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Thursday, February 21, 2013 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 119, Issue 93
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By Adrienne BurchAssistant News Editor
The first time Miles Hutcherson met Dwight “Doc” Reel II, he walked right up to him and said, “Nice to meet you. I’m Doc, like doctor.”
“I couldn’t help but laugh at his goofy introduction, and an hour later I felt like I had known him my whole life,” Hutcherson said of Reel, his friend and fraternity brother.
Reel, a University of Alabama student, was driving his pickup truck on Kicker Road around 2 a.m. Wednesday morn-ing when he crashed into a tree. He was transport-ed to DCH R e g i o n a l M e d i c a l C e n t e r and pro-n o u n c e d dead there by a physician, EMS Chief Travis Parker said.
“Doc was someone who could always put you in a good mood,” Hutcherson said. “Anyone who ever came in contact with him knows that.”
Hutcherson said Reel could make any-one’s day better.
“From his quick wit to his dog named Cat, he always had a way to make his friends laugh,” Hutcherson said.
Reel, the son of Craig and Aundrea Reel, was from Southlake, Texas. He was a sophomore majoring in advertising.
NEWS | OBITUARY
Morning accident kills UA student
Friends say Dwight Reel II could brighten their day
“From his quick wit to his dog named Cat, he always had a way to make his friends
laugh.
— Miles Hutcherson
CW Staff
University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban announced the hiring of Mario Cristobal as Alabama’s offensive line coach and assistant head coach Wednesday.
Cristobal takes over for Jeff Stoutland, who was hired by the Philadelphia Eagles on Feb. 8.
“We are very pleased to announce the addition of Mario Cristobal to our staff,” Saban said in a statement. “He has
an outstanding reputation as both a coach and a recruiter. He will be a great fit in our organization, and I think our players will respond to his posi-tive attitude and energy. This is a very important hire in terms of working with our offensive line, and we feel fortunate that we were able to hire a coach of Mario’s cali-ber. We want to welcome Mario and his family to The University of Alabama, and we are excited to have them here.”
Cristobal spent the last six sea-sons (2007-12) as head coach at Florida International University. He led the Panthers to the 2010 Sun Belt Conference title and
their first bowl appearance – a victory in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl over Toledo. He was the 2010 Sun Belt Coach of the Year and also guided FIU to a bowl appear-ance in 2011 (Beef O’Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl). He most recent-ly joined Miami’s staff on Jan. 10, where he served as associate head coach and tight ends coach.
“I want to thank Coach Saban and everyone here at The University of Alabama for this incredible opportunity,” Cristobal said.
Before taking over as the head coach at FIU, Cristobal was an assistant at Miami for three sea-sons (2004-06). He was the tight
ends’ coach the first two sea-sons and offensive line coach in 2006. His first full-time coaching position was as an assistant at Rutgers, where he coached tight ends and offensive line from 2001-03. From 1998-2000, Cristobal was a graduate assistant on the Miami Hurricanes staff.
Cristobal was a four-year let-terwinner for the University of Miami from 1988-92, and after his college playing career, he signed a free agent contract with the Denver Broncos in 1994.
Cristobal and his wife Jessica were married in June of 2006 and have two sons, Mario Jr. and Rocco.
Crimson Tide hires Mario Cristobal to replace Jeff Stoutland as offensive line coach
MCT CampusMario Cristobal, previously the head coach of Florida Interna-tional University, yells after a FIU touchdown against Arkansas State University on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012.
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By Stephen N. DethrageProduction Editor
The West Alabama Narcotics Task Force, the unit that headed Tuesday’s record-breaking drug raids on and off The University of Alabama campus, is the subject of an ongoing FBI investigation into their accounting practices, the FBI confirmed Wednesday.
The FBI probe, which began in December, is the result of discrep-ancies found in a November auditof the task force’s accounting.
The audit took place after the previous commander of the task force, Captain Jeff Snyder of the Tuscaloosa Police Department, transferred to another division of TPD, and a new commander was assigned to lead the unit.
In addition to controlled sub-stances, the task force confis-cates money in raids and inves-tigations they handle, and TPD Chief Steve Anderson said in a press conference Tuesday after-noon that the morning raids wereno exception.
“Agents also seized three guns and thousands of dollars,” Anderson said.
Sgt. Brent Blankley, the pub-lic information officer for the Tuscaloosa Police Department, declined to release any more information regarding Tuesday’sraids, the amount money that was seized in the raids, the guidelines for seizing that moneyor information on its oversight.
Drug unit subject of FBI probeInvestigation result of Nov. accounting audit
CW | Austin Bigoney
NEWS | STUDENT RECREATION CENTER NEWS | DRUG RAID
SPORTS | GYMNASTICS
By Marquavius BurnettSports Editor
Communication is the key for Travis Illian and the gymnasts he trains.
When he gets the gymnasts as freshman, their bodies are pro-grammed to think more is better, and training for 40 hours a week is
mandatory. The girls are fresh off a strenuous club gymnastics program which forces them to treat training as a full-time job.
They constantly beat their bod-ies down, and complaining about a potential injury is considered a weakness as they work towards their goals of being the best.
That all changes once they step on campus.
“I have to teach them, ‘Hey, you’re not 14 anymore, and you can’t pound your body for 40 hours a week,’”
Illian said. “They spend 17 years of their life not listening to their bodies. My goal is to change that mindset.”
Illian works as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for The University of Alabama, training the women’s soccer team and the gymnastics team.
In his sixth year at the University, Illian has mastered the art of train-ing gymnasts and getting them to perform at a peak level when the time is right. Illian has worked to
create workouts specific to the indi-vidual gymnasts with emphasis on controlling the nervous system.
Things weren’t always smooth for Illian. Along with the soccer and gymnastics team, he’s worked with football players, the women’s rowing team and the field athletes for trackand field. He had to learn the nuanc-es of training a gymnast and devel-op the patience to work through problems.
The graph below shows the average weekly visits to the Student Recreation Center based on Act Card swipes per hour from Jan. 1 to Feb. 20
Patterson credits strength coach for team’s powerTravis Illian in 6th year as trainer for gymnasts
SEE GYMNASTICS PAGE 10
SEE RAIDS PAGE 7
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New hire coached FIU for previous 6 seasons
CW | Whitney Hendrix
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FRIDAY
What: Softball Doubleheader v. Furman and Southern Miss
Where: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
When:4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
What: Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre
Where: Morgan Auditorium
When: 5:30 p.m.
What: Blackburn Institute Lecture featuring Bob Woodward
Where: Bryant Conference Center
When: 6 - 7 p.m.
TODAY
What: Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre
Where: Morgan Auditorium
When: 5:30 p.m.
What: Study Abroad Interest Night
Where: The Crossroads Lounge
When: 7 p.m.
What: Othello
Where: Marian Gallaway Theatre
When: 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
What: Men’s Tennis Double-header v. Furman and Southern Miss
Where: Tennis Fields
When: 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
What: Softball Doubleheader vs. Western Illinois and Iowa
Where: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
When: 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — The University of Central Florida has shut down most fraternity and sorority activities as it investigates two Greek organi-zations for alleged hazing and alcohol abuse.
It’s the first time that the state’s largest public university has taken such drastic action. But officials said they wanted to send the clear message that UCF’s Greek culture needs to change before things turn tragic.
Univers i ty o f f ic ia ls announced Wednesday that they have halted all fraternity and sorority social events, new-member education activities and initiation activities until “Greek culture reflects the values of the UCF Creed and, more importantly, that we can ensure compliance with laws and university regulations gov-erning hazing and alcohol.”
“We want to be ahead of the curve on this,” said Maribeth Ehasz, vice president of stu-dent development and enroll-ment services. “We don’t want
to wait for a catastrophe to occur. We want our Greek sys-tem to be as strong as I know it can be.”
Ehasz could not say how long groups will be suspended. But she is hopeful that at least some will be allowed to resume their activities by the end of the spring semester.
The decision prompted a flood of criticism from students at UCF and public universi-ties statewide. Many took to Facebook minutes after the announcement to express their frustration.
Meanwhile, some anti-hazing experts praised UCF for tak-ing strong steps to deal with a problem that affects colleges and universities nationwide.
Ehasz said the change was prompted by a recent string of hazing investigations. Just this month, the university has suspended two of its fraterni-ties — Sigma Chi and Alpha Epsilon Pi — amid allegations of hazing and alcohol-related misconduct.
In December, the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity was placed on disciplinary probation after
UCF determined it had been involved in hazing.
Over the past three years, UCF has found Greek organiza-tions guilty of violating hazing rules three times and breaking alcohol-related rules 13 times, officials said Wednesday.
Sigma Chi is a repeat offend-er. In 2011, it was placed on disciplinary probation after freshman Ann Hefferin’s death. Although witnesses said Hefferin, 18, had been drinking, and the fraternity acknowl-edged failing to prevent under-age drinking at a party she attended, it was determined that Hefferin actually died of a rare bacterial infection.
Susan Lipkins, a New York psychologist and leading authority in campus conflict and violence, commended UCF. She said colleges have started taking hazing more seriously in recent years.
Some, including Cornell and Alfred universities in New York, have reacted to the often violent practice by suspending Greek activities or kicking fra-ternities off campus.
Schools, Lipkins said, also
want to avoid the kind of media attention that overwhelmed Florida A&M University after the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion after the Florida Classic in Orlando in 2011.
“I think some of the univer-sities are finally saying that hazing has to stop,” she said. “They’re acknowledging that it’s going on and they cannot rely on the Greek organiza-tions to self-police adequately.”
John Williams, executive director of the Alabama-based Center for the Study of Pan-Hellenic Issues, said it would be inappropriate not to take this type of action.
“Students need to clearly know what the consequences of their negative behavior will be,” he said.
Some students, though, com-plained about the unfairness of punishing all the Greek groups for the actions of a few.
“UCF: U Can’t Frat! Just another sign of how poor rela-tions have become between University and Greek life,” Brad Bailey wrote on his Facebook page.
Janmichael Serrano, whoseFacebook page suggests he’saffiliated with the UCF chapterof the Lambda Chi Alpha fra-ternity, said he’s slowly losingschool pride.
“Do not punish me on yourmoral and ethical grounds,instead spend your time work-ing on bettering this worldthrough education,” he wrote.
Ehasz said that UCF plans tocreate an advisory committeecomprising faculty members,students, alumni and others to“generate feedback and recom-mendations that will strength-en Greek Life at UCF.”
The university will researchbest practices and help developthe criteria that fraternitiesand sororities will need to meetbefore they can resume theirregular activities.
During that time, the studentorganizations can continueholding business meetings.Students will continue to livein UCF’s fraternity and sororityhouses.
Philanthropic activities mustbe specifically approved bythe Office of Fraternity andSorority Life.
Florida university suspends most fraternity, sorority activities
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WASHINGTON — Tanks would not roll, fighter jets would be grounded and air-craft carriers might be stuck dockside.
In addition, the Defense’s Department 800,000-member civilian workforce likely would go without paychecks at times throughout the year if manda-tory federal budget cuts go into effect March 1, top Pentagon officials said Wednesday.
The department, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in a memo to employees, “will be forced to place the vast major-ity of its civilian workforce on
administrative furlough.”Moreover, by the end of
September, two-thirds of U.S. Army combat troops would be “unacceptable” in terms of military readiness, potentially affecting the ability to deploy warriors to replace those already deployed, officials said.
“There is no mistaking that the rigid nature of the cuts forced upon this department, and their scale, will result in a serious erosion of readiness across the force,” Panetta wrote.
With barely a week to go before the $85 billion in across-the-board federal budget
cuts become reality, defense officials released the most detailed look to date of their effects. The looming budget ax is the result of the inability of Democrats and Republicans to reach a deal that would satisfy their own agreed-to Budget Control Act of 2011.
The Pentagon is faced with $46 billion in cuts. Asked during a news conference if such dire outcomes weren’t
simply scare tactics, Comptroller Robert Hale said, “We don’t have a lot of choic-es. . . . I think we’re going to have serious readiness effects. I don’t see where we’re going to get the money. We’re going to have to cut back on training significantly.”
While troops already deployed won’t be directly affected by these deep cuts, the lack of training could affect
future deployments, especially in the Army, but across all the services.
Acting Under-Secretary of Defense Jessica Wright said that the cuts would be felt byeveryone, in all services and in all locations. She noted the “invaluable service” of civil-ian employees and said that furloughs would leave mili-tary personnel worrying aboutspouses and kids at home who rely on the Pentagon’s civilianworkforce for various servic-es, like commissaries, schoolsand medical care.
“The effects of sequestration on the military will be devas-tating, but on our civilians, it will be catastrophic,” she said.“These critical members of our workforce work in our depots, they maintain and repair our tanks, our aircraft, our ships.”
