the Crimson Tide scored a play later, setting up a comeback that would end 30-21 Alabama. Prothro’s catch was one example of his generational talent, but remains the most extraordinary catch in Alabama history. His career was cut short with a gruesome injury the next week, and Prothro was never able to fulfill his potential as a receiver. To a certain generation of fans, however, Prothro is immortalized as surely as any national champion.
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CARRYING THE TEAM By Kelly Ward | Sports Editor
Junior wide receiver Amari Cooper is known as a talented, smart athlete who can cause major trouble for opposing defenses. (Continued on page 8)
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“I wish I could be like that, but I’m too big,” senior offensive lineman Austin Shepherd said. “He just makes people miss all the time. Super fast. He’s an unbelievable player.” Opposing coaches call him one of the best receivers in the country. “He’s someone who’s going to keep your hands full,” Florida Atlantic coach Charlie Partridge said after Saturday’s game. “He’s someone you have to account for.” If a team does account for him and tries to cover the 6-foot-1inch receiver, Alabama takes advantage of the space with its run game. If a team tries to take care of the running game, Cooper will put up impressive numbers, like he did Saturday in the 41-0 win over Florida Atlantic. His 189 yards on 13 catches were both career highs. The 13 receptions tied an Alabama single game record set against Tennessee in 2007. It was his fourth consecutive 100-yard game, one short of the school record. “He always had great work ethic,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said. “His maturity as a player sort of allows him to play through things that maybe used to affect him a little bit. That’s not happening much.
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I think in two games, we’ve been able to put him in a place and get him the ball.” Cooper’s workload isn’t restricted to long balls. He had a 20-yard rush on a reverse play to start the first drive in Saturday’s game. He turned a screen pass into a 52-yard touchdown on Alabama’s second drive. “Amari is an athlete, and when you’re an athlete, you make plays like that,” junior linebacker Reggie Ragland said. “He’s a good guy and a good player and everything he gets, he deserves it.” Cooper leads the FBS in receiving yards (319) and receptions (25). The school record for
receptions in a single season is 78. Cooper is 32 percent of the way there after two games. “It’s a testimony to how hard he worked in the offseason,” senior tight end Brian Vogler said. “Some guys want to be good, but he wants to be great. He wants to be the best ever to come through here. You have to admire that.” Alabama’s cornerbacks know firsthand how good he is, having faced him in practice. Junior corner Cyrus Jones said defending him on a screen pass is tough. “It’s definitely tough, especially in man [coverage] because you are so focused on him, you really don’t
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see the blocker coming out there to kind of shove you off,” Jones said. “It’s definitely a tough play to defend, and definitely when you have a great athlete like Amari running the play, it makes it even tougher.” While Cooper leads the team in receiving yards, Christion Jones is a distant second with 83. Cooper also leads the team in all-purpose yards with 339, while Christion Jones claims the second spot again with 214. However, Cooper leads the team in more than just statistics. “From the first day he stepped on campus, he’s been the same guy, since I’ve known him, just real mellow, real humble and always wants to get better,” Cyrus Jones said. Cooper has stepped into his own this season. He has had nine career 100-yard games; two have come this year, the other two capping the end of last year. “His potential has been evident since the first time he stepped on the campus and on the field,” Cyrus Jones said. “You progress each year as a player, and you can definitely say he’s reached another level this year.”
