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02.23.16
Volume 49|Issue 35
Ballots & Blazers
Howdy Folks, This past week, Sarah Parcak unveiled how she was going to spend her $1 Million TED grant (don’t worry, we’ve got more details in this issue). The eyes of the entire journalistic world were on UAB’s campus for the event, and Parcak dazzled, following her trend of normalizing the extraordinary. If only the eyes of the city stayed on UAB when it wasn’t so gripping, then we’d see a positive change for the campus and the city more often. With businesses like Redemptive Cycles in the city and the Revive Downtown initiative, the city has been attempting to project the image of an up and coming metropolitan area. My good friend TC Cannon came to visit last week and brought up that we haven’t seen politicians return the favor to UAB. This institution is the largest employer in the city by a wide margin (our 23,000 vs. Regions Bank’s 7000 according to Birmingham Business Journal) and as such seems like it’d be a priority to make UAB as large a priority as other businesses in the city. Besides Rep. Jack Williams, there has been a decent amount of silence on not only defending UAB from detrimental decisions that come from Tuscaloosa, but in general with regard to benefitting our student body. Not only that, but the poverty level in Birmingham is still higher than the rest of the state (30.2% as opposed to 18.6% according to the most recent census). Thankfully, we found room in the budget to build Regions Park last year. With this being our issue on the primaries, and with everyone fired up to be voting to elect their favorite presidential candidate, I want y’all to think of voting not only for president, but the positions outside of that as well. If we’re going to squeeze out what remains of a broken system, it’s going to have to be a top-down and bottom-up process. Your candidate of choice is not going to be able to fix the city you live in, they’re painting in broad strokes. The fine brushstrokes are filled in by the people closest to you, all the way up to our state senators and congressmen. So when it comes to politics remember that your vote really doesn’t matter. Your votes do.
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Aura artist spotlight: Gunter Wisdom
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unter Wisdom is a creative writer and English major from Cordova, Alabama. He began writing in high school, where he spent much of his free time reading. “Reading has always been a way to escape for me,” Wisdom said. “Some people like to watch movies or listen to music when they want to relax. I prefer to read.” Though he writes a fair share of short stories and poetry, he considers himself more of a reader than a writer. He is inspired by the works of Ernest Hemingway, Richard Ford, and Raymond Carver because of their ability to capture human emotion and turmoil. Like them, Wisdom prefers to write dirty realism, which is a genre of literature that describes everyday life in great detail using ordinary language. One thing about fiction that intrigues Wisdom is its room for open interpretation. “I prefer to leave out information—like the way a character is feeling, or the backstory of a character—in order to allow readers to fill in the blanks,” Wisdom said. “It makes my stories read differently for everyone, someone may interpret my character’s backstory in one way, while another reader might interpret it a different way.” After graduation he plans to spend some time teaching high school English before pursuing a Master of Fine Arts. His ultimate goal is to publish a short story collection and teach college-level creative writing. Wisdom’s writing career is already proving successful. His work has appeared in magazines and journals such as “The Sun” and “Prolific Press” and will appear in the upcoming issue of Aura. The future looks promising for this writer. See an excerpt of his short story “Paso del Norte” below. - Nicole Lassiter, Editor of Aura
*** The day my younger brother, Billy, told me he enlisted, I figured the only rational thing to do was to take one last trip down to Juarez before he shipped out to basic in Georgia. We used to go every few months, back when my wife, Flora, was driving a bus for the city. We didn’t have a lot of money back then. I was unemployed, and I spent most my days watching a lot of television. Billy was working at a gas station just outside of Phoenix. It was a Saturday morning when he called. I was asleep on the couch, and Flora was in the kitchen making coffee. “Well,” he said into the receiver, “I done screwed up, Dill.” I heard the clinking of ice in a glass and the groan of his leather recliner. “What’s that?” “I done screwed up. I was walking around the shops in Phoenix earlier, trying to kill a bad buzz that I picked up at a party the night before, and I walked past the Army recruiter’s office. They talked me into it. I enlisted.” He didn’t seem scared or angry, just sad. Flora stepped into the room. “Who’s that?” she asked, placing a mug on the coffee table in front of me. I held my finger to my lips. “Oh,” she said, stepping back into the kitchen. “What are you going to do?” “I guess I’ll have to follow through with it,” he said. “You can’t say you’re sick? Say you’re terminal or something.” “This is the army, Dill. You can’t play sick.” “When do you ship out?” “A couple of weeks after I go to MEPS.” Flora was in the kitchen rinsing something in the sink. She was humming a song I remembered from church when I went as a kid. Billy and I used to play soldier on Sunday afternoons, after the service, in the church parking lot. Our parents stood in the foyer and spoke with the other adults while we would gather up crumbling dirt clods and throw them at one another. Flora turned off the sink and opened the door to the back porch. *** Who was that?” she asked as I stepped out on the back porch with my coffee mug in hand. She sat in a sun-bleached, plastic Adirondack chair. We were too poor to afford the real wooden ones. The sun was covered by wispy clouds that reminded me of cotton fields. An ink-colored crow sat on the power line that hung across our fenced-in backyard, and my old riding mower sat in the corner of the yard, not that we needed a mower. Our lawn was bare and empty. The yard was a disappointment in a long series of disappointments that followed Flora and I around ever since I was fired from work. “You’re never going believe this,” I said. “Billy’s enlisted.” Pick up a copy of Aura’s upcoming spring edition for the full story.
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Letter to the editor: the importance of voting
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hen I was a teenager, I joined my uncle when he volunteered to turnout voters for a local election. We stopped at one house, offering the elderly man in the yard a ride to the polls. He declined, saying there was little difference between the candidates. My uncle later told me that the elderly man could not read or write. Trying to vote would have embarrassed him in front of his friends and neighbors. Today’s highly educated young people don’t have that excuse. Yet, historically, their voting turnout rate is still low, because students often shrug off voting as if it’s not important. This year, it’s definitely important. Both parties offer candidates with sharply different views about the role of government. And both nominees could enter the general election with their selection decided by a relatively small percentage of voters. I urge you to vote on March 1. For the first time in recent history, Alabama will play a major role in helping to select the nominees of both party. This is your chance to have a real voice in our national and local government. Take that opportunity. It will be good for you, for our state, and for our nation.