CORRECTIONIn the Feb. 20 column,
“Waysider a stop for city’s champions,” we stated The Waysider serves only breakfast food, while the restaurant serves both breakfast and lunch. The Crimson White regrets this error and is happy to set the record straight.
Without a budget accord, Pentagon prepares for furloughs
Assistant Editors | Chandler Wright and Adrienne [email protected]
Thursday, February 21, 2013NEWSNEWS
OPINION
CULTURE
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By Sarah Elizabeth TookerStaff Reporter
Many University of Alabama students who did not receive incoming freshman scholarships experience the difficulties that come with try-ing to find financial aid after they arrive on campus, even with academic and extracur-ricular achievements.
One student, Alexis Carter, a junior majoring in market-ing, performed well in high school, graduating at the top of her class. Since arriving to campus she has maintained a 4.0 GPA, but because her standardized test scores were lower than what UA requires for a scholarship, she pays out-of-state tuition.
Each year, students are asked to complete the University’s application for scholarships by the Dec. 1 deadline. The scholarships from this application for cur-rent students come from sources like academic depart-ments or the general alumni scholarship funding.
Clif Davis, manager of the
alumni scholarship program, said the National Alumni Association was responsible for awarding approximately $4.4 million in scholarship assistance to more than 2,400 students this academic year through earnings generated from investment of endow-ments, combined with its operating budget.
“While the majority of alum-ni scholarships are directed toward entering freshman students, there are several General Alumni Scholarships serving currently enrolled stu-dents, as well as the Academic Walk-On Scholarship that specifically benefits currently enrolled students,” Davis said.
The Academic Walk-On scholarship, Davis explained,
is awarded to full-time UA undergraduate students who have completed at least three semesters on campus and who entered UA as non-scholar-ship holders or recipients of minimal awards.
“Approximately 350-400 applicants apply annually, from which 75 are eligible and 10-15 recipients are selected dependent upon available funding,” he said. “The award value is $1,500 per year and renewable for up to two years.”
Aside from these awards, there are 12 other general alumni endowments available for currently enrolled stu-dents, Davis said, which range upwards from $500 per year, with some renewable for up to two years.
“The number of students receiving these scholarships depends upon funding avail-able for that award, but nor-mally at least one student recipient is awarded for each endowment.”
The UA Office of Media Relations did not respond to requests for comment by press time.
Velda Rooker, director of university scholarships at Auburn, agreed most of their general scholarships were aimed at attracting incoming freshman students.
“Approximately 50 percent of General Scholarships state a preference or requirement for incoming freshman,” Rooker said. “For those few General Scholarships with broader criteria, all resi-dents and non-residents can be considered, which makes those scholarships very competitive.”
Rooker explained more gen-eral scholarships are awarded to incoming freshman because they are often used for recruit-ment purposes.
“Conversely, the various
colleges and schools award Departmental Scholarships primarily to current students as a means of recognizing achievement and for retention purposes,” she said.
Laura Diven-Brown, finan-cial aid director at The University of Mississippi, said general scholarships are definitely targeted more to recruitment of new freshman or community college trans-fers on their campus as well.
“Financial aid awards some general scholarships, but the others are typically handled by academic departments when it comes to continuing students,” Diven-Brown said. “We have scholarships that are one-year only, although most are renewable for up to four years, but then these are offered only to entering freshmen.”
At the academic department level, Diven-Brown said funds can be used for both recruit-ment and to award deserving majors who have done well in their studies at The University of Mississippi.
“Like many financial aid
administrators, I do wish there were more funds for continuing students who are performing well in college,” she said.
Carter, who continues to work hard to stay involved on campus, said after her fresh-man year, she felt as if apply-ing for scholarships was utter-ly useless.
“Every semester it seems harder and harder to receive any type of scholarships because most major funds are designated to students during their freshman year, and each department has fairly small amounts to award upperclass-men,” Carter said.
After maintaining a 4.0 in high school and involving her-self in various clubs and extra-curricular activities, Carter said she feels like all her hard work was done for nothing.
“Each year I usually receive$2,000 to $2,500 from depart-mental scholarships, which may seem like a lot to an in-state student, but when I am paying full out-of-state tuition, it just skims the surface of mypayments.”
Few UA scholarships available for current students
By Judah MartinContributing Writer
Life goes on for the crim-son email address after a stu-dent leaves The University of Alabama, but not for its myBama counterpart.
Since 2008, all UA applicants have been required to set up a myBama account upon entry to the University, but accord-ing to Brittney Pruitt, student consultant for the UA Office of Information Technology, stu-dents are not allowed to keep the profile forever. Students
have the option to keep their university email indefinitely, but their myBama student account is terminated soon after they leave.
“It all just depends on when you graduate,” Pruitt said. “If you graduate in the fall then your myBama account is deactivated by the sum-mer. Likewise, if you gradu-ate after the spring semester your myBama account will be deactivated by the fall. You can always use your crimson email, though.”
Patricia Benton, operations
manager for OIT, said each student is assigned a university-branded domain name through Google Apps for Education, and anyone who has been enrolled for even one course at the Capstone receives a crimson account and username.
“The crimson mail is hosted by Google, so it’s just like a gmail account and we can’t actually access what’s in the inbox, only the students can,” Benton said. “Of course faculty members don’t get a crimson email, just the students, and once they leave they can keep
it, so I wouldn’t be able to say how many accounts are out there now.”
Christina Steward, who grad-uated in December 2012 with a public relations degree, said it has been convenient to use her crimson email address, but UA President Judy Bonner doesn’t seem to have been updated that she’s no longer enrolled.
“I’m still using [my crimson email address], and I still get the updates from President Bonner, the communication college and such,” Steward said. “I plan on getting a gmail
account soon, but I use it for convenience. My friends and family know that email address, and it is the one on my résumé.”
Michael Lynn Santa Cruz left the Capstone a semester before graduating and said she only gives thought to her crimson email address when prompted to.
“I still use it when some-thing asks me for an email address, but I never log in to check it,” Santa Cruz said. “I think it just looks a little more prestigious to have ‘@crimson.ua.edu’ after your name than
‘@yahoo.com.’”Cassie Feres graduated in
May 2012 and said she contin-ues to use her crimson emailaddress as a way of express-ing pride in her school, exceptwhen applying for a job.
“I still use it ‘cause UA isawesome, that’s why,” Feressaid. “If I’m sending a resumeI use my other gmail account,though. It seems immature tostill use a student address forrésumés. I think if [employers]see student emails they’ll thinkthat person doesn’t have theexperience they want.”
Students’ Crimson email accounts stay open after graduation
“Every semester it seems harder and harder to receive any type of schol-arships because most major funds are designated to students during their freshman year, and each department has fairly small amounts to award
upperclassmen.
— Alexis Carter
Editor | John [email protected]
Thursday, February 21, 2013OPINIONSNEWS
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By John BrinkerhoffOpinion Editor
Last week, the SGA Senate soundly rejected a resolu-tion supporting a campuswide tobacco ban, sending a strong message to the administration against such measures. This message was belied by the Faculty Senate, which passed a resolution in strong support of the ban.
The proposal itself is quite simple: The University of Alabama should ban the use of all tobacco products from all locations on campus, including greek and residential areas. The debate surrounding it,
however, is as complex as it is controversial.
It pits the freedom of stu-dents, faculty and staff to make their own decisions against their own health. It brings into question the true role of the University’s administration in shaping the collegiate experi-ence of students and the work environment of employees, particularly when it requires students without vehicles to live on campus.
The decision to not only ban smoking but also include all tobacco products indicates that the ban’s proponents are intent on more than just stop-ping secondhand smoke and
other public nuisances. Rather, by banning chewing tobacco and other instruments that do not affect others, it seems ban proponents are seeking to look after the health of the tobacco-users themselves, raising more questions as to what extent the University should regulate health.
Other universities have taken varying approaches. Some have left the choice to use tobacco to each individual, while others have completely banned its use. Still others have found middle ground by creating tobacco zones or lim-iting tobacco use to residential areas on campus.
The jury is still out for all of these methods. Each has been met with its own issues, from enforcement and penalty prob-lems to secondhand smoke and campus aesthetics. The solu-tion is not entirely clear.
Which approach would work best on The University of Alabama’s campus? What is fair to both tobacco users and non-smokers? If the University decides to regulate the health of its students and faculty, then how will the University’s strong greek system and vibrant living learning communities respond to this ban?
These questions are not easily answered.
Students discuss points against, merits of smoking ban at University of AlabamaTOPIC: SMOKING BAN
By John SpeerSenior Staff Columnist
There are rumblings amidst the University’s administra-tion concerning what action will be taken on tobacco prod-ucts, and at their request, the SGA moved to consider – and wisely rejected a resolution – in support of a ban of on-cam-pus smoking.
This begs the question, is it our responsibility as indi-viduals to monitor our behav-ior, or is it the burden of the society in which we live? At present, our fine university only requests that we stay 30 feet from the entrances to buildings.
I question whether the University has more impor-tant things to do. The admin-istration has much to do with the selection of important aux-iliary services, such as Bama Dining. Unfortunately, I don’t see many resolutions pass-ing the SGA senate or hear the administration request-ing that Bama Dining provide more edible and affordable food options for our students. No, they want to ban smoking.
At the behest of organiza-tions such as the American Cancer Society and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, advocates of bans claim there is no safe level of exposure to second-hand smoke and that bans cre-ate a social norm that encour-ages users to quit and increas-es the health of our society.
Sadly, it is not the respon-sibility of our government to establish social norms beyond paying your taxes and obey-ing the law, and organiza-tions cannot interfere with my rights to engage in legal behavior.
Additionally, the sci-ence they use behind the
secondhand smoke exposure is misleading. Lung cancer and cardiovascular diseases develop at advancing ages. Calculating the risk of those diseases posed by second-hand smoke requires know-ing the sum of momentary secondhand smoke doses that nonsmokers have internalized over their lifetimes.
Such lifetime summations of instant doses are obviously impossible, because concen-trations of secondhand smoke in the air, individual rates of inhalation and metabolic transformations vary from moment to moment, location to location. There is no cred-ible manner to gather this information, and the organi-zations promoting bans have a political agenda that has little to do with your health.
Furthermore, we must con-sider the absurdity of kick-ing someone out of outside. To support such an affront, I would like to see a study which examines how much smoke exposure, in open space, causes significant lev-els of cancer. We already have exhaust from cars, factories, coal and other pollutants of human actions. I highly doubt a test of the air will reveal smoking releases more pol-lutants than these already toxic fumes, which we make very little effort to monitor or restrict.
Detractors will argue that I am supporting and enabling
unhealthy behavior, but I am obliged to ask you to consider the logical end of your ban. Many of the campuses which have enacted bans on smoking have little success at restrict-ing the activity, and the only penalty they can offer are fines or ridiculous referrals to a disciplinary body.
Few students have stopped smoking, and the profit mar-gins of Phillip Morris have not decreased. Yet advocates hail the success of their self-satisfying and delusional measures to restrict legal behavior. If this cause is cham-pioned, we will waste monu-mental amounts of time and resources enforcing a ban on a behavior that groups have no right to restrict.
While I do not condone smoking inside buildings, I am not going to walk up to a stranger outside and ask him to put out his cigarette. We tried restricting behavior by policy and law in the early 1900s; it merely created Al Capone and a thriving illegal alcohol ring.
This smoking ban may pro-duce wonderful feelings of goodwill in its advocates, but it is merely an aesthetic suc-cess. You will not prevent any-one from smoking or tobacco companies from producing and selling their product.
The administration needs to find ways to decrease the cost of tuition, books, and increase access to parking, dining halls and affordable housing. They don’t need to meddle in my legal rights, and they will do so with very little success and almost no ability to enforce their regulations.
John Speer is a graduate stu-dent in secondary education. His column runs weekly.
Administrators banning use of tobacco only would be self-serving, ineffective
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By Elizabeth LowderGuest Columnist
New York Fashion Week has finally come to a close, and I saw plenty of hot accessories. Despite the growing trend in Tuscaloosa, handcuffs were not on the list.
Last week’s major “face-palm” incident with the football players was embar-rassing not only to our athletic program, but also to the University as a whole. There is no logical excuse for one student to harass or beat up another student, cause a concussion, then rob him of his belongings. It is complete-
ly unacceptable.Additionally, one of the
players stole another stu-dent’s ACT card to get snacks out of the vending machine. Snacks. Personally, I’d like to know what kind of snack he chose: sweet and chocolatey for a pack of M&M’s or the delciousness of Cheetos. Either way, he made a poor decision. Four student-ath-letes ended up in handcuffs that day as a result of these absurd choices.
Let’s take a look at the shenanigans of this week: 63 of the 74 people arrested in the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force raid were UA students.