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Fans should trust Saban in QB battle By Sean Landry
well-produced hype video can be a beautiful thing, and none are better than the ones shown on the Jumbotrons on Saturday afternoons in BryantDenny Stadium as fans trickle into their seats, crimson and white shakers in tow, preparing to cheer on their beloved Alabama Crimson Tide. Around the 30-minute mark, chants of “boom” ring out in conjunction with the big tackles made in famous games. The sounds of legendary coach Bear Bryant’s hallmark voice, raspy, full of grit and just the right amount of twang, echoes throughout the stadium. At the two-minute mark, a familiar sequence begins to play: its 23 SEC Championships. It’s 15 national championships. At some places, they play football. At Alabama, we live it. More than 100,000 stadium-goers can feel the energy from their heads to their toes, and a swelling pride begins to erupt in the Crimson Tide faithful, just in time to welcome the team to the field. Any true fan will surely become engrossed in these videos, but lately, the words of one seem to have been taken too literally. “At Alabama, we live it.” Since news broke that former Florida State backup quarterback Jake Coker would be coming to Tuscaloosa, fans and sports pundits everywhere began predicting that he would lead the Crimson Tide on the “road to 16,” all before seeing
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the Mobile native take a snap, and all forgetting about Blake Sims, a fifth-year senior who had waited patiently in line for his turn, and who had given his loyalty to the program for the last four years. When Sims emerged as the winner for the starting role, many were surprised and seemed to doubt Saban’s decision, but were pacified when the defense became a greater cause for concern. When Saturday’s 41-0 rout of Florida Atlantic ended early due to the weather, Sims got his second start for the Crimson Tide, but Coker also took the field. Combined, the two accounted for 416 passing yards. While Coker showed that he certainly has potential, Sims showed that he has the benefit of experience, and the discussion surrounding Alabama’s dueling quarterbacks began again. Following the game, Saban again remarked that he has no interest in the fans’ opinions on who should run the Alabama offense and that the competition is not a popularity contest, yet the Alabama supporters seem to be even more divided between their chosen quarterback. It’s easy to get so invested into the quarterback battle and Alabama football as a whole because as the hype video says, we live it. But perhaps it’s time that we sit back and trust in Saban’s decisions, rather than continue to divide ourselves between two guys that are playing for the same goal: the success of the Alabama Crimson Tide.
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Friday Parking for Home Games 1. Parking and driving will be restricted on Colonial Drive, Wallace Wade and Bryant Drive on the day before and the day of the home football game before and until 3 hours after the end of home games. 2. Students with an Orange Residential Parking Permit who normally park in one of the Gameday restricted areas (Colonial, Tutwiler) are asked to either park in an alternate Orange Residential parking area or the Ferguson Parking Deck beginning at 12:00 p.m. on home football game Fridays. As a reminder, other Orange parking areas can be located by using the parking map on the rear of your parking permit.
These parking changes are for the day prior to and on game day only. Regular parking restrictions are in effect for other times. See bamaparking.ua.edu for regulations. • As in previous seasons, the lots marked in black in this area are reserved for Athletics and must be cleared of all vehicles at 5 p.m. on the day before home football games.
3. Students who have orange hangtags can drive from Bryant Drive to Magnolia Drive.
• Vehicles left in any of these areas after 5 p.m. the day before a home game may be towed at the owner’s expense ($100).
4. Students will be able to take Crimson Ride from parking lots to their residence halls during normal operating hours (7 a.m. to 10 p.m.) and can call 348-RIDE (7433) after hours.
• Alternative parking is available as shown in the gray areas on this map. You may also park your car at the Ferguson Deck.
5. Students with commuter hangtags will park as usual on the day before a home football game. On the day of the home football game, they can park free of charge with their permit in the Upper Rec Center lot off 5th Ave. East and the SW corner of Campus Drive and Bryce Lawn Drive as space allows. 6. If you are an orange residential parking permit holder and normally park in Tutwiler, NE Stadium or Colonial Drive, please be sure to take advantage of your temporary free parking deck access to the Ferguson Parking Deck made available each Friday at noon until midnight for each home game. Simply swipe your Action Card in the “A-Slot� in one of these respective parking decks for free access. DO NOT swipe in the “B-Slot� or $5 will be deducted from your Bama Cash account. Remember, your Action Card will be activated each home game Friday for this parking deck access. Your vehicles must be back in the Orange Residential zone by Monday morning at 7 a.m.
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