- Larry Powell, Ph.D, Professor of Communication Studies
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2016
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Marijuana affects memory, new study says Mark Linn Staff Writer quiaego@uab.edu
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new research study at UAB suggests that long-term marijuana use can have a negative impact on verbal memory. The findings were published as part of a recent survey conducted by a team of researchers led by Stefan Kertesz, M.D., an associate professor with the Division of Preventative Medicine and the study’s senior author. “This is a hard question to study. In order to look for harms that are likely small, you need a very large number of people and you need to be able to have information about their use of drug or other substances over many years and you need to have some effort to measure an outcome over many years, preferably,” Kertesz said. “Usually studies that are actually funded to study drug abuse focus on small numbers and they usually focus on people with addiction.” Participants in the study who had smoked a significant amount of marijuana were found to have a slight impairment in verbal memory. For the purposes of the study, a “significant” amount of marijuana use was defined by a measurement the researchers referred to as “joint years.” “Essentially, if somebody has reached a level equivalent to one joint a day for five years that would be called five joint years. You can reach that by smoking two joints a day for two and a half years, or five joints a day for one year, or half a joint a day for ten years,” Kertesz said. “I meant it could be any way you get to that. But in this study, people who reached that level had slightly worse ability to remember words in the word memory task.”
Stefan Kertesz, M.D., the lead researcher of the study.
The subjects also performed slightly worse in the other cognitive tests, but those findings were not deemed to be statistically significant once adjusted for other factors such as health. “The nature of our statistics makes it a little challenging to interpret into real English but one way to think about it is for every two people who accomplished five joint years of marijuana one of them will remember one word less on the task and the other one won’t be affected,” Kertesz said. “The size of this effect is small compared to what people consider a significant loss of cognitive function. “ The researcher said that the loss of cognitive function was roughly a quarter of what would be considered a significant loss of cognitive function experienced by some stroke victims. “So this is not a study that says smoking marijuana makes you dumb,” Kertesz said. “It’s a study that says smoking marijuana interacts with the brain in these adults in a way that might be perceivable to some of them.” Kertesz said that the test did not distinguish between different strains of marijuana. He also emphasized that since drug use tends to diminish with age, the majority of marijuana use by the study participants probably occurred in the 80’s and 90’s, and modern strains of marijuana tend to be more potent. This rise might be attributed to increased legalization and decriminalization, as well as greater acceptance of marijuana use. Fewer young people see marijuana as dangerous. Fifty five percent of 19 to 22 year old high school graduates viewed
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the use as dangerous in 2006, while only 36 percent viewed it as dangerous in 2014. The student was not surprised by the findings of the study. “Well, as mentioned, as far as providing anxiety relief, it’s a miracle drug. But when it comes to cognitive brain function and memory—yes, I will agree with the article that it truly does cause some wear and tear,” said a UAB International Relations major who wished to remain anonymous. “By no means do I think it makes me ‘stupider’, however I can definitely tell a difference during simple moments, like trying to recall something from years ago or even just trying to recall something I did a few weekends before.” While the long-term effects on verbal memory appear to be minor, Kertesz stressed that there are more significant effects of marijuana when used by people under the age of 22. “So I think even if the percentage of individuals who will be affected is low, with the large number of people who are using marijuana recreationally, especially in states that have legalized, it there is going to be a significant number of young adults who will be harmed intellectually or educationally, or will develop an addiction,” the researcher said. Kertesz said he hoped to do more work in the future looking at comparisons between marijuana and other methods of treating chronic pain problems. He also hopes to see more research done throughout society. “What I would like to do is continue to support teams who are looking at drug use in general population adults so that we can help them make the best informed choice possible,” Kertesz said.
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USGA provides emergency loans to students in need Pierce Newman Staff Writer pnewman1@uab.edu
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everal years ago, the USGA formed the Andrew M. Sands Memorial Emergency Student Loan Program to meet the needs of full-time students in emergency situations. The program began providing interestfree, 90-day loans of up to $500 to students facing emergencies under former USGA President Brad Watts and former Vice Provost Harlan Sands. At the outset of the initiative, Sands asked for the program to be named in memory of his deceased brother, Andrew M. Sands. Although Sands no longer works for UAB, he continues to give regularly to the fund. The newly started Pave the Way campaign at UAB was a source of income for the program, allowing donors to give $100 in exchange for a message of up to 16 characters engraved into a paver to be displayed in the common area of the Hill Student Center. Previously, donations from Parking Amnesty Day, which took cash donations to clear UAB parking violations, went directly to the emergency loan program before that initiative changed in favor of accepting canned goods for the food pantries on campus. “USGA is really giving back in a sense that students can really get from other student
organizations,” USGA’s Chief of Staff Weslie Shannon said. Paying for gas money when students were short on funds for that month, covering the balance for books and allowing a UAB student to buy groceries for her children are some of the ways the loans have been0 used. “It’s a simple process, you just apply through BSync and get in touch with the Emergency Loan Program Coordinator and provide proof of need,” Shannon said. Proof of need could include a bill or other personal information that would identify a student’s situation as one that is most appropriately suited for an emergency loan. Shannon said that the unusually high amount of applicants for this loan during the summer is probably due to the fact that scholarships are not active in the summer. Generally, students have not had trouble paying back the loan within 90 days, according to Shannon, but Student Accounting works with those that have difficulty doing so. “These are really great loans provided by the USGA and I really wish more people that are in distressing situations would take advantage of them,” Shannon said. The Andrew M. Sands Memorial Emergency Student Loan Program can be found at: uab.edu/usga/services/eslp.
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Kaizen, online quiz game for nursing students, mixes gaming and learning Janvi Jani Staff Writer janvinj@uab.edu
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octors at the UAB School of Medicine have pioneered an online quiz game that can be used by instructors and students in any academic field. Kaizen, named for a Japanese phrase that roughly translates to “continuous improvement,” is currently being used at UAB’s Schools of Medicine and Nursing. The game enables instructors to upload multiple choice questions and answers for students to study. Nancy Wingo, Ph.D., who teaches in the nurse educator track, said that the game was developed at UAB in 2012 by James Willig, Ph.D., an associate professor at the School of Medicine, and is supported by the Center for Clinical and Translational Science. The game was first implemented in the fall of 2012 for first semester BSN students in NUR 311, the nursing skills lab course. Currently, Kaizen is being used in both the first and the second semester nursing skills lab courses, as well as some graduate courses. The game’s questions usually pertain to the content that is being taught that week.“They are NCLEX style questions that are related to content. For example, if you learn bed-making in class one week, you would have a question about it on the game,” nursing skills lab instructor Cathy Roche, Ph.D., said.