When I first saw news break of this on Twitter, I thought it was a joke or, at the very least, a ridiculous rumor. I had friends and family texting me from California to New York City asking what was going on because they had seen or heard stories about the massive drug raid on cam-pus. I can’t believe the utter stupidity of my fellow class-mates who were whisked away in the sea of flashing blue lights on campus early Tuesday morning.
A majority of the infrac-tions directly involved mari-juana, which is currently an illegal drug in most of the
United States. Sure, college is a time for new experiences and unique opportunities, but keeping illegal drugs in your dorm room is a terrible, terrible idea. Sneaking alcohol in your backpack past the RA’s in the dorm is a risky move, but it’s also against the rules.
These couple hundred words won’t entirely change your mind about hiding your vodka in a water bottle in the mini-fridge, but at least consider the options. Students should be mindful that being a student at The University of Alabama is a privilege, and it means abiding to rules that we all signed and agreed to
upon enrollment. That’s basic freshman 101 information. It isn’t difficult to play by the University’s rules. Once you’re off campus and you’re renting/owning property of your own in the Tuscaloosa area, then by all means, play by your own rules.
As Judy Bonner said in a campuswide email Tuesday afternoon, “These students represent a small group of UA students.” Unfortunately, these stu-dents, paired with the student-athletes of last week’s debacle, are what people following local, statewide and regional current events
are going to think of when they hear The University of Alabama. Are you, the reader, capable of turn-ing the University’s image around for the better? I’m not encouraging you not to take risks. I encourage you not to make decisions that could ultimately embarrass you, your family and friends, organizations you’re affiliatedwith and your alma mater.
Let’s leave the handcuffs to Christian Grey and keep them out of the Capstone.
Elizabeth Lowder is the assistant community manag-er of The Crimson White.
Events of last week leave students wondering if handcuffs are the University’s latest, greatest fashion accessory
John Speer
SMOKING BAN SMOKING BAN
Go-to arguments lack substance as soon as ‘personal choice’ puts others students at risk By Zack McMillianGuest Columnist
“It’s a personal choice” – the phrase that is so quickly adopted by the affected party whenever personal rights and freedoms appear to be in dan-ger. It is this same outcry by the same population of smok-ers that is fallen back upon each time an amendment to the current smoking policy is hinted at. It has been beat into the head of every citizen in this country that smoking cig-arettes is bad for your health.
After all, over 443,000 deaths each year (17.6 percent of total deaths, according to the CDC) are attributed to smoking, so surely all smokers at this stage are aware of what they are getting into. The focus of this article, then, is not to warn current smokers of the rampant harm they are caus-ing their bodies, but instead to represent the interests of those who inadvertently suffer from smokers’ actions.
How often is it that you find yourself walking down the sidewalk behind an individual smoking a cigarette on your way to class? Or entering into a building, waiting at a bus stop, or enjoying lunch in the Ferg plaza within a close radius of a lit cigarette? These situations are often discarded as mere annoyances in your day, sim-ply an unpleasant odor emit-ted by a fellow student who is just trying to satiate a craving.
If only it were so insignifi-cant in reality. Of the smok-ing deaths stated above, some 49,000 are attributed to second-hand smoke exposure. Over 11 percent of smoking deaths are incurred by individuals who have never smoked a day in their lives. Five times as many Americans die due to sec-ondhand smoke than drunk
driving incidents. According to this data, 2 percent of the over-all population will die from secondhand smoke if the cur-rent trend remains. To put this into perspective, statistically 672 of the students currently enrolled at the University will ultimately perish due to exposure to smoke caused by other individuals. These are best friends, roommates, and professors that are put at risk everyday due to an inadequate policy here at the University.
But enough about the num-bers – those are too scientific, too concrete. What of the physical impact that the act of smoking has on our campus everyday? When disposing of normal waste such as bottles, wrappings and newspapers, the proper procedure is to place it into an appropriate trash/recycling receptacle. To heedlessly throw it on the ground would be blatantly disrespectful not only to the wonderful staff employed at the University, but also to the fellow students who you share the grounds with.
Why, then, is it socially acceptable to flick discarded non-biodegradable cigarette butts onto the sidewalk, into the bushes, or among the grass of the Quad? There are numerous ashtrays around campus, but most seem to simply ignore these sanitation
containers. The result is an eyesore to the campus image, and a blight to the physical properties of the University that our groundskeeping crewwork so hard to maintain. It is difficult to fully comprehend the magnitude of this litter problem, so I implore you to dosome personal investigating.
On your way to class, take afew minutes to look not at your phone, but at the ground andcount the number of cigarettebutts you encounter. If you wake up today in an especially brave mood, begin counting as you cross in front of B.B. Comer through the Crimson Promenade. The number you count may astound you.
The most compelling argu-ment, however, may not comefrom health facts or littered lawns, but from our foot-ball-stunted neighbor to the southeast. Auburn University will eliminate all smoking on their campus come August. That’s right, Auburn’s campus has progressed beyond that of our own in terms of health and wellness. And they are not alone. In fact, seven of themembers of the SEC will be smoke-free by August, with another two currently consid-ering such a change.
It is up to the students of this University to make a change. While I am sure smokers are not malignant in their inten-tions, the fact stands that they are still harming other stu-dents who want nothing of it. You have the choice to strike that lighter and inhale from a cigarette, but the student standing next to you has no choice when he involuntarily inhales your fumes, and must suffer because of it.
Zack McMillian is a sopho-more majoring in manage-ment information systems.
“On your way to class, take a few
minutes to look not at your phone, but at the ground and count the number of cigarette butts you
encounter.
ARRESTS
NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Thursday, February 21, 2013 | Page 5
By Nathan JamesSenior Staff Columnist
There are three things that should be known about Alabama House Bill 57. The first is that the bill would make the safety requirements placed on abortion clinics much, much more strict, setting a new precedent for leg-islative interference in the medi-cal field. Proponents claim this is for the sake of women’s health.
The second is that many or all of Alabama’s abortion clin-ics, unable to comply with these requirements, will be forced to close if HB57 passes.
The third is that HB57 is founded on lies.
One lie is that the bill is about women’s health. It is not. As things stand, only 0.3 percent of legal abortions result in com-plications requiring hospital-ization. But when HB57 forces some or all of Alabama’s three abortion clinics out of business, many of the women who would
have received safe abortions legally will have to seek out risk-ier alternatives. The dangers of these alternatives include muti-lation, infertility and death.
Another lie is that HB57 is not intended to prevent abortions. It absolutely, unequivocally is. Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin, the bill’s sponsor, began a written state-ment to the press with the words, “Abortions, are, sadly, legal in this country.” State Rep. Kurt Wallace, another proponent of the bill, said it is designed to pro-tect unborn children. And Sen. Shadrack McGill explained his support for the HB57 by explain-ing why he believes fetuses are people, not why he thinks the bill
will protect women.When one looks at these state-
ments and considers how negli-gible any actual health benefits stemming from HB57 would be, it becomes clear what the true purpose of the bill is.
Alabama legislators, pay attention. Abortion is legal for two very important reasons. One is Roe v. Wade, in which the Supreme Court established that abortion is a constitutional right. The other is that the vast majority of Americans favor its legality – only 18 percent believe abortion should be outlawed, according to Gallup.
Because America will not sup-port a direct assault on abortion,
Alabama’s House has chosen to come at the issue sideways. Rather than accept defeat, they would twist the law and the will of Americans in order to real-ize an ultra-conservative politi-cal agenda whereby abortion is legal but impossible.
Legislators, your job is to represent the interests of your constituency according to the dictates of the Constitution. Your job is not to use loopholes to subvert the constitutional law according to your personal views.
Even if you believe abortion is morally wrong, you should oppose this bill. We, as Alabama residents and American
citizens, cannot allow legisla-tors to advance their agendas through deceit. We cannot abideloopholes that lead to uncon-stitutional laws. And we can-not tolerate people like McGill, McClurkin and Wallace, who violate the principles of a repre-sentative government.
Pro-lifers can still fight abor-tion through legitimate means. And supporters of HB57 need to think long and hard about whatthey’re willing to sacrifice to get rid of abortion.
Nathan James is a sophomore majoring in public relations. His column runs weekly on Thursdays.
Alabama House Bill 57 focuses on abortion, fi lled with lies about women’s health
Nathan James
By Tarif HaqueStaff Columnist
“I hate it here,” he said to me candidly across the table. I asked him why. “I used to spend hours at home alone. I grew up on a farm. College is tiring.”
The conversation was a depressing one. He was an introvert, but no one would ever know. He was well-liked. He had friends. His cynicism toward a formal education was bottled. To an extent, it was required of him.
The college experience is catered to extroverts. To be great, we must meet new people and immerse ourselves in all the experiences college has to offer. To this, the introvert says, “Bullsh-t.”
On campus, introverts must live under the rule of domi-neering extroverts. Susan Cain, author of “QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking,” puts it well: “We live with a value system that I call the Extrovert Ideal — the omnipresent belief that the ideal self is gregarious, alpha, and comfortable in the spotlight.”
I’ve seen the symptoms far
and wide: introverts living under the Extrovert Ideal to acclimate to life on a socialite campus. Amid the bars, booze, raves and mixers, the introvert gasps for breath, but quietly relents to the demands of their extroverted peers, who wail the line “Stop being so anti-social!” God forbid we spend a Friday night alone. It’s not that introverts are shy or anxious – we just prefer less stimulation.
Extroverts do not understand introverts. “They assume that company, especially their own, is always welcome,” Jonathan Rauch said in his popular 2003 essay “Caring for Your Introvert” in The Atlantic.
The theories of evolution and relativity were born alone,
by people who preferred being alone. Dr. Suess once said, “You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.”
We’re persistently told to put ourselves “out there.” It’s the person who never shuts up in class that gets first pick, as theintrovert languishes in the backof class.
“Research by educational psychology professor Charles Meisgeier found that the major-ity of teachers believe the ideal student is an extrovert — even though introverts tend to get higher grades, according to psychologist Adrian Furnham,” said Cain in an interview with CNN.
Don’t feel bad if you find col-lege exhausting. Don’t deny yourself your own company. Remember the words of Carl Jung: “Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
Tarif Haque is a sophomore majoring in computer science. His column runs biweekly on Thursdays.
Introverts shouldn’t deny themselves their own companyBy Regan WilliamsStaff Columnist
We have had quite an inter-esting week with drug busts and the police shutting down the Harlem Shake events. Despite negative pushback, the University’s decision to shut down the latter event was not all bad.
These circumstances are the perfect opportunity to open up a conversation about the University’s free speech policy. In doing so, we can move for-ward as a University.
Obviously, free speech is something everyone at the University should care about; it affects all of us. We need to continue the conversation. We can’t let this event happen once and then ignore the issues.
We as a campus need to con-tinue in the tracks of the first person to protect our right to free speech. We as students need to stand up for our right
to speak. Instead of bemoaning the decision, the student body should use this event to pres-ent what we want the grounds policies to be, instead of letting the University decide what the policy is.
The conversation sparked by the Harlem Shake event must be kept alive. If we ignore this event, we will hinder free speech movements on campus.
As a student body, we need to keep the conversation open, not through rebelling, but sim-ply through dialogue. This is crucial for our University mov-ing on and being the best that it can be. We have a golden
opportunity to change the way our campus works, and these opportunities do not come often.
We need to band together and work to change the sys-tem. The administration will listen to us because they want to have an open conversa-tion. We just need to open it. I believe this administration has done an incredible job so far with working and listening to students. They do care; we just need to do our part and open up the conversations.
So yes, we need to not only use this moment to create con-versations regarding student speech rights on campus, but we should also do so in coop-eration with, not in opposition to, the administration. We have a golden opportunity, and it should not be squandered.
Regan Williams is a junior majoring in political science and communication studies.
Harlem Shake ends with free speech debate
Tarif Haque
HARLEM SHAKE
ABORTION
CULTURE
Regan Williams
By Colby LeopardStaff Reporter
Young adults in America today report being more stressed out than any other age group, according to a recent study.
According to the American Psychological Association, on a scale of 1-10 where one means “little or no stress” and 10 means “a great deal of stress,” people ages 18-33 are reporting an average of 5.4. The national average for all age groups is 4.9.
Patricia Parmelee, director of the Center for Mental Health and Aging, said 18 to 33-year-olds are reporting higher levels of stress because of the sig-nificant lifestyle changes that group of individuals undergoes.
“College is a time of a lot of change in one’s life – moving away from home, making new friends, adjusting to a different set of expectations,” Parmelee said. “Change is always stress-ful: even ‘good’ changes cause us to have to adjust everyday patterns of activities, learn new places and habits, accommo-date new challenges.”
In addition to life changes, Parmelee said stress is subjec-tive and depends on an individ-ual’s experience. Younger peo-ple, including those in the 18-33 age demographic, don’t have as much experience coping with stress as older people, so the younger people will report hav-ing greater amounts of stress.