“A lot of the questions were similar to questions we had on the test [for that class],” nursing student Madi Roberson said. “Some of them even applied to other classes besides the one we were playing the game for.” The game will soon be used by the UAB School of Dentistry. Other institutions, including The School of Medicine at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and the nursing students at Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, have also used the game for clinical practice and learning. “I’m pretty sure lots of other departments will end up using it,” Wingo said. “Anybody can use it because it’s just the question and answer format.” The game also ended up saving some study time for the students. “You don’t have to study as much for the exams,” Roberson said. “You just end up seeing the content so much that it helps when you’re studying for the class later on.” The faculty also shared some of their future plans regarding Kaizen. Eventually, one of the goals of developers and implementers of the program is to use it so that other schools of nursing compete with one another through the game. They also hope to solve access problems by finding a way to develop it into an app.
“We are about to start some research on it to see what students liked about it, and just try to learn some more about it in order to expand it across the programs,” Wingo said.
A NUR321 student answers questions on Kaizen on her phone. Photo by Ian Keel
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2016
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Sarah Parcak unveils $1 million crowd-sourcing system plan that she plans to design an online, crowdsourced system to allow people around the world to help discover new historical sites. “We’re at a tipping point right now with archaeology. Every day, we’re seeing headlines about what ISIL is doing in the Middle East,” Parcak said on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” “If we don’t do something now to help preserve and protect archaeological sites, they’re going to be gone for the next generation. That’s what I want to do, ultimately: figure out a way to get the world engaged with discovery and protecting these ancient sites.” Parcak uses satellite-imaging technology to locate ancient archaeological sites for excavation. Among her findings are 17 lost pyramids, 1,000 tombs and 3,100 settlements, according to UAB News. Photo by Ian Keel She hopes her online platform will be The announcement of Sarah Parcak’s plan for the TEDPrize was live-streamed in the Hill Center Ballroom. ready for use as early as this summer. Tamara Imam According to TED, this is how it will work: Copy Editor · Participants sign into the platform and copyed@insideuab.com take a simple tutorial in evaluating satellite images AB space archaeologist Sarah Parcak, Ph.D. unveiled · Users are given a small series of images, her plan for her $1 million TED prize at the TED2016 dealt from a deck with a general location conference in Vancouver on Tuesday, Feb. 16. description, like “northern Italy,” in order to Parcak, who “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert likened protect the sites. to a modern day Indiana Jones, announced at the conference
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· Each card in the deck will represent an area of land, about 50x50 meters, which Parcak’s team will have pre-processed using algorithms to simplify the visual search · Participants will scan each processed image looking for buildings, pyramids, tombs, temples – and also possible signs of looting · There will be examples to the side of what these look like, helping users assess what they are viewing · All verified discoveries/data will be shared with vetted authorities who can excavate or protect the sites · Those explorers who make new discoveries will get to “accompany” the archaeologists on their digs via Periscope, Skype, Google Hangouts and social media. Gerrie Lim, a junior who took Cultural Anthropology with Parcak, is not surprised by her success. “She went to Yale as undergrad and then like Oxford or something for grad, and like yes, I know your university doesn’t always mark your future, so I guess I should add that you can tell she’s a curious and awesome individual by just how excited she talks about something she likes,” Lim said. “It’s one thing to be able to explain something you enjoy, but to be able to make other people interested in it because you talk about it an interesting and fun way is what I think learning and teaching is all about, and that’s what Dr. Parcak does.”
French-Iranian speaker addresses women and Islam Mark Linn Staff Writer quiaego@uab.edu
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ranian activist Fariba Hachtroudi, Ph.D., spoke about the cultural and geopolitical history of Islam and its treatment of women on Feb. 20 in UAB’s Hulsey Recital Hall. UAB’s Department of Government and the Alliance Française of Birmingham sponsored the lecture. One of the biggest problems cited by Hachtroudi in the struggle for human rights, and women’s rights in particular, in the Middle East is that the top-down approaches from authoritarian governments have been slow and ineffective. “All these people wanted to give freedom to women, but from the top,” Fariba Hachtroudi. Photo from UAB News
Hachtroudi said. “The party of Ba’ath, there were a lot of military women, there were a lot of women in the vocational, there were judges [who were] women. The Shah gave the power to the women to [be elected]. But again, you don’t give liberty and freedom, you gain liberty and freedom.” Another problem addressed in Hachtroudi’s lecture was the large roles that mosques played in organizing people during the revolutions. “We didn’t want a theocracy but we got a theocracy. Again, why? Because we didn’t have any institution, any kind of organization, except the mosque,” Hachtroudi said. According to the author, there could be no separation between church and state because the mosques and the clergy played such a central role. “If you don’t have the separation of church and state and if you don’t get rid of the so-called superiority of man over woman,” Hachtroudi said. “Which is written in all the true monotheist [religions] - both in the Old Testament, New Testament and the Koran - you cannot have equality between men and women. Every single thing that women gain, monotheistic religions are against because in their mind we are inferior to males.” According to the author, the dominant religion in any country exists as part of a status quo, and
progressive achievements cannot occur when they have the political power to maintain it. “Whether it’s the Pope, whether it’s the Ayatolla, whether it’s the Rabbi, among them there are certainly respectful people like my grandfather, but the institution of any religion, in my opinion, [is that] they are a power, in power, and are not the most progressive institutions in the country,” Hachroudi said. The lecture was attended by members of Alliance Française as well as UAB students. “As a feminist I think it’s important to learn about women in other cultures and about their struggle as well because feminism is truly intersectional and as a white feminist I should be able to understand the struggle of women in other countries that I can better support them and understand their culture,” French foreign language student Kimberly Burleson said. The author said that although progress for women’s rights in Islamic countries has been slow, developments in the struggle are relatively recent even in western countries. She pointed out that in France, where she attended boarding school, women couldn’t sign checks until 1960. “Women’s freedom is a very new battle all over the world, and of course in Islamic countries it’s just the beginning of it,” Hachtroudi said.
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Election Mini Issue Tournament Edition
We asked two prominent members of the democratic and republican parties on campus to give their respective views on the upcoming presidential race. Elizabeth Earwood of UAB College Republicans and Caleb Carter of the UAB College Democrats gave their respective opinions on what’s at stake in this election and why it is so necessary for students to participate in the upcoming elections. Who are you voting for? Why? Caleb Carter: I’ll be voting for Hillary Clinton on March 1st. I believe she is the most qualified candidate running on either side and the most prepared to continue the progress we’ve made under President Obama. Secretary Clinton has dedicated her life to public service and understands the importance of compromise and negotiation when dealing with the opposition. She seeks to achieve the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people possible. She is thoroughly progressive while at the same time being realistic and pragmatic. Elizabeth Earwood: I am leaning towards voting for Marco Rubio on March 1st. Partly, I really appreciate his ideas about jobs, education, and the economy. Also, based on the results previous election cycles, Sen. Rubio seems to be the most electable. His view are just enough conservative to attract conservatives, but just enough moderate to gain support of the whole party. The country’s most pressing issue: CC: I can’t in good conscience narrow it down to a single issue and neither should our candidates. The American people are desperate for solutions to the issues that keep them up around the kitchen table at night. It’s time for our leaders to come together and pass comprehensive immigration reform, find ways to eliminate student debt, ensure that workers are paid a living wage, move us to an economy rooted in clean and renewable energy, strengthen the Affordable Care Act, and deal with the many other issues that impact the average American family.
EE: I wonder if the biggest issue facing our country right now is the decline of the institution of the family. Indeed, it is the foundation of society; thus, almost every policy issue finds it root in this. Many strong families can contribute to lowering the crime rate, decreasing poverty, strengthening the labor force, and more. It is difficult to say just one issue that is important. Yet, the importance of the institution of the family seems to be at the foundation of many problems. Biggest issue facing college students? CC: “I’d say the biggest issue facing college students today is the harsh reality of student loan debt. We need a leader who has detailed proposals on how to lower the cost of tuition and eliminate the massive debt so that we can begin building our futures on financially solid foundations. This vicious cycle must be reversed for the majority of college students to truly benefit from the degrees they’re earning. EE: For college-aged students, sky-rocketing tuition cost seems to be the most burdensome. While many policy areas affect college students, tuition does some directly. There is an enormous about of student loan debt, yet lots of students who cannot pay them, cannot help our economy. As more student loans are given out, there is no incentive to lower the cost. Students should consider this when going to the polls. We need government to help in incentivizing natural market solutions, rather than throwing money towards students so they can all come.”
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Ballots & Blazers
n March 1, Alabamians go to the polls to vote in their respective party’s primary. Kscope has provided, within this mini-issue, three positions of the candidates, as well as more information on two candidates running in the election for state senator. In the American Tournament, there will be only one winner, and on March 1st, you can help decide the victor.
Public Assistance Believes “that assistance & incentives were necessary to help people move permanently from welfare to employment.” “education and training, subsidies for child care and transportation, transitional health care, tax incentives to encourage employers to hire welfare recipients, and tougher child support collection efforts.”
He has campaigned on strengthening and expanding Social Security, increasing funding for pension benefits, reducing homelessness among veterans and providing affordable housing and nutritional assistance programs for poor Americans. “Social Security is a promise that we cannot and must not break.”
Student Tuition/Debt Under Clinton’s plan, Americans with student debt will be able to refinance their loans at current rates, and around 25 million borrowers will receive debt relief. Future undergraduates will be able to take out loans at lower interest rates. According to the campaign, everyone will have the option to enroll in an income-based repayment program, paying no more than 10 percent of his or her income. Clinton’s New College Compact plan will cost an estimated $350 billion over 10 years. It will be paid for by closing tax loopholes and expenditures for the wealthiest Americans.
Sen. Sanders proposes a six-step plan to make college education debt-free, which includes making tuition free at public colleges and universities, substantially cutting student loan interest rates and allowing Americans to refinance student loans at current interest rates. Sanders’ plan is estimated to cost $75 billion a year and would be financed by a tax on Wall Street speculators that would generate $300 billion in revenue.
Job Market “the quicker we can legalize the people who are here, the better the job market will be for everybody because you will not have a group of people who are taken advantage of, and you will not have others who feel as though, and to some extent it is true, they are losing jobs because this group that is being taken advantage of is paid so much less and being treated so much worse.”
Sanders has proposed the Rebuild America Act, which would invest $1 trillion over five years to repair the nation’s infrastructure and create around thirteen million jobs and would be financed by taxing corporate offshore income. He also hopes to create 1 million jobs for poor young Americans by investing $5.5 billion in a youth jobs program, funded by ending the carried interest tax loophole. Sanders supports raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
“welfare dependency [...] robs people of the chance to improve. Work gives every day a sense of purpose. A job well done provides a sense of pride and accomplishment.”
“That’s probably one of the only things the government shouldn’t make money off — I think it’s terrible that one of the only profit centers we have is student loans.” “I don’t want to raise the minimum wage... I want to create jobs so people can get much more than that, so they can get five times what the minimum wage is.”
In a video posted on Youtube, Donald Trump asserted that he would be “the greatest jobs producing president that God ever created.” Trump is against raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour because he believes that if “wages are too high, we’re not going to be able to compete against the [rest of the] world.”
“It’s about how you treat the widowed, how you treat the poor, how you treat the hungry, how do you clothe those who have no clothes,” Kasich said in February to CNN. Kasich’s website states that in office he’ll set “lifetime limits on cash benefits, work requirements and flexibility for states to design their own relief programs” that will mirror his work in Ohio.
Cruz stated that America was “not doing anyone a favor by creating dependency, destroying individual responsibility.” Cruz proposes getting rid of the Department of Housing of Urban Development on his website. He states that“Section 8 housing will be reformed as part of a larger antipoverty and welfare-reform agenda.”