Parmelee said another reason 18 to 33-year-olds are
more stressed than other age groups is due to a lack of secu-rity in career and finances. With the economy being down and the job market as tough as it is, young adults have more potential stressers.
“The economic downturn of 2008 is continuing to reverber-ate through American society, making the future uncertain for us all,” Parmelee said. “This may be particularly rough for college-aged individuals, because they are just launching their careers.”
Dante Altieri, a sophomore majoring in hotel and restau-rant management, said he agrees with Parmelee about the uncertainty of the job mar-ket as a big reason why young adults are stressed. Concerned about his own future, Altieri said going into the restaurant industry will be very difficult and stressful after college.
“Even though I’m just a soph-omore, I’m already stressed out about how I am going to find a job after I graduate,” Altieri said.
Although Altieri believes finding a job in either the hotel or restaurant industry is hard-er than most, he said students in other majors are just as stressed as he is.
“No matter what you’re studying, you are going to have trouble finding a job after col-lege with the economy we have right now,” Altieri said. “If you aren’t stressed about the job market right now, you should be. Our generation is going to
have a particularly rough time finding stability in life given the current economic and sociopolitical climate.”
When it comes to actually dealing with stress, Parmelee said college-age students cope in different ways – some healthy and others unhealthy. Parmelee said the best way to deal with large amounts of stress is to “get your head on straight” and to assume a “can-do attitude.”
“It is all about working with your own emotions to stay as positive as possible and look for that silver lining,” Parmelee said. “The worst thing anyone can do is spend time and ener-gy dwelling on the negative aspects of the situation – what psychologists call catastroph-izing. That just jacks the stress up further.”
Although Parmelee believes the “millennials” are more health-conscious than other generations, such as the Baby Boomers, some college-aged students turn to unhealthy cop-ing mechanisms to deal with stress.
“One thing some college stu-dents do is to self-medicate: use alcohol, drugs or even ‘comfort food’ to soothe their emotions and get away from the prob-lem,” Parmelee said. “A little self-medication isn’t necessar-ily a bad thing, but too much of this ‘emotion-focused’ coping sets you up to run from prob-lems instead of facing them and dealing with them. That’s a bad habit to form, and it can cause real problems as you move
Study fi nds college-aged people most stressed
By Krystina PedersenContributing Writer
The Tuscaloosa Dietetic Association and the Student Dietetic Association will host the sixth annual 5k run to kick off national nutrition month.
The race is Saturday Feb. 23 at The University of Alabama recreational fields starting at 8 a.m., with registration at 7 a.m. The first 125 registered are eligible to receive a free T-shirt, door prizes and food and nutrition information.
Participants will run along Campus Drive up Helen Keller Boulevard. The course is designed to be a quick 5K with a downhill finish.
The race is intended to raise money for scholarships and the Good Samaritan Clinic. At the conclusion of the race, three scholarships will be
given to nutrition majors at the Capstone. According to the Bureau of Labor statistics, dietetics is a growing major; as of now it is a leading pro-fession in the front of the health care industry.
TDA’s purpose is to pro-mote optimal health and nutrition status of the popula-tion through quality dietetic education, research and community service.
“It is a dynamic profession because there are countless jobs graduates can have; they can do just about anything,” Amy Parton, race director, said. “They can be anything from food editors to working with children.”
Applications for the schol-arships are available in the department of human nutri-tion and hospitality man-agement. The Tuscaloosa Dietetics Association reviews
these applications. They aregranted based on need, meritand leadership.
“The 5k was thought upby a few runners we wantto promote the profession ofdietetics,” Parton said.
A fee of $20 is requiredto participate in the race.Checks will be accepted andcan be made payable to theTDA Foundation, Inc.
Student organization to host 5K to raise scholarship funds
NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTSPage 6 | Thursday, February 21, 2013
through life.”However, James Jones, a
UA senior, said college-aged people also have opportunities to cope with stress through creative expression that other generations don’t have.
“I try to find constructive hobbies that can be intriguing and demanding but still enjoy-able. Creative outlets like music and writing are great ways to deal with stress,” Jones said. “I feel like we are at an age where
we have more opportunities to have a creative outlet to relieve stress. As you get older, I feel like you will lose the time andability to find a hobby that can provide an escape from stress.”
IF YOU GO...• What: TDA 5K Run/
Walk
• When: Saturday, Feb. 23
• Where: Registration at UA Recreation Field
The UA Student Recruitment Team serves as host to
prospective students and student athletes, through resident
hall tours, lunches, phone blitzes, informational sessions,
gameday activities, etc.
Members of this team will provide guidance and offer
insight to students and their families regarding campus
life, student involvement, athletics, and
the enrollment process.
MANDATORY CONVOCATIONWe will discuss the selction process:
Monday, February 25 and Wednesday, February 27 at 8:00 p.m. in Room 159 (Auditorium) of Russel Hall
APPLICATION DEADLINE
1ST ROUND INTERVIEWS: MARCH 11-152ND ROUND INTERVIEWS: MARCH 18-22
FRIDAY MARCH 1ST AT 5PM
For more information and to download the application, please visit:http://gobama.ua.edu/uastudentrecruitmentteam
2013 - 2014 SELECTIONS
You have the option to attend Monday night OR Wednesday night-you do not have to attend both, but attendance at one IS MANDATORY
Failure to attend one of the convocations will result in automatic disqualification of the applicant.
By Samuel YangContributing Writer
Kayla Sinclair came to cam-pus at 5:30 in the morning to get in line and found 300 people ahead of her.
“I didn’t get to sign up until 9:30 or 10, and I was only able to sign up for one,” she said. “The rest were full.”
Sinclair, a sophomore major-ing in chemical engineering, was signing up for interviews with various companies par-ticipating in The University of Alabama’s engineering co-op program. Through the pro-gram, she and other selected students would alternate between three semesters of full-time work with an engi-neering company and full-time study at the University.
“You almost can’t get a job without one,” she said. “[Students] are being warned that co-ops and internships are one of the first things on the list to be looked at by employers.”
Roy Gregg, UA director of
cooperative education and professional practice program, said many employers expect graduates to have related work experience when apply-ing for full-time professional positions.
“Employers want some dem-onstration of technical skills in a supervised or maybe an unsupervised working environ-ment, and the ability to prob-lem solve or complete tasks while dealing with deadlines and a variety of people,” Gregg said. “This experience should enable better decision-making by a future employee.”
He said 319 applicants have submitted as of Feb. 19.
“We have seen almost a 30 percent increase over last year in student participation due to several factors: the huge enroll-ment increase, faculty support and parental awareness of a very competitive job market,” Gregg said.
Gregg said the program’s applicants have an average GPA of 3.3, with 28-30 percent attending the University on
some kind of scholarship. The program allows students to accept positions anywhere and anytime and 50 percent of stu-dents do not co-op in Alabama.
“Thus, many employers pro-vide housing while at work, in addition to the co-op salary: $18 to $20 an hour,” he said. “Many do remain in the Southeast, with a growing number accept-ing co-op positions throughout the US.”
Charles Phillips, a senior majoring in civil engineering, co-oped with Georgia Power from spring 2011 to summer 2012. He remembers arriving to sign up for interviews at 5:30 a.m. and signing up for five companies within an hour and a half.
“This year, I worked the interview sign-ups, and the first person in line got there at 2 a.m.,” Phillips said. “People who got there at 4 or 5 a.m. didn’t get seen until 9 a.m.”
Phillips said he agrees this increase in interest is tied partially to the increase in the number of students, especial-
ly given the large number of freshmen and sophomores who apply, but he also said he feels the University has done a bet-ter job of making information available.
“The College of Engineering as a whole has done a better job promoting the co-op program,” Phillips said. “A lot of teachers now allow time for guest speak-ers to come and talk about their programs.”
He said the faculty and col-lege have been more support-ive, and that the staff from the co-op office really cares.
“They have a great founda-tion, and now they’re growing and expanding,” Phillips said. “They’re definitely moving in the right direction.”
For Phillips, the co-op pro-gram is an important way to try out an engineering field. A student’s experience in the pro-gram can be an important part of fine-tuning career goals.
“It’s more and more impor-tant today,” Sinclair said. “I know a guy who co-oped in Houston and is now making
$85,000 a year at his first job.”Gregg said co-oping is also
in the best interest of many employers.
“Students spend several ‘internships’ with the same company and, in most cases, the same supervisors. The end result is a trained employee at graduation. On average, 35-40 percent of co-op graduates stay with [one] company. [This eliminates] recruiting and training expenses and the cost-ly high-risk turnover rate of first-year college hires,” Gregg said. “In the meantime, the co-op students are productive members of the organization at a fraction of the cost of full-time engineers. These compa-nies have programs because it is in their best business inter-ests. They are not just being good guys.”
Gregg said co-op education has been in place since 1906, and some employer partner-ships have been in place for over 100 years.
“It is part of their culture. Their upper management
teams are products of their co-op program,” he said. “It is a familiar engineering con-cept that has become a desired expectation for these kinds of employers. Many employers have caught on and want the same staffing outcomes.”
Gregg said the program’s new slogan, “Alabama and Beyond,” reflects the top priori-ty of employer expansion as we continue to strive to assist ourgrowing number of students inbecoming the best individuals and most prepared graduates they can be.
Sinclair said she hopes the program can continue to make more connections with compa-nies, who need to know they can come to the Capstone andget quality engineers.
“Students from the College ofEngineering are definitely ableto compete,” she said. “We’ll be even more able to compete if there were more co-op oppor-tunities for everyone.”
More information about the program can be found at coop.eng.ua.edu.
UA engineering students encouraged to fi nd co-ops
By Jessica SmithContributing Writer
The largest LGBTQ con-ference in the southeast is coming to Tuscaloosa on Saturday, Feb. 23 and Sunday, Feb. 24.
Spectrum is hosting the Southeastern LGBTQ Student Leadership Conference, which strives to make a space for students and organizers to share stories and experiences. The conference is a two-day event. There will be speakers during both days. Saturday will be focused on general dis-cussions about LGBTQ issues with an emphasis on liberation in the southeast. Sunday will be focused on leadership in society as a whole.
“Having southeastern spe-cific organizers was really important to us,” Lauren Jacobs, vice president of Spectrum, said. “We didn’t want someone from California coming in to speak for one day when they don’t know what it’s like to live in the South as a LGBTQ person.”
Conference attendees are usually college students, but the conference is open to high school students and commu-nity organizers. The confer-ence travels each year to help promote activism and spread its message to other colleges in the southeast. Over 50 col-leges, high schools and orga-nizations have been invited to attend the conference. More than 200 high school and col-
lege students are expected to attend from all over the south-east.
“The first two conferences were held in Tuscaloosa,” Jacobs said. “This is the sixth annual conference and we are excited to be hosting it again.”
There is no cost to attend the conference, but registra-tion is available on Spectrum’s website, spectrum.ua.edu. Registration is required in order for Spectrum to make sure everyone is accommodat-ed and any dietary needs are taken care of.
The event will take place at Lloyd Hall, and check-in is from 9-10 a.m. For more infor-mation email UA Spectrum at [email protected] or call (205) 614-3523.
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“He liked to hunt, fish and go out and have a good time,” Josh Fleitas, Reel’s best friend, room-mate and fraternity brother, said.
Fleitas said his fond-est memory of Reel was when Reel wanted to be the first person to tell him happy birthday.
“He broke into my room to tell me happy birthday, jumped in my bed and then fell off the end of the bed,” Fleitas said.
Reel played football in high school, and he liked to fish on his boat that he kept in Tuscaloosa. Reel was also an active member of Alpha Kappa
Lambda fraternity.David Dooley, presi-
dent of the Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity, said Reel was the light of the room when he walked in.
“Every time I saw Doc, he had the big-gest smile on his face that would make even the worst days better,” Dooley said.
Dooley said Reel was the fraternity jokester.
“He always found a way to lighten the mood in the room,” Dooley said. “He often said, ‘don’t sweat the small stuff and it’s all the small stuff.’”
Dooley said not only did the fraternity of Alpha Kappa Lambda lose someone special, but the whole University lost a great friend with the death of Doc Reel.
“We held a press conference yester-day,” Blankley said. “We’ve done every-thing we’re going to do media-wise.”
When asked about the FBI’s on-going investigation into the task force’s account-ing practices and how that would affect the money that was confiscated Tuesday, Blankley again declined to comment.
“[The investigation] has nothing to do with what happened yesterday,” he said.
Because the investigation into the task force is ongoing, the FBI declined tocomment on the status of the investiga-tion, any of its results or any punitive orcorrective action taken to keep the task force’s future accounting error-free.