“Universities won’t get paid a dime unless a student graduates or completes a course,” Kasich said in a Fox News debate. “And we’re working to go after the cost drivers.”
Cruz stated in his speech announcing his candidacy that he took out “over $100,000 of student loans.” He also stated that he had just gotten done paying back the loans a few years ago. According to credible.com, Cruz attempted to repeal the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act in 2013. Among the measures included in the bill were expanding Pell Grants and lowering monthly payments for income-based repayment plans.
The former governor of Ohio claims to have gone “from 350,000 lost jobs to a gain of 347,000 jobs” during the Fox Business debate. Kasich believes that his experience with creating jobs as both a governor and the Budget Committee chairman in Washington has prepared him for the position, according to the same debate. Kasich is against raising the minimum wage “willynilly” but believes in doing it at the state level, where workers and local governments can come to a unique agreement.
Cruz stated that if elected, recent graduates with “student loans up to their eyeballs, will find instead of no jobs, two, three, four, five job opportunities.” He proposes that his plan for tax reform will lead to this rapid job creation. In his 2014 editorial in the Wall Street Journal, Cruz criticized Obama’s plan to raise the minimum wage for federal contracts. Cruz stated that this action was another part of “the president’s persistent pattern of lawlessness, his willingness to disregard the written law and instead enforce his own policies via executive fiat.”
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The Homefront: Battle for Alabama
Ron Crumpton - Democrat Pelham, AL
How did you know it was the right time to run? Well, I decided to run a little over two years ago when candidate qualifying closed and no one qualified to run against Jeff Sessions. I was tired of seeing our current senators, who do not believe what I believe, walk to reelection unopposed. I decided then that Richard Shelby would not have that luxury. What values inform your political beliefs? I don’t know if it is values as much as life experience. When I hurt my back, I had to go through the experience of dealing with our health care system and saw the problems in the system. I went back to school and like many students, I ran up a large debt in doing so. I have friends who work hard every day, but cannot afford to provide their families with basic necessities, and I have friends and family members who have had their lives ruined by over minor possession charges. I think there is a better way and that is why I am here. How has your party changed since you got involved in politics? I think the problems with the party comes from a lack of unity. To many factions that are more interested in the success of their faction and not the success of the party. What would you say to UAB Students who are voting for the first time in this upcoming election? Don’t just vote for the most visible or most popular candidate. Don’t just vote for someone because your parents/friends voted for them. Sit down and do the research, look at the issues important to you and choose the candidate that best represents your interests. You do not have to justify your vote to anyone but yourself, and it is easier to justify it to yourself when you take the time to make an informed decision.
On Nov. 8, there are more offices than president on the line. Sen. Richard Shelby is running for his sixth consecutive term to represent Alabama. We’ve spotlighted a member of each party that is running in opposition to Shelby in order to give you a sense of the options that you have on election day.
Marcus Bowman - Republican Daphne,AL
How did you know it was the right time to run? 15% congressional approval indicates the level of frustration with Washington DC. There is also vast economic frustration. America can be stronger. We are the greatest country on earth when we keep innovating with fresh new ideas. Alabama can boldly lead America by embracing this opportunity with Marcus Bowman to pivot to the future now. What values would you say inform your political beliefs? Empathy and a true concern to help all citizens and their many varying interests. A desire to work for win-win solutions that can make everyone feel their needs are part of our policies as a nation. Many of the problems- whether it be our Federal debt, creating more quality jobs, rising incomes, addressing long-term Social Security- trace to a faster growing economy with money flowing more broadly and impacting lots of businesses and helping all people. Also, individual states and their citizens should have more power to define their way of life on issues including marriage so that we can have greater harmony nationally. How has your party changed since you got involved in politics? The Republican Party is so much more diverse than the media would like to portray. There are a wide range of viewpoints as reflected in the initial number of Presidential candidates this year. Most Republican voters also tend to be very discerning, if not skeptical, making for ongoing healthy debate in the Party. What would you say to UAB Students who are voting for the first time in this upcoming election? Like the mail delivery, go to the poll come rain or shine. Take your vote seriously. Do a little homework on the issues and candidates. And ask your friends and family and colleagues to vote too. The ability to influence our government through voting is what makes this country great. Your vote counts and your vote matters. You will be glad you did. It can be memorable.
Spread and student interviews by Tamara Imam, Copy Editor, copyed@insideuab.com Spread and senate interviews by Brandon Varner, Editor-In-Chief, editor@insideuab.com Artwork by Thomas Baldwin, Visual Content Manager, art@insideuab.com Marcus Bowman photo from marcusbowman2016.com Ron Crumpton photo courtesy of Ron Crumpton
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Discoveries in the Making: studies give hope to spinal cord injury patients Tessa Case Staff Writer tessmc@uab.edu
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AB is paving the way for new medical and scientific advancements and are presenting their findings for all to see. Research toward developments in therapeutics for multiple concussions and spinal cord injuries is underway, according to graduate students Jessica Nichols and Amanda Mohaimany-Aponte who presented for UAB’s Discoveries in the Making on Thursday, Feb. 18 at Homewood Public Library. According to the website, Discoveries in the Making is an educational outreach program held weekly at local public libraries. In the series, UAB graduate and postdoctoral fellows present their discoveries and research. Concussions account for 75 percent of all traumatic brain injuries reported, but there are currently no therapeutics to treat them, according to Nichols. Sports and other recreational activities are the leading cause of concussions, and due to the desire to continue playing, the number of concussions are thought to be extremely underreported and rising. Some concussions result in significantly worse prognoses, Nichols said, citing symptoms such as increased depression, increased cognitive impairment, increased sleep disturbances and increased time spent unconscious. Increased risks for neurodegenerative diseases are becoming more prevalent due to repeated concussions, she concluded. Nichols’s research uses a mouse model to monitor functional alterations due to repeated concussions.
The focus of Mohaimany-Aponte’s lab is chronic pain management. The researchers hope to address what is happening in spinal cord injuries, and what The study found that the secondary symptoms in mice they can they target to reduce and manage pain. The primary injury is the mechanical damage of the spinal mimic that of humans. cord, Mohaimany-Aponte explained, while secondary A therapeutic that targeted oxidative stress and injuries include edema, inflammation, oxidation, neuroinflammation was administered to the mice. excitotoxicity and excitement of immune cells, which The mice given multiple concussions showed signs allows damage to spread. of improvement from neuro-inflammation and “[These symptoms] can last months to years after oxidative stress versus that of the control group who the initial injury,” Mohaimany-Aponte said. “This had received a placebo, she explained. “These have doesn’t not resolve itself.” clinically relevant functional operations,” Nichols She hopes the along with her team she will help said. create a therapeutic that is quick and easy to administer. The ideal treatment would go from the blood stream to the central nervous system, with low toxicity and few adverse effects. Cannibidiol is the therapeutic being tested in the lab, according to MohaimanyAponte. The drug is derived from cannabis, but is non-psychotropic. Cannibidiol meets all of Mohaimany-Aponte’s requirements for a therapeutic, and has shown to aid inflammation, oxidation and excitotoxicity, but has never been tested in cases of spinal Logo from UAB Graduate School cord injury. Mohaimany-Aponte’s lab also uses an animal model to monitor neuropathic pain and motor “We can use these mice to further research to help function. Mice with spinal cord injuries who had improve functional outcomes.” “What do you think spinal cord injury patients want Cannibidiol administered to them showed higher rates out of a therapeutic?” Mohaimany-Aponte asked. “The of diminished pain post spinal cord injury versus the control group, but it had no effect on motor function. first thing they want addressed is bowel and bladder “Cannibidiol has promise as a pain therapeutic, but it control. The second thing they want addressed is chronic pain management, and thirdly, still important, requires further evaluation,” Mohaimany-Aponte said. is functional recovery.”
Blazing blue: A student Democrat’s opinion supporting a raised minimum wage Caleb Carter Contributing Writer cscarter@uab.edu
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believe we are witnessing inequality is a threat to the American way of life... the erosion of the American -Caleb Carter Dream by way of an economy stacked in favor of capitalist cronies that no longer without them, the economy fails to guarantee security or prosperity for the American function as it should. worker. There is a need to restore the basic bargain The minimum wage standard enacted that guarantees economic security to all who are in 1938 is said to be one of the most willing to work hard and play by the rules. The current effective reforms of the New minimum wage is nothing more than starvation pay; Deal because its inclusive it entraps working class people into a vicious cycle economic approach led to the of political and economic oppression where they empowerment of the working are unable to afford all of the basics that they need. class and ultimately to a This is more than an economic imbalance—it is a national recovery from the moral failure and we have a responsibility to erect an Great Depression. economy that provides people with a living wage so Those who identify with that all may share in our collective prosperity. fiscal conservatism often The federal minimum wage was first introduced by argue against a federal the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as part minimum wage, saying it is of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which was government overreach and designed to protect the American worker from the damaging to the economy. They abuses of raw capitalism. Roosevelt believed that we argue their point by claiming have a moral obligation to protect the working class that mandated pay increases because they are the backbone of society; result in a loss of jobs for
low-wage workers. The problem with making this claim is it is absent of fact. As the cost of living has risen, many states have begun to experiment with minimum wage increases with no negative effects on the economy or the employment of minimum wage workers. In fact, economists have noted that these increases have not only empowered workers and helped them provide for their households, but have created healthier competition in the marketplace. The Democratic Party recognizes that income and wealth inequality is a threat to the American way of life and we have pledged to fight for economic reforms that are inclusive and sensible. There is an ongoing debate as to what the new minimum wage should be, but nearly every Democrat in elected office has agreed that it should be no less than $12 an hour in order to meet the needs of families in this still-recovering economy. The multiple positive effects that will result from an increased minimum wage are opportunities that we cannot afford to give up. Americans work hard and they deserve a raise. Democrats say we ought to give them one. VP of the College Democrats, Caleb Carter
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UAB Intramurals “hidden gem” on campus Casey Marley Managing Editor managing@insideuab.com
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unday, Feb. 21, the UAB men’s basketball team beat Middle Tennessee State University, securing their number one spot in C-USA. Despite the victory, basketball and other spring sports have had several highs and lows this season on UAB’s campus. These records take place in UAB’s intramural program, a recreation league for students outside of the athletics department to maintain their love for the game while earning their degree. Amir Ahmed started competing in the Rec Center’s intramural basketball, soccer and volleyball leagues after coming to UAB. As a member of the University Honors Program, he noticed the lack of UHP students participating in what he called a “hidden gem.” After participating in UHP’s intramural committee, Ahmed was elected president of the committee in 2015.
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cohesion between students in the program. The UHP specific intramural teams allow for interactions between UHP lowerclassmen, upperclassmen, alumni, and even faculty. This promotes new friendships to form and the upperclassmen often act as mentors to our younger students.