“It is the Department of Justice’s pol-icy not to comment on ongoing inves-tigations,” said Paul Daymond, the public information officer for the FBI’s Birmingham field office. “Such is the casehere, and I would not be able to offer anycomment concerning this matter.”
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By Morgan ReamesContributing Writer
A new nursing residency program designed to support nursing graduates’ transi-tion into the job field is being offered by the Capstone College of Nursing in a part-nership with DCH Regional Medical Center.
“The first year for a new nurse can be challenging,” Yvette Daidone, nurse resi-dency coordinator at DCH, said in an emailed statement. “The transition to the reality of hospital life, acuity of our patients and rapidly chang-ing health care environments make it difficult to adapt.”
The program began last fall and is available for nurs-es who have graduated with a baccalaureate degree. It is affiliated with the University Health System Consortium and American Association of College of Nursing, two
nationally recognized organizations.
“The first cohort at DCH Regional Medical Center began with 27 new bac-calaureate RN employ-ees in August 2012,” Linda Patterson, Capstone College of Nursing instructor, said. “BSN nurses apply for this supportive program.”
In 2010, the Institute of Medicine released a report that focused on the high turn-over rates among new nurses during their first year on the job. The report also included the recommendation to pro-vide residency programs to combat these rates.
“This program is designed to retain newly employed nurses through structured support and activities in their first year of employment after graduation,” Patterson said. “It is offered by some hospitals to newly employed nurses, not available
during education, only after licensure.”
The program lasts for one year when the BSN nurses receive hands-on experience at DCH from over 200 expe-rienced nurses, who were trained and recruited to help the new nurses in the program.
“Together with a men-tor, the residents will meet monthly in small groups to discuss whatever strug-gles or triumphs they have experienced,” Daidone said. “Content experts will present on a variety of top-ics designed to improve
leadership skills, critical thinking and patient safety.”
Ashley Polk, a junior major-ing in nursing, said she thinks the residency program will help graduates adjust.
“I think it will be helpful in order to get graduates used to the hospital outside of school and become in dependent,” Polk said.
Daidone said there is an overwhelming amount of evidence that the residency programs are effective in making the transition more comfortable for nurses.
“Improved outcomes of care, patient safety, clinical
productivity and patient and staff satisfaction are benefits realized by organizations that provide support dur-ing that critical first year,” Daidone said.
Working in a hospital set-ting is also helpful for stu-dents at The University of Alabama, Polk said.
“As a nursing student, I go to various clinical settings and care for many patients,” Polk said. “The tasks I per-form depend on the patients and the reasons they’re seek-ing care. It is really benefi-cial to care for a variety of patients and experience dif-ferent aspects of nursing.”
A c c o r d i n g t o nursing.ua.edu, after the first three years of the residency program, hospitals experi-enced a drop in BSN-RN turn-over rates. Turnover dropped to a mere 5.6 percent com-pared to the national average of 27.1 percent.
“Clinicals for nursing stu-dents are vitally important,” Polk said. “They allow us to work alongside other medical staff and observe, as well as perform, hands-on activities that educate us on how to be competent nurses.”
The residency program includes the use of the Quest Center, a simulation lab where practicing nurses can become familiar with emer-gency situations, cardiac and respiratory events, and pediatric care.
“In nursing at DCH, our vision for the future is to lead the nation in providing excellent patient care while fearlessly embracing the challenges of the future with pride, compassion and com-mitment,” Daidone said. “We begin by providing the newest members of our health care team the foundation for a suc-cessful and satisfying career in nursing.”
Nursing, DCH to support recent UA graduates
By Justin HeckContributing Writer
Bob Woodward, the Pulitzer Prize winning jour-nalist famous for breaking the Watergate scandal in 1972, will speak on campus Friday, Feb. 22 at 6 p.m.
Woodward, currently the associate editor at the Washington Post, will speak at the Gloria and John L. Blackburn Academic Symposium Lecture in Sellers Auditorium at the Bryant Conference Center. Woodward’s work with Carl
Bernstein on the Watergate scandal won the 1973
Pulitzer Prize for the Post. Additionally, Woodward was
the Post’s primary reporter for its Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and aftermath.
Mary Lee Caldwell, coordinator of the Blackburn Institute, said Woodward’s speech will be in conjunction with the Blackburn Institute Winter Symposium.
“The annual Blackburn Institute Winter Symposium serves as a convention for numerous leaders in Alabama,” Caldwell said. “Friday’s lecture is the public portion of the symposium.”
Woodward has worked for
the Washington Post since 1971 and has co-authored or authored 17 national bestsell-ers. His most recent book, “The Price of Politics,” is based on 18 months of reporting and is an intimate, documented analysis of how President Obama and the highest profile Republican and Democratic leaders in the United States Congress tried to restore the American economy.
Woodward will also meet with fellows of the Blackburn Institute. Each year, 25 to 30 Blackburn fellows are selected at the University to
participate in the Blackburn Initiative, a leadership devel-opment organization. Housed within the Division of Student Affairs at UA, the program is funded through contributions from private donors. In the words of Blackburn, member-ship in the Institute is not only an honor, but a lifetime obli-gation to becoming a change agent in one’s community.
“John L. Blackburn believed that strategic networking through the generations would bring about ethical change,” Caldwell said. “That is the purpose and focus of the
Blackburn Institute.”The event is free and open
to the public.
Bob Woodward of Washington Post to speak Friday
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“ This program is designed to retain newly employed nurses through structured support and activities in their fi rst year of employment after graduation. It is offered by some hospitals to newly employed nurses,
not available during education, only after licensure.
— Linda Patterson
Residency program for nurses decreases turnover rate, supports transition in 1st year of employment
“The annual Blackburn Institute Winter Symposium serves as a
convention for numerous leaders in Alabama. Friday’s lecture is the public portion of the symposium.
— Mary Lee Caldwell
IF YOU GO...• What: Bob Woodward
Lecture
• When: Friday, Feb. 22 at 6 p.m.
• Where: Sellers Auditorium
Blackburn Institute, premier leadership organization, hosts symposium with Pulitzer Prize winner
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By Ellen CooganContributing Writer
When working with fruit flies, assistant biology pro-fessor Laura Reed looks for a genetic mechanism behind metabolic syndrome, which is predictive of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
“Basically, what I’m trying to figure out is, if a person gets diabetes, to what extent is the cause of that genetic, and how much of that is environmen-tal, such as diet?” Reed said. “We’re doing this using fruit flies as a model.”
Reed said although it may not seem like it, fruit flies and humans are evolutionarily similar.
“Fruit flies and humans are actually pretty similar to each other evolutionarily,” she said. “We feed different genotypes of fruit flies different diets, so maybe they get a high-fat diet or high-sugar diet, and we can analyze how much of the varia-tion in their disease is because of their genotype and how much is because of their diet.”
Reed said the research is trying to determine and explain the differences in how individuals react to different
diets.“You probably know some
people who can eat whatever they want and never gain or lose weight, and there are other people who have to be very careful about their diet,” she said. “This indicates that there are differences in the way indi-viduals react to their diet, so I
was interested in trying to fig-ure out why.”
Reed said finding the actual genes that dictate these differ-ences could eventually lead to improved medical treatment pertaining to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
“If we can find the actual genes, then we can under-stand better the mechanism and figure out what are the
physiological pathways that were being changed with a change in diet in one organ-ism versus another,” she said, “and eventually, probably not with work in my lab, this could lead to improved treatments or improved preventative mea-sures for humans if we can understand the mechanism, the reason why different geno-types react differently to their diets.”
Reed said fruit flies make a good model organism due to their similarities to humans, short generation time, size and the abundance of information already discovered about them. For instance, the entire genome sequence has been mapped.
UA undergraduates carry out most of the day-to-day tasks on this project, which is funded by a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
“The grant project takes a lot of group effort, and we are always crossing fly lines and separating ‘virgin flies,’” Ashley Gilchrist, a sophomore majoring in biology, said. “We monitor the flies throughout their short life cycles and col-lect some of the dark pupae (pre-adult phase) to weigh.
Right now we are working hard to weigh and sort collected pupae.”
Reed said she feels it is very important for undergraduates to be able to take an active role in research.
“I like working in Laura’s lab for two main reasons,”
Matt Kieffer, a sophomore majoring in biology and French, said. “The first is that the research we are doing as a team has the potential to influence people all over the world. The second is due to the inclusive environment of the lab. We joke in our lab saying
that we are not just the Reed lab, but rather the Reed family. Research is a challenging job, but the environment created by our lab makes research not only fun but also acts as an opportunity to learn and grow as a researcher in a non-hos-tile, uplifting atmosphere.”
Fruit fl ies playing key role in medical research
By Ashley TrippStaff Reporter
With the 2013 University of Alabama Dance Marathon quickly approaching, organiz-ers are working to increase student and organization involvement with hope to mimic other schools’ DM events, some of which have raised as much as $500,000 to benefit Children’s Miracle Network.
Tyler Rigdon, president of UADM, said he was encour-
aged to start Dance Marathon at the Capstone after one of his friends from the University of Florida showed him a high-light video of UF’s Dance Marathon.
“Those highlights really opened my eyes to the differ-ence that Dance Marathon can have, especially on a campus with the size, growth and accessibility as UA’s,” Rigdon said.
UADM will be on March 9 at the University Recreational Center from noon to 8 p.m.
The philanthropic event benefits the Children’s Hospital of Alabama and the Children’s Miracle Network. The Children’s Miracle Network helps children suffer-ing from various ailments.
Registration is $25, which includes a T-shirt and food, as well as participation in the games, activities and dancing. The event celebrates taking a stand against illnesses and diseases and raising money for children.
Rigdon said each hour
of UADM is themed, so the activities are going to reflect the theme of the hour. Rigdon said three of these themes, as of now, are National Championship, Harry Potter and Holiday.
“National Championship hour is basically a sports hour dedicated to activity games spotlighting UA’s four national championships last year (foot-ball, softball, gymnastics, and golf ),” Rigdon said. “Harry Potter hour will involve multiple games, two of them
UA dance marathon planning bigger and better event
CW | Shannon AuvilLaura Reed, assistant professor of biology, is using fruit fl ies to study metabolic syndrome.
being Quidditch and Human Chess. As for Holiday hour, we picked the most random assortment of holidays and shaped games around them.”
McKenzie Pope, UADM director of corporate rela-tions, said for the last hour last year they had a “Circle of Hope” where one of the fami-lies spoke about what it meant to have a day dedicated to the fight their son has faced near-ly every day of his life.
“I remember standing in tears [last year] because I was so moved by the notion that a bunch of college kids coming together for a cause like this could have such an impact on a family’s life,” Pope said. “It was really great to see first hand the good that comes from an event like dance marathon, and I encourage everyone to come and partici-pate in this year’s event.”
Pope said the support Dance Marathon provides for the families is really remarkable.
“It’s not just about rais-ing money and awareness; it’s about being a support system for these families,” Pope said. “The DM program means more to them than most of those who partici-pate will ever really be able to understand.”
Rigdon said it was inspiring to see the support and partici-pation from UA athletes and surprise guests in last year’s DM.
“Jesse Williams, one of our Miracle Children’s favorite athletes, attended the event last year, as well as Carl Engstrom, Ben Eblen and various pageant winners from this area,” Rigdon said. “However, I can guarantee that Big Al will be in attendance for nearly all of the event.”
Rigdon said he is looking forward to the evolution of UADM’s event since last year.
“We will have 200 to 300 more students attend the event, five to seven more Children’s Miracle Network families in attendance and more sponsors and creative ideas that will shape UADM into an amazing experience,” Rigdon said.
Gloria Kelly, UADM vice president of external affairs, said she first heard about Dance Marathon from one of her friends who was the president at Florida State University’s DM.
“There are many ideas and things I have learned especial-ly from other schools like FSU, such as sponsorship ideas, who to promote this to and things like that,” Kelly said. “I just want this organization to grow to be a main event every-one at UA looks forward to every year.”
For the past two years,
Rigdon said the team has vis-ited Auburn’s Dance Marathon during their event and plan to visit Florida’s this year.
“Auburn’s Dance Marathon is very young like ours, but has turned into one of the most successful startup Dance Marathons across the coun-try,” Rigdon said. “We are looking to have an ongoing relationship with them, and hopefully we can create a joint ‘rivalry-fueled’ partnership in the future, similar to Beat Auburn Beat Hunger.”
Chris Dawson, current UA law student and advisor to the UADM Overall Team, said he participated in the Dance Marathon at the University of Florida for five years from 2007-2010 and served as the overall director of community events for UF.
“I watched DM at UF grow exponentially while I was there, and I was very fortu-nate to be on the Overall Team in 2010 when we broke the $500,000 mark,” Dawson said.
Dawson said DM at UF is more of a movement, or even a way of life, than simply being a once-a-year event.