How would you describe intramural culture at UAB? The Intramural culture at UAB is really friendly and inclusive while still maintaining a sense of So for background information, how are UHP intramurals competitiveness. The different from other intramurals at UAB? Intramural league is kind The way UHP intramurals work is that we simply of like a big family. You create intramural teams to play in the Rec Center’s see the same folks you intramural leagues based on what sports UHP played in soccer playing students say they’re interested in playing. So we’re not you again in basketball Amir Ahmed (center) pictured with one of his many intramural teams. Photo courtesy of Amir Ahmed playing in a league of our own, we’re just a group that and you’re like “Hey creates intramural teams that represent the UHP in I’ve played you before!” the Rec’s intramural league. We try to recruit players The players on my team the program should grow?) exclusively from within UHP as a way of building are even friends with some of our opponents, the I think intramurals are well promoted within the Intramural staff, and community that’s usually at the Rec Center, but I referees. Regardless, would like to see them advertising more campus wide. everyone still plays their I also think more undergraduate schools should get hardest to win every involved in intramurals. The medical, dental, and game. optometry school students all have teams and if those students have time to play intramurals and balance put that recycling in the right bin What is your favorite studies then undergraduates should be able to do memory from an intramural so too. I would love to see the intramural program game or practice at UAB? expand and have longer seasons or play more games. My favorite Intramural memory is Why should someone join an intramural team? from a soccer game last I think people should join intramural sports teams fall when we scored an because it’s a great way to have fun with your friends equalizing goal in the and meet new people all while getting a little exercise. last minute of the game For me, playing intramural sports is a great way to to draw the match and destress and it goes gives me a break from a studying. qualify for the playoffs. There are so many benefits. Plus, for each sport there I loved it so much are different leagues you can play in which allows because even though it you to select a league that matches your skill and was just an intramural competitiveness. There’s a wide variety of sports too game it was such an so there is something for everyone when it comes to exhilarating match that intramurals. had everyone’s heart racing until the last Students that would like to get involved in the UAB minute. I also watched intramurals program should read up on the process at a guy get dunked on in uab.edu/campusrecreation/programs/competitivethe Men’s competitive sports/schedules. The registration for kickball, basketball league once frisbee and softball closes on March 3, but there are and that was fun to many small tournaments that the program stages watch too. I’m glad it throughout the semester. wasn’t me though! If you and your friends are looking for a lowpressure situation to showcase your athletic prowess, Do you think intramurals 6:30-9:30am there are several opportunities on campus. are promoted enough on 3:00-6:00pm campus (like do you think 620 11th Street South (205) 996-9043
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MakerSpace brings 3D printing to UAB and opportunities for innovation Jackson Hyde Features Editor features@insideuab.com
that. So I thought that would be a lot of waiting and I asked, ‘Could we just go ahead and get that $15,000 from y’all? Since we’re going to get that anyway.’ And they did it,” Satterfield said. After receiving the grant, Satterfield found himself looking for team members, but he was not just looking for staff members. The goal of MakerSpace is to incite innovation, and Satterfield wanted the students he hired to reflect that goal.
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orrest Satterfield is a junior majoring in Biomedical Engineering who recently founded a MakerSpace at UAB to give students and faculty more opportunities to collaborate with each other and create fun, innovative products with 3D printers. In an interview with Kscope, Satterfield said that he was initially looking for an investor to help start up the MakerSpace, but without having any printers it was a difficult task to convince anyone to commit to his idea. The solution for Satterfield was to give the MakerSpace project the push it needed to get started by purchasing a Task-5 3D printer for MakerSpace himself. “I went and bought a 3D printer with my own money that I received from a family member’s passing. It was a really big moment for me because it took all the money of what my grandfather had given to me... so I had to be sure that this was something I should do,” Satterfield said. Satterfield credits the investments he finally acquired to his membership in the University Innovation Fellows. One of the goals of being a UAB Innovation Fellow is to increase innovation and entrepreneurship on campus, and this goal gave Satterfield the drive he needed to form his program. “Initially it was going to be: the School of Business and School of Engineering said to apply for an innovation grant for $15,000 and then they’d match Forrest Satterfield (center) and the rest of the MakerSpace team.
“I’m looking for people with passion. I don’t want someone who’s just going through the steps— we want to facilitate student interaction with UAB faculty and resources. We basically want to take all the awesome stuff that’s going on at UAB and connect [students] to that,” Satterfield said. One of these passionate people working at MakerSpace is AJ Matta, a sophomore majoring in Electrical Engineering. Matta said that he hopes students will take advantage of the resources offered by MakerSpace to expand their horizons, regardless of their curriculum. “Technology is advancing at a rapid rate and quickly integrating itself into our day to day lives. I would encourage everyone to familiarize themselves with these upcoming technologies regardless of their major. Diving into an unfamiliar subject can be foreboding, but we are here to assist students in any way that we can,” Matta said. The 3D printers do not have to be used for ambitious, complex designs. For students to just print figurines or shapes is enough to expose them to an emerging technology and the opportunities that it promises. “It’s not really up to us to tell people what to do with the skills we give them, we’re just trying to get them these skills,” Satterfield said. There will be a grand opening of the MakerSpace on Feb. 23 from 12-3 p.m. in Sterne Library where student workers will present the technology and Photo by Jackson Hyde services made available to students and faculty.
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Weekly Wellness: Allergy advice for those affected
Jared Jones Staff Writer jrdjns@uab.edu
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tory time: When I was in high school, I used to have terrible allergies that would flare up every spring and fall like clockwork. I would have terrible sneezing fits in class only to be ushered away to the hallway with a box of Kleenex where I could extricate my nostrils from the plague of airborne pollutants. When I say it’s bad, it’s bad. I started paying attention to when the attacks would start and took special measures, like limiting my time outside, to make sure I wouldn’t embarrass myself and irritate my sinuses. And here I am, a stronger, more experienced allergy survivor to guide you to blissful sinus nirvana. I suffered so you don’t have to. You’re welcome.
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A lot of people have their own personal panacea for allergy relief. I opted ditch Zyrtec and other overthe-counter medications. If our ancestors could roam meadows and woodlands freely, then they must have done something right.
Local Honey
I love honey. It’s a tasty alternative to table sugar that’s packed with antioxidants and other good-foryou nutrients.
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If you’ve been outside in a particularly pollinated area, it’s probably best to strip out of your contaminated clothes and hop in a hot shower. The shower works much like the steam: it opens up your nasal passages and cleans your skin of any pollen you carried in with you. And lastly, if you can’t find immediate relief with the options I mentioned, use a saline spray or an antihistamine--something that stops allergies in their tracks. Some antihistamines, like Benadryl, are great at relieving allergy symptoms, but may have side effects such as drowsiness. Be careful. Read the label before consumption. Smell the flowers. Frolic in the meadow. Just, you know, clean the pollen off after.
A lesser known fact about local honey is that it’s made from the pollen you’re sneezing over. It has been speculated that consuming this honey may improve your immunity to allergens. However, data is inconclusive about whether that truly helps. I say try it. Honey is delicious anyway, so even if you lose, you win. When you buy local honey, you’re supporting local business and helping to keep beekeeping viable and bees alive. The bees are dying out. I would elaborate, but I promised my editor I wouldn’t get on my soapbox this week.
Regular Cleaning
According to “Health.com,” dust and pet dander could be the reason why your flare-ups worsen when you get home. Regular cleaning to remove dust and pet dander is a sure bet to make sure you don’t bring your allergies into the home.