“UF’s success is found in the devotion of the thousands of students who plan, organize, participate, fundraise, and basically live it year-round,” Dawson said. “Literally the day after one Dance Marathon ends, hundreds of UF students begin to work on the fundrais-ing and planning efforts for the next year.”
Dawson said his goal is to share his experiences from UF and to help UADM catch on and grow as quickly as possible.
“UA Dance Marathon is at a different place in its evolution, but I am very encouraged by the progress I have seen, even in the short time I have been helping out,” Dawson said.
Dawson said he wants as many students as possible to be able to participate in DM and know what it feels like to make a true difference in the world.
“I believe Alabama has tre-mendous potential to grow its Dance Marathon into one of the nation’s largest,” Dawson said. “I am very excited to be able to play even the smallest role in helping that become a reality.”
For more info and to reg-ister, go online to the UADM website uadancemarathon.withtank.com and click the “Register for DM” to create a team.
“There is nothing more rewarding than seeing the impact on the families,” Rigdon said. “Watching them hold up the final raised total of the event reminds us that our goals during the year had reached its full potential.”
“This could lead to improved treat-ments or improved preventative measures for humans if we can understand he mechanism, the reason why different genotypes react differently to their diets.
— Laura Reed
By Charlie Potter
There are only two home games remaining on the Alabama men’s basketball team’s schedule as March Madness quickly approaches. The Crimson Tide (17-8, 9-3 SEC) will face Auburn on Feb. 26 and Georgia on March 9 to close out the regular season.
In terms of its Southeastern Conference record, the Tide possesses an impressive record at home. But home court advantage is something that is foreign to head coach Anthony Grant and company.
The team has only expe-rienced an electric crowd in
Coleman Coliseum one time this season: when Kentucky came to Tuscaloosa. But every arena sells out when the Wildcats come to town.
Many could say the slump in attendance is due to a dumpy home schedule and arguably so. The Tide played intriguing matchups with Villanova, Cincinnati, Virginia-Commonwealth and Missouri away from home. It is slated to play Florida in Gainesville, Fla., at the beginning of March.
But countless poor show-ings from fans is unaccept-able, especially from stu-dents. Tickets are free for
students , and i t ’s a l m o st a lways a televised event. There’s always something entertain-ing going on during timeouts, and the halftime show could be anything from dogs catching Frisbees to a lady riding a giant unicycle and balancing bowls on her head. Along with the side acts and performanc-es, there’s quality basketball being played on the hardwood.
Some of the country’s best players have been on display in the coliseum this season. Kentucky’s Nerlens Noel, South Dakota State’s Nate Wolters and Texas A&M’s Elston Turner are just a few
of them. But regardless of who’s on the court, Alabama has made things interesting for fans to stay enthralled.
It seems like every game has come down to the wire, and the players look for a boost from the crowd to rattle the opposing team. With the smallish crowds it has had this season, the Tide has fed off its energy – no matter how weak.
Against Kentucky, the Tide and the Wildcats traded punches throughout the game until the final buzzer. Every time Alabama hit a crucial shot, Coleman erupted and remained loud while the Tide
got back on defense. It’s not quite as loud, but it serves the same purpose as ACDC’s “Hell’s Bells” in Bryant-Denny Stadium on third down. There needs to be more of that.
These players deserve a sold-out crowd just like the gymnasts, now more than ever. Alabama’s NCAA tour-nament chances are hanging in the balance, and it can’t afford to lose another game, especially at home.
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi said the Tide is listed as one of the next four teams out of the tourna-ment, with BYU, Southern Mississippi and St. John’s. The first four out are Kentucky,
Indiana State, Marylandand Temple. Villanova, who Alabama defeated in the 2K Sports Classic, is regarded as one of the last four teams to make the dance.
Five total games remain for the Tide, as well as the SEC tournament. With Florida’s loss to Missouri on Feb. 19, Alabama controls its own destiny to finish as regular season conference champi-ons and claim the No. 1 seed in the SEC tournament. All it has to do is win all of its five remaining games.
Two of these crucial games will be at Coleman Coliseum and so should you.
Men’s basketball team deserves same strong attendance as other UA sports
By Marc TorrenceAssistant Sports Editor
The University of Alabama baseball team started its sea-son 4-0 this week, but will soon take its show on the road for the first time in 2013. The Crimson Tide will travel to Boca Raton, Fla., this weekend to take on the Florida Atlantic University Owls.
“It’s been a good start. We had a good weekend. The young guys have come in and played extremely well, but it’s been an influx as well with our older guys,” head coach Mitch Gaspard said. “The next step now after the four home games is taking this team out on the road.”
Florida Atlantic swept Alabama to start the 2012 season. Gaspard said he’s more worried about getting wins on the road than getting revenge.
“It’s one of those things you don’t talk about it a whole lot,
but the guys are very aware of the importance of road trips,” Gaspard said. “To do what we want to do, you’ve got to be good on the road and you’ve got to be good everywhere.”
The Crimson Tide’s hot start was powered by a group of fresh-men hitters that meshed with the lineup much earlier than Gaspard expected. Gaspard said the young players aren’t getting overly confident with the early success. In fact, he thinks it could be good for the team.
“They really bring that youth-ful energy. There’s really no expectations on them right now – they’re just having a hell of a time playing,” he said. “That has spread throughout our team. You can see it.”
The one area Gaspard is looking for improvement is the team’s starting pitching. Over the last weekend, no starter went past 4.1 innings. But Tuesday,
starter Taylor Guilbreau got thestart and threw five innings inthe win, putting pressure on theweekend staff.
“Really, I just want to keepmy pitch count down. Just makeevery pitch,” John Keller, who isexpected to start Saturday, said.“We have a really good defense,so if I can just keep it low, bot-tom of the strike zone, get a lotof ground balls for those guys,they’re going to make plays.”
Charley Sullivan is expectedto start Friday, with SpencerTurnbill taking the moundSunday to finish the series.
“They’re expected to go pitchwell,” Gaspard said. “They’ve allbeen in every arena possible lastyear. I know how well they’vepitched leading up to the sea-son. I was not pleased with theirstarts last weekend. … That’sreally what I want to see is thoseguys step up this weekend intheir starts.”
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Tide looks to keep streak going“Sometimes they had issues
we didn’t know how to deal with,” Illian said. “You can either throw your hands up and quit or learn the things you need to help that person get better. That’s what we did. Everything works so well now, and it’s a privilege for me to be here.”
Head coach Sarah Patterson noticed the change in Illian’s approach and credits him with a lot of the success the team has had in recent years.
“It took him a little while to learn the nature of our sport, but after the first year he had it figured out,” Patterson said. “There are some things you can’t control like injuries, but I really do feel like in a lot of instances we’ve been able to avoid that because the girls are stronger. That’s a credit to Travis.”
Five a.m. wake-up calls, jumping in sand pits and hours of weight training and condi-tioning are what the gymnasts deal with during summer and fall workouts to prepare for the season. Once the competi-tion starts, it’s all about main-tenance and continuing to improve, but after intense off-season training, the workouts feel light.
“He has so many different things that he brings to us,” Patterson said. “It’s not easy, and the kids have never done this, but when you’re limited to 20 hours a week or sometimes eight hours, you have to get the most out of your practice time.”
It’s a constant communication
between Patterson and Illian to ensure each gymnast is getting what they need.
“We work really well with Travis monitoring the fatigue factor,” Patterson said. “We monitor when a girl is natural-ly strong and know she doesn’t need as much as another girl. He works really hard to indi-vidualize the training to make each athlete the best they can be.”
One gymnast who has seen a lot of improvement from working with Illian is junior Kim Jacob. Jacob has become an all-around standout for the Tide this season, improving every aspect of her routines.
Jacob isn’t one of the natu-rally strong athletes, but Patterson and teammates say her work ethic is second to none. Illian worked with Jacob
on developing her quick twitch muscles and firing faster on the apparatus. Now, Jacob is ranked No. 3 in the nation on the floor exercise, and she has won 10 individual titles and four all-around titles this season.
“He knows exactly what we need and is always ready to push us,” Jacob said. “We lis-ten to everything he says and it has paid off, especially for me. I’m a completely different gymnast this year and I owe most of that to Travis.”
Patterson echoed those sentiments.
“She always had the skills, but she didn’t have the power, and he has helped her gain that power,” Patterson said. “He’s a huge part of our program. He has really honed in and figured out what works for us.”
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By Andrew ClareContributing Writer
The Alabama hockey team is set to compete in the SECHC Tournament Feb. 22-24 in Huntsville, Ala., at the Benton H. Wilcoxon Municipal Ice Complex. Alabama will open the SECHC Tournament with a game against the Georgia Bulldogs on Friday.
Last season the Frozen Tide captured its first confer-ence tournament champion-ship by defeating the Florida Gators 7-2 in the champion-ship game.
“It was pretty awesome
winning last year,” head coach Mike Quenneville said. “It was great to represent The University of Alabama because everybody wants to beat Alabama no matter what sport it is.”
The Tide finished this sea-son with a 20-11 record and a 6-2 conference record, finish-ing second in the West only behind Arkansas. Senior captain Brandon Butler said it took the team a little bit to finally find its groove and get into the swing of things.
“First half of the year it took us a little to come together and mesh together,”
Butler said. “Then in the sec-ond half we turned it around and have been playing to our potential.”
The Frozen Tide defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 7-2 back in December in the two schools’ only meeting of the year. Quenneville said despite having success against Georgia, the team is antici-pating a tough game in the tournament.
“We have had success against them in the last cou-ple of games,” Quenneville said. “But now it’s tourna-ment time and anything can happen.”
Two factors that will help the team’s chance of repeating as SECHC champs are strong play by the goal-tender and for the team to stick to the game plan.
“We are going to need some good goal tending from our goalie Sean Vinson,” Butler said. “As well as play our systems right. If we play our systems right we will come away with some victories.”
Like the Tide, one of the factors to Georgia’s game is its goaltender. “They have a really good goalie,” Butler said. “If their goalie shows up to play it will be a tough
game.”A big key that has helped
prepare the Tide all season for the SEC tournament and the national championship has been its strength of sched-ule. Alabama has competed with teams all across the country including a game against The University of Alabama-Huntsville the South’s only Division 1 hock-ey team.
“Our schedule had us playing a lot of the top teams around the country,” Quenneville said. “Playing this type of schedule has really given us an advantage
when it comes down to big games because we know what it takes and we have been there and down that.”
The Tide is coming off a strong showing at the region-al tournament. Quenneville said the Tide hopes to play the SECHC tournament the way they did at regionals in order to have a good chance to repeat as conference champs.
“We have to play like we did in the regional tourna-ment,” Quenneville said. “Everyone is going to have to be on the same page and if we do that we will win some hockey games.”
UA Frozen Tide looks to repeat as SECHC champion
By Charlie PotterStaff Reporter
Sophomore guard Rodney Cooper stepped up and post-ed a double-double in the Alabama men’s basketball team’s win over Mississippi State Wednesday in Coleman Coliseum.
Cooper filled the stat sheet with 20 points, 10 rebounds and three steals. He shot 70 percent from the floor and committed zero turnovers, but Cooper was humble about his big-time performance.
“All the credit goes to my teammates,” Cooper said. “They created [plays] for me, and I just tried to make the right plays.”
Cooper was only the second Alabama player to record a double-double this season. Sophomore forward Nick Jacobs posted 16 points and 11 rebounds the last time the Tide and Bulldogs met.
Head coach Anthony Grant
said Cooper paced the Tide and made big plays when needed.
“I thought Rodney did an outstanding job,” Grant said. “I thought he brought the energy and passion that we needed – some big plays, some big rebounds – that allowed us to have a chance to win.”
Alabama (18-8, 10-3 SEC) still holds strong to its sec-ond-place position in the Southeastern Conference. The Tide controls its destiny and has a shot at claiming the SEC regular season title.
Junior guard Trevor Releford contributed 17 points, five assists and five steals. Releford has 175 steals for his career and is now two steals away from becoming the all-time leader in Alabama history.
Sophomore guard Trevor Lacey tallied 11 points but fouled out of the game with a technical foul. Freshman guard Retin Obasohan saw
14 minutes and recorded five steals.
The team as a whole shot 39.2 percent (20-51) from the field and 20 percent (3-15) from the 3-point line. However, the Tide improved from its recent woes at the free-throw line and knocked down 77.8 per-cent (21-27) of its attempts.
Grant said he was pleased with his team’s performance from the charity stripe.
“I thought our guys did a great job of getting to the line and converting free throws,” Grant said. “Compared to the way we shot in our last game, I thought tonight was much better.”
Mississippi State coughed up 23 turnovers, and Alabama capitalized on the mistakes with 23 points.