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This is the one that I like to use. Pour boiling water in a bowl, place a towel over your head like a tent and inhale the steam for five to 10 minutes. Constantly sneezing clogs up my sinuses, so steam helps unblock my nasal passages. It also indirectly opens up pores – in case you wanted to exfoliate your skin after. UAB’s campus is full of allergen-producing plant life.
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BlazeRadio presents Red Planet Reviews: Kanye West - “The Life of Pablo”
Jared Chesnut (DJ Red, Mondays @ 2) Staff Writer redc@uab.edu
“Facts,” and I’m still trying to figure out which arcade Kanye plopped quarters down in before heading to the studio, he should take on Lupe Fiasco at some point. Nostalgia trip aside, the song itself is going to sound really dated in about a week or so thanks to references to Nick Young, Bill Cosby and Steve Harvey. Devoid of those, Kanye would’ve carried this on his own, confidence on full blast in a “Kanye the god” sense. For “The Life of Pablo,” I’d say that “I Love Kanye” is a microcosm of the album in general: it’s a Kanye with nothing to prove and less of a chip on his shoulder; a star who’s stopped caring so much about his image and history and decided to just have fun in the studio. The man’s doing a work of parody on his former self, and the album benefits for it. If the past couple of albums have been Kanye’s heel turn, “Pablo” is his embracing of that role, cementing his legacy as the Ric Flair of the music world. To be the man, you’ve
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here are few certainties in life, death and taxes prime among them. Add to that list “When Kanye does anything, the world takes notice.” The man can go on a nonsensical Twitter rant hitting up Mark Zuckerberg for an investment and everyone will talk about it. So it’s really no surprise that when “The Life of Pablo” dropped as a Tidal exclusive (legally, at least) after a bout of brainstorming album names, people were “Bound 2” pay attention. The album stands out in that it’s quite unlike most of West’s past work. Welcome to another side of Kanye, an artist that’ll look at his spiritual side and ask existential questions then remark about the anatomy of models before you’ve had time to process it. Opener “Ultralight Beam” sees West recruit Kirk Franklin to stomp some gospel into the track, allowing Kelly Price to throw some soul out there and Chance the Rapper to play part redeemed and part redeemer, putting in some work throughout the album. There’s also a choir thrown in for added spine tingling effect. It’s not quite “Jesus Walks,” but it stands out as West lets his guard down and gets introspective. Rihanna’s unmistakable tone intros the track “Famous,” seeing Kanye put in his “Kanye Best,” going on a Kanye quest through his history, firing shots at Taylor Swift about making her famous and “putting one up in the sky” to all his enemies. While a Diplolite beat goes through, RiRi and Swizz Beatz jump in between verses to lend some aid. “Feedback” follows that up with a super-danceable number, Kanye waking up and putting down one of the best lines of the album, justifying his own flaws and public persona by asking everyone to “name one
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genius that ain’t crazy” before name dropping from Steves Jobs to Austin. With Kanye tweeting about wanting to hang with “cool wrestlers,” he’s making a VIP list with this album. To keep that air of nostalgia pungent, “Wolves” reads like that lecture everyone’s received from their parents as teenagers, the track taking a personal note for West as he’s cutting himself deep, with lines such as “if your mom knew how you turned out” and talk about wolves in sheep’s’ clothing sounding eerily similar to advice your father would’ve given you. Special thanks to the track building up only to deny a drop of the bass at the end. Probably one of the best spots comes in “No More Parties in LA,” Kendrick Lamar coming in to crash everything and sounding amazing in the process. All the while we see a more mature Kanye looking back once again, going on about where he’s come from to get here, throwing down some references to the 808s & Heartbreak version of Yeezy. Noticing a trend here? We get some more Street Fighter II love from
Rating: gotta man. Pros:beat+theKanye
not taking things too seriously = fun album + Strikes a balance: Not too heavy, not too light. + Guest stars on the album give solid performances.
Cons: - Some (unintentionally) dated
references/callouts - We’re still doing skits in the middle of albums? - A little too reliant on the autotune. T-Pain’s getting paid.
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TUESDAY|02.23 UAB Baseball vs. Jacksonville State
Regions Field 4 p.m. The Blazers take on the Gamecocks of Jacksonville State University at home.
Protomartyr
Saturn 7 p.m. Punk-rock band Protomartyr will play a free show at Saturn. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY|02.24 Ron Crumpton
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Heritage Hall 102 7 p.m. Democratic Candidate for US Senate Ron Crumpton will speak to UAB students.
FRIDAY|02.26 UAB Baseball vs. Ohio State Buried Child
Alys Stephens Center 7:30 p.m. UAB’s Department of Theatre presents “Buried Child” on Feb. 24-28. The play won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Student tickets are $6.
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UAB Men’s Basketball vs. Marshall
Bartow Arena 7 p.m. The Men’s basketball team is set to host Marshall University.
Mental Floss Trivia Show
Iron City 6 p.m. Mental Floss Co-founder Will Pearson will host a night of trivia. Admission is $10 and all proceeds go to support Birmingham’s public radio station WBHM.
Regions Field 4 p.m. UAB plays Ohio State University at home on Friday, Feb. 26 at 4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 28 at 12 p.m.
Liz Wright
Alys Stephens Center 7 p.m. Jazz, folk, gospel and soul singer Liz Wright will perform in the Jemison Concert Hall of the Alys Stephens Center. Tickets are $49.
Merge: Amy Pleasant and Jamorris Rivers
Birmingham Museum of Art 7 p.m. Merge is a project that combines art with movement, and artist Amy Pleasant’s animations will be projected on the walls during Jamorris River’s dance interpretation of the art. This event is free and open to the public.
Birmingham Ballet: Sleeping Beauty
BJCC 7:30 p.m. Birmingham Ballet presents the dance interpretation of the fairytale Sleeping Beauty on the weekend of Feb. 26-28. Tickets start at $25.
SATURDAY|02.27 UAB Men’s Basketball vs. WKU
Bartow Arena 11 a.m. The Blazers will face off against the Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky University at home.
Melissa Etheridge
Alys Stephens Center 7 p.m. Grammy-winning artist Melissa Etheridge will bring her This is M.E. solo tour to Birmingham’s Alys Stephens Center. Tickets start at $53.
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