Junior guard Jalen Steele led the Bulldogs with 15 points off the bench. Junior forward Colin Borchert posted 14 points and nine rebounds.
Grant said he was pleased
with his team’s resolve to win the game, but he preached that a level of consistency must be attained before the Tide can become an elite team.
“You look at the better teams across the country, and you see a level of consisten-cy,” Grant said. “They don’t always win, but there’s a con-sistency in terms of effort, in terms of accountability and those things. If we aspire to be a great team, we’re going to have to do those things. If we want to consider ourselves a team that can be elite, so to speak, or be a team that can play for championships or make deep runs, then you’ve got to develop a level of con-sistency. You have to do that, individually and as a team. You can’t be up and down.”
The Tide will travel to Baton Rouge, La., Saturday to face the LSU Tigers. The game will tip off at 12:30 p.m. and will be televised on the SEC Network.
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Alabama outfielder Kayla Braud, from Eugene, Ore., was named one of 30 NCAA softball student-athletes who excel both on and off the field as candidates for the 2013 Senior CLASS Award in colle-giate softball on Wednesday.
To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, char-acter and competition. The
complete list of candidates follows this release.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encour-ages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
The candidate class will be narrowed to 10 finalists mid-way through the regular sea-son, and those names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed
through a nationwide vot-ing system to media, coachesand fans, who will select onefinalist.
The Senior CLASS Awardwinner will be announcedduring the 2013 NCAAWomen’s College WorldSeries in Oklahoma City May30 through June 5.
Alabama will open its homeportion of the schedule whenit hosts the Easton BamaBash presented by Drash.Alabama will open tourna-ment play on Friday, Feb. 22,against Western Illinois at4 p.m.
Kayla Braud recognized as Senior CLASS Award Candidate
By Andrew ClareContributing Writer
The Alabama men’s tennis team will host a doubleheader against the Furman Paladins at 10 a.m. and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles at 3 p.m. Feb. 23.
The Crimson Tide will be looking to bounce back after a tough 5-2 loss against the Clemson Tigers.
“It was tough. It was our first time playing outside in a while,” senior Harris Barnard said. “It was different getting used to it, but it was a good
experience. Everyone fought hard and played hard.”
Head coach George Husack said from the Clemson match, there were things to build on
and learn from.“The learning experience was
good for us because we were able to play outside,” Husack said.
Besides getting valuable experience, Alabama is improv-ing by working hard. Last sea-son’s top player, now a volunteer assistant, Rickey Doverspike said the team improves every day and has a good mindset.
“The team works really hard,” Doverspike said. “Everyone is really fit, and everyone is really motivated. We need to keep those three things up and continue to work.”
Furman comes into the match with a record of 2-4 and the Golden Eagles enter at 7-3. The Tide comes into the two match-
es at 7-3 and is looking to get back in the win column after los-ing its last two matches against Clemson and Samford.
“I think we need to get back on it,” Barnard said. “We’ve lost twice in a row, so we need to come out with a ton of confi-dence and try to get two wins.”
The doubleheader will be the final two matches Alabama plays before opening conference play against Ole Miss at home on March 1.
“We are definitely looking forward for conference play to start,” Barnard said. “That
is essentially when the real business starts.”
Alabama will be playing in itsfourth doubleheader of the year. Husack said another double-header will be this tough test for the team, and its members need to be ready to play.
“It will be another challeng-ing day for everyone,” Husack said. “We need to respond. We are back at home, so it’s nice to be back here. Hopefully, we will play outside and get more expe-rience, but I really expect us tocompete as hard as we possibly can.”
Men’s tennis team looks to SEC play in March
By Alexis PaineStaff Reporter
The University of Alabama softball team will play its first home game of the season Feb. 21 as it hosts the Easton Bama Bash presented by Drash.
The Crimson Tide will step onto the Rhoads Stadium field in its third tournament of the year with a perfect record after 11 games on the road.
The Tide played its first game in Alabama against the University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers at the UAB softball field. Alabama defeated UAB despite a Blazer grand slam in the fourth inning. The Tide went on to win the game 8-4.
The team is ready to finally play for a Tuscaloosa home crowd in what will hopefully be a five-game tournament, said head coach Patrick Murphy.
The head coach said there are improvements that need to be made defensively as the team moves past Tuesday’s
game against the Blazers and into the weekend tournament.
“Eliminate the walks, and it’d be a shutout,” Murphy said. “Just get ahead of
batters. [Jackie Traina] had a lot of kids at 1-2, and then it got to full count, and she missed a couple times. If she gets ahead of them, she needs to finish them off.”
Sophomore pitcher Jackie Traina, who has six wins this season, said the team will transition with practice and training for the best teams as the Tide moves from the game against the Blazers into the Bama Bash.
The team will continue to
work on its offense, as con-sistency is one aspect of the game the Tide will try to improve as it enters the week-end. Although the Tide was able to collect two home runs during the game against UAB, both Murphy and junior Kaila Hunt said the team needs to work on its batting efficiency.
“Obviously, our bats strug-gled somewhat,” Hunt said. “Last weekend, we struggled a little bit, but just keep being consistent, getting better, hav-ing better at-bats, making the plays on defense and all that.”
The team has not lost a game at home in a
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tournament since 2010 against the University of Michigan on March 6. Since then, the Tide has won 23 games in a row during home tournaments.
The Tide is set to play its first game of the tournament
against Western Illinois at 4 p.m. Friday, followed by a game against the University of Iowa at 6:30 p.m. The team will then play the University of Iowa at 1:30 p.m. and The University of Western
Illinois at 4 p.m. on Saturday. Winthrop University will be the Tide’s final opponent of the weekend Sunday at 1:30 p.m. A total of 10 games will be played between the four teams.
IF YOU GO...• What: Bama Bash
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• When: Feb. 22-24
• Where: Rhoads Stadium
“Last weekend, we struggled a little bit, but just keep being
consistent, getting better, having better at-bats, making the plays
on defense and all that.
— Kaila Hunt
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By Andrew ClareContributing Writer
The No. 8 Alabama women’s tennis team is set to host the No. 21 Texas Tech Red Raiders on Feb. 22 at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Indoor Tennis Facility. This will be the Crimson Tide’s final match before start-ing SEC play on March 1.
Alabama is coming off an impressive showing after beat-ing the Washington Huskies 5-2 in its last match on Feb. 15.
“I thought it was a good match,” head coach Jenny Mainz said. “We recovered from indoors and need to get more matches and pressure situations. Overall we did a
good job.”Alabama comes into the
match with a record of 7-1. Texas Tech comes into the match at 6-1; its only defeat was a 4-3 loss at the hands of the Baylor Bears. The Tide defeated Baylor 4-3 earlier this month at the ITA Indoor National Championships in Charlottesville, Va.
“We are looking forward to playing Texas Tech,” Mainz said. “They are a very good team. They are tenacious and fiery. They are a hard working, com-petitive team.”
One of the keys for Alabama down the road is to build on the success it has had and keep building confidence.
“We are just trying to
continue building forward,” Mainz said. “We want to gain momentum and fine tuning things to get to where we want to be.”
One of the factors that has led to a strong start to the season for the Tide has been the chemistry of the team. Each member of the team supports one another and
encourages each other to get better. They play for each other.
“We always fight for each other,” freshman Natallia Maynetto said. “We are always there for each other, and that makes a huge difference. It brings out the spirit and we all want to do well for each other. It makes a huge difference and adds to our success.”
The plan for the Tide this weekend against the Red Raiders is the same as it has been all year: to keep improving and play its own game.
“We really can’t think too much about the result,” Maynetto said. “We need to do what we’ve been doing by going out there and being prepared to
give it all we got. We need to take care of business and keep fight-ing.”
Seven of the eight teams Alabama has faced this year are ranked. The Tide is expect-ing another tough, competi-tive match that will help them improve and prepare for confer-ence play. SEC play begins on March 1, and the Tide will travel to face yet another ranked oppo-nent in the Ole Miss Rebels.
“We look forward to it being a very good match,” Mainz said. “We will be ready. We are working very hard to pre-pare and get ourselves ready, and it is the next step in the schedule for us to get ready for league play.”
Tide set for top 25 matchup against Texas Tech
By Caroline GazzaraStaff Reporter
The University of Alabama women’s basketball team will travel to Starkville, Miss., to play the Mississippi State University Bulldogs Thursday. After losing to Auburn on Feb. 17, the Crimson Tide is hoping to try to turn the season around before heading into the SEC tournament.
The Tide, cur-rently 12-13 (2-10 SEC), endured many strug-gles as a team after losing to Auburn. Being ranked No. 13 in the confer-ence, Alabama is desperate for another win. The team has had six consecutive conference losses.
“I think the best we can do right now is to forget about everything that has happened in the past,” forward Briana Hutchen said. “[We] just have to play our kind of basketball and leave the mental [prob-lems] out of it and do what we do best.”
This matchup is fairly even. Though MSU has a slight lead
over the Tide in ranking, coach Wendell Hudson said he is con-fident that the team can come out on top.
“We have to shoot the ball,” Hudson said. “But we’re going to have to play a bit more man-to-man coverage in order to make the baskets.”
This matchup will be the 50th time the two schools have met.
Alabama has the better record when playing the Bulldogs (34-15), but in recent years the Bulldogs have been ruling the court. This time around, MSU is coming off two consecutive
losses.“We’re not looking at their
record,” Hutchen said. “We’re looking at them more just as an SEC team. We’re going for a win, and if we do that then we will do well.”
Alabama’s losing streak is not hampering the team’s spir-it. Even so, the Tide has a lot of work to do before facing the Bulldogs.
“They are a pretty big team,” Hutchen said. “Most times when you look at teams
at the bottom of the SEC, you underestimate them a lot, and we can’t do that.”
With only four games left in the season, Alabama needs another conference win. Hudson is determined to claim another ‘W’ before the season is out.
“We’re all fighting for posi-tions in the SEC tournament,” Hudson said. “We’re working on ourselves and not worry-ing about MSU. We need to be efficient.”
This upcoming game could
Crimson Tide trying to reboot itself before taking on Miss. State
By Bryan BergmanContributing writer
This weekend, the Crimson Tide women’s golf team will head to English Turn Country Club in New Orleans, La., to participate in its second event of the spring, the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate tournament. No. 2 Alabama started the spring season strong at its first event, winning the Lady Puerto Rico Classic for the fourth
consecutive time.The Tide will not have an
easy path to victory in New Orleans, as the 18-team field includes top-ranked USC, No. 3 Duke and No. 5 Florida. However, coach Mic Potter said he doesn’t worry about the other teams on the course.
“I have no idea who’s play-ing,” Potter said. “That’s one of the cornerstones to our approach. We can’t control the opposition. All we can do is play the course to the best
of our abilities.”Potter said the most impor-
tant aspect of the game in this tournament will be putting.
“The key to our success is always how well we putt,” Potter said. “We putted pretty well in Puerto Rico, one of our better putting tournaments over the past five years, and won by thirteen. We need to continue that and hopefully improve on it.”
This week’s windy condi-tions have helped the team
prepare for English Turn, as Potter believes it could face similar weather conditions in New Orleans.
“We had a good practice [Monday] because it was 20-25 mile-an-hour winds, which I think we’ll probably see in New Orleans,” Potter said.
In another good sign for the team, junior Stephanie Meadow has fully recovered from the stomach virus that dogged her throughout the P.R. Classic, and she returned
to practice on Monday. While Meadow is the current stand-out player, the team has high expectations for freshman Emma Talley, a two-time U.S. Open qualifier who was the top recruit in the nation. Talley tied for fifth place in Puerto Rico, and her pres-ence gives the team excellent depth.
The team has been success-ful at English Turn recently, finishing fourth in the tourna-ment last season and second
in 2011, when then-freshman Stephanie Meadow won the individual title. Potter said he hopes past success will give his players confidence this weekend.
“Most of them have had a positive experience there, and really liked the course,” Potter said. “It’s a really good golf course, and they appreci-ate that and look forward to the challenge.”
The tournament tees off Sunday, Feb. 24.
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No. 2 Alabama heads to New Orleans for tournament
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CW | Jingyu WanAlabama women’s basketball looks to build momentum before the upcoming Southeastern Conference tournament. The Tide will face Mississippi State on Thursday.
be the pinnacle point in the sea-son to see where Alabama will be in the conference tourna-ment. If the team wins, it will be tied with MSU and Auburn. If not, the team could fall to No. 14 behind Ole Miss.
The Tide will tip off in Starkville, Miss., at 7 p.m.
“[We] just have to play our kind of basketball and leave the mental [problems] out of
it and do what we do best.
— Briana Hutchen
CW | Alaina ClarkAlabama women’s tennis will face No. 21 Texas Tech on Friday.
Women’s tennis team has record of 7-1 after beating Washington Huskies 5-2 in last match on Feb. 15
“We need to do what we’ve been doing by going out
there and being prepared to give it all we got.
— Natallia Maynetto
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By Courtney StinsonStaff Reporter
Creative Campus is break-ing away from the traditional poetry reading format with the second installment of Poetry&, a 30-minute reading that will incorporate music, audio and visual elements and audience participation, Thursday at 5 p.m. in Gorgas Library Room 205.
Creative Campus executive director Hank Lazer will pres-ent work from his book “N18” and new poems through multi-voice performance. Rather than a single poet presenting their work to the audience, audience members will also interpret parts of the poem aloud.
The multi-voice format is meant to reflect the nature of the poems, which are handwrit-ten shape poems, and demon-strate the different voices that
are interacting on the page.“In this case, the way that the
poems are written, hand-writ-ten shape writing, they really suggest that there is more than one voice going on. Literally the poems will be performed by many different people,” Lazer said.
Lazer will also be joined by UA undergraduate creative writing coordinator Ashley McWaters and undergraduate creative writing student Carlos Estrada. Creative Campus intern and senior Hunter Holt said McWaters’ and Estrada’s work extends the idea of hav-ing multiple voices, which is a major idea of the reading.
“[We asked] who out there is doing interesting things with poetry,” Holt said. “[McWaters and Estrada] both do interest-ing things with the lines of the poem. It’s not like you’re read-ing straight through line by
line. It’s spread out over the page, and they do interesting things with punctuation. I think that lends this idea of having multiple voices and thinking about how you listen and read a poem and how that extends to your everyday experience.”
Lazer said the participa-tory elements of the reading will change the authorial rela-tionship, giving the audience the power of inter-pretation they have when reading a poem for themselves. Lazer compared poetry to the ingredients for a meal, saying that if the audi-ence does not cook it, they have nothing to eat.
“[At Poetry&] you don’t have the one designated wise person telling everyone else some-thing, which is a lecture or tra-ditional reading format,” Lazer
said. “Hopefully what that does is make people aware that you look at the poet-ry on the page, and you make it come alive.”
In addition to hearing different interpretations of the poems, the audience will also see the poems projected on screens. The
organizers of Poetry& hope this will create a more immer-sive experience by allowing the audience to experience both visual and auditory elements of poetry.
“I think it really shapes the experience of the audience, especially with the reading hap-pening around you instead of to you,” Creative Campus intern and junior Anna Turkett said. “I think it’s a really different experience having a poem just emerged within the audience with this multi-voice perfor-mance versus looking at some-one and having them read to you.”
Naomi Thompson, a senior Creative Campus intern majoring in psychology, echoed Turkett’s statement that Poetry& will engage the audience differently than a more traditional reading format.
“It’s definitely more engag-ing than a traditional poetry reading in that it’s happen-ing around you, not to you,” Thompson said. “You’re not just going to be listening to
someone speak to you for just a few minutes and then you leave. It’s definitely something you’ll be interested in, and you’ll be able to engage with a lot more closely.”
Poetry& will also break from the traditional reading format by incorporating music and sur-prise performances. The read-ing will conclude with a jazz poetry performance. Turkett said the engaging audio and visual elements will make the reading more accessible to bothpoetry appreciators and those less familiar with poetry.
“I think even if a student doesn’t necessarily think that they like poetry or are resis-tant to poetry, they’ve just hadit in English class and didn’t like it as much, this is a wholedifferent ball game of poetry,” Turkett said. “This isn’t what you would normally think of in a British literature class.”
By Becky RobinsonStaff Reporter
The Sella-Granata Art Gallery will be exhibiting the works of two UA graduate students. The exhibit, titled AMALGAM, features artists Darius Hill and Anne Herbert, both MFA students.
Hill, a non-traditional stu-dent, said he returned to school to complete his mas-ter’s degree.
“My work has changed a lot during the last 10 years or so, and I feel like a student again,” Hill said. “Everything’s new, and everything’s fresh. It’s kind of like a new beginning.”
Hill’s sculptures and
paintings featured in AMALGAM were influenced by his African-American heritage and by his childhood in the 1970s. Much of his art also draws from hairstyles in African-American culture, especially the Afro comb.
“I’ve had like every hairstyle a black guy could have,” Hill said. “What I’ve noticed work-ing with the comb motif is if I position it in certain ways, it would turn into a person if I had the comb upright. If I had the comb on it’s side it looked more like a weapon.”
One of Hill’s pieces is an 8-foot sculpture of an Afro comb, titled “Funkadelic Relic.” Hill said in a press
release this piece reminded him of a “gothic sculpture from the past.”
Hill not only uses African-American imagery, but he also borrows from Black History traditions and ideas of African-American artists like Kara Walker.
“Specifically, I am drawn to manipulate images and sym-bols that I associate with the Civil Rights era of the 1950s and 1960s and the Black Power movement of the 1970s and 1980s,” Hill said in his artist statement. “I am very inter-ested in claiming something old to make something new –in the style of rap artists who sample from different musical
genres to create a new sound.”Herbert’s paintings focus
more on the experience and process of creating art. She said the process is very “spon-taneous and engaging,” much like moments in life.
“I chose to go to graduate school in order to spend more time thinking about art and making paintings,” Herbert said. “I knew it was some-thing I wanted to know more about and graduate school is a way to take that time and it increases professionalism as well.”
Herbert said she and Hill came up with the title AMALGAM because it sym-bolizes a mixing of two
different things, much like their work. While Hill works mostly in sculpture, Herbert concentrates on painting.
“It’s like an alchemy of sorts,” Herbert said, in reference to the title.
Herbert’s paintings are presented on stretched mus-lin and mylar, the shiny sil-ver material used in heated blankets.
“The visual result of the paintings which depict spaces seem to be in transition and speak to the moments in life spent looking or engaging with our environment.”
Graduate students in the art department must present an exhibition of their work
as part of their graduation requirements.
AMALGAM will show Feb. 22 through March 15 in the Sella-Granata Art Gallery. There will be an open recep-tion on March 7 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery.
Graduate student exhibit features paintings, sculptures
Creative Campus to host progressive readingThursday collaboration of 3 poets using ‘multiple voice’ format will engage audience, incorporate music
“I think it’s a really different experience having a poem
just emerged within the audi-ence with this multi-voice
performance versus looking at someone and having them
read to you.
-Anna Turkett
IF YOU GO...• What: AMALGAM
• When: Feb. 22 - March 15
• Where: Sella-Granata Art Gallery
Works of art to be displayed in Sella-Granata Art Gallery until March 15, reception to be held March 7
By Ryan PhillipsContributing Writer
Nashville-based band Natural Child will perform at Green Bar Thursday night at 10 p.m., marking the country and blues rock band’s inaugu-ral performance in Tuscaloosa, and the band members said they’re excited to explore the new venue.
Natural Child formed four years ago and has recently been in the studio in Nashville, Tenn., working on a new album. The group has also been busy rocking concert venues all over the country. As their following
grows, Natural Child plans to enter uncharted waters like Tuscaloosa’s Green Bar to
spread their musical gospel.The band’s current lineup
consists of Wes Traylor on
bass, Zach Martin on drums, Seth McMurray on guitar and vocals, Luke Schneider on the pedal steel guitar and Benny Vivine on piano.
When the band all assem-bled for the first time, its mem-bers discovered they had more in common than musical taste. That unity ultimately led to the conception and birth of what is now Natural Child.
“We had been partying together when some of us were living together,” drum-mer Zach Martin said. “Then we just started playing music together.”
The correlation between
the members’ fun-loving nature and their heart-pounding music is appar-ent in their recorded music but most notably in the group’s live performances. Natural Child’s overall sound may have a refined undertone of the muddy-bottom blues, but the band expects nothing but good times, not only for themselves but also for the fans.
“We hope people come ready to dance,” said Martin. “We want Alabama to know [Natural Child] is coming.”
Natural Child has already released three full-length albums and an equal number of
shorter EPs. The group’s latest album “Hard in Heaven” was released in September 2012 and was met with praise from the iTunes community. After soaring popularity on the web, online reviewers praised the work put into the band’s latest project.
Green Bar is excited to bring the group’s appealing sound and attitude to the venue’s loyal, music-loving patrons.
“They’ve been described as sounding like the Rolling Stones,” said Green Bar’s Facebook page, “but Natural Child is just one of those bands that you need to hear for
yourself.”Natural Child will be accom-
panied by opening acts Holy Youth and GT. The show starts at 10 p.m. Cover will be $5, ages 21 and up. For more informa-tion call (205) 752-2060.
Nashville-based band set to perform at Green Bar
By Amanda GoldContributing Writer
Many people know the impor-tance of exercise in maintaining a healthy, fit body, but not near-ly as many people know the importance of cognitive exer-cise in developing and main-taining an alert, healthy mind.
Lumosity.com, a popular online brain training program developed by neuroscientists, is based on in-depth research of neuroplasticity, or the brain’s ability to change itself by form-ing new neural connections throughout life. The human brain is constantly rewiring itself and creating new neural pathways with each new expe-rience or novel thought.
Philip Gable is a profes-sor of cognitive neuroscience and introduction to psychol-ogy class at The University of Alabama. He explains how repetition of cognitive train-ing exercises can help to
strengthen certain areas of the brain based on previous discov-eries regarding professional violin players.
“What’s been found is that professional string players have a larger area of the brain that controls the left hand because it is repetitively used in controlling minute details,” Gable said. “Based on that info, you would be able to guess that the more those tasks use certain parts of the brain, the stronger they get.”
Over 35 million people use the exercises provided on Lumosity.com, and according to The New York Times article “The Brain Trainers,” over one quarter of the program’s cur-rent audience consists of stu-dents between the ages of 11 and 21.
The training activities used by Lumosity were originally used to test mental abilities but were repurposed to be used as cognitive training exercises
that become more difficult as the user’s abilities increase. These brain exercises are tai-lored to each subscriber and their individual goals for cog-nitive development. Students may choose which abilities they want to improve on, such as memory, attention, problem solving, etc., and the program provides them with activities targeted to each area. Students can see their scores for each activity and can continue to work on areas in which they score poorly.
K.D. Bridges, a senior major-ing in communication stud-ies, has firsthand experience
using Lumosity.com and has directly benefited from the pro-gram’s broad range of tailored exercises.
“I think they’re really effec-tive. I have problems remem-bering where I place things like my phone all of the time. It real-ly has helped a lot,” Bridges said. “I play the spatial memory games, and you can see what your scores are so that you can work more on those areas and get faster.”
Lumosity’s Education Access Program was created in 2009 to test the effects of cognitive training on students. According to findings from LEAP,
students in the program showed significant improve-ments in processing speed and problem solving, and the students that played more than 150 games throughout the course of the program improved twice as much as stu-dents who played fewer games.
Many students like Stephen Kircus, a sophomore majoring in biology, said cognitive train-ing can be very valuable to teens and college students with young, developing minds.
“I think the training can be very effective,” Kircus said. “I think it helps you to better recall information and react faster. It helps to create those pathways in your brain that allow you to better process more information.”
Gable said he agrees that the impact of cognitive train-ing varies by age, and the exer-cises will have a greater effect on younger people because the brain of a younger person
changes faster than that of anolder person.
“The training would have a bigger impact on the younger people over the older because there is more plasticity among the younger people,” Gable said. “For example, kids who have strokes and lose func-tioning in a part of the brain are much more likely to regain functioning than older folks because the brain is still growing, and that facilitates change.”
With the popularity of cog-nitive training programs on the rise, students and teach-ers are beginning to place greater emphasis on exercis-ing your brain and enhancing cognitive performance and abilities. As more of these pro-grams are becoming available, individuals are realizing the importance of mental exercise and stimulation in develop-ing and maintaining a healthy mind at all ages.
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IF YOU GO...• What: Natural Child
• When: Thursday, Feb. 21, at 10 p.m.
• Where: Green Bar
“I think they’re really effective. I have problems remembering where I place things like my phone all of the time. It really has helped a lot.
— K.D. Bridges
Websites use exercises based on empirical evidence to help improve abilities such as memory, attention
Natural Child, who released ‘Hard in Heaven’ in 2012, bringing bluesy sound to Tuscaloosa for 1st time
“We hope people come ready to dance. We want Alabama to know [Natural Child] is
coming.
— Zach Martin
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With New York Fashion Week wrapping up last week, and Birmingham Fashion Week starting this week-end, spring fashion is in the air. Designers such as Tracy Reese, Peter Som and Rachel Roy from NYFW and Anthony Ryan, Annie Griffin and Lauren Leonard from Birmingham Fashion week are bringing new trends to consumers. From “linen” nail polish to “African vio-let” scarves to “Monaco blue” shoes, The Scene is bringing the colors from the runways to the sidewalks of campus this week.